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One of the biggest things that stands out to me when reading about hearth & home witchery is that everyday items are considered magical. Everyday moments, tasks, and chores as well. Its a beautiful way to live, if you really think about it. Big rituals are great, but as someone who is disabled, they rarely are doable. Here is a list of Hearth & Home Witchcraft Tips that i actually practice.

-Enchant a blanket by embroidering a sigil in the corner and using its color correspondences for your needs. It also helps me feel shielded from negative energy during meditation.

-Play music that makes you feel safe and AT HOME. This is almost like grounding, but also can be cleansing to the environment and especially the listeners. For me, its smooth jazz. The chill sound of the standup bass and the wandering piano notes that always seem to find their way to a comfortable key... its soothing to my soul.

-Talk to and about your home (kindly). So often its easy to complain about your living space. How you wish it looked or functioned differently. The house (in my belief) hears you. Treat it with kindness and gratitude for the shelter it provides. I say thank you to the house spirits and my home every morning.

-Find a convenient home protection ritual to do each month. I say convenient because if you overcomplicate things you'll feel less enthusiastic and less motivated to do it, and might even skip several months.

-Make a home cleansing spray using essential oils mixed with an appropriate amount of moon water. I like using a few drops of lemon, rosemary, lavender, and cinnamon. DO NOT spray this in the vicinity of your pets. I only use this spray in rooms where there arent any animals, to avoid complications with their health.

-Wash your bedding as often as you can and say a short incantation before you put it in the wash. It could go something like this. "I cleanse this bedding of all negative energy, from bad dreams, and from and all stress." Sleep is so important to your sense of safety and wellbeing at home.

-Open the damn windows when you can! Stagnant energy is known for dragging down people's moods. And there's nothing quite as uplifting as fresh air. This provides a healthy flow to your house's energy.

-Don't bring things in your home unless you want to incorporate their energy into your environment. This is something that's often overlooked. I especially advise heavy consideration when it comes to thrifting items and bringing them home. Try practicing sensing the energy of items so you can easily tell whats good to bring home and whats not. Thrifting is great! Im not discouraging it btw.

-Fresh flowers work miracles. Not only do they aesthetically brighten the room, but their correspondences and magical properties apply to the room that they're in. Sunflowers are a great example of a flower that encourages positivity, and are extremely affordable to get lots of them. Roses are a bit more expensive usually, but they invite that loving vibe. And African irises are great for psychic enhancement.

Scrying is a subcategory in the Art of Divination, in its simplest form, scrying is gazing into the surface of an object and allowing the mind to wander, opening oneself up to the other side allowing images and words into your brain from an external non-physical source. Basically Hallucinating Without the use of Drugs.

Scrying Throughout The Ages

Babylonia

Scrying has been practiced for thousands of years. Our modern history holds Babylonia as the earliest written record of the practice, they put water in bowls alongside droplets of oil. This process was known as lecanomancy a subcategory of hydromancy, and the scryers would read the shapes the oil made within the water to divine possible futures or speak with the dead. The practice spread and later it became more common to simply use water as it was a naturally reflective surface.

Hebrew Bible

The Hebrew Bible Briefly Goes over an object which is supposedly used for scrying in Chapter 44 of The Book Of Genesis. A silver chalice is placed inside Benjamin's Sack to frame him for theft. In his trial, it is stated that the chalice is used for divination, but in the Book Of Genesis, it is never expressly stated he actually did any Divination.

Ancient Persia

The Ancient Persian Epic The Shahnameh, from the 10th Century, details a mystical object known as The Cup Of Jamshid, which was said to be used by ancient Persian kings to Observe the "Seven Layers Of The Universe". The Cup Of Jamshid is said to have been first used in Persepolis, which existed from 518-330 BCE.

John Dee and Sir Edward Kelley

In 1582, John Dee sought the guidance of one of the most famous scryers of the time Sir. Edward Kelley. It was through his teachings that John Dee was able to crack the code of proper visualization and begin to transcribe what he believed to be the voices of angels. They guided him to create Angelical or as it's known today, Enochian.

Scrying and its modern-day PreConceptions

Scrying has garnered much popularity in Hollywood's portrayal of witches, in the TV Show Charmed, witches use scrying to find lost objects or the location of Demons. In Supernatural it allows for a witch to see things from a great distance away. And while yes it is true that one can hone these skills to a degree of supernatural clarity, I would be lying if I said it was as Visually stunning in real life.

The Reality is in the Modern Era, Scrying allows one to commune with the spirits of their ancestors and commune with the other side just as it has always been. And with those trained in the art of divination, one can read the past and future of a person or kingdom. The theatrics of modern television paint scrying as a showcase of our abilities, but to the uninitiated when they see someone scrying, they are often unprepared for how dull it is. When a person is scrying and is in a trance, their eyes go dead as they allow their mind to wander. These trance states are what allow one to see past the veil and into the supernatural realm. But to external viewers, it is rather boring, to say the least. This is why you won't often see a practitioner scrying in front of people who haven't the foggiest idea of its nuances.

Simple Scrying Ritual For Communing With Ancestral Spirits By W.S

To begin scrying safely one must understand the dangers, you are preparing to go into the world of the supernatural, the things you see can see you as well and you must be aware that they can leave a permanent scar on your psyche if abused in any manner. Go into it with wards up and confidence in your abilities.

This scrying ritual is used to commune with the spirits of one's own ancestors and when done properly can allow you to have conversations and get advice from them.

Opus Est

Patience

Candle

Dark Room

Mirror

Sacred Water

Oil

Salt

Before anything, one must prep the mirror for communing with the Ancestral Spirits, To do this mix together one part water, salt, and oil into a slurry. Dipping the left ring finger into the mixture begin drawing the pentacle in each corner of the mirror, connecting each pentacle with a line following the edge of the mirror as shown below

As you are drawing on the pentacles, feel free to use the below chant, but you may change it to your liking so long as the main goals are the same.

" Lock This Mirror, Lock It Tight, Lock it now with sacred light. Let only those whom I call, Answer Me to give me guidance. May no evil enter through this portal, and may no unnamed spirit answer my calls. As I have said it so it has always been."

The mirror is now prepped for the ritual, the next step is to create a salt circle where you are going to be seated. As well as a secondary salt circle surrounding the candle and mirror. These salt circles are an extra step of protection between yourself and the spiritual realm.

The next step is to darken the room, as dark as possible, pitch black is best. From there, place the candle in front of the mirror and ignite it, then begin the process of staring into the mirror. Watch as the candle shifts shadows around and brings new shapes to the surface.

After about 10-30 minutes your body will begin to go into a trance state of mind, from there you can call upon the name of one of your ancestors to help guide you. It may not be immediate as scrying takes years to master but after a few tries you should begin to see their faces and hear their voice.

Scrying sessions can be anywhere from a few minutes, to several hours or even days from some accounts. Don't be frustrated if nothing happens your first time. And most importantly, always remember to thank the spirits for their time and energy, and always remember to say goodbye when you blow out the candle.

After each use feel free to cleanse the mirror with sacred water and store the mirror in a sacred space.

Post Script

Scrying isn't for everyone and that's okay. It takes patience and an open mind, but if you decide to give it a try it can do wonders for your spiritual practice.I hope I was able to teach you something new, Until next time my Friends :)

Thank you for sitting down and having Tea with me on the Other side of the Great Divide

There's a lot of discourse around baneful magic, hexing, chaos magic, jinxing and curses.

It's not that I want to actively encourage those practices, but all witches should know what items are used for in spells, especially if they're using advanced magic. Here's a short list of items I see used in hexes and such (no herbs!)

As always, please do your research on all ingredients in a spell in order to source them ethically.

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Poppets ~ This is an item used to signify a person in a spell. You can make them out of just about anything, but I most commonly see people stitching their own dolls or using paper cut in the shape of a person.

Taglocks ~ I feel like people get Taglocks and Poppets confused. Taglocks are actually items, sometimes personal, that create a link to a certain person in a spell. This can be as simple as a photo of them, an item they left behind, or even something from their body, like hair or nails.

Graveyard Dirt ~ This is dirt obtained from, you guessed it, graves and cemeteries. Inserting my own opinion here, it's difficult to obtain Graveyard Dirt from the source ethically. In fact, prancing into a graveyard with a shovel can probably get you in a lot of trouble. Some alternatives here can be taking sticks or rocks from a gravesite (NOT anything on someone's grave) or even taking the soil from beneath a dead plant. Always leave an offering for the spirits.

Iron ~ Typically you won't see straight-up Iron listed as a spell item, but you may see rusty nails and other sharp, rusted items. Iron is used to attract and repel, so it can be used to attract negative energy to someone while repelling it from you.

Broken Glass ~ If you're able to safely collect glass after breaking an object, see if you can save it! Broken glass is great for protection in spells. A good example: if you cast a binding spell on someone, it can help prevent them from retaliating.

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By no means is this the only use for these objects. In fact, many items used in baneful magic have uses in protection spells as well. Always do your research, especially to ensure you are not impeding on a closed practice of another culture, before attempting to cast ANY spells.

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Pothos

Save stems you trim off to be used in binding or banishment spells.

Like most ivy, growth this plant around the walls or floors of your home can protect it.

Can be used in witch jars as a form of poison magic.

Protection

Aloe

protection

luck

offerings for ancestors

Cacti

Protection

baneful magic to cause harm to enemies

Ferns

protection

good luck

health

Fiddle Leaf Fig

Abundance

luck

fertility

removing and filtering negative energy

Spider Plant

Spider Plants can be used in all kinds or protection magic.

The pups can be cut off and placed in a spell jar to filter out bad spiritual energy.

Long stems and leaves of the plant can be tied into a witch’s ladder for protection.

Placed on your altar the plant can help equalizes the energy of your altar and tools placed upon it.

Monstera

Peace

Prosperity

Happiness

Good Luck

String of Pearls

The fairly fast growing tendrils can be snipped (this does not hurt the plant) and be used in love charms and love magic.

Growing in the home, the plant promotes positive energy and happiness.

Pearls which fall from the plant can be used in divination bags once dried.

When the plant flowers the energy surrounding is perfect to use in all magics wishing to draw something to you.

Orchids

glamours and love magic

magical properties include concentration, strengthening memory, love, intuition, harmony, focus, and will power

🌙Simple Everyday Things You Can Do For Protection

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What are some simple things that you do that you think would help another witch?

🌙My list of daily or easy practices requires little to no prep-work

•Use a protection plant ally like a witch's burr, cloves, thorns, motherwort, black pepper, garlic, or onion. Close your eyes and place your plant ally in your hands. Ask the spirit of the plant if they will offer you protection to see you through the day. Carry it with you.

•Alternatively, you can also use crystals. My go to combo is black tourmaline and red jasper!

•Use a protection archetype tarot card like the Nine of Wands. Nine of Wands, for myself, symbolizes boundaries and protection when it comes to our growth/life path. Place it on your altar with intention since it is a portal to our intentions, our guides, and the liminal, or carry on your person.

•Smoke cleanse the thresholds in your home, yourself, and your loved ones. I personally like rosemary and lavender for this purpose.

•As you leave an offering for your guides/ancestors/deities during your daily conversation with them ask them for their help when it comes to protection.

Salt - thrown over shoulder, footsteps, etc.

Spiritual waters/cologne

Spiritual washes - can be taken in bath soak or shower scrub forms among others

Prepared talismans/charms - worn always or as necessary

Household charms - placements particularly of note are thresholds and windows

Uncrossing rituals - can be more involved depending on system used

Simple Curse to Spot Who Means You Harm

Inspired by and incorporates an old Irish curse 

“May those who love us, love us, And those who don’t, May [God] turn their hearts And if not their hearts, may [he] turn their ankles so we’ll know them by their limping”

Inventory: - salt - lemon juice - black pepper - red pepper - 2 paper - red marker - black string - tinted, dark bottle - sigil form of the curse

To Do:

Draw curse sigil on paper with red marker. Recite curse throughout spell, inserting the name of your own god if wanted. Fold sigil up tight as it will go, then unfold once into a bowl/crevice shape. Place paper into a bowl of salt. Sprinkle black and red pepper into paper. Burn sigil paper down to ash, still reciting curse. Once paper is burned, pour salt and every single piece of the paper into bottle. Prepare second piece of paper by lightly soaking in lemon juice until slightly moldable. Form paper into a cap for the bottle and tie down paper with string. Place in a hidden, dark place in a room that people pass through often. Turn in a counterclockwise circle once a week. 

Let’s talk hexing

Hexing is different than curses and Jinx’s.

Jinx:

A jinx may cause an unfortunate event or a series of bad luck (temporary) are meant to cause discomfort or to inconvenience the target.

Hexes:

A hex may intend to effect well-being, love life or health (longer lasting than jinx’s) are meant to cause bad luck to the target.

Curses:

A curse is a strong hex intending to cause specific troubles (can be short term but usually long lasting) are meant to cause direct harm to the target.

Ingredients:

Black pepper: bad luck, punishing negative energies

Pickle juice: to bring sourness

Black salt: banishment

Thumb tacks: pain and suffering

Hot peppers: pain, irritation, burning, anger

Salt: to intensify wounds, to sting, to keep someone away

Mustard seed: strife and discord

Onion: breaking relationships/habits/etc, strife

Lemons: causing pain (think lemon juice on a cut), souring a relationship, or any good luck the target has been receiving lately.

Small pickles: male impotency

Coffee: insomnia

war water

Chili to cause pain and "sourness"

Amethyst: nightmares, illusion, paranoia

Broken glass: cutting ties, warding off negative energies, pain

Rotten tea/anything moldy: for detriment on their life

Vinegar: souring, dissolves relationships

Tea: lethargy/oversleeping

These are some things you can use I encourage you to do your own research and make sure you are protected.

Now baby witches i don’t really encourage you guys to hex or do anything baneful until you are very sure you know what your doing, your protected, you’ve done your own research, and you’ve been practicing for more than 2 months! You shouldn’t go into witchcraft thinking it’s all love and peace because it dose have that aspect to it but there is baneful magic.

Baneful magic doesn’t make you a shitty person. There are lots of reasons why people hex. You aren’t a bad person for doing it. Also not everyone believes in the 3 fold law. The 3 fold law is primarily practiced by modern wiccans and not everyone believes in it.

Happy hexing babes!

Items needed:

Sprig of Rosemary

A piece of yellow paper

A red pen

Scissors

A red clothe

Paprika or red pepper

A piece of red string

Time of Day:

Midnight on a Saturday

Ritual:

While performing this spell - carry a sprig of rosemary with you at all times. Write the person's name on the yellow paper. If you don't know who is sending you all this negativity, simply write, "Enemy Mine".

Using the red pen, draw a figure of a doll shape around the name and cut it out with your scissors.

Lay the paper doll face down on the red clothe and sprinkle with paprika or red pepper. Tie a string around the middle of your doll. Wrap up the doll tightly with the red clothe and hold it in your hands while repeating these words:

Symptoms (symptoms will vary depending on the type of hex or curse thrown) - Lethargy, confusion, emotional fluxuation, lack of motivation, and shift in energy are basic symptoms, however, sometimes it's NOT a hex, sometimes it's JUST mercury retrograde or your depression or paranoia or anxiety. DO NOT DISMISS THE MUNDANE WITH THIS.

Hex divination - there are a few ways to see if you have been hexed, here are my favorites.

Matches Take two matches and strike them at the same time. Toss them in a bowl of water. If they make an X, you have been hexed. If they make a V, someone has attempted it. If they separate like | | then you have not been hexed.

another match test is taking two matches and rub them all over your body. Toss them in the water the same as above. the answers are the same as previously mentioned

The word "Poppet" was a Middle English (approx 1100 - 1250CE) word used to describe a doll, and that's all they are… They are magical tools in the form of a doll.

Poppets are an open practice that exist in many different traditions and many types of practices. One important note: They are not voodoo dolls. All Voodoo dolls are poppets but not all poppets are voodoo dolls. I have also heard that the term "voodoo doll" was a phrase used by white men to demonize those who practiced hoodoo and voodoo. I am unsure on the validity of this but let's just carry on to talking about how to use poppets.

What is a Poppet? Poppets are a personification of your target. They can be made of wax, felt, material, yarn and sticks, they can be a barbie doll, anything you want with one head, two arms, and two legs (or two heads, if they are two-faced or just a Gemini - just kidding... but you could lol).

How do you use a Poppet? They can be used to cause harm and to bless and heal, depending on what your intention with the poppet is. Give it a massage, or give it a nice cleansing bath (without purposefully drowning it), or beat it up and give it a swirly in the toilet. The possibilities for this are endless. whatever is done to the poppet will be energetically transferred to the target.

I have personally used a poppet to whisper sweet nothings into its ear and make the target dream of me. They later said they dreamt of me for months for no apparent reason. Woops lol.

Activating your Poppet: To activate the poppet, give it a heart and two eyes. insert a taglock into the poppet to give it life, or show the poppet who they are supposed to be and they will represent that person. I like to breathe onto/into mine to give it life, like the breath of life and it works perfectly. It's up to you on how you want to activate it. There is really no wrong way.

Accidents Happen: If you accidentally drop your poppet or do something you didn't mean to do, it will be fine. Everything done to the doll must be done intentionally and with purpose.

Hermes (engraving)

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Spirit Work is a branch of Death Magic. Neither one is for new witches, but at the same time I can’t stop you so here is a small list of things that will help you succeed.

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Mirrors are a great tool to help you. I personally don’t use mirrors cause I don’t have a good one to use but there are some requirements for mirrors

Lock your mirrors. You can make a locking spray, sigil, anything. Just lock them. This prevents negative entities from using your mirrors to travel around. Mirrors only have to be locked in they have gold, silver, or bronze backings. The mirror you picked up from CVS doesn’t need to be locked. The mirror that you got from your great great grandma? Yeah, lock it if you’re not using it. 

If you are going to use mirrors in spirit work, be ready for what you might see. This can be used for both spirit communication or scrying.

Salt. Always have salt on you. It banishes negative energies if you charge it correctly. You can never go wrong with salt. (And no, it doesn’t really matter what kind of salt. You can use the salt in your cabinet if you wish) 

Theres nothing wrong with using ouija boards, as long as you do it properly. Don’t use them in your house, but you can use them outside. Make sure you say good bye before putting it away. Cast a circle before you start to keep bad spirits away from the board. Just use common sense.

Make sure you set up some house rules if youre going to allow spirits to use your house like a hotel. Examples include: Spirits are not allowed to scare the pets, spirits are no allowed in your bedroom without permission, etc. Just rules to set boundaries in your home. Remember to be respectful. 

If you are going to “summon” a spirit (don’t do that unless its a spirit of your family and even then, just invite them. Don’t summon them) you best have some food or drink to give them in return. 

Learn to cleanse, banish, and vet the spirits. If you have an negative entity trying to pass off as a positive entity, you need to learn how to catch that to keep everyone safe.

Talk with the spirits in your house. This can be via pendulum (easiest) or any other divination types. Get their input and say on things regarding them. 

You can bind spirits to objects, but I don’t recommend it. You would need their permission and have to do a whole ritual on it. its messy and time consuming. How ever, if you have a really bad negative entity in your house that you have to get rid of, try cleansing first. Then banishing. Binding is always a last resort. 

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