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Witch Bullet Journal Ideas

Start simple

Stay consistent

Incorporate magick

Experiment

Index

Future log

Monthly log

-Monthly tarot pull

Reference page

-Crystal correspondences

-Herb index

-Moon magic

-Deity offerings

Daily log

-Daily tarot pulls

-Lunar calendar

Creative page

-Sigil magick

-Vison board

This will help you stay organized and focus on your spiritual goals, deepen your understanding and it's a creative outlet.

It seems like between 2 pm to 4 pm it's Tumblr discourse session. Then 4 pm to 5 pm, damage control/quarantine the problem. 5 pm to midnight it's informational posts. Morning seems to be obviously good morning posts and aesthetics. Then between 11 to 1 it kinda slows down, maybe with some update for past posts, and maybe some news updates. 1 to 2 is lunch. Then repeat. No shade, I like predictability.

As somebody with ADHD as well, how do you balance a secular witchcraft practice and deity worship? Also, ty for showing me that I can separate the two!!

Good question! UPG and secular witchy things ahoy.

The way I see it, my witchcraft and my pagan practices are pretty much two separate things. When I'm venerating my deities or making offerings, that is Bree the Pagan doing the thing. While there may be special occasions where magical ritual as part of that, like around Samhain, it's not the focus.

When I'm creating or casting a spell, 99% of the time I'm not asking for divine aid, I don't require it, I don't think about it. I'm relying on my own resources and tools to make things happen. And while there may be some special occasions where I invoke my patrons for aid, usually for protection, that's not the focus.

So I'm a witch who also happens to be a polytheist pagan, rather than a polytheist pagan witch, if that makes sense. When I talk about my witchcraft, I talk about magic and technique and theory and such, but not my deities. When I talk about my paganism, I talk about my deities and veneration and my experiences with them, but not my witchcraft.

Surprisingly, my ADHD doesn't really affect my ability to compartmentalize in this way. I rather feel like it makes it easier to say The Witchcraft Is Over Here and The Paganism Is Over Here. Separating the two also helps eliminate a source of anxiety for me. Relying on the input of others to help me accomplish my goals has, historically speaking, been fraught with disappointment. So if I'm just relying on myself, it's easier to fully invest my energy and determination into the working, without the distraction of worrying whether the additional aid will come through or if I'm doing something "wrong" with regard to the inclusion of a deity or annoying them by asking for help.

So yes, it is perfectly possible to separate the two things. You can be a witch without being a pagan or a pagan without being a witch. Or you can be both without putting chocolate in your peanut butter, as it were.

Hope this helps!

I understand that this is the season of renewal, rebirth, and change. But..hear me out I would like to get off this roller coaster of emotions! Got a job, been doing pretty good, there is talk of a promotion, and then I was handed a eviction notice. Granted, we all knew this was coming, landlord's son is needing to sell the properties because dad and mom are in the nursing home. I understand, not mad about that.

As much as my current house has irked me, it saddens me that I have to let it go. This house was a starting point for me six years ago getting back on my feet, with a roommate that was like a mom. We encountered good times and bad times together. She lost her son and dad, and she watched me lose my step dad and others. But also, I lost her. She died in the house while my boyfriend and I were at work. My boyfriend was the one that found though because I needed my tax papers.

I understand change isn't easy, I have been through plenty to know that. I know all the people I have lost would want me to do better. But this hits different. I'm not scared, we're only moving like 30 minutes away, it's not that. I just feel melancholy about it all.

I have some advice from a wise old witch, "It is our job as a community to help others learn and grow. But that doesn't mean that everyone who is welcomed gets a place at your dinner table."

grimoire organization ideas 🔮

what is a grimoire?

a grimoire can be defined as a book of magical spells and invocations; sometimes used interchangeably with "book of shadows" but you can call it whatever you want.

what should i write my grimoire in / on?

a grimoire can be handwritten or typed, there is no wrong way to construct your grimoire. (for example, my grimoire is typed in a one note document but also stretched across many, many different notebooks and composition books)

what can i put in my grimoire?

about the author

favorites: color, magical tools, herbs, crystals

tarot birth card, astrology birth chart, personal beliefs, relationship with deities or other spiritual beings

basics 

intent

visualization

meditation

terminology

protection, cleansing, & banishing using various energies: shields & wards, circle casting / take down, protective amulets

enchanting items 

clockwise vs. counterclockwise 

other how-to’s, such as anointing items and dressing a candle

general correspondences

days of the week, lunar phases, colors, incense, essential oils, elements

correspondences based on intent 

protection, healing, cleansing, banishing, luck, wealth, love, emotions, mental clarity, psychic awareness, cursing, etc.

altar ideas

crystals

crystal grid designs, crystal correspondences & folklore, gem water / crystal elixir recipes, crystal care 

herbs, spices, plants, flowers, & trees

correspondences, edible vs. non-edible, botanicals with medicinal value, folklore, gardening 

divination

tarot, runes, pendulum, scrying, etc.

spreads

interpretations 

astrology

birth chart + traits, planetary correspondences, planetary hours, zodiac correspondences, moon / star / sun water

sigils & symbols

how to create, personal sigils, other symbols & talismans 

psychic abilities 

identification of personal abilities (clairvoyance, claircognizance, clairaudience, clairsentience, clairambience, etc.)

meditation techniques to strengthen abilities 

personal experiences

important dates

sabbats, wheel of the year, magical anniversaries, astronomical & astrological phenomena (meteor showers, planetary alignments, etc.)

recipes

food

potions (potions are edible and consumable liquids!!!)

beauty products: salt scrubs, sugar scrubs, lotions, lip balm

natural remedies: salves, ointments, balms, poultices 

cleaning products: floor washes, window cleaner, wood cleaner, etc.

powders

witchy crafts

glitter jars, witch ladders, wand-making, crystal jewelry, etc. 

spells & enchantments

sachets, spell jars / bottles, knot magic, candle spells, powder spells, curses, protective magic, etc.

magical goals

good luck! ✨

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"So this is how liberty dies... With thunderous applause."

This Week Has Been Rough

I found out yesterday I had two more deaths in the family. Granted, these weren't close in personal relations but I'm still trying process the last 7 I have had in the year and a half. I'm trying to have a good "Thanksgiving" day.

I do plan on checking out a witch shop that just recently opened in a town that's not too far from me. To get my mind off of things. We have been there like two weeks ago, it was a pretty positive experience. Now granted, it was a new store, so I was very much in the honeymoon phase. But, so far it seems like a good place and the shopkeep and I had a pretty good in-depth conversation or two about paganism and witchcraft. The shop is also LGBT+ and woman owned. She also makes her teas and honey in house.

Witch aesthetics: Sun witch