🌻Witch🌻

Just a witch.

[cozy2000]

time to post my favorite far side comic of all time

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ITS APRIL 13 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

FETCH ME NEIL

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[chongoblog]

HAPPY BIG TWENTY NEIL

[breelandwalker]

Bree's Banishing Powder

Ahhhh, nothing like the scent of a fresh bottle of Get The Fuck Out.

Ingredients:

2 parts powdered cayenne pepper

1 part ground cinnamon

1 part black salt (equal parts charcoal and salt)

½ part black pepper

½ part powdered eggshell

To Apply:

Shake it up and sprinkle it wherever you feel a barrier is needed.

Particularly good for keeping away nosy or bothersome people, or an ex who just can’t take a hint.

[bog-gods]

I made a batch of this powder over ten years ago (thanks, Bree!) and I had to use a bit of it the other day. In short, it works.

Now here’s the longer version, if you like backstory.

Keep reading

[breelandwalker]

Honestly, I just provide the recipe. Potent as it may be, the kickass is all you. (Also war water and black moon water are nothing to sneeze it, so it kinda sounds like you mixed up super-concentrated Liquid GTFO.)

GOOD ON YA for standing up for yourself and covering your ass in case of legalities! I hope that asshole never comes back.

[vampiredoriangray]

fuck my gay life. pharmacist asked for my ID when I was picking up my testosterone and instead of my driver’s license, I accidentally grabbed the fool tarot card I keep behind it in my phone case and went to hand that to her

[just--icy]

[foxefuel]

She's silly

[bowserbowser29]

“Oops! Did I smash your car with my hammer? My bad!”

[guardianspirits13]

Happy Candle month to all who celebrate!

[guardianspirits13]

The Candle Girls are back with their new friend, Kwanzaa!

[guardianspirits13]

It's that time of year again!

A few new friends have joined the celebration this year- Yule, Diwali, and St Lucia's Day!

Happy Holidays to everyone who celebrates ❤️‍🔥

[stopmyhearts]

"please don't scroll past this" is a spell that makes me scroll right past this

[breelandwalker]

Table of Plenty - A Spell of Providence

Then the wise woman said, “Wipe away thy tears, Two-eyes, and I will tell thee something to stop thee ever suffering from hunger again. Just say to thy goat “Bleat, my little goat, bleat. Cover the table with something to eat!” and then a clean well-spread little table will stand before thee, with the most delicious food upon it of which thou mayst eat as much as thou art inclined for. And when thou hast had enough, and hast no more need of the little table, just say “Bleat, bleat, my little goat, I pray, And take the table quite away. Then it will vanish again from thy sight.” Hereupon the wise woman departed.

- One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes

Intent: To obtain needed money or provisions.

Materials:

Paper and a writing utensil

A pinch or two of rice

A white candle (a taper or chime candle is best)

Ideal Timing: Waxing or Full Moon

This spell is not meant to bring great wealth or fancy possessions to the caster. It is to be used only to bring yourself or another something that is badly needed, particularly if unfortunate financial circumstances are making paying the bills or buying necessities difficult. It is meant to tide you over until your situation improves, and can be combined with or cast in addition to other money-drawing or prosperity spells where needed. As such, the materials are as simple as possible.

Write what you need on the paper. The list can be as long or as short as you need it to be, but the more specific you are, the better the spell will work. Be sure that you only ask for what you really need. A little excess is fine, in case of something unexpected, but don’t go overboard.

Fold the paper into a small packet with the rice inside and place it in a fire-safe dish. Light the white candle and carefully drip wax onto the packet, turning it until it is completely covered on all sides. (I suggest using tweezers or a pencil to turn the packet so you don’t burn your fingers.)

As you drip the wax onto the packet, chant seven times:

Blesséd rice and words of power, Aid me in my needful hour. Hear my cry, I pray you heed, The help I ask comes not from greed.

Hide the packet away somewhere it won’t be disturbed. If you have a few coins to hide with it in a jar or crock, so much the better.

Once your circumstances have improved and you are once more back on your feet, retrieve the packet and burn it in a fire-safe dish. Recite over the flames:

You gave me help when I had none; You have my thanks, your work is done.

The spell may be repeated as often as you have need.

- From The Sisters Grimmoire: Spells and Charms for Your Happily Ever After, © 2017 Bree NicGarran

(Thought everyone could use a little extra magical help these days. Hope it helps!)

You can find more spells from The Sisters Grimmoire, Vol. I and potion and powder recipes from Pestlework by checking out the mid-month minisodes of Hex Positive, available on your favorite podcast platform.

All of my titles can be found on Amazon or ordered from the Willow Wings Witch Shop. (If you’d like to see them in your local witch shop, feel free to give the proprietor my contact information!)

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[evilsanlang]

day barely even started and I already had to hear "thank you for being our wives, sisters, aunts" and "keep being women and giving birth and being delicate unlike us men" as compliments for international women's day

[evilsanlang]

here's to women being transgender childless dykes forever and ever and ever

[lit-sy-kalyptica-deactivated202]

[hagoftheholler-deactivated20260]

Psst, hey. Hey. Before you go blaming your bad mood on negative spirits or needing to smoke cleanse, consider: when was the last time you deep cleaned your home?

[hagoftheholler-deactivated20260]

Tis the season for CLEAN YOUR HOME! Put on a simmer pot, turn on some music and cleaaaann!

[will-o-the-witch]

Also get some fresh airflow in there! Open your windows, even if it's just for like ten minutes.

[upthewitchypunx]

Witchling tips

Read all the books and other info you can, but learn to read critically.

Don’t be afraid to read things you might not agree with or identify with. Study is study and just because you read it doesn’t mean you have to believe it or incorporate it into your practice.

That being said, don’t appropriate cultures or cultural practices that do not belong to your or that you have not be trained and/or initiated in. There are ways to study cultures that are not appropriative, pay attention and be respectful.

Let your personal curiosity lead your study. What are you interested in about witchcraft? History? Divination? Plants? tarot? sigils? candle magic? charms or talismans? knot magic? Energy work? Study what you are interested in and see where it goes. There is a learning theory called “unschooling” that believes humans are naturally curious and that we should follow that curiosity to create our study. So, seek what interests you about witchcraft and find information about that.

You don’t have to buy all the fancy witchy stuff, especially if you don’t know if you are even going to use it. Stuff you already have is fine.  Things from thrift store are cheap, and work just as well. You might not ever use that cheap athame from the witch shop, but you might fall in love with a thrift shop mason jar.

You don’t have to spend a lot of money to practice witchcraft. Walk around your neighborhood and get to know the plants and animals, even urban spaces have unique magical things. Check out the spices in your spice rack and look up their correspondences. There are lots of books on witchcraft online for free as well as phone apps that could suit your needs.

Check out your local library. If they don’t specifically have books on witchcraft they will still have books on plants, history, and folklore. you might also be able to check things out with inter-library loans.

You don’t have to publicly document your path. I’m really happy there isn’t a public documentation of my witchling years or my baby punk years. Seriously, so much stumbling embarrassment. However, it is always helpful to document your progress for yourself; a hidden blog, a notebook, or google doc are just fine to start.

There is no universal witch. If you don’t want to work witchcraft in a religion, don’t. maybe secular witchcraft is for you. If you don’t want to work with deities, don’t. If forests give you the creeps and you love cities more, great, maybe urban witchery is for you. Make your witchcraft, your witchcraft.

There is little good in arguing with people that disagree with you, especially on the internet. If someone is not being hurtful and they just happen to believe differently than you, leave them alone. A witch that believes differently than you does not diminish what you do.

Remember that witchcraft is a collected set of skills and practices. These are things that you hone as you find what works for you. It is not something that will be given to you or that you will have instantly. It is something to be worked at that you can always learn more.

Basically, if you study and practice witchcraft, whatever that means to you, you can call yourself a witch. Also, if you do those things and don’t want to call yourself a witch, you don’t have to.

[breelandwalker]

hello, yes, sorry to bother, but I was wondering if you had any other authors, people, ect, I should stay away from when reading and learning? I'm fairly new to everything. again, sorry to bother

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as an unproblematic pagan author. Even the ones who seem like they’re doing things mostly right have their flaws.

Here are the ones to avoid, fullstop:

Silver Ravenwolf - Conflates Wicca and witchcraft, claims only Wiccans are true witches, erases non-Wiccan witches and pagans, constant Christian-bashing, misinformation, false history, cultural appropriation, contradicts herself, hateful rhetoric, racism, history of attacking critics.

D.J. Conway - HUGE problems with incorrect information about deities, questionable interpretations of historical events, also conflates Wicca and witchcraft.

Raymond Buckland - Appropriates closed cultures, uses the g-slur to exoticize certain rituals and techniques, propagates false history (documentary on “The Burning Times” is utter rubbish).

Edain McCoy - Yet more misinformation about deities and history (POTATO GODDESS!?), mostly where it applies to certain Celtic-associated personages and events. Tries to make EVERYTHING Irish, especially when it’s not.

Catherine Yronwode - Racist, perpetual bully, claims LGBTQ+ teens should kill themselves and along with her husband has provided pamphlets and counseling to encourage this, known for attacking people online, threatens critics and pirates with death magic. Oh and she claims New Orleans voodoo is “fake” to bolster her own credibility.

Christian Day - The problem here isn’t so much with his writing as with his personality. The man is a rape apologist and has harassed women on social media on numerous occasions after they’ve called him out for problematic statements, and has threatened other Salem practitioners over personal and business disputes.

Here’s what to look out for with the decent ones:

Judika Illes - Supports Silver Ravenwolf, conflates voodoo and hoodoo, some cultural appropriation.

Scott Cunningham - Outdated information (not his fault, he died in the early 1990s), incorrect correspondences, proponent of “The Burning Times” myth, incorrect history, conflates Wicca and witchcraft.

Tess Whitehurst - Frequently quotes her own beliefs as fact without supporting evidence, conflation of deities and practices.

Ellen Dugan - Vehemently against Christian witches, proponent of “The Burning Times” myth, sometimes conflates Wicca and witchcraft.

S. Connelly - Conflates voodoo and hoodoo, cultural appropriation from both.

Dorothy Morrison - Some cultural appropriation, conflates hoodoo and witchcraft.

Anna Riva - Outdated information (1970s), some appropriation, conflation of voodoo and witchcraft, mild misuse of Christian terminology and rhetoric.

Keep in mind, this list is far from exhaustive, and there are plenty of authors that I have read and not seen problems with, but that may be because I’m not looking at it from the right angle.

For instance, everyone seems to have a problem with Kate West, but I’ve found her books to be helpful and informative and aside from the obvious Wiccan fingerprinting (which you’ll find in most modern pagan literature). And I’m sure someone is going to tell me in the notes of this post exactly what it is I’m missing.

The important thing with any witchy or pagan book is to read critically and use your brains. If something doesn’t make sense or doesn’t seem to jive with what you know about history or religion, look it up in a non-witchy book. Read up on history and religion from academical sources. Read up on botany and herbology. Build a practical knowledge base so that when you run across problematic statements, you know which way the wind is blowing…and more importantly, whether it smells like bullshit.

[kaliabarawitch]

How do you use your full moon water?

Aside from charging your crystals?

[breelandwalker]

My go-to method for making moon water involves just putting out a gallon jug of potable drinking water to catch the moonlight. So I know it's safe for drinking, washing, or whatever other applications I might need. (Rainwater, unfortunately, is not safe to drink anymore without chemical treatment because of pollution.)

I use moon water to water my garden if there hasn't been rain for a while, just to get that extra energy into the soil and kickstart the growth magic I put into place when I plant seeds or sprouts. I also use it for saining (cleansing by sprinkling of water drops) or add it to washes for my door or threshold if I'm going to be tidying up my household protections or clearing out stale or disruptive energy.

In the kitchen, I use potable moon water as a base for drinkable potions, either by making tea or freezing it into ice cubes for cocktails. Anything is a potion if you create it to be one. I may also use it to made infusions for my bath or as a rinse in the shower, with herbs or without. I also keep a little bottle of moon-touched rosewater by my altar for simple periodic cleansing and refreshing of my workspace.

If it rains on the full moon, I try to gather some of the rainwater and I consider that moon water too, since the moon shines on the stormclouds even if the light doesn't reach my backyard. Full moon storm water has come in very handy for protection and weather spells, and for magic meant to enact change, e.g. to wash away what was to make room for new growth and progress. This is also fed to the garden upon occasion, alongside the regular watering and fertilizer schedule.

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Brighid is waking up early, when the sun has just risen, and taking a walk through the dew-drenched streets, listening to the birds beginning to sing.

Brighid is hiking up a hill or mountain on a hot summer’s day, just to dip your sweat-soaked body into the cool spring at the top.

Brighid is filling your kitchen with cooking smells, and eating warm, potato leek soup on a cold winter day.

Brighid is handknit socks, shawls, mittens, and sweaters.

Brighid is cotton sundresses with gaudy floral prints.

Brighid is opening your home to your friends, and proudly offering them food, drink, love, and comfort.

Brighid is. Brighid is. Brighid is.

[breelandwalker]

Brighid is friend and guardian and teacher and endless inspiration.

Brighid is the well that never runs dry and the flame that never wavers.

Brighid is the first light of dawn and the glow of the hearthfire at sunset.

Brighid is the lady standing upon two shores and the bridge that spans the distance between them.

Brighid is the candle in the window and the lantern held aloft.

Brighid is a kind word spoken to a stranger and a kind deed done for its’ own sake.

Brighid is the frost on the snowdrops and the first warm day of spring.

Brighid is a warm breeze on a cold day, the lowing of the cattle, the scent of the first flowers, the song of the robins, the cheerful blaze, the abundant hearth, the ringing forge, the poet’s verse, and foster mother to all new life.

Brighid is the heart that endures with courage and kindness and patience, and encourages all of us to do likewise.

Brighid is the voice that whispers, “No matter how dark the night, soon will come the dawn.”

[breelandwalker]

2024 Witches' Calendar

For all my witches out there, here's a handy list of the 2024 dates for the solstices, quarter days, full and new moons, and special events. I've listed my sources at the bottom.

Dates and times for all events are calculated for Eastern Standard Time, USA, Northern Hemisphere. Adjust for your location as needed and check the DarkSky Placefinder to see what special events will be visible in your area. Enjoy!

Solstices, Harvests, and Quarter Days

February 1-2 - Imbolc / Candlemas

March 19 - Spring Equinox / Ostara

April 30-May 1 - Beltane / May Day

June 20 - Summer Solstice / Midsummer / Litha

August 1 - Lughnasadh / Lammas / Summer Harvest

September 22 - Autumn Equinox / Mabon / Fall Harvest

October 31 - Samhain / Halloween / Final Harvest

December 21 - Winter Solstice / Yule

Full Moons

January 25 - Wolf Moon ♒

February 24 - Snow Moon ♓

March 25 - Worm Moon ♈

April 23 - Pink Moon ♉

May 23 - Flower Moon ♊

June 21 - Strawberry Moon ♋

July 21 - Thunder Moon (aka Buck Moon) ♋

August 19 - Sturgeon Moon* ♌

September 17 - Harvest Moon* ♍

October 17 - Hunter's Moon (aka Blood Moon)* ♎

November 15 - Frost Moon (or Beaver Moon)* ♏

December 15 - Cold Moon (Black Moon) ♐

*- Supermoon

Fun Fact: The title of Harvest Moon is given to either the September or October full moon, whichever falls closest to the autumn equinox. Once again this year, that month will be September.

New Moons

January 11 ♑

February 9 ♒

March 10 ♓

April 8 ♈

May 7 ♉

June 6 ♊

July 5 ♋

August 4 ♌

September 2 ♍

October 2 ♎

November 1 ♏

December 1 ♐

December 30 (black moon) ♑

Special Celestial Events

January 3-4 - Quadrantids meteor shower peak

March 25 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

April 8 - Total solar eclipse

April 22-23 - Lyrids meteor shower peak

May 6-7 - Eta Aquarids meteor shower peak

August 11-13 - Perseids meteor shower peak

August 19 - Sturgeon Supermoon / Seasonal Blue Moon

September 17 - Harvest Supermoon / Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

October 2 - "Ring of Fire" solar eclipse

October 17 - Hunter's Supermoon

October 21-22 - Orionids meteor shower peak

November 15 - Frost Supermoon

November 16-17 - Leonids meteor shower peak

December 13-14 - Geminids meteor shower peak

December 30 - Black Moon

(Check the DarkSky Placefinder to see what will be visible in your area!)

Mercury Retrogrades (in case you need them)

April 1 - April 24

August 4 - August 27

November 25 - December 15

Happy Witching!

SOURCES & FURTHER READING:

Bree's Lunar Calendar Series

Bree's Secular Celebrations Series

Moon Info - Full Moon Dates for 2024

Calendar-12 - 2024 Moon Phases

Full Moonology - 2024 Full Moon Calendar

Your Zodiac Sign - Astrology Calendar 2024

Old Farmer's Almanac - Mercury Retrograde Dates 2023-2024

Lonely Planet - Best Star-gazing Events of 2024

Sea and Sky - Astronomy Calendar of Celestial Events 2024

DarkSky International - Dark Sky Placefinder for Stargazing

Pagan Grimoire - Wheel of the Year: The 8 Festivals in the Wiccan Calendar (2024 Edition)

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EDIT: Mercury is stationed direct on Jan 1st, 2024. The source I used which stated it was in retrograde until the 18th had a typo.

[didyoumeanxianity]

It’s sure been a year, hasn’t it? Whew. Plenty of good and plenty of challenges, though I may be speaking only for myself there.

I hope you all have a sweet new year, filled with love, kindness, and success however you define that term.

Shanah tovah, and g’mar chatima tovah.