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Green Aventurine

Sources: crystals by Jennie Harding (page 105)

https://www.crystalvaults.com/crystal-encyclopedia/aventurine-green/

https://www.healingwithcrystals.net.au/aventurine.html

Green Aventurine helps clear and reinforce the emotional body and heart chakra.

Emotional healing: Can help with physical, emotional, and spiritual balance/ healing

Encourages optimism and s renewed zest for life, as well as gratitude for what you’ve been given. calms/destress your mind and body. Helps with anger.

Physical healing: Green Aventurine is particularly supportive of the heart, and is excellent for those with cardiac conditions, circulatory problems, or recovering from surgery or illness. It stimulates cell repair, regrowth, and general healing. It can help slow-developing infants and children. It stimulates the life force by increasing physical and vibrational vitality.

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Chrysocolla Properties

https://www.healingcrystals.com/Chrysocolla_Articles_118.html

https://www.charmsoflight.com/chrysocolla-healing-properties

https://www.healingwithcrystals.net.au/chrysocolla.html

Emotional healing: Serenity, peace, patience, acceptance, love, calm, meditation, honesty, hope, gentleness, sensitivity, and self awareness.

Physical healing: Chrysocolla can help with ailments of the lungs, back, and stomach. It alleviates rheumatism, arthritis and painful joints. It oxidizes the blood and helps with proper lung function. Chrysocolla also helps with high blood pressure, insulin production, thyroid problems, PMS, healthy fetal development and labor pains.

Chakras: Chrysocolla is a powerful stone because it aligns all chakras with the divine, but is associated with the throat chakra and heart chakra.

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Different Types of Water and it’s Magical Properties

https://witchesofthecraft.com/2012/02/19/water-magick/

https://witchtips.tumblr.com/post/126966556718/different-types-of-water-and-their-magickal-uses

Creeks and streams: Purification, harmony, cleansing

Dew: General health, eyesight, beauty. Dew is said to be especially powerful if gathered at dawn on Beltane.

Fog and mists: Creativity, balance, partnerships

Ice: Transformations, balance, creativity

Pond or lake water: Peace, contentment, relaxation, self-reflection.

Rain water: Energy, protection, cleansing. The first rain that falls in the month of May is considered sacred to the Water Witch

River water: Cleansing, moving forward, protection

Seawater: Health, magickal power, manifestation of goals. An old Welsh belief states that a spoonful of sea-water a day will ensure a long and healthy life.

Snow: Transformations, balance

Spring water: Growth, holy water, cleansing, protection, prosperity

Swamp and wastewater: Banishing, binding

Waterfalls: Power, energy, success

Well water: Healing, wishes, intuition

Beaches: Rituals, spells, fascinations, meditations

Harbors: To promote abundance and prosperity; to serve as an aid in banishing things

Riverbanks: To increase personal power

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Tarot with Playing Cards/

This method of divination is good for new witches who might not be open about their practice. My list is not a complete guide, but I hope with this will help your research! :)

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I'm Opening a Google Classroom

Disclaimer: I'm new to google-classroom and witchcraft in general, but if you want to join me on this journey you're welcome! :)

The code is: smgbykf

or

https://classroom.google.com/c/Mjk4MDM2OTMyNjg2?cjc=smgbykf

The only requirements I have is to join is

To provide links for any websites you use in assignments

To be nice to not only me, but others in the class. We are all new or learning so be kind.

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How to charge/cleanse/activate your crystals.

https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-cleanse-crystals#visualization

https://satincrystals.com/pages/crystal-care

http://www.karalstudio.com/knowledge-pond/clearing-crystals.html#:~:text=Activation%20is%20distinctly%20different%20to,capacity%20and%20energy%20spectrum%20range.

https://www.soulgiftsbox.com/blog/cleansing-charging-and-activating

What is the difference between Charging, Cleansing, and Activating your crystals?

Most people confuse the three, but if you are going to use crystal to heal it’s important to know the difference.

Cleansing: As crystals help you they absorb energies and it’s essential to cleanse the crystal before charging it.

Charging: After cleansing your crystal you need to replace the energy you just cleansed.

Activating: Even though crystals are always activated. Activating a crystal is simply putting intention on one or multiple attributes the crystal has.

Now that we know the difference between these steps. It’s crucial to realize that they are multiple methods to do each.

To cleanse:

Sunlight: (Be careful certain crystals fade in the son)

Moonlight: pretty safe if put on the window-seal

Water: (Be careful certain crystals dissolve or make the water toxic) To do this safely put some water in a bowl and your crystals to a smaller container in the water bowl.

Salt or Brown rice: (Certain crystals may scratch or be damage in salt be careful)

Sound: like a bell or chanting could work

Breathing: just like wind you can imagine all the energy stored being washed away with your breath

Intention: Sitting down and thinking of the crystal being cleansed is the most cost-effective method of cleansing.

Smoke: (could be dangerous around pets)

Charging:

Moonlight: pretty safe if put on the window-seal

Sunlight: (Be careful certain crystals fade in the son)

Other crystals: when placed on another charged crystal it can charge your drained crystal. The best crystal for this is selenite/satin spar, but any crystal will do

Intention: just like cleansing you can charge your crystals by putting positive energy into it

Activating

Intention: Once again your intention on what purpose you want the crystal to help you with.

Sound: ( For me this was surprising) Certain frequencies can help charge your crystals with certain energies to amplify their healing effects.

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Manifestation/The Law of Attraction

https://thriveglobal.com/stories/what-is-the-law-of-attraction-how-to-make-it-work-for-you/

https://www.guidedmind.com/blog/7-steps-to-make-the-law-of-attraction-work-for-you

https://millennial-grind.com/22-manifestation-techniques/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_attraction_(New_Thought)

https://www.thelawofattraction.com/what-is-the-law-of-attraction/

What is the Law of Attraction?

The Law of Attraction is is the belief that positive or negative thoughts bring positive or negative experiences into a person's life. The belief is based on the ideas that people and their thoughts are made from "pure energy", and that a process of like energy attracts like energy exists through which a person can improve their health, wealth, and personal relationships. The ability to attract whatever we are thinking of. There are debates on whether this is real, but as with all beliefs it relies on faith. This is the most important part of manifesting something. If you don’t believe it’s real or try to work toward your goal it won’t work.

The basics of Manifestation

Know what you desire: Knowing what you want is the base of manifestation,

Believe that it will come: Belief is the real key to manifesting your desires. Without belief it will not work for you, simple as that.

Visualization: If we want something to happen in our lives, we first think of it in the mind.

Inner Dialogue: Infusing your thoughts with what you desire in life, will change the way you act, and will change your emotions.

Better questions lead to better answers: Reprogramming your thoughts go hand and hand with the last point.

Letting go: Once you have set your desire in motion and you truly believe it is coming, it's important to let go of your desire.

Gratitude: When you practice gratitude on a daily basis you are literally infusing your thoughts and feelings with a positive vibrating energy, which helps to manifest more of your desires in life.

These are only a basic outline though. There are multiple methods to accomplish manifestation. The third link I provided gives you a 22 numbered list of only some of the methods.

An overview of that list is:

The Rampage of Appreciation

The Magical Creation Box

The Creative Workshop

Virtual Reality

The Prosperity Game

The Process of Meditation

Evaluating Dreams

The Book of Positive Aspects

Scripting

The Place Mat Process

Segment Intending

Wouldn’t It Be Nice If…? (I don’t exactly agree with this, but if it works for you go ahead)

Which Thought Feels Better?

The Process of Clearing Clutter for Clarity

The Wallet Process

Pivoting

The Focus Wheel Process

Finding the Feeling-Place

Releasing Resistance to Become Free of Debt

Turning It Over to the Manager

Reclaiming One’s Natural State of Health

Moving Up The Emotional Scale

Please do some more research on this topic. I tried to find good information, but I don't know how well I did. This could be a base for your research, but please don't take this as all the information you need.

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Types of Meditation + Benefits

https://liveanddare.com/types-of-meditation/

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320392#takeaway

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/types-of-meditation#takeaway

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/meditation/in-depth/meditation/art-20045858

https://eclecticwitchcraft.com/10-reasons-to-start-meditating-today/

https://blackwitchcoven.com/how-to-learn-black-magick/beginner-black-magick/meditation/

Many experienced witches say to meditate especially if you’re a beginner, but why? There are multiple benefits even outside of witchcraft. Many witches and even scientists have stated many benefits to your emotional/physical state.

Health benefits

lower blood pressure

reduce anxiety

decrease pain

ease symptoms of depression

improve sleep

Helps Asthma

Heart disease

Irritable bowel syndrome

Tension headaches

Benefits in witchcraft

Strengthen intuition 

Helps connect to higher self 

Helps you understand yourself better (could be a form of shadow work)

Communicate with deities ( If you chose to )

Helps ground/center

learn how to relax your mind and body (even in stressful conditions or when you're emotionally excited)

 increase your focus span

learn how to obtain and control various, alternative states of mind

learn properly visualize

 increase your ability to learn and understand

 increase your overall control over yourself

Increase your ability to coping with stress improving your overall life quality

Helps you manifest 

Mindfulness meditation: you pay attention to your thoughts as they pass through your mind. You don’t judge the thoughts or become involved with them. You simply observe and take note of any patterns.

Focused meditation: you can focus on something internal, like your breath, or you can bring in external influences to help focus your attention. Like holding a crystal or staring into a candle flame.

Movement meditation: this practice may include walking through the woods, gardening, qigong, and other gentle forms of motion. 

Mantra meditation: This type of meditation uses a repetitive sound to clear the mind. It can be a word, phrase, or sound, such as the popular “Om.”

Transcendental meditation: Meditation, you silently repeat a personally assigned mantra, such as a word, sound or phrase, in a specific way. (Similar to mantra meditation but more personalized to the person meditating) 

Progressive relaxation/Body scan meditation: When using this technique, focus attention on different parts of your body. Become aware of your body's various sensations, whether that's pain, tension, warmth or relaxation.

Loving-kindness meditation: It typically involves opening the mind to receive love from others and then sending a series of well wishes to loved ones, friends, acquaintances, and all living beings. Ideal for those holding feelings of anger or resentment.

Visualization meditation: is a technique focused on enhancing feelings of relaxation, peace, and calmness by visualizing positive scenes or images.

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How to Strengthen Your Intuition

https://www.thelawofattraction.com/develop-intuition/

https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/exercises-developing-your-intuition

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-17693/18-ways-to-strengthen-your-intuition.html

https://www.jackcanfield.com/blog/cultivating-intuition/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-intuitive-compass/201108/what-is-intuition-and-how-do-we-use-it

Intuition is a process that gives us the ability to know something directly without analytic reasoning, bridging the gap between the conscious and nonconscious parts of our mind, and also between instinct and reason. By enhancing and embracing our intuition it can help us avoid dangerous situations, or just to answer general questions we may have such as ‘Should I stay with this friend? Do they make me feel good?’ etc. there are multiple methods you can do to strengthen your intuition. 

Some of these methods are:

Meditate: I know that it is hard to focus especially as a beginner but it does truly help

Jornal: write down the random thoughts that come though even if just for 5 minutes.

Pay attention to your dreams: when you're sleeping, your cognitive mind rests and opens space for the subconscious mind to signal you in dreams.

Get creative: this could be the same as meditating depending on what you're doing. It quiets the cognitive mind and allows your intuition to speak up. 

Spend time in nature/outside: In doing this, you will be able to strengthen your intuition and start using it to its full potential.

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Shell Magic + Their Properties

https://aminoapps.com/c/pagans-witches/page/item/shell-magick/1Jzl_oRvfrIzm1Q3oRPEWbZ8v1eMRnkn7Bl

https://thesilverwitch.tumblr.com/post/71264033902/seashell-magick

https://seashellhealing.com/

https://www.moodymoons.com/2019/08/08/11-ways-to-use-seashells-in-witchcraft-spells/

The general properties of seashells are: Offer oceans of healing energy for fast and easy transformation and empowered new ways of being.

Abalone: Healing, Prosperity, Abundance. Commonly used as smudging bowls.

Clam: Abundance, Communication, Foundation, Groundedness, Healing Energy, Love, Purification, Stability, Vitality, Finding your place in the world, Protection of Emotions.

Conch: Knowledge, Love Magic, Speach, Sacredness, Vitality, Wisdom, Clearing Negative Energy, Represents the deities Yemaya, Vishnu, and Devi

Cone:  While associated with danger, impatience, and perfection, they are used to promote positive energy as you make changes in our lives.

Limpet: Confidence, Courage, Nurture, Strength, Wisdom, Tenacity, Remind us of the value of introspection.

Oyster: Fertility, Hidden beauty, Love, treasure, vitality of the moon, luck, prosperity,

Sand Dollar: Awareness, Balance, Divine energy, transformation, wisdom, hidden meanings, aid in seeking wholeness and protecting emotions.

Scallop: Beauty, birth, change, fertility, harmony, healing, journey / travel, regeneration, relaxation, spirituality, the moon, Help us all know that we are all beautiful.

Whelk: Dramatic Life changes, good fortune, imagination, inspiration, wisdom, guidance, spiritual development

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Second Blog for Crystal/Stone Information

Because of how much I want to keep crystal properties organised for my own benefit I made a separate blog dedicated to crystal/stone healing and physical properties. 

https://aplaceforlearningaboutcrystals.tumblr.com/ 

(I hope this link is correct! )

This is a new blog so it doesn’t have a lot of posts yet, but don’t worry I’m a crystal lover and I have a passion for this! :)

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Free Book Downloader

A good digital book downloader website. You can search up a book title and most likely find it then download books for discrete research/reading material. I personal use this it’s completely free. 

z-library (This should show the link if you search it up)

I don’t know how to paste the link without my information. I’m not good with technology sorry...

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Magical Properties of Yellow Jasper

https://meanings.crystalsandjewelry.com/yellow-jasper/

https://www.crystals-online.co.uk/properties-pages/yellow-jasper/

https://www.crystalvaults.com/crystal-encyclopedia/yellow-jasper#:~:text=Yellow%20Jasper%20Color%20Energy,to%20your%20life%20and%20relationships.

Physical Healing: Yellow Jasper is thought to clear the body of environmental toxins and impurities, and to build up a stable, long-term immune system. It aids digestion and problems of the stomach, and assists in proper functioning of the gallbladder, liver, pancreas, spleen and kidneys.

Emotional healing: Is used as protection for both the physical and spiritual world, encourage you to complete projects, helps you set boundaries, recall dreams, emotional clarity, It assists in sorting out emotions, promotes inner strength, It eases chronic worries and self-consciousness, especially about what others think or say, increases self-confidence, It encourages enthusiasm and joy, and helps attract positive friendships and like-minded relationships.

Chakra: All Jaspers connect to the Earth and may be placed on the Base Chakra to stabilize and energize the physical body. Laying it over each chakra in turn, will cleanse, boost and realign the chakras and aura, Yellow Jasper is ideal for activating the Solar Plexus Chakra, the energy distribution center and the chakra of relationships. This chakra is located between the ribcage and navel, and controls the immune and digestive systems.

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The Earth Element

https://wiccaliving.com/earth-element/

https://thenewpagan.wordpress.com/elements-correspondences/

https://witcheslore.com/bookofshadows/witches-workshop/the-five-elements/4683/

https://www.flyingthehedge.com/2018/03/representing-elements-with-crystals.html

Disclaimer: This is no way a complete list. I suggest you use this list with other references.

Deities: the Goddess, Ceres, Demeter, Mah, Nephtys, Persephone, Rhea, Adonis, Athos, Arawn, Cernunnos, Dionysus, Pan

Energy: feminine, receptive

Direction: North

Tools: Pentacle, pentagram, salt, stones/gems, cords

Colors: Black, green, yellow, brown

Seasons: Winter

Zodiac Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn

Magickal uses: Salt, a symbol of Earth, is often used to cast the circle before ritual. Soil can be added to certain magical charms or used to cleanse crystals and other tools. Many spells call for burying certain objects in the Earth. Gardening, magnet images, working with stones/crystals, knots, binding, money spells, grounding, runes

Times: Midnight, Night

Stones/jewels: Amethyst, angelite, azurite, celestite, agate (green, moss), cat’s eye, coal, emerald, geodes, halite/salt, jasper, jet, obsidian, olivine, onyx, peridot, quartz, tourmaline

Herbs: Ivy, grains, oats, rice, patchouli, lichens, Cypress, Honeysuckle, Jasmin, Lilac

Animals: Cow, bull, dog, horse, ant, bears, wolf, deer/stag, buffalo

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Altars

https://sheroserevolution.com/shanijay/062020-how-to-create-a-sacred-altar/

https://medium.com/witchology-magazine/do-i-need-an-altar-4967a0f0ddc6

https://witchcraftandwitches.com/witchcraft/terms-altar/

An altar is a place for witches to meditate, create spells, pray. 

Do I need an altar?

To answer this question, you need to take a step back and look at your practice.

Is it something you’re interested in?

Do you often practice your magickal workings in one area?

Do you like decorating according to the different seasons?

To create a sacred altar

 Choose a location and surface for your altar: Some popular locations include a coffee or side table top, a bedside table, a window ledge, a shelf, inside a draw or cupboard.

Decide what objects you want on your altar: could include an altar cloth, Representation of the elements, crystal/stones, Incense or essential oils, and Book of shadows, grimoire, or journal. (It;s all up to you and what you feel is right depending on your path)

Make sure to tend to your altar: Some examples of this is to work with or around it every day, lighting the candles, changing the flowers in the vase when they die, picking up items if the cat knocks something over.

Optional you can choose the direction: Many people – including witches – like to position their altar in a way that allows them to face north while practicing. Others choose to set their altars up facing east or west, to weave in the rising or setting of the sun. And some choose to position their altar based on which one of the four elements they resonate with most.

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The Fire Element

https://witchipedia.com/elements/fire/

https://www.flyingthehedge.com/2020/06/fire-folklore-correspondences.html

https://otherworldlyoracle.com/fire-element/

https://witchipedia.com/elements/fire/

Symbolism: Energy, will, destruction, strength, courage, passion, lust, sexuality, anger, war, new beginnings, protection, loyalty, transformation, action, movement, desire, achievement, creativity, willpower.

Direction: South (In the Northern hemisphere), North (In the Southern hemisphere)

Signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius 

Planets: Mars, Sun

Colors: Red, yellow, orange, gold, crimson, white

Seasons: Summer

 Day: Sunday

Time: Noon 

Moon phase: waxing

Crystals/Gemstones: Carnelian, red jasper, blood-stone, garnet, ruby, agate, , gold, pyrite, brass, opal, lava-stone, tiger’s eye, nickle, steel.

Animals: lion, snake, coyote, fox, ladybug, bee, shark, scorpion, horse, mantis, tiger, phoenix 

Herbs: cinnamon, cloves, ginger, allspice, basil, cacti, marigold, chilies, garlic, mustard, nettle, onion, juniper, lime, orange, red pepper, poppies, thistle, coffee, jalapenos, lemon, cumin.

Food/drinks: Chili, tea, beans, curry, cider, wassail, garlic bread, beef. Ham, lemonade, limeade, orange juice, marmalade, spicy foods.

Magical tools: Fire, lamp, candles, dagger/swords, burned herbs. Requests on paper.

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Aloe’s magical and healing properties

http://witchesandpagans.com/pagan-culture-blogs/plant-magic/magical-and-healing-aloe-vera.html

https://spiritnest.com/blogs/news/10-magical-herbs-for-witches

https://witchipedia.com/book-of-shadows/herblore/aloe/

Use to conduct a spell related to protection and luck, relieve loneliness,attract a lover, used to help stimulate spirituality, help repel negativity and to prevent accidents in the home, used for love and beauty and all spells related to lunar energies,banish black and blue bruises, keeps the skin hydrated, helps soothe sunburn, improve skin and prevent wrinkles, give quick relief from pain and burning sensations, reduce dental plaque, help treat canker and cold sores, reduce constipation, lower blood sugar levels