#the basic rule of witchery

[pratchettquotes]

You were there, you had the hat, you did the job. That was a basic rule of witchery: It's up to you.

Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌙 What to Read After Watching Agatha All Along 🌙

❓ Who is your favorite fictional witch?

🦇 Enjoying Agatha All Along on Disney? Check out these books featuring witches, covens, chaotic queers, & everything in between, perfect for fans of Agatha All Along! List below!

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✨ Payback's a Witch - Lana Harper 🌑 How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) - Marie Cardno 🌒 These Witches Don't Burn - Isabel Sterling 🌓 This Spells Disaster - Tori Martin 🌔 The Scapegracers - H. A. Clarke 🌕 Beetle & the Hollowbones - Aliza Layne 🌕 The Twice-Sold Soul - Katie Hallahan 🌖 In Charm's Way - Lana Harper 🌗 Brewed with Love - Shelly Page 🌘 Carry On - Rainbow Rowell 🌑 So This Is Ever After - F. T. Lukens ✨ Spells to Forget Us - Aislinn Brophy

✨ Basics of Spellcraft - L.C. Mawson 🌑 How To Succeed in Witchcraft - Aislinn Brophy 🌒 Sweet & Bitter Magic - Adrienne Tooley 🌓 The Midnight Girls - Alicia Jasinska 🌔 Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova 🌕 The Shattered Lands - Brenna Nation 🌕 Otherworldly - F. T. Lukens 🌖 Coven - Jennifer Dugan & Kit Seaton �� The Dark Tide - Alicia Jasinska 🌘 Queen B - Juno Dawson 🌑 Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson ✨ Wild and Wicked Things - Francesca May

✨ Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas 🌑 The Last Sun - K. D. Edwards 🌒 The Jasmine Throne - Tasha Suri 🌓 The Sun and the Star - Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro 🌔 The Witch and His Crow - Ben Alderson 🌕 Lord of Eternal Night - Ben Alderson 🌕 The Crimson Crown - Heather Walter 🌖 Tonight, I Burn - Katharine J. Adams 🌗 Witches of Ash and Ruin - E. Latimer 🌘 The Severed Thread - Leslie Vedder 🌑 Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist - Ali K. Mulford and K. Elle Morrison ✨ Love and Other Wicked Things -Philline Harms

✨ Off With Their Heads - Zoe Hana Mikuta 🌑 Practical Rules for Cursed Witches - Kayla Cottingham 🌒 Two Broke Witches - Kate Starling 🌓 Bitterthorn - Kat Dunn 🌔 The Honey Witch - Sydney J. Shields 🌕 The Witch and the Vampire - Francesca Flores 🌕 Spell on Wheels - Kate Leth, Megan Levens, Marissa Louise 🌖 The Witchery - S. Isabelle 🌗 The Hummingbird Coven - Augusta Owens 🌘 Children of the Night - Cara Malone 🌑 The Hex Next Door - Lou Wilham ✨ Malice - Heather Walter

✨ Mortal Follies - Alexis Hall 🌑 The Balance of Fates - Raquel Raelynn 🌒 Edie in Between - Laura Sibson 🌓 Doughnuts and Doom - Balazs Lorinczi 🌔 A Spell for Heartsickness - Alistair Reeve 🌕 Evocation - S.T. Gibson 🌕 The Spells We Cast - Jason June 🌖 An Education in Malice - S. T. Gibson 🌗 Rise and Divine - Lana Harper 🌘 Not Good for Maidens - Tori Bovalino 🌑 A Dark and Starless Forest - Sarah Hollowell ✨ Netherford Hall - Natania Barron

✨ The Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste 🌑 This Poison Heart - Kalynn Bayron 🌒 Over My Dead Body - Boo Sweeney 🌓 Girl, Serpent, Thorn - Melissa Bashardoust 🌔 The Bewitching Hour - Ashley Poston 🌕 Pushing Daisy - Isla Winter 🌕 Daughter of the Bone Forest - Jasmine Skye 🌖 Keep Your Witches Close - Colette Rivera 🌗 Mooncakes - Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu 🌘 Snapdragon - Kat Leyh 🌑 Runaways - Rainbow Rowell & Kris Anka ✨ Witchlings - Claribel A. Ortega

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[magickkate]

Good Evening! 🌙✨ Are you ready to infuse a dash of magic into your daily culinary adventures? Welcome to the whimsical world of Kitchen Witchery—a delightful blend of spell work, herbalism, and culinary enchantment! 🌿🧙‍♀️✨

🍲 Basic Ingredients for Your Magical Pantry:

Herbs: Rosemary for protection, basil for love, and mint for healing. Experiment with your favorites!

Spices: Cinnamon for prosperity, ginger for energy, and nutmeg for luck. Let your taste buds guide your magical choices!

Crystals: Place a few on your kitchen windowsill for added energy. Clear quartz, amethyst, and rose quartz are popular choices.

🌈 Setting Up Your Kitchen Altar:

Choose a Sacred Space: Designate a corner of your kitchen for magical workings. A windowsill, shelf, or small table works wonders!

Magical Tools: Incorporate a cauldron, candles, and small bowls for herbs and crystals. Personalize it with items close to your heart.

🕯️ Candle Magic in the Kitchen:

Color Magic: Choose candle colors aligning with your intentions. Green for abundance, white for purification, and red for passion.

Enchant While Cooking: Stir your intentions into soups, sauces, and stews. Feel the magic in every motion!

🍵 Brewing Magical Teas:

Create Tea Blends: Mix herbs like chamomile, lavender, and mint for relaxation or energy. Sip with intention and let the magic steep into your soul.

🌕 Harvesting Moon Energies:

Full Moon Feasts: Plan magical meals during the full moon for amplifying energy. Charge crystals and herbs under the moonlight for added potency.

📚 Witchy Wisdom:

Start a Grimoire: Record your magical experiences, recipes, and discoveries. It��s your personal book of kitchen enchantments!

Experiment & Trust Intuition: There are no strict rules in kitchen witchery. Trust your instincts, and let your intuition guide your magical creations.

🌻 Infusing Love into Every Bite:

Cook Mindfully: Turn cooking into a meditation. Infuse your dishes with gratitude, love, and positive energy.

Share the Magic: Share your enchanted meals with loved ones. The joy of kitchen witchery multiplies when shared!

🌿 Nature’s Bounty:

Grow Your Own: Cultivate a small herb garden or keep potted plants in your kitchen. Nothing beats the magic of using homegrown herbs!

Remember, dear beginner kitchen witch, your journey is as unique as the flavors you create. Embrace the magic in simplicity, trust your instincts, and let the cauldron of your heart stir up spells of nourishment and enchantment! 🌈🌟💖 ✨🌿🔮

[bookishbethanyerin]

• the wedding witch •

When autumn rolls around, I always crave cozy, small-town witchery, and for the past couple years, Erin Sterling’s Ex Hex books have been a highlight of the season.

Where “The Ex Hex” and “The Kiss Curse” are fun Halloween-y romps, “The Wedding Witch,” offers a different spin on things, with its Yule-tide setting and time travel element – something that can be an extremely slippery slope. But fear not: Erin Sterling navigates it well, providing a step back in time that is incredibly fun and doesn’t upset the paradoxical rules of the space-time continuum.

The story follows Bowen Penhallow, the middle Penhallow brother who is basically a recluse, spending all his time working on a secret project, far away from people, and Tamsyn, a human we met in “The Ex Hex” (but it’s okay if you haven’t read it!) and who works to procure magical objects for witches. Bowen has an exclusive contract with Tamsyn as he continues to work on his project—and he is desperately in love with her but knows nothing can ever come of it because 1) they work together, and 2) his family loathes her. But when Bowen and Tamsyn show up at the same wedding, they are swept back in time to the 1950s to retrieve an artifact and solve a mystery before they exhaust their window to get back to the present.

Despite being set during the winter holidays rather than autumnal Halloween, this is a fun tale and it’s extremely easy to love both Tamsyn and Bowen, who will make you laugh out loud and swoon in turn. And yes—there is very good spice here. So if you want a cozy, witchy read that will heat you up when it’s particularly chilly out, definitely add this one to your TBR!

🔮An enormous thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review an advanced copy!🌲

[studyofwitchery]

The General First Impression of Witchery

I'd heard the terms wiccan, pagan, green and white witch. What did they mean? How'd they differ? I'm walking into these questions with no idea.

The only knowledge I had was of how movies and media portrayed witches. I'd watched the Harry Potter series of course, and Hocus Pocus growing up. But the thing about that, is that it's always fictitious or a caricature of the idea of the Middle Ages Witch. The real history of the middle age witch is history I haven't even gotten to yet, but I already know it's something deeper than the history books.

[ Don't listen to history books. Just use them as a guide to research topics for yourself. ]

The first impression of trying to see what types of witches there are, and what they do, brings the idea there isn't any universal rules, guides, rituals, or so forth. A quick google search brings up a sample of the many, and it's easy to be lost in.

there's so many!!

. . .

The next thing one might do is google "witchcraft for beginners," as beginners ask for an introduction into what it is and need to know the basics, as I am personally trying to discover.

To be a witch, at least in the circles I used to run in- was considered a more new-age affair, a following of a trend, a pulling of power where no one should pull power, but as I research it... I realize in the differing beliefs of energies and entities in tandem with rituals makes it much more like religion that anyone admitted.

It can be a personal, disorganized religion, and I've also found it to be organized, which covens with leaders and years of apprenticeship. An article labeled "Witch Craft 101: How to Practice for Beginners" says this: "I first started practicing my craft around five years ago. As someone who has always had such a strong connection to the natural world around me, I felt very called to learn more about my environment, the elements, and the different energy I would tune into from time to time. 

There are MANY different types of craft, types of witches, energy, divination, and other tools that people like to incorporate into their own practices depending on what they feel called to. Some folks may resonate more with herbs and natural elements of the earth like myself, while some resonate with working with other energies, spirits, or deities."

I've found, in my scouring, that there's a surprising focus on healing, knowing oneself, and shadow work. All things I already focus on and appreciate working towards. There is of course usually a deep appreciation for nature, of which I have had since a child. And if you put it that way, maybe I wouldn't mind being a witch. I mean, I like rituals and leaves and candles and deeper meanings.

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One question I seek to answer going further into my research: is the magic real? Indeed, are the spirits real?

[gefdreamsofthesea]

I finished reading both Wealth Witchery and The Golden Grimoire last night so here are some brief thoughts on both.

Both books cover the basics, like how to build a prosperity/abundance altar, tools and supplies, etc. They both make a point of saying that their book won't teach you how to invest, as they are books about magic. They both talk about your attitudes towards money, and how to address your "wealth wounds" to make your magic more effective. Where they differ is in their approaches. Wealth Witchery focuses on manifesting the things you want, whereas The Golden Grimoire is more of a conventional spellbook.

I definitely prefer the more conventional approach of the grimoire because "manifesting" has always felt like "if you think hard enough, you'll get what you want, failure means you weren't thinking hard enough" although I do feel like changing your negative beliefs into something positive can be helpful. I made an effort to eliminate negative self-talk and it didn't cure my depression but I won't say it hasn't helped. I also really appreciate that most of the spells and "richuals" aren't very complicated. She'll say "burn incense of your choice" because she wants you to use what's available to you. I still found things that I'd like to try.

The Golden Grimoire takes a more conventional approach but discusses many of the same topics (like wealth wounds) it includes basic color, plant, and crystal correspondences, a tarot section where you'll find meanings for every card re: finances. The spells run the gamut from "pretty standard" to "you do this one over a whole 31 day month". One of the first things she asks you to do is create a prosperity sigil, which takes ten days but at the end you'll have a sigil empowered by each planet that rules a day of the week (including the sun and moon) and you don't actually do that much each day. It's something I'd be open to trying and usually I don't do multi-day rituals.

I think if I were to recommend one book I'd recommend The Golden Grimoire with one caveat: one of her sources for a couple spells is a collection of books on hoodoo. Basically a guy (I forget his name) traveled around the U.S. collecting spells and such and published them all in five (?) volumes. However, she does mark the spells that come from that collection (I think it's literally three spells in the whole book) so you can avoid them entirely. Another issue is that her book is U.S. centric (which she acknowledges) so, for instance, you might not have superstitions re: $2 bills (here in Canada we used to have $2 bills but they've been out of circulation since 1996 and replaced by the toonie).

[tuiliel]

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So, yesterday someone asked me a question about what kind of books and resources I would recommend for getting started with magic.  I inquired further, and they clarified that they had no interest in deities at this point, which narrowed down my potential list of recommendations.  After a little poking through my shelves and some reviews for books I haven't gotten my hands on yet, I finally settled on these:

Psychic Witch: A Metaphysical Guide to Meditation, Magick, and Manifestation, by Mat Auryn I haven't read this one yet, but I have leafed through it and it seemed like it was pretty solid on the basics: meditation, energy work, grounding and shielding, etc.  And it got a pretty glowing review from John Beckett!  There's also a sequel of sorts: Mastering Magick: A Course in Spellcasting for the Psychic Witch.  And you can find out what else Mat Auryn has been up (or find podcast episodes where he had a guest appearance to talk about his books) to on his website.

Grovedaughter Witchery: Practical Spellcraft, by Bree NicGarran This one I own, and I've followed the author on social media for a decade or longer, and her stuff is usually pretty clear, and almost always secular. Despite being a pagan, the gods don't really figure in her witchcraft; her focus is more on folkloric-flavored witchcraft, inspired by fairytales.  Bree also has a podcast, Hex Positive, which has a lot of additional resources.

Evolutionary Witchcraft, by T. Thorn Coyle I own this one, too, and read it for the book club run by the Fellowship Beyond the Star a few years back.  It's from a Feri/Reclaiming perspective, and does include some deities but it also includes both the Iron and Pearl Pentacles, and a lot of movement exercises, which makes it a valuable addition to this list.

TrancePortation: Learning to Navigate the Inner World, by Diana L. Paxson This one is very focused on trancework and remains one of the most comprehensive books I've ever read on that topic.  It's heavy though, so it takes a while to get through, but all the exercises build on each other.  If you're interested in trancework and journeying, I can't recommend it enough.

Six Ways: Approaches and Entries for Practical Magic, by Aidan Wachter I haven't read this one, either, but I did just finish Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changeing the Past, and Telling True Lies, by the same author and that book moved this one into my Need category.  Weaving Fate is a little more specific and a little more advanced, but a very engaging and straightforward read with good instructions; I can't imagine Six Ways being much different in that regard.

Sigil Witchery: A Witch's Guide to Crafting Magick Symbols, by Laura Tempest Zakroff This is the first that was recommended by someone else as I was discussing this post, and I was really grateful for the suggestion because my own sigils are almost always bindrunes or ogham or some combination thereof, so I don't really own any books on sigilry.  It's a powerful type of magic in its own right though, and though it doesn't really jive with my personal practice (I don't use other people's sigils, as a rule), I have long been impressed with Tempest's work.  Plus, this book had a glowing review from another author whose work I admire, Misha Magdalene (author of Outside the Charmed Circle: Exploring Gender and Sexuality in Magical Practice, a must-read for any queer neopagans or group leaders)

The Elements of Spellcrafting: 21 Keys to Successful Sorcery, by Jason Miller I've seen this one recommended a lot, too, though I've yet to get my hands on a copy of it to leaf through. Still, I've found many of Jason Miller's blogs very insightful, and this book has a great review by another blogger I've long admired, River Enodian.

I think I'll stop there, for now - I could recommend more blogs and online courses and youtube channels but for now I think I'll stick to a list of books!  I'd love to hear other people's suggestions as well - if you feel like I made a mistake leaving out your favorite book, let me know!  Feel free to talk about them in the comments here or on FB; I always love to start a conversation. (And who knows, if this really becomes a conversation maybe I'll curate a list of other types of resources: podcasts and classes and videos, oh my!)

(And yes, those are affiliate links - no pressure obviously, but if you want to, you can check out my curated lists on Bookshop.org!)

Books for Beginners: Magic, not Gods

So, yesterday someone asked me a question about what kind of books and resources I would recommend for getting started with magic.  I inquired further, and they clarified that they had no interest in deities at this point, which narrowed down my potential list of recommendations.  After a little poking through my shelves and some reviews for books I haven’t gotten my hands on yet, I finally…

[theblackdahliaemporium]

--𝕿𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖘𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕸𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖊 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕸𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖈𝖐𝖆𝖑--

I want to make somewhat of a education/tip post, since spring time is upon us (those of us who are in the Northern Hemisphere). Spring time comes Spring Cleaning! For most of us!

So, as your resident Hearth Witch, I wanted to make some tips and an educational post about how we can turn those mundane tasks into a magickal task or a ritual. ** I am going to apologize here, this is probably going to be a long post**

Let’s start at the beginning. What is a hearth? A Hearth is known as a place in a home where a fire is kept, nowadays this could be an actual fire place, or a stove. A hearth is generally the center of your home. This is where your guests go when they visit. This is where your energy, as a hearth witch, is maintained.

What is a Hearth witch? (also sometimes referred to as a cottage witch) Hearth witches are witches that magickal practices take place around the home. Keeping it maintained, clean, good energy, well-fed. We take care of the home spirits that live with us. Fire is a main element with Hearth witches, hearth’s have fire, life has fire, people have fire, families, romance. Fire is everywhere. Maintaining that fire keeps us going. A hearth witch focuses on the home! This may also, like me, result in being a kitchen witch, or a green witch. Hearth Witchery often focusing on objects and rituals used around the home, like herbalism, candle magick, and ritual cleaning. Cooking, cleaning, and Homey rituals to make the space inviting and sacred.

Now, Who is the goddess of the hearth? That would be Hestia! Hestia was the Greek virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and hospitality. In Greek mythology, she is the eldest and the youngest daughter of Cronus and Rhea. She was the right ordering of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state. She is one of the big 12 Olympian Deities. I will create a whole post about her another time, But as a basic rule, If you are a hearth witch, She is most likely with you! I keep a candle in my Kitchen “hearth” area for her!

To find your homes hearth area (if you don’t have an actual hearth) this will be where your guests resonate. Most times it is a general living space or a kitchen, if space allows.

Now most of you are reading this to figure out how to turn those gross, mundane tasks; like dishes and laundry, into a magickal, energy reviving task. That’s what I am here for!

Here are the tips!:

1) Before you do any cleaning, or tasks, light a candle. This takes a few seconds, breathe, and make sure you are present. You don’t need to be clear, but be present.

2) Dishes! Don’t think of the task at hand. Dishes take maybe 10 minutes to do, and in comparison to your entire day, this is not very long. Turn on some audio-a popular one is podcasts, or singing bowls, meditation sounds. Use your dish time as a small meditation. You do not need to close your eyes and be completely still and empty to Meditate. When you are cleaning the dishes, you are renewing that energy in your kitchen and your home.

3) Laundry! Laundry is a much-hated past time. (I’m a stay-at-home mom. I hate it) However, you can do the same thing. Use it as a form of meditation. When you are just mindlessly folding those clothes or hanging them on a clothes line, take a second to breathe in the air. Listen to what is around you. Do you hear outside? Kids? Birds? The podcast running from earlier? An audiobook? Folding and cleaning can be very ritualistic as you are-again- renewing the energy that you and your family wear on themselves daily. You don’t want to accidently put negative intentions into your clothes by hating the task.

4) Sweeping and Mopping. This one is a given! Sweep away the old energy, Add some herbs to your mop water to add some *spice* to your cleaning routine (and it smells yummy)

5) Cooking! Cooking is very easy to incorporate magick into! That is a whole post in itself, but just cook with intentions! If your cooking for a party, or family, add some healing vibes, or some nice, welcoming vibes into the food. The possibilities with this category are endless.

6) A cluttered home is a place for stagnant energy. Cleaning and dusting, etc is a way to cycle that energy out. If you have a cluttered corner in a forgotten room of the house, where the energy is stagnant, this is where the Lore of Brownies come from. They are the house spirits that turn stagnant. A lot of the time they can be mistaken for a ghost or a paranormal entity when in reality, you just need to cleanse your houses energy and leave offerings for the house spirit.

7) Ways to meditate if you’re a busy homebody- Like I said before, you do not need to be close eyed, empty mind to meditate. Go on walks, sit outside when you drink your morning coffee, if you’re a gym-rat, use that as a form of meditation. There is so many options but we often forget about them because of social medias take on what meditation can look like aesthetically.

I think this post is long enough. If you want some ideas on other mundane tasks, Correspondences for Hestia, or really anything else, leave a comment! I will answer all of them if I can!

Resources:

Screeching-0wl Blog

otherwordlyoracle.com

Photo Cred: Unsure of Artist! I found it on https://lifestyle.allwomenstalk.com/greek-goddesses-you.../

[scsunshine22]

The Simple Solar Witch discipline and how it found me

As a young witch, I must first choose my path of witchery and what I would like to accomplish in my practice. It is something that I have been putting off for many years now, dabbling in the various aspects of magic (or energy as I like to refer to it). I recently met a cornerstone where I needed to take the time to evaluate myself and what I want to become.

With a recent discovery that I have autism, I have been starting to learn all kinds of things about myself like who I truly am, why I feel the emotions I do, and how to identify when I am masking and stop when it is not necessary. Part of this journey has led me to look at my heritage and roots in witchcraft.

I am a third generation witch, my grandmother, aunt, and mother taking part in indulging in what the universe offers and being mindful of and respecting it. Although I was taught some basic principles growing up, I am still but a very young witch and I have quite a hefty load of learning ahead of me. Knowing this, I decided it was about time to define my discipline.

I like to think of myself as a plant quite frequently, in the sense that I inherently photosynthesize like one. Should it be a bright and sunny day, you will find me dancing and rejoicing and soaking in the great rays of energy that the center of our universe has to offer. If it is a stormy, rainy day, you can find me relaxing and recharging, soaking up the mental nutrition of mindfulness. However, might it be a cloudy day, you will find me drooping and sagging and wilting into a sad unproductive mess. Science likes to call this Seasonal Affective Disorder, I like to call it identifying with plants.

With this in mind, the core of my being, my special interest, and the roots of my state of existence, the first thing that I check when I wake up is whether the sun is greeting me or not. So I decided to become a solar witch. My energy is entirely dependent upon the sun, so it should be the thing I focus and depend on. I can't describe the mass abundance of vigorous energy a sunset or sunrise instills in me, but it is a clear indication that I should utilize the sun when preforming rituals requiring large sums of energy and magic.

So now I have a title, a solar witch, I must decide what kind of witchcraft I want to focus (aside from solar magic). I thought to myself, what things bring me the most joy and that I would greatly enjoy maintaining. Aha! Home and garden. Whether it be kitchen witchery, garden and herbs, cleaning and decorating, and keeping a house a home, that is something that brings great purpose and joy into my life.

Now, I realize that I have just defined a multitude of different disciplines: hedge witch, plant witch, kitchen witch, white witch, so on and so forth. With this in mind, I decided to create a discipline of my own, which I like to call a simple witch. A simple witch doesn't focus on just plants, but she certainly still tends to her plants with tender care. She doesn't follow rules and traditions such as a hedge witch, but her witchcraft doesn't only pertain to nature. She brews, bakes, and cooks every meal with love, but she also cleans and decorates with special intentions too.

To summarize it, a simple witch is a witch that uses a little bit of magic a lot of the time. A jack of all trades, but a master of none. She doesn't ask for much, she doesn't seek grand power and strength. Instead, she is just simple. She goes about her daily tasks putting love and care into them, manifesting good intentions and building a whole and content heart that she can share with those around her. All the while, she basks in the afternoon sun, grass as a soft bed, after a long days labor of love to recharge and thank the universe for its strength that its shared with her.

I am a simple solar witch. This is the start of my journey.

[hanafubukki]

Have you heard the song 'Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery?' Because, when I listen to it I can't help but imagine Idia as the Witch and MC as Ga1ahad in some sort of medieval setting

Hello Anonie 💕🌺🌻

I haven't heard this song before! the art is very pretty and the song...very angsty.

based on my own interpretation of the song, I feel like

Idia, wether as a mage, or in his case, as the lord of the underworld.

would bring back MC,  who was his lover.

Maybe MC somehow died? wether it was battle or an assassination attempt.

and Idia couldn't live without MC anymore so he resorted to doing something he knows is against the rules

but you would do anything in the face of love wouldn't you?

and he brings MC back to life.

Problem is MC doesn't remember him and somehow they get separated from him.

MC basically gets taught that magic is bad and settles out to destroy anything magic related.

that’s when they meet Idia and their paths are crossed again.

now, what will MC do? 

Idia seems familiar to them. 

they feel this emotion in their chest whenever they see him.

and idia? Idia will do anything to have you by his side again.

[witchynyx]

Disabled Witchery

So for reference: I'm autistic, have ADHD/depression/anxiety/insomnia, and have mobility issues, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, and fibromyalgia.

My witchcraft is more recent than all of these (about 3yrs now), so I've not really adapted a practice to my limitations, but I've created my own practice which thus works around them. It's hard to know what qualifies as a 'hack' when you've never really known anything different, but I'm going to see what I come up with.

Timing is Flexible

I guess one of the things that makes the biggest difference for me is being flexible about time. Wanna do a full moon ritual but you just don't have the capacity to do so in the hour closest to its peak illumination? Anywhere within a few days is cool - I know considering 3 days as full (ie the night closest to 100% and the night either side, but some also consider 5 days (at which it's still 98%+ illumination), or even 7 (still over 95%)!

Likewise with your seasonal celebrations, it doesn't have to be on *the* date! Nature doesn't flick sudden switches between seasons, so the energy of a certain celebration or event doesn't suddenly appear and then disappear after 24 hours. There's often up to a week between the traditional and astronomical dates of the sabbats, and honestly, I'll do whatever I'm planning within up to a week either side of that. If there's a few things I want to do, they they don't all need to be done on the same day, either. You don't need to do everything at once, and you don't need to do them at the exact time/day.

You don't have to do All The Things!

I especially see the stress of this from younger and newer witches, but you really don't have to do everything. Sure, it might be nice to do an elaborate ritual every new moon, full moon, and sabbat, but that's a LOT! And that's even a lot for someone young, in good health, with lots of energy and minimal external commitments! Maybe you still want to observe all these, but all you can manage is 5min meditating near your window or lighting a candle to acknowledge these - that's rad, and totally counts!

Magic + Self Care = Win

Honestly there are so many books on how to inject magic into your self-care routine*, but witchcraft has literally been the best thing for my self-care game. Learning to connect with myself and the natural world around me has been the best thing I've ever done for my mental health. Plus it's an easy way to implement the things you're learning! I incorporate colour magic into my clothes/makeup selection, medical and magical herbalism both inform my tea selections, perfume and bath salt blends, and charm my food/drinks.

* My fave book on the topic so far is Light Magic for Dark Times by Lisa Marie Basile (she's also chronically ill).

Nature is Everywhere

I literally live in the very centre of my city - I can't drive, how much I can walk is pretty limited, and even spending much time on public transport wipes me out - but nature is still EVERYWHERE! Even excluding the herbs growing in pots on my balcony and and the pothos in my bookshelves, an urban space still has nature. Without leaving my apartment I can still see a few pigeons/crows/etc flying past occasionally, and a few paperbark trees, plus the roses and crepe myrtle in the garden of the old building across the road.

If you don't have 4 different species of street trees growing on your block or any parks/gardens nearby, what plants grow in abandoned spaces, or force their way through cracks in the concrete? What birds are around? Is anyone nearby growing plants in window boxes or balconies? Even on a terrible day, walking past the paperbark tree across the road when it's covered in flowers brings me a moment of joy.

Meditation Isn't That Hard...

... But it still kinda is. Literally the main purpose most folks are using meditation for is to train their focus. All that needs to be is picking a focal point (the breath is a common one, because it's always available) and focusing on it - your brain will absolutely wander from that, that's just when you gently nudge it back to your focal point. That's literally it! Over time, your brain will wander less often, and return back where you want it more easily. It's not supposed to be easy straight-up, otherwise there wouldn't be any benefit to it - it's a skill you practice to get better at, like any skill.

You don't need to sit any particular way - if you have pain/fatigue, you can lie down (just ideally somewhere you're not at risk of falling asleep), if you have ADHD or are otherwise hyperactive/easily bored, you can combine it with movement (stretching, walking, running, you can honestly meditate while smashing out your cardio at the gym). There's lots of ways you can adapt the basic premise, and it's totally fine to use guided meditations if you get caught up in your own mind and need external reminders to prompt you back to your focus.

ADHD Note: Meditation is literally THE most effective non-medication way to improve our focus! The down-side is that our brains are dopamine-deprived/seeking and meditation doesn't tend to give us that dopamine hit it wants, which can make the executive dysfunction a massive block to actually doing the thing. I'm pretty stuck here myself, particularly with my physical health stuff ruling out anything particularly physical/active.. I might need to see if I can find something high-dopamine to do afterwards as a bribe?

It's Okay to do Your Own Thing

Throw out any idea of what your practice "should" look like or include and just roll with what works. If you're physically disabled and struggle to leave the house, feeling like you need to do you rituals in a remote forest is probably going to mean you don't get to do many and then feel crap about yourself - craft a ritual you can do sitting in bed! If you're asthmatic, perhaps using candles, sprays, or bells would work better to cleanse your space than burning incense or herbs. If you have poor fine motor control or impaired vision, maybe you find it easier to record your journey digitally! Doing something "differently" and being able to do it is far better than doing something "properly" and just.. literally never being able to do it.

You're Not Alone

There are honestly SO many disabled, chronically ill, neurodivergent, and mentally ill witches out there. We're really often drawn to witchcraft, and there are some folks putting out some great resources on how they adapt their practice - like @heatherwitch's "Bedridden Witchcraft" series. Quite a few popular witchy authors are chronically ill as well, like Lisa Marie Basile, Juliet Diaz, and Arin Murphy-Hiscock. Don't let anyone tell you that your can't practice witchcraft unless you're physically and mentally well, it's bullshit, and we're all living proof.

[voxisweak]

Beginners in Need | Types of Witchcraft

This won’t be a complete list of different types of witchcraft. I see a lot of questions regarding what type of witch someone is, what they should label their practice, how to label their practice, etc. While I personally believe you don’t have to label your practice, I understand that this can be important to others. So I wanted to expand on some key things so you all have that stepping stone to move forward! There’s also different types of paganism, such as Hellenic, Norse, or Celtic! But this post won’t be talking about that side of things and focus on the Witchcraft Labels as I’ve noticed there’s much more confusion on that end.

Table of Contents

I.Introduction

II.Examples of Types of Witchcraft

III.Why Some People Use Titles and Others Do Not

Introduction

Hello! You’ve probably seen people label their witchcraft in different ways! You may even start to wonder… what type of witch are you then? First things first-you don’t have to have a label, unless you actually want it. Always remember that! Now, if you do what to label your witchcraft… how do you do so?

Theres some main branches that label broad concepts, then you can always get a little more in depth but there’s no inherent need to go to far into it unless you want to.

Examples of Types of Witchcraft

These are going to sound very broad, and very basic. But they are only meant to serve as examples and not a teaching point of what they are in full, nor a full list of the different types you may see.

Secular-Secular witches don’t use religion in their workings. They may have a religion, but it is separate from their workings.

Solitary-Solitary is just that! Someone who prefers to stay to themselves and not participate in anything like covens or group rituals/spells.

Green-Exactly as it sounds, Green Witches have a focus on using natural items in their craft. A few related practices may be things like herbs, and natural medicines.

Kitchen-The use of food and flavor in their workings! Kitchen Witchery is focused on what goes down with the pots, pans, and mixing bowls!

Death-You’ll see terms like Death Doula, or Psychopomp here, as well as general necromancy and the like. (No-not that kind of necromancy.)

Chaos-We all know that Chaos is… well chaotic! Imagine a little bit of everything and nothing at the same time. There’s no real rule set, but also so many things! All of the things!

Traditional/Folk-Traditional and Folk practices heavily depend on location! Think of an old woman in the woods of Appalachia, Vs a weathered man in the deserts of North America. They will have very different folk or traditional practices as it’s based of folk tales, wives tales, and tradition of the area. My grandmother liked to refer to herself as a “backwoods witch” when really, she was just an Appalachian Folk practitioner.

Why Some People Use Titles and Others Do Not

You’ll see a lot of discourse on if you need a title or not. Often times when someone asks where they’d fall in different subcategories, there’s at least one person to tell them that it does not matter. While to some it does not, I usually urge people not to tell others that something that may matter a lot to them does not matter.

I don’t have a good title for my path. It’s an amalgamation, and I always refer to it as such. Titles do not matter to me in this sense… but to someone else, especially someone finding their footing, it could mean the world to have an idea of where they can look for more information from people like themselves.

For someone like me, titles just don’t work. I don’t stick to one type of thing to only read one type of thing. But someone who is specifically in the Green Witch category may use that heavily, to find books that are made for them and their path or others like them! If you wanted to find more information on Death Doulas, that’s exactly what you’d look into, the SEO you’d use to find the information. And if you wanted to find books on Demonolatry, you’d look up Demonolatry. So imagine how being able to find people who do the same thing you do to give this information can be a godsend-especially for people who don’t have ready access.

I live in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is so known for Witchcraft and the like that one of our state officials is open about their spirituality and they still have their office. I don’t struggle to find resources, and face much less backlash for being open that others. Most people will see my Lilith necklace and Rune tattoos and it’s a knowing smile before it’s questions on if I worship the Devil and sacrifice small animals for fun. Not everyone has that! Even in the same state, more rural areas may face much different circumstances to myself, because I live next to one of our major cities.

When you live in an area that’s much less accepting, being able to use these titles can help a lot to find resources, because they may not have anything else. In an hours drive I have 6 metaphysical shops. Someone else may need to go out of state for their closest one.

For me, a title does not help me, nor does it even describe me. For someone else, a title may be the world in finding resources, and a way for them to find likeminded people. So, while some like me do not use titles as it can almost hinder us-to some it boosts them in a way we could not imagine.

[thevioletmoonwitchery]

Herb of the Week; Belladonna

I knew at some point I would need to write a blog on that most famous of witch herbs, belladonna. I just was not sure how. Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade as it is also know is poisonous and highly toxic. Before I go any further I am going to say that you should never under any circumstances ingest belladonna. If you are determined to use it I encourage you to take precautions, such as wearing gloves when handling, labeling and putting jar out of reach of children and using the herb in a well ventilated area. In truth there are plenty of safer substitutes for belladonna and its uses both magically and medicinally are both better left in the past. As such I have decided to write about how belladonna was used in the past rather than from an everyday witchcraft use point of view.

Before I get started on how belladonna was used in the past here are the basics on it. Belladonna is a feminine herb which is associated with the element of water. It is ruled by the planet Saturn and is sacred to Hecate, Bellona and Circe.

The Goddess Hecate; one of the deities belladonna is sacred to.

Here are some ways this herb was used in the Past:

Belladonna comes from the Italian meaning beautiful woman. Women in ancient times put drops containing belladonna in the eyes to dilate their pupils. This was to achieve a large seductive look.

It was used as an anesthetic in surgery prior to the Middle Ages.

Was used in the past to aid in astral protection. Also to produce visions. I recommend the use of Mugwort for astral protection aid and Coltsfoot for inducing visions.

Was used in incense to attract the dead. One should never burn this indoors or inhale the smoke.

Was used as an ingredient in flying ointments. In reality this ointments caused witches and shamans to enter a trance like state, and experience a different type of flying known as astral projection.

Bellona; Roman goddess of war. Her priests consumed a drink infused with belladonna before worshiping her and seeking her aid.

I hope you have found this week’s blog informative. Once again I would like to state that by writing this I am in no way encouraging the use of belladonna in your herbal remedies or spell craft. If you insist upon using please use caution, Never consume internally and do your damn research. Until next time be well Witches!

Brightest Blessings,

The Violet Moon Witchery

Sources: spellencylopedia.fandom.com/wiki, Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham, exemplore.com/Wicca-witchcraft

[the-digital-coven]

Welcome to the digital coven! 

I'm Z, the main face on this blog. More about me to come in my introduction post.

I'm looking for fellow witches on tumblr to join this blog. Here we will post witchy things, digital grimoires/BoS, and other stuff like that. We may also sometimes host digital events for things like wheel of the year holidays (no need to participate if you don't celebrate those) or celestial events. 

We currently have three members, which include myself, mod Alex, and mod William! You can find our introductions in the tag #introduction posts

Witches of all various beliefs are allowed! In fact I'd love to get a mix of different kinds of witches. Any gods (including none), any practices, only requirement is to practice witchcraft. 

And of course no discrimination to any religions, disabilities, queer identities, races, or other will be tolerated. 

If you're interested in joining send a message or an off anon ask. I might still refuse you for any reason, but if your blog follows the rules set on this post you'll likely be fine to join. 

Once you join you're heavily encouraged to make an introduction post! Post it in the tag #introduction posts. Include the basics about you like your name/nickname (just anything you want to go by on this blog), pronouns, and anything else about you personally that you want to include. 

And then add the basics of your practice. Like if you focus on divination, energy work, celestial work, crystals, kitchen witchery, etc or if you're more of an eclectic witch. Maybe add what gods you worship or if you follow any religions.

And also don't forget to make a tag for your posts/reblogs/anything else you contribute to the blog. This can be simple like just #mod z or you can do something more fancy. Just include your name/nickname to avoid confusion. 

Also add sign offs to original posts and reblogs with a comment, so that it can be seen even in reblog chains who said what.

Any posts/reblogs that relate to witchcraft are welcome! And if you have any witchcraft related questions this is the place to ask. 

Just wanted to create a place witches could digitally come together and share their practice for those without a witchy community in their area like me. 

[le-coffee-witch]

🔥working with other entities (like spirits or deities or fae)

Unpopular opinion

DEITIES

It is okay to approach your deities as you would approach an old friend. The idea that deities should only be contacted for rituals, offerings, other formal witchery, is in my opinion very based in Christian ideal. We do not need to know the 'fear of god' in the same manner. It is okay to invite your deities to share in your morning coffee, it is okay to be comfortably in their presence. This is fine.

They love you, they enjoy being with you. It feels more insulting to treat them like they are untouchable, like you can't have a relationship with them that allows you to be close with them.

The Fae

It is shockingly hard to get taken by them. Believe me, I've been trying cause I no longer want to live on this planet. But they fae are, generally, not out to get you. If you are respectful of them, they will be respectful of you.

Still follow your basic rules when working with the fae of course, and if you are a beginner maybe avoid it all together. But generally they aren't as scary as what most people believe.

They're kinda chill.

[christian-witchery]

Welcome to my blog. . .

☽︎☀︎︎☾︎

Hello! My name is Tim, and

I'm a semi experienced Christian

witch in the working. My practice

of Witchcraft is not as good

as a my general knowledge of

Theology, though I am very

interested in learning more as a

person! This post is a

notification of a new discord

server I have decided to create

to help baby Christopagans-

whether they worship only

Christ/God or other deities, we

are all loved by them. This is

not a diss on our pagan friends and

if you do not support them you

will not have a place in this

server- do not join or there will

be an issue. Below are a basic

list of rules, and the link to

the server; thank you for

reading and please do join. Even

if you're Pagan and are

interested in the practice you

are more than welcome!

Rules to follow!

1. Respect all practices and beliefs, if you are a polytheistic Christopagan then you are still as valued as those who are monotheistic. I do not want any discrimination based on practices or anything related. I will also not tolerate and bigotry of any kind. No queerphobia, racism, Xenophobic, Islamophobia, or anything related to the disrespect of a different mindset. Anything related to such will result in a warning.

2. Do not purposefully trigger people by any means, don't disrespect the things that people are going through or have gone through. When you enter this server you will be asked of any triggers and please don't be afraid to express these. Any updates to triggers will be on a list!

3. Respect the peace of other people, don't ping those who don't want to be pinged and do not dm people without asking unless specified. This can become incredibly annoying to some people who are uncomfortable with this. If someone is not respecting these wishes please dm me and I will talk to this person abt it!

Thanks for reading this post, the link to my server is below!! Have a wonderful day and please consider joining.