Thoughts Of a Blank Mind

Daniel, peruvian, 24 years old, Gemini, Taurus ascendant. Wiccan, gamer and book eater.

[vivianthewitch]

.°•☆ ESSENTIALS.°•☆

from: vwtips

[theladymorganlefay]

💎Birthstones💎

❄January:

Garnet is known to dispel sadness. This Blood Red Stone used as a necklace ensures friendship and fidelity.

☁February

Amethyst is often worn for protection from contagious disease. Amethyst was also thought to bring tranquillity to the wearer’s life.

⛅March

Aquamarine has been thought to bring intelligence, youth and happiness. Another March gem is the Bloodstone. Which was carried by Roman soldiers to keep them from bleeding to death.

☔April

Diamond is said to bring love and protect from evil. Attracts negative energy, so you must cleanse it often.

🌱May

Emerald reinforces love and creates harmony in the family.

💐June

The Moonstone protects against danger at sea and is thought to bring financial gain and protect against turbulence. Another stone for June is the Pearl, which is said to preserve modesty, chastity and purity.

🌞July

Ruby protects its wearer from fear and financial stress while its strength banishes evil spirits.

🏝August

Sardonyx is said to create courage and make the most timid brave. A present-day addition is the peridot, a clear, normally green stone.

🌾September

Blue Sapphire off of heals the body of illness and despair.

🍁October

Mystical opal was considered to cause disaster to those who wore it, but today it is said to bring only good fortune and happiness. Tourmaline is now the October stone.

🌬November

Topaz symbolizes good fortune in longevity. According to Legend, it possesses the power to cure many diseases. Citrine is the current day birthstone for this month.

⛄December

Turquoise was believed to be a Defender against bad luck to those who wore it. A present day addition is Zircon.

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[hestiaswitch-blog]

Ways to bond with a deity

- Read up on their mythology! Highlight and jot down cool facts about them that you find. Take note of their associations, as well as anything that may offend them so that you know what to avoid. Read as much as you can about their entire pantheon. What better way to get to know someone than meeting their friends and family?

- Dedicate a small space for them. This doesn’t need to be an extravagant altar, although it can be if you want it to! It can also be a shelf in your closet, or even a tiny shoebox that you’ve decorated for them! 

- Leave them small offerings. Burn some incense with their favourite herbs or scents, a candle, wine, fresh flowers etc. This should be tailored to what their associations are. 

- Make them something! Whether it’s colouring a picture, making a little clay sculpture, or maybe even baked cookies, they will love it. It doesn’t matter how it turns out but you should try your best. Think of it as a child making something for their parent.

- Leave things at their altar that you found that made you think of them.

- Make a playlist full of songs you associate with them.

- Have a devotional journal for them. Write poems and hymns for them, letters to them, song lyrics, etc.

- Just sit down, meditate for a bit, and then talk to them! Tell them about your day, your hopes and dreams, and what you love about them.

Good luck!

[notyourmothersspellbook]

If my spells don’t work, does it mean I’m doing them incorrectly, that I have no magic or that I have to “believe” more?

Unfortunately, belief isn’t the secret to spellwork. I recommend reading this: “Why Aren’t My Spells Working?” It isn’t because you lack something internally or because your feelings aren’t in the right place. There are all sorts of reasons as to why your spells might not be working. I recommend keeping notes of spellwork to track what spells are developing and in what ways. For example, if you did a money spell and you found a quarter in the couch that is a result, but it is not the correct result so you could see that you probably weren’t specific enough there. If you do a spell and absolutely nothing happens? Then you should 1.check the spell (is it any good? have other people gotten results doing it?), 2.check your own energy (this isn’t belief, it’s you channeling your very real energy into the spell through meditation/visualization/etc.), 3.check your wording and ingredients (are you specific? are your ingredients counteracting each other?). The post above addresses these things, but the TLDR here is that there are things that might have gone wrong and that should be checked and ruled out, but if it’s failed (remember to check for any results) it isn’t because of belief or a lack of magic or something like that. 

[magicandman]

[astrolocherry]

Transiting Mars in Taurus - February 14 - March 31, 2019

Taurus is uncomfortable in the chaos of Mars. The combination replays the old script of Ares and Aphrodite’s great love story tragedy. Relationships are inflamed with passion, the body is delirious and seductive… but those forgotten scars can begin to pain as a reminder of what we once had and lost. Transiting Mars in Taurus asks you to measure the value that you place on your heart, the cost of your bruised self-worth, and the sum of detesting your self and your body. Silver and gold cannot hold your heart in the way that you need, but good love and company will make you feel golden. What is the true price of accepting much less than you deserve?

The inner experience can be quite tumultuous and volatile, considering the inertia of Taurus and the breakneck speed of Mars. The physical body can feel tired or drained for no reason, the appetite can increase, and there is little energy left for anything but resting and relaxing more

The body can wake before the mind

There may be a sense of frustration or agitation stemming from inner tension

The sexual appetite increases, the sensory experience is rich and tantalising, the body takes control of intimacy with carnal passion and desire

There may be impulse spending, one may feel more confident in taking financial risks. It’s a beneficial period for converting one’s natural joy and talent into capital, starting or growing a personal business, making money from one’s own crafts and creations

Aries sun or rising: Mars has entered your 2nd house. The physical body is highly stimulated, you may feel very restless or jittery inside your skin, there may be the desire to adopt new health or fitness regimes. Eat something spicy so the sensory heat distracts from the internal fire, sex as therapy if possible, use your play money to spend and indulge, and don’t let yourself near your valuables or any incomplete artwork because you are liable to tear it into shreds

Taurus sun or rising: Mars has entered your 1st house or ascendant. 

Your presence becomes inflamed and influential, and people are drawn to a heated magnet of seduction and forbidden desire. People may appear to be ultra sexually intrigued with you. You may experience headaches or even migraines. Splash cold water on face and reset body temperature and equilibrium, hold your hands over your ears and eyelids and just shut the world and the noise out for a moment. You will come back to baseline soon enough, you also need plenty of sunshine - the sun is your form of serotonin

Gemini sun or rising: Mars has entered your 12th house. You are supplied energy for alone time, sleep, and dreams- your vitality is internalised and directed inside, you may feel extremely tired following socialising or doing nothing at all. Remind yourself not to keep provoking and re-inducing the bad thoughts, fear, and panic in cycles because it’s the state you believe you need to be in at that moment. You can’t sleep or drink every bad feeling away, it will just result in you fighting these beasts in your nightmares

Cancer sun or rising: Mars has entered your 11th house. Your friends are sources of regeneration and inspiration. Get in touch with those people who love your company and love your soul again. People’s unfair beliefs and attitudes will frustrate you more than ever, so best to avoid too much online interaction and reconnect with people face to face. 

Leo sun or rising: Mars has entered your 10th house or midheaven. The public perceives you in all of your power and beauty. Let your energy flow and follow its direction - it will lead you toward high places. There may be past issues with the father that have been simmering away and suddenly rise to the surface. It may be time to confront self-worth issues that stem from the relationship with the father 

Virgo sun or rising: Mars has entered your 9th house. This Mars cycle is all about stopping and appreciating the beauty of your surroundings and the universe within your body. It heightens the senses and awareness to open new avenues of learning and experience that bring you into a greater harmony with the earth. Mars energy equally distributes between the mind and physiology, so there may be an experience of restless legs, sudden anxieties, or sensations of feeling claustrophobic or suffocating indoors 

Libra sun or rising: Mars has entered your 8th house. The raw, physical, and carnal desires and senses rise through the physical body and set fires of pleasure into the depths of intimate connections. Self-reflection is necessary. 8th house energy is only active on internal, unconscious plains. The task is to find and fight the wars inside, or else you risk destroying the people closest to you, rather than the parts inside you that are ready to die

Scorpio sun or rising: Mars has entered your 7th house or descendant. Prepare for old lovers and your battle scars to return by repeating history in your current relationships. Now is the time to perish these ones and for all. When rage and fury simmer to the surface, try to stop and self-reflect on whose rage this is, where did it come from, and who is coming to reclaim it… who are you really angry at? The person who provoked it, or your lack of self-respect in assertion?

Sagittarius sun or rising: Mars has entered your 6th house. Your surroundings may appear to be more chaotic or intrusive than usual. There will be a good energy for repairing, re-organising, and refreshing your workspace and environment. Try not to take rage out on your own body, learn what it is to practice self-care - you are injured from war. Self-improvement can involve something like training yourself to do the opposite action, for instance if you feel urged to critique, you say a compliment instead

Capricorn sun or rising: Mars has entered your 5th house. The beautiful, raw and visceral senses and desires come under extreme activation. Passion for sexual and romantic pleasure burns in you like a hotplate. Practice breathing and relaxation exercises that keep your heartbeat down or reduce the panic of a strained or anxious feeling in the chest. The inner child is longing to be free and demonstrate its whole self without limitations. Just put on your red-hot performance, you are the master, show us all how its done

Aquarius sun or rising: Mars has entered your 4th house or IC. Longterm domestic tension or familial issues are bought to the surface in order to be resolved. These may be in the form of confronting yet unifying encounters. Unstable moods or rages can be caused by hunger, so your sugar binges won’t help in an hour’s time. You need to get out of the house that is closing in on you. Go outside beneath the stars, and perform a ceremony with your old memories… write a letter to your inner child, let those reminders replay in your mind and burn them at the same time

Pisces sun or rising: Mars has entered your 3rd house. Your immediate environment may appear to be very chaotic, conflictual, and frustrating… stop, breathe, and settle. People may appear to be very confronting, it may be difficult to respond without a heated reaction. Your mind can seem overly active but repressed at the same time, like something is blocking a tremendous supply of creative inspiration 

Cherry

[justsomewiccanstuff]

A witch’s guide to sage

Sage is probably the most well know herb out there. At some point you’ve probably heard about it. That being in cooking, spells or just everyday uses. Here’s the basics of sage in magic

Sage is a masculine herb, it’s associated with air and sometimes earth.

Along with that sage is associated with Sagittarius, the god Zeus/Jupiter and the Virgin Mary

Magical properties: Protection, healing, wisdom, immortality, longevity, protection, granting wishes, it also helps with emotional strength and grief

- A precaution to take is planting sage alone. It’s unlucky to do so

- Some tips are:

Put sage in mojo bags to help promote wisdom

Keep sage in your pocket to attract money

When dried and crushed up combine with incense for protection

[the-enchanted-storybook]

Derelict Gothic Abbey ~ Jorge Carlos Gonzalez

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Full moon in Virgo 0° 2/19/2019. This will be the longest full moon of the year. It’s a snow moon as well as a super moon. This full moon carries massive energy vibrations with it. It will be a culmination of daily habits and routines that are no longer serving your needs. It will be a new way of looking at things and being able to handle them. It’s a new beginning.

The sun will also move into Pisces, the last zodiac sign, tonight. It’s time to use deep thinking in order to manifest what you want to accomplish this year. The Virgo full moon will help you get your life together.

Chiron is the key to the zodiac. It one of the comets. Chiron represents the deepest wounds in ourselves, but also how we heal. Chiron has been in Pisces since 2011, it is now moving into action oriented Aries, the first of the zodiac signs. Chiron in Aries is about taking responsibility for your existence, being present with your wounds, your pain, and your shame.

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12 Little Known Laws Of Karma That Will Change Your Life

What is Karma? Karma is the Sanskrit word for action. It is equivalent to Newton’s law of ‘every action must have a reaction’. When we think, speak or act we initiate a force that will react accordingly. This returning force maybe modified, changed or suspended, but most people will not be able eradicate it.

This law of cause and effect is not punishment, but is wholly for the sake of education or learning.

A person may not escape the consequences of his actions, but he will suffer only if he himself has made the conditions ripe for his suffering. Ignorance of the law is no excuse whether the laws are man-made or universal. To stop being afraid and to start being empowered in the worlds of karma and reincarnation, here is what you need to know about karmic laws.

1. THE GREAT LAW

– “As you sow, so shall you reap”. This is also known as the “Law of Cause and Effect”. – Whatever we put out in the Universe is what comes back to us. – If what we want is Happiness, Peace, Love, Friendship… Then we should BE Happy, Peaceful, Loving and a True Friend.

2. THE LAW OF CREATION

– Life doesn’t just HAPPEN, it requires our participation. – We are one with the Universe, both inside and out. – Whatever surrounds us gives us clues to our inner state. – BE yourself, and surround yourself with what you want to have present in your Life.

3. THE LAW OF HUMILITY

– What you refuse to accept, will continue for you. – If what we see is an enemy, or someone with a character trait that we find to be negative, then we ourselves are not focused on a higher level of existence.

4. THE LAW OF GROWTH

– “Wherever you go, there you are”. – For us to GROW in Spirit, it is we who must change – and not the people, places or things around us. – The only given we have in our lives is OURSELVES and that is the only factor we have control over. – When we change who and what we are within our heart our life follows suit and changes too.

5. THE LAW OF RESPONSIBILITY

– Whenever there is something wrong in my life, there is something wrong in me. – We mirror what surrounds us – and what surrounds us mirrors us; this is a Universal Truth. – We must take responsibility what is in our life.

6.THE LAW OF CONNECTION

– Even if something we do seems inconsequential, it is very important that it gets done as everything in the Universe is connected. – Each step leads to the next step, and so forth and so on. – Someone must do the initial work to get a job done. – Neither the first step nor the last are of greater significance, – As they were both needed to accomplish the task. – Past-Present-Future they are all connected…

7. THE LAW OF FOCUS

– You can not think of two things at the same time. – When our focus is on Spiritual Values, it is impossible for us to have lower thoughts such as greed or anger.

8. THE LAW OF GIVING AND HOSPITALITY

– If you believe something to be true,then sometime in your life you will be called upon to demonstrate that particular truth. – Here is where we put what we CLAIM that we have learned, into actual

9. PRACTICE. THE LAW OF HERE AND NOW

– Looking backward to examine what was, prevents us from being totally in the HERE AND NOW. – Old thoughts, old patterns of behavior, old dreams… – Prevent us from having new ones.

10. THE LAW OF CHANGE

– History repeats itself until we learn the lessons that we need to change our path.

11. THE LAW OF PATIENCE AND REWARD

– All Rewards require initial toil. – Rewards of lasting value require patient and persistent toil. – True joy follows doing what we’re suppose to be doing, and waiting for the reward to come in on its own time.

12. THE LAW OF SIGNIFICANCE AND INSPIRATION

– You get back from something whatever YOU have put into it. – The true value of something is a direct result of the energy and intent that is put into it. – Every personal contribution is also a contribution to the Whole. – Lack luster contributions have no impact on the Whole, nor do they work to diminish it. – Loving contributions bring life to, and inspire, the Whole.

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[poetryandarete]

Hymn to Artemis of the Drowned Birches

Mistress of beasts,

Whether weighty and waddling

Loping and lean

In the darkness of the slow-rising dawn

I call to you

*

The bears enter town here

The trash bins have locked lids

When I walk to class the forest presses up against the breaking spear tops

Of the Canadian Shield

And it whispers about the onset of frost

*

Goddess, this weather makes beasts of us all

As the mushrooms grow plump on the leaf layer rot

We are on our knees foraging -

Like any animal when the chill sets in

The low hanging rosehips and staining sumac

Are warnings: gather now

Or regret

*

I have always seen the graceful birch and thought of you

But the beavers by the lake have devastated them

Teeth marks so fresh the wood is discoloured

The beasts have dragged them into the water which sits still

(Deceivingly so)

And some are left rotting, shore stranded

The gluttonous ruins of this slow-building season

*

Someone told me once that birches were called widowmakers

For the rot in the inside is long hidden by the outer paper bark

Goddess, you must smile

(Being a widowmaker yourself)

For you know too well that eventually the paper falls apart to reveal that ever creeping death

Your sister-cousin has taken her first steps below the earth - you know this because:

How things begin to rot around you, mistress! How even the living begin to stink!

Send out your beasts, your holy hunting dogs

Let your hurried hungry arrows miss the crowns of every baby I catch this year

Let the mothers rejoice or mourn as they will;

I am with you, goddess, whatever comes.

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[strangeappalachia]

Tiffany Turrill on Twitter

“Her name is Jenny and she has some pals None are particularly nice, they want to make your cows sick and maybe wear your skin Work for "Night On The Bald," a short story by @asher_elbein from his forthcoming anthology!”

Oh my god, this is amazing.   Here’s relevant moment from the first version of Night on the Bald;

A spindly hag rose from the crowd nearest to the fire, balancing on long, twisted legs. Spiderweb wrinkles spread over her naked body, skin pooling loosely around her joints. Harsh green eyes glared out of a crooked face. She raised her skeletal hands high, long nails glowing with reflected light.

Silence fell among the throng. The hag’s head turned slowly, gaze sweeping along the crowd. Anna started to look down, but too late. Their eyes met.

For a long moment the fierce gaze examined her. Anna stared back, face blank. Her heart pounded in her ears. Then, just as suddenly as it had locked, the gaze moved on.  

Anna realized she’d been holding her breath and carefully let it out. So that was Hollow Jenny: a gnarled thing standing before a sea of empty faces, its face the emptiest of all.

[notyourmothersspellbook]

A forthcoming fiction anthology of witch work in Appalachia certainly has my attention. As do illustrations of skin-slipping women. 👀

[spinningblueball]

The planets!  Includes surface temperature, diameter, distance from sun, orbit period, and length of day.

[dumbbbunnnyy-deactivated2021021]

💀 Curse Correspondences 💀

Crystals:

Agate - for use on a target who has entered a space uninvited, i.e. someone breaking into your home or vehicle

Alexandrite - causes obsession and delusions

Amethyst - causes sensitivity and self-destruction

Astrophyllite - causes those who have died at the hands of another to torment the target from the grave

Diamond - causes blindness, confusion, and disorientation

Diopside - lowers inhibitions and causes secrets to be revealed

Emerald - causes greed, selfishness, and isolation

Flint - causes conflicts

Garnet - leeches energy from a target

Kunzite - induces vulnerability 

Kyanite - used to infiltrate a target’s mind

Meteorite - used as a catalyst in baneful magick

Obsidian - used for general aggressive magick

Onyx - causes nightmares and mental torment, and is used to break up relationships

Opal - used to store negative energy, and then to be given to a target

Ruby - used to focus your intent on a target

Colors:

Black - law, justice, manifestation, sorrow

Red - force, energy, confrontation, jealousy, anger

Greenish Yellow - strife, discord, illness, conflict, jealousy, greed

Magenta - catalyst

Herbs:

Ague Weed - confusion 

Angelica Root - misery, strife, distress, discord

Asafoetida - drives enemies away

Bayberry - depression

Bindweed - binding

Blackberry Root - distress

Black Salt - misery, strife, distress, discord

Bladderwrack - illness

Bloodroot - substitute for blood

Blueberry - confusion, strife

Boneset - distress, confusion

Cayenne Pepper - anxiety

Chicory - discord

Chili Powder - discord, misery, strife

Cinquefoil - discomfort

Clove - stopping gossip

Cramp Bark - pain, illness

Dogbane - deception

Dragon’s Blood - destruction, strife, misery

Hemlock - discord, sadness

Henbane - illness, discord, melancholy

Jezebel Root - wickedness, ending relationships, punishing unfaithful lovers

Knot Weed - binding

Lemon - sourness, bitterness

Lemon Verbena - a boost of power, ending relationships

Lime - sourness, bitterness

Lobelia - discord

Mace - misery, strife

Mandrake - misery, strife

Mistletoe - isolation, confusion

Mullein - spirit work, nightmares

Mustard Seed - strife, discord

Myrrh - a boost of power

Nightshade (Belladonna) - discord, illness

Onion - strife

Patchouli - illness

Poke Root - confusion, discord

Poppy Seed - discord

Rue - misery

Safflower - destruction

Spanish Moss - bad luck

Slippery Elm - ending relationships

Stinging Nettle - jealousy, envy, discomfort

Sumac - bad luck

Tobacco - a substitute for any baneful herb

Tormentil - distress, harm, discord

Vetiver - silence

Wormwood (Absinthe) - misery, strife

Yew - spirit work

Yohimbe Bark - impotency

Planets:

Mars - power, force, energy, war, conflict, jealousy

Saturn - law, justice, chaos, revenge

Neptune - confusion, illusion, chaos

Pluto - death, mystery, crisis

Lunar Phases:

Waning - binding

Dark - destruction, banishing, justice

Black - power, manifestation

Taglocks:

DNA (saliva, nail clippings, hair, blood, etc.)

Drawings

Photos

The target’s name written on paper

The target’s signature

An item that belongs to the target

Other Ingredients:

Cigarette butts

Broken glass

Razorblades 

Vinegar

Lemon/lime juice

Alcohol

Bones

Needles

Nails

Thorns

Blood

Urine

Saliva

Shark teeth

Catfish spines

Murex seashells

Flying Devil Oil

Dead insects

Black sand

Charcoal

Disclaimer: I do not condone the unethical practice of collecting or harvesting animal parts, or forcefully obtaining certain biological taglocks. These are just ideas, and I am not responsible for anything you choose to do with them. 

Updated: 3-9-2017