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Grimorie.

This is part of the sources I have found so far, my intention is to keep adding information as I keep learning... should I add the YouTube, TikTok and Tumblr creator that i have found so far?.. I´m gonna think about it.

A lot of research later...

note:

A grimoire is a witch's handbook filled with all the magickal information, rituals, and practices that a witch uses during their lifetime--a key tool of their craft. It does not contain personal information or records of magical workings.

self note: I should think about making a post about the basic but important difference between a Grimoire and an B.O.S.

Books that I want to get my hands on.

The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More by Arin Murphy-Hiscock.

The House Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Space with Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Psychic Witch: A Metaphysical Guide to Meditation, Magick & Manifestation by Mat Auryn and Devin Hunter

Magic of the Celtic Gods and Goddesses by Carl McColman and Kathryn Hinds

The Greek Myths By Robert Graves

The Gods of the Egyptians by E. A. Wallis Budge

Sources to remind you that your witchcraft is political.

Cultural Appropriation in Modern Day Witchcraft and Paganism, a study https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1303&context=honors

Podcast talking about cultural appropriation:                                                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RPaQObRWZ4

Witches of Hoodoo discuss the appropriation of their culture:                    https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkg93m/black-magic-talking-with-hoodoo-witches

Cultural appropriation of white sage: https://www.willystreet.coop/august-2019/smudge-and-the-cultural-appropriation-issue

Witch by Lisa Lister - Trans-exclusionary

Witchcraft by Anastasia Graywolf - uses slurs for Roma witches and takes from closed Indigenous practices

Silver Ravenwolf: not well researched, lots of misinformation

BOOKS TO STAY AWAY FROM:

Grimoire for the Green Witch by Anna moura - heavily religious language, no index, passes Wiccan off as “ancient tradition”

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Hi! So, I asked someone to take care of my plants while I was away for 3 weeks, and she forgot to water two of them. They are still just about alive, but barely and could really use some help. Do you have any spells/charms/whatever to help me out?

[What’s Wrong With Your Plants?] - a list of plant symptoms and tips for solutions.

Write some sigils on their pots, or on paper that you tear up and dissolve in water, then water them with charged (room temperature) moon water.

Place some charged crystals in the top of their soil - clear quartz or most green crystals would be beneficial.

You could try speaking to the spirit of the plant itself to give it encouragement.

Focus some healing energy into it while reciting a chant to encourage recovery and growth.

Spells

[Garden Blessing]

[“Grow Well” Herbal Pouch for the Garden]

[Growing Powder]

[House Plant Blessing]

[Plant Growth Spell]

[A Spell for Plant Growth]

[Spell to Encourage Plant Growth]

[Spell to Help a Plant Grow/Resurrect a Plant]

Sigils

[“Healthy plant growth”]

[“May my plants grow to be healthy and strong”]

[“My plants are healthy”]

[“My plants are healthy”]

[“My plants flourish”]

[“My plants will grow healthily”]

[“My plants will grow in abundance”]

[“My plants will grow swiftly and healthily”]

[“This plant is resilient and grows well”]

[“This plant is strong and healthy”]

[“This plant is thriving and healthy”]

[“This plant will grow strong and healthy”]

[“Thrive”]

I’d suggest doing some further research for actual gardening tips that could help as well. Depending on the plant and what is wrong with it, you may need to do a variety of different mundane things to encourage it back to the healthy side of life. 

Perhaps @spiritvexer would have some advice for you too, depending on the type of plant?

Good luck!

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Herb series: The beginning.

Hi!, I'm back and with my baby herbs 🌱.

The first info I came across in Tumblr, YouTube and TikTok about magick was about spells and potions, and in all of them the common factor was the used of herbs, plants and flowers with the purpose of manifest.

Because of this it is well known that witches have a strong bond with nature, the nature is sacred, is worship and it should be protected. In nature the Witch not only is able to find ingredients, but it is where we draw energy from. 

Since I live in the city I quietly became aware that having access to nature would be a little difficult, my goal was to find a way to bring the nature as close as possible, and do with it an earth-friendly way.

And so the research process begins: The Elements in Witchcraft, Nature Worship, Artemis, Green Magic, Earth Magic, Ethic Magic, Herbalism, Basic Herbs for Witchcraft, Kitchen Magic... How to not kill plants. 

And finally I went to a local plant market in my neighborhood to purchase my now roommates.  Here is a list of the Herbs that I get with a mini resume:

l a v e n d e r.

Calms nerves and combats insomnia.

Artemis, Boreas, Eos, Iris.

r o s e m a r y.

Used for cleansing, blessing and purification. Especially in rituals baths.

Venus, Mary, Faeries.

b a s i l.

Used to draw money, good fortune, divination and purification rituals.

Krishna, Vishnu.

b a y.

Used to bring fortune, fulfill wishes and speed healing processes.

Apollo, Ceres, Faunus, Eros, Aesculapius.

t h y m e.

It can dispel negative energies and vibrations. It says that Faeries love it.

Mars, Ares, Faeries.

c h a m o m i l e.

Realeated to de Sun, this herb promotes calm and soothes inflammatory pain.

Lugh, Ra, Cernunnos.

c i n n a m o n.

Technically a spice, cinnamon has many magical uses, ideal for prosperity and success, proteccion, love and all spells related to the spiritual self.

Aphrodite, Dionysus, Mercury.

p e p p e r m i n t.

Digestive issues, this herb is ideal for cleansing and protecting. Is also great addition to any luck spell.

Zeus, Pluto, Hecate, Minthá .

m i n t.

Happiness, healing, love, luck, money, travel, vitality, prosperity, mental ability.

Hades, Nyx, Persephone, Tyche.

g r e e n - t e a.

Energy, inmmunity & cleanse.

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November 8th, 2020.

Hi, it's been a while. 🍂

This time I want to wright about a few things that have been happening since I decided to start this journey; with the hope that someone would explain if this things are part of the path I must follow, are there some meanings behind them?...

• 2:40, 3:00, 3:30 and 4:00 a.m.

In the second and third week "something" keeps woking me up during night, either a nightmare that I was just able to remembered in pieces but that would always leaves me feeling really anxious or just "something" that would make me open my eyes.

Every single day I would see the time on my phone and it would be: 2:40, 3:00, 3:30 or 4:00 a.m.

That have stopped, but is something that keeps coming back to my mind.

• Spiders.

Yes, back with the Spiders... they just start appearing everywhere!, I don't know what's going on but it doesn't matter if I'm just watching some Netflix, reading or just about to take a shower a little spider friend is there.

.

I would love to know if someone has experience something similar during their journey. Does anyone know what's going on with the time and specially with the little ones?.

Please help this confused baby witch.🌙

I hope you have an amazing day or night.

- Mary.

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Use witchcraft WITH modern medicine, not INSTEAD of it.

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“If you have grieved you have loved. (…)”

— Joanna Klink, from Night Sky in “The Nightfields”

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Types of Witches & Witchcraft

What is a Witch? A witch can never be truly defined. It is a broad term used to describe a variety of people each of which follow their own paths with no two truly alike. 

Types of Witches

Kitchen Witch: (Cottage witch, Hearth witch) Works mainly within the home. Cares for the house and the family inside it. Prepares the meals and adds there own special magick to it. Provides the home with protection and keeps the house clean. 

Green Witch: Works with nature. Includes working with plants, nature deities, herbal remedies, earth, crystals, and faeries. Incorporates nature deities in their craft such as Pan, Demeter, Epona, Gaia etc.  

Eclectic Witch: Creates their own practice based on information and traditions borrowed from different practices and religions in. In order to create a path that works best for them. (Make sure you are not stealing from closed religions!)

Elemental Witch: A witch that works with the elements (water, earth, fire, air) in their day to day practices.   

Hereditary Witch: A witch that is born into a family of practitioners. They create and continue their families rituals and ceremonies. They commonly have a family grimoire or book of shadows that they pass down through generations. 

Sea Witch: A witch that uses the sea and its materials in their practice. Gets their power from the seas energy. Incorporates shells, salt, saltwater, driftwood, etc into their practices. Works with deities such as Poseidon, Njörðr, Neptune, etc. 

Solitary Witch: A witch who prefers to practice on their own.     

Faerie Witch: Someone who works in peace and harmony with the Fae. They take great care of their garden, place offerings out for the Faerie, and make them feel welcome and at peace.

Cosmic Witch: One who works with the stars, moon, sun, etc.  

Urban Witch: A witch that lives in the city and uses the objects they find for their practice. They come up with creative ways to garden on there small patio and store things in the little space they have. 

Pop Culture Witch: A witch who incorporates characters and ideas from movies, TV shows, and books into their practice. 

Science Witch:  Science witches are basically witches who incorporate the scientific method and ideology into their craft. In my experience no science witch is alike since each individual has their specific idea of how the relationship between science and magic works. A large part of being a science witch seems to be the belief in the placebo effect in relationship between the spellcaster and the spell. Science witchcraft is kind of a blurred line between the laws of science and the known universe and the realm of magic and the laws we can’t see. We believe in the possibility of a crossover between the two and embrace it and use it to our advantage in our craft. Taking into consideration the effect science has on the magic we are using and sometimes crediting the spell result partially to magic and partially to science - sometimes even considering the same thing. -This definition is from @drinkthemoonlight, Very appreciated, Thank you so much! - 

Druidism: A Celtic, nature based religion that works with Mother Earth. 

Wiccan: A  religion that follows it’s own set of rules and guidelines.  Such as the three fold law and “hurt none and do what ye will.”

Pagan: A religion that works closely with nature and it’s deities.

This list barely covers the different types of witches but it is all I can think of for the moment. I will be updating soon. 

May the moon light your path!

==Moonlight Academy==

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Witchy Self Care & Mindfulness🌻🌿

Artwork by @CraftingWitch on Instagram

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The makings of a li'l self love witch bottle that I forgot to post some time ago... my bad 😔

This bottle was created a few months back. It sets on my bedside table. I see it every night before I fall asleep and every morning when I wake. In addition to crafting this bottle, I've been working hard to learn self acceptance and self love - remembering to eat good food, take naps, and stretch. Finally, I think it may be starting to pay off.

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💎Some Crystals and their meaning in Witchcraft💎

Recently I am a huge - like really huge - fan of crystals. That’s why I thought that I will try to write a detailed list about crystals and what they are good for. I hope this little list  may be useful for others too.

Anxiety: amazonite, amber, agate, emerald, herkimer quartz, jasper, lepidolite, lodestone, obsidian, quartz, rose quartz, sodalite, turquoise

Balancing/Stability: amethyst, desert rose, jasper, pearl, quartz, red jasper, sodalite, turquoise

Banish fear: banded agate, bloodstone, sodalite

Banish negative energy: amethyst, black onyx, black tourmaline, danburite, lepidolite, malachite, onyx, quartz, smokey quartz, tourmaline

Calming: amatonite, herkimer quartz, howlite

Clarity: azurite, citrine, fluorite, hematite, magnetite, obsidian, pietersite, quartz sapphire, smoky quartz

Cleansing: amber, obsidian

Courage: carnelian, hermatite, turquoise

Creativity: amazonite, ametrine, apatite, aventurine, carnelian, celestite, chalcedony, citrine, flourite (blue), lolite, jasper, kunzite, opal, sunstone, tiger’s eye, lapiz lazuli

Divination: bloodstone, obsidian, turquoise

Empathy: aquamarine, blue aventurine, chrome diopside, rose quartz, malachite

Faith: emerald, imperial golden topaz, labradorite, onyx, sodalite, variscite

Friendship: ruby fuchsite, rhodonite, turquoise

Forgivness: rhodonite, rose quartz

Happiness: amazonite, amber, citrine, red goldstone

Harmony: moonstone, rose quartz, sodalite

Healing: amber, angelite, jasper, kyanite, malachite, quartz, rose quartz, turquoise

Help in focuse: banded agate, citrine, lodestone

Hope: blue aventurine

Indivituality: malachite

Inspiration: amazonite,amethyst, ametrine, blue chalgebony, blue goldstone, carnelian, citrine, garnet, orange calcite, quartz

Joy: amazonite, citrine, labradorite

Love: angelite, citrine, desert rose, dragon blood jasper, garnet, jade, opal, quartz, rose quartz, ruby, turquoise

Loyalty: dalmatian stone, turquoise

Luck: amazonite, amber, apache tears, aventurine, sapphire, turquoise

Meditation: emerald, herkimer quartz, quartz, sodalite, turquoise

Mind: pyrite, sodalite

Passion: carnelian, garnet, ruby

Peace: amazonite, amethyst, emerald, larimar, lepidolite, rose quartz, selenite, sodalite

Positive energy: amber, apache tears, calicite, citrine

Protection: amethyst, black tourmaline, hag stone, kunzite, obsidian, smoky quartz, tiger’s eye, tourmaline, turquoise

Prosperity: amazonite, aventurine, citrine, jade, moss gate, pyrite, ruby , tiger’s eye

Psyche: black tourmaline, calcite, emerald, labradorite, tuquoise

Psychic: chalcedony, unakite

Relieve stress: blue calcite, herkimer quartz, lepidolite, quartz, sodalite

Self-confidence/Self-esteem: amazonite, amber, ametrine, black tourmaline, chrysocolla, garnet, larimar, pearl, prehnite, rhodonie, rose quartz

Serenity: emerald, lepidolite

Sleep: amethyst, emerald, howlite, ledestone, sodalite

Strenght: amber, hermatite, red jasper

Success: amazonite, pyrite

Tranquility: emerald, lepidolite

Trust: onyx, ruby fuchsite, sodalite, turquoise, variscite

Vitality: carnelian, garnet, orange calcite, red agate, ruby, ruby zoisite, sunstone,

Wisdom: tiger’s eye, sodalite

Wealth: aventurine, citrine, green calcite, jade,malachite, pyrite, tiger’s eye, tree agate

In the future I’ll expand the list when I find enough new and useful information. I hope this little post will help someone. 😊

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Cr: @/craftingwitch

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All About Astrology

The Basics

The Truth About Your Sun Sign

The Real Deal with Your Rising Sign

When Your Sun and Rising Signs are One

When Your Sun and Rising Signs are Opposite

5 Reasons You Cannot Relate to Your Sun Sign

Your Moon Sign is Overrated

When Your Moon and Rising Signs are One

How to Really Understand the Zodiac Signs

How to Understand Astrological Placements

How to Understand Astrological Aspects

Understanding Aspect Patterns

Stelliums and Superpowers

What Empty Houses Mean in Astrology

Finding Your Dominant Element and Modality

Having Two Dominant Elements or Modalities

The Quadrants of Your Natal Chart

The Four Angles in Astrology

The Five Dignities of the Planets

The Compatibility of Opposite Signs

How to Understand Mutual Reception

When the Planets are at Their Best

Having Planets in the First House

Mercury’s Gifts in the Signs and Houses

Venus and Mars in the Same House

When Planets are at the End of Houses

What It Means to Be on the Cusp

What Your North and South Nodes Really Are

What the Moon Phase Means in Your Chart

Why the Asteroids Do Not Matter

Why There Is No 13th Zodiac Sign

Phenomena

What Really Happens During Mercury Retrograde

How to Take Advantage of Mars Retrograde

How Mars Retrograde Affects Our Psyche

How the Reigning Zodiac Sign Affects Us All

The Promise of Saturn Return

The Age of Aquarius

Life When Neptune is in Retrograde

Tarot and Mercury Retrograde

Saturn, Pluto and COVID-19

Jupiter and the Tragedies of 2020

Lunar Eclipse vs. Solar Eclipse

Solar Eclipse Coinciding with the Summer Solstice

A Full Planet Parade

The Great Conjunction

What It Means to Have Retrograde Planets

The Truth About Generational Planets

The Myth of Intercepted Planets

The Craft

Natural-Born Witch Placements

Astrological Placements for Mystical Healers

Astrology, Animals and Spells

Witches and Dominant Elements

Cartomancy and Zodiac Signs

Astrology in Traditional Witchcraft

The Divine

The Gods and Their Planets

How a God Becomes Your Parent

The God Who Attended Your Birth

When No God was Present

When Your Ruler is Retrograde

Why Calculate Manually

Sample Calculation

The Old Gods

The Old Gods and Their Domains

Apollo

Diana

Mercury

Venus

Mars

Jupiter and Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Pluto

The Gods’ Rivalries and Alliances

Apollo and Mars

Apollo and Pluto

Diana and Pluto

Mercury and Pluto

Venus and Uranus

Mars and Pluto

Jupiter and Uranus

Saturn and Neptune

Mercury and Everyone Else

Mars and Everyone Else

Persephone

The Rest of the Old Gods

The Gods’ Relationships and Ours

The Greco-Roman Gods as Parents

The Depth and Breadth of Their Presents

How the Gods Avenge Their Children

What It Means to Carry Your Parent’s Name

What the Gods Look Like

What the Gods’ Children Look Like

Traditional Worship of the Old Gods

How to Speak to the Old Gods

What You Can Offer the Old Gods

Ways to Worship Discreetly

What to Do with Offerings

How to Dress for the Old Gods

The Gods’ Inner and Outer Circles

How to Know When Your God Has Claimed You

Reasons Your Divine Parent Would Reject You

Mercury vs. Jupiter vs. Saturn

Tips

Tarot and Astrology

Tarot vs. Astrology

How to Use Tarot to Find Your Rising Sign

How to See Your Past Life with Astrology

How to Know If You Are at Your Best

How to Strengthen Your Powers

How to Survive an Element-Dominated Environment

Your Natal Chart’s Role in Your Life

Having a Good or Bad Natal Chart

Recommended Natal Chart Generators

Celebrities Who Look Like Their Sun Sign

Recommended Astrology Deck

Signs that Someone is Your Soulmate

Soulmate Pick a Card Reading

The Circumstances of Your Birth

One’s Birthday Dictating One’s Name

Sample Zodiac Sign Comparison

Views

What I Like About Your Sign

The Signs as I Know Them

How to Make the Signs Like You

How a Scorpio Really Sees You

The Zodiac Signs at Winning

The Zodiac Signs’ Cruelty

Scorpio’s Three Faces

Venus, Pluto and Self Esteem

On Traditional and Modern Rulers

On Astrological Systems

On Vedic Astrology

On Horary Astrology

The Problem with How We See Astrology

All About Divination | All About Spells

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“OKAY I DID MY BIRTH CHART, WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?”

Here’s what the planets do:

The Planets affect your sense of…

The Planets & everyday life

Posts that relate to each planet

Important Astrological Definitions

Which Planet rules each sign

Which Planet rules each sign + descriptions

Here’s what the signs in each planets mean:

Moon in…

Mercury in…

Venus in…

Mars in…

Jupiter in…

Saturn in…

Uranus in…

Neptune in…

Pluto in…

Have no idea what I’m talking about? For the love of God please do your birth chart.

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the magick of tea

tea is an excellent way to incorporate green witchcraft and herbal magick into your daily life. here is a list of the magickal properties of different teas.

☾ black teas: the teas of winter. known to bring excitement, courage, and financial fortune.

    ♱ english breakfast: warmth, happiness, and courage

    ♱ irish breakfast tea: energy, strength, and willpower

    ♱ earl grey: the best tea for attracting money and fortune

    ♱ chai: love, prosperity, happiness, and healing

☾ white teas: the teas of spring, and the sun. known to heal and cleanse the drinker, as well as enhance spiritual communication and psychic energy.

    ♱ silver needle: purification, cleansing and healing

    ♱ white peony: protection against mischief and ill will

☾ green teas: the teas of summer. known for its powers of health, longevity, love and passion.

    ♱ sencha: prosperity, physical healing, mental strength

    ♱ matcha: love, passion and lust

    ♱ hojicha: banishing negativity, self-love, and health

    ♱ jasmine: spiritual love, energy charging

☾ oolong teas: the teas of autumn. known to inspire love, serenity, reflection, and balance.

    ♱ iron goddess: clarity of mind and heart

    ♱ osmanthus: transformation, harmony and serenity

☾ herbal teas: mixtures of herbs across all the seasons, with varying magickal properties.

    ♱ chamomile tea: love, healing, reducing stress

    ♱ peppermint: sleep, prophetic dreams, clearing negative energy

    ♱ lemon ginger tea: openness, cleansing, adventure

    ♱ dandelion root: divination, wishes, calling spirits

    ♱ fennel: vitality, banishing, energy

    ♱ ginseng: love, beauty, protection

    ♱ hibiscus: love lust, dreams

    ♱ echinacea: spirit offering, money drawing

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Another Sigil Tutorial

Hello everyone! So I had a lot of questions about my other sigil posts and decided to post another method to making sigils. This is another one of my favorites to use! I just really like the way these turn out. I call this the constellation method!

Step 1: Get your Phrase

For this tutorial I'm using the phrase "Protect this place"

Step 2: Take Out Repeating Letters

So any repeating letters you have take them out! *Side note: this step doesn't matter too much because of the method which you will see in a minute but it helps confusion*

"Protect this place" becomes "protechisla"

Step 3: Making Dots

Remember this chart?

So grab this chart and just ignore your numbers. Take what is left of your phrase for us "protechisla" and make dots on all of the letters you see. It should come out looking something like this:

So now we've got our "stars" for our "constelation". Take out the chart and you should be left with an assortment of dots like this:

Step 4: Connecting the Dots

So we have this random assortment of dots and now you get to be creative and connect them however you see fit. Play around until you have something you like. This is what mine looked like after some playing around with different arrangements:

Step 5: Make it a "Constellation"

This is what mine looked like when I was finished.

This is a wonderful method for those who are still in the "broom closet" because they just look like super cute little doodles or constellations. It's a super easy method. Just remember DON'T OVERTHINK ANYTHING!!!!! Make this your own sigil. Follow the method but also do whatever feels right! And most important! Stay safe and have fun with it!!!!!

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Everyday Magic for Air Witches

There are many paths you can take to being an air witch, but here are some tips that might help you along if you are new. Do what feels right to you as you bond with the element of air. 

Burn incense whenever you want to feel more magical 

Buy a cinnamon broom and wave it around your space. You can get a big one or a mini one. They sell them at most grocery stores. This will fill your home with a cinnamon smell and keep bad energy away. 

When you are outside, pay attention to the breeze. A sudden, strong breeze can be used for cleansing if you’re paying attention. 

Open your windows and let the outside air flow through your space. It will bring you more in touch with nature.

If you are not in temperatures where you can open your windows, wait for a windy day and bring an empty jar outside. Wait for a strong gust of wind and put the lid over the jar. Put this jar in your room or on your altar to preserve some of the natural energy of the wind. 

Collect bird feathers in a small box or jar. Be sure to wash your hands after touching them to stay healthy. 

Carry a turquoise in your pocket. This stone is connected to the sea and air and will bring purity to your life. 

Remember your connection to the other elements. Fire creates smoke. The air touches the land and sea. Remember that everything is interconnected. Work you do with air magic will also affect other elements. 

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