Eclectic Magic

Just a quick compilation of the posts I've made about exercises to help improve your craft. These can be used as journaling prompts, inspiration for activities, or as methods for pulling yourself out of a slump and recharging your witchy inspiration.

Witchcraft Exercise - Quantifying Your Craft

Witchcraft Exercise - Dig Through The Ditches

Witchcraft Exercise - The Book of Lessons

Witchcraft Exercise - Home Brews

Witchcraft Exercise - Witchy Inspo Journal

Witchcraft Exercise - Spring Cleaning

Witchcraft Exercise - Creating Correspondences

Witchcraft Exercise - Creating Your Own Runes

Witchcraft Exercise - How to Write Your Own Spells

Witchcraft Exercise - Shakespearean Witchcraft

Witchcraft Exercise - Music To Witch By

Related Prompt - Music to Witch By

Witchcraft Exercise - Annual Review

Most of these are also available in the May 2021 bonus episode of Hex Positive (check your favorite podcatcher).

Happy Witching!

For all my witches out there, here's a handy list of the 2023 dates for the major holidays, full and new moons, and special events. I've listed my sources at the bottom. Dates and times for all events are calculated for Eastern Standard Time, USA, Northern Hemisphere. Adjust for your location as needed. Enjoy!

WOTY Holidays and Solstices

February 1-2 - Imbolc

March 20 - Spring Equinox / Ostara

May 1 - Beltane

June 21 - Summer Solstice / Midsummer

August 1 - Lughnasadh

September 23- Autumn Equinox / Mabon

October 31 - Samhain

December 21 - Winter Solstice / Yule

Full Moons

January 6 - Wolf Moon ♋

February 5 - Snow Moon ♌

March 7 - Worm Moon ♍

April 6 - Pink Moon ♎

May 5 - Flower Moon ♏

June 4 - Strawberry Moon ♐

July 3 - Thunder Moon (aka Buck Moon) ♑

August 1 - Sturgeon Moon ♒

August 31 - Blue Moon ♓

September 29- Harvest Moon ♈

October 28 - Hunter's Moon (aka Blood Moon) ♉

November 27 - Frost Moon ♊

December 26 - Cold Moon ♋

Fun Fact: The title of Harvest Moon is given to either the September or October full moon, whichever falls closest to the autumn equinox. In 2023, as in 2022, that month will be September.

New Moons

January 21 ♒

February 20 ♓

March 21 ♈

April 20 ♈

May 19 ♉

June 18 ♊

July 17 ♋

August 16 ♌

September 14 ♍

October 14 ♎

November 13 ♏

December 12 ♐

Special Events

February 20 - 2nd New Moon in lunar month

April 20 - Solar Eclipse

May 5 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

August 30 - Blue Moon

September 29 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

October 14 - Solar Eclipe (Annular)

October 28 - Lunar Eclipse (Partial)

Mercury Retrogrades (in case you need them)

Dec 29, 2022 - Jan 18, 2023

April 21 - May 14

August 23 - September 15

Dec 13, 2023 - January 1, 2024

SOURCES:

Moon Info - Full Moon 2023

Calendar-12.com - Moon Phases 2023

Full Moonology - Full Moon Calendar 2023

Moon Calendar - Full Moons and New Moons in 2023

Yearly Horoscope - Mercury Retrograde 2023 Dates and Times

Your Zodiac Sign - 2023 Astrology Calendar

The Pagan Grimoire - The Wheel of the Year: The 8 Festivals in the Wiccan Calendar

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having witch friends irl honestly sounds like a blessing.

Imagine doing all that weird occultish stuff with your friends that you always thought about doing.

*Inspired by a close friend of mine*

Needed:  - White and Pink Candles - Bag - Rose Quartz - Silver - Energy Sigil, Like this one - Happiness Sigil, Find one here - Tranquility Sigil, Try this one - Seashells - Citrine - Carnelian - Name Sigil for the intended user

A/N: please don’t sue me, o anime overlords, I’m not making any money off of this! I’m just a broke student! I don’t have any money!

A/N: I totally wrote this while high off 10 Red Bulls wheeeeeee!!!!!

remember when there’d be interactions with the author and the characters?

InuYasha: I don’t get why I have to be here for this

1 am - Focusing on the wholeness of self and the banishing of any shadows. 2 am - Ridding partnership or relationships of negativity 3 am - Focusing on determination and endurance, especially in matters that seem to hold you back. 4 am - Improving luck or inspiring victory over a specific set of deterring circumstances. 5 am - Encouraging the growth of your psychic self 6 am - Tenacity building and perseverance building, especially with something you’ve been putting off. 7 am - Hope. Improving insight and perspective. 8 am - Personal change and growth aimed toward the conscious mind. 9 am - Assisting others. Focusing on concrete matters. 10 am - Improving personal convictions and resolutions. 11 am - Focusing energy directed towards transformation, especially those which seem impossible. Noon - *See below* 1 pm - Self image and personal security. 2 pm - Building relationships. Encouraging, understanding and love between people, and sexual symmetry. 3 pm - Balancing matters of safety, protection and completion. 4 pm - Harmony of the elements, adhering to schedules, and magick to accentuate goals. 5 pm - Insight of self. Communicating with spiritual guides. 6 pm - Matters of safety, protection, and completion. 7 pm - Diversity, blending or healing differences. Gentle care towards others. 8 pm - Leadership, command and guidance. 9 pm - Comprehension of universal truth. 10 pm - Improving the rational mind. Sensibility and clear mindedness. 11 pm - Coping with drastic change in a positive manner. Midnight - *See below*

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Discernment is a crucial skill for any magic worker. It’s how we separate the magic from the mundane, reality from our imagination, and reduce the risk of being deluded or manipulated. Everbody already naturally does this a little bit, but actively strengthening the skill can be difficult for a beginner. Here are some tips, tricks, and techniques that have helped me. 

Write everything down. When doing a spell or working with a spirit, keep a written record of what you feel, say, witness, etc. This will help give you something objective to look back on later, which is a huge help for doing any post-research. You never know what details may give you a lead.

Pick a rule for “signs” and stick with it. What do you believe about coincidences? When do you believe something is a message from the Universe or your gods? Create a litmus test/threshhold for what you consider a sign; it doesn’t really matter what it is, so long as it’s consistently applied. That way, you’re saving your energy for the more important stuff instead of worrying/wondering about the small fry. On that note…

The “Rule of Three” (NOT to be confused with the Wiccan Rede.) This is a common discernment method for the concept above. One time seeing something is an instance, two is a coincidence, and three is a message.

When you ask for signs, be specific. Ask for something unique/specific enough that you wouldn’t reasonably expect it to happen anyway, but not so rare that it has no chance of manifesting. Color + Object (ex: let me see a purple feather) is a good method. That way you know exactly what your sign will be. 

The Gut Test. Sometimes when I’m communicating a spirit and I feel like something’s off, I’ll take a moment in my head and think, “this isn’t real. I’m making this conversation up.” Listen to how your gut responds. Does it agree right away? Does saying that feel incorrect, like it’s truly legitimate? Was the conversation legitimate up to a certain point? Listen to your gut and act accordingly. 

The Mimic Test. When working with spirits and “hearing” a voice in your head, try to recreate it with your own inner mind voice. Can you get it to be the same voice? Same volume? If you can, then you’re probably safe writing it off as your imagination.

PRACTICE. Practice. Practice. Practice feeling the energy of your plants. Practice feeling your own energy. Describe it in detail. Practice feeling the energy of any ritual objects. Practice communicating with a spirit you trust, like a guide or Ancestors. Just like a muscle, discernment becomes stronger with repeated use and withers when ignored. Practice on little things to keep you sharp for the big stuff.

perhaps it’s a bit too warm for coffee potions, or hot chocolate magic, or even tea spells, but you still want to work a little magic into your day. infused waters! here’s just a couple of suggestions with fruit and even herbs, and their correspondences.

for all recipes, chop, cube, or slice all fresh ingredients. let them sit in a bottle of cool water for a few hours. the longer it waits, the more flavor infuses. afterwards, you can eat the fruit or infuse it again!

Honeydew Melon and Raspberry   🍈 🍇

for fertility, love, beauty, protection, abundance, and lunar magic

Strawberry, Lime, and Cucumber  🍓 🍊  🍠

for love, chastity, fertility, healing, fortune, peace and protection.

Raspberry, Rose Petal, and Vanilla  🍇  🌹  🍃

for love, protection, divination, healing, psychic abilities. happiness, and lust.

Citrus and Cucumber 🍊  🍠

for purification, protection, beauty, divination, purification, and wealth.

Rosemary and Grapefruit 🍃 🍈

for exorcism, healing, love, lust, protection, purification, spirituality and energy

Watermelon and Mint  🍉  🍃

for purification, new beginnings, exorcism, healing, protection, and wealth.

Strawberry, Lemon, and Basil  🍓 🍊  🍃

for courage, exorcism, protection, friendship, purification and love.

Orange and Blueberry  🍊  🍇

Whether you cook with them, add them into a spell jar or carry them in a satchel with corresponding stones, here’s a simple list of some herbs and flowers that attract various types of luck.

Bamboo

Basil

Cabbage

Cinnamon

Citronella

Clover

Frankincense

Lotus

Mint

Parsley

Pine

Spearmint

Thyme

Vervain

Energizing Spell Jar

I’ve been so tired lately and since I’m currently working from home it’s easy to just fall right back into bed. Since I have an absurd amount of embroidery to finish I needed something to get me pumped and through the rest of the week!

Kosher Salt - for cleansing

Dragon’s Blood and Catnip - to rid self of bad habits

Coffee - energy (added two layers)

Rosemary - to clear mind

Cinnamon - for strength

Peppermint - energy and vitality

Red Rose Buds - happiness

Lemon Peel- to remove fatigue (also the smell was getting me pumped lol)

Sigil - “no fatigue”

This is a very gentle, non-aggressive spell to help you break the bond with someone who meant a lot to you, whose relationship with you is now over but the closure is still needed.

Gather the following:

🌹Paper

🔪Envelope (you can create your own with paper, it doesn’t need to be fancy)

🌹Pen

🔪Blue candle: communication, truth, peace, calm, understanding

🌹Yellow candle: manifesting thoughts, used in rituals when it’s needed to convince someone, or gain their trust

🔪Jasmine: promotes peace, repels fights, protects from external influences.

🌹Sigil, I’ll be using one that I created. It’s for “wish you the best, now get out”

1. Light the blue candle with intent, imagine everything you do and say, they’ll notice.

2. Now light the yellow one, imagine they notice that you’re officially out of their lives.

3. Press the jasmine, put it in a big book, and put books over that one.

4. Now write the sigil on a paper, you can write other stuff too but make it as positive as you can. We don’t wanna curse or make the other person get a bad vibe from us, we just want closure and for them to notice we’re gone.

5. Grab the jasmine and tape it to the paper, it can be over the sigil, if you’re a closeted witch you can cover the sigil and it’ll just look like a pretty envelope with a pressed flower.

6. Now put the paper in the envelope and seal it with both candles, pour wax from one, then the other, and keep doing this until you feel closure is basically happening. Until you’re okay with the fact that they won’t come back. This takes a lot of meditating and intent, so make sure you don’t rush the spell!

~ A spell to renew your energy and manifest abundance on all levels ~

gather: petals, selenite, and sunny spot in nature

Begin by laying comfortable on a blanket. Feel the warmth of the sun, the fresh smell of spring.

Place the flower petals on your heart chakra. Feel nature grounding and renewing all of energy.

The roots beneath you pull down and transform negative energy to positive energy.

Wind carries away all your worries and brings blessing to replace them.

When you are ready, stand up and scatter the flower petals in a circle moving clockwise.

Thank nature and leave a little biodegradable offering.

Because I’m lazy and don’t like to monologue while I’m doing a spell, here’s a couple of the single word spells I use in my personal practice.

absum - to make something be concealed from sight

     ↳ def. to be away, be missing

advoco - summoning spell

     ↳ def. to summon

casso - destruction spell

     ↳ def. to destroy, make void

bellus - glamour spell

     ↳ def. beautiful, charming, handsome

explico - reveal information

     ↳ def. explanation, to unfold

mutare - transmutation

     ↳ def. to change

cessabit - calming spell

     ↳ def. to rest, be free of

uro - burning

     ↳ def. to burn, inflame

conturbo - invoke confusion

     ↳ def. confound, to throw into confusion

taceo - to silence