Wisptober Day 17: Waltz

We love staring off the year with The Devil card and an overarching theme of self-destruction ✌️✌️

PLEASE where’s the photo of George beating tf outta malfoy on the quidditch pitch, I know I didn’t make that shit up- I CANT FIND IT

Witch Tip:

Get a copy of the map of your area. Not a country map, a state map, or even a county map. Your area. You can print off a Google map if a commercial version isn't available.

Take the map with you everywhere you go. Make notes on it of things you notice - does one area feel different to you? Does a tree live among many dead ones? Do you see the same cat sitting on the same fence post at the same time every morning? Where do bees live? What crossroads catch your eye? Is there a cemetary?

Once you've filled the map with your observations, keep it in your grimoire for reference.

Yamal, Siberia

Blessed Solstice ❄

Little Witchy Things

Burn an orange candle to get you motivated in the morning

Brew some rosemary tea to help you focus on homework, studying, etc.

Carry around some hematite to attract things into your life

Draw beauty sigils on your shampoo/ conditioner, lotion, lip balm, etc.

Paint your nails black to protect them from damage

Put a piece of paper with a sigil on it underneath your phone case

Try to connect to the elements every day: drink water, walk in nature, etc.

Make a flower crown!

Charge up and drink some Moon Water and Sun water

Eat foods with correspondences to what you want to bring into your life (ex. avocados for love and beauty)

Light some lavender incense to help you fall asleep

If you worship deities: bless little things that you do for them. (Ex. lighting candles)

If you have plants: use divination to ask them what they need (Ex. use a pendulum to ask it if it needs more water)

Boil some herbs to make a fragrance spray

miss piggy is a mean Dolly Parton

Notes on Witchcraft and Supernatural Experiences

So much deity work seems to be focused on having “conversations” with deities/spirits/entities. Some examples could be : astral projecting to meet gods, a demon threatening to possess you in a dream, hearing voices during meditations, etc. Now I’m not saying those accounts are all false, but it’s turning spirituality and witchcraft into something it is not. It is highly unlikely you’ll have vivid dreams and encounters where an ancient god is going to tell you to buy a resin statue and break up with your partner. Further you aren’t a bad witch if you never have crazy unexplainable encounters with the supernatural world. Waiting for signs and directions from ghosts will lead to disappointment or even deterioration in mental health. If you’re just beginning to work with spirits take a deep breath, light a candle and give thanks. Witchcraft is highly individualized and deeply spiritual, but it’s also heavily rooted in the world we can see. Exaggerating deity work and witchcraft in general is counterproductive and harmful.

Said with love and respect <3

Lemon Bread

Recipe

Ready in 45 mins + cooling, making 1 loaf (12 slices)

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs, room temperature

1 tablespoon grated lemon zest

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup 2% milk

For the glaze: 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar and 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bow, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 mins.

Beat eggs, lemon zest, and juice. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually stir into creamed mixture alternately with milk, heating well after each addition.

Pour into greased 8x4 inch loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean, 40-45 minutes.

Cool in pan 15 mins before removing to a wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients; immediately drizzle over bread. Serve warm.

how im tryna be

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