Its Almost Here! Samhain Is Next Week, Can You Believe It? Time Is Flying On My End. Ive Been Meaning

It’s almost here! Samhain is next week, can you believe it? Time is flying on my end. I’ve been meaning to post this for over a week now, but am just now finding the time! Samhain is seen by some as the end of the “witch’s year” and bring this year to an end means letting go of this year and embracing the new! This jar focuses on letting go and making peace with your year and setting up your new intentions and preparing for your year to come.

ground ginger - welcoming adventure and new experiences

black pepper - banishing and releasing negativity from this year

sage - self purification for a blank slate 

anise - aide in finding happiness

cloves - for help in gaining what is sought

Like any of my jars, I recommend starting out with meditation, lighting the candle you will seal the jar with and taking time to clear your head and focus as much as you can on this. If it helps, I would also write down all of what you want to let go of, you can burn this or bury it if you want to. I also would recommend (witch or not!) to write out your intent and goals for the year to come so you have a physical reminder to meditate with and look at daily to keep yourself focused. Visualize these things while you assemble your jar and take as much time as you need! Seal your jar up (I have a tutorial here if you need help!) and meditate with it when you can to refocus your goals!

I know Samhain is usually associated with the fact that the veil is thin during this time, so spirit work is popular, but for those of us who don’t work with spirits, I wanted to bring something else to the table! (But I do have a divination spell jar if you do!)

I would LOVE (as always) to see your recreations, just tag me as a mention or a regular tag. All my other jars and originals can be found here. I hope this is helpful, and I would love to hear what you let go of/or your goals for the coming year if you want to share! 

Love you, little witches! Happy Samhain, and stay safe! 

xox

Witchy-Woman

I work at a birth control/abortion clinic and we have picketers every week. This one guy is the worst, though: loud, obnoxious, and stubborn. Are there good banishing spells (or curses, that's fine too) I can use to make him uncomfortable or just keep him away somehow?

Oh man, I will link you to my binding tag, and my curses tag for this one!

Also will gladly open this one up to anyone who has some good curses for this because I feel like y’all are bound to have something!

Maybe @breelandwalker? I feel like you have some good curses up your sleeve! 

hello, I'm a beginner witch, I was wondering if you had any tips for doing spells? and how to create one? thank you!

here’s a quick guide to spell writing 

a few tips when spell writing

just regular tips for being a witch/casting spells

notes for when your spell fails

a helpful way to think when doing spells

hope this helps!

✨ Find What’s Lost ✨

You Need: 

✦ Apple

✦ Knife

✦ A bowl of water

Using the knife, peel the apple, placing the peel into the bowl of water. While doing this, repeat:

“Eye of water, go back in time.

Summon those which cannot hide.

I call to thee; 

Find what has been lost,

and send to me, through struggle and thought.”

It works almost immediately. Look everywhere, even if you’ved looked before. After you’ve found your item, toss out the peels (Outside if possible).

You may eat the apple.

[I got this spell from my partner, a long time ago]

“positive communication” I made this sigil for my phone. Some Arwen inspiration there

Banish Evil Spell

Sometimes it’s not clear what or who needs to be banished. There’s just a prevailing sense of evil that needs to be expelled. This spell is most effective during the Dark Moon. An iron hammer is required, as is a flat rock, and either a coffin nail or an old rusty nail.

Hammer the nail against the rock. The goal is not to pierce the rock but merely to score it three times across the face. Visualize what you are dispelling while you hammer.

Bury the stone far away.

Carry the nail in a red mojo bag, together with some crossroads’ and/or graveyard dirt.

(from The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes)