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Today, I spoke to the spirit of the tree that I sit under during lunch and recess. I'm not sure if she would be okay with me sharing her name, but she was a delight to talk to!

Talk to your local tree spirits!

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Something that helps me when reading tarot - keep a journal nearby! Write down your question and what card you got, and how you interpreted it.

I forget my questions halfway through the reading a lot (I stare at the card interpreting it for a long time lol, I’m a beginner so I have to think about it a long time) so this helps me not forget them :)

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Can’t put up a physical altar in your home? Make a digital altar in Freeform!

Freeform lets you add as much text and as many images as you want, and even has stickers. It’s an infinite canvas sort of thing.

Here’s some of mine!

I would say find images online that give you the vibe or energy of your deity and put them on the canvas! You can also put stickers and prayers.

Hopefully this was helpful to someone!

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Protection protection protection! Very important! For any practictioner, beginners included!

Today, I:

⭐️ enchanted my plushies to be the “protectors” of my room

⭐️ enchanted my shoes to protect me wherever I step

⭐️ enchanted my backpack to protect me whenever I wear it and my items inside of it

And I was specific! I included protection from humans, any unwelcome spirits, bad energies, natural disasters, etc. Being very specific helps your spells to be more powerful!

That’s all I have for today. I hope this helped or inspired someone :)

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I cannot pray out loud in my home, because I am afraid of my parents walking in and overhearing. They are not accepting of my religion. But I find that praying mentally is difficult. My brain likes to shout obscene things and get off track. I don’t want anyone to find my prayer journals.

My solution? Make a Discord server where you pray to your deities. Don’t invite anyone (I mean, unless you want to share your prayers with other people I guess) and make a channel for each deity. Then you can pray there!

Here’s mine. The reason everyone else has Lord or Lady in front of their names and Apollo doesn’t is because He told me to chill with all of that. I guess it was too formal and was making our communication less effective or something. But that’s just me and everyone will have a different experience.

Anyways, can also send voice recordings if you want to save your verbal prayers in the server, and send them pictures as offerings! I like to send pictures of my art and bug photography :)

I hope this helped someone out! <3

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Welcome to my blog!

This is my witchcraft and paganism blog. I decided to separate it from my main @maximilliansblog . I saw a post where someone said that we should post our craft more often, because it inspires others, and I wholeheartedly agree! So that’s what I’ll be doing here.

For witchcraft, I mostly do glamours, ritual baths, divination through tarot and astrology, and some herbal magic. It’s not much, but it’s mine.

My pagan practices are mostly Hellenic, though I do work with/worship Lucifer. Lately I’ve been praying to and trying to work with Apollo, Aphrodite, Hekate, and Hermaphroditus.

My posts will mostly be records of what I’ve been up to lately, almost like a journal. I’ll also just post some general tips and opinions. I’ve only been practicing for two or three years, so I’m not very experienced, but I’ll share what I know!

Digital Grimoire: https://www.maxisgrimoire.com

Old Site: https://maxisgrimoire.neocities.org/

My Tags:

#maxiswitchjournal - Journal of my practice

#maxiswitchthoughts - Thoughts and opinions about witchcraft and paganism #maxiswitchreblogs - Reblogs

#maxisjournal: spells - spells from me or others #maxisjournal: apollo - posts related to Apollo #maxisjournal: aphrodite - posts related to Aphrodite

#maxisjournal: artemis - posts related to Artemis

#maxisjournal: ares - posts related to Ares

#maxisjournal: astrology - astrology related posts

#maxisjournal: lucifer - posts related to Lucifer

#maxisjournal: leto - posts related to leto #maxisjournal: associations - magical associations of ingredients, moon phases, candle flame types, etc. #maxisjournal: deities - general information about deities #maxisjournal: tarot - tarot related posts

#maxisjournal: astrology - astrology and zodiac related posts

#maxisjournal: other - other things in my journal

#maxisdreamjournal - personal dream journal

#maxisjournal: blog aesthetic - things i put on my blog because they were aesthetic

#maxisjournal: ingredients - posts that specifically cover a certain kind of herb/crystal/etc and its properties

DNI: TERFs, MAPs, transphobes, homophobes, racists, ableists, antitheists

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do you have any advice for speaking to tree spirits?

Well, like with all spirits, try to be respectful and friendly. Introduce yourself. Ask for their name. I typically communicate with spirits through tarot, so I always introduce myself first and then ask if they would like to communicate through tarot. Sometimes spirits would rather not, and that's okay.

I always leave offerings to be respectful as well. I'm still pretty new to talking to tree spirits, but those are all of my tips! I hope they were helpful to you :)

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reminder to set out water to make moon water on the 31st, as there will be a blue moon!!

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diarrhea magic: THIS IS NEGATIVITY LEAVING MY BODY THIS IS NEGATIVITY LEAVING MY BODY THIS IS NEGATIVITY LEAVING MY BODY THIS IS NEGATIVITY LEAVING MY BODY THIS IS NEGATIVITY LEAVING MY BODY

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In my household, I cannot buy tarot cards. But, I do have a printer! Here’s some free printable tarot cards if you are in a similar situation:

I printed mine and keep them in this dinosaur tin that originally had crayons in it

Crayon boxes are great to store these in! You can color them or leave them in black and white. They don’t have backs, which I honestly prefer, because I wrote the meanings on the backs to help me study the cards.

I hope this helps someone!

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Part 2

Trusted Tarot

Trusted Tarot allows you to draw different tarot spreads on your phone. I have physical tarot cards so I don’t use it much. Useful if you don’t have tarot cards or if you’re on the go.

Price: free with in-app purchases (i think)

Tumblr

Tumblr has a large witchcraft and pagan community. You can also use a blog as a digital grimoire or book of shadows (like what I’m doing!).

Price: free with optional in-app purchases and I think an optional subscription?

Okay that’s all! Hoped this was helpful!

Apps for Witches and Pagans 🔮🦉

Co-Star

Co-Star is a Western astrology app. It is entirely free except for if you would like to “ask the void” a question. You have to buy questions for that.

You enter your birth date and time and it calculates your birth chart and gives you daily updates. You can click on each update to see the astrological explanation behind it.

There is also a friends and partner function but I have never used it haha

Price: free with in-app purchases, no subscription

Discord

Most people already know about Discord. It is typically used as a messaging and video call app. But I like to use it for my prayer journal.

I made a private server with nobody in it and made a separate channel for each deity’s prayer journal. It works very nicely and I can access it on any device that can use Discord.

There is also a witchcraft Discord bot called Cabot, which includes tarot, 8-ball, coin flips, moon phases, and other features. It is entirely free :)

Price: free with an optional subscription

Freeform

Freeform is an app built in to iOS devices. It’s an infinite canvas app where you can insert text, drawings, pictures, and stickers.

I personally use it for my digital altars!

Price: free

Labyrinthos

Labyrinthos is an app that helps you learn tarot! It includes reversals as well. There are a few different decks available within the app.

You can also pull a daily tarot card (or a three card spread).

Price: free with optional in-app purchases

Moon Calendar

Moon Calendar is an app that helps you keep track of the phases of the moon. It also tells you about the magical correspondences of the moon phases, and which sign the moon is in.

Price: free with an optional subscription

Moonly

Moonly is an Eastern astrology app. It tells you about the moon phases and what sign the moon is in. It also tells you about conjunctions and if today is favorable for a haircut. It will also give you an Eastern astrology birth chart if you enter your birth date and time.

Price: free with optional subscription

Pinterest

I use Pinterest for inspiration for my craft, but also to find photos for my digital altars. There is a large witchcraft and pagan community on Pinterest. I think it’s worth checking out.

Price: free

Planetaro

Planetaro is an app that calculates the planetary hours for you! Incredibly useful. It has a widget you can put on your homescreen as well!

Price: free

Smiling Mind

Smiling Mind is a guided meditation app. It has all kinds of meditations for all areas of life. Not necessarily a witchcraft or paganism app, but I know meditation is popular in both circles, so this may be helpful to someone.

Price: free

Star Walk 2

Star Walk 2 is an astronomy AR app. You point it at the sky and see what constellations or planets you’re looking at! Very useful.

Price: free with optional in-app purchases

Shit I ran out of room I only have one left 😭😭😭

I’ll put it in a reblog :)

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Oh and I will offer her some beef tips I am going to have for lunch. Give offerings to your local tree spirits!

Today, I spoke to the spirit of the tree that I sit under during lunch and recess. I'm not sure if she would be okay with me sharing her name, but she was a delight to talk to!

Talk to your local tree spirits!