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How to Become a Witch
Witches could already be practicing for decades, and still, every day, they keep learning new things. That is how wide-ranging and wonderful this path is. But when taking your first step, there is no need to be overwhelmed. For now, start with these and forget everything else.
STEP 1: Look within.
Just because Aphrodite is trending on Twitter does not mean you should worship her. And just because crystals look good on Instagram does not mean you should start your own collection. Your practice should be tailored to your soul, not to the posts on your dashboard.
So go to Café Astrology and enter your birthdate. It will calculate your natal chart, which is basically the manual to your life. It lets you know your strengths and weaknesses so you can let the former make up for the latter. This website not only shows you the details, it also explains what they mean.
STEP 2: Look up.
Now that you have a better knowing of yourself, look beyond your existence. Who do you think made you?
Investigate your lineage as much as you can. Was your family always Christian? Jewish? Atheist? Or did your ancestors have a more traditional belief? Having an inherent connection to the old gods means inviting them into your life will be much easier. If you feel a strong affinity with the Greco-Roman gods particularly, use your natal chart to confirm your theory.
But if after much meditation, you find yourself believing that the source is not a divinity, but the cosmos as a whole, then feel free to embrace that energy.
STEP 3: Look closely.
Our eyes can only see what is right in front of us. Divination allows us to see beyond that, and look into the forgotten past… the hidden present… and the future in all its glory.
Tarot is one of the richest divination systems in existence. Here is how you can learn it in one day. But if you feel that it is not for you, there are many alternatives too. Do you enjoy meditating? You might fall in love with scrying.
STEP 4: Look out.
One of the best things about witchcraft and paganism is that they empower you to improve your life with magic.
Is there a danger you need to protect yourself from? A wound that you need to close? A wrong that you need to right? Whatever it is, there is a spell for it.
Start with the simplest ones. All you need are a few ingredients and ton of faith to make them work.
STEP 5: Look around.
Now that you know who you really are… where your faith truly lies… how to see beyond the obvious… and how to tweak reality to make life easier… you are officially a practitioner.
It is time to expand your knowledge even further. Read as many books as you like. Try as many methods of divination as possible. Perform as many spells as you can.
You can start with these lists:
All About Divination
All About Astrology
All About Spells
Take as long as you need with each step. No need to hurry. Good luck in your journey.
Advice for First-Generation Witches
I have a friend who decided she wants to be a witch. She asks me for a spell every time she overhears that some date is important to witches.
No ritual has ever worked for her. Not a single one.
Magic sees her coming from miles away then shuts the door to her face. Occult beings want nothing to do with her. Incantations do not wish to be pronounced by her mouth. Witchcraft tasted her and spat her out.
Because to treat the craft randomly is to treat it disrespectfully. Magic pulls away from those who see it as a hobby.
This path is not merely an interest. It is a way of life. Only those who understand this can truly harvest its benefits.
Becoming that person takes a while. But if you start here, you’ll get there fine.
How to REALLY Learn Tarot in One Day
Reading tarot like a master requires a natural talent for divination. Barring that, years of constant practice will suffice.
But anyone can learn the basics. And it should not take longer than a day to cover. Start in the morning, and by evening, you will be a tarot reader.
This post is Day 1 of the Divination class that I teach. By 8:30 PM, my teenage initiates were already correctly predicting each other’s crushes and the winners of tennis matches.
THE DAY BEFORE
Get a deck and a resource.
Acquire a Rider-Waite deck or a clone of it. You may opt for something else, but be forewarned that you could lose out on a multitude of symbolism. The Rider-Waite may not be the prettiest, but there is nothing more complete.
Find a reliable resource. The Ultimate Guide to Tarot by Liz Dean is a perfect book for beginners. So is Labyrinthos’ website, if you prefer something free of charge.
THE DAY ITSELF
9–10 AM
Pick one keyword for each card.
With a belly full of breakfast, quickly skim through your resource and pick just one keyword per card. For example, “destruction” for The Tower, “happiness” for The Sun, and “wealth” for the Ten of Pentacles. Note it all down on paper or on your phone.
10–11 AM
Associate the word with the image.
Look at your keyword side by side the card. Make an undeniable connection.
Why is The Tower “destruction”? Because the tower on the card has been “destroyed”.
Why is The Sun “happiness”? Because the child on the card looks “happy”.
Why is the Ten of Pentacles “wealth”? Because the family on the card looks “wealthy”.
Memorization becomes much easier when based on visual correlation.
11 AM–12 PM
Quiz yourself.
Hide your notes from view. Keeping in mind the word-image associations you made, go through each card, reciting its keyword. Put in one pile all the cards you remembered the keyword for, and in another, the ones that escaped your memory.
Then look at your notes side-by-side the second pile to remind yourself of what you missed. Go through the whole pile again, repeating the process until you can recite the keywords for all 78 cards without making a mistake. One card, one word. Should be as simple as pre-school.
12–1 PM
Take a break.
Have a meal. Nap a little. Stretch a bit. Give your mind space to absorb everything you just memorized.
1–2 PM
Quiz yourself again.
You are guaranteed to forget some of your keywords. That is fine. It is why you are doing this again, to strengthen your memory. Be patient with yourself, and keep going through the whole deck until you are no longer making any mistakes.
2–3:30 PM
Pick a key phrase for each reversed card.
Quickly skim through your resource again. Now that you know the upright meanings, reversals should be fairly easy, because they can only be one of three: the opposite of the upright card; the upright card watered down; the upright card made worse.
To illustrate:
If The Devil upright is “addiction”, reversed it is “overcoming addiction” — the opposite.
If the Nine of Cups is “fulfillment”, reversed, it is “fulfillment delayed” — watered down.
If the Seven of Swords upright is “manipulation”, reversed it is “betrayal” — made worse.
Note it all down next to your upright keywords.
3:30–5 PM
Quiz yourself on both upright and reversed meanings.
Hide your notes from view. Keeping in mind the upright-reversed meaning associations you made, go through each card one by one, reciting its upright meaning followed by its reversed meaning.
Like before, put in one pile the cards you had no problem with, and in another, the cards that escaped your memory. Look at your notes for those you missed. Go through the whole pile again, repeating the process until you can recite the upright keywords and the reversed key phrases for all 78 cards, without making a mistake.
5–6 PM
Take another break.
Have another meal. Nap some more. Stretch again. Let your mind and body breathe.
6–7:15 PM
Quiz yourself again on both upright and reversed meanings.
Go through each card one by one, reciting its upright meaning followed by its reversed meaning.
Like before, put in one pile the cards you had no problem with, and in another, the cards that escaped your memory. Look at your notes side by side the cards you missed. And go through the full deck again until you are no longer missing a beat.
7:15–8 PM
Read.
For the last time today, bring out your resource, and from it, choose any spread you like. But if you really want to do it right, the Celtic Cross spread is recommended. Do not worry about being overwhelmed. You can leave the book or the website open on the page where the spread is.
Ask tarot your question. Without looking at your notes, interpret its answer to the best of your ability using the keywords and key phrases you just memorized.
Congratulations. You are now a tarot reader.
But if you wish to keep learning, then keep reading.
THE DAYS AFTER
Day 1 – Day 4
For the next four days, quiz yourself again on both upright and reversed meanings, to really cement them in your mind. Then perform the same spread you did the first time, but ask a different question each time. Interpret the cards to the best of your knowledge. This should only take an hour at the most.
Day 5
By now, everything you learned has been drilled into memory. Feel free to expand your knowledge. Read your book cover to cover. Fully explore your chosen website.
Most of the new meanings you will learn will be related to the ones you committed to heart, so do not worry about being confused. For example, if your keyword for The Empress is “abundance”, you will find that its other meanings are “harvest”, “creativity” and “fertility”. “Harvest” is financial abundance; “creativity”, an abundance of skill; “fertility”, an abundance of growth. They vary slightly, but they are all the same, essentially.
All the best in your tarot journey.
Plants & Their Correspondences
At the wonderful suggestion of @practicewhat here is a list of all of my plant posts all in one!
Letter A
Letter B
Letter C
Letter D
Letter E
Letter F
Letter G
Letter H
Letter I
Letter J
Letter K
Letter L
Letter M
Letter N
Letter O
Letter P
Letter Q
Letter R
Letter S
Letter T
Letter U
Letter V
Letter W
Letter X - No plants under letter X
Letter Y
Letter Z
What is energy?
Energy is the medium that carries the intent for spell work. It is utilized in every spell any practitioner has ever done or will do. I postulate that “Energy” is the equivalent of the multidimensional field of virtual particles (See quantum field). This is to say that energy is the smallest permeable fabric in which the most minute manipulations can take place. However, energy, when worked with consciously and knowingly, can create waves of effects over great distance. A butterfly effect starting with the observation and projection of a singular intent.
What is energy work?
Energy work is the manipulation of energy through use of the subtle body and the psychic mind. By “Psychic mind” I refer mostly to one’s energetic awareness: A practitioner’s ability to know where energy is in space and time, what its properties are, its trajectory & velocity, and its form. With this awareness, a practitioner can use their subtle body to manipulate energies that exist around them and within them. Energy work has significantly more to it than practices like Reiki, and other appropriative New Age practices, will lead you to think.
Why is energy work important?
Energy work is absolutely crucial to all spell work and any sentiment against that grain will hinder your craft. Every magical action you do has an energetic interaction. Without consciously practicing energy work, the energetic process behind it will be reactive instead of proactive. This allows your subconscious to have influence over the spell, which rapidly hinders the accuracy and precision of your casting. When energy work is employed purposely the conscious mind has significantly more influence, which improves the likelihood of the success of your spell.
How should energy work be practiced?
Energy work should be used intentionally in every single working you do as to have further control over the spell process. However, it should be practiced on a regular basis in order to keep up your energetic awareness. At first, energy work will be something that'll take a lot of concentration; however, after a while you’ll be able to practice it while doing tasks as well.
Important & beneficial concepts in energy work
Visualization is a helpful guide when first starting, but that’s all it should be as visualization is not doing actual energy work. If you lean too hard on visualization, you’ll stagnate as well as lose your sense of energetic awareness over time. Energetic awareness is very similar to the sense of touch. While these senses are very different from each other, touch is the closest physical analog to energetic awareness. You have to feel the energy more-so than see it. Visualization should be used to create a 3D mold of the construct you’re trying to make, and nothing more.
Getting started
When setting out to try energy work for the first time I recommend setting aside some time where you can sit in a quiet place for at least 30 minutes. For neurodivergent practitioners, it may be more beneficial to start off while out on a walk with some stimulating non-vocal music. For spoonie witches, It would probably be best to do this while laying down- just remain mindful as to avoid falling asleep.
Improving Energetic Awareness
Begin by closing your eyes and trying to reach your awareness out of your body. Energetic awareness is the same sense that you use to detect that someone is looking at you from behind. It should be less visual and more feeling. Try to trace the energies that exist in your environment.
Releasing Energy
The first step of learning energy work is to be able to release energy. Everyone releases energy from their subtle and physical bodies all the time when they are experiencing emotions. The stronger the emotions, the more energy is released. Whatever emotion is being experienced also modifies the types of energies that are released. Sit and focus on a time when you’ve felt a strong emotion and the energetic sensations that you can recall experiencing during that emotion. Then, if you’re able, try to start using that same path or application in order to start gradually releasing energy. Once you’ve got the hang of it, try to release energy from a single body part only. The goal here is to gain enough control of the release of your energy to a point where you can release energy from a tiny region of your body and be able to control the rate in which that energy is released.
Absorbing Energy
The process of absorbing energy is equal and opposite to releasing energy. The practice for this is also the same but opposite. The main difference is that it is important not to let the energies that are absorbed, are not taken into the subtle body. This is because some environments have energies that aren’t that harmonious with our bodily energies. Be sure to use your practice in releasing energy to redirect what you absorb and let it back out into the environment as you proceed.
Giving Energy Form
This is the point where visualization can be a helpful guide; however, if you lean too hard on it you will likely not be practicing energy work to the extent that would be required to master this step. Visualization can be used as a mental mould for the energy work. Visualizing the energy itself will not yield any progress. Hold the mould in your mind as you use the digits on your right hand to project controlled streams of energy into it. If any energy starts to escape the mould, pull it into your left hand or use the pulling motion to get it back into the shape. This will slowly help you develop the ability to control energies outside of your subtle body but within your fields. Once you can create a basic shape, try to solidify it in space before moving it around. Do so without adding or subtracting the amount of energy that makes it up. You know that you’ve mastered this when you can create a simple construct of any platonic shape, as well as a sphere, and move it around through space with axial rotation without the shape changing size or the amount of energy changing within it- all while maintaining the construct’s integrity.
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Category: Introduction to Witchcraft
-What is Witchcraft?
An extremely large article that covers all the basics for getting into witchcraft. I am regularly updating it as more related articles are published and/or I have come across new information that is relevant.
-A.I. & Witchcraft: Using ChatGPT in Research
An interview with ChatGPT about how to properly utilize it to research responsibly. I also added notes that I find crucial to this end.
-Altars: Use & Design
A description of Altars and how they can be used in various witchcraft applications.
-Beginner Witch Tips
Tips for those just starting to get into witchcraft and the occult.
-Creating a Spell Log
A guide on how to create and utilize spell logs in order to hone your craft.
-Conceptualization Vs. Visualization
An explanation of why visualization is widely improperly utilized and how Conceptualization is a significantly more useful skill.
-Correspondences: Research, Creation, & Use
A guide on how to research correspondences, how to create them, and how to use them for effective spellwork. Goes over things to avoid when working with correspondences as well as the metaphysics and magical theory of their operation.
-Finding Balance: Spirituality & Critical Thought
An article exploring the complexities of having spiritual experiences and maintaining critical thought.
-Herbology: Correspondences & Medicinal Properties
An extensive guide on how to approach herbology, herbal correspondence, and herbal medicine. Be sure to read the disclaimer at the beginning!
-Intermediate Witch Tips
-List of Closed & Semi-Closed Cultures
An ongoing project to help give beginner witches a frame of reference in order to research and practice respectfully and responsibly.
-Nature Vs. Nature
An exposition on the metaphysical, and practical magic applications of the juxtaposition between two perspectives of nature.
-Personal Narratives
An article about the dangers of people who try to pull others into their UPG. Please read the disclaimer at the beginning.
-Personal Narratives Part II
IN PROGRESS
-Personal Narratives Part III
-Researching Witchcraft
Defining some aspects of typical discussion points in witchcraft.
-Research Tips
Some helpful tips for those who want to delve deep into witchcraft research.
-The Spiritual Aspects of Witchcraft
-Tools for Witchcraft & Their Functions
-Visualization, Reiki, & Fascism
An article about how the trend of visualization is influenced by and can lead into fascist thinking and antisemitism.
-Visualization: Effective Implementation
An articles about how to use visualization to its fullest potential and how to avoid using it improperly. Also a list of some alternatives to Visualization for those who have aphantasia or struggle with visualization.
Category: Community Commentary
-Author Blacklist
A list of authors to avoid until you’ve obtained a solid foundation and understanding of the applications, methods of magic, and sociopolitical movements and morals behind various traditions and schools of magical thought.
-Bias in Witchcraft
A guide on how to identify and manage biases that are common to witchcraft in order to have a more effective craft.
-Content Creation Vs. Personal Practice
An opinion piece about the differences between having a personal practice and how to responsibly discuss it online, as well as how to responsibly frame witchcraft guides.
-Community Interactions
Reblog replies to other content creators on Tumblr.
-Consumerism & Witchcraft
-Content Critiques
Various critiques on witchcraft posts I have found on this platform.
-Examples of Ineffective Witchcraft Guides
Critiques on problematic, inaccurate, misleading, and vague witchcraft guides.
-Gatekeeping: When it is Appropriate and When it is Not
-Inspiration Vs. Appropriation
-Learning to Adapt: New Information & Modifying Practices
-Theosophy: The Heart of New Age Fascism
-The One True Way
-Three Fold Law & Other Magical Conventions
-Wicca, Ceremonial Magic, & Trad Craft: Problematic Practices & History
IN PROGRESS
-Witchcraft Vs. Superstition
An exploration of the differences between witchcraft and superstition.
Category: Divination
-Introduction to Divination
An article about the basic types of divination and the different ways to do them.
-Aeromancy: Divination via Wind
-Cartomancy: Tarot & Oracle Divination
-Cleromancy: Bone & Dice Divination
-Divination Tips
-Inventing Divination Systems
-Oracle Divination & Spreads
-Pendulum Divination & Dowsing
-Scrying: Divination Through Gazing
-Tarot & Tarot Spreads
-Tasseomancy & Palm Reading
Category: Energy Work
-Basics of Energy Work
The foundations needed to practice actual energy work, rather than pseudo energy work that is entirely dependent of imagination.
-Intermediate Energy Work
Covers a basic run down of the subtle body, energetic constructs, and energetic senses. Explains how to control the density and precision of energy.
-Advanced Energy Work Part I
Covers aspects of the subtle body, properties of energy, and how to control multiple energetic constructs simultaneously with acute control.
-Axioms of Energy Work
An explanation of the thought model behind energy work and how energy relates to itself and the world around it.
-Energetic Constructs
An overview of how to design, build, and maintain constructs as well as some possible methods of application in spellwork.
-Energetic Senses
The inherent, non-visual, senses that are the most effective way of energetic awareness
-Energy Work & Spoon Theory
An explanation of how, if done properly and after accurate practice, energy work requires no spoons to perform.
-Introduction to Grounding ✨NEW
An introduction to grounding exorcizes and their applications.
-The Energetic Model & Why it is Redundant
-The Subtle Body
A thorough description of the energetic body.
-The Wellsource
An article about the endless well of energy we all contain. Similar to the idea of The Seat of The Soul.
-Types of Projection
-Wands & Energetic Technique
IN PROGRESS
Category: Magical Theory
- What is Magical Theory?
IN PROGRESS
-Alternative Models of Magic: Why the Classical Models are Obsolete
-Benefits of Modular Witchcraft
-Correspondences & Energetic Properties
-Classical Models of Magic
-Engram Theory
-Magical Experimentation
The current magical experiment. I’m always looking for volunteers!
-Magical Potency
IN PROGRESS
-Magical Theory & My UPG
-Pop-Culture Magic
-Properties of Magical Design
-Surveys
A list of all the surveys and quizes I have made that I publish the statistics of at intervals of 100 responses.
-Threshold Theory
A unifying theory behind all spell work.
Category: Metaphysics & Philosophy
- Witchcraft & Philosophy: Metaphysics
IN PROGRESS
-Art & Media Within Witchcraft
-Chaos Theory & Game Theory in Witchcraft
-Concepts in STEM That Apply to Witchcraft
-Conceptualizing Sacrifice in Witchcraft
-Gradation & Ethics
-How White Supremacy Has Influenced Contemporary Witchcraft
-Intersectionality & Witchcraft
-Mental Illness & Neurodivergency in Witchcraft
IN PROGRESS
-On Dualities in Witchcraft
An examination of dualities within witchcraft and how their negative impacts on our community. Also goes over some solutions as well.
-Queerness & Witchcraft
IN PROGRESS
-Spectrums of Mystic & Magical Practice
-Witchcraft & Gender
Category: Psychicism
-Introduction to Psychic Abilities
An introductory guide to psychic abilities. This article focuses more on the abilities that are possible.
-Astral Projection, Dreamwalking, & Psychic Abilities
-Energetic Awareness in Psychic Applications
-Psychic Abilities & Their Applications to Spiritwork
-Psychic Abilities, Mental Illness, Personal Narratives, & Reality
A look at the intersections between mental illness and psychic abilities.
-Statistical Probability, Deja Vu, & Future Sight
Category: Safety
-Introductory Safety Practices
IN PROGRESS
-Basics of Warding
An introduction to warding
-Blood Magic: Purpose & Safety
-Crystals & Their Chemical Properties
-Dispelling Myths About Witchcraft
-Riding The Hedge, Poisons, & Entheogenic Practices in Witchcraft
-Intermediate Warding
-Fire Safety
-List of Cleansing Methods in Order of Effectiveness
-Practicing Safe & Consensual Sex Magic
Category: Sigilcraft
-Animated Sigils Project
Animated Sigils designed specifically for tech witches.
-Hypersigils & Sigilchains
-Metasigils
IN PROGRESS
-My Sigils
Sigils made using sigilcrafting methods of my own creation.
-Sigils: How-To
An introduction and overview of sigil magic.
-Spell Circles
An introduction to spell circles, how they can be constructed and used.
-The Mechanics of Sigils; Conceptualizations of Sigilwork and its applications ✨NEW
A comprehensive look at the mechanics of hypersigils and metasigils.
-My Spell Circles
Spell circles from my grimoires.
Category: Spellcraft & Spellcasting
-Basics of Spellcasting
An introduction to effective spell casting.
-How to Cast a Spell
An infographic about the basic principles behind spellcraft.
-A.I. & Tech-Magic
-Anchors
Covering how to most effectively cast lasting spell and work with spiritual entities that have been bound.
-Basics of Binding
How to bind energies, spells, and entities. I recommended reading the article about Anchors after this article.
-Ceremony & Ritual
IN PROGRESS
-Creating a Magical Conlang
-Curses & Consequences
-Designing Spells
Covers how to design a spell for any level of experience.
-Fate Magic
An introduction to the concept of fate magic and how it can be conceptualized and visualized.
-Fate Magic: Binding, Manipulation, & Safety
IN PROGRESS
-Glamours & Enchantments
-Intermediate Binding
-Intermediate Gnosis
Covers phases and types of gnosis and their applications.
-Intermediate Spellcasting
-Introduction to Gesture Magic
-Introduction to Gnosis
Introduces important concepts for entering a state of Gnosis.
-Path of Least Resistance
An introduction on how to cast spells with a higher success rate.
-Sex Magic
-Snap Magic
A guide to a unique energetic casting method.
-Spell Dictation
Covers why spells you find online aren’t reproducible and how that can be changed.
-The Elements: Air
-The Elements: Earth
-The Elements: Fire
An article about a lot of the way fire is utilized and conceptualized writhing witchcraft.
-The Elements: Water
Category: Spells
-A Look at My Grimoire
-A Raven’s Breath
A method of Spellcasting and cleansing.
-Aid in Gender Dysphoria
-Aid in Self-Love
-Curse of Self Doubt
IN PROGRESS
-Invisibility Spell
-Lessen Internalized Homophobia
-Lessen Racist Indoctrination & Increase Self-Awareness
Category: Spirit Work
-First Steps
A guide for just starting out in Spiritwork.
-Advanced Astral Projection
Covers how to create and maintain multiple projections, dreamwalking, and dimensional concepts.
-Basics of Astral Projection
Practice techniques and introduction to astral concepts.
-Basics of Banishing
An introduction on how to banish spellwork, entities, and energy.
-Benevolent Entities
-Communication & Godphoning
-Creating Thoughtforms
-Deities & Pantheons
-Dimensions & Planes: A Comprehensive Look ✨NEW
An in-depth look at the difference between spatial dimensions and spiritual planes and how each are useful in witchcraft.
-Dreamwalking
-Exorcisms: With & Without Christian Influences
-Intermediate Banishing
-Intuitional Spirit Work
-Mediumship & Possession
-Mirrors: Portals & Other Uses ✨NEW
An article about how mirrors are used in witchcraft.
-Ofrendas & Offerings to ancestors & Deities
-Shadow Work Concepts
Prompts for in depth shadow work, inspired by a dark night of the soul.
-Shadow Work: First Steps ✨NEW
A thorough introduction to shadow work in both mundane and magical practices.
-The Fae
Discusses the Fae, the spiritual entities not the cryptids.
-Types of Spiritual Entities
-Spiritual Emanations of The Emotions & The Subconscious
Jungian archetypes and how they can be used for shadow work. Also covers how thoughtforms can accidentally be created through emotions.
-The Veil & The Spirit Plane
-UPG & Verification
Category: My Craft & Experiences
-About Me
My pinned message.
-Exorcism Experiences Part I
My first experience.
-Exorcism Experiences Part II
-Exorcism Experiences Part III
-Experiences With Dreamwalking
-Interesting Spiritual Experiences
-Limpia Experiences Part I
-Limpia Experiences Part II
-Limpia Experiences Part III
-Limpia Experiences Part IV
-My First Experiences With Witchcraft
-My Introduction to Energy Work
-Why Grey? My Personal Philosophy
An explanation of why I consider myself to be a grey witch.
Category: Miscellaneous
-Asks
-Glossary of Terms
IN PROGRESS
-My Art & Graphic Designs
Digital art and graphics
-My Discord Server: The Reliquary of Unique Magics & Their Inventors
My tumblr post that explains our mission and requirements for membership.
-Oil, Corn, & Wine: A Witchcord Server
A discord server for witchcraft that is easier to gain entry to than The Reliquary
-My Services
Divination, sigilcraft, script design, and conlangs.
-My Tiktok
-Digital Templates & Inspiration
From spells logs to ideas.
Last Updated: Oct. 30th, ‘23
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Things to put in your book of shadows
Of course, only put in your book of shadows/grimoire what you want. If you don't want to put certain subjects in your book then that's fine. It's your book, utilize it how you want. This is just a masterlist of ideas that I've put together. Feel free to add anything else to the list that I may have missed, because there's absolutely no way I included everything.
And for the love of all the gods, if you come across a closed entity or practice, don't try to work with the entity or practice if you're not already part of that group or tradition. You can research it but don't practice it.
+ A blessing and/or protection
+ A table of contents
+ About you:
Your current path
Your personal beliefs
Your spiritual journey
Favorite crystals/herbs/animals
Natal chart
Craft name
How you got into the craft
Astrology signs
Birthday correspondences (birth tarot card, birth stone, etc)
Goals (if you have any)
Anything other relating to your personal practice
+ Safety
Fire safety
What NOT to burn
Plants and oils that can be toxic to your pets
What crystals shouldn't be in water, sunlight, etc
Things that shouldn't be put out in nature (salt, glass, etc)
Potion safety
How to incorporate blood safely
+ Core concepts:
Intention and how it works
Directing energy
Protection
Banishing
Cleansing
Charging
Shielding
Grounding and centering
Visualization
Consencration/Blessing
Warding
Enchanting
Manifestation
+ Correspondence
Personal correspondence
Crystals and rocks
Herbs and spices
Food and drink
Colors
Metals
Number
Tarot card
Elemental (fire, water, air, earth)
Trees and woods
Flowers
Days
Months
Moon phases
Zodiac
Planets
Incense
Teas
Essential oils
Directions (north, south, east, west)
Animals
Local plants, animals, etc
Dream symbology
+ Different practices
Practices that are closed to you (some examples below)
Voodoo and Hoodoo **Closed**
Santeria and Brujeria **Closed**
Shamanism and native american practices **Closed**
Wicca and wiccan paths
Satanism, both theistic and non-theistic paths
+ Different types/practices of magick
Pop culture magick
Technology magick
Chaos magick
Green witchcraft
Lunar magick
Sea witchcraft
Kitchen magick
Ceremonial magick
Hedge witchcraft
Death witchcraft
Grey witchcraft
Eclectic witchcraft
Norse witchcraft
Hellenic witchcraft
Animism
+ Deities
The deity/deities you worship
Different pantheons (the main five are Celtic, Roman, Greek, Egyptian and Norse, all open)
Deities and pantheons that are closed to you
Common offerings
Their epithets
Their mythology
Their family
Deity worship vs deity work
Prayers and how to make your own
Deity communication guide
Devotional acts
Ways to get closer to them
+ Other spiritual entities
Angels
Ancestor work
Spirit guides
The fae
Demons
Familiars
House spirits, animal spirits and plant spirits
Other various folklore entities
Spirit etiquette
Cemetery etiquette
Setting boundaries with the spirits
Communication guide and etiquette
Grounding, banishing, protection and cleansing, aka: "Spirit work safety guide"
How they appear to you
Common offerings
Circle casting
+ Divination
Tarot cards
Oracle cards
Tarot and oracle spreads
Pendulum
Numerology
Scrying
Palmistry/palm reading
Tasseography (Tea leaf reading)
Rune stones
Shufflemancy (Shuffling of a playlist)
Dice divination
Bibliomancy (Randomly picking a phrase from a book)
Carromancy (Melted wax)
Pyromancy (Reading flames)
Psychic abilities
Astrology
Aura reading
Divination via playing cards
Lenormand
Sacred geometry
Angel numbers
+ Other types of magick
Candle magick
Crystal magick
Herbalism/herbal magick
Glamour magick
Hexing
Jinxing
Cursing
Weather magick
Astral work
Shadow work
Energy work
Sigils
Art magick
Knot magick
Crystal grids
Color grids
Music magick
Charms, talismans and amulets
+ Spellwork
What makes a spell work
Basic spell structure
What NOT to do
Disposing of spell ingredients
Revitalizing long term spells
How to cast spells
What to put in spells (See correspondence)
Spell mediums- Jar spells, spoken spells, candle spells, sigils, etc
Spell timing
Setting up a ritual
Taglocks: What they are and how to use them
+ Holidays and Esbats
Yule
Imbolc
Ostara
Beltane
Litha
Lughnasadh/Lammas
Mabon
Samhain
The 12 full moons (Esbats)
How to celebrate
Deity specific holidays
+ Altars and tools
What they are
The different types and their uses (travel altar, working altar, deity altar, ancestor altar, etc)
What you can put on your altar
What you use your altars for
Common tools in witchcraft
How to use the tools
Food and drink
Common herbs in recipes
Sabbat recipes
Moon water: What it is and how to use it
Potion bases
Tea magick
How to get your herbs
Foraging
+ Mental health and self care
Bath magick
Affirmations
Burnout prevention
Aromatherapy
Stress management
Mental health coping mechanisms
+ History of witchcraft
+ Dream records
+ How to differentiate between the magickal and the mundane
+ Calendar of celestial events (Esbats, retrogrades, etc)
+ How to dry herbs and flowers
+ What chakras actually are and how they work within Hinduism
+ History and traditional uses of reiki
+ The witches' alphabet
+ The runic alphabet
+ Common witchcraft terms
+ Common symbols in witchcraft
+ Your own witch tips
+ Good witchcraft books and authors to avoid
+ Any online resources you utilize often
Urban witch kit: What you need on the go
This is what I carry on a regular basis for my witchcraft. Whenever I have a purse, I have all these with me.
Paper, pen, pencil and eraser, for on-the-go sigils
A pocketknife, preferably one with a scissors attachment
At least one cigarette lighter, whether you smoke or not (I don’t) to burn things
Chalk if you’re into drawing sigils on concrete and things
A phone. This is basic urban survival more than urban witchery, but you need some kind of cell phone.
Hand sanitizer for on-the-go purification in case of touching undesirable things
Gloves to keep energies off you when you’re handling them
Sunglasses for glamours and protections
A compact or other hand mirror for various things including divination
Your preferred divination method, if portable, is also good to include
A pack of cards
A key–house, locker, car, skeleton key that doesn’t open anything, doesn’t matter–for personal wards
All cheap, easily accessible things. All things that will come in handy for any spontaneous spellcasting.
Which Witch? - Let's Talk Labels!
Are you a green witch? Perhaps you’re a crystal witch or a sea witch? Maybe you're a kitchen witch? Let’s talk about these labels, what they are, and if you need them!
First and foremost let's discuss:
Do I need a label?
Nope! While you’re more than welcome to use one--many even--they aren’t required!
I won’t give you an exhaustive list of witch types, as you’ll learn there are as many labels as there are witches. Instead, I want to give you an idea about how these labels come to be and how you can decide on them if you’d like.
Labels for witches come from a variety of paces but a label almost always denotes a certain specification of their craft.
The tools they prefer (crystals, tarot, herbs, runes etc)
The biome or domestic area they thrive most in (sea, forest, swamp, mountains, urban, suburban, garden, kitchen etc)
The path they choose to follow (traditional, pop-culture, hedge, folk, poison, ceremonial, etc)
Their involvement with other witches (solitary, coven, hereditary, etc)
The type of magic they prefer (glamour, curse, healing, etc)
An over-arching concept or theme (death witch, love witch, divination witch, cosmic witch, etc)
Some labels are more specific than others and some can even encompass other labels!
For example: a green witch could be a witch who deals with all of nature whereas a plant witch would focus on just plants and a garden witch would focus on garden-specific plants.
You’ll also hear the term eclectic witch. What this label means is someone who uses a little bit of everything, or doesn't follow one specific path.
Unfortunately, there are those who use this label as a shield to hide their appropriation, assuming they can take what they want from any culture, closed or open, without doing proper research or initiation.
That said, many of those who use this term are not like that! They are simply witches who are just as likely to do magic in the forest as they are in the city, or to use tarot as much as they use pendulums, or perhaps they use herbs as much as they do crystals!
Not every witch needs a label, some don't ever use them, or they may use them only when chatting with others about their preferences in magic. Labels may even come and go as you move forward on your path. Choose whichever labels work for you, even if that means no labels!
Witch Tip! (Important!)
Sometimes the “right spell casting conditions” just can’t happen:
Want to cast outside but its just too windy? Want to play a certain song to set the mood but the wi-fi isn’t working? Need to look at the moon but its overcast?
Paper ripping, jars breaking, candle not lighting etc - Don’t take this as a sign that you shouldn’t continue or that things will not work! (not everything is a sign, sometimes shit just happens!!)
Take a deep breath. Adapt and adjust! You got this!
Astrology and Elemental Imbalance
Elemental imbalances occur when an individual has a limited element present in their birth chart and most often an excess of another. An unattended imbalance can cause stress of extremes of an element being projected by ones personality (Think of the knights in the Tarot).
Having 10 planets in the natal chart, including the rising sign, we naturally have a high chance of having an elemental imbalance in our birth chart and personality.
An imbalance of elements often looks like a minimum of 2 planets in an element, often seen as only having 2-0 planets missing from being familiar with that elements associations.
Having aspects from planets that naturally contain the missing elemental energies prominent in the natal chart (example, if you lack air but have many mercury aspects), this can aid the elemental lack, though it will not necessarily bring the elements in ones personality into balance for the planet will still be in an excess sign (example mercury in pisces), and it will still act accordingly to the element it’s placed in.
Fire Signs: Aries/Leo/Sagittarius
Air Signs: Gemini/Libra/Aquarius
Earth Signs: Taurus/Virgo/Capricorn
Water Signs: Cancer/Scorpio/Pisces
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Signs, symptoms and manifestations of having a limited element in the chart
Limited Fire:
Lacking passion and enthusiasm to do things
Having difficulty standing up for yourself
Tending to drift along with the flow of things which ends up being time consuming and making things progress slower than others
Feeling easily offended by harsh words or criticisms
Feeling uncomfortable around those who are quite flamboyant and expressive
Can’t stand noise of fast movement of things and people
Being highly introverted
Often feeling a lack of creativity
Lethargy and low energy often
Inertia and lack of motivation to take action
Feeling cold often
Often being too passive
Hypersensitivity to everything/everyone
Limited Air:
Leaping before thinking which ends up resulting in problems later on
Cognitive issues
Disconnected from others (either from self isolation of difficulty relating to people)
Limited socialising
Difficulty understanding other perspectives and ideas
Prefer expressing the self through non-verbal ways of communicating
Not a fan of social media and/or technology
Quiet (or very loud) speaking voice
Difficultly conveying thoughts and ideas cohesively
Tending to care more about ones own endeavours or how one self feels over another
Putting oneself down in analytical and ‘logical/rationalising’ areas of life (aka “Im dumb because i don’t know or understand this”)
Getting too emotionally involved with people, places and situations
Having a difficult time when it comes to standing back and rationally observe whats going on.
Limited Earth:
Having difficulty creating a practical plan and routine
Not caring too much about the material world and possessions
Having a difficult relationship with ones own body (can develop eating problems, wanting body modifications, excess dieting and bodybuilding)
A difficulty getting in touch with the body and its functions (can’t tell if hungry or full, if its hot or cold ect)
Having a difficulty staying grounded and often day dreaming
Giving things away to freely
Having a poor sense of taste, touch, sight, smell and hearing in one form or another
Difficulty creating the reality one wants
Not feeling connected to nature or animals
Getting too lost in thoughts, ideas and feelings and forgetting the reality of whats going on around you
Not caring about money or material possessions making the day-to-day life difficult
Not bothering keeping track of money and bills
Avoidance of hard work if possible
Easily physically fatigued
Limited Water:
Difficulty bearing with ones own emotional nature and that of others
Repressing emotions then realising them in private when they overflow
Becoming angry/agitated
Difficultly empathising with others
Not truly understanding what one is feeling
Expressing feelings inappropriately (getting angry over the little things/being calm when a tragedy occurs ect)
Rejecting ones own pain/refusing to feel it
Getting frustrated with those who are in an overly emotional state
Trying to rationalise and make feelings a practical and manageable thing
Thinking oneself out of feeling (excess air)
Expressing rage then calming down immediately after (excess fire)
Over spending (excess earth)
Difficultly in discriminating or recognising inutile hints and psychic messages
Avoiding closeness and touch of others
…
Signs, symptoms and manifestations of having an excess element in the chart (3+ planets in element)
Excess Fire:
Feeling restless and having trouble sitting still/relaxing
Constantly thirsty/Drinking very little water
Feeling restless
Fluctuating Temper/Easily provoked
Loud and bold (at inappropriate times)
Over enthusiastic about ones own passion
Expression can overbear others at times
Can be desensitised to the feelings of others
Frustration when things are going ‘slow’
Leaping before looking
Excess air:
Talking too fast/Too loud/Too much
Not listening to others
Excess thinking to the point of blurring out reality
Dominant and sometimes intrusive thoughts
Fluctuating emotional stability
Difficulty relating to others on an emotional level
Detachment to people, places and things
Over intellectualising and over processing things
Consistent/loud mind chatter
Inability/Difficulty relaxing due to a need to move or fidget
Short attention span
Excess Earth:
Stubbornness
Low energy/Vitality
Slow process on tasks
Can lack drive and enthusiasm
Set in ones own ways
Emotionally distant by focusing only on what the 5 senses can provide
Focus on material gain and maintenance
Excluding family and relationships for work
Over/Under eating
Obsession with body (for good or bad)
Overworking ones self
Slacking and lazing around excessively
Excess Water:
Fearful and oversensitivity
Focusing too much on feeling to the point of creating a foggy reality
Not seeing reality for what it is
Living in a world of daydream
Feelings hurt easily
Fluctuating emotional state that can be difficult to control
Lacking drive to take action
Avoidance of everyday tasks if possible (chores/jobs/managing money)
Excess desire to connect with the higher realms and detach from the body
Physical weakness/lethargy
…
How to balance your elements
When we are unbalanced, we either draw others to use (or us to them) to act as an external reflection of the things we lack within ourselves, however, its possible to engage in other activities that can help bring our elemental lack into appropriate balance that can allow for self-healing and improved wellness.
At times due to elemental imbalances in out chart, we may be drawn to another who has excess of the element we lack (even signs) as to experiences a sense of ‘ying and yang’ by interacting with another. You may find you personally may greatly clash with another, yet you are reluctant to part because they seem to ‘fulfil’ you in a way you can’t explain.
For the element you lack the most in your chart, see the table below to find out ways you can help bring the lacking element in your personality.
APHRODITE
ROMAN NAME: Venus
🤍Goddess of Love, Beauty, Desire, & Fertility🤍
🎨COLOURS: Red, Pink, Seafoam green, Aqua
🌊ELEMENT: Water
🗓DAY OF THE WEEK: Friday
🌱PLANTS+ TREES: The rose, the myrtle (flower & tree), the honeysuckle, the apple tree, the lime tree
💎STONES & GEMS: Diamond, Rose Quartz, Pearl, Aquamarine, Sapphire, Garnet
💨INSENCE: Rose, Frankincense, Myrrh, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Cypress, Jasmine, Ginger
🐚SYMBOLS: Hearts, Seashells, Mirror, Girdles, Dolphins, Doves, Swans, Sparrows, Bees, Sea Foam, Pomegranates, Apples, Strawberries, Oranges, Pears
🕊OFFERINGS: Roses, Myrtles, Apples, Pomegranates, Honey, Wine, Chocolates, Cookies or cakes made to look like one of Her symbols (i.e. hearts), Strawberries, Oranges, Pears, Perfume, Bath Salts, Bath oils, Bubble bath soap, Scented lotions or fancy soaps
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Familiars
What is a familiar? A familiar is an animal whom you have a spiritual connection with. A witches companion. You call upon them to help you with your practices. They can be physical or spiritual beings. They are healers and guardians but above all, a loyal companion. Provides the witch with psychic protection as well as negative energy. They do not have to be your ‘pet,’ any animal that you use symbols of can also be your familiar but on a more spiritual level. Animals are chosen as a familiar because of their connection with nature and innocence. They protect on many spiritual levels as well as the home and property of the witch. They become able to communicate together in dreams and during meditation.
History of Familiars In Europe during the witch hunts familiars were thought of at demon like entities sent to do a witches bidding. It was believed that they were cats, dogs, and toads possessed by demons. Thus, during the witch hunt era many animals were hunted and slaughtered because of their connection with witches. Familiars were supposedly given to the Witches from by the Devil. It was believed that they were fed from the witches blood.
In some Scandinavian countries familiars were thought of as fearies, elves, pixies, dwarves, sprites, and elements of nature.
In shamanistic practices the familiar is in fact not a physical being rather it is a spiritual entity. It protects in the astral plane and from any psychic attacks.
In England and Scotland familiars took form of toads.
Familiar Misconceptions:
Not every witch has a familiar. In fact some are quite happy working alone. Some witches may even be allergic.
Cats are not the only animal used as a familiar.
No familiars are not possessed by demons or the devil.
Not all pets are familiars!
Types of animals to used as familiars:
Any animal can be used as a familiar! The most common are cats (especially black) and dogs.
How you know it is your familiar and not just a pet:
It chose you.
You have a bond on a spiritual level.
You put more trust in it then anyone/anything else.
Takes an active role in your rituals.
Sits politely while you are casting being sure not to be a bother.
Loves to lounge in your magick work space.
You feel a boost of energy whenever they are near you.
Watches the window constantly watching for any unwelcome beings.
Trails you like a shadow.
Hates to be separated from you
How to find your Familiar:
Cast a spell to bring clarity on your familiar.
Meditate on it.
Ask a form of divination about finding you familiar.
Ways to bond with your Familiar:
Provide it with a collar, halter, leash, etc that has protective crystals and herb sachets sewn into it.
Carry a piece of a NATURALLY shed item from your familiar in a sachet or tied together with ribbon.
Provide them with the best food and housing you can afford.
Always place them before yourself.
Spend lots of time together.
Provide them with their own protection.
Speak to it.
Brush or stoke it.
Treat them and reward them for their help.
Treat them with the kindness they deserve.
Honor them.
Provide them with an altar.
Give them offerings.
Familiar uses:
Provide you with physical and spiritual protection.
Provide you the uttermost loyalty and respect
Benefits your emotional well being.
Helps you connect with nature.
Enhances are physical and psychic abilities.
Protects home and property.
When to work with a Familiar:
When you want to attune with nature
Meditation
Healing magick
Dreamwork
Astral travelling
Divination
Scrying
Spirit communication
Welcome them to join you when power is being raised and spells are cast.
Respect a Familiar deserves:
Let it accompany you on its own accord and make sure it is willing to participate, NEVER force them to join in on a ritual. They are very sensitive to psychic power and vibrations. Treat them with kindness and the same respect you would give to a human being. Be sure to treat them as an equal and not something you own. This is very important if you want to create and maintain a connection with your familiar. Familiars are living beings and should never be treated like an athame, candle or an object for spell casting. Make sure to be cautious with the type of tools you are using during your casting with a familiar. Be cautious of candles or any toxic herbs!
Names for familiars:
Instead of you choosing a name for them, ask them what their true name is.
References: Paganwiccan.about.com, pagancentric.org
What type of Familiar do you have?
I have a horse and a cat as my familiar!
May the moon light your path!
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References: Paganwiccan.about.com, pagancentric.org
In the last few months things have been more abnormal, than normal for me. It’s pretty interesting to say that I find myself operating at a level of chaos that I shouldn’t be. Hectic situations are like being able to see the sun clearly. Where others only see purple storm clouds. I have always been grown. My youth was stolen from me. Ripped from the cage in my chest that holds my little beating heart. The adults around me forged a weapon against one another fom my little remains. Mother and child against father with son. Kin against kin.
Since the age of 7 years, adults have questioned me! Told me! Volun-told me what I should think and what I should do.
From there I was told how I should feel about my mother and ill fitting she was. And I was told about how much a loser my father was. Nothing, was fair for me. No experience of greatness thrusted for me to experiment of what I had come from. Only what I supposedly lacked.
By the ones we call family. On both sides, are the ones that create situations that ultimately have nothing to do with them. It’s always when the shoe is placed on the other foot they see how it feels.. …With no regret, I practice my bitch craft and I practice it fiercely. No hold bars. And anyone can catch a sift blade of my palatial sword. Burn from my relentless gaze.
I. Still angry because no one want to hear me speak. Vent, let out all of that anger. Tell my truth. I need to have the. Own up to what they have done. Admit that you were wrong and that I cost me emotionally type venting. In the end everything feels as it doesn’t matter because I was not planned more wanted in the first place. The shadows of there faces linger on my thought because I have been on my own for a very long while. I have been creating my own families. And still nothing ever compares. In one way or another I am, in the subtlest of ways. Reminded of my place in these places. In these groups, in these homes. I think that I will feel at ease. And at home, when I create my own organic family. Find my partner. Build a home. Create a stable life. And have babies.
I think that I’m ready to do this and never look back at those who I have come from. To never let my children and partner know what foolery, ignorance and contemptuous people that I birth from. “Now Is the time. Now is the hour. Now is the magic. Now is the power!”