#elemental tools

Call it a week or so ago, but @lunaesteria did a fun game where she evaluated starter kits so I wanted to do Starter Kits that were Elemental-inspired only! Keep in mind this is only meant to be a guide as to the kind of things you should get on your elemental journey.

Note: Spirit is not included here only because Spirit encompasses so many things about the elements and is seen as having properties of all of the elements. There isn’t one finite tool that can be tied to Spirit because Spirit is an infinite, universal force.

Earth:

A collection of common herbs (ones that you may find at the supermarket) such as sage, chamomile, paprika, cinnamon, anise, etc. My specific recommendations are sage, cinnamon, anise & star anise, and chamomile! Keep a lookout if your local supermarket is having sales on certain herbs as well! It’s better to get the common bottles you see rather than going to get, for example, sprigs of thyme in a pack. You want your herbs to last you through spellwork.

Clear quartz. Always a great stone to start off with, regardless if it’s common or not. It has wonderful properties such as amplification. You can program a clear quartz stone with your intent for a variety of purposes.

Mortar & Pestle. A common tool for crushing up herbs and similar. Many use it for the same purpose and it wouldn’t be hard to find one in your local pharmacy or even online. Even stores centered towards wellbeing and natural remedies may have it. You can use it for a variety of uses in relation to making herbal pouches, salts with magical properties and so much more. A great addition to the kitchen if you’re looking to be a Kitchen Witch-- but make sure you’re just using your mortar and pestle to crush certain herbs and you’re cleaning it between uses. Although I myself have a wooden mortar and pestle, I would recommend a marble one as it seems easier to clean.

Table Salt/Sea Salt. The easiest to acquire and while this may also fall under Water as well, it is Earth-centered. Salt’s common use is protection but you can do so much more than that with salt. Take the ashes of incense that you’ve burned or anything else you’ve burned and mix it with sea salt to make black salt, which can be used for baneful magick depending on what your intent is. You can also mix it with other herbs as well. It can be used in spell jars, sachets and more-- and you can even make your own bath salt as well for magickal baths.

Air/Wind:

Feathers. You can safely acquire feathers in a way you are not harming birds alike by simply doing a search whilst outside, or if you cannot do that then you may find authentic ones online. Feathers are a great way to represent the Air element! Even if you have to resort to craft feathers, you can always enchant them as well!

Wind Chime. Wind chimes are beautiful and carry out an amazing sound when the wind blows it. Wind chimes can also be used to cleanse an area! This is because of using sound to cleanse the area. With proper structure and intent, you can hold a wind chime and cleanse an area. This is great before beginning to cast a circle or do a full-length spell.

Incense. While only applicable to those that can burn incense-- if you know you can burn incense, and you know it won’t harm you, then invest in it! Many pharmacies or stores suited to natural wellness sell them for cheap, and you can find them online as well. My recommendations? Dragon’s Blood (protection), Frankincense/Sandalwood (protection against malevolent energies, psychic work-- and a combination of these two are said to be very powerful), Patchouli (money matters), and lavender (for relaxation). Incense can also yield an association to fire.

Fire:

Tealights & Matches. You want to start off small so tealights are the way to go. For short spells or non-ritualistic spells, start with tealights. You can usually find a pack of ten-- and I can’t stress this enough: get white tealights! They can be used as substitution for any color and has it’s own properties as well! If you need a certain color but can’t find it, take a white tealight, take it out of the metal encasing and carve the name of the color on the side or bottom. Matches of course, to light the tealights.

*Please be careful when lighting anything! Do so in your sight and away from anything flammable!

Fireproof Bowl. For the spells that require you to burn paper or non-toxic herbs, a fireproof bowl is the way to go and is a wonderful addition to any elemental witch’s tools.

Water:

Florida Water.  Florida Water... isn’t a common tool that’s used. I barely see any posts about it on here but I love the stuff, damn it. It was a common toiletry because of it’s scent and you can find it in store (pharmacy, etc) or online. Chances are if you’re at a 99 cent store they’ll have it, or definitely at a pharmacy. What does Florida Water do? While having a wonderful scent, it can also increase spiritual vibrations in an area, drown out malevolent energy and welcome benevolent ones. You can also wipe down an altar or other space with Florida Water to cleanse it.

Rain Water. Collect that rainwater during a storm or just when it rains in general. Rainwater has a variety of uses in your practice, varying from protection to baneful magick. Though this is a snippet of what it can do, there are other handy references that can help you.