Forest Fire Divinations

Homemade Rose Water

not only does rose water smell amazing, it is also great to use in your beauty routine. it is a hydrating & effective face toner and makes skin dewy & soft. it has a pretty expensive price tag, so making it yourself can help save you some money. you could just boil rose petals with water then strain and use that, but this way yields a more pure & potent product. 

its preferable to use roses from a garden, but if you can’t, be sure to spray them with distilled white vinegar and let them soak in water. rinse thoroughly. crush & bruise petals to release some of their oils & scent. you can also use dried rose petals if you’d like.

place a heavy heat safe bowl inside a pot. put the rose petals in the pot around the bowl & cover petals with distilled or filtered water. the water should come halfway up the sides of the bowl. don’t get any water inside the bowl, just around it.

take the pot’s lid and flip it upside down- then place it on top of pot. turn stove to medium-high heat and cook petals a few minutes till they dull in color like shown in the picture.

turn the stove to medium-low heat. take ice cubes and place on top of the upside down lid. (the rose water rises to the top of the pot and leaves condensation on the inside-out lid. the ice cools the lid down so the condensation drips into the bowl in the pot, creating your pure rose water.)

as the ice melts, use a ladle to remove the melted water so it doesn’t spill over. then keep adding more ice. repeat the process a few times- this will take around 30 minutes.

when done, remove bowl from pot and allow to cool. the water that has collected in the bowl is your rose water. store in a tightly covered glass jar in the fridge for 1-2 weeks, or freeze. optional- add in some drops of lavender oil & witch hazel. 

What is Intent in witchcraft?

Simply put intent is what result you wish to get from your spell or ritual. It is the energy you will be using to get results. Intent is extremely important for any spell. What do you wish to happen when you cast it? Do you wish to improve your studying or do you wish to banish something negative from your life? That is intent. It is the end goal. 

Examples of Intent:

Banishment: keeping away negativity and negative energies

Beauty: for looking, expressing and feeling lovely and attractive

Binding: prevent harm, avoid danger, stop someone from performing a particular act; restriction

Business/Career: for success in one’s career, job hunting

Calming: relieve stress

Catalyst: stimulating a spell

Charge: store energy into something

Chasity: celibacy, innocence

Confidence: courage, self assurance and empowerment

Creativity: expression, imagination and improving artistic skills

Communication: improving communications and understandings with friends, family, spouses, etc; communicating with other forces

Cleanse: removing unclean energies and presences from self, objects or areas

Curse: bring negative energy into something or into someone’s life

Desire: gaining what one has strong feelings of want for or seeking to be wanted by others

Divination: clairvoyance, gaining insight

Discourage: prevent something from occurring

Dreams: bring dreams, relates to the dream realm

Emotional: spells focused on certain emotions

Encouragement: supporting and influencing something to happen

Exorcism: expelling evil spirits

Fertility: for conception

Fidelity: loyalty and faithfulness

Friendship: bonding and connections

Fortune: good luck

Forgotten: leave memories behind

Frugality: saving money

Glamour: illusions and perception

Generosity: kindness and good will

Happiness: joy and merriment

Healing: recovery and repair

Inspiration: gaining ideas and drive

Invisibility: going unnoticed, stealth

Judgment: improving decision making and choices

Longevity: increasing length/duration of things

Love: Romance

Lust: Libido and sex drive

Memory: remembrance

Motivation: determination

Patience: tolerance

Peace: tranquility

Prosperity: well-being

Protection: guarding, safety and warding

Psychic: improving any psychic ability or connection

Purification: purifying an object or space

Guidance: spiritual, mental, supernatural guidance, advice and bonds

Severing: cutting ties from others

Spirituality: for belief

Strength: brawn, endurance; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual

Truth: honesty with self and others

Wealth: increasing money and physical possessions

Wisdom: decisions, intelligence, learning

Wish: gaining things and desires

I have my intent now what?

Well you have just taken your first step to spell writing. Now that you have your intent, your goal, you can can start researching. What relates and corresponds to your intent and what ingredients do you have available? Some things you could research:

Gemstones

Herbs and flowers

Types of Water (spring, rain, ocean, etc)

Colors

Candles

Oils

Incense

Animal Symbolism

Time of Day

Planets and Cosmic Bodies

Fruits

Vegetables

Metals

Emotional, Psychic and Physical Energies

Classic Witches Tools (besom, wands, etc)

Divination Tools (pendulums, tarot cards, scrying mirrors, etc)

Mythology and Mythical Creatures

Once you have researched and found the ingredients and objects you wish to use, even if you decide to only use your own energy and voice that is fine. You don’t absolutely need to use anything specific. It is your spell and your intent, choose what you feel will work best for you.

How are you going to use these things you have researched and obtained? This will require more research on your part, witchcraft requires a lot of research. Some ideas:

Bath mix/salts

Tea and infusions (if ingredients are safe to ingest)

Gem Elixir (research to ensure your gemstone(s) is safe to use in water or safe methods to make it without submerging the gemstone)

Jar or Bottle Spell

Sigil Spell

Burning

Shredding/Cutting

Burying

Spoken

Painted/drawn

Crafted or Molded

Introduction

Natal Chart

Birth Tarot Cards

Ancestors

13 goals of a Witch- https://theteapractitioner.tumblr.com/post/189925932240/13-goals-of-a-witch

Beliefs

Craft Name

Why be a witch?

Magick Theory/Science

Spiritual Nexus

Basics

describe what each is, important info on the topic, when/where/how to use this info, and why these are important to witchcraft

Intent- https://salem-fae.tumblr.com/post/190184513085/intention-in-witchcraft

Visualizing- https://salem-fae.tumblr.com/post/190206783420/visualization-in-witchcraft

Grounding and Centering- https://salem-fae.tumblr.com/post/190239330060/grounding-and-centering-in-witchcraft

Casting a Circle- https://a-pagan-path.tumblr.com/post/157590144813/now-that-ive-begun-working-more-with-energy-i

Charging- https://orriculum.tumblr.com/post/159615991918/how-to-charge-objects

Meditation- https://partyinthebroomcloset.tumblr.com/post/175898209631/witchy-tips-meditation-meditation-is-a-way-to

Manifestation- https://salem-fae.tumblr.com/post/190933926575/manifestation-in-witchcraft

Enchanting- https://salem-fae.tumblr.com/post/190968400605/enchanting-in-witchcraft

Cleansing- https://ancientmagickacademy.tumblr.com/post/189325205222/magick-101-cleansing

Warding- https://kendallscraft.tumblr.com/post/186733585873/warding

Tools- https://wiccanartistry.tumblr.com/post/164524145533/what-every-beginner-wiccan-witch-should-have

Altars- https://noonymoon.tumblr.com/post/183492230945/altars

Spell Creation - https://salem-fae.tumblr.com/post/610979090135220224/how-to-write-a-spell

Sigil Creation - https://sybilcrane.tumblr.com/post/145693209659/witchs-sigil-wheel-decide-on-a-word-that

Elemental Correspondences- https://spellchased.tumblr.com/post/190284837161/lunaesteria-elemental-correspondences-some

Times + Space

describe what each is, important info on the topic, when/where/how to use information, and why these are important to witchcraft

Imbolic - https://strigascattus.tumblr.com/post/190778136196/imbloc

Ostara - https://faeryqueenwitch.tumblr.com/post/183507828107/ostara

Beltane - https://witchspeaks.tumblr.com/post/173333048913/beltane

Litha - https://theoryofmagick.tumblr.com/post/173782651110/lets-talk-litha-celebrating-the-summer-solstice

Lughnasadh - https://fae-sidhe.tumblr.com/post/163444262582/celebrating-lughnasadh

Mabon - https://greekwitchchild.tumblr.com/post/187553769933/mabon

Samhain - https://sleepydryad-blog.tumblr.com/post/165852095637/samhain

Yule - https://stormsandspells.tumblr.com/post/180949575542/a-bit-bout-yule

Transitions between sabbaths - https://ofcloudsandstars.tumblr.com/post/138059853456/transitions-between-the-wheel-for-the-four

How to plan for each sabbath - https://herecomesthewitch.tumblr.com/post/160712733084/laurels-easy-sabbat-planning-guide

Hour/Day/Month correspondences- https://salem-fae.tumblr.com/post/613510599400439808/witchy-time-correspondences

Zodiacs

Astrology - https://magickjustice.tumblr.com/post/166608560930/astrological-placements-01

Reading Stars

Moon phases + special moons - https://mystiksnotes.tumblr.com/post/611420974120927232/the-moon

Planets/Celestial Events- https://lapiscat.tumblr.com/post/168658841737/celestial-bodieszodiacs-crash-course-sun

Botany

describe what each is, important info on the topic, when/where/how to use information, and why these are important to witchcraft

Gardening - https://smudging-sage.tumblr.com/post/156506048615/gardens-of-the-witches

Harvesting

Herb types - https://smudging-sage.tumblr.com/post/156506164575/big-witchy-guide-on-herbs-and-flowers

Drying/Using herbs

Essential Oils/ Aromatherapy - https://stir-by-still.tumblr.com/post/162927505236/essential-oils-their-correspondences

Local Plants

Herbal tinctures - https://witchsworkshop.tumblr.com/post/167311836407/how-to-make-tinctures-part-i

Nature

describe what each is, important info on the topic, when/where/how to use information, and why these are important to witchcraft

Crystals Correspondences

Crystal Use

Crystal Care

Elements

Animals

Insects

Local insects and animals

Seasons

Feather magick

Clouds

Weather

Bones

Vulture culture

Familiars

Divination

describe what each is, important info on the topic, when/where/how to use information, and why these are important to witchcraft

Number correspondences

Tarot

Rune

Tasseography

Palmistry

Pendulums

Scrying

Dice Reading

Dreams

Dream Correspondences

Less common divination of your choice

Spirits + Energy

describe what each is, important info on the topic, when/where/how to use information, and why these are important to witchcraft

Auras

Psychic abilities

Spirit guides - https://wolfofantimonyoccultism.tumblr.com/post/188721104944/spirit-work-how-to-find-your-spirit-guides

Fae work

Mythical creatures

Spirit communication

Alchemy

Home and Health

describe what each is, important info on the topic, when/where/how to use information, and why these are important to witchcraft

Kitchen witchcraft

Bath magick

Cottage/Hearth witchcraft

Physical Health

Sprititual Health

Mental Health

Lifestyle

Cultures

Other Topics

describe what each is, important info on the topic, when/where/how to use information, and why these are important to witchcraft

Types of witches - https://moonlightacademy.tumblr.com/post/156153556830/types-of-witches-witchcraft

Dolls

Planes of existence

(Reincarnation)

Angel numbers - https://powerpriestess.tumblr.com/post/174642680439/angel-numbers

Color theory magick

amulets

symbols

shadow work

witch alphabet - https://witchandbaby.tumblr.com/post/164869348838/theban-script-the-witches-alphabet

shadow portrait