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A protection & comforting spell jar to make you feel safe at home

I love making spell jars -- the act itself is so comforting to me. Like a recipe you can’t screw up, you carefully pick the right ingredients... I follow traditional magickal properties, but I also let my intuition (and creativity) guide me. 

With spell jars, focus your intent with each little bit of herb or material you funnel into your bottle. Think of why you chose the ingredient and what you’d like to take from it. When you have the jar with you in the future, remember these whys and whats and keep in mind what you hoped to gain from this spell. 

How to create an anti-anxiety spell jar

Now, this is one of a million combinations you can use. This is what I found comforting to me when I created it, and I used ingredients that brought me contentment and that safe-at-home feeling when I thought of them. Feel free to change it up, but take inspiration from this individual jar. 

Light a tea candle, something that you’ll be able to pour wax from when you’ve sealed your bottle

Wave your empty jar over the air above the flame to cleanse, and imagine that this vessel is now perfectly clear and waiting for the intentions you’ll fill it with 

Start layering your ingredients, using a little funnel or rolled up piece of paper, and think mindfully about each as you pour them in

Be sure to start with the more fine ingredients like salt or cinnamon and work your way up to more coarse materials

Seal the jar with it’s lid and (carefully!) either dip it into the melted wax of your candle or pour the wax on top to seal 

Keep it with you where you know you’ll need it the most - maybe on your altar, maybe on your desk at work, or maybe in your makeup case or your nightstand 

Anti-anxiety spell jar ingredients and magickal properties 

(Starting from the bottom) 

✨ Salt (protection + absorbs negative energy) 

✨ Ground cloves (releases negative energy) 

✨ Cinnamon (protection + love)

✨ Espresso grounds (clear mind + energy) 

✨ Cardamom (feminine energy, relaxes body + clears mind) 

✨ Turmeric (protection + banishes negative energy) 

✨ Dill (mental strength) 

✨ Chamomile & lavender tea (calmness + peace) 

✨ Oregano (comfort + strength + joy) 

✨ Rosemary (concentration + love + protection) 

✨ Crushed candy canes/peppermint (comfort + nostalgic memories)

If you are performing any spells to help with anxiety, bring this into your circle for added benefit. You can also keep this with you during any meditation practice, yoga sessions or relaxation rituals. NOTE: spell jars are no replacement for getting professional help, if needed. Please reach out if you have any mental health questions; this witch is here! 

Hi lunchcrafters! Here is the first DIY craft on my blog for you to make in the kitchen and use in your house. I saw this spell on witchtok and fell in love. This lemon garland has a few steps - first boil lemon slices with some ingredients, then bake to dry them out, and then string together into a garland - giving you plenty of opportunities to infuse this citrus-y craft with your magical intentions. 

How to make a lemon garland protection spell

Gather your ingredients

2-3 lemons, sliced into rings

Salt

Rosemary, dried or fresh

Cinnamon

Ground cloves

Lavender, dried buds

Mix all together into a pot of water and boil until the lemons soften

For all the dry ingredients, just use a tablespoon or so of each - do what feels right, but you don’t need to pour a ton in there

Lay lemons on a baking sheet on parchment paper and bake at 170F for 6 hours, or until they’re dried out 

String up with twine or yarn and hang by your doors

Magickal properties

✨ Lemon: Purification, uplifting, rejuvenation, cleansing, happiness

✨ Salt: Cleansing, protection

✨ Rosemary: Cleansing, protection, love

✨ Lavender: Stress and anxiety relief, calming, harmony

✨ Cinnamon: Protection, purifies negative energy, makes your spell work faster!

✨ Cloves: Banishes evil, protection, prosperity 

Spell tips

Stir clockwise to invite positive attributes into your spell.

As you add in each ingredient, focus on the attributes listed above or any other correspondences that you hold dear for them - thank them as you pour them in the mix and ask them to grant you what they have to offer.

Be mindful of your ingredients - do you have any of these that were gifted to you? My friend’s mother dried some rosemary from her herb garden -- so I used that! 

If you want, save the water that you boiled the lemons in. I’ve seen some recommendations to spray it around your home, but I’d be afraid of it being too sticky. I have mine in a jar and plan to incorporate it into any future protection spells. 

Hang this garland on the outside door/s you use the most - I put mine by the door to our basement, since we leave out there to the garage daily. 

As you bake, the scent of these herbs and lemons will be beautiful and waft through your house. Use part of this six-hour bake time to meditate and visualize this aroma reaching all parts of your house, protecting every little corner. 

During Yule, use oranges instead of lemons! Oranges are energizing, a mood-booster and symbolize abundance.

Sources 

kalisawitch on TikTok

Magickal Correspondences of Lemons 

Magickal properties of Rosemary