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Beginner witch research list

History of witchcraft

Types of witches 

Book of shadows and grimoire and how to make your own

Altars and altar tools

Types of spells

Psychic protection, protections spells, home and house and protection

Shadow work

Banishing

Protective herbs

Grounding, centering and meditation.

Moon phases and how they can be incorporated into spells

magickal/witches tools

Candle colour correlations/ colour correlations in witchcraft

Herbology

Crystals

Types of divination- tarot, pendulum, runes ect

Astrology

Dream interpretation

Reasons why a spell or ritual may fail 

How to fix a spell if it goes wrong or ask a fellow witch for advice

The elements and how to connect to them

Understanding substituting and how to rework rituals and spells

Affirmations

Pentagram, pentacle and the goat of mendes

The laws of magick

The law of attraction

dangerous / poisonous/ toxic herbs!

Crystal care

auras/ aura reading

Folklores,superstitions and wivestales

Different deities in different cultures

Chakras

Alchemy

Seals

Familiars

Sigils and talsimans

energies/ energy work

Solitary vs coven/group witchcraft

sabbats/ esbats- if you’re interested in that.

Faeries

Lucid dreaming/astral projection

Working with spirits, angels, deities and 

Steps to take to make sure you are working with certain angels and deities or spirits.

Methods for opening the third eye and other chakras

Chaos magick

Personal spirit guides

How to find your spirit guides and guardian angels

The higher self

Taglocks and magick links

Lightworkers

Symptoms of being cursed/ hex

How to remove a curse or hex/return to sender

Empaths

Symbols

Types of water(moonwater ect)

Writing your own spells

Cord or knot magick

Ritual structures

How to cleanse your space and cleansing herbs

Do not try hex ,cursing or any type of baneful magic as a beginner witch! It can backfire and go wrong if you’re not prepared! But knowing the symptoms and how to send one back can be very useful

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Candle Magic Beyond Colors

A lot of people talk about color correspondences with candles, but a candle's potential in magic runs way deeper than that! Here's a list of things I don't see people mention as much:

Loading a Candle

Carve out a small hole in the bottom of the candle and stuff it with herbs, a name, whatever else you want to "fill" the candle with.

Carvings

Etch sigils, symbols, names, and other things into the candle before burning! (I like the idea of writing my problems/worries onto the candle then watching as they burn and melt away.)

Dressing a Candle

Much like loading a candle, mix your herbs in an oil or have a pre-made magical oil ready to cover your candle in before lighting.

Reversals

Chop off the top of the candle, flip it upside down, and carve a new wick out of the bottom (now top.) This is a good way to inverse its symbolism!

Shape of Candle/Container

Not all candles are little cylenders. Candles shaped like pyramids, spheres, hearts, skulls, or animals can all have those correspondences taken into account as well.

Life of the Flame

Some candles are meant to only burn for a short period of time then be blown out. (Like birthday candles.) Others are meant to burn continuously over multiple days (like yahrzeit candles or seven-day candles.) Others can be lit or extinguished as you please. Which one makes the most sense for your goals?

Burning or Beacon?

A candle flame is a light in the darkness, drawing things near. It's also literal fire which can burn away whatever it touches. Which one is your candle trying to do, burn out something undesired or serve as a beacon for what you DO desire? Plan accordingly.

Read the Wax

Always a classic, you can read the shapes made from the wax once the spell is complete to get a gage of how things went/are going. Followup information is always good and can tell you a lot!!

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Witchy Ways: I

Enchanting your shoes with Warding and Protection sigils inside of the shoe can protect your energies in a stealthy manner.

If you don’t have money to spend, picking up trash, music, poetry, and research are always very incredible offerings.

The action of consuming food with salt such as chips or pretzels can be used for easy and simple personal inner salt cleansing rituals.

Using your phone, heartbeat, or music to charge tarot cards, crystals, and other tools can be done at almost any place and time.

You can use your morning cup of water, coffee, or tea to revitalize daily by enchanting the mug with the aforementioned intention.

Keeping Bay Laurel Leaves in your Wallet to attract an overflow of money, sealing them with tape keeps them from crumbling.

The action of chewing any form of mint or cinnamon gum during money spell can amplify or speed up the energies and results.

Blowing a dash of Cinnamon at your front door entrance at the first of each month can invite prosperity into your dwelling.

Having protection in your car and where you sleep is the most important thing you can do as a practitioner, experienced or not.

Utilizing your showers, baths, and brushing your teeth for simple and low energy cleansing spells can become powerful.

Warding above your doorways with horseshoes is not only a marvelous way to protect your home, but attracts good luck inside.

Placing magical items in front of a currently working fan can blow away negativity or charge it with gusts of wind energy.

Walking, jumping, singing, running, or even skipping with intent whilst holding a magical item can imbue it with magical energy.

You can use light itself to charge, purify, and cleanse, people, places, and things. Artificial or Natural light doesn’t make a difference, and the same notion can be applied with the dark.

Cleansing your space and self when a visitor has been draining, negative, or toxic can be very beneficial.