Casting a circle is a common ritual practice by witches. The inside of the circle is seen as a safe, energetically protected space as sacred magical work, rituals, and spells are preformed within the space.
Witches cast circles because casting a circle keeps desired energy in and unwanted energy out. An energetic circle helps us gather and concentrate energy to support the purpose of our magic.
Casting a Circle:
To cast circle, first prepare where you will cast it. Part of casting a circle is about mindset, cleanse your space and protect yourself from unwanted energies using psychic protection.
After cleansing and protection, gather any tools or items you want in the circle. This could be candles, crystals, tarot or ritual cards, etc.
Ground yourself and connect to the Earth's energy. Center your focus and intention on casting the circle.
Cast the circle starting at the top of where the circle will be and walk clockwise around the space. As you walk visualize a circle of energy being created as you move.
After the circle is cast, close your eyes and start to call on the elements, this is known as "Calling the Quarters."
This is done by facing each direction (North, East, South, West) and calling upon Earth (N), Air (E), Fire (S), and Water (W)
Calling the Quarters is intended to cleanse, protect, and ask for help within the circle.
Feel the shift in our body and you space, state your intentions, then preform your ritual or magical work within the circle.
Closing the Circle:
After the ritual or magical work is completed, walk counterclockwise around the circle while visualizing the energy dissipating, and thanking the invoked energies or spirits for their presence.
After closing the circle, ground yourself and release any energy from the ritual.
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Howdy! Itâs your friendly neighborhood witch here: Letâs talk about warding!
Warding is any form of magick intended to protect a person/place/thing from a negative entity/energy
Warding is most often used in either a personal sense, or a spatial sense, letâs do a deep dive into what that actually means
SPATIAL WARDING ~~~~~
Spatial wards are put on SOMETHING or a PLACE/SPACE/NON HUMAN THING with the intention to protect it. This could be warding your room or entire house by contacting the egregore, this could be casting a circle when you are about to do a spell, etc etc. This is not the same as warding a piece of jewelry though, that goes into the next type of warding: Personal Warding
PERSONAL WARDING ~~~~
Personal wards are created with the intent to protect a person (most likely YOU, the practitioner). These are most often portable/wearable like jewelry or in some cases crystals! A lot of the time, you can create some wards to be both personal and spatial, in essence killing two birds with one stone
đŞ EXAMPLES OF WARDS đŞ
There are more than just these examples, but this is a great place to get started! This picture is all over the internet, and youâve probably seen it before haha- nonetheless itâs still useful information! I am gonna go into detail about some specific ways to ward your space/self, but as always, witchcraft is a very personal thing and your practice is unique to yourself so these things may work for you, they may not! Itâs all up to what youâre willing/able to do in your practice :))
ANYWAYS...ONWARDÂ
FIRST STEP TO CREATING A WARD: Cleanse!!!! You donât want to trap any negative energy in your space when creating your ward. Cleansing will give you a blank slate to protect you or your space.Â
SECOND STEP...ACTUALLY CREATING THE WARD: There are multiple methods to create a ward (as pictured above) but I will go over some easy, beginner friendly ones for the sake of time and my sanity. These will mostly be about spaces, but I will talk about enchanting things like jewelry on another post if thatâs something yâall would be interested in...?
Incense Warding
This can be done with either incense or a water/essential oil blend if you prefer to not use incense (i personally vomit from the smell of smoke and incense is no exception...itâs quite a dilemma being a witch and not being able to use incense haha)Â
Be it incense or a spray blend, you want to utilize herbs with protective properties, some common ones being: bay leaves, cinnamon, ginger, mustard seed, and saltÂ
If youâre warding an item, you can either smoke/spritz it with your incense or water/oil mixture and visualize the smoke/spritz encircling the item like a ball of light, protecting it from anything that would intend to cause it harm. (I suck at visualizing, I think i have the thing where you just cant visualize stuff, so instead of harping on my inability to think in pictures, I just focus on the intent of what iâm doing. itâs all the same, the visualization is just to help amplify intent. If you are already confident in your ability, you are okay to not visualize.)Â
If youâre warding a space, itâs pretty similar. You start in one area of your house (or room), and move to the right, spraying the walls and doorframes, all the while visualizing a barrier being formed around the walls (again, hard time with visualizing wonât mess up your ability to ward, just focus on intent). Just keep moving right throughout the entire space, creating an outline of whatever it is youâre protecting. If youâre familiar with kitchen magick, a lot of the time you will be stirring the pot clockwise to represent the creation of good energy and progression, so we move right throughout the space when warding to create a strong ward that will protect from any and all unwanted energies.Â
Sigil Wards
I will go more into sigils on another post, but you can easily ward a space with sigils! Create a sigil with the intent to protect (ie: creating a sigil from the phrase âmy house is protected from all negative energies)Â
Place the sigil in windows or on doorframes, if you want to keep it permanently there. You can use water, black salt, regular salt, your finger, whatever floats your boat.Â
A funky way I like to use sigils when warding is to use them when I clean! I will be cleaning my floor and spray the cleaner/floor polish in the pattern of my sigil and then when I go over it with the mop, I am âbreakingâ the sigil, therefore releasing the energy into my house to protect it! I was never really told that this was a way to create a sigil and use it but I have found itâs worked and itâs really easy- esp if youâre in the broomcloset đ§šÂ
Spoken Wards
This can be a spoken thought or incantation of sorts that is created/uttered with the intention to protect your space/you
You can repeat this daily like an affirmation, walk around your space and chant, whatever floats your boat!Â
Here is an example of a spoken ward: (this is utilized when walking past the representations of the elements in your home)Â
âBy (element) , I ward thee: Guard this space from all ill will and all those who wish me/us harm.â
THERE ARE PLENTY MORE WAYS TO WARD, THESE ARE JUST A FEW!
I recommend using MULTIPLE methods of warding (at least two) to really maximize the protection you have on your space
Alright lets talk about another important aspect of warding....
WARD MAINTENCEÂ
Wards can be temporary (casting a circle during a spell), or long term (a ward to protect your space)Â
Itâs important to regularly charge your wards, to keep them âup and running.â This can be with crystals, intent, incense, whatever your preferred method is
You also may need to take down your ward and place a new one up every so often; even the metaphysical can collect gunk. There isnât really a timeline on this, just whenever you feel your ward needs to be re-done.Â
OTHER IMPORTANT WARDING INFO
Thank you for sticking with me on this long informational post :))Â
Again, I really recommend using MULTIPLE wards as a little protection combo because protection is the basis of your craft. Putting up a ward is really important before you start any type of spell work or any magick for that matter. Protection is KEY!Â
To dismiss a ward, you can go around your space counter clockwise (to the left) and visualize/have the intention that the energies you have created are âcoming downâ (there are other ways, this is what I prefer)Â
Remember itâs always important to cross reference your information, for this post I used multiple sources I knew have been vetted by much more experienced witches than I am- but still! You need to make sure what youâre reading is credible
These are writing prompts I looked up for shadow work so I can learn more about myself. So I will be writing out my answers to these questions here so I can read over them as I need to at a later date.
What does my ideal day look like? Well some of my favorite days are days when I have big plans that usually involve some type of travel and doing things I have never done before. I like to explore and adventure. The other night we took a midnight hike to have a photo shoot on a cliff. The hike was over a mile around a popular lake here in Southern Ohio and then we had to climb these precarious steps and it was a miracle my fat ass was able to squeeze between the rocks, but my friends all helped me and I made it. We got changed and set up for the shoot. We set up a make shift alter with skulls, candles, herbs, and crystals then my friend took pictures.Â
Early in the day we had gone to a graveyard and took pictures with some tomb stones. Enjoyed the foliage and ran around barefoot in the grass. My friend complained the ground was soft and I said it was in case they wanted to come back for Halloween.Â
Lately my days consist of waking up before 8 am and getting my roommates 7yo to do his online learning stuff. Make breakfast and then once hes done he games while I work on meditation and grounding work. Spend my day looking at tarot spreads and learning about new reading techniques. Researching some different type of things I am interested in with my spellwork. Like currently I am working on shadow work and I plan on trying to cast a circle tonight and scrying for the first time. My friends mother knows a woman who has to write with both hands while she scrys because she gets lengthy messages from two separate sources. I am nervous to try, but its a practice and I know if it doesnât work right off I will get better with time.Â
So if I am honest my ideal day would be one where I either go exploring or I master a practice in my spell work I have been working on for a while. These feel like selfish pursuits, but I lost my job at the beginning of the lockdown and my apartment. Moved in with my friend and no neither of us have jobs so we are here all the time. She has a car and I donât so she goes out and does things while I stay home and isolate so any chance to get out of the house in Corona times is great. So i decided this was the time to work on all the things I want to get deeper into and master. So I have been upping my spiritual game and my witch craft game. Corona has allowed me to see a lot of my passions come to light and my gifts become a lot stronger.Â
Maybe the take away from this is I need to try and get out more and do for others. Give back since i have been so blessed to find a roof over my head and food in my belly during this hard time in America.
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