under the moon

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.

This is just some things I associate with Lammas. I hope this may help others celebrate Lammas or just help others get in the mood for this sabbath.

☀️Colors: mustard yellow, light blue, white and gold

Mustard yellow- knowledge, hard work, productivity, wisdom, learning

Light blue- freedom, adventure, honesty, traveling, discovery

White- order, control, organization, leadership, justice

Gold- community, warmth, extroversion, merging, summoning

🌿Herbs: dill, sage, thyme, bay leaf

Dill- community and summoning

Sage- control

Thyme- hardworking and productivity

Bay leaf- justice

🍞Food and drink to consume: bread, summer fruits, jams, beer, corn, honey, herbal teas and fruity teas.

🔸Crystals: honey calcite, citrine, desert rose, kyanite, celestine

Honey calcite- knowledge and learning

Citrine- wisdom

Desert rose- direction and organization

Kyanite- summoning adventure

Celestine- honesty and discovery

🌻Plants: sunflowers, cone flowers, black eyed susan, and golden rod

Sunflowers- happiness

Cone flowers- harmony

Black eyed susan- knowledge and hard work

Golden rod- extroversion and summoning

☀️Weather associations: sunny

Lammas is a great time to celebrate the sun and do solar spells. Enjoy the light knowing it is already at its decline and autumn is soon to come.

If it is not sunny, bring the sun inside. Listen to music or eat food and drinks that make you feel like you are basking in the rays of the sun.

🦋Animal associations: butterflies, cicadas, mice, and dragon flies.

Images of these animals and insects are a great way to decorate your alter. You can also use whatever animals you associate with this time of year.

a spell to promote tranquility and good feelings in an environment

🌟 gather: lavender, myrtle, vanilla extract, violets, and white ribbon.

🌟 braid the stems of the plants together, tie at the end with ribbon

🌟 set bouquet out in the sunlight to dry completely

🌟 hang above the front door of the space you wish to enchant

🌟 [Visual Cleansing] 🌟 [Easy Cleansing Spray] 🌟 [Hekate Shower Cleansing] 🌟 [Cleansing Methods] 🌟 [When You Should Cleanse Yourself and/or Your Space] 🌟 [Cleansing in Witchcraft] 🌟 [Life Cleanse - What I did] 🌟 [Cleansing Chant] 🌟 [How To Cleanse Your Room of Bad Energy] 🌟 [Wind Cleansing] 🌟 [Energy Clearing and Infusing] 🌟 [Cleansing…] 🌟 [Cleansing Your Space Without Smoke]

Herb Correspondences

sage

lavender

myrrh

dragon’s blood

sandalwood

salt

lemon

rosemary

bay laurel

basil

rue

mugwort 

Crystal Correspondences

Quartz

Selenite

Black Tourmaline

Celestite

Moonstone

Lepidolite

Citrine

A local specific myth, cryptid, or legend

An obscure historical witch or an old historical spell

A map of your neighborhood with locations that appear ghostly or have interesting energy

Your personal associations to colors, plants to supplement traditional correspondence charts

A chart detailing information of spirits you have communed with

A guide to sailor knots for knot magick

Sustainable and eco friendly lifestyle tips

Magickal practices around the world

Obscure magickal tools or tools you invented

Hearth and Home Gods:

Food: Bread and grains, cooking oil, salt

Drink: Milk, wine, cider

Herbs: Rosemary, thyme

Gods of Love and Passion:

Food: Eggs, honey, apples

Drink: Wine, fruit juice

Herbs: Lavender, sandalwood

Garden/Nature Deities:

Food: Bread, cornmeal, fruit

Drink: Milk, water

Herbs: Bay

Gods of Prosperity and Abundance:

Food: Grains, dairy products like cheese or eggs

Drink: Milk, beer

Herbs: Mint, pennyroyal, catnip

Ancestor Spirits:

Food: Any meal from your family’s table

Drink: Drinks from the family table

Herbs: Sage, sweetgrass

Childbirth or Fertility Goddess:

Food: Eggs, baked sweets like cookies

Drink: Milk (including breast milk)

So, being in college or the work space, because some college kids like  to help put themselves threw their schooling. Stress in an unavoidable circumstance in any situation so here are 10, count them 10! stress relieve stones, if you just keep one in your pocket, and at your work desk!

Amethyst

Keep an Amethyst cluster at your desk or in your therapy room to transmute negative energy. Amethyst helps you think and act at your highest level. It’s good for promotions (spiritual), and reduces tension headaches. Wear an Amethyst pendant continuously for migraine prevention and for alleviating arthritic pain.

Citrine

The “Success Stone” - Citrine encourages a bright outlook and happiness. It attracts wealth and joy. Keep a piece in your wallet to enrich your holdings. It can help stabilize emotions and soothe family problems. Citrine is also good for improving stress-related digestive problems.

Clear Quartz

Clear Quartz can be worn as a crystal pendant to deflect radiation from going to your body. Quatrz is an excellent general physical system fortifier and protector. It increases mental clarity. Hold a clear crystal at your solar plexus and breath evenly for several minutes to calm your emotions, to relax the body, to clear the mind, and to refresh your energy. Stare into the crystal to clear writer’s block and to increase creativity.

Fluorite

Fluorite - a stone to unblock stuck energies. For digestive systems problems use the yellow/green colour combination. For pains in the skeletal and muscular system, use the blue/white colour combination. For head area complaints, use the purple/clear combination. For asthma, wear the green coloured Fluorite. To help congested mental thoughts, use a purple cluster in your work area, or position a cluster at your crown chakra while sleeping.

Garnet

Garnet - An energy revitalizer. Garnet is excellent for strengthening the base chakra. It promotes sexual energy (for your self and partner). It helps increase circulation to the legs and pelvic area. It reduces menstrual pain when held or taped over the ovaries and uterus. Garnet can increase sexual stimulation and fertility too!

Hematite

“The Anti-Stress Stone”. Hematite reflects back negative energies to the sender (so you don’t end up taking them on yourself). Hematite dissolves the issues when one meets with confrontation. Tape a small piece over the leg and back areas to reduce pain and to increase electromagnetic circulation. Hematite helps balance the meridians.

Malachite

Malachite is excellent for Type A personalities and for those prone to heart disease and stresses to internal organs. It helps to detoxify the liver and to increase blood circulation. Malachite is excellent for breaking up old energy patterns. Use it with Rose Quartz to soften the effects of a broken heart! Due to the possibly toxic copper content of this stone, keep Malachite away from pets and children, and do not wear it against the skin for long periods of time. This stone is for external use only. 

Rose Quartz

“The Love Stone” - Rose Quartz is very protective and soothing for many issues. Place a large chunk of the stone at your Heart Centre for 15 minutes to relax after a stressful day. Rose Quartz helps to unblock anxiety and to promote healing of private emotional issues. It allows one to become more receptive and open to challenges.

Smokey Quartz

Smokey Quartz is an excellent stabilizer for mood swings. It helps ground feelings of depression, and both absorbs and transmutes negativity. This stone is best worn at the solar plexus, the seat of the emotions. Smokey Quartz is excellent for PMS and cranky persons; and good for persons imbalanced due to extreme stress and burn-out. It provides a protective field for recovery.

Turquoise

Anise - Used to help ward off the evil eye, find happiness, and stimulate psychic ability. Fill a sleep pillow with anise seed to prevent disturbing dreams.

Bay Leaf - Protection, good fortune, success, purification, strength, healing and psychic powers. Place under the pillow (or use in dream pillow) to induce prophetic dreams.

Bergamot - Money, prosperity, protection from evil and illness, improving memory, stopping interference, and promoting restful sleep.

Catnip - Provides protection while sleeping. Grow near the home or hang over the door to attract good spirits and luck.

Celery Seed - Mental and psychic powers, concentration. Use in sleep pillow to induce sleep. Chew celery seed to aid in concentration.

Chamomile - Love, healing, and reducing stress. Burn as incense for de-stressing, meditation, and restful sleep.

Hops - Believed to increase the restfulness & serenity of sleep. Also used for healing rituals, sachets, and incense.

Jasmine - Use in dream pillows to induce sleep or burn in the bedroom to bring prophetic dreams. Helps to promote new, innovative ideas. Also good for charging quartz crystals.

Lavender - Magickal uses include love, protection, healing, sleep, purification, and peace. Promotes healing from depression. Great in sleep pillows and bath spells. Burn the flowers to induce sleep and rest, then scatter the ashes around the home to bring peace and harmony.

Marigold - Place above the bed or in dream pillows for prophetic dreams. Scatter under the bed for protection while sleeping. Peppermint - Use to increase the vibrations of a space or in spells and incense for healing & purification. Place in sleep pillow to ensure peaceful sleep and bring about prophetic dreams. Use to anoint furnishings and household objects. Burn in a new home to clear out sickness and negative energy. Use in magickal workings to provide the push needed to bring change to one’s life. Carry with other herbs to boost love & abundance wishes.

Poppy Seeds - Pleasure, heightened awareness, love, luck, invisibility. A popular ingredient in food magick. Sleep on a pillow stuffed with poppy seeds to bring relief from insomnia.

Thyme - Attracts loyalty, affection, and the good opinion of others. Wear a sprig to ward off unbearable grief or provide strength and courage when needed. Burn or hang in the home for banishing, purification, and to attract good health for all occupants. Use in cleansing baths prior to working candle magick. Use in dream pillows to ward off nightmares and ensure restful sleep. Add a thyme infusion to the bath regularly to ensure a constant flow of money. Place in a jar and keep in the home or at work for good luck.

Violet - Calms the nerves, draws prophetic dreams and visions, stimulates creativity, and promotes peace & tranquility. Violet leaf provides protection from all evil. Violet crowns are said to cure headaches and bring sleep. Keep a spray of violets on the altar to enhance night magick. Wear the leaves in a green sachet to help heal wounds and prevent evil spirits from making the wounds worse.

Asteria As the sun dips below the horizon, the children of Asteria stir. Pinpricks of light decorate their skin, constellations of beauty across their bodies. With a sweep of their hands they may rearrange heaven’s dark canvas, setting the stars alight and listening to the whispers of the future spoken as the rest of the world slumbers. Eos Golden hues extend across the sky, setting the horizon aflame with the first rays of the day. Light crowns their head, while rosy fingers let the sun’s warmth slip through. Their saffron-robbed mother stirs the heavens for the new day, while her children add to the splendour of dawn’s palette. They are as bright as the rising sun; ethereal creatures of the dawn.  

Hecate Born from sorcery, magic flows through their veins and sets the tips of their fingers aflame with power. Their mother holds many aspects, and her children share her mysterious ways. They stand at crossroads with confidence, raise the dead with the subtle casting of a master, and count legends among their siblings.

Hypnos The realm of sleep is where these demigods hold the greatest sway. With soft brushes of their fingers and soothing, soporific whispers the children of Hypnos offer slumber and peace. Look for them as your eyelids grow heavy, or as dusk settles upon the land like a comforting blanket. Their persuasive lips weave hypnotic thoughts, while a harsh snap of the fingers may just as easily bar sleep from any who have misjudged them.

Khione The beautiful snow goddess whose realm belongs to winter. Her children carry snowflakes on their lashes and leave frost in their wake. They weave intricate tapestries of ice and snow, and breathe a chill into the air at autumn’s dismissal. They are winter’s helpers; as breathtaking as the first snow fall, as dangerous as a coming storm.

Nemesis With a sense for justice and insight into the delicate balance of good and bad, Nemesis’ children seek to punish any who upset this equilibrium. They seek revenge for an ill deed, and possess a desire to make things even at any cost. They are undeniably dangerous should one get on their bad side, so tread with care around these demi-gods.  

Nike It pays never to bet against a child of Nike. Victory runs through their veins, wings sprout from their backs to glide them over battlefields. With their limbs empowered with strength and speed, Nike’s children are more often than not standing among the victorious, taking places of honour on the podiums of any and all competitions. Relentless, determined, and stubborn, these demigods will fight to the end, to victory.  

Nyx Born to the personification of night, to a goddess who even Zeus feared, Nyx’s children hold the same possibility of power. With clothes of silken darkness, they glide by with the whisper of a sigh; ghosts in the night, engulfed in the realm of their mother. Creatures of the night call to them, and their fingers trail ribbons of black, influencing others from the shadows.  

Persephone Born to the Queen of the Underworld, Persephone’s children hold sway over the dark after-life, and the bright budding of spring. With new growth blooming as they trail their fingers through the grain, and fresh-faced flowers unfurling petals in their wake, they are spring’s heralds. Yet, like their mother they stand tall, formidable in their knowledge of the underworld.

Witchcraft is a practice or a skill. It is not, in and of itself, a religion. It is not a faith (although some people may practice witchcraft in a religious sense). Anyone, of any religion, can be a witch. A witch does not have to be a Wiccan or even a Pagan. Though many Wiccans and Pagans are part of the witchcraft community, there are also many Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, atheists, and more.

A person’s personal craft is any collection of practices that they utilize to change their fate, see the future, get revenge, speak to the dead, heal the sick, and/or any number of other things that can be done through witchcraft. Witchcraft can (but doesn’t necessarily need to) include divination, herbalism/wortcunning, blessing, banishing, kitchen witchery, spirit work, cursing, gardening, spell work, ritual, worship, astral travel, trance, and much more.

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How Do You Become a Witch?

There is only one way to become a witch. Luckily, it’s very simple.

Step One: Take an interest in witchcraft.

Step Two: Start practicing witchcraft.

Step Three: Call yourself a witch.

Please Note: Steps two and three are interchangeable.

The great thing about witchcraft is that there are no rules. There is no big, white-robed Council to tell you what you can and cannot do. There are no punishments (beyond the legal consequences of outrageous things like human sacrifice; which is obviously not a good idea). Since witchcraft is not a religion there are no religious codes to tell you right from wrong. You don’t have to work with gods (though, you can if you want to).

Witchcraft is a practice. Therefore, the only laws and codes you have to abide by are the laws set down by your government, your individual religion (if any), and your personal code of ethics and morals.

Lots of things bring people to witchcraft. Sometimes it’s a book, a movie, or a television show. Sometimes it’s a childhood dream that they decide to go after. Sometimes it’s music. Sometimes it’s family members or a friend. I, myself, was introduced to witchcraft by my family. My grandparents on my mother’s side of the family (and some of their children) practiced witchcraft. My father, who had been a friend of the family since grade school, was also introduced to the occult through my grandparents.

In the witchcraft community, I have encountered people who were drawn to witchcraft through popular movies and books. I’ve met people who came to witchcraft because they dated a witch. I’ve even come into contact with a few people who accidentally discovered witchcraft while doing research for their own fiction novels.

In the end, it doesn’t matter how or when you started practicing witchcraft. What matters is that you did.

A Note About Communities

During your journey through the wonderful world of witchcraft, you will probably stumble into a community (if you haven’t already). Communities can be a great way to meet other people of a similar mindset, give and receive support, and bounce ideas around to help your craft keep moving and growing. And there are lots of ways to find community. There are websites specific to witchcraft and the communities that embrace it. There are corners of large blog sites where witches have made their online homes. There are forums, online groups, in-person groups, and countless other ways to meet other witches who may be experienced practitioners or just starting out. If you’re feeling a little insecure, a little uncertain, or a little alone, a peek into a witch-filled community is a good way to connect and perk up—but be careful.

With the sweet comes the sour. While witchcraft communities may be full of wonderful, experienced witches who can help and support you in your path, you may also happen upon the occasional Big Bad Wolf. Every community has its predators, and witchcraft communities are certainly no exception to that rule. I’ve been a member of witchy communities (both in person and online) for almost as long as I’ve been practicing; and I’ve come into contact with more predators and prey than anyone would ever imagine were lurking in the aisles between the spellbooks and Tarot cards. The types of predatory behavior can range from moderately manipulative to sexually sinister; so always be aware of the possible dangers involved in putting yourself out there.

How to Stay Safe In a Community

If you’re new to witchcraft or new to the idea of the community, I’m sure you’re feeling a little nervous now—but I don’t want you to feel that way! In fact, I wanted to put this note early in this post so that you, the reader, would be armed from day one with the some common sense ways to stay safe in a community setting. Here are just a few starting points:

Be skeptical. Skepticism is healthy in a setting that is based on the extraordinary. You don’t have to believe everything a person tells you. There’s nothing wrong with double-checking or doing your own research if you feel that something is just not right.

Beware of manipulative witches. Be careful around people who will use things like alleged past lives, divination, or grand claims to get what they want from you, or to get you to stick around.

Again, watch out for mentions of fate or destiny. As nice as it is to think that everything is planned for us, there are people who will use this against you.

Always think for yourself. In communities, we tend to desire a certain level of peace and harmony. All too often, this results in the community asking the individual to change their way of thinking to a non-confrontational, passive thought pattern. While that may not sound so bad, this leads to a think called group think or hive mind. Not only does this result in a lack of individual creativity, it also opens the door for Bigger and Badder Wolves (like shared delusions and cult mind).

Don’t let anyone force you into anything. It doesn’t matter how much more experienced they are. Again, always think for yourself. Make your own choices. Don’t let anyone pressure you into anything you don’t want. 

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Hello! Good evening! Welcome to another article in my series on planetary magick! This one will be relatively short and sweet, focusing just on the use of the so-called planetary glyphs in a magical context. I think you’ll find my ideas to be simple, easily-practiced, and a bit unorthodox. Articles like this really show the chaote in me, considering most of the techniques I’m about to discuss are quite results-oriented and non-traditional. I find them useful, though, and you might  want to try them yourself! 

As you’ve probably noticed from countless memes, images, books, and other documents that reference the planets, each is associated with a particular symbol commonly known as a “glyph.” For most people who concern themselves with the planets (astrologers, that is), these are primarily used to mark a planet’s position within a chart, as a sort of shorthand in documents, and for other purposes. They can, however, easily be used in magick, as they have a strong connection both in collective culture and within most people’s minds to the planets in question, and are easily recognizable for many of us, especially those with a background in the occult.

Below, you’ll find an image which outlines a very simple way of doing a sort of miniature invocation of the planetary forces, which can be useful on-the-go or in other situations where full ritual or spellwork would be impractical. It utilizes the glyphs traditionally associated with each planet in the manner of which one might use a sigil. As I said when I originally posted this image, it’s a great way to start dipping into planetary forces on the regular, and just become comfortable with relating to the powers of the celestial spheres.

The glyphs shown above, in fact, are sigils, and each is comprised of one or more of three basic symbols: the cross of matter or manifestation (Earth), the circle of spirit (the Sun), and the crescent of the mind or intellect (the Moon). The image below explains this a little better how this works, and I’ve got a longer article on the subject here. A quick perusal of that or works dealing with the same subject matter demonstrates how the glyphs themselves are far from arbitrary and, if you’ve built up the association for those basic shapes, actually hint on a deep level at the nature of each planet.

This simple truth about the planetary glyphs is essentially why I prefer to use them rather than (or at very least, in tandem with, as intended) the hexagrams of the planets used by classical ceremonial magicians in traditional hexagram rituals. I have used, and still use, the traditional hexagrams and other symbols, as well, but often, the glyph gets the job done! 

While some folks may find the opposite to be true for them for a variety of reasons, I personally find the planetary glyphs to be highly evocative and thus incredibly useful for a sort of shorthand spellcasting or bringing the force of the planet into a given situation. As noted in the first image, an easy way to do this is just tracing the symbol in the air or inscribing it on paper to use as a talisman. I’ve written about how a personally use sigils, and the way I use the glyphs is very similar, though obviously I don’t have to go through a process of charging the glyphs before using them because working with the planets and studying has already helped to build the association up in my mind.

Another useful thing about the planetary glyphs is that, unlike the hexagrams (which I’ll discuss in my next article), they can be easily combined to create true sigils that invoke the forces of two or more planets. Below is an image detailing some useful sigils I’ve created in this fashion, and while here I’ve not limited myself to the seven classical planets and have included the likes of Neptune and Uranus, the principle is the same for combining glyphs. In the image below, there’s a small bit of text explaining the sigil’s purpose and nature, and if you know anything about the planets involved, you can probably see how the sigil’s meaning is derived from the nature of the planets in question. 

This is a pretty short article, but I hope you enjoyed it and have a wonderful day, full of awesome magick in any form you choose! If you’re interested in reading more about my views on planetary magick, as well as explanations of some techniques, check out my Celestial Magick tag. Expect more articles in the next few days focused on the planets and working with the magically! I’m covering practical techniques right now, as well as some of the theory and history behind them, but I have plans to write short but in-depth articles on each planet individually. Up next, I’ll be talking about the uses of planetary hexagrams - that article will go up tomorrow night, so stay tuned!