✨ Magick Throughout The Week ✨

✨Wish Spell ✨

Here is a quick and easy wish spell that has worked very well for me.

Needed:

A leaf🍃

Pen🖊

The outdoors 🌳

Intention 💭

Directions:

Take a leaf and write down whatever you wish for.

After meditating on this wish, take the leaf outside and find either a rock or stream.

Leave the leaf either under the rock or throw it into the stream and watch it float away.

As the leaf travels down stream or withers under the rock, you give your wish to the Earth and She takes care of it.

Make sure to thank Her, and then let the wish you wish be given fully to the Earth.

Stay magickal lovlies🔮

🎨 falconhealingarts

Part of getting older is realizing how absolutely insane it is that basically every form of media is constantly trying to convince us that the most interesting moments of the lived human experience are happening in HIGH SCHOOL…… girl who gives a flying fuck what 16 year olds are doing.

blooming is not a competition

To all white wiccans/pagans out there: following a closed deity is racist. Fuck off. You are not allowed to have our deities.

What is an Altar?

Altars are a hub of your magickal energy. A lot of witches perform spells there, seeing it as a source of valuable energy. It is also a place of worship if you have patron deities. For worshippers, this is where you would communicate and give offerings to said deities. This is also a wonderful space to charge and store your magickal tools. Altars are not a witchcraft-specific object, either- most christian churches have Altars dedicated to Jesus Christ as well!

What can be considered an Altar?

Anything that you use for any of the above can be considered an Altar. I use a bookcase as an altar but it can be anything from a table to an entire room to something as small as a suitcase or even an altoid can- something used commonly among closeted witches as it is not easily found or recognized by loved ones who might be so pleased with the concept of Witchcraft.

How do I decorate my Altar?

You can decorate it in any way you like! An altar, like the Craft in itself, is an extremely personal concept. However, here are various common ways I have seen some being decorated:

To honor their ancestors

To celebrate the seasons

To celebrate holidays such as Ostara or Yule

To honor their deities

Minimalist, having only their supplies and tools with it

Here are some ideas for each one one of these examples on the above list:

To Honor Your Ancestors 

Give Offerings of their favorite foods 

Decorate it in their favorite colors

 Have pictures of them on it 

Leave letters addressed to them on the Altar, sending your love and appreciation to them wherever they may be in the afterlife.

To Celebrate the Seasons 

Spring- decorate in bright colors such as yellow and pinks; regularly have flowers (real or fake) on or near it; dedicate your Altar to your patron fertility/life/nature deity 

Summer- decorate in bold colors such as reds and greens; leave plants such as cacti or produce plants like tomato plants on or near it; leave offerings of fresh (preferably local and in-season) plants on it; dedicate your Altar to your patron god of passion/sun/hard-work 

Fall- decorate in muted and comforting colors such as browns and oranges; leave offerings of wheat/cinnamon/squash; leave a small letter addressed to your late loved ones in this time of thinned veil; dedicated your Altar to your patron god of harvest. 

Winter- decorate in colors such as whites or blues or even black; leave sprigs of evergreen tree needles or cones near or on it; dedicate it to your patron god of death or life cycles

To Celebrate the Holidays 

Samhain- In this time of the thinnest veil, you would want to decorate your altar in a way similar to the way you would in honor of your ancestors. See above for ideas regarding that. 

Yule- Leave an (artificial) burning yule log on it, have sun imagery to celebrate the return of the sun 

Imbolc- Leave a burning candle (or an artificial candle on) on your altar all day; decorate with a bundle of wheat, a pomegranate, or other symbolism of fertility 

Ostara- Decorate with jasper or incense for jasmine or any other floral scent; leave offerings of food; if possible, move it in front of the sun

Beltane- Decorate with phallic decorations; leave items on it that bring great joy to your life, leave a candle of an earthy smell burning 

Litha- Decorate with imagery of the moon to welcome the growing darkness; leave it in dark colors for the same reason; similar to Imbolc, display symbols of fertility 

Lammas- Decorate in Fall-themed colors; Leave an offering of (preferably home-made) bread 

Mabon- Decorate your Altar in items and symbols of things that you are grateful for; leave a letter of thanks to your deity; cover in colors of transition such as orange-red, grays, blue-green, etc.

To Honor your Deities 

Cover your altar in their patron colors

 Display symbolism of their domain (for ex. A bowl of salt-water if they are over the Sea)

If their worship permits, display a portrait or artistic rendition of them! Feel free to do this yourself, no matter how you gauge your artistic abilities. I’ve even seen people represent gods with dressed-up dolls or barbies 

Light an incense in a smell that reminds you of them

The Minimalist Approach 

Typically these kinds of altars hold simply the tools of the trade and representations of the elements (none of this is mandatory ever and you should follow your gut with what is necessary for you): 

Incense to represent air 

Candles or light to represent fire 

A bowl of water to represent… well… water 

A bowl of salt to represent Earth 

Athame 

Candles 

Crystals

Wand

Hey Guys! I made some more printable reference sheets for y’all! You can download them along with my other reference sheets and printables here. Feel free to request printables and reference sheets as I am always looking for ideas to create more!! Also! Feel free to share Altar tips and decorating ideas on this post ^_^

CraftingWitch

M A G I C • H E R B S

A Good Night’s Sleep Mojo Bag and Oil

There are two projects pictured here.

~ * ~ A Good Sleep Mojo Bag ~ * ~

1. Amythest - Relaxation

2. Rosemary - Eliminate bad dreams

3. Lavender - Calm an anxious mind

~ * ~ A Good Sleep Body/Annointing Oil ~ * ~

This oil can be worn and can be used to feed your mojo bag.

1. 9 drops of lavender oil

2. 9 drops of chamomile

3. Fill the rest of the bottle with a carrier oil

4. Add amythest chips

5. Add lavender buds

6. Shake and infuse with your intent. Conduct a ritual to aid sleep.

Clear and clean your space and materials before beginning. I cleaned my space and materials with sage and Florida water. Please let me know if you want a more detailed post!

flower correspondences.

Carnation: protection, strength, energy, luck, healing

Daffodil: luck, fertility, love

Daisy: love, flirtation, hope, innocence, children

Gardenia: harmony, healing, love, peace

Geranium: fertility, love, healing, courage, protection

Hyacinth: love, happiness, protection

Iris: purification, blessings, wisdom, peace, harmony, love

Jasmine: the moon, feminine energy, seduction, sensuality, love, meditation, spirituality, harmony, prosperity

Lavender: relaxation, sleep,  peace, harmony, tranquility, love, purification, healing, house blessing

Lilac: protection, banishing negative energy

Lily: protection, elimination of hexes, death, afterlife, rebirth, cycles

Lily of the Valley: mental ability, concentration, happiness

Pansy: divination, communication, happiness, love

Poppy: tranquility, fertility, prosperity, love, sleep, invisibility

Rose: healing, divination, tranquility, harmony, psychic ability, spirituality, protection

Snapdragon: protection against illusion and deception, reflect negative energy to its source

Sunflower: sun, solar energy, happiness, success, health, welcome, family

Tulip: prosperity, abundance, protection, love, happiness

Violet: peace, hope, harmony, protection, luck, love, sleep, tranquility, calm nightmares, fertility, abundance

Cinquefoil: eloquence, cunning, money, protection, sleep, prophetic dreams, purification, love

Dandelion: longevity, enhances psychic ability, intuition, spiritual and emotional cleanser

Chinacea: healing

Eyebright: pierces through illusion, truth, certainty, psychic ability

Fennel: courage, strength, cleansing

Feverfew: love, fidelity, protection, healing

Flax: money, protection, beauty, healing

Heather: protection, rain, luck

Heliotrope: clairvoyance, psychic abilities, health, money

Hibiscus: love, lust, divination, harmony, peace

Honeysuckle: abundance, luck, prosperity, eases sorrow, enhances psychic abilities

Hops: healing, sleep

Lotus: blessing, mediation, protection

Marigold: positive energy, protection, eases legal stress, increases psychic awareness, peace

Meadowsweet: peace, love, happiness, psychic awareness

Patchouli: money, fertility, lust, clairvoyance, divination, love, attraction

Rue: protection, mental abilities, purification, health, comfort

St John’s Wort: courage, power of the sun, fertility, purification, healing, positive energy

Valerian: purification, protection, healing, love, sleep, attraction

source: the green witch by arin murphy-hiscock.