#witch 101

I've been waiting to get a chance to make this post as I feel it's extremely important for any "witch" to hear, no matter how far along in your spiritual journey you are.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: You do not need all of these special tools to practice witchcraft.

Sure, a lot of these tools are helpful and fun, but you don't need to feel pressure to get a certain tarot deck or to spend ridiculous amounts of money on crystals that the media says you need for x y z.

The market of witchcraft is completely saturated with elitism, and I've seen too many starter-witches/baby-witches fall into this void of feeling like they aren't good enough because they don't have the resources.

There is magic in every little moment in life. You just need to find it. Nature, tea, cooking, makeup, writing, crafting, bathing, local wonders - All of these are places where you can express your spirituality and practice your craft.

jar spells

harmless witchtok trends

aesthetic stuff

pop culture magic

cringey otherkin

people selling spells for money

UPG

than you are about

cultural appropriation

racism & white supremacy

transphobia

pericisheteronormitivity

bio/gender essentialism

kyriarchy in general

cults

scams

conspiracy shit, pseudoscience, pseudohistory, and misinfo/disinfo/fake news

environmental destruction, littering, & plastic witchcraft

Low budget witch supplies! Dollar store haul 🫢

Himalayan salt

Sea salt

Basil

Rosemary

Glass containers

Mini spell jars

Tea lights / candles

Overview:

This book is very brief, nothing goes super in-depth.

It feels like shadow work ‘light’ (for those who might be too scared to really go into things)

I try to not let it bother me when people wrongly call their pets or even other people’s pets, their familiar. But it does!

I think part of the reason it bothers me so much, is because I’ve seen countless times, the consequences of doing so. No one seems to do an ounce of research before endangering their supposedly beloved pet(s).

I understand that people have this need for them or their pets to be “special”. But I’m not sure if putting your pet (or someone else’s) in harms way is exactly the best way of having a special and unique bond. You can have a magical pet who you share a very strong bond with WITHOUT throwing them into harms way.

Familiars aren’t just “a witch’s pet”. They’re spirits that have either been specifically summoned or happen to appear when needed. Emphasis on spirits! There are a lot of things that a familiar is suppose to do, kind of by default. SOME of those things include things like accompanying the witch through the astral when astral traveling (and other hedge crossing related activities), venturing off and gathering information for the witch (whether this be in our realm or others), and the biggest one here folks: a familiar will die in order to protect the witch, be it from a powerful curse or something else.

I just think it’s wrong to force your pet or someone else’s pet into that kind of role. I know a lot of people agree with me on that. I just wish witches would do some research before ignorantly throwing a living animal into such a dangerous role like familiar, especially since they can’t and aren’t even agreeing to be in such a role. They can’t even begin to comprehend that.

TL;DR: most of the time wrongly labeling things as magical in some way is harmless. Familiars is an exception. It’s dangerous and wrong to call and force a living animal “familiar” because that word has meaning, a purpose. It puts the tasks of a familiar on that animal whether you mean for it to or not, and that can and does lead to dead or missing pets. If you want you and your pets bond to be special, it can be! You don’t have to put them in danger by calling them a familiar! Your pet or someone else’s pet really can’t even agree to be in such a role, they can’t even begin to comprehend it let alone agree to it.

Deities- Aphrodite, freya,Gaia, Hecate, pan, Freyr, Dionysuus, Juno

Colours- black,green,indigo, red

Stones- blood stone,malachite, obsidian

Flora- cinnamon, carnation

Animals- goose,owl,dolphin, elephant, goat, dog

Let’s talk Goddess Selene (:

Selene is the Titan Goddess of the moon, Goddess of child birth and pregnancy. Daughter of Hyperion and Theia, and wife of Endymion.

Celebrated during the new moon, when the first sliver of lights starts to show and 15 days after the full moon.

She was typically shown as a woman riding a sidesaddle on a horse or driving a chariot being drawn by a pair of wing steeds.

Her lunar sphere or crescent was either a crown set upon her head or the fold of a raised, shining cloak.

Sometimes said to drive a team of oxen and her lunar crescent was likened to a pair of bull horns.

Ways to worship!!

Deadicate an altar!

silver jewelry

crescent shaped knives

silver coins/candles

anything ocean releated

moonstone

anything with a relationship with a natural cycle (cicadas, eggshells, etc)

mirrors or glass

white candles

myrtle incense

myrtle, willow, white poppy, rose, and wall flower

take a few items from the altar to charge in the moon light

clean the altar or items with moon water

go for a walk in the moonlight and visualize walking with selene. talk with her, thank for for all she’s done the past month.

Cats, Deers, Rabbits, and Ox’s are all typically sacred, place a few photos on your altar or donate/volunteer to help them!

Live as Selene!

Dress in flowing silky moon colors

wear silver jewelry

while running errand respond as you intuitively feel Selene would. (sprinkle wild flower seeds in vacant areas, bring water to the dog park, give out white flowers to people you interact with, etc)

Dine with Selene!

Set your dining table up as an altar, set with two white candles.

Place white, blue, and gold flowers.

Use round white plates

Serve Selene first !

Place music you feel is appropriate, and talk with her, thank her for everything she’s given and all she’s removed the past month.

Serve foods like ;

Goat milk / cheese

moon cakes

white wine

lamb / steak gyros on round pita

rice based dishes

Attritubes!

Passionate

Lights the night

controls time

changeable like the moon

Areas of influence!

Agriculture

anything domestic

travel

long life

medicine