Here's a more pragmatic approach to getting started in witchcraft:
Understand Your Intentions: Witchcraft is deeply rooted in intention. Start by identifying your reasons for wanting to explore witchcraft. Is it for self-improvement, healing, personal growth, or something else? Knowing your intentions will help guide your practice.
Learn About Various Practices: Witchcraft is incredibly diverse, with numerous traditions and practices. Research different aspects of witchcraft, including herbalism, crystal work, meditation, and symbolism. This will allow you to choose the aspects that resonate most with you.
Focus on Self-Discovery: Witchcraft is often a journey of self-discovery. Embrace practices that help you understand yourself better. This might involve journaling, meditation, or working with self-reflective tools like Oracle cards or even psychology-based cards for wisdom, learning and introspection rather than interpretation or meaning.
Embrace Practical Tools: Rather than focusing solely on magical tools, consider practical tools that align with your intentions. For example, if you want to enhance your mental well-being, explore mindfulness techniques or cognitive-behavioral tools. Self-empowerment does not have to be a "mystical" thing,
Explore Symbolism: Symbolism plays a significant role in witchcraft. You can incorporate symbols into your daily life to help reinforce your intentions. For example, wearing specific colors or jewelry that symbolize your goals can be meaningful.
Work with Crystals: Crystals are versatile tools that can be used in various ways, even without traditional spells or rituals. You can carry crystals with you, place them in your environment, or use them for self-reflection and intention setting, or reminders of what resonates with you.
Focus on Mindfulness: Developing mindfulness is a powerful practice in witchcraft. Being present in the moment, practicing gratitude, and connecting with nature can all enhance your craft and personal well-being.
Build Your Own Practice: Witchcraft is highly personal. Don't feel pressured to conform to specific traditions or practices. Instead, build your own unique practice that aligns with your values and goals.
Be Skeptical: Maintain a healthy level of skepticism and critical thinking. Question and analyze what you encounter in the world of witchcraft to ensure it aligns with your pragmatic and self-empowered approach.
By taking this pragmatic approach, you can create a meaningful and self-empowering witchcraft practice that is grounded in reality and tailored to your specific needs. This guide encourages you to explore, question, and create a path that resonates with you.
🌙Witchy phrases☀
Chase the hare around the blackberry bush- this won't end well and you know it won't end well so don't even try it.
Tell the bees - notifying the insects of a good news or bad new in the family so that the bees could share in the joy or mourning.
Acting a fawn - being shy.
lil imp - when someone is being mischievous.
Trust the trees - have faith.
Bees in the brain - you're being dumb.
Run the rabbit round the rose bush - if it sounds to good to be true then it is.
All bone and brimstone - very bad news
Knock on wood - hope the good spirits in trees keep you safe.
A cat may look a king - a person is not what they seem.
The vixen's bite is always right - always trust your instincts.
Don't be a dillweed - don't be a jerk.
A watched pot never boils - take your mind off things, time will pass anyway.
Don't be a honey badger - don't be badger/bug others.
Sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth - beware that person might seem sweet but they aren't.
As fit as a butcher's dog - doing very well.
Wise as a witch's cat - very smart.
That's a rat king if I ever saw one - that person is no good.
Don't sell me the devil's dog - don't lie to me.
Seeing snakes - being in extreme fear.
By hook or by crook - any means necessary.
Like a bluebells kiss - something or someone who is good or sweet.
Did you kindle the brindle cat? - did you do something foolish?
Oh my stars - another form of " oh my "
May the bees bless - wish us luck
You worry me like a wasp - you worry me a lot.
Ask the angels - I don't have your answers.
Only the green knows - only the earth divine know.
The grims growling - something bad is happening.
Even good seeds can make deadly weeds - even good intentions can end badly.
Best be a rabbit - be humble and kind hearted.
Screwed the redcap - you really messed up.
Muttering/mutter to the moths - being very quiet.
Humble bumbles never fumble - best to be humble instead of prideful.
Jump the candle/sun - being foolish
Tell it to the crickets - I don't wanna hear it.
Red ring promise - keep your promises.
Cry to the moon - it's okay to be upset.
Head in the hollows - overthinking
When it's written in a web - I don't believe you.
🌸 Stuffed Animal Protection Spell 🌸
this is specifically for Atlas, but you can tweak for yourself/your kiddo.
🌸 A small pouch
🌸 Scissors & thread
🌸 Rose petals for peace, love, and protection
🌸 Lavender to calm during tantrums or teething pains (obviously using actual medicine for teething pain)
🌸 Clear Quartz enchanted with protection, and a safe feeling.
place ingredients in the small pouch and sew up. give to small human/who ever is receiving & let the magick do it's stuff🌸
Tips for my closeted witches <3
-Pick up gardening or cooking so you have an excuse to buy/grow herbs/plants
-Do your big spells at night, so no one will intrude & the power of the moon will be the highest than too
-For making moon water just stick a glass of water on your window sill for a couple hours, it doesn’t need to be overnight
-Use symbolism & substitution, such as symbols that represent any deities your work with (if you work with them) this way you can represent them subtly
-Wear a black shirt for protection (use color magic for clothes or make up)
-Make paper book covers to cover your witchcraft books, put them behind other books, or place them with your school work
-Take advantage of windy days and use wind to cleanse
-Practice candle magick
-Research energy work
-Practice ring magick
-Work with essential oils
-Use pdf books and change the name of the file
-Start a crystal collection because they’re pretty
-Start a candle collection because they smell nice
-When making sigils, write them in moon water or in invisible ink so your parents won’t see them
-Store pressed dried herbs in books
-If you play an instrument you can turn spells into songs or melodies
-Use regular cards instead of a tarot deck for cartomancy (in the link down below is our discord server where you will be able to find how to use and play cartomancy), you can also make your own tarot!
-Use showers to cleanse yourself with water and visualization
-Create a cleansing spray and disguise it as an air freshener
-Make a travel alter in an altoids can or make an altar on a board/baking tray and store it under your bed
-Turn your room into an altar, a plant could represent earth in the north corner, a fan or incense burner in the east for air, a dragons statue south for fire and a fountain for water in the west (you can choose what represents each element, this is an example)
-You can also make your altar in a shoebox
-make a digital altar (a dedicated tumblr blog, pinterest board, moodboard, a crafted temple in a building game, etc)
-dedicate meals to them before you eat it, art, music, writing, etc
-Say your grimoire/bos is a book of story ideas or info for a game of dnd
-make digital grimoires/bos in notion or google drive
-Art magick!!
-Sigils as fancy doodles or a language for a fantasy setting
-Trace sigils in your food, in the shower, while applying skin care, in your notebooks, digitally on pictures in your phone, draw a sigil on your nails before painting them with nail polish
-Drinking tea and you’re bad at drawing sigils at the bottom with honey? Don’t like the taste of honey but want to incorporate sigils on your tea) use washable markers on your mugs, you can also use color intent
-enchant your jewelry, masks, clothes, etc
-Pass your pendulum as jewelry
-Make your own incense with kitchen spices/herbs
-If you need to get rid of the smell of incense or perfume or burnt herbs, you can make a solution of 50% water and 50% white vinegar in a spray bottle, also keeping a wet wipe or mini towel next to you can absorb some of the odor
-Hide stuff in plain sight and say they’re decorations (crystals, shells, feathers, etc)
-Spend time on nature so you can connect to the Earth
-If you want to have chalices, you can try to find a cup that you can pass off as drinking cup you keep in your room, if this isn’t possible, than even something as small as a thimble can work
-containers you can use, little pots of lip balm when it runs out, container ||sharpeners||, the containers of camera fills, use old makeup containers, sweet containers, lead containers (pencils, compasses, etc.), medicine containers, etc
-take advantage of being home alone!!!!
-candle wax can be replaced with glue (if you want it with color respondence you can put colorant in it) or melted crayons
Join our discord server: All Things Spiritual for more tips!!!!!!
a cottage in the forest and zero responsibilities. i’m surrounded by animals. is this too much to ask for
Always cleanse your cards 🕯️🍃🥀
Source: photo from unsplash by Kayla Maurais
“You are never too advanced to revisit foundational material and find value in it.”
— Annwyn Avalon, Water Witchcraft: Magic and Lore from the Celtic Tradition
Small offerings here and there
Invitation to touch/interact
Questions about them in general
Talking to them about your day/feelings
Sleeping/Dreaming
Giving them a space/an object to inhabit.
Singing/sharing music with them
Automatic writing
Learning to not fear signs of their arrival
Greeting them
Tarot/pendulum sessions
Ouija (if you would like to…you don’t have to. Also be careful when doing any of these things but ouija seems to give everyone the heebie jeebies)
These can also be used to bond with your deities as well.
The dark moon phase is one that is seldom talked about and isn't technically a complete phase of the lunar cycle. It is the time between the waning moon and the new moon where the moon is visible, but (you guessed it!) dark.
Cast spells for:
Removing entities from house or property
Banishing illness
Divination
Meditation and psychic visions
Conquering anger
Bringing about justice