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eclectic witch • 21 • follower of persephone, aphrodite and apollo • in the broom closet • hellenic pagan • follows will come from my main blog • ☀🌼💀♥ •

[heatherwitch]

Samhain Resource Masterpost

A collection of categorized links for your Samhain needs! What is Samhain? [X] Samhain is celebrated between October 31st to November 1st (April 30th to May 1st in the S. Hemisphere) and is also called: Samhuinn/Samhainn,  Sauin.

The Basics:

What is Samhain and how is it related to Halloween?

Samhain basics, activities and correspondences

Celebrating samhain 101

Samhain solitary ritual

Witchy autumn activities

Subtle witch tips - Samhain

Ways to honor your deceased loved ones on samhain

Spirit offerings on samhain

What to do with pumpkin seeds

Samhain Crafts:

Samhain candles

Samhain Recipes:

Samhain scones/witch cakes

Gingered pumpkin muffins

Samhain pumpkin bread

Soul cake recipe and spell

Rosemary bourbon sweet potato pie

Tortitas de Calabaza- squash cakes/pumpkin fritters

Cozy compote

Samhain mulled cider

Samhain Spells:

Jack-o-lantern spells

S’more sweetness spell

Pumpkin seed banishing spell

Traditional samhain love spells

Early winter ritual for Samhain

Dust to dust - simple samhain ritual

Bonfire magic ritual for samhain

Samhain Tarot Spreads:

The hallowed spread (3 card)

Samhain tarot spread (3 card)

Samhain tarot spread (4 card)

Samhain spread (5 card)

Witches’ samhain spread (6 card)

Samhain tarot spread (7 card)

October witch tarot spread (10 card)

The otherworld spread (12 card)

Other:

Magical Samhain sigil + sigil for Samhain

All Hallows’ flying incense

Last updated September of 2021, please inform me of broken links via askbox!

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[coastal-witch-deactivated202308]

Flowers for types of witches🌺🌻🌼🌹🌷🌸

I decided to cataglorize some of my flower correapondeces for different types of witches. Enjoy! 🌼

💧Water/sea/lunar/love witches- lotus, lily, jasmine, gardenia, magnolia, violet, rose, peony, geranium, orchids, hydrangea, lilac, passion flower, petunia

☁️Air/storm/cosmic witches- (any aromatic/light flower) lavender, babys breath, dandelion, daisy, heather, freesia, daffodil, chrysanthemum, forget-me-nots, st John’s wort, primrose, bluebell, linden

🔥Fire/solar/desert witches- sunflower, hibiscus, poppy, chamomile, chrysanthemum, aster, marigold, calendula, snapdragon, cactus flower, prickly pear blossom, carnations, poinsettia, st John’s wort

🌲Green/earth/ forest witches-(any bulb/foraging/herbal flower) tulips, feverfew, echinacea, passionflower, comfrey, amaryllis, hyacinth, dahlia, iris, catnip flower, sage flower, basil flower

🏠Kitchen/cottage witches- (any edible/fruit/vegetable flower) such as elder flower, honeysuckle, passionflower, apple blossom, strawberry blossom, orange blossom, rose, pansy, squash flower, marigold

🌼Healing/garden/tea witches- (any healing/edible/aromatic flower) such as calendula, chamomile, helitrope, lavender, milk thistle, beebalm, yarrow, red clover, rosehip, passionflower, elderflower, lilac, violets, and orchids

**please do research on the flower before you ingest it in any way

[oracleofthehoneycomb]

Made some art and turned it into a gif as an offering to Apollo as thanks for helping with my health

-this post is religious-

[xhalcyonfawnx]

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I am posting again ... hurray

I haven't done anything related to my practice in a while due to the current situation taking a lot of energy, which has its toll on me.

but for tomorrow I finally planned to get back into offering something to my deities. while I do feel very bad about not being able to pray or do anything really to honour them besides keeping them in my thoughts I hope that my offerings will still be accepted. I really want to get into it again.

and here's the issue. while some sources say the gods aren't petty, some (mostly other blogs or sources of that kind) paint the gods to be very iffy, petty and picky about offerings and the people who follow them. I understand that it's terrible to offend them but I have to say that reading those posts is sometimes super intimidating. I mean who wants to offend their deity? It's even worse sometimes since I'm not one to 'feel a presence' or have their voices pop up in my head, as some blogs and creators report. It comes with a small fear of abandonment, since you want to do things right after all.

so I really hope that by trying to be more active I can get out of this pandemic caused slump and feel closer to my deities again.

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[lovelanceworld]

[whendragons-fly-deactivated2019]

Could you please reblog this if you are a witch who isn’t Wiccan?

[7wands-deactivated20220314]

If you are trans or intersex, remember that Aphrodite loves you unconditionally and she will always support those that have found and love themselves. If you ever doubt that due to hate wrongfully being used upon her name; Aphrodite’s child is Hermaphroditus/Atlantiades, who is the first intersex person written in mythology and one of the Erotes, who are associated with love and desire. She spreads love, not hatred. She sees your beauty and nothing a hateful individual says will change that.

[dark-romantics]

Spring is almost here which means that Persephone is returning back to the mortal realm to be with her mother for the next 6 months of the year.

[treenymph]

no one:

witches:

[thriftedangels]

Me giving an offering to an ancient deity at three in the morning

[andnowforwhateverthisis-deactiv]

Μεγαλα Θεα

Praise Persephone,

She who walks in shadowed void, She who walks in flowering, mellow sun

Her beauty is as dew drops clinging to a blade of grass the soft, round curve of a pomegranate’s gushing seeds leaves singing in the wind

Praise Persephone,

Spring follows in the wake of her footsteps and what she touches blooms with new life

Dread Queen, Goddess, Praise Praise

Hail your steady hand Hail your guiding heart

[moonlitmagic]

‘Till Morning Rises: A Prayer of Thanks to Apollo to Say Before Bed

Blessed Healer,

Sacred Sun,

as I lay my head down to rest I give my thanks to You.

For the bright days and soft nights,

for the sweet sounds that fill my ears, 

for the prose that flows from pen to page,

for all Your gifts to mankind.

As Your Sun sets on the Earth

I think of what this day has brought me.

Thank you, gracious Apollo.

With gratitude I lay down to sleep

and I ask that you watch over me

‘Till morning rises.

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requested by @sleepywiitchh​ 

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[thewitchofwhitfield]

apollo, greek god of the sun

apollo is the son of sky god zeus and the titaness leto, he is the god of the sun, poetry, medicine, music, prophecy, and oracles

[sleepywiitchh]

apollo | Ἀπόλλων

This is a post of small devotional acts to help with bonding with Apollo, Greek god of the sun, archery, poetry, medicine, music, and prophecy.

☼ write some poetry

☼try learning a new musical instrument

☼learn some first aid

☼donate to organizations dealing with disease

☼take time for your own mental health

☼open the curtains in the morning

☼literally say good morning to Apollo

☼practice your divination skills

☼talk to him (potentially through a pendulum or tarot cards cause of the divination aspect as well)

☼go to pride or support your lgbt friends if you’re straight

☼sing, or if you’re in public, hum

☼read some poetry to Him

☼wear colors you associate with Apollo

☼maybe do a singing glamour

☼invite Apollo for spellcasting

☼sing an incantation

☼try to learn archery

☼create any kind of art! writing, drawing, singing, etc

☼try some new music

☼spend some time outside

☼give money to street performers

☼try to work on your confidence

☼try something new!

☼feed some birds, especially crows

☼incorporate nature into your attire, like flower crowns and laurel wreaths

☼write him messages of any kind and burn them/leave them on your altar if you have one

☼give candle divination a shot

☼carry around a crystal you associate with him (I recommend sunstone)

☼make some sun water and/or sun tea

☼write a letter to Him

☼honor apollo on the seventh of each month, they’re sacred to him. His birthday (or as close as we can get on the modern calendar) is July 7th!

☼plant some flowers, talk to em if you’d like

☼enchant items you’d associate with him (a pen for creativity, a musical instrument for confidence or just singing well, etc)

☼research His epithets

☼read some of his myths

feel free to message me if you want more or want me to create another post!

requested by @00t0ri00

[localdumbasswitch]

🌲🪵🌲blessed yule!🌲🪵🌲

(and a blessed litha for my southern hem. folks!)☘️

[xhalcyonfawnx]

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offered to my deities for Yule today and I thought it went quite well. Did a check in with tarot and the answers came out all jumbled which is super confusing ... guess I'll try to do more worship these days and go back to my pendulum roots for deity communication bcs I don't really understand why my pendulum answers and my tarot answers mixed up so weirdly. I hope they liked the offerings I made them. I made all three of them a ring with a pearl in a colour connected to them 💕 Persephone's candle kept flickering a lot with a strong flame so I hope that's a good sign. Apollo's was quite normal and Aphrodite's was also very strong but calm. Hopefully I find a way to decipher what's going on 😌

But for all of you guys: 💕🎄 I'm wishing you a blessed Yule and strength to finish this year 🎄💕

blessed be 💕💕💕

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