the witch next door

A weighted stuffed animal that corresponds to your deity. [Artemis -deer, Hera - peacock, Hestia - pig]

Oversized sweater with embroidery. [Artemis - woodland, Iris - rainbow, Demeter - flowers]

Water bottle covered with stickers. [Persephone - flowers, Athena - book quotes]

Colourful pens for journaling [Hestia - sepia, Hera - rich greens, Iris - rainbow]

Rings with details to fidget with. [Demeter - flower, Athena - tree, Artemis - bow]

Meditation or Anxiety deck in corresponding colours/themes. [Hectace - purple, Nyx - night sky, Hestia - foods]

Meditation pillow in a pattern or colour representing your deity. [Athena - grey, Aphrodite - pink]

Books and magazines!!! [Artemis - National Geographic, Demeter - gardening, Hestia - interior design]

Candle, with a scent, colour or name appropriate to your deity. [Aphrodite - rose, Hera - chocolate]

Medication organiser in your deity's colour

Mini noise machine or background noise [Artemis - forest, Amphitrite - waterfall, Hestia - fireplace]

Cosy socks in your deity's colours or patterns [Amphitrite - dolphins, Hestia - Moomins, Iris - RAINBOW]

Animal cooling face masks. [Artemis - bear, Hestia - cow, Aphrodite - dove]

This challenge is super easy, so please just try it for yourself—you may just see a difference in your day.

Thank one animal you see, either in your head or aloud. For example: “Thank you for being here. I see you. I honor your existence.”

Look up at the sky, notice the clouds, feel the wind on your face, smell the fresh air and blooming flowers. Just observe—that’s all. In your heart, feel the gratitude you have for the sky above you.

Where safe, take off your shoes and feel the ground under your feet. If you can’t walk barefoot, touch the ground and thank it for the life it provides. The food it gives you.

A spell to make one’s words more desirable to listen to and to capture the attention of listeners. Helps them hold onto your every word and especially good for flirting.

You Will Need:

Red Lipstick

A Mirror

Sugar

(Optional) Rose Quartz to place before you

Steps:

Wash your face and do your  make up as you normally you would. 

“My words are as sweet as sugar, they attract and lure like a song” 

Take your sugar and place it onto your tongue and close your mouth. Let it dissolve away, as it does think about how you want your words to affect others.

“I will captivate.” Say this three times looking into the mirror

Take your red lipstick and paint your lips with it. Hum during this part a melody that you associate with beauty.

Rub your lips together and do a ‘mwah!’ to the mirror. “May my song begin!” And close the spell as you see fit such as blowing a kiss or winking at the mirror. 

Any invitation they find unworthy they will ignore completely.

STEP 1: Clear your space.

Whether you are invoking the old gods or your eternal soul, and whether you are doing it for divination or for a spell, make sure your environment is clean.

As traditional witches, we sweep the floor with a whisk broom. But in these modern times, a vacuum will do the job just fine.

Then tidy up. Fluff any cushions. Stretch any throws. If you are using a table or another flat surface, wipe it clean and place a cloth over it.

Finally, remove anything that does not belong there. An empty tissue box. A bowl of stale popcorn.

It shows respect for those who will be coming in. You would not invite a queen to somewhere filthy, much less a deity.

STEP 2: Prepare yourself.

Christians go to Mass in their Sunday best to show their god respect.

You do not have to dress up for the red carpet, but remove any trace of dirt and sweat. And unless the ritual requires you to be naked, wear something decent.

If you are reading the cards, make sure you clean your hands. If you are scrying, fix your hair. Do not let it get in the way of the visions you could be seeing.

More than physically, prepare spiritually. Take deep breaths to calm your body. Play soft music and dim the lights to quiet your mind.

If a curse requires you to be furious, harness and direct your anger.

STEP 3: Summon with all your might.

If you have portraits of your higher power, look upon them.

If you are summoning your higher self, hold one of your medals, trophies or artistic creations. Anything that reminds you of yourself at your very best.

When summoning the old gods, speak all their titles. They like to be invoked in all their glory.

Have faith that you are being heard. See them noticing your call, turning their gaze towards you, and gracefully approaching nearer.

If they do not deem your petition respectful enough, they will deny you their presence. Lesser beings will therefore not be intimidated to come in.

Goddess of marriage, childbirth, fertility, kings, empires, heirs, the sky, women, heaven, stars, family

Offerings :

Peacock feathers (naturally sourced)

Lilies / water-lilies

Lotus flowers

White roses

Milk

Apples

Bread

Tea bags

Pomegranates

Rose petals

Maple leaves

A diadem

Throne imagery

Peacock imagery

Cow imagery

Crab imagery

Lion imagery

Cuckoo bird imagery

Cuckoo clock

Statues of her

Statues of her sacred animals

Silver or gold jewellery

Pearls

Diamonds

Citrine

Garnet

Things related to weddings

Veils

Crowns

A fan

Baby clothes

Hair brushes / combs

Family photos

Devotional acts :

Donate to childrens charities

Be kind to children

Be kind to animals

Clean

Crochet or knit

Grow or buy flowers

Draw flowers

Support womens rights

Indulge in self care

Talk to loved ones

Talk to her

Have you been hurt by an ex-lover and don’t know how to get back into the dating scene?? Well then HAVE I GOT THE SPREAD FOR YOU. We all have those shit relationships in our life that leave lasting effects on us, and so this spread is here to help make the transition from single to ready to mingle ;).

Please feel free to use and share this, but seriously don’t make people pay for this reading and also don’t take my name off the wee corner there. 

Hopefully this is helpful for some people! This is my first published spread! If you want to show me how you used it, tag me!!!!!!!!!

This spread has been a while coming, but what with the recent awful attack in London, it pushed me to finesse it and share it for all of us who are finding the continuing waves of horrifying news from around the world overwhelming and emotionally blinding.

It seems like every incident, every report, every political move, makes it harder to see clearly through the clouds of pain, anger, and fear. This spread was designed specifically to help us clear our minds and actually work out a personal way to contribute to making the world a little kinder, while making sure you’re not becoming emotionally and spiritually drained.

For the anonnie ! ♥

This recipe makes like maybe 500 grams of this stuff? idk, i never really measure it, but i use it a lot when i feel sick because it’s all chocked with vitamin C and that’s good for cold and flu. it’s green but i promise it doesn’t taste that gross, for my fellow picky eaters. 

Ingredients

like ~60 grams of baby spinach

1 cucumber (idk what this means, but my mom makes this better than i do and says to use persian cucumbers)

1 chopped pear

juice from 1 lime

1 bundley thing of mint

1 cup water

1 cup ice

Instructions

chuck all the ingredients into your blender and blend that shit up until it’s all one smoothie type drink

while you’re blending, focus really hard your intent and any other witchiness you want

EVEN IF YOU NEVER INTEND TO USE THEM.

The choice of whether to cast baneful magic is yours and yours alone, but you should still know how it works and what types of spells are out there.

While protection and warding magic are all well and good, certain magical countermeasures like bindings and turning spells may be considered baneful by some practitioners. Despite this, you may need to employ them proactively or reactively as a matter of defense.

The chances are very low that you'll ever find yourself in a situation where someone uses baneful magic on you or someone you know, but if that should happen, you need to know how to recognize it, how to undo it, and how to protect yourself in the future.

Pardon me for answering your questions a little out of order - it's been a minute since I cleaned out my inbox!

The biggest tip I can offer for preparing to perform baneful magic is Check Yourself. Take a minute, pause, breathe, consider. You can't throw mud, even metaphysically, without getting your hands dirty. There is no possible way to know the exact outcome of your actions. Are you sure you want to invest your time and energy in the spell, and moreover, are you prepared to accept and live with whatever consequences may result from it?

This is far less about threefold-anything than the simple fact that Actions Have Consequences and Everything Has A Price. If you can acknowledge this and you're okay with it, then move to the next step.

The next step is not Hex The Mofo. The next step is Consider, and I believe this applies to all spells. Is there a better or easier way of getting what you want than your initial knee-jerk response? Instead of hexing, would a binding suffice? Or might it be more effective to bring the person's deeds to light and let the resulting fallout be their punishment? Do you even need to do anything at all or will the situation resolve itself if left alone? Do you really need to throw a whole boulder, or can you touch off an avalanche with a pebble? Think outside the box a little bit.

Again, this is less about trying to avoid backlash and more about doing the thing efficiently. If you can be one thing, you should be efficient.

As for how many other spells you "should" do before attempting baneful magic....who's counting? Do you not feel ready or is it just the invisible bar set by random warning posts on the internet?

There are so many posts and anecdotes out there that feature witches cautioning newer practitioners against certain types of spells "for their own safety," but rarely is the subject of progress ever addressed. If you're going to say, "Beginner witches shouldn't hex," then what constitutes an appropriate level of experience, and by whose standards? Moreover, WHY shouldn't beginner witches hex? Why shouldn't they screw up and make mistakes and learn from them the same as the rest of us have to? Failure is just as important a lesson as success, and sometimes more so.

Here's the thing and I'm gonna tell ya - The reason it's put about that beginner witches shouldn't use baneful magic is that they may lack the discernment that can only come from experience. Does this apply to every new witch? Certainly not. Do the witches pedaling this rhetoric bother to talk about why discernment matters? Rarely if ever.

Discernment is exactly what I just talked about - the ability to take a step back, examine the situation objectively, and take the course of action that is most likely to result in the outcome you desire. It's also knowing how to cover your ass and knowing when to stop.

If you're bound and determined that somebody needs hexing, I'm certainly not going to stop you. What I will say is make sure you're doing your due diligence, make sure you've thought it through, consider your options, and cleanse and ward yourself and your home before and after the casting. YET AGAIN, less about some bastardized version of karma and more about nullifying any counter magic or turning spells the target may have in place.

If you have more questions, just let me know.

Diaktoros(Διακτορος)- Guide, Messenger

Athanatos Diaktoros(Αθανατος Δαικτορος) - Immortal Guide

Angelos Athanatôn(Ανγελος Αθανατων) - Messenger of the Gods

Angelos Makarôn(Ανγελος Μακαρων) - Messenger of the Blessed

Khrysorrhapis(Χρυσορραπις) - Of the Golden Wand

Klepsiphrôn(Κλεπσιφρων) - Deceiver, Dissembler

Mêkhaniôtês(Μηχανιωτης) - Trickster, Contriver

Phêlêtês(Φηλητης) - Thief, Robber, Rustler

Arkhos Phêlêteôn(Αρχοσ Φηλητεων) - Leader of Robbers, Thieves

Poikilomêtês(Ποικιλομητης) - Full of Various Wiles

Polytropos(Πολυτροπος) - Wily, Many-Turning

Poneomenos(Πονεομενος) - Busy One

Bouphonos(Βουφονος) - Slayer of Oxen

Oiopolos(Οιοπολος) - Sheep Tending, Shepherd

Dais Hetairos(Δαις Ἑταιρος) - Comrade of the Feast

Kharidôtês(Χαριδωτης) - Giver of Joy

Kharmophrôn(Χαρμοπηρων) - Glad-hearted, Heart-Delighting

Dôtor Eaôn(Δωτορ Εαων) - Giver of Good Things

Akakêta(Ακακητα) - Guileless, Gracious

Euskopos(Ευσκοπος) - Keen Sighted, Watchful

Eriounês(Εριουνης) - Luck Bringing, Ready-Helper

Kydimos(Κυδιμος) - Glorious

Erikydês(Ερικυδης) - Famous, Glorious, Splendid

Aglaos(Αγλαος) - Splendid, Bright, Glorious

Kratus(Κρατυς) - Strong, Mighty

Beloved Aphrodite, goddess who grants to us the greatest of joys, the harshest of sorrows, the sharpest of pleasures, the dearest of pains.

Aphrodite, freshest of Olympos’ flowers, your lightest touch can turn the hearts of men towards love; with voice sweet as honey, sweet as wine, you speak words of persuasion, we hear and heed, rapt in wonder.

O Aphrodite, grace and beauty surround you, where you pass, the roses bloom, with sweetest scent and sharpest thorn: with reckless hands we grasp them.

Aphrodite, born of blood in the cold salt sea, born of the fallen sky, goddess whose kindness can be so brutal, who cruelty we cherish, blessed are your children, blessed those your favor, blessed those who have felt your might, blessed those who dwell in your domain.

as some consider mermaids to be a type of fae creature, it is important to note they do not immediately trust humans and it is something to be done with caution. with some research into the lore, here is what i’ve come up with;

what you will need:

🌊 mirrors play a significant part in mermaid lore, so when contacting a mermaid, a mirror is the first thing needed. 

🌊 a shallow bowl of water

🌊 knowledge of / experience with astral traveling

🌊 a pendulum, or other tool of divination. 

procedure:

🌊 know what you want to talk to the mermaid about, and consider first the trust level you need when asking, as somethings are sensitive information. 

do you have questions regarding them, or magic?

do you wish to work with them on a spell?

🌊 place the mirror in the water, place offerings around the edges of the bowl. 

🌊 engage with the astral plane at least partially.

🌊 take your hand and place it in the water when you invoke the name of a mermaid. remove your hand immediately after. 

🌊 use the pendulum or method of divination to receive their answers. 

🌊 when you are done, place the offerings in the water and let sit. 

🌊 remove the mirror before you pour out the water, try to touch the water minimal amounts when removing. 

respect and safety: 

🌊  like any spiritual or magical creature, you must respect the ones you work with. however, mermaids are also known from lore to be hostile towards humans, particularly the bit with luring away and drowning. 

🌊  after contacting a mermaid, be wary of any music that strikes a chord with you, and approach it carefully, as music is their primary way of luring “sailors” and other humans to their destruction.