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Free:

Stones

Leaves or branches

Sigils

Shells

Rain water or natural waters

Handmade items

Soil from different places

Wild flowers

Sand

Print pictures

Poetry or artwork (made by you)

Using what you have:

Jewelery

Spices (keep them in the jar so you can use them later).

Tea or food before you use it for yourself.

Houseplants

A favorite book

Decorations you have lying around.

Under $2:

Votive candles

Placemats for altar cloths

Bandanas for altar cloths

Incense

Sea salt

Glass candle holders

Pillar candles

Crystal chips/beads

Lace/colorful threads

Birthday candles

Hi, my lovelies! I figured that making a single resource for all these self-care posts would be really helpful, so, here it is! When I write new posts, I will add them to this list with a time stamp of the latest update. :-) Love u! ~ L-PF ♡

(Last Updated: July 20th, 2017, 10:00 AM - Pacific Time *Up To Date!* Not taking requests! ~

Air Witch Self-Care Tips

Angelic Self-Care Tips

Autumn Witch Self-Care Tips

Baby Witch Self-Care Tips

Beauty Witch Self-Care Tips

Boy Witch Self-Care Tips

Budget Witch Self-Care Tips

Cosmic Witch Self-Care Tips

Crystal Witch Self-Care Tips

Death Witch Self-Care Tips

Draconian Self-Care Tips

Earth Witch Self-Care Tips

Fairy Witch Self-Care Tips

Fire Witch Self-Care Tips

Flowerchild Self-Care Tips

Genderfluid Witch Self-Care Tips

Goddess Self-Care Tips

Gothic Witch Self-Care Tips

Ice Witch Self-Care Tips

Love Witch Self-Care Tips

Mermaid Self-Care Tips

Moonchild Self-Care Tips

Music Witch Self-Care Tips

Princess Self-Care Tips

Rain Witch Self-Care Tips

Rose Witch Self-Care Tips

Spoonie Witch Self-Care Tips

Swan Witch Self-Care Tips

Water Witch Self-Care Tips

Weather Witch Self-Care Tips

🍁 leaves: does fall hold any special meaning for your practice?

🍂 decor: what are your opinions on the aesthetic side of witchcraft?

🌽 crops: did/are you celebrating the harvest season?

🌾 sacrifice: have you made any offerings to a deity or spirit recently?

🌙 cresent: does the moon influence your practice at all?

💎 sparkle: what is the latest addition to your gem collection?

💘 pierced: cast any love spells lately?

👽 sightings: do you involve cryptidcore in your practice?

🔮 readings: care to share something you recently divined for yourself?

🎃 calendar: are you celebrating Samhain this year?

🐱 assistance: do you have a familiar, spirit, animal, or otherwise?

☕ brew: what’s the last potion/edible spell you had?

👻 paranormal: contact any spirits lately? Planning to?

Brought to you mostly by my grandparents, but also by my family at large. These are all things I heard growing up in the northern region of Appalachia and wanted to share with y'all. The lore and sayings may vary based on location, family tradition, and other factors, but this is just what I’m sharing from my experiences!

• Give the first pinch of a freshly baked loaf of bread to the Good Men to keep them happy. • Deaths and births always come in threes. • Spin around in a circle three times before you walk in the front door to confuse any spirits that are following you. • Don’t throw your hair out! If a bird builds a nest with it, you’ll have migraines. • “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailor’s warning.” • If the leaves on trees are flipped over with their backsides showing, rain’s coming. • If you hear a dog howl at night, death is coming. • If you’re giving someone a wallet or purse as a present, put money in it to ensure they’ll never financially struggle. • Spirits can’t cross running water. • Cats and dogs won’t enter a room where spirits are present. • Carry an acorn in your pocket for good luck, a penny for prosperity, and a nail for protection. • If you’re having nightmares, put a Bible under your pillow. They’ll go away. • Take a spoonful of honey to keep your words sweet. • Keeping a pot of coffee on ensures a happy home. • It’s bad luck to walk over a grave. • A horseshoe hung above a door ensures good luck. • A horseshoe in the bedroom staves away nightmares. • If your right hand itches, you’ll soon be receiving money. If the left itches, you’ll be paying it. • Wishing on a star works. “Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight.” • When you have a random shiver, someone just walked over your grave. • If smoke from a fire rises, expect clear skies. If it rolls along the ground, expect storms. • Rosemary near the door provides protection. Lavender provides peace. • “A ring around the sun or moon, rain or snow is coming soon.” • Wind chimes and bells keep spirits away. • Seeing a cardinal means unexpected company. • For that matter, so does dropping silverware. • Rubbing a bit of potato on a wart helps it to go away. • If the soles of your feet itch, you will soon walk on strange grounds. • Black eyed peas, greens, and/or pork and sauerkraut should be eaten on New Year’s Day to welcome good luck and good fortune. • Driving a nail into a bedframe or crib will drive away curses. • If your ears are burning, someone’s talking about you. • If you dream of fish, you are or will soon be pregnant. • Listen to the wisdom of children, they see and know more than we think. • To dream of death means birth, to dream of birth means death. • To cure a headache, crush some mint leaves in your hands, cup them over your mouth and nose, and breathe in a few times. It should help. • Placing a fern or ivy on the front porch protects against curses. • In a vegetable garden, never plant the same plants in the same spot two years in a row. Rotate where they are, and you’ll save your soil. (Note: this is a real thing called crop rotation, and is actually kind of important) • A black bird (Raven or crow, doesn’t matter) on the roof or a windowsill is an omen for death. To avoid it, you have to scare it away without using your voice before it caws. • Say a prayer when you pass a coal mine for the lost souls still in the mine. • Thank the land and the Lord with every successful hunt or harvest you have, for nothing is guaranteed.

Disclaimer: this tea worked with me when I was sick but I only had a small cold not the flu . So if you are really sick go to a professional doctor.

Things you need:

Ginger

Lime

Honey

Warm water

Things you do:

Collected from my grimoire.

Aphrodite

A variety of plants and herbs; lady’s mangle, roses, rosehips, mint, jasmine, pear, plum, apples, honeysuckle, cinnamon, daisy, myrtle, iris

Anything pink/green

Olive oil

Crystals; rose quartz, jasper, emerald, topaz, peridot (any beautiful gemstones)

Love letters/songs/stories/poetry

The Empress tarot card

Beauty products

Self-care

Copper

Ares

Wine, especially red

Frankincense incense

Daggers or other weapon

Dog statues

Depictions of vultures

Fresh meats/meals with meat

The color red, even in candles

The Chariot tarot card

Apollo

Music, art, poetry, dance

Laurel, cypress, apples

Anything golden/yellow

Yellow and golden cakes

Yellow jasper, sunstone

Sports/competition objects

Animals; lions, wolves, swans, crows, etc

Hyacinthus, frankincense

Depictions of the sun/light

Orange juice/light colored juices

Artemis

Nature walks

Depictions of the moon

Animals; deer, geese, dogs, bees, bears

Almonds, amaranth, cannabis, cedar, cypress, daisies, hazel, mugworth, myrtle, willow

Honey

Moonstone, pearl, quartz, silver, turquoise, iron, aluminum, diamonds

White and silver candles

Athena

Milk, olive oil, wine, honey

Sweet smelling herbs and flowers

Bread, cakes, grains, fruits, olives

White/blue candles

Roses

Owls

Studying

Demeter

Wheat, barley, penny royal, poppy, sunflowers

Cornucopia

Pig, snake, owl depictions

Frankincense, myrrh

Honoring the seasons

Fruits

Dionysus

Wine

Fruits like apples and grapes

Meats

Pine

Frankincense

Depictions of snakes, leopards, bulls

Theater

Going to a festival

Roses

Hades

Anything dog related

Black colors, crystals, candles, etc

Metals, stones

Mint

Bones

Hermes

Coins

Strawberries

Wine, olive oil, honey

Frankincense, styrax

Dice/card games

Traveling

Hekate

Olive oil

Honey

Spellwork, charms, etc

Herbs

Purple/black colors

Anything dog related; dog hair, etc

Black/purple crystals; onyx, amethyst, etc

Poseidon

Horse depictions

Coffee

Fish

Mint

Anything blue/ocean related

Zeus

Depictions of eagles/bulls

Cinnamon, wine, cakes, pastries, meat, fish

Fruit

Oak, ash, pine

Just a collection of witchy things that give off a gentle, loving energy without being focused on self love or romantic love specifically <3

It’s the little things:

Gentle little witch things to do

Witchy blessings

I AM… spells

Witch’s morning routine

Glamours:

Glow like the moon

Shine like the sun

To radiate a loving aura

Spells:

To attract kindness

Soft shores bath spell

Quartz wellness bath

Here comes the sun

My love soothes you pet spell

Dandelion wish spell

Restful sleep and sweet dreams

Rose water spells

Room healing spell

Ease the pain

Tarot spreads:

Good morning!

Reduce anxiety 

The new you

Let go and grow

Sigils:

Shimmer and shine

Radical softness

To promote peaceful feelings

Inner peace

I will make it through this

SMALL WITCHY THINGS YOU CAN DO AROUND THE HOUSE

Put a small ward on the door and windows 

Visualize the energy you are getting when eating food or ingesting caffeine

Put a glamour on your make-up and brush

Put a glamour on your closet for the clothes inside

Put a small bowl/plate with rose quartz, amethyst, and quartz crystal on your sink counter

Make every shower a “cleansing” for yourself and every bath a gentle recharging

Hang a sigil somewhere in your kitchen to ensure delicious food

Spend a few minutes talking to your plants

Meditate for at least 5 minutes a day

If you do sage cleansings, mix the leftover ashes and sea salt together in a container to keep for if you need a quick protection

Charm your necklace for protection and recharge it once a week

Charm your shoes to ensure that you will make it to where you are going

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All these items came from my shop.

What you get:

$50 credit that can be applied to anything in my shop.

amethyst & calcite cluster 

labradorite palm stone

tumbled quartz 

fluorite bunny

rainbow moonstone necklace (handmade by me!) 

other tumbled stones

selenite wand

quartz wand 

obsidian sphere 

lapis lazuli sphere

labradorite heart 

selenite tower 

tiger’s eye cow carving 

giant druzy heart

amethyst hedgehog 

rainbow moonstone nuggets

chunks of labradorite 

This has a retail value of $215 in addition to the $50 shop credit!

Rules:

You must be 16 or older. (If under 18 you MUST have parent’s permission)

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«📚 starting your grimoire / organization 📚»

 » Laurel’s Guide to Grimoires  » Grimoire Organization 📖  » tips on grimoire organization  » grimoires: ”I’m afraid I’ll mess it up!”  » Grimoire Organization Ideas  » Grimoires: Suggestion  » Beginning Tips for a Witchy Notebook  » 📚 A Witch’s Book 📚  » A Witch’s Journal  » Week Long Grimoire Challenge

«📚 correspondences 📚»

 » Flowers to press in your BoS  » Flowers & Plant Correspondences A - D  » helpful lil correspondences masterpost ✨💕🌻🍂  » Tarot cheat sheet  » A List of Basic Herbs  » A-Z Incense List and Usage Spell                                                                        » When to Cast a Spell - By Time of Day  » Candle Scent Correspondences  » Colors in Magic  » Color Correspondences  » When to Cast a Spell - By Weekdays  » Full Moons in a Year - By Hemispheres 🌜  » personal correspondences  » Plant Correspondences  » Masterpost of Crystal Meanings  » 🌺 Crystals for the Seasons 🌺  » Crystals and the zodiac

«📚 ideas / inspiration 📚»

 » 50 ideas for a Grimoire  » 📓Some Grimoire ideas📓  » Grimoire/BoS ideas for the beginning witch  » So You Don’t Think You Can Grimoire?  » Grimoire Prompts                                                                                                » witchy grimoire ideas🌙🌹                                                                                    » Your Grimoire is Good Enough                                                                            » grimoire pages ideas for baby witches    » Magickal Glossary  » 15 more ideas for your BOS!  » Witch Bullet Journal Collection Ideas  » Things to Research as a Beginner Earth Witch  » Things to Research as a Beginner Fire Witch  » Witchy Writing Prompts!  » ☆What to put in your Book Of Shadows!☆

I will be updating this whenever I find anything new!

so reblog this if you are a witch and are lgbt+ pls!

Small devotional acts.

Learn more about the history of witchcraft

Practice divination

Light a torch, lantern, or even a match

Thank her when you go through crossroads or intersections

Listen to music that makes you feel witchy or powerful

Do small, simple spells

Wear jewelry that reminds you of her

Burn candles; blue, black or white.

Think of her when you pass graveyards

Stand outside at night and listen to all the sounds

Dedicate a small part of the night to her

Read stories about ghosts or spirits

Burn incense blends that make you feel magical and in control

Greet animals, especially ones with black fur

Go on nighttime adventures

Wear makeup or clothes that make you feel powerful and confident

Get some plants that bloom/thrive at night

Be the ‘guiding light’ for others, however that looks for you

Sit in a room with all the lights off, burn a candle if you need to

Keep track of the moon phases, do things associated with each one

Incoporate darker colors into you home or outfits 

PRACTICE LOVING YOURSELF

Many, many, many other things not said here

Now that it’s getting colder I feel like it’s time to post about chai spells! 

✨  Basic recipe for chai  ✨ - ¾ mug of milk (or milk alternative) - ¼ mug of water - Any tea that goes with milk (so no green or fruit teas) - Sugar or honey to taste

Heat up your milk, water and sweetener, once boiling whisk in your tea. If using black or milk oolong tea then do not exceed 45 seconds of stirring - it seems like a small amount of time but your chai will be bitter if you go over this time! Any tea other than black tea would be alright for a bit longer, but you shouldn’t need much time at all! 

Pour the chai through a strainer and serve! Drink this while hot for the best flavour (though it doesn’t taste bad if it gets cold either)

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For the following spells, use the milk, water and sweetner and then add the tea specified! Feel free to personalise your blends!

✨  Self love chai  ✨  - Black tea - Culinary dried rose petals 

✨  Protection chai  ✨ - Black tea - Cinnamon - Ginger  - 2 peppercorns

✨  Banishing chai  ✨ - Black tea - Basil leaves (chopped) - Ginger 

✨  Sleepy time chai  ✨ - Culinary lavender - Culinary dried rose petals

✨ Happiness chai  ✨ - Black tea - Cinnamon - Orange peel

✨  Confidence chai  ✨ - Black tea - Nutmeg - Cinnamon

✨  Divination chai  ✨ - Milk oolong tea - Peppermint 

✨  Purity chai  ✨ - Milk oolong tea  - Coconut

✨  Lucky chai  ✨ - Black tea - Cardamom - Cinnamon - Clove

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Happy brewing everyone! Enjoy many cups of magical chai  ✨

Hey y'all, C here. Today we’ll be talking in depth about the practice of bath magic. 

If you look around most traditional parts of the magical community, you’ll notice that bathing for ritual work or spell work is a fairly common practice. So what do I mean when I say that I specialize in bath magic? For me, bathing and witchcraft go hand in hand, and I do a ritual in the bath once a month at the very least. I’ve always loved the serenity and focus (not to mention complete selfishness) of taking baths, and so as I’ve grown into my craft it seemed like a natural place to draw magical energy. I find that the hot temperature of the water makes it very easy for me to get to a trance-like state (if not outright do trance work) and being naked in the water gives me a great place of vulnerability and rawness to begin any kind of spell work. T and I also use bathing in our shared craft to begin most of our major rituals, and that entails doing a cleansing bath with a special kind of locally made bath salts that we have been using since the very beginning. 

So what do my bath spells usually look like? To be honest, they vary a lot based on my resources at any given moment and the purpose of the spell. There are some things that I do every time such as: 

 • dedicating the bath for myself by placing a talisman or crystal (or other object I carry a lot/feel represents me) on the rim of the tub  

 • placing candles (often in corresponding magical colors and scents) around the tub and bathroom to add to the magical energy of the space 

 • making sure the water drawn is hot enough to remain warm for 40+ minutes and get me to a trancing state but not too hot as to burn my skin or make it uncomfortable for me to be in the water 

I also put something into the water every time I do bath magic, and in fact that is where I believe most of the magical intent is decided. This also widely varies with the type of spell. Some things I’ve done are: 

 • just throw in a handful of Epsom salts for a super basic cleansing. I also use these (in addition to some other ingredients) when I’m doing a real trance or astral travel or trying to communicate with a deity because they make me feel floatier in the water and therefore easier to forget my body

 • put in a few drops of different kinds of essential oils based on their magical associations

 • drop in some tea bags (like mint or chamomile or bags I’ve already used first for drinking) while the water is running to get a good infusion 

 • use bath salts that already have essential oils or herbs (or even glitter!) in the mixture. I use bath salts that I make myself, that T makes for me, and store bought and locally made mixtures, all with good results. It all depends on what I’m feeling at the time. 

 • use pre-made bath bombs, melts, and bubblers from Lush (although I’m sure one could use stuff like this from anywhere) based on the ingredients and names of the products. I’ve used Sex Bomb for a glamour and sex spell, Space Girl for glamour and deity exploration (I do a lot of glamours), etc. 

The practice of bath magic is great because we live in a society where bathing itself is so culturally charged to be reflective and purposeful. For that reason, it is also a great way to practice your craft that is not suspicious, or questioned by people you may live with. Even at their worst, taking long baths appears only over-indulgent. But I can live with that.