#witchy tip

[coinandcandle]

Whether your practice itself is solitary or not, I still hold that it is so hugely important to incorporate discussion into your practice. Ask other people's opinions, if you disagree find out why rather than just "nah I don't like that answer." Maybe you didn't think about a topic before, or see it in a certain like previously, but someone happened to word it in a way that caused something to click within you.

Discussion, true discussion, not just disagreement or fighting, is a big part of growing in any aspect of your life, including magic!!

[modernwitchsguidetolife]

The less conflicting energy involved in any Spiritual or Magical Working the higher the chances of its success. Don’t let people who don’t really care about what you want meddle with your energy & ability to manifest it. 🙏⛥🙊🕯🔮 🌛🌝🌜⚝

[tarotdeana]

Consejo de bruja

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[esoteric-chaos]

Impostor syndrome within the witchcraft community is something that needs to be spoken about more as a topic as a whole. Especially in a space where mental health is so vital as many of us struggle with it.

Not only amongst witchy creators but anyone who practices. Everyone’s voices matter, everyone has important information to teach and speak about.

Yeah maybe your altar isn’t as “pretty” as that Pinterest one but let’s be honest. Witchcraft is downright ugly looking sometimes. I know my spells aren’t aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. It gets the job done though!

Sure that one witchy creator might know a bunch but maybe you have a perspective they didn’t think about? Or maybe they aren’t as knowledgeable in your area that you focus on and that’s so cool! Something you can share with others and focus on (if you can share it).

Especially as a spoonie witch? Our crafts can look so different from those with higher energy or able bodies. Please don’t beat yourself up if you can’t do a daily practice. You’re still a practitioner no matter what.

There’s so many different perspectives to look at. You matter, your voice matters and so does your experiences. Please don’t feel dejected by what you see online. People love and appreciate what you put out there. What should matter is how important your craft is to you and that it’s so uniquely you. Nobody can take that from you.

[moneypie91]

Tech/City Witch Things:

*Fashion as a glamour, for protection

*Accessories for protection and manifestation

*Perfume for glamour, protection and adundance

*Lip balm/stick/gloss to give your words power

*Eye makeup to help see what is not seen

*Music to help ground and center

*Gaming dedication to Gods, Spirits, Fae, Ancestors, etc.

[yourfavoritewitchbitch]

Fun fact: Cats are basically walking crystals. They purr at a healing frequency. ❤️

awwww

[glitterandwitchcraft]

Some little things I've learned over a decade of witchcraft:

If you are feel called to work but are tired/drained, sit outside. Take in all the energies around you. Nature can help charge you

Every witch does a little bit of a bunch of types of magic but sticks mainly to one or two in general. You usually won't be eclectic forever. You'll find what magics work best with you.

Never be lazy or cut corners with spirits. Always be respectful and always tell them to leave when you're done

When you see a plant or ingredient with a long list of properties, there are different things at play. Season of collection, the part of the plant, the health of the plant, etc all play a role in impacting which properties it will carry.

Don't call on spirits unless you have confidence and control

Be careful with sea/water magic. Get into it gently and slowly until you have the energy figured out because it can get out of hand quickly.

Adding a little pinch of magic into your breakfast can make a major difference in your day.

Your personal emotions/feelings over something will impact a work

Planting some plants is good, not only to have a garden, but the dirt helps cleanse you too. Get all dirty and muddy. It's good for ya

Not all trees are nice

The more you listen to your intuition, the easier it will be to tell it apart from your anxieties and worries

Incense is very easy to make which is why it's usually cheap to buy. But you can find a million tutorials online on how to make your own personal incense which is great if you want a spell to take effect over a while but also want to infuse the fire energy in it.

The more you work with something the better feel you get for it. Cinnamon goes in almost everything i cook and most of my spells because me and cinnamon just get right along

Your path is yours and no one else's. It will look like yours and no one else's

[fairy-magick]

[witchwitchyway]

Go hiking. Fake your death. Become one with the forest. Elevate to forest god. The simple things.

[wizardsaur]

This is your friendly reminder that herbs aren't inherently safe.

Natural doesn't mean Safe.

Lightning is natural. Opium, therefore heroin and opiate drugs are derived from poppies. Cinnamon oil will burn your skin. Lilies are toxic to cats and will cause organ failure. Activated charcoal will neutralize your prescription medications and literally anything else in your system. St. John's Wort will destroy your serotonin production and mess with your happiness threshold if it DOESNT KILL YOU FIRST.

So anyway.

Do some damn good research every time you go to eat, breathe, bring around your pets, bathe in, or smoke something. Be safe please.

[dionysianivy]

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What is Beltane?

Beltane is a fire festival celebrated on the night of April 30th into May 1st in the Northern Hemisphere, and around October 31st into November 1st in the Southern Hemisphere. It marks the midpoint between the spring equinox and the summer solstice, honoring fertility, passion, and the sacred union between the divine feminine and masculine. Traditionally, it signals the beginning of the light half of the year, a time of growth, abundance, warmth, and blooming life. Beltane celebrates freedom, love, lust, creativity, and the return of life to the natural world, bringing with it new, flourishing beginnings. May 1st is a day of joy and play. After a harsh winter, it becomes a celebration of renewal, of aliveness, and of nature’s wild rebirth.

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The History of Beltane

The name Beltane comes from Old Irish Beltene, meaning "bright fire" or "The fires of Bel". Some people link it to the Celtic god Belenus, a solar and healing deity, while others have drawn comparisons to Baal, a fertility god, though that idea is debated and not widely accepted.

Historically, Beltane was celebrated in Celtic regions, most notably Ireland and Scotland, as a pastoral festival. Bonfires were lit on hilltops, and cattle were driven between two of them to protect them from disease and ensure fertility. People would jump over the flames, not just for luck, but as a way to connect with sacred fire and invoke fertility, health, and courage for the coming summer season.

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Beltane and the Fairy Realm

Beltane is a liminal time, one of the two key points in the year (along with Samhain) when the veil between our world and the Otherworld grows thin. While Samhain leans into the realm of spirits and ancestors, Beltane belongs to the fae.

It is said that on the eve of Beltane, the Fair Folk wander freely, drawn to laughter, music, and offerings left with care. In many old traditions, people avoided disturbing fairy mounds or sacred groves during this time, choosing instead to leave gifts like milk, honey, or sweet bread beneath hawthorn trees. These offerings were meant to honor the fae, invite blessings, and protect against mischief.

Wearing a crown of bluebells on Beltane Eve is said to help one see the faeries, as bluebells are sacred to them. A ring of blooming bluebells is also believed to be a favorite gathering spot for garden faeries.

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Beltane and the Hawthorn Tree

Few trees are more sacred to Beltane than the hawthorn. Often called the “fairy tree” in Irish and Scottish folklore, it is said to guard the entrances to the Otherworld. Blooming right around May 1st, its soft white-pink blossoms carry the energy of protection, love, and the unseen.

In Celtic tradition, hawthorn trees were deeply respected as portals to the realm of the fae. During Beltane, it was common to tie ribbons or small offerings to the branches while making heartfelt wishes, not demands, but gentle hopes whispered like prayers. Damaging or cutting a hawthorn tree, especially during this sacred time, was believed to bring terrible luck or stir the wrath of the Fair Folk.

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The Sacred Fire

Fire is the central symbol of Beltane. The festival’s original name literally refers to Bel’s fires, honoring the sun and invoking purification and fertility.

Traditionally, two large bonfires were lit at Beltane, and people, along with their animals, would walk, dance, or even leap between them for blessings, healing, and protection. In some regions, ashes from the sacred fire were scattered over fields to encourage fertility. Couples, especially newlyweds, often passed hand-in-hand through the smoke as a symbol of unity and renewal.

The fire wasn’t just a ritual, it was a living spirit. Lighting it the old way, through friction rather than matches or lighters, was seen as a sacred act, calling upon the raw elemental force of nature itself.

Even today, many Beltane celebrations honor this ancient custom through bonfires, candle magic, and fire rituals. You don’t need a blaze on a hilltop, even a single flame, lit with intention, can carry the sacred spark of Beltane into your home and heart. :D

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The Maypole

The maypole is one of the most central symbols of modern Beltane celebrations. Though it has roots in English May Day traditions, it’s been beautifully woven into Beltane for its rich symbolism of life, fertility, and union.

The tall, phallic pole rising from the earth represents the God, masculine energy, vitality, and the spark of creation. The colorful ribbons and flowers spiraling around it, often held by dancers weaving in circles, represent the Goddess, the womb, fertility, and abundant life. Together, they form a sacred spiral: a dance of harmony between the masculine and feminine, of earth and sky, movement and stillness.

As dancers move around the maypole, their steps create a living mandala, a spell in motion, tied with laughter and bright ribbons.

The dance itself is a celebration of harmony between forces, of weaving ourselves back into the rhythm of the land.

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Beltane x Handfasting

Beltane is also a favored time for handfasting, a traditional pagan betrothal or wedding ritual where a couple’s hands are bound together with ribbons, cords, or braided threads to symbolize their union. In ancient times, a handfasting ceremony could last for a year and a day, after which the couple had the choice to stay together or part ways. Today, many modern pagans choose Beltane as a powerful and romantic time to make such commitments, drawn to the fertile energy of the season. Handfastings are often held outdoors, in nature, near fire, under blooming trees, or surrounded by loved ones in sacred space. The vows exchanged during these rituals can be traditional or deeply personal, as the magic of the ceremony lies in the heart connection and the intention to walk beside each other, bound by love and commitment.

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Magic Correspondences

Planets: Venus

Season: Midpoint between spring and summer

Element: Fire

Time of the Day: Noon

Tarot Cards: The Strength, The Lovers, The Sun, Three of Cups

Colors: Green, Red, Pink, Yellow, Purple, White, Sky Blue, All Pastel Colors

Herbs: Mint, Rosemary, Thyme, Ivy, Nettle, Sage, Basil, Juniper, Clover, Mugwort

Fruits: Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Bananas, Lemon, Cherries

Vegetables: Cucumbers, Carrots, Garlic, Lettuce, New Potatoes

Crystals: Emerald, Bloodstone, Rose Quartz, Carnelian, Red Jasper, Green Aventurine, Moonstone, Fire Agate

Runes: Kenaz, Wunjo, Ingwaz

Trees: Hawthorn, Elder, Willow, Birch

Goddesses: Artemis, Diana, Brigid, Aphrodite, Flora, Gaia, Hera, Astarte, Venus, Juno, Freyja, Epona, Bastet

Gods: Pan, Cernunnos, Belenus, Dionysus, The Green Man, Bacchus, Priapus, Faunus, Eros, Ra

Dragons: Sairys, Fafnir

Flowers: Lilac, Bluebells, Daisy, Lilies, Foxglove, Lily of the Valley, Marigold, Tulips, Violets, Primrose, Peony, Poppy, Honeysuckle

Animals: Frogs, Swans, Cows, Deer, Squirrels, Sheep, Ducks, Cats, Bees, Rabbits, Swallows, Leopards, Lynx, Hares

Magical Powers: Love, Sex, Fertility, Protection, Cleansing, Transformation

Symbols: Maypole, Ribbons, Phallus, Bonfire, Flowers, Faeries, Sex, Floral Crowns, Frogs, Celtic Knots

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Activities to do:

🌸 Make flower-shaped biscuits

🌸 Do candle magick

🌸 Find a local hawthorn tree and make a wish to the faeries

🌸 Wear flowers in your clothes, hair, or as bracelets

🌸 Leave offerings for faeries, as this is the season when they’re most present, you can leave them honey, milk, or biscuits

🌸 Go out for a walk in nature and feel the arrival of summer

🌸 Make a fire in the yard and dance around it (only in safe circumstances, of course); if you don’t have resources, you can light candles in your room (again, be careful)

🌸 Eat anything with oats, as it’s associated with Beltane, such as oatmeal, oatcakes, or other oat-based foods

🌸 Do a tarot or rune reading in the morning of Beltane

🌸 Take care of the trees in your yard or nearby by watering them

🌸 Honor all deities associated with fertility

🌸 Practice faerie magick

🌸 On the morning of Beltane, open your windows or door to warmly welcome the energy of the sabbat.

🌸 Make a Beltane magick jar

🌸 Water your flowers

🌸 Listen to music and dance :D

🌸 Celebrate life, fertility, love, and union

🌸 Take care of your garden, plant seeds, clean dried leaves, and prepare for summer

🌸 Make special Beltane treats

🌸 Casting your circles with oats around this time of year is also a good idea, as oats are a traditional Beltane grain for good luck

🌸 Have a picnic with your loved ones, or organize a gathering with food and grilling

🌸 Honor your ancestors

🌸 Place decorations in your garden

🌸 Plant a tree with any intention you want and take care of it

🌸 Draw runes and specific symbols on paper and burn them

🌸 Do self-love activities

🌸 Practice sex or love magick

🌸 Look for hawthorns in your area and honor them with water and offerings for faeries

🌸 Make a maypole

🌸 Collect flowers

🌸 On the morning of May 1st, wash your face with May Dew or natural spring water

🌸 Connect with the fire element

🌸 Read about the fair folk

🌸 Have a bonfire with your loved ones

🌸 Place ribbons or colored thread in trees with intentions for each, you can use color magick to attract what you need in your life right now (pink for love,

🌸 Meditate

🌸 Make flower crowns and wreaths

🌸 Perform spells for fertility, purification, and love

🌸 As this is a day of love, if you are of an appropriate age, comfortable, being sexually active is part of the celebration

🌸 Buy seeds and plant them in your garden, welcoming the growth of new life

🌸 Create a Beltane altar

🌸 If you don't have a maypole you can dance around your favorite tree <3

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Food and Drinks:

Oats in all forms (oatmeal, oat cookies, oat bread, oatcakes, bannock), strawberries, blueberries, honey, whipped cream with oats, strawberry biscuits, oat and honey bread, blackberry pie, lavender cake, cheese (including Swiss), seasonal potato dishes, fresh fruit salads, tomato and cucumber salads, dairy or plant-based milks, vanilla-flavoured foods, ice cream, grilled food, BBQ, spicy dishes to honor the fire element, May Day wine, white wine, regular wine (with a strawberry placed at the bottom of the glass if you wish), tarts with cheese, mayonnaise.

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[modernwitchsguidetolife]

Casting Spells is generally a very personal thing. When you Cast a Spell you’re projecting all your Personal Energy into the manifesting process. Casting spells for others can get very tricky & bring unexpected results. It’s better to focus your Personal Energy towards your own personal life & goals. If someone asks you to Cast a Spell for them, I personally believe it’s always better to teach them to cast it themselves & assist them with that.✨👩🏼‍🏫📝✨ ‪

[wolfricivarrwitchythings]

Hundreds of years of Christian misinformation on the spirit world has led to the belief that there are only two types of spirits on earth: trapped human souls, and non-human demonic entities. The reality is much more complicated than that.

The Norse had a belief in spirits that were connected to the land as well as their clan or family. They believed these entities to be guardians of their lands, of their kin, and they may have even been tied to or connected with the ancestors.

As well, they believed that the spirits of their ancestors blessed their lands and made them fertile, which is what their decaying bodies would have done. Pleasing and honoring the ancestors as well as the gods ensured a bountiful harvest, and that required a balance with nature.

Theres a diverse sub-set of unique and potentially powerful and dangerous entities, some benevolent, and some not so much, that extends into the 9 realms of the World Tree and beyond. It’s almost impossible to get a scope of the grand scale of the spirit world, especially when compared to our own. These entities have come to be known as different things in different places the world over.

Spirits also have diverse reasons for being here. They might belong to the land, or may be wandering. They could be guarding something, lending power to something, exploring, they could be trapped in some cases, or could be living off of something. Each spirit has it’s own wants, desires, and needs. For example: most spirits that I would label demonic are part of a class of entities whose job it is to basically bring elements of strife to disrupt order. They feed off of chaos, and often endanger humans and trap other souls in order to feed. They can be tricky to deal with, but without them our world would not function. They are a necessary part of our world’s spiritual ecosystem. I believe this interplay between chaos and order, or as I prefer to think of it, creation and destruction, allows our planet and all it’s realms to continue it’s existence in relative peace. Demons are kind of like the wild fires of the spirit world. When things get too gummed up, demons come in and wipe things out, allowing for new energies to move in and grow.

These realms of our world are like interwoven layers of the same massive fabric, each one is it’s own thread, with it’s own rules, but very much tied to the larger whole. Most people go their whole lives without ever realizing the fabric is there, but some lucky few of us, for one reason or another, are called to step beyond the veil and try and understand the unseen worlds.

One thing I am absolutely certain of is this: The Spirit World and it’s inhabitants belong here, just as much as the rest of us. The more we understand, or try to understand, about the spirit world the more we will understand and appreciate nature itself. It’s going to take a lot of time a lot of healing to mend the rift between us as humans and the nature and spirits we rely on. But with dedicated individuals I believe our future can begin to look more aligned with the needs of our natural world. As we attempt to understand the different diverse elements that make up our witchy world, we can seek to communicate with our planet in a new way. We can listen to the things she tells us she needs, and maybe together we can start a movement for her that will echo on for generations, creating real and palpable change. Maybe we too can become part of the host of spirits trying to right the wrongs of human destruction.

People have this misconception surrounding hauntings and spirits. They feel that anything to do with the Spirit World is unnatural and doesn’t belong there, and should be banished as soon as possible.

But spirits are diverse. And they are just as much a part of our world as we are. Witchcraft isn’t evil for attempting to conjure “unnatural” spirits. Sometimes a good haunting is exactly what a place needs in order to heal and grow, and there is absolutely nothing unnatural about that.

It’s all just part of a grand process. It’s an ecosystem of energies, this universe of ours, and we’ve barely scratched the surface of understanding any of it.

[whimsigothwitch]

October 1st, time to rewatch CAOS

[coinandcandle]

Sometimes you have to step out of your comfort zone and read that book that's more than a decade or even century old to learn more about magic and witchery.

You have to interact with literature and media that isn't within your own echo chamber.

You need regular confrontations with opinions and ideas outside your own bubble otherwise you. will. not. grow.

You must be able to read things critically, knowing that picking up a book and reading it does not equal you believing every word.

Learn about how others view the world, learn how people's beliefs work, learn how to intake information without assuming that every bit of information is on a binary of "good" or "bad" information.

This is the witchy version of me telling you, lovingly, to go touch grass.

[nephritebabie]

do not go and see that mf yall it’s a trap