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Things to Research Before Working with the Fae
Research is the most important thing to do before heading into Faery work and witchcraft. You want to have a lot of in depth and versatile knowledge covering many areas of the topic so you’ll be able to understand and interact with the Fair Folk! If you don’t want to work with the Fair Folk you can use this list to help yourself understand them and take the proper measure if you ever stumble upon them. I know the list could go on forever but I’m compiling the topics I find build a good foundation of understanding. I have compiled this list to give those interested guidance and a push in the right direction, it is best you do your own research before asking other’s personal knowledge and opinions!!
The Basics
Terminology ( Fae, faery, fairy, changeling, seelie, unseelie, sidhe, etc)
The Origins of the Fae (Tuatha de Dannan, Aos Sí, Tylwyth Teg)
Faeries in Different Cultures: Celtic (Irish, Scottish, Gaulish, French), Norse, Influences from Greek and Roman culture.
Folklore & Myths!! ex. Oisin and Tír na nÓg , Fenian Cycle, Arthurian Legend.
Celtic Gods, Goddesses & Heroes- strong influences and connections to the Fae
Types of Faeries (study diverse types from pixies,brownies, pooka to Kelpies, Bwbach and Red caps) *Make sure you can at least answer who, what and where about them.
The Otherworlds (Tir na Nog, Caer Arianrhod, Annwn, Alfheim, Svartalfheim, etc.)
Faery Landmarks (fairy tree, fairy ring, fairy hill)
Signs of the Fae
Sacred Trees and Plants (Hawthorn)
Protection!! very important
*Bonus if you learn Celtic Culture
Getting into Working with Them
Connecting to Nature and the Land
How to Banish Faeries & Protect yourself, house, family, etc.
Faery Behaviour and Proper Etiquette
Proper Offerings, How to give an Offering
Animals associated with the Fair Folk and Why? (raven, deer, etc)
Faery Festivals and Holidays (Samhain, Midsummer, Beltane)
Why certain things offend them- iron, saying “thank you”,etc.
The Courts (Seelie, Unseelie, trooping fairies, solitary)
Setting up a Faery Altar
How to work with them in Rituals
Faery Flowers, herbs and crystals
A proper and personal way to communicate with them!!this means developing psychic ability, tarot, meditation, signs, etc.
Hagstones, heptagram/faery star
Some Good Books :)
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries, by W. Y. Evans Wentz
Encyclopedia of Spirits by Judika Illes
Enchantment of the Faerie Realm by Ted Andrews
Faery Craft by Morgan Daimler
Celtic Mythology: Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes by Phillip Freeman
**if you have more topics, books or anything else feel free to add some!
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Unique Grimoire Topics
While planning for this I looked through possibly every single post listing prompts for your grimoire on this site, and listen 98% of those lists are exactly the same. No shade on the ppl who make these lists, since I found that stuff really useful for brainstorming my own ideas, but here’s a list of ideas that I haven’t anywhere on tumblr. They’re unique, specific, and in no particular order, but they might help other witches. So:
Gardening Calendar - when to sow and when to reap, winter plants vs summer plants, etc.
Nice sounding words and names for when I want spells to sound good.
Cryptids/Myths - (fear gortach, baba yaga, the jersey devil, and kelpies are some of my faves)
Skill Building techniques - recipes for candle/incense making, book binding, sewing/patterns, tea making, etc. I tend to approach things as a jack of all trades/master of none, and it’d be nice to have one place with a lot of tips for things I’ve learned and can apply to my craft.
basics of chemistry and practical uses (i.e. removing rust, different colors of fire and how to use them in spells, etc)
Art pages for drawing new witchy tattoo ideas
A chart of which plants mix badly with medications I take (!!!!!)
an entire info page on practicing safely honestly
Witchcraft is about using all your senses to affect change in the world. A research page on senses other than the 5 that everyone knows?
Current politics. Yeah, really. There’s this curse Trump movement going on, or it was going on a while ago. You don’t have to use curses I feel to affect some change, at least in your local government. Of course, witchcraft should only be a supplement to actually voting/calling senators.
How to attract pollinators - butterflies, bumble bees, etc.
also how to get rid of invasive species
History of the Satanic Panic and how that affected witchcraft
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Types Of Witches series: 🥄Spoonie Witches🥄
Spoonie Witches are witches who use ways of witchcraft that are friendly to their own disabilities and chronic illnesses. They practice things like low-energy spells, self care spells, and overall low-sensitive spells and practices.
Spoonie Witch resources:
🥄 Spoonie Witchraft: What Does It Mean?
🥄 Low Spoons Witch Tip
🥄 Witchy Ideas For Those With Low Energy
🥄 Spoonie Witch Tip
🥄 One-Worded Spells
🥄 Spoonie Acts Of Witchery
🥄 Autistic Witch Tips
🥄 “Peaceful Atmosphere” Sigil
🥄 Spoonie Witch Tip
🥄 Witchy Things To Do When You’re Low On Spoons [Part 1]
🥄 Witchy Things To Do When You’re Low On Spoons [Part 2]
🥄 Spoonie Cleansing
🥄 Herbal Tea For Anxiety And Depression
🥄 Low Spoons Spells
🥄 Spoonie Self-Care Tips
🥄 Spoonie Magic Tips
🥄 Anti-Anxiety Tarot Spread
🥄 Witchcraft And Meds
🥄 Witchy Positivity Journal
🥄 Quick Magic Tips For Fatigue
🥄 Spoonie Sigils List
🥄 Spoonie Witch Reminder
🥄 Tips For Witches With Anxiety
🥄 Intrusive Thoughts Witch Tip
🥄 Meditation For The Wild-Minded Witch
🥄 Bed Magic
🥄 Healing Tea Recipes
🥄 Spoonie Devotional Tips
🥄 Charging A Stuffed Animal For Comfort
🥄 Magical Batteries
🥄 Witch Tip
Bedridden Witch Series:
🥄 Nature Edition
🥄 Worship Edition
🥄 Divination Edition
🥄 Stale Energy Edition
🥄 Elements Edition
🥄 Pastel Edition
🥄 Kitchen Edition
🥄 Winter Edition
🥄 Ocean Edition
🥄 Love Edition
🥄 Weather Edition
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Bastet or Bast is a goddess of ancient Egyptian religion. Goddess of protection, cats, perfume/ointments, fertility, pregnancy, children, music, the arts, and warfare.
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Potato Soup for the Healing Heart
One of the things I love most about soup is its ability to heal the heart, body, and soul. A few simple ingredients, no matter how little you may have, can come together to create a whole and satisfying meal. You can dress these creations up or down, add or switch ingredients to suit your own needs. And who doesn’t love tucking into a nice bowl of soup, stew, or chowder?
Ingredients
4-5 slices bacon, diced (optional)
4 tablespoons butter
1/3 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, diced
¼ cup flour
2 cups beef or vegetable broth
1 ½ cups milk or oatmilk/almond milk
2 cups potatoes, diced (mixed small potatoes or golden)
1 cup shredded cheese (optional)
Allspice (careful! This can easily overpower a dish)
2-3 large Bay leaves
Cayenne
Marjoram
Rosemary
Thyme
Salt and Pepper
Instructions
OPTIONAL. In large pot, cook bacon (if desired) until crispy. Dice and set aside. Leave bacon grease in pot.
Melt butter and saute onions until translucent. Add garlic and cook until fragrant.
Add flour and cook another minute or so, stirring frequently so it doesn’t burn.
Add broth and simmer another few more minutes. Add milk, potatoes, and half of diced bacon. Add spices. Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to low. Cook until potatoes are soft.*
Stir in cheese, if desired. Adjust salt/pepper to taste.
Serve warm and with toppings. You can dress it up with bacon, cheese, sour cream, peppers, chives, green onions, etc. It’s up to you!
*Note: Remove some of the potatoes, mash them, and then return to the pot. Cook another few minutes for a heartier, thicker soup.
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Tonight I took a transformative ritual bath. It was the most grounding experience I’ve had in months.
• Spiritual Cleansing Bath •
First, I gave my bathtub and bathroom a thorough clean. I gathered my ingredients, lit white candles and my salt tealight holders, and turned off the lights.
I started running the bath and placed amethyst, rose quartz, and clear quartz in the water. While the tub filled, I burned white sage to smoke cleanse the bathroom and myself. Once the bathtub was full, I added the ingredients.
• Lavender, mugwort, and white sage tea.
• Pink Himalayan salt.
• Epsom salt.
• Activated charcoal.
• Violet flowers and leaves.
• Purple rose petals.
• Lavender and sweet orange essential oil.
I lit my favorite incense and got in. I made sure to submerge my head and body fully under the water 3 times, taking a few deep, cleansing breaths between each time. Then I applied a face mask made of honey, turmeric, rose hip oil, and lavender, ylang ylang, and rose essential oils.
While the mask was on my face, I practiced ocean breathing for 10 minutes. Then I let my breath return to normal and took some time to be still before rinsing the mask off. I spent the remaining time soaking in the sweet water and plant medicine, meditating with my labradorite and desert rose crystal, and sipping jasmine chamomile tea.
I stayed in the bath until the water drained completely, letting everything wash away down the drain with it. I gently patted myself dry, then sat on a towel on the floor and rubbed rose and cedar oil into every inch of my skin to ground and nourish myself.
I blew out my candles, put my crystals back, and wiped my tub down. I slipped on the most comfortable pajamas I own and practiced some gentle, restorative yoga to end the night. I don’t think I’ve ever felt this relaxed and grounded before. All my sore, stiff places are soothed, my breathing is steady and calm, and my spirit feels light and clean.
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I can’t recommend Ritual Baths by Mama Medicine enough. This book has seriously upped my ritual bath game. Now, off to pass out for what I guarantee will be the best night of sleep I’ve had in years.
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what to put in tiny altars
rings
tiny flowers
folded messages
maybe tea candles (depending on how tiny your altar is)
herbs
small crystals
pebbles you find
remember your altar doesn’t have to be a box, it can also be a small drawstring bag, it just has to be a place dedicated to your craft. :)
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Got your thinking cap on? Let these crystals help you get it done, even when you’re working from home. 🔮🌟🧙♀️
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Canadian sculptor Debra Bernier of Shaping Spirit ~ https://www.etsy.com/shop/shapingspirit
“Debra Bernier sees each piece of driftwood as a work of art already, created through the hands of Mother Nature. The earth, the ocean, even the moon and its effects on the tides, play a part in the unique shaping of driftwood.
Debra considers herself a co-creator and story teller, revealing the hidden past and spirit of the wood. Her art speaks of the unity of humans and nature.
Living on Vancouver Island means Debra has an endless supply of driftwood to work with: her favorite medium. Like the bones of past trees, each piece of driftwood holds a story and the spirit of nature. Each piece of wood is first sculpted by the tree and earth, then by the ocean, then by Debra’s hands.
She hopes that ‘Shaping Spirit Sculptures’ will inspire others to wonder about the big stories, hidden in the little things.”
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All About Divination
Thank you for your trust in my guidance. But I have already answered many of your divination questions. Please refer to this list and explore as you wish.
Scrying 101
Runecasting 101
Phyllomancy 101
Charmcasting 101
Cartomancy 101
Recommended Decks (with links to photos)
How many decks should you have?
Lenormand 101
How to Read with Lenormand
Answering Yes or No with Lenormand
How to Predict Timing with Lenormand
How Lenormand Interacts with Tarot
The Twin Cards in Lenormand and Tarot
Lenormand Cards as Feelings and Thoughts
Tarot + Oracle + Lenormand Spreads
Extra Man and Woman Lenormand Cards
The 12-Step Lenormand Grand Tableau
Tarot 101
How to Truly Master Tarot
How Tarot Readings Really Work
Recommended Books
Tarot Meanings
What It Means to Keep Seeing the Same Suit
What It Means to Keep Seeing the Same Number
What It Means to Keep Seeing the Same Card
What It Means to Get Contradictory Cards
What Tarot’s Colors Say About Your Future
The Major Arcana as People
How to Read “Good” Cards as “Bad”
How to Tell Physical Appearance
How to Determine Locations
How to Read Pentacles for Love
How to Decide Which Meaning to Use
How Context Dictates Meaning
The Soulmate Cards
The Forever Alone Cards
The Polar Opposite Cards
The Major and Minor Twins
The “Bad” Cards as Advice
The Cards as Yes or No
The Cards as Someone’s Feelings
The Cards as Advice vs. Outcome
The Court Cards as Thoughts or Intentions
Tarot’s Extreme Meanings
Tarot’s Twins in Lenormand
Literal Card Meanings
Career and Finances Meanings
Meanings for Timing
When Reversed is Better than Upright
The Kings in Real Life
The Queens in Real Life
How the Men in Tarot Will Treat You
The Court Cards and Gender
Physical Attractiveness of the Court Cards
The Real Deal with Tarot’s Pages
The Knights in Fiction
The Queen of Cups in Fiction
The Best Couples in Tarot
The Emperor’s Love Compatibility
The Tower’s Duality
Christian Symbology in Tarot
Tarot and Sexual Behavior
True Love Combinations
Old-time Tarot Meanings
The Past and Future Cards in Tarot
Tarot Meanings for Different Decks
Why We Read Tarot Symbolically
How to Read Reversals
Tarot Combinations for Health Issues
Tarot Combinations for Mental Illness
Tarot and Astrology
The Kinds of Wedding in Tarot
The Hierophant is Forever
The Lovers is Not About Choices
The Hermit in Love
The Spokes of the Wheel of Fortune
The Moon is Not Your Friend
The Star is the Trickiest Card in Tarot
The World is Overrated
My Favorite Card and My Least Favorite
The Three Most Misunderstood Tarot Cards
The Three Best Cards in Tarot
The 12 Most Underwhelming Tarot Cards
Tarot Spreads
Past Life Spread
Life Purpose Spread
General Life Prediction Spread
Soulmate Spread
Sex Life Spread
Future Children Spread
Death Prediction Spread
Dream Interpretation Spread
High Priestess Spread (For Quick Predictions)
True Colors Spread (For Questions of Intentions)
Two Paths Spread (For Making a Difficult Decision)
Combined Spreads (Tarot, Oracle, Lenormand)
Ancestors Spread (For Speaking with the Dead)
When Spread (Timing with the Celtic Cross)
Major Arcana Grand Tableau (Yearly Reading Spread)
The What If Spread
The Three Wishes Tarot Spread
The Storyboard Tarot Spread
Using Tarot to Find Your True Gods
Tarot Tips
How to Achieve Truthful Tarot Readings
How to Be the Best Tarot Reader You Can Be
Never Pull Clarifiers
Never Use Significators
Never Hold Back Truths
Never Read for Someone You Dislike
The Perfect Deck for Everyone
Reasons to Have Multiple Tarot Decks
Where to Buy Tarot Cloths
Do Not Worry About Mercury Retrograde
How to Enchant Your Tarot Decks
How to Use Tarot to Protect Someone
How to Use Tarot to Control Another Soul
How to Use Tarot for Vengeance
How a Tarot Reader Influences Readings
What to Do with Rogue Tarot Cards
You are Not Cursed
The Importance of Reading Reversals
The Language of Tarot
Tarot Needs All of its Cards
Who to Invoke During a Reading
How to Stay Safe During a Reading
Do Not Confuse Honesty with Hate
On Using Playing Cards Instead
Tarot Etiquette
Formally introduce yourself
Use it often
Acknowledge the card that it assigns to you
Respect its identity
Do not cleanse it
Never ask it the same question twice
When You Can Ask the Same Question Again
Do not ask it basic questions
Do not use it for spying
Never dismiss its predictions
Never use another deck to confirm its answers
Read with it when you are emotional
Do not talk about it negatively
Do not blame it for your own mistakes
Do not pull away from it
Do not think of it as evil
Do not anger it
Deal your cards the right way
Shuffle your cards correctly
Respect tradition
Practice etiquette, conduct and decorum
Tarot is easily offended
On Charging Your Tarot Decks
On Modifying Your Tarot Decks
On Not Using the Whole Deck
Pirated Decks Also Deserve Respect
How to Store Tarot Decks
How to Greet and Thank Your Tarot Deck
Keep your tinctures away from it
Spend time with it
Never discard it
Use a cloth with it
Trust it
Sibilla 101
Sibilla Starter Kit
How to Predict Timing with Sibilla
Oracle Cards 101
How Oracle Cards Complement Tarot
Tarot + Oracle + Lenormand Spreads
Other Divination Systems
Alternatives to Tarot
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the ultimate self love ritual
this is a powerful ritual that focuses on everything that goes into self-love and self-acceptance; overcoming guilt, ridding yourself of harmful habits and thoughts, seeing your own beauty, having confidence and courage, and harnessing your inner magick. best done on a full or waxing moon.
❀ three candles: one white, one pink, one red
❀ yarrow (rekindling love, confidence, psychic opening)
❀ cloves (courage and self confidence)
❀ lavender (inner peace, tranquility, self love)
❀ a pen
❀ a bowl made of glass, wood or clay
❀ a mirror on a stand, or one that can lean on furniture
before you begin your ritual, take some time for self-care that makes you feel good about yourself, your face and your body. put on some music you like, gently brush your hair, do your makeup (or gently wash your face and moisturize it, if you don’t wear makeup), wear comfortable clean clothes you feel cute and/or cozy in. if you want, anoint yourself with a fragrance or essential oil that makes you feel desirable, intoxicating, or alluring.
rest comfortably on the floor (with a pillow underneath you). ensure the mirror is in front of you and that you can see yourself in it. arrange the three candles so that the white and red candles are to either side of the mirror, and the pink candle is right in front, between you and your reflection.
light the white candle, whispering, “may you cleanse my mind and heart of self-negativity and sorrow.” light the red candle, whispering, “may your flame spark newfound self-passion.” light the pink candle, whispering, “may you inspire tender self-admiration and respect.”
look at yourself in the mirror. take a moment to really inspect your face and pinpoint the things you like about it; its smoothness, its hues, its shapes. after a moment of this, cup your hands together and hold them above the flames of the candles in the order you lit them, letting your hands grow warm. gently run your warmed hands over your forehead, cheeks, nose, chin, and slowly gliding them down your neck.
re-warm your hands with each candle, and gently press them on the places on your body you tend to dislike. show yourself care and love with hands warmed by magick.
place the bowl in front of you, close to the pink candle. take the yarrow in your hands, whispering “may you grant me the power to love myself,” and place it in the bowl. take the cloves, whispering “may you bring me confidence and courage to overcome my harmful thoughts”, setting them in the bowl.
finally, take the bay leaf and pen and write out a wish that addresses something specific regarding self-love that you want to manifest; for example, “body acceptance”, “seeing inner beauty on the outside”, “emotional healing”, or some such thing. place it in the bowl.
let a little wax from each candle drip onto the herbs in your bowl, and leave the mirror and bowl where they are for three days and three nights. each morning and evening during this time, look into the mirror for a moment and think a kind thought about yourself. on the third night, dispose of the herbs and put the mirror away.
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The Chalice Well, Glastonbury, England
Also known as ‘The Well of Avalon’.
Archaeological evidence suggests that the well has been in almost constant use for at least two thousand years. Water issues from the spring at a rate of 25,000 gallons per day and has never failed, even during drought. The water is believed to possess healing qualities.
The Well is often portrayed as a symbol of the female aspect of deity, with the male symbolised by Glastonbury Tor. As such, it is a popular destination for pilgrims in search of the divine feminine, including Pagans. The Well is however popular with all faiths and in 2001 became a World Peace Garden.
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Todays Witchy Inspiration: Rose Quartz
Radiating love, promoting peace, the pale pink stone fills your heart with glee
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