kitchen bitchery

You will need:

Sea salt

Black Salt

Candles

Cedar incense

10 drops of lavender essential oil

A bathtub

Start running the water in your bath and light up your candles and incense. Call upon the elements to guide and protect you in the spell you’re about to perform. Then invoke your deities and ask for their divine help in a successful spell.

Once you have your bath water, pour 1 cup of sea salt in the water and state:

“With this salt, I cleanse my body, mind and spirit from all forms of negativity that wish to harm me”

Stir the salt in the water until resolved clockwise while saying “cleanse, cleanse, cleanse”

Then the next ingredient added will be your black salt (just three splashes will do) and state the following:

“I banish any negative energy and entity that ensnares me in its grasp, you are not welcome in this space and I hereby revoke your grasp. I command you to leave!”

Stir in the black salt counter clockwise while saying “banish, banish, banish…”

Then add the 10 drops of lavender oil and state:

“I add lavender to bring the clarity and calm my mind desperately seeks. To quiet the mind and bring me peace.”

Stir clockwise while saying:

“Calm, Calm, Calm…..”

“I sit in the water of calm and peace, no negativity shall come to me. I melt away my troubles from time, in hopes that calm and clarity be mine. I say this once, by the power of three, my will be done, so mote it be”

Then get into the tub and visualize all that negative funk melt away with the bath water.

Enjoy my brothers and sisters.

Each crystal or gemstone can be found in many different shapes, but actually each one has specific properties. Here are some of them:

Tumbled Stones

This stones are the ones whose shape has been smoothed or polished from their raw form. Ideal for meditation, affirmations and altar work. This shape evens and gentle energy.

Abundance stones

This is basically an elongated crystal with clustered, smaller crystals around it. This is perfect for wealth and abundance, hence it’s name. Useful, for example, to use in business.

Natural point stones

Not necessary a wand-like crystal, they’re any part of a faceted crystal with a point that has formed naturally and not precisely perfected. This are useful to draw energy from a body or to the body. Perfect for cleansing and healing.

Generator stones

A Generator will have six facets (of equal or unequal proportions) that meet into one point. It gets its name for its ability to generate amplified energy, boosting the power of other stones, or the stone it is made of. This type of formation is also very powerful for charging other stones.

Geode

Geodes have the ability to hold energy within and soften it, allowing it to naturally flow out and disperse evenly. These formations are great for protection or for assisting with healing abusive habits such as alcoholism and abusive internal monologues.

Raw stones

Raw stones are in their natural form and have not been smoothed, polished or altered. Also they’re often considered as more fragile than it’s relatives. They are great for all spiritual work.

Pyramid stones

This refers to four equal triangle faces and a square base. This is pretty often used in healing, it’s useful for warding off negative energy and also removing blocks from the chakra system. Also good for affirmations and manifestation work.

Spheres

These powerful formations are great for scrying. As it’s form is smooth from every possible angle, is believed that light, energy and time pass through it with no rules or hindrances, hence their scrying abilities.

Cubes

Perfect for grounding energies and intentions, believed that energy is contained and enhanced in this stone shape. Transmutes negative to positive energy, perfect for mindfulness and concentration.

100 ways to incorporate magick in your daily life. 

I understand that these are not exactly all witchy but this is about intergreting your everyday life in your practice and appreciating as well as finding magick in the most mundane and simple things that we often miss out on. ♡

1. When you wake up, before grabbing your phone or getting out of bed, take a few seconds to breathe, and stretch all your limbs.

2. Say ‘’thank you’’ to your god/goddess/deity, or simply to acknowledge how lucky you are to live another day.

3. Open the window regardless of the weather and take a big breath of fresh air. This will not only cleanse the room but also your body. 

4. If it’s raining outside or snowing, take a minute to admire the beauty of it. 

5. Pick wildflowers (please don’t pick any endangered flowers or toxic ones, do your research).

6. Dry said wildflowers and put them in your Book of Shadows or any book or journal you are using.

7. Go for a walk in nature during the day and during the night as well. 

8. Sunbathe.

9. Moonbathe.

10. Light lots of candles.

11. If your room needs a cleaning, try to make your own household products naturally using your favorite scents and clean your room with them. 

12. Change your bed sheets and pillowcases.

13. If you have a clothing line, hang your clothes, blankets, sheets, comforters, pillowcases, underwear outside. Visualize the wind cleansing them. 

14. Grow your own favorite herbs. 

15. Buy a succulent. 

16. Dry your herbs and save them for bath magick, spells, teas or rituals. 

17. Sweep the floor and visualize yourself sweeping off all negativity out of the room. 

18. Sprinkle sea salt over areas that you feel have a negative energy to purify them.

19. Make your own purifying/cleansing spray. 

20. Take a hot, soothing bath. I am a sea witch so I find this particularly helpful when I miss the ocean/the beach. (Don’t forget to add herbs, essential oils, sea salt, flowers, crystals, or anything that has magickal properties for a magickal bath)

21. Sip a cup of your favorite herbal tea.

22. For kitchen witches, try brewing your own tea, and cooking meals with intention and magickal ingredients.

23. Make charm bags. 

24. Water your herb garden by hand. 

25. Show the people you love that you love them.

26. Show some love to your pets and spend a few extra minutes with them. 

27. Light up your favorite incense.

28. Keep a small bag of your favorite herb (for example: lavender) in a drawer, so when you feel stressed, just pop the bag open for a deep breath of calming aromatherapy. 

29. When you take a shower, visualize the water neutralizing your energy and washing off all the bad stuff. 

30. Bless your morning coffee or tea.

31. Keep a daily journal, whether it’s a Book of Shadows, a daily planner/organizer or a dream journal. 

32. If you wanna be low-key and discrete about your craft, draw small sigils all over everything. Your school notebooks, pencil cases, journals, shoes, etc. 

33. Read lots of books about magick and form your own opinion/path/views/beliefs.

34. If you read fictional stories, allow yourself to get lost in them and let your mind wander and escape. 

35. Put on your favorite clothes, makeup, shoes, or whatever little thing that makes you feel fabulous, even if you’re staying in. 

36. Be proud of your body.

37. Practice self-care.

38. Take time to unplug and spend time with yourself. (that includes smartphones, iPads, laptops, tablets, desktops, and all electronics/little gadgets we lug around on a daily basis.)

39. Go to the beach

40. Go to the forest.

41. Go to the desert. 

42. Go to the mountains. 

43. If it’s warm outside, make a bonfire and admire the flames. If it’s winter and you have a fireplace, light it up. 

44. Go somewhere you’ve never visited before. 

45. Go camping if you can, by yourself or with friends. 

46. Stargaze.

47. Breathe.

48. Dance.

49. Dance in the rain.

50. Sing.

51. Go outside on a snowstorm.

52. Plant a vegetable garden, even if it’s just a pot of tomatoes. 

53. Walk barefoot and feel the earth under your feet.

54. Pull weeds.

55. Adopt an animal from the shelter.

56. Practice yoga.

57. Eat healthy, but if you wanna eat that last piece of cake, do it. Life is short.

58. Exercise.

59. Start a new hobby.

60. Mix your own perfume.

61.Make your own candle.

62. Make your own essential oil.

63. Make your own soap. 

64. Lay down and listen to your favorite music. (Mine is video music, it’s just soothing for me.

65. Take a day just for you without answering the phone.

66. Pick dandelions and make a wish.

67. Carry crystals/stones with your in your pocket. 

68. Learn how to do tarot readings.

69. Collect rain, sun, snow water.

70. Plant lavender or rosemary for protection and luck. 

71. Bless your kitchen utensils, such as spatulas and wooden spoons, that all the food you make with them will promote healing and love. 

72. Charge your crystals under the full moon. 

73. Have tantric sex with a loving partner. 

74. Carve sigils into the sand at the beach and let the tides release them into the universe.

75. Re-arrange your altar. 

76. Keep track of your sleep and menstrual cycles and moods to see how the moon phases affect you.

77. Be open minded to the retrogrades.

78. Go outside on any phase of the moon and take in all its beauty. 

79. Keep your pendulum with you as a necklace so you’re always ready to do a little scrying. 

80. Burn sage or cedar first thing in the morning to start your day off fresh.

81. Look for constellations and learn them. 

82. Paint sigils on your mailbox.

83. Hang wood chimes, or a silver bell on your front door knob for luck.

84. Tuck a sprig of lavender under your pillow before bed to promote peaceful sleep. 

85. Watch a meteor shower with someone you care about.

86. Buy new candles. 

87. Water your plants in your garden counterclockwise to banish negativity from the space.

88. Paint your nails a color associated with the intention of your spell or ritual before you begin so that your hands become your wand. 

89. Plant red geraniums by your front door as this is a traditional sign of witches.

90. Bless more than water and crystals on the night of the full moon: set out your essential oils, nail polish, or a special bottle of champagne too. 

91. Dry your vegetables or plants and incorporate them into a charm bag. 

92. Wash your windows with moon water for extra clarity.

93. Use sun water when you brew tea for a magickal experience. 

94. Stir sugar into your tea or coffee with intention, willing sweetness into your day and life. 

95. Draw sigils or write a brief protection spell on the inside of your dog or cat’s collar.

96. Soak in a milk bath (or just soak your fingers in a bowl of warm milk) on the full moon to embrace the feminine energy. Plus you’ll come away with silky, soft skin. 

97.Hang up palmistry and astrology charts in your home for easy reference and pretty, witchy decor. 

98. Line your windowsills with protective crystals. 

99. Make censing sticks for the seasons, using chamomile buds for spring, lavender for summer, sage for fall and pine for winter. 

Recently I’ve been feeling burnt out, and I was struggling to find a spell to do on Yule, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone!

feel free to alter this spell as needed

ingredients

☀️ a gold/yellow candle

☀️ orange, lemon, and grapefruit* slices, preferably dried

☀️ one full orange

☀️ a cup or chalice

steps:

☀️ lay your fruit slices in a circle around you and your altar and say: “with each slice that i place, i make this circle my sacred space.”

☀️ light your candle

☀️ grab your full orange and wave it through the smoke, visualise the energy of the sun transferring into the orange

☀️ once you’ve decided you’ve waved in the smoke for long enough, take your orange and squeeze its juice into the chalice/cup

☀️ when you have enough juice to drink, stop squeezing and drink all the juice

☀️ once finished, thank the sun for lending you his energy and blow out your candle

…and there you have it! Merry Yule!

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This is a down-to-earth, modern witch prosperity jar for the new year. I know that with my career I am incredibly busy and it can be hard to find a reliable metaphysical or Wiccan shop (especially if you live in a small town). Everything in these jars is purchasable at a grocery store!! I do recommend purifying and cleansing your herbs prior to use (especially if you buy them from a grocery store as there’s no telling how many hands and what kind of energy has been transferred to the herbs). The few things that are at my local grocery store which may not be available to others is lemongrass and juniper berries - feel free to leave these out. The goddess will feel your intent and this does not have to be perfect to work perfectly.

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Items in the Jar:

🌙 Bay Leaf: Protection

🌙 Cinnamon Stick: Spirituality, Success

🌙 Clove: Protection, Money

🌙 Ginger: Love, Money, Success

🌙 Gypsophilia (Baby’s Breath): Purity, Gentleness

🌙 Juniper Berries: Protection, Love, Health

🌙 Lemon Peel: Cleansing, Purification

🌙 Lemongrass: Expel Evil

🌙 Mint: Money, Luck, Love, Zest for Life

🌙 Orange Peel: Luck, Money, Blessings

🌙 Rosemary: Protection, Luck, Love, Cleansing

🌙 Roses: Promise, Hope, New Beginnings

🌙 Sage: Wisdom, Protection, Wishes

🌙 Thyme: Health, Healing

I did add a small scroll with a spell on it to the jar (you could even add a scroll with your wishes and prayers for the new year!). Another optional item to add is money - I used a golden dollar to invoke wealth and fortune in the future.

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Speak this while filling your jar:

As this new year blooms and grows;

Bless this jar, made at the old years close:

Herbs and flora of pure intent,

Sealed, blessed, for bad luck prevent.

With prosperity, good fortune, love and wealth;

Success, wisdom, strength, and better health;

I encircle this jar with my prayer,

Oh Goddess, bless me with your care.

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Take out a compass and locate the North, South, West and East of your home. Go to each point, start from the North, touch the wall or floor and say these words:

Brick and earth,

Wood and stone,

Guard my hearth,

Guard my home.

Move to the center of your home and speak:

Protect my center,

Protect my home;

Ill shall not enter,

Ill shall not roam.

Then, hold your hand to the main entrance of your home and speak:

No ill shall pass,

beyond this door,

This house is safe,

From roof to floor.

Guard these windows, Guard all doors, Guard this room, from roof to floor.

With these words, This ward I place. Guard those within; Protect this space.

ingredients:

lemon balm leaves

chamomile flower

lavender flower

peppermint leaves

boil water

add ingredients to boiling water

let steep for up to 10 minutes

either strain through a coffee filter or pour into cup as is

sweeten or add lemon to taste

stir clockwise to bring relaxation into your life

In my (limited) experience I’ve noted that there are many ways to do “tea magick,” or magick involving the use of tea. Some forms are complicated rituals and other forms are very simple. I’m a busy college student with a general preference for the simplistic, so here are a few simple types of tea magick that are good for people who like simple magick or don’t have time for something complicated.

1) Sigils are a good way to make anything, even your morning cup of tea, magickal. I either create a new sigil or use one from my sigil book, depending on if I already have one for the specific purpose I need. There are several ways the sigil could be applied: written directly on the cup, written on a piece of paper and then adhered to the cup, written on the tag of the tea bag if you aren’t using loose leaf tea, or even possibly written in honey at the base of the cup before you pour in the water.

2) Pick a tea for a specific purpose and meditate on it while you drink. For example, I wanted inspiration for a story I was writing so I made the cup of tea based on the story: a blended tea with honey and a little sugar reminiscent of the character’s personality. Another simpler example is making chamomile tea with honey for the purpose of relaxation and soothing.

3) When the tea is fresh and hot, hold your face over it and feel the steam caress you. It’s very soothing and it feels as if the tea is reaching out to offer help and kindness.

For when you don’t want your day to cause any problems.

You will need:

black tea for energy and strength to survive the day

honey to sweeten the challenges

lemon to neutralize any negativity

Brew the tea. Add other ingredients. Hold the mug in your hands and chant:

“The rising sun ends the night,

let this day be just as bright”

Ingredients 

Sideritis - Tea of the Mountain / Shepherd’s Tea - For Healing and Relaxation; also good for sore throats and sickness OR Chamomile - For Tranquility and Inner Peace Honey - Prosperity, Beauty and Healing Optional - Lemon for Love Success and Healing                 - Put any kind of music that makes you feel good or/and makes you want to dance.                 -Any Quartz Crystal around you (Don’t put the crystal in the tea just have it next to you for the extra energy)                  - You can also use a cup that is coloured with the a specific colour depending on you intent; white is preferred for general positivity.

Execution 

Brew the tea, add the lemon and add the honey with a dessert spoon. Stir it clockwise to bring positive energy, while chanting:

“With this tea that I brew today I bring positivity to come my way”

Chant this as many times as you wish, let it cool for a while and drink it, feeling the positive energy in your body. I personally chant it 3 times

Blessed Be~

Edit: I CALLED IT POSITIVI-TEA BECAUSE I CAN’T THINK OF PUNS BY MYSELF 

🔮 The Moon goes ‘Wax on, Wan off’

🔮 White Candles, Clear Quartz, Rosemary and Roses can be a substitute for anything

🔮 Do research on your Deities and Divine beings so you don’t accidentally offend them

🔮 Before you start doing spells and rituals, make sure you got bath magick, tea magick, and sigils down pat

🔮 Clockwise is for positive things, such as summonings, and Counter-clockwise is for negative things, such as banishings

🔮 If your ritual/spell/potion goes wrong, Don’t Panic. Finish it and make sure to Cleanse and Bless the area strongly afterward. If you are still in doubt or if the problem consists, consult an older or more experienced witch

🔮 Never doubt your own power, you are more powerful than you realize, so be careful!

1. Release

Specifically things or people that are toxic to you in a ritual. This can be as simple as lighting a candle-choose a color that pulls you, I like darker blues, blacks, deep greens and silver/white for full moons.

-Cleanse your space. I like to clean with a broom, followed by an incense bath for the space.

-Write down on a piece of paper, in as much detail as you can, about what you want to release. Write your reasons. Why is this toxic for you? Why do you have trouble letting go of it? What about it makes you feel inadequate? This thing could be anything. A habit, a person, a substance, a relationship…..anything.

-Draw a simple chalk circle with a six pointed star in it. You could do a pentagram if you like. Invite your elements/deities. Do this in the light of the full moon. Closet witch tip: You can just draw a circle on a piece of scrap paper in ink and use illustrations/sigils to represent elements/deities. I like to work with animal gods on full moons. Ucchaishrava, Erawat, Nandi, Hansa representing Fire, thunder and storm, earth and water.

-Put your candle in the dead center of your circle and envision all your elements/deities, with the moon as your witness, focusing on this. Light the candle and burn the paper.

-As you are burning the paper, envision all of the toxicity burning away and leaving fertile ground pulsing with energy in its wake.

-The materials that remain behind should be disposed of before morning rolls around. Close circles. Thank elements/deities. Thank Moon. Cleanse space. I like to immerse remains in flowing water. If the materials are toxic to nature though, don’t do this. Put them in a safe bag and dump them in a dumpster.

2. Charging Crystals

I like to charge crystals related to cleansing, clarity, peace, healing, comfort, happiness and other such qualities on full moons. You can do this for whatever crystals you like.

-Cleanse your space.

-Draw your preferred circle in your method.

-Invite your deities/elements into the circle.

-Place crystal dead center of the circle.

-Visualize your elements/deities, with the moon as your witness, concentrating their power on the crystal and infusing it with their energy. I like to visualize pulses of energy around the crystal, lifting it into the ether. Visualize the crystal pulsing with this energy, like its waking up from a slumber. Thump. Thump. Thump goes the crystal.

-Meditate on the crystal. I like to play drums, dance around or chant to it, to harmonize energies and to welcome the awakened crystal in the physical space. I can’t stand sitting still and breathing. If you can, be my guest.

-Thank deities/elements. Close circle. Cleanse space. Put crystal in bag. Dispose of remains.

3. Charge Instruments of Manifestation

These could be anything. Cameras, musical instruments, dance shoes, ghunghroos, paint brushes, paint, canvas, sketchbooks, composition books, laptops, typewriters, clay, sculpting tools, wood, inks, tablets, lenses, fabric, sewing machines, wands, knives, chopping boards, utensils, research notebooks, pens, pencils, markers, journals, tarot cards, oracle cards, crystal balls, pendulums, divination boards, herbs…..you get it. Charge them with the energy of the moon and your deities/elements. The same method as charging crystals applies.

4. Moon Bathe cuz you’re an instrument of manifestation too

5. Edibles

For my kitchen witches. Prep your favorite food and let it sit under the moon absorbing its rays and energies. I like to do this near midnight and with my favorite desserts and then I eat them. Cuz I like to eat.

For hedge witches and healers, prep your potions, brews, salves, bath salts, talismans and let them sit under the moon till dawn. They will be stronger and more in harmony with your intentions.

6. Dream work

If you want to dream walk, work on lucid dreaming, astral travel etc Full Moons are prime time for that. Project a circle around yourself and invite your deities/elements to protect your psychic body from attacks. And then get to dreaming. Thank elements, close circle and write down your observations upon waking/surfacing.

That’s all for now. :-)

A little incantation to bless the recipient of your knitted gifts! (Can be yourself!)

Use this to enchant a garment you are knitting and bring happiness and peace to whoever wears it!

As you knit a row, repeat as many of these “verses” as needed:

In these fibers, there shall be

Patience; one, and two, and three

Kindness; four, and five, and six

Wearer’s worries, they shall fix.

In these fibers, there shall be

Warmth in one, and two, and three

Love in four, and five, and six

Wearer’s sorrow, they shall fix.

In these fibers, there shall be

Comfort; one, and two, and three

Healing; four, and five, and six

Wearer’s ailments, they shall fix.

In these fibers, there shall be

Solace; one, and two, and three

Peace in four, and five, and six

Wearer’s stresses, they shall fix.

In these fibers, there shall be

Hope in one, and two, and three

Strength in four, and five, and six

Wearer’s weakness, they shall fix.

In these fibers, there shall be

Energy; one, two, and three

Mindfulness; four, five, and six

Wearer’s spirit, they shall fix

In these fibers, there shall be

Guidance; one, and two, and three

Vision; four, and five, and six

Wearer’s drifting, they shall fix.

When you have repeated enough phrases, end with:

In these fibers, there shall be

Answers to your prayers and pleas

And as I will, so mote it be.

How to perform the spell

One way it can be done is stitch by stitch, starting at the first one in a line. This would be performed by saying (for example), “In these fibers, there shall be… Patience; one (do first stitch) and two (second stitch) and three (third stitch). Kindness; four (fourth stitch) and five (fifth stitch) and six… wearer’s worries, they shall fix.” And so on. This would be done until you reach the end of the line, where you could simply recite the last part of the spell, or, if your have three stitches left, say each part while completing the stitches.

If the garment is already finished, simply perform the spell by placing your finger in each respective stitch while reciting the spell.

No matter how you do it, you can add or take out as many “verses” of the spell as you want! Feel free to add words or things that you think the wearer may need— friendship, motivation, humility, etc.