ever heard the saying when you look good, you feel good; when you you feel good, you do good? this applies in the realm of magic + conjuring too because we are working with energy — our own energy. when we do good, we are operating in our God frequency which is a creative force that allows us to materialize our desires into physical reality. think of it as seducing the Universe with your hotness, persuading the Universe to give you whatever you look because you look that damn good ;)

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OH MY GODS SHUT UP

Not! Everyone's! Practice! Is! Your! Practice!

Stop framing your rules as everyone else's, stop saying "witch tips" when you mean Wiccan tips or your branch of folk magik, and stop telling everyone they need to ward and look out for malicious entities. That's YOUR practice. If they didn't directly ask, and you aren't making a disclaimer that it only goes for a specific practice and not all witches? Shut up!

I've been practicing magick for a bit now, and here are some tips I've learned from experience, others, etc. I hope they're helpful to someone.

Designing Rituals - When you design rituals, they don't actually have to have any classical correspondences in them. You could choose to invoke The Flash, and then charge a sigil by playing Injustice, for example, and it works. You can use whatever symbolism, pantheons, fictional characters, and so on, that work to get you the beliefs, emotions, and meaning you need to feel for your magick. Many people may find they can invoke Superman and his qualities, easier than they can invoke, say, Sol Invictus.

Write Your Magick - Write down what you intend to do, what you are going to do, what ingredients you (will/would) use. When you write down your intentions, you are already in the process of manifesting them. Lighting a candle, some incense/essential oil diffuser/keeping charged crystals nearby, and/or taking a ritual cleansing bath beforehand all help to get you into a magical mindset.

Magical Consciousness - This is a concept I first read about in books by the chaos magician Phil Hine, and also by comic artist and chaos magician Grant Morrison, and just the "everyday magic" vibe that people talk about. This is about looking at everything as magick. Everything as inherently programmable with your intent and meaning, and look at everything that happens in the context of magical symbolism or significance. Let your reality become magical.

Substitutions - When you look at spell ingredient lists, feel free to substitute ingredients for other ingredients. some common substitutions include clear quartz being able to replace any other crystal, rosemary being able to substitute any herb, and so on. I've used mowed grass and twigs before, and random stones that I told myself were gems through a process like transubstantiation. This brings us to...

Visualize Your Magick - Everything you do, visualize casting the spell, and getting results, before you cast, while you cast, and after you cast. If you don't have certain ingredients, simply visualize that you do. Cut out pieces of paper and write names of gemstones, herbs, oils, or any other components you want but don't have, to keep in a manifestation box, or satchets. If you can get them someday, you will, if not, you can even skip the physical representation step, and you can even just fully imagine having them, which brings us to...

You in Wonderland - This is a concept that has also been referred to as the "astral temple" by some. Wonderland mostly comes as a reference to the classic story by Lewis Carroll, and some terminology in the tulpamancy community. Essentially, this is a place that you build in meditation and visualization over time, and go back to to perform magick, meditate, commune with spirits, and so on. Anything you can physically do, you also do mentally and spiritually in your wonderland/astral temple. Any gesture, any words, any ingredients, any motions, can all be performed, or utilized, completely in your imagination.  

Belief is a Tool - As long as you keep your belief system worked out, and fully invest yourself in it, for the duration of your casting, you will get results. Magick doesn't need to be believed in to work, but you'll get better results if you can truly have yourself believe what you are doing will work, especially during the experience of the actual ritual/casting. Believing in the magick after casting simply requires waiting confidently for results to manifest from synchronicity, deity/deities, the universe, etc.

Clear Quartz, Salt, and Water - All of these things are essentially blank slates energetically, after they've been cleansed. Clear quartz crystal can be programmed with any intent, using the will, so clear quartz can substitute for any crystal, and carrying charged quartz just on its own works well. Water has been scientifically proven to have memory, and have molecular structure changed by certain words, or thoughts, being spoken to/thought at it. Look up images of water crystals, after the water has been exposed to loving, or hateful, language. Drink the water that has been blessed, "gift" the water that has been hexed, use positive water on your plants, etc. Salt can also be used as a programmable crystal, helps to channel, and also helps ground any negativity that might be in your casting.

Here are some cosmic and celestial things you can work into your everyday life to make it a little more magical. You do not need to be a cosmic witch to practice these!

Wear clothing and accessories with symbols of space and the stars. Allow your appearance to remind yourself and everyone of your connection to the cosmos. 

Use a galaxy bath bomb. There are many shops online that sell glittery bath bombs that make your tub look like the night sky. 

Decorate your room with fairy lights. Let the small dots of light remind you of the stars even when you are indoors. 

Check your horoscope every day. Turn to the stars for guidance. 

Put your bed near a window so at night you can gaze at the stars and the moon. 

Notice when the moon is out during the day and remember that she is surrounded by stars even if you cannot see them. 

Wear blue goldstone jewelry or keep a blue goldstone in your pocket to remind you of the stars. 

Decorate your altar with stars. You can use beads or charms or little bottles of glitter.

Study the constellations during the day and see if you can find them at night. Keep up to date on what constellations are visible at the current time of year. 

Keep notes on the moon phases and how they affect your day. You might notice you have more energy on full moons or you feel more anxious when it is waning. See how you are connected with the moon. 

Make moon water nightly and drink it in the morning to prepare yourself for the day. 

Buy moon shaped crystals and use them for your altar or for meditation.

Meditate with selenite to connect to the moon and access your higher self.  

Use labradorite for warding and protection. It is a crystal that can harness the energy of the moon to protect you and your home. 

I figure there are so many witch tips out there. Either ones of your own or some that you've heard of, this first post will be a general Witch Tip Dump. I think I will give the following ones topics, please feel free to place your tips in the comments of this post!