Also what are altars used for?
Altars are used for your craft. To practice, to write in your book of shadows and for those who decide to follow a deity, its a place for you to connect with him or her, to worship, give thanks etc. Long story short its your own personal little “church/temple”
Common Flowers and Their Properties.
Marigold: detoxification, happiness, health, healing depression, skin healing, death, rebirth, protection, success, vitality, walking in between worlds.
Daffodil: love, luck, fertility.
Sunflower: happiness, health, vitality, potency, power, radiance, sustenance, strength, truth.
Moon Daisy: healthy, simplicity, purification, wealth.
Tulip: beauty, desire, gratitude, grounding, love goddess alignment, relationship healing, simplicity.
Water Lily: clarity or desire and direction, cooling passions, creative flow, healing depression, purification, spiritual nourishment, transmutation.
Rose: abundance, beauty, blessings, dreams, emotional healing, secrecy, self-love.
Jasmine: abundance, joy, sensuality, attractiveness, sexual healing
Blue Bell: luck, truth, friendship
I’m gonna fight ‘em off A seven nation army couldn’t hold me back They’re gonna rip it off Taking their time right behind my back And I’m talkin’ to myself at night Because I can’t forget Back and forth through my mind Behind a cigarette And the message comin’ from my eyes says, “Leave it alone.”
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If you’re like me, you grew up on songs like Seven Nation Army. Or you’ve heard them profusely, at least. That’s how it was for me, since my parents were both deep into the punk/grunge scene in the 80′s-early 90′s. Lots of the songs I heard were songs like Seven Nation Army, and every time I heard it when I was little, it just filled me with this sort of war-like energy. It made me feel like I could take on anything with gleaming, narrowed eyes, blazing guns, and a whole lot of smoke.
This isn’t your average protection bottle. This makes sure that if anyone even dares to fuck with you, there’s no way they’re coming out of it without the scars to remember why messing with you is a terrible, awful idea.
Rue - Causing Strife (Poisonous, do not handle if pregnant/nursing)
Nettle - Causing Strife, and Protection
Cactus - Causing Strife and Pain, as well as Protection
Devil’s Shoestring - Binding, Causing Pain, and Protection
Cayenne - Causing Pain, Protection
Something sharp (i.e. Thorns, Glass, Nails) - General Cursing, Causing Pain. HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE.
Your own Blood, Sweat, Spit, and Urine - Binds the protection to you, and adds a surprisingly strong kick to any curse. Only procure these by safe means, do not exert/harm yourself more than you need to.
A Poppet represent your current/future enemies
A jar you can seal up nice and tight
Cleanse your space, place down your protections, cleanse your tools, and get ready to begin.
In the jar, add in your sharp objects, minus the cactus. Make sure there’s enough for your poppet to lay across.
Create your poppet, and make it either look like your representation, or leave it blank to represent anyone who will mess with you in the coming future. Inside of the poppet, add your Rue, Nettle, and Cayenne.
Once you’ve got that dealt with, take your Devil’s Shoestring, and bind that thing’s hands and legs together. If you’re feeling especially fired up, you can even bind it’s throat.
Take the Cactus Pricks you’ve acquired, and carefully push them into where you wish your target’s pain to be the worst. My person opinion? The crotch area, the chest, the head, the legs, and the arms. Or any combination thereof.
Take that poppet, give it it’s identity*, and then throw it in there. Cover it up in any additional sharp things you may have left over, and then put some additional Nettle, Cactus, Devil’s Shoestring, and Cayenne inside.
After this, take your Blood, Sweat, Spit, and Urine. Put them inside.
Repeat these lyrics over the bottle as much as needed, then close the spell, and go on to cleanse your space and tools, as well as yourself. Shake the jar when you need a boost of protection, and leave it on your altar/space for it’s protection, and a reminder thereof. To remove this protection, simply open the jar, and dispose of the ingredients in the trash.
* To Give your Poppet it’s Identity, repeat this:
“Poppet, I name you [Name]/I name you after my future enemies. As you are bound, so are they bound. As you are caused this pain and strife, so are they caused this pain and strife. As you suffer, so shall they suffer.”
It should be noted, that this curse will only set off if you give it a specific target. Otherwise, it’s programmed to only begin when someone messes with you in any major way that would warrant a curse this strong to be applied.
This spell is designed for people wanting to make new long-lasting friendships. This spell works in the same way as a love spell, by attracting people (in this instance, friends) toward you. Items needed: - A large jar or bottle - Red or pink taper candle - Honey - Sugar - Juniper berries - Pen and paper - Magnets - Photo of yourself Method: Place the honey, sugar and juniper berries into your large jar or bottle. Take your pen and paper and write down all the qualities you wish your new friends to have. For instance, “loyalty”, “honesty” etc. Cut out these words and wrap them up in the magnets. Whilst you put them in the jar, visualise yourself surrounded by a new group of friends. Lastly, fold up the photo of yourself and add it into the jar. As the last step, inscribe your candle with words or sigils pertaining to friendship. Place the candle in the jar or bottle, with the bottom sitting directly into the honey and sugar. You may want to add more honey until it fills the top so the candle stays steady. Place the jar or bottle on a heat-proof dish and burn the candle every night for 3 nights.
Gather your supplies: Small amount of hollyberry oil Small amount of mistletoe herb Clean, small piece of white paper (parchment if you have it) Red candle
Ritual: Write a single word in red ink that represents what quality in yourself you would like to enhance with the dawning of the Yule Sun. Sprinkle the mistletoe herb into the center of the paper. Add three drops of the hollyberry oil on top of the mistletoe. Twist the paper closed with the mistletoe and hollyberry Oil inside. Light the red candle. From the flame of the candle, light the paper package on fire. As it burns envision, your wish fulfilled. The spell is done.
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It’s okay. Take deep breaths. Stay level headed. Okay? Okay? Make your choices. Make good choices. Make any choices you want.