here I will leave some very useful tips for those who have been in practice for some time, as well as for beginners. I hope this text will illuminate and help each one on their way! ✨
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• to do energy cleaning in your home, put in a glass: water, coarse salt and charcoal. position it behind the entrance door.
• bury egg shells in a pot or in your home garden to ensure abundance and fertility in your home.
• do not put the ashes left over from the incense out, they can be reused in making the black salt.
• burn dry rosemary to attract protection, purification, psychic abilities and openness for healing.
• to attract positive energies to you, spread several mirrors around your home, just avoid those with sharp details on your edge. they also help to clear the mind.
• to ward off any bother that is bothering you, write the key words of the situation on a white candle. light the candle and ask the fire beings to burn this evil that you want to destroy.
• make a wreath with chamomile flower and hang it on the door to protect the environment throughout the year from physical and spiritual damage.
• use cinnamon to improve your individual skill with prophecy through divination, channeling and working with oracles.
• when making your own oils, use olive oil and dried herbs of your choice.
• press and store rosemary leaves in your books. this will increase your wisdom during your studies and your memory, making you learn more easily.
• burn some thyme on your altar to clean up your magic space. thyme when burned with incense strengthens psychic power.
Too much light! 🌿 🌿
I know a lot of baby witches have trouble with finding where to start out so I complied a list of good resources for the absolute beginner witch!! Hope this helps ❤️🌿
Witchy starter terms
Witch terms pt.2
Witchcraft symbols
Tree magick
Herb master post
(smudging is a term from Native American that is not an open practice, smoke cleansing is called Smoke Cleansing, smudging is closed as well as white sage and san palo, important Native American herbs)
I would definitely look into what are closed practices, as to avoid any cultural appropriation as many things like ‘honey jars’ or hoodoo powders are actually from closed or semi closed practices. It is important to know where these come from and it’s cultures as to avoid closed practices appropriation and to use some things like Nazar or chakras to know the significance and actual history and if you can work with them or not. Especially with spells or Deities or anything new.
Some closed practices info (not all of the closed practices in the world)
Moon phases and witchcraft
Moon grimore
Astrology symbols
Chakras (The actual history) (includes Yoga)
Chakras pt 2
112 ways of enlightenment through mediation (Hinduism)
Yoga history in India
Origin of Yoga with The God Lord Shiva
Beginner crystals
Origins of crystal healing
Crystal care
Crystals and the environmental impact
Lapis lazuli (ethical issues of some crystals)
Crystal master post
Beginner master post
Includes: magick theory, magickal tools, Beliefs and UPG, centering and grounding, Magick names, Visualisation, Circle casting, Warding and cleansing, Taglocks, Symbols, Curse info, Planes of existence, Laws of magick and spirit guides.
History of Astrology used in the Western world
Celtic Tree astrology
Witch tips
Spiritual protection
Herbs!!!!
AMAZING BEGINNER MASTER POST
Includes: Moon info and astrology, Herbs, Lots of spells, Astral Projection, Blood magick, Elements, enchanting items, Runes, Knot magick, Salt, insence, Plants, spirits, DIY recipes.
Auras
Astrology
Candle magick
Beginner witch advice
Sigils
Tarot
Celebrating sabbats
Sabbat info
Water magick
Master post all thingy witchy
Empaths
Types of witches
( I would lay off deity work at the beginning, you might never work with any, but it can be extremely dangerous even lethal and some dieties are from closed religions)
Home magick
Protection magick
Protection magick pt2
I would wait to do spells until you have all your information and research and do protection spells for your first spells. Also I wouldn’t do blood magick, as it is very powerful and can have major consequences if you don’t know what your doing, and spirit work or any work with deities.
Pagan vs Wiccan
Circle casting
Book of shadows prompts
Familiars
Familiars in animals
Familiar info and summoning
Energy work terms
Cleansing
Charging
Enhancing psychic abilites
BOS prompts galore
Witches tools
Charging vs activating
Witchy apps
Elements
13 goals of a witch
Resources
Famous occultists
I would definitely also look into some history of witchcraft and paganism (not just Wicca to the 1960’s history, but of the growth of witchcraft in the Renaissance era as well as traditional magic with the Greeks, to Celtic etc, as the impacts of those occultists, as some are very problematic like Crowley), as well as the impacts of other cultures and practices like Hinduism, Native American, Jewish Mysticism etc on modern western spirituality and giving that homage back to those cultures e.g chakras, yoga, spirit animals (closed practice), smudging, dream catchers, Kabbalah etc
Books!!
Spiritual burn out
Energy cycles in spirit working
Master post for beginners
Angel numbers
Fae info and resources
Banishing spirits
Love magick
Potions
Travel witchcraft
Tea reading
Energy lessons
Sigil magick
Spells galore
Spells prt2
Umbra magick - don’t need to know for absolute beginners, I just found it interesting.
Energy protection magick
Spirit work
Spirits house rules
Planetary hours
Deities
Pantheons
Amazing deity info!
Ancestor work types
Ancestor work
DIVINATION MASTER-POST
Shadow work
For any witches interested in anything demonology I highly recommend these blogs!:
Legions of demons
Uncultlike
Satanic sigil master
Randopus of hell
Balthasar 666
Summoning darker spirits
The grand book of Satan
Occultist romantic
Edit: fixed the bad transcript of full moons from May to August.
A little witchy calendar to look forward to next year, since this one was a little bit.. cursed.
This lets you know about the full moons, new moons, wheel of the year celebrations and zodiac entrys, I hope you can use this to aid you on your practice.
dear august—
bits of summer drift lightly in the wind —dark green leaves melt into light brown — crisp books crisp books are opened for the first time — golden highlights resting on cheekbones glistens into blue —hair flies in soft waves while running through tall fields of grass — pens leave new graceful strokes onto journal pages.
If you saw my earlier post about beginning shadow work and are looking to explore your shadow self through journaling, I’ve included some beginning prompts that can help you get started! If any of these prove difficult, I encourage you to spend some time thinking through the topic and perhaps exploring it outside of your practice.
Write a letter to someone who has hurt you.
What grudges are you holding onto?
Who has helped you the most in your life?
What is your biggest insecurity? Biggest strength?
How can you use your strengths to overcome your insecurities?
Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Why?
What is a habit you have always wanted to have?
Write about a recurring dream you have and try to analyze it.
What careers/hobbies/activities draw you to them? Why?
Write a letter to yourself 5 years ago. What would you tell yourself?
Write a letter to yourself 5 years in the future. What do you hope has changed?
Do you feel that you have a good support system?
What is something that would greatly improve your life if you had it?
Do you consider yourself to be a jealous person?
These are the prompts that helped me the most when I was beginning my shadow work. If you have more general questions about what shadow work is or why practitioners recommend it, be sure to check out my earlier post!
As always, leave a comment if you have a prompt or practice that has helped you with your shadow work!
✨Sharpie pen sigils on your lighter.
✨Blow smoke into a jar to use in spell work.
✨Little nugs as offerings to nature or your deities.
✨Keep your ashes in a tightly closed container for spell work. (Do not breathe the ashy dust this creates*)
✨Make sure you drink enough water, especially if you smoke heavily.
✨Write sigils with your resin.
✨After cleaning your pipe/ rig set it out in the moonlight.
✨Make knot magic with hemp string.
✨Say a chant or incantation as you blow the smoke out of your lungs and release it to the universe.
once again why did we let masquerade balls and handwritten letters and heart lockets and daggers strapped to thighs go out of fashion
And so it goes, every weekend this same party, I never go alone and I don't seem broken hearted, my friends all say they know, everything im going through, I drive down different roads but they all lead back to you.
They don't know about the night in hotel, they were riding in the car when we both fell, didn’t read the note on the polaroid picture, they don't know how much I miss you! I wish I could fly-y-y, I’d pick you up and we go back in time. I’d write this in the sky-y-y, i miss you like it was the very first night.
And so it was, we never saw it coming. not trying to fall in love but we did like children running, back then we didn’t know, we were built to fall apart, we broke the status quo then we broke each other’s hearts.
But don't forget about the night out in LA, danced in the kitchen, chased me down through the hallway, no one knows about the words that we whispered, no one knows how much I miss you.
These are some things that I consider red flags in witches I have come across before:
Believes only women can be witches.
Believes that magic/spirituality/energy/crystals can cure mental illness, physical illness, chronic illness, and disorders.
Doesn't respect closed paths or practices.
Tells others how their paths should be.
Won't stop telling witches they need to protect themselves from deities.
Thinks they are more powerful than anyone else, won't stop talking about how powerful they are.
Judges all witches with Wiccan rules.
Treats baby witches like they are somehow idiots and don't deserve respect.
Calls themselves a fancy title without being able to back it up.
Thinks hereditary witches are more powerful/better than first generation witches.
These are just a few I've noticed. If you know of any others, add them in reblogs or replies!
she/hereclectic witchcrafttaurus sun / aquarius moon / aquarius risingmother of two
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