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theforestwitch7 · 3 days ago

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⟡⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡⟡ *The Summer Solstice* ⟡ ⟡⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡⟡ ⟡ Hello Everyone! Today I’m going to be talking about the Summer Solstice, which falls on June 20th this year for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. The Summer Solstice (Known as Litha to Wiccans) is the longest day and the shortest night for the Northern Hemisphere. It always falls between June 20th through the 22nd, depending on the Earth’s position in orbit. This is the day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky, marking the official beginning of summer. This is a time of solar energy, abundance, life, and growth. The solstice encourages us to soak in the sun’s energy and honour what has come to be since the start of the year while also preparing for the second half of the year. ⟡ ⟡⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡⟡ ⟡ Across time and the globe, the Summer Solstice has been celebrated. The ancient Celts and Druids gathered for the sunrise together at sacred sites. Indigenous Americans marked the time with harvest festivals, storytelling, and dances. The Romans celebrated Vestalia for Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. Slavic and Baltic people held bonfires, danced, and made flower crowns. In the Inca Empire, they honoured Inti, the Sun God. The solstice has always been about light, life, and growth throughout dozens of cultures and time periods. ⟡ ⟡⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡⟡ ⟡ Things to Do on the Summer Solstice: 𖤓 Watch a Sunrise or Sunset 𖤓 Gather Outside with family or friends 𖤓 Have a bonfire 𖤓 Make pressed flowers 𖤓 Make a wreath with grapevine, yellow ribbons, and flowers 𖤓 Make beeswax candles 𖤓 Charge your tools, rocks, and anything else in the sun 𖤓 Make sunwater 𖤓 Cleanse your spaces 𖤓 Renew wards and protections 𖤓 Journal 𖤓 Leave offerings of flowers, fruit, honey, and sun-related items 𖤓 Decorate with golds, yellows, sunflowers, citrus, and bees 𖤓 Wear golds, yellows, oranges, and greens 𖤓 Perform prosperity rituals and spells 𖤓 Perform fertility rituals and spells 𖤓 Garden 𖤓 Do a tarot or oracle card reading for the summer ahead 𖤓 Wake and sleep with the sun ⟡ ⟡⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡⟡ ⟡ Foods Associated: 𖤓 Honey 𖤓 Honey Cakes 𖤓 Strawberries 𖤓 Summer Squash 𖤓 Mead 𖤓 Lemon 𖤓 Orange 𖤓 Thyme 𖤓 Dill 𖤓 Chives 𖤓 Garlic 𖤓 Yellow, red, and orange fruits and vegetables 𖤓 Recipes with fire ⟡ ⟡⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡⟡ ⟡ Sunwater Lavender Lemonade: Ingredients: 𖤓 Lavender buds 𖤓 White sugar 𖤓 Lemons 𖤓 Water I use about 6 cups of water, a cup of sugar, half a cup of dried lavender, and two cups of lemon juice. You can mess with the ratios however you want. 1- Put half the water, all the lavender, and all the sugar into a pot and boil while stirring until the sugar dissolves. 2- Once the sugar has dissolved, take off the stove, cover and let it steep for about 20 minutes. 3- Pour your mixture through a strainer to remove the lavender buds. 4- Add the remaining water and the lemon juice. 5- Place in the fridge until it’s cool. ⟡⟡⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡☽𖤓☾⟡⟡ ⟡

That’s everything! I hope you enjoy your Solstice!

☽ Forest

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theforestwitch7 · 20 days ago

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Hello everyone!

Today, we’re diving into the concept of local magick, what it is, how to start practising it, and why it’s such an essential part of a grounded and sustainable magical practice. ✩ ₊‧✩‧₊˚༺☆༻˚ੈ✩‧₊˚༺✩☆✩༻‧₊˚༺☆༻*ੈ✩‧₊ ✩ ✩

We’re lucky to live in an age where magickal knowledge is just a few clicks away. With the internet, we can learn about Norse runes, Irish folklore, Appalachian magic, or Hellenistic practises, no matter where we live.

This access is beautiful and necessary, especially for those whose ancestral or cultural traditions were lost or stolen. But it’s also created a subtle shift: more and more practitioners are reaching for herbs, tools, deities, and rituals that are far removed from their physical environment. We have people learning such a standardised form of witchcraft.

Many of us can name the “staple” magickal herbs like rosemary, mugwort, lavender, and sage, but how many of us know what wild plants grow in our backyard, park, or nearest forest? Do you know what flowers the bees near you rely on? What spirits live in your city or town? These are what the magickal energy around you is formed on. If you live in Florida, you can’t expect Irish spirits and magickal creatures to be living there. You need to learn about the creatures, energies, and spirits that reside around you. This can greatly strengthen your magick since you’ll be using it in a way that makes sense to what’s around you. Using the wrong magick for your region can cause things just not to be very useful. The magick follows the same rules as actual physical tools. If you read that in Northern areas, lots of clothing is used to protect against the weather, then you use a winter coat to protect from the harsh heat it won’t be useful at all. The same goes for using sunscreen as protection against the cold. ✩ ₊‧✩‧₊˚༺☆༻˚ੈ✩‧₊˚༺✩☆✩༻‧₊˚༺☆༻*ੈ✩‧₊ ✩ ✩

Connecting with local magick deepens your connection with the land. When you learn the names and properties of local plants you’ll begin to feel the natural rhythms of your specific seasons. You’ll start to notice changes in the weather, the wildlife, and signs from local spirits and ancestors. This awareness grounds your practise and will give it a deeper meaning. It will also help teach you what are actual signs and what are mundane. If you know about the local wildlife’s habits, you will know what’s supposed to be there and what is unusual. If you know that a specific species of bird Always migrates through your town in October, then you’ll know it’s mundane. If you didn’t know this, you might think it’s a sign when it isn’t, just because you don’t often see these birds. ✩ ₊‧✩‧₊˚༺☆༻˚ੈ✩‧₊˚༺✩☆✩༻‧₊˚༺☆༻*ੈ✩‧₊ ✩ ✩

Local magick also supports sustainability. Importing herbs and tools from across the world can damage ecosystems and exploit workers. Locally sourcing your herbs and tools keeps your money from going to major corporations, supports local witches and business, and prevents the overharvesting of sacred plants. As well as local plants and tools, working with local spirits can be very helpful as well. There is a unique energy, consciousness, spirit, or whatever you want to call it that belongs to every place. Get acquainted with this. Learn about the energy of the local places themselves as well as the spirits that abide in them. This can open new doors in your craft. Local spirits appreciate offerings, attention, and care. They are watching and can become powerful allies. ✩ ₊‧✩‧₊˚༺☆༻˚ੈ✩‧₊˚༺✩☆✩༻‧₊˚༺☆༻*ੈ✩‧₊ ✩ ✩

**How to begin practising local magick**

Take walks in your local nature.

Begin learning the names of plants and animals in your area. See how many you can identify on each walk.

Keep a seasonal journal. Record how your area changes throughout the year: what flowers bloom when, how the light shifts, what animals come and go.

Look into your region’s history and folklore. Research Indigenous beliefs if you can do so respectfully, and learn about past settlers, urban legends, and local superstitions.

Connect with local spirits. Leave offerings at old trees, springs, crossroads, or natural spots that feel “charged.” Introduce yourself. Ask permission to gather.

Use local materials in your spells. Wild herbs, stones, shells, stormwater, dirt from your yard. These are potent, personal, and often more powerful than imported tools.

Talk to elders or locals. Folk knowledge often lives in small stories, gardening tips, or offhand comments about the weather. Pay attention.

Meditate in nature. Spend your time in it and learn the energy of your space.

Recognise that there are many different areas within larger spaces all with different energies and spirits. The park, a nature preserve, the river, downtown, all of these will have different magickal feelings and spirits. Learn to tune into them and work with them. ✩ ₊‧✩‧₊˚༺☆༻˚ੈ✩‧₊˚༺✩☆✩༻‧₊˚༺☆༻*ੈ✩‧₊ ✩ ✩

**Important Things To Be Aware Of**:

Make sure to be respectful of nature. Do not take anything that would not be respectful or necessary to take. Learn about what is endangered, what is in abundance, what is protected, and what is invasive.

Do not leave anything behind. Do not put salt in the soil, do not leave trash, and research what can be put in the soil and what can not.

There may be local practises that are not open to you. Be very aware and respectful of this. *However* there is a lot of nuance in closed practises, this nuance is not often recognised in online spaces. For example, if you live in an area with a lot of indigenous people such as Mexico who have local practises, they may be closed, but they also may happily invite you into it. You do not need to refuse this just because people online tell you that you cannot join if you’re not indigenous. Listen to the people who are in the practise, not the people online.

✩ ₊‧✩‧₊˚༺☆༻˚ੈ✩‧₊˚༺✩☆✩༻‧₊˚༺☆༻*ੈ✩‧₊ ✩ ✩

Local magick isn’t about limiting yourself, it’s about deepening your roots. You can still work with other traditions respectfully, especially ones that are part of your heritage or calling. But grounding your craft in the land around you gives you a steady foundation. It makes your magick personal, sustainable, and powerful

- Forest

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