📚 Witch Study Tips 📚

Devotional Acts to Death/Chthonic Deities

These are just suggestions. Adapt to your own personal needs.

Have a saving account!

Clean up graves

Read the history of your culture

Volunteer at hospices and end of life planning

Sign up for organ donation

Write a will/last testament

Create a memento mori

Trace ancestry (if possible)

Ancestor altars

Legacy Projects

Visiting Memoirs

Reading/writing poetry about death

Read books/articles on death and funeral traditions: - What happens to the body after death? By Maria Cohurt - Forensic Entomology: The Use of Insects in Death Investigations by Dr. Gail Anderson - ‘Death: a graveside companion’ by Joanna Ebenstein and Will Self - ‘Western attitudes to death from the Middle Ages to the present’ by Philippe Ariès - ‘A social history of dying’ by Allan Kellehear - ‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory’ by Caitlin Doughty - 'From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death’ by Caitlin Doughty - 'Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers’ by Mary Roach - 'Past Mortems: Life and Death Behind Mortuary’ by Carla Valentine - 'All That Remains: A Life in Death’ by Sue Black - 'Written In Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind’ by Sue Black - 'Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go’ by Amy Wright Glenn - 'Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End’ by Atul Gawande - 'Traditions of Death and Burial’ by Dr Helen Frisby - 'The Adult Orphan Club: How I Learned to Grieve the Loss of My Parents’ by Flora Baker - 'Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death’ by Henry Fersko-Weiss

Video research: Demystifying Medical Aid in the Dying: Family Voices (part 1) Demystifying Medical Aid in the Dying: Family Voices (part 2) Why You Need to Plan Ahead for Death, with Alua Arthur

Botanical Collection by amandaherzman

herbs for cleansing of the home 🧹

listed below are herbs which can be used in assistance for cleansing and protection of the home and those living in the home.all of these herbs can be used in numerous ways i’ve just listed few of the many.

rosemary- commonly know as rosemary or its latin name rosmarinus officinalis

properties-protective and cleansing

incorporations-can be burned as an incense or used as cleansing floor wash

bay -commonly know as bay or its latin name laurus nobilis

properties-purification,protection

incorporations-write down negativity on a bay leaf and burn to remove and banish negativity from home

lavender-commonly know as lavender or its latin name Lavandula

properties-purification,protection,house blessings,happiness

incorporations-lavender has an abundance of properties to help with cleansing of the home it can be used as a home cleaner all about the home to cleanse the home of negative energies this can be done for house blessings it can also be burned to bring peace and healing through out the home

dandelion-commonly know as dandelion or it’s latin name taraxacum

properties-spiritual and emotional cleansing

usages-bathe in the flowers to spiritually cleanse self or prepare a home cleanser with the flowers and wipe the walls windows etc

juniper-commonly know as juniper or it’s latin name Juniperus communis nana

properties-cleansing,purification protection

incorporation-can be burned to cleanse and protect the home

and lastly of course salt!salt is very protective and cleansing prepare some salt water and cleanse your home or place a line of salt near your front door to ward of negativity and to have a protected home you can imagine all of the negativity leaving as you kind that salt or chant “blessed salt which i hold in my hand protect my home and those who come in”

with all of these method i would imagine the negativity leaving the home and imagine all of the good protection and happiness coming in whatever this looks like to you.

blessed be 🕯🍂

Friendly reminder that the Hellenic Underworld is not the Christian Hell, and Hades is not the Devil.

Astro Witch 101

So, you love astrology but have just realised that you are no longer just your sun sign. It’s a confusing and intimidating thing for a beginner astro-witch to see. That’s why I have decided to create a little guide to help anyone out. This will be the very basics but will be added to over time. Baby steps for baby-witches.

Terminology

Sun Sign = The controller. This is your main sign. The sign you have known your whole life thinking that’s where it ended.

Moon Sign = Your inner-self. Your emotions, inner-thoughts, wants and needs are all controlled by your moon sign.

Ascendant/Rising = Acceptably called either, the Ascendant/Rising is your natural mask in the face of society. So basically, this is how people view you.

Mercury = A very important sign, it rules your decision making mind. It is how you communicate and can be easy to spot in a person.

Venus = This sign rules love and finances.

Mars = Most represent Mars with anger, and this is true. But it is so much more than that. This sign rules our animal instincts, energy, action and sexual desires.

Jupiter = This sign covers rules both generosity, tolerance and wisdom.

Saturn = This sign represents fears, our limitations and responsibility

Uranus = This sign is all about individuality. Progressiveness, forward-thinking and fresh-starts.

Neptune = This sign rules the subconscious. Dreams, psychic-sensitivity and inspiration.

Pluto = This sign represents rebirth. New-beginnings and growth.

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400+ witchcraft, pagan, and wicca pdfs

i collected pdfs from my personal library and transferred them all into a google doc. it took a while and my hands certainly hurt from it and revisiting my old library was sort of uncomfortable for me, but i hope you find something in this doc that helps you with your craft

i’m going to go sleep now

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sVSqjxTDykRaFEsuing9oOo8zk8KFHDU5jD3k-sHWe4/edit?usp=sharing

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