#ecclectic witch

1) learn how to dress and light a candle without burning your house down. A little oil goes a long way. A lot of oil goes right into a bad situation.

2) learn how to light and position incense so you don’t set off the fire alarms. Fans are an amazing friend. They circulate the smell of the incense to your whole living space, but also diffuses the smoke.

3) do not store your planchette on your ouija board (it’s like leaving your house unlocked).

4) make sure you research oils before you diffuse them if you have animals. I.e citrus straight oils or citrus oil in oil blends make dogs sick and lily oil can kill cats.

And by the gods don’t diffuse banishing oil because you’ll end up with a pepper spray situation.

5) you don’t absolutely need a holder. You just need to soften the bottom of a candle enough (yes with fire) and it will stick to a surface. A flame resistant surface (see rule one about accidentally burning down things).

6) don’t poison the earth with a ring of salt on the grass. Ashes from incense or powdered egg shells works the same. And add nutrients to the soil.

Salt inside, not outside.

And 7) if you live in an apartment or house that will not be friendly to any burning, make your favorite herbs into infusions. You can use them on their own, or mix different ones easily, for any desirable effect. Unlike burning the herbs, smoke detectors shouldn’t go off unless you spray right at them. (Watch for mold in the bottle).

Eccentric stuff

like, so many people will talk about (or ridicule!) the phrase, “it’s not worship, it’s a relationship!” or whatever. but, what if that’s what it is?

i sing songs when the sun is out to share my love of music with apollo

i knit at night to show my devotion in my stitches to artemis

i read the favorite parts of my books out loud as if to share what i’m learning or laughing at with athena

i shower regularly because my body is a temple and i want to welcome aphrodite and lucifer somewhere clean

i read tarot to discuss my life options with president cameo

i enjoy the rain curled up in a blanket and admiring the beauty of the world in my own corner, just to share a moment with zeus

i wear a ring on a chain around my neck to remember that ares is with me in every battle i fight

i keep a crocheted granny square under a candle for satanachia for protection from entities who have questionable intentions

and somehow? people will see the “it’s a relationship, it’s a personal connection” as a bad thing? we as humans are so individual, so independent from each other that even two individuals worshipping the same god could have two entirely different concepts of the same deity, two very different ways of experiencing their religion

it can be worship and relationships. two things can be true at once. it can be so individual and personal that your worship is a relationship