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An ongoing series of reels / tiktoks / youtube videos where I make lovely stylized videos of myself gardening or forraging for wild edible flowers / herbs / etc. I talk about their historic witchcraft, holistic medicine, and culinary uses while I process them into various tinctures, syrups, meals, spells, etc.

It would be my own digital book of shadows.

I harvested a batch of lilac from my neighbors bush. This batch is being processed into a simple syrup to use in mixed drinks, and to flavor deserts. Cross your fingers that it turns out!

(I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing, and honestly feel free to ignore me, I just want to try and get some positivity back 😅)

Thank you in advance! 💗

I never mind a question and I'll never ignore.

Negativity is a very common thing and luckily that means there are tons of crystals that help with it.

The most obvious one is black tourmaline, that's like a negativity sponge and just sucks that crap right up. Both negative energy around you and from you and helps balance negative thoughts. It's a cleansing crystal and is very good at acting as a barrier for people that identify as empaths and feel that a lot of the negativity around them is not their own making. It helps with clear thoughts and emotional balancing.

Amethyst is another good one, it protects from negative vibrations as well as attracting positives ones.

Hematite is brilliant for helping to balance emotions and acts like a sheild against more getting in at you.

I'd definitely recommend getting at least a black tourmaline, I can't live without mine and wear mine on a chain all the time, it helps so much as I'm an empath that just soaks in the negativity from other people.

If you haven't done it already I'd also recommend maybe cleansing your immediate space and the places you spend a lot of time, like your bedroom, car etc, just to make sure that negativity isn't hanging in the air and making things worse.

Meditation is a wonderful thing too, there are many good guided meditations on YouTube, I love the Honest Guys on there, they are really nice.

I made something called a smokeless smudge spray, which is very easy to do and works like an antibac spray for negativity.

To cleanse a room or house I'd recommend the following (this is exactly what I send to anyone asking me for a ritual for this so it's a c&p)

Light cleansing.

For a light cleansing, which would generally be done anywhere from a few times a year to once a month to get rid of a build up of negative energy within a house.

Most people swear by a simple sage cleaning and I agree, sage is a wonderful herb for cleansing all negativity which can be the result of daily niggles and arguments which builds up to leave a bit of an atmosphere in a house.

It's simple to do, all you need is a smudge stick, which is a bundle of dried sage which you "smudge" with. Smudging is the word for basically wafting the smoke from the stick around the entire house. Always start from the top of the house, making sure you hit all four corners of the room and any little cubbies that negativity can hide. Work your way down to the front door and out. As you work, it's nice to say a little prayer or chant to help empower the cleansing. You can invoke any deity that works for you. Simple as that.

For a full house cleansing be prepared to put in a little more work. This would be used if you feel you have spirit activity that is disturbing you, or if you move into a house that has an oppressive or negative atmosphere.

Starting again at the top of the house, either sweep or vacuum all through the house. As you go, imagine that all negativity is being sucked up or swept away you can imagine it as little balls of darkness or even little monster you are doing away with. Again, work your way down to the front door and out. Empty the vacuum outside away from the house and if you are sweeping, bang the broom on the doorstep three times.

Now I'm pagan, so I work with the four elements, and so I will include a simple invocation to each of those in these instructions, but feel free to change the words to whatever suits you, or ask if you would like a more complicated invocation.

Start at the top of the house again and either clap or ring a bell in every room, this helps break up the negativity and it also calls to the spirits if there is one present.

Now, top to bottom as before, work your way through the elements.

First a candle will be carried throughout each room, in all the corners and any cubbies (never forget a loft/attic hatch if you have one, chimneys or basements) and say something along the lines of "Powers of the South, element of fire, I ask that you cleansed this house of all negativity."

Next will be a mixture of salt and rain/spring water, this will represent both earth and water so you'll need to say both invocations.

"powers of the west, element of water, I ask that you cleanse this house of all negativity." and "Powers of the north, element of earth, I ask that you cleanse this house of all negativity."

Lastly you'll smudge the house with a sage bundle. (I'll put instructions later for a smokeless smudge) this is an incense so it represents the element of air. So you'd say" Powers of the east, element of air, I aak that you cleanse this house of all negativity".

Remember to thank each element as you reach the front door.

Now go to your favourite room, the one in which you feel most comfortable and says a prayer to your chosen deity according to your faith, or even just a positive affirmation, asking that the house be cleansed of all negativity and filled with positive, loving energy. Ask that if their is any spirits in residence that causes problems, and if so, may they go in peace but leave the house they aren't welcome anymore.

This should help with any problems in a house, if the problem persists then you may need a medium or priest to bless the house but that's a rare thing.

This is a topic that will get you hexed, bring it on witches because here is my opinion.

To be a witch (a good one atleast) all you need to do is follow these steps

Step 1: Dance.. all the time. If you aren't dancing physicaly you should dance mentaly.

Step 2: Collect shiny objects. This is important gods like shinny stuff.

Step 3: Talk to your plants. This doesn't have anything to do with witchcraft.. your plants are just lonely.