magic, books, and cupcakes

Tumblr magic is so completely different to anything in my path or studies that after a few double takes I thought, you know what? Let’s try it. Who the fuck am I to judge a praxis I haven’t even dabbled in?

The results? Honestly the same as if I try to manifest something into being by sheer force of will. Yes you can make this stuff work with some experience and power behind you but it’s nothing you couldn’t achieve by “wishing really hard”.

The spell jars? If you follow tumblr methodology what you’ll have there is some pot pourri with really good vibes. There’s nothing wrong with that, it’d make a lovely housewarming gift and if you’re powerful enough you could even manifest some shit…

Anyways. Why would burying it somewhere significant, etc, make a difference where marking it with something significant doesn’t? Why do you get to decide that?

What’s the difference?  No seriously.  What’s the difference between burying a spell jar or witch bottle on my property, and setting it up on a shelf on my property.

As far as I’m concerned they’re both passive. And while i’m here, there’s nothing wrong with passive magic.

Not all magic is like building sourdough. If your blend of magic is building sourdough then that’s fine but don’t tell everyone and their mother that they’re doing it wrong bc your nip of experience didn’t work.

Actually jar spells are pretty interesting on the whole. Especially some jars which are not meant to be touched, handled, or otherwise disturbed unless you’re breaking the spell that’s in them. For instance, styles of souring jars or hexing jars - which I’ve used particularly well with ammonia (yes, ammonia), which were meant for dissolving and/or removing and/or stripping of a particular thing from a particular item. Slowly. Meant to sit in a dark hidden spot.

Granted a lot of witch jars or bellamine jars are buried (sometimes in the fire place, flipped over), but the concept there is the same. You make the jar, you turn it over, you bury it at your fire place, and you look for  the nearest person with an intense ass headache. Some bellamine jars stay for centuries, and are dung up, and promptly… reburied right in the place that they were originally put. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartmann_jug

This isn’t the first concept of sitting jar, in fact, some jars are meant to be shields. Meant to “grow mold” or become cloudy, because that’s when the jar has done it’s job. It has a purpose, to be hit. To take in. To absorb. In the same way that another witch’s bottle works. In the same way that any talisman or amulet that falls works or  breaks or suddenly “disappears”.

It’s true a lot of jar spells in Hoodoo requires extra details to work. Shaking jars certainly by the name are like that. Honey Jars / Sweetening jars require you to lick your fingers after you put the target in the jar, to sweeten them and you to them. It’s true other hexing jars require burial and require prayer, ritual and treaties with spirits. They need to be well oiled, well fed, well kept. 

But jar spells aren’t limited to Hoodoo, and aren’t limited to certain folk magic type spells either that i have exemplified here. 

Oh, and pot pourri? Pot pourri, properly handled, is oiled and fed to keep it fresh and managed. You have to stir it. I would call any jar spell that requires that the equivalent of pot pourri. Otherwise, you’ll just have moldy herbs. Anyone who knows how to make pot pourri would know that a good one will last for years as long as you manage and take care of it by stirring it and keeping it activated. Your metaphors are bad. 

One more thing and on a personal note, in my mind the act of a witch or in some cases, as is this one, the spell caster, their act is not without power. The glance of a witch can curse. The spit of a witch can curse. Even the hair of a witch can lay claim, the grip, the handshake of a witch can cause something. Don’t mistake a witch’s movement for lack of power. 

So when a witch or a spell caster takes a sprig of rosemary and puts it somewhere purposefully, let’s say, in a corner, or in the claw of the rooster, it’s not just because the rosemary contains something special about it. Something buried in it’s spirit. It’s because the witch chose that sprig specifically. I carefully choose every piece of thing that I work with. 

Are you?

I check to see it’s health. I check to see it’s wealth. I check to see it’s form is most perfect for what I need. A thing chosen, selected by a witch has much power, in my opinion.

Do you?

See I can play this game as well, where I teach you a backwards lesson. Where I make assumptions about your practice, your doing, your actions, and by which I mean to shame you for my presumption of your lacking.

If you want to talk about spells, you know the blog handle. I love them. Jar spells are very interesting. I’ve thrown a few jars into some rivers, much to the anger and surprise of some of my followers. I’ve broken my jar spells before.  

I do like much of tumblr’s willingness to experiment with jars, and most other spells. I would be very interested to see how a jar with flour, salt, yeast, sugar, would sit. I wouldn’t necessarily add water here, but I might. A specific selected water. It might be interesting. 

After all, there are a few home protection spells which include flour, salt, sugar, and a few other things, as well as a penny with the year that the house was built, meant to be stored in the heart of the home, to not be interfered with. Because it works passively as a protection amulet. 

Even the jars themselves are important, just like the bellamine jar’s shape. Some vessels work the form, and that’s why you choose them. Some of them are meant for the color of the jar. Blue Jar spells have been spoken about for years for specific kinds of binding spells, or domination spells. 

Before I get into this: I don’t have any issues with cursing, but I am seeing people jump into them quickly, and even casting them against each other on here so I’m going to explain some shit that people need to know if this is what they want to do.

Before the Three-fold law was brought to the forefront because of Wicca, there were a few commonplace ‘rules’ many, many witches followed, one of which was: To never use your power on a another witch.

This was not because of morals.

This was because there are ways of sending things back to the caster. A witch attacking another witch never ended well for either party (or their loved ones, really, because nothing ever just effects one person), it was essentially declaring a never ending war, because yeah you may have thrown up some protections, but all that has to be done is a reversal spell more potent than whatever protection you gave yourself. Rinse and repeat until one party gives up.

That being said, here’s two reversal spells I have in my book of mirrors. I have adapted them and combined other published spells to make these, so if you happen to have the same books as me some parts may be familiar. I have tested these.

Hex & Curse Reversal Candle

Get a new candle, you’ll want it to be large. The longer the candle burns the more powerful the spell.

Turn it upside down. Carve off the bottom until the wick is exposed and can be lit.

If necessary, slice the top so it can stand flat on it’s top, upside down.

Dress the candle in any oils or herbs you find appropriate to help you with this. Meditating on it can help if need be. Different curses/hexes are better stopped by different things, so if something feels right, use it. Just make sure it’s safe.

Light the wick, while chanting “Let this evil done against me reverse itself, as I have reversed you.”

Meditate and focus your intent while the candle burns. Do it until you feel it is enough. Let the candle burn out. If you stop meditating on it and feel like you should a few hours later while the candle is still burning, do it. When the candle burns out, the reversal is complete.

Hex & Curse Reversal Spell

 Gather 6 blackthorns, or pine needles.

Create a wax (or clay, if burying) image. It does not have to be specific, it can be a generic human figure. If this is a curse or hex, this spell will be able to trace where it came from.

Stick a thorn/needle through each hand, while saying “The evil you have crafted returns to you.”

Stick a needle/thorn through each foot, while saying “The evil you visit upon me returns to you”

Stick a needle/thorn through the mouth, while saying “The evil you spoke returns to you”

Stick a thorn through the forehead “The evil that you think and create returns to you.”

Witches = multiple witches (those witches over there)

Witch’s = (possessive) meaning that one witch owns something (a witch’s house, a witch’s familiar, or a witch’s pet peeve)

So I’ve put together a list of tarot and oracle decks that are – mostly – $10 and under on Amazon. A few are over $10, but only by some cents, and nothing is $11 or over. All prices are accurate as of the time I grabbed them, and I’m going off of the main prices listed on the page, so you can probably find some cheaper decks in the used section as well!

I included a few offbeat choices, like a set of blank tarot cards and the Tiny Universal Waite – which is honestly too small to use as a deck, but is great for magic. Be sure to check out each listing for yourself if you’re interested!

Also, the prices are definitely going to change – the English Magic Tarot in particular has fluctuated wildly, as you all may remember. And decks that were priced too high at the time of making this list may go down in price, so it’s always worth checking Amazon just in case! Plus there are definitely a few decks that got left off this list.

TAROT

Harmonious Tarot Mini ($8.91) 

Tiny Universal Waite Tarot ($8.95) 

The English Magic Tarot ($9.34) 

The Golden Tarot – Liz Dean ($9.86) 

Ceccoli Tarot Mini ($9.87) 

Blank Tarot Cards ($9.95) 

Manga Tarot Mini – Lo Scarabeo ($10.05) 

Smith-Waite Centennial Tarot, Tin Edition ($10.20) 

Celtic Mini Tarot ($10.29) 

The Wildwood Tarot ($10.39) 

Quick & Easy Tarot ($10.71) 

Tarot of Marseille Mini ($10.75) 

Tarot of Pagan Cats Mini ($10.75) 

Tarot Art Nouveau Mini ($10.75) 

The Fairy Tarot Mini ($10.75) 

Pagan Tarot Mini ($10.75) 

ORACLES

Life Purpose Oracle ($8.39) 

The Druid Animal Oracle Deck ($8.68) 

Creative Whack Pack ($9.60) 

Butterfly Oracle Cards for Life Changes ($9.82) 

Angels of Atlantis Oracle Cards ($10.15) 

Earth Magic Oracle ($10.52) 

The Illuminated Tarot ($10.53) 

The Psychic Tarot for the Heart Oracle ($10.62) 

THIS IS TOO REAL.

It’s not even just at events. Like, I went to a local crystal shop and had an interesting conversation about sensing energy with a guy who then went onto grab and stroke my arm and tell me “I can see that you get aroused very easily.”

wtf???

And then it’s the fucking awkward silence while he’s waiting for me to respond and I’m like “how do I get out of this conversation, this store, and this city”

Not to mention all the nasty backhanded spells being thrown around at people. I was constantly dealing with shit from other people.

‘Controversy,’ in this particular context, almost always meant sex. 

When I brought up that I had a girlfriend and had no interest in participating in whatever game they were getting at, I was told to ‘embrace polyamory.’ 

Which is a major insult to polyamory. 

The. 

Fuck. 

What does ‘the energy of a single person’ even fucking mean? 

Who fucking…

what the fuck.

-predatory dudes who believe nubile skyclad young women will throw themselves at any man with a crushed velvet cloak from the pyramid collection

-’All methods are only perfect in their original form. All deviations are insignificant by comparison.’ 

- “Wow, um, isn’t that a little…. dark?”  I serve gods of death and the underworld, dude, ‘dark’ comes with the territory.

- “I believe in karma and the threefold law.”  You know fuck-all about karma and it is not the same as the threefold law, which I also don’t observe.

Remember kids, tarot, and divination in general, is not really supposed to tell you what you want to hear. It’s supposed to tell you what you need to hear.

And sometimes you’re not going to like it.

… 

Often, you’re not going to like it. 

… 

You just ain’t gonna like it.

*lies on face*

to make it pretty clear, antiziganism is widespread across europe INCLUDING the uk and ireland and VERY extensively documented despite what deliberately sophistical weirdos on the internet tell you. romani people experience frequent segregation. romani women are forcibly sterilised and have their children taken from them, romani children are forced to go to different schools, forced out of homes, and ROMANI CHILDREN are REFUSED BURIAL in public cemeteries.  romani people were systematically exterminated during the holocaust, and PERMANENTLY LOST parts of their language and culture, though this is left out of history education worldwide.

so here we are with this person who’s out here telling people antiziganism is okay and that if anyone complains that you routinely dehumanise romani people and use derogatory racial slurs, they’re just “interpreting it wrong”. they are clinging to narratives straight out of the mouths of bigots that romani people are exaggerating or fabricating the violence they face, and it’s clear they only made that post for no reason other than to project their own ideas and philosophy about systematic oppression for notes. actual romani bloggers have refuted these same ridiculous arguments and debunked all of magicianmew’s points on several occasions but magicianmew refuses to listen, retract anything they’ve said, or apologise. they actually edited their post once (the link on my blog shows the original post) so clearly they are willing to edit their own posts, but only if it supports their argument, i guess.

Anyway, this person is here, and there’s tarot spreads, sigils, photos of workspaces and altars, artwork, and not a link in sight. I’ve already asked that they remove the work, or at the very least make the board private, and they blocked me. So… yep. There’s stuff from maddiviner, delphidivination, magicianmew, floralwaterwitch.

It also proves that someone can be christian/catholic and a witch, something so many witches (and christians) are quick to dismiss.

In my opinion, it also kind of shows why traditions of witchcraft in other regions of Europe and the British isles disappeared. This is something that I’ve read before, and I feel this somewhat supports the theories. With the modernization of Europe came modern medicine and psychological/psychiatry practices. As we saw in this film with the woman having nighares, witchcraft and modern medicine are usually competing industries. Because medicine is backed by tangible scientific evidence, it became easy to discredit the work of witches/other spirit and magic workers. And not only was it their work that was discredited, but they were even personally attacked by being called liars who intentionally try to cheat people out of their money.