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Subtle Witchcraft Tips

(coming from a closeted witch of 3-4 years)

stitch sigils or runes into your clothing - use a thread that’s the same colour of the fabric for extra subtlety

use bandanas to veil

display certain items as if they’re just decorative - all of my crystals are on a shelf and when my family asks i just tell them i like crystals! they’ve now assumed i’m a geology nerd lol

look into tea magick! tea is such a powerful tool for witchcraft and simply stirring your tea with intention can be a form of magick

if you wear makeup, paint sigils on your face with your foundation or concealer before blending

similarly if you wear nail polish, paint sigils on your nails

use perfumes or body products with certain scents that correlate to certain meanings e.g my shower gel and body oil are both lavender scented

create a shoebox altar - this makes it small and easy to hide

household herbs and spices can easily be used in spells!!

remember that a pendulum doesn’t have to be a fancy crystal on a chain, any small weight on a string can work just as well

any basic candle can be used in spells

research the correspondences of wearing rings on certain fingers

i love doing kitchen magick!! it’s so easy to incorporate into everyday life without blatantly being a form of magick

house plants can be great in magick

i know i briefly mentioned sigils before but don’t underestimate how powerful sigils can be!!

create small spell jars that you could easily hide

and remember: your craft is uniquely your own. don’t let anyone tell you what is and isn’t required to be a valid witch. i’ve had to be subtle about my practice for years and it’s taken a while for me to realise that i’m just as much of a witch as someone who openly practices.

blessed be <3

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this plant grows tall and strong 

a sigil for your plant friends! 

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My newest plant, and a sigil to help her grow vibrant and strong.

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My plants are thriving

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please link back to my blog if redistributing across other platforms :)

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“My plants thrive” sigil and the flower pot I made today 🍓

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Sigils by @french-baby-witch

My mom’s mint has been infected by a fungus, so I had the idea of creating a sigil for plants. I finally did it to help my succulents acclimate to their new pots and earth (since the mint is healing itself quite well).

Also, I’m planning to hand-sew a pouch for my crystals. I needed a sigil to prevent them from charging the pouch. (They tend to charge whatever they’re in contact with, except furnitures)

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hey witches! what was a clear sign from your childhood that you were destined for the craft??

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It literally costs nothing to respect ethnic minorities and leave closed practices alone.

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Lemon pansy sugar cookies for Beltane! Love and Light ✨

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Garlic

Garlic -Allium sativum

Liliaceae

Wild garlic - Allium ursinum has the same properties

Description:

Garlic is a perennial plant consisting of a bulb formed of cloves wrapped in a membrane, surmounted by a single stem, which can reach 1 m in height, and bears long and thin. The stem bears at its end an umbel of edible white flowers.

Medicinal Properties

Only the bulb and its essence are used.

Internal use:

In internal use Garlic is used in prophylaxis and treatment of infectious diseases (influenza, typhoid, diphtheria), in treatment of diarrhea and dysentery, pulmonary diseases (tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis), asthma and emphysema, as well as whooping cough. He is also useful in cases of asthenia, cardiac fatigue, in the treatment of certain tachycardias, arterial hypertension, and other circulatory disorders. Garlic is also famous in the treatment of arteriosclerosis, rheumatism, gout, urinary lithiasis and to fight against parasites intestinal (ascaris, pinworms, tapeworm). Garlic can cure many other diseases, that it would betedious to name them all here, Garlic having indeed long been known as a remedy almost universal and inexpensive.

For all this, get into the habit of eating Garlic regular - ly in the form of a condiment, in your dishes, salads, etc. Use raw preferably.

If bad breath doesn't put you off, you can also eat one or two cloves of garlic every morning, as well as with meals.

You can also chop two cloves of garlic every evening with a few sprigs of parsley and add a few drops of olive oil. The next morning, make it into a toast for breakfast.

You can also do discontinuous courses of a few days of Garlic tincture at 1/50 at the rate of 10 to 15 drops twice a day.

As a treatment for bronchitis, whooping cough, emphysema and hypertension, you can take 20 to 30 drops of garlic alcohol twice a day.

To get rid of intestinal parasites, grate 3 to 4 garlic cloves in a cup of water or boiling milk, let macerate overnight, and drink the mixture the next day on an empty stomach. This treatment must be followed for 3 weeks.

You can also make a decoction of 25 g of Garlic for 20 minutes in a glass of water or milk, which you will take at the rate of two glasses a day for 34 days during the descending moon. This cure is to be renewed each month.

Against intestinal worms you can also take 20 g of garlic juice in 200 g of warm milk on an empty stomach.

Or take a deworming syrup, consisting of 200 g of crushed garlic cloves which you will infuse for 1 hour in a liter of boiling water, then strain everything, and add 1 kg of sugar. This syrup is to be taken at the rate of 2 to 3 tablespoons in the morning on an empty stomach.

To fight more specifically against tapeworms (which are particularly tough parasites), grate the cloves of a large head of garlic, and boil them for 20 minutes in milk. To drink this mixture every morning on an empty stomach until the worm is expelled, and do not eat anything before noon.

Note: Garlic should be used with caution by subjects with digestive tube irritation. with children, it is preferable to use it moderately. breastfeeding womenshould remove it from their diet. It is contraindicated in states of inflammation violent of the respiratory tract.

External use:

Externally, Garlic is used against corns, warts, calluses, wounds, wounds infected and ulcers, as well as against cold abscesses, white tumors and cysts. We also uses it against scabies, ringworm, otalgia and rheumatic neuralgia, deafness rheumatic, and against wasp and insect stings.

Against white tumors, make yourself an ointment, consisting of crushed garlic with fat and the oil, which you will apply to the tumor.

To disinfect wounds and ulcers, use a 10% garlic juice solution with 1-2% of alcohol, or make compresses of garlic vinegar consisting of 30 g of grated garlic which you will macerate for 10 days in half a liter of vinegar.

Against scabies and ringworm, wash yourself with a decoction of 6 garlic cloves for one liter water, or rubbing with a mixture of one part garlic to two parts camphor oil. This latter mixture can also be used in friction against asthenia and general fatigue.

Against rheumatic deafness, insert a cotton swab soaked in garlic juice into the ear nightly.

To fight against otalgia, introduce into the ear a rather long gauze (to be able to withdraw it easily), containing a grated garlic clove.

Against corns, warts and calluses, crush a clove of garlic that you will apply in the evening as a fresh poultice, taking care to protect the areas of healthy skin with a plaster. The results should be visible after 15 days.

Another solution is to apply a hot clove of garlic, cooked in the oven, several times a day to the area to be treated. You can also cut a Garlic slice that you will apply by holding it firmly on the area to be treated. This treatment is to be renewed morning and evening.

Against warts and small cysts, you can rub the area with a piece of garlic several times a day. At the end of the treatment, make small clay plasters.

Finally, against wasp stings and other insects, extract the stinger, then rub the sting with a piece of Garlic.

Magic and Witchcraft

• Gender: Male

• Planet: Mars

• Element: Fire

• Deities: Hecate, Mars, Brigit, Lugh, Loucetios

Magical Properties

Garlic was eaten at feasts in honor of Hecate, and it was left at crossroads as a sacrifice for Her.

Garlic was said to protect against the plague, and it is still used to cure diseases. Hang garlic above a sick person's bed to stop fever dreams and drive away dark thoughts.

To avoid contagion, approach the sick person with a clove of garlic in the mouth. Garlic has always been considered an excellent repellent, perhaps because of its smell, both to ward off spirits and "miasmas"

An ancient incantation used Garlic as protection against hepatitis. For this, it was enough to wear 13 garlic cloves at the end of a rope around the neck for 13 days. On the last day, in the middle of the night, we had to walk to the intersection of two streets, remove the garlic necklace, leave it behind and return home without looking back.

Garlic is also very protective. Sailors carried them on board ships to protect them from theshipwreck. If you are planning a boat trip carry a pod for safe passage.

In the Middle Ages soldiers wore it as a shield, while the Romans ate it to give themselves courage.

Garlic is especially recommended for protect houses, it protects it against the intrusion of demons, against thieves and burglars, and hanging above the door it repels envious people. it is Use to purify a haunted house, The garlic near the entrances prevents dark energies from coming back into the house after the exorcism.

Worn on someone it protects against bad weather (mountain people wear it), and monsters, and it serves as a shield against the attacks of your enemies.

When evil spirits are around, bite garlic to scare them away, or sprinkle powder garlic on the floor (if you can't eat it for a while).

Garlic is also placed above children's beds to protect them while they sleep, and engaged couples carried a clove of it in their pocket, for good luck and to ward off demons on their Great Day.

Rubbed inside pots and pans before cooking in them, Garlic will repel negatives vibrations that could contaminate the food.

When eaten, Garlic acts as a aphrodisiac, A tomato sauce with basil and garlic makes it a classic love potion. Add candles and enchant an evening guest.

When a magnet or lodestone is rubbed with Garlic then it loses its magical powers.

To break a spell. if your best intentions have gone awry, reverse your ritual and bury all of the spell's remaining ingredients in a deep hole with a clove of garlic.

Leave one clove in a pod with your divination tools. to prevent negative energies from passing through the "gateway" of tarot cards, runes or ouija boards

Stop the gossip. Stuff a poppet in the mouth with garlic, then sew the mouth.

Against evil:

If you fear that you will be spiritualy hurt , sew a small white fabric bag with white thread. Fill it, while visualizing your goal with a head of garlic, a sprig of mint a sprig of parsley, a little incense and a small lock of your hair. Close the bag with a white ribbon and pronounce the following evocation three times:

"Protect me from all those who wish me harm"

You can keep this small sachet in the shelter of your home, where it will repel the negative waves that are sent to you.

To delay old age:

Garlic and Carrot Juice

Squeeze a carrot and a clove of garlic and drink the juice collected in the middle of meals, Avoid when taking it to associate it with pork.

Vegetable Puree

In a mortar, crush the garlic, onion, cabbage, carrots and raw spinach into very small pieces to obtain a uniform mixture that you will keep refrigerated in a glass container. Every day before each meal, take a spoon of this mixture in a small cup of hot water.

Health Toast

At each new moon, take as your only meal of the day, a good piece of toast on which you will have rubbed fresh garlic, sprinkled with chopped parsley, which you will have sprinkled with a few drops of olive oil.

Elixir of Youth

Finely chop 100 g of peeled garlic which you will leave to macerate for a full lunar month in a quarter of a liter of brandy.

Then filter and put the liquid obtained in a closed container. Drink from a shot glass morning and evening. This preparation is an excellent tonic especially in winter.

Warning

Please note: the notes on the phytotherapeutic use of plants are purely indicative and do not replace consultation with a doctor.  Absolutely avoid self-medication.  If you are sick, go see a doctor, only he can make a diagnosis and prescribe the best treatment.

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Expanded Moon Phase Cheat Sheet

This is a much longer version of my original Moon Phase Cheat Sheet - with more phases, terms, and definitions for your quick and easy magical reference!

WAXING: These are the phases when the Moon appears to be growing. This period is divided into the First Quarter and Second Quarter, and takes about 14 days.

Good For: Drawing things towards you, increasing

New Moon: This is when the moon is just a sliver in the sky. From here, the Moon takes about 14 days to reach Full. (First Quarter)

Good For: New beginnings, potential, starts

Crescent Moon: When the Moon is a visible crescent in the sky - “The Moon of Continuing Dedication”. (First Quarter)

Good For: Treated magically like the New Moon.

Waxing Half-Moon: When the moon is half full, and growing. Occurs about a week after the New Moon. (Second Quarter)

Good For: Progressing from verbal to thought magic, plans forming into actualities.

Gibbous Moon: The last slip-thread before the Moon is full. (Second Quarter)

Good For: Deep love spells, relationships, peak emotions.

FULL MOON: This one’s self-explanatory! The Moon  remains looking Full for about 2 to 3 days, though purists choose to work magick only on the peak day. It is considered part of the Second Quarter by some.

Good For: The Full Moon is considered the most powerful Moon, due to it shining at full brightness. Many Witches choose to commemorate the occasion with a ritual or Esbat, and even more use this moon for their main spellcraft.

WANING: The phases when the Moon appears to be dissapearing. This period is divided into the Third and Fourth Quarters, and includes the Dark Moon. The Moon takes another 14 or so days to complete its cycle.

Good For: Removing, drawing away, banishing, and cleansing

Third Quarter: The waning quarter after the Full Moon. (Third Quarter)

Good For: Dissolving problems, letting go, endings, and detoxifying

Disseminating Moon: The beginning of the Moon dissappearing. (Third Quarter)

Good For:  Breaking bad habits, legal matters, cleansing

Waning Half-Moon: When the Moon is half light and half dark in the circle, and getting darker. (Fourth Quarter)

Good For: Reflection, meditative thought, ridding self of unwanted things

Waning Crescent Moon: The last slip of moon before it grows fully dark. (Fourth Quarter)

Good For: Serious issues, quitting something, understanding unfathomed elements

Dark Moon: The period of time when the Moon is completely invisible in the sky. For our course, this is considered the last part of the Moon’s cycle (some traditions count it as the first – neither is wrong). (Fourth Quarter)

Good For: Protection, wisdom, self-honoring rituals, purificaton, banishing

Apply in accordance with your magical intent, and use the lunar tides to your advantage. :>

Ash

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“My Gender Is Respected”

Carry this with you or have it on something you wear. Perhaps draw it on yourself.

I recommend having this with you when/if you come out to somebody.

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What causes damage, to which crystals

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This is so many questions but I’m bored so why not

1. Are you solitary or in a coven?

-solitary

2. Do you consider yourself Wiccan, Pagan, witch, or other?

-Eclectic Pagan and a witch

3. What is your zodiac sign?

-Virgo

4. Do you have a Patron God/dess?

-Unsure, trying to figure that out still

5. Do you work with a Pantheon?

-no

6. Do you use tarot, palmistry, or any other kind of divination?

-tarot and rune stones

7. What are some of your favorite herbs to use in your practice? (if any)

-rue, white peony root, calendula

8. How would you define your craft?

-electric paganism heavily influenced by demonaltry, the goatia, Wicca, and Celtic paganism

9. Do you curse? If not, do you accept others who do?

-occasionally

10. How long have you been practicing?

-2 or 3 years I think

11. Do you currently or have you ever had any familiars?

-no, you cannot choose your familiars and I’ve never had one come to me

12. Do you believe in Karma or Reincarnation?

-Karma yes, Reincarnation maybe

13. Do you have a magical name?

-no

14. Are you “out of the broom closet”?

-Yes

 

15. What was the last spell you performed?

-I plead the fifth

16. Would you consider yourself knowledgeable?

-a bit yea

17. Do you write your own spells?

-most of the time

18. Do you have a book of shadows? If so, how is it written and/or set up?

-Yes, handwritten pages in a binder

19. Do you worship nature?

-indirectly yes

20. What is your favorite gemstone?

-labradorite and rainbow moonstone

21. Do you use feathers, claws, fur, pelt, skeletons/bones, or any other animal body part for magical work?

-yes

22. Do you have an altar?

-yes

23. What is your preferred element?

-don’t really have one

24. Do you consider yourself an Alchemist?

-no

25. Are you any other type of magical practitioner besides a witch?

-I don’t think so

26. What got you interested in witchcraft?

-been interested in it since I was a toddler listening to fairy tails and making grass potions in pots

27. Have you ever performed a spell or ritual with the company of anyone who was not a witch?

-I’ve done divination around non witches

28. Have you ever used Ouija?

-No

29. Do you consider yourself a psychic?

-eh, it’s complicated

30. Do you have a spirit guide? If so, what is it?

-maybe, trying to figure it out still

31. What is something you wish someone had told you when you first started?

-Research lots of different paths

32. Do you celebrate the Sabbats? If so which one is your favorite?

-no

33. Would you ever teach witchcraft to your children?

-yea if I had kids and they wanted to learn but I don’t want kids

34. Do you meditate?

-not really

  

35. What is your favorite season?

-fall

36. What is your favorite type of magick to preform?

-Spell bottles and candle magick

37. How do you incorporate your spirituality into your daily life?

-Foraging, drawing sigils, I have sigils and runes tattooed

38. What is your favorite witchy movie?

-Don’t really have one

39. What is your favorite witchy book, both fiction and non-fiction. Why?

-the Sweep series don’t judge me

40. What is the first spell you ever preformed? Successful or not.

-honestly don’t remember, I think a spell to draw friends

41. What’s the craziest witchcraft-related thing that’s happened to you?

-I did a curse directed at a violently abusive family member of my partner at the time and that family member got stabbed (and survived) a few days later

42. What is your favorite type of candle to use?

-soy

43. What is your favorite witchy tool?

-candles

44. Do you or have you ever made your own witchy tools?

-I make candles and oils sometimes, have sterilized animal remains I find for witchcraft use and foraged wild herbs

45. Have you ever worked with any magical creatures such as the fae or spirits?

-no

46. Do you practice color magic?

-a bit

47. Do you or have you ever had a witchy teacher or mentor of any kind?

-No

48. What is your preferred way of shopping for witchcraft supplies?

-In person or on Etsy

49. Do you believe in predestination or fate?

-maybe, I’m not 100% decided

50. What do you do to reconnect when you are feeling out of touch with your practice?

-Sit at my altar with candles and incense

51. Have you ever had any supernatural experiences?

-yes, quite a few

  

52. What is your biggest witchy pet peeve?

-people talking about deities as if they’re personal close friends of theirs. Like “Artemis told me that I should wear this yellow top today because she said it looks good on me”

53. Do you like incense? If so what’s your favorite scent?

-yes, lotus incense or dragons blood

  

54. Do you keep a dream journal of any kind?

-no

55. What has been your biggest witchcraft disaster?

-getting intense warning signs from Lilith that my partner at the time was not safe and misunderstanding the signals

  

56. What has been your biggest witchcraft success?

-my spells working most of the time and my divination being accurate

  

57. What in your practice do you do that you may feel silly or embarrassed about?

-all of it

  

58. Do you believe that you can be an atheist, Christian, Muslim or some other faith and still be a witch too?

-yes

  

59. Do you ever feel insecure, unsure or even scared of spell work?

-no

  

60. Do you ever hold yourself to a standard in your witchcraft that you feel you may never obtain?

-no

   

61. What is something witch related that you want right now?

-devotional items for my altar for Brighid and Pan

  

62. What is your rune of choice?

- Uruz

 

63. What is your tarot card of choice?

-the lovers

64. Do you use essential oils? If so what is your favorite?

-Sometimes, lavender

65. Have you ever taken any kind of witchcraft or pagan courses?

-no  

66. Do you wear pagan jewelry in public?

-Yes often

  

67. Have you ever been discriminated against because of your faith or being a witch?

-no

68. Do you read or subscribe to any pagan magazines?

-no

  

69. Do you think it’s important to know the history of paganism and witchcraft?

-yes

70. What are your favorite things about being a witch?

-that I can do concrete things that bring me comfort

  

71. What are your least favorite things about being a witch?

-judgement about what I do from non-pagans

   

72. Do you listen to any pagan music? If so who is your favorite singer/band?

-no

 

73. Do you celebrate the sabbats? If so, how?

-no

74. Do you ever work skyclad?

-no

75. Do you think witchcraft has improved your life? If so, how?

-yes, it brings me comfort

76. Where do you draw inspiration from for your practice?

-books and online

77. Do you believe in ‘fantasy’ creatures? (Unicorns, fairies, elves, gnomes, ghosts, etc)

-Probably not

78. What’s your favorite sigil/symbol?

-I don’t have one specific favorite

  

79. Do you use blood magick in your practice? Why or why not?

-No, just haven’t felt like it

80. Could you ever be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t support your practice?

-no

  

81. In what area or subject would you most like your craft to grow?

-knowledge of folklore

  

82. What’s your favorite candle scent? Do you use it in your practice?

-don’t have a favorite

83. Do you have a pre-ritual ritual? (I.e. Something you do before rituals to prepare yourself for them). If so what is it?

-smoke weed lol

84. What real life witch most inspires your practice?

-none

85. What is your favorite method of communicating with deity?

-tarot

86. How do you like to organize all your witchy items and ingredients?

-on a shelf in organizers

 

87. Do you have any witches in your family that you know of?

-no

  

88. How have you created your path? What is unique about it?

-Just figured it out as I went along

  

89. Do you feel you have any natural gifts or affinities (premonitions, hearing spirits, etc.) that led you toward the craft? If so what are they?

-I have unnaturally good luck and seem to be able to sense when something extremely dangerous is about to happen

  

90. Do you believe you can initiate yourself or do you have to be initiated by another witch or coven?

-you can initiate yourself in most cases

91. When you first started out in your path what was the first thing or things you bought?

-an athame that I now use as a candle snuffer

  

92. What is the most spiritual or magickal place you’ve been?

-Shinto shrines in Japan

  

93. What’s one piece of advice you’d give someone who is searching for their matron and patron deities?

-Research it and then research more

  

94. What techniques do you use to 'get in the zone’ for meditation?

-Marijuana

95. Did visualization come easily to you or did you have to practice at it?

-easy

  

96. Do you prefer day or night? Why?

-neither

97. What do you think is the best time and place to do spell work?

-Late at night at an altar

98. How did you feel when you cast your first circle? Did you stumble or did it go smoothly?

-Awkard

  

99. Do you believe witchcraft gets easier with time and practice?

-yes definitely

100. Do you believe in many gods or one God with many faces?

-many gods with different faces

101. Do you eat meat, eggs and dairy?

-no

102. What is your favorite color and why? 

-black and cotton candy pink just cuz

103. What is the one question you get asked most by non-practitioners or non-pagans? How do you usually respond?

-“is this a Satan thing” “not really”

104. Which of your five senses would you say is your strongest?

-hearing

105. What is a pagan or witchcraft rule that you preach but don’t practice?

-rule of 3 whoops

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DIY Sea Shell Candles🕯🌊 made from recycled birthday candles

I’m sure there are plenty of posts like this one, but I’m just proud that I made some myself! So here’s my process!

What I used:

~ Old birthday candles ~ Shells (Mine were mussel shells) ~ Essential Oils of your choice(I used chamomile & peppermint) ~ A peeler, knife or scissors ~ Something to melt the wax in(I was lucky enough to have metal measuring cups) ~ A clothes pin to keep the wick up

Here’s how to do it!

Originally I was just trying to get the white design off the candles, so I could have homemade looking colored candles for spells. I ended up breaking a few of them while trying to peel the design off so I just used the left over candle and reused the wick for my sea shell candles!

🕯First I scraped the design off(carefully), and kept them in piles of the color. You’ll have to break one of the candles for the wick. One wick will work for two sea shells unless your shells are larger.

🕯Second I put the scraps of wax into the metal measuring cup and placed that on a pan on the stove to heat it and melt. Once melted, I tossed a few drops of my essential oils into the wax to make it smell good. I used chamomile(for calming, success, & easing anxiety) & peppermint(for healing, love, cleansing, and that extra little boost I need sometimes!) But feel free to add whatever you like!

🕯Third I poured the wax into the shells carefully. You may want to make sure the shells are evenly placed, maybe put something on one side to balance it so the wax doesn’t spill out. Then, while the wax is still hot I used a clothes pin to put the wick in and left it to dry. Once dry, your shell doesn’t have to be level(unless you filled it to the top - then your wax will shift when lighted!)

That’s it! It was super simple and easy and quick. Now I also have some great, mini and homemade looking spell candles as well as some aromatherapeutic sea shell candles for my desk while I work & read. Enjoy your sea shell candles my fellow witches! 🌙

Blessed be🥀