𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐑, 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐔𝐋!

John Green

Practical Magick: Magick Using Things You Probably Already Own

So often I come across people that want to begin practicing witchcraft but they don't know where to start, more specifically how to practice with little to no money. Which really shows how deeply we've gone into the whole "you need lots of money for everything you do" rabbit hole. Just to clarify, I see absolutely nothing wrong with spending as much money as you want on your craft but I personally don't think it should be a prerequisite as to whether you can practice or not. Magick is for everyone, from the person that has a negative balance in their bank account to the person averaging $100,000 or more a year. Below are some super affordable things you can use in your craft that you may already have.

Salt: This is one of those things that can literally be used in so, so, many ways. Salt can be used in a cleansing bath, to anchor your chime or birthday candles in a bowl (be careful with this one and make sure to watch it because if the candle isn't anchored just right it can fall over), to cast a circle (indoors), etc.

Pen & Paper: These two items can be used to make sigils, you can also use a pencil if that's what you have access to. The paper can be an old receipt, a napkin, just something that you are able to write on. Cleanse the pen (or pencil) and paper, either using smoke or with your intent, then write your sigil. This sigil can then be placed wherever you choose, inside of a shoe, your wallet, purse or backpack, your pocket, it's really up to you!

Coffee & Tea: Coffee and tea are not only a wonderful vessel for placing your intention into but coffee can also speed up a spell. You can drink teas that correspond with your intention, they don't have to be fancy teas. You can literally go to the dollar tree and they almost always have a selection of green, black, chamomile, peppermint, and sometimes apple cinnamon tea. Other affordable brands include Carrington Tea, The London Tea Company, and Celestial Seasonings, also check out store branded teas.

Seasonings & Condiments: I'm talking about the ones you might already have in your kitchen. Such as ground cinnamon, dried oregano, vinegar, even seasoned salt, all of these things can be used in your craft in a variety of spells. Even if you don't have access to them yourself and you go to someone's home and they offer you a cup of coffee or tea, when you add any fixings to your cup you can use those as correspondences for your intention. For instance if you add sugar or honey to your coffee, you could then enchant your coffee for having a sweet day as you're stirring it in.

Water: Water is a wonderful holder for intentions, you can get a glass of water and write your intention, a word that embodies your intention, or a sigil onto the glass that you're drinking from. Or just place your intention into the glass.

Ramen: I know this might sound strange but believe it or not, even ramen can be magickal! Ramen is made from wheat flour (I'm not sure if it's all ramen but the affordable ones that come in those little individual packages is made from wheat flour.), which is associated with abundance, prosperity, fertility, friendliness and rebirth.

I hope this gave you some ideas or at the very least showed you that magick is not something exclusive to those that have access to fancy supplies and ingredients. And even things that appear mundane can become magickal in the right hands!

- Erika, The Clumsy Witch

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Getting the same thing at a food place every single time is not weird can we normalize this please

HOW TO WRITE SIGILS

WHAT IS A SIGIL?

A broad definition of a sigil is a two-dimensional design that has particular magical effects.

A sigil can be compared to an encrypted message.

The idea that a sigil is designed to represent is its magical purpose.

Every sigil is a visual manifestation of an intention that it works to fufill.

Sigils might also be referred to as seals.

HOW TO MAKE A SIGIL

To start the process of designing a sigil，think of a current dilemma or goal you are facing.

Imagine how the situation might be if everything were perfect.

Your sigil can not make that happen on its own. Instead of trying to make a sigil to tackle a giant concept, think about one obstacle that is keeping your current situation from being your ideal one.

By choosing a single element for your sigil to target，you have given it a better chance of actually doing something to help you.

TYPES OF SIGILS

Once you've finished your design，consider these ways you can use your sigil.

There are three forms that sigils can take:

Permanent Sigils are made to last for a long time, so that it is constantly working. Permanent sigils should to be recharged if need be. Best for spells that work on a subconscious level，like protection spells.

Destructible Sigils, this sigil is destroyed in some way in order to activate it. The destruction is the burst of energy the spell needs to work. Best for spells that call for a certain event to take place，with energy and action.

Temporary Sigils are created in a form that will naturally wear away over time or a form that is removable. Best for spells that are time based，like a temporary increase of luck or a surge of creativity.

Things Read in February

Essays & Articles:

The Battle for the Heart of the Great American Nudie Suit

"We Will Always Have the Nightmares"

A California redwood forest has officially been returned to a group of Native tribes

On the Lie of "Let People Like Things"

The Case Against the Trauma Plot

The Joe Rogan Controversy Has a Deeper Cause

Is 2000s Tech the Next Big Fashion Aesthetic?

We Owe Courtney Stodden An Apology

'The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe' Investigates Scandal Behind Marketing Company

Matilda Bernstein Sycamore on Writing on Your Own Terms

The mythical genius of Daidalos, the first polymath

Horror Fiction in the Age of Covid

Love bombing, gaslighting, and the problem with pathologising dating talk

How to Have Closer Friendships (and Why You Need Them)

How this jellyfish earned the nickname 'Psychadelic Medusa'

Herodotus' Other Lies

Is it a clash over writing...

France's nuclear colonial legacy in Algeria

"My pink socialism became red as a wound": Impossible interview from Ukraine

My Body is Used to Design Military Tech

10 Questions You Should Never Be Asked in a Job Interview

Stop Pretending the Left is on Putin's Side

The American Boy

Millennial Women Made LuLaRoe Millions. Then They Paid the Price.

Mary Renault: how classical Greece reflected her troubled life

i: vision

Poetry:

Do You Wonder About All The Black Girls Speckling That Beach by Salt

February by Jack Collom

Arguing with Something Plato Said by Jack Collom

Invocation by Cid Corman

Ariadne by Jeanne Murray Walker

Worm Moon by Mary Oliver

Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing by Margaret Atwood

The Horse Fell Off the Poem by Mahmoud Darwish

The Summer A Tribe Called Quest Broke Up by Hanif Abdurraqib

Theseus Within the Labyrinth by Stephen Dobyns

Books:

Ariadne by F. L. Lucas

The King Must Die by Mary Renault

Los Reyes by Julio Cortázar, translated by Juan Sebastian de Vivo

The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The Dark Tower and Other Stories by C. S. Lewis

Theseus by Plutarch

listening to music isn’t enough anymore i need to eat it

Big fan of the way lesbians do gender, it must be said