Thesoftestwitch - A Soft Witch

| 100+ Grimoire Prompts/Ideas |

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Disclaimer No single witch knows about all these things or has answers to all these prompts. This is just a reference list. Don’t get overwhelmed and focus on what interests you and relates to your path when making a grimoire or book of shadows. 

The Essentials:

Does your grimoire have an index for organization? Make one! 

Write about the history of witches, the occult, Paganism, ect. 

What is witchcraft?

What is intent? What is your will? How do they work? 

What types of spells are there?

What are some methods for spells? 

What types of witches are there? 

What is cleansing? Why is it important? How is it done? 

What is charging? Why is it important? How is it done? 

What is grounding? Why is it important? How is it done? 

What is shielding & warding? Why is it important? How is it done? 

What are circles? Why are they important? How is it done? 

What is visualization? Why is it important? How is it done? 

What methods are there for divination? How can it be used?

What is consecration? How do you consecrate tools? 

Write about energy, energy work basics, how is energy used? 

What methods of meditation are there? Have any favorites?  

Write about any tips for meditation you know of! 

Other Useful Stuff:

Make a list of terms commonly used in reference to witchcraft

How to write your own spells 

How to make moon water

How to make sigils 

How to dress candles

The wheel of the year. What is it? How do you celebrate it? 

Make a pendulum board

Write the entire Theban Alphabet 

Taglocks. What are they? How do you use them?

The Correspondences of:

The Elements 

The directions - North, South, East, & West 

Moon phases 

Zodiac signs 

Planets 

Days 

Times of day 

Numbers 

Colors

Tarot cards 

Runes 

Herbs & Spices 

Flowers 

Trees/Wood 

Other plants 

Essential Oils 

Incense 

Teas 

Seashells & other things from the sea 

Crystals & Metals 

Gods & goddesses 

Spirits 

Angels 

Fae

Entities:

List pantheons/deities 

Basic spirit work 

How to protect yourself from spirits

How to bind and banish spirits if something goes wrong 

Fae etiquette 

Types of Fae

List ways to communicate with deities/spirits/Fae 

Information on constructs, servitors, tulpas, ect.

Your Path:

Page of tips/reminders

List practices, topics, deities/spirits of interest

How did you discover witchcraft?

What kind of witch are you, if any labels apply besides witch? 

Why do you do witchcraft?

What inspires your practice?

Is your practice based on any certain culture, religion, ect?

Is witchcraft spiritual for you? How so? Are you Pagan, Wiccan, ect? 

What is special about your practice? Do you have any unique methods, ideas, systems? 

How do you believe magic works?

What has being a witch taught you? 

Do you have any rules for your path? What are they? Why do you have them? 

Write about your goals relating to witchcraft. 

Do you have any familiars, deities or spirits you work with? Write about them. 

Are there many witches, occultists, Pagans, ect that inspire you? Who? What about them is inspiring? 

Make a correspondence page for you. Your natal chart, birth tarot card, numerology, elements or signature ingredients you connect to, ect. 

Draw a chart of symbols you use in your practice. This could be alchemical symbols, sigils, runes, ect. 

Offering ideas for your deities/spirits

Plants you have and how to care for them 

Do you have any witchy drawings or doodles? Add them! Make some! 

Write about folklore, especially personally significant or local folklore

Write about any myths or folk tales you like 

Write about local animals, plants, in your area

Make lists of:

Witchy recipes, crafts, projects, ect that you wanna do

Tarot spreads you like

Other spreads you like, oracle, runes, ect

A section or separate book for readings/spells/rituals you do

Witchy places you like, that be it woods, cemeteries, shops, ect

A witchy wishlist, tools, ingredients, ect that you want

Witchy books you have and witchy books you want 

Random topics:

Astrology

Astral projection

Auras

Crystal grids

Dream interpretation

Familiars

Herbalism 

Lenormand 

Runes 

Sacred geometry

Scrying 

Symbols 

Tarot cards

Oracle cards 

Palmistry

Pendulums

little witchy things to do 🌿

- make a spell and weave it into a friendship bracelet

- stirring sigils your morning coffee or tea 

- look through thrift stores for old candles or objects that you are drawn too

- embroidering sigils into your clothes or bags for a constant boost

- meditating to calm yourself and reduce stress

- colour coordinate your outfit with your intent for the day

- take walks in nature and just focus on the surroundings

- carry crystals to motivate you 

Home Protection Tips from a Long-time Witch!

These were suggested to me by the guy who runs an occult/witchcraft shop about an hour from where I live. I was having trouble because the energy around my town has just felt really funky and off, and my house doesn’t really feel homey because of it. Portals and dimensional beings and dead people and horrific deaths happening every other day…the works. If you’re in a similar situation, here are some tips from a very friendly dude who knows his stuff!

• Make a witch bottle. The guy told me this is really old school. How do you make one? Get a jar and fill it with absolutely nasty stuff—rusty nails, razor blades, broken glass, stuff that you wouldn’t wanna step on. Next, have everyone in your house put a piece of themselves in the jar (the guy told me urine was traditionally the best because it’s like “marking your territory”, but he said that’s also gross so if you feel more comfortable using spit, hair, or toenail clippings, those work too). Finally, screw the jar shut tight and bury it next to your front door. You can bury it in a pot of dirt if you don’t have green space around your entryway. The guy told me this draws all the nasty, negative energy into the jar and traps it so that it doesn’t get into your house.

• Put mirrors opposite all the windows (or at least the windows by your front door). You can buy cheap craft mirrors at craft stores for not much money and they don’t have to be big. The idea is that you’re “reflecting” any negative energy back outside where it belongs.

• Draw sigils or other protective symbols above your front door in chalk. Chalk is good to use because you can easily wash it off if need be. You just have to make sure to replace it when it fades! The witch dude told me that his roommates aren’t witches but they always remind him to redraw his sigils because they feel safer when he does XD

• Hang pretty reflective glass balls outside your door! They’re good for trapping negative energy, reflecting negative energy, and they don’t look conspicuous because they’re decorative!

• Wind chimes also serve a similar purpose and they aren’t conspicuous either

• Line all the doors and windows with a protective powder. I bought mine from the shop on recommendation, and I’m not sure what’s in it besides powdered sage, black salt, and possibly brick dust?

• SALT BOWLS. This solution came from one of my spiritual teachers. Get a bowl and fill it with water and iodized salt. Put the bowl near the entryway of your house. Salt is purifying and the bowl will act as an “energetic trash can”.

• If you can afford it, black tourmaline is good for protection against negative energy. I got a few small pieces and lined them up by the windows in my entryway.

These tips are for keeping outside energy from contaminating the inside of your home. For cleansing and banishing things from INSIDE your home, that requires a different process. But anyway, I hope this helps people like it helped me! Shoutout to the super cool dude running that witchcraft shop :)

🍞 Kitchen Magic 🍞

🌿 Herbs 🌿

Basil: wealth, money, blessings, fertility, protection, house blessings

Catnip: love, beauty, happiness, working with cat spirits

Chamomile: luck, sleep, peace, purification, calm

Cinnamon: sexuality, lust, consecration, love, spice

Elderberry: exorcism, healing, prosperity, protection

Lavender: anti-anxiety, sleep, healing, meditation, psychic abilities

Peppermint: purification, love, anti-negativity, power

Rosemary: cleansing, drawing the aid of spirits, mental focus

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🧂 Spices 🧂

Cardamom: love, courage, desire, sex, intimacy

Cumin: happiness, balance, peace, promises, protection

Turmeric: breaking a spell, power, purification 

Mustard seeds: wealth, money, fertility, success

Nutmeg: warmth, luck, art, knowledge, psychic powers

Paprika: energy, creativity, strength, healing

Cayenne pepper: banishing, passion, fire, against nightmares

Pepper: curses, powerful spells, conjuration

Saffron: changes, wind, healing, love, happiness

Salt: abundance, earth, work, purification, protection 

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🍎🥦 Fruits and Vegetables 🍎🥦

Avocado: beauty, love, happiness, youth, transformation

Banana: wealth, abundance, growth, energy, health

Cherry: creativity, desire, divination, fertility, sex

Lemon: banishing, spirits, balance, healing, joy, purification

Pumpkin: prosperity, dreams, immortality, fertility

Strawberry: love, strength, harmony, inspiration, luck 

Coconut: life, generosity, insurance, energy, opportunity

Olive: abundance, wealth, money, power, security

Bell pepper: mental health, protection, love, strength

Apple: soul, life, relationships, wise, health, success

Potato: money, luck, healing, truth, divination 

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🔮 Kitchen Rituals 🔮

Growing your own herbs will give them extra magical properties. 

Before cooking or baking an important meal, bless your kitchen and caste a protection circle to keep only good energies in. 

Use sigils when adding sauces or spices to your meal. 

Create affirmations and spells to say out loud when baking or cooking your favorite meals. 

Make herbal remedies to cure colds or small illnesses. 

Sing or play music to bring positive energies while cooking. 

Gift baked goods to friends, family or someone in need. 

Stir your food clockwise to bring good luck. 

Bless your most important tools, like a witch spoon, to make every meal extra special and magical. 

Crystals for Dream Work

I often use crystals when practising dream work and find them very powerful when used in meditation or under my pillow while I sleep. They can also be used in sachets, elixirs or to hold when recalling dreams.

Rainbow Moonstone- induces lucid dreams, astral travel, activates spiritual awareness.

Labradorite- stone of mysticism, astral travel, enhances clairvoyance, protects aura, past life recall and accessing Akashic records.

Lepidolite- induces prophetic dreams and lucid dreaming, dream recall and improves psychic ability.

Sodilite- prevents nightmares (make grid under bed), opens third eye

Lapis Lazuli- induces dreams of past lives, vivid dreaming and opens third eye.

Blue Kyanite- enhances psychic ability, spiritual awakening, lucid dreaming and astral projection.

Amethyst- induces prophetic dreams, lucid dreams and astral travel. Keep one near your bed to prevent nightmares, cleanse and charge regularly. 

Obsidian- very protective, prevents nightmares and helps one channel their higher selves.

Blue Calcite- calming, helps with anxiety induced insomnia, clairvoyance and induces prophetic dreams.  

Celestite-connects to higher, angelic and celestial realms, clairvoyance and connect with spirit guides.

Selenite- protects from nightmares and negative astral beings, connects to angelic realms and improves psychic ability.

Moldavite-high vibration *be careful when working with it because it is very powerful*, connects to higher realms, spiritual awakening, lucid dreaming and astral travel.

Clear Quartz-opens one up to receiving messages from higher realms, clears the mind during meditation, astral projection.

Types of water

💧Rain Water 💧 

Multipurpose, Growth, Rebirth, good for Spells that Gain Power over time

💧River Water💧

Moving on, Focusing Energy, Warding, Breaking through Rough Paths, and Good for Powering Tools

💧Storm Water💧

Emotional Strength, Confidence, Motivation, Force, Charging, Strengthens Spells, and Good for Curses

💧Snow Water💧

Purity, Endings, Change, good for Slow-moving Spells

💧Sea Water💧 

Cleansing, Healing, Banishing, and Protection

💧Dew Water💧

Love, Fertility, Delicate Magick, Fae Work

The moon, zodiac, and witchcraft 🌙🔮

As a witch who incorporates a lot of astrology into my craft, I like to pay attention to the movement of the moon through the zodiac belt when doing certain spells.

🌚 Moons in ARIES are good for spells regarding leadership, taking action, and preserving your self interests. 

🌚 Moons in TAURUS are good for spells regarding love, material possessions, manifestation, peace, stability, and balancing finances .

🌚 Moons in GEMINI are good for spells regarding communication, intellect, new ideas, and connecting with others. 

🌚 Moons in CANCER are good for spells concerning home life, emotions, family, and achieving security. 

🌚 Moons in LEO are good for spells regarding self-love, self-reliance, creativity, glamours, and preserving self interests. 

🌚 Moons in VIRGO are good for spells regarding health, intellect, memory, trust, and practicality. 

🌚 Moons in LIBRA are good for spells regarding balance, justice, love, partnerships, teamwork, and social life.

🌚 Moons in SCORPIO are good for spells regarding passion, secrets, mysteries, confidence, power, sex, self-reliance, and vengeance. 

🌚 Moons in SAGITTARIUS are good for spells regarding spirituality, adventure, travel, freedom, fun, and intuition.

🌚 Moons in CAPRICORN are good for spells regarding success, career, ambition, dedication, and authority.

🌚 Moons in AQUARIUS are good for spells regarding individuality, imagination, independence, community, social life, and ‘thinking outside the box’.

🌚 Moons in PISCES are good for spells regarding emotions, compassion, intuition, dreams, astral travel, imagination, and sacrifice. 

Happy casting! 💜🌌  

From my own grimoire

psa: if your magical “tool kit” doesn’t also include critical thinking skills and common sense, it’s useless.

Quick Ways to Figure Out What You Really Want

Flip a coin, and while it's in the air, take note of which outcome you hope for

When 11:11 rolls around, take note of the wish that immediately comes to mind

Find a dandelion and take note of what wish comes to mind first

Make a pro/con list for each outcome of a situation, then go back and read everything you wrote and notice your diction. The outcome with the kindest, most appealing language is the one you want

Do a tarot spread & notice which cards you hope for and which ones you hope not to see

When explaining the situation to someone else, ask them to say which one they think you are gravitating towards based on how you talk about it

Ask yourself: "What do I spend the most time fantasizing about?"

Ask yourself: "What do I dream the most about?"

Ask yourself: "What do I talk about the most?"

Four beginner witch tips that ~aren’t~ basic

If you can’t get a lot of candles to seal your spell jars, melt crayons and use them! They’re wax as well and believe you me, it works. (Lowkey this tip has been saving my life)

Warding doesn’t have to be complex- tape up sigils around your space, draw an evil eye talisman, sprinkle around some salt, whatever.

Your grimoire can be whatever you want it to be. I tried to have a journal grimoire, but now I’m switching to a typed grimoire and a separate BOS which i’ll transition into two binders. (This is going to cure my scatterbrain)

Sigils can be whatever you want them to be as well. Decorate them, make them gorgeous and intricate, make them look like doodles, whatever you want. Sigils are an expression of your personal intention

If this post does well I can do a part 2! Comment your beginner witch tips!

Blessed be!