Musings Of A Witch

Because it is our right to stand up to our abusers.

Because it’s bullshit to tell people to just take the abuse.

Because it’s not our job to heal the people that hurt us.

Because we should support self-defense.

Because pacifism is one belief system that doesn’t apply to everybody.

Because karma doesn’t work how you think it works.

Because sometimes, magic is the last recourse of the downtrodden and the hurt, the people who can’t go to law enforcement, or the people who are alone in their struggles.

Because each witch has a right to do what they want with their magic.

If I’m not wiccan or even pagan, if I don’t have any deities or gods or goddesses,do I still need an altar??

I feel like I can’t find good info about just practicing witchcraft and no religious things along with it. (If anyone has good posts, references or even people PLEASE let me know!!)

I know this has been done before somewhere, but I can’t seem to find it, so I made my own post! 

Things you can get at the dollar store for witchcraft

:: Herbs 

:: Salt 

:: Goblets, good as chalices 

:: Altar decor (little flowers, etc) 

:: Jars 

:: Candles 

:: Statues around halloween 

:: Little dishes and plates, good for altars 

:: Little journals and notebooks 

:: A frame (to create a black mirror or to print out pics of your gods and insert) 

:: Organizers and containers 

:: Knives, for use as athames or bollines 

:: Craft supplies to help you diy stuff 

:: Incense, incense burners 

:: Matches 

:: Trivets you can diy into pentacles 

:: Books for bibliomancy 

:: Garden stones. Paint runes on them = instant rune set 

Energy work is the ability of a person to control unseen energies. Almost all basic pagan/Wiccan/New Age/witchcraft exercises deal with energy work. Here is a short list of some of the things a young witch should learn.

Grounding. It’s extremely important. You may think it will be fun to carry around a lot of elemental energy - you will quickly change your mind. Grounding is the ability to get excess energy out and ground yourself back in reality. This is especially important if you want to work with dreams, spirits, or visions.

Centering goes hand-in-hand with grounding. As a magical practitioner, you do stuff that leaves your energetic body out of sorts. If you are working with real magic, there is also a chance your grasp on reality can be shaken. Centering is a focus on your physical body that gathers all your loose bits and reforms your energetic body back in to its natural shape. Combine it with grounding to get back to the real world.

Shielding is a basic energy work exercise that is also pretty danged important. Learn to shield yourself and how to place shields around other things, people, and locations. This is a vital element of protection.

Charging is the act of filling an object with energy. You can passively charge things by leaving them around natural elements, but you need to learn how to actively charge something as well.

Programing is the process of giving energy a ‘job’. Programing energy is the basis for all spellwork. When you dress a candle, you are filling it with energy and then programing that energy to do a job for you.

What You’ll Need:  -Candle of your choice that you do not mind ruining (preferably not a pillar candle, tea candles are convenient for this curse)  -Spicy spices, such as red pepper, cayenne pepper, black pepper, ect.  -Something sharp to carve words into the candle  What To Do:  Carve the abuser’s name into the candle. Do this hard, taking out the pain they put you through out on the candle.  Light the candle. While it burns, imagine revenge on your abuser.  Put the spices into the candle. Make sure the specific spice is not flammable first. As you do this, chant:  Not deserving of sugar,  I am giving you spice.  With these herbs,  I banish you from my life.

So let’s say that you’ve found a diviner that you really like, and you want to get a reading from them, and you don’t know what to ask. Or, let’s say you do your own divination, and you want to ask your cards/runes/other divinatory tool something besides the general reading - some specific information that will help you, but you just can’t figure out how to ask.

Here is that list!

(P.S., This post was the idea of @resonance-of-libra​. I’m just the one who made it.)

Is there anything I would benefit from knowing that I have not asked about?

How will tomorrow be for me?

Are any spiritual entities trying to contact me? Who? What are they trying to say?

Is there anything I’m forgetting?

What does my subconscious want to say to me that I’ve ignored?

What do I need to focus on in life right now?

What is my pet thinking about?

What should I draw/write about?

Has anyone done magic on me without my knowledge? Who? What kind?

Is anyone gossiping about me?

How do others view me?

How can I be more true to myself?

What do my ancestral spirits think of me?

How can I connect with my god/spirits/true self/nature?

What did that dream mean?

Do I have any surprises in store for me in my immediate future?

What do I need to know about love/career/education/friendships/situations with another?

How can I move forward in my career/love life/education?

What can I do to evolve as a spirit?

What is the strongest foundation I have to build on when it comes to my career/love life/future/education/health?

What am I not considering in this big decision of mine?

What do I need to cut out of my life right now?

What issues or things do I need to avoid right now?

What are the pros/cons of this?

How can I enjoy life more?

What are my good traits? What traits do I need to work on? How?

What are the good things in life that I’m ignoring?

What are examples of times I’ve done a good job?

What things should I be grateful for?

What can I look to in order to find meaning in my life?

What lies am I telling to myself? Others?

Why am I afraid of this thing? How do I conquer that fear?

What should I learn from my past?

What is the lesson before me in my life?

What celestial/natural/biological cycles are affecting me right now?

What resources do I have?

How can I make X easier on me?

What do I need to let go?

What part of my shadow self do I need to address? How do I address it?

What habits do I need to change? How?