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I'm really sorry again, I'm very sick, so Witchy Weekly Challenge 10 won't be up for a while. Thank you all for being so patient and understanding! I love you guys!

Just a repost as it's nearly the end for group chats. For anybody who wants to continue to chat to people via group chat, here is my discord server link:

https://discord.gg/9Adb4HPFTB

Everyone is welcome!

I didn't do anything for Mabon this year because I was ill and man...I'm sad about it :(

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Much needed splurge on more Crystals today x the collection continues 😍

Witchy Weekly Challenge 10: Honouring Your Ancestors ~

Yes I know, I know, it's been a looooooong time! But your Resident Duck has finally returned with Witchy Weekly Challenge 10! (Don't expect WWC 11 any time soon after though 😂). The challenge is as follows:

Read up on your family history, find the links with you and your personality. Perhaps share with your family if you feel comfortable to do so.

Write a letter to a loved one you've lost, whom you miss. Make a ritual of it and burn it to send it off to them.

Wear something that belonged to a loved one or that reminds you of a loved one today. Document how you feel throughout the day.

Spend the day with a loved one today, doing something that you will both enjoy. Perhaps take a picture to remember the day or create something together!

Share some memories with your loved ones today. Learn more about your family history and your Ancestors.

Get into the kitchen if you can today, cook something that reminds you of your childhood/a lost loved one. Fill your cooking with positive intentions.

If you have time and space, perhaps plan and create an altar dedicated to your ancestors today. Spend time at this sacred space whenever you wish to be close to them.

As always lovely people, you are welcome to share what you do to fulfil the challenges, but you don't have to ❤

Hope you enjoy, your feedback is always welcome! Feel free to leave comments or ideas for future challenges below ❤

Couldn't agree more, self care is the strongest form of magic

Reminder that self care is magic.

Drink water

Connect with nature

Breathe

Take your time

Sharing something I needed to hear today that may benefit someone else.

Sometimes things that you regularly do in your craft stop working for you and that's ok. When we have a hobby or an interest and it becomes hard to continue because we've lost the interest, we don't force ourselves to continue, we try something new.

You're always changing, so why should your craft remain the same permanently?

You don't have to do daily tarot/oracle card pulls. If you're struggling, maybe try a weekly tarot/oracle pull.

Do what's right for you and your needs.

Buying things I actually need with money I earn = struggle

Buying pretty crystals and more card decks = self care

Green witch / every damn witch tip

Get a protective plant, get a plant that has thorns or spikes, get a plant that represents protection in general (like rosemary, African Violets, Lavender, Basil etc.) and on the first of every month, hold a ritual where you water it, give it offerings of fruits, cakes, wine or blessed water - so that it can protect your home for the coming month. If it dies, or a leaf or section of it dies, that means it prevented something from coming in. You know what you do? You thank the plant, pinch that part off and go and burn it outside of your house (that plant spent its life keeping some bad stuff out your house and now you're going to bring it in) or bury it somewhere off your property. Give thanks again by blessed water. Say a charm while watering it in the beginning of every month, and then every other day just water it normally wit thanks. There you go, green witchcraft sorted.

Green Hedge Witchcraft ☽✿☾ Resources List

Green Hedge Witch Tags

Green Witchcraft Tags

Hedge Witchcraft Tags

Articles

What is a Green Witch?

Path of the Green Witch

What is a Hedge Witch?

What is Hedge Witchery?

Herbalism & Herb Magic (tags)

Starting Your Herbal Practice 

Deepen Your Herbal Practice

Identifying Your Plant Totem

Raising a Plant Familiar

Communicating with a Plant Spirit

Offering Thanks to Plants & Trees

Nature Friendly Offering

12th Century Herbal Invocation

For Magic & Medicine

List of Herbs for Herb Magic

Magical Herbs

Herbal Grimoire

Magical Herbcraft

Herbs & Their Magical Uses

Magical Names of Herbs

Pantry Folk Magic

Grinding Herbs

Herbal Brews

Herbal Protection Potion

Simple Oi Recipes

Simple Incense Recipes

Healing Herb Sachet

Natural/Earth Magic (Tags 1 2)

Earth (Natural) Magic

Charms, Spell & Enchantments

Plants & Sacred Spaces

Magical Properties of Woods

Spellwork with Scent

Divine Flowers & Plants

How to Make Incense

Heal A Tree

Rite of the Earth: Giving Mama a Hug

Blessings & Being Blessed

Increase Trees

Call Upon Elementals for Empowering Spellwork

Cauldron Spell for All Purposes

An Earth Charm

Three Red Leaves Protection Spell

Psychic Purification

Charm for Psychic Protection

Cloak of Psychic Protection

Ash Solar Amulet

Fae Magic (tags)

Spring Faery Amulet

Increased Awareness of The Fae

Altered Consciousnesses to Commune with the Greenwood 

Faerie Star

Path of the Seven Sights

The Seven

The Seven Sigil

Videos

Susun Weed’s Youtube Channel

EatYourWeeds

HedgeLiving

LearningHerbs

MountainRoseHerbs

The Magic of Herbs part 1 

The Magic of Herbs part 2

The Magic of Herbs part 3

Making Incense on a Budget

How to Make Cone Incense

Magical Trees

Witches Zodiac

The Fairy Tradition (a wee introduction)

How to make Offering Stones

Books I Have Read

Green Witchcraft 

Way of the Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock 

Grimoire of the Green Witch by Ann Moura(Only use this book for references and DO NOT READ HER OTHER BOOKS. They are not about Green Witchcraft, but Wicca with the word “Green” thrown into every sentence)

Cunningham Encyclopedia of Magic Herbs

A Compendium of Herbal Magick

Herb Magic for Beginners (Spells only)

Hedge Witchcraft

The Green Hedge Witch by Rae Beth

Hedge Witch: Guide to Solitary Witchcraft by Rae Beth

The Hedge Witch’s Way: Magical Spirituality for the Lone Spellcaster by Rae Beth

Spellcraft for Hedge Witches: A Guide To Healing Our Lives by Rae Beth

Herbalism 

Healing Wise by Susun Weed

Mastering Herbalism by Paul Huson 

The Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners: The Healing Power of Medicinal Plants by Wolf D.Storl

Culpeper’s Complete Herbal

Authors to avoid: 

Silver Ravenwolf. 

DJ Conway.

Edain McCoy, 

Ann Moura 

Why you should avoid these authors:  

failure to cite sources

misinformation

historical inaccuracies

poorly research 

poor or no bibliography 

🌿How to harvest & dry herbs🌿

⚠️This is just my personal approach based on research, mentors and my own experience, please do your own research too ⚠️

Some general guidelines:

These are all recommended for both uses, magical and medicinal, but particularly for plant material you’ll want to give medicinal use.

Always harvest ~10 meters away from contamination sources (roads and cars, railroads, constructions, factories, etc. Even more serious stuff like landfills and heavy metals) Plants can absorb toxic chemical compounds from any these sources, so if you plan to ingest them or apply on your skin etc, avoid contamination sources. Examine your area to find where it’s safest to harvest plant material from.

Only take up to 30% of plant material, preferably less (leaves, flowers, berries, roots) this is to allow for healthy regrow.

Don’t take material with visible harm, illness or bugs, such as yellowed or bug bitten / holey leaves, etc. Educate yourself to recognize different possible bugs or parasites or plant illnesses that may affect your local flora to avoid these.

Sometimes you’ll have better results with fresh materials, you don’t always need to dry them. Know when to use what, depending on your goal and what compounds you want to extract, and how it’s best to extract them.

If you prefer fresh, you can keep fresh herbs in a vase with water for up to a week, more or less.

Clean the branches & leaves by soaking them or washing them in saltwater to scare away little critters, and dry them stem-up, making small bundles with stems fairly separated so everything is well aireated, and always away from sunlight. Do not clean with alcohol, detergent, or any other substances. Just water or salty water will do.

Roots, flowers, berries and bark can be dried in drying racks or basquets. Separate them from each other, specially flower petals, to dry them thoroughly and keep in a dark place until they’re fully dried (you’ll know if they crack when handling them and don’t feel soft anywhere anymore). For roots, bark and berries, move and rotate every so often to make sure they dry evenly, or just dry them in the oven if you’re brave! (be careful not to burn them)

Aromatic herbs should be harvested before they bloom, when you see the fully formed buds and their smell (and taste!) is strongest. 

When cutting the stems, cut at an angle to allow for healthy regrow.

Always make sure you’re harvesting what you think you’re harvesting. Learn to identify plant species properly, and always, always research about lookalikes it may have, as they could be toxic or poisonous or harmful in some way. This is necessary for safety reasons.

Store everything in glass jars or paper bags, away from humidity, to prevent mold. I don’t recommend plastic bags or containers as they can more easily retain humidity but that’s me. Check on your stuff often too!! Different things will last more or less time on the shelf.

⚠️Extra reminder to always check which part of the plant is medicinal, check if any other parts could be toxic or harmful, check for dosages, contraindications, possible allergies, and possible interactions with anything else you’re taking!!!!!!!!

For specific plant parts:

Flowers: Harvest as soon as they’ve fully bloomed, during the full moon.

Berries and fruits: Harvest right after the first frost, generally in autumn. Look for deep color and tight, glowy skin. I like to harvest these under a waning moon.

Seeds and pods: Collect these when all flowers are gone, usually in late summer, under a waning moon.

Leaves: Ideally, collect these from bright green and flexible limbs, the first warm days of spring when there’s new sap and no flowers yet, but for many species you can take some leaves all year round. Under a waxing or full moon does it for me.

Bark: Harvest during the first warm days of spring, when the sap rises. You’ll find newly formed bark easier to peel off. Rather than peeling the trunk directly, cut off a branch or limb and peel it off completely, it’ll cause less harm to the tree or bush. Under a waxing moon it is.

Roots, rhizomes, tubers: Harvest after all the leaves are gone, around late autumn, but before all the good stuff stored in them is used during the winter. Under a waning or new moon.

Some superstitions:

These are more specifically for the magical properties of the plant. 

Some folks say you shouldn’t harvest plant material with iron scissors or other iron tools, as iron scares away the spirit of the plant, and thus, the potency of whatever your working on will be less.

For some plants, you’ll find specific prayers, chants or charms, more or less complicated rituals, to harvest specific parts at specific dates. This is, again, for the spiritual properties rather than medicinal. I am the type to believe proper harvest makes both the work and the medicine stronger, but it’s up to you to decide how to go about harvesting certain plants considered “sacred”, and even what plants are considered “sacred” will also change depending on your own practice, culture, tradition, region and more, so do your research!

It’s common belief to not speak while you’re going to harvest the herb, and neither when coming back, as to not alert the spirit your intentions and out of respect for what it gave you or what it’s doing for you.

But while you’re there, after harvesting, let the plant spirit know why you’re in need of it’s aid and leave some kind of offering in return (again, do your own research on specific plants and their folklore, but some general things such as water, sugar or eggshells, and more traditional things like a certain number of coins, will likely work just fine)

With some plant species, particularly the poisonous kind, or some associated with the devil in folklore, you’ll likely find ways to protect yourself from the spirit’s anger upon being unearthed or cut. These range from giving praise to the spirit in the form of poems, songs, or offerings before getting to harvesting, to drawing circles in the dirt around it with holy water, a knife, or your own hand, and may even be having to cut the branches or unearth the plant in a specific manner (some say backwards, some say away from you) to prevent it from harming you. Sometimes simply carrying protective charms will do. Learn the folklore of each species you work with!

common outdoor items & their uses

a guide to common outdoor items and their magickal uses.

acorns- luck, protection, wisdom, power

walnuts- healing, protection, self care

pinecones- fertility, masculinity, growth, nature

pine needles- cleansing, healing, strength, banishment

pecans- employment, protection, success, abundance, prosperity

grass- growth, learning, healing, new beginning, grief, recovery

maple leaves- feminine, travel, change, decisions, healing

oak leaves- truth, justice, knowledge, steadfastness, protection, guidance

birch leaves- protection, cleansing, fertility, purification

dandelions- calling spirits, divination, healing

dandelion seeds- divination, wishes, manifestation, dreams, luck

dandelion leaves- defeating negativity, steadfastness, growth, purification

2 leaf clovers- love, luck, courage, cleansing

3 leaf clovers- protection, luck, fidelity, divination

4 leaf clovers- spirit work, luck, psychic ability, attraction

5+ leaf clovers- wealth, luck, attracting money, sanity

wild clover flowers- animal magick, blessings, breaking curses, luck, love

apple seeds- love, secrets, knowledge, gateways, divination, prosperity

tree bark- protection, binding, banishment, cleansing, purification

rocks- many rocks have crystals hidden inside, the most common is quartz types. if unsure, rockcs can represent strength, stability, protection and banishing. if you suspect its a crystal, look it up and discover the correspondences that matter to you!

will add more as i can, feel free to add your own!!

•~• Some Basic Pumpkin Magic •~•

Even though July isn’t even over yet and autumn is not as near as I would like it to be, I wanted to talk about one of my favorite things in the world - pumpkins! I always love when these bad boys come around in the autumn, so to be prepared for the coming autumn months, I thought I’d make a little summary of some pumpkin associations and magic!

Colors

When we think of pumpkins, we tend to think of the color orange, which is associated with attraction, creativity, and new opportunities. But pumpkins can also be found in other colors, such as green, yellow, and white! If you want the general associations of a pumpkin but want to use a different kind of color magic, maybe look into the less iconic but still wonderful varieties of pumpkins.

Pumpkin Associations and Uses

Pumpkins are often associated with abundance and prosperity due to their large size and many, many, seeds. The seeds are also a feature that promotes new life and expansion. Pumpkins also tend to last long periods of time when not disturbed, so the expansion aspect of the seeds can be longer-term as the pumpkin itself can last longer.

Pumpkins are also ruled by the moon and their element is water. Doing spells and rituals regarding the moon and/or water can be amplified by the pumpkin’s natural associations with these things.

Pumpkins are also used to ward off evil and for spirit protection. Carving them into faces is a common tradition and they became used in what we know as a jack-o-lantern as a replacement for the traditional turnip. If you want to double up on the protection aspect, carve a sigil, rune, or other protective symbol into the pumpkin instead of a face.

Which also leads me to the time of year that these are around. Pumpkins are an autumnal plant and are heavily associated with harvest festivals and spiritual festivals. The most well known would be Mabon and Samhain, with our modern day Halloween coming from Samhain, thus the jack-o-lanterns at this time of year outside of the magical community.

Other Magical Uses

Aside from the jack-o-lantern spells, the most obvious and my personal favorite way to use pumpkins is kitchen magic. I have sweet pumpkin tea that I stir clockwise to attract abundance and prosperity. You can also use them in baking, such as a pumpkin pie, or regular cooking, such as pumpkin soups and stews. They work really well with spices. If you’re working on spiritual protection with the pumpkin, using cinnamon to enhance the protection properties. Also cinnamon and pumpkin is one of my all time favorite flavor combinations so it also tastes amazing!

The pumpkin’s physical characteristics can also be used in spells. Carve out your pumpkin and use it as a bowl or container for your spellwork.

And last on this post but definitely not the last way to use it is the drying of its seeds and using the seeds throughout your magical year. As mentioned, these seeds are great for new beginnings, and as they are connected to a moon associated plant, new moon spells and rituals of attracting abundance and new beginnings work really well when adding some pumpkin seeds.

I hope y’all found this helpful and let me know if you want basic breakdown of anything else!

common plants used for cleansing that are under threat

sandalwood

S. insulare, S. yasi, S. freycinetianum, and S. pyrularium are endangered. S. involutum and S. macgregorii are critically endangered. (source)

dragon's blood

D. cinnabari is under threat, and was listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as of 2004. (source)

frankincense

in 1998, B. Sacra was listed as "near threatened" by the IUCN. all Boswellia species are currently threatened by overharvesting and habitat loss. (source)

myrrh

as of 2019, almost 50 species under the Commiphora genus are classified as "threatened" by the IUCN. (source)

white sage

S. apiana is not yet considered endangered or threatened, but many Indigenous communities in north america have expressed concern about the over-harvesting of the plant. furthermore, S. apiana is sacred to certain Indigenous tribes, and non-Native people have been asked to refrain from using it by many Native people. (source)

alternative cleansing plants you can use

rosemary (S. rosmarinus)

clary sage (S. sclarea)

rue (R. graveolens)

lavender (anything under the Lavandula genus)

hyssop (H. officinalis)

pine (P. sylvestris)

feel free to add on to the alternatives!

Acorns

In folklore, carrying an Acorn will bring forth a long and healthy life. As well as luck, protection and ward off illness.

Here are some other ways you can use acorns!

In Autumn, pick up the very first acorn you find and carry it through fall and winter. It will protect you from negativity and draw prosperity and good luck to you all through the dark months. Once spring arrives, return the acorn to nature as a ‘thank you’ for assisting you.

Placing acorns on a windowsill is said to keep your home safe.

An acorn can be used as an amulet for keeping a youthful appearance.

A Charm for Inner Strength. Empower an acorn with the following chant and carry it on your person during difficult times:

"Little Seed with cap so fine, 

Grant your strength and make it mine. 

Make me as sturdy as your tree. 

As I will, so mote it be."

thank you saint fiacre for interceding on one of my plant’s behalf 💚 i didn’t think it was going to live but it has a new leaf now! 🌱🙏🏼

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