#grief magic

This is a spell I designed to aid in the peaceful passing of a loved one. Reserve this for what you expect will be their final hours or days. May this spell provide them with extra comfort, peace, and love.

What You’ll Need:

A white candle

Grief support oil (I’m using Lunar Leo’s Tears to Shed), for love, release, and support

Salt, for protection

Chamomile, for comfort

Lavender, for peace

What You’ll Do:

Inscribe the dying’s name on the candle or preferred identifier. Draw symbols for peace and love. Anoint with your grief oil

Place your candle in the center of a salt circle, to protect yourself and your working.

Surround the candle with chamomile and lavender, inside the salt circle.

Light the candle and pray for this person’s peace and comfort as they pass. Pray the light may guide them. Say any last words you’d like for them to hear from you.

Finish the spell by anointing yourself with your grief support oil, and singing a song of comfort. I chose “Let It Be.”

Let the candle burn down, or at least for fifteen minutes. Then burn on consecutive days to continue to aid in their peaceful transition.

To anyone who needs this post, I am sending gentle and loving energy your way. Know that grief is meant to hurt, and with time it WILL get easier (but may not go away, and that’s okay). Please utilize this post only as a supplement, and talk to a therapist or loved ones if you need to.

Spells/Rituals:

Grief powder

Sage drops spell

Jar of grief spell

Honoring the dead

Grief vessel

Ritual of grief

A remembrance spell

Hug-in-a-mug grief spell

A spell for grief and moving on

A spell for passing and mourning

“Grief seed” pop culture spell

Sigils:

Grief over death is easier for me and effects me less

My grief does not control me

I grieve in peace

Memorial requiem

Rest in power / rest in paradise / rest in love

Loss of pets:

Animal release spell

Pet farewell ritual

Pet funerary spell

Other:

Tarot spread to ease grief

Norse spells/prayers for grief and death

Crystals in death magic (includes some for grief)

Crystals for PTSD (includes some for grief)

Taking Care by Callista Buchen (poem)

Helpful posts:

Good practices for grieving witches

Masterpost for overcoming heartbreak

Rejuvenating witchcraft

Magic to replenish energy

Recommended tags to utilize when you’re ready:

#Moving on spell + #Moving forward spell + #Letting go spell

#Mental health sigils + #Mental health spell

#Self love magic + #Self care magic

#Release spell

Witchcraft is to be used in addition to proper medical care, treatment and medication, not as a sole alternative.

the nurse missed my vein the first two tries i clung to headphones borrowed from the clinic (mine broke) i have a nervous system i am a nervous system (mine broke)

whether wither or wander, sky bursts forth with echo-deep mist and cloudgazing birds (we are one we are nine.) sparrows pigeons rust on the gate home (stolen ground)

grief like old anger, welling warm wet a murmur on my hair indoors from the fog (an apology) the subway, late again the air, smog and illness (a reckoning)

this too is beautiful but does not need be what would it look like to not be presentable? (an ocean, a cave) sweaty, disheveled this bed like a forest (i grow wings and fly off)