The Witching Hour Has Come

I was born in January 1991. Please do the math...

This is a side blog to my main: @self-medicated-l0ve

I've known that I was a witch since I was a child but I didn't begin to be open with my craft until the mid 2010s. Since then, my craft has really changed and opened up.

I've stopped trying to label my practice. I've spent most of my life trying to keep from being placed in a box. I won't do it to myself. I dabble in a number of different aspects of magic that are open to me. I am not part of any initiated sect. I am a self taught witch. I am an active learner; an active researcher; an active thinker; an active listener. I am a wanderer in spirit.

My practice is filled with acts of various crafts, including:

Cooking and Baking - these crafts are easily used in kitchen and hearth workings. You can be very mindful of what is being added to what is being made.

Crochet, especially wearables and amigurami - utilizes knotwork

Writing - writing essays ("#twilightmagick: essay") and digging deeper into previous beliefs to reflect on how I have changed as a practitioner and hopefully help new practitioners as they need. You can also find poems and other writings under the tag "#twilightmagick: writing".

Music - singing or playing various instruments to enhance various spells, rituals, or used for cleansing spells.

I practice various forms of divination and have moments when I offer free readings. If you are interested in a more, in-depth reading or other services, message me for more inquiries!

On top of this, I am active in the #pathandpractice tag and discord as well as a mod for The Twilight Inn discord. Both communities have been welcoming and are becoming their own resources for others to learn from. Come check them out!

I woke up this morning a few hours later to start my day fully. Find out the temperature dropped about 10°F and the air quality has started to ease up.

The ritual I did was the Elemental Ritual for Clean Air I posted the other day (though, I kind of changed it a little because 3am brain and energies will do what they please).

Coincidence? Most likely.

Tools/Ingredients

1. Something to represent Water

• *I will be using a mister with a fan attachment with the intention of it representing falling water*

2. Something to represent Air

• *I will be using one of my wands*

3. Something to represent Earth

• *I will be using a piece of Zeusite*

4. Something to represent Fire

• *I will be using the carnelian and red glass pieces with the blessing of my dragons.*

5. Something to represent Connection with others

• *I will be writing a letter to the universe and folding it (origami style) to look like an envelope. The letter will be asking to unite the spells being cast by countless witches to aid the fires in Ontario (though you may choose a different fire affecting your area).*

6. *Optional: a way to physically mark a pentacle on the ground large enough for you to sit in. *I use visualization techniques.*

7. Piece of twine for a Witch's Ladder

Steps

Pre Spell: Gather your ingredients. If writing a letter, write it and fold it now. Mark the pentacle on the ground.

1. Sit in the center of the pentacle

2. Lay out your element representations around the edge; keeping your representation of connection with you.

3. Starting with Water, physically cause drops to fall to the ground. Focus on requesting the water elementals (firefighting capabilites/resources, rain, etc.) aiding the specific areas requested. Move on to Air, physically using your representation. Focus on requesting for the air to be cleansed from the smoke. Next, hold or use your representation to call on Earth to aid in cleaning the air. Finally, use your representation (and *common sense*) to call on Fire and focus on trying to aid in calming the fire which has been overconsuming. *Optional: If you are using a letter, unfold it and read it outloud. Refold into the envelope shape.

4. Meditate and visualize how you would like the energies you've just called on to layer and work on queling the flames and cleaning the air.

5. When you come out of your meditation, create a Witch's Ladder (wrap it around the letter if you wrote one) and bury it. If you can't bury it outside, bury it in a pot with soil to be disposed of during the full moon.

6. Close out your spell as you deem fit. Ground yourself. Cleanse your tools.

[Repeat as you feel you need.]