Grimoire of an Eclectic Witch

So. I make a lot of witchy oils! It's fun and has versatility. There's a lot of room for creativity as well! But something I was curious about was if carrier oils had any properties that could affect the end results, and after a lot of research over several months it turns out there are correspondences for carrier oils!

Obviously these aren't set in stone, everyone has their own correspondences and some people might not have access to every kind of carrier oil out there, but here is a general list for your reference!

Sweet Almond Oil: Ruled by Mercury and the Element of Air. Sweet Almond Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with prosperity, money and wisdom.

Apricot Kernel Oil: Ruled by Venus and the Element of Water. This makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with love or emotions.

Avocado Oil: Ruled by Venus and the Element of Water. This makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with love, lust or beauty.

Castor Oil: Ruled by Mars and the Element of Fire. Castor oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with protection and absorbing negativity.

Fractioned Coconut Oil: Ruled by the Moon and the Element of Water. Fractionated Coconut Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with purification and protection.

Grapeseed Oil: Ruled by the Moon and the Element of Water. Grapeseed Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with fertility, money, and strengthening mental abilities.

Hemp Seed Oil: Ruled by the Moon and Saturn and the Element of Water. Hemp Seed Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with healing, love, psychic ability and meditation.

Jojoba Oil: (note: lasts the longest in terms of shelf life/freshness) Ruled by the Moon and the element of Water. Jojoba Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with healing and love.

Olive Oil: Ruled by the Sun and the Element of Fire. Olive Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with healing, peace, fertility and protection. In many traditions Olive Oil is an all purpose oil and can substitute any other carrier oil for blends.

Sunflower Oil: Ruled by the Sun and the Element of Fire. Sunflower Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with protection, fertility, health and wisdom.

A mix of herbs and crystals to help enhance your intuition for; divination, dreamwork, shadow work, meditation, etc. and to provide protection.

Crystals:

Tektite- Lucid Dreams, Extraterrestrial Communication, Astral Travel

Kyanite- Opens Communication With Higher Dimensions, Enhance Telepathy and Intuition

Selenite- Cleanse Your Aura, Surrounds You In Divine Light, Protection

Smoky Quartz- Protection, Grounding Energy

Herbs:

Mugwort- Prophetic Dreams, Astral Projection, Divination

Chamomile- Relaxation, Promote Sleep

Rosemary- Protection

Lemongrass- Remove or Get Through Obstacles In Life, Developing Psychic Powers, Protection

Wormwood- Divination, Protection

Angelica Root-  Protection, Healing

Star Anise- Spirit Aid, Protection, Divination, Psychic Development

Gather all your ingredients and find a place you won’t be bothered. Cleanse the area, place a protection, and proceed to add the items into a drawstring bag. (Some drawstring bags have holes large enough for certain herbs to fall out. If this happens just place the herbs in a small sealed bag for example a plastic food bag, tape it shut, and place it in the drawstring.) When you are done, hold the bag to your third eye and say:

With these herbs and crystals,

My intuition is woken from its slumber.

Connections to the other side grows stronger.

And hidden secrets start to unravel.

So mote it be.

The ancient Greeks often disagreed with each other. Sparta and Athens fought about Apollo’s birthday which is why the Athenians didn’t have help from the Spartans when Persia was attacking. The Spartans we’re celebrating Apollo’s birthday and to not do so would be impious which was a very serious crime back then.

Here’s the thing: the ancient Greeks disagreed about the gods all the time. That’s also why there are multiple myth versions on who killed Adonis: Artemis, Apollo, Ares? Depending on your location and the town or city state you lived in, that version was correct because it was the version the town honored.

Even Homer and Hesiod did not agree on the parental lineage of Aphrodite. Homer claims it’s Zeus and Dione, Hesiod claims she came from the genitals of Uranus.

In Hellenic polytheism, you can try to be as close to “the right way” as you want to be but please understand that even the different ancient Greek city-states, towns and other areas didn’t always agree about the gods.

Needing to be spiritually right about the gods stems from very Christian ideals pushed by the Spanish inquisition during the Christianization of Europe. You can have different opinions about the gods.

Everyone did, even in ancient times.

First off, sorry for such a late reply. I didn’t see this. Anyways…

Did you send this to the wrong blog? You pretty much did. I’m far from knowledgeable about this. I didn’t even know cultural appropriation was a thing until like 2010 at earliest. I didn’t start to understand it until I’d broken with Thelema about five years later. I still miss a lot of the nuance of this stuff. I don’t belong to any closed culture or tradition.

I’ve read that “smudging” is more than just “burning herbs,” though? It’s like referring to a bicycle as a car, because they both involve wheels. At least from what I understand? Gah. And there’s no reason you can’t just say “I’m burning herbs?”

A lot of the time, this word appropriation (I guess you’d call it that?) seems to come from Western occultists who either don’t know the proper term for what they’re doing, dislike it, or just don’t care. Or they want to sound ‘exotic’ 🤢.

So, they skim something from a closed culture (or more often, something written by an outsider about that culture). They pick a term only very vaguely related to the concept and just take it. It kind of seems like that’s what’s happening, anyways. See: that guy who labeled his rune-based stretching routine as “runic yoga,” etc? Sometimes it’s a completely unrelated concept, and they just lift the words.

Again, not part of any closed culture over here (and am white). I’m not the blog to ask. Maybe someone will reblog this and provide more context than I can. I’ll read it too, if they do. From my (current, probably pointless) perspective, the answer to the whine of buuut I don’t have a word to use waaah is just to invent your own word for what you’re doing.

Also, make that word as twee as possible, for the hell of it. That’s the kind of thing I do, anyways. I don’t know if it’s a good solution or not. It all merits further thought, for sure. Will be reading the replies if there are any.

I also want to note that this is 100% not a “free speech” thing. I don’t think anyone’s saying it should be illegal to call your sparkly bundle of lavender from the New Age shop a “smudge stick.” I’m not saying that. Nobody’s really controlling what you say or do except for you. I think people are just saying cultural appropriation’s rude and disrespectful and trying to push back against it.

Also, I bet the linguistic thing in particular makes it hard for people in closed cultures to research their own culture online and find things. I think it could be true, but I need to look into that more. Think about it. If someone lifts a term from a closed culture and it gets popular amongst other people, search engines get swamped with appropriative content. I bet then people probably can’t find what they actually need, the real information?

Alright, I'm breaking character for this one because it involves me personally.

Again, as far as I know, saying tarot is endemic to romani culture is akin to saying moneylending is endemic to jewish culture.

As far as I am aware, the roma are not the only people to divine with tarot cards, and they did not invent the practice.

And again, the author of this blog is ethnically Romani. Although I am fairly isolated from the culture, I have access to people who aren’t. When I asked my culturally romani family members about this, they said they had never heard of this concept.

Now, that doesn’t inherently mean I am correct. I am completely open to the fact that I may be wrong about this. However, it does mean that I am going to have to ask for proof beyond “I saw some people say this somewhere“ because as far as I know, the earliest citation for romani people using tarot for divination people is from Elphias Levi’s Key of Mysteries (1861), and the earliest citation for divinatory tarot as we know it was from by Jean-Baptiste Alliette in approximately 1780, when he and Antoine Court published a guide for performing cartomancy with the Tarot of Marseilles.

Additionally, philosopher and tarot historian Michael Dummett noted, in his book The Game of Tarot. "it was only in the 1780s, when the practice of fortune-telling with regular playing cards had been well established for at least two decades, that anyone began to use the tarot pack for cartomancy.”

For the times you find yourself cursing yourself, regretting aspects of you you can't change...

Stop what your thinking, stop what you're doing.

Bring your mind to a blank space, let it be white or black, let it be whichever colour it needs. Let yourself breath. Slowly in, slowly out.

Fill the blank space, is there a lake? A swing? A large sun kissed Boulder sitting in a sunbeam? In this space you are you, the you you aspire to be. You were never nothing less, you just can't see you, except for here.

Affirm to yourself, "I love me. I may fail, but I am me. I love me."

Silence the whispers that try to Penetrate this place. It is yours, "I love me. I may make mistakes, but I am me. I love me."

Years afterwards a shepherd was driving his herd across the bridge, and saw lying in the sand beneath, a snow-white little bone. He thought that it would make a good mouth-piece, so he clambered down, picked it up, and cut out of it a mouth-piece for his horn. But when he blew through it for the first time, to his great astonishment, the bone began of its own accord to sing:

“Ah, friend, thou blowest upon my bone! Long have I lain beside the water; My brother slew me for the boar, And took for his wife the King’s young daughter.”

-The Singing Bone

Intent: To reveal a crime and bring justice upon the perpetrator. Ideal Timing: Full Moon for revelation / Dark of the Moon for revenge

Materials:

Wooden flute

White paint & brush

Dry chicken bone

Dish of sand

Cauldron or burning bowl

Charcoal disk

Herbal incense for justice, truth, retribution, etc (see below)

To begin, acquire a wooden flute. I recommend something like a children’s toy whistle, but use whatever suits your purposes best. Mastery of the instrument is not required. All that is needed is a sound. Clean the instrument well and paint it white. Then, somewhere on the body of the flute, careful paint or draw a set of scales to represent justice, and whatever other symbols you deem appropriate. Set it aside to allow the paint to dry.

Next, acquire a chicken bone. A leg or part of a wing is suggested, but a vertebra would also be appropriate and in keeping with the details of the story. Clean the bone well to remove any scraps of soft tissue, dry it well, then bury it in a small dish of sand. It doesn’t need to be deep, it just needs to be covered.

Note: Since the ritual portion of this working dips a toe into the realm of spirit work, I do suggest casting a protective circle in your work area before performing the next part of the spell, purely as a precaution. Use whatever methods you normally would to sanctify and protect your workspace.

On the day that you plan to perform your spell, retrieve the dish of sand and the prepared flute. Set up your burning bowl in a fire-safe area outdoors, with a charcoal disk in the bottom and a handful of herbs on top. The components of this incense may vary according to what you prefer to use and what you have on hand, but the following are suggested options:

JUSTICE & LEGAL MATTERS - Celandine, Cascara Segrada, Galangal Root, Hickory Wood, Lovage, Marigold, Sumac Berries, Tansy, Tobacco

RETRIBUTION - Blackthorn, Devil’s Shoestring, Vetiver, Willow Bark

STRENGTH - Balsam, Basil, Bay Leaf, Bloodroot, Calamus, Cedar, Cinquefoil, Echinacea, Fennel, Motherwort, Nettle, Oak, Oakmoss, Pine, Sycamore, Thistle, Thyme, Walnut

TRUTH - Bluebell, Borage, Cherry Blossom, Deer’s Tongue, Dogbane, Primrose, Scullcap, Solomon’s Seal Root

CATALYSTS - Agrimony, Allspice Powder, Amber Oil, Bergamot, Cardamom, Clove Powder, Ginger Root, Peppermint

Set your incense to smolder, and allow the smoke to rise. When you’re ready, blow a steady note on the wooden flute. Call the name of the wronged or murdered party, saying:

“[NAME], I hear your cry for justice from beyond the veil of night. Though this wrong lies buried, we will see it brought to light.”

Blow on the flute once more. If you know the name or names of the guilty parties, call them aloud, saying:

“[NAME(S)]*, though you bury your misdeeds deep, Though you hide behind the walls of power and station, The eyes of the gods are upon you. The eyes of the people are upon you. The eyes of justice are upon you. In the name of [all that is good and right],** I reveal you to the eyes of the world. Stand and answer for what you have done!”

*If the guilty party is not known by name, a simple epithet such as “You who have wronged this person” or the like will suffice.

**If desired, you may substitute the names or epithets of your preferred deity or deities.

Blow a long note on the flute and shake the dish of sand so that the buried bone rises to the top. The calling and unburying of the bone may be repeated as many times as you feel a need, or multiple times for multiple victims, or multiple times for multiple perpetrators. Take as long as you need.

Like herbs, oils, and crystals, you don’t need to work with magical timing for your spell to be successful. You can cast a spell at any time, no matter your intention, and get your desired results. However, working with the energy of the sun, moon, and days of the week can add an extra power boost to your magic.

Think of it this way: certain energies are dominant at certain times. Those energies are easier to connect with because they are closer at hand, so to speak, so you can bring them into your life and your spells more easily and in a more powerful way. That doesn’t mean you can’t call on other energies during these times — it just means that you may not connect to them quite so easily.

If you choose to work with magical timing in your spells, there are several yearly, monthly, weekly, and even daily cycles you can align your spells with.

The Cycle of the Sun: Solstices and Equinoxes

These are the turning points that mark the solar year, and are associated with the relationships between day and night, light and dark, summer and winter. Each solstice or equinox marks the end of one season and the beginning for the next. Because they are so rare and so potent, these days are a great time for your “big picture” spells or for spells that need a big power boost.

Winter Solstice. The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year, and falls between December 20 and December 23, depending on the year. In some pagan traditions the winter solstice, or Yule, marks the beginning of the new year — you may choose to set intentions for the coming year on this solstice. After the winter solstice, the nights start getting shorter and the days start getting longer — so spells related to healing and bringing things into the light are especially effective at this time of year. The winter solstice marks the end of the “dark half” of the year and beginning of the “light half” of the year; at this point, our focus turns from inward reflection to outward manifestation. You may choose to think of the time between the winter solstice and spring equinox as a “planning phase,” where you examine yourself and your desires, decide what you want to work on in the next year, and make plans for manifesting what you want.

Spring Equinox. An equinox occurs when the day and the night are exactly the same length, representing a perfect balance between light and dark. The spring equinox marks the beginning of spring and occurs between March 19 and March 22. The Christian holiday of Easter and the pagan holiday of Ostara are both related to the energy of this equinox. At this time of year, the natural world is coming back to life as winter begins to fade. Plants are beginning to grow, and baby animals are being born. This is a powerful time of year for fertility magic and any magic related to new beginnings. You may choose to think of the time between the spring equinox and the summer solstice as a “planting phase,” where you “plant the seed” of the things you want to manifest and begin doing the work to make it happen.

Summer Solstice. This solstice marks the longest day and shortest night of the year. It occurs between June 19 and June 23. As I am writing this post, we are coming up on the summer solstice (June 20, 2020). Life, fertility, and growth are at their peak during this time of year, which makes this solstice a perfect time for big manifestation spells. At the same time, this marks the end of the “light half” and beginning of the “dark half” of the year, so after the summer solstice our energy shifts from outward manifestation to inward contemplation. You may choose to think of the time between the summer solstice and fall equinox as the “harvest phase,” where you reap the results of your hard work and manifest your desires in the physical world.

Autumn Equinox. This is the other time of year when the day and night are perfectly balanced. The autumn equinox occurs between September 19 and September 23 and marks the beginning of autumn. This is traditionally the time of year when crops are harvested, and many pagan groups celebrate harvest festivals around this time. Nature is beginning to die or go into hibernation in preparation for the coming winter. This is an especially powerful time of year for shadow work or for magic related to endings and transitions. You may choose to think of the time between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice as the “reflection phase,” when you retreat from the outside world to rest, focus on yourself, and do your inner work and self-healing.

Important Note: This post lists dates for the solstices and equinoxes in the Northern hemisphere. In the Southern hemisphere, the seasons are reversed. If you live in the Southern hemisphere, you would observe the winter solstice in June, the spring equinox in September, the summer solstice in December, and the fall equinox in March.

The Cycle of the Moon: Lunar Phases

If you don’t have time to wait for the appropriate solstice or equinox, you can still connect with the cosmos in your magic. One of the biggest pros of the lunar cycle is that it happens roughly every month — so you never have to wait very long for the next full moon. The moon is also associated with magic and spirituality in several traditions, which makes it an especially powerful astral ally for witches.

New Moon. The new moon is when the moon is completely invisible in the night sky, and is the phase opposite the full moon. The new moon is a powerful time for shadow work (because it deals with things that are hidden) and for magic related to new beginnings.

Waxing Moon. The moon is waxing when it appears to be growing in the night sky; this is the phase between the new moon and full moon. This is a powerful time for any magic that deals with drawing something in, building something up, or strengthening something that already exists.

Full Moon. Many witches believe that the full moon is the most powerful time of month for any kind of magic. This is a good time to cast any spell that needs a serious power boost. The full moon is also an especially powerful time to release what no longer serves you or to work healing magic.

Waning Moon. The moon is waning when it appears to be shrinking in the night sky; this is the phase between the full moon and new moon. This is a powerful time for any magic that deals with sending something away, banishing negative energy, or bringing something to an end.

Dark Moon. The dark moon is the three day period immediately before the new moon. In some traditions, it is believed to be bad luck to cast spells during the dark moon. Other traditions hold that the dark moon is the best point in the lunar cycle for destructive magic, such as curses and hexes. Many modern witches don’t recognize the dark moon as a separate moon phase at all. I personally like to use the dark moon as a time for self reflection, and may focus on shadow work during this time.

Magical Correspondences for the Days of the Week

The days of the week also have their own unique magical energies, and each day is linked to a certain planet and to certain deities.

Sunday. Sunday is, of course, connected to the Sun and solar deities. Sunday is the best day of the week for any manifestation magic that needs an extra boost. Its energy is also associated with healing, personal growth, power, and success.

Monday. Monday is associated with the Moon and lunar deities. Monday is a quiet, introspective day, and can feel very ethereal. It’s the best day for magic related to intuition, nurturing, and shadow work.

Tuesday. Tuesday is associated with Mars and with gods and goddesses of war and action. (It is named for the Norse/Germanic god Tyr/Tiw.) Tuesday is a very “active” day, and is good for magic related to action, activism, victory, or finding courage.

Wednesday. Wednesday is associated with Mercury and with gods and goddesses of wisdom, learning, and communication. (It is named for the Norse/Germanic god Odin/Wodan.) Wednesday is all about mental activity. It’s the best day of the week for magic related to thought, travel, communication (written, spoken, or digital), and learning/study.

Thursday. Thursday is associated with Jupiter and with gods and goddesses of prosperity, wealth, and protection. (It is named after the Norse/Germanic god Thor.) Thursday, like Jupiter in astrology, is all about outward expansion. It’s the best day of the week for magic related to career, prosperity, and wealth.

Friday. Friday is associated with Venus and with gods and goddesses of love, fertility, and sensuality. (It is named after the Norse goddess Freyja, or perhaps the goddess Frigg.) The energy of Friday is fun, lighthearted, and sexy. It’s the best day of the week for magic related to love, beauty, and sex/sexuality.

Saturday. Saturday is associated with Saturn and with time and wisdom. (The day and the planet are both named after the Roman god Saturn.) Saturday is practical and wise, but it does have a little bit of a dark side. It’s the best day of the week for magic related to banishing and protection.

Magical Times of Day

Okay, so you’d like to start working with magical timing, but what about emergency magic and last-minute spells? What if you don’t have time to wait for the next full moon, or even the next Sunday? You can still align your spell with magical timing! There are several moments of power each day, and each has its own magical associations.

Sunrise. Sunrise is, of course, the birth of the new day. This makes it the perfect time for spells related to new beginnings or expanded possibilities.

Noon. This is the peak or high point of the day. This is a powerful time for healing magic.

Sunset. Sunset is the end of the day, and forms a gateway between light and dark. This is a great time for spells related to accepting endings, releasing that which does not serve, and moving on from the past.

Midnight. If noon is the peak of the day, then midnight is the peak of the night. Midnight has a very ethereal, transformational energy. Like with the full moon, some witches believe that any spell will be more powerful if cast at midnight. This is a powerful time for both banishing and attraction magic.

Resources:

You Are Magical by Tess Whitehurst

Green Witchcraft by Paige Vanderbeck

Wicca for Beginners by Thea Sabin [specifically the chapter on the sabbats]

Yesterday I learned my backyard is home to purple ground ivy and its place within herbal witchcraft and herbal medicine was fascinating so I want to continue this journey. Obviously I know a few herbs and plants that are good for certain things but I really want to educate myself deeply!

….Ahem. Yes, I think I can help.

I’m a huge proponent of pairing magical education with mundane learning, both for safety and for context. Thus, books on plants, for spells and medicine alike, make up a big part of my library.

For the sake of convenience, I’ll break down my recs into two categories:

GREEN WITCHCRAFT

Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Cunningham) 

Garden Witchery (Dugan)

The Garden Witch’s Herbal (Dugan)

The Sacred Herbs of Samhain (Hopman)

The Real Witches’ Garden (West)

The Hearth Witch’s Compendium (Franklin)

The Hearth Witch’s Kitchen Herbal (Franklin)

The Green Witch Herbal (Griggs)

PRACTICAL HERBOLOGY

The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines (Fetrow & Avila)

Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs (Carr)

Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs (Peterson Field Guides)

Edible Wild Plants (Peterson Field Guides)

Herbal Remedies (Chevallier)

The New American Herbal (Orr)

The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook (Green)

I also have a few other books that deal with practical gardening techniques and plant-related folklore, which I’m happy to provide upon request.

Please keep in mind that everything should be read with common sense and a grain of salt in mind. I have a lot more books that I refer to, but these are the ones I find myself reaching for most often.

For a really great free resource I suggest Maude Grieves Modern Herbal available online here.

Green Witch by Arin Murray-Hiscock

Green Witchcraft by Paige Vanderbeck

I agree with Bree on the Cunningham book and the Ellen Dugan books and local field guides.

For the next step:

The Witching Herbs by Harold Roth

Corinne Boyer Books (Plants of the Devil, Under the Bramble Arch, Under the Witching Tree)

Veneficium: Magic, Witchcraft, and the Poison Path by Daniel Schulke

I took inspiration from @joysins for this so thank you, and go check out their blog to see their version!

I recently found this small deck of playing cards, probably a prize from a pizza place idk, but I put that in there for some quick readings on the go. I also put in a small marble for crystal ball readings, a bundle of match sticks and I glued the match strip to the top of the tin. I used a small sticky note pad for sigils and spells, and I typically carry pens/pencils with me, but you can add one into yours if you don’t have one normally on you.

I gathered 4 birthday candles (because they’re small and the different colors), so I have red, blue, green and yellow for spells that I can use those accordingly for color magic as well. I put the seashell in there to burn the candle over as to not make a mess.

I used some empty tea bags that you can add your own herbs to, and I used one for salt for cleansing, tarragon for general herbs in spells, and the lemon peel for curses. As well as, I put in a safety pin and dirty screw for curses as well; however, you can skip these 2 if you’re not into that.

Lastly, I made a personalized protection sigil and put one on the bottom of the inside lid and one on the outside bottom of the tin itself. I charged it and wiped it off as to not draw attention to it, as that would counter act the sigil. I used small rubber hairbands to hold most of these together, but for the match sticks I used a small piece of cord for knot magic and circle casting/protection circles, ect.

This was a lot of fun to make and I encourage you all to make one for yourself if you want to! Thanks again to @joysins for the inspiration!! I’d love to see everyone else’s if you decide to make one!

Although this is written to help me cope with something deeply personal that I have been living with my entire life, feel free to use this or any part of this poem for spellwork if you like it. Please give me credit if you do.

Your eyes are hollow; your conscience is dead. I will never believe a word you’ve said.

Your forked tongue speaks twisted lies. The last shred of dignity within you dies.

Sitting on a throne of arrogance with your undeserved crown. The kingdom you’ve created is about to come crumbling down.

Spreading your misery and hatred like a disease. You smile and slink away with confident ease.

I know what you are and what you will be. A void, a black hole, dead to me.

No more will I allow for your existence to impact me. The door has been shut and I’ve thrown away the key.

The time has come for justice to strike. Like a vampire’s heart with a wooden spike.

I refuse to be silence now. I have survived your abuse somehow.

May you see the hate you cause when you close your eyes. May you go deaf from your dying soul’s cries.

May you be plagued with nightmares of torment and pain. May any last sense of hope finally drain.

May you choke on your words before your speak. May the weight of your apathy make you weak.

Do not dare cry or plead with fate. The charade is over now; it is too late.

I want to correct a statement I made on my blog earlier. I don’t remember when I made it, but I’m positive that I did. I said that skulls work simply as other bones and connecting to death energy in death witchcraft and necromancy, which is blatantly not true. I’m sorry about that. Please allow me to correct this by sharing what I’ve learned about some uses of skulls in death magic:

A skull may house a conjured ghost, and allow that spirit to speak through the body of the skull. Some sources will offer incense upon the skull to help this take effect.

Related to the first point, a sealing spell may be cast upon the skull to prevent it from lying or deceiving. This spell involves sealing the mouth with graveyard dirt and drawing an engraving on it with iron. 

Skulls may be used to dispel or scare off ghosts. A libation poured from the skull of a black dog is used in one such banishing ritual. 

Many rituals include using a skull to prevent one from grinding their teeth during sleep. Some believed that this happened because a dead family member tried to communicate through their relative in sleep. The sufferer may either kiss it seven and seven times, or kiss it seven times and lick it seven times, over the span of four nights.

Skulls are used as summoning ingredients and basis for the conjurer’s power. Sometimes, an incantation will be spoken over a skull. Other times, a libation or conjuring oil will be spilt over the skull.

The vague “skull” is used in most of these spells, implying that any skull may work. Few specify which skull is needed.

alright sisters, lets get straight into it. to make this, roll up a small piece of paper into a tube. fold one end shut, and fill it up with any non poisonous herb (like lavender or frankincense). lodge that bitch in a pair of tweezers (use skewers and rubber bands if u donthave tweezers), with the folded end pointed down, then balance it over a fireproof bowl like so:

now light the end of the stick thats pointed down. blow it out after five seconds. the smoldering paper and herbs will release a sweet smoke, and any ashes will drop straight into the fireproof jar. congratu-fucking-lations, you made incense.

some witchy tips for this:

- burn secific herbs for different intentions, like chamomile for peace, jasmine for dreams, sage for cleansing etc.

- mark the paper with sigils

- use the ashes to make black salt, or for spell powders

A spell meant to protect an object, being, or space from being seen by certain people; a spell to have an object inside your home go unnoticed by creating a barrier across your threshold. 

Items & Ingredients: 

Black chime candle with holder

Dragon’s blood oil 

Carving tool 

Mortar & pestle

Chili powder

Chili flakes

Cayenne pepper

Black pepper

Black salt

Small jar

Instructions: 

Performed in the hour of Saturn on the night of the dark moon.

Inscribe on the candle “prying eyes cannot see” while focusing on the object or space you want to keep hidden

Anoint the candle with Dragon’s blood oil and place in its holder - light the candle 

Combine the ingredients in your mortar and proceed to grind into a powder - for this particular spell, the powder doesn’t need to be finely ground 

As you grind up your ingredients, repeat the inscription carved into the candle aloud: “prying eyes cannot see”

Add the powder to a jar and seal - set the jar in front of the candle as it burns down completely

I happened to use a jar whose lid has a chalkboard surface, so I drew the symbol of Saturn on the top of the jar in chalk