🌱🧚Finding Earth Spirits In The Wild🧚🌱

So my petty ex, who I left for being a rapist and sexually assaulting me in my sleep, is pathetically spreading dumbass little rumors about me on world of Warcraft of all things. I’m a bit annoyed, but it isn’t like it’s hard to change servers so I guess that’s what I’ll be working on tomorrow. I don’t even want to be bothered by it but I guess I can’t even do pet battles in peace on my server now. Sucks that I have too many characters to transfer so I’ll only take one and start from the beginning, but still. I think I have the right to be irritated. It is amazing how people who are abusers act like they are the ones who are hurt when you finally leave after being abused for two years. Oh, and when I did finally leave and did finally get all my things, I found in with my clothes the clothes of the girl he was cheating on me with before covid. Can’t be happier to have cut these ties.

✨ 2020 Witch Tips Masterpost ✨

Blessed Yule and Happy New Year 2021! 

I’m so happy to have so many new followers, so here’s a summary of all the posts I have written this year. Feel free to use all of theses resources for your grimoire or book of shadows 😊

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Witchcraft 101

🔮 13 goals of a witch

❌ Closed practices & cultural appropriation

✨ Daily rituals using the 4 elements

🧹 Home cleansing using the 4 elements 

🃏 Tarot practice for beginners

✨ Tips for stressed witches

📚 Witchy Study Tips

📅 Weekly Rituals

🧼 Witchy Reset Day

🎧 Witchy Podcasts  

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Witches Sabbats

📜 Sabbats journal prompts

💀 Celebrating Samhain

🎬 Movies, podcasts and TV shows for Samhain

🃏 Samhain Tarot Spread

✨ Samhain Ritual: Dumb Supper 

☁️ After Samhain: November 1st

❄️ Celebrating Yule

🌨️ Winter Spells & Rituals

🎁 Festive Gifts for Witches

🍷 Witchy Mulled Wine Potion 

🎄 Practicing Witchcraft during Christmas

🃏 Yule Tarot Spread

🎅 Celebrating Yule and Christmas alone

🎆 Celebrating New Year’s Eve as a witch

🕯️ Celebrating Imbolc

🐣 Celebrating Ostara

🌸 Celebrating Beltane 

☀️ Celebrating Litha 

🌽 Celebrating Lammas

🍂 Celebrating Mabon 

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Types of Magic 

🕯️ Candle Magic

🔞 Sex Magic

🌿 Tea Magic

🩸 Period Magic

🌊 Water Magic 

💻 Tech Witchcraft

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Moon Magic

🌙 Full Moons of the Year 

🌑 New Moon Magic 

🌒 Waxing Crescent Moon Magic 

🌓 First Quarter Moon Magic 

🌔 Waxing Gibbous Moon Magic

🌕 Full Moon Magic

🌖 Waning Gibbous Moon Magic

🌗 Last Quarter Moon Magic

🌘 Waning Crescent Moon Magic

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Let me know your posts requests for 2021, I would be happy to share the knowledge I have as a practicing witch for almost 6 years! Love you all ❤️

Weather Magic

The term “weather magic” or “weather witching” has been used to mean anything from divination and forecasting of weather to actual control and manipulation of the weather itself. From calling up treacherous storms to destroy another’s crops or providing fair winds for those at sea, witches (and even those who do not consider themselves to be such) have always been involved with weather magic. When you consider that most forms of magic are based around an agricultural past, the ability to affect and predict the weather was considered an invaluable skill. After all, if your family’s livelihood depended on the success of your crops (or the ability to find water as it did in my family’s case), weather magic would be an extremely handy thing to know.

Why the url Storm Born Witch?

I am quite fortunate, as the gift for weather related magic comes easily to my family. For generations, the men in my family have been dowsers or water diviners. However, it wasn’t until after I displayed an aptitude to weather related magic that I was told about my family’s history with it.

My grandfather was the last water diviner in the family and he died when I was very young so I was never taught how to divine for water. My grandmother was the one to teach me what little she knew about weather magic - the rest either occurred naturally or I picked up along the way.

Whistling Up A Wind

This is the most common form of weather magic and has been practiced for hundreds of years. Depending on the pitch and tone of the whistle a witch can create a gentle breeze or a sharp gust of wind. Traditionally, if the skill of whistling up a wind does not come naturally to you the option of making a ‘wind whistle’ out of willow or alder wood is available.

Here in Australia, whistling up a wind is probably the most common form of magic I do. I honestly do not go a day without whistling up a cool breeze. It’s bloody hot here and sometimes a cool breeze is just what you need.

Storm Casting

Storm casting is the art of creating storms. There are many different methods to creating storms and bringing rain. The method used by my family is to fill a jug with water and while sitting outside (or facing a window) pour the water into a basin or bowl (I just use a wash basin I inherited from my mother - see below). Dip the tip of your pointer finger into the water and slowly make five clockwise circles in the water (if you have a pendant necklace this can be used instead - just above the water in the bowl).

As you are making the circles call the wind to bring in a storm by blowing (or whistling a continuous low note - the sound of wind over the mouth of a glass bottle) over the water in the basin.

Storm Catching

Storm catching or “reeling in a storm” is even more difficult than storm casting so it’s always wise to think before you cast. Too much energy put into a storm and it will go on for weeks (and cause some flooding - basement incident) or it will be extremely violent and knock down power lines and tree branches. Too little energy and all you will get is a 5 minute shower of rain.

The most common way to catch a storm is by binding it in string/rope or in a bottle. The storm can then be released from the bottle or string at a more opportune time by pulling out the cork or undoing the braid/knots.

Witchcraft 102 Masterpost

So. You’ve covered the basics. You know what every kind of ritual tool does, you understand all the terms that seemed alien to you before and you think you’re finally starting to get a feel for this witchcraft thing. You’re not a baby witch anymore, but… where to from here? Making the move from beginner witch to intermediate witch is a lot more difficult than it seems, purely because resources aimed at intermediate witchcraft are few and far between. But there’s a good reason for that.

There are general rules and ideas that can be applied across all of witchcraft. There’s so much to learn from other witches, but your greatest teacher will always be yourself. There is a reason witchcraft is so customisable to the individual: some things just work better for certain people. Not to mention pretty much every magick practice in history was developed by witches using their intuition! Because of this, it’s hard to create resources that tell somehow how to go from a beginner to an intermediate. However, they do exist! You’ll just find that most of them will act as prompts or scaffolds. They’ll instruct you on how to figure things out for yourself.

This next stage of your craft will involve a lot of introspection, and a lot of trusting your gut. It’s the reason you learnt all that baby witch stuff in the first place. This is where most of the personal growth happens. It can be scary, but it’ll also be magical. It’ll be a while before you actually qualify as an ‘intermediate witch’, and there’s no shame in that. The process of moving from beginner to intermediate is one that can take years, simply because witchcraft is such a deep and complex art. I myself definitely wouldn’t identify as a baby witch, but I’m still a beginner in many aspects despite having been a witch for years.

Without further ado, I present to you witchcraft 102.

GENERAL

The Problem with Sharing Advanced Magic

Using Tumblr as a Resource

How to Stop Being a Beginner Witch

How to Deepen Your Craft

Developing Your Craft Beyond Tumblr

Creating a Spiritual Calendar

SOAP Journaling: a Devotional Framework

Devotional Journal (for deity worship)

Questions for a Deeper Spiritual Practice

ORGANISATION

When reading through information, I recommend taking notes on the content, as well as your thoughts on it. Do you notice any connections to other texts or ideas? Do you have any questions you’d like to follow up? This will not only help you remember the information, but encourage you to look at it critically and see the bigger picture. Here is an example of my personal note-taking scaffold which includes some of the notes I took a while ago. I adapted it from the Cornell notes system based on my personal needs.

At TechnoCoven, a recent online witchcraft convention, there was an hour-long panel about planning in witchcraft called Spirit Papers. Here is a link to the recording. It goes over different organisation systems, notebooks, etc.

Why you should cite sources

How to cite sources

What is an annotated bibliography?

I would highly recommend setting aside a specific time every day to study witchcraft. This way, you will be improving your craft every day. Even if you only set aside half an hour, you will be doing three and a half hours of study a week. An hour a day totals to seven hours a week. If you can’t find a specific time every day, then find a specific time every week. 6pm-8pm on Tuesday and Saturday, for example, or reserve all of Sunday afternoon. This structure obviously isn’t compulsory, but with it you will advance at a much quicker pace and probably find your craft more fulfilling.

You should definitely have a grimoire already, but if you don’t, get one. It can be on paper or online, if you’d prefer. OneNote, Evernote, Microsoft Word and Google Docs are all viable digital options. You probably have lots of loose information lying around, whether its physical, in note form or on your Tumblr blog. Categorise it and order it. Then go through it. Document the important and useful parts in your grimoire.

READING

Elemental Magick in Science

Elemental Systems

The Darker Elements

History of Magick Part 1

History of Magick Part 2

History of Magick Part 3

History of Magick Part 4

How Location and History Affect Spiritual Practices

Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health (ebook)

TAROT

Stop Learning Tarot Like Flash Cards

Learning the Major Arcana

Learning the Court Cards

Reading Tarot Cards Vertically

Reading Reversed Cards

How to Take Notes on a (New) Tarot Deck

Understanding Yourself Tarot Mega-Spread

Conceptions of the Self Through Spreads

Shadow February Divination Challenge

Daily Tarot Journal Printable

SHADOW WORK

Introduction to Shadow Work

6 Phrases for Shadow Work

Safety Planning (good to have one of these if you’re doing shadow work and have a mental illness)

Shadow Working with Stuck Points

Shadow Work with Hillbillyoracle (pt. 1)

Shadow Work with Hillbillyoracle (pt. 2)

Hillbillyoracle’s Personal Shadow Work Framework

RESEARCH

Good Things to Research When You Don’t Know What to Research

Areas of Research for the Intermediate Witch

Masterlist of Journals, Articles & Books on Folklore, Mythology and the Occult

Index of Old Grimoires

Working with Plants

Tips on How to Google Correspondences

The Cornell University Library Witchcraft Collection

Sacred Text Archive

Bocastle Museum of Witchcraft

Occult Library

Hermetics Library

Project Gutenberg Paganism Bookshelf

Legal Free Ebooks Masterpost

Good Pagan & Wiccan Publishers

How to Get Use Out of Older Texts

Finding Experienced Witches

PRACTICE

What to Do When You Fall out of Practice

Making Your Own Correspondences

Pendulum Dowsing for Correspondences

2019 Grimoire Challenge (a year of grimoire prompts)

Stones for Advanced Practitioners

On Tools and Psychodrama

A Way to Astral Project

Energy Alignment Identification

Magic in the Body

Spell Circles

Irish Concept of “On the Breath”

Sky Catch

Verbal Sigils

PODCASTS

Tea With the Gods

The Hillbilly Oracle

Hex Positive

The History of Witchcraft

The Empowered Modern Witches Show

Academy of Affluence

TESTIMONIALS

A Samhain Fairytale

Foundations of Diywitchery’s Practice

Godphoning

Devotional activities

GET OFF TUMBLR (AKA GET SOME VARIETY IN YOUR SOURCES) I’ve got some examples listed here but there are definitely more out there!

Bree NicGarran’s Blog

Luna Luna Magazine (Blog)

Witchy Words (Blog)

Mumble & Things (Blog)

Down the Forest Path (Blog)

The Travelling Witch (Blog)

Prisoner’s Apothecary (Blog)

Harmony Nice (Youtube)

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

6 Books for Advancing Your Craft

Hellenic Polytheism Books

Walker Between Worlds by Robert Kirk (I haven’t read it so I can’t vouch for its quality but I’ve heard its a valuable resources for those wanting to learn about the fae)

The Study of Witchcraft: A Guidebook to Advanced Wicca by Deborah Lipp (I will link to my book review here; this book is essentially a study guide)

Evolution of Goddess by Emma Mildon (book recommendation) (especially good if you are looking to find a deity but are unsure of where to start)

The Occult, Witchcraft & Magic: An Illustrated History by Christopher Dell (a fantastic starting place for looking into occult history)

More grimoire pages from last night 👀 I made a few mistakes but other than that it's pretty good so far.

15 Simple Spells

Magic doesn’t have to be tough. Here’s proof that there’s a lazy witch in all of us, and it’s easy to let them out.

Purification and Protection Scrub

Making Magical Sleep Circles

Motivation Charm Bag

Jar for Attracting Romance

Violation Salt Scrub

Anti-Anxiety Tea

Love-Drawing Bath Salt Recipe

Easy Tarot Tricks

Herbal Dream Pillow

Magical Shower Disks

Repel an Unwanted Lover

Do some Bath Magic

Tea Spell for Sleep

Gossip Stopping Scrub

Love Repression Spell

peak fantasy environment designs:

floaty islands

glowing mushrooms

bigger versions of normal animals

animalistic dragons

deep, sentient forests

sky/space whales

⭐💎ZODIAC CRYSTALS AND ANGELS💎⭐

 ⭐ There are a number of different gems and crystals associated in various traditions for birth months with the zodiac signs under which we are born. I will give a more comprehensive list than usual, as I will suggest you also buy your zodiac crystal angel. If none of the birth crystals feel right, substitute a crystal in the color associated with your birth sign. I will describe your crystalline zodiac angel and the special strengths that can be absorbed either from the angel or the associated crystal. Small crystal angels are relatively cheap and are a very potent source of energy and protection. Some crystals are ruled by more than one zodiac sign. 

⭐ Buy a small angel for each member of the family- present, absent, and departed loved ones- adding one for each new birth or new older family members in the future. These you can keep in a circle in your crystal place. Add also any angels whose crystalline zodiacal strengths you need, even though they are not your own sign- for example, a moonstone angel for Muriel, zodiac angel of Cancer, to bring quiet sleep. Wear or carry your zodiac stone in a bag of the zodiac color at any time you need strength, protection,extra luck, or healing or want to be noticed in a positive way.

⭐ 1. ARIES, THE RAM: MARCH 21-APRIL 20

GEMS AND CRYSTALS: Blood Agate, Orange Carnelian, Polished Gold Chalcopyrite, Diamond, Silver Iron Pyrites, Red Jasper, Rainbow, Gold or Silver Sheen Obsidian, Pink Rhodonite, Red Tiger’s Eye.

PLANET: Mars

ELEMENT: Fire

RULING ANGEL: Machidiel (or Malahidael), warrior angel with sparkling golden-red halo and wings.

ANGELIC CRYSTALLINE STRENGTHS: Self-confidence, Strong Identity, Innovation, Assertiveness, Action, Courage.

COLOR: Red

⭐ 2. TAURUS, THE BULL: APRIL 21- MAY 21

GEMS AND CRYSTALS: Pink Andean Opal, Green Chrysoprase , Pink Mangano Calcite, Emerald, Jade, Rainbow Moonstone, Rhodochrosite, Rose Quartz, Pink Tourmaline.

PLANET: Venus

ELEMENT: Earth

RULING ANGEL: Asmodel or Ashmodel, Angel of beauty surrounded by pink rays, creating what is of worth.

ANGELIC CRYSTALLINE STRENGTHS: Persistence, Patience, Reliability, Loyalty, Practical Abilities, Stability, Lovers of beauty.

COLOR: Pink

⭐ 3. GEMINI, THE HEAVENLY TWINS: MAY 22- JUNE 21

GEMS AND CRYSTALS: Agate, Alexandrite, Yellow Calcite, Lemon Chrysoprase, Citrine, Yellow Jasper, Labradorite, Opal, Lemon Quartz.

PLANET: Mercury

ELEMENT: Air

RULING ANGEL: Ambriel or Ambiel, the messenger and travel angel wearing colors of early morning sunlight

ANGELIC CYRSTALLINE STREGTHS: Excellent Communication Skills, Adaptability, Scientific/Technological Aptitude, Curiosity, Intelligence, Versatility. 

COLOR: Pale Yellow/ Gray

⭐4. CANCER, THE CRAB: JUNE 22- JULY 22

GEMS AND CRYSTALS: White Coral, Moonstone, Opalite, Pearl, Satin Spar, Selenite, Cloudy or Milky White Quartz, Clear Topaz.

PLANET: Moon

ELEMENT: Water

RULING ANGEL: Muriel, the silvery and pearl-robed healer angel with her magic carpet of dreams.

ANGELIC CRYSTALLINE STRENGTHS: Sensitivity, Kindness, Imagination, Homemaker, Nurturer (especially of children), emotional security, ability to keep secrets, quiet sleep.

COLOR: Silver

⭐5. LEO, THE LION: JULY 23- AUGUST 23

GEMS AND CRYSTALS: Amber, Fire Opal, Fire Quartz, Rainbow Quartz, Red Spinel, Ruby, White Sapphire, Sardonyx, Sunstone.

PLANET: Sun

ELEMENT: Fire

RULING ANGEL: Verchiel, the golden joy bringer who is surrounded by sunbeams.

ANGELIC CRYSTALLINE STRENGTHS: Power, Courage, Generosity, Nobility, Idealism, Leadership, Protection of the weak, Ability to perform creatively in public.

COLOR: Gold

⭐6. VIRGO, THE MAIDEN: AUGUST 24- SEPTEMBER 22

GEMS AND CRYSTALS: Amazonite, Green Calcite, Green Garnet, Jade, White Howlite, Moss or Tree Agate, Olivine, Peridot, Serpentine, Snow Quartz.

PLANET: Mercury

ELEMENT: Earth

RULING ANGEL: Hamaliel or Hamaiel, angel of perfection, surrounded by misty forest green.

ANGELIC CRYSTALLINE STRENGTHS: Striving for perfection, Organizational skill, Methodical, Attention to detail, Efficiency, Healing Powers, Ability to persevere a routine but necessary task though to the end, Reliability.

COLORS: Green

⭐7. LIBRA, THE MAIDEN: SEPTEMBER 23- OCTOBER 23

GEMS AND CRYSTALS: Blue lace agate, Blue chalcedony, Chrysocolla, Lapis Lazuli, White or Rainbow Opal, Blue quartz, Rubellite/red tourmaline, Blue sapphire.

PLANET: Venus

ELEMENT: Air

RULING ANGEL: Zuriel, the teacher, the pale blue angel who brings calm and reason to any situation.

ANGELIC CRYSTALLINE STRENGTHS: Harmony, ability to see both sides of a situation, diplomacy peacemaking skills, a strong sense of justice and charisma.

COLOR: Light Blue

⭐8. SCORPIO, THE SCORPION: OCTOBER 24- NOVEMBER 22

GEMS AND CRYSTALS: Black and Red coral, hematite, mahogany obsidian, malachite, black obsidian, black opal, black pearl, red spinel, titanium aura, unakite.

PLANET: Pluto

ELEMENT: Water

RULING ANGEL: Bariel, the angel of small miracles, who wears the color of sunset.

ANGELIC CRYSTALLINE STRENGTHS: Intensity; Religious, Spiritual and Psychic awareness, ability to transform self and situations; the power to start over again or revive a stagnant situation.

COLOR: Indigo, Burgundy 

⭐9. SAGITTARIUS, THE ARCHER: NOVEMBER 23- DECEMBER 21

GEMS AND CRYSTALS: Orange aragonite, Aqua aura, Azurite, Iridescent bornite or peacock ore, chrysocolla, blue goldstone, goldstone, blue howlite, clear quartz, golden topaz, turquoise.

PLANET: Jupiter

ELEMENT: Fire

RULING ANGEL: Adnachiel or Advachiel, the angel of learning and exploration with bright yellow robes.

ANGELIC CRYSTALLINE STRENGTHS: Expansiveness, love of travel and exploration, clear vision, seeker of truth, wide perspectives, flexibility, open-mindedness, optimism, enthusiasm, creativity, especially in writing.

COLOR: Bright Yellow

⭐10. CAPRICORN, THE GOAT: DECEMBER 22- JANUARY 20

GEMS AND CRYSTALS: Green Aventurine, Bronzite, Fossilized or petrified wood, Red Garnet, Onyx, Rubellite/Red Tourmaline, Smoky Quartz, Tiger’s Eye, Tourmalated Quartz, Black Tourmaline.

PLANET: Saturn

ELEMENT: Earth

RULING ANGEL: Anael or Hanael, the protector and archangel of love and fidelity, surrounded by green, silver, and roses.

ANGELIC CRYSTALLINE STRENGTHS: Wise caution, persistence regardless of opposition, respecter of tradition, ambition, self-discipline, loyalty, fidelity, and prudence with financial affairs.

COLORS: Indigo, Brown

⭐11. AQUARIUS, THE WATER CARRIER: JANUARY 21- FEBRUARY 18

GEMS AND CRYSTALS: Amethyst, Andean blue opal, Angelite, Blue Celestite, Blue Quartz, Sodalite, Sugilite, Titanium aura.

PLANET: Uranus

ELEMENT: Air

RULING ANGEL: Cambiel, tall shadowy watcher or guardian archangel, guards you day and night from your own mistakes as well as external dangers.

ANGELIC CRYSTALLINE STRENGTHS: Idealism, Independence , humanitarianism, inventiveness, detachment from swings of emotion and prejudices, unique perspective on the world.

COLOR: Dark Blue, Purple

⭐12. PISCES, THE FISH: FEBRUARY 19- MARCH 20

GEMS AND CRYSTALS: Aquamarine, clear aragonite, golden beryl, bloodstone, girosal quartz, pink and lilac kunzite, mother of pearl, ocean or orbicular jasper, watermelon tourmaline.

PLANET: Neptune

ELEMENT: Water

RULING ANGEL: Barakiel or Barchiel, the blue and gold archangel of lightning and good luck, who has lightning flashing from his halo.

ANGELIC CRYSTALLINE STRENGTHS: Evolved intuitive powers, sympathy and empathy with others, weaver of myths, awareness of hidden factors, ability to merge with surroundings, alternative spirituality.

COLOR: Soft white, mauve.

Thank you to my muse @squid-star​ ive been inspired by you lately amore~

Hello everyone! Honey Hollow has officially launched! We’re a community focused 1.16.2 Java + Bedrock server with a trading economy (although money currency is an option as well). The server is also completely rank free, so you’ll never have to pay real money for anything here!  Perks of our server: Every player has unlimited set homes Complete access to Head Database Player Warps Players can create their own trading and/or monetary shops Players start with 5000 claim blocks, and earn 240 per hour If half of the players are sleeping the night will be skipped Players can set their own nickname + nickname color (Note that some colors are disabled due to readability problems) Backpacks (Size of a double chest!) RTP Posable armor stands Image on maps Mineable spawners 5 jobs per player Keep inventory /pweather and /ptime Resource world Brewery, beekeeping, TempFly, chat feelings, marriage, elevators, McMMO, player to player trading, monthly end & resource world resets, monthly events, warps, and much more, completely free! 

I and the staff team also focus strongly on what the community wants. When we make a decision about something that will affect the experience of our players, we involve them in the decision as much as possible. We have a channel for polls in the discord so the community can vote their preferences, as well as a polls discussion channel to suggest other options/discuss the poll, and a suggestions channel for general server suggestions. The server was made for the players, not for us, so we believe they should have the most control over their experience! Discord: https://discord.gg/XR9UtXC

Java IP: honeyhollow.cubed.pro  Bedrock IP: 192.3.27.82 Port: 32000 

(For anyone who worries about this, there isn’t any kind of welcome channel, so your entrance will be quiet! If you’d prefer not to make an intro, you can simply set your discord name to your minecraft name)