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Housewarming Magic
For when you’ve moved into a new living situation or are ready for a new start <3
Finding your home/moving:
Spell for your dream house
The witch’s moving checklist
Cleansing:
Room cleansing
To absorb negative energy from a room
Summer house cleansing
Herbal wall/floor wash + witchy cleaners
Home cleansing tips
Home cleansing brew
Thoroughly clearing spaces
Crystals to cleanse the home
Cleansing your space without smoke
Cleansing your space: a how-to guide
Energy cleansing
Low energy cleaning + cleansing
Warding + Protection:
A crash course on warding
To ward the home
Threshold magic 101
Protect my home spell
Home protection steam spell
Simple home protection jar spell
“Little lurkers” home protection spell
Room/home protection
Wall of fire property & house protection spell
Protection (wind) chimes
The Rowan cross
Protecting the property
Check out the sigils below!
Sigils:
“For a magical and happy home”
“Sospidonum”
“This space is full of life, light, and bright energy”
“No fighting in this home”
“My home is safe”
“This home is safe for all”
“This home is a safe and healthy environment”
“My house is protected from unwanted influences”
“My home is protected”
Witchin’ it up:
Happy home spell jar
Home sweet home spell jar
House to home spell
Doing the dishes the witchy way
Homemade laundry detergent recipe
Laundry magic
Pleasing household spirits
When a bad guest leaves
Building a magical home
Odds and ends:
Magic, and power, in homemaking
The history and creation of witch bottles
Cottage witch tips
Hearth witch tips
The basics of kitchen and cottage witchcraft
You may also like:
Bedridden witch: garden / stale energy / kitchen edition
Spells for job seekers
Travel witchery
Links updated October, 2020 (please inform me of broken links via askbox)
What’s your favourite kind of tea? 🍃 I hope everyone is well amidst the chaos 🌈
Common Crystals in Witchcraft
Amethyst (grounding)
Citrine (happiness)
Rose Quartz (self love, love)
Agate (acceptance)
Amber (calming)
Ametrine (tranquillity)
Angel aura (peace)
Aventurine (luck)
Flourite (meditation)
Moonstone (astral projection)
Labradorite (dreams)
Selenite (sleep)
Cleansing Crystals
Smoke
Water
Sun
Moon
Earth
Sigils
Smoke Safe Crystals
Any
Crystals that can't go in water
Amazonite
Malachite
Moonstone
Moldavite
Azurite
Chrysocolla
Tourmaline
Emerald
Dioptase
Cuprite
Alexandrite
Celestine
Sugalite
Topaz
Ruby
Sunstone
Prehnite
Sodalite
Labradorite
Selenite
(Any crystal that ends with 'ite')
Crystals that can't go in the sun (for long)
Rose quartz
Amethyst
(Any crystal that may bleach)
Moon Safe Crystals
Any
Earth Safe Crystals
Any (just don't forget where you buried them!)
Sigil Safe Crystals
Any
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Been seeing this around and wanted to share it here as well.
inktober day 2 - the moon
A Witchy Guide To Time
Days Of The Week
Monday
Connected to the Moon
Colors are blue, silver, and white
Spells to do: Enhancing Psychic Power, Peace, Wisdom
Tuesday
Connected to Mars
Colors are black, orange, and red
Spells to do: Cursing, Protection, Courage, Strength
Wednesday
Connected to Mercury
Colors are orange and purple
Spells to do: Luck, Wealth, Wisdom
Thursday
Connected to Jupiter
Colors are blue, green, and purple
Spells to do: Protection, Healing, Wealth
Friday
Connected to Venus
Colors are pink
Spells to do: Love, Friendship
Saturday
Connected to Saturn
Colors are black and purple
Spells to do: Cursing, Protection, Cleansing, Banishing, Binding
Sunday
Connected to the Sun
Colors are gold and yellow
Spells to do: Healing, Success, Wealth
Times of the Day
Daytime (6 AM to 8 PM): Protection, Growth, Money, Success, Opportunity
Morning (6 AM to 12 PM): Fire, Awakening, Beginning, Balance, Blessing, Purifying
Midday (11 AM to 1 PM): Strength, Willpower, Endurance, Overcoming
Noon (12 PM to 5 PM): Air, Protection, Manifestation, Power, Luck, Wealth, Travel
Evening (5 PM to 8 PM): Water, Banishing, Creativity, Friendship, Cursing
Dusk: Change, Open-mindedness, Astral Travel
Night (8 PM to 6 AM): Earth, Wisdom, Divination, Love, Healing
Midnight (12 PM): Liberation, Reparation, Recovery, Ending
Seasons
Spring: Air, Wisdom, New Beginnings, Healing, Fertility
Summer: Fire, Energy Work, Prosperity, Purification, Passion, Banishing
Autumn: Water, Astral Travel, Spirit Work, Cleansing, Banishing, Binding, Peace
Winter: Earth, Rest, Dreams, Grounding, Death, Passive, Wealth
𝕾𝖆𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖙𝖘
The sabbats are holidays celebrated throughout the year on solstices, equinoxes, and the midpoints between them. These sabbats form the Wheel of the Year, honoured by many for centuries.
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🌲𝐘 𝐔 𝐋 𝐄 {December 20th//23rd, winter solstice}
Yule focuses on rebirth and renewal as the sun makes its way back to the earth. It's all about new beginnings, reflection and embracing warmth. Much like Christmas, many celebrate with a feast, gift giving, being cosy and appreciating the good.
↟Nature: cedar, frankincense, myrrh, mistletoe, pine, birch, ivy.
↟Foods//flavours: ginger, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, wintergreen, apple, dried fruit.
↟Stones: citrine, ruby, garnet, alexandrite, green tourmaline.
↟Activities: decorate your altar with incense associated with Yule, burn ash wood for prosperity, bake using Yule flavours like ginger or cinnamon, make wreathes to hang around the house, spend time with loved ones.
🕯️𝐈 𝐌 𝐁 𝐎 𝐋 𝐂 {February 2nd}
Imbolc focuses on celebrating the nature that is preparing to grow and renewal, also known as "candlemas" and the "Feast of Pan".
↟Nature: basil, blackberry, heather, celandine, iris, wisteria, vanilla, bay, yellow and white flowers.
↟Foods//flavours: pumpkin and sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, peppers, onions, spices, and herbal teas.
↟Stones: amethyst, bloodstone, garnet, ruby, onyx.
↟Activities: decorate with candles and sun decorations, go hiking, have a bonfire, bake foods with poppy seeds, and burn any leftover winter herbs.
🌼𝐎 𝐒 𝐓 𝐀 𝐑 𝐀 {March 20th//23rd, spring equinox}
Ostara focuses on manifesting creativity and love. As the days become longer, energy becomes stronger.
↟Nature: ash, alder, daffodil, honeysuckle, narcissus, primrose, violet, jasmine.
↟Foods//flavours: olives, maple syrup, honey, edible flowers, chocolate, pine nuts, nettle or lavender tea, local fruits and vegetables.
↟Stones: amethyst, rose quartz, moonstone.
↟Activities: gardening and planting seeds, bake breads with olives or honey for example, start new projects, talk to plants, do some painting, decorate with wildflowers.
🌰𝐁 𝐄 𝐋 𝐓 𝐀 𝐍 𝐄 {May 1st}
Beltane focuses on fertility, love and abundance. Also known as "may day", on this sabbat many celebrate with dancing, bonfires and many high energy activities, including enjoying themselves sexually with a partner or conceiving children.
↟Nature: frankincense, lilac, ivy, marigold, woods, rose, thyme, mint, yarrow.
↟Foods//flavours: oats, leafy greens, fruits, breads, honey.
↟Stones: malachite, amber, fire opal, red jasper.
↟Activities: dance, decorate with florals and symbols of the sea, go to the beach, go hiking, have a bonfire, feast on fruits, vegetables and grains, laugh and let your hair down, perhaps have sex with someone where there is a connection.
🦋𝐋 𝐈 𝐓 𝐇 𝐀 {June 20th//23rd, summer solstice}
Litha focuses on growth and celebrating the longest day of the year and the sun, before the shorter days begin.
↟Nature: fern, yarrow, sage, rose, oak, mugwort, lavender, chamomile, myrrh, pine.
↟Foods//flavours: herbed bread, honey, sunflower seeds, iced herbal tea, lemon, vanilla.
↟Stones: lapis lazuli, amethyst, malachite, tiger's eye.
↟Activities: make or buy a sun catcher, surround yourself with warm tones, watch the sun rise and set, make sun water, spend time outdoors, make use of herbs.
🌾𝐋 𝐀 𝐌 𝐌 𝐀 𝐒 // 𝐋 𝐔 𝐆 𝐇 𝐍 𝐀 𝐒 𝐀 𝐃 𝐇 {August 1st}
Lughnasadh focuses on celebrating the first of the three harvesting sabbats and taking time to really feel the positivity in different aspects of life.
↟Nature: cornstalks, heather, acacia flowers, hollyhock, oak leaves, wheat, myrtle, spices.
↟Food//flavours: grainy bread, corn, potatoes, nuts, blackberries, wine.
↟Stones: amber, agate, citrine, clear quartz, obsidian, tiger's eye.
↟Activities: bake bread, make corn dolls, visit a sunflower field, spend time in nature, acknowledged what you are grateful for, journal.
🍁𝐌 𝐀 𝐁 𝐎 𝐍 {September 20th//23rd, autumn equinox}
Mabon focuses on honouring the change of the seasons, balance and peace.
↟Nature: sage, pine, marigold, thistle, acorns, milkweed, oak leaves, myrrh.
↟Food//flavours: cinnamon, nuts, beans, dark fruits, pies, soup, butterscotch.
↟Stones: citrine, carnelian, clear quartz, sapphire, yellow agate.
↟Activities: collect pine cones, donate food and old clothes, meditate, dry herbs, spend time with loved ones, speak to the nature around you.
🎃𝐒 𝐀 𝐌 𝐇 𝐀 𝐈 𝐍 {November 1st}
Samhain focuses on celebrating life, and honouring those who are no longer with us.
↟Nature: heather, sage, pumpkins, straw, flax, patchouli, myrrh.
↟Foods//flavours: apples, cider, pumpkin, pies, soups, stews, potatoes, ginger.
↟Stones: amber, black obsidian, fossils, onyx, sandstone, bloodstones.
↟Activities: honour the deceased, spend time with family, make a hearty comforting meal, make or buy a scarecrow, spend time practicing divination.
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Things you can do every sabbat, and how I enjoy celebrating:
↟Do a tarot reading relevant to that sabbat.
↟Spend time in the moonlight, charging my crystals and tarot cards, as well as meditating.
↟Bake something using at least one traditional food of that sabbat to share with others.
↟Sage cleanse my living space and any of my magickal items.
↟Write down how I am feeling and how I would like to feel in the weeks to come.
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Compilation of the two card spreads I have posted so far!
core / context
do / don’t
worst case scenario / best case scenario
short term / long term
want / need
change / remain
Clicking the links will take you to the individual posts for more details about each spread 💙
Coffee Lore & Superstition ☕
☕ leaving coffee and bread inside a house will prevent ghosts haunting it
☕ bad luck follows if you stop using the regular coffee mug
☕ a cup of coffee will cure a headache
☕ when divining with coffee grounds, and the reader must not be thanked or the future foretold will not come true.
☕ drinking coffee might prevent you from growing facial hair
☕ if a coffee pot overcooks, it will bring bad weather.
spilling ☕
if you spill coffee on the plate under your cup by accident, you’ll come into money soon.
dropping a coffee while drinking, or smashing a coffee cup will bring bad luck
spilling coffee can be precursor to a blessing
if a girl spills coffee while brewing it, her lover is thinking of her
bubbles ☕
if the bubbles in the cup move towards the drinker it will foretells wealth.
if the bubbles in the cup move away from the drinker it will foretells loss.
catch the bubbles on your spoon and eat them to bring prosperity to you
one big bubble in your coffee is an omen for bad news.
a large bubble could mean a friend will arrive later.
bubbles gathering in the edge or the center of the cup indicates the weather, sunny in the center and rainy by the edges
February
New Beginnings, Fresh start, Big Cleaning, Banishing, Empowerment, Fertility, Purity.
Sabbat: Imbolc (February first) Full moon (different names for the same moon) : Stormmoon, Deadmoon, Snowmoon, Wild Moon
Is named Deadmoon because of lots of animals don’t survive the last bit of winter
Colours: White, silver, black, red, yellow and blue. Decorations: Yellow flowers, lanterns Food & drinks: Herbal tea, chocolate, milk products, onions, garlic, seeds, apples and pears. Plants, trees & flowers: Laurel, oak, ivy, lavender, dandelion, snowdrop, crocus, sage and holly. Animals: Bear, fox, wolf, blue tit, hare, stork, dove, owl. Crystals: Amethyst, onyx, heliotrope, moonstoon, obsidian, topaz, pearls. February is the month for a big cleaning and to prepare for spring! January was a month to get sorted, now it’s the time for a fresh start. Cleanse your house or room and enjoy the last bit of winter.
“There are seven herbs that nothing natural or supernatural can injure; they are vervain, John’s-wort, speedwell, eyebright, mallow, yarrow, and self-help. But they must be pulled at noon on a bright day, near the full of the moon, to have full power…. Of all herbs the yarrow is the best for cures and potions. It is even sewn up in clothes as a preventive of disease.”
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The Properties of Herbs and their Use in Medicine
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland
by Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde[1887]
ATTENTION: 2020 Witch Challenge??
I’m considering running a year-long witchcraft research challenge, but first I’d like to know who’s interested. It’d work like this:
Each month is assigned a topic. Before the month starts, I’ll release information about that months challenge. It’ll involve one task or assignment to complete each week (4 per month) at any time of your choosing. Most of these assignments will involve you posting your findings or final product under the challenge’s hashtag. The idea is that you can then go and read everyone else’s work and learn more that way (e.g. an assignment could be to research and post the properties of a herb of your choosing; you can then read everyone else’s posts to learn more without having to research thirty herbs on your own). I’ll be doing the challenge along with everyone else: the topics will be areas I know enough about to be able to guide the process, but I’ll be learning along with you.
I hope to structure this challenge so that it’s beneficial for all witches, regardless of their skill level. If you’re an expert on a months particular topic, you can drop out of the challenge until the next month. If you’re busy the first month, you can drop in on the second month, or catch up on missed tasks in your spare time. This challenge will be largely theory based, with a few practical components. I’m creating this because I’ve noticed that most of the witchcraft resources available on Tumblr are practical (spells, instructionals, etc.), and there is little attention paid to the why and how of witchcraft. If you don’t know why the spell you’re doing works the way it does, or how the various components affect it, then your craft is inevitably going to be less effective than it could be.
The topics I’m thinking are:
JAN: History of Witchcraft (covering both ancient and modern aspects)
FEB: Elemental Studies
MAR: The Wheel of the Year
APR: Meditation & Mind Skills (shielding, visualisation, etc.)
MAY: Divination
JUN: Astrology
JUL: Spellcraft
AUG: Green Witchcraft
SEP: Religions (a look at the other spiritual practices of the world to better understand our own)
OCT: Mythology
NOV: Locational Studies (how time, place and location affect magick)
DEC: Ritual Magick
I’d appreciate people reblogging (to spread the word) with suggestions and expressions of interest.
My boyfriend is doing something awesome.
He’s making an online spell maker/ witch encyclopedia
Basically you can type in an intent or keywords and get ideas for spells
Or you can type out everything you want and it is also color coded (key words like love are red, courage is orange, etc.) and do cyber spells
It’s not done yet but once it is I’ll for sure be sharing on here!
Good Harvest Loaf
OR Basic Bitch Banana Pumpkin Bread ($$$)
Okay. Strap in. This is a complicated recipe, but totally worth it. Make this bread for a nice Autumn prosperity spell, abundance spell, or even as a shareable for Mabon. This is full of spices with money/prosperity correspondences, and never forget that banana and pumpkin are great for attracting prosperity, too. As this is the harvest season, I like to add a splash of whisky to represent grain.
Meditate, set your intentions, and prep your ingredients. I like having everything set out in bowls/cups. This cuts down on how often you (if you’re like me) have to scramble around and breaking your concentration.
Ingredients
2 ripe bananas, mashed
2 eggs*
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 can pumpkin puree
½ cup honey**
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour***
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground clove
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon ginger
Optional Ingredients
¼ teaspoon allspice
2 teaspoon espresso
½ shot grain-based alcohol, preferably whisky/bourbon - to represent the grain harvest
Walnuts for topping
Raisins
ALTERNATIVE DIET OPTIONS
*To make vegan, add 6 tbsp aquafaba (garbanzo bean juice)
Please note that this will add a slightly nuttier taste to the mixture, but with the banana and pumpkin, there isn’t much of a noticeable difference
**For a vegan alternative to honey, try agave syrup
***To make gluten free, replace all-purpose flour with almond flour. This WILL change the texture of your loaf. It will be a bit denser. Also, to keep the recipe gluten free, DO NOT add any grain-based alcohol
Cooking Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan (you may sprinkle it with almond flour to make it even less likely to stick).
Stir together the banana, eggs, oil, pumpkin, honey, and sugar. Add espresso and alcohol, if desired
In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices
Fold flour mixture into pumpkin mixture. Add walnuts/raisins, if desired.
Pour batter into pan and bake at 350 for about 45 minutes. To check loaf, insert a toothpick into the center of the loaf. If done, the toothpick should come out clean
Allow to cool before serving
Ingredient correspondences below break
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Sabbat Altar and Celebration Ideas for the Solitary Witch
YULE Altar ideas: Put mistletoe and pine on your altar; put a candle up there to represent the Sun; keep your Yule log on your altar; use symbols of the Sun; decorate with red, green, white, blue, and yellow (red and green for holly, white and blue for snow and wintery colors, yellow for the Sun). Celebration ideas: Kiss a consenting person under the mistletoe for luck; give gifts; have a feast; make magickal wreaths with herbs corresponding to the spell intent (you might use lilac, lavender, and camomile for a wreath that brings peace into your home).
IMBOLC Altar ideas: Use candles to represent the return of spring; make a cute little corn dolly; put a Brigid’s cross on there to honor her; decorate with yellow and green to represent the Sun and return of spring. Celebration ideas: Clean your house; have a self-dedication ritual (to a particular path, deity, philosophy, standard of life, etc.); clean off your working altar and redo it; cleanse and charge any tools or crystals you need to.
OSTARA Altar ideas: Use fake eggs, rabbits, and other symbols of fertility or spring; put some potted plants on the altar; place some packets of seeds you might be planning on growing; decorate with purple, yellow, green, white, and other spring, pastel colors. Celebration ideas: Paint and blow eggs (take proper precautions when handling raw eggs, obviously, especially if you’re putting your mouth on them); if you have a greenhouse, want a potted plant, or it’s warm enough where you live to plant outside, plant some seeds; buy a potted plant; organize your herb shelf.
BELTAINE Altar ideas: Make a mini Maypole for your centerpiece; smack some candles up in there, especially beeswax, if that’s in your budget; put some faery symbols, like little statues or bells or something like that; a jar of honey or some beeswax is always dope; if you’re comfortable with it, some people like to put representations of genatalia on their altar. Celebration ideas: Light an awesome bonfire (also be very cautious with this because fire can quickly turn dangerous); leave offerings to the faeries; have a dance outside; this is a good time to plan to have a handfasting ceremony or wedding; cast any love workings you’ve been meaning to do; if you’re an adult and have a person/people who consent to it, you could choose to have sex during this time (but do be safe!); many people try to conceive children during Beltaine.
LITHA Altar ideas: Symbols of the Sun and the Moon, feminine and masculine symbols if that’s a thing in your tradition; decorate with black and white to symbolize the night and day. Celebration ideas: Get up before the Sun rises and go to sleep after it sets, so you can experience the day and night; have a bonfire (again, safety is important); have a picnic; just spend a lot of time outside.
LUGHNASADH Altar ideas: Put bread and grain on the altar; maybe some apples and other autumn fruits; pinecones and leaves are fall symbols; decorate with red, orange, yellow, brown, and other colors of the season. Celebration ideas: Bake (especially make the cute little bread men); give an offering to the Earth; go to an apple orchard and pick some apples; share a feast with the family or your friends.
MABON Altar ideas: Wine, or grape juice if alcohol is unavailable for any reason; leaves and pinecones; apples; a money jar (see first celebration suggestion below). Celebration ideas: For a week or two before Mabon, put money you can afford to give up in a jar, and donate it to charity or a cause you support on Mabon; have another apple harvest; have another feast; do a ritual to honor the Earth.
SAMHAIN Altar ideas: Pop a few gourds in there, more apples if you want; pictures of the deceased; tools for divination and spirit contact; decorate with black, white, and orange. Celebration ideas: Divination, spirit communication (obviously only if you know what you’re doing); hold a seance or a dumb supper if that’s more comfortable for you; light a candle in the window for spirits (use a fake one if you want it lit all night); leave some milk and honey for the Fair Folk; give offerings to the dead; put up wards and shields if you’re one of the people who would prefer to avoid spirit activity.
witch’s herbarium: mugwort
mugwort in folklore, history, and medicine
in medieval europe, mugwort was used as a magickal protectant and a repellant against moths, fatigue, and evil. it was also used historically as a seasoning across europe and asia.
medicinally, mugwort tea is said to relieve problems associated with irregular and severe menstruation, as well as digestive and bowel issues. mugwort should not be consumed in large doses or by those who are pregnant.
topically, mugwort can help relieve muscle aches and joint pains. you can make an ointment of it, or relax in a mugwort infused bath. it is also a great antiseptic to help relieve acne issues.
in the primitive days of farming, mugwort became precious for its insect-repelling properties, which helped crops prosper. it has also been used in brewing historically, to help beer stay fresh for longer and give it notes of bitterness.
st. john the baptist is said to have worn a belt of mugwort when venturing into the wilderness for safety, while the romans put mugwort in their shoes to prevent physical exhaustion.
another name for mugwort is “sailor’s tobacco”, as throughout history sailors would smoke wild mugwort instead of tobacco for its alleged nerve-calming effects.
the magickal uses of mugwort
mugwort is associated with the moon, astral projection, and dreams. place some mugwort under your pillow to encourage prophetic and magical dreaming.
mugwort is helpful during divination and ritual work, as it enhances the psychic mind. drink some mugwort tea or inhale the scent of dried mugwort to help with focus and intuition.
the protective nature of mugwort makes it a great charm to hang above your front door to ward off unwelcome energies. you can also cleanse your ritual tools with mugwort water, which purifies them and amplifies their natural powers.
a little mugwort charm
to protect you and keep bad energy away
a bit of dried mugwort
a small square of black fabric
a strand of purple thread or string
a black, white or purple candle
light your candle. warm your hands over its flame, letting the fire charge your hands with its protecting, cleansing spirit. set the fabric square on a surface in front of the candle, and sprinkle your mugwort atop it. whisper to it, “may you serve me well and keep me safe”. gather the corners of the cloth together and tie it shut with the purple thread. keep it in your pocket, purse, car, or home.
psychic mugwort tea recipe
a gentle earthy tea to enhance psychic energy
makes one small pot (or large mug)
one tsp. of chamomile tea or dried blossoms
one tsp. dried mugwort
one tsp. peppermint tea or dried leaves
a bit of honey or sweetener to taste
steep for 3-5 minutes, and drink by candle-flame before a ritual to prepare for powerful spellwork, especially involving lunar magick. for magickal dreams, drink some before bed while meditating on what you want to dream of.