#grimspo

[firewindearthsea]

Book Of Shadows Prompts: Sea Witch Edition

A place to slot the local tide table, so that you can keep track of high and low tides

Beachcombing correspondences

Extracting salt from seawater

Use seawater and watercolours to paint the sea

What can you forage on your local beach?

Spell timings and the tides

What would you find in a rockpool near your house?

Local legends about the sea

Sailors' sayings and superstitions

Conchomancy: divination using seashells

An ocean themed meditation, for when you need the sea but can't reach it.

[2024-grimoire-challenge]

February Week 4 - Types of Magic 3

There have been a lot of definitions and broad topics this month, and we have a few more! All of these pages and terms and types of magic this month are pages to return to, add to and even change as you deepen your knowledge, understanding and depth of magic. It's okay to grow and change, and it is okay for our grimoires to grow and change as well.

Monday

New Page - Consecration/ Blessing - Define consecration and blessing, within the context of witchcraft. What is consecration? What is a blessing? How does one do it? Why does one do it? When does one do it? What purposes does it serve? Is it necessary? Have you unconsciously blessed or consecrated something before? What associations do they have? Do you know of or relate to any myths or legends related to these in the context of your craft?

New Page - Research - Pick an herb off your list and get at it! Learn everything possible about it! Magical, mundane, medicinal, everything!

Tuesday

New Page- Wards/ Shields - I know this may fall under protection magic, but it is also a bit more specific. What are wards and shields in witchcraft? How do you make and use them? Why do you make and use them? When do you make them, when do you need them? What associations do they have? Do you know any myths or legends related to wards and shields?

Journal/ Introspection - Let's take a long long look here. Inwards. Again at the morality of our craft. Where do you draw your moral compass from? What inspires you to act the way you do? Why do you act the way you do, for the purposes that you act towards? What is your moral standing within witchcraft? Where do you stand on curses and hexes? Where do you stand on doing magic for or on others? Do you need permission? Where do you stand on teaching magic to those younger than you? Think broadly about this topic, any questions you can ask yourself about your craft, or any questions others have asked you, ask them of yourself and really think on the answers.

Wednesday

New Page - Enchanting - Define enchanting within the context of your craft. What is it? How do you do it? Why do you do it? What tools are necessary? What associations do you have for enchanting? What things can you enchant and what can't you enchant? Are some stronger than others? How do you undo enchantments you no longer need or those done by others?

Practical - Try it! Enchant something of yours, and journal the experience! Record everything in your lab notebook that way you can work and rework it as necessary.

Thursday

New Page - Manifestation - Define manifestation in the context of your craft. What is it? How do you do it? What purpose does it serve? Look into different methods and beliefs on how it works, which one, or ones, work for you?

New Page - Research - Gemstone! Pick another, or if you're not doing gems, pick any other magical topic or item and research everything about it! From its uses and associations, to how it is formed or made! Legends and myths, everything!

Friday

New Page - Glamours - Define glamour magic! What is it? How do they work? Why do we use them? What purposes can they server? What tools do they require? What associations do they have? What legends, or myths or historical stories relate to glamour magic? How do you perform them?

Practical - Do some glamour magic! Anything you can think of, that you feel you can or need to do! Do it! And record the process and your progress in your lab notebook!

More practical prompts are coming, and more bonus prompts are on their way! I'm doing my best to keep up with these posts, but am also working a lot of overtime at the moment! Feel free to tag me here or on @thehazeldruid with any progress you've made with your pages, your lab notebook, or anything to do with your grimoire or this challenge! I'd love to see and I'm sure it would be an inspiration to others!

Thanks and happy crafting/ casting witches!

-Mod Hazel

[broomstickbee253]

About Me & Tag System!

Hey guys, I just wanted to make a post to give you an idea of what you’ll see here, and jot down my little library system so we can find what we need when we need it, hopefully it’ll be coherent enough. So first, a little about me!

I go by many names, and I’m prone to collecting more, but for starters you can call me Bee or Honey or Roxy. I am an eclectic witch! I’ve been dabbling in witchcraft for the better part of about four years. While I may not be the most knowledgeable, I can throw together a working spell at the drop of a dime. I’ll be reblogging a little bit of everything, and I’ll likely make my own posts based off my own work and findings, which I will tag accordingly. Feel free to ask anything! I will always share my resources.

Okay that was kind of a lot, so I will now pop in my tag list below the cut:

Note first that if you just search ‘glamour spell’ or ‘moon phases’ you’ll find them tagged as such, so with that in mind here’s my semi-personalized system

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Broom closet: For discrete uses of magic and tips for witches who keep a private practice

Edible: You sure can monch these

Mini boost: These are to help give you/your space/your energy or your spells a little something extra

Grimspo: This is just grimoire/book of shadows inspiration

Literature: This is gonna be just some stuff to read, I will always do my best to find safe and accessible resources

Prosperity, love, etc.: I’ll tag posts with certain correspondences so that if you need, for example, posts with things for happiness, you can check the tag for that specifically

Bee’s Book of Shadows: My own spells and things, usually just text posts

Bee’s Kitchen: Food I make!! Magical or not, I want to share it

[thatsunflowerwitch]

My altar is looking extra witchy lately!

So many colorful crystals, and fresh cut Gerbera are perfect for this season. What flowers do you put on your altar? If any?

[littlewitchytransboy]

First day of my challenge to work on my galdrabok every day this month.

[frustrated-norse-witch]

Some pages of my Grimoire!

[zenithakko]

Not exactly witchy, but these books are not only stunning but they’re amazing reads for anyone looking to get closer to nature! Katie Daisy’s art is particularly beautiful, I highly recommend, even if it’s only to flick through now and again to admire the work 😉

[tmetta]

when you class change Ignatz into the assassin class

[theplantqueer]

in my dream there were three new facebook reacts: fire, profile picture (represented by a silhouette of a person) and Clown

[datuizm]

I was tagged by @transbyron to put my music library on shuffle, list the first 10 songs, and choose 10 others to complete the ritual.

Thank u coz I always rly love doing these ! I’m gna try just avoid doubling up on artists

The Front - Quasimoto

A Loving Tongue - Pan Daijing

Dream House - Deafheaven

Happiness - Nasenbluten

Eraser Making It’s Way It’s Only Job - Ceremony

Bowels of the Devil - Body Count

My World - Code Orange

Warped - Shackles

26mg - Venom P. Stinger

It Happened Because You Left - Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate)

Everything has links ! I took out the intro track to Doris by Earl Sweatshirt coz it’s mostly that skit and also Quasimoto came up like two more times but otherwise was heaps fun to go back and listen to some shit I hadn’t heard in a while. A lot more hardcore than I expected that almost made me miss Death’s Grip shows lmao

I tag @thesoftestplaceonearth @domowolk @oaluz @deathmetalboyfriend @grimspo @a-sputnik @queer-koori @terefah @tibetan-popstar @swagipino

[firewindearthsea]

Book Of Shadows Prompts: Kitchen Witch Edition

Correspondences of kitchen herbs and spices

Cooking and eating with the seasons- what local foods are in season each month?

A cleansing ritual for your kitchen

Recipes for the festivals

Magical properties of your favourite ingredients

How to use mindfulness while cooking

Cauldrons and modern day alternatives like crockpots and slow cookers

Kitchen tool correspondences

A ritual to bless your oven

Plants you can grow on your kitchen windowsill

[2024-grimoire-challenge]

December Prep 4

Alright so for this week's prep post, we're gonna rest! Today is a holiday after all, even if we don't personally celebrate this one.

Before the challenge officially begins next month, let's get a few topics of study prepared. In order to keep things flowing, for myself and my studies, I try to plan ahead. I once spent an entire summer developing my own herbal grimoire, and was more or less successful with that endeavor by focusing on a few herbs at a time, rather than to just dive in and go back and forth between a bunch of different ones.

So!

For our first few study prompts, let's pick a few topics to focus on.

So for one of our study prompts we'll be researching herbs and gems! And we'll have about one of each of those prompts a week, so lets make a list. Pick 52 hebs and 52 gems! Put them on a list and every week when we have these prompts come up, pick one of each off your list to study~

Along with that list, make a list of different magic ideas you'd like to study. Types of magic, like divination, hexes, banishing, binding and so on, that you'd like to study in the challenge. Each week we'll pick one off this list as well! I've found that lists like this help keep me organized and motivated as it is a way to view your progress as you check things off.

For the more introspective prompts, it is obviously about looking within and examining our own beliefs. As with the herbs and gems and whatnot, it’s about the “why” behind the “what, where and how”.

It is important to understand why we believe what we believe and the general details, if not the deeper details, of those beliefs. That understand can help to solidify one’s foundations and help us to grow and deepen as practitioners and as people.

Now, the important part this week, is rest! Going into any form of study tired isn't good for the brain or the project itself. So rest up, and we'll dive in once the week is over and the new month officially begins!

This challenge will not only be a place for us to find study prompts, but to interact and share ideas and knowledge! Along with the photo submissions, I leave the asks open to anyone willing to share thoughts, ideas, resources and feedback for the challenge!

Thank you all! Have a wonderful holiday season and I can't wait to see you next week for the official start of the 2024 Grimoire Challenge!

M.G.

The Hazel Druid

[sableyesmaw]

Name: jay

Zodiac Sign: cancer

Height: short. 5'2 or so

Languages: english

Nationality: uhh citizen of cka canada and also the uk

Favorite Fruit: cherries :-)

Favorite Scent: baking in the oven/food i like being cooked. Otherwise not much, scents fuck me up lmao

Favorite Color: greeeeen

Favorite Animal: frogs n toads, rats, goats, opossum, raccoons

Coffee, Tea or Hot Chocolate: coffee with a lotta sugar even tho it fucks my digestive system up

Dream Trip: hmmmm not sure. Dont think much abt trips/vacations cuz 2 poor to ever gone on much of any

When Blog was created: 2010/2011 for my original blog that got horny banned

Last Movie Seen: uhh i think it was Moon (2009)

Favorite Holiday: halloweenie is good, my birthday is too

Songs on repeat: lately its been, by myself by fidlar, coffin dancer by ajj, a drink to death by that handsome devil, you are loved by definace ohio

tagged by @grimspo

Tagging @octoberankles @twowivestwoknives @gimlisdad @fungipuppy @deepspaceglow @transtrenderclownposse

[thatsunflowerwitch]

I have to find a hobby, and honestly idk what to try.

Cross stitching? Maybe soap making? Something I can do at home and is beautiful, I already paint and draw but I would like something more homey.

Any suggestions my lovely followers?

[littlewitchytransboy]

Day four, not going to ink it quite yet as I can’t find the pen I want to use.

[whowouldcareforasandwitch]

hi friend! saw you wish for tarot recommendations on your witchy wishlist :) i've totally fallen in love with the "Everyday Tarot" by the lady who is the creator of Biddytarot-com BECAUSE: the cards are really small,my tiny hands can actually shuffle them, the artwork is simple and clean, yet detailed enough to make out the meaning, and carries the original RW symbolism within. the colors r purple and golden-yellow (the edges of the cards are even gilded!) and overall it's SUCH A NICE DECK! ♡♡♡

[pt 2] ALSO !!! organization tips: if you happen to have an ADHD brain like me, i have a really awesome tip for creating your personal Grimoire in a way that is just.... better to handle and memorize. i have a post somewhere on my blog and since i can't really link it here, i'd like you to check out the tag #grimspo on my blog! it's the third post i think :) HAPPY HOLIDAYS! ♡

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omg thats p much exactly what i was looking for! purple and yellow is my favourite complimentary colour scheme, and i too have tiny baby hands so shuffling the deck i have now is a pain lol

i saw your post and its actually a really great idea. im actually scheduled to get tested for adhd among other things later this month and i couldnt tell ya how many times ive scrolled thru a correspondences list a mile long only to have my eyes glaze over so im p sure ive got it lol. i just gotta remember bite sized is best :) happy holidays to you to!