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Wind-whistling

Weather Witchcraft is my specialty! I am a Storm Adder, a Pheryllt Druid who specializes in Weatherworking. This is just a sample of what I teach. Wind-whistling is quite literally causing the wind to blow or stop blowing by whistling. It has been used to cause a gust as well as to summon storms. The wind was already blowing so all I was really doing with this was directing a gust of wind right where I was focusing. I'm also a small business owner, & have a Ko-fi Shop where I sell my products/readings/spells/custom spells. Here is the link:

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Wind-whistling

Weather Witchcraft is my specialty! I am a Storm Adder, a Pheryllt Druid who specializes in Weatherworking. This is just a sample of what I teach. Wind-whistling is quite literally causing the wind to blow or stop blowing by whistling. It has been used to cause a gust as well as to summon storms. The wind was already blowing so all I was really doing with this was directing a gust of wind right where I was focusing. I'm also a small business owner, & have a Ko-fi Shop where I sell my products/readings/spells/custom spells. Here is the link:

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New Things In My Shop

I made these templates that you can buy & download directly from my shop! For $15 extra in tips I will print them myself (when I get a printer, ink, & paper), put them in a 3 ring binder, & ship it to you as a physical copy. You could also always support my shop with tips & donations! Anything is greatly appreciated 🙂

Here are the links:

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I would also like to add use what YOU associate with abundance, not what others tell you is best. Using physical dollars & cents is not always the best idea to attract money. I use storm water, salt, bread, coffee/tea, sugar, basil, & other things I always keep an abundance of.

Most Effective Ways to Attract Abundance

While it’s important to remember that money and material items aren’t going to solve all of our problems, being financially stable and comfortable can help you focus more on your spirituality by allowing you the freedom to practice more often. Manifestation is probably my strongest area of expertise when it comes to energy work. I opened my business in October of 2020 and was making around $100 a month until January of 2021 when I really started focusing heavily on the power of positive thought, and I made $10,000 in revenue that month simply by writing down that I would do so.

The following are some of my favorite and most successful methods of using and manipulating the universe’s energy for my own benefit:

🔮 Be sure of your resources! Manifestation is real and it is powerful! The universe can do some pretty amazing things. However, before you begin your practice, it’s important to be sure that you have a source through which prosperity can be achieved. You are asking the universe for money, but how is it going to fulfill your entreaty? Do you own a business? Do you make and sell artwork? Do you have a job where raises or tips are a possibility? Have you entered a giveaway or started a fundraiser? While it’s possible to receive money out of nowhere, it is far less likely than if there is an accessible source through which you are able to receive.

🔮 Writing Sentences! This has by far been my most rewarding action, and it’s also something so simple that many people fail to acknowledge it’s power. Grab a journal, green if you can find one, along with a (preferably) green pen. Cleanse and consecrate these tools, then sit with them for a while and set your intention for their use. Once or twice a day, write a full page, front and back, of what it is you’d like to attract. The trick is to write as if these things are already yours. Some examples could be:

I am blessed with an abundance of wealth.

I am grateful for my financial stability.

I always have the money I need.

I am constantly advancing in my career.

🔮 Daily Affirmations! Make it a point to start and end each day looking in the mirror and telling yourself how successful and wonderful you are. Self-love is a great way to increase the power of our spell work. If we are constantly assuring ourselves of how magical and powerful we really are, our abilities never cease to grow. Here are some helpful affirmations for abundance and financial growth:

I am wealthy.

I am a powerful manifestor.

I attract money with ease.

I am a naturally gifted witch.

🔮 Stop limiting yourself with your own beliefs! This one is definitely the most important, and maybe the most difficult, of all. The number one key to a successful path whether it be manifestation, spell work, meditation, or ANYTHING related is to BELIEVE that all that you are saying is true, and all that you are doing is going to be successful. If you don’t have total faith in the universe and yourself, you will never achieve your desires. Take time to meditate and let go of any and all self-doubt. Look to your peers for inspiration. Accept it as a self-evident truth that energy is all around us, and the universe is inviting you to use that energy to create the reality you most desire.

Whatever method you choose, remember to keep a positive mindset. Through the power of positive thought, nearly everything is attainable. Remember to love yourself, be grateful for what you DO have, and keep the faith.

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New Things In My Shop

I made these templates that you can buy & download directly from my shop! For $15 extra in tips I will print them myself (when I get a printer, ink, & paper), put them in a 3 ring binder, & ship it to you as a physical copy. You could also always support my shop with tips & donations! Anything is greatly appreciated 🙂

Here are the links:

[tempest-sorcerer]

New Things In My Shop

I made these templates that you can buy & download directly from my shop! For $15 extra in tips I will print them myself (when I get a printer, ink, & paper), put them in a 3 ring binder, & ship it to you as a physical copy. You could also always support my shop with tips & donations! Anything is greatly appreciated 🙂

Here are the links:

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Air Sigil 

Air on earth is made out of 78.1% Nitrogen, 20.9% Oxygen and less than 1% is occupied by many other gases. This sigil combines the alchemy symbol for air and Dalton´s chemical symbol for Nitrogen. 

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Simple Stormcalling

     Stormcalling is a very old category of weather magic which is used with the intent of creating, summoning and controlling storms. There are many methods for carrying out this act, but one of the simplest forms of Stormcalling is to simply whistle. One long whistled note imitates the sound of the wind itself, and the witch can visualize the blowing winds and coming storms while producing the sound in order to enact their will on the weather. 

     Some witches will also use the same method, but gently blow air from their mouths instead, which may be useful in situations where you may want to summon the wind or call a storm but would draw unwanted attention by whistling aloud. You can experiment with the tone and harshness of the note, perhaps using higher, sharper notes to manipulate harsher winds and storms. Varying tones can be used to demonstrate changes in the wind as well, starting loud and harsh and becoming soft and low in order to slow the wind and calm the weather.

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Windstave

A four-spoked graphical galdr, depicting the four winds. The depiction is made to aid in remembering and understanding the significance of the winds, as they are used in some folk magic traditions of Trolddomskunst.

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do you have any suggestions for combining knot craft and storm craft? i'm interested and connected to both but i don't know how to combine them since i'm new to all of this haha.

A storm bracelet. Use thread and charms representing the type of storm you want involved in your spell. (Example: Blue and white threads with snowflake charms for making good memories and protection in the winter.)

Seal a cord with mud to hold in power. Wash away the mud to release the power.

Visualize storms while doing knot work.

Incorporate storm imagery into a charm for cord magic. (Example: By knot of one, the storm’s begun. By knot of two, rain protects me and you. By knot of three, lightning I see. By knot of four, thunder is at the door. By knot of five, we feel alive. By knot of six, we build with fallen sticks. By knot of seven, the storm becomes our weapon.)

Combine images of storms and sigils in embroidery.

Crochet using the storm clouds pattern.

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Do Spell Components Matter?

My personal take on the matter as an experienced witch.

I see a lot of things online (mostly Tumblr and Tiktok) saying that you can substitute any ingredients, words, components, or conditions around in a spell and it will still work because of intention. Don’t have candles? Use plastic. Don’t have Angelica? Just use whatever’s in your cupboard. And it has a lot of baby witches running around with spells that were never going to work. If intention was the ONLY thing that mattered or effected things- why bother with spells at all? Why not just think really hard and call it a day? So this post is aimed at people who want to use spells and want to consider correspondences and meanings in those spells.

Now I’m not saying you CAN’T substitute. You absolutely can, and sometimes should. But you need to know why that aspect was added in the first place to know if that is up for substitution or not. 

In a sense, spells are like recipes. 

Let’s say you want to make chili and the main parts of a chili are beef, tomatoes, chili peppers, onions, and kidney beans. 

But you’re vegetarian: ok no beef, that’s cool. Still taste like chili.

You don’t have fresh chili peppers: That’s ok too, most people use powder or a seasoning packet anyway. But if you don’t have that you just use the closest spicy thing in your cupboard. In fact, onions can be treated the same way.

You don’t like tomato’s: That’s alright but…..without that acidic element something is…different. 

And you dont have kidney beans so you use black eyed peas and now…..well it’s a soup but it’s….not necessarily recognizable as chili.

You didn’t make chili. You probably have a good soup but it’s not quite chili.

Now if your purpose of making chili was to make a yummy spicy bean soup, hey no worries! You did it! You make a yummy spicy bean soup! Tummy is filled. But if you wanted chili, or were asked specifically for chili, you’ve missed your mark. You also can’t show up with a pumpkin pie or a cup of coffee and call it the same- well you can, but it’s probably not going to have the same reception as the one you wanted from a chili. 

So let’s back up. You need to make chili, it has to taste like chili, but you don’t have anything you need. You find mushrooms to replace the savory umami of beef, chili powder to replace the spice of a real chili, garlic to replace the bite of an onion, cinnamon to add that special something where the tomato was, and pinto beans to replace kidney and hold on that’s a LOT like a chili. Because you understood why each ingredient was there and what it brought. 

Now let’s compare this to a spell. Your love spell ask you to burn a pink candle surrounded in a wreath of rose petals. If the spell is using the candle to send that wish up and out into the world then- well you really must burn a candle (or at least a slip of paper) but a white one will do! And maybe you don’t have roses, but you’ve always thought of oak trees representing love to you, well that’ll work but it may take on a more sturdy and earth tone but that’s probably fine!

So yes: 

Tl;dr: You can substitute. But think your substitutions through and make informed and intentional substitutions. 

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To Call The Wind

While making clock-wise circles with your forefinger in the air, say the following thrice:

I speak these words into air,

To raise the wind and make it fair

Until the time I choose to lay,

Make the wind to come my way.

To Lay The Wind

Say these words whilst making a fist to the sky:

I speak these words and lay this spell,

It's magic now has served me well,

Winds I tell you now to lay,

I'll call you up another day.

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Weather Witch/Tempestarii still active on Tumblr!

🕯☽☾🔮🖤 looking for active witchblrs! 🕯☽☾🔮🖤

A little bit worried that witchtok sucked up the life of witch tumblr, so please reblog if you’re an active/practicing witch on tumblr as of July 12, 2021! 

Please be POC/LBGT inclusive!!!

Sidenote: I am a beginner closet witch looking to find my path, interested in norse/celtic/hellenic pantheons. But all are welcome and the more folks I can follow, the more knowledge I can gain, and the more people I can meet! 

☽☾ Thanks in advance, Blessed Be! ☽☾

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thunderstorm grounding

a grounding exercise for storm witches or those who feel most comfortable watching a thunderstorm and hearing the wind howl.

1. sit someplace safe but with a view of the thunderstorm. sure you can sit outside if you really want to feel connected to the rain and wind the please ensure that you won’t get struck by lightning or fall sick. 

2. get comfortable and:

take a deep breath. take the rich sweet smell of the earth, the stripping tang of the ozone, the musky fresh smell of the rain, take all of it into your lungs and feel the storm inside your chest, inside you.

feel the wind rushing to meet you, the cool touch of it on your skin, the sheer power and fluidity of the air, how free and wild it can be. visualize the wind peeling the stale energy off and carrying it far far away from you. 

hear the drumming of the rain against every surface. how it claps on the floor and taps on the windows, the rushing of water to fill the earth. 

feel the thunder crackling and rumbling and rolling across the sky. feel it rumble all the way to your core, feel it shake you up and fill you with energy.

every time the lightning streaks across the sky, feel every bolt charging you up and sending the energy flashing through your veins.

you are now one with the storm.

3. sit and watch the storm as a cool-down, let it dissipate. or if you feel like you’ve done enough grounding, let the energy inside you settle and get up quietly and leave.

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Fog in Witchcraft

Fog is often a forgotten aspect of weather that seems to get passed over when it comes to witchcraft despite it having some powerful and noble uses as well as a history in the craft. Though not all areas get fog commonly, many do, almost every morning depending on the time of year. Allow this small post to perhaps be some help to those who have interest in harnessing fog into their craft.

History and Fiction

As stated above, in many literary sources witches of both historical senses and fiction harness fog as a powerful towel. In popular lore, witches were said to summon fogs to roll across the lands to protect fleeing mothers and children during wars to hide from invading soldiers, though this lore is hard to pin point down, it is often said to come from Celtic and Gaelic origins.

In other tales witches would summon fog to protect traveling royalty or heroes who are on a quest to reach lands that may be unfriendly to their arrival. At some other times fog was related to almost like the “witching hour” it meant it was a time that the supernatural were out and witches were casting their spells.

Fog as a Liminal Space

What is a liminal space? To put it simply it means a “transforming space” or a place that the Veil or energies are thinner and overcross one another. Often they are associated with spirit work, energy work, astral work and over all witchcraft. Some call these places or areas “places where one area and time stop and another begins”.

In many cases, places that are covered by fog often are said to be liminal spaces during this time, due to the surrealism and energy fog brings with it. It turns something mundane looking to mysterious, confusing and even to some creepy. Its concealing nature brings the feeling of the unknown and the unseen.

Traditionally and theatrically fog is often used to represent the Veil between worlds and afterlife, often used in settings of literature and movies by covering graveyards before something supernatural happens or by filling the streets at night when magick is about to begin. Often when many people who don’t practice the craft think of supernatural energies and the Veil they imagine a foggy night or a wall of fog, this imagery is for a reason.

Often, fog is seen as an important tool for spirit work both fictionally and modernly due to its relations of being a liminal space and therefore seen as easier to contact spirits with the barriers weaker when it arrives.

Correpsondences and Uses of Fog

Generally Fog Corresponds with - The Veil, Spirits/Spirit Work, The Hidden, The Unseen, Invisibility, Protection, Obstruction, Curses/Hexes, Warding, Meditation, Astral Work, Fear, Patience, Calmness, Serenity, Peace and Travel

Often times, fog is useful to one when they wish to cast or enchant items for invisibility and protection during travel, often necklaces or items enchanted while out in the fog. Others will take the opportunity of using fog for spiritual communication, past life work and astral projection, taking advantage of the weakened barriers and Veil for these purposes.

Associations

Crystals - Clear Quartz, Smokey Quartz, Thunder Egg

Herbs/Plants - Cotton, Broom, Saffron, Thistle/Thicket, Wheat, Pansy

Colors - Gray, Silver, Black, Blue

Other Tools - Steam, Incense/Smoke, Wands, Besoms, Branches, Storm Water/Rain Water, Ash, Dust, Mirrors and Gray Candles

Fog Summoning

There are many ways said to summon fog. A few of those ways will be listed below

Method 1: Using storm water boiling it until it has thick amounts of steam rising from it, carefully move it outside or to a window (if one is not already outside) and offer it to the sky. Many will chant or call to the weather or winds to bring them fog much like the steam of the pot.

Method 2: In water on a burner add storm or sea salt and a sigil on paper for fog. Close the lid to it and wait until it is boiling. Remove the lid and allow the steam to rise. Here chant if desired for fog or let the water boil until it is nearly gone.

Method 3: With a besom go outside if it is a private space and much like wind summoning call to the fog to come to you, using your tool as an extension of yourself and your energy. Remember to ask it to come rather than demand for it.

Method 4: Using storm water or rain water, ash and a jar fill it with these ingredients and shake it thoroughly to summon fog. Be sure to center yourself and focus on your energy to put into this fog summoning jar. Leave it outside or in a window afterwards for further effects.

Fog Water

Fog water is a tool that can be used for witchcraft when fog is not rightfully available or in place of rain water/storm water in fog summoning. To capture fog water is pretty easy though you must be able to accept small amounts.

First you will need either very fine fabric or mesh or screen similar to what can be found in windows or for fishing nets. Tight it taunt onto something to hold it up like rods or sticks. Make sure it is held up at least a couple feet above the ground and somewhere the fog will roll through it. Base it off of how high the fog in your area tends to be, if you have low rolling fogs it may work better lower to the ground. After or during a time of fog you should be able to see droplets of water forming on it, you may use a jar tied below a corner of it to capture these drops or you can collect it yourself during/after they have formed. You can build much larger versions of this for potable water gathering and tutorials on this can be found easily online if that may interest you.

Store your fog water in glass containers and in the fridge, be sure to date and label to ensure you are using fresh water. Do not drink this water unless you set up the proper potable filtration systems.

Diffusing Fog

Often witches will find themselves tasked with fog being a hindrance rather than helpful. Its a dangerous weather condition especially for those on the road or at sea. 

Historically, sea witches would be asked to disperse fog for the safe return and port of sea vessels and the men upon them. Though it is difficult to find exact spells from these times, often broom or heather is used by facing the sea with it in hand and waving at the fog, putting energy into it and telling the fog to disperse. Other times it is said using a broom/besom to summon winds to remove the fog was a preferred way.

Other options for witches is to sing a fog removal song and often dance accompanied with it and with either a besom or wand in hand, direct the fog to travel away from you and somewhere else. Other witches have found success in praying and working with weather deities to move the fog back to the sky or to lead it away.

Omens, Superstitions and Dreams

In omens it is said fog represents blindness. It blocks our ability to see clearly and makes normal directions seem impossible to follow. It can go hand in hand with confusion and the feelings of anxiety. When fog appears in visions it is to be seen often as a warning that things are about to get just that - foggy.

Though it is also related to shrouding oneself, it may be a sign that it is time for you to create a fog about yourself and to build up those wards.

Superstition wise it was believed fog would steal people, often due to people getting lost in it and vanishing, because of this fog is seen as a warning of loss to come. Some cultures even associate it directly with death.

In dreams fog holds many meanings. If the fog is throughout the whole dream then it is a warning of deception. Someone is deceiving you and deep down you know it to be true. If you dream of being wrapped in fog and it is too thick to see through or escape it is often related to feeling that someone has stolen something from you. Dreaming of wandering in a foggy environment is a warning of dangers to come, keep on your toes. If you escape fog it means you are avoiding danger or theft.

If one dreams of fog just being around their head, eyes or following above them like a halo/hat, then it is an indication that you are lying to yourself. You are refusing to let yourself see the truth. It can also be a play of the saying “its all in your head” meaning you are overthinking a problem.

If you dream of fog and snow together, it is often said to be a dream related to sickness soon to come. Others say its a sign that illness of the mind and emotions is going to creep its way in.

If one dreams of their home, bedroom or apartment being filled with fog it is often taken as a bad omen and sign that a large family drama is soon to come.

Seeing a figure in fog in dreams can have different meanings. If it is someone that you know it means they may be hiding things from you or that you are going to have a fight with them in the near future. It can also indicate if you are in the fog and you see them outside of the fog, that you are guilty about something you did to them. Seeing a stranger in the fog or a shadow you do not recognize is often due to anxiety or fear in one’s waking life. They represent the unknown and the future to come, which you are currently stressed over. Animals in the fog can represent both anxieties and fears looming about you but also can represent that you a repressing your own desires and natural wants.

If you see fog rolling in from the distance of a dream it means something is looming in your waking life. If fog starts descending down on you in a dream from the sky to the ground, many take this as a bad omen for travel especially by air or sea. Historically it is said a foggy sea in your dreams means a shipwreck in your future. Though fog over a lake or river means dream-like wonder and is said that young women who dream of this can expect a mysterious stranger in their future.

Fog and Different Types of Witchcraft

Sea Witchcraft - Fog is often seen as more of a hindrance in ocean magick, especially historically when fog at sea or port could be rather hazardous and bring tragedy to many. Due to this, fog in sea magick is often used for more negative tasks like cursing.

Storm Magick - Fog is often seen more in the light of a less harsh type of weather compared to storms or rain but still one that can be used to harness energy. The energy of foggy weather is much more mysterious, calm and hazy than that of storm or wind. It can be used for such purposes.

Death Magick - Fog is often related to the barriers of the other-side as some may say, so many death witches will take advantage of fog to use it to communicate and commune with the dead. Many report that it can make using tools of communication like Ouija boards and pendulums easier.

Divination - Often fog can be seen as a hindrance for divination though it is often deeply routed with self discovery and past life work. Many will take the opportunity of foggy weather to explore their past lives and the history of themselves and others. 

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To Call Up A Storm

As above, now so below

Clouds I charge you, build and grow

Wind and sky, I give thee warrant

Bring me rain and tempest torrent.

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⛈️ Weather Lore ⛈️

Part I

Weather patterns have been noted and studied for hundreds of thousands of years. Meteorology has transformed from folk lore and observation to a well-understood science. However, Weather Lore remains an ingrained characteristic of many cultures. Some longstanding beliefs about weather patterns and weather predictions include:

1. “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.”

This popular nautical saying is used to predict poor sailing weather. A red sunset indicates that sunlight light from the west is shining through the clouds to color the sky. This means that precipitation-heavy clouds are not present. A red sky at dawn, however, can be the result of light reflecting off of cirrus ice crystals in the clouds in the upper atmosphere, signalling incoming precipitation.

2. “Sharper the blast, sooner ’tis past.”

This old piece of weather lore refers to cold fronts. The belief dictates that the colder and/or harsher a front comes in, the sooner it will end.

3. “If there is a halo round the sun or moon, then we can all expect rain quite soon.”

This is a pervasive saying that is regarded as accurate. Meteorologists have determined that the so-called “halo” seen around the moon and/or sun is caused by light reflection off of cirrus ice crystals in high atmosphere clouds. Cirrus clouds are often the first sign of oncoming precipitation.

4. “If in the sky you see cliffs and towers, it won’t be long before there is a shower.”

Vertical clouds, referred to as “cliffs and towers” in the saying, are a sign of unsettled air in the atmosphere. Unsettled air is a sign of imminent active weather.

5. “If woolly fleeces bestow the heavenly way, be sure no rain will come today.” 

This saying refers to fluffy white (cumulus) clouds in the sky. Generally, when cumulus clouds are present it is a sign of calm weather. Hence the nickname for cumulus clouds; “fair-weather clouds.”

6. “When the icy wind warms, expect snow storms.”

The arrival of warm air during the winter can signal a low pressure system, which often brings active cold precipitation.

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