spirits don't have to be your friend. the rock in your backyard doesn't have to behave like a human or be useful to you to deserve respect. there is inherent value in loving the web of spirits that surrounds us without asking what they can do for us.
i love glamour magick and i've noticed such a huge difference in my appearance and love life ever since i started using it on a daily basis! you only need 3 ingredients and it's very easy to make.
all you need is;
moon water
dried rosebuds/rose petals
dried jasmine flowers
i use 10-15 rosebuds, 1 cup of moon water and 1 tablespoon of jasmine and i boil it on low heat for around 15 minutes.
when it's done just let it cool, strain it well and transfer it to a spray bottle or a jar. you can even put your own sigils on the container to make it even stronger!
i suggest making a small batch every 7-10 days and keeping it in the fridge so it doesn't go bad.
i use it every single day on my face, my whole body and even in my hair while repeating my affirmations and i've noticed a huge difference. i look and feel more beautiful, i'm more confident, my skin is glowing, i keep hearing compliments everywhere i go and i feel adored ᥫ᭡
some of my favorite affirmations i like to repeat during my daily beauty rituals:
ᥫ᭡ i'm beautiful and loved
ᥫ᭡ i love myself and i love the way i look
ᥫ᭡ people love spoiling and complimenting me
ᥫ᭡ i'm confident and i know i deserve nothing but the best
ᥫ᭡ my hair always looks perfect
ᥫ᭡ i keep getting prettier and prettier
ᥫ᭡ i love my body and my body loves me
both roses and jasmine have very strong love, confidence, self love and beauty properties and jasmine is also an aphrodisiac so if you affirm for it it can also make you more sexy and magnetic and it can really improve your love life and your sex life!
January 3 ● Full Moon in Cancer (Wolf Moon)
January 18 ● New Moon in Capricorn
February 1 ● Imbolc
February 1 ● Full Moon in Leo (Snow Moon)
February 17 ● New Moon in Aquarius
February 26 - March 20 ● Mercury Retrograde
March 3 ● Full Moon in Virgo (Worm Moon)
March 19 ● New Moon in Pisces
March 20 ● Ostara
April 2 ● Full Moon in Libra (Pink Moon)
April 17 ● New Moon in Aries
May 1 ● Beltane
May 1 ● Full Moon in Scorpio (Flower Moon)
May 16 ● New Moon in Taurus
May 31 ● Full Moon in Sagittarius (Blue Moon)
June 20-21 ● Litha
June 15 ● New Moon in Gemini
June 29 ● Full Moon in Capricorn (Strawberry Moon)
June 29 - July 23 ● Mercury Retrograde
July 14 ● New Moon in Cancer
July 29 ● Full Moon in Aquarius (Buck Moon)
August 1 ● Lammas
August 12 ● New Moon in Leo
August 28 ● Full Moon (Sturgeon Moon)
September 11 ● New Moon in Virgo
September 23 ● Mabon
September 26 ● Full Moon in Aries(Harvest Moon)
October 10 ● New Moon in Libra
October 24 - November 13 ● Mercury in Retrograde
October 26 ● Full Moon in Taurus (Hunter's Moon)
October 31 ● Samhain
November 9 ● New Moon in Scorpio
November 24 ● Full Moon in Gemini (Beaver Moon)
December 9 ● New Moon in Sagittarius
December 21 ● Yule
December 24 ● Full Moon in Cancer (Cold Moon)
Welcome back to another magical waters post! In this post, we'll be talking about Angel's Water, which I feel is a good ingredient to have as a love witch!
What is Angel's Water?
Also known as Aphrodite Water or Venus Water, Angel's Water is called that because it is said that it derived from the angels who “seduced the daughters of man” in the book of Genesis. Angel Water is a powerful aphrodisiac love and sex potion. It can also be used for glamour magic because of its associated with the Goddess Venus/Aphrodite.
Myrtle is the main ingredient in this magical water. Myrtle is a common evergreen shrub of southern Europe. It symbolizes youth, virginity, fertility, immortality, and most importantly love. When Venus was washed up ashore, birthed, or emerged from the ocean, it is said she was covered in myrtle or held myrtle in her hand, and therefore it's one of her sacred plants.
How do you make Angel's Water?
There's a few different ways to make this water, Here's mine which should be safe for consumption (if you source your ingredients right)
Infuse or mix these ingredients together:
Myrtle - the main ingredient is myrtle, make sure there's more myrtle than of the others.
Flower waters - Rose, lavender, and orange blossoms are most common
Angelica root - This is mainly optional, for protection, and to make the name of Angel's Water ring louder.
Water - Where the ingredients will be infused or mixed.
Where do I use it?
I'd use this water when making love and sex potions. It's suppose to be a great aphrodisiac, so if a love spell requires a type of water, Angel's Water is a great one to use. It may also be used in glamour magic and be used as a face wash or be used in baths, as a way of attracting someone or something to you. It can also be used for consumption, so drink it yourself or feed it to the one you love.
Discloser: Terfs are not welcome on my page, ever! Men can be witches (and some of those men get periods), so can trans women (and they are women) and anyone who disagrees can remove themselves. I do not believe that the womb is inherently more sacred or magical than any other body part or whatever terfs are saying now, but I do believe in celebrating and understanding our bodies in whatever form makes us feel empowered and comfortable.
So, what is menstrual magic?
Menstrual magic is incorporating the different aspects of the menstrual cycle into magic, and this can be done in loads of different ways! Below, I go through each phase and how you might choose to incorporate it! Bear in mind that everybody is different and numerous things can effect cycles, from genetics to birth control to nutrition - so for example you might not bleed regularly, and that's okay!
The Menstrual Phase
This the first phase of the menstrual cycle and starts on the first day of bleeding! This phase is what most people refer to when discussing incorporating menstrual cycles into magic. It can be accompanied by cramping, low energy and mood swings - this means you might not feel up to performing any rituals or doing magic and that's fine.
You can use your menstrual blood as an offering or incorporate it into spellwork (though that isn't everyone's cup of tea) - just be sure to research and maintain safe and sanitary practices.
As this is the phase where your body shed its uterine lining, it can be associated with release and renewal - you can utilise this energy for spellwork related to new beginnings, fresh starts, releasing or banishing etc.
The Follicular Phase
The follicular phase follows immediately after the menstrual phase. In this phase, your hormones stimulate the follicles in the ovaries to mature. During this phase you might get a boost of energy and more stable moods, as well as increased libido and desire.
As this phase is the maturation of the ovary, I find it good for spellwork that "plants seeds" or as a foundational energy. The follicular phase works well as a "preparation" stage - so you might want to plan and gather spell ingredients and build up energy for a spell, whether through energy work, offerings or otherwise, which can then be released in the next phase for more power.
The Ovulatory Phase
As the mature egg is released from the ovary, we move to the ovulation phase. Here libido and desire is typically at its highest, and so is energy.
This can be a great phase to incorporate sex magic, as well as self-love or glamour magic. As energy tends to peak in this phase, it can be great for larger or more intense rituals! Here, you may want to release the spell and energy you built up in the follicular stage.
The Luteal Phase
This phase tends to hit people quite hard - here is where you're more likely to feel cravings, bloating, headaches, low mood, irritability etc. It's a time to be more gentle with yourself as typically people have low energy during this phase.
This can be a good time for simple rest and relaxation - meditation, slow energy work, kitchen magic are what I tend to focus on during this phase.
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Everybody is different! What's important with menstrual magic is getting in tune with your body, so that you can respect it and treat yourself well; if you notice that you tend to have lower energy during a certain phase, be gentle and don't push yourself during that time. Most people don't experience their cycles the same, for various reasons, and that's great, we're all unique!
Figure out what works for you, your body, and your practice!
I use my menstrual blood as an offering to my plants and their spirits, as well as Mother Nature (be safe with this, blood is still living tissue). This isn't for everyone and it doesn't have to be! I like to incorporate movement and dance into my magic during ovulation because I feel more energised, whereas in my luteal phase I stick to very slow and gentle movement like yoga and walks.
There is no right way to menstruate and experience this cycle, and this is no right way to incorporate it into your craft. And you don't have to incorporate it into your craft if you don't want to!
Another post of magical waters. This one is similar to that of Angel's Water, but might be more accessible to people.
What is Rose Water?
Rose Water is a magical water made from infused rose petals. Because of the associations with roses being romance, beauty, love, sexuality, sensuality, etc. Rose Water is used in glamour and love magic spells as a way to attract, enchant, and strengthen love and beauty.
Rose Water is popular in the health and beauty aspect, being used as a skin care product like a cleanser. And of course a s a perfume.
How do I make Rose Water?
There's three methods to making Rose Water, figure out which one might be best for you! Make sure your roses are organic and haven't used pesticide.
Method 1: Place a heat proof bowl in a pot, place your rose petals around that bowl into the pot, and pour water into the pot, avoid pouring into your bowl. Bring it to a boil and then down to a simmer. Place your pot's lid on upside down and place ice cubes on top. This makes it so the evaporated water goes up and meets the cold environment, and turns back into liquid (distilled water) and drips right down into your bowl, creating Rose Water.
Place more ice cubes when they melt, you can dap the melted ice cubes away with a rag. When the colour of the roses are gone, you're done! Strain into a bottle. Should last about a month.
Method 2: Simply boil distilled water and roses together until the petals loose their colour, strain into a bottle for use. More roses mean stronger smell and more water means lesser smell. Should last for about half a year.
Method 3: Rub your rose petals to bruise them a bit, and place them in a tight sealed glass container with cold water. Let it sit for 24 hours in your fridge. Strain in the morning. Should last a month.
Where do I use Rose water?
Rose water is typically used a s face toner, body spray, hair spray, or cleanser for the wearer. This is why it's important that the rose are organic. Rose Water can also be used for potions and consumptions in love magic.
It can also be used as a room spray or for your clothes, Rose Water is used heavily in glamour magic.
Some good knowledge to have in the back of the mind when performing love and sex magic, alone or with others, yourself or for others. Sex and love magic often work together.
As always, I do not want minors on these posts, this is an 18+ only post.
Blog post include...
TIME - The best times to cast love and sex magic.
SPACE - The best places to performance.
TOOLS - Great talismans and objects to have near you when performing.
COLOURS - Best colours to use.
NUMBERS - Numbers use and to invoke.
WATERS - Spell waters to use for enhancements.
OILS - Spell oils best suited for love and sex magic.
BOTANICALS & APHRODISIACS - Flowers, herbs, foods, etc. These are the botanicals to use for love and sex magic, especially the aphrodisiac ones.
NOTES - Extra good knowledge to know when performing love and sex spells.
TIME
🌑 New Moon: The new moon is associated with our shadow self. Due to history and religion, we often associate sex and desires with our shadow self, something kind of unacceptable. It's such a primal human feeling, lust. So sex magic benefits from the New Moon greatly.
🌒 Waxing: The moon is getting bigger and brighter. Creating an ideal phase for magic around growth. Say you're in a relationship already, you'd want it to grow better and stronger, this is an ideal time to add extra passion into your sex life too.
🌕 Full Moon: Everything is full and intense on the Full Moon. Generally, all spells are enhanced during Full Moon, so you may cast sex magic here to enhance them. See what works best for you whenever it is the Full Moon or New Moon.
♀️ Friday: These are the best days for love and sex magic. This day is in honour of Venus. But you may also know it as the day of Aphrodite, Freya, and Oshun. Generally, love spirits are most powerful during Fridays.
🕒 The Clock: Typically, daylight brings abundance, growth, and positive influences. Night brings out the shadow self, intuition and emotional self. You could prepare spells in the daylight and performe them during night. See what works best for you. I wouldn't worry too much about the exact clock.
SPACE
🛏️ The Bedroom: The bedroom is home to the bed, a place we spend roughly ⅓ of our lives in. I believe it oozes with great magical threshold and potential. It's the home to our subconscious mind and desires. A bed is also where we typically perform pleasurable acts. Performaning sex magic in the bedroom is more potent than that of the living room.
🛁 The Bathroom: Not the place we typically have acts of pleasure, but it is a place we're often bare and naked in. we take baths, or get ready and make sure we looks alright, make sure we smell good, some do their makeup here, so on and so forth. I often perform glamour magic in the bathroom, and if you do glamour magic in conjunction with sex magic, your sex magic has a greater chance of success. Glamour magic is about attraction, and sex magic is specifically attracting pleasure. Think of them as collaborative partners occasionally.
TOOLS
🌿 Priapic Wand: A wand with a phallic object attached to the end, usual that of an acorn or pinecone. Mainly used to encourage the growth of Spring and is a symbol of Imbolc and Beltane. You may attache ribbons and bells to it as well.
🌿 Mermaid Wand: Mermaids or sirens are said to have lured sailors into the sea with their beauty and sexual nature. A mermaid wand is simply a piece of driftwood.
🌿 Copper Wand: Copper holds romance and feminine energy, so copper wands are often used in love spells, tope it with a rose quartz to enhance the powers.
🦢 Swan/Rooster Feathers: Swans are often a romantic symbol of grace and beauty, we often see swans in artworks being their iconic heart symbol together, they're also a bird that mates for life. Roosters on the other hand help ward off evil and are a symbol of male energy. I see rooster feathers often used in love magic, perhaps because the rooster is such a lady's man?
🔧 Iron: Representing primal male power. Iron helps invoke sexual desire and remedy lack of libido. Iron is also hard, stiff, and endures a lot. So we're hoping that it's magical properties will tranfer through to the spells. Soaking iron in water and using that water to bath your man, specifically the part that's actually useful about us, will enhance us to perform better.
🕯️ Candles: Candles are already used in every spell there is, I'm mainly placing it here since I've found that when you involve another person and light their name on fire it invoke passion and sexual drive.
💕 Adult Toys: I suggest having literal symbols of sex near you or being used when performing sex magic. Even greater if you have one specifically for the use of these rituals. Similarly, having pornography to stimulate you is favoured, or a partner.
🐎 Horseshoes or Horse Symbols: Horseshoes are often associated with luck and protection. But can also be a powerful love talisman. Horse shoes incorporate iron (as discussed above), the shape of a horse shoe is reminiscens a cresent moon, often associated with female energy, and it may also be associated with the symbol of double horns which is a symbol of the female genitalia (Statues showing off the vulva frightened off ghosts because the vulva is a symbol of life and ghosts are dead). The symbol of a horse adds additonal meaning, especially that of a stallion, being that of powerful virile animals. If you were to hammer a nail through a horseshoe, well, isn't that obvious why?
COLOURS
🍎 Red: A primary colour, red is associated with life and passion in many cultures. Red is connected to the body through health, sex, lust, love, romance, passion, confidence.
🍊 Orange: Symbolising connections in our life. It has associations with power, vitality, energy, growth, success, and ambitions. Great colour to use when you're already in a relationship.
💗 Pink: Often a feminine colour, therefore, it represents those quirks and stereotypes. Unconditional love, playfulness, love, gentleness, beauty, feelings. It's also the lesser colour of red, so if you'd want more intimate sex rather than rough, I recommended pink.
NUMBERS
2️⃣ Two (2): For obvious reasons, it is the number of unity, of harmony.
5️⃣ Five (5): I have heard to invoke the power of Oshun (Orisha of Love), you should use the number five.
6️⃣ Six (6): To invoke the power of Aphrodite (Lady of Love), use the number six.
8️⃣ Eight (8): To invoke the power of Inanna-Ishtar (Queen of Heaven), use the number eight. Eight is also the number associated with eternity and infinity if you lay it down, so use it to keep a relationship and sex life intact.
🔢 Numerology: Generally, lesser numbers are beginnings and bigger numbers are endings. So use lesser numbers to start a passionate life and bigger numbers to have greater orgasms, etc. See what works best for you.
WATERS
🕊️ Angel's Water: This water began as a complexation remedy in the sixtheenth-century before slowly becoming a love potion. It's name is a reference to the Angels that seduced the daughters of man in the Book of Genesis. It's also known as Aphrodite Water with it's main ingredient being Myrtle, which is said is what Aphrodite was covered in when she emerged from the ocean.
💞 Florida Water: Originally marketed as a cologne. Florida Water has attractive qualities due to it's scent with rosemary and citrus aspects. IT draws in luck, fantastic energies, and happiness.
🌹 Rose Water: Roses are often associated with love and romance, especially the red variant. Rose Water, or any flower water for that matter, are often used in love spells and beauty spells.
🍷 May Wine: Ritual potion for Midsummer’s Eve and Walpurgis Night. Some of my potions require mixing ingredients into a wine, and I choose May Wine, if I don't have that, red wine is fine.
OILS
💖 Love Oil: Used for love and sex spells, as well as being used for attraction.
💘 Come To Me Lover Oil: Consider this a deluxe version of Love Oil. Perfect for sex magic and attraction of people, used mainly for specific purposes, such as drawing in a specific kind of sex life or person.
🐈 Black Cat Oil: Break bad spells and hexes, attract positive attention, especially that of the opposite gender. Depending on what oil base you choose, jojoba or castor oil for protection and almond oil for love spells.
🌿 Cleopatra Oil: Captures the true essence of legendary Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. Used for glamor spells, love and sex magic.
Ingredients in which have shown to have aphrodisiac effects, some more than others.
☁️ Myrrh and Frankincense: They may not be obvious, with their religious background and association. However, they were burned in ancient Egypt, and myrrh was associated with Isis, the goddess of fertility, and frankincense with that of Rah. The lunar and sun goddess and god. Burn together with a partner or burn myrrh if you're more fem leaning and frankincense if you're mask leaning. Burn myrrh if you're attracting a woman and burn frankincense if you're attracting a man. What if you're nonbinary or the partner is? Burn both.
NOTES
Some extra good things to note before, during, and after performing love and sex spells.
Bathing your hands in Rose Water to enhance spells before performing - You may also use thyme.
Performing naked for sex magic increases the chances of success. Alternatively, clothing that makes you feel sexy.
Wearing a red ribbon around your waist for sexual seduction enhancement. You may use red string and incorporate knot magic, or a red gather belt, or regular belt. Something red around your waist, essentially.
In sex magic, you'll want to stir counter-clockwise. This is to invoke passion and vigour in your sex life. While clockwise is the opposite and lessens the libido. You may also think of it as counter-clockwise for deviance and clockwise for "vanilla".
Stir near your thighs and genitals to enhance success and better sex.
Stir near your heart for romantic love.
The hair off of someone's head is often used in love spells to draw them near you and make them love you. However, if you acquire their pubic hair, more sexual and aroused feelings will be invoked.
Use your sexual bodily fluids to charge and enchant sigils and other objects.
Use menstrual blood to enhance love spells. Are you someone who do not bleed like me? Worry not! Prick your ring finger, preferably that of the left (unless you're married, then that of the right) and the blood will have a similar effect to that of menstrual blood.
Are your love spells not working on your lover? Acquire a piece of their hair and let gentle water drip on ti it continually and the resistance should wear off. Sometimes your lover may even be cursed with lack of sexual performances, so bathing in iron would help or eating any of the aphrodisiac ingredients would help too.
It helps to be in the mindset when performing love and sex spells, so being aroused and excited for sex spells helps them perform better. Being in a romantic mood helps for love spells, so feed yourself well with cherries, peaches, and chocolate. As well as having your favourite adult toys out when doing sex magic or also warming yourself up and then performing sex magic.
That should be it, go out and have lots of good sex and love!
Excuse grammar mistake and spelling errors, English is not my first language.
January 3 ● Full Moon in Cancer (Wolf Moon)
January 18 ● New Moon in Capricorn
February 1 ● Imbolc
February 1 ● Full Moon in Leo (Snow Moon)
February 17 ● New Moon in Aquarius
February 26 - March 20 ● Mercury Retrograde
March 3 ● Full Moon in Virgo (Worm Moon)
March 19 ● New Moon in Pisces
March 20 ● Ostara
April 2 ● Full Moon in Libra (Pink Moon)
April 17 ● New Moon in Aries
May 1 ● Beltane
May 1 ● Full Moon in Scorpio (Flower Moon)
May 16 ● New Moon in Taurus
May 31 ● Full Moon in Sagittarius (Blue Moon)
June 20-21 ● Litha
June 15 ● New Moon in Gemini
June 29 ● Full Moon in Capricorn (Strawberry Moon)
June 29 - July 23 ● Mercury Retrograde
July 14 ● New Moon in Cancer
July 29 ● Full Moon in Aquarius (Buck Moon)
August 1 ● Lammas
August 12 ● New Moon in Leo
August 28 ● Full Moon (Sturgeon Moon)
September 11 ● New Moon in Virgo
September 23 ● Mabon
September 26 ● Full Moon in Aries(Harvest Moon)
October 10 ● New Moon in Libra
October 24 - November 13 ● Mercury in Retrograde
October 26 ● Full Moon in Taurus (Hunter's Moon)
October 31 ● Samhain
November 9 ● New Moon in Scorpio
November 24 ● Full Moon in Gemini (Beaver Moon)
December 9 ● New Moon in Sagittarius
December 21 ● Yule
December 24 ● Full Moon in Cancer (Cold Moon)
Below are some saints I humbly recommend to pray to as the United States faces this new and challenging era after the results of our recent election. Those that use prayer for intercession may find comfort in learning more about the saints below, and building a communication with them.
Social justice — St. Martín de Porres
Poverty — St. Francis of Assisi
Women — St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Immigrants — St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Racial justice — St. Katharine Drexel
Ecology and environment — St. Kateri Tekakwitha (the first Indigenous American saint)
Education/teachers — St. John Baptist de La Salle
If you'd like, I have included some notes and extras below —
Please if you can, take some time to learn about St. Martín de Porres! His soul is beautiful and his work was absolutely selfless as he cared for others in the face of social abuse and adversity. He really is someone to aspire to be like.
I nominate St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in this particular instance as it's difficult to pin down a definitive patron saint of women (all of my cross-references didn't produce a strong label on any one saint; many were for mothers or some other aspect attributed to womanhood, so there are many options). But St. Elizabeth was the first American-born citizen to be canonized as a saint, and in her life she started a Catholic school for girls. She is most known for founding of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph’s, the first religious order in America who contributed significant humanitarian work. In the wake of the US election results, I think she is an apt choice for connecting with for intercession.
I'm a biased St. Joan D'Arc follower, but hear me out. She was the crux of saving her home country from the very literal brink of being lost to Britain in a war that spanned a century. She rallied the last skeleton crew of the remaining French monarchal power that had all but been defeated already, and helped to take their name and land back from the English. I will be continuing to pray to her regularly to help find ways to fight for our freedom and remain courageous. I encourage others to do the same if you pray to her, or would like to start.
While I wish I had a suggestion for a saint to pray to for the LGBTQIA+ community, as they are adopted through history (St. Sebastian) or are not strictly official. But there are some interesting perspectives to find online, I just couldn't find a saint I could comfortably name with my whole chest for this particular group. I was intrigued by some responses on this Quora thread on the matter in question.
As always, these are only suggestions based on my imperfect research, as I am still newly navigating my reclaimed faith. If you have other patrons to recommend, please add them in a reblog so that others may learn about them.
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more lists of patron saints — Patron Saints for your problems • Patron Saints for World Mental Health Day
Low-Energy Ways to Work with Nature and her Spirits:
Look outside. That's it - just open the curtains and see the sunlight, find the trees outside your window and watch the birds.
Put on a documentary or youtube video about a cool animal, ecology, the natural world etc
Talk to nature - whisper, talk out loud, say it in your head - just talk. Compliment pretty flowers, chat about how creepy but cool you think spiders are, picture light dancing off morning dew.
Trace the shapes of leaves/flowers/animals etc on your bed sheets or skin - try to see how many different shapes make up the natural world, find the patterns and fractals within them
Learn the name of one new local plant a week! Just one a week! If you have the energy, research a little about their ecology, history or medicinal uses
Make a flower crown/daisy chain/leaf crown
Take up nature photography - you don't need a fancy camera, jsut your phone!
Collect some shells/rocks/bones etc!
Just sit outside! can be just outside your front door, next to an open window, or in the woods (whatever you can manage)
Take your daily activities outside!! Read in the garden, eat your breakfast under the sun etc
Create art from nature - paint rocks, press flowers, create patterns using feathers or leaves as paintbrushes/stamps
Cloud watching!
More High Energy Activities:
Go for a walk or hike outside and take some offerings. Introduce yourself to the trees and plants and streams and leave them a gift.
If there's one nearby, visit a local farmer's market and buy some local produce; honey, meat, vegetables, fruit, etc! Chat to the sellers and talk about their practices and produce
Do a small spell outside! Find a secluded, comfortable spot and invite the spirits to observe your spellwork - let them get used to your energy and way of working
Make a small diary of your time outside! Don't worry about filling it in regularly, just whenever you have the energy! Write down when the bees start coming out or leaves return after winter. What plants stay during the cold season?
Research local plants and come up with your own correspondences based on their ecology/medicinal use/folklore etc
Go on a walk to see what plants and animals exist in your area! Research them - are they native? Invasive? What is their ecology? Medicinal uses? Even the most urban areas tend to have some wildlife!
Join a local facebook group for birdwatching!
Research your area and figure out what plants or animals would be native, or used to live there - create artwork or something to honour and remember them
Research gardening groups nearby - some cities will have volunteer gardening projects or local groups that help maintain natural spaces! See if any would be feasible for you to join and get out there
Join a local allotment or community garden if you have the means - do some weeding, plant some tomatoes, say hello to the coal tits nesting in the old shed!
If you have the means - invest in a hardy houseplant! Name it, research its care and talk to it! Make a ritual out of watering and talking to it.
Take an online ecology course! Free courses exist and can be super interesting!
Watch youtube videos on a favourite taxa and make notes - build your own knowledge at a pace you're comfortable with on the things you're interested in!
Invite some nature spirits in for a meal - cook something you enjoy and set the table (if you can) for the spirits. Enjoy a meal with them.
Please add any suggestions you have below and I can add them! Everyone has unique energy levels and capabilities, but I hope that I've given people a quick idea of things they can do, if they want!
Reminder that if you're asking spirits to help you with something long-term (i.e. protecting your home, bringing in job opportunities etc) it can be good practice to have an agreement on "rest" and "finished" commands. I.e.
"When I tell you that it is time to sleep, return to your vessel and rest until I ask you to continue again."
"When I tell you that your work is done, I will thank you with an offering and our relationship is completed so you may leave my space."
Signed, someone who forgot to do this and had an unhappy spirit asking where their offerings where because I forgot to say that I now *had* job and didn't need them bringing me more!
Hello, do you have any insights into placements of piercings/ tattoos? tysm <3
Tattoo & Piercing Placement Magic ✨💉
Yes!! Placement matters - Energetically, symbolically, and even astrologically. Here’s a mini guide based on witchy wisdom, body energetics, and a lil’ glamour magic 🔮
On the last day, he went with a heavy heart into the country, and met the fox. "Thou knowest how to find all kinds of hiding-places," said he; "I let thee live, now advise me where I shall hide myself so that the King's daughter shall not discover me."
"That's a hard task," answered the fox, looking very thoughtful. And length, he cried, "I have it!" and went with him to a spring, dipped himself in it, and came out as a stall-keeper in the market, and dealer in animals. The youth had to dip himself in the water also, and was changed into a small sea-hare. […]
"When the King's daughter goes to the window, creep quickly under the braids of her hair". And now the time arrived when she was to search for him. She went to one window after another in turn, from the first to the eleventh, and did not see him. When she did not see him from the twelfth either, she was full of anxiety and anger, and shut it down with such violence that the glass in every window shivered into a thousand pieces, and the whole castle shook.
-The Sea-Hare, Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
Intent: To hide your magics so that they cannot be detected until their work is done.
Ideal Timing: Dark of the Moon, for concealment and deception
Materials:
Clam Shell
Paper & Pen
Black Taper Candle
Jar with Screw-top Lid
Blueberry Leaves - to keep evil away
Cherry Pits - to repel unwanted attention
Poppy Seeds - to pass without notice
Write the name of the spell you wish to conceal on a slip of paper. If
the spell does not have a name, simply write the type or intention of the spell and the date you cast it. Place the paper in a small glass jar with a handful of Blueberry Leaves, Cherry Pits, and Poppy Seeds. Hold the jar to your mouth and whisper:
Now you see it, now you don’t
Long you’ll seek, but find you won’t
Ever hidden from your view
Seen by me, but not by you
Spit into the jar for extra potency, then screw the lid onto the jar. Light the black candle and drip wax onto the lid until it is mostly covered. Press the shell into the liquid wax concave-side-down to keep the spell hidden.
This will not hinder the effects of the spell you already cast, just keep it from being detected until it has accomplished what it needs to do. This is ideal for manipulation and baneful magics, as well as any spell that you wish to keep hidden for reasons of stealth.
Once the spell has done its' work, remove the shell, open the jar, and discard the contents. The jar can be cleansed with salt or water and used for future magical workings. Be sure to remove the wax from the lid before cleansing.
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