I'm with y'all. Altars can be whatever and where ever. For me, in my bedroom, I have a special spot and its just an antique roll top desk, but its for my baby dragons, my crystals, and mostly for soothing my nerves. My other altar area (where most of my pictures are taken), is the dining room. That fluctuates constantly because of what I need to do for the day or of I'm doing my journaling. But it's a space where I mentally set up so I can get stuff done, or my ADHD will come in and I lose focus.
Been seeing a lot of 'you don't need an altar to practice' discourse and while I do believe that can be true for some practices, it is not true for mine.
Altar building is essential in my practice. I make an altar anywhere I worship. I go on a hike and want to offer the apple I brought? Then the stone I sit on is my altar. I want to do some yoga in the park? I bring some food, some water, and maybe a crystal or two. My altar is the dirt and the grass. I want to dance for Hathor in my living room? I move the things I need to the coffee table and that is my altar. My altars are constantly changing and moving. I am always building and taking down altars.
Yes, you don't *need* an altar to practice. Yet, there are so, so many more altars than a permanent one in a room.
Do I have a permanent altar? Yes. I have many. Do I use them? Honestly, barely at all. My most commonly used altars are the ones I build for a particular need and then take down after I am finished. Most don't even last two hours.
If you feel the need to have an altar for your practice, don't be ashamed to have transient ones.
Yay! I have been needing more resources!
MY FAV FRENCH RESOURCES ๐ซ๐ท๐
this my recent post on my studygram and I wanted to post it on here ๐งธ
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Take care of your mother.
๐ฑ Green Witch: volunteering at community gardens, planting trees, recycling garbage into pots
๐ Sea Witch: trash pickups, guiding sea turtles, raising awareness for over fishing
โ Solar Witch: turning off the lights during the day and letting the sun in, supporting solar energy, growing sunflowers and leaving their seeds for birds
โ Kitchen Witch: cooking vegan/plant based meals, buying local ingredients, remembering reusable grocery bags and travel mugs
๐ Hedge Witch: cleaning up trash in graveyards, growing plants that attract spirits, making your own candles from leftover wax and clementine caps
โก Strom Witch: using rainwater for plants, appreciating electricity keeping it off during the day and admiring it at night, supporting wind power
๐ Urban Witch: guerilla gardening, walking/biking instead of driving (or carpool), supporting eco friendly buisnesses
๐ Lunar Witch: recycling to make decor for a nocturnal garden (ft. moonflowers and silvery things), leaving out bird baths that make reflective pools at night, turning the lights off at night to let her shine
๐ฎ Crystal Witch: collecting your own stones & tumbling them at home, advocating against damaging mining projects
๐ธ Fae Witch: starting a butterfly garden, leaving out bee rest stops, building bird houses from recyled goods
I know Iโm leaving out some stuff so feel free to add on with your own ideas, tips, types, and how toโs!
~ That Witch
I went on a walk today, I have been trying to go on daily walks, but I might have a skip day every now and then, but today I decided to take pictures of Lemon Park. So my area is thick with history of being you know...racist. A town called Kingman which is about 45 minutes away was KKK headquarters for this area. There are certain towns including Pratt definitely have creepy vibes, and we certainly have ghosts. Lemon Park is no exemption to creepy vibes. Stories go that the lynchings happened at the park as well cultist rituals. Everyone that talks about the park, it certainly begins to feel unwelcoming and after the sun goes down. It was also said to be common place for people to commit suicide, and I lived in town for 10 years now, there has been at least one of two that I know of. I think I'll find another place to walk.
๐ astrology sign?
๐ favorite crystal?
๐ฎ favorite form of divination?
๐ง๐ฟโโ๏ธ do you look up to a guru/psychic/spiritual leader?
๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ have you had any paranormal experiences?
๐ are you working with a deity?
๐ฟ describe your altar
๐ฏ๏ธdo you have a favorite spell/ritual?
๐งฟ what persuaded you to start practicing?
๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ what kind of witch are you?
๐ are you currently manifesting anything?
๐ข do you see angel numbers?
๐ฝ do you channel spirits/interdimensional beings?
๐ have you had spiritual experiences under the influence?
๐๐ผ what puts you in a spiritual mood?
๐๏ธ what are your psychic/intuitive abilities?
๐ have you ever hexed anyone?
๐ถ do you chant or listen to meditation music?
๐ whatโs most profound experience spiritually?
๐ have you experienced a โdark night of the soulโ for witchcraft? How did you get back into it?
๐บ do most people know about your craft, or do you keep it a secret?
๐ are you into spiritual conspiracies?
๐ what are your thoughts on cryptids/magical animals?
๐๏ธ are you a religious witch?
๐๏ธ have you ever manipulated a situation to your favor using witchcraft?
๐ชฆ do you contact your ancestors?
๐ซง whatโs your favorite method of cleansing?
ใก๐ฅ
Busy mums
This post is dedicated to the bees, make sure you do your part to save the bees!ย
Facts to increase your love for bees:
They have personalities.
They can recognize human faces.
Their honey contains all the substances needed to sustain life.
Eating Honey can make you smarter.
Honeybees can only sting once.
They beat their wings up to 200 times per second.
Honeybees are the only insects that produce food for humans.
Bees donโt sleep.
All worker bees are female.
Ways to attract bees:
Plant flowers that attract bees.
Build a bee houses.
Place bee waterers and bee baths around your garden.
Do not use pesticides or herbicides of any kind.
Plants that attract bees:
Bee balm
Lavender
Crocus
Snow Drop
Wildflowers/Any native species
Catmint
Borage
Anise hyssop
Heliotrope
Sunflower
Oregano
Yarrow
Coneflower
Black eyed susan
Asters
Goldenrod
Foxglove
Marigold
Pansies
Sweet peas
Nasturtiums
Bee folklore:
It is unlucky to kill bees.
Believed to have the knowledge of the future and all secrets.ย
If a bee lands on your hand, it suggests money is on itโs way.
If a bee lands on someones head, they will become successful in life.ย
If a bee flies into a home, it means either good luck or a stranger is on their way. If you kill the bee it means the stranger will be bringing bad news.
Seeing a single bee will bring luck.
Bees buzzing around a childโs head foretells a happy, successful life.
Bee mythology:
Ancient Egyptian pharaohs used the bee as their royalty symbol. They believed honey bees were born from the tears of the sun God, Ra. To the Egyptians, bees represented resurrection and protected against evil spirits.ย
Druids believed that bees represented the sun, the Goddess, celebration, and community.
The Greeks thought that a babies whose lips where touched by a bee would become a great poet or a great speaker. In ancient Greece it was also thought that they symbolized industry, hard work, messengers of the dead, and obedience. Honey was often used as an offering to their Gods. They also believed bees were the surviving souls of the priestesses who served the Goddess Aphrodite.ย
They have been seen as a symbol of sacredness and could be associated with the Great Mother or Divine feminine. The Mother can be symbolized as the queen bee.ย
In Celtic mythology honey bees had great wisdom and thought to be messengers between worlds. Honey was sacred and used in rituals.
In some cultures they can be associated with purity, health, and wealth. Some also believed bees were a symbol of the human soul.
The druids believed that bees symbolized the sun, the goddess, celebration, and community.
Deities associated with bees and honey:
Aphrodite
Ra
Vishnu
Pan
Vishnu
Cybele
Mellona
Melissa (Melisae)
Neith
Apollo
Artemis
Freya
Thor
Demeter
Bees in Magick:
Bees are closely associated with the fae and their presence in gardens which indicates blessings of fae. Encourage the bees, by putting up bee houses, hives, planting bee-friendly plants and waterers and not using pesticides. Thus, encouraging the blessings from the fae, while harming bees can anger them and cause them to seek revenge.ย
The symbol of a bee can be used to seal a spell with sweetness for one who appreciates good will and a sting for one who takes it for granted or doesnโt keep his end of the bargain.ย
Honey stirred into your tea canย โsweetenโ your day.ย
Honey is used often in magick to sweeten a situation.
Anointing your lips with honey will make your words sound sweeter.ย
Bees in your dreams:
May be a good omen.
Bees in your dreams may be telling you to take a look at your social networks. They may be pointing toward a desire for more harmonious and functional relationships, or celebrating the ones you already have.
A visit from a bee in a dream may also be notifying you that a friend or family member needs to speak with you. You will know as this person will also pop into your mind somehow. It means call them or perhaps, that you will hear from them soon.
Dreaming of a beehive usually relates to the home and family or your business and coworkers. A happy, buzzing hive means a happy, buzzing home. It may foretell incoming abundance, and fruitful times ahead. If the bees are swarming around the hive, rather than working in it, proceed with caution. There is a lack of harmony that is interfering with productivity.
A swarm of bees may indicate that you feel that a group of people upon whose cooperation you rely is becoming chaotic and out of control. Perhaps the need to balance your own interactions with your different business and social groups for your own sanity.
Beehives bring to mind abundance and prosperity: bees seem to work hard and are rewarded by flowing stores of honey. An empty beehive, then, represents the opposite: lost opportunity and financial misfortune.
A beehive can also represent a home. The fullness or emptiness of the beehive may indicate unconscious feelings about family life, marriage, children, or the house itself. Honey may represent your property or belongings.
A beehive on fire or burned bees are often interpreted depending on your emotional and physical condition. Burned bees may mean you are overcoming fear and want to take control of life and anger, are youโre progressing through life with more confidence without any fear of obstacles. Burned beehives can also mean you have lost something precious, like money, a relationship, or some valuable information that youโve forgotten or ignored.
If a bee or a swarm of bees is chasing you in dream, it may mean there is some unsettled business or a memory that haunts you. Make sure you let it go from your mind or deal with it in order to avoid these bees.
If you dream about getting a bee sting then something may be bothering you, or you have a persistent annoyance in your life. Concerns about your relationship, career, finance, or some unknown issue is bugging your subconscious mind. Find out what it is and sort it out.
Magickal uses for Honey:
Can be used in binding spells to symbolically stick things together.
Used for offerings to fae and deities.
Can sweeten a person or a situation.
ย Honey is sacred to Aphrodite.
Can be used in spells corresponding to purification, health, love, happiness, spirituality, wisdom, good fortune, fertility,ย
Use certain types of honey that corresponded with your spell.
Bathe in warm water and honey to attract love.
A dish filled with honey can attract angels and beneficial spirits.
Do your part to save the bees they are an important part of our life and in our magick practices.ย
May the moon light your path!
==Moonlight Academy==
Sources: witchipedia.com, kitchenwitchuk.blogspot.ca, exemplore.com
You can treat this as an ask game or journal prompts leading up to Beltane โย I might do both!
Talk about....
๐ฅ A favourite ritual ๐ A deity or spirit you used to work with ๐ A deity or spirit you currently work with ๐ป A magical encounter in nature โ A magical encounter in the city ๐ A time you improvised with what you had ๐ถ A risky offering ๐ฅ A working that didn't work out ๐ฆ A mentor or person who's influenced your practice ๐ฑ A skill you're working on ๐ An offering you're proud of โก A favourite collaboration ๐พ The furthest you've ever travelled for magical purposes ๐บ An ancestor (blood or chosen) ๐ฌ A culturally specific belief or practice of yours ๐ฆ A mistake (that you're willing to talk about) โ An ethic or value that's central to your practice ๐ One way that your practice has changed ๐ Something you miss about an older version of your practice ๐ฆ A bad habit ๐ A magical gift (either something you're Gifted At, or a gift you've received) ๐ Your magical/spiritual community ๐ฎ A memorable divination session ๐ A dream or vision ๐ฃ A goal for your practice
hey if you're trans in the us i love you. hey if you're queer in the us i love you. hey if you're a person of color in the us i love you. hey if you're a woman in the us i love you. hey if you're disabled in the us i love you. i love you i love you i love you