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It feels like only yesterday when I was young and afraid unsure of my future but eager to get there. Ready to grow up.. 8 year old me : "I can't wait till I'm 16, I can't wait till I'm 18 I can't wait till I'm 21," and days dragged on, time never ended , some days I'd be upset at how slow the days went by , now that I'm older days are going by quicker, times slipping through my fingers when at one point it felt like I had all the time in the world, now the adult concerns set in. Your childhoods gone, fear settles, uncertainty with it, the struggle to find peace and contentment with the reality hitting you with your own mortality, love ones disappear over time, where is the comfort and when will you find it? I guess only when your soul speaks to you and it finally clicks. Only you can find your peace of mind

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🍃Here is a simple loose incense blend to use for burning during your summer solstice rituals. It can be used for cleansing, as an offering at your altar - or burned during spell work.

✨Note: Garden and kitchen herbs make excellent substitutions for any flowers or herbs not easily accessible.

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Pages on cleansing and warding in my new grimoire

This is the third one I’ll have started lol let’s hope I can finish it

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HONEY LEMON LAVENDER CAKE 🍯🍋

Bake at 350 for 35 minutes !!

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Lammas tips

Activities

bake bread or put herbs bread you buy

go on a walk and observe the changes in nature

tidy up

fire/sun spells

have a bonfire

decorate! (this can just be changing your phone background)

gather and dry herbs for spellwork

enjoy the warm weather before autumn

go to harvest festivals and farmers markets

prosperity spells

check your garden

restock things you need

put wheat on your alter

mess around in the kitchen! put your own twist on that recipe you love

update any witchy journals you may keep (grimoire, book of shadows, etc)

eat late summer fruits

reflect on your talents and do what you’re good at

make sun water

have a self-love bath ritual

make corn dolls

Colors

yellow

cream

brown

green 

gold

orange

dark purple

tan

Herbs and Flowers

rosemary

cinnamon

mint

basil

garlic

mugwort

milkweed

acacia

peony

marigold

sunflowers

hops

goldenrod

yarrow

Incense and EOs

frankincense

sandalwood

rose

rosemary

patchouli

lavender

lemongrass

Crystals

tigers eye

citrine

rose quartz

quartz

carnelian

aventurine

granite

gold

brass

amber

malachite

sardonyx

yellow aventurine

golden topaz

clear quartz

marble

lodestone

rhodochrosite 

Animals

deer

cow

rooster

sheep

crow

pig

salmon

Deities

Lugh

Dagon

Taranis

Dumuzi

Demeter

Ceres

Dana

Isis

Luna

Danu

Hestia

Vesta

Food

bread

corn

garlic

blackberries

oats

apples

pears

fruit salad

elderberry

lamb

nuts

Spells

protection

prosperity

sun magick

courage

kitchen magick

connection

career

health

money

abundance

Other Names

Lughnasadh

Lúnasa 

Luanistyn 

Lùnastal 

The First Harvest

I started this later than I meant to, so this one’s shorter than usual, but I home it’s still helpful. To end it all, here’s a masterpost with a bunch of links to help. Blessed be!

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PDF available for free on my blog.

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Witchcraft Folklore Book List

I was requested to make my recommendations for the witchcraft folklore books rebloggable. So here ya go folks. Really there are a lot of great folklore books out there, I highly suggest them over the metaphysical section but that’s just me. And regional folklore will vary.

It took me awhile to answer this because for some reason I thought you were asking about folklore in general and that is a wide and varied subject lol.  But even folklore for the witchcraft sense is wide and varied. Since it’s all regional. And generally speaking I read books on folklore and extrapolate the witchcraft from that. I tend to lean towards Scottish, Irish, British, and American folklore and traditions myself. 

That being said here are my top recs:

Emma Wilby, The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland

Patrick W. Gainer, Witches, Ghosts, and Signs: Folklore of the Southern Appalachians

Thomas Crofton Croker, Fairy Legends and Traditions of Southern Ireland

Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

The Foxfire Books edited by Eilot Wigginton

For general folklore info and a good book for how to get the information you may want out of folklore: 

Dorson, Richard, ed. Folklore and Folklife: An Introduction.

It’s also a great idea to get in touch with your local college or university as they frequently have Folklore departments. You can also try googling your area for a Folklore Society, which are a wealth of information and knowledge that can be used in a variety of different ways.

Hope that helped!  

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~Latin for Witches (and a Spell in Latin)~

Lesson I – Introduction

We all love Latin. Latin is a majestic, beautiful and undoubtely melodic language. It’s based on Ancient Greek and it has been used for magical purposes for centuries. Lots of witches up to this very day use it for their magical workings, spellwork, rituals, incantations, etc. As we all know all romance languages (spanish, romanian, portuguese, french, italian, etc) originate from Latin, so if you happen to be a native speaker of one of the above languages, Latin is going to be a piece of cake for you. However, even if your mother tongue IS English, Latin is going to be fairly easy for you, too, so GOOD NEWS HERE. In fact, most english words originate from Latin, and some of them are precisely the same in english (words like status, ego, etc). But let’s cut to the chase, shall we?

We all know there’s something special, something majestic, something mystical, something mysterious about this language. So it’s no coincidence that people have been using Latin for their magical workings for so long. If you’re someone who does not practice Magick, you, too, are welcome to join us and learn Latin. If you’re someone who does practice Magick, you’re at the right place, because we will start from the very basics, and we will be crafting up spells in Latin from the very first lesson. SAY YES IF YOU LOVE THAT !YES, you read that right. So, let’s START at once and have some FUN!

OK. I do not like rambling so simple things first.

In Latin there are no articles whatsoever. So, no articles.

In Latin, the genders are three, masculine, feminine and neuter. Keep that it mind. We will not be focusing on grammar here so I won’t be boring you with it. But just keep that it mind for now but do not memorise anything. Right…

~SECRET TIPS AND TRICKS~ (Again, do not memorise anything. Just read, practice and have FUN since very soon you will be able to give your spells a very special and sophisticated… flavour.)

The Letter E is ALWAYS pronounced ‘EH’ as in TELL

The Letter C is always pronounced K as in crazy, crisp, cool NEVER like cease, cemetary.

The Letter I is always pronounced EE as in SIT, never like kite, spike.

The Letter G is always pronounced G as in great, garbage, never like gem, gibberish

ALL the other letters are pronounced exactly the same we pronounce them in English. SO, that’s easy to remember.

The very basics now: Let’s start:

Ego = I (pronounced EH-goh)

Tu = You (singular) (TOO)

Ille = He (EE-leh)

Nos = We (NOHS)

Vos = You (VOHS)

Now the verb to be… which is:

Ego sum (EH-goh SOOM) = I am | Ego sum Jason = I am Jason

Tu es (TOO – EHS) = You are (sing.) Tu es dives (TOO EHS DEEV-ehs) = You are rich

Ille est (EE-leh EH-st) = He is Ille est maleficus (EE-leh EHST ma LEH fee koos) He is a witch

Nos sumus (NOHS SOO-moos) Nos sumus malefici: We are witches. (NOHS – SOO-MOOS mah-LEH-fee-keeh) We are witches

Congratulations! You have just learned the verb to be and most personal pronouns. Easy, isn’t it? Well, Latin IS easy AND FUN!!! Let’s continue, but enough with introductions, let’s dive right in and check out an actual spell written in Latin. After we do that, we will be able to make our very own.

~COMMON WORDS that we use in magick and spells:

So mote it be (sic fiat) =( SEEK FEE-aht)

Voco = I call upon/ Summon = (VOH-coh)

Maleficus = witch (male –literally: evil-doer) / Malefica (female) Mah-LEH-fee-koos / Mah-LEH-fee-kah

Volo = [VOH-loh] I want

Prosperitas = Prosperity (proh-SPEH-ree-tahs) (the letter “I” is ALWAYS pronounced “ee” as in tee-hee LOL)

Habeo = HAH-beh-oh I have

Omnia = OHM-nee-ah = everything

Venite = Come! (imperative, plural form – command) VEH-nee-teh

Fortuna = Luck ( fohr-TOO-nah)

Dives = Rich (DEE-vehs)  and riches

Now… let’s see an actual spell, one that contains most of the above words. This particular spell is for luck, prosperity and abundance. Let’s take a look.

Fortuna, Prosperitas et Abundantia Habeo Omnia. Pecunia venit ad me. Habeo omnia. Fortuna, Prosperitas et Abundantia Omnia, quae volo, Habeo(X3) Pecuniam, Fortunam, Abundantiam(X3) Dives sum, Totus sum, Habeo Omnia, Habeo Omnia, Habeo Omnia. Fortunam, Prosperitatem, Abundantiam Mel, cinnamomum et saccharum. Fortunam, Prosperitatem, Abundantiam Habeo omnia, quae volo, Habeo, Habeo, Habeo. Mel, cinnamomum et saccharum. Luxuriam, Prosperitatem et Abundantiam Dives sum, Omnia Habeo. Attraho pecuniam. Attraho opes, Attraho omnia, quae volo.X3 Habeo Omnia. Totus sum. Fortuna, Prosperitas et Abundantia. Pecunia venit ad me. Attraho dives. Attraho pecuniam. Attraho prosperitatem. Habeo omnia quae volo. SIC FIAT(X3)

Let us see what we already know and what is unknown. Most of the words used, you can definitely guess their meaning.

Fortuna, Prosperitas et Abundantia Habeo Omnia.

Fortuna = Luck

Prosperitas = Prosperity

Abundantia = Abundance

Habeo omnia = I have everything

Pecunia venit ad me

Pecunia [peh-KOO-nee-ah]= Money

venit [VEH-neet] = comes / is coming

ad me [Ad MEH]= to me

Omnia[OHM-nee-ah], quae[KWEH] volo, Habeo

Omnia = everything

quae volo = that I want

Habeo = I have

Mel, cinnamomum et saccharum.

Mel = honey

cinnamomum = kee-nah-MOH-moom => Cinnamon

saccharum = SAHK – hah –room => sugar

Attraho = ah-TRAH-hoh => I attract

Easy, isn’t it?

Please, Like, Share (or/and Reblog) this Lesson so other people can learn to use Latin, as well. If you have any comments, suggestions, recommendations, ideas, anything really, if you want to ask any questions, please by all means feel free to do so! Hope you enjoyed this lesson as much as I enjoyed creating it for you. Now try crafting up your own spell, make it simple! Test yourself and have fun!

Sources used: 

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SHADOW WORK SIMPLIFIED

What is shadow work?

If I had to describe shadow work in one word, it would be introspection. Introspection is the examination of your own mental state and is necessary in order to learn more about your fundamental nature. Although it may sound off-putting and even scary at first, shadow work is a necessary component in the process of healing. We all have aspects of ourselves that we’ve rejected and hidden away out of fear. Through shadow work, we’re able to reflect on our thoughts, emotions, and habits so that we can find the root cause of our suffering and heal ourselves. By reincorporating those aspects of ourselves that we’ve denied, we feel more fulfilled and can begin to love ourselves fully. 

Where does shadow work come from? 

The concept of the shadow self comes from Carl Jung who believed that our shadow self is the subconscious aspect, or “dark side”, of our personality that our conscious ego doesn’t identify with. However, I would like to clarify that “dark” does not imply or equate with bad. That which resides outside of our consciousness can be either good or bad, but aren’t inherently reflective of our value or “goodness” as a person. 

Although these repressed aspects of ourselves can manifest negatively, it isn’t because those parts of us are “bad”, but that the process of repression is inherently painful and toxic. This is reflected by Jung when he states, “Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is.” He believed that until we’ve merged our conscious and subconscious selves, that our conscious would be “the slave of the autonomous shadow”. This is due to the shadow self overwhelming our conscious selves by falling victim to our own self-imposed traps. 

Through assimilating this shadow self, not over-identifying with it, Jung believed we go through the process of enantiodromia, thereby integrating the subconscious by reincorporating our shadow selves into our personality and allowing us to solidify ourselves through wholeness. He best described this by stating “assimilation of the shadow gives a man body, so to speak.” However, don’t fall into the misconception that shadow work is a short-term practice. Shadow work is a continuous practice and integration of the shadow self is a will take place throughout your life.

How do I do shadow work?

In the last question, I identified that practicing self-reflection is a key component of shadow work, but what does that mean? What am I supposed to be reflecting on? Well, the first thing that you should focus on is being present throughout the day. Identify feelings that come up throughout the day and observe them objectively. What situation or interaction triggered these emotions? How did I react to those emotions? Were my emotions controlling me or was I in control of my emotions? Why did this situation or interaction cause me to feel this way? How did I cope with those feelings (self-harming, lashing out at others, communicating my feelings, journalling, etc.)? Did I punish myself for getting upset? If so, why? 

There are numerous ways to reflect on your feelings and experiences in order to get a better understanding of yourself. Through evaluating how you react to situations, which situations upset you, and how you managed those feelings, you’re able to build the foundation to understanding your emotions and bridge the gap between your subconscious and conscious mind.

Once you’ve done this, you’ll find that the emotions you feel in the present are reflective of unhealed emotions from your past. Perhaps the reason you feel that you’re unable to set boundaries as an adult is because as a child, your parents never respected your boundaries by going through your phone or diary, yelling at you when you said no to a request, forcing you into situations that made you feel you had no choice. 

By identifying the root cause of your emotional pain, you’re able to address it in the present and heal from the trauma. The simplest way that I’ve found to address them is through journalling. You can purchase a physical journal or even use your notes app, either way, you’re writing out your feelings and reflections to gain deeper insight. It’s important to remember that this looks different for anyone and that the best way to approach shadow work is by doing what feels most natural! You can choose to stick to self-reflective journal prompts, vent about whatever is upsetting you, write letters to whoever has hurt you, etc. Ultimately, you can guide yourself based off of what you feel you need and where you are in your journey.

What parts of yourself do you find yourself rejecting the most? Many of us have experienced the pain of rejection in some aspects of our lives and sometimes, it’s incredibly painful and leaves us with long-lasting wounds. We end up going through our lives carrying baggage that we don’t even know we have! Many times, I’ve found myself wondering why I felt so repulsed by aspects of myself and why I felt so strongly that they needed to be locked away forever. I couldn’t allow myself or others to see my truest self, my whole self, out of fear. I was scared of being rejected, shamed, humiliated by the people around me. I was scared of hurting other people by being myself and of being hurt by others. That’s no way to live, is it? When we tell ourselves that aspects of ourselves aren’t good enough, we end up going through life devaluing ourself. We’ve broken our own trust by rejecting ourselves, we’ve told ourselves that we aren’t good enough or worthy of love. In shadow work, you’re called to go inward and unpack everything that we’ve kept hidden for years and sometimes even decades. 

Bring the parts of yourself that you’ve repressed to the surface and nourish them with love, allow yourself to see that ALL OF YOU is deserving of love and support. For you, that could mean unlearning your unhealthy beliefs about food or eating, allowing yourself to be emotional around the people you love (despite how much you were told that you were too emotional, a crybaby, too sensitive in the past), allowing yourself to relax without feeling guilty about not being productive because you recognize your needs (even though you feel your sense of worth is tied to being productive at the cost of your own health).

Common misconceptions about shadow work?

Shadow work is evil or bad, the shadow is evil or bad 

The purpose of shadow work is healing through working with your subconscious to release repressed aspects of yourself and heal from painful, traumatic experiences. Your shadow side is simply your unconscious and to believe that it’s bad is to believe that you are bad. It’s merely the part of yourself that you aren’t aware of consciously and shouldn’t be feared. 

Certain emotions are “bad”

When you let go of the idea that emotions are either good or bad, you’ll allow yourself to just be and stop putting so much pressure on yourself to feel “good” all of the time. Happiness isn’t a constant state of being so stop expecting to be all of the time, we have a range of emotions for a reason so stop being ashamed of them. Your feelings are natural and if you feel like they’re out of control and something to be ashamed of, there is nothing wrong with that! It’s okay to feel like your emotions are controlling you because that isn’t permanent. Your feelings aren’t permanent and are completely manageable with proper guidance! The reason you feel like your emotions are controlling you is because you probably don’t have the knowledge to cope with them in an effective and healthy way. It’s helpful to sit with your emotions alone and look at them objectively without placing any judgement on them, this will help you calm down and assess your feelings. From there, you can identify what you need to relax and recover as well as acknowledge to yourself that your feelings are natural. When you stop categorizing your emotions as bad, they’re no longer shameful to experience and therefore you can see with better clarity how to cope with them and move on.

I’ve already released it so…

Why am I still upset?

Why does it still keep popping up in my head?

Why haven’t I moved on?

Why am I not making progress?

With the rise of self development and spirituality, I find that more and more people are rushing to complete their healing. Healing is a continuous, life-long cycle and not a destination. Putting the pressure on yourself to reach the place of ultimate healing is not only toxic, but it impedes your ability to actually heal anything. Healing is about love, compassion, and patience and it’s not going to happen according to a timeline. Allow yourself the time to experience your emotions, see them objectively, forgive yourself and others and move on without the pressure of expectations. 

 Another reason that you could be experiencing this is that despite the work you think you’ve done, it hasn’t been sufficient. I’ve found that a lot of journal prompts provided online are surface level at best and can be more pacifying than revealing. If you’re not feeling anything while doing your inner work, you’re not doing it correctly. Ultimately, this is about uncovering what makes us UNCOMFORTABLE and moving through those feelings. When you allow yourself to experience the sadness, hurt, anger, and/or frustration than you’re telling yourself that these feelings are okay and don’t need to be suppressed. The reality is that no matter what you’re feeling, you are allowed to experience those emotions and it’s only human! Unfortunately, many people associate lower vibrational emotions as bad, but this is a huge misconception! Telling yourself that anger, sadness, etc. are “bad” implies that you shouldn’t experience these emotions and that you have to get rid of them which is not only wrong, but unhealthy. There is no right or wrong emotions so don’t buy into the belief that you should feel a certain way, simply allow yourself to be and you’ll find that it’s much easier to navigate your emotions and needs. The only way to make it to the other side is by wading through the water, be patient and know that you’re feeling exactly what you should be. When you stop censoring yourself, you’ll discover a newfound sense of freedom and wholeness. 

 If you find yourself circling back to certain topics, for example, your ex-boyfriend than perhaps there are triggers in your environment that remind you of the situation, you have more that needs to be addressed that you may not have been ready for or aware of previously (hence why shadow work is a practice that is ongoing), or they’re representative of a deeper issue that you’re repressing. Whatever the cause is, the same methods as earlier will apply and can be discerned through your own intuition. 

What are some basic journal prompts that I can do?

What feelings come up when you think of ____?

How did that experience make you feel emotionally? How did it make you feel about yourself? How did it make you feel about the other person or people?

Write a letter to yourself, your inner child, the people who’ve hurt you, and the people you’ve hurt. Express how you feel honestly, without holding back and then forgive yourself and the other person.

If you could say anything to yourself or another person for closure, what would it be?

How have these situations and experiences impacted your mental health? How have they affected your belief system about yourself, other people, and the world?

What about yourself are you ashamed of? What about yourself are you embarrassed of? What about yourself makes you angry? What do you regret? Why do you feel this way about yourself and where do these feelings stem from?

What makes you feel most alone? What makes you feel most loved? How can you incorporate that knowledge into your life to make it better?

What’s the most hurtful thing someone has said or done to you? Why did it hurt you so much? How does it still affect you now? How can you heal from it and allow yourself to move on?

What do you need to forgive yourself for? What do you need to forgive others for?

Where do you feel you lack security in your life? Why? How does this impact your life and your relationships?

This is a list of generic prompts for you to start with, but feel free to message me if you need help with more specific topics or I can make another post altogether for journal prompts.

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TONIGHT: is the New Moon https://www.magicalrecipesonline.com/2015/11/the-moon-phases-magic-boon.html burn some Moon Incense to welcome the Blessings of the Moon @magicalshoponline https://www.instagram.com/p/B-H-hdAnMD5/?igshid=zwd1fkb8wzaf

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Burn baby burn 🔥✨🔥

So I’m doing this for two reason first,

The first is to Smoke cleanse my house (picked up some wild vibes the other night crazy story I may post on here not sure yet) but this contains Rosemary (to drive out unwanted entities and energies, protection, purification) lemon balm (good health) lemon verbena (remove negative energy, protection) mint (ward of negative spirits) chamomile (purification and protection, good luck) and lavender to relax , sage for cleansing 💗 with open windows and the back door open I let it burn till it went out and was completely ash then it lets off a big smoke for a few minutes and I walked it around my house focusing on my intentions.

Then I used the remaining ash and mixed it with moon water and sea salt to create a pasty texture ( I found this idea on insta I’ll post a picture of the post ) but yeah so it like makes a paint you can use to paint your sigils, so I also created a sigil for “this house is protected” painted it with the ash mixture! This was super fun to do highly recommend for anyone wanting a little extra protection around the home🌙💕💜

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To be Safe from Dangerous People Sigil

This sigil is meant to hide and keep you safe from dangerous people, it is aggressive so use it only when really needed.

Requested by @everlasting-moor 

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Rhodotus Palmatus.