Lil' Witch

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[magicianmew]

Witch tip!

So I am one of many witches, it seems, who lets out a little groan when a spell calls for a candle to burn all the way down until it puts itself out. “But that takes FOREVER. And I got shit to do, and I don’t wanna sit here for that long.” Because we wouldn’t ever leave a candle unattended, would we. For other lazy witches like me, or perhaps simply busy witches who don’t got time for that, little tip for ya…

Birthday candles! The fastest burning ones last literally a minute or two, and the slower ones, like these, last for maybe 5 to 10. It feels kinda like cheating, but in the best possible way. Also makes a great addition to a mini travel altar.

I actually can get really into it if there’s a short chant that I feel inclined to repeat. It’s the perfect amount of burn time to get lost in the words, but not so long that you’re all like, “Uh, ok, I can feel myself getting older. We done here?”

I’ve got white, blue, pink, and yellow here, but there’s just about every color in existence if you look hard enough.

And they fit in my little jars. Because JARS. Everything looks better in a jar.

[yarnandthyme]

Concept: I live in a tiny cabin in the woods. I dry my laundry on a clothes line. I wake with the sun, stay up late reading and nap during the afternoon in a hammock. I have a garden full of flowers, herbs, vegetables and berries. I go on picnics regularly by a nearby river. I rarely need to leave my beautiful home tucked away in the forest.

[sylvaetria]

What are some simple spells you'd recommend to someone just beginning the craft and needs to build confidence in their magic?

“Simple” is largely a subjective term, but I’ll try to compile a few spells for various intents that require little or easy to acquire ingredients. They may not be perfect for everyone, but yeah.

Anger:

[Anger Release Spell]

[Place My Rage in My Hand: A Spell to Channel Your Anger]

[A Quick Way to Cool Anger]

[Match Spell for Anger]

Anxiety:

[Anti-Anxiety Candle Spell]

[Anxiety Stone]

[“Soothe the Waters” Spell] (tw: gif)

[Worry Stone Spell]

Banishing:

[Banishing Jar Spell]

[Banishing Powder]

[“Bitch. Be Gone” Powder]

[“Cut It Out, Cut Them Off”]

[Tossing the Rock Banishing]

Binding:

[Basic Binding]

[Honey Binding Spell]

[Ice Binding Spell]

[Simple Binding Spell]

[A Simple Self-Binding]

Cleansing:

[Cleansing Techniques for Low Spoon Days]

[Rain Washing Spell]

[Shower Cleansing and Renewing Spell]

[Techno Cleansing]

[Visual Cleansing]

Confidence:

[Confidence Boost/Positivity Spell]

[Confidence Boosting Perfume/Cologne Spell]

[Light My Fire]

[I’m Confident and Don’t Fuck with Me Spell]

[Quick Confidence Potion]

Creativity:

[Creativity-Enhancing Sachet Spell]

[Creativity Jar]

[Little Spell for Inspiration]

[Wind Spell for Inspiration & Creativity]

Depression:

[“Last Hope” Spell for Depression]

[A Spell for Depression] (remind me to rewrite and repost this please)

[Sun Energy Bath Spell for Depression]

Employment:

[Catching Jobs with Honey]

[Get Hired Fast Spell]

[To Get the Job You Want]

[Visualization Job Spell]

Happiness:

[Happiness Bundle]

[“Happy AF” Jar]

[A Little Piece of Happiness]

Healing:

[Easy Healing Spell]

[Heal What Has Been Hurt] (tw: gif)

[Quick and Easy Spell Pouch for Healing]

[Universal Healing Spell]

Invisibility:

[Hidden Object Charm]

[Invisibility Glamour]

Locating Items:

[Lost Something?]

[Quick Finding Spell]

[Spell to Locate a Lost Item]

Love:

[The Apple of Love: A Love Drawing Spell]

[Energy Love Spell]

[A Love-Calling Spell]

[Love Potion Recipe]

Luck:

[Break That Luck Candle Spell]

[Good Luck Spell]

[Luck & Money Powder]

[Seven Day Luck Spell]

Money:

[Money Spell]

[Prosperity Spell Bottle]

[Simple Money/Prosperity Charms]

[A Sweet Ass Money Spell]

Motivation:

[Charm to Light a Fire Under Your Ass]

[Motivation Spell]

[“Set my *ss on Fire!” Productivity and Anti-Procrastination Spell]

[Simple Motivation Spell]

Protection:

[Protection Bottle]

[Protection Jar]

[Simple Home Protection Jar Spell]

[Simple Protection Sachet]

[Spell to Give Some Protection to a Loved One] (tw: gif)

Sleep:

[Candle Spell for Sleep]

[Good Sleep Spell]

[A Spell for Getting Sleep]

Wishing:

[Jar & Candle Wish Spell]

[Manifestation Spell]

[Simple Text Message Wish Spell]

[Simple Wish Spell]

[A Two-For-One Moon Wish Jar]

Also, sigils. Seriously, sigils freaking everywhere. Don’t discount sigils.

Good luck!

[ithelpstodream]

[nevver]

Light + Heavy, Karen Arm

[phat-lava-deactivated20170920]

Latin Incantations

Below is a list of some nice Latin incantations that I have compiled, which I would very much love to share with you all. Of course, I am no expert in Latin, but these are as close to perfect as I myself could get them, using Google Translate and a Latin dictionary to tighten the sentences up (Google Translate is baaad with Latin). Please, Latin experts of tumblr, feel free to correct me if need be! I kept each incantation short and to the point, for ease of memory and tongue, and have included phonetic pronunciations and also spells they would go best with. (Please note that where I have added apostrophes after the r’s in the pronunciations, are where you are required to roll your r’s with your tongue).

I create as I speak/I create what i say: Ego creo quad ego loquar. (Pron. Ehgo kr'ayo kwod ehgo lokwor’) - Manifestation spells.

I control time: Moderari tempore sum. (Pron. Moder’ar’ee tempor’ay soom) - Time spells.

It is done: Factum est. (Pron. Factoom est) - At the closing of a spell.

Love come/s to me: Amor venit ad me. (Pron. Amoor’ veneet admee) - Love spells.

I dream the truth/I have dreams of truth: Somnia verita sum. (Pron. Somneeah ver’eeta soom) - Prophetic dream spells.

I am protected: Munita sum. (Pron. Mooneeta soom) - Protection spells.

[bevsi]

commission <3

[thegreatkosmickitchen]

FIRST, gather your herbs.

Consider starting with something gentle that will be nice to learn with. Some of my first tinctures were skullcap and lemon balm. These herbs aid in stress and are usually effective if taken multiple times daily over time. I find that trustworthy plants like these are great doorways into herbalism. 

The best place to gather herbs from would be your own garden. If this is not possible be sure to find a trustworthy local herb shop or a bigger buyer like Mountain Rose who sells organic. It is best to tincture most herbs fresh, but dry works well too.

*** If the herbs are coming straight out of the garden you can gently wash the aerial parts, and definitely scrub the roots clean of any dirt residue.  

THEN, chop and macerate.

Chop up the herb or root as small as possible. Once you think it is small enough, go smaller. The more surface area that is exposed during the maceration process, the stronger the medicine can be! For roots, dried herbs, and larger projects I will use a Vitamix. If you often have a small amount that can be easily ground, you may want to consider getting a coffee grinder to reserve for all your herbal endeavors. 

Now you are ready to macerate, which basically means to let the plant sit in alcohol for a few weeks. This process pulls out all the healing constituents that make tinctures therapeutic! 

For your menstrum (or solvent) you will need to use some sort of alcohol. Some people like to use glycerites which are sweeter, or apple cider vinegar. Traditionally brandy or some form of alcohol like vodka was used. When I do the standard method, which is a bit more complicated, I use grain alcohol that is nearly 100%!

Fill a jar all the way to the top with your herbs. Cover it with your brandy or alcohol of choice. Let the herbs macerate for one full lunar cycle. Starting medicines on the full moon can be quite magical! Label your jar with the ingredients and date, and store in indirect light. Shake the maceration daily with good intentions.  

***Remember that you are powerful and the energy that you put forth and the intentions that you set will come through in the medicine.

FINALLY, strain and enjoy!

After a month (or longer) has passed, strain out your herbs with the muslin cloth. Squeeze out any remaining liquid that might be living in the herb. Compost the finished herb which is also known as mark. Pour the now tincture back into jar or into a dosage bottle with a custom label. You have now made your very first folk tincture!

Now you can make medicine from all the beautiful plants that grow around you. You will begin to discover that most of what you need is pretty close by. The St. John’s Wort on the highway, the kudzu on the pine trees, the wild oats dancing in the pasture, the dandelion in your lawn, all the plants are here waiting for you! 

With love and healing light,

Summer Ashley

[neverceasecrafting]

Witch Tip

Spray your curtains with lavender water so that when the wind blows it blows protection and peace into your home

[garbagealien]

Astronomical Compendia Ok we need to talk about this. I just now found out about these things and they are literally the coolest things I’ve ever seen in my entire life.

An astronomical compendium (plural = compendia) is an instrument that carry numerous devices for telling the time and performing astronomical calculations. Many compendia were made in the German lands in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. They are often beautifully engraved in gilt brass. Typically such compendia carry a sundial, various lunar and solar volvelles, a compass, tables of latitude, and a perpetual calendar. Two characteristics are typical of the construction of these instruments: first, they were often made as lavishly as possible; second, they are ingeniously constructed, with as many instruments as possible filling the available space. Most of the instruments on a compendium are used to simplify astronomical calculations. Many compendia have volvelles - rotating discs that show the phases of the Moon, the positions of planets, and other such phenomena. Some compendia also carry stereographic projections. These are multi-purpose maps of the heavens, allowing many astronomical calculations to be simplified. Using these, people could determine the time of sunrise and sunset, and the position of the Sun in its annual (apparent) motion through the sky. source

If you don’t think that’s the tightest shit then get out of my face.

[deactivated-blog]

More of my planetary kick. Tag yourself. I’m Jupiter but I am no good at geometry, lol.

[modernwitchesdaily]

Modern Witches Daily - Altars.

Here is the second page, see you in two weeks for a new page !  ☾

[modernwitchesdaily]

Soon some news <3

[magic-at-home]

This is so significant I feel! As too often you see online or hear people being critical and particular of how your alter ‘should’ look or what it ‘needs’ to have. But all are individual! Such a great wee post! Thank you @modernwitchesdaily

[modernwitchesdaily]

♥✧🌿🌘🔮

[modernwitchesdaily]

Modern Witches Daily - “Anyone can be a Witch”.

Here is the new page of the comic! There are some of my characters here, random ones too and others, inspired by your requests ♥

“Anyone can be a witch” is a very important theme! To me, everyone can do and be whatever they want! And, in that case, anyone can be a witch, any girl or boy, trans or non-binary person, old, young, Indian, Asian, black people or people from any country, any disabled and sick people, anyone and everyone can be a witch! Because I think this quote sums everything up, “Witches don’t look like anything, Witches are, Witches do.” ✨🌿🌘🔮

Lots of love to all the witches of this world ✧*:･ﾟ🌍

[fiberartandspells]

@sepp-graywolf there’s one that looks just like you :D

[sepp-gw]

So there is! This looks like a pretty sweet comic too 👍

[modernwitchesdaily]

@sepp-graywolf You totally inspired me for that one! This is not the first time I draw you and I love your style! Thanks a lot for sharing! 🌿

[sagestupidity]

Not gunna lie, I low key wished there was a cis male body builder dudebro in the picture… now that’s a witch I’d like to see exist. 😋

💪🕶🕯🔮💊

[modernwitchesdaily]

@japanerd1 And I’ll draw one, I didn’t thought about it but it would be so awesome ♥ Sorry it’s not here, but I definitely will draw one someday ;D

[thistletongue]

LET WITCHES MAKE MISTAKES

Let them LEARN. Stop HARASSING PEOPLE FOR BEING INCORRECT.

This community is so cutthroat.

However also understand that not every correction is a personal attack. Not every post will be correct. Try to be open to learning what others have to say.

Don’t make other people afraid to be wrong. Let people MAKE MISTAKES.

[okakimoti]

[johnnybravo20]

Diablo Lake (by Tanner Wendell Stewart)

[the-real-eye-to-see]

Finaly now is the time when black people started to take first places!

[thechanelmuse]

I’m not even gonna front. As soon as I read the caption, I immediately thought “wth is that?” If that too was your initial reaction, here’s an interview with fashion psychologist, Dr. Carolyn Mair, explaining the field:

“To me fashion psychology sounds like ‘wardrobe therapy,’ which isn’t at all what I do. I’m a cognitive psychologist who applies psychological science to the context of fashion. So, I am concerned not only with clothing (fashion) but with human behaviour across all aspects of fashion from design through the entire supply chain, to consumption and disposal. We are concerned with the many and varied individual, societal, and environmental issues that result directly or indirectly from the fashion industries.

Beauty is a huge focus, as well as body image, self-esteem, confidence, the sexualisation of women, and the selection/treatment of models. With regard to money, [we’ll study] debt that comes from compulsive spending, and over-consumption that results in the disposal of unworn items. This results in the problem of landfill sites and other pollutants. In regard to production, there are many ecological issues, such as pollution of lakes and rivers from dye, depletion of natural resources from over-production, etc.

I am mainly an academic, so like most other academics, my days are busy and varied. In addition to preparing teaching materials, supervising research students, managing staff, conducting research projects, and attending meetings, I spend a good deal of time meeting people who want to find out how to make a positive difference in a particular area of interest. For example, I was recently contacted by a major U.K. charity that wanted me to help young people overcome body-image issues that have manifested as bullying or as eating disorders. I have also been contacted by an organisation that works with older people to help them boost their self-esteem through the vehicle of fashion. Another example would be a research study I recently completed, investigating older women’s perceptions of the industry’s advertising [geared toward] older women. The work is always varied and interesting. I can honestly say I’m never bored!”

Interesting. While we’re on interviews, here’s part of Shakaila’s interview with London College of Fashion News: 

“For my final year project I studied the impact of racial inclusivity in advertising and its effects on consumer behaviour. As a black woman, I have always found the lack of racial and cultural diversity within fashion to be incredibly damaging on a social level. For my project, I wanted to use psychology to discover the effects of this phenomenon at a business/financial level. I conducted a quantitative psychological experiment and found that black consumers are more likely to purchase a product and will spend more money on said product if it is endorsed by a fellow black model. So in essence, contrary to popular belief, black models do sell.

I believe that fashion is an incredibly powerful force, not only in the way it can change our behaviour as mentioned before, but also in the way it fosters positive societal changes. For example, if you look at the lingerie industry alone you have the brand Nubian Skin which is challenging the concept of the colour ‘Nude’ which alienates women with darker skin tones. Similarly, you have the brand Play Out who along with a few other brands are introducing genderless underwear. These two brands are just a few examples of the way fashion can revolutionise the way we view not only ourselves but each other, celebrating our differences whilst remaining united in acceptance.

It’s important for people to study psychology of fashion because fashion is psychology! The fashion industry is so pervasive in our modern lives that it is almost crazy to think that the psychological impact of the industry on the global population is being overlooked. The concept of ‘retail therapy’, vanity sizing, brand loyalty etc. are just a few examples of the way that fashion impacts upon our behaviours and cognitions.

I would love to research multicultural marketing. It is a subject very dear to me as I have researched the relationship between race and fashion in both my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. The global population is becoming increasingly culturally and racially diverse and I believe that brands should be embracing this and utilising psychology to ensure that all consumers are being appropriately engaged with.”

Go head, Shakaila Forbes-Bell!