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not to vagueblog but some of you are clearly experiencing dragon madness

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Cosmic Clouds

A space dice set with holographic stars and cute little pink and blue clouds.

I’ll be posting some dice photos to try and catch up with what I’ve missed on this account in the past few months - but since space dice have always been the most popular here I thought I’d start with my latest space dice set!

Numbers still to be painted, so please don’t tell me you can’t read them because trust me I know!!

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Every single year, without fail, we deal with the fact that the internet is obsessed with promoting the misinformation that Ostara must have been stolen from Easter.

People will argue until they’re blue in the face…But they won’t provide citations or evidence to the contrary and the reason why is simple: there isn’t any.

If you find that celebrating Ostara brings you joy: we aren’t here to rain on your parade or stop you in the slightest.

But misinformation, even misinformation that sounds cool and serves to further rhetorical goals, is still wrong and harmful.

So, after years of promising it, we’ve finally delivered: Easter isn’t stolen from Ostara.

Have questions? We’re happy to answer!

Make sure to follow our Instagram @jewitches for the ongoing discussion!

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hey chicken! any good tips on cursing someone?

I got a few for ya' in the old grab bag of henpeckery.

Listed in no particular order.

One is generally advised to not curse another magical practitioner, especially one who Knows What They're Doing. But if hands must be thrown, ensure you have more than a couple wards up to break malefica - and if this person is in your friend group, under no circumstances can you accept gifts or food from them (and destroy anything they have given you). Do, however, try to give them gifts and pre-cursed foods.

Giving someone a cursed object or cursed food is an excellent way to get the job done. There's something very fairy-like in the way magic can work: by accepting the gift, they accept the curse, and it circumvents many natural defenses.

Perhaps more than any other form of magic, it does to pre-divine on the matter to see what outcome will occur. I highly encourage this when the cursing is done as a form of self-defense, because sometimes some forms of malefic magic can be fuel on the fire of abusive situations. However, even a practitioner of slight power can cause serious harm with a curse - perhaps more damage than intended. It's really just best to measure twice, as it were.

As with many spells, create for yourself a little indicator that the spell has worked. For example, wear one of those brittle hematite rings. If it breaks, the spell has become manifest. This is especially lovely if the person to be cursed is outside of your social circle and you don't have access to see if your manifestation worked.

Cleverness is all well and good, as is poetic justice. A witch does well to keep in mind, however, that their natural strengths may neither be clever nor poetic, and sometimes you've got to just make due with the tools you have in your toolbox.

When casting spells on yourself or your household, targeting isn't much of an issue. You're right there, the magic is right there, and voila. However, when working on a third party - especially one that doesn't live with you - targeting becomes relevant. If gifting an object or food to your target won't work, consider doing what you can to bring your curse into their presence by whatever physical means are safe and possible. If you can't do this, see if you can obtain something of theirs to work over by use of a poppet or some other sympathetic magic. If none of this is possible, try to make a thoughtform or employ a spirit to deliver your spell (or attack them outright), but this will be hard unless you know where they live. In other words: your spell has to get to them somehow. Figuring out how to make it happen is half the job.

Depending on how the magic is worked, it is beneficent to cleanse both yourself and your casting area after the work is done. If a spell must be kept ongoing and close at hand, cover it with a black cloth (or t-shirt, or whatever) and keep it out of view to avoid having your own space polluted with unwanted energies.

If you need a specific outcome for your own wellbeing, consider employing as many spells as you require to obtain that outcome. E.g. one for binding a tongue, another for getting that person fired, another to calm gossip in the workplace, and so on.

Pay extremely little mind to people with moral admonitions, but keep their scoldings filed away. In a few months or years, in moments of reflection, ask yourself whether or not they were right.

If for no other spell, this time, write down precisely what you do. If for no other reason than to cackle maniacally as you see exactly how each little ingredient of your spell plays out in their lives.

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Coffee in Witchcraft

I drink a lot of coffee, and work off of these associations I have developed and confirmed within my practice.

Coffee (grounds)

I do find the brewing method affects which energies come to the front, so bear that in mind, but I'll talk a little more about brewing and how brewing technique affects energy near the end.

Protection

Fertility

Boosting energy

Coffee (drink)

Protection

Enhancing/boosting energy

Focus

Productivity

Cappuccino

A cappuccino adds foamed milk and espresso, with optional sugar or other flavor add ins

Strength

Focus

Prosperity

Communication spells

Cold Brew/Iced

Technically this is both a brewing technique and a drink style. Iced coffee has a very similar energy to cold brew coffee, but I prefer cold brew so I'm more familiar with it.

Focus

Determination

Foresight

Patience

Espresso

Haste

Creativity

Productivity

Banishing

Brewing Styles

I fully accept in my own practice that brewing techniques bring out different qualities in the inherent energy of the coffee, as well as the taste.

Boiling

This includes Turkish style coffee and cowboy coffee. Typically you boil water with the grounds, until it's reached the appropriate or desired strength.

Protection

Banishing

Cursing

Enhancing strength

Steeping

This includes french press, cold brew and siphon style brewing systems. You brew the coffee loose in the water, and then filter out the grounds before serving. This is done at high temperature, but not an active boil. It tends to be a lengthy process.

Focus

Creativity

Determination

Patience

Dripping

This includes drip percolators, pour overs, chemex and most household coffee pots.

Prosperity

Bounty/Fertility

Strength

Pressure

This method includes espresso machines, aeropots and single serve coffee pod machines.

Quickening/Haste

Productivity

Protection

Banishing

Additional Bits & Bobs

I've used the sediment left in filtration style brewing and boiling to do a version of tasseomancy (tea reading)

Enchant your coffee for a quick boost

It can be used in potions, tinctures, ointments, spell jars/bags

Whole coffee beans tend to have the same energy as ground, plus a feeling of potential ime

Milk in your coffee is almost 1-to-1 the same energy and vibe as a cappuccino, I just like cappuccinos better so that's what I put down

Americano has espresso energy, just more stable imo

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DNI if you’re me from the mirror-world

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I don't know who (if anyone) needs to hear this, but witchcraft isn't sacred to every practitioner. It's not always filling some spiritual void they had, or becoming a huge part of their life and identity. It's not a religious experience for a lot of witches. Not everyone takes it super seriously at all times.

It can be a hobby. It can be a casual thing. It can be something fun they do every now and then.

Just because it's a certain thing for you, don't expect everyone else to feel exactly the same way.

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thursday✨🌙

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came for the gender, stayed for the Spaceship Feelings™, stayed even more for translator zeiat

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simple tarot pull.✨🌙

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*grabs you roughly* IT'S OKAY TO BUY LAB GROWN CRYSTALS, IN FACT IT IS BETTER BECAUSE THEY AREN'T BEING HARVESTED BY UNETHICAL LABOR. *starts to shake you* THEY ARE THE SAME THING AS THE NATURAL CRYSTALS! THEY ARE STILL SACRED AND THEY ARE GOOD BEANS! PLEASE STILL BUY THEM!

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Folk songs are good for you because they teach you how to say weird things sweetly

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Baby witch tips from other witches

This is yet another collection of posts, this time with tips for beginner witches, all of witch I think are pretty reputable and helpful. Do with these what you will <3

tips for beginner witches - @ecailledeluna

super simple kitchen witch tricks - @hallow-witxh

colours meaning - @witchaliya

candles - @hallow-witxh

ritual ingredients - @androgynouswitch

simple crystal uses - @hallow-witxh

everyday witchy things - @petriquartz-occultshop

manifesting tips - @carmensapientia

grimoire ideas - @spectral-pisces

moon water tips - @hallow-witxh

what is samhain? - @coinandcandle

wheel of the year - @the-clever-cupboard

what do crystals actually do - @arcanas-grimoire

how to spot fake crystals - @petriquartz-occultshop

what harms crystals - @themirroredmoon

do spell components matter? - @30000-bees-in-a-pointed-hat

free online witchcraft books - @breelandwalker

This is just the stuff I've found so far, this is in no way an exhaustive list. And above all, please remember to do your research, don't believe everything you see online, and trust your gut. If something seems weird or sus, IT PROBABLY IS. Ok, sweet water and light till next we meet <3

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Rules for living in winter

From: 3rdritual

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This is awesome! Have fun! Blessed Be 💜