Books You Should Consider

Books you should consider

Often on all these book recommendation lists I see going around, they are all books about Witchcraft or Wicca or Paganism, which is awesome because that’s what we are doing, but I rarely see books that can be used by Witches (using a generic term here) that aren’t Magical. 

So here is a list of books that I think need to go on every witches shelf alongside the texts from Witchy publishers

A Rocks and Minerals Guide- These are the sciencey side of the stones. How to identify them in the real world, their levels of hardness, what they are made of. This thing is great for the rockhounds in all of us.

An Herbal book that contains medicinal information NOT written by a witchy source. This one is my covens go to guide for drug interactions and warnings on dosages. (try out this one too if you don’t mind dropping $$)

How about an herbal and plant guide on how to find what you need in Nature? Find the one for your area and region and get out into the wilderness!

How about a good old Farmer’s Almanac? These things can help you so much year to year with your spell work and weather witching.

How about an Earth Science brochure for your 3-Ring BOS? Or one on Astronomy? Rocks and Stones? Botany? Meteorology?

All of these aren’t meant for purely Witchy people, they are educational, and offer a balance to our studies. To allow us to see many sides of what we do!

Moth’s Book Of Tides Masterpost

Here’s my master list! 

Curses

“Corruption” Curse

“Try Me Bitch” Curse

“Burned A Hole In Your Pocket” Curse

“Wildfire” Curse

Powders and Glamours

“Shut The Fuck Up” Powder

“They Can’t See I’m A Witch” Glamour 

“Invisibility Potion” Glamour

“Beautiful But Deadly” Glamour

“Stardust” Glamour

Spell Jars

“You Know Who You Are” Spell Jar

“May The Spirit of The Sea Protect Me.” Spell jar

Reversal Spells

Simple “Reverse the Curse” Spell

Poppets

“Poppet for Positive Personal Growth”

“Decoy Poppet”

Familiar Spells

“Conjuring An Atronach”

Banishing Spells

“Banish a Persistent Ex Partner” 

“Banishing Incubi/Succubi”

Divination

“Determine Dates With Orange and Lemon Peels”

“I See Their Intentions” Spell

Enchantments

“Where Is My Mind?” Enchantment

Talisman/Amulets

“Release My Stress” Talisman

“Brienne’s Strength” Talisman

“Negative Spirit Repellent” Amulet

Healing/Health Spells

“Song Of Healing” Spell

Misc.

“Witchcraft, You & Your Date Mate.”

“Working Out, Sweat, and Witchcraft.”

“Complete Properties of Aura Quartzes.”

“Moon & Sun Sand.”

“Moon & Sun Salt.”

“Alcohol & Magick”

“Drinks To Drink Before Casting.”

“Uses For Rotting/Dying Plants In Witchcraft.”

“Archery & Witchcraft”

***This list is also being updated.***

The Living Wiccan's "Hell Hath No Fury" Protection Powder

This is a very simple protection salt I use to ring around my rituals, cleanse my spaces, and even sweep the floor with.

It’s good because not only does it protect, but gives a nice bite back to any negativity/entity/thing that tries to cross it. Best for ritual work and simple spirit work, not necessarily protection from physical attackers.

It’s something pretty much every single one of my readers can make at home with its ridiculously simple ingredients and process, but it’s not something that everyone would think of off the top of their head.

Ready? Here we go. Try not to sneeze!

You’ll need: 

1 part sea salt (coarse is best: see picture below)

1 part black peppercorns

1 part chili powder

a large bowl

mortar and pestle

bottles (size varies on how much you want to make)

funnel (optional, but not worth leaving out)

Step 1: 

Place the coarse salt and black peppercorns in the mortar and pestle. Grind them together. Yes, technically this could also be done with ground pepper, but I find the actual effort put into grinding them makes the powder more effective.

This’ll take a long time — you’ll want it to turn to a fine, light brown powder. 

Step 2:

Yes, you guessed it: place the sea salt and chili powder in the mortar and pestle and grind together. Remember how I said this was easy?

This should turn to a light orange, almost pink when finished (my pictures really don’t do it justice). 

Step 3: 

Add the two together. You can see the peppercorn mix on the left and the chili pepper mix on the right.

Step 4: 

Ready? Time to get this thing in a bottle. This is where that funnel I mentioned earlier can really come in handy. 

And there we have it! Put a nice little label on it, put the date you made it on the back, and now you have your own all-purpose protection powder. 

**Recipe and photos property of TheLivingWiccan. Do not remove source.**

lavender self love jar

simple self love jar ritual

ingredients 🔮large jar 🔮dried lavender 🔮rue 🔮white candle 🔮rose water

steps 🔮place a single white candle in the middle of your jar. your white candle represents the destruction of negativity. 🔮place your dried lavender and rue around the candle, for the lavender represents healing, and higher consciousness. your rue also represents healing and health. 🔮light your candle, and chant:

“my body is ethereal, too pure for this realm. i light this candle in recognition of myself, for i am one with the wind and sky, beautiful.”

🔮blow out your candle. feel the positive energy in the room. 🔮sprinkle rose water around your creation, to cleanse and protect your jar. 🔮seal your jar with a cork or wax, and follow the same steps when you need to feel a little more love for yourself.

Bottle Cap Salt Tabs

Another cheap and easy way to protect an area

With the salt hardened in the cap I wrote the rune of elhaz on the other side with sharpie. You could probably use any sigil or rune or protective markings for it, but I’m using the futhark runes because I wanna. 

Then I’ve placed them in out of sight places all around the suite to protect the whole place and everyone in it. 

🔮❌🗣👁🚫💞😌💞🚫👁🗣❌🔮

Emoji Spell to keep rumors & gossiping away from you, and also to give you a little self love boost!🕯

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