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[wikiwicca]

So I’ve seen a loooooot of people put perfume and makeup on Aphrodite’s altar. Is that your own perfume and makeup or is it something you bought for her and never use for yourself? I love the idea but don’t want to accidentally overstep. With Hecate I just give her stuff and never touch it again because she’s a chthonic goddess and I’ve given it away and it’s no longer mine and I understand how that works. Is this the same idea with the makeup and perfumes for Aphrodite?

[yourlocalchaoswitch]

Home Protection Bowl

Supplies

[ ] black or white candle + something to carve it with

[ ] bowl or dish

[ ] protection oil(optional)

[ ] a piece of hair/fur/scales/etc from everyone you wish to protect as a taglock (optional)

Herbs + Crystals

[ ] salt

[ ] cloves

[ ] agrimony

[ ] rosemary

[ ] nettle leaf

[ ] hyssop

[ ] comfrey

[ ] eggshells

[ ] lavender

[ ] amethyst

[ ] obsidian

[ ] clear quartz

(not all are necessary, pick what feels right to you)

Instructions

1. Cleanse your space and your bowl. I like to do this with incense, however you can do it using sound, sprays, visualizations, etc. Pick whatever method(s) feel right to you.

2. Fill the bowl with salt and add your eggshells and herbs (except for the cloves). As you add each herb, set your intention and express your gratitude to the plants for aiding in protecting you. If you're using crystal chips, you can also add those at this time.

3. Stir the herbs counterclockwise to banish any residual negative energy a few times, then clockwise to welcome in the protective energies

4. Grab your taglocks. If you don't have DNA items such as hair, you can write their full name and birthdays on a slip of paper or bay leaf. Bury them into the salt, visualizing the salt as a protective shield around them.

5. Place 5 cloves around the bowl in the places where the points on a pentacle would be, and then place your charged crystals.

6. Grab your candle and carve word "protected" into it. Hold the candle in both hands and concentrate on who and what it would be protecting. If you have a protection oil, annoint your candle at this time. Place it in the middle of your bowl

7. Light the candle with intention and let it burn all the way down. If you'd like to enchant any jewelry or items to protect you in your travels, you can place them in the bowl before lighting to charge them

Refresh once a month, or whenever the energy feels off and you think it caught something

Happy witching!!

[unfortunatelymerlin]

[gardenfoxywitch]

🌿🍊Litha Orange Honey Cake🍊🌿

Hello my greenies! Happy Litha! I hope you’re all enjoying the summer sun and nature. Even during quarantine, if you’re able to take a walk in nature without contact with others, I highly recommend doing so. If you’re unable to go outside, I recommend taking the time to bake and maybe listen to some nature sounds on youtube. Those have helped me during these times. I wish you all the best with this yummy cake! I hope you all like this recipe:)

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour

½ cup softened unsalted butter

2 eggs

1 ½ tsp. baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

¼ cup granulated sugar

½ cup milk

½ tsp salt

¼ cup brown sugar

2 tbsp fresh orange juice

2/3 cup honey

1 tbsp vanilla extract

around a tbsp of orange zest

Optional Glaze

½ cup honey

¼ cup brown sugar

some lemon juice

juice of 4th of orange

couple pats of ground cinnamon

dash of vanilla

½ cup (maybe.. I never measure this out)sliced almonds

Mix until syrup state.

Directions

Preheat Oven for 350°F and coat pan with non-stick or other alternative. I honestly don’t know what size my pan is…so I’d say eyeball it and see how much you can fit? Lol

In medium bowl, mix dry ingredients (including the orange zest). Set that to the side while you mix the other ingredients in a larger bowl.  

Sift the dry ingredients into the bowl with the other ingredients in batches. So, sift a little in and mix then repeat that until all the dry ingredients are mixed in.

Pour the mixture into the pan and cook for about 28 to 35 minutes. Check with a long toothpick:3 After you take out you can pour over an optional syrup that I think is amazing!

There’s no particular chant I do for this recipe, I mostly just pray for the sun and for the health of those I care for. I like to visualize the sun and its heat and color wrapping me in an embrace and that same warmth infusing the cake.

I hope you call have a lovely Litha and special time with those you love a care for.

- Kenzie

[garden-ofjoy]

I WANT TO READ ALL THE BOOKS, STUDY ALL THE LANGUAGES, ADMIRE ALL THE ART... BUT I AM JUST SO TIRED!!!

[kindliess]

I genuinely love the gods. I only hope I can consistently do better for them. I want to achieve and do so much for them. I want to actually live life because of them, not as in keep living, but to LIVE. To be slow and enjoy nature. To enjoy the long days. The gods make me want to enjoy the sun, the smell of a cool wind, to feel rain on my skin. They make me want to travel, to love, they make life worth living. I love the gods, the ones who give us life and music, who give us storms and rain , the gods who bring laughter, and strength. I love the gods who bring us joy and happiness, the gods who protect us mentally and physically. The gods who make me want to be the absolute best version of myself. I love the gods.

[wikiwicca]

It’s so funny when I want something and a deity wants it too. Like I saw some strawberry shaped craft that I wanted and I was like “I don’t know… today or next week when I get paid again…” blah blah blah. I ended up getting it. Well I go outside and there’s a bunch of dirt and dust swept off to the side and I shit you not. Some of the dirt was separated from the big pile in a form resembling a caduceus. Like yeah okay Hermes pop off. You can have it! Whatever you want.

[wikiwicca]

It’s CRAZY how my sibling’s cat wants in my bedroom SO BAD when I’m praying to my gods, giving offerings, doing tarot reads cause I usually close my door if I’m burning a candle— he can F E E L it.

[khaire-traveler]

✨ Subtle Deity Worship Master List ✨

Greek Deities:

Subtle Aphrodite Worship

Subtle Ares Worship

Subtle Apollo Worship

Subtle Artemis Worship

Subtle Athena Worship

Subtle Dionysus Worship

Subtle Eros Worship

Subtle Hephaestus Worship

Subtle Hermes Worship

Subtle Demeter Worship

Subtle Hera Worship

Subtle Zeus Worship

Subtle Circe Worship

Subtle Hestia Worship

Subtle Helios Worship

Subtle Persephone Worship

Subtle Poseidon Worship

Subtle Hekate Worship

Subtle Hygeia Worship

Subtle Nemesis Worship

Subtle Psyche Worship

Subtle Asklepios Worship

Subtle Haides Worship

Subtle Harpocrates Worship

Subtle Erebos Worship

Subtle Medea Worship

Subtle Tyche Worship

Subtle Lethe Worship

Subtle Selene Worship

Subtle Eris Worship

Subtle Themis Worship

Subtle Talos Worship

Subtle Thanatos Worship

Subtle Nyx Worship

Subtle Phobos & Deimos Worship

Subtle Pan Worship

Subtle Hypnos Worship

Subtle Charybdis Worship

Subtle Skylla Worship

Subtle Harmonia Worship

Subtle Galatea Worship

Subtle Hyacinthus Worship

Subtle Triton Worship

Norse Deities:

Subtle Sigyn Worship

Subtle Loki Worship

Subtle Baldr Worship

Subtle Freyr Worship

Subtle Odin Worship

Subtle Heimdallr Worship

Subtle Freyja Worship

Subtle Thorr Worship

Subtle Tyr Worship

Subtle Jormungandr Worship

Subtle Hel Worship

Subtle Sleipnir Worship

Subtle Idunna Worship - created by @soil-and-stanzas :)

Subtle Fenrir Worship

Subtle Frigga Worship

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This list will be updated as I make more posts! I will be making separate lists for these pantheons because I have too many links lol.

[waddleonmywaywardducks]

How to get back into your practice after a burnout

Alot of times in our practices, we often just straight up forget. Not going to lie to you I didn't practice much until I got out of my mom's home...which was one year ago. And I also have a theory that since paganism isnt dogmatic and is meant to be ran by a community we fall out really easy, it's natural, paganism is different now. But anyways here is chaos's master guide on how to put on your big girl panties and get back the work.

(disclaimer: just because these things worked for me doesn't mean it's going to work for everyone else, this post is completely upg. I'm just offering advice.)

Starting out small

What never stuck to me is those post that are like: "stir your intentions into your coffee, light incense, pray" because like yeah thats a good way to start off I really dont think itll set in our brains to do this everyday. Instead what I recommend is finding days to practice and sticking to that day. Find a day where you useally do nothing and dedicate it to getting back into your practice.

You could use this day to research on all the things you forgotten (been there)

Or you could just leave offerings out for your deities and call it a day

I think if you uphold a certain schedule your mind will get into the habit of "oh today's witch day, time to do witchcraft" this is basic psychology, and I promise it works 😭😭

Deity work and getting back into it

Little reminder: your gods are not mad at you. They do not hate you. They love you.

I have had so many falling outs with deities because I just couldn't uphold a schedule. Hekate being one of them. Hekate really showed me the way once I moved out of my mother's house, and after so many ins and outs of my worship to her, she still showed me love and compassion. I promise your gods will do the same. They understand our mortal lives more then you comprehend. After all, this is their earth.

Stuff you can do to get back into worship with your deities:

- offerings, big or small

- dedicate days to them, in my schedule Hekate is worshipped on Monday, and Aphrodite on Friday.

- research ways to connect with them more

- don't make big promises that you will get back into your practice and never fall out again, thats just putting yourself in more responsibility, your gods will now expect that responsibility. I've done this before and I definitely got side eyed by Hekate 😭😭

I recommend reading over these lovely post by @/khaire-traveler

Subtle deity worship

I honestly used this alot to get back into worship with my deities 😭😭 these posts go into worship you could do for deities while you are either hiding your practice or just want to do something for your gods. Really helpful post 10/10.

Getting back into witchcraft

I know I kind of went over this already, but I feel like there needs to be some small steps to getting back into witchcraft before we get to rituals, spells and stuff of that sort.

To get back into witchcraft, I recommend meditating, either by yourself or with your deities. Meditation allows you to just focus on the present and let go of all your stresses. I like to meditate with my deities because I get visions from them easily this way, it's easier for me to communicate.

From there you can do research on the basics of witchcraft and work your way up to rituals and spell work... hopefully all of this makes sense

Anyways yeah that's all the advice I have to getting back into your practice, if I have anything else to add I'll reblog this and add more. But yeah! I really hopes this helps at least someone lol.

[zaharleon]

Honour the hearth (or Hestia)

My whole life I’ve been thinking that I lack talent: “Jack of all trades, master of none” kind of a person at its finest.

Yet, last months required me to adapt to living my “separate adult life”, away from the warmth of my childhood home, that has consequently pushed me into gradually learning home-maintenance-survival-skills (bits of homemaking, cooking, doing the laundry and etc.).

And after quite a few stumbles along this journey I have inexplicably discovered that I actually do have a “small” talent: making my new home feel warm, making the people I love feel accepted, appreciated, comfortable and loved. And that when it hit me - the true importance of Lady Hestia.

I wish people, living in this career-driven reckless world, would take a moment to breathe and appreciate Lady Hestia… A LOT more, because, after all, nothing compares to the warmth of a true home that welcomes you, protects you and gives you a place to rest. Home is something you built for yourself, you can even find your home in other people. And any home needs to be loved and appreciated, too.

So, please, next time you feel that warm feeling inside, be it while you are coming back to your abode greeting and kissing your pets or while you are enjoying a warm meal with your friends at a car: Honour the hearth (Hestia).

[diana-thyme]

Greek Gods 101: Hestia

Hestia is a goddess of the hearth and home. Excluding the universal offerings, some common offerings include:

Depictions of Fireplaces/Hearts

Tea

Kettles

Depictions of Pigs

Depictions of Fire

Baking Supplies

Cooking Supplies

Spices and Herbs

Homemade Food

For devotional acts, some activities that can be done for her include:

Cooking

Cleaning

Lighting a Fire

Keeping Up Family Traditions (Or Starting a New One)

Doing Home Repairs

Doing Home Renovations

Taking Care of Others

Practicing Simple or Slow Living

She is celebrated in multiple Athenian holidays:

Noumenia

Apatouria

Plerosia, maybe

Hekate’s Deipnon, maybe

Kallynteria and Plynteria, maybe

[screeching-0wl]

A guide to worship of Hestia- cheat sheets

Hellenic cheat sheets

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[wikiwicca]

I felt like Apollo had been trying to get my attention recently. I finally did a tarot pull after like a week of this (sorry Apollo, lol) and I said to myself “I feel like Apollo has been reaching out” to try and connect to his energy or whatever and as I said “I feel like Apollo-” both the sun and moon cards fell out of my deck. It really doesn’t get any clearer than that!

[wikiwicca]

Sometimes when I’m stressed out at work I’ll out loud say in like a desperate voice “I MISS MY CAT” or “I MISS MY MOM!”

Just now though I’m at home and in my own head in the same tone I said to myself, “I MISS HERMES!” And before I could even think out his entire name, I was feeling such a loud strong feeling in my head that was like “I’M RIGHT HERE 🤩🥳😃😆😙✌️” just as loudly in my brain. Very nice to know he’s hanging around this morning HA!

[khaire-traveler]

Isn't it actually so beautiful that deities take the time to try and guide and teach us? How wonderful is it that they care for us so deeply that they'd share their wisdom, knowledge, and insight so freely? I think a deity's love is something to be cherished, and I cherish this. 🧡✨

[unusualcow]

Crow and Apollo are chillin before canon event