clover & thistle

Being a witch in the broom closet, it can be hard to do any spell work around my house. So I have found the bath is the easiest place to practice my work! This spell is great for anyone that has to use whatever they can find around for ingredients.

This is what you will need for this Yule bath spell:

*Coffee filters

*rosemary

*nutmeg

*cinnamon

*pine needles

*peppermint

*one red and several white candles

Feel free to add or substitute any ingredients in this spell. I had to use a tea bag for the peppermint but like with any spell, intent is what matters most. Combine all the ingredients into the coffee filter, which works best if doubled up, and tie it at the top. Place the bag into the bath as the water is running.

As you climb into the water, imagine all of the negativity and darkness in your life melting away. Yule is the longest dark night of the year, but represents the earth turning back into the light for the coming year. So as you light each candle, begin with the red one followed by as many white candles as your heart desires, envision light surrounding and filling every inch of you. As your body begins to be filled with warmth, say this spell:

“May my spirit be filled with light on this the darkest night. As the world begins to turn bright may my spirit be at peace tonight”

I hope you enjoy this spell as much as I did! :)

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❄️☃️❄️WINTER INSPIRED SPREAD❄️☃️❄️

I. FROZEN

Parts of your life or your being that are taking a temporary break, having gone into stasis only to emerge upon spring. 

II. DEAD

Things that you are now done with, perhaps a difficult situation that is now withered and will trouble you no longer. Or maybe something good from this past year which you enjoyed, but now its time has passed, leaving space for new opportunities and experiences to follow.  

III. HEARTH

Like a fireplace this person/place/experience will be your shelter from the cold this winter. Something in your life that is akin to wrapping yourself up in a cozy blanket on a cold night. It gives you strength to think about it, and you’ll look forward to returning to it when the season becomes too harsh to bear. 

IV. QUIET

Things to reflect on in this still season. Winter always seems to be the quietest time of year (barring the holidays) and it might help to spend some of this time contemplating this card. 

V. FESTIVE

Something joyful and merry coming your way! An event that will occur this winter that will give cause to celebrate and share your happiness with others. 

Spell originally by Cassandra Eason.

What you need:

12 white candles or tea candles (in a circle)

A red candle in the center

Festiveness around the candles (greenery, baubles, etc.)

Timing: Between December 21-23 in Northern Hemisphere; June 21-23 in the Southern Hemisphere (Yule’s timing)

1.) Light the red candle and from it the circle of candles. Say “I walk into the darkness without fear at the turning of the year, knowing the light will return. Candles no more burn.”

2.) Extinguish the candle circle so only the central candle flame remains. Say “ Let the old sun die, carrying away what must go, the illusions, the excuses, the inertia, and open the door to a new tomorrow.”

3.)After a few minutes relight each candle in the circle, clockwise from the red candle, saying “ The sun is reborn and light returns to the world. The dark times are ended.”

Outside:

Leave out birdseed ornaments as offerings to the season

If snowing, play in the snowfall to appreciate the changing season or collect some for snow water

After the sun has gone down, burn a yule log in a bonfire

Take some friends and go wassailing! 

In the Home:

Make stovetop potpourri as an alternative to incense 

DIY gifts with your witch skills for your friends and family 

Read a winter solstice tarot spread for yourself

Decorate your holiday tree, blessing the ornaments with good energy

Hang mistletoe for protection and (consensual!) kisses

In the Kitchen:

Make one of these Celtic Yule recipes

Prepare some traditional or non-traditional wassail for any adults

Bake mini yule logs to share with family and friends 

Make Swedish Lussekatter rolls or Norwegian Julekake bread 

In the Bath:

Bathe with fresh orange slices and frankincense and myrrh essential oils for a prosperity ritual bath

Take a lazy witch holiday LUSH bath (our suggestions here) 

Do a pre-solstice ritual bath with essential oils

Make winter spice bath bombs and enchant them for prosperity

On your Altar:

Use colors like reds, greens, whites, and metallic colors

Add holly, pine, ivy, mistletoe, juniper, or cedar for some greenery

Decorate with a yule wish bottle to for some easy magic

Represent the seasonal harvest with oranges, pears, nuts, and berries

Colours: red, green, white, silver, blue.

Plants & Herbs: cinnamon, cedar, cloves, evergreens, frankincense, ginger, holly, ivy, mistletoe, myrrh, pine cones, poinsettias, nutmeg, rosemary, saffron, wintergreen.

Incense & Oils: cedar, cinnamon, frankincense, ginger, myrrh, nutmeg, pine, spruce.

Crystals & Stones: bloodstone, clear quartz, garnet, peridot, ruby, tiger’s eye, topaz, rose quartz.

Animals: buffalo, doves,  goat, reindeer, robins, squirrels.

Decorations: bells, candles, evergreens, gifts, holly, lights, mistletoe, poinsettias, wreaths, yule trees/christmas trees.

Meanings: honour, rebirth, transformation, light out of darkness, creative inspiration, the mysteries, new life, regeneration, inner renewal, reflection/introspection (source)

Customs:  lights, gift-exchanging, singing, feasting, resolutions, new fires kindled, strengthening family & friend bonds, generosity, yule log, hanging mistletoe, apple wassailing, burning candles, Yule tree decorating, kissing under mistletoe, bell ringing/sleigh-bells (source)

Element: Earth

A collection of categorized links for your Yule needs! What is Yule? [X] Yule is celebrated on slightly different days depending on who you ask, but the broad spectrum is: December 20th to January 1st in the Northern Hemisphere and around June 20th (give or take a few days) in the Southern Hemisphere.

 The basics:

Yule correspondences

Celebrating Yule

Yule: A very merry sabbat

Guide to Yuletide plants + herbs

Yule - ‘tis the season

Yule practices

A Yule ritual

50 Yuleisms

Inexpensive Yule decorations

Yule Crafts:

Yule potpourri recipe

Witch balls / more witch balls

A twelve-herb sachet for Yule

Mini herb wreaths

Yule log

Yule craft ideas

Pine protection balm

Dried orange slices

Apple feeders for winter birds

Yule Recipes:

Herbal shortbread

Bread dipping oil

Chocolate Yule log

Yuletide muesli

Yule tea

Yule Punch

Non-alcoholic mulled wine

Winter sabbat wine

Yule Spells:

Merry Yule spell jar / Season of peace spell jar

Holiday ornament snow spell

Yule bath spell

Blessed Yule - for a positive holiday season

Winter solstice spell

Spell for a happy family gathering

Yule energy sun spell

Winter stasis spell sachet

Holiday home blessings

Safe delivery envelope spell

Yule Tarot Spreads:

The return (2 card)

Yule spread (3 card)

Tarot spread for Yule (3 card)

Winter inspired spread (5 card)

Yule reflection + advice spread (5 card)

A Yuletime tarot spread (6 card)

Other:

Music ideas / Winter witch playlist

Altar/celebration ideas / Yule altar guide

Yule plants / Mistletoe Lore

Yule oils/incense / Yule incense

Emoji spell for luck during Yule and Solstice

Spell ideas for the holidays

Updated June, 2020. Please inform me (via askbox) of broken links!

Some bath rituals will be at the end🌙

Herbs & Oils: 🌿

Coordinate herbs or essential oils with your spell work. Add directly to hot water. Both lavender and rosemary are bathing staples.

Candles & Incense: 🕯

Harness the element of fire and amplify your spell work. Coordinate colours and scents with your work. Ring your tub with them or light incense intead.

Salt: 🧂

Use for purification and protection. Represents the elements of earth. Epsom salts in particular are great for bathing. They ease aches and pains, cleanse toxins, and relax the body.

Other Luxuries: 🛁

Bath bombs (coordinate colours with your work), bubbles and wine are possibilities. Try using music to aid in relaxation and meditation and to drown out the sound of the everyday world.

Peace Bath Spell 🕊

Rosemary: Healing, peace, sleep, and purification.

Meadowsweet: Calm, release of tension.

Yarrow: Healing, protection, and self-love.

Blue Bath Bomb: NOT REQUIRED but can promote calmness, peace, patience, tranquility, and subconsciousness

Bubbles: Add some bubbles if you would like :)

Basic Spiritual Cleanse Bath 🌙🕯

White Candle

Lemon Slices: Purification, happiness and beauty, self-love, spiritual openness, and clearing negative energies.

Salt: Protection and purification.

Coconut Water/Milk: Protection and purification.

Cleansing smoke of your choice.

I hope you find some use out of this. Sending good energy and pleasant travels your way, until our paths cross again✨🌙

A collection of categorized links for your Samhain needs! What is Samhain? [X] Samhain is celebrated between October 31st to November 1st (April 30th to May 1st in the S. Hemisphere) and is also called: Samhuinn/Samhainn,  Sauin.

The Basics:

Samhain basics, activities and correspondences

Celebrating samhain 101

Samhain solitary ritual

Witchy autumn activities

Subtle witch tips - Samhain

Ways to honor your deceased loved ones on samhain

Spirit offerings on samhain

What to do with pumpkin seeds

Samhain Crafts:

Samhain candles

Samhain Recipes:

Samhain scones/witch cakes

Gingered pumpkin muffins

Samhain pumpkin bread

Soul cake recipe and spell

Rosemary bourbon sweet potato pie

Tortitas de Calabaza- squash cakes/pumpkin fritters

Cozy compote

Samhain mulled cider

Samhain Spells:

Jack-o-lantern spells

A jack-o-lantern ritual (and magic seeds recipe)

Pumpkin seed banishing spell

Traditional samhain love spells

Samhain renewal spell

Samhain rite for small groups

Dust to dust - simple samhain ritual

Bonfire magic ritual for samhain

Samhain Tarot Spreads:

The hallowed spread (3 card)

Samhain spread (4 card)

Samhain tarot spread (4 card)

Samhain spread (5 card)

Witches’ samhain spread (6 card)

Samhain tarot spread (7 card)

October witch tarot spread (10 card)

The otherworld spread (12 card)

Other:

Magical Samhain sigil + sigil for Samhain

All Hallows’ flying incense

Last updated October of 2020, please inform me of broken links via askbox!

Having a bath is a good way to relax and enjoy time for yourself, it also could be used as a part of your magic practice.

Before you go: 

If you have allergies please check ingredients before to make your bath. Before to read anything else takes attention to this. 

*clean your bathtub @thesubtlewitch

*safety advisement @notyourmothersspellbook

*after the bath @am-i-boob-level-yet

Beginner tips: 

How to make a sachet? How to use this pink himalayan salt? Can i use this freaking amazing bath bomb ? Well, there are some links to begin your practice and know a little bit more about bath magic.

*basic components @casual–witchcraft

*bath magic references @bitch-witch-aint-no-snitch

*general guide @aphroditiful

*how to: magic oil @speaksofsomethingthatisgone

*how to use fermented rice water @thymewitch

*how to make a sachet @swampseer

*witch tips: herbs @elsaswitchystuff

*about seashells @mothermoonie

*bath bomb magick @sylvaetria

*bath magick guide @la-petitefille

*purrification with bath @thehexcollector

*to begin @recreationalwitchcraft

*pure water :  think about it : as @orriculum said you don’t need any of these, you are the ingredient

Beauty bath spell:  

*milk bath to hydrate and purrify your skin @eyeofhorustarot

*rose bath spell bath @orriculum 

*beauty bath @bibliotecha-secreta

*cinnamon dolce latte grounding scrub @hereticalapothecary

*soft skin, soft soul bath ritual @lunar-witches

*mermaid’s bath spell : a glamourous spell @themanicnami

*i’m majestic @orzula

*cuteness and radiance spell inspired by Sailor Mini Moon @themanicnami

According to the moon phases: 

*full moon @scorpiomoonchildd / another full moon bath @aventurineforest

*new moon @magicgemflower / new moon herbal bath @honeycoyote

*moon phases scrub recipe @hekserie

According to sabbats: 

*yule bath spell @catspawwitchery / yule bath @i-am-the-nature-witch / yule inspiration bath @witchingmama / another yule bath spell @wanderlustandmagik

*litha mid summer bath @iolitewitchcraft

*imbolc ritual bath @recreationalwitchcraft / imbolc lushcraft @lepuslunamgrimoire

*mabon bath @recreationalwitchcraft

*ostara bath ritual @mrs-k-cottage-witch / lush products correspondances @recreationalwitchcraft / restoring and cleaning ostara bath mixing fruit,spice and bath bomb @lepuslunamgrimoire

*samhain bath salt @theofficialbabadook / lush products correspondances for samhain @recreationalwitchcraft

Connecting to

This part it inspired by this Witch Bath Masterpost (amazing and very useful post), i just added more links to complete it. About deities, a lot of spirits, gods and goddesses are related to water so check out your deities correspondences to create your own ritual.

*elements: earth @healing-sun-witch /  fire bath @lepuslunamgrimoire/  air bath @lepuslunamgrimoire

*ice witch @aphroditiful

*sun bath @cosmicrystalwitch

*sea witch-tropical bath @sassandspells / another sea witch bath @recreationalwitchcraft / connecting to the ocean @themixedwitcharchive

*Aphrodite simple bath spell @wistfulgiselle / Aphrodite sugar scrub spell @crybambi-posts

*Freya bath salt @thewitchofthenorse

*faerie bath spell @moonbugpresence

*dragons @recreationalwitchcraft

*celestial bath @orriculum

*deities of olympus as lush products @leosorciere

About self love: 

*self love bath @recreationalwitchcraft

*peace/love @viridisherbalist

*post depressing @prettycitywitch

*love protection bath spell @needtobeawitchingslug

*self love bath sachet @spooniewitches

*love yourself @kristalliserade

*divine self love spell @foxseidr

Relaxing and healing bath spell

*peace of mind bath salt @themanicnami

*simple relaxing bath @magicalmystic

*zelda inspire bath spell -healing and purrify @hylianshrinemaiden

*bedtime bath and clear sinuses bath @the-domestic-witch

*stress relief bath spell @gensgrimoire / another stress reliever bath @jennycalabro

*gross bath spell @thequeenofsunflowers

*simple healing bath @witchymashedpotatoes

*grommot’s nasty bath to release bad energies and be dirty again @grommot

*”grow from the dirt” bath spell @mermanwitch

*bath me the fuck better spell : release bad energy @ghostlywitvh

*simple purification scrub @recreationalwitchcraft

Others bath spell:

*bring luck @mothmaam

*warm my bones @under-the-lilies

*attracting love bath soak @recreationalwitchcraft

*help ease menstrual cramps @herbsandcrystals 

*stomach bug @stormbornwitch

*break the habit bath @lepuslunamgrimoire

*prosperity bath spell @rosemarysea

*banishment bath love and memories @nightkunoichi

*hex removing @annabellehectorworldofweird

Rituals for 2 and more 

*couple’s bath spell (love and lust) @themanicnami

*aphrodisiac bath @lepuslunamgrimoire

* love spell for saphic witches… @lesbiandaydream

Protection’s bath

There is an Ultimate Masterpost about Protection Magic @serenas-book-of-shadows very complete, with an entire part about bath magic. I just re-noted a few one and others i found on Tumblr.

*armor of love : getting protected with the love of others @honeycoyote

*master protector body scrub @oldmotherredcap

*simple purrification and protection scrub @recreationalwitchcraft

Make up your day !

*today will be a good day @themanicnami

*stay focus @stormbornwitch

*motivation and clarity @orriculum

*happiness bath @primrosetheodora

*widsom and intelligence @starwwitch

*confidence bath spell and boost for work @aphroditiful

*job interview confidence bath @lepuslunamgrimoire

*soak in positivity @witchbrise

Magic energies

*increase psychic abilities soak @unfriendlyblackwitch

*relax and meditate herbal steams recipe @quartzbound

*energy cleaning @hereticalapothecary

*disenchanting bath spell @kitchenwitch

*banishing bath bomb recipe @she-who-treads-on-water

*new year purification bath @wishfulwitchy / welcoming positivity into the new year @wood-fires-archive

*pre-ritual spell bath @wicccaa

With sigils: 

For anyone who works with sigils, here a few ones to draw on your soap, bathbomb, yourself or water. You can find others sigils and awesome advices for beginning your practice with this post about sigil bath @themanicnami. Obviously this is not an exhaustive list, and you can create one by yourself depend on your needs.

*i’m cleansed and relaxed @will-o-the-witch

*i’m clean and purified @onesigiladay

*beauty radiates from me @sigilathenaeum

*negative energy leaves my heart @starborn-witch /  negative energy leaves my body @softlydivine

*i’m calm @strangesigils / i’m at peace @thesilverwitch

*i’m happy, i’m calm and i’m motivated @strangesigils

*self care @puella-terrae

*self love @artwitchpath / another self love sigil @eclogarium

*sospidonum @inkandsigils

*i’m connected to the element of water @onesigiladay

Correspondances:

A lot of plants can be part of a bath ritual so as always check out your deities correspondences to make your own. Anyway, you can also use bath bomb to prepare an affordable bath.

*lush bath bombs @wanderingbabybat / lush bath magick @will-o-the-witch

*energetic cleanse correspondances for bath @studiostarshine

*bath magic combinations @lesbiandaydream

*protection correspondences @dark-witch-dark-night

*love correspondences @lushywitch

*glamour spell masterpost @sylvaetria

*essential oil blends for witches @suicidalrestraints

*common kitchen herbs @sneezeweeds

*magickal time @thewitchtips

05/2020 edit : recently add more links but still working on it

Mabon is the welcoming of fall/autumn equinox. It is a time to give thanks and appreciate people and things around you. It is one of three harvest festivals on the wheel of the year, and also the time of the year when day and night are equal lengths. This year Mabon starts on September 21, 2020.

I thought I might share what I am doing for Mabon to remind others that it is here as well as give some inspo! 🔮✨

I have been spending as much time with my family (it’s pretty easy since we are in quarantine), family is anyone who you love and makes you feel safe, blood related or not.

I went for a walk, and plan on going on more, in the forest near my house, I was able to clean up some litter and also collect some acorns!

It’s getting colder which means it’s sweater weather, so I have brought out some hoodies and jumpers that have colours that correspond with Mabon.

My family and I made dinner together, and me and my sister also plan to make cookies!

I am reorganizing and cleaning my altar.

There were some vegetables in our garden so we picked them and plan on using them in our meals.

I am taking time to appreciate what I am thankful for, and I am also trying to set goals (especially for the online school year).

Want to honor Freya? These are ways I personally honor Freya. Please add to the list if you have other ideas on how to honor Freya.

💕Offer Freya some rose water.

💕Make a love sigil for Freya.

💕Offer Freya your tears, Freya thrives on any intense emotion.

💕Make a moodboard in honor of Freya.

💕Sing a love song dedicated to Freya.

💕Every Friday make sure to honor her because Friday is Freya’s day.

💕Freya is fond of all metals specifically gold, offer metals to her.

💕Dedicate your gold jewelry to her. Freya loves material things especially if they’re gold.

💕Decorate your altar with cats, honey combs, horns, or bones.

💕Dedicate your outfit to her, dress in the colors red, gold, amber, silver, white, green, and/or black.

💕Practice self love, recognize ways you can practice self love in your everyday life.

💕Honey is sacred to Freya. Make a cup of tea with honey in honor of her.

💕Carry these crystals:

Amber

Rose quartz

Gold

Emerald

Labradorite

Copper

Ruby

Red agate

Fire agate

Tourmaline

Pink tourmaline

Hawkseye

Citrine

Red jasper

Jade

Malachite

Moonstone

Silver

You can even place these crystals on your altar in honor of her.

💕Dedicate a piece of jewelry to her in honor of her Brisingamen.

💕Place roses on your altar as an offering.

💕Drink floral teas like lavender, chamomile, rose, berryblossom, or jasmine.

💕Dedicate your sex magick spells to her.

💕Use the runes Fehu, Kaunaz, Jera, Tiwaz, and Uruz in your craft or altar.

💕Pray to her.

💕Plant alder, apple, birch, bramble, elder, vervain, rose, tansy, lavender, yarrow, belladona, cypress, feverfew, mint, mistletoe, mugwort, thyme, or valerian.

💕Dedicate an orgasm to her. She is the goddess of sex.

💕Take a bath in salts, roses, chamomile, jasmine, mint, or lavender.

💕Create artwork for her.

💕Enchant your make up to make you feel beautiful, confident, and strong.

💕Dedicate your gym session to her. Imagine your a war goddess just like her and fight your workout like a warrior.

💕Light incense or candles of rose, honey, jasmine, amber, strawberry, dragon’s blood, lavender, berryblossom, sandalwood, mint, all floral scents, cypress, myrtle, vervain, or musk.

💕Write a poem about her.

💕If you’re thinking of buying a cat, look for a cat at shelters and pounds first, rescue a little baby.

💕Donate money to animal shelters and pounds.

💕Pray to her for your loved ones in battles whether it’s oversees, a disease, or an abusive relationship.

💕Create an online shrine of her.

💕Leave her offerings of mead, weed, wine, red velvet cake, cider, fresh fruit, honey, bread, candy, or chocolate.

💕Set up an altar dedicated to her.

💕While getting dressed and doing your makeup light a gold candle in honor of her.

💕In order to beautify yourself for the day wear your own Brisingamen in honor of her.

💕Freya is the goddess of beauty, place rose quartz in your makeup bag to increase your beauty for the day.

💕Freya is the goddess of love, carry rose petals in your purse to attract all kinds of love.

Here’s a collection of items you can easily find outside and their correspondences/associations

Grass:  Psychic powers, protection, growth, nature, learning, healing, new beginnings, recovery from loss Pine needles:  Cleansing, healing and strengthening. It also acts as a natural insect repellent Pine cones: Masculinity, fertility Maple Leaves: Feminine, moon magic, travel, learning, dealing with change, decision making, spiritual healing Pennies: Luck, wealth Dandelions: Divination, wishes, calling spirits Dandelion leaves:  Summoning spirits, healing, purification, defeating negativity Red/purple wild clover:  Fidelity, love, money, protection, the blessing of domestic animals White wild clover: Breaking curses Two leaf clover: Love, luck Three leaf clover: protection, luck Four leaf clover: Protection, psychic powers, spirit work, luck, success Oak leaf:  Truth, steadfast knowledge, protection Acorn:  Good luck, protection, wisdom, and personal power Walnut: Healing and protection

Hello all, Happy Summer Solstice! In honor of the beautiful weather and lovely sunshine, I am making a pet protection spell bottle for you all. This is my first spell bottle and I am making two slightly different ones, one for my dog Mandy that has high anxiety (especially during thunderstorms) and one for my boyfriend’s cat Melody that is currently sick with an upper respiratory infection. These bottles will be for good health, good luck (in case they get lost), and calming anxiety! They are each tailored to fit each individual pet, so feel free to change some things based on issues your specific pet may have! Note: Make sure to ask your pet if it is okay if you take a small amount of their fur. If they show discomfort in this use their favorite type of treat or something you may connect with them

Melody’s Spell Bottle Ingredients:

Salt (Purification and to ensure the spell bottle lasts) Eggshells (Protection) Pine (Banish sickness and bring about good luck) Lavender (Healing, love, and calming) Cinnamon (Health and good luck) Small amount of her fur (to tie it to her) Green Candle (Luck, recovery, connectedness to nature) Brown Thread (Animals, pets, locating lost items)

Mandy’s Spell Bottle Ingredients:

Salt (Purification and to ensure the spell bottle lasts) Lavender (Calming) Basil (Peace and protection) Mint (healing) Cinnamon (Health and good luck) Small amount of her fur (to tie it to her) Green Candle (Luck, recovery, connectedness to nature) Brown Thread (Animals, pets, locating lost items)

Directions:

1. Gather your ingredients. I used all dried herbs to make sure no mold would grow in the bottles. I want these bottles to last and to provide protection for as long as they possibly can. If possible, have your pet in the room or nearby while doing the spell

2. Cast your circle, invoke the elements or your deities or whatever you want to do

3. Light your green candle and then begin adding each ingredient (salt first, fur last, otherwise the order doesn’t matter) As you add ingredients continually repeat (either in your head or out loud) 

“Healthy eyes and nose and heart keep her/him safe when we’re apart Good luck good health and protection away with illness and affliction (pet name) please stay always close and know my love forever shows”

If you are not one for spoken spells or chanting, you may also write this out on paper and burn it before you add the ingredients, and then think of your intent as you add each ingredient

4. When all ingredients have been added, tie the brown thread around the bottle neck and seal the bottle with green wax. Then keep the bottle in a location your pet often uses. For melody’s I cut open the lining of a foam cat cube she sleeps in and sewed it in there, for Mandy’s I sewed it onto her leash, however if your bottle is too big to do anything like that, then just keep it in the same area you keep their food or treats.