A lot of witchcraft seems to be focused on visualisation as a means of imbuing things with magic, energy work seems almost entirely written to suit those who can visualise images.  I am extremely tactile, I am a touchy feely person with busy hands so I decided to share how I “enchant” items.

Enchantment in my book means to take an object and make it magical, whether it be a charm, a ward, an agent of the spell itself.

Kissing things - your lips are far more sensitive than your fingers, they are also very close to your nose so you can incorporate smell into this, too. Take the item, and bring it too your lips gently, place a plush firm kiss whilst focusing on planting your into into the item.

Stroking or brushing - I have heard people try knot magic by braiding their hair, my hair is too short for this, but you could start by brushing your hair. Really smoothing it out, deeply brushing hair or even fur is a great way to transfer magic from your mind to the hands to the object, brushing is very therupeutic and could almost be a trance inducing activity. When I had hair I could sit on, it was a wonderful sensory experience to hand brush it after a wash. 

You could also feel the surface of your item by smoothing it with you hands, really get to know the texture, let the magic explore the grain of the wood, the crevices in the stone or the cool touch of the metal.

Crumbling something - You could do this with breadcrumbs for kitchen magic or a bath bomb for bath magic (I wouldn’t crumble a bath bomb imo but I have heard some people prefer to do that.) Guide your intent to your hands and let it over whelm the object in your palms.

Stepping on something - This could be very destructive and great for curses.

Walking around it - Walking around an object features a lot in folk lore, perhaps you could use it to slowly build up intent and magical energy within you? 

Throwing or juggling - Juggling is a great skill to learn and I can well and truly say kinetic energy is magical very powerful, throwing and catching something in the air until your satisfied is a fantastic way of enchantment, the weight as you catch it in your hand and watching it fly in the air is just fantastic.

Basic Components

🌸 Bath Salts - when you want the thing to be immersed into the water, cleansing, the subconscious mind

🌸 Bubble Bath - when you want to be immersed IN the thing, manifesting, the conscious mind

🌸 Bath Bombs - when you want the thing to explode into existence, move rapidly, high energy

🌸 The Water - the carrier of your intent, cleanses, helps imbue the intent into you

🌸 Soaps - carry and spread the intent to your body, good for carving sigils, good for long term use

🌸 The Drain - carries away the bad things when you are finished, or sends your intent out into the world

To Enjoy With Your Bath:

🌸 White Wine - fresh starts, clearing

🌸 Red Wine - indulgence, sensuality

🌸 Fruit - refreshing, sweetening, celebration, blooming

🌸 Chocolate - enjoyment, self love, richness, abundance

🌸 Tea - relaxation, meditation, correspondence of the tea itself

🌸 Hot Chocolate - warmth, friendship, self love, winter

Amplifiers:

🌸 Music - can be used to create a magical atmosphere that matches your intent

🌸 Crystals - amplify and aid the intent (check water safety, don’t immerse your crystals that can’t handle it, if you choose to immerse them at all)

🌸 Candles - relaxation, illumination, each color or scent carries its own respective meanings (floating candles as well!)

🌸 Flowers / Flower Petals - color associations, good for aesthetic and mood-setting, imbues the correspondence of the flower into the water

Bonus Object: Rubber duck - a very Powerful friend

Herbal Remedies for Cold and Flu Season

1. DIY Elderberry Thyme syrup – elderberry has been used for centuries in healing because it provides immune support (and has long been thought to banish negative energy). Can be taken both preventatively and to shorten the course of a cold. 

2. DIY Cough Drops – these cute cough drops are made with tea and honey to sooth an irritated throat. The original blogger chose hibiscus tea for the taste, but consider using one of the herbal teas she lists at the bottom for a more healing herbal remedy.

3. Lemon, Honey, and Ginger in a Jar – a traditional and internet favorite, this mixture turns into a jelly for when your throat needs serious soothing. Honey has been used for millennia to heal a variety ailments, just be sure to keep this away from infants. 

What to do for the new year as a spiritual person

I thought to make a post on what me and my WHOLE family does when it’s close to the near year. We do this so that we welcome in good luck, abundance and prosperity along with wealth. It’s something that mainly my mom’s side has done for a very long time and good things happen from it (I also called this what to do for the new year as a spiritual person because me and my mom’s side of the family come from a long line of spiritual family members!)

 So first off!

Go through your shit Like seriously. Get rid of things you no longer want or need. Like clothes, nick nacks, jewelry etc. Throw things away that is trash!

Organize make things more nice and neat within your room/home. go through things to find out what needs to be taken out, trashed or placed somewhere else.

Clean now with cleaning… You gotta do some serious shit. Make sure the dish washer is always empty and no dishes are in the sink (as best as you can). Your bed is made, your bath room is nice and clean, No piling trash etc. The point is, you have to try and stay clean as much as you can until it’s finally the new year and new month. Also wash your bedding and curtains if you have any.

Cleanse my grandmother would make flour washes to welcome in prosperity and abundance. She (and my mom when she was younger) would even wash the walls too. You can play music, light a candle, burn incense, use sage, holy water, you can even use perfume or colonge to cleanse your place.

Keep it looking spotless until the new year!

Something to note:

Now this is optional but is VERY helpful. My mom told me if you wish you can dedicate your place to who ever you work with. That your home is their’s as well. That you promise to keep it clean as possible in their honor for you know they don’t like dirty things. 

You could possibly even ask them to help bring in prosperity and abundance if you promise to keep the place clean in their honor most of the time. 

Cleanliness is next to godly-ness

Another thing, My grandmother would always buy new bedding and curtains and other stuff. In with the new and out with the old basically.

- intrusive thoughts won’t affect your magic or draw bad things into your life because there’s no intent behind them

- your deities are smart enough to know that you don’t mean your intrusive thoughts and to therefore not act on them or be offended by them

Combining the energies of shapes and colors is a powerful practice within art witchcraft. You can look for these combinations in your color castings, or other artistic forms of divination, or use them to boost your intent in spells.

Stay tuned for more free resources and information related to art magic and color craft. My inbox is always open!

First off, when you see witches like myself that have tons of fabulous witch stuff, do understand we didn’t get it all the week we discovered paganism or witchcraft. We have been putting our collections together for years. It is not a game of catch up. If you are just starting out, you don’t need to blow several hundred on supplies. There is a huge advantage to gathering things slowly. In that you will have ample time to become familiar with each object and its inlying spirit.

Wanting some special new supplies isn’t all bad either. When I decided I wanted to do this witch thing innowen tried to dissuade me from buying a mortar and pestle when a bowl and spoon would do. I would not be dissuaded and I bought one from a new age store. Now of course the thing was crap and bits of black enamel broke off in my herbs. But I did learn that I loved grinding herbs in it and I was able to decide what type of mortar and pestle I wanted next and ask for it for yule.

But onto the point. Where does all this stuff come from? How do you get plugged in and develop a great collection?

1) Befriend other witches and pagans, even if they practice way different than you. I can’t say this enough. A good deal of my witchy things were gifts or trades with other witches, pagans and new agers from in person and online. Its easy to get snobby and not want to hang out with the love and light types or to abhor folks who are a bit darker than you on principal. But interactions with others an be your greatest teacher about who you are and aren’t. And most pagan types who have been doing it longer than you have an old tarot deck and a few beginner books they need to rehome anyways. You’ll pay it forward someday.

2) Thrift shop. Don’t go in with anything in mind. Just look for witchy pagan stuff in the isles of the local charity shop. Usually something jumps out at me. Whether it a wall hanging of a pudgy kid with grapes for a bachanal type altar. A candle holder or even a few grab bags of cotton yarn for making charms, something will probably be manipulated for witchcraft and it might only cost a few dollars. I am amazed at what some casual thrifting has turned up for me. Old perfume bottles shaped like hummingbirds? Witchcraft!

3) Mention general stuff you are looking for to thrift gifty friends. Hey thrifty friend, let me know if you see and antlers out thrifting-garage saleing so I can come snap it up. Chances are you friend will delight in surprising you with gifts of their finds. Return the favor and you are golden. My brother is always turning up with loch ness monster themed things for me. I adore him, and the resulting collection.

4) Nature and natury friends. Learn your local trees and stop the car, bike or get of the bus now and then when you see something. This time of year my eyes are peeled for rowan trees and there bright orange red berries. I will take off a sock or my hat to fill up with them and a few branches to take home and make rowan on red thread charms. Get other nature inclined friends to scope out spots for you. Some might even pick up bones and antlers for you. Who knows?

5) Join in on swaps online. After you’ve bought a few things, gotten some gifts, picked up outside, you will someday have extra. Join swaps. Offer whatever you can and take near anything thats offered in exchange. If you don’t like it, gift it to another friend or offer it in an unrelated swap another time.

6) Check your house. I’ve a wand and a few favorite cute witch storybooks from childhood. A nice illustrated Wizard of Oz is a witch treasure! My dad had a cast iron pan in our camping gear. My mom has Irish themed cook books and gardening guides. We even had a few random greek myth books and something on ghosts of Ireland.

7) Halloween clearance sales. The cool stuff I have picked up the day after hallowen at craft and costume stores at 75% off is phenomenal. Always get your black candles this time of year, otherwise they are hard to find.

8) Save money aside for special purchases. Then stalk etsy, ebay and various other websites for just the thing.

9) Ask at holidays for specific things you could witchify. A perfume making kit, playing cards, fairytale books, blank leatherbound journal or sketchbook, nature guides, and etc. You don’t havevto tell your grandma you are a witch to adk her for a rock collection for your birthday.

it seems like every few months or so a ton of the blogs I follow stop being active. so I’m on the prowl for more witchy blogs to follow! like or reblog if you post about:

🌠 witchcraft

🍂 kitchen magick; herbs, tea, recipes, spells

🍃 nature and the elements

🌙 the moon and astronomy

🌿 green witches

✨ tarot

📚 spells

🎹 art and music

📖 literature and books

So, here I am going to share a list of books which I feel are good for witches who are just beginning and even for those who like to enrich thier library or refresh!

1) The Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Beautiful book full of green witchery and useful recipes, I adore this book a must have!

2) The Real Witches’ Year by Kate West

There is something for every single day of the year, Kate West’s work cannot be missed!

3) The Real Witches’ Craft by Kate West

Kate West tackles more advanced techniques in this book, taking your understanding to a deeper level.

4) Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs

Cunningham’s works cannot be missed by aspiring witches, and this one is a book that you will always go back to! Full of Magical herbs usage, this is a must have.

5) The Illustrated Herbiary by Maia Toll

Amazingly fun book to have with illustrated cards inside, this book is very refreshing to have!

6) Practical Elementary Magick by Sorita D'Este and David Rankine

Sorita D'Este is one of the leading authors in witchcraft and together with David Rankine, she made a wonderful guide on how to use elemental magick within our practice. A must have in your library.

7) WTF is Tarot?…& How do I do it? By Bakara Wintner

Wish I had this book when I started out in tarot! Amazing guide on how to read the tarot with intuition!

8) -Bonus Book- Spirit Conjuring for Witches by Fater Barrabbas

For those who want to start their practice in Spirit Conjuring, this book is a very good start!

“The Swamptress” Opossum Jaw Bone Pentacle Wreath 🌙

Decorate your altar for Yule with this dainty wreath inspired by Floridian wetlands and the fauna that resides there 🌲💫🐊

Featuring a miniature grape vine wreath adorned with live Spanish moss, dried baby’s breath, and an opossum jaw bone 🌿

All bones utilized in our pieces are ethically sourced and cruelty free! 💀

Sometimes, you can’t practice witchcraft. You might feel too tired or under the weather or just plain not up to it right now. That’s fine. Don’t feel like you HAVE to whip up some crazy mad magic every minute of every day. Despite this, you might still want to feel witchy, even when you’re not up for the full blown practice.

Change Your Desktop

…and lock screen and screensaver and wall calendar and any other constant visual in your life. Personally, I like to pick something that makes me feel witchy and connected to my craft. I use foresty landscapes for my desktops and lock screens (well, to be entirely honest, my phone lock screen is actually a sexy wizard in a martini glass, thanks to @sleepybabyprincess) but it can be anything you really love that makes you feel witchy! Use a sigil you want to charge as your lock screen! Use an image of a classic pantheon if that’s your thing! Just use something you’d see often as a way to stay constantly connected.

Make Plans

Not excuses. Make a set list of things you want to work on for yourself, whether it be finally writing out that devotional incantation to your gods or taking a calm meditative bath. Plan out your next witchy shopping excursion if you’re running low on candles or incense. Research paths you might not have even considered learning, just to see if it piques your interest. Keep a notebook of ideas, not even a list. Just cover your paper with things you want to do or learn. Soon enough you’ll feel ready to really get into it.

Talk With Your Friends

If you have witchy friends in the meat space, then congrats! You have a support group that you can meet up with at a park or local tea house to sit down and discuss different ideas about magic. If you’re like me and almost all your witch pals are online, then you always have a support line in your pocket. I’m in nearly constant contact with @arlinns, who I actually met through an online coven year ago, and we’re constantly mixing witchcraft and different ways to practice throughout our conversations, even when we’re talking about video games or books as well. It always helps to have a friend to brainstorm ideas, or even just complain, with. If you don’t feel like you have someone you can talk to, you can always shoot me a message. I’d be happy to discuss witchcraft with you.

Make a Nice, Hot Cup of Tea

So many herbs and mixtures to choose from. So many possibilities in a cup. It’s not just magic, it’s been scientifically proven that a hot beverage can actually help improve your mood. It’s a hug in a mug. Take advantage of what’s in your cupboard.

Wear Your Witch Aesthetic Best

Because everyone gets sick, even witches! Witchcraft does not replace proper medical care, and please be cautious when using herbs and do proper research*

Teas and potions:

Sore throat potion

Sore throat sage tea

Cough/cold tea

Mama’s cold curing tea

Cold banishing potion

Feel better tea spell

Sick witch’s brew

Flu and cold buster

Soothing tummy tea

Vitamin C healing potion

Syrups:

Easy DIY cough syrup

Soothing lemon cough syrup

Simple elderberry syrup

Magic cold syrup

Food:

Swamp’s immunity boosting noodles

Faye’s patchwork soup

“I am not getting sick!” broth

Spells:

Simple sickness spell

Simple healing spell

All-purpose recovery spell

Christian witch healing spell

Healing/cleansing spell bottle

Bath magic:

Anti-nausea bath

Healing milk bath

Healing bath

Shower meditation

Odds and ends:

Cold and flu remedies

Lil’ witch tips for sickness

Immune system sigils

Herbs for a sick witch

Onions

Coriander seeds

Eucalyptus 

Basil

*Resources for herbal interactions:

U.S Department of Health and Human Services

AAFP

Potential Herb-Drug Interaction Chart

Checking for Possible Herb-Drug Interactions