The Structure Of The Mind

Grimoire ideas

About you:

How you got started in the craft

Your spiritual journey

Things you connect to (animals, elements, plants, ect)

Types of magic you do

Your natal chart

Your deities (if you have any)

Correspondences:

Remember, you don't need to write down correspondences you will never need! So instead, write about...

Crystals you have/want

Plants you can grow yourself/already have around you. Check your spice cabinet

And list things to use those for! So that would be herb bundles to burn, salves, recipes, and so on.

Other things you can use in magic that you already have

This would be things like sea shells, snail shells, grass, dirt, candles. Get creative!

Other witchcraft stuff:

Your sigils

Planets

The sun/moon +moon phases

Zodiac signs

The elements

Symbolism (animals, shapes, and whatever else you wish to add)

Spells:

What makes a spell that works!!! This should help with making your own spells

What NOT to do

Different types of spells

Spells you will actually use

Divination:

A section on tarot cards and their meanings

How to use a pendulum

Meanings of oracle cards

Rune meanings and how to cast them

Lesser known forms of divination!!!

Mental health:

Grounding and centering

Burn out care and being energy efficient

A list of what motivates you to do your craft

Small spells for self care

Astral work:

Your astral space (a map, a description, drawings of important locations)

Your astral body, if it's any different than your physical one

A list of spirits and important information about them

Protection, sheilding, banishing, and safety

Manners when interacting with spirits and what NOT to do

Methods of projection/travel that work for you

Post-astral grounding methods

General spirit work:

How to interact with spirits and how NOT to interact with spirits

Protection, banishing, shielding, and other safety things

How to give offerings (there's more than one way!)

Methods of communicating with spirits

Signs of spirits

Ways spirits can send signs and messages (animals, dreams, and so on)

A list of different kinds of spirits you work with/have encountered

A section for research, especially if you're doing deity work.

Grounding, if it helps you afterwards

A log of interaction with spirits. This can be like a divination journal but with spirits, if that's what you do.

Basic Protection Spray

Hey there Witchlings, today I want to share with you what I used for my protection spray! Remember, you can always substitute, add, or remove any ingredients that you want! You do not need to follow spells to the T, you can make them your own!

What you need:

A spray bottle

Water

Cedar

Garden Sage

Dandelion

Steps:

Fill your spray bottle with water.

Add your herbs

Make sure your bottle is tightly sealed and then shake that motherfucker up

Spray as needed until you feel safe.

Cedar, Garden Sage, and Dandelion are all typically associated with protection!

I hope that you've found this to be useful :)

☀️Solar Magick☀️

Most witches follow the lunar cycle and use different phases for different spells. But did you know you can do the same thing with the sun?Different times during the day have different correspondences, just like different moon phases do.

Sunrise

New beginnings, Changes, Renewal, Resurrection, Health, Cleansing

Morning

Growth, Courage, Expansion, Positivity, Harmony, Prosperity

Midday/Noon

Energy, Wisdom, Knowledge, Health, Protection

Afternoon/Evening

Communication, Clarity, Travel, Exploration, Professional matters

Sunset

Release, Acceptance, Truth, Removal of negative energies, Completion

♡ my original content ♡

I’ve made a masterpost of all the spells/information posts that I’ve written to make them easier to find for anyone looking for them! I’ll keep updating as I post more original content.

» spells/rituals/potions

Simple Protection Amulet

‘Thaw A Frozen Heart’ Spell

Spell for Protection of a Loved One

Beltane Dew Ritual

‘Strawberry Sweet’ Beauty Potion

» kitchen witchcraft

Enchanted Pumpkin Pie

“A Good Day At Work” French Toast Bake

“Lucky Money” Orange Poppy Seed Cupcakes

Simple Vanilla-Rose Love Cupcakes

Raspberry & Vanilla Toffee Apples to Attract Love

» pop culture paganism + magick

Lon-Lon Milk Recipe (LoZ)

Small Devotional Acts for Farore (LoZ)

Small Devotional Acts for Nayru (LoZ)

Hyrulian Cookbook Masterpost (LoZ)

Hair Wash for Mental Strength (SGA)

SGA Motivation Spell (SGA)

Elemental Protection Jar Spell (NB)

» information

Connecting With A Tree

A Very Basic Way to Understand Birth Charts

How Location and History Affect Spiritual Practices

Elemental Magick in Science

Elemental Systems

Areas of Research for the Intermediate Witch

Modern Deity Worship

What the Fuck is an Athame?

History of Magick Part 1

History of Magick Part 2

History of Magick Part 3

History of Magick Part 4

Planetary Correspondences

Micromoon Correspondences

» masterposts

Ultimate Protection Magic Masterpost; Part 1

Ultimate Protection Magic Masterpost; Part 2

Witchcraft 102 Masterpost

Beauty Magic Masterpost

Divination Masterpost

Yule Masterpost

A Complete Guide to Litha

Imbolc Masterpost

Samhain Masterpost

» ‘starter pack’ series

Solar Witch Starter Pack

Lunar Witch Starter Pack

Cosmic Witch Starter Pack

Green Witch Starter Pack

Fire Witch Starter Pack

Sea Witch Starter Pack

Air Witch Starter Pack

» miscellaneous

How to Get the Most out of Witchblr

2020 Witch Challenge: January

“I Am Happy In Maths (Class)” Sigil

DIY Solar Witch Crafts

Sun Altar

Little Solar Witch Ideas

Persephone Playlist

Ask Etiquette

A Samhain Fairytale

Poetry #1

Poetry #2

» other people’s stuff i’ve tried

Self-Love Potion

Seashell Candles

*acronyms are as follows: LoZ (Legend of Zelda), SGA (Stargate Atlantis), NB (Nowhere Boys)

[Last updated: 12th May 2020]

Just uploaded these grimoire pages all about astrology, get them without the watermark HERE!

I am NOT a Perfect Witch

I’ve seen a few asks/comments running around about how the witches of Tumblr seem to have all their ducks in a row and do magic spells 24/7 and are generally “perfect” because of it. I can tell you this is probably not the case. At least for me its not. I am not a Perfect Witch. I don’t rigorously follow the phases of the moon, most of the time i forget anyways. I don’t do spells on a regular basis (at least not what i consider to be spells) Heck most of the time the most witchy things i do is reblog stuff to this tumblr.  So for newbie witches and hidden witches please understand: It’s completely okay to not be a “perfect” witch. Once you’ve discovered that you’re a witch you don’t have to cast spells 24/7 in order to protect your title. The Title of Witch is yours as soon as you decide you want to Claim It. No one can or should tell you how to run your path. That is something you will have to discover for yourself, and honestly that’s the best part of the journey. So you forgot a sabbat, big whoop. Sabbats come and go and i rarely do anything for them anyways (maybe halloween but thats tradition haha) Another full moon pass you by? That’s okay, some people don’t like working with the moon and that’s also okay. Try casting a spell and you don’t think it worked? Trust me i still do spells and most of the time they don’t work too. So to all the newbies and hidden witches: Do not fret. You have plenty of time to come into your path and please please please do not feel like you HAVE to be perfect in your path. I am proud to follow my path with all its bumps and turns it throws at me

🌕✨ moon water correspondences ✨🌕

taken from one of my favourite pages of my grimoire! 

moon water can be used for blessings, enhancing spells or rituals, for promoting clarity or relaxation, in love magic, wealth/prosperity magic, to increase psychic awareness, and many other purposes! but by harnessing your moon water at different times, you can then incorporate the specific traits of that time/phase/zodiac period into your spell work. 

✨new moon water ✨

the new moon is associated with new beginnings, so use new moon water in spells or rituals focusing on things like new employment, new relationships, or new homes. 

e.g. when moving into a new home, add a couple of tablespoons of new moon water to the water you would normally use to cleanse your house with!

✨waxing moon water ✨

the waxing moon is the period in which the moon is growing in size, so use waxing moon water as a way to grow the strength of your spells. waxing moon water is also beneficial in spells to promote growth (of abilities, skill, or knowledge). the power of the waxing moon also increases the potency of fertility spells, wealth, luck, business and relationship spells  

✨full moon water ✨

the full moon is the point at which the moon is at its peak, so use full moon water for spells that require an extra push of energy. also use full moon water in spells to promote strength, love, protection, health, or use in spells to strengthen spiritual gifts and achieve your dreams 

✨waning moon water ✨

the waning moon is the period in which the moon is decreasing in size, so use waning moon water for all magic intended to remove things from your life; banishing spells to rid yourself of bad habits, toxic relationships, lingering diseases, weight loss, stress, addictions and negativity 

✨dark moon water ✨

when justice is required and is not obtainable outside of your spell work, casting in the dark of the moon and adding dark moon water will help with any crosses, hexes or binding spells

✨super moon water ✨

think of full moon water x1000000…… when you need an EXTRA BIG KICK OF ENERGY for your spells, this guy has you covered 

✨lunar eclipse moon water ✨

the lunar eclipse signifies change, so when drastic change is required, the addition of lunar eclipse water draws on the phenomenal change shown during an eclipse, as the moon cycles through all of its stages in a single instance

✨zodiac* moon water ✨

full moon water also takes on the energies of the zodiac sign the full moon is in. here’s a brief rundown of those properties and/or what they can be used for:

1) full moon water in aries = couragous, positive energy; charging tools 2) full moon water in taurus = stable, earth, fertile energy 3) full moon water in gemini = positive charge, overcoming obstacles 4) full moon water in cancer = loving, maternal, protective energies 5) full moon water in leo = lucky, creative, successful energy; arts, politics 6) full moon water in virgo = practical energy; facilitates planning 7) full moon water in libra = persuasive, balancing energies; legal matters 8) full moon water in scorpio = psychic, spiritual, banishing energy  9) full moon water in sagittarius = transforming, spiritual energy; meditation 10) full moon water in capricorn = careers, politics, attaining material goods 11) full moon water in aquarius = innovative, inventive energies 12) full moon water in pisces = dreamy, psychic energy; astral projection

*poses like malacath shrine* *poses like malacath shrine* *poses like malacath shrine*

What to Know Before Training in Witchcraft (part 1)

Throughout history, humans all over the world have practiced magick; yet much information on how to perform these abilities were kept in secret from eyes of the unworthy. Due to this, the rise of monotheistic religions were easily able to wipe out much of the knowledge, making it difficult for new generations to discover how to perform this ancient spiritual art. As someone who has trained and devoted themselves to witchcraft for the past 15 years and has been initiated into the Hermetic Path, here are the main things you should know if you seek to become a witch as well:

The basics of performing magick: Every spell requires a foundation of things in order to work, these are Will-power, Intense Focus, Passion/Need for the Outcome, Visualization of Desire, and Understanding of the skills you are utilizing. Without these, the spell will not be kindled and will fall flat. Additionally, the stronger your focus, the stronger your spell will be; yet developing very strong focus requires long training in meditation. When using your focus, it is like having beams of light projected into what you are doing- if the focus is not strong enough, the light becomes scattered. Meditation also assists in visualization, as you will need to be able to hold a mental image in your mind for as long as you require and be able to manipulate its appearance or rotate it with ease. 

Most magick requires astral ability, spirit work, and etheric connection. The sooner you learn to astral travel, the better (it can be done through both full-projection and mental projection, which is easier). Yet, you do not need to astral project in order to manipulate the astral, you only need to understand how to use your astral limbs on command (this is done for many areas of magick such as cursing people through summoning malevolent energies, or healing by removing toxic energies from inside one’s body). If you do not learn how to operate your astral body, you will not be able to perform most of magick since magick mostly takes place on the astral plane. Remember that witchcraft is not simple in the slightest and most books on it are either false in order to gain money or too basic to be strong enough spells. Witchcraft is for those who are willing to devote their lives to seeking and perfecting it, as well as those who are wise enough to use it properly. It is not about spell jars or emoji spells (both of which are ineffective), magick is weather summoning, dream manipulation, exorcisms, energetic healing, and the ability to see your enemy’s location through astral sight so you can directly curse them. The possibilities are nearly endless. 

Witchcraft is not meant for everyone. I know that most people are wanting to be kind to eachother and be all-inclusive, but not only is this unrealistic for this advanced craft, but also a very dangerous mentality. If someone goes into magick without being prepared, it can cause severe damage or even death in some severe cases. There is a reason why ancient cultures have all had magick reserved for the shamans and priests; it is not meant to be handed out to just anyone, one must be worthy and actually capable of such power. Should you go into witchcraft or spirit work when you have a mental disability such as psychosis, major depression, etc, you are allowing your conditions to become far worse. This is due to many reasons since magick will shift your view of reality and you will also be tested by higher powers to prove your worth (neither of these are easy, but if you have a mental disability, it will hit you even harder and cause severe damage). So either get medicated and stable, or do not go into witchcraft or spirit work. As for physical health problems, do not go into spirit work if you have a condition such as heart disease, as some experiences can cause heart attacks. 

The more advanced you become, the more enemies you gain. This goes for both spiritual enemies and humans, since your power will attract malevolent entities of all kinds as well as other advancing witches. While witches can curse (or even kill) you out of envy for your power or if you angered them, malevolent spirits can do just the same usually with more ease and with greater consequences. There are a vast many types of malignant spirits but most of them are tar spirits (entities made of pure malice and look like tar). These can truly ruin someone’s life and cause severe trauma, so you need to make sure you actually know what you’re doing when going into witchcraft or you will be unprepared for such attacks. 

As a beginner (Novice-Intermediate Witch), you need to connect with a certain spiritual path (such as Kemeticism, Hermeticism, etc). This is because as beginners, we are still needing to train our minds to believe in otherworldly possibilities and begin thinking in ritually symbolic ways. Once you become more advanced, this connection is no longer necessary. It is best to study as many paths as possible in order to have a wide-range of knowledge, and especially make sure to learn about Animism, as it holds truth. Remember that there are spirits all around us- in plants, water, the winds, the planets. They also wander about and watch us; not all of them are human and in fact, most of them aren’t. There are a vast many different species of spirits, even ones that are unknown in myth or folklore. 

Imposter Spirits. If you go into spirit work without proper skills in sensing, hearing, and seeing, you are putting yourself at great risk to be manipulated by imposters. These are usually tar spirits who come and pretend to be deities, demons, and many other things just to get you to trust them. Their two main reasons for doing this are to trick a person into breeding with them in the astral (which creates many more tar spirits, which is horrible) or to simply destroy someone’s life by worsening any present mental health problems. To avoid this, you either need an experienced mentor assisting you, or you need to learn to be extremely cautious, educated in spirits, and take things very slow in this path until your senses fully develop. Remember, just because you called upon a spirit and they seemed to arrive, it does not always mean it is actually them; you need to test it.

You need to be able to cleanse yourself properly. Each day, we gather up toxic energy from people around us due to envy, hate, and many other things. Most people can feel this but pass it off as random bodily pains. In order to heal yourself and others, you need to use your astral sight to see where the toxic energy is (if it’s in your body, just feel for it) then use your astral hand to reach in and pull it out (it helps if you move your physical hand along with it). Once out, burn it in the astral by summoning fire in your hand. Then move your hand across your body where the energy was and heal it with golden light, covering any injuries if you were attacked. However, if you are just beginning magick, it is likely that you will not be able to do at least one of the things mentioned, so you will need to improvise until you are skilled enough through constant practice. 

Alternate methods of removing toxic energy are wearing jewelry of alexandrite or by placing black tourmaline on your stomach and slowly rotating it until you feel your energy become lighter. Although these crystals don’t heal everything, so it is best to learn how to use your astral abilities. For healers, you must cleanse yourself whenever possible, even by just summoning fire to move up and through your body in the astral. If you do not, you have a high chance of getting leukemia from the blocked toxins over time. As an advanced healer, you will be able to simply see inside a person’s body with your astral sight and be able to see what physical and spiritual conditions they have so you can heal them. 

The Spirit Death: One of the most important things a witch will undergo is the Spirit Death- the shedding of your Ego and current self in order to allow your rebirth. In order to properly perform magick, one needs to destroy their current limited mentality and become “less human” so that they can better absorb higher knowledge and surpass the ordinary person. This will not make you like the gods in complexity, as they are far beyond us. But it will make you vastly different as a person and far stronger. However, this Death requires you to undergo great suffering, as pain is the only way we can change and develop true wisdom. This is not something ordinary people are capable of going through, but magick requires great sacrifice. 

Even afterwards, you will have to live your life in loneliness when you realize in your higher awareness that you can no longer fit in among others. In order to undergo the Spirit Death, you only need to open yourself up to it and confess it to your gods, the Source, or your higher self. Throughout the path as a witch, especially during the beginning, you will fail. You have to learn to fail so you can see what works and what does not, then keep trying until you finally figure things out through trial and error. There is no easy way through the path of a witch. 

Part 2 | Part 3

Do you have a like list of topics that you think new witches should look into? i've been trying to make a list of things for myself to research and i wanna get some other more experienced peoples input :)

Wonderful question! Here's a list of what to research and why. Please keep in mind this is just my opinion and these are things I think are essential to everyone who wants to practice witchcraft no matter the background, beliefs, or path.

What To Research As A New Witch

Types of Magical Practices Note, not types of witches. I notice many people don't even know there are many many ways to practice things like magic outside of the modern eclectic witchcraft you often see online. I also notice many people feel limited by the concept of witch types so I suggest you learn about the various magical practices that exist instead, and talk to real witches. What do they do? What do they believe? It varies a lot. I'm sure there's a path for you.

Types of Spells This one is a little more self explanatory. Most people who are interested in witchcraft are interested in spell work or want to get to it eventually. Learning about the types of spells we do is essential, even if you never do them that often or specialize in one or two types of spells like I do I think it's valuable to anyone who wants to be a witch.

Intention Kind of a side tangent off of spell types! You absolutely have to learn to make your intention and needs clear. If you just put some ingredients together without knowing why and without telling them what to do you won't get very far. This goes for things like using crystals too, but it especially applies to spell work.

Types of Divination Similar to the above, most witches do some form of divination. Even if you think divination isn't for you there are a wide variety of methods, try to find one you like. I'd also recommend it because it's a relatively safe practice for new witches where you actually get to do something and try witchcraft.

Tools & Ingredients There are a wide variety of tools and ingredients we use and you need to learn about them so you can find what's right for you and applicable to your practice. Do keep in mind there isn't any tool or ingredient you're obligated to use as a witch unless a tradition you picked requires it.

Cleansing Cleansing is a practice witches do to remove negative or stagnant energy from a place, object or person. It's an essential part of prep especially before spell work, learn about it and the various ways it is done so you can find a method that works for you. You'll be doing it often.

Charging Charging is a sort of sister practice to cleansing. Where cleansing removes energy charging replaces it. Some common objects we charge are our tools and crystals, if you use them, but there's a wide variety of ways it can be applied. I keep using crystals because they're an easy example.

Grounding Grounding is a practice witches do to relax and focus our energy. Like cleansing, it is typically a form of prep done before spells, ritual work, things like that. For many of us though (especially if you're me, who has an anxiety disorder) it can be used any time you like.

WARDING Arguably THE most important on this list because it's so important to keep you safe and so many people don't know about it or do it properly. Warding is a practice we do to protect ourselves from negative energy, entities, and occasionally other witches. It is typically done by building barriers of energy or keeping protective objects near or on you. There are many, many methods though as with most things in witchcraft. The methods can be applied to just about anything you want to keep out too. Think of warding as the energetic or witchy equivalent of having a household security system or carrying pepper spray on you.

Circle Casting This is a practice that's done before spell work. The definition has shifted a bit particularly recently and varies a bit but what people are usually referring to (and what I'm always referring to) is when you call the four elements to empower and protect you.

Banishing & Binding This is a variety of magic/spell. It's kind of what it sounds like. To banish something is to keep it away from you or your space. To bind something is to keep it from continuing (a usually harmful) action or behavior. Usually people recommend you learn about these things to keep yourself safe like with warding but these methods can be applied to mundane things too. Like people. Don't ask me how I know :)

Open & Closed Practices (I'm not part of any culture that is closed so please correct me on this if needs be) Last but certainly not least. If you are present in (the right) witchy spaces you will hear people say a thing or practice is closed. This means that practice is from a closed culture. A closed culture is a culture that is not open to outsiders, and to take from it is cultural appropriation. If you educate yourself on these practices you can avoid wrongfully using them. Additionally as you've probably assumed, an open culture is a culture that is open to outsiders. This means you can respectfully do these practices or take inspiration from them, which is very useful for eclectic witches like me.

Important notes!

I know I mentioned things that relate to spell work a lot here and that may seem useless to those who aren't actively as interested in it as I am but even if you don't do spells often you still need to know how to do these things to prep for when you do. Cleansing, charging, grounding and warding also can be applied outside of spell work and are important to other practices. Any practicing witch should be warded. Do also make sure to pick a topic or two of distinct interest to you. It will keep you motivated and keep things interesting. I hope this helps! Remember to never stop learning.