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Alternatives to Blood for Magic

Tw: discussion of blood (obvs)

Part of my devotion to Mother Nature does involve blood offerings and as I did give some blood in a ritual today I thought I'd share some alternatives to blood for those that want them!

First, why use blood at all?

Blood is used in a number of rituals and offerings for a number of reasons. It is commonly used as a binding ingredient that connects the caster (or whoever's blood it is) to the spell whether that be as a target or as a reviecer.

Blood can represent many things from life and power, to femininity and intuition (mostly menstrual blood for that). It is a very powerful symbol.

As an offering, it can be a sign of deep devotion as it is your life force (though that does not make it a "better" offering than anything else).

Note: I believe(?) that in many forms of Hellenism, blood is not considered an appropriate (and by some, even an offensive) offering to the gods. It is up to you to research and decide whether it is appropriate for you and your practice.

Alternatives to Blood

I often use these alternatives and only use my own blood for "special" rituals. I do not encourage people to harm themselves for their practice. If you are someone who is not comfortable drawing your own blood for magical reasons (and that is perfectly okay) then here are some ways to substitute it:

Fake blood - the obvious one here, not much to say about it haha!

Pomegranate juice - Pomegranate juice looks pretty similiar to blood, it's safe to consume and pour into the environment and pomegranates have similiar associations to blood!

Blackberries - These fruits are currently ripening in my area and when crushed they make an excellent blood alternative. In fact, I recently used them in a small devotional act to Mother Nature (picture below).

Water, dyed red - simple and budget friendly! Safe to consume and usually perfectly fine for the environment (check the dye first though!)

Red ribbon - this is great if you want something to symbolise blood that is more lasting and permenant!

Animal blood - some butchers will sell animal blood (usually pig because of black pudding) and you can even get it dried! Make sure to do your research on legality, ethics and please don't go out and collect your own.

Other bodily fluids - If the purpose of the blood in a spell is to bind the spell to someone then you can use any other piece of DNA; spit, sweat, etc. Even hair can be used, and it is much less invasive!

Menstrual blood - if you have a menstrual cycle, you may choose to use this blood in a ritual if the timing is right! Please, please, please be sensible. When using blood you MUST remember that it is a biohazard, even if its your own. Be sensible. Be clean.

This is an awesome spell, but I think it's also a really good example that spellwork can be whatever you make it! You don't need huge rituals all the time!

How to Avenge Yourself with Tarot

My grandma taught me never to draw first blood. But that if a soul hurts me maliciously, the old gods will consider my vengeance an act of self-love.

Step 1: State your case.

In a dim, quiet, private place… shuffle your cards, as you recount to them every detail of how you were cruelly injured. As if writing in a diary, divulge aloud your agony. Let your heart fill with ache. Let your body swell with rage.

Step 2: Choose the punishment.

When your pain and fury are at their peak… find the card in the deck that in your soul you believe to fit the misdeed.

Death: Serious illness

The Devil: Emotional abuse

The Tower: Sweeping chaos

The Moon: Damaging secrets revealed

Five of Wands: Friends turning foes

Seven of Wands: Crippling stress

Nine of Wands: Paranoia

Ten of Wands: Bone fractures

Five of Cups: Bouts of depression

Two of Swords: Significant errors in judgement

Three of Swords: Sudden loss of love

Five of Swords: Defeat in competitions

Eight of Swords: Mental or physical imprisonment

Nine of Swords: Insomnia and anxiety

Ten of Swords: Festering cuts and bruises

Knight of Swords: Physical and verbal abuse

Five of Pentacles: Financial ruin

Step 3: Decide the duration.

Find a second card in your deck. Remember that even the smallest cut left unchecked can lead to death. So unless it is warranted… be fair and be prudent.

Ace of Wands: A few days

Ace of Swords: A week

Ace of Cups: A month

Ace of Pentacles: A year

Step 4: Carry out the sentence.

Hold both cards in your hands, with the punishment on top, and the duration behind it, hidden in the back.

Gaze at the card… and with every fiber of your being, imagine it moving.

If it is the Knight of Swords, watch him gallop on his way to cut your oppressor in half. If it is Death, see your oppressor lying lifeless by the Reaper’s horse. If it is the Ten of Swords, let your oppressor take the place of the corpse in the card. Watch their back ooze with blood from every wound, gash and slash.

Step 5: Let it go.

Your raw vulnerability in admitting your injury has connected you to the higher power you have faith in, be that the Universe or a deity.

They have heard your appeal, which will soon be fulfilled. Offer them your gratitude in advance. Your wounds are now in good hands.

It could take days… weeks… even longer. It will happen once your oppressor believes they have gotten away with bruising you. At that moment, a colossal flame will engulf their contentment. And you will know in your heart that the debt has been collected.

🔥 Burn Your Wishes Curse 🔥

a simple curse to keep someone’s wishes from coming true. 

🔥 gather: seeded dandelions, matches, burnable area, paper, taglock

🔥 you can choose to make a ring of dandelions like in the gif, or bundle, or simply use one. note, the more dandelions the more wishes you destroy. 

🔥 if you want to target specific wishes, write them down on slips of paper and wrap them around the stems of the dandelion

🔥 place taglock in the middle of the circle, or around the bundle. 

🔥 burn the dandelions.

🔥 dispose of safely. keep the taglock.

Divination and Spell Commissions!

Hello everyone! I wanted to finally open up for divination and spell commissions. This is something I have been wanting to do for a few years now, and am finally settled enough for. I hope to make it a small business one day! I am also working towards saving up money to move out of state, as I am trying to escape a bad situation.

As for experience, I have been doing tarot and been a practicing witch for about 6 or 7 years, and pendulum work for about 4 or 5. I have been doing Deity work and worship for about 5 years as well.

- A disclaimer for Deity identification, messages, workings, etc. I will only be helping with Hellenic Gods. They are what I am familiar and comfortable with! I am also not an end all be all for the Gods, and I am not claiming to be Their word. I am just doing readings to the best of my ability. -

Now, with all that out of the way!

Tarot Readings

* One Card Reading- $3, any additional pulled cards + $1

* Past, Present, Future (three cards) - $5, any additional pulled cards + $1

* Horseshoe Spread (7 Cards)- $7

* Deity Message (Starting at 1 card)- $8, additional pulled cards + $1

* Reading of your choice! Prices vary depending on complexity and card amount.

Pendulum Readings

* ‘Yes or No?’ - $2 per question

* ‘Am I hexed?’ - $5 + $1 per additional question

* Specific questions- $5 + $1 per additional question

Deity Identification (Using Pendulum and Tarot)

* One Deity - $7

* Two Deities - $10

* Three or more Deities - $15

Spell Workings

* Protection Spell - $10

* Self Love Spell - $12

* Hex Breaking - $12

* Money Spell - $15

* Request a spell! Prices vary depending on ability/ingredients.

Baneful Workings

* Banishing Spell - $12

* Cord-Cutting Spell - $15

* Hex - $15 (May get more expensive depending on how complex. Dm!)

* Request a working! Prices depend on ability/ingredients/severity

This list will likely be updated as I continue working forward. If you are interested, send me a dm here or on my instagram! A lot of these things will need to be discussed a little more in depth and a price settled on. I will be taking payment before services are given out.

Evidence of workings will be sent, and readings will be conducted over dms as I am not comfortable with my face and voice being presented over social media. Keep in mind that for some workings that you/a third party’s name and birthday may need to be provided!

I will try to have a bit of an Instagram presence, and may ask you if I can post a picture of a working there!

Readings and workings will be done within a few days to a week’s time, as I have a job that takes up 3-4 days of my week.

If you need something done quick, or it is simple, just let me know and I will try to make arrangements! Majority of one card readings should be done within 24-48 hours, if not same day (occasionally immediately!)

I will be doing transactions through Venmo for now. Thank you so much!

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👁️Realize Your Wrongdoings Curse👁️

This spell is to make someone realize and feel guilty about their wrongdoings.

👁️ Ingredients: 👁️ Poppet, taglock, or other representation of the target 👁️ Paper and pen 👁️ Container 👁️ Lemon juice 👁️ Onion powder 👁️ Optional: googly eyes

👁️ First, take your poppet or other representation of the target. If you have googly eyes, put those on it if possible. Have the surface entirely covered except for the representation’s eyes if it has them. 👁️ Then take your container and line the bottom of it with googly eyes if you have them. Take the pen and paper and list their wrongdoings and then put it into the container along with the representation of the target. Say, “Look at what you’ve done wrong, [target’s name]. [Their wrongdoing(s)] shall always be on your mind. You can never look away from what you’ve done!” 👁️ Then add the lemon juice and onion powder to the container and say, “You shall feel incredible remorse and guilt for [their wrongdoing(s)]. You shall never forgive yourself for [wrongdoing(s)]!” 👁️ If you want this to be a hex, add on, “Until you have done right by me, you shall be forever cursed to feel the utmost guilt for your actions henceforth.” 👁️ Close the container and keep it in a dark place. Cleanse your space.

How to set a curse upon anyone

It's no secret that I'm a baneful witch. I don't hide from the fact that I don't fear consequences for my spells and neither do the people I set forth my wrath had tried to retaliate. I'm not here to judge anyone for wanting to set forth harm unto those that wronged them, I am merely here to teach you how to do it properly.

So here it goes:

Like any good spell there are components to making an effective curse. First, it's the intention. No good spell is complete without the intention in mind. All spells, remember, start off with the mind. So imagine the curse' affliction on the target. Imagine the curse making your tormentors suffer all the pain they've put on you.

Visualize their pain, fear, and suffering and relish in it. If you can't relish it then that's when you cut it out because this act is not for you. Putting curses on people is not for the faint of heart. If you can't find peace in their pain then focus on healing yourself instead. It's the only thing you can do at that point.

Second, a good spell needs a power source. This can be through the gods you worship, your soul, the energy in the atmosphere or objects and herbs you have around your house. You can pray to gods and goddesses of wrathful demeanor to carry out the curse for you. Or you can feel then bend the energy in the atmosphere then visualize it hitting or stabbing your target. Or you can burn or charge the object or herb of your liking and let the curse manifest.

And lastly, emotions. Or lack there of. This one will entirely depend on your own disposition to your emotions. Raw anger, resentment, deep sadness, or a pit of darkness deep in your stomach are all valid emotions that will tether your curse in reality.

If you do the curse right then you should see results in the near future.

That's it. Keep your head high, you'll get your revenge soon enough.

Warding

I've covered warding recently in my protection post. But here I will go into more detail on what warding is, the most popular ways to ward and how to create them as well as when to know when a ward is no longer useful or has been broken. I will also go into baneful warding and what it is.

What is warding?

Warding is a form of defensive magick which acts as your first line of defense against negativity. Be this baneful magick from another practitioner or negative entities and general negative energy. There are multiple ways to ward with each practitioner warding differently to the other. Wards come in all shapes and forms, and there is no limit as to how much warding you should do, you protect yourself as you see fit.

What is baneful warding?

Baneful warding is a form of warding in which the negative that hits a ward gets sent back to its source. Baneful warding is seen as a more "advanced" form of magick, however not too advanced for a novice to do with the appropriate amount of research. Baneful warding can come in the same forms as normal warding would.

Warding jars

Perhaps one of the most common wardings on this post, warding jats usually contain ingredients charged with the intention of warding. These ingredients usually range from herbs to bodily fluids such as saliva or blood. These jars are either buried on the practitioners property, left above entryway, left on an altar, or are carried with the practitioner when they want protection on the go.

A warding jar might contain: ashes of a warding sigil, bodily fluids, herbs and plants, crystals, bones, warding or protection oils, spices, metals, glass shards etc. These jars are then sealed with black or white wax (or are sealed in any other way, with glue, tape or simply just with intention).

When a warding jar is broken, you might find the contents of the jar to become moldy, the jar shatters, the seal might break or the contents of the jar to go off, you also might feel that the jar no longer has its power. When this happens, if the jar is intact, break the seal and empty the contents into the bin/trash or return them back to the earth. You can then cleanse the jar with your preferred method of cleansing and reuse the jar for another ward or spell.

Talismans and symbols

Talismans are objects which are charged with the intention fo protection or warding. A well known example would be the Nazar, known to ward off the evil eye.

Symbols are used to represent something or represent an intention example would be the pentacle/pentagram, a well known protection symbol. Another example could by the Eye of Horus, a symbol used by the Ancient Egyptians for protection, health and restoration.

You can create your own talismans and symbols to aid in warding. These might be used to ward against a specific thing, or can be used as a general ward to all negativity.

A talisman or symbol might break or feel like they're no longer useful once theyve done thier job. If this time comes, you can simply dispose of the old one and create a new one.

Sigils

Sigils are created and can be programmed with any purpose necessary. May this be warding ot cursing, they can be used for almost any working.

Sigils can be burnt to activate them, with the ashes being used in spells to add extra power. Sigils can be put up around your house or around your room for warding. These sigils can look like anything, simply draw them with the intention of warding.

Crystals

Crystals can be placed above entryways or in windows to act as a ward. Crystals can also be added to spells to give a desired effect or worn as jewellery to act as warding or protection on the go.

Some examples are: black obsidian, black tourmaline, clear quartz, amethyst, hematite.

When a crystal ward has been broken, the crystal might shatter, or go missing. Or you may feel the crystals energy feels different than usual. With crystals you cam simply cleanse and recharge the crystals to be used again!

Spells

Warding spells can be as simple as a dressed candle, or can be a complex ritual. Warding spells differ from practitioner to practitioner. Similar to warding jars, these spells might include the use of herbs, bodily fluids, crystals, plants etc. The methods of creating a warding spell vary, as there is no one way to create one.

When a ward breaks down, you might feel the ward break, or if it does what is intended, you might feel something bounce off the ward. Depending on the negativity sent your way, the ways in which you might feel a warding spell break down vary, this could range from feeling sluggish or nauseous to downright feeling psychic attack. (Whenever this happens, please consult a doctor, mundane before magical. What you may feel is a magical occurrence could be explained by illness, so please consult a doctor of you feel this way constantly)

Warding is a great form of protection which is used very often in a persons practice. While not all practitioners use warding, this is just to inform you of the ways you can ward to keep yourself safe in your practice!

Baneful Magic Tip: Put glitter in your spells to make it stick to your target. Have you ever successfully eradicated a glitter infestation? Neither have I. Give 'em hell.