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Altoid tins (mini altars)
Bathtub crayons (shower sigils)
Cleaning spray (cleansing)
Candles (everything imaginable)
Coloured pencils/markers (colour magic, sigils with colour meaning)
Empty wine bottles (offerings, altar decoration)
Eyeglass cases (storing crystals, mini altars, pendulum case)
Electronics (virtual altars, virtual grimoire)
Feather dusters (cleansing)
Glass bowls (offerings, spells, scrying)
Jars (spell jars, storing supplies, crystal jars, etc)
Kitchen herbs (replacement for fresh herbs)
Kettles (tea magic)
Makeup (glamours)
Mops (cleansing)
Nail polish (sigils)
Playing card decks (cartomancy)
Rubber bands (cursing, spells)
Stuffed animals (spells for comfort, enchanting)
Sewing supplies (curses, repairs, knot magic)
Scissors (athame)
Thumb tacks (cursing)
Toilet paper tubes (wands, seed starter pots)
Umbrellas (shielding)
ICE Raids
i know i only have a small reach but i’m putting this information out there for anyone it could help.
if an ice agent knocks on your door Do Not Open The Door!!! very calmly ask to see the search warrant have them slide the warrant under the door or press it against a window.
if the warrant is signed by Department of Homeland Security you Do Not have to Comply. you only have to comply if it is signed by a judicial judge. if the search warrant is not signed by a judge you Do Not have to comply. you are not legally obligated to comply.
do not open your door if you are unsure if the warrant is a valid warrant
it is your legal right to having a lawyer present during all proceedings
do Not sign anything without a lawyer present
Crash course on fake stones/misrepresentations
Because I have been too lazy to type this all up.
Quartz:
If your quartz has teeny air bubbles it’s glass.
If it’s got a fruit name it’s dyed. End of story. (strawberry, cherry, lemon, pineapple, blueberry) yes there may be some very rare exceptions-fire quartz being dubbed strawberry- but due to the rise in fakes with that name it’s generally called fire quartz now.
Aura quartz is a regular quartz that’s been bonded with another material. (man made)
Cinnabar Infused Quartz usually reconstituted and mixed together to make a red crystal.
Green quartz can be grown in a lab and anything that forrest green color is
Turquoise:
Magnesite and howlite look very very similar to turquoise when they’ve been dyed, magnesite will have very deep cracks in it though.
No there is no white turquoise.
You can do a uv test to see if it’s real
Amber
Often faked with Copal. They look nearly identical.
Amber will float in salt water-copal will not.
Irradiated/dyed stones:
Very vibrant colors!!
Irradiated: (they irradiate the crystals to get a deeper or more vibrant color)
deeply pigmented topaz or kunzite
dark (almost black) smokey quartz
very deep pink or red tourmaline
colored diamonds
some cultured pearls
vibrant yellow heliodor
Dyed:
Pearls
Agate
coral
other stones may be dyed as well, generally if it looks fake..it is.
Heat treated stones: (really not a bad thing but if you’re going for natural)
Amethyst-lighten color+remove brown
Citrine-heat treated amethyst.
Aquamarine-remove green
Ruby-clearer stone
Sapphire-clearer stone
Rainbow Cal-Silica
Nope, completely fake 100%
Literally just car paint layered with calcite and resin.
Citrine: (im so sorry)
Much of the citrine on the market is lab made.
If it’s lab made it’s usually amethyst that’s been heated until it changes color
The bottom of these stones will be white with more color at the tips.
srry
Lapis Lazuli:
High quality is vibrant blue, hard to come by, and very expensive.
Low quality howlite, jasper or sodalite is dyed blue, and passed off as lapis.
Acetone will remove the dye but damage the stone.
Obsidian:
The clear green obsidian you see all over ebay is slag glass.
Natural green obsidian has been found but it is opaque and is more gray than green.
there is red obsidian as well but again, it’s not a vibrant red and is more brick colored.
Wikipedia is not always right.
Goldstone:
it’s glass it’s legitimately just glass
Opalite:
also glass.
real opalite exists but it’s green and not commonly found
once again, don’t believe everything on wikipedia.
Bismuth:
Doesn’t naturally form in the crystals, lab made!!!
rlly pretty though
Hematite:
Not naturally magnetic!
Magnetic hematite is 100% man made!
I’ll add more as I come across them~
Jade:
Real jade is p. heavy! A way to tell if it is real is that it’ll be heavier than it looks.
Jade is faked with the following:
Serpentine “New Jade” or “Olive Jade”
Prehnite
Aventurine quartz
Grossular garnet “Transvaal jade”
Chrysoprase “Australian jade”
Malaysia Jade- dyed quartz that may be called by its color – Red Jade, Yellow Jade, Blue Jade
Opaque dolomite marble “Mountain Jade” (usually dyed)
Dragon vein agate:
Quench cracked, bleached, and dyed agate and some is quench cracked, and dyed glass.
Snowflake obsidian:
Being faked with a very low grade cheap dalmatian jasper.!
Snowflake will be gray while Dalmatian should have a lighter color
Hollow galena:
A lot of pieces have been proven to have been faked through sand blasting + similar techniques (but there may be real ones I’m not 100%)
Charoite:
Chinese Charoite doesn’t exist.
If it’s called that then it’s not real, real charoite isn’t banded and is more swirly.
Moldavite:
Very very commonly faked!!
Biggest giveaway is the ‘wet’ look a faked piece has due to the molding process
White moldavite doesn’t exist!!
Sunspar:
It’s really just yellow Labradorite, which isn’t a v rare gem
An entire traffic light
Fingers
Bed frames
Chunk of asphalt
Fighting staff
A HUGE STICK
Cotton swabs
Fans
Hangers
Celery
Paper towel rolls
Peeled banana
Flashlight
White cane
Nunchucks
Carrots
Your cat/dog’s tail
Pens/pencils
Flaming marshmallow stick
Lit roman candle
Toilet
Flash drive
Socks
Table legs
Wooden dowels
Shower rods
All twenty seven water bottles that you have stored in your room, joined together with duct tape
Half of a phone
A pointy dumpling
Felting needle
Twisted paper
Wii remote
A guitar
A trombone
Straightened out staple
Straightened out paperclip
A yoyo
Ice cream cone featuring ice cream
Ice ice baby
Half a broken fluorescent light bulb tube
Slinky
A pasta noodle
Chicken wing
;) u know
Chopstick
Cinnamon stick
Straw
A dog chewing bone
Mascara and eyeliner
Your whole arm
A small child (with a helmet on bc safety is important)
Getting to Know the Elements
The 4 Elements are the best known correspondences in magic - they represent all things of the material realm. If you practice a form of Western magic, you may recognize a 5th Element called Spirit (or Quintessence).
Direction: East
Time of Day: Dawn / sunrise
Sabbat: Spring Equinox / Ostara
State of Matter: Gas
Astrological Signs: Libra, Aquarius, & Gemini
Earth Level: Atmosphere
Animal Parts: Feathers, wings
Craft Tools: Bell, wand, incense smoke
Tarot (card) Suit: Wands / clubs
Human Parts: Breath
Spells: Divination, prophecy
Spell Disposal: To scatter - in wind
Represents: Intellect, mind
Colors: Yellow / white
Elemental: Sylphs
Energy: Yang / masculine
Direction: South
Time of Day: Noon
Sabbat: Summer Solstice / Litha / Midsummer’s Eve
State of Matter: Plasma
Astrological Signs: Aries, Leo, & Sagittarius
Earth Level: Magnetosphere
Animal Parts: Fangs, claws
Craft Tools: Sword, athame, candle
Tarot (card) Suit: Swords / spades
Human Parts: Blood
Spells: Purification, repulsion, love magic
Spell Disposal: To burn - in fire
Represents: Energy, force
Colors: Red / orange
Elemental: Salamanders
Energy: Yang / masculine
Direction: West
Time of Day: Dusk / sunset
Sabbat: Autumn Equinox / Mabon
State of Matter: Liquid
Astrological Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, & Pisces
Earth Level: Hydrosphere
Animal Parts: Shells, fins
Craft Tools: Chalice, cauldron
Tarot (card) Suit: Cups / hearts
Human Parts: Tears
Spells: Offering, to conjure rain
Spell Disposal: To dissolve - in water
Represents: Emotion, desire
Colors: Blue / silver
Elemental: Undines
Energy: Yin / feminine
Direction: North
Time of Day: Midnight
Sabbat: Winter Solstice / Yule
State of Matter: Solid
Astrological Signs: Capricorn, Taurus, & Virgo
Earth Level: Geosphere
Animal Parts: Bones, hide
Craft Tools: Altar stone, pentacle, salt
Tarot (card) Suit: Pentacles / diamonds
Human Parts: Nails, hair
Spells: Healing, prosperity, banishing
Spell Disposal: To bury - in the ground
Represents: Matter, body
Colors: Green / black
Elemental: Gnomes
Energy: Yin / feminine
Direction: Changing of the seasons / Wheel of the Year
Craft Tools: Pentacle, robe, cord, rope
Spells: Enlightenment, spiritual knowledge
Represents: Center, origin
Colors: Purple / white / black
Energy: Universal
Why are we silent???
we’re silent because we didnt know. thats the whole problem. how can we talk about a problem we literally dont know about because of a media blackout.
here are some links.
Shahd Khidir uses her platform to spread awareness
Nahid Jabrallah tells DW about the sexual violence
Authorities Are lying about the death toll
Government is killing people during an internet shut down
Central Committee of Sudan Doctors confirms that it’s still going (i linked their whole facebook for updates. these doctors are sided with the protestors)
a lot of information is from the 3-4 of june but this appears to still be a problem. stay aware.
Thanks for the links!
You said it yourself, media isn’t covering it so how are we just magically supposed to know OP?
its a developing issue and with the internet shutdown, its a great struggle to truly find out what is happening at the scene. spread the word and let news media know!
I don’t care what type of account you have please reblog this 🌻
They’ve got a point ya know
**Edit**
Thought I’d through in that this topic was specifically about western/European religions and spirituality and was not intended to erase or demean other indigenous poc practices.
This is just a conversation about Abrahamic and European religions. And in that aspect…
They’ve got a point ya know
Three things to remember right now: You are smart You are loved You are spooky
Morning after pill is like ~40 at most pharmacies I think? Reblog to save a life lol
Remember also if you’re over a certain weight it wont work at all!
Plan B loses effectiveness at about 165lb and does not appear to work at all for women over 175lb (74kg and 79kg respectively). More information can be found in this article here (x)
So, if you are over 165lb and under 175lb there still is a chance that Plan B will work for you, and it may be worth a try. If the pill will not work for you, you can call Planned Parenthood to find out what your options are, their contact information can be found here (x)
If you find that the pill did not work or it is too late for you to use it, look into places around you that offer ‘plan c’ (mifepristone, or the ‘abortion pill’). When doing this, please be incredibly wary of fake abortion clinics. These are typically called Family Planning Centers, Women’s Health Centers, Pregnancy Crisis Centers or something similar. This video goes over them in a lot better then I could ever hope to (here).
You can get Plan C online here (x) or often at you local Planned Parenthood. The Mayo Clinic has a page on the general risks of abortions here if anyone would like to read it (x) and the National Abortion Federation has a page with commonly asked questions and dispelling the myths here (x).
In the end, you deserve to have your choices respected. You deserve to get the help you need. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise. Do not let anyone disrespect your choice. I hope the information I have provided is helpful to anyone who may need it.
If the links above don’t work, I am going to have them under the read more below, you have a right to information about all the options that you have in regards to your body and your health. Please reblog this so that it can reach anyone who may need this, thank you!
Keep reading
Spells for Anxiety and Stress
Updated: November 9th, 2015
Anti-Anxiety/Anti-Depression Charm [nimzamona]
Anti-Anxiety Bottle Spell, or “Peace, Strength, and Calm” [glitterrwitch]
Anti-Anxiety Candle Spell [lavenderspells]
Anti-Anxiety Chant [phoenyxwitch]
Anti-Anxiety Charm [queerwitchkid]
Anti-Anxiety Charm Bag [overlypolitewitch]
Anti-Anxiety Incense [original post removed]
Anti-Anxiety jar (Aromatherapy) [original post removed]
Anti-Anxiety Jar Spell [wiccan-asshole]
Anti-Anxiety Orb [lavenderspells]
Anti-Anxiety Pouch [witchoncampus]
Anti-Anxiety Shower Spell [snwitch]
Anti-Anxiety Water Spell [natural-magics]
Anti Anxiety Spell Charm [witchy-tips]
Anti Anxiety Vial [happydizy]
Anti-Stress/Anxiety Bottles [ghostwitchofficial]
Anti-Stress Charm Bag [themoonmysteries]
Anti-Stress Spell [original post removed]
Anti-Stress Spell Charm [to-the-earth-we-must-return]
Anti Stress Loose Incense [witchy-tips]
Anxiety Bottle Spell [liberumbrarum]
Anxiety Reduction Oil Blends [voidstepping]
Anxiety-Relief Tea Potion [recreationalwitchcraft]
Anxiety Relief Spell - Jar Spell [phoenyxwitch]
Anxiety Spell [spooksayer]
Anxiety Stone Spell; Put Your Worries to Magickal Use [violetwitchcraft]
Bring Me Balance Honey Potion [goodwitchofthesouthwest]
Calm Jar Spell [original post removed]
Calm That Anxiety Tea [honeycoyote]
Calming Doll [original post removed]
Calming Pouch [witchcraftings]
Calming Spell [christowitch]
A Calming Spell [enlitenwitch]
Calming Sugar Scrub [fuckyeahpaganism]
Calming Summer Rain Sachet [natural-magics]
Cat Cuddle Comfort Spell [pastorwitch]
Coping with Anxiety Spell [winter-elf-witch]
Distress Box [dog-rose]
DIY Anti-Anxiety Smelling Salts [recreationalwitchcraft]
Don’t You Worry Anti-Anxiety Stamp Charm [booksandtails]
Easy Knot Magic Spell for Dealing with Anxiety [digital–witch]
Freedom From Stress Spell [phynxrizng]
Herbal Tea For Anxiety & Stress [gwathir]
Honey Milk Bath *De-Stress Spell* [pomegranateandivy]
Hot Chocolate Makes Everything Better [idontusemycauldron]
“I Am Real” Spell [broomcorner]
The Jar of Fucks [polar-solstice]
“Let It Go” A Spell to Release Stress and Toxic Feelings [original post removed]
Magic Stress Ball [original post removed]
The Meltdown Jar [calistcs]
Mental Wellness Tea [pomegranateandivy]
Panic/Anxiety Sachet & Healing Ritual [belladonnaswitchblog]
Passion Flower Tincture [allthateverwasorwillbe]
The Portable Barricade [magicourf]
Releasing Stress Through a Tree [witchcraftings]
Restful Breathing Spell [original post removed]
Scroll on Past Spell [blacklilydivination]
A Sea Spell for Anxiety and Panic Attacks [calledbythesea]
Simple Spell Jar Idea [lavenderwrath]
Social Anxiety Charm [original post removed]
Social Calm Tincture & Powder [graycloakgrimoires]
Soothe Anxiety Spell [mamawinterwolf]
Soothing Bath Spell [natural-magics]
Spell: Anti-Anxiety Amulet [windvexer]
Spell Bottle for a Calm Body & Mind [torque-witch]
Spell Bundle: Anti-Anxiety [seraphickalmagick]
Spell Craft; Anxiety Stone [violetwitchcraft]
Spell for Anxiety and Burden Relief [princessmeriwhite]
A Spell For Calming and Relaxing [natural-magics]
A Spell for Relieving Stress [wandering-alice]
Spell: Sweeten and Soothe [windvexer]
Spell to Calm Overreacting [natural-magics]
A Spell to Reduce Anxiety [snwitch]
Spell to Relieve Stress [original post removed]
“Strawberries & Cream” Potion and Bath [oldmotherredcap]
Stress Fix Bath [blessedbemyway]
Vanilla Anti-Anxiety Spell [natural-magics]
Vanilla Candle Spell [the-darkest-of-lights]
Water Spell to Soothe Anxiety [original post removed]
Winter (Snow) Spell for Anxiety [original post removed]
A Witch’s Stress Release Jar [original post removed]
“Worry Me Not” Anti-Anxiety Charm [oldmotherredcap]
Worry Stone Enchantment [original post removed]
* From my [anxiety and stress spell page]. * * [List of Spells page]. Heavily under construction!
W-itchy Feet #1:
So you’re doubting your intuition
We have all been there, trust me. We all go back there, too. Doubting yourself is a powerful tool because with doubt comes the hunt for verification.
But how can you verify yourself? Show yourself your power? Sometimes, there are lots of ways, and sometimes, there seems like none. However, I have a quick, simple, and accessible method that literally any witch with access to the internet can do!
What you’ll need, either:
Crystals
Tarot cards
Herbs or flowers
Numbers
Colours
These are not physically required, but physical objects are best!
Now, what do you do?
Example: Crystals, Lepidolite
Pick a crystal you feel you know barely anything about. For example, Lepidolite.
Hold your crystal or look up just images of it. Try to Google ‘Lepidolite tumbled’ or ‘Lepidolite sphere’ etc to avoid meaning photos appearing.
Write down or mentally think about what you feel it means. What energy do you feel? What signs or deities do you think of? What do you think this would be used for?
When you feel you’ve developed a good idea of it, research it’s meaning. Go to several sites. How right were you? Did you feel anything very accurately, or almost accurately, or not at all?
Having read sources, rank your intuitive ideas out of 10. Base this on the vocabulary of the resources against your own lexical choices. E.g. You say wisdom and sites say knowledge? Tick!
Repeat for another. I suggest doing this 5 or 10 times in one go, 2 also works.
Calculate your % accuracy according to your personal review. What percent did you get?
If you got a percentage above 60%, well done, your intuition is looking pretty good! If you got a percentage below 40%, perhaps it’s time for some self reflective work or some shifts in how you practice. If you got 41-59%, you’ve got the ability, it’s just a matter of training it more accurately.
I hope this method helps someone to believe in themselves.
❤️💌❤️
With all my love,
Underworld Ariel
This is a neat ass idea and exercise
Little Witch Tip
For students or anyone like me who struggles with memory, use rosemary to promote alertness and retain more information. Inhale the scent while studying and reading.
Finished my latest piece 🌈🎨
Taking commissions this summer, DM me for details!
Nobody asked.. but
👏DEPARTMENT 👏STORES 👏WOULD 👏NOT 👏BE 👏GOING 👏OUT 👏OF 👏BUSINESS 👏IF 👏THEY 👏STARTED 👏SELLING 👏CUTE 👏WITCHY 👏CLOTHES 👏AND 👏BADASS 👏HOODED 👏CLOAKS 👏FOR 👏DAILY👏 WEAR.
OK but witches should run department stores for other witches! Handy, a good community starter, and profitable!
*dances at the club like an animal crossing character*
Offerings & Devotions | Persephone 🌺🦇
Offerings | 🌰
Any kind of flowers/plants
Pomegranates or related items/foods
Bones, bones, bones! (Note: remember to honor the animal that once carried them)
Tarot cards/decks you associate with her
Nuts & seeds! I love giving her hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, and pumpkin seeds. (Note: do not eat food you offer to her!)
It can be as simple as offering Persephone small fruits like plums, peaches, guayabas, cherries, strawberries, and quenepas.
Anything to do with grains! Bread, pasta, oatmeal, breakfast cereals, tortillas, and grits.
Anything mint related like food, a mint plant, or perfume or gum!
Jewelry! I plan on offering her a tiara/crown
Honey in general is a popular offering for her (any deity tbh)
Lemon-y foods
Poetry/Hymns
Candles that smell of flowers or fruits
Herbs, dried flowers/plants, fruit seeds/pits
Crystals that makes you think of her! Angel aura quartz, rose quartz, agate, & opalite screams her name to me!
Drink wise (pour the drink down the sink/outside once you’ve offered), honey & milk, coffee, hot chocolate, water.
Bat, ram, and deer related items/imagery
Devotions | 🍄
Raise some plants! Take care of plants! Sing to plants! Give all your love to plants!!!! Name them too. (‘: (grow some mint maybe!)
Sing her songs that you associate with her! Or hum the songs! I usually hum “Charon’s Crossing” by Beats Antique because it reminds me of her and I love the idea of Persephone and Kharon being buds.
Muse about your past lives with her (if you believe in the concept)! She is the goddess of reincarnation, so no doubt she’s seen you as many different humans/creatures and loves you all the same.
Celebrate Ostara and Imbolc wth her!
Also honor Persephone during Samhain as she returns to the underworld and Haides.
Walk barefoot in forests/fields (be careful tho of glass and stuff)
Contact some Nymphs and begin working with them since Persephone surrounded herself with them a lot! A UPG of mines is that Persephone is the matron of the elven & fae folk as well hehe
Preform bath rituals in her name. Add some flower petals for a nice touch and as an offering to her!
Ask if she wants to cast a spell with you! You both can work together to cast the spell and hang out. Don’t forget to thank her!
Visit a graveyard and clean up, maybe offer the dead some food like nuts, small cakes, fruits, etc. place out some coins too!
Contact her through bone divination! Or take some flowers and do the “they love me/they loves me not” form of divination with a yes/no question.
Read some poetry about her! There’s so many poetries written about her omehaidkeks so read them aloud to her. Also make one for her!
Make a playlist for her!
Set up a bird feeder outside during spring and summer!
Even simply studying her myths and who she is as a goddess is an act of devotion. So don’t overthink it! Do what feels right in regards of devotional acts towards her!
How to get closer | 🌱
Meditate upon her; channel your godphone and let her voice, touch, and thoughts embrace you. Listen to her & talk to her.
celebrate her associated sabbats with her in her honor. Pamper her and spoil her with lovely offerings (it doesn’t have to be expensive offerings! Give what you can, she will be happy no matter what it may be 🥰)
A lot of people who worship chthonic deities such as Persephone, practice spirit work as well. You don’t have to do this, but I see it as a form of becoming closer with her and understanding her more. I personally have not done this yet and probably won’t for awhile, but I think it would benefit the relationship.
If you are romantic with her (even if you aren’t romantic with her, these are very nice gestures), write love letters, bake her sweet treats with the intent of love and forming a stronger bond, leave a space open for her before you go to bed in case she would like to sleep beside you, ask her to accompany you every other day, muse about her.
Open yourself up to her. Show her your joy, sorrow, frustration, anger, etc. don’t hide them and do not be afraid to ask her for help. Tell her about your good or bad days, vent to her, ask for advice, show her every aspect of who you are. You do not have to be happy and serious all the time with her or any deity you devote to, darling.