Sweet Dreams

“Sweet Dreams”

Draw this sigil in honey at the bottom of your tea cup before pouring in your tea. (works best with chamomile tea) or  Sleep with this under the head of your bed or sewn into your pillow somewhere

“Din’s Fire” Toxic Person Banishing Spell (Legend of Zelda Inspired)

A spell to banish toxic and draining people from your life and to cut your ties with them. This spell needs to be done while actively cutting them out of your life via social media, communication channels and interactions - this spell won’t be much help if you personally keep initiating contact.

You Will Need:

🔥 Black Salt/Witch’s Salt (simple recipe if needed: 1 part sea salt, 1 part black pepper, 1 part ash - grind together)

🔥 A Black Candle

🔥 2 Red Candles

🔥 Poppet of Person or Persons

🔥 Cookie Tray/Sheet 

🔥 Wax Paper (easy clean-up)

🔥 A small bag you can throw away

🔥 Tape (preferably duct tape or packing tape - scissors may also be needed)

Set Up:

Cleanse yourself and your space well. If needed or desired cast a circle or any protection wards you may feel to be necessary though this up to you as a personal preference. Make sure you are working in a place where you can safely burn candles, tie back long hair and roll up any loose clothing or sleeves. Place your cookie tray down in your work area and cover it with wax paper if desired to protect it from dripping wax. 

For your poppet make it out of what you wish to and make sure to write the names of the individuals you are banishing from your life on it. If you have any taglocks you may attach them to the poppet as well. Have your bag and tape set to the side for easy access but out of the way. 

Set up your candles so that the red ones are on either side of the black candle, light them as you desire before beginning your spell.

The Spell:

🔥 Place your poppet onto the wax paper lined cookie sheet 

🔥 Take your black salt and pour it over the poppet, visualize it being all of the negative words and things they have thrown at you, all of the darkness they’ve brought to your life and all of the reasons why they need to be banished from it

🔥 Once it is well coated take your red candles and extinguish them, make sure the wax at the top is well melted and easy to drip and pour - begin dripping wax over the black salt and poppet below

🔥 “By Din’s Fire, I banish you” Repeat this as you drip the red wax

🔥 Once done with the red wax extinguish the black candle carefully and drip the black wax

🔥 “(name[s]), You are gone from my life a never return” 

🔥 Take your wax paper with the poppet, salt and wax still on it and fold and crumple it up carefully but firmly so nothing falls out.

🔥 Place this bundle into the bag you are using and tape it up well, sealing any remaining energies or things they have brought into your life so it cannot affect you again

🔥 Take the taped up bag and toss it into the trash or dumpster where it belongs and continue on with your life without them

**spell is from my personal grimoire. Like what I post? Want to support me or buy me a delicious coffee? Feel free to check out my Ko-Fi Page!

“Almost There” Career Success Spell (Disney Inspired)

A spell to bring you success and advancement in your career or job.

You Will Need:

Aventurine

Basil

Cinnamon

Dried Ginger

Green Candles

Paper and pencil/pen

Jar with a Lid

Cinnamon Incense

Steps:

Light your cinnamon incense and your candles. Place them nearby as you work.

In the jar add your cinnamon, dried ginger and basil

Take your Aventurine in hand and whisper to it your desires of success and how hard you have worked. think about all the effort you have put into this job and fill the crystal with this energy and drive. Place it into the jar

On your paper write down more of how hard you feel you have worked, all of the effort you have put into the job and what you wish to achieve through success. Fold it up and place it in jar.

Let incense burn to ash (make sure it is fully out) and add it to your jar.

Screw on the lid and then seal it with the wax of the green candles.

Place in your home where you will see it every day. After a stressful day of hard work hold the jar and focus the effort you have put into the day and put it mentally into the jar like you did before. Do not actually open the jar (don’t want to break the spell)

Spell Types: Addition and Subtraction

This post is part of a series of animistic, spirit-oriented spellcasting for beginners. Go to the masterpost to see them all.

In an earlier post, two types of spells were discussed based on permanency. I'm going to discuss two more ways to categorize magic based on whether or not you cast your spell to bring something new to the table or send something away that's already there.

The two categories I am about to present are in no way universal and don't even make sense when applied to a lot of kinds of magic. Remember, we're not trying to label all kinds of magic that exist or have existed in the history of mankind and every infinite astral realm.

Rather, the goal of this post is to present two ways of thinking about practical magic. Consider these labels to be a thought exercise, if you will.

By attempting to sort a broad variety of practical magic into one of these two categories, it gets us thinking about what the hell we're going to do with all the energy we raise.

Addition and Subtraction, eh?

These categories only apply to the spell itself and not its consequences and eventual effects. If you bear with me I can hopefully explain.

Cleansing, banishing, and exorcisms are very often "addition" spells that add new powers and energies to a space. When you conjure up a dollop of solar energy, it is going to automatically banish shadowy type energies and spirits. When you call on the power of a tree by burning its resin in order to clear a space, you are adding something (tree vibes) and as a consequence something unwanted is removed.

So we can't make the mistake of thinking all cleansing and banishing spells are "subtraction"; many of them are not. At the time of the spell, we were directing energy and power to arrive and come to us. The secondary effect of that power removed something incompatible with its presence.

Conversely, many spells which cause desired things to arrive are actually "subtraction" spells. If I target a financial blockage and directly blast it or send it away, I am removing and dispelling energies. As a consequence, something I want is now flowing into my life.

Why does it matter?

Let me ask you this: can you turn left and right at the same time? Can you inhale and exhale at the same time?

Spells seem to be particularly good at pulling something in, or sending something away.

A strong spell can certainly have enough power to do both. I know witches, whom I am not jealous of at all, who can just sit down with a goddamn birthday candle and like a twig they found on the ground, and say "bippity boppity the frog goes hoppity; my brother gets the new job he wants and all his financial troubles are solved."

And then six weeks later their brother is moving to the big city with a 300% raise and also the IRS is dropping its audit.

For the rest of us, we actually have to sit back and think about what we want our energy to do.

If I have limited energy to cast spells, if my spells flop into a little useless puddle when they lack direction, I need to find the best ways to use the spells I do have the time/space/energy to cast.

If I know whether I am trying to pull in a desired future, or send away a current reality, this is going to give me such a great foundational basis for cooking up a strong spell.

Addition

We might also call this category conjuring, bringing, summoning, or calling. This can be as simple as pulling in a lump of desired energy to liven up your bedroom. It can be as detailed as choosing a future you desire, and placing that future in your direct path.

Examples include conjuring up a new job, a new friend, a new commission, a new smexy date night with your partner, a new opening in a program you really want to join, a new influx of cash, etc. etc.

If you don't have it yet, and you want it, it's an addition spell!

Remember, adding energies into a space is also an effective form of cleansing and banishment (I don't have comforting energies in my room, and I want them - so I'll add them!).

Pros of addition-style spells:

It's easy to grok.

It's extremely gratifying and validating to practice with - it can provide you a clearly verifiable chain of cause-and-effect that proves your magic worked.

It adds, brings, and increases. That's great. We want that a lot of the time.

Cons of addition-style spells:

If a situation is already "full", it can't just hold more energies. An overflowing cup needs to be emptied before it can hold something else.

Trying to over-conjure energies into a situation can cause wicked bad side-effects and chaos (or, it can just fail).

It's just straight up really only going to thrive if the actual need in your situation is a lack of those specific energies. If you're dealing with any other problem, it's probably going to be disappointing.

Subtraction

This category could also be called dispelling, refusing, or sending away. This can be as simple as pointing at something and saying "begone!" It can be as complex as predicting possible outcomes and pushing them out of the path of your future, so that they are very unlikely (or nigh impossible) to occur.

Examples include banishing unemployment, loneliness, an empty inbox, distance from your partner, inability to join a program you really want to participate in, and and empty bank account.

If you already have it, and you want to get rid of it, it's a subtraction spell!

Pros of subtraction-style spells:

You get rid of stuff you don't want. That's great. I love that.

Negative manifestation (as in, removing things that are undesired) is a huge relief.

Preventative noping out can help you avoid a huge variety of unwanted futures.

Cons of banishment:

Like any style of magic, if it's not really what's needed, it's not going to produce ideal results.

Casting like a madman and severely draining energies out of a situation can do weird stuff.

Practical Application

For me, this concept stops me from blindly throwing energy at a situation.

It really requires me to step back and think about the situation in-depth. And I think that's a good thing, especially when spells are going to be actively influencing the lives and circumstances of others.

I probably should be sitting down and thinking, "do I want to protect someone from discord? Or empower them to deal with these situations? What's really best?"

The addition and subtraction model helps me start planning spells, and is a guiding light to help prevent me from getting lost in the weeds.

That being said, I do not strictly follow this model. There's a lot of overlap - empowering someone to deal with their own shit is very similar to protecting them; and does it matter if I add or subtract energy if all I'm doing is a simple cleansing?

The real utility in this model is helping me think about magic in a way that elevates me from being in the forest looking at trees, to hovering overhead and looking down at the whole region.

For this reason, I find it to be primarily helpful with planning, troubleshooting in hindsight, and helping me stay on track when many spells may be needed for one situation. I do not attempt to ultimately categorize all my spells into one of these two categories.

As with all the posts in this series, this one is presented for your consideration: take, modify, or discard as you please.

Thought Exercise

Go through your collection of spells, or read through a spellbook, and try to label every spell as either adding something, or subtracting something.

Challenge mode: What do wards count as? >:D

Crossover: Combined with One-Shot and Continuous Concepts

One-shot addition: A spell to bring you one perfect news story you need for your journalism class.

One-shot subtraction: A spell to get rid of Becky, she makes everyone super uncomfortable with her political rhetoric.

Continuous addition: A prosperity jar to generally call in the commissions, hours, and tips you need to pay your bills and have extra in the bank.

Continuous subtraction: An amulet that proactively identifies self-identified Sigma Males and pushes them out of your sphere so you never interact with them.

This post is part of a series of animistic, spirit-oriented spellcasting for beginners. Go to the masterpost to see them all.

“Tolerance”

Requested by @tarnishedsilver43

For yourself: Carry around with you in times where you need to tolerate certain unpleasantries

For somebody else: Draw this in food (with food ingredient) or stir food in this pattern, then feed said food to person that needs to learn some tolerance

Personalized Tea Lights

I made these super easy Tea Light Candles today and added herbs, dried flowers and essential oils to use in future rituals. (Or basically whenever i want to)

Step One: Add your Tea Lights to a pot and put it on the stove by low to medium heat.

Step Two: After the wax melted down, add your chosen herbs, flowers or oils. You can literally do anything here, get creative!

Some of my creations contained dried lavender buds and lavender essential oil (for inner peace, balance and good sleep), dried sunflower (to brighten up your mood or day, to bring happiness), sage (to purify and cleanse) and a mixture of black pepper, sea salt and cayenne pepper (to banish and absorb negative energies)

Step Three: After you added your ingredients, take the pot off the stove and let the Tea Lights harden again.

And that’s it! It’s super easy and the outcome is just as effectful as gorgeous.