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4rimoire · 4 months

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THE BASICS OF LEARNING MAGIC

If you want to learn magic but aren't sure where to start, this post will cover what I consider to be the basics of what you should research.

Eventually, most or all of these will be links to posts we make, this is still a work in progress!

Some of these things are considered essential, while others are more optional. I have put things fundamental for safety at the top of the list, as they should be researched first.

This list may be updated as I think of more to add, but I consider this a good starting point for now.

CLOSED PRACTICES

MAGIC SAFETY

UNDOING SPELLS

ENTITY AND DEITY ETIQUETTE

PROTECTION

BANISHING

CLEANSING

GROUNDING AND CENTERING

INTUITION

MANIFESTATION

MEDITATION

CHARGING

BINDING

SETTING INTENT

DIRECTING ENERGY

TYPES OF SPELLS

INGREDIENTS FOR SPELLS

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN SPELLS

SPELLCASTING

ALTARS

GRIMOIRES

BOOK OF SHADOWS

SHADOW WORK

DIVINATION

DEITIES AND PANTHEONS

SPIRITS AND ENTITIES

OFFERINGS

MAGICAL PATHS

CORRESPONDENCES

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florencebrennan · 1 year

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I want my friend to get the vacant, because she's been trying for years. She deserves it. I've been doing success and other related spells for 4 years now. Last Thursday I did a petition to Saint Jude. She's always one number away from getting the job. If there are 20, her score is 21.

I stamp myself with a wall over and over again. Sometimes I think my spellwork is bad. Other times I think maybe she's not meant for that job. Other times I think about her grandma, who has contacted practitioners since their parents got married, and she gotta do whatever it takes to destroy her mother and her.

I don't know if I should give up. I've thought about doing a road opening.

I would appreciate advise.

#witchblr #witchcraft #road opener #spellwork #spellcraft #magick #magic practitioner #folk practitioner #advise

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wisdomofthegecko · 1 year

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I can't believe I just realized how good basil would work in an attraction or magnetic working for me! Basil is something I feel super connected to and it's one of the best smells I can think of, will definitely be giving it some time to experiment with <3

#basil #folk magic #italian folk magic #magic practitioner #folk magic practitioner #stregoneria #strega #witch #kitchen witch #green witch

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confused-beany · 2 years

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I was going to do some really cool background stuff but I got tired. So here you have Janice doing some witchy stuff without showing what exactly.

Her magic job looks cooler than her regular job but it really isn't

#basically she cleans up others messes in both worlds #but someone has to do it #it's not much but it's honest work #my art #malz art #original art #art #my oc #janice #the janitor witch #witch #janitor #magic #magic practitioner

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bugworshiper · 1 year

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105 Witchy Questions

I should put a disclaimer that I don't usually use the term witch for myself, but I want to get acquainted with other magic practitioners, so I thought I might start here with this trend I found.

1. Are you solitary or in a coven?

I was once a practitioner at the Trevni Reldiv, but I work independently these days.

2. Do you consider yourself Wiccan, Pagan, witch, or other?

I am a descendent of the Divine Gift, and a follower of the Metamorphic Truth. In simpler terms, I follow a pagan faith I was raised in.

3. What is your zodiac sign?

In the trevni equivalent of zodiacs, I’m Lepid condit, ovo phase.

4. Do you have a Patron God/dess?

I serve Arānea and her associated facets.

5. Do you work with a Pantheon?

I suppose it could be considered such.

6. Do you use tarot, palmistry, or any other kind of divination?

I practice cartomancy with a personally crafted deck.

7. What are some of your favorite herbs to use in your practice? (if any)

I don’t suppose this is typically considered an herb, but sunflowers are especially useful.

8. How would you define your craft?

I am a practitioner of gifted arts.

9. Do you curse? If not, do you accept others who do?

I’m not sure I understand the concept of a curse. To intentionally inflict harm? I’m not fond of the idea.

10. How long have you been practicing?

I was raised in the practice.

11. Do you currently or have you ever had any familiars?

I don’t believe we have an equivalent to this in my faith.

12. Do you believe in Karma or Reincarnation?

All will get what comes to them, and what comes to us all is death. It is the great equalizer. As for reincarnation, all things are in a constant state of change. Death is not the end, it is simply part of an ongoing cycle of energy exchange. My understanding of these concepts is nontraditional. It could be understood under the labels of karma and reincarnation, but it could just as easily be considered misaligned.

13. Do you have a magical name?

I do, as is customary in my practice.

14. Are you “out of the broom closet”?

I’m a very private person.

15. What was the last spell you performed?

A ward of protection.

16. Would you consider yourself knowledgeable?

I know more about my people’s history than most are allowed. I am more knowledgeable about our faith than the religious leaders I was raised with. That’s why I left.

17. Do you write your own spells?

I improvise fairly often, but I prefer to keep in touch with old tried and true rituals when the time calls for it, as I like to keep in touch with my roots.

18. Do you have a book of shadows? If so, how is it written and/or set up?

I’m not incredibly familiar with this term. After some cursory Googling, I suppose I do have something like that. I’ve had to jot down some excerpts of religious texts from our archives. I’m not technically supposed to access and copy these texts, but I believe that this is a dire mistake of our authorities, as most of us are unfamiliar with the basic tenements that define our culture.

19. Do you worship nature?

Absolutely.

20. What is your favorite gemstone?

I’m fond of Labradorite.

21. Do you use feathers, claws, fur, pelt, skeletons/bones, or any other animal body part for magical work?

I often utilize the parts of meals I don’t eat. Reusing organic material is a sacred practice in itself. I also use live and dead specimens in a number of rituals, though this is most often simple symbol interpretation.

22. Do you have an altar?

Yes.

23. What is your preferred element?

Carbon, I suppose.

24. Do you consider yourself an Alchemist?

I don’t think so.

25. Are you any other type of magical practitioner besides a witch?

I don’t generally even call myself a witch, but it is a label I accept. I’m not too caught up on labels.

26. What got you interested in witchcraft?

I’ve been practicing all my life. I don’t typically call it witchcraft, but that’s a fair enough name.

27. Have you ever performed a spell or ritual with the company of anyone who was not a witch?

No.

28. Have you ever used ouija?

I have not.

29. Do you consider yourself a psychic?

No.

30. Do you have a spirit guide? If so, what is it?

Yes. A light-seeker.

31. What is something you wish someone had told you when you first started?

The elders are not mouthpieces of the divine. Seek the truth and it will guide you.

32. Do you celebrate the Sabbats? If so, which one is your favorite?

I do not celebrate these holidays.

33. Would you ever teach witchcraft to your children?

I don’t plan on having children, but I believe all children must learn that nature is sacred.

34. Do you meditate?

Yes.

35. What is your favorite season?

Spring, when eggs start hatching.

36. What is your favorite type of magic to perform?

Simple everyday sacred practices are my favorite independent practices, but I miss our rites of passage between life phases. They were always so extravagant.

37. How do you incorporate your spirituality into your daily life?

I revel in change. I return what I take. I cultivate life in my garden.

38. What is your favorite witchy movie?

I’m not familiar with any, I’m afraid.

39. What is your favorite witchy book, both fiction and non-fiction. Why?

Again, I’m not familiar with these.

40. What is the first spell you ever performed? Successful or not.

I don’t recall.

41. What’s the craziest witchcraft-related thing that’s happened to you?

I left my community and it’s been a jarring re-adjustment.

42. What is your favourite type of candle to use?

I like using homemade oil candles.

43. What is your favorite witchy tool?

My pendant.

44. Do you or have you ever made your own witchy tools?

Of course. Resourcefulness is everything.

45. Have you ever worked with any magical creatures such as the fae or spirits?

All beasts have magic imbued in their very essence. I call upon spirits often and they guide me.

46. Do you practice color magic?

Not really.

47. Do you or have you ever had a witchy teacher or mentor of any kind?

As said, I was raised in a community of practitioners.

48. What is your preferred way of shopping for witchcraft supplies?

The more I obtain from nature and discarded things, the better.

49. Do you believe in predestination or fate?

The future cannot be said to exist. Once it comes around, it loses its status as future. All existence occurs in the present.

50. What do you do to reconnect when you are feeling out of touch with your practice?

My life is my practice. I cannot be separated from it. I know that even if I never perform a ritual again, I am playing my role in the universe.

51. Have you ever had any supernatural experiences?

Is anything super-natural? The prefix implies that the super-natural is either excessively natural or “above” natural. Everything is natural, as I see it. Though there are many human constructions, humans too are beasts of nature. Human constructions are no less natural than the nests of wasps. As for spirits… Why should they be considered something other than natural? All simply is or isn’t. I am not keen on drawing distinctions.

52. What is your biggest witchy pet peeve?

Those who forget why they practice and go on to preach hollow teachings that are doomed to fail, as those who practice become void of connection to that which fuels them.

53. Do you like incense? If so, what's your favorite scent?

I prefer candles and perfumes when it comes to scent. I miss the smell of the candles they used to burn during reldiv. It was an indescribable smell. I wish I knew how to mimic it.

54. Do you keep a dream journal of any kind?

I write things here and there.

55. What has been your biggest witchcraft disaster?

Falling for empty words.

56. What has been your biggest witchcraft success?

Crafting my own path.

57. What in your practice do you do that you may feel silly or embarrassed about?

I don’t have the superficially nice tools we used in reldiv. Still, I know that my handmade tools are more than enough.

58. Do you believe that you can be an atheist, Christian, Muslim or some other faith and still be a witch too?

I’m not deeply familiar with other faiths, but I don’t see why not.

59. Do you ever feel insecure, unsure or even scared of spell work?

Only that it won’t be enough,

60. Do you ever hold yourself to a standard in your witchcraft that you feel you may never obtain?

Perhaps.

61. What is something witch related that you want right now?

I want a community again.

62. What is your rune of choice?

I don’t use runes.

63. What is your tarot card of choice?

I don’t use tarot.

64. Do you use essential oils? If so, what is your favorite?

Sometimes. I’m fond of floral scents.

65. Have you ever taken any kind of witchcraft or pagan courses?

Not exactly.

66. Do you wear pagan jewelry in public?

Yes, though I doubt it would be recognized.

67. Have you ever been discriminated against because of your faith or being a witch?

Not exactly.

68. Do you read or subscribe to any pagan magazines?

No.

69. Do you think it’s important to know the history of paganism and witchcraft?

I think it’s absolutely vital to know the history of one’s own faith to really understand one’s practice. Without our history, we are powerless. I am, perhaps, a bit wary of the use of the vague umbrella that is “paganism” here, as there are a diverse array of pagan religions and magical practices. Knowledge of any subject is important, but I think what is key is the history of our own practices.

70. What are your favorite things about being a witch?

I am acutely aware of my connection to the earth and universe.

71. What are your least favorite things about being a witch?

My faith is largely unheard of, and I have left my community, so I have few people to whom I can relate.

72. Do you listen to any pagan music? If so, who is your favorite singer/band?

Not to my knowledge.

73. Do you celebrate the Esbbats? If so, how?

I do not.

74. Do you ever work skyclad?

No. This term comes from Jainism, correct? I admire Jainism, and many of the beliefs resonate with me, but I do not practice that religion, nor do I practice nude.

75. Do you think witchcraft has improved your life? If so, how?

I can’t imagine my life without it.

76. Where do you draw inspiration from for your practice?

My faith and my history.

77. Do you believe in ‘fantasy’ creatures? (Unicorns, fairies, elves, gnomes, ghosts, etc)

Reality is in the eye of the beholder.

78. What’s your favorite sigil/symbol?

Spinne.

79. Do you use blood magic in your practice? Why or why not?

On occasion. It allows a stronger bodily connection.

80. Could you ever be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t support your practice?

No.

81. In what area or subject would you most like your craft to grow?

I’m really not sure.

82. What’s your favorite candle scent? Do you use it in your practice?

Most floral scents.

83. Do you have a pre-ritual ritual? (I.e. Something you do before rituals to prepare yourself for them). If so, what is it?

I try to channel my focus and energy into my intent beforehand.

84. What real life witch most inspires your practice?

A former partner.

85. What is your favorite method of communicating with deity?

Directly, as she wishes.

86. How do you like to organize all your witchy items and ingredients?

I’m quite cluttered, but the right items come to me when I need them. Mostly.

87. Do you have any witches in your family that you know of?

Yes.

88. How have you created your path? What is unique about it?

I dove into my history. I diverged from the practices of my community to connect with our true roots.

89. Do you feel you have any natural gifts or affinities (premonitions, hearing spirits, etc.) that led you toward the craft? If so, what are they?

I was given the gift of change during the traditional ceremony, as all members of my former community are.

90. Do you believe you can initiate yourself or do you have to be initiated by another witch or coven?

In some accounts I’ve paged through in our archive, some people were initiated without seeking via divine intervention. That’s how our founders were initiated centuries ago, but even before then, there were tales of people being initiated into our way of life. The leaders of my sect preached that the only way to enter our practice and receive our divine gift was to be initiated by spiritual leaders such as themselves. Our history clearly shows otherwise, but that only goes to show why we’re discouraged from learning our own history.

91. When you first started out in your path what was the first thing or things you bought?

I don’t believe this is applicable to my experience.

92. What is the most spiritual or magical place you’ve been?

It’s a bit odd… I feel I should say the sacred gardens, but I honestly felt the most overwhelmed by the spiritual energy of my sect’s archive. It was powerful.

93. What’s one piece of advice you’d give someone who is searching for their matron and patron deities?

I’m not sure, sorry.

94. What techniques do you use to 'get in the zone’ for meditation?

I focus on the endless patterns and get lost in them. It's hard not to slip into a meditative state just watching it all shift.

95. Did visualization come easily to you or did you have to practice at it?

It comes when it does, often against my will.

96. Do you prefer day or night? Why?

Night. It feels safer. I like the quiet.

97. What do you think is the best time and place to do spell work?

At any and every given moment.

98. How did you feel when you cast your first circle? Did you stumble or did it go smoothly?

We never used this technique in my practice. Everything is very open and free-flowing.

99. Do you believe witchcraft gets easier with time and practice?

I don’t know about easier, but it becomes more fulfilling.

100. Do you believe in many gods or one God with many faces?

The deity/deities we recognize are hard to describe to outsiders. The main divinity recognized by most sects, Arānea, is both a deity with autonomy and intent as well as an embodiment of a concept and the universe as a whole. Before she was known as such, she was recognized by other names and in other forms. Her name and form is ultimately irrelevant. We recognize what I guess you could call personal deities, which are “assigned” based on a person’s role. Assigned isn’t exactly the right word, but it’s hard to explain. All of these personal deities can be seen as facets of Arānea, while also being distinct and while also all being non-entity entities. Like I said, it’s hard to explain to outsiders.

101. Do you eat meat, eggs and dairy?

Yes.

102. What is your favorite color and why?

Yellow, perhaps. It’s vibrant.

103. What is the one question you get asked most by non-practitioners or non-pagans? How do you usually respond?

I’m usually very private. I’ve not been asked many questions about my faith and practice

104. Which of your five senses would you say is your strongest?

I wish there were more trevni here to laugh at this question with me. Just trust me that this would be really funny where I come from.

105. What is a pagan or witchcraft rule that you preach but don’t practice?

I don’t really preach. I do my own thing.

#q&a #magic practitioner #magic #faith #religion #worship #paganism #pagan #witch #witchcraft #witchy #new user #questions #answers

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4sh4 · 1 year

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my cycle of transforming into a silly, awkwardly large, cryptid creature >>

#magic practitioner #wolfkin #cryptidcore #cryptid #shapeshifter #spirit guides

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msvdiamond · 1 year

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#winter solstice #occultist #magic practitioner

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thelonelywillow · 2 years

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For any magical services weather it's tarot or spell work I do charge and have standard pricing.

Tarot: 5 dollars base and plus 1 dollar per card

Spellwork: 5 bucks an hour plus the cost of materials.

Any request the above applies to.

Both take time and emotional/mental energy that I require compensation for.

#life #trans #queer #witch #witchctaft #tarot #reading #magic practitioner

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mamaangiwine · 3 months

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Hate to be the bearer of bad news for some of you, but magic as you know it would not exist without Christianity, Islam, or Judaism.

Practicioners from these three faiths have contributed more than you'll ever know to magic thought and theory- to the point where you've probably picked up a "Witchcraft" Book and haven't even realized that a majority of the information inside is sourced from, if not taken verbatim, from their work.

Like, I'm not kidding.

These mystics and their work were foundational.

#i cant believe i have to say this #magic #folk magic #spirituality #magic practitioners #witchblr #folklore #ritual magic

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psychopomp-recital · 2 days

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Unpopular Opinion Time

The doodle you make or the picrew you use, the poorly executed poetry or basic bare bones prayer will ALWAYS be better than AI generated offerings.

I am sick of having my feed flooded with practitioners, pagans and other polytheists using AI. Specifically deities like Brigid should never be offered AI in my opinion, it’s essentially a slap in the face.

AI generated spells aren’t shit, it’s what a computer assumes will work based off of what it can gather from internet trends and research. MAKE IT YOURSELF, ask a human for help anything but AI.

There is no place for Artificial Intelligence in these spaces.

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4rimoire · 3 months

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GROUNDING AND CENTERING

grounding in a spiritual sense is the practice of connecting to the environment around you and releasing unwanted energies. centering is the act of clearing your mind to focus on the task at hand.

you may feel "out of balance" and unable to concentrate sometimes, this can be a sign that you need to practice grounding and centering. below i will list some ways to practice spiritual grounding and centering, but feel free to come up with your own ways as well!

note that the correspondences listed at the end are my personal correspondences, you may have different ones and thats okay!

GROUNDING AND CENTERING WITH BREATH

breathe in and out slowly, focus on the way that it feels. visualize (or alternatively, if you cant visualize, just think of) the unwanted energies and thoughts leaving you with each breath out and the thoughts of the task at hand coming in with each breath in

GROUNDING AND CENTERING WITH MEDITATION

try meditating and clearing your mind of all unwanted thoughts, focusing fully on whatever you need to be focused on. focus on the environment around you. what do you hear? what do you smell? what do you see, if your eyes are open? if you have trouble with meditation, there are guided ones online

GROUNDING AND CENTERING WITH VISUALIZING

try visualizing (or thinking about if you cant visualize) all the unwanted energies leaving you and you connecting fully to the environment. you can do this in many ways, but a common way is to visualize ( / think of) breathing out the energy for the release and roots connecting you to the ground for the connection. visualize ( / think of) the wanted thoughts and energies coming in

CRYSTALS FOR GROUNDING AND CENTERING

hematite

black tourmaline

smoky quartz

red jasper

carnelian

malachite

obsidian

fluorite

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that-cunning-witch · 11 months

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Hot Witch Tip!

Use grains in your money bowls!

Grain was really valuable, especially before modern currency. This applies to various grains but in all cultures across the world.

Use whatever grain feels most applicable to you and your practices. For me, that's rice!

If you're unsure what to try first, rice or wheat are great/safe options to start with. But you can also use a grain that's tied specifically to your culture/folk practice. Quinoa in South America, millet in East Africa, etc.

#i know i gave this tip before #but it was just in tags and not in a dedicated post #so here it is!#witch #witchcraft #witchblr #magic #folk practice #folk magic #folk practitioner #pagan

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poisonnxkki · 2 years

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Protection Magic & Baneful Protections⚡️

What are Baneful Protections?

Baneful protections can be considered both a form of baneful magic and a form of protection magic. When beginning baneful work, this is usually what I recommend starting with. Baneful protections are protection spells that produce some sort of consequence when energy hits it. This can be done without the use of physical taglocks (like names or dates of birth) because energy is able to act like a taglock. For example, some of the baneful protections I have set up will reflect any energy that hits it back to its source while others trap that energy instead (so it can be used later on).

It is very important that even though you are protecting yourself, you aren't accidentally tethering the energy to you. In my first baneful protection, I used my saliva to tether the protection to me but instead I tethered all the negative energy the spell had trapped to me and had a horrible case of bad luck for weeks before I realized what I had done. As a rule of thumb i personally don’t include any personal taglocks in baneful protections and always make sure to include a petition that details my exact intent for the spell.

When to use Baneful Protections:

Baneful protections can be used instead of or in conjunction with other forms of protection (see my blog posts for more information on alternative forms of protection magic). I personally didn't have any baneful protections before I was hexed (for the first time) and now I have some just as a precautionary measure. Baneful protections are most beneficial (in my opinion) if you are surrounded by a lot of negative energy or work in an environment that is mentally draining. These protections can help combat the toll that it takes and prevent much of that energy from staying with you for an extended period of time.

It is really up to you whether or not you choose to incorporate baneful protections into your practice. It is worth it to note that this spell work is considered baneful magic, so those who believe in "doing no harm" may choose to forgo this and stick to regular protections instead. Whatever you choose, be sure to do your own research before attempting any new forms of spell work.

Return-to-Sender Spells:

Mirrors- mirrors have the ability to reflect an image so they are also able to reflect energy. Putting up a mirror on your altar or incorporating a piece of a mirror into a spell is very effective at returning energy to its source.

Burning the bottom of a candle- this is a common one and it is also my preferred method at returning energy. The way I do it is by burning the top of the candle like normal and visualizing the energy that you wish to return. Once the candle is flat, I will flip it upside down and light the other end of the wick, symbolizing the return of that energy to its source. This can be done many different ways so check out what other practitioners do to come up with your own method.

Petitions- petitioning is a really great tool that I utilize in most of my spell work because it is an effective way at manifesting a specific intent. It helps if you know the name of the person who sent you the energy for this method but it is not necessary. As long as you have a clear intention and some return-to-sender oil you can make an effective spell.

Running water or rivers- running water has been viewed as being able to carry energy from place to place so it is possible to use it to return energy to its source. In the shower, you can imagine the energy running off of you, down the drain and back to the person who sent it. Another method is throwing your petition into a river and having the river carry it back to its source. (This method also works with a toilet if you are feeling especially feisty!)

*All images are from Pinterest*

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moonhedgegarden · 5 months

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Shadow Work Questions for BIPOC

✨How have societal expectations and stereotypes influenced your self-perception?

✨ In what ways have you internalized historical or systemic injustices, and how does it manifest in your daily life?

✨ Are there aspects of your identity or experiences that you may be avoiding or suppressing?

✨ How has the concept of “respectability politics” shaped your behavior and choices?

✨ Reflect on instances where you may have internalized prejudices or biases. How do they impact your relationships and worldview?

✨ How do you navigate code-switching, and what impact does it have on your authenticity?

✨ Consider experiences of intergenerational trauma within your family. What are its influences on your beliefs and behaviors?

✨ Reflect on any internalized messages about success, worth, and beauty. How do they shape your goals and self-esteem.

✨ Are there parts of your heritage or cultural identity that you may have neglected or rejected? Why?

✨ How do you handle and express anger, particularly in response to systemic issues or personal challenges?

“I am powerful. I am valuable. I am a force for positive change.”

#pagan #spiritual healing #spirituality #healing #nature #self care #shadow work #shadowwork #bipoc #black americans #black witches #witches of color #black girl magic #ancestors #black pagans #spiritual practitioner #holistic practitioner #black spirituality #spiritual growth

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thejewitches · 11 months

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Make sure to follow our Instagram, @jewitches & check out our website for our brand new collection of Jewish inspired scented candles!

#jewish #jewitches #judaism #jumblr #jewitch #jewish magic #magic #witchblr #witchy #folklore #superstitous #superstition #folk practice #folk practitioner #demons #snails #candles

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