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A Whopping List of 160 Grimoire Prompts and Ideas

Alrighty, everybody, I’ve been working all day trying to compile this list together and it came out to be a staggering 160 prompts and ideas for your grimoire! Some of these are pretty vague and others are quite specific, but this is only to help you guys more with filling up your grimoires! So buckle up and get ready to go! 

(Btw since this post is SOOOO long it’ll be hidden :’) )

Keep reading

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How do you pray in Hellenism? Like is there anything specific you have to do? (some examples from other religions for reference: Catholics say "Amen" after each prayer, and there's certain prayers like "Hail Mary" or "Our Father" that everyone is supposed to know by heart and use them for certain occasions like penance, or praying for a loved one to get better. And for some Muslims, they have to pray facing a certain direction, and they have to wash their hands before touching the Quran).

OOOOOH, I love talking about praying!! Thank you so much for this ask!! :D

The Essentials

I’m sure if you’ve looked anywhere online, you’ve seen the importance of offerings. And they are essential! The offerings' philosophy is that we’re willing to give up something of value to us (food and water being the main ones) to form a relationship with the Gods. This one is something you can do without the need for an altar. In a previous ask, I mentioned saying a prayer before going to eat. You can share a snack. You can fill a glass of water and use it to nourish a plant instead of quenching your thirst. There are so many ways to do offerings!!

However, it’s also good to know the difference between an offering and a sacrifice. An offering is a portion that you share with the Gods. You are still allowed to consume part of it so long as you don’t finish all of it. Like I’ve said before - if you have a history of disordered eating, there are alternatives! Offer the spiritual portion and eat the physical part.

Offerings are more common for Ouranic (sky) and Earth or Water deities.

A sacrifice is an offering that is not shared with you. If you choose to make a sacrifice, the whole food/drink must be disposed of. These are usually saved for Chthonic (underworld) deities, as consuming any part of a Chthonic offering was seen as bringing death into your home. But you can give sacrifices to any God!

tl;dr - we make offerings to build a relationship with the Gods. There are two types: offerings (where portions are split between you and the God) and sacrifices (where the Gods get the whole offering), which must be used for Chthonic deities.

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Prayer Position

Like I mentioned previously, there are different classes of deities. The main ones I’ll talk about are Olympioi, Chthonioi, and Nymphs.

Olympioi (Ouranic): These are deities whose primary domain is physically above mortals. This isn’t to say that any God could be on our level or beneath us in worth, just in location. You would pray to an Ouranic deity with your arms raised slightly and hands at least shoulder height.

I know for some, lifting your arms is challenging to do! I personally put my elbows on my computer chair arms and raise my hands like that, so they still reach my shoulders.

Chthonioi (Chthonic): These are deities whose primary domain is physically below us, in the underworld. So it wouldn’t make sense to put your palms facing up? For Chthonic Gods, you have a few options:

Pray stood or sat with palms facing down towards the floor.

Get down and place your palms on the floor.

Lay face down, with palms touching the floor.

Just because one action is more significant than the next doesn’t make it better! No matter how you choose to do it, it’s essential to have your palms facing the floor.

Nymphs: Nymphs are deities who are personified through nature. Where flowers grow, cloud fly by or water flows, there is a nymph. With this, it depends on where the nymph is in relation to you. And this time, I’m not just talking about up and down; I’m also talking about direction.

For example, there’s a stream in front of me two stories from where I sit right now. So when I pray to the nymph that resides there, I pray with my palms forward facing the stream's rough direction.

Traditionally all altars and temples faced east, where the sun would rise. If you want to pray facing east, that's up to you!

tl;dr - Ouranic deities are prayed to with arms raised, palms facing up. Chthonic Gods are prayed to with arms lowered, palms facing down. And Nymphs are prayed depending on their physical location to you. You may also choose to pray facing east.

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Actually Praying

The easiest way to begin praying is by using the Homeric and Orphic hymns. You can find them at theoi.com! The Homeric and Orphic hymns were viewed as so divinely inspired that they could be used as the offering, which is handy.

These hymns don't involve all Gods, nor will they have every aspect of the God you want to pray to! This is where you can use prayers found online or make your own!

Here are some posts that talk about formatting prayers!: Beep! Boop! Baap!

You can finish a prayer by saying: - "Hail [Lord/Lady] [Deity]" - "Kharis!" - "Hail to you [Epithet] [Deity]" - "Thank you, [Deity]" - Anything that feels right to you! Prayer is a very personal thing. There is no wrong way to do it so long as you're respectful!

Things like what offerings to use and khernips can be found on my YouTube channel!

tl;dr - Orphic and Homeric hymns can be used as offerings. Making your own prayers can make your worship more personal. And you can finish a prayer however you want, so long as your respectful!

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Lol I was writting in my bos and she she comes in and turns back a few pages 😒😱.

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Just another tea reading, I see quite a few things. Wondering what you see? Thanks in advance :)

Just did another tea leaf reading away from home. Any takers with their thoughts? Would greatly appreciate another witchy opinion. Thanks if you do :)

If not it's all good. Just gonna leave it here.

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Just a depressing moment. Pretty proud of this I came up with :). It is raining, I'm alone when I should have someone here with me. Which they're not, due to god only knows. So, I felt like making this, for said purpose. Can use if you feel :). Have a good night y'all.

I says, "i will gain comfort for myself." So, I can gain some confort from myself, for myself. Since other humans are dicks lol. 😘.

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Here is our waxing Gibbous moon in gemini.

Also, here is the result of an earlier video. I also added mermaid salt into the mix cuz it almost look like mermaids to me onto of the sand dollar.

Good night. May you sleep well.

And also, I saw a sea horse and possibly a whale shooting water. Also, I seem to get the feeling that it could also be a mother reading some type of book to her young.

Sweet dreams.

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This baby, is going straight from stove into my bath :).

Tap water

Moonwater

Roses

Lavender

White sage

Rosemary

Ginger

1 star anise

Am boiling it like tea, then I am going to take out most of the herbs and just use the water. (Cuz, i really don't like having herbs were they shouldn't be?) Lol. So, i am attempting it this way.

Have a great day ;)

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Well, here is my 1st tea leaf reading...did it with organic flowers, chamomile tea. Like, I'm kinds in shock. I've never seen this before, I suppose.

Just gonna leave this here. :/

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Just was random curiosity. I decided to play a game of cards by myself, pyramid solitary to be exact. I shuffled them, many times. (Mind you) & I just got a random feeling to ask a question. So, i did and pulled out these 3 exact cards. Just saying. A bit odd considering I've never gotten all 3 of the same numbers. But different suites?

Just keeping this odd moment here for a future reference. Good day y'all ;)

#magick #witches #witchblr #playing cards #card readings

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Lately, I have been a bit obsessed with jar spells lol. Another recent one I've done.

Giner

White oak bark

Cinnomon

Tigers eye

Lavender

Camamil

Rosemary

Honey rose oil

Blue and yellow wax

Good day all :)

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