#elemental magic

[thespectralcottage]

Ways To Use Each Element In Spells

Fire:

Candles

Burning Herbs

Using Ashes

Bonfires to Raise Energy

Burning Petitions

Melting Things

Water:

Water Bowl Spells

Enchanting Water

Using Spiritual Waters + Colognes

Sprays

Soaking Items

River Magic

Air:

Verbal Spells

Blowing Air / Smoke

Incense

Bells

Sound Bowls

Wind Cleansing

Storm magic

Earth:

Salt Bowls

Burring Items

Plants + Herbs

Crystals

Dirt Spell Jars

Making Terrariums

Plant Wards

[oldschoolfrp]

Elemental magic of light; elemental magic of darkness (Denis Loubet and David Helber, Swordbearer, 2nd ed by FGU, 1985)

[czortofbaldmountain]

A Hekatean Spell for Body Pain

This spell calls upon Hekate as Soteira - the Saviour, Einalia - of the Sea and Kratais - the Mighty or the Rocky, an epithet also connected to the sea. I've created it to deal better with my chronic pain, and I hope it can help some of you as well.

Take a warm shower or at least wash your hands and face. If you cannot, lie down somewhere comfortable. Whatever you do, imagine water washing away your pain and filling you with strength to go. Try to not just visualize, but invoke the feeling. Engage your inner senses as much as you can in this act. Begin chanting:

Hekate, Hekate, Hekate,

Soteira, come to my aid.

Hekate, Hekate, Hekate,

Einalia, give me relief.

Hekate, Hekate, Hekate,

Kratais, come, send me your strength.

Chant - doing so, continue calling upon your imagination and, unless you really cannot use physical water, to wash yourself - as long as you find appropriate. When you feel better, say thank you.

Divider by @firefly-graphics.

[bruxasdebolso]

[limitedwitch]

Advice for the signs based on which element dominates your chart 🔥🌍💧💨

i was meditating and recieved great insight into the thought process of some signs through the literal embodiments of their element.

Earth signs: are grounded and practical but they can also easily get stuck literally or mentally in certain thought processes, because just like the earth it takes a lot to get them to actually move or change, like earthquakes or mudslides or even Pangea just over long periods of time, or sometimes it just needs a comet to come in and completely change the way they work or think, they need to remember that they cannot let themselves become stagnant and know that though it takes great effort to change--especially the way they think, they have the hands to mold who they wish to become.

Fire signs: ever changing, growing and always going towards what brings them joy or enlightenment, can feel like they over power a space and are lonely in their growth, but free in their dance to learn the balance between destruction and creation and what it means for them, to keep finding a light or to be their own, they are centered and sure of what they want but their unpredictable way of moving and changing can be jarring to others, while others might fear them because of their self assuredness they need to remember their center of good and come from a place of warmth, you can be your own light, but don't let your self destructiveness take over

Air signs: free flowing, goes where the wind takes them, sometimes not being able to put action into their own lives but other times being lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time, but they can get sucked into their own heads lost in thought and unsure of where they're going, Air signs abstract patterns are what keeps them excited but can make them lonely, they need to flow with life while knowing which direction they're going, and to let others into their lives and not let the people they like slip from their grasp from being too carried away with other things, sometimes you need someone to keep you grounded, it's okay to need others

Water signs: can sometimes fall too deep into their emotions, accidently consuming themselves in their own waves or the ripples created by others, can turn themselves into the most fearsome tsunami rather than remembering the calm waters they can have, always absorbing other waters, you need to center your emotions within yourself and remember that you are a creature of growth, ever changing, some days you will feel like a smooth sailing river and other days will feel like thrashing rain, and you need to center yourself and remember that that is okay

[lejolibeignet]

Always learning, always growing 🌿🔥

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[cordeliahrose]

Connecting With The Elements

Connecting with the elements is all about balance. Many people, myself included, easily connect with one element and lack connection to the others. Many people also associate with one element, and adopt it like a personality trait. But being out of balance with the elements is like missing an important piece of the puzzle you've been working on forever. It's important to create a connection to the elements. To find that puzzle piece, so it can help you find the next one.

So how do you start creating balance with the elements?

The first step is to find the element you most easily connect with. For some this is going to be easy. You might think "I'm an earth sign, I identify with that." or "I've always been drawn to water." or "I have a lot of fire traits." For others this might be difficult. There are a few ways you can go about it.

First is to look at your birth chart. There are a ton of websites that will calculate this for you. Look at how many signs in each element are in your chart. Which element is the strongest in your chart? For me this is fire. My sun sign is an earth sign, but a majority of my chart is fire.

The second would be to look at a list of traits associated with each element, and write down all the ones you have. Count up the ones in each element. Which has the most traits? For me this is a tie between fire and water.

And finally, the third is to reflect on which element(s) you've always been drawn to. Which natural places have you always felt more connect with? Which animals? Maybe you feel like a bath or a soak in the ocean/a lake makes everything better? Maybe you've always been drawn to candle magic? For me, this is water.

Once you've determined which element is already your strongest, look at which is your weakest. You can use the same techniques above for this step too. For me, this is earth.

It's best to start out by connecting with the element that you've determined is your weakest.

Earth

Direction: North

Traits: Grounded, secure, hard working, structured, patient, trustworthy, nurturing, generous, responsible, stubborn, supportive, honest, loyal, sentimental

Zodiac signs: Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo

Activities:

Gardening

Hiking

Grounding

Planning

Mindfulness

Cooking

Earth centered affirmations

Connect with and work with earth spirits

Practice growing the earth traits within yourself

Gratitude

Work with the seasonal cycles

Earth affirmations:

I am safe

I am secure

I am one with the earth

I am grateful for what I have

Fire

Direction: South

Traits: Impulsive, confident, assertive, active, hard working, determined, passionate, temperamental, competitive, easily excited, creative, social, strong emotions

Zodiac signs: Leo, Sagittarius, Aries

Activities:

Get active (workout routines, sports, etc)

Practice emotional intelligence (being aware of and in control of your emotions)

Practice growing the fire traits within yourself

Partake in some sort of competition

Learn candle magic

Spend some time in the sun

Fire centered affirmations

Do things that make you feel confident

Connect with and work with fire spirits

Partake in group activities

Do something creative

Practice really listening when people talk

Fire affirmations:

I am confident in myself and everything I do

I trust myself

I am full of energy

I am motivated

I achieve everything I set my mind to

I understand all of my emotions

Water

Direction: West

Traits: Emotional, intuitive, "go-with-the-flow", indecisive, creative, caring, adaptable, sensitive, imaginative, empathetic, loyal, cautious, sentimental, determined, playful, nurturing, "people pleaser"

Zodiac signs: Pisces, Scorpio, Cancer

Activities:

Spend time in / near water

Swimming

Practice emotional intelligence

Do something creative

Practice growing the water traits within yourself

Drink more water

Water centered affirmations

Connect with and work with water spirits

Listen to your intuition

Keep a dream journal

Practice really listening when people talk

Work with the moon cycles

Practice divination

Water affirmations:

I allow myself to feel all of my emotions

I understand the people around me

I allow myself to do what makes me happy

I put myself and my needs first

Air

Direction: East

Traits: Talkative, funny / humorous, intelligent, curious, adventurous, good at communicating, social, logical, adaptable, spontaneous, creative, flexible

Zodiac signs: Aquarius, Gemini, Libra

Activities:

Create healthy relationships with the people around you

Practice creating the air traits within yourself

Practice critical thinking

Do something creative

Try something new

Air centered affirmations

Connect with and work with air spirits

Practice setting boundaries

Work on your communication skills

Travel / go on an adventure

Follow your curiosity

Air affirmations:

I allow myself to set the boundaries I need

It is easy for me to communicate with others

I allow myself to explore new ideas

[ichimakesart]

There's fire and there's water!

King has everything under control.

You can trust him...

[deckofflora]

elemental schools

school icons

[herdsworldbuilding]

So despite my own personal statements regarding my dislike for complex, multiverse like narratives. I am infact like most people, a hypocrite.

So let me talk about my multiverse narrative.

This is a project I started sometime in high school, and it keeps changing every year that I work on it. I think it may be the project where I have done the most overhauls on.

There is no garentee I will not overhaul it entirely again in the future. But that will be then, this is now.

So even though it is a constantly changing project, I will share the oldest remaining a (and most consistent part of this project) Witches.

Witches are rare, shapeshifting beings. Able to transform into many things. Though they all have a unique familiar.

This familiar is what they are named for… ie the wolf witch, the chameleon witch or the cat witch, gryphon witch So on and so forth.

Witches for this setting are not born they are made. Quite purposely mind you. As it would be difficult if not impossible to make a witch without all parties consenting to it.

A consensual deal with the devil per-say.

The reason for this is because of how magic naturally works.

There are three kinds of majics. Major majics, middle magics and minor magics.

Under normal circumstances stances major magics like the kind that witches perform are deadly to most beings so minor magics are instead used

See even with minor magic it is done by cooperating with several people at a time. Usually the safest minimum is three individuals. Two to cast one to keep watch. The safest large amount of individuals is somewhere around twelve as any more and it tends to be a too many cooks in the kitchen ordeal.

Magic can be performed alone, but it is difficult and likely to backfire. Especially with the more magic you are dealing with. Or in other words the closer to major majics one gets.

Crafting with magic is slightly less risky but not as potent when done alone, and there’s several ways to do this sort of crafting… but before I get off track.

Witches are the exception to casting magic on thier own, they can just throw it around whillynilly all they want. This is because of one simple fact:

A witch is never alone.

That is because witches make themselves. when they fuse their bodies and consciousness together with others. This horrific process results in a single individual and an offshoot (the familiar)

This individual, with multiple consciousness, two to cast one to watch. Can perform magic as they wish.

Witches like this draw magic from the worlds around them and from themselves, and that is where this whole multiverse thing comes in.

Magic is everywhere and in everything there is life.

And the majority of witches come from and live in the place where dead universes combined. To be melted together and reused until the end of magic. This place. The place where dreams are made and go to die. As it has always been, and never will be. Is connected to everything. The cosmic ocean if you will. The roots of the world tree. The brackish world. The home of the many gates.

So it’s from here that a witch can fulfill their greatest purpose.

See when a witch create themselves they also creat a magic system (middle majics). A way to easily harness that energy so normally inaccessible to most.

Normally a magic system will be used by the witch themselves.

For example the Chameleon Witch upholds a magic system that relies on color, change the color of a thing and change the way that thing fundamentally interacts with life.

The chameleon witch uses their system when they perform magic.

But others can also buy into a witche’s system. Usually the inhabitants of the brackish worlds may buy into a witches system in order to perform magic in an easier way.

But that’s the less interesting option.

The more interesting system occurs when a real world, floating out in the spiderwebs of the cosmos decided to try magic.

If there is enough magic around (at least a 1.7 on my scale) and individuals start to pull on magic. There is a high chance that instead of pulling on nothing they find a witch’s path that’s already been thread. As it is easier to walk the path already taken than bushwhack a new one.

Some systems are more popular to buy into than others. Like the dragon witches elemental system. Or the black witches deal making system.

A magic planet can buy into multiple systems at a time, usually having them fuse into something unique. But they can stay separate too or expand in ways unknown to the witch themselves until they learn of this new idea.

The old sort of magic the kind that sings universes into being, still exists and could in theory be used by anyone in a world with enough magic to notice the fabric of order and chaos that the witches use to create themselves. But why do that when your system lets you throw fire balls? Or even find the mysteries of the universe in the equally impressive minor magics? (I mean the name is deceptive, this magic can be used to revive the dead, grant wishes and control entire worlds of used in the right place by the right “people”, it’s the magic of gods and “soft magic systems”)

The thing about witches (and magic system as an extension) is that they are mortal. Majic is an immortal force of existence. To exist is to be just a bit of majic.

But witches are mortal and so they can die. And with them the system they upheld dies too. In some cases a similar system belonging to another witch may fill the void, but otherwise the system dies.

The likelihood of a witch dying is slim though. They are mortal, but they are also ageless, as by the rules of the chaos at the ends of existence. Where things like time and scale and gravity don’t behave as they should. From where you can watch the countless ends and existences die and begin again in universes uncountable. As gods and giants and cosmic dragons forge worlds and multiverses of their own volition. And elder things play games and battle over the scraps and threads of thier own universes that they wish to forge into new existences. Doing anything they can to prevent existences from falling into the place that witches live.

Speaking of dragons and elder things: witches follow dragons, because cosmic dragons are especially good at destruction and creation. (Chaos incarnate, along with their siblings who are Order incarnate) So if a witch wishes to place her magic system in a particular place she will give it to a dragon who will go to a world and from there spread life and magic that they carry to that world.

Elder things know, they tend to have lived through the birth and rebirth of several universes. So they are especially good at learning and unknowning. They are usually the ones responsible for changing the ways a system interacts with the world around it.

A Witches counterpart is a Muse, witches write the rules of magic, Muses write the paths of things.

[themanicnami]

Combining the Elements: Water

Elemental magic sometimes requires us to marry two elements into one to get our desired results, which can be a bit baffling at times. This short guide is to help with some suggestions of elemental combinations you can use to combine the power of two, sometimes opposite, elemental energies into harmony. There are likely many other combinations, these are just some of my personal suggestions - but other combos exist!

Water and Fire: steam, vapor

Water and Earth: clay, mud, roots, wood

Water and Air: bubbles, fog, clouds, storms

Water and Light: rainbows/colors, mist, reflections

Water and Shadow: ink, paint

Water and Sound: water drops, rain, rain sticks, waves

Water and Frost: ice, snow

Water and Moon: moon water, dew droplets

Water and Sun: foliage/flowers, fruit

[bl00dforthought]

Happy lesbian week of visibility, remember to kiss a lesbian vampire and tell them you see them :)

[jimkinnz]

homunculus facts¡

every year' thousands of homunculi are unmade by the callousness of their masters• your gift of just §1 a day can help this•

commonly effective enrichment strategies for your homunculus can include introducing new scents like doe urine or peppermint' as well as putting their food inside of little compartments in a box• just make sure the gnomes don,t escape¡

i fucking love to squish berries between my fingers i could do it all day•

while homunculi often eat other living things' the most treasured are those imbued with elemental magic• this explains the gnome thing' but also includes sylphs' undines' and salamanders•

there,s a loose rock in the masonry of one wall of the lab• i,ve been able to pry it out' but there were no treasures there• ಠ⁠ᴥ⁠ಠ

you guys ever heard of video games¿

[bruxasdebolso]

[enchantedwitchling]

Exploring the Elements: Incorporating Earth, Air, Fire, and Water into Your Practice

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The natural world dances with a symphony of elemental energies—earth, air, fire, and water—each holding its unique power and wisdom. As we journey on the path of witchcraft, we embrace the enchanting art of incorporating these elements into our practice.

In this blog post, we'll embark on a mystical exploration of "Exploring the Elements: Incorporating Earth, Air, Fire, and Water into Your Practice," discovering how to tap into their energies to enhance our spells and deepen our connection with the universe.

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🌿 Earth: The Foundation of Grounding 🌿

Ground yourself with the nurturing embrace of earth energy. Connect with nature, feel the soil beneath your feet, and honor the sacred plants that provide sustenance. Use crystals like hematite and obsidian to strengthen your grounding, allowing you to be firmly rooted while navigating the spiritual realms.

💨 Air: The Breath of Inspiration 💨

Air carries the whispers of inspiration and the currents of thought. Embrace the winds that carry ideas and connect you to higher realms. Work with incense during rituals to purify the air and create a sacred atmosphere. Use feathers as symbols of air to invoke clarity and swift communication.

🔥 Fire: The Transformative Flame 🔥

Fire is the spark of creation and transformation. Ignite the passion within you with the flame of a candle. Work with the element of fire to bring change, manifestation, and protection into your spells. The cauldron, when lit with fire, becomes a sacred vessel for brewing transformative magic.

🌊 Water: The Flow of Emotions 🌊

Dive into the depths of emotions with the element of water. Use water in cleansing rituals to wash away negativity and promote healing. Embrace the ebb and flow of tides and emotions, and work with sea salt or seashells to harness the energies of the ocean.

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Incorporating the elements into your practice is an exquisite dance with the forces of nature. As you honor and align with these elemental energies, you'll find your craft enriched with a balance of power and grace.

So, let us journey together and explore the magic of the elements. Embrace the whispers of the wind, the warmth of the sun, the nurturing embrace of the earth, and the flow of the ever-changing waters. In harmony with the elements, we'll discover the boundless wonders that await us on this magickal path.

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[savethegrishaverse]

For our next twitter party, we want to talk all about the different types of #ElementalMagic - both in the Grishaverse and in other media! Water. Earth. Air. Fire. The four elements lived together in harmony, but everything changed when the Darkling attacked. Come prepared with your best tweets, questions, comments, gifs, memes, and more. Let's make some noise! 🗣️

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