witchy stuff

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Apple: spirit work, offerings, love, healing, beauty, wisdom, harvest

Blueberry: protection, banishment, curses

Basil: protection, grounding, happiness, peace, money, love, luck

Black (general): strength, cleansing, rid of negativity, protection

Cornflower:  femininity, fae, acceptance, health, beauty, protection

Catmint:   healing, animal magic, relaxation, calmness, happiness, psychic ability, love, wishes, meditation

Cinnamon: safety, calmness, love, happiness, money, blessing, protection, healing

Cranberry: holidays, blood magic, spirit work

Clover: money, prosperity, luck, happiness, spirit work, fae, protection, healing

Chai Spice: love, money, luck, witchcraft, psychic ability

Chrysanthemum - healing, samhain, ancestral work

Chamomile - calmness, money, love, peace, cleansing, love, meditation

Dandelion: wishes, dreams, psychic ability, lunar magic

Elderberry: healing, protection, blessing, banishing, cursing, cleansing

Earl Grey: peace, happiness, relationships

Ginger: energy, speeding things along, passion, travel, healing

Ginseng: love, fertility, beauty, healing, strength

Green (general): healing, sexuality, energy, peace, witchcraft

Honeysuckle:  sexuality, fertility, love, luck, prosperity, sweetness

Herbal (general): peace, serenity, health

Kombucha (general): sexuality, health, luck

Lavender:  calmness, cleansing, love, happiness, fertility

Lilac: love, protection, fortune, new love, banishing

Lemon Balm: cleansing, confidence, overcoming challenges, relaxation

Lemongrass: psychic ability, divination, cleansing, communication, protection, love, luck, jobs

Lemon: cleansing, purification, protection, curse breaking

Lime: cleansing, protection, love

Lychee: love, self love, femininity, beauty

Mint: communication, energy, money, spirit work, cleansing

Mugwort: healing, divination, astral projection, dreams, psychic ability, cleansing, protection

Matcha: energy, alertness

Nettle: spirit work, protection, curse breaking

Oolong: love, difination, serenity, peace

Peppermint: healing, cleansing, sleep, love, money

Passion fruit: lust, love, passion

Pomegranate: offerings, blood magic, fertility, divination, spell work

Peach: fertility, love, happiness, spirit work

Rose (general):  love, beauty, attraction, fertility

Raspberry: love, dreams, health

Raspberry leaf: fertility, femininity, menstrual cycle, lunar magic, love, creativity, protection

Sage: cleansing, protection, spirit work, smoke cleansing, wisdom, wishes, funerals

White (general): happiness, lunar magic, protection, cleansing

Yarrow:  love, divination, dreams, psychic ability, marriage, courage, communication, focus

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✨🌸MC's Ostara Lavender Honey Glaze Bread🌸✨

Today 03/20/2019 is Ostara for many people(Mabon for the other Hemisphere). This means me and several other witches are celebrating the Spring Equinox and most do this by baking! I combined two recipes and made my own adjustments based on my knowledge of how strong lavender can be.  Most of the time Lavender Bread has a Lemon Zest Icing, but I didn’t have the proper items to make that so… a Honey Glaze! It makes a lot of sense since Lavender is a plant you can plant for Bees! Let’s Get Started!

Bread

¾      cup milk

1      tablespoons of dried lavender

6      tablespoons butter, softened

1      cup white sugar

2      eggs

2      cups all-purpose flour

1      1/2 teaspoons baking powder

¼      teaspoon salt

2      drops of Vanilla

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.

Combine the milk and lavender in a small saucepan over medium heat. Heat to a simmer, then remove from heat, and allow to cool slightly.

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.

Beat in the egg until the mixture is light and fluffy.

Slowly Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.

Stir the dry ingredients into the sugar, butter egg mixture slowly. After adding a little of the dry add in a bit of the milk. Do this until all of it is gone from both(dry and milk/lavender). Blend evenly.

Pour into the prepared oiled/floured pan. Spread it out evenly in the pan

Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a wooden pick inserted into the crown of the loaf comes out clean.

Cool in the Fridge or on a cooling rack if you have the time :)

Glaze

1/3      cup honey

¼      cup light-brown sugar

1/3 cup unsalted butter

1      teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

Bring honey, brown sugar, and butter to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves.

Add vanilla, and remove from heat. Let cool for 1 minute.

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Heal the Heart Potion

a black rose tea to remove sadness from your heart to be replaced with love and happiness

ingredients:

black tea (1 tbs*)

rose petals (2 tbs)

*tbs = tablespoons

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mix together the parts of black tea and rose petals, put a teaspoon of loose tea in a strainer and steep in hot water for 3-4 minutes.

remove the tea and add desired sweetener.

stir the tea counterclockwise in order to send away the sadness and bring happiness and love back into your heart.

inhale the steam from the cup and close your eyes, imagine pure energy filling your body

exhale, imagine the bad energy leaving, the sadness leaving your body to make room for the love and happiness.

drink the tea and allow your broken heart to mend with each sip 💕

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Hi! I’ve been going through the endless void of being lost when it comes to my faith, and the Gods I should follow. Witchblr has made it so hard to know what is right and what is wrong, and what facts about Gods are true, and aren’t, and if they reach out to you, or not. Would you say that your craft and faith, even with resources and learning from elsewhere, should be personal to you? That what feels right to you should be important, even with Gods and connecting with them? Thank you ;-;

Hello, friend.

I'm so sorry to hear that you've been having this struggle, and that tumblr has created parts of this problem.

The best advice that I can give is to avoid getting your religious and magical information from tumblr. It's a great place to meet other practitioners or to inspire deeper research, but like you said, it is often filled with misinformation and UPG passed off as universal truth. If it's getting in the way of your faith, you may even want to take a break from tumblr or other social media sites that are contributing to this problem.

Your worship and practice should absolutely be personalized to you, your lifestyle, and your goals. What is right for you is between you and the gods.

I would caution against an "anything goes" mentality, though. (Not saying that you're suggesting this, though!) The various rules and traditions that exist were created for a reason. You may not agree with those rules once you've reflected on your beliefs and gotten some more experience under your belt and choose to reject them, but it's helpful to at least have an understanding of how the ancients viewed the gods and engaged with them.

Through historical research and first-hand experience, you can build the discernment necessary to see when someone is making claims that are clearly based in UPG or simply made up. While going with what feels right is important, you need to build discernment in order to determine the difference between what feels right and what feels good or easier. For an extreme example, it may feel good to believe the gods will do everything we ask for nothing in return and act as our personal vending machines, but you'll likely be in for an unpleasant surprise if you actually treat a god that way.

So yes, you really shouldn't let random people on the internet dictate how you practice, and your practice should be tailored to fit you. Turning to ancient and/or academic sources and working/communicating directly with the gods is probably your best bet to get accurate information.

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C h a r m 🍄 c a s t i n g

🍄 Basics: if your into goblincore and like collecting random things, but are also a witch. This is something that you will love. Charm casting! Charm casting is the act of tossing random charms/objects into a dish or tray of some sort. Each object has it’s own meaning that you give it. You can have a HUGE collection of random things to use for charm casting. This is a fortune telling way and works very well if your using tarot cards with it. However you don’t have to use tarot cards with it if you don’t want to.

🍄 Collecting: When it comes to collecting charms, you have a huge variety. Some people will buy actual charms you use to make jewelry with and keep it simple. Some will go out and about and collect random nick nacks they find in the street. It’s up to you. However upon doing so, make sure you keep in mind… What meaning does this have?

I have teeth, a piece of corn and other things in my supply. I also have a lot of rings. However each ring has a different meaning. One that has an eye means to me that someone or something is watching you or keeping an eye on you. 

🍄 How to cast: Just like any other divination practice, you must ask a question. However, it’s best to place the charms into a bowl so you can easily swish your hand around and feel for the charms. Upon doing so, you then grab a hand full and throw it into a tray (or whatever your using). You’ll notice that they will scatter out, and some will stay in the middle. Many read it differently, some will read the middle and slowly work to the outside of where the charms are. And some will just focus on the middle.  Sometimes when you do cast, some little odds and ends that are unnessessary will make it’s way through the reading. If it doesn’t fit in with the rest of the reading then it’s not needed. You do not need to add it to the reading.

More information 🍄

✨🔮 How To Use Charms 🔮✨ Charm Collection

Sample Charm Casting Reading

CHARM CASTING: Divination with Blingy Things! ❤

Weekend divination charm cast November 10th and 11th

My Charm Collection | Use what you want, when you want

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Spirit Guides

I see a lot of beginner witches asking about deity work, demon work, fae work, etc. In my knowledge, these practices are for the more experienced witches and should not be attempted by those with little knowledge on them. For all my baby witches out there who want to give spirit work a try, I highly recommend reaching out to your spirit guides!

What is a Spirit Guide?

a spirit guide is a humanoid spirit that watches over you and guides you through life. Other names for these beings may be a guardian angel, spirit guardian, etc. Everyone has at least one spirit guide that is with them at all times and has been through multiple lifetimes. Some people may have more, depending on how much guidance they need, though this is not necessarily a good or bad thing.

Reaching out

now that you know what a spirit guide is, you may feel compelled to reach out to them. This is a great idea for beginners since it’s and easy introduction to spirit work and your guides can help you in your craft.

1. Research

Before attempting ANY sort of magickal practice, research is a MUST! There are several different kinds of spirit guides, so educate yourself on the different types and what they specialize in. Research how to know if you’re talking to your spirit guide or a malicious spirit trying to take advantage of you. Research different ways to bond with your guide once you’ve made contact with them. Once you’ve done some research and feel confident in your knowledge, you can move onto the next step

2. Stating your intent

The very first step in reaching out to your spirit guide(s) is acknowledging their existence and stating that you wish to make contact with them. There are several ways to do this, my personal favorite being a sigil. You can either find or make a sigil charged with the intent of contacting your guide. Charge the sigil and activate it in your preferred way.

3. Meditation

After setting your intent out into the universe, I recommend meditating for a bit on this intention. Think to yourself “I call upon my spirit guide, I wish to form a connection with you”. Not only is meditation a great way to center yourself before divination(the next step), being in the meditative, trance-like state makes it easier to connect with spirits. Ask, either in your head or out loud, for your spirit guide to touch some part of your body to show that they’re present with you. You are likely to feel a tingling sensation there. Once you feel confident that your spirit guide is present with you, move on to the next step.

4. Divination

You can use divination to find out more about your spirit guide, my personal favorite forms are pendulum work, runes, and tarot. I first like to use a pendulum to confirm that they are with me. Then I would ask a couple questions like “are your a *insert type here* guide?””Do you present as a human/warrior/fae/child/etc.?”“Are you a masculine/feminine energy?” “Are you with me at all times?” and basic stuff like that.

after I learn the basics of my spirit guide, I then like to have them assist me in a tarot reading about them. you can find many spreads online or make your own! this will give you insight to the personality of your guide.

Once you feel like you’ve learned enough about your guide you can ask if they have a name or something they like to be called. Most spirit guides have names that are not common among humans, however they may let you call them a human name. If they’d like you to call them by their actual name there are two ways you can do this.

Pendulum- First ask how many letters there are in their name. Ask if their name is less then ten letters, less than 5 letters, or something like that. Once you know that, go through the alphabet for each letter. This is a lengthy process, so if you can, i would recommend the next option.

Runes- You can use any kind of runes you like, i personally like elder futhark, to find your guide’s name. First, use a pendulum to determine how many letters there are in their name, and when using runes you mast ask if any letters repeat. Then you can pick runes to represent letters in their name. you can either pick them from the bag or lay them out like tarot cards and read them that way.

Things to keep in mind

Unlike deities, demons, fae, etc. who demand respect and a professional relationship with you, spirit guides truly have your best interest in mind. They want to to develop a personal and casual connection with you. There are many ways to bond with your guide, so play around and see what makes you feel closest to your guide. You can give your guides offerings if you’d like, but they won’t require you to. They are here to help you.

Now sometimes malicious spirits can disguise themselves as spirit guides to take advantage of you, but this isn’t common. negative spirits and entities feed off of negativity and fear, which is not something many feel in the presence of a spirit guide. Nevertheless, it happens sometimes, so here are some things to look out for.

Repeated Mistakes- Spirit guides are humanoid in nature, so they are not immune to mistakes. They are not all powerful beings that know everything, and even though they do the best they can to give you advice and guide you in the right direction, their guidance may lead you to unwanted places. The problem comes in when your guide makes frequent mistakes and these mistakes have a detrimental effect on you. When this happens, this spirit is likely not your guide, but a negative spirit.

Cutting you off- Your spirit guide should not be your only source of magickal advice, make sure to use resources like the internet, books, witch friends, etc. If your guide tries to prevent you from looking to other sources, chances are it is not your spirit guide.

Greed- If your guide demands that you devote all of your time to them and that you give them offerings, this is not your spirit guide. Spirit guides are not beings that must be worshiped, but rather worked with to achieve bring your best self.

I hope you found this information helpful! Best of luck in contacting your guides✨

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Gentle Reminders😌

•have some water •look away from your screen •relax your eyes •stretch if you can! •release tension from your body •unclench your jaw •take some deep, soothing breaths •eat somethin •take your meds •you’re wonderful •you’re loved •if you’re feeling down, remember– this moment will pass 💙💜💙💜💙

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Break time! Stretch those muscles! Work those paws! Lookin’ good, friend! 💪

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🔮spoonie witch tips🔮

- do NOT be discouraged if you don’t have the energy or emotional capacity to practice every day.

- do NOT berate yourself for not being as active as other witches.  you are still a witch, and you are still valid!

- instead of organizing, and setting aside hours for ritual, or practice just try and involve magick in your everyday life.

- only have the energy to shower?  focus on cleansing yourself of negative vibes and feelings.  let the water cleanse you and allow your intent to shine through while you bathe.

- can’t manage to get out of bed?  meditate.  ground yourself.  snuggle with your crystals.  you’ll feel better, I promise.

- self care in itself can be a magickal experience.  

- but, if you aren’t feeling in the mood to do anything, don’t.  take care of yourself first, think about the magickal side of your activities later when you’re feeling better.

- magick isn’t all about fancy materials, and hours of dedication, regardless of what people may tell you.  just do what you can and put a magickal spin on the activities you can comfortably participate in if you have the energy to do so.

- your practice is NEVER paramount to your HEALTH and WELL-BEING!

- you’ve got this, you’re valid, you’re loved, and I fully believe in you!

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witch self care masterpost!✌️🌿

✌️🌿what to do if witchcraft drains you

✌️🌿self care magic

✌️🌿🔮 spoonie witch tips 🔮

✌️🌿magics for self love

✌️🌿self-care tips masterpost

✌️🌿✨an altar to yourself ✨

✌️🌿self care: witch style

✌️🌿witchy emergency masterpost

✌️🌿witches with depression

✌️🌿self care tarot routine

✌️🌿self care spell jar

✌️🌿self love spell jar

✌️🌿emoji spell for peace

✌️🌿witch tip : computers

✌️🌿witch tip : dishes

✌️🌿simple self love spell

✌️🌿tasks for the tired witch

✌️🌿gentle reminders

✌️🌿witchy reminders

✌️🌿self care stretch

✌️🌿witchcraft for the grieving

I will be updating this whenever I find anything new!

✨disclaimer // none of these belong to me! all credit goes to the creators! never listen to just one source, do you own research! ✨

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🌻🌺Floral tea correspondences 🌹🌼

🌸Rose tea- love, beauty, glamour, healing, anti-anxiety

🌸Chrysanthemum tea- protection, purification, clairvoyance

🌸Marigold tea- prosperity, happiness, protection, solar magic

🌸Violet tea- fertility, love, aphrodisiac, deep inner peace, feminine energy

🌸Lavender tea- relaxation, sleep, dream magic, faery magic

🌸Dandelion tea- cleansing, air magic, psychic powers

🌸Chamomile tea- happiness, healing, relaxation, sleep

🌸Passion flower tea- sleep, anti-anxiety, health, friendship

🌸Lilac tea- healing, protection, love, flirtation, banishment, warding

🌸Jasmine tea- beauty, divination, glamour, confidence, love, dream, lunar magic

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Floral Tea Magic 💐✨

there are plenty of ways to work to work a little magic into your day without doing a full on ritual, and your daily (hourly?) tea is one of them! here’s just a couple of suggestions with flowers and their correspondences.

chamomile -  for banishment, love, purification, sleep, and wealth.

dandelion root -  for divination and wishes.

hibiscus - for divination, love, and lust.

peach blossom -  for fertility, good wishes, longevity, protection, wisdom

jasmine -  for love and wealth.

rose -  for divination, fortune, healing, love, protection, and psychic abilities.

elderflower - for joy, protection, prosperity, health and psychic awareness

lavender -  for chastity, happiness, love, peace, protection, and purification.

marjoram -  for happiness, healing, love, protection, and wealth.

of course, this is not to say you should go out and start picking flowers for your tea! telling plants apart can sometime take an experienced, discerning eye, and it would be unfortunate if anyone tried to make tea with something like poison ivy or poison oak. unless you have knowledge in this area, it may be best to stick by store-bought teas. 

herbal tea magic ✨  fruit tea magic ✨  general tea magic

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✨ Tea Magic ✨

there are plenty of ways to work to work a little magic into your day without doing a full on ritual, and your daily (hourly?) tea is one of them! here’s just a couple of suggestions with fruit, flowers, herbs, and their correspondences.

most teas fall under a few categories: tea plant, floral, fruit and herbal. teas can be considered type of potion called an infusion. various types of teas have different steeping times and water temperatures, but you can always chill them and drink them cold too! most teas have some form of the tea plant in them mixed with other ingredients, but herbal teas do not.

teas like white, green, oolong, and black tea come from the same plant ”Camellia sinensis”, and the flavors/properties depend on how the leaves have aged/fermented. these are listed in the amount of least➡️ most fermentation.

white tea - air magic, purification, protection, clarity, realization, meditation, cleansing green tea - fire magic, healing, love, catalysts, mindfulness, passion, sexual health and new energies oolong tea - water magic, wisdom, reflection and deep concentration, beauty and emotional connections black tea -  strength, stability, endings, finished business, and banishment, expelling negativity. (x)

fruit teas will correspond to the meanings of those fruits, strawberry for love, lemon for cleansing, etc. fruit teas often have the tea plant in them.

floral teas will correspond to the meanings of those fruits, rose for love, lavender for peace, etc. floral teas often have the tea plant in them.

herbal teas will correspond to the meanings of those herbs, mint for wealth, rosemary for protection, etc. herbal teas usually do not have any of the tea plant in them.

floral tea magic ✨  herbal tea magic ✨  fruit tea magic 

if you don’t like tea, just move oolong c:

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~Floral Magic~

Meanings~

Flower correspondences (X) (X) (X)

Flower color meanings

Edible flower correspondences (X) (X)

Floral tea correspondences (X) (X)

Floral witchcraft~

Flower witch - a concept

Flowers in witchcraft

Flowers for types of witches

Flowers and the signs

Creating~

Rose water spray 

Flower crown magic

Floral sleep circle

Candying rose petals for magic

Spells~

Lucky flower bath

Snow drop protection spell

Floral spell to bring joy to another

Full bloom spell

Dried flower jar for positive self image

Bloom with the flowers emoji spell

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Green witchery: The basics

Being a green witch basically means you want to incorporate plants and nature into your craft! Other names include: nature witch, plant witch, garden witch, forest witch, etc.! I’ll talk about some of the basics being a green witch could entail, but this certainly isn’t an all-encompassing list!

On gardens and growing plants:

Whether you have a flourishing garden filled with everything one could possibly think of, a little windowsill herb garden with the bare essentials or one potted succulent; there’s no denying the joy that comes from helping green things grow!

A container around 2-3 feet deep and filled with soil is perfect for growing potatoes! Plop ‘em in, water them occasionally and harvest in the fall.

Plant things for the butterflies and bees!

Sage, rosemary, basil, mint, thyme, oregano and cilantro are all helpful herbs that you might consider planting.

Daffodils, marigolds, roses, sunflowers and primroses are my favorite witchy flowers.

Eggshells and banana peels are your friends.

These food plants can easily be regrown.

#garden witch / #garden magic / #garden tips

On bringing the green in (houseplants):

Let’s be real, not of all of us have access to areas for planting gardens, or infinite space for indoor plants! It can make being a green witch a bit tricky. 

Spider plants, lucky bamboo, air plants, aloe vera (succulents) and cacti are all pretty easy houseplants.

Terrariums are adorable and you can make them into mini gardens!

Grow one plant for each area of your life (happiness, mental health, etc) [source]

You can get bulbs for grow lights that fit into normal lamps, just be sure to put the plants directly under it!

Watering plants with rainwater will make them happy!

#houseplant magic / #houseplant tips

On incorporating nature:

Find a place outside you can safely visit. Try to spend at least five or more minutes a day sitting and watching. Quiet your mind and just be. (This could be your front porch or backyard, it doesn’t have to be in the forest)

Wander on some nature trails. Visit the local body of water. Walk outside.

Start taking pictures of beautiful wild places, or wildlife.

Learn about what birds and animals live in your area, and perhaps what their tracks look like.

Climb a tree, go swimming in wild waters, take your shoes off and feel the ground beneath your feet, remove invasive plants and plant native ones, pay attention to weather patterns, collect rainwater, etc.

#nature witch / #nature magic / #connecting to nature

On wild plants:

Get some basic plant field guides. I really like Audubon and Peterson, along with Botany in a Day. 

There are also plant apps and websites. 

Learn what plants have poisonous look-alikes and how to tell the difference.

Get a calendar. Go out at least once a week and document what stages the different plants are in. For example: March 4th. Oso berry leaves almost open. Nettles small but fully established. Bitter cherry has unopened flower buds. Salmonberry leaves almost open. Also worth adding where (elevation/location) which is SUPER helpful for harvesting reference later.

Pick a plant a week and research/journal it. Points include: What it looks like, what look-alikes there are, ecosystem + elevation it grows in, medicinal uses, edible uses, magical uses, etc.

Harvest plants and use them for medicine and food after safely doing research*.

#plant magic / #plant witch / #wild plants

Helpful links:

Green witch tips

Garden witch guide

Plant witchcraft: A beginner’s guide to growing

Tip: When your plant is dying

Keeping plants alive when you leave for a trip

Researching herb safety

Anatomy of plants

USDA plants database (external site)

Wildflower identification tool (external site)

Collection of helpful plant websites (external site)

Butterfly plants list (external site)

Bee friendly plants (external site)

Crystals and houseplants

Garden blessing

Plant growth spell

Spell to heal a wilting plant

Desert plant correspondences

Dealing with plant spirits

How to communicate with plant spirits

Bedridden witch: Nature edition

[heatherwitch]

Realized I missed an important category to link:

The etiquette of herb gathering 

7 tips for foraging

A guide to foraging wild edibles (external site)

Guidelines for sustainable foraging (external site)

Sustainable and safe herb gathering practices (external site)

Collecting herbs for magical workings