"Do whatever works best for you"

Translation: "Use correspondences and techniques that feel the most powerful, magical, and correct to you, as long as it's internally consistent with your worldview (if basil means love to you, don't turn around and use it in a baneful working for example)."

"It's all about your intention"

Translation: "The way you plan out spells, choose correspondences, craft items, write incantations, etc are all ways of imbuing intention throughout the working; you still have to back your intention up with spellcraft and work, it's not as simple as meditating on an idea."

"It depends on your tradition/path"

Translation: "If you are a devotee of a specific religion, spirituality, or practitioner of a specific kind of magickal art, follow the collective wisdom from that path as it will be the most meaningful to you; if you are new to the craft or not keen on following specific paths and want freedom to explore, do whatever feels the most magical to you in this instance."

"Always have personal protections"

Translation: "In my opinion, you should have personal protections before you engage in other types of spellcraft because it gives you a sense of control and stability going into the working; a personal protection can be anything that achieves that sensation of being shielded, protected, and safe."

"Direct your energy into the target"

My joy, whimsy, enthusiasm, and passion.

My tears and rage.

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Everyone uses spell jars a lot, but we always run out, and they cost money. Well, I have a new solution.

In forensics, a paper bindle is used to hold trace evidence. It can be anything from hair to cloth with blood or even gunpowder.

Here’s how you make one:

-get a piece of paper and fold it in thirds

-unfold it, then fold it in thirds in the other direction

-again, unfold. You can place any larger objects in the center square at this step.

-fold in the left and right sides, then fold up the bottom flap

-at this point you have a pouch. You can add your smaller objects and powders now.

-fold down both corners of the top flap to make a triangle.

-tuck the top flap into the top section of the flap. You can tape the bindle shut at this stage, but it’s not necessary.

I’ve used this so far for a protection spell. The garlic powder didn’t fall out, even with shaking. In addition, you can use paper colors to match intention, and it’s easy to draw sigils and runes at any stage. It’s also: ✨biodegradable✨. So if your spell works better buried, you won’t be harming the environment.

With my full chest as I lay here in pain reflecting on the fact that i can’t commit the time and energy to spellwork, sigils, runology, deity work etc, rest is in fact worship.

Even if I can just manage lighting my altar candle and letting them know I’m here, but I’m tired today, it’s enough. I’m offering what I have and in turn by framing it this way I’m able to commit to rest as an act of worship, in a world that tells me it’s immoral, my gods & spirits tell me it’s a natural part of living; someone who has a lot of energy out put will always need longer to restore it.

Taking the time to ritualise that real restorative rest even if it’s simple, even if it’s just ritualised thought. It helps my brain - that tells me when there’s pain to move more, when I’m unwell to actively push past it, when I’m tired to ignore it and keep adding to my pile -to slow down.

This is practical magic really, it means I recover quicker than I would otherwise and I’m able to let go of that desire for perfection- it doesn’t exist in nature. My gods wouldn’t expect anything unnatural from me, just more is natural to me than some and similarly there’s lots of things presumed ‘normal’ that feel are complete myth- unattainable, impossible.

I don’t know man.

I’m queer(NB), AuDHD and identify as a witch I know none of this is original, someone’s thought this before.

In my case, my spoons are limited because of audhd, but the reasons may be maaaaany more - and I believe that limited mental energy is not that rare of an issue.

This causes quite a few issues, but speaking about witchcraft it sometimes stops us from doing longer and more complex rituals. What do we do then? LOW SPOONS WITCHCRAFT!

There are plenty of things that we can do, plenty of low spoons friendly witch practices: I made a collection of 10+ that you can find on my Patreon BUT FOR FREE! You don't need to pay anything to access it!

I hope it can be helpful, but also if you have some more suggestions that you want to share feel free to add to this post!