The Most Important Magical Care Tool In A Witches Arsenal: Grounding

As a witch who’s always on the go it can sometimes be hard to focus on magical self care. I’m traveling and moving and working with lots of people and life is kind of a whirlwind and I love it but sometimes it all gets to be a little… much. In all of the hustle and bustle my ability to take care of myself and my ability to take care of my magical practice can start to go south. I forget to practice good magical hygiene (such as cleansing and banishing) and I start to feel a little disconnected from the whole thing.

When this happens I like to turn to magical self care! Now, there are two types of magical self care: there’s magic that is used as self care and there’s self care for your magic. The methods I’m about to discuss happen to be useful for both!

The Most Important Magical Self Care Tool In A Witches Arsenal: Grounding

Grounding is a vital part of learning to practice magic in a safe and healthy way. The term comes from the process of grounding an electrical circuit. Essentially if an object is negatively charged, grounding allows excess electrons to flow from the object into the earth, and if an object is positively charged, electrons flow from the earth into the object. It’s a method of balancing and equalizing the flow of energy.

Similarly, in witchcraft grounding is the practice of balancing personal energies. Many things can pull us out of balance, emotional turmoil (for empaths it doesn’t even have to be our own emotional turmoil, often we pick up other people’s emotions far too readily!), illness, performing rituals or spells, astral travel, even simple things from our day to day lives can create a state of too much personal energy or too little personal energy.

This can be an incredibly uncomfortable experience.

Symptoms of unbalanced energy:

Dizziness, feeling spaced out, light headed or a floaty feeling

Headaches

Forgetfulness

Misplacing or losing things

Feeling generally unwell or exhausted

Daydreaming and an inability to focus

Sensitivity to light and noise

Feeling over stimulated and nervy

Bumping into things or other general feelings of clumsiness

An uncomfortable sensation of buzzing under the skin

Nausea and vomiting

Pain

Irritability

Insomnia

These symptoms typically become more severe the further out of alignment you are.

It is essential that you learn to ground properly before beginning to practice magic. Often I see newer witches who have yet to learn this skill experiencing unnecessarily strong backlash from their spell work.

Magic is energy! When you move and manipulate energy in such powerful ways it can and will pull your own energy out of balance. Grounding allows you to avoid the unpleasant side effects of spell casting which means a you’ll be a happier witch and have more time and space to practice your craft!

How To Ground Yourself

There are many ways of grounding yourself, I suggest you try a variety of methods and find the one that is most effective for you.

Rooting Yourself

This method works best if you are barefoot and standing on grass or dirt. Imagine your energy extending down through your legs and sinking into the earth, becoming roots and burrowing into the soil to trade energy with the earth. Feel the earth’s energy flow up into your body, filling you all the way to your head and then back down and out through your roots. This energy will cycle through you and clear away any excess energy as well as solving any energy deficiencies you might have. Continue this until you feel calm and comfortable.

Laugh

Laughter is an amazing way to release pent up energy as well as building our personal energy from within! Give yourself time and space to have a good laugh, put on your favorite comedian and enjoy yourself.

Food

Nourishing your body can help to reconnect you to your physical self and refuel depleted energy. Sit down for a hearty meal and give it your full attention, this helps to pull you back into your body fully after astral work or other intense spiritual experiences and gives you a moment to rest and relax.

Water

Water is a wonderful conductor of energy, sitting with your feet in a stream, your hands under a running faucet, or drawing yourself a bath can equalize your energy very quickly. Playing in the rain can also equalize your energy but if it’s sunny out visualizing rain washing your energy clean will work just as well.

Go for a walk

Getting out in nature, especially if you can walk barefoot, will allow your body to trade energy with the earth and equalize your energy levels. Walking in nature also helps to build mindfulness and create a sense of ease in your life!

Wind Visualization

Sit comfortably and begin to visualize your energy body. When you have a solid image of it in your mind imagine a strong gust of wind blowing your energy around you, removing blockages, carrying away excesses and refueling any energetic deficiencies.

Exercise

Gentle exercise can help to release any excess energies. Do not ground this way if you feel lethargic, exhausted or in any kind of pain. This method is ONLY to be used when you have an energy excess!

Body Awareness

Simply giving your body attention can encourage your energy to equalize on its own. Take a few minutes to consciously take stock of every inch of your body. Begin at your head, feel your scalp, then move to focusing on each part of your face. Move downward and feel your neck, your chest, then your arms, your elbows, your wrists, your fingertips. Focus on your torso again, now placing your energy on your stomach, feel it move with your breath. Continue this all the way down to your toes. Try to remain relaxed throughout this process.

Let Yourself Cry

Crying or screaming will release excess emotional energy very quickly. If you’re the sort of person who loves a good cleansing cry then this one is for you.

Stones and Crystals

Certain stones and crystals can be grounding. Hematite is particularly good for this purpose.

Play in the dirt

Getting in contact with the earth through gardening or rolling around in the dirt like you did when you were a kid allows your body to exchange energy with the earth. So let go of your adulthood for a few minutes and get in the dirt!

When To Use Grounding

Grounding is a wonderful tool to use but it isn’t a cure all. It’s also not always desirable to be completely grounded! There are certain types of magic that can be hindered by grounding and other types of magic that are simply not energy based and won’t require grounding to be effective.

When working with spirits being too grounded can make it more difficult to connect to the entity

If you’re fueling magic with emotions or excitement grounding beforehand will not help. You want your emotions and energy high in order to perform that sort of magic.

Sigils generally do not require grounding

Any kind of astral or out of body practice will be made much more difficult if you’re grounded beforehand. Ground after this sort of practice, not before

Dream work will be hindered by grounding

Grounding is most often used for post-spell backlash but it can also be utilized in your day to day life to enhance focus and happiness, lessen anxiety and protect you from emotional runoff.

If you struggle with any of the symptoms of being ungrounded regularly you might benefit from adding a few minutes of grounding into your daily practice!

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ADHD GRIMOIRING

As an ADHD witch, I’ve started three different grimoires that’s didn’t work and one that did (and still does) so I compiled a list some tips if you, like me, just can’t seem to do the whole ‘grimoire’ thing the way you think you should

DONT PICK A FORMAT YOU CANT REALISTICALLY MAINTAIN.

If you can’t spend hours getting out your paint and scissors and collage supplies and glue, don’t use it. It’s a surefire way to lose interest and fall out of love with your book. It should not be a chore to work in it.

DONT PLAN EVERYTHING OUT AHEAD OF TIME.

It’s great to keep a running list of topics you want to include, but if you block off pages and spreads through the entire book, you’ll hit a rut when you don’t want to finish a page you started and you will (again) fall out of love with your book

IF YOU WANT ORGANIZATION, MAKE AN INDEX AT THE BACK.

Tables of contents are great, but can’t anticipate your writing. Put an index at the back so you have the rest of the book to play around, but maintain that organization

KEEP A SEPARATE NOTEBOOK

By keeping a separate notebook to jot down notes, sketch out page ideas, draft spells, etc, you have a space to make mistakes, but most importanly you have a place to go when you lack the motivation/the executive dysfunction is off the charts to actually Work On Your Grimoire

IGNORE THE CALL OF SOCIAL MEDIA

This is really more general than and ADHD-specific tip, but try not to think of your book in terms of “how will this look during my grimoire tour on YouTube.” That will just trip you up and make your day sad. Trust me.

REMEMBER: THINGS CHANGE

What has been the biggest help to me when I was struggling with my grimoire was the idea that your aesthetic, your beliefs, your general magical interests will change, and that’s a good thing! Give yourself room to grow in your book—it takes a lot of the pressure off, and (bonus) it makes for a wonderful little time capsule so you can see how far you’ve come

I guess “to conclude,” make sure that your book makes you happy, if nothing else. I hope you found any of these helpful, and...wash your hands + drink water.

—fixisawitch 🧿🧿🧿

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3 : The Empress

🌕 Nurturing, harmony, the start of something great

🌑 Dependence, stagnation, loss of unity

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5 years ago

Shadow work

Hello friends.

I’ve recently been delving into shadow work and OUCH.

It hurts but it is SO necessary. Processing trauma and learning and healing is WORTH IT. Get to know yourself and spend time with you.

I’ve found incredible meaning behind my “negative” thoughts, habits, responses, actions and behaviors.

Really be honest with yourself and reflect on who you are. Do not judge yourself.

Some prompts I’ve tried include:

What are you in search of?

What are you neglecting to heal?

Where are you directing your energy?

What is one thing that has happened in your life that made you feel weak or powerless?

What are your triggers?

In what ways are you being inauthentic with yourself and others?

If you want to start please proceed with caution. It’s heavy stuff. Take care of yourself before and after. Be kind to yourself. Notice and be aware of how this practice changes you.

If you need professional help please seek it. This is not meant to replace therapy or having a good support system.

Embrace your shadow self my lovelies ✨

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thesoftestwitch

5 years ago

A diy pendulum paper I made to use until I get a board 🌿 my green witch heart is vibin

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🌊 Water Magic 🌊

Water is a powerful tool in witchcraft. Whether you collect it from the weather, the ocean, a lake, or from your own sink or shower, it can be used in many spells and incantations and has strong magical properties…

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Water Correspondences

🌊 Water: love, banishing, beauty, calm, change, compassion, creativity, emotions, femininity, fertility, flexibility, healing, intuition, meditation, psychic powers, purification, dreams, sensitivity, sadness, life

🌊 Ocean / sea water: vastness, fear, power, life, protection

🌊 Rain water: growth, power, regeneration, rebirth

🌊 Storm water: clarity, strength, purification, banishing

🌊 Lake water: abundance, unknown, wealth, spirituality

🌊 Swamp water: disease, invisibility, connection, links

🌊 River water: charging, energy, movement, power

🌊 Pond water: limitations, silence, conjuration, immobility

🌊 Melted ice: creativity, growth, harmony, motivation, purification

🌊 Melted hail: pain, curse, bad intentions, anger

🌊 Melted snow: change, balance, endings, healing, power, purity

🌊 Morning dew: love, charm, fertility, sensitivity

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✨ Spells & Magic

- Practice daily energy cleansing under the shower. - If you have a bathtub, create bath spells to give you power. - Open windows when it rains. - Make sprays with specific herbs for your home or your bed. - Listen to waterfall / rain playlists. - Charge jars of water under the moonlight to collect moon water. - Dress with blue colors to use the power of water.

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Witchy Master Post

ok u little twerps I get asked this sm I’m making a master post for this

Basics

Beginner Witch Tips

Witch Terminology

Basics of Astrology

Rituals of Power for the Eight Sabbats

Star Signs

How to do a sigil

Important Lists

Poisonous Herbs

Tarot cheat sheet

Moon Magick Prompts

A List of Basic Herbs

A-Z Incense List and Usage Spell

Witch Tools Meanings, Correspondences, and Uses

Witchy Sources

Christian things (bc the dood who asked me to do the thing is a Christain witch and I don’t wanna make two posts)

Imbolc verses for Christian Witches

Prayers for the Christian Witch

Correspondences

Candle Scent Correspondences

Colors in Magic

Random Stuff

Write Rhymes Easy Peasy

DIY Essential Oil

Grimoire Organization Ideas

How To Clone Your Herbs

Easy Beginner Spells

A School Spell Jar

Masterpost of Simple Beginner Friendly Potions

Ways to feel more energized

Witch Tip

Memes

Christian Witches be Like:

I’ll update it if yall send me more things to add - last updated Nov. 1, 2017

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

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BELTANE

when it is, ideas to do, the hellenic version and how to celebrate whilst in lockdown

When does it occur?

In the Northern Hemisphere on April 31st to May 1st

In the Southern Hemisphere on October 31st to November 1st

What does it celebrate ?

The peak of spring and the fact that summer is coming

Honours the earth

Fertility, Sexuality and love

Light, life and growth for the coming summer

For Wiccans is the night of the sacred greenwood marriage

What crystals are important ?

rose quartz

emerald

sunstone

What to decorate your alter with?

flowers (daisies and roses in particular)

green cloth or ribbons

hanging or sprinkling seasonal herbs (thyme, rose , fern)

using candles or incense with earthy scents such as wood or rose or jasmine

hawthorn branches

red, green and yellow candles to represent love, fertility, growth and summer

What activities can I do in lockdown?

mediate with the crystals mentioned

make daisy or flower chains and crowns for good luck

braid flowers into your hair

make mayday masks from items in your garden or draw them from paper

make a small mayday pole and dance around it by yourself or with people your isolating with

if in isolation with them, have sex with your partner : it’s a traditional aciticity done today because of the sacred wedding but it’s also a celebration of love and fertility (only if legal and you feel comfortable ofc)

spend time with loved ones you’re in lockdown with or via ft

make baked goods and give them to friends, family and neighbours

create a wish box and put inside all your hopes and wishes for summer

cleanse your tools

wear red,green and pink and get dressed up even if you can’t go anywhere

practise self love

have a milk bath

make amulets for yourself and people you love

give rose quartz as gifts to those you love

send your loved ones handwritten letters

make sigils and herb pouches for a good summer

Be with nature : go for a walk if safe

Learn about herbs or nature if you are unable to be with it

masturbate and perform sex magic

make fresh juice from summer fruits

leave offerings of milk,honey, oats, lavender and rose for the fae: it’s their day too!

make oat based products : they’re sacred to beltane and are good for luck,hope, safety and love

What spells and rituals should i perform?

fertility

growth

love

safety

good luck

protection of the home

What Hellenic Gods are sacred today?

The day honours Lady Maia as it’s about summer and the earth growing

Apollo as it’s the beginning of summer and the days will start to become longer and sunnier

Dionysus as it’s the coming summer and beauty of nature is about to hit its peak : also the rising of Dionysus

Demeter was traditionally worshiped on this day

Aphrodite due to her being a fertility and love goddess

Hestia for cleansing the home and protection

What are some Hellenic things to do?

Do something to take care of the earth

give offerings to Apollo : traditionally fruit and cypress branches decorated with flowers were used or put on temples

cleanse the home : thank Hestia for keeping you safe

Look into all the gods and goddesses celebrated and connect with them

Learn about the rising of Dionysus or even reanact it

Give offerings to Demeter and perform a ritual for banishing poverty in her name

Traditionally there is a greek blessing that says “May you have all the goods of May” along with a curse that says “ May all the hours of may find you” : say these to people with the intention linked to it