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[sappy-witch]

January Magick 🌬️

Hello darlings 🥰

As we start the new year, it's a great time to refresh your magical practice and set your intentions for the months to come. Here are some herbs, crystals, and other tools that you can incorporate into your magic this January and their corresponding properties:

🌿HERBS & SPICES: 

Sage: cleansing, protection, and wisdom. 

Juniper: purification, healing, and protection. 

Basil: abundance, love, and luck. 

Cinnamon: prosperity, warmth, and love. 

Peppermint: purification, energy, and clarity. 

Thyme: courage, strength, and purification.

💎CRYSTALS: 

Garnet: passion, creativity, and grounding. 

Clear Quartz: clarity, amplification, and healing. 

Black Onyx: protection, grounding, and transformation. 

Amethyst: intuition, spiritual connection, and relaxation. 

Rose Quartz: love, harmony, and peace.

🕯️CANDLES: 

White: represents purity and new beginnings. 

Silver: represents the moon and the feminine energy. 

Gold: represents the sun and masculine energy. 

Black: protection and banishing. 

Blue: peace, communication, and healing.

🔥INCENSE: 

Frankincense: purification and spiritual growth. 

Myrrh: healing and grounding. 

Cedarwood: protection and purification. 

Peppermint: energy, clarity, and focus.

🔮OTHER TOOLS: 

Tarot cards: divination, self-discovery, and guidance. 

Runes: divination and communication with ancestors and deities. 

Meditation: relaxation, grounding, and connection with the inner self.

🎉CELEBRATIONS: 

January 1st - New Year's Day: A great time for setting intentions, cleansing your space, and starting new projects. 

Remember, the magic is within you, and these tools are here to support and enhance your practice. Use them with intention, gratitude, and respect.

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Blessed be. 🕊✨

[maryhale1]

Happy Imbolic ✨

As the wheel of the year turns, Imbolc heralds the awakening of nature from its winter slumber.

Embrace the gentle warmth of the returning sun, as we celebrate the promise of new beginnings and the stirring of life.

May this Imbolc bring you renewed inspiration, creativity, and the blossoming of your dreams.

Blessed be!

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[foreverflowercore]

Imbolc Pretzel wreath

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For the dough:

500g wheat flour

300g room temperature butter

10g Salt

300 ml lukewarm milk

21 g fresh yeast

1 TL Natron (Soda)

500ml boiling hot water

rock salt

Preparing the dough:

Fill a big bowl with lukewarm milk

crumble in the yeast and salt ->stir until everything has dissolved

add the flour -> mix

Lastly add the butter and knead until everything is combined evenly

Fill another big(er) bowl with a small amount of hot water (not boiling) put the dough bowl into the bowl with water (the water should never touch the dough)

Wet a cloth, put over both bowls and let rest for 30-45 minutes

Part your dough into 3 even parts, part these parts one or two times more

Roll the parts into longer rolls

Take three parts, combine the top parts by pinching them together

Start braiding, hold everything up while you do and pull a little on each strand as you go

When you run out of dough take your other smaller rolls and connect them to your braid just pinching the ends together

(Trust me, it’s easier then 3 big strands )

To finish you braid just pinch the ends together and tuck them under your starting side.

Put your wreath on baking paper and adjust to your likings

Heat your oven to 170°C

Boil 500ml water add in the Natron (soda) (it will be fizzy but no worries)

Boil for 5 minutes, Take a kitchen brush and apply to your wreath. Try to cover as much as possible without it getting soggy

Sprinkle with rock salt

Put in your oven and backe for 30minutes (baking time can vary with your oven)

Take out when it’s golden brown

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Symbolism in this Imbolc Celebration:

Wreaths symbolise nature and have been used to honour the return of the sun and the promise of spring. The wreaths held candles that were lit in hopes of the return of the warmth and the sunlight.

The kitchen is the heart of every household. When you take the time to prepare something with your own hands, it lends sacredness to the meal, and will make you want to spend time savoring it with your family.

Salt is used for magical purposes such as protection, cleansing and healing. In Wicca it symbolises the element Earth.

By @foreverflowercore ♥️

[glittertomb]

[the-inkstained-witch]

(belated) blessed Imbolc! I had an amazing time this sabbat. continuing in the tradition I set last yule, I went over to a friend's house. we burned an incense I've been wanting to burn and haven't had a chance because my parents are sensitive to strong scents. it smelled really good and we got a very nice cleanse out of it. our main activity for the day was making rosemary oatcakes that I had saved on my Imbolc Pinterest board. they turned out really good and I would highly recommend trying them, either for Imbolc or just to try an interesting new recipe. we made 2 oatcakes, which were both divided in 4, and we left out a piece as an offering and ate the rest.

the oatcakes were very pretty and quite easy to make. we used fresh rosemary because I grow it in my garden, and I think that was a big part of the reason it tasted so good, so I would recommend using fresh rosemary as opposed to dried if you can. We also burned a candle, made a sigil, and made some black salt which my friend let later put into a spell jar to gift to our mutual friend.

what did all of you do for Imbolc?

[richardlala]

Goddess Brigid awakens, reborn with life in her womb.

[ravennest7]

Imbolic Oil

Sandalwood

Dragon's Blood

Rosemary

Lavender

Add an oil like sunflower oil to cover

[denowylie]

Blessed Imbolic!

Spring is coming🌞✨🌱🌱🌱🌱✨🌞

(Digital sketch by me, free to use!)

[mujermedicinazenu]

Imbolic: Tiempo de Purificacion

Imbolic: Tiempo de Purificacion

Imbolic recibe su nombre del gaélico irlandés Oimelc , que se traduce como “leche de oveja”. Es el precursor del fin del invierno, cuando las ovejas están amamantando a sus corderos recién nacidos. Esta festividad nos recuerda que la primavera llegará pronto y que solo nos quedan unas semanas más de invierno. El sol se pone un poco más brillante, la tierra se calienta un poco más, y sabemos que…

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[yeomgyuu]

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by yeomgyuu

[foreverflowercore]

Lucid dreaming Tips

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Find your best sleeping position. The longest REM sleeping phase in which most of our dreaming occurs is always in the early morning hours. It is the last dream (you can have several different dreams a night) before we wake up in the morning. We will remember this dream as the most clear. The position in wich we wake up from a dream is the most is the most comfortable for us.

Remembering this can also help you fall asleep faster.

Drink a small amount of water before going to bed. Drink enough to not wake up early because you’re thirsty but also not to much. In that case your body will rip you out of your dreaming session because you need a trip to the bathroom.

Sleeping with socks can give us a feeling of safety while dreaming.

Putting a dream catcher in your bedroom. I’ve had one since early childhood and really belief they do their job. Believing they work is crucial if you want them to work. (Also notice a dream catcher has many holes so a bad/negative dream slipping trough here and there it is normal)

Fresh air is crucial for good sleep. For me this works best during the colder half of the year. Fresh crisp air while being tucked away under several blankets is just the best mix for a long peaceful sleep.

Don’t be scared of Sleep paralysis since this occurs to us in almost every night as we dream and we don’t even notice it. If you do happen to notice it try to stay calm and focus on something. As we dream our eye movement is increased (REM- Phase -> Rapid EYE Movement- Phase ) so iff you want to break the paralysis (this will also end the dream) try to focus on something easy. It can be an object, a person or a scenery. The important thing is you need to stop your eyes from moving. So staring straight forward and really fixating on something will do the job.

Dream Diary. Get yourself a little notebook and write down every dream you have. Try to remember as many details as possible. Incorporate this in your daily routine. If you wake up in the morning take a minute and try to remember what happened in your dream session. If you can’t put your dream into words try to draw the scenery even if it’s just random colours that catch the overall mood. Keeping up with your diary will actually help you remember more dreams in the future. Use pencil and paper for your diary.

Don’t touch your phone before your wrote your diary. I noticed the bright screen light makes me forget easier. And I saw a dream vanishing I front of my inner eye the second I turned on my phone screen.

Don’t pressure yourself into lucid dreaming. You can’t force it to happen and it’s not your fault if it doesn’t work the first time you try. It has to come naturally.

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by @foreverflowercore

[merlinfic]

Reader’s Recs!

hi! i love this blog and just wanted to submit some of my fav fics for the fandom :D im unsure if y’all have gotten these alr but here they are!

completed:

and may love find you by lunapark

leftovers by polomonkey

you’ve got your reasons by candicewright, and fervidasaflame

all oak and iron bound by numinousnumbat

the hat of never getting laid by schweet_heart

sacrificial lamb by rurounihime

(fake) marriage in the time of magic by stopdot

twice as many stars (series) by icebats

the danger is (i’m dangerous) by ariadne_odair

captured and claimed by vintagelilacs

these breaths we breathe (series) by kayura_sanada

i confess (you are the best thing in my life) by helloearthlings

take this longing by polomonkey

merlin: a hogwarts history by mamalazzer

the hoard of a pendragon by marvelousmenagerie(hiddenone)

a song from far away by polomonkey and mushroomtale

golden hour by paperstorm

childish by foxy_mulder

clasp of iron by and_damntheconsequences

imbolic by merlinlikethebird

the star that follow in the west by high_queen

WIP:

an unwanted destiny by fangirl_in_disguise

baby, in your kingdom by thestarvingwriter

can’t go unnoticed all the time by the_fandoms_have_risen

the king, the warlock, and the boy who lived (series) by snufflesthepig

searching for a reason to come home by itsnotacloud

the book of merthur by horsecrazy

the once and future kings by tjmcharg

we burn together by futurealien

the fate water gave us (series) by concerningwolves

all are hyperlinked (unsure if that works) and on ao3!

Thanks to @raebonko for sending in these recs!