#the hoodoo book of flowers

[kalisbaby]

"Awaken the sleeper, protect the weak, guide the strong" - from The Hoodoo Book of Flowers by Arthur Flowers.

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The Ultimate Grimoire Guide

So! I have been seeing a ton of grimoire ideas and thought I’d stuff them all together. A lot of ideas are from @manifestationsofasort, @banebite, and @pigeonflavouredcake. Check them out! They have a ton of cool stuff there.

What Do I Use For My Grimoire?

You can use anything for a grimoire! For a physical one, journals, binders, and notebooks are good. For digital ones, Notion, Tumblr, Docs, and even just your file folder are great.

Introduction

A Book Blessing

Table of Contents

About Me

Your Current Path

Your Personal Beliefs

Your Spiritual Journey

Superstitions

Past lives

Favorite Herbs/Crystals/Animals/Etc.

Natal Chart

Craft Name

How You Entered The Craft

Astrology Signs

Birthday Correspondences (birth tarot card, birth stone, etc.)

Goals

Safety

Fire Safety

What Not to Burn

Toxic Plants & Oils (to humans, plants, animals)

Crystals That Shouldn’t Be Put… (in sun, in water, etc.)

Things That Shouldn’t Be In Nature (glass, salt, etc.)

Potion Safety

How to Incorporate Blood in Spells

Smoke Safety

Wound Care

Biohazards

Core Concepts

Intention & How It Works

Directing Energy

Protection

Banishing

Cleansing

Binding

Charging

Shielding

Grounding

Centering

Visualization

Consecration/Blessing

Warding

Enchanting

Manifestation

Meditation

What Makes A Spell Work

Basic Spell Structure

What Not To Do In Spells

Disposing Spell Ingredients

Revitalizing Long Term Spells

How To Cast Spells

What To Put In Spells

Spell Mediums (jars, spoken, candle, sigils)

Spell Timing

Potion Bases

Differentiating Between Magick and Mundane

Common Terms

Common Symbols

Intuition

Elements

Basic Alchemy and Symbols

Ways To Break Spells

Laws and Philosophies

Correspondences

Herbs & Spices

Crystals & Rocks

Colors

Liquids & Drinks

Metals

Numbers

Tarot Cards

Elements

Trees & Woods

Flowers

Days

Months

Seasons

Moon Phases

Zodiacs

Planets

Incense

Teas

Essential Oils

Directions

Animals

Symbology

Bone Correspondences

Different Types of Water

Common Plants

Entities

Deities You Worship

Pantheons

Pantheons & Deities Closed to You

Common Offerings

Epithets

Mythos

Family

Worship vs Work

Prayers & Prayer Template

Altars

Deity Comms

Devotional Acts

Angels

Demons

Ancestors

Spirit Guides

Fae

Familiars

House, Animal, Plant, Etc. Spirits

Folklore Entities

Spirit Etiquette

Graveyard Etiquette

Boundaries

Communication Guide & Etiquette

Spirit Work Safety Guide

How Entities Appear To You

Circle Casting

Common Offerings

Altars

Servitors

Mythological Creatures (dragons, gorgons, etc.)

Utility Pages

Gazing Pages

Sigil Charging Station

Altar Pages

Intent Pages

Getaway Pages

Vision Boards

Dream Pages

Binding Page

Pendulum Board

Crystal Grid

Throwing Bones Page

Divination Pages

Mirror Gazing Page

Invocation Pages

Affirmation/Manifestation Pages

Spirit Board Page

Other Practices

Practices That Are Closed to You (Voodoo, Hoodoo, Santeria, Brujeria, Shamanism, Native Practices)

Wicca and Wiccan Paths

Satanism, Both Theistic and Non-Theistic

Deity Work

Religious Paths (Hellenism, Christianity, Kemeticism, etc.)

Animism

Types of Magic/Spells

Pop Culture Paganism/Magic

Tech Magic

Chaos Magic

Green Magic

Lunar Magic

Solar Magic

Sea Magic

Kitchen Magic

Ceremonial Magic

Hedge Magic

Death Magic

Gray Magic

Eclectic Magic

Elemental Magic

Fae Magic

Spirit Magic

Candle Magic

Crystal Magic

Herbalism

Glamours

Hexes

Jinxes

Curses

Weather Magic

Astral Magic

Shadow Work

Energy Work

Sigils

Art Magic

Knot Magic

Music Magic

Blood Magic

Bath Magic

Affirmations

Divination

Tarot Cards

Oracle Cards

Playing Cards

Card Spreads

Pendulum

Numerology

Scrying

Palmistry

Tasseography

Runes

Shufflemancy

Dice

Bibliomancy

Carromancy

Pyromancy

Psychic Abilities

Astrology

Auras

Lenormand

Sacred Geometry

Angel Numbers

Ornithomancy

Aeromancy

Aleuromancy

Axinomancy

Belomancy

Hydromancy

Lecanomancy

Necromancy

Oneiromancy

Onomancy

Oomancy

Phyllomancy

Psephomancy

Rhabdomancy

Xylomancy

Tools

Crystal grid

Candle grid

Charms

Talismans

Amulets

Taglocks

Wand

Broom

Athame

Boline

Cingulum

Stang

Bells

Drums

Staffs

Chalices

Cauldrons

Witches Ladder

Poppets

Holidays

Yule

Imbolc

Ostara

Beltane

Litha

Lammas

Mabon

Samhain

Esbats

Deity Specific Holidays

Religious Holidays (Christmas, Easter, Dionysia, etc.)

Celestial Events

Altars

Basics of Altars

Travel Altars

Deity Altars

Spirit Altars

Familiar Altars

Ancestor Altars

Self Altars

Working Altars

Self-Care

Burnout Prevention

Aromatherapy

Stress Management

Coping Mechanisms

Theories & History

Witchcraft history

Paganism

New Age Spirituality

Cultural Appropriation

Thelema

Conspiracy Theories

Cults

Satanic Panic

KJV

Witches in History

Cats in History

Transphobia in Witchcraft Circles

Queerness in Witchcraft Circles

Other

Recipes

How to Get Herbs

Foraging

Drying Herbs and Flowers

Chakras

Reiki

Witches Alphabet

Runic Alphabet

Guide to Gardening

Your Witch Tips

Resources

Other Tips

List of Spells

Cryptids and Their Lore

What is a Liminal Space?

[manifestationsofasort]

Things to put in your book of shadows

Of course, only put in your book of shadows/grimoire what you want. If you don't want to put certain subjects in your book then that's fine. It's your book, utilize it how you want. This is just a masterlist of ideas that I've put together. Feel free to add anything else to the list that I may have missed, because there's absolutely no way I included everything.

And for the love of all the gods, if you come across a closed entity or practice, don't try to work with the entity or practice if you're not already part of that group or tradition. You can research it but don't practice it.

+ A blessing and/or protection

+ A table of contents

+ About you:

Your current path

Your personal beliefs

Your spiritual journey

Favorite crystals/herbs/animals

Natal chart

Craft name

How you got into the craft

Astrology signs

Birthday correspondences (birth tarot card, birth stone, etc)

Goals (if you have any)

Anything other relating to your personal practice

+ Safety

Fire safety

What NOT to burn

Plants and oils that can be toxic to your pets

What crystals shouldn't be in water, sunlight, etc

Things that shouldn't be put out in nature (salt, glass, etc)

Potion safety

How to incorporate blood safely

+ Core concepts:

Intention and how it works

Directing energy

Protection

Banishing

Cleansing

Charging

Shielding

Grounding and centering

Visualization

Consencration/Blessing

Warding

Enchanting

Manifestation

+ Correspondence

Personal correspondence

Crystals and rocks

Herbs and spices

Food and drink

Colors

Metals

Number

Tarot card

Elemental (fire, water, air, earth)

Trees and woods

Flowers

Days

Months

Moon phases

Zodiac

Planets

Incense

Teas

Essential oils

Directions (north, south, east, west)

Animals

Local plants, animals, etc

Dream symbology

+ Different practices

Practices that are closed to you (some examples below)

Voodoo and Hoodoo **Closed**

Santeria and Brujeria **Closed**

Shamanism and native american practices **Closed**

Wicca and wiccan paths

Satanism, both theistic and non-theistic paths

+ Different types/practices of magick

Pop culture magick

Technology magick

Chaos magick

Green witchcraft

Lunar magick

Sea witchcraft

Kitchen magick

Ceremonial magick

Hedge witchcraft

Death witchcraft

Grey witchcraft

Eclectic witchcraft

Norse witchcraft

Hellenic witchcraft

Animism

+ Deities

The deity/deities you worship

Different pantheons (the main five are Celtic, Roman, Greek, Egyptian and Norse, all open)

Deities and pantheons that are closed to you

Common offerings

Their epithets

Their mythology

Their family

Deity worship vs deity work

Prayers and how to make your own

Deity communication guide

Devotional acts

Ways to get closer to them

+ Other spiritual entities

Angels

Ancestor work

Spirit guides

The fae

Demons

Familiars

House spirits, animal spirits and plant spirits

Other various folklore entities

Spirit etiquette

Cemetery etiquette

Setting boundaries with the spirits

Communication guide and etiquette

Grounding, banishing, protection and cleansing, aka: "Spirit work safety guide"

How they appear to you

Common offerings

Circle casting

+ Divination

Tarot cards

Oracle cards

Tarot and oracle spreads

Pendulum

Numerology

Scrying

Palmistry/palm reading

Tasseography (Tea leaf reading)

Rune stones

Shufflemancy (Shuffling of a playlist)

Dice divination

Bibliomancy (Randomly picking a phrase from a book)

Carromancy (Melted wax)

Pyromancy (Reading flames)

Psychic abilities

Astrology

Aura reading

Divination via playing cards

Lenormand 

Sacred geometry

Angel numbers

+ Other types of magick

Candle magick

Crystal magick

Herbalism/herbal magick

Glamour magick

Hexing

Jinxing

Cursing

Weather magick

Astral work

Shadow work

Energy work

Sigils

Art magick

Knot magick

Crystal grids

Color grids

Music magick

Charms, talismans and amulets

+ Spellwork

What makes a spell work

Basic spell structure

What NOT to do

Disposing of spell ingredients

Revitalizing long term spells

How to cast spells

What to put in spells (See correspondence)

Spell mediums- Jar spells, spoken spells, candle spells, sigils, etc

Spell timing

Setting up a ritual

Taglocks: What they are and how to use them

+ Holidays and Esbats

Yule

Imbolc

Ostara

Beltane

Litha

Lughnasadh/Lammas

Mabon

Samhain

The 12 full moons (Esbats)

How to celebrate

Deity specific holidays

+ Altars and tools

What they are

The different types and their uses (travel altar, working altar, deity altar, ancestor altar, etc)

What you can put on your altar

What you use your altars for

Common tools in witchcraft

How to use the tools

Food and drink

Common herbs in recipes

Sabbat recipes

Moon water: What it is and how to use it

Potion bases

Tea magick

How to get your herbs

Foraging

+ Mental health and self care

Bath magick

Affirmations

Burnout prevention

Aromatherapy

Stress management

Mental health coping mechanisms

+ History of witchcraft

+ Dream records

+ How to differentiate between the magickal and the mundane

+ Calendar of celestial events (Esbats, retrogrades, etc)

+ How to dry herbs and flowers

+ What chakras actually are and how they work within Hinduism

+ History and traditional uses of reiki

+ The witches' alphabet

+ The runic alphabet

+ Common witchcraft terms

+ Common symbols in witchcraft

+ Your own witch tips

+ Good witchcraft books and authors to avoid

+ Any online resources you utilize often

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There are four books coming out tomorrow, plus one we missed earlier this month. Which of these have caught your eye?

Flower and Thorn by Rati Mehrotra Wednesday Books

One girl. One boy. A promise broken. A magic stolen. Irinya has wanted to be a flower hunter ever since her mother disappeared into the mysterious mist of the Rann salt flats one night. Now seventeen, Irinya uses her knowledge of magical flowers to help her caravan survive in the harsh desert. When her handsome hunting partner and childhood friend finds a priceless silver spider lily--said to be able to tear down kingdoms and defeat an entire army--Irinya knows this is their chance for a better life. Until Irinya is tricked by an attractive imposter. Irinya's fight to recover the priceless flower and to fix what she's done takes her on a dangerous journey, one she's not sure she'll survive. She has no choice but to endure it if she hopes to return home and mend the broken heart of the boy she's left behind.

If You'll Have Me by Eunnie Viking

Momo Gardner is the kind of friend who’s always ready to lend a helping hand. She’s introverted, sensitive, and maybe a little too trusting, but she likes to believe the best in people. PG, on the other hand, is a bit of a lone wolf, despite her reputation for being a flirt and a player. Underneath all that cool mystery, she’s actually quick to smile, and when she falls for someone, she falls hard. An unexpected meet-cute brings the two together, kicking off the beginning of an awkward yet endearing courtship—but with their drastically different personalities, Momo’s overprotective friend, and PG’s past coming back to haunt her, Momo and PG’s romance is put to the test.

A Bright Heart by Kate Chenli Union Square & Co.

What if you could avenge your own murder? A brilliant young woman gets a second chance at life in this debut YA tale of vengeance, court intrigue, and romance, inspired by classic Chinese tropes. Mingshin outsmarted three princes to help the man she loved become king. But she doesn’t see Ren’s betrayal coming, not until she’s lying in a pool of her own blood on the palace steps. As she’s dying, Mingshin makes a desperate plea to the gods to turn back time and give her a chance to make things right. Mingshin wakes up two years earlier, her prayer granted, and swears two things: Ren will never become king, and she will never fall in love again. But the timeline in this life has changed: a dignitary gifted with dark magic is threatening her kingdom’s peace, and Ren’s thirst for power runs deeper than Mingshin could have imagined. She finds herself allying with Jieh, another contender for the throne. Mingshin knows better than anyone not to give her heart to a prince. But in the viper’s nest of the royal court, she and Jieh prove a phenomenal team. Can Mingshin avert the catastrophe of her past by once again learning to trust…and maybe even love?

All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology edited by Circe Moskowitz Amberjack Publishing

Welcome to the Dark. We are all familiar with tropes of the horror genre: slasher and victims, demon and the possessed. Bloody screams, haunted visions, and the peddler of wares we aren’t sure we can trust. In this young adult horror anthology, fans of Jordan Peele, Lovecraft Country, and Horror Noire will get a little bit of everything they love—and a lot of what they fear—through a twisted blend of horror lenses, from the thoughtful to the terrifying. From haunted, hungry Victorian mansions, temporal monster–infested asylums, and ravaging zombie apocalypses, to southern gothic hoodoo practitioners and cursed patriarchs in search of Black Excellence, All These Sunken Souls features the chilling creations of acclaimed bestsellers and hot new talents, with stories from Kalynn Bayron, Donyae Coles, Ryan Douglass, Sami Ellis, Brent Lambert, Ashia Monet, Circe Moskowitz, Joel Rochester, Liselle Sambury, and Joelle Wellington.

The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert Balzer + Bray

The Blackwoods. Everyone knows their name. Blossom Blackwood burst onto the silver screen in 1962, and in the decades that followed, she would become one of the most celebrated actors of our time—and the matriarch of the most famous Black family in Hollywood. To her great-granddaughters, Hollis and Ardith, she has always just been Bebe. And when she passes away, it changes everything. Hollis Blackwood was never interested in fame. Still, she’s surrounded by it, whether at home with her family or at the prestigious Dupree Academy among Los Angeles’ elite. When private photos of Hollis are leaked in the wake of Blossom’s death, she is thrust into the spotlight she’s long avoided—and finds that trust may be a luxury even she can’t afford. Ardith Blackwood has always lived in the public eye. A television star since childhood, she was perhaps closer with Blossom than anyone—especially after Ardith’s mother died in a drug overdose. Ever since, she has worked to be everything her family, her church, and the public want her to be. But as a family secret comes to light and the pressures from all sides begin to mount, she wonders what is left beneath the face she shows the world. Weaving together the narratives of Hollis, Ardith, and Blossom, award-winning author Brandy Colbert tells an unforgettable story set in an America where everything is personal, and nothing is private.

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Hoodoo Veneration Days in March 2023

The 2023 Hoodoo's Calendar recognizes these Hoodoo Saints & Elevated Ancestors on the following dates in the Month of March:

3/7 Morris Slater aka Railroad Bill (D-Day)

Offering Suggestions to Brother Slater: corn liquor, bread, & his Blue's song

3/10 Harriet Ross Tubman aka Black Moses (D-Day)

Offering Suggestions to Mama Harriet Tubman: milk, apples, & orange flowers

3/11 Venerable Henriette Delille (B-Day)

Offering Suggestions to Venerable Sister Henriette Delille: catholic bible, recite her prayer, & red wine

3/12 Virginia Hamilton (B-Day)

Offering Suggestions to Sister Virginia Hamilton: read/share her work, nightclub tunes from the 50s, & water libations

3/19 The Tuskegee Airman is Founded

Offering Suggestions to the Tuskegee Airmen: reflect on their service via movies/books dedicated to them, do a flyover in their honor (for pilots), & pour libations of water

3/20 Rosetta Tharpe (B-Day)

Offering Suggestions to Auntie Rosetta Tharpe: play/share her music (delta blues/jazz/gospel), a COGIC bible, &  whiskey/gin

3/21 Son House (B-Day)

Offering Suggestions to Brother Son House: play/share his music (Mississippi delta blues), Baptist bible, & libations of water

3/24 Dorothy Height (B-Day) & John Mason Brewer (B-Day)

Offering Suggestions to Sister Dorothy Height: purple flowers, Baptist bible & libations of water

Offering Suggestions to Brother John Mason Brewer: read/share his work & libations of water

On the birthdays/death days of Elevated Ancestors and Hoodoo Saints, consider pouring libations or researching their stories as a way of venerating them. Lift them up in prayer. Share their story. Do for them what you would want the living collective of Hoodoos to do for you.

🌟 FINAL copies of The2023 Hoodoo's Calendar are available for purchase (once sold out, that's it)! Subscribe to the official e-newsletter for the latest updates & exclusive content access. https://thehoodoocalendar.square.site 🌟  

[conjuremanj]

How To Traditionally Use Magical Baths.

This photo is from Aura Laforest book though it was cool

After my last post on how to use floor wash in southern hoodoo I doing this on the use of spiritual baths.

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Magical Baths are one of the simplest and most effective ways of purifying ones self.

Magical Baths was one of the earliest lessons I was tough.

In the tradition of using herbs for cleansing and bathing is an old practice rooted in African religious traditions, Judeo-Christian tradition paganism and all other religions. Even Psalm 51:7 reads: "Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." and the tradition of using hyssop in cleansing baths persists to this day. In fact it is one of the required ingredients in any uncrossing bath.

How to Bathe. In southern hoodoo baths are not relaxing in a tubs full of flower petals and perfumes that you sit and soak in. Remember this isn't a spa day.😁

They are a series of herbs and minerals that are infused and dumped over the head quickly. Think of it like a baptism of the head or a foot wash in Christianity. Dumping water over your head versus slipping into a warm comfortable bath. It shocks your system and instantly changes your energies vibrations. (Remember what I said in my post on rattles and instruments. The vibrations. And how important & powerful it is.)( See post on rattles)

Baths are typically done in the following manner:

Set up two white candles burning on either side of your tub such that you'll have to pass through them as you step out of the tub. (Don't need to anoint the candles)

2. Heat up some water and allow your herbs to steep until they have transfered their essence and aroma to the water (as strong tea-like infusion is perfect) - strain the herbs out of the liquid. (Don't touch herbs to skin in case If Irritation)

3. Fill a big basin/ bowl with bath-temperature water or tub and add your herbal infusion to it (diluting it) Disrobe and take your basin into the bathroom.

4. Stand in the bath between the two lit candles and dump the bath over your body* use your bowl to capture some bathwater or useing a plug in the tub.

5. Pray a psalm that is appropriate for your situation.

6. Air dry.

7. Dress in clean clothes.

8. Take up some of the captured bathwater outdoors and toss in the street of ground drain the rest.

Direction Of Pouring: You would pour the bath over your body starting at your head then moving upward toward your feet.

If you are eliminating something (like taking a curse off of you, performing an uncrossing or reversing something back at an enemy) you would pour the bath over your body starting at the head and working your way downward...

Psalm: Typically Psalm 23 is prayed while performing any type of bath, but there are others you can use according to your needs. Like I stated use your own If preferred.

Tossing out the Bath Water: toss the water it the street is fine. Keep it simple this is not TV don't need to over complicated.

let me know how it worked out.

That's it Happy Bathing.

[psychooochic]

BEWITCINGBEE’S POTIONS:

Follow Me Boy! Love potion *(simplified version)

Combine the following for seduction and romance:

Orris Root

Dried catnip

Dried Sweet Flag/ Calamus (this ingredient is essential)

Licorice (a significant seduction spell catalyst)

Dried Damiana (Also known as T. Aphrodisiac)

Dried Jasmine Flowers

Powder and mix the ingredients together. Sprinkle on lit charcoals and let the smoke permeate your clothing. Or, add the powdered herbs to sweet almond oil. Add a couple of drops of essential Neroli oil. Wear as a perfume or use in bath. Be careful- men will be drawn to you like crazy.

Warning: this is considered a commanding spell. Be careful who you wish for.

Conjure Oil:

Mix together the following proportions

1/3 part Frankincense

1/3 part Sandalwood

1/3 part Lotus

This formula comes from "The Enchanted Formulary" by Lady Rhea & Eve LeFey.

According to the authors, this oil works like "a genie in a bottle" to manifest anything you need into reality. They also state that "creative visualization is necessary to any spell work when using this formula".

High Priestess Initiation Oil:

Combine the following:

Gardenia oil 1/4

Lotus oil 1/4

Narcissus oil 1/4

Ylang Ylang oil 1/4

Add 1 drop of Camphor

This formula comes from the "Enchanted Formulary" by Lady Rhea & Eve LeFay.

This oil is specifically for the special initiation of a 3rd degree priestess in the Wiccan Tradition. The High Priestess or her whole coven can use it as sacred anointing oil for circle.

*This oil blend is also used for astral projection and the development of your psychic abilities.

Ritual Purification Bath

4 parts Lavender

2 parts Hyssop

4 parts Rosemary

1 part Mint

3 parts Thyme

1 part Vervain

3 parts Basil

1 pinch Valerian Root

2 parts Fennel

This is an herbal bath taken from Incense, Oils, & Brews by Scott Cunningham. Cunningham states that this recipe was adapted from The Key of Solomon and is ideal for use before all types of magical rituals, or when you simply wish to feel clean & free of impurities.

*WARNING if you add more than a pinch of Valerian Root, you'll be sorry because it smells BAD.

Fast Luck Oil

Cinnamon oil 3 drops

Wintergreen oil 20 drops

Vanilla oil 20 drops

Combine in a carrier oil base such as sweet almond or jojoba.

The above were given as the major ingredients in Fast Luck oil formula by Zora Neale Hurston in her 1935 book- "Mules and Men". This infamous book details the New Orleans hoodoo practices of the 1920's & 30's.

Gypsy Magick Oil

3 drops of Peppermint oil

3 drops of Thyme oil

Add these to one tsp of Borage Seed oil.

This formula appears in Gerina Dunwich's book: "Magick Potions." Dunwich states to use this oil to anoint your third eye chakra prior to scrying, Tarot card reading, or using any other divinatory method.

[seaside-apothecary]

Sources

Hello, I’ve been compiling my sources for you to look at and use and read and cross reference. It will take a while to get every single one on here, and I will update it with a group of books at a time. But, these are the sources I use the most and reference back to all the time and are a staple to understanding my craft specifically. I will link physical books, scholarly articles (free of course), ebooks, blogs, videos, and research websites I use. This will be linked on all of my posts as a citation page basically. I’ve included links along with ratings and small things I think are important about the source, and if I would recommend it for beginners. Enjoy, and hopefully you will find something that you connect with or help you with learning or freshening up on topics. Thank you!

Books

Herbal:

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs, Scott Cunningham (9/10, I love this book to quickly find the herb I need, it in alphabetical order, has sections in the back the categorize herbs by mascualine vs feminine, by planet, and by property. Beginner recommendation. A free version can be found of pdf drive as well, make sure to use a vpn)

The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential oils, and More, Arin Murphy-Hiscock (8/10, has lots of great ways to connect to nature and correspondences, however does use language like smudge and other American indigenous focused language and herbs. Beginner recommendation)

Protection:

Protection & Reversal Magick: A Witch’s Defense Manuel, Jason Miller (10/10, I love this book it has a lot of great tips for protection magic and items that have been used for protection. Beginner recommendation. A free version can be found on pdf drive, make sure to use a vpn)

The Witch’s Shield: Protection Magick and Psychic Self-Defense, Christopher Penczak (8/10, references Italian folk magic, I am not Italian and do not practice Italian folk magic so I can not comment on that part, but outside of that has some good tips)

Spiritual Cleansing: Handbook of Psychic Protection, Draja Mickaharic (8/10, great for beginners and those new to cleansing techniques. Beginner recommendation)

Love:

Love Spells: A Handbook of Magic, Charms, and Potions, Anastasia Greywolf (8/10, mentions smudging something that is a closed practice by indigenous practitioners, has lots of love spells both for beginners and more advanced practitioners. Semi beginner friendly)

Websites

Protection:

Videos

Protection:

Protection Magick, The Witch of Wonderlust (9/10, great for understanding and watching someone do protection magic, has book recommendations. Beginner recommendation)

PROTECTION MAGICK 101 || An intro to Protection Magick for beginners, The Norse Witch (9/10 a pretty lengthy video about protection magic, has a nice section going over the basics of protection magic, ideas and inspirations. Beginner recommendation)

HOW TO CAST A CIRCLE // Protection Magick, Ella Harrison ( 10/10, They physically show you how to cast a circle and what it is used for, Beginner Wiccan recommendation)

Protection & Defense Magick, The Glamour Witch (10/10, great entry into protection magic talks about curses, hexes, etc. They do talk about hoodoo, which I am not able to speak on, but gives ideas for beginner Christian witches, Beginner recommendation)

[neptunes-sol-angel]

One of the most frustrating messages that I get in my own readings, is about me having spiritual inheritance that I don't know how to tap into.

Because I know it's hoodoo, but I'm too stubborn to believe that knowledge is easily accessible by just reading a book. I thought I would channel this information from my ancestors through my dreams since that's the most effective way that I get messages from my spiritual team, but it's been nothing, and it almost makes me not want to believe that it's even in my blood or if it's my calling.

But these past few days, I've noticed how it really could be a lost gift. She's a religious woman, who would probably cuss me out for even stating this, but my grandma definitely has to be the first "witch" that I've ever met.

How she works in the kitchen, would be the obvious thing to notice about her, but also in the ingredients that she chooses to store, the secrets that she has with recipes and life remedy hacks. She's a green-thumb too, loves flowers, and knows how to take care of them, as well as which flowers will make the exterior and interior of her home look good. Lastly, the first woman to introduce me to glamour magic, her indulgence in different perfumes, and the allure behind red nails and lipstick.

She's very "witchy", and it was never a bad thing. She always knew how to make things work, in her own image.

And it reminds me of how I'm an unconscious learner of the occult. I learn and exhibit the most success with crafting intuitively. Maybe I learn by just doing, not with complete ignorance though, but just starting off with the basics and adding what's more personal to me.

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First thoughts on The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries for @spirit-feminist-bookclub (join us!!)

I’ve only read the introductions so far.  I have the 20th anniversary edition so I’m not sure what’s new and what’s not (they aren’t dated).

Firstly I was struck by Z’s accounting of the women who helped create this book.  Radical feminism was so different then - women renaming themselves (Lhyv Oakwomon, Helen Beardwoman) - women focusing on lifting each other up - women united in the basic principles of feminism and united on how to start to change the world.  I wish I were alive for that.  I need to find community like that now.

Secondly I was struck by her explanation of what her view of witchcraft is.  I don’t jive with modern ‘tiktok’ feminism - I agree that this is not a ‘curious pastime’, it’s not ‘a highly ceremonious pageantry’ with tools and rules.  It’s not about ‘degrees’.  I was introduced to witchcraft - and truthfully I don’t use that word, although maybe with Z’s urging I will - by going to a spiritualist store in a town I was living in in the Midwest.  An old white man read my cards and set some candles for me and made me a mojo bag and gave me a reiki blessing and I slept soundly for the first time in months.  I’ve come to learn that much of what he was doing was based in African-American Hoodoo, and I’ve also learned about the tenuousness of white people claiming that tradition (which is something for a whole different post), but that’s where my spirituality began.  I’ve made sugar jars that attracted lovers.  I light candles and put out bowls of water with flowers floating in them.  I’ve made break-up jars.  I show my vulva to the Moon.  I’ve hot-footed a coworker.  These aren’t things most people understand.  And they’re not things that I have a written spell book for - of course I had to learn these practices from somewhere, but it’s been an eclectic gathering.  Emoji spells, written spell-poems, athanes - they just aren’t me.

Thirdly is a little more political so I am going to put it in a separate post.

I’m hoping that this book is more on the eclectic side (and it seems like it will be!) and even if not, I’m looking forward to reading this with all of you!  I’ll probably end up copy-pasting chunks of these posts into the big discussion posts, but I want to type as I go and I welcome any sort of direct discussion as well!

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The hoodoo tradition of the American South is another that works with plant energy while often not requiring a patient to 'take' a medicine to experience healing.The word 'hoodoo' has African origins, and is used to describe various forms of magic, folk healing, and 'hexing', using roots and herbs. Nowadays, the hoodoo practitioner is often referred to as 'root doctor' or 'juju man'. These quaint terms belie the power of the tradition, however, because in Africa, these practitioners were priests (botonons) and sorcerers (azondoto), who were rightly feared and respected for their herbal expertise and knowledge of the spirits and bochio, or soul.When these priests arrived in America as slaves, they brought their knowledge with them, but the unavailability of some plants meant they had to adopt Native American and even European plant allies and practices in their work. Within modern hoodoo, we therefore see the fusion of many plant magic strands.One of the best-known forms of this magic is the 'mojo bag' - a bundle of plants and consecrated items made to bring luck and protection or to ward off negativity. These are not so different to the offerenda packages, created by Andean shamans as a call to spirits who direct their healing energies towards the person who makes the offering. The word mojo comes from the West African mojuba ("prayer") - a method of directing spiritual energies to similar effect.To look at, a mojo is a flannel bag containing magical items, which is usually carried on the person, tucked away out of sight, and often worn next to the skin. If the mojo is intended to protect a property rather than a person, it may also be hidden near the front door. In either case, it is important that no-one sees or touches the bag apart from the person who owns it, or its magic may be lost.The contents of the bag vary according to its purpose, but typically there are at least three magical objects, whether roots, leaves, feathers, crystals, stones, snake vertebrae, lodestones, metal charms, or papers on which sigils have been drawn or wishes written. Sometimes there are more than three, in combinations that always add up to an odd number.The reason odd numbers are used differs according to who you ask, but a popular idea is that the universe operates on odd numbers in order to 'keep things moving'. Three, for example, wants to 'tumble into' four, whereas four is 'solid' and fixed rather than flowing. To 'get energy moving' to the benefit of a client, therefore, or to undo a run of bad luck which seems 'never-ending', an odd number is used to signal to the universe that now it is time for a change.The Jungian psychoanalyst, Marie-Louise Von Franz, also discusses this in her book, The Interpretation of Fairy Tales. Quoting Jung, she remarks that: "three is generally connected with the flow of movement... for movement you need two poles and the exchange of energy between them - for instance, the positive and negative electric pole and the current which equalizes the tension".For financial success, for example, an old mojo trick is to wrap High John the Conqueror root in a dollar bill and add frankincense and a little sugar, then tie them all in a green bag. Here, five elements are used: the root, the dollar bill, the frankincense, the sugar, and the bag itself. The symbolism behind these items works in accordance with the plant spirit principle that like attracts like. High John is used to 'conquer' money problems; the higher the denomination, the more money will be drawn to the magician or his client. The bag is green because this is the colour of money ('greenbacks'), and sugar 'sweetens the pot'.For a peaceful home, angelica root, olive leaves, rosebuds, lavender flowers, lemon balm and basil leaves are tied into a blue bag (for harmony) along with a few intertwined hairs from all family members. Again we see the doctrine of signatures at play in the choice of angelica ('angel root') and balm for spiritual harmony and the leaves of an olive branch for peace.

One more unusual mojo trick is for invisibility. This requires poppy seeds and dried fern leaves to be ground together "beneath a dark moon". To this are added myrrh, marjoram, slippery elm, and fresh dill, mixed with spring water and almond oil. When it is dry, the mixture can be added to a mojo bag or sprinkled over objects to conceal them from others. The magic in a spell like this, as curandera Doris Rivera Lenz says of her own work, may be to give a client the self-belief that she will not attract attention to herself, so she can navigate her difficulties with more self-confidence, 'knowing' that she is unseen. The change, in other words, is to the client and not the external world.Once it is prepared, a mojo bag is purified in incense and its spirit 'fed' with rum or whisky and with Florida Water. Body fluids may also be used, especially if the charm is to influence another. To make a person fall in love with you, for example, it is useful to have a little of her sweat, urine, or saliva to dab onto the bag (other personal items - the closer to her DNA as possible, such as hair or nail clippings - may also be added to the bag itself).A mojo bag can also be used for divining (as we understand it in the West) by attaching it to a string and using it like a pendulum. By asking the spirit of the charm to show you 'yes' (often by spinning clockwise) and 'no' (often by rocking backwards and forwards), you have a spiritual device for answers to simple questions.For more complex questions (for example, 'How do I make the man I desire fall in love with me?') it is better to write out the letters of the alphabet and let the pendulum spell out the answer by gravitating to each in turn. Source by Ross Heaven

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📚Bibliomancy & Brujeria📖 📷: @callistojewelry

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As we continue to celebrate Black witches for #blackspeculativefiction month, today we celebrate and highlight @kalynnbayron and her character from her book, "This Poison Heart". Here's a quick synopis from the publisher: When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents hope that surrounded by plants and flowers, she will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they never expected―it comes with a mysterious set of instructions, a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world, and generations of secrets. There is more to Bri’s sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it. #blackwitches #blackwitchesofinstagram #blackwitchery #voodoo #voodoodoll #hoodoo #hoodoospells #hoodoopractitioner #magicalrealism #blackscifi #afrofuturism #afroanime #witchesofig #witchcore #octoberartchallenge #witchybooks #wellreadblackgirl #blackgirlsread #blackgirlsreadtoo #conjure #conjurewoman #rootdoctor #conjuring #africanspirituality #hoodooheritagemonth #hoodoospells #ancestral https://www.instagram.com/p/CU78WMNlKWB/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Buying Your Graveyard Dirt.

O, yeah, Graveyard Dirt ... the magical ingredient that so many authors of modern "magic" books might get wrong. Graveyard Dirt is, plain and simply, dirt that is bought from a grave to be used in magical workings with the the assistance and the power of a spirit/spirits in whatever magical working you are doing.

Some authors have claimed that graveyard dirt is either ground patchouli or ground up mullein. This is false based on their own European magico-cultural systems.

Graveyard Dirt is used in hance everything from Love Spells to Crossings. You can sprinkle a mixture of graveyard dirt, sulfur and red pepper in someone's tracks to curse them. You can sprinkle a little graveyard dirt (obtained from the grave of someone who loved you) on someone's hair to make them fall in love with you. You can add graveyard dirt to mojo bags to gain the assistance of a spirit in accomplishing your goal.

But Whose Graveyard Dirt Do You Use?Picking the right grave is important, because you want to choose the right spirit for the right job. Some say to use the graveyard dirt of a very young child because they are easily manipulated to do your bidding like a grave from a soldier. That's writing on Lucky Mojo site. But I'm here to tell you NO real root worker is using kids. Let them rest...

But the important thing to remember is your magical goal and how to accomplish it correctly. You don't want a soldier working to get you your perfect mate or lover. Just as you wouldn't want to have the spirit of your mom to help curse someone.

Consider These Examples:

Using the graveyard dirt of a lawyer to win a Court Case.

Using the graveyard dirt of a detective or police officer to expose and put away a rapist.

Using the graveyard dirt of a dock worker to get steady employment

Using your grandma's graveyard dirt to get your perfect mate or lover.

Using graveyard dirt from a doctor to help you overcome illness.

This type of dirt from these human spirits will in hance your work but find the right spirit.

How to obtain Graveyard Dirt:

Graveyard Dirt must be purchased. (not just dug up any were in the graveyard) It is obtained through a contract. This contact is to in list the help from the spirit of the person that was buried there. There are a few techniques for buying graveyard dirt as there are ways of using it, but I will give my own two versions.

Supplies Needed:

A trowel.

A plastic bag.

A small bottle of whiskey (like the kind they give out on airplanes)

A mercury dime (any silver coin) 9 dimes. 9. pennies.

Flowers.

A candle and some way to light it.

A label or piece of paper and a pen to write with.

Process: For Obtaining The Dirt:

Some like going to a cemetery to get graveyard dirt on the dark moon, it's not traditional for African Diasporic religion or practices like Voodooist and traditional Hoodoo Root Doctors to use Moon phases but again if fine if it works. Have all of your supplies in your plastic bag and the flowers in hand (so that folks think you are just going to visit a grave and clean it up.)

(Please remember to check your state law some can't go at night) As I reach the gates of the cemetery, I leave 9 pennies in honor of the spirit who owns and guards all cemeteries. (Some spirits don't want to move on and think there duty is to protect the graves.) Ask for ther permission and protection while I do my work and then I proceed in.

Finding the Live Grave: I would start in the center of the cemetery, walking on foot and hold the lit candle in my hand, talk to the spirits of the graveyard telling them the work you wish to accomplish whild asking who among them will assist me in my work. Then just wait for that sign like a tug or that would lead you in the right direction they will lead you toward the right grave.

When you get there, place the candle on the grave, sit and meditate/pray with that spirit for a while explaining your situation. Ask for their permission and assistance and if you get an yes, then begin to buy the dirt.

Buying the Graveyard Dirt: Take the dirt from the head of the grave. Others say to take dirt from from other spots. It personal preference.

Cut out a small plug in the dirt, dig down about 6 inches or so into the dirt. Then reach down grab the dirt and put it in the plastic bag. Drop the silver dime into the hole for payment. Thanking the spirit and saying "As I have paid you in silver, so shall you pay me in labor!" (Basically giving them a quick job)

Give them there offering if it's liquor, pour some into the hole, and put back the plug of sod to cover the hole.

Write down the name, birth and death dates that's on the gravestone on a piece of paper Then hold the bag of dirt in my hand and pray hard and loud for the spirit of the grave to come with me, that he has work to do, and that it is through his work that his spirit will be elevated and redeemed.

Leave the candle to burn on the headstone and place the flowers at the grave. (Check if the neighboring headstone is the individual's spouse and leave flowers there too). Leave the grave knowing that you have that spirit's assistance and his power in his grave's dirt.

Lay out the dirt on a piece of foil or towel and let it dry out for a few days. Once fully dry, sift through the dirt to remove any roots or rocks etc from the dirt and store the dirt back in the bag with the name, birth and death dates of the spirit on it.

Every time I use the dirt, I call the spirit by name This is powerful, old-time southern hoodoo, and voodoo to ask, receive and get help and dirt for your working. Don't command the spirit you don't control them. (Please don't disrespect the graves and the graveyard)

One last thing.....

Just to clarify, Hoodoo is based in African American folk lore, not Northern folklore. It is traditional in hoodoo and Vodou to buy graveyard dirt with a coin and whiskey. It is not traditional to leave food offerings if your buying.

As for substituting plants, that I keep hearing that is also not traditional hoodoo. Plants have spirits that are unique and different.

I do not recommend substituting plants without some knowledge good research of their uses.

I also have read the Lucky Mojo site on Vandal root useing it with graveyard Dirt in love spells. l will say this Vandal Root is a cursing herb. It is not a protective herb, and it is Certainly NOT used to ward off evil.

In fact it is used in Black Arts oil and Crossing Powder. So you can substitute with other herbs that do similar things like Devil's Dung or Mullein, but don't please make the mistake of thinking for a second that Barberry, Broom, Butterfly Bush, Devil's Pod, or Knot Weed do the same thing because they don't. Those ARE protective herbs, but Vandal Root is NOT a protective herb.

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TOP 12 PORTRAYALS OF RAPUNZEL

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Rapunzel, Rapunzel: lay down your hair so i can climb the golden stair! 

These are the words to call the lady named after a vegetable, so one can climb her hair and visit the tower where she is kept prisoner. At the same time that she is known for her exotic name and very long hair, personality wise Rapunzel tends to get very underestimated. Some adaptations gaved her a pretty passive role, and pop culture parodies would usually paint her as “just a girl who cries for the Prince to save her”, downplaying the inteligence and resilience to adapt into harsh situations that she showed in the original Brothers Grimm’s tale. So today, i will share my twelve favorite portrayals of the long haired heroine, that showed respect to her, gaved her carisma and made justice to her strenghts.

12º The version from ‘The Story of Rapunzel’ (1951)

At the start of his career as a stop motion animator, Ray Harryhausen made, with the collaboration of his relatives, a series of shorts based on fairy tales. Those shorts were ‘The Mother Goose Stories’, ‘The Tortoise and The Hare’, ‘The Story of Rapunzel’, ‘The Story of Hansel and Gretel’, ‘The Story of Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘The Story of King Midas’ (when this tale started to be taken out of greek mythology and be perceived as a medieval fairy tale in the public conscience), where the characters were silent and the voice was given to a narrator. This encarnation of Rapunzel is more on the naive and passive spectrum, but i like her design and the fact she is animated in stop motion, plus the short is historically significant for being one of the early atempts to adapt her tale , and that’s why she has a place on this ranking.

11º The version from Simsala Grimm (1999)

In this german-french, two plushies, Yoyo and Doc Croc, receive life from a magic book to have adventures inside the Brother’s Grimm tales. They go to the tale of Rapunzel and help her and Prince Egmond get together. This encarnation of Rapunzel is kept as both prisoner and apprentice of Frau Gothel, who wants to turn the young woman into a mean spirited sorceress like her. But Rapunzel can only make spells that create pretty and merry things, like squirrels and birds. It’s a nice touch of humour, and that grants her the Eleventh Place at this ranking.

10º Mackenzie Mauzy in Disney’s Into the Woods (2014)

This movie as a whole is a weak adaptation of the now classic Broadway stage musical. But it had some enjoyable elements, one of them being Mackenzie Mauzy’s performance as Rapunzel. Mauzy has a short time on screen, but in that short time she brings beauty, grace, melancholy and anger to the role, and this makes it stand out enough to be the Tenth Place in this ranking.

09º Linda Purl in Timeless Tales from Hallmark (1990-91)

Timeless Tales from Hallmark was a direct to video series that had a live action hosted by Olivia Newton John and animated segments showing the fairy tale of the day, animated by the Hannah-Barbera studio. Purl’s Rapunzel is the romantic dreamer archetype, who sings her wish to be free. She has two encounters with the Prince before getting caught by the Witch Scarlotta, having her hair cutted and exiled to the distant woods. She reunites with the Prince, who has been turned into a blue bird (i see what you did there, screenwriters), and breaks the spell over him with her tears. She should smell more onions to cry and bottle those tears, that can be very usefull.

08º Tisha Campbell in Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)

In the bayous of Louisiana, Rapunzel is taken from her parents by Zenobia the Hoodoo Diva (played by Whoopi Goldberg, by the way), who seeks to make her a protege and shows her such neat tricks as voodoo dolls and shrinking her head down. Rapunzel is reluctant to do this when she sees Zenobia is hurting innocent creatures. Rapunzel soon attracts a handsome Creole prince, who must rescue Rapunzel and reunite her with her parents, but Zenobia seeks to thwart the interloper. One of the first african-american portrayals, this kind yet rebellious encarnation is a refreshing take on the character, and that is why she takes the Eight Place here.

07º Mandy Moore in Disney’s Tangled (2010)

After her mother dranked a tea made of a magical flower, Rapunzel was born with a magical hair that is able to heal any desease and rejuvenate anyone who touches it. Because of that, she was kidnapped and emprisoned in a Tower by Gothel, who raises Rapunzel to be insecure and afrayed of the outside world. But her curiosity is more powerfull, and with the guidance of a thief named Flinn Rider, the young lady escapes the Tower and goes on a journey to discover both what is scary and what is beautifull on the outside world with her own eyes, along the way captivating people with her merry and spontaneous personality, wich gives her the Seventh Place on this list.

06º Pamela Winslow Kashani in American Playhouse: Into the Woods (1991)

The lady who originated the role in the Broadway stage musical. Like Mackenzie Mauzy, Pamela Winslow Kashani brings the beauty, the grance, the melancholy and the anger to the role, but with an extra touch of energetic humour, taking advantage of the fact that she is in a stage show and getting intense as possible. That humour in the First Act  is what makes her PTSD and tragic death in the Second Act all the more heartbreaking. Plus, she probably has the most beautifull singing voice ever gaved to a Rapunzel encarnation, and sometimes that is enough to earn a place in my rankings.

05º Mitsuko Horie/Lara Cody in Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics (1988-89)

This encarnation has a tragic backstory, having been forgotten by her parents after they received a memory spell from the Witch and they had three more kids after her. She is raised in the Tower as the Witch’s granddaughter, and develops a great talent to play the harp. Is the sound of that harp that attracts the atention of the Prince, who comes to the tower and conquers Rapunzel’s love. Sadly, when they are making plans on how to take her away from the Tower, the Witch sees the Prince climbing down, so she cuts Rapunzel’s hair and beats her till unconsciousness before exiling the poor young woman in the desert, where she learns to survive while raising the son that she conceived with the Prince, who searches for Rapunzel despite being blinded by thorns.

04º Luisa Wietzorek in Sechs Auf Einen Streich (2009)

This adaptation gives some interesting touches to Rapunzel’s story and character: until age 12, she lived a nomadic life, travelling in Gothel’s donkey pulled cart. But one day Gothel spots Rapunzel talking with a young boy, and decides to lock her in the Tower, where there is a magic golden haircomb that makes Rapunzel’s hair grow to be used as a ladder by her adoptive mother. Years pass, and the destiny brings the Prince, who was the young boy of the pass, to the Tower where the now grown up Rapunzel lives, and she has to face a dilema: continuing to live in the Tower, that brings the feel of comfort and safety, or taking risks and running away to freedom with the Prince she fell in love with.

03º Kelly Sheridan in Barbie as Rapunzel (2002)

This was my first animated adaptation of the fairy tale, and still is my favorite. In this movie, while giving some painting lessons to her little sister, Barbie tells a version of the Rapunzel story to encourage her creativity: kidnapped as a baby by the Witch Gothel, Rapunzel was raised as a house maid, receiving constant verbal mistreatments. But, thanks to her friendship with a rabbit named Hobie and a dragon cub (who still needs to learn how to fly) called Penelope, and her love of painting, the young long haired lady never lets her spirit be broken, always dreaming of someday go to live free in a castle by the sea. One night, she is surprised to find a haircomb that turns into a magic paint brush, wich can make a portal where she can escape and explore the ouside world, and in her first journey, she meets and falls in love with the dashing Prince Stefan, while asking him to not his name to her, because she is afrayed of being forced to tell it to Gothel. And she doesn’t stay long, because she fears that Gothel will get revenge on Hugo, Penelope’s father, for her escape. Talk about having a great sense of altruism, who wouldn’t want to have this lady as their best friend?!

02º Sylvia Wolff  in Rapunzel oder Der Zauber der Tränen (1988)

This german TV Movie combines the tale of Rapunzel with another, more obscure tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, called Maid Maleen. In this version, Rapunzel growed up very acustomed to the comfort and rich life provided by the Old Witch, using a magic reel to roll her hair in and make it grow to be used as a latter. Even tough she is in love with Prince Mathias, she is afrayed of going to the outside world. Later, not being enough that the Old Witch discovers her secret, cuts of her hair and blinds Prince Mathias, the King, after learning the existence of a maiden in the tower who becamed the love of his son, orders his troops to search the tower and seal its window, because he wants Mathias to marry another neighbour princess he arranged for him! Fortunally one of the soldiers takes enough pity to let a loose brick so Rapunzel can breath. She tries to use the point reel to scratch the clay that glues the bricks, and after cutting herself in the reel and crying over it, the reel regains magic, floating, opening the bricks, helping her to escape  to the outside world and search for her beloved Mathias...

And my Number One favorite portrayal of Rapunzel is:

01º Shelley Duvall in Faerie Tale Theatre (1983)

There were some small changes made in some detailles of the story (radishes replacing rampion to be more familiar with international, non german audiences,  insinuation that the Peasants Wife’s craving of the vegetal was a spell purposefully cast by the Witch, Rapunzel being traped in the Tower at adulthood instead of age twelve and a talking parrot/macaw that tells the Witch of the Prince’s visits), but as a whole, this is probably the most faithfull adaptation of the Brothers Grimm tale, and is all the more benefited for it, specially Rapunzel’s character, portrayed by the shows herself, Shelley Duvall. Duvall presented a very sincere passion for the source material, and in her performance, she showed a deep understanding of Rapunzel’s character and why she resonates with so many people: her rebeliousness, her curiosity, her romanticism, her inteligence, her quiet strenght, her resilience and her sense of hope, all of those qualities that the Grimm’s described in their heroine, are all there! When i watch this episode of Faerie Tale Theatre, i don’t see an actress playing a role, i see an icon of my childhood coming to life!

And that is why Shelley Duvall in Faerie Tale Theatre is whom i consider my definitive Rapunzel.

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Budget tip #1 - Herbs

Every time I go on Instagram, I wish to so badly spend all my pennies to get all the herbs in the world and store them in glass jars to get the best witchy vibe. Too bad this is reality and my rent is the price of a mortgage. Not too long ago I started thinking about using tea bags in my practice.

Of course I don’t use Lipton (because it’s complete trash) and they were or, are known for using fillers like grass clippings and had traces of pesticides in their products. Other brands that I haven’t read anything bad about is Bigelow or Yogi tea so those are my go to brands for buying tea. Most tea brands have a mix of tea flavors like Bigelow’s new brand of tea called Stay well. The herbs used to make this tea is Lemon, Echinacea, Lemongrass, Rose Hips, and Elderflowers.

According to the Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs written by Scott Cunningham says this:

Echinacea - strengthens spells and is used as an offering to the spirits by the Native Americans.

Elderflowers or Elder - is used for protection, healing, prosperity, and exorcism. (Tip: if you can find the flower itself it can ward off any attack, of any kind).

Lemon - longevity, love, friendship, purification

Lemongrass - repels snakes, lust, psychic powers

Rose hip (the book just has rose so I’ll use it for this one) - Love, Psychic Powers, Healing, Love Divination, Luck, Protection

So if I wanted to do a spell that involves purifying my psychic abilities, Enchinacea will strengthen my spell, Elder will protect it from any harm, and lemon will purify my spell so I get the most out of it. I’m pretty sure that this is a form of water magick as well because your using water and infusing it with the leaves.

As your stirring, make sure to say your chant 3 times; clockwise for prosperity, counter clockwise for banishment, and pentacles for general enchantment. The best part about this is it’s simple ingredients, only spent about $5 the most, and you’ll have everything you need. Even though I don’t practice hoodoo or voodoo, I love that the practices go off of using what you have.

If you wanted to use the tea bag for candle magick, just cut the bag open, cleanse the candle with an oil such as grapeseed oil or any other carrier oil but only if the candle isn’t in a glass. If the candle is in a glass then cleanse with Florida water and either sprinkle the tea around the candle or on the candle and that’s it. Tea brands make a lot of different varieties like the calm stomach, refresh, and radiant blueberry to name a few. Even something as simple as green tea can be used for just about any spell.

Green tea is made from a plant called Camellia and it’s magickal properties are for riches which can be added to enhance anything that you’re doing. Next time you’re in need of some herbs but can’t afford to buy everything all at once, just use some tea leaves and look up their properties in the Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs.