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This is the instructions for making a simple protection spell jar:

Ingredients:

-Rosemary (protection, warding off the evil eye)

- Sage ( protection, clearing out energy)

- Black tourmaline (removing hexes, blocking evil)

-Mint (cleansing, warding)

- Lavender (to bring good vibes back into your space as well as cleansing)

- petition stating what you want to protect, what you want out of your life/ what is harming you/ what you want to banish

Instructions: During a waning moon (cleansing, releasing, etc.) smudge with protective herbs and after casting a circle, place the ingredients in the jar whilst saying a protective incantation or prayer. I will let you choose your words, but I recommend the following incantation, which I really like:

“ I seek protection, and sound my alarm, my body mind and spirit now safe from harm, my aura a shield to keep me from harm, I now banish negativity and all that is wrong.”

When you are done, smudge some smoke into and inside the jar before closing it; finishing by saying “so mote it be” right as you are closing the jar. 

This spell should last for around a moon cycle; on the next waning moon I recommend redoing the spell or adding to it to keep its strength alive. 

Go to the jar and shake it whenever you need protection. If things don’t get better within  a moon cycle I recommend a stronger banishing spell, or even hex removal. However, I personally don’t like to go full out aggressive for every little issue; generally if the issue is something that can be solved easily a spell jar will do the trick. \

🔥 Fire witches:

Light a candle or a stick of incense. Focus on the flame, the burning. Envision bonfires, hear the crackling of wood. Close your eyes and observe the spectacle underneath your lids.

💨 Air witches:

Open your window for a minute or two. Let the wind caress your face, let your lungs be filled with fresh air. Extend your hand through the window and allow it to flow.

💦 Water witches:

Take a bowl and fill it with water. Bury your hand inside it, feel the temperature shift. Then take it out. Observe the ripples. Imagine the quiet murmur of a mountain brook and the crashing thunder of ocean waves.

🍀 Earth witches:

Water your plants. Contemplate the patterns in which the soil soaks up. Brush the leaves and whisper a quiet ‘thank you’ for providing you with the gift of life. Dip your finger in the soil and smear it across your hand.

🍵 Kitchen witches:

“I would have loved him / in any era, in any dark age; I would take him / into the twilight and unwind him, slide / my fingers through his hair and pull him / to his knees.” (Dorianne Laux, “As It Is”)

Jeffrey McDaniels “The Archipelago of Kisses”

The Eternal Idol, Auguste Rodin

Kneeling Man Embracing a Standing Woman, Gustav Vigeland

Octavio Paz, “Altar”

Adoration, Stephen Sinding

Lovers, Harry Holland

🌿 Use herbs in a pouch, or while cooking, and stir the mix or infusions to empower the spell to protect the home, any possessions, your workplace, and property. Use incense in sticks, cones, or as a powder incense and burn it on heated charcoal blocks and use a lighted incense stick like a smoke pen to write empowerments or symbols. 🌿

Allspice- for money,passion,swift-moving,or urgent matters.

Basil- for fidelity,prosperity,protection,and fear of flying.

Chamomile(Roman) and Chamomile(German)- for healing,babies,children, animals,and reversing bad luck. It also helps to attract money and is helpful in family matters.

Cedar/Cedar Wood- for healing,cleansing bad influences,negative thoughts,and harmony.

Cinnamon- for passion,regaining money after loss, urgently needing money and psychic awareness.

Dragon’s Blood- for fierce protection,anti-curse,any major enterprise, and male potency.

Fennel- for travel,house sales,and moves. It helps to banish and  keep harm away from people,animals, and places.

Frankincense- For wealth,courage,joy,career,success,and travel. Also used in formal rituals.

Hyssop- For making a love commitment;healing;spirituality;all forms of protection, especially from psychic attack;and as an infusion to cleanse artifacts.

Juniper- purifies homes; protects against accidents,thieves,and illness;and male potency.

Lemongrass/Lemon- repels spite,malice,and gossip. It also helps with psychic awareness and travel.

Lemon Verbena- For breaking a run of bad luck,protection against negativity, the Evil Eye, and ill-wishing.

Mint and Peppermint drives negativity from objects and places,and brings money, health,love, and success.

Myrtle- For a lasting marriage,mature love, domestic happiness,property, and security.

Myrrh- For healing,peace,purification,overcoming grief, and protection against evil.Can be used in formal rituals and in moon magic.

Pine- Drives away harm from the home and family, especially newborn infants, cleansing negativity and malice, guarding property, and premises.

Rosemary- For learning,love,fidelity,prosperity,and banishing malevolence.

Sage- For longevity,good health,examinations,interviews,tests,protection of home and family,slow-growing prosperity, and wisdom.

Sandalwood- For spiritual awareness and healing,leadership,justice, compensation,and sexuality. Can be used in formal rituals.

Tarragon- The dragon herb,courage,and anti-bullying,and the shedding of old burdens,guilt,fears,and destructive relationships.

Thyme- Psychically cleanses the home,possessions,vehicles and land,health, memory of past worlds,and drives away nightmares and phantoms of the night.

Vertivert- For love, breaks a run of bad luck, protects against theft and negativity.

Those uses aren’t exclusive—it has also been known to feature in baneful magics, and can be used in uncrossing rituals.

WAYS TO UTILISE BLACK SALT

To protect your property from negative spirits, people with ill-intent, unwanted visitors, and negative energy: sprinkle black salt around the perimeter of your property.

To both banish any residual icky energy that a person may have left in your home, and prevent them from returning: sprinkle black salt on the front step and sweep it away. If you’re feeling more traditional (and brave!) you can throw black salt at the back of someone that is leaving your home also.

To prevent nightmares: use in a sachet and keep beneath your pillow.

To repel negativity, unwanted visitors, and rumours/gossip: sprinkle generously across windowsills and doorways.

To cleanse your home and keep nasties from entering: add black salt to a floor wash and go ham on your floor. Focus especially on high traffic areas.

To undo a curse, hex, or other form of malignant magic that has been cast upon you: use in an uncrossing oil or powder. Learn more about uncrossing [here].

Hey, all! I finally finished a project I’ve been putting together for several months now, and I’m so excited to share it with you!

“Girls I’ve Loved” is a zine of queer love poems written by yours truly. The zine is full-color and contains a total of nine poems. I’ve never shared my personal writing like this before, so I’m both very proud and very nervous.

If you’re interested, you can buy “Girls I’ve Loved” by visiting girlsiveloved.carrd.co! It’s available on a “pay what you want” basis, so while suggested donation is $3, any amount is appreciated (even if that’s literally only .25¢.) Making this accessible was really, really important to me, so please don’t feel embarrassed if you can’t afford to pay $3!

I’d also really appreciate it if you’d all reblog this and spread the word!

At the Vernal Equinox, we begin a new cycle on the Medicine Wheel of Life, entering the East – home of the rising sun, morning, birth, beginnings, and the spring season. Spring arrives when the earth is tilted so that the sun is directly over the equator. In the Northern Hemisphere, the first day of spring is on or about March 21. This is the day of the Vernal Equinox. Vernal means spring; Equinox means equal night. Night and day are the same length, each lasting exactly twelve hours on this day. It is at this time when light and darkness are in balance. The forces of feminine and masculine energy, yin and yang, are also in balance at this time, providing a unique opportunity to tune in and find our inner balance, harmony, and alignment. The 2019 Vernal Equinox will occur on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 5:58 P.M. EDT.

Throughout human history, people in the northern parts of the world have celebrated the Rites of Spring, marking the end of earth’s winter sleep and the start of spring when everything is reborn. Ancient cultures connected spring with the return of life to the earth. The return of spring in ancient times was of more consequence than it is to us today because winter food and fuel storages ended, inclement weather waned, and crops could be planted. Pagan customs such as lighting fires at sunrise for renewed life and protection of the crops still survive in South America as well as in Europe.