musings of a witch

ella - 20 - lesbian a space for my wordpress blogs and any related things - witchcraft, writing and leftie-politics

[wonderingwritingandwitchcraft]

soooo i finished my second novel today... well the first draft of it... which still has no title...and is 7,500 words shorter than my first... BUT!! I AM VERY PROUD AND HAPPY. TODAY IS A WRITING VICTORY!

[witchy-trans]

witch things

that one crystal

wasting eclipses/other natural phenomenon that could be used as a time for spells

telling yourself that your okay with curses and that you would use them, sees a post detailing a mild curse, immediately leaves

witch… me..m…e….?…??

i need more fairy lights, or candles… hmm.. fairy lights aren’t a fire hazard, i don’t have to watch them, no candles then

j a r s

finds an interesting plant, okay, now how the fuck do i figure out what this is

tries to decide who to believe between conflicting opinions by witches you like

J A R S

altar, is, set up, how,?

don’t think about harry potter, it’s not real magic, don’t think about harry potter, but- wands

not having any, fucking, time to do any spells/rituals/or generally practice the craft

.. j-… jars?….

that one element that is better than the rest

space

spells in e v e r y t h i n g

not being able to take a ritual bath because you only shower

more crystals, always more

no, i am not going to put nutmeg in my coffee, that’s disgusting

thinking about how shitty things have been for the last few years and wondering who you pissed off enough to get cursed

thats it, that’s all of them

[thegard3nwitch-blog]

THIS.

[can-i-use-ur-nuns-bog]

i’d like to add:

 sachets coming loose in your bag and having a gross mix of herbs and lint at the bottom forever

shit it’s mabon/samhain/(insert holiday here) tomorrow WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN 

it’s good when people want to learn about the craft but i swear if i have to explain the difference between pagan, wiccan and witch one more fucking time…

PEOPLE THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT PLANTS

[wonderingwritingandwitchcraft]

I don’t know about you, but I would love to have that dream Witch Aesthetic™. I’m talking apothecary jars, ancient tomes, wooden carved everything, foraged and home grown food. But unle…

really short post, hope it’s helpful to anyone starting out without a lot of resources! 

[wonderingwritingandwitchcraft]

lughnasadh prosperity

a day after lughnasadh in which i made bread that i charmed to bring prosperity to my home and family, and a ritual to pray for abundance... i got a letter telling me i have a £600 tax rebate!! 

not just that but i managed to have a really lucky day in lots of other small ways: a particularly nice staff member at the bowling alley letting me have student discount even though i don’t have a student card, the torrential rain stopping the second we parked up, somehow managing to get three strikes even though i’m usually terrible at bowling and finding loads of awesome stuff for pride in the poundshop! 

i’ll be offering thanks to the god and goddess today for such a wonderful start to the season, hopefully it will continue seeing as it’s just over a month until i move out to go to uni!

[can-i-use-ur-nuns-bog]

~☆~ BLESSED LUGHNASADH ~☆~

this is how i spent my day - a walk, a ritual, and baking! hope everyone has a wonderful day 🌻🌾🌙

[wonderingwritingandwitchcraft]

Believing in the power of the energy that we put out into the world is a pretty standard belief to find in most neo-pagan/New Age practices. As a Wiccan, I believe in the Rule of Three and that &#8…

basically a little rant about how ‘no negativity allowed uwu’ often ends up silencing minorities and making new age and pagan communities far less welcoming than they claim to be! 

[wonderingwritingandwitchcraft]

Hi I’m Ella, and I’m a writer. We need some sort of support group with the amount of complaining we all seem to do. Especially about not writing, which is about 80% of what being a writ…

just written 1300 words for the sequel to my first novel, so i thought i’d write even more... about writing. LOTS OF WRITING. 

i’m feeling really good about how this sequel is going - about 23,000 words and i’m going strong. another 20,000 to go and it’ll be as long as the first!

[wonderingwritingandwitchcraft]

huge police presence at the preston new road fracking site. peaceful protesters met with intimidation and violence, but it was a beautiful gathering of hope after the hit and run from cuadrilla staff yesterday and the eviction of protesters this morning. #frackfreelancs #wesaidno

[wonderingwritingandwitchcraft]

Spiritual Journeys at the Tea House

I’ve already touched on my experience at dhikr in this post but to recap; a group of local Sufi Muslims run dhikr as an interfaith community space for prayer and meditation at my local teahou…

experiences at the interfaith community dhikr in preston

[wonderingwritingandwitchcraft]

Witch Essentials: Book of Shadows

I’m not by any means a purist when it comes to practicing witchcraft, but there are some things you just can’t do without – one of those is a Book of Shadows. More traditional wit…

bit of a short one, here’s a bit about making a book of shadows (and a little peek into mine!) 

[wonderingwritingandwitchcraft]

homemade cough syrup recipe!

this is a recipe i came across at pagancon last year slightly modified (i can’t remember for the life of me what the lady who demonstrated it was called!). this is one of the first things i made from my foraged stuff and it’s super easy and very effective. because of the amount of sugar in it it will last a long time too - mine lasted a couple of months before it started fermenting, i don’t have any exact use-by date but i’d guess around 6 weeks!

you’ll need:

- plantain (this grows literally everywhere if you’re in the uk; roadsides, lawns, scrubland... it’s really easy to clean too) - thyme (mine was from my garden, you can get it fresh from a lot of supermarkets. again, if you’re in the uk aldi does it cheap) - ginger (preferably fresh but ground should be fine) - licorice root (this is the most awkward to get - i got a big bag from tiger for a pound but i’m not really sure where else does it) - sugar 

now here’s how you do it!

1. chuck all your herbs in a pan and cover with water. i didn’t use exact measurements for mine - it was about three handfuls of plantain, a handful of thyme, about an inch long ginger root chopped up and a handful of chopped licorice root, and that easily made a litre of cough medicine.

2. bring the water to a boil, then simmer for 30-40 mins. let it cool, then strain it through some muslin.  3. return to the heat and add your sugar (using my quantities, i used a kg sugar), stirring until it has dissolved. 

boom! cough syrup! 

sorry this is ridiculously vague, i’m an absolute nightmare for measurements and following recipes. but in all honesty, different quantities won’t do you any harm. also, heads up: this is cough syrup. it doesn’t taste particularly good. but it works, it lasts, and it’s pretty cheap to make!

[modern-alchemyst-deactivated201]

Things that are not true for all witches (even if they are true for you):

-The “Rule of Three”

-“Witches don’t believe in Satan!”

-“Witches can’t be Christians.”

-“Witches don’t hex or curse.”

-“Witches never practice magick for self-gain.”

-“Witches don’t use spirit boards.”

-“Witches believe in karma.”

-How about you do you and don’t try to tell other witches what to do/be? 

[dearestdarklingilisten]

[demoniclour]

Herbal Witch Aesthetic

[wonderingwritingandwitchcraft]

spent the day at the fracking site on preston new road for a druid ceremony and protest - ended up helping cook for 60 people and accidentally volunteering to help run a workshop. day well spent! for those who don't know, our local council (in lancashire) voted AGAINST fracking but the government went ahead with plans anyway. if anyone local wants to volunteer, the pnr action group are on facebook

[goldfyshie927]

We are blissfully happy you guys

[wonderingwritingandwitchcraft]

It’s a Moot Point: Pros and Cons of the Solitary Witch Life

Litha celebrations have basically been a week-long thing this year. The kick-off came the day before the solstice and was a completely new thing to me; my first Pagan moot*. I was a bit apprehensiv…

some thoughts on the isolation that so often comes with being a witch - and why it may not be a bad thing