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WITCH TIP

When making pies you can inscribe sigils and symbols into the crust to add magic to the finished product.

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Sigil making using the planetary squares.

This method uses the planetary kameas as a way to invoke their powers.

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Protection magic

This is a page from my book of shadows. :)

do not repost without my consent!

#witchcraft #pagan #bookofshadows #witchblr #protectionmagic #tradwitch #magic #occult #magicstudy #magicbook (at Sacramento, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaV6rveLFGk/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The hand of the wise

Photos from my book of shadows, info from Traditional Witchcraft A Cornish book of ways by Gemma Gary

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As the beginning of spring approaches the cleavers

Are popping up in yards. These plants are plentiful and free in most areas.

My personal book of shadows pages

Samantha Piña The Darkest of Lights

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My favorite simple wards to guard the home

Hanging rosemary above the doorstep, and/or above doors of the house for protection.

Sprinkling a line of dried red pepper on a windowsill, to counter a curse.

Placing a mix of dried & ground eggshells and black pepper in every corner of a room to keep out unwanted spirits.

Placing a decoration representing a witch in the kitchen, to keep away illness and to favor health.

Crafting an effigie (no matter how crude!) and make it into the guardian of your home by charging it with your intent of protection and placing it near the front door.

Crafting small witch ladders to hang around the house.

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My favorite simple wards to guard the home

Hanging rosemary above the doorstep, and/or above doors of the house for protection.

Sprinkling a line of dried red pepper on a windowsill, to counter a curse.

Placing a mix of dried & ground eggshells and black pepper in every corner of a room to keep out unwanted spirits.

Placing a decoration representing a witch in the kitchen, to keep away illness and to favor health.

Crafting an effigie (no matter how crude!) and make it into the guardian of your home by charging it with your intent of protection and placing it near the front door.

Crafting small witch ladders to hang around the house.

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𓃶 What Is The Wild Hunt?

The Wild Hunt is a common belief among many Northern European cultures. In short, the hunt is a cavalcade of ghosts, spirits, fairies, elves, and other spiritual beings that is said to sweep across our world every year. Depending on where your beliefs come from, when it happens will differ.

It is commonly believed that the leader of The Wild Hunt is a deity or figure of importance of some kind, such as Odin/Woden in Norse and Saxon traditions, or King Arthur in British lore. Other leaders of the hunt include but are not limited to:

𖤓 Arawn or Gwyn ap Nudd, commonly seen as the Welsh lords of Annwn

𖤓 Danish king Valdemar Atterdag

𖤓 The Norse dragon slayer Sigurd

𖤓 Biblical figures like Cain, Gabriel, Herod and the devil

𖤓 Gothic king Theodoric the Great

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𓃶 What Did People Do For The Wild Hunt?

The Wild Hunt was generally seen as a bad omen; one for destruction, famine, war, plague, or the death of the one who saw it. In many traditions, witnessing the hunt would result in the viewer being abducted to Otherworld or Underworld. Other times, those who were not protected would have their souls pulled from their bodies while they sleep, and they would join the menagerie of the dead.

To avoid this fate, people in Wales, for example, began the tradition of carving pumpkins as a way to avoid being taken by the fae. In Scandinavia, offerings like bread were put outside the home as an offering to the spirits joining Odin for the hunt.

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𓃶 When is The Wild Hunt?

Depending on where your beliefs stem from, there are various answers to this question.

In Britain, The Wild Hunt is associated with the autumn season, specifically around and on Samhain/The Autumn Equinox.

Scandinavian tradition tells us that they prepared for the hunt around December, specifically Yule/The Winter Equinox.

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𓃶 What Entities Are A Part of the Wild Hunt?

Many entities are associated with the Wild Hunt in different areas. These entities include but are not limited to:

𖤓 The Fae (The Sidhe, The Tlywyth Teg, etc)

𖤓 Spirits of the Dead

𖤓 Demons

𖤓 Valkyries

𖤓 The Spirits of Huntsmen or Nobles

𖤓 Horses (sometimes with an abnormal amount of legs)

𖤓 Wolves and dogs (sometimes spiritual in nature, i.e. the Cwn Annwn)

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The victim-blamey direction new age spirituality has taken is a narcissist's wet dream. It's also bullshit.

NO: you are not disabled because you need to learn a karmic lesson.

NO: you did not choose to be born into an abusive family before incarnating.

NO: your trauma bonds are not soul bonds.

NO: you did not enter a "soul contract" with your abuser.

NO: you do not deserve to live in poverty because of a "past life."

NO: you do not go into "karmic debt" for standing up for yourself.

NO: the people pushing these narratives are not more spiritual than you; they don't "vibrate" at a "higher frequency" than you.

NO: your "past life" is not justification for people treating you like shit and hurting you in this one.

There is a reason people are pushing this narrative. There is a reason they so badly want you to believe the bad shit happening to you is something you chose and you deserve. It is text book victim blaming. If they can get you to blame yourself, for something you had absolutely no way to control, then they can get you to knuckle under and accept anything they do to you.

Don't knuckle under. Don't let people treat you like shit and say you asked for it before you were born. Don't let people convince you that things like poverty, mental illness, physical disability, and abuse are something you earned and that they won't stop until you learned your lesson, so just surrender.

"You can't control it, so just surrender," is the most pathetic bullshit I have ever heard.

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Mandrake needle felting tutorial from FeltField on etsy. Look at his sweet, derpy face. 😭

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Pumpkin Witchcraft

Keep carved pumpkins to scare away spirits and negative energy

Make pumpkin pies for abundance

Roast pumpkin seeds and put them in your money bowl

Add pumpkin spice to your coffee for abundance

Give a pumpkin to your deity as an offering

Offer a pumpkin to your home wards

Light pumpkin scented candles for abundance

Drink pumpkin tea before bed to protect you while you sleep

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Low energy offerings for The Morrigan 

- light a candle in her honor

- leave a food offering for her

- wash your face and/or hands

- pick up any litter

- do some shadow work

- donate money to food shelters or expecting mothers

- let some anger out in a healthy way(break plates, rage room, etc)

- read about her mythology

- put some bird food out

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𓃶 Hearth Magic 101

⛤ Please note!!! this post will contain my personal gnosis at some points. Magic is intimately personal and everyone’s practice is different. You may agree or disagree with me at any point during this post. However, while I am sharing this to be educational, please keep in mind that this is my personal outlook on this subject ♡

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𓃶 What Is Hearth Magic?

Hearth Magic, at its core, is magic of the home. This kind of magic differs greatly between families, cultures and traditions. When starting Hearth Magic, you must take a moment to really think about what home is to you. Your hearth can be anywhere, but generally, the hearth is seen as a place of comfort, growth, and rest.

Taking care of your home has always been important and even sacred for many people. Taking care of it magically is just another way of respecting this place that takes care of you. Your home is somewhere that protects you and those you invite in. Personally, Hearth Magic is almost like showing your gratitude to this familiar place. I would suggest doing research into how the home is taken care of in your own cultures, or watch how others in your life take care of their home and take notes!

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𓃶 How can I Practice Hearth Magic?

Just like any kind of magic, Hearth Magic will be something you incorporate into your practice in your own ways. To get started, however, here are some things you can do to:

⛤ Get into the habit of cleansing your space. This can be your whole home, or just the one specific place you consider the hearth (a bedroom, living space, kitchen, fireplace etc). You can also cleanse while doing day to day chores! incorporate moon water or intention while washing dishes, or do an herb sweep when cleaning your floors. Brooms are also important magical tools!

⛤ Try a house or home blessing/spell. For me, I made a large spell jar and incorporated ingredients commonly used in my family’s cooking, our yard, and local herbs/herbs we use a lot. This can be used as an invitation for positive energy, or a ward against negativity. This will really help set the energy of the space.

⛤ Start incorporating magic into your cooking. Kitchen magic is an easy and convenient way to keep your life a little more magical. Try adding herbs to sauces with intention, or cook in honor of spirits or deities. Easy foods to incorporate kitchen magic into (at least personally!) include sauces, soups, baked goods, and pasta dishes.

⛤ Start to decorate your home in a way that makes you happy. This doesn’t have to be any specific aesthetic; just making your space somewhere you enjoy being through decor adds to the energy!

⛤ If you like spirit work, consider the possibility that, if you live in a house, there may be a house spirit attached to the space. This can give you an extra opportunity to connect to this space and the spirits within it by honoring this entity.

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⛤ In all, Hearth Magic can be a very grounding and important part of your magical path if you plan to practice it. It allows you to really grow in a familiar and comfortable space, as well as providing you with a comfortable place to come back to every day, even for mundane life. ♡

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The Morrigan- Deity Work Guide

Hello everyone!

I wanted the take a moment to write about and do a deep dive on how to work with The Morrigan. The Morrigan is the Irish shape-shifter and warrior goddess. In this post, you'll find: names for her, offerings, devotional acts, my experience with her, correspondences, etc!

Her Names:

"Great queen"

"Nightmare queen"

"Phantom queen"

"Phantom goddess"

So on so forth

Offerings

Depictions of crows or ravens

Purple or red or black candles

Art of her

Poems

Incense

Milk

Whisky

Apples

Meat

Red wine

Crow or raven feathers

Red foods

Devotional acts

Shadow work!

Feeding crows/ravens

Studying her

Creating an altar for her

Shapeshifting rituals

Exercising

Celebrating Samhain

My Experiences

She LOVES shadow work! Whenever she gets the chance to urge me to do my shadow work, she does.

She has a very intense energy. It feels very much like "tough love"

She does not like for her asks to be ignored. If she urges you to do something, she expects it to be done.

She likes her presence to be known. She sends lots of signs.

Overall, she's been an amazing support!

Correspondences

Colors: sliver, red, purple, black

Crystals: black crystals, such as onyx and obsidian, or red crystals

Herbs: clove, roses, rosemary, apples, belladonna, etc.

Animals: crow, raven, wolf, horse, cow, eel

Blessed be everyone!

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Divination

Suggested Reading

Introduction to Gnosis Energetic Senses Conceptualization Vs. Visualization Basics of Warding Spiritwork: First Steps

What is Divination?

As defined by the Oxford Dictionary: “Div·i·na·tion /ˌdivəˈnāSH(ə)n/ Noun noun: divination; plural noun: divinations The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.” This can be done through a vast variety of means. 

Beginner Tips

Hold off on devoting your time on studying divination unless you want to focus primarily on it. Divination practices are a rabbit hole of research, consumerism, artist support, and practice. Without mindfulness, it is very easy to lose sight of your other studies and/or practices. 

Experiment with divination tools and methodologies. Everyone divines differently. Spend time finding what works best for you. What catches your eye at first may not work for you as well as another tool or method. 

Interpretation is in the eye of the beholder. Hold off on doing public readings or reading services until you’ve found your eye and your voice. 

Correspondences can play a huge part in divination, not so much as building a network of connected concepts like in spellwork, but for conceptual representation. Figure out what your correspondences are.

Some divination practices are aspects of closed cultures. Be sure to research and discuss divinatory practices before trying them. Through communication, you can definitely be inspired by closed practices in your own practice, while respecting the traditions they come from.

Divination is much safer than a lot of other practices, but it is a good idea to be aware of responsible precautions.

Remain aware of diviners that use divination to proselytize or pull clients into their own personal narratives. It isn’t super common, but occurs often enough to be in the back of your mind.

Understand that divinatory practices aren’t absolute. Since it is a practice that relies on interpretation and has differing methods of use, results can vary wildly. Take readings with a grain of salt.

If you receive a suspicious or ridiculous reading, especially if it involves a deity, be sure to get a second opinion.

Sometimes, you can be too close to a situation to do readings for yourself without biased interpretations. Knowing when it is responsible to get a reading from another practitioner is important.

Don’t just read about divination, talk to practitioners. See how other people interpret their tools and what methods they use.  

There are hundreds of types of divination, a lot of them are a bit ambiguous. Try to start simple and work up to the more vague practices after you have some experience under your belt.

Superstitions and omens vary wildly based on cultural context and regionality. It is best to stay away from these methods until you have more experience. 

Many divination tools can have similar methods of interpretations, for a lot of them numerology can be very beneficial to understand. Especially in cartomancy. 

Inventing your own tool and/or divination system can be extremely beneficial. Doing so can aid in feeling more connected to your tool. On top of that you decide how readings are meant to be interpreted.

Beginner Friendly Types of Divination

Cartomancy: Tarot, Oracle, & Lenormand

Readings done with cards.

Often involves numerology

Is read in spreads, of which there are countless variations. You can even come up with your own.

Symbology, color, composition, contrast, and context can be super helpful or even necessary for interpretations. 

Often somewhat rigid in structure. Oracle decks tend to be less structured.

How you pull from your deck can have a huge effect on how well you can connect with your deck. Play around with drawing methods.

A lot of contemporary decks have booklets with meanings, but these interpretations tend to be very fluffy. Divination can and should be capable of being harsh. Many websites, such as Biddytarot are also guilty of this. Many cards can be very double edged. It’s okay to use these as references at first, but I recommend pulling away from them when you feel comfortable.

Stay away from rip-off products. Try to buy directly from the artist. 

Cleromancy: Bones, Dice, & Geomancy

Tossing or dropping objects and interpreting how they land. 

For many tools, there are boards or mats that are also used for interpretation.

Certain methods of bone tossing are aspects of closed cultures. Be sure to do thorough research and discuss methods with practitioners of closed cultures.

Cleromancy systems are the easiest to come up with your own. 

Play around with creating your own reading mats/boards. You’d be surprised at how much it can alter interpretations. 

Can be the harshest of all types of divination.

Often takes the longest to interpret as there are a lot of variables to account for. 

Dowsing: Rods & Pendulums

Swinging or swaying a tool and interpreting its movements.

The easiest to learn.

The type of divination that is most likely to be biased, as it can pick up on very subtle subconscious movements of the hands and arms.

Best for yes/no questions and location divination.

Pendulums are often used with a mat/board, but they are not necessary.

Tools are “programmed” before use. Meaning that the possible answers are all stated and decided on before a reading begins. Can be more important in spiritual methods of reading, but is a responsible practice regardless.

Can easily depend on headspace and focus.

Pendulums are often cheaply produced by corporations. Try to buy directly from artists, rather than from sites like Amazon. 

Numerology:

The interpretations and correspondences of numbers.

Is often used in practices like “angel numbers”, which is a whole thing. I recommend reading this article by Coin And Candle about it.

Often plays a huge role in how many divination systems are interpreted.

Is the easiest type of divination and correspondence to lead into appropriative and crystal-fascist new age practices and philosophies.

Spiritual, Energetic, Chaotic, & Symbolic Divination Methods

Despite not being discussed very often, there are a few different ways to practice divination. What method is used can have a huge impact on how you connect with each reading and each tool. I recommend having a tool devoted to each method, but work with one until you’re comfortable with it before moving on to the next. There are numerous combinations of tools and methods, so it can end up taking a very long time before something clicks.

Spiritual Method: Using your intuition to feel for which cards, bones, dice, directions, etc to use, pull, and/or how to interpret them. Often requires a state of gnosis.

Energetic Method: Employing energy work to connect to a client and then using energetic senses to feel for which cards, bones, dice, directions, etc to use, pull, and/or how to interpret them. Often requires a state of gnosis.

Chaotic Method: The idea that the universe’s absurdity and serendipity will cause parts of tools and interpretations that are based off of each situation at hand. In this method, bias can be a good thing while remaining self-aware.

Symbolic: Solely using images, correspondences, and context to interpret cards. Similar to the chaotic method, but without the bias.

Self-Awareness During a Reading

As stated above, it is very easy to be biased in your interpretations. For this reason, it is important to remain self-aware. There are several ways to achieve this:

Do multiple readings with the same question.

Have your reading verified by another diviner, without giving them the entire context.

Take some time to reflect on the reading to see how your current context of the situation could have influenced your interpretations.

Take your interpretations directly from the guide books.

Take some time before a reading to try and step away from the situation.

Send a picture of the reading and the question to another diviner to see how they would interpret it.

Safety Practices

There is a lot of hype and fear mongering around divination, especially with tools like ouija boards. Things like “Evil spirits can come through and attack you”, and “You can never know what you’re connecting to” are very common. While these narratives have some truth to them, they are very much hyperbole and really only apply to the spiritual method. The largest danger when it comes to divination are people who use divination to manipulate others. This is typically done by pulling people into their personal narratives; like past lives, deity communication/godphoning, and things like “magic/astrral wars/battles”. 

If you’re practicing the spiritual method I recommend cleansing the space, having wards in place, and remaining self-aware the entire time. While this gradually becomes less necessary with experience in spirit work, it is still a good idea. 

Be weary of anyone who implies that the reading is a set in stone reading/future/etc. Avoid diviners who do medical readings, unless you have seen a medical professional first, at the very least. However, due to the nature of divination please remain aware that the reading is in no way absolute and there is no reason to be fearful if the reading is negative. 

Divination is a form of advice. It can also be used for spirit communication, however it can be easy to get carried away in interpretations until more experience is gained. 

KEEP CRYSTAL BALLS COVERED. They can bend light like a magnifying glass and can start fires!

Depending on your practice, and what you’re communicating with, it can also be wise to keep mirrors covered. The idea behind this is that it prevents spiritual entities from using the mirror to enter your space. I find that warding divination tools is sufficient enough most of the time.

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the act of daily practice if often very misunderstood. a daily practice does not mean to do spells and rituals every single day in order to be a witch. it is not necessary for a daily practice to be huge or something specifically special.

you may even find yourself so distant from your craft that you put it on pause for weeks, yeah even months. does this make you any less of a witch? does this make you any less powerful? no, absolutely not!

we are human beings. it is absolutely normal to put certain things last, especially when there are more important things for you at the time. perhaps you can't practice witchcraft while studying for exams or during stressful and difficult times. or you just can't bring yourself to practice it for no specific reason at all.

just know that this is so damn normal. you should never feel bad about yourself for pausing your craft. there might be a reason for that you don't yet understand! so don't push yourself too hard.

a way to keep the magic in your life, even after pausing your craft for a while, is by incorporating daily practices into your everyday-routine, even when you're still practicing actively at the moment.

now what does daily practice mean?

daily practices are the things you do on a daily basis, regularly. we'll soon get to how some of these practices can look like.

it can help you to stay in touch with your craft, with your power, you spirit guides, deities, etc. even on days you're not drawn to do actual magical rituals—which is NORMAL and absolutely OKAY.

a few examples of daily practices:

1. stirring intentions in your drinks and foods

2. wearing crystals

3. enchant your jewelry and wear it

4. dress according to today's planet ruler

5. put spell oils on your body or clothes

6. use glamour magic (this can be as simple as drawing sigils or runes on your face with your moisturizer or makeup)

7. light an ancestor, deity or spirit guide candle (if you have one)

8. divination