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Quartz is the powerhouse of the spell.

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Witch Tip: Removing Wax

Perhaps this is common knowledge, but just in case there are any witches out there who struggle with removing wax that has dripped onto their candlesticks, I thought I would share how I have learned to remove it - with a hair dryer!

- When you turn on the hair dryer you will want to turn it on the hottest heat setting but use the lowest blow setting.

- Hold it about 1-2 inches from the wax you are trying to clean off.

- You are not trying to melt the wax!!! That is unnecessary, all you need to do is soften it and warm up the metal under the wax.

- After you’ve given it a little bit, simply wipe the wax with a paper towel or other soft cloth. (for more pristine metals you may not want to use a paper towel because it could scratch the metallic surface). The wax will slip right off with no mess at all.

- I have used this method on shiny brass, antique brass and a silvery colored metal (not real silver), but always test in an inconspicuous spot if you are worried.

- It’s quick! The below example took me less than 10 mins to finish.

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“We are the granddaughters of the witches you weren’t able to burn.”

— unknown

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🔥 Room Healing Spell 🔥

A spell that can be cast at any moon phase or any time of the day to turn your room into a magick-inducive environment. The perfect spell for baby witches who want to start with spellwork. I created this when I was 12 (2006) and it has been 11 years since then and it’s still effective.

Recommended to Cast During: Any moon phase at any time of the day.

Colors: Black and White

Needed: 

🌿 2 Candles (either white or black)

🌙 An Athame (or any pointed object for engraving a candle)

🌿 A Wand (or any stick that is made from any natural material such as twigs, pencils, wooden chopsticks, selenite crystal, clear quartz wand)

To Cast:

🌿 Light one of the candles.

🌙 Start engraving a protection sigil or any symbolism that you dedicate with strength and protection on the unlit candle.

🌿 Twirl your wand around your engraved candle and say,

“Go away negativity and sway away. Positivity, if you wish to enter, you may.”

🌿 Light the engraved candle and carry it.

🌙 Bring the engraved candle with you and light the four corners of your room moving clockwise (start with north)

🌿 Meditate for 5 minutes after (chakra meditation is recommended or plain floor grounding is alright; that is to lie down completely on the floor)

What To Expect:

🌿 Your room will turn into a much more relaxing environment.

🌙 Negative energy that was collected through time will be diminished.

🌿 Better sleep, better naps, better magick.

🌙 Stronger magick especially for healing and love.

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⚠️toxic witch crystals

these crystals should never be used for elixirs or any substances meant to be ingested. they are safe to use externally as jewelry or other items. this list is not exhaustive.

💀alexandrite (aluminum) 💀amazonite (copper) 💀aquamarine (aluminum) 💀aventurine (aluminum) 💀azurite (copper) 💀black tourmaline (aluminum) 💀celestite (strontium) 💀chrysocolla (copper) 💀cinnabar (mercury) 💀dumortierite (aluminum) 💀emerald (aluminum) 💀fluorite (fluorine) 💀garnet (aluminum) 💀hematite (rusts, non-toxic otherwise) 💀iolite (aluminum) 💀kunzite (aluminum) 💀kyanite (aluminum) 💀labradorite (aluminum) 💀lapis lazuli (sulfur) 💀lepidolite (aluminum) 💀malachite (copper) 💀moldavite (aluminum oxide) 💀moonstone (aluminum) 💀morganite (aluminum) 💀prehnite (aluminum) 💀pyrite (sulfur) 💀ruby (aluminum) 💀sapphire (aluminum) 💀selenite (shards break easily, non-toxic) 💀serpentine (asbestos) 💀sodalite(aluminum) 💀spinel (aluminum) 💀sugilite (aluminum) 💀sunstone (aluminum) 💀tiger’s eye (asbestos) 💀topaz (aluminum) 💀torbernite (radioactive) 💀tourmaline (aluminum) 💀turquoise (aluminum & copper) 💀variscite (aluminum) 💀vesuvianite (aluminum) 💀wavellite (aluminum) 💀wulfenite (lead & molybdenum) 💀zircon (radioactive) 💀zoisite (aluminum)

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made a lil spell jar for a friend who’s going to uni to help with luck, protection and success made with cinnamon, basil, garlic, rosemary and sea salt 🌸🍄🍂🌿

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My boyfriend is doing something awesome.

He’s making an online spell maker/ witch encyclopedia

Basically you can type in an intent or keywords and get ideas for spells

Or you can type out everything you want and it is also color coded (key words like love are red, courage is orange, etc.) and do cyber spells

It’s not done yet but once it is I’ll for sure be sharing on here!

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Common Kitchen Herbs 🌱

Not every witch has access to metaphysical shops that sell specialty herbs, or herbs you can’t find in your local grocery store, so here is a list of common herbs and spices that you can easily access, or that you may already have! 

Aside from obtaining these herbs and spices individually, look for bottles of poultry or beef seasoning, and other seasoning blends (Cajun, Italian, etc.) - they usually contain a variety of these herbs in one convenient container. 

Allspice - prosperity, luck, healing, energy

Anise Seed - protection, happiness, enhanced psychic ability, cleansing, warding off nightmares and disturbing dreams

Basil -  love, banishing, wealth, success, sympathy, protection; dispelling confusion, fears, and weakness

Bay Leaf - wishes, protection, good fortune, success, purification, strength, healing, inducing prophetic dreams, enhanced psychic ability

Black Pepper - protection, banishing, cursing

Chamomile - peace, relaxation, restful sleep, love, healing, luck, prosperity, removing curses or negating spells

Chili Powder - love, fidelity, cursing, removing curses or negating spells

Cinnamon - success, healing, protection, power, love, luck, strength, prosperity

Cloves - protection, love, prosperity, banishing, friendship, stopping gossip

Cumin - love, fidelity, protection, banishing, preventing theft

Dill - prosperity, protection, luck, lust

Fennel - strength, vitality, sexual virility; prevents curses and wards off negative energy

Garlic Powder & Garlic Salt - healing, protection, banishing, cleansing, purification

Ginger - sensuality, sexuality, personal confidence, prosperity, success, health, protection, new experiences and adventures

Mace - concentration, focus, self-discipline, studying

Marjoram - cleansing, purification, dispelling negative energy, protection, love, wealth, revealing the truth through dreams, overcoming sadness and grief

Mustard Seed - courage, endurance, preventing physical injury, luck, success

Nutmeg - prosperity, luck, protection, intellect, removing curses

Onion Powder & Onion Salt - prosperity, stability, endurance, protection, breaking bad habits, cleansing

Oregano - happiness, strength, energy, vitality 

Paprika - energy

Red Pepper - energy, banishing, cursing

Rosemary - healing, love, lust, improved memory, dispelling negative energy, cleansing, warding off nightmares

Sage - cleansing, purification, wisdom, healing, dispelling negative energy, wishes, overcoming grief and loss

Sea Salt - cleansing, purification, banishing, protection

Sesame Seed - prosperity, lust, passion

Tarragon - healing, compassion

Thyme - loyalty, affection, strength, courage, banishing, cleansing, healing, luck, prosperity, restful sleep, warding off nightmares

Turmeric - cleansing, purification

Common spice brands include: 

McCormick

Mrs. Dash

Lawry’s

Old Bay

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Witches with sleeping problems: *has so many frickin sleep spells/potions/charms/sigils/crystals in effect that they put themselves in a coma*

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Happy witching 💜🌙

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🌟I made some instructions for a wish spell I’ve been working on! Try it out and let me know about all your wishes and whether they came true!🌟

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Peace and Healing vial💕

I made this for my mum a while ago! She still keeps it beside her bed. :^)

Vial contains:

Rose petals - Admiration, love.

Cinnamon - Prosperity, peace.

Sea salt - Purification, spiritual protection.

Lavender - Spiritual healing, promotes calmness.

Oregano - Health, happiness.

Sage - Protection, good luck.

Amethyst - Power, protection, healing

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Herbal Correspondences for Vegan Witches (Or any Witches really)

Activated Charcoal- cleansing, purification, grief, health (banishing serious illness)

Allspice- determination, money, luck, healing

Almond- fertility, Goddess energy, beauty, self-love, prosperity, addiction, abundance

Anise- protection, warding against evil, preventing nightmares, psychic ability, happiness

Basil- money, beauty, protection, love, warding

Bay Leaf- money, motivation, protection, psychic powers, wish fulfillment, success, purification

Black Pepper- banishing, protection, exorcism, healing (from a serious illness/banishing said illness)

Brewer’s Yeast- motherhood, femininity, warding against illness

Cashew- money, creativity

Cardamom- lust/libido, love, fidelity

Cayenne Pepper- catalyst, lust/ libido, confidence

Celery- fertility, psychic powers, healing (especially of the bladder, kidneys, and urinary tract), weight loss

Chamomile- sleep, stress relief, love, beauty, friendship, meditation, luck, libido (mostly women)

Chia Seed- protection, health

Chili Powder- protection, hex breaking, love, fidelity

Chives- protection, weight loss

Chlorella- purification, cleansing, health

Cilantro- money, protection, peace

Cinnamon- catalyst, spirituality, beauty, love, lust, romance, healing, strength, protection, psychic ability

Clove- catalyst, beauty, love, protection (especially for children)

Cocoa Powder- beauty, health, love, self-love, grounding, romance, sex, powder, enhances hot herbs

Coconut- strength, love, beauty, protection

Coffee- grounding, protection, spirituality, energy (if caffeinated), dispelling negativity

Coriander- love, health, protection, easing pain of a broken heart,

Cumin- energy, protection, exorcism, protection from theft, love, fidelity, masculine energy

Dandelion- communicating with the dead, health, weight loss, wish fulfillment, divination, luck

Dill- money, prosperity, luck, lust, protection (especially the home)

Dulse- lust, harmony, sea magick

Fennel- health (especially digestion), protection, money, banishing, strength, vitality, libido

Fenugreek- health (women’s issues), friendship, happiness, calming, feminine energy, libido, money

Flax Seed- fertility, health, protection (especially from sickness), divination, money

Garlic- health, banishing, protection, purification, warding, willpower,

Ginger- catalyst, energy, adventure, health, confidence, lust/libido, prosperity, success, protection

Hemp- fertility, intuition, motivation, peace, harmony, stress relief

Hibiscus- health, love, beauty, heart

Holy Basil- opens heart to love, stress relief, healing, balance, grounding

Jalapeno- energy, catalyst, money, abundance

Kelp- health, money, weight loss, sea magick

Lavender- stress relief, sleep, anti-anxiety, meditation, love, depression, peace, harmony

Lemon- health, beauty, love, lust, cleansing, purification, sun magick, removing negativity,

Lemon grass- psychic cleansing, opening the Third Eye, focus, mental clarity

Licorice- love, lust, fidelity, communicating with the dead, health (digestive system)

Lime- purification, protection, harmony, calmness, tranquility, strengthening love

Maca- fertility, vitality, energy, balance, love

Maple- love, friendship, luck, happiness, wealth

Marjoram- beauty, luck, wealth, grief, cleansing, purification, warding, strengthening love, protection

Mint, Pepper- health, protection, ward off migraines, wealth, bringing about change, love, abundance

Mint, Spear- health, protection, happiness, wealth, communicating with spirits

Miso- health, prosperity, communicating with the dead, friendship

Mustard- courage, faith, endurance, success, luck, happiness

Nettle- grouding, health (especially allergies), banishing negativity, cleansing

Nori- health, harmony

Nutmeg- beauty, prosperity, money, luck, hex breaking, mental acuity

Nutritional Yeast- health, happiness, love, addiction

Oat- fertility, health, earth magick, sacred to Brighid

Onion- protection, health, banishing, warding, bad habits, prosperity

Orange- energy, emotional healing, beauty, health, love, friendship

Oregano- health, beauty, joy, energy, strength

Paprika- catalyst, energy, hexing (I don’t hex, but you do you)

Paprika, smoked- power, see Paprika

Parsley- money, luck, success, health, weight loss

Pecan- employment and career, success, security,

Red Pepper- catalyst, love, lust, confidence

Rice- rain, fertility, money, protection

Rose- beauty, love, honoring the dead, friendship, happiness, healing

Rosemary- mental clarity, focus, memory, health, love, lust, purification

Saffron- happiness, mental health, love, lust, psychic ability, addiction, weight loss

Sage- cleansing, purification, grief, wisdom, spirituality, mental clarity, protection, grounding

Salt- cleansing, purification, grounding, protection, banishing, earth magick

Sesame Seed- money, lust, passion

Soy- spirituality, psychic ability, fertility, intuition, grounding

Spirulina- health, wealth, energy

Sugar- beauty, sweeten attitudes, love, sex, drawing spells

Tamarind- love, health, happiness, family, protection (from illness)

Tea, black- energy, strength, courage, confidence

Tea, green- energy, health, weight loss, beauty, confidence

Tea, white- beauty, harmony, peace, health, tranquility

Thyme- money, protection, luck, grief, honoring the dead, grounding, glamours, confidence, loyalty

Turmeric- health (especially dealing with serious illness), happiness,

Vanilla- beauty, love, friendship, passion

Vinegar- protection, warding, weight loss, hexing, banishing illness

Walnut- connection with the divine, spirituality, mental strength, divination

Watercress- health, sex, lunar magick

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SELF-LOVE MOON SPELL

PURPOSE: To cast onto yourself (or to someone else) to help feel a stronger sense of self-love

MATERIALS:

Basil

Cinnamon

Pink candle

Pink salt

If you are casting the spell for yourself, use rose quartz. If you are casting the spell for someone else, use a small item that belongs to them or reminds you of that person

“I love myself” sigil (shown above) 

(DISCLAIMER: I found this sigil on the blog that belongs to @mulberry-moons. This sigil belongs to this person and not me! I did not create this sigil. I enjoy the way it looks, and thought it woulf be perfect for this spell)

Pen & paper

INSTRUCTIONS:

Light the pink candle

Mix basil, cinnamon and pink salt together, then form a small circle around the candle

With the pen and paper, write the sigil shown above, and then burn the paper using the flame from the candle.

Blow out the candle, and take the rose quartz (or item you have chosen) and gently pass it through the smoke as many times as you see fit. While you are doing this, you will say the words “The moon is loved, in her marked & scarred beauty, & I (or you) deserve the same” until you’ve finished passing the item/crystal through the smoke

Carry the rose quartz with you. If you cast this spell for someone else, give them the item you passed through the smoke.

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Whew, finally back from school! Now that I’m free, it’s time to reassemble one of my best school essentials for next quarter—tiny, reusable packets of herbs that are perfect for spells on the go (or spicing up a dull meal…what’s the difference, really?). 

While I love the look of tiny bottles for portable ingredients, they’re not as space-saving as these repurposed straws. So though my best staples get bottled for easiest refills, I like to keep the odd ingredient (or extra backups of the classics) rattling around in my pockets like this! Some things to keep in mind:

Only melt the ends as they’re separated from the herbs by the pliers/tweezers—food safe plastic or not, you still don’t want that melting on your ingredients!

Most straws work for this, but thin plastic straws may warp and bubble further up the tube before the ends seal shut; try a few tests, and heat with care.

While I always carry around a pen knife, if you don’t, consider keeping these in a little pocket tin with a razor blade for easy opening. Cutting the small notch in the end is pretty effective for fingers-only opening, but may cause leaks in fluid-filled packets and should be avoided in those cases. Small, neat incisions with a knife also make for easier sealing for reuse! 

EDIT: while I didn’t touch on it too much here, I also use these to prepare ready-made spells. If you’re doing this, consider matching the color of the candle and straw to the spell intent!

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Recreational Witchcraft’s Luck & Money Powder

This powder is ideal for drawing luck, money, and job opportunities. Sprinkle some of it into a burning candle, dust some over your body before going out or add some of it to a hot bath. 

Grind & Combine:

Green or white Eggshells for prosperity and fortune

Basil for wealth and success

Green mint for money and abundance

Fennel for luck

I’ve used this powder spell for almost a year now and it never fails me. Hope it can help you all too!

-T