Sónargöltr: The Yule Boar.

Witch Tips

Witch tips from a witch who has practiced for many years; here are some of my traditional beliefs as well as things I picked up along the way. 💫

🔮 When foraging, do not forget to thank for what you took. Thanks the gods, the fae, the earth, or whomever you worship, but do not just take.

🌙 Wear beautiful clothes when performing a ritual. Before I get into saying anything else I want to say - There is NO PRICE VALUE which makes the ritual clothes beautiful. They do not have to be expensive, or a certain brand, or from a certain place, or anything of the sort. Just make sure that they are well taken care of and that you think they are beautiful.

🔮 People will rarely understand you, and most do not actually even want to. But the trees. The plants. Animals of the earth. Rivers, still and moving water. The stars and the moon. They understand, they will listen, and if you listen, too, you will hear what you need to and be validated and understood. People alive thousands of years before you have been sharing the same heartbreak, pain, suffering, and struggle with the universe. It understands. It has heard before, and will listen again.

🌙 When trying to meditate, you are not actually doing anything wrong by being unable to “clear your mind.” The goal is not actually to have a blank mind, but an open and receptive one. If a thought pops in suddenly, acknowledge it, dismiss it, and move on. It doesn’t mean you’re not focused or doing it wrong.

🔮 Another note about meditation; there is no shame in needing herbs to achieve meditation. There is nothing wrong with you. Some people just need the extra help, and that is okay! It is also a traditional part of many practices to smoke, ingest, or otherwise consume herbs before a ritual/meditation/journey/etc. This pertains to herbs such a kava, sage, wormwood, mugwort, and cannabis. (Do not use unless you ask a doctor, know it’s safe, and so on.)

🌙 Wisdom is the combination of emotion and logic. To make a wise decision, validate the emotion and why it is being felt, look at the logic and the facts, and combine the information for the answer.

🔮 Do not be discouraged that you cannot find witches (or Wiccans, Pagans, Druids, etc) where you live. We are here. We are all over the world. It is just unsafe in some places to practice openly. But if you look for us, you will find us.

🌙 Intent is the most powerful ingredient you have.

🔮 There are hundreds (if not thousands) or ways to create a sigil, and you can make a sigil hundreds of different ways. This also goes for charging and activating sigils.

🌙 You can practice both black and white magick at the same time.

🔮 Bullying other witches is never a good idea. Obviously, bullying anyone is never a good idea and you shouldn’t, but in my years I have seen over and over again it happen when one witch attacks another and then that witch comes down with horrible luck. That is not just because they were cursed by people who support the witch who was being bullied (which is also a huge risk, and causes a lot of issues and conflict) but the universe knows when a witch attacks another witch, and it doesn’t like that. (This does not include calling someone out in an appropriate way for unacceptable behavior and so on. But when you do it about differing opinions….)

🌙 Never stop researching. You will never know everything.

🔮 Deciding that you want to start to practicing witchcraft does NOT mean you have do denounce any previous beliefs. 

Basic Recipe of a Spell

Ingredients

Intent (what is the purpose of your spell?)

A correspondence (candles, stones, incense, etc.)

A source of power (your own energy, fire, a quartz crystal, etc.)

A binder to connect all of them (an offering, an incantation, dance, art, writing, etc)

A cleanser (a bell, ethically sourced sage, salt, etc.)

Steps:

Cleanse your working space

Ensure that your intent is clear and loud in your mind for the duration of the spell

Set up your working space in an organized way

Activate your source of power

Activate your correspondence

Activate your binder

Repeat but in reverse

This is not a definitive guide, but is rather a very easy to follow guide to making spells for those who don’t know where to begin! I recommend you tweak it for your needs and to match your magickal style.

Sick Witchery

Because everyone gets sick, even witches! Witchcraft is to be used in addition to proper medical care, and please be cautious when using herbs and do your research*

Teas and potions:

Sore throat potion

Sore throat sage tea

Cough/cold tea

Cold banishing potion

Us witches get colds too

Magick sick tea

Feel better tea spell

Fire cider recipe

Sick witch’s brew

Flu and cold buster

Milly’s “the flu can f*ck off” brew

Soothing tummy tea

Vitamin C healing potion

Syrups:

Easy DIY cough syrup

Soothing lemon cough syrup

Simple elderberry syrup

Magic cold syrup

Food:

Swamp’s immunity boosting noodles

Faye’s patchwork soup

“I am not getting sick!” broth

Spells:

Simple sickness spell

Simple healing spell

Christian witch healing spell

Bath magic:

Anti-nausea bath

Healing milk bath

Healing bath

Shower meditation

Odds and ends:

Cold remedies and tips

Common cold healing

Lil’ witch tips for sickness

Immune system sigils

Basil

Coriander seeds

Eucalyptus 

Onions

You may also like:

Chronically ill witchcraft: For your symptoms

Witchcraft and meds

Witchcraft in the hospital

My spoonie sigils: (1) (2) (3)

Spoonie witch masterpost

*Resources for herbal interactions*

Links updated August of 2021. Please inform me of broken links via askbox!

Winter Witchcraft

❄ Gather pine cones

❄ Collect feathers from winter fowl. Do not collect feathers if you live in the     US!

❄ Collect snow and melt it. Charge the water under the December full moon to     create a powerful snow water to use in your winter spells. Use snow water to     protect your house and hearth, to charge your magick tools, and to purify         your amulets. Snow water possesses healing powers.

❄ Have a winter bonfire to celebrate winter solstice.

❄ Set yourself goals for the new year.

❄ Take a walk under the full moon when the snow is reflecting its light. This is        a time for reflection and visions. Record you experience and any important        thoughts or visions you receive. 

❄Stand outside in a blizzard and feel your energy restoring. 

❄  Brew yourself a cider. Add herbs and fruits with certain correspondences for      December such as joy, peace, family happiness, etc.

❄ December is a time for reflection of the passing year.

❄ Do Yule baking and incorporate kitchen witchcraft. 

❄ Weave a wreath with holly and plants that correspond with protection and         yule.

❄ Burn incense of cinnamon, patchouli, frankincense, orange, and myrrh.  

❄ December is a time for hearth and home magick.

❄ Burn candles throughout your home to invite positive energies, coziness,           and peace. 

❄ Collect evergreen, holly, cedar and pine clippings.

❄ Forage for rose hips.

❄ Tie up any loose ends you have in your life.

❄ Finish this years grimoire and add any last minute touch ups.

❄ Collect dried leaves. Define their properties and put them in your herbal             grimoire.

❄ Brew yourself new tea combinations to start off the new year with.

❄ Make witch balls and other magickal decorations to hang on your yule tree       and decorate your house with. 

❄ Make winter solstice lanterns.

❄ Throw a sprig of holly into a yule fire to burn away your troubles from the            past year.  A large amount or if thrown into an indoor fireplace may be      poisonous, use with caution!  

❄ Make a yule log. 

❄  Throw a ritual or celebration to welcome back the sun.

❄  Use elements from nature to decorate your home.

❄  At the end of the month do a deep house cleansing to remove all negative        energy and to give the new year a fresh start. 

Have a happy Yule! 

==Moonlight Mystics==

THE SABBATS

Faerie Sight

How to see faeries:

Wearing one’s coat inside out.

Wearing a posy of primroses.

A four leaf clover crushed and put into an ointment may give one sight of the Faeries as well as placing Faerie Ointment on the eyelids.

Bending over and looking backwards through your legs.

Looking through a Fir knot hole.

Looking through a loop made with a Rowan twig may cause Faerie sight.

Looking through a hag stone. 

Meditating on a daily basis.

Averting one’s vision.

Dawn, moon, dusk, and midnight are the best times for faerie sightings.

Believe - faeries will most likely not show themselves to non-believers.

Have good intention - faeries can sense it.

Looking for a long time without blinking.

Bealtaine, Feen und die Plejaden.

In einem früheren Beitrag habe ich über den Zusammenhang zwischen unseren Vorstellungen von ähnlichen Mustern geschrieben, die im gesamten Universum auftreten, einschließlich mikroskopischer Organismen und ganzer Galaxien und Sternbilder.

Wenn es um Sternenkonstellationen und Bealtaine geht, werden Sie vielleicht überrascht sein, wie stark die Verbindung zwischen den beiden ist. Tatsächlich ist es in einigen alten Traditionen überhaupt nicht das Datum des 1. Mai, das das Datum von Bealtaine bestimmt. (Denken Sie daran, dass die Zeit, die wir als Bealtaine kennen, bereits existierte, lange bevor ihr dieser Titel verliehen wurde.) Stattdessen würde dies durch die Position der Plejaden in Verbindung mit der Sonne bestimmt. Die Plejaden wurden hier in Irland häufig „Stróilin“ genannt, und die Menschen orientierten sich bei der Zeitplanung ihrer Reisen oft an der Position dieser Sterne. „Die Plejaden sind häufig als „Stróilín“ bekannt, und Nachbarn, die sie besuchen oder auf einer Céilidhe sind, planen ihren Aufbruch anhand der Position dieser Konstellation. Wenn die Plejaden untergehen, werden sie sagen: „Es ist spät, der Stróilin geht unter!“ " https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4427869/4352222

Die Bewegung der Plejaden in das Sternbild Stier könnte auch eine verbindende Bedeutung für die Feier der Kühe zu dieser Zeit haben. Der Dowth-Megalith, von Martin Brennan „Stein der sieben Sonnen“ genannt, wurde von Anthony Murphy von Mythical Ireland und dem Forscher Richard Moore zur Darstellung der Plejaden vorgeschlagen. Anthony hat auch auf die Dowth-Legende aufmerksam gemacht, die sich auf den König Bresail Bó-Dibad (dem es an Vieh mangelte) zur Zeit einer großen Viehhungernot in der Antike bezieht, die dazu führte, dass ein Stier und sieben Kühe in Irland übrig blieben. Dies scheint ein Hinweis auf Stier und die sieben „Schwestern“ der Plejaden zu sein und diese Idee zu untermauern. Auch das Motiv der Kuh wird mit Bealtaine in Verbindung gebracht. Im alten Irland sollen Rinderherden rituell zwischen zwei großen Feuern in Bealtaine getrieben worden sein, um sie zu schützen und zu reinigen. Im Fruchtbaren Halbmond und in Ägypten wurde Stier mit Hathor und verschiedenen Kuhgöttinnen identifiziert. Hathor repräsentierte sowohl Nahrung als auch Schönheit. Für die Römer hieß es, der Stier werde von Venus regiert, die auch die Göttin der Schönheit war, und die Griechen setzten Hathor mit der Göttin Aphrodite gleich. Der Monat Mai ist zu Ehren der Göttin Maia benannt, die auch als die schönste der sieben Schwestern der Plejaden gilt. Auch diese Sternenassoziation macht sich sowohl in astrologischen Überlieferungen als auch in mythologischen und historischen Korrespondenzen bemerkbar. Für einige Gelehrte ist Maia mit der irischen Königin Maeve, der Feenkönigin, vergleichbar, aber mehr dazu im nächsten Beitrag dieser kurzen Serie. Die Verbindung zur Schönheit und den Plejaden könnte hinter einem bestimmten alten irischen Brauch von Bealtaine und Mayday stecken. Dazu musste man kurz vor Sonnenaufgang nach draußen gehen und sein Gesicht mit dem Morgentau waschen, der angeblich mit der Magie und Kraft des Sternenlichts erfüllt war.

Aber haben wir trotz aller Folklore tatsächlich Beweise dafür, dass die Plejaden im alten Irland eine rituelle Bedeutung hatten? Dank der jüngsten Ausgrabungen tun wir das. In seinem Buch „Harvesting the Stars: a pagan tempel at Lismullin, Co. Meath“ dokumentiert der Autor Aidan O'Connell von Archer Heritage Limited die jüngste Entdeckung der Plejaden-Ausrichtung im Gabhra-Tal, unterhalb des Hügels von Tara, Co. Meath . Während wir dank der tragbaren Natur neuer Technologien und Sternplanungs-Apps weiterhin weitere Ausrichtungen entdecken, wird die Bedeutung von Bealtaine in einem Sternenkontext möglicherweise deutlicher.

Der Plejadenhaufen taucht auch in vielen volkstümlichen Anekdoten und Mythen über die Toten und den Übergang in die und aus der Geisterwelt auf.

In einigen Traditionen ist dieser mittlere Ort oder die Anderswelt das Reich zwischen der menschlichen Welt und dem Aufenthaltsort der Götter.

Es ist ein Ort, an dem Phantasie, Archetypen und die Geister wohnen.

Sie können verstehen, warum es in diesem Zusammenhang für viele eine Überschneidung zwischen Feen und Toten gibt.

Die Verbindung zwischen Bealtaine, Feen und den Plejaden wird in der Tat in einigen sehr interessanten Überlieferungen dargestellt.

Für einige ist Bealtaine eine Zeit, in der "böse" Feen umherziehen und in der die Menschen vorsichtig sein sollten, wenn sie mit ihrem Reichtum prahlen oder ihn zur Schau stellen.

Andere assoziieren den Aufgang der Plejaden mit der Vertreibung der "dunklen Feen" bis Samhain, wenn die Plejaden stattdessen bei Sonnenuntergang aufgehen.

Vielleicht ist dieser Wechsel darauf zurückzuführen, dass die Plejaden bei Sonnenuntergang und nicht bei Sonnenaufgang am Nachthimmel erscheinen?

In der irischen Folklore gibt es allerdings keine Kategorie "gute" oder "böse" Feen, so dass es sich hierbei um eine neuere Entwicklung handeln könnte.

Vielleicht liegt die Wahrheit dieses Glaubens aber auch irgendwo dazwischen, und es ist unsere eigene Natur, die bestimmt, wie wir mit den "guten Menschen" umgehen, wenn wir ihnen begegnen! ©David Halpin.

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Nyi & Nidi - Mondphasen

Nyi und Nidi (Nyji und Nidhi oder Nyjar und Nidhar, altnordisch von ný „Neumond" oder auch „das kommende Licht" und nið „Neumond, abnehmender Mond" oder "das gehende Licht") sind zwei Zwerge oder auch himmlische Geister. Sie stammen von Motsognir, dem ersten Zwerg, ab und gehören zu den Erdzwergen.

Alleine aus der Übersetzung Ihrer Namen muss man sie mit den Mondphasen in Verbindung setzen. Mani der Gott des Mondes, lenk die Bahnen des nächtlichen Himmelskörpers und bestimmt Vollmond und Neumond.

In welcher Verbindung diese Zwerge mit den beiden Kinder des Wildfinn, Bil („die abnehmende”) und Hjuki („der zunehmende”), den Begleitern des Mani stehen, ist unbekannt. Denn in erster Linie bilden Bil, Hjuki und Mani zusammen die drei Mondphasen. Welche Aufgabe den Zwergen dabei zuteil kam oder ob sie Personifikationen der Mondphasen waren, bleibt fraglich. Eventuell waren ihre Namen auch nur auf den Zeitpunkt ihrer Geburt zurückzuführen.

𝕾𝖆𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖙𝖘

{Art by Julia Nikita}

The sabbats are holidays celebrated throughout the year on solstices, equinoxes, and the midpoints between them. These sabbats form the Wheel of the year.

There is a controversy surrounding the dates of these holidays, as people celebrate them all over the earth, not only in the northen hemisphere but in the southern too. 

One viewpoint is that the Sabbats should be celebrated as they were originally created to be… in other words, Samhain is October 31st, regardless of where you live. In the Southern Hemisphere, even though you are just gearing up to summer on October 31st, this perspective says that you celebrate the cleansing and releasing, the honouring of the dead just as you would if you lived in the Northern Hemisphere. The other viewpoint (the one I personally agree with) is that you should celebrate when you feel like the season corresponds with the holiday, in other words, your craft, your rules. So if you live in the southern hemisphere, you have the choice.

I’ll be writing the dates for each holiday starting with the northen hemisphere and then the dates that many people celebrate them in the southern hemisphere

🌲𝐘𝐔𝐋𝐄

{December 21st//June 21st}

Yule focuses on rebirth and renewal as the sun makes its way back to the earth. It’s all about new beginnings, reflection and embracing warmth. Much like Christmas, many celebrate with a feast, gift giving, being cosy and appreciating the good.

↟Nature: cedar, frankincense, myrrh, mistletoe, pine, birch, ivy.

↟Foods//flavours: ginger, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, wintergreen, apple, dried fruit.

↟Stones: citrine, ruby, garnet, alexandrite, green tourmaline.

↟Activities: decorate your altar with incense associated with Yule, burn ash wood for prosperity, bake using Yule flavours like ginger or cinnamon, make wreathes to hang around the house, spend time with loved ones.

🕯️𝐈𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐂

{February 1st//August 1st}

Imbolc focuses on celebrating the nature that is preparing to grow and renewal, also known as “candlemas” and the “Feast of Pan”.

↟Nature: basil, blackberry, heather, celandine, iris, wisteria, vanilla, bay, yellow and white flowers.

↟Foods//flavours: pumpkin and sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, peppers, onions, spices, and herbal teas.

↟Stones: amethyst, bloodstone, garnet, ruby, onyx.

↟Activities: decorate with candles and sun decorations, go hiking, have a bonfire, bake foods with poppy seeds, and burn any leftover winter herbs.

🌼𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐀

{March 21st//September 21st}

Ostara focuses on manifesting creativity and love. As the days become longer, energy becomes stronger.

↟Nature: ash, alder, daffodil, honeysuckle, narcissus, primrose, violet, jasmine.

↟Foods//flavours: olives, maple syrup, honey, edible flowers, chocolate, pine nuts, nettle or lavender tea, local fruits and vegetables.

↟Stones: amethyst, rose quartz, moonstone.

↟Activities: gardening and planting seeds, bake breads with olives or honey for example, start new projects, talk to plants, do some painting, decorate with wildflowers.

🌰𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐄

{May 1st//November 1st}

Beltane focuses on fertility, love and abundance. Also known as “may day”, on this sabbat many celebrate with dancing, bonfires and many high energy activities, including enjoying themselves sexually with a partner or even conceiving children.

↟Nature: frankincense, lilac, ivy, marigold, woods, rose, thyme, mint, yarrow.

↟Foods//flavours: oats, leafy greens, fruits, breads, honey.

↟Stones: malachite, amber, fire opal, red jasper.

↟Activities: dance, decorate with florals and symbols of the sea, go to the beach, go hiking, have a bonfire, feast on fruits, vegetables and grains, laugh and let your hair down. And if you’re trying to conceive or simply would like to have sex, Beltane is a wonderful time to do so.

🦋𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐀

{June 21st//December 21st}

Litha focuses on growth and celebrating the longest day of the year and the sun, before the shorter days begin.

↟Nature: fern, yarrow, sage, rose, oak, mugwort, lavender, chamomile, myrrh, pine.

↟Foods//flavours: herbed bread, honey, sunflower seeds, iced herbal tea, lemon, vanilla.

↟Stones: lapis lazuli, amethyst, malachite, tiger’s eye.

↟Activities: make or buy a sun catcher, surround yourself with warm tones, watch the sunrise and sunset, make sun water, spend time outdoors, make use of herbs.

🌾𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐒//𝐋𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐇

{August 2nd//February 2nd}

Lammas, or lughnasadh focuses on celebrating the first of the three harvesting sabbats and taking time to really feel the positivity in different aspects of life.

↟Nature: cornstalks, heather, acacia flowers, hollyhock, oak leaves, wheat, myrtle, spices.

↟Food//flavours: grainy bread, corn, potatoes, nuts, blackberries, wine.

↟Stones: amber, agate, citrine, clear quartz, obsidian, tiger’s eye.

↟Activities: bake bread, make corn dolls, visit a sunflower field, spend time in nature, acknowledged what you are grateful for, journal.

🍁𝐌𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐍

{September 21st//March 21st}

Mabon focuses on honouring the change of the seasons, balance and peace.

↟Nature: sage, pine, marigold, thistle, acorns, milkweed, oak leaves, myrrh.

↟Food//flavours: cinnamon, nuts, beans, dark fruits, pies, soup, butterscotch.

↟Stones: citrine, carnelian, clear quartz, sapphire, yellow agate.

↟Activities: collect pine cones, donate food and old clothes, meditate, dry herbs, spend time with loved ones, speak to the nature around you.

🎃𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐍

{October 31st-November 1st//April 30th-May 1st}

Samhain focuses on celebrating life, and honouring those who are no longer with us.

↟Nature: heather, sage, pumpkins, straw, flax, patchouli, myrrh.

↟Foods//flavours: apples, cider, pumpkin, pies, soups, stews, potatoes, ginger.

↟Stones: amber, black obsidian, fossils, onyx, sandstone, bloodstones.

↟Activities: honour the deceased, spend time with family, make a hearty comforting meal, make or buy a scarecrow, spend time practicing divination.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐭

↟Do a tarot reading relevant to that sabbat.

↟Spend time in the moonlight, charging your crystals and tarot cards, as well as meditating.

↟Bake something using at least one traditional food of that sabbat to share with others.

↟Sage cleanse your living space and any of your magickal items.

↟Write down how you’re feeling and how you’d like to feel in the weeks to come.

Grimoir

This is a collection of myths, deities and rituals in either english or german language.

German

Mythologie

Amerika

Der Inka Pantheon

Mystische Orte der Inka

Ix Chel

Heidentum

Strömungen des Neuheidentums

Neopaganismus

Wicca

Mittlerer Osten

Magie im Islam

Die drei Göttinnen von Mekka

Griechischer Pantheon

Nemesis

Eris/Discordia

Römischer Pantheon

Symbolik

Apotropaion

Augenidole

Die zwölf Archetypen

Rituale & Zauber

Ritual der männlichen Impotenz

Der böse Blick

Atzmann Gedicht

Schutzöl für Empathen

Hoodoo/Voodoo

Goofer Dust

Lougawu

Heilsteine

Brekzienjaspis

Pflanzen

Birnbaum

Rezepte aus der Natur

Deo mit Salbei

Waschmittel aus Asche

Fichtenharzsalbe

English

Spells & Rituals

Storm calling

Spell of courage and strengh

Don't mess with me tongue spell with Orisha Oya (prob. black magick)

Female Rituals

Chinese Gu

Incenses

Empath Protection Oil

Protection Oil

Summer Solstace Simming Pot

Mythology

The Americas

The Nazca Pantheon

The Mayan Pantheon

The Moche/Chimu Pantheon

Huaca de luna creation legend

Germany

Frau Perchta

Greek/Roman Pantheon

Nike/Victoria

Dike

Circe

Eris

Middle East

The First Words God Spoke To Eve

Ishtar

Hoodoo/Voodoo

Women mistaken for lougawu

Symbols

Master the devil archetype