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Offerings for Deities

It’s been a while since I’ve made a post. I’m going to address one of the most frequently asked questions I receive: How do I give offerings? For some reason, many beginner books don’t dive into the specifics of this religious practice which many are unfamiliar with. Hopefully this will help.

General Rules:

Offerings are given as thank-yous, as little gifts to say that you appreciate the deity’s existence. They don’t have to be expensive, but they should be special in your eyes. For example, I often offer donuts or wine simply because I don’t buy those two things often.

Offerings should be appropriate for the deity you’re giving them to.

You’re allowed to get creative with offerings–in fact, the Gods even prefer that you do!

How often you give offerings in accordance to your practice is up to you.

You may give apology offerings for any offense you think you may have made.

Prayers, songs, playlists, and there intangible gifts still count as offerings.

You do not need an altar to give offerings. You can give offerings anywhere, at anytime.

Simply saying “This is for you” makes the object an offering.

Food Offerings:

Most food offerings are eaten after being offered. The main exceptions are Greek chthonic deities, and ancestors, in which case you do not eat the offerings. Research your specific pantheon to make sure if eating is appropriate or not.

There is no set amount of time to leave out food offerings. In fact, many worshippers will eat said offerings right after they offer them.

If you do not eat food offerings, you may throw them away, saying something like, “Though I discard these physical offerings, the spiritual offering remains”.

You may also bury the offerings. Make sure that the offerings will not harm the surrounding environment or animals. Do not bury them in a jar or plastic bag.

If you offer herbs, you may either burn them using a charcoal block or cauldron, or you may throw them out/bury them. While burning is certainly traditional in many pantheons, do not feel the need to if you will be bothered by the potent smoke or handling fire.

Liquid Offerings:

Liquid offerings are handled in the same way food offerings are, with the exception of oils.

You do not have to drink oils after offering them. (Drinking straight olive oil is pretty gross, and please DO NOT drink harmful essential oils!) I recommend pouring them into the ground outside, or into the trash can.

You may pour liquid offerings into the offering bowl, or, you may keep the liquid offering in a cup. I have a special teacup that I often use for offerings such as tea, but any regular teacup will do. After all, you are offering the liquid, not the cup.

Incense and Candle Offerings:

According to tradition, these offerings must be left to burn out on their own. I recommend lighting small tea light candles for these offerings, as big candles burn for a long time. However, some modern Pagans may blow, rinse, or snuff them out early to prevent a fire hazard.

Make sure to be present while the offering is lit, and make sure nothing catches on fire.

If you are bothered by incense smoke, using an essential oil diffuser or unscented candle works fine.

Although many Pagans recommend incense as a general offering, you do not have to offer it, or any candles, if they bother you.

Plant Offerings:

If you offer a plucked flower, you may leave it on an altar or table until it withers. Afterwards you may throw it away. Basically, you handle it as any other friend would had you given them a plucked flower.

If you offer a growing or potted plant, tend to it as you would your other plants. If it dies, that’s okay. Simply discard it as you would normally. The Gods understand that plants die, and They appreciate the beauty of plants while they last.

Other Offerings:

For objects such as stones, shells, or family heirlooms, keep them on the altar or somewhere else special. Ideally, you will not need to throw these away. If they get damaged somehow, and if you cannot repair them, you may throw them out, but give an apology offering and try to replace them.

For artworks or crafts, place them on the altar or hang them somewhere. Don’t sell your offerings; they are gifts you gave to the Gods and not yours to sell.

For songs, play or sing them anytime you’d like to connect or give something to your deity.

For writings, you may keep them, or some people might burn them to “send” to their Gods. Whichever way is up to you.

For e-shrines or other technological offerings, keep them saved in their own folder, keep them nice and up-to-date.

For magical tools, such as grimoires or wands that you dedicate, feel free to use them as normal. Just take care of them, and remember to thank the deity you devoted them to once in a while.

For daily or private actions, such as cleaning, giving to others, etc., simply think “This is for you” or send your energy to the God, and finish the action.

You may say prayers out loud, write them down, or simply think them in your mind. All are perfectly legitimate.

I hope I got all of this. Feel free to reblog or message with corrections, since I know I don’t know everything about every pantheon. Have a beautiful day, and have fun worshipping!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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A “For When Shit Hits the Fan” Witchy Emergency Masterpost

This is a post compiled for the 21st century modern witch who is having a rough time in a “first-world-problem” sense. If you’re having a real emergency, contact services in your area, such as a hospital, police, or fire department. Also check out my other “For When Shit Hits the Fan” Emergency Masterpost for information on how to get help with emergencies without witchcraft.

Resources:

Planetary Retrograde Guide

Solving problems using astrology

Yoga for After a Disaster

Self Care & Mental Health Masterpost

Sigils:

strength during hard times

to overcome depression

“I will make it through this”

“Fear Cannot Live Here”

My family remains healthy

Happiness & Release items that obstruct health

banish bad luck

Luck will follow me

“I am jinx, hex, and curse proof”

Tarot Spreads:

What the Actual F@%K?!

Freedom from Addiction

Disaster Spread 

Trouble in paradise

Tell Me the Truth

calm the f@%k down

a spread to realize something difficult

When the World is Cruel

This Too Will Pass

fix a f@%k up

How to Handle a Situation Getting Out of Hand

Emoji Spells:

protection from toxic people

to get your shit together

for anti-depression

for banishing depression

help ease depression

for peace and serenity

Heal and open your heart

For healing from heartbreak

Get unstuck in life

See the gifts in the present moment

Peace during hard times

Banish desperation

Get out of a dark mental place

For your family to treat you with respect

Family Communication

Universal Peace Spell

Mood Booster

transmute anxiety

break curses, hexes, and jinxes placed on you

avoid people with poor judgment

bless the planet

have more faith in the universe 

Other Spells:

Prayer to help with depression

Chant to Banish Depression

A Spell to Banish and Protect: Restraining Order Bottle

A Spell to Escape: Get me out of this mess

Month of Growth

Instant Good Luck Spells

For All-Day Calm if You Work or Live in a Hostile or Volatile Atmosphere

A Dying Leaf Rite to Remove Sorrow, Illness or Misfortune from Your Workplace

Stress Relieving Drink

magick for heartbreak

Ease Trauma Tip

Other Resources:

Witch Tips: Spells Gone Bad

When your spell fails

Crystals for depression

School Witch Tip Masterpost

how to handle a bad day

may your growing pains ease 

Receive a big hug

Remember: You’re beautiful!

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So I live in Iowa right? Basically our idea is to never, EVER go in the corn fields at night. It’s a bad idea because it’s just flat out bad luck. Unless it’s a corn maze for Halloween or something, but I won’t do it even then. And in our town, we’ve got these woods with a railroad going through them (literally there’s not one place in Iowa I’ve ever been to without a railroad) and it’s the worst thing to go through at night. You hear rustling? It’s no deer or rabbit, it’s something else. You get lost? You’ll never get out.

Irish people; The faeries aren’t real

Irish people; No fucking way will I go in that faerie ring

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new spell book 🔮

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R E S T I N P E A C E

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Mass of fog rolled in on my way home last night ⚜️🔮🖤

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Black Salt

Black Salt is used for cursing, protection, banishing, cleansing, breaking spells or hexes, and repelling negative energy. Black salt is made by combining either activated charcoal or ashes from burned herbs or incense with sea salt. 

Using activated charcoal will actually make your salt a dark black color, whereas using ashes will turn it into a lighter grey color. 

Depending on what you plan to use black salt for, you can add different types of ash or other ingredients that correspond with your intent.

Ashes from various herbs and incenses for black salt: 

Basil - banishing, protection, spell-breaking

Cedarwood - cleansing, protection

Cypress - protection

Dragon’s blood - cleansing, protection, cursing, banishing

Frankincense - cleansing, protection, spell-breaking

Mullein - protection (especially for acts of magick involving spirit work)

Rosemary - cleansing, banishing

Rue - banishing, cursing, protection, spell-breaking

Sage - cleansing, protection, banishing

Sandalwood - cleansing, protection

Thyme - cleansing, banishing

Tobacco - banishing, cursing

Valerian - protection

Wormwood - cursing, protection, spell-breaking

Other ingredients you can add to black salt: 

Black pepper - cleansing, banishing, cursing, protection

Cayenne pepper - banishing, cursing, protection

Chili powder - banishing, cursing, spell-breaking

Garlic salt - banishing, cleansing, spell-breaking

Iron shavings (like from the bottom of your cauldron or a cast-iron pot or pan) - protection

Nutmeg - protection, spell-breaking

Onion salt - banishing, spell-breaking

Making black salt: 

Combine the ingredients and grind together using a mortar and pestle, coffee grinder, or herb grinder

Using black salt:

Add to spell jars or sachets

Sprinkle in areas around your home to create a barrier

Create a circle of protection before performing spells

Keep a container of black salt under your bed or pillow to prevent nightmares or bad dreams

Add to a jar to create a Negativity Trap

If using skin-safe components and ingredients, make a facial scrub or mask for cleansing

Anoint objects with black salt

Add to a container of War Water (especially if your black salt contains iron shavings)

Sprinkle a small amount on a neighbor’s lawn to make them want to move

Add some to a hollow pendant and wear to deflect negativity 

Sprinkle on items that hold bad or negative memories to cleanse them

Add a line of black salt in front of doorways and windows to keep out negative energy and spirits or entities 

Add a pinch to homemade floor washes for cleansing

Use to symbolize the waning, new, and dark moon; or Saturn and Pluto

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“Sigil Nullifier”

Requested by: sass-master-hades

NOTE: This sigil nullifies other sigils. It is intended to prevent other sigils from accidentally activating, such as in cases where sigils are recorded in a grimoire for reference or where a sigil is displayed for purely decorative purposes. On a singular basis, the most effective placement of this Sigil Nullifier is on the underside of the recorded or displayed sigil. Where sigils are recorded in a book, the Sigil Nullifier is most effective when drawn twice: once on the first page of the book, and once on the last page. 

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Fire Salts 🔥

Inspired by the recipe from Skyrim.

Ingredients:

Cayenne pepper

Cinnamon

Chili powder

Sea salt

Instructions:

Combine ingredients and grind together until you have a fine powder

Uses: 

Use in spells for protection, defense, energy, manifestation, and power.

Use to represent the element of Fire.

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🌹 Rose Bath Spell🌹

a simple bath ritual of roses and milk to gather love and beauty

🌹 gather: dried milk, epsom salts, rose petals, sliced strawberries

🌹 fill a bath with hot water, mix 1 ½ cups dried milk into the hot water

🌹 dissolve epsom salts in the water and stir. 

🌹 sprinkle the rose petals over the top of the bath

🌹 soak in the bath, absorbing its soft warm energies. 

🌹 eat the strawberry slices. each bite leaves loving words in your mouth. 

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Aromatherapy bath bomb 💕 planning on getting different varieties 🖤

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Intent and Spell Writing

What is Intent in witchcraft?

Simply put intent is what result you wish to get from your spell or ritual. It is the energy you will be using to get results. Intent is extremely important for any spell. What do you wish to happen when you cast it? Do you wish to improve your studying or do you wish to banish something negative from your life? That is intent. It is the end goal. 

Examples of Intent:

Banishment: keeping away negativity and negative energies

Beauty: for looking, expressing and feeling lovely and attractive

Binding: prevent harm, avoid danger, stop someone from performing a particular act; restriction

Business/Career: for success in one’s career, job hunting

Calming: relieve stress

Catalyst: stimulating a spell

Charge: store energy into something

Chasity: celibacy, innocence

Confidence: courage, self assurance and empowerment

Creativity: expression, imagination and improving artistic skills

Communication: improving communications and understandings with friends, family, spouses, etc; communicating with other forces

Cleanse: removing unclean energies and presences from self, objects or areas

Curse: bring negative energy into something or into someone’s life

Desire: gaining what one has strong feelings of want for or seeking to be wanted by others

Divination: clairvoyance, gaining insight

Discourage: prevent something from occurring

Dreams: bring dreams, relates to the dream realm

Emotional: spells focused on certain emotions

Encouragement: supporting and influencing something to happen

Exorcism: expelling evil spirits

Fertility: for conception

Fidelity: loyalty and faithfulness

Friendship: bonding and connections

Fortune: good luck

Forgotten: leave memories behind

Frugality: saving money

Glamour: illusions and perception

Generosity: kindness and good will

Happiness: joy and merriment

Healing: recovery and repair

Inspiration: gaining ideas and drive

Invisibility: going unnoticed, stealth

Judgment: improving decision making and choices

Longevity: increasing length/duration of things

Love: Romance

Lust: Libido and sex drive

Memory: remembrance

Motivation: determination

Patience: tolerance

Peace: tranquility

Prosperity: well-being

Protection: guarding, safety and warding

Psychic: improving any psychic ability or connection

Purification: purifying an object or space

Guidance: spiritual, mental, supernatural guidance, advice and bonds

Severing: cutting ties from others

Spirituality: for belief

Strength: brawn, endurance; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual

Truth: honesty with self and others

Wealth: increasing money and physical possessions

Wisdom: decisions, intelligence, learning

Wish: gaining things and desires

I have my intent now what?

Well you have just taken your first step to spell writing. Now that you have your intent, your goal, you can can start researching. What relates and corresponds to your intent and what ingredients do you have available? Some things you could research:

Gemstones

Herbs and flowers

Types of Water (spring, rain, ocean, etc)

Colors

Candles

Oils

Incense

Animal Symbolism

Time of Day

Planets and Cosmic Bodies

Fruits

Vegetables

Metals

Emotional, Psychic and Physical Energies

Classic Witches Tools (besom, wands, etc)

Divination Tools (pendulums, tarot cards, scrying mirrors, etc)

Mythology and Mythical Creatures

Once you have researched and found the ingredients and objects you wish to use, even if you decide to only use your own energy and voice that is fine. You don’t absolutely need to use anything specific. It is your spell and your intent, choose what you feel will work best for you.

How are you going to use these things you have researched and obtained? This will require more research on your part, witchcraft requires a lot of research. Some ideas:

Bath mix/salts

Tea and infusions (if ingredients are safe to ingest)

Gem Elixir (research to ensure your gemstone(s) is safe to use in water or safe methods to make it without submerging the gemstone)

Jar or Bottle Spell

Sigil Spell

Burning

Shredding/Cutting

Burying

Spoken

Painted/drawn

Crafted or Molded

The possibilities are truly endless. All I can say you have just taken your first steps for writing a spell! Once you have decided your intent and the process you wish to use, it is time to begin trials. Everything takes practice. It may not work at first but that is alright. Take notes and observe results. Just be safe with what you are doing. Happy Spell Writing!

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🍄Planetary Fruit/Vegetable Blends🍋

Moon - broccoli, cabbage, coconut, cucumber, grape, honeydew melon, kale, lemon, mushroom, papaya, pear, peach, potato, strawberry, watercress, watermelon

Sun - citron, collard greens, corn, grapefruit, lemon, mustard, nectarine, okra, olive, orange, peppers, pineapple, swiss chard, tangerine

Mercury - beets, blueberry, carrot, celery, endive, juniper berry, parsley, pomegranate, wolfberry (goji berry)

Venus - apple, apricot, avocado, banana, beans, cherry, corn, passionfruit, peach, pear, plum, raspberry

Mars - carrot, cranberry, chili pepper, dragonfruit, horseradish, leek, mango, mustard, onion, radish, red pepper, tomatillo

Jupiter - asparagus, bell pepper, endive, fig, garlic, grapefruit, juniper berry, raspberry, rhubarb, tomato, turnip

Saturn - apple, asparagus, beets, black cherry, grape, grapefruit, lettuce, mushroom, parsley, pumpkin, spinach, tomato

Uranus - banana, beets, blueberry, lime, mango, parsley, parsnip, spinach

Neptune - asparagus, cantaloupe, celery, cucumber, endive, honeydew melon, lettuce, peach, rhubarb, seaweed, watercress, watermelon, zucchini

Pluto - asparagus, blueberry, chives, fig, garlic, leek, mushroom, onion, parsley, pomegranate, spinach, strawberry

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💀 Curse Correspondences 💀

Crystals:

Agate - for use on a target who has entered a space uninvited, i.e. someone breaking into your home or vehicle

Alexandrite - causes obsession and delusions

Amethyst - causes sensitivity and self-destruction

Astrophyllite - causes those who have died at the hands of another to torment the target from the grave

Diamond - causes blindness, confusion, and disorientation

Diopside - lowers inhibitions and causes secrets to be revealed

Emerald - causes greed, selfishness, and isolation

Flint - causes conflicts

Garnet - leeches energy from a target

Kunzite - induces vulnerability 

Kyanite - used to infiltrate a target’s mind

Meteorite - used as a catalyst in baneful magick

Obsidian - used for general aggressive magick

Onyx - causes nightmares and mental torment, and is used to break up relationships

Opal - used to store negative energy, and then to be given to a target

Ruby - used to focus your intent on a target

Colors:

Black - law, justice, manifestation, sorrow

Red - force, energy, confrontation, jealousy, anger

Greenish Yellow - strife, discord, illness, conflict, jealousy, greed

Magenta - catalyst

Herbs:

Angelica

Asafoetida

Bayberry

Bindweed

Blackberry Root

Black Salt

Bladderwrack

Bloodroot

Blueberry

Boneset

Chicory

Chili Powder

Cinquefoil

Clove

Cramp Bark

Dragon’s Blood

Hemlock

Henbane

Jezebel Root

Knot Weed

Lemon

Lemon Verbena

Lime

Mace

Mandrake

Mullein

Mustard Seed

Myrrh

Belladonna (Nightshade)

Onion

Patchouli

Poke Root

Poppy Seed

Rue

Spanish Moss

Slippery Elm

Stinging Nettle

Sumac

Tobacco

Tormentil

Vetiver

Wormwood (Absinthe)

Yew

Yohimbe Bark

Planets:

Mars - power, force, energy, war, conflict, jealousy

Saturn - law, justice, chaos, revenge

Neptune - confusion, illusion, chaos

Pluto - death, mystery, crisis

Taglocks:

DNA (saliva, nail clippings, hair, blood, etc.)

Drawings

Photos

The target’s name written on paper

The target’s signature

An item that belongs to the target

Other Ingredients:

Cigarette butts

Broken glass

Razorblades 

Vinegar

Lemon/lime juice

Alcohol

Bones

Needles

Nails

Thorns

Blood

Urine

Saliva

Shark teeth

Catfish spines

Murex seashells

Flying Devil Oil

Dead insects

Black sand

Charcoal

Disclaimer: I do not condone the unethical practice of collecting or harvesting animal parts, or forcefully obtaining certain biological taglocks. These are just ideas, and I am not responsible for anything you choose to do with them. 

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Stardust Powder Variants ✨

Based on my original recipe for Stardust Powder, here is a list of 26 variants based on intent! (this is a long list, so click “keep reading” for the rest.)

Banishing/Binding Stardust Herbs: Basil, black pepper, black salt, cayenne pepper, chamomile, garlic, juniper berry, onion, rosemary, sage, sea salt, thyme  Essential oils: Basil, chamomile, clove, juniper berry, sage, thyme Glitter color: Black Associated constellation: Aries, Gemini

Cleansing Stardust Herbs: Garlic, marjoram, parsley, rosemary, sage, sea salt, thyme Essential oils: Cedar, lemon, lavender, lime, sandalwood, sage Glitter color: White Associated constellation: Aquarius, Canis Minor, Lynx, Ursa Minor

Confidence/Courage Stardust Herbs: Allspice, basil, cinnamon, ginger, rosemary, sunflower, thyme Essential oils: Grapefruit, neroli, nutmeg Glitter color: Red Associated constellation: Hercules, Leo, Orion

Creativity Stardust Herbs: Lavender, lemon verbena, orange, rosemary, tangerine, valerian Essential oils: Orange, tangerine Glitter color: Yellow Associated constellation: Boötes, Cancer, Hercules, Monoceros, Pisces, Scorpius

Cursing Stardust (see also: Baneful Stardust Powder) Herbs: Black salt, cayenne pepper, chili powder, clove, dragon’s blood, onion, patchouli, wormwood Essential oils: Clove, lemon, lime, patchouli Glitter color: Black, red Associated constellation: Canis Major, Capricornus, Cygnus, Grus, Lyra, Scorpio

Keep reading

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Gardens of the Witches

Already starting to plan this years garden so I thought I should do a post on Witch Gardens

Moonlight Garden

A garden that blooms in the moonlight, a great place to perform night time rituals, meditations, or to just take a midnight stroll. A garden that is full of magick even after the sun sets. 

Plants to add in your moonlight garden:

Moonflower: (Ipomoea alba) A nocturnal relative of the morning glory. Has fragrant flowers that open at dusk and close by dawn.    

Evening Primrose: (Oenothera biennis) Has beautiful, scented flowers that bloom only at dusk. 

Night Flox: (Zaluzianskya capensis) A sweetly fragranced flower that only unfurls its pinwheeled shaped flowers after dusk. 

Four O’Clock: (Mirabilis jalapa) Its scented flowers bloom at around 4:00pm (hence its name) and do not close up until morning. 

Queen of the Night: (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) A species of cactus whose flowers only open at night. Attracts moths and bats!!!

Night Blooming Jessamine: (Cestrum nocturnum) Strong, sweet scented star shaped flowers that only bloom at night. Attracts moths and bats!!! All parts are toxic, do not ingest!

Angel’s Trumpet: (Brugmansia) Produces a strong scent on warm summer evenings. All parts are toxic, do not ingest!

Evening Stock: (Matthiola longipetala) Produces lots of small blossoms that produce a perfume described as a mix of vanilla, rose, spice, and cloves only after the sun sets.

Ever-Flowering Gladiolus: (Gladiolus tristis) Release a strong almond fragrance after dusk.  

Lilac: (Syringa vulgaris) Although has a perfume during the day, it is said to be a lot stronger after dark. 

Flowering Tobacco: (Nicotiana) Open in the late afternoon and have a fragrance that smells of jasmine. All parts are toxic if ingested!

Summer Snapdragon: (Angelonia angustifolia) Preferably in white, to reflect the moonlight. Has a scent apple-scented foliage. 

Silvermound: (Artemisia schmidtiana) Has thick foliage that will shimmer under the moonlight.

Jack Frost: (Brunnera macrophylla) Hdeart shaped leaves of silver and green, perfect to add more highlights of silver to your moon lit garden. 

Any plant that blooms after dark or has white, lavender, pale pink, pale yellow on it is a perfect addition to your moonlight garden. 

Things to add:

Stepping stones that have the phases of the moon.

Fairy lights

A place to sit

Candles

A small fountain to sing along with the insects and birds of the night

String charms and bells on tree branches for a soft jingling every time a gentle breeze passes. 

Herb Garden

For witches who need a more practical garden for uses of healing, tea crafting, drying, and growing plants used in their practices.

Plants to add to your herb garden:

Anise: Helps to ward of the evil eye, find happiness, and stimulates psychic abilities. 

Basil: Use for anything pertaining with love, exorcism, wealth, sympathy, and protection. Dispels confusion, fears & weakness. Drives off hostile spirits.

Bergamont: Corresponds with money and prosperity. Provides with protection from evil and illness, improves memory, stops interference, and promotes restful sleep.

Borage: Corresponds with courage and psychic powers. 

Cat Nip: Is sacred to the Goddess Bast. Brings forth beauty, happiness, good luck, and good spirits.

Chamomile: Corresponds with love, healing, and sleep. Is known to reduce stress.

Chervil: Brings a sense of the higher self, placing you in touch with your divine, immortal spirit.

Coriander: Corresponds with love, health, immortality, and protection.

Dill: Corresponds with money, protection, luck and lust. 

Lemon Balm: Corresponds with love, success, healing, and psychic/spiritual development. 

Marjoram: Used to cleanse, purify, and to dispel negative energy.  

Mint: Promotes energy, communication and vitality.

Oregano: Corresponds with joy, strength, vitality, and added energy 

Parsley: Calms and protects the home.

Rosemary: Protects, cleanses, purifies, and aids memory. 

Sage: Used for self purification and dealing with grief and loss.

Thyme: Attracts loyalty, affection, and the good opinion of others.

Things to add:

A place to dry herbs

A place to compost any herb scraps

Rocks

A place to leave offerings before you harvest

Bee Garden

Make yourself a sanctuary to watch bees frolic and thrive

Plants to add to your bee garden:

Bee balm

Lavender

Crocus

Snow Drop

Wildflowers/Any native species

Catmint

Borage

Anise hyssop

Heliotrope

Sunflower

Oregano

Yarrow

Coneflower

Black eyed susan

Asters

Goldenrod

Foxglove

Marigold

Pansies

Sweet peas

Nasturtiums

Things to add:

Bee houses

Bee waterers/bee baths

Bee feeders

A place for offerings to the bees

Some other ideas for your garden:

Hummingbird garden

Medicinal garden

A garden whose plants and decorations represent/correspond with your practice.

Butterfly Garden

Faerie Garden 

The options are endless! I hope this gives you some ideas for this years garden.

Happy planting!

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Nova’s guide to spell-casting

Hi guys! I just thought I would share my method of casting spells. 

Before all spellwork, I like to ground and center. Grounding, for me, is ridding yourself of any excess or negative energy and bringing yourself back to reality. Centering is focusing your own personal energy and intent to perform spellwork. (For a more detailed post about grounding/centering, click here.) 

I hardly cast a circle for simple spells considering my desk and altar serve as my “sacred space” that I keep nice and cleansed for spellwork, but if I feel like I need the extra protection or oomph for my spell, then I will. But for all spells, even the simple ones, I am sure to shield myself for protection. 

At this point, I decide what kind of energy will be needed for the type of spell I am performing. I usually draw up energy from the Earth (asking nicely), as that is the element I work with the most. (so basically, instead of asking for assistance from a deity, I am asking elements or planets based on their associations and correspondences to my current need)

With that energy, I can now cast my spell. It’s important to have all of your materials handy so that you don’t have to get up or leave your space to find something. While this isn’t totally necessary, I find it helps a lot to avoid any disruptions. With that being said, if you have not memorized the spell you’re about to perform, it never hurts to keep your notes or book of spells nearby to reference if you need to. 

Once I have completed my spell, I close my circle if I had cast one and repeat the process of grounding to bring myself back to reality and to dispel any excess energy I did not “use.” Also, I like to cleanse my space when I am done, whether that be by burning incense in my space or just cleaning everything really well. 

I hope this helps someone out there!