Orriculums Witchcraft 101 Masterpost

orriculum’s witchcraft 101 masterpost ✨

✨ basics:

unpacking witchcraft - spell types ✧ some basic terms to know ✧ methods for spells ✧ grounding, a quick how-to ✧ how to write your own spells - resources ✧ when to cast a spell - by weekdays ✧ when to cast a spell - by time of day ✧  low effort witchcraft

✨ tools:

tools of witchcraft overview ✧ a witch’s wand ✧ building a broom/besom ✧correspondence resource

✨ you should know:

“to be a witch” falsehoods ✧ other witches and you ✧ witchcraft and the law ✧ difference between a witch and a herbalist ✧ self care for the witch ✧ when your spell fails ✧ tarot and pendulums can get it wrong

“Hide Me” Glamour

Materials 

hand or body lotion

white candle

pencil and paper

Process

Begin the spell in a dark or dimly lit room. Set your candle on a flat surface with the lotion behind it and the pencil and paper in front of it. Light the candle, and as you do so, say, 

“This is my light”. 

Using the pencil and paper, start drawing open eyes, as many or as few as you’d like. As you draw, chant, 

“Eyes of stranger, friends, and foes, come to me now and do as told”. 

Focus on drawing energy towards you, but remember that it’s in your control. Now, set the lotion on top of the drawing. Carefully take the candle and drip wax over the lotion bottle, saying, 

“My light leaks, so does their sight”. 

Once finished, take the piece of paper and crumble or rip it so that no eyes are visible. Finish by holding the lotion and saying, 

“Eyes can only see what I let them see; this is my shield. Let it be done.” 

Blow out the candle, plunging yourself into darkness. 

Rub the lotion over whatever area you’d like to hide. Useful for scars, blemishes, and other marks you’d prefer to hide. Keep lotion in a dark area whenever you’re not using it. 

Other Notes

If you’re more crafty or a DIY witch, you can try making your own lotion. This website has a recipe that uses natural ingredients like beeswax and coconut oil. For oils, acacia and basil should really give this spell a boost. 

Uranian Coffee Scrub ♅☕

Uranus is a planet of freedom, innovation, change, intuition, and stimulation. With that being said, one of its more notable herbal correspondences is coffee! Use this exfoliating coffee scrub on your face or body to promote intuitive thinking and positive change, plus an added boost of energy.

Ingredients:

½ cup of coffee grounds (fresh or used)

½ cup of brown sugar

¼ cup of your favorite oil (olive, avocado, grapeseed, almond, coconut, etc.)

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

Instructions:

Mix all dry ingredients first, then add the oil

Mix thoroughly and store in an airtight container for later use

Usage:

Face scrub: 

Apply a quarter sized amount to the palm of your hand and massage on your face in small, circular motions

Rinse with warm water

Body scrub: 

Using your hands, a washcloth, or loofah, apply as much of the scrub as necessary to cover your entire body

Massage yourself with the scrub until you feel that you’ve exfoliated enough

Rinse with warm water and proceed to shower as usual 

PSA - A Safety in Magic Warning for the New Spellcaster

This is stemming from a conversation I’ve just had with someone who was experiencing heart palpitations, dizziness and weakness from rapidly going onto a 7day fast for a bit of magic as advised by a more experienced spellcaster, who I’m sure meant no harm (but needs to be hung drawn and quartered anyway), and it is VERY important for all beginners to understand.

If something you are doing involves anything that makes you physically ill, dizzy, feint, puts you in pain, or makes your heart feel funny… Anything like that STOP! If it is not an expected, known, and reasonable response* to what you are doing STOP STOP STOP! This includes burning incense, rubbing salve on yourself, some meditation breathing techniques, fasting…

You could be having an allergic reaction, something may be mixing with medications, you may be putting yourself at serious risk.

STOP. Eat something, have some water. If your symptoms are serious - vomiting, diarrhoea, heart palpitations ect contact a medical professional. Your Gods and spirits will wait. They want you alive and well so you can do the work.

Once you’re feeling ok you can contact someone else who is more experienced than yourself and talk to them (not the initial person unless you know them well and trust them to be honest rather than bullshit and gaslight you), they may be able to offer advice on how to proceed. You may need to adjust your spell work, change the type of fast you’re on, work with a different breathing technique or herb/scent etc. Work around the problem, do not force your way through it, you could seriously harm yourself.

Your health and safety must be put first at all times. Killing yourself does not support your witchcraft. Trust me.

This is also a good reason why you should try to keep your posts for spell help public while you’re learning and relying on forums, it stops people giving you potentially bad advice going unchecked. I know that if I had seen the advice this person was given I would have said ‘Hey, that could be dangerous, here’s some ways to make it less dangerous’ or offered a different way of approaching the working. 

And the person who gave the advice probably didn’t think that it was dangerous, it’s probably something that person has done many times before, but what is good and safe for me isn’t necessarily what is good and safe for you. The person who was experiencing the palpitations probably didn’t tell the person advising them that they were on a specific medication that I just happened to know doesn’t mix with sudden fasting, and I wouldn’t have thought to ask (most likely) if I haven’t had medication-magic mishaps before. *normal or expected side effects are shit like feeling dizzy because you’ve spun around in circles, or light headed because you’re utilising a mind-altering substance for example. 

Ooh.  This one’s going in the grimoire.

Caim Is a Celtic word. It means an invisible circle you put around yourself for immediate protection if you feel under threat. Draw an invisible circle around yourself with your right index finger by extending your arm towards the ground and turning clockwise. As you do this, become aware that you are safe and encompassed by the powers you believe in; that you are encircled, enfolded and protected.

Hair Magic

Enchant your hair ties! Use colors to help you enchant them:

*Purple - creativity 

*Yellow - joy

*White - protection 

*Black - wards off negativity 

*Green - prosperity and luck

And so on!

You can also enchant the way you do your hair! This is how I enchant my hairstyles:

*Ponytail - motivation/determination

*Bun - productivity 

*Braid(s) - calm and relax

*Dreadlocks - balance and harmony; passion (I have not had dreads, however, so the correspondence is not personal)

*Natural/down - success

You can also enchant wigs and hair dyes! 

Feel free to tweak the correspondences however you like and the next time you style your hair, add some magic~