I Think The Only Thing Wrong With Some Of Us Is That We’re Being Robbed Of Traditional Jobs Like Woodworking

“Start from where you are. Don´t wait until you have everything figured out. You´re never going to feel ready if you never start. You´ll improve along the way.”

— The Fool (The Tarot Insight)

I wanna have a big garden, where i can grow my vegetables, fruits and herbs, spend the whole night looking after my flowers and harvesting apples, listen to the bird's singing and relax under shade of trees

Also I talked about this on my other blogs but it bears repeating.

Dreamcatchers are not witchy. They’re not magical. Their only spiritual meaning is that they were taught to us by an Ojibwe mythological figure to protect our children when they’re out of her reach. They’re essentially glorified and blessed baby mobiles.

🌟🌹💐⭐😂❤💕☺😍😘😇💗

your last 12 used emojis will tell you how 2020 is going to be for you

Drawing Sigils: My Way

Dedicated to the anon who asked, thank you~ <3

 My sigils are basically just a variant of the Witch’s Sigil Wheel. I’ve just added my own flare to it. If you don’t know what that is, it’s this thing, you kind find pictures of it on google pretty easy.

The first thing you’re gonna want to do is come up with your phrase. This will set the sigils intention. We’re gonna use the phrase “The Earth keeps me safe” for this example. Once you’ve got that figured out, pick out the words that are most important to you. We’re going to use “Earth” and “Safe” as our keywords.

(note: traditionally letters that are doubled are taken out, and only single appearing letters make the points.)

Next thing you’re gonna do, is draw lines from one letter to the next. You’ll be making separate lines for each word. Feel free to curve some of these lines, but i think it looks like a mountain or a crystal so we’re gonna keep it c:

And then the next word.

This is really starting to look like a crystal in my eyes! Now it’s time to add some flare. One thing I like to do is add circles around letters that have multiple points on them. And I add crossing lines to any other line that doesn’t have an angle or connection.

To really long lines, I like to add another line parallel to it.

The last part, make it personal! Add some sort of your own flare to it.

I played around with the crystal idea that I was getting, and added things to make it look sparkling and an arrow in the middle to represent protection. 

Lastly I like to keep my sigils in circles, but feel free to skip this step and call it done! Here’s what I came up with!

If you make one, please reblog with a picture! I’d love to see ^u^ Hopefully this helps.

Centering, Grounding, and Shielding

- From my Grimoire

A Preface

Something that I don’t think enough people cover when it comes to The Craft, is how to keep yourself protected when doing spells and rituals, or communicating with spirits. This is a very basic aspect of witchcraft, so I’d like to take a moment to go in depth on the topic to make sure that as many people as possible, can find something that will work for them! Of course though, there will be some methods that I either don’t have experience with or may have simply forgot to mention. Find what works best for you and your practice, and look at some other articles or books as well!

Centering

First off, what is centering? This is basically you preparing yourself and getting in the mindset of doing a spell/ritual. This is taking a moment to yourself to make sure you’re intentions are in the right place, and everything is set up and ready to go. Centering isn’t too difficult to do, so there’s honestly not too much to say on the topic.

Method I like to begin centering with meditation. Relax yourself and get into the “witch headspace”, if you will. Cleanse yourself, and maybe even take a shower or a bath. Next thing is to gather your thoughts, write some questions down on a piece of paper or on your computer and answer them. Things like “What is my motivation?” “What outcome do I want” “How do I want to do this?” If you really take a moment to understand what you’re doing and where your heart lies, your spell will be at it’s most effective.

Grounding

Grounding is an important thing to do after any spell you perform. While it doesn’t necessarily hurt to do before a spell, it can limit your meta-physical performance. Grounding is connecting you back to the earth and bringing you back to your physical body, getting your head out of the clouds if you will, and sometimes when performing a spell that’s where you want your head to be. If you’re working with any earth based magick though, this can greatly help, so just figure out what works best for the kind of spell you’re doing.

Methods

Roots - This is my covens favorite method to ground. This is basically where you have a meditative moment, plant your feet on the ground, and “sink your roots in”. First thing you wanna do is get in some kind of contact with the ground or floor, just anything that is a solid foundation. Plant your hands or feet flat and start by breathing deeply. You wanna really take in the energy from the earth, pay attention to all of your surroundings and take in the moment. Next close your eyes and start focusing your energy at your hands or feet. (You may feel your hands start to tingle or even go mildly numb) Lastly, release that energy and push it into the earth. Let it soak in deep, and if visualization helps, imagine your roots growing down.

Going outside is another very good method to reconnect with the Earth. If at all possible, I like to go outside barefoot and feel the grass on my feet. Really connect to the earth, take in your surroundings and walk around as much as you feel comfortable.

A Dump Stone - Just about any stone will work, but generally stone that come from bodies of water, have holes, or are green or black tend to work the best. Basically just hold the stone in your hand and let any and all negative energy flow out from you into the stone. Stones can handle quite a bit of negative energy so don’t be afraid to let it all come out. After you’re done though, you’re immediately going to want to cleanse your crystal with whichever method works best for you. I prefer to let mine sit in salt overnight, or until the feel done.

Drinking a cold glass of water, splashing cold water on your face, or even taking a really quick cold shower is also a really good way to ground yourself. It’s all about being present in your body, and nothing can bring you back into the now like some cold water can.

Shielding and Wards

Shielding yourself is important when it comes to any kind of magick, because there truly are negative entities and energies out there that like to take advantage of people. It’s a sad truth, but this is why we learn to protect ourselves spiritually. Putting up a shield or ward isn’t difficult, and sometimes you do it without even realizing!

Shielding Methods

Visualization - This is my favorite method to teach beginners because it doesn’t require any tools just you, and yourself. The begin, start by getting into a calm relaxed state, maybe even meditate before hand. Next, imagine a ring of light around yourself starting at your feet. This light can look like anything, be any color, and be any shape so the only limit is your imagination. Once you have the ring of light, imagine it slowly coming up around your body, let it fill your heart with warmth and let it remind you that you are safe spiritually and no negative entity can harm you. Once it has made a complete bubble around yourself, say some affirmations and remind yourself that you’re strong and can handle anything. The more you believe in yourself, then the stronger this shield will become. 

Smoky Quartz or any other black stone, when kept on the person or placed at the feet can create a ward as well. For those less imaginative, this is a very good alternative because you have the crystal to support you as well. 

Magick Circle - There are many ways to open a magick circle, but heres a really simple method. Hold one of your hands out, palm up and focus your energy in your hand. (You may get that warm, tingly, or numb feeling, if not though thats okay!) Really let it bubble up into your fingertips, and once there, point a finger out and draw a circle around yourself and say some simple affirmations of safety and peace. Just like the visualization method, this works best the more you have faith and believe in yourself. 

Simply stating that you are, or feel safe is another way to shield yourself spiritually. You remember how when you were little and alone in your room at night and you thought you heard something scary? You covered your head up with a blanket right? Do you remember how safe you felt after doing that, like how nothing could get you? That was quite literally you putting up a shield. Remember your intentions and feelings are the most important thing in magick, always keep that in mind!

Warding Methods Wards are another variation of shields, but these are things you put on the physical plane rather than a spiritual one. 

Runes/Sigils - A really good way to set up a ward is to carve or draw some runes either into the side of a doorframe, a candle, or even on a piece of paper to burn later! If you’re going to carve them into wood or draw them, charge the tool you’re going to be doing it with. If your going to use a candle, burn the candle whenever you feel like you need it most! And as for burning paper, keep the ashed around and maybe even sprinkle them into every corner of the room.

Salt - Put lines of salt on the top of your door and window frames, and sprinkle some in every corner of the room.

Stones - Certain stones are said to be warning stones and will break if danger is near by. Malachite is one of these stones, and is fairly easy to get your hands on. Place this stone above door and window frames as well. 

Holy/Blessed Water - A drop placed in every corner of the room creates a barrier around the room.

Brooms/Staffs - Place in the corners of rooms, and said to fall over if danger is near by.

Black Candles - Burning a black candle is said to bring protection and keep a room hidden from spirits. 

🎃 Samhain 🎃

Hi loves, hope you all are doing well!

Today we are going to be learning about Samhain, since we are now officially in the spooky scary time of the month!

What is Samhain?

Samhain is a festival of Celtic origin (Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland and France) and is also known as Celtic New Year's Day.

It marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, also called the 'darker half' of the year.

Traditionally, it is celebrated on October 31st at sunset and ends on November 1st sunset.

Samhain was the time when the doorways to the Otherworld opened (the veil between worlds becomes the thinnest), and this allowed supernatural beings and souls of the dead to come into our world.

Due to this, Samhain is known as a festival for the dead.

What are its correspondents?

Colour

Black, Orange, Purple, White, Gold, Silver

Animals

Black cats, Bats, Owls, Ravens

Foods

Apples, Pumpkins, Butternut squash, Sweet potatoes, Turnips, Apple Cider, Root Vegetables, Tea Brack, Hazelnuts, Pomegranate

Crystals

Obsidian, Jet, Onyx, Bloodstone, Smokey quartz, Aquamarine, Carnelian

Incense

Sandalwood, Sage, Patchouli, Sweetgrass

Herbs

Allspice, Rosemary, Sage, Nutmeg, Mint

Deities

Bast, Ishtar, Anubis, Cernunnos, Herne, The Horned God, Loki, Odin, Osiris

Simple Ways to Celebrate

Carving pumpkins!

Recreating old family recipes

Hazelnut and Blackberry picking

Decorate your altar (If you have or use one!)

Bake some Samhain inspired recipes such as brack!

Search for fossils!

Decorate your home!

If you have cats at home spend some or more time with them!

See you later loves! I will try to update some more spells and maby recipes later on!

This won’t be WW3. This won’t be WW1 or WW2. This won’t be an alliance of countries coming together, a war of drafts and rationing. There will be no Rosie the Riveter and no victory meats. No war bonds and no D Day. There is no holocaust to end and no ally country to liberate. 

This will be another Iraq and Afghanistan war. This will be another Gulf War. This will be American drones bombing the shit out of innocent civilians half a world away so often that it won’t even be reported on. This will be American snipers committing war crimes you won’t even hear about. This will military recruiters going to your high school, promising your friends free college that they could never afford otherwise, this will be your classmates dying in a desert on the other side of the world. This will towns bombed into rubble and another million Americans with PTSD to be abandoned by the VA. Hundreds of thousands of dead civilians and another 50,000 vets homeless on the streets when they get back. 

For what? For oil. For power. To make the American voter forget about Impeachment as the 2020 election cycle kicks in. 

Don’t let them do it. 

Simple spell pouches!

Spell pouches/bags are wonderful, and really fun to make–you can fill them with things to set a particular intention to carry with you, or supplies for a spell on the go. Here are a few I’ve made before, but these are so easy to come up with yourself–just research meanings of items, find ones that speak to you! These ones use mostly items which are very easy and cheap to come across, to make them more accessible to low budget or closet witches 💕

Spell bag to attract love

Use ideally a red or pink pouch, put in as many of these as you like.

Rose quartz

Ruby

Garnet

Rose petals

Lavender

Jasmine

A small charm eg. A heart

A sigil for love

Then close the pouch and say “I fill this with objects of love, and seal it with my intention to find romance. So I will it, so mote it be.”

Spell bag to attract prosperity

For this, use a green or blue bag.

Aventurine

Emerald

Jade

Smoky quartz

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Mint

Sage

A coin/other symbol of prosperity

“My life will be full of prosperity, I invite it and am ready to receive. So I will it, so mote it be.”

Spell bag for a successful career

Use an orange or purple bag.

Amethyst

Gold

Carnelian

Cinnamon

Lavender

Peppermint

Nutmeg

A symbol of your job/desired job

“May this pouch bring me assistance and good fortune in my career. I invite success, so I will it, so mote it be.”

Spell bag for healing

Use a blue bag.

Agate

Carnelian

Clear quartz

Red jasper

Onyx

Dandelion

Rosemary

Thyme

Nettle

Cord/thread in blue to symbolise rebinding yourself during healing

“I charge thus pouch to bring me healing in whatever way I require. May my pain be eased: so I will it, so mote it be.” (you can change this to be more specific to a certain kind of healing)

Spell bag to ease anxiety

Use a purple or blue bag.

Amethyst

Blue agate

Rosemary

Lavender

Bay leaf

Bead/charm which you find calming or have a connection to.

“I fill this pouch with my need and intention for calm. May it channel a sense of calm when I need it most. So I will it, so mote it be.”