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CORRESPONDENCES BY NEED (PART 1)

Action: jasper, carnelian; cinnamon, clove, allspice, ginger

Anger management: amethyst, sodalite; catnip, vervain, lavender, chamomile

Animals: turquoise, pearl; catnip, chickweed; Bast, Diana, Artemis, Cernunnos, Herne, Rhiannon

Beauty: amber, opal, rose quartz; rose, elderflower; Aphrodite

Career: aventurine, jade; basil, bayberry; Athena, Jupiter

Children: moonstone, malachite, turquoise, coral; catnip, chamomile, lavender; Brighid, Demeter, Hera, Horus

Communication: lapis lazuli; Brighid, Mercury, Sarasvati

Courage: agate, amethyst, bloodstone, carnelian, hematite, jasper, tiger’s eye; ginger, bay, thyme; Mars, Artemis, Athena

Creativity: amber, citrine, lapis lazuli, carnelian; vervain, vanilla; Apollo, Athena, Brighid, Odhinn

Defense (see also Protection): hematite, obsidian, onyx; Brighid

Depression management: rose quartz, sodalite; catnip, rose, St. John’s Wort

Family: malachite, moonstone; Demeter, Horus, Frigga Fertility: malachite, moonstone; motherwort, nuts, seeds; Hera, Inanna, Demeter, Isis

Happiness: aquamarine, garnet; rose, lemon, orange; Amaterasu, Bast

Health and Healing: amber, green agate, aventurine, bloodstone, hematite, carnelian, lapis lazuli, jasper, citrine; apple, bay, cinnamon, comfrey, feverfew, eucalyptus, echinacea, ginger, garlic, hyssop, mint, rosemary, thyme, willow; Apollo, Mercury, Brighid, Hygeia, Isis, Sulis

Hearth and Home: fire, earth; Hestia, Brighid, Vesta, Frigga

(from "Spellcrafting")

✨ Types of magick ✨

Elemental: This magick is practiced by honouring/acknowledging the elements: Water, Earth, Air, Fire and Spirit, and incorporating them into your spellwork. Those who practice elemental magick usually dedicate different areas of the altar to each element, and call upon them during spells and rituals.

Lunar: This type of magick honours the moon and it’s energy and phases. When practicing kind of magick most people prefer to work during the night hours rather than during the day.

Green: This is the practice of gathering plants, herbs and flowers and using them in herbal magick, this can be done by creating mixes/blends of different plants or primally using plants, herbs and flowers in spellwork.

Hedge: A type of magick oriented around more spiritual practice like astral projection, lucid dreaming, spiritwork and healing.

Kitchen: Magick that is worked specifically through kitchen tasks, such as herbal mixtures, brewing, baking, and cooking. This practice honours many aspects of the natural world; including herbs, flowers, crystals, fey, and the elements.

Cottage: Taking a step further from kitchen magick, this way of working is weaved into every day tasks around the house, including tasks for loved ones, such as cooking, cleaning etc.

Garden: Magick that is mostly, if not all herbal and botanical-related. A witch that practices garden magick will feel closely connected to earth and could be considered a green witch.

Crystal: Magick that works with stones and crystals. Many witches use this form of practice as it’s so reliable, as well as having a vast range of crystals with even wider range of properties to choose from, wether it’s using crystals in healing techniques or chakra balance and crystal meditation, they have so many magickal uses to try!

Faery/Fey: ! DO NOT TRY THIS AS A BABY WITCH ! This Magick is based around the fae and faeries, and the communication with them during spells and rituals.

Chaos: A form of magick using new, non-traditional methods, in which the practitioner push their will and intention through the universe. It’s a very new and individualistic practice, with may fragments from other common forms of magick. Sigils would fall under this category.

Bone: This magick involves collecting and use animal bones in practice.

Grey: A neutral practice, witches that work with grey magick neither benefits or harms others. Grey magick may also both harm and benefit at the same time, balancing and neutralizing.

Space: Magick that involves working with the planets and stars, by focusing their magick and incorporating properties of each/ planet(s).

Divination: This magickal practice involves using tools to be able to predict the future, ask questions and receive guidance. Tools incude: tarot, pendulum, wax readings etc.

Dream work: This magick involves keeping a ‘dream diary’, in which you can study your dreams to gain better perspective, not only in a psychological sense but in a psychic one too.

Spirit work: Those who practice spirit work talk to spirits to help find guidance, usually though tools. This can be partially helpful for those who work with Deities.

Shadow work: Shadow work is the magickal process of exploring your inner darkness, or ‘shadow self’. This practice uncovers all the repressed traumas, and helps you find a brighter path to enlightenment.

Grimoire - For Witches to Beware of

Witchcraft, Pagan, & Occult Author Red Flags Please read this if you practice witchcraft The Dangers of the Perception of Witchcraft Why the “Law of Attraction” is actually a toxic mindset The Law of Attraction, Prosperity Gospel, and Other Ways of Controlling How People Think You Don’t Need to do Shadow Work Witchy Mistakes to Avoid SPIRITUAL TRAPS Why Witchcraft Might Not Be Working For You practicing safe witchcraft Safety 101 in witchcraft Covens vs Cults: How to tell if its a harmful cult or a helpful coven! Cults? In my life? It’s more likely than you think. “Hey. Don’t join cults.” Example red flags. Witch Red Flags "New Age Things That Bother Me, A Witch” Things Toxic Spiritualists Say “You are right to be suspicious of the ‘starseeds and lightworkers’ alien BS” “Things I think are red flags in the spiritualist community and why” Craft Poison Toxic Covens Watch Out For Online Cults Toxic Positivity Spiritual Bypassing & Why It’s Harmful Toxic positivity and spiritual bypassing in the witch and spiritual communities

These past few weeks has been quite busy for me, so I took some time off to simply read A day of fallen night, I’m really enjoying it so far!

sunset on the water, natures shadows, & mystical days in the sun

Grimoire - Spirit Work

Spirit Work/Necromancy in General: Resources for Spirit Work Death Witchcraft Masterpost Witchcraft 101: Necromancy Spirit Work Terminology Death Witch Rituals Spirit Work 101 Spirit Work 101 Spirits & Working with them You Can Love the Dead Discernment - Why Does It Matter? Spirit work: How To Find Your Spirit Guides How to connect with your Spirit Guides Death Witch Rituals Always Look Into The Mundane Before Stating You Have A Spirit Around Genius Loci (The Spirit of Place) Let’s Talk About Spirit Anchors

Spirit Work Tools: Dedicated Divination - Using a divination tool to interact with a particular spirit Ouija Board FAQ Masterpost! OUIJA BOARD FACT VS FICTION Ouija board DOs and DON'Ts So you think you've summoned a demon through the Ouija board Ouija Boards and Possession "I am safe in subconscious realms" “I Sense Spirits” Sigil to help one notice spirits easier

Spirit Work Cautions: Not Every Spirit Needs to be a Companion What to do if there's a ghost in your house So you had a scary experience with spirit communication? Spotting a Malevolent “Guide” Banishing Nasty Spirits Ways to Banish Negative Energies and Entities Ritual To Banish a Malignant Spirit Do you have a spirit attachment Skeptic's Guide To Spirituality: What Is Cold Reading? “There’s a spirit in my house, what do I do?” Let’s talk about POLTERGEISTS How To Identify and Deal With an Unruly or Malicious Spirit

Spirit Communication: Spirit Communication: Tips Hearing Spirits General Etiquette for Working with the Dead Graveyard Etiquette Small things to contact spirits about What is a spirit companion Communicating with Spirits Basic Understanding Of Conjuring Spiritual Entities House Rules Spirit House Rules What to Do When Your House Rules Have Been Violated Automatic Writing for Spirit Communication Incense (Optional Candle Magick) to Contact The Spirit of a Deceased Loved One Greeting the (Human) Dead Anyone Can Talk To The Dead

Advanced Spirit Work: Regarding Channeling A Crash Course on Channeling Pathworking and Astral Travel Hedgecraft Resources Divining the Future With the Dead

Shadow work 🤍

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Witch Study Tips

• Draw sigils on your homework! If you can`t draw them with a pencil, then do it using a white pencil or an eraser, so they won`t be visible

• Add magic herbs to your lunch. For example: basil for luck and happiness, rosemary for wisdom, etc.

• Not just a study tip, but a general one: you don`t need expensive crystals for your intention. Normal rocks work very good too! I like to use black ones for protection

• Cast a simple protection or luck spell. It can be as easy as just lighting a candle of your choise

• Productivity spells! Here`s some

• Herbal teas, there`re a lot of recipes. Remeber to be careful with herbs if you take medications, natural doesn`t mean safe

• Cleanse yourself after school

Also remember to drink water, and that your grades don`t define you!

please never stop talking passionately about the things you love

My Hellenic Polytheism Recommended Reading List

Ancient Greek Religion by Jon D. Mikalson

Greek Religion by Walter Burkert

Understanding Greek Religion by Jennifer Larson

Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide by Jennifer Larson

A Companion to Greek Religion by Daniel Ogden

Coping with the Gods by H. S. Versnel

The Gods of Ancient Greece by Jan N. Bremmer and Andrew Erskine

The Story of Myth by Sarah Iles Johnston

Greek Mythology: An Introduction by Fritz Graf

Mythology by Edith Hamilton

Mythos by Stephen Fry

Artemis by Stephanie Budin

Hymns by Callimachus

Homer:

Iliad

Odyssey

Homeric Hymns

Hesiod:

Theogony

Works and Days