🌜 Types Of Witches ✨

🌜 types of witches ✨

*disclaimer* these are notes from research i have done on the internet, and i myself am still learning. if you feel as if i have misinterpreted a certain type, or left something out, please let me know so i can further educate myself.

air witch: a witch that works with the element of air and the energies that it possesses. they work with things such as air elementals, incense, and rhythmic breathing.

animal witch: a witch that works with animals, or a specific form of animal, and uses that animals energies in their practice. these witches will also work with the spiritual and physical forms of that animal and use magick based around it.

atheist witch: a witch who does not believe in any form of deity.

baby/beginner witch: a witch who is new to the practice and isn’t too knowledgable on the craft yet.

bone witch: a witch who uses bones in their practice, and can communicate with the spirits who used to own them, to allow them help in their practice.

blue witch: a witch who practices healing forms of magick such as reiki, yoga, acupuncture, energy healing, and quantum touch.

blood witch: a witch who practices blood magick and uses the energy of blood in their practice.

ceremonial witch: a witch who practices ceremonial magick and theurgy. they are focused on the ritual of the craft and draw power from performing a ceremony that is meaningful.

closet witch: a witch who is not open about their practice.

cosmic witch: a witch who uses cosmic or astrological bodies in their craft. they work with the energies of stars, the moon, the sun, and planets. they also may connect with deities associated with the stars or formulate spells based on planets, the alignment of the stars, etc.

cottage/hearth witch: a witch who focuses on the home, their families, and making the place they live comfortable and protected. they are witches who specialize in magick surrounding the home.

chaos witch: a witch who quite literally draws power from chaos. they usually perform emotional, tumultuous magick, and their spells are fueled by energy that clashes. they often perform magick with intense music, during storms, after a fight with a friend or significant other, or even when they’re just feeling a bit crazy emotionally. they also can perform powerful spells after a chaotic event in the world occurs.

coven witch: a witch who is in a group of witches, coven, or circle, and will be able to learn and practice magick with others.

color witch: a witch who uses the metaphysical meaning of colors in their magick.

dark witch: a witch who tunes into the darker side of the craft. they prefer to take things into their own hands and can be known to use older, traditional ceremonies. they also normally practice shadow work and prefer to practice at night.

death witch: a witch who practices death magick and works with the energies of death.

divination witch: a witch who practices divination such as cartomancy, rune casting, scrying, pendulum, tasseomancy, palmistry, and numerology.

desert witch: a witch who works with things from a desert such as desert sand, cacti, bushes, and spirits of the desert. they may or may not live near one.

draconian witch: a witch who works with dragons and draconic magick.

dream witch: a witch who works on and in their dreams, and may practice lucid dreaming. they may cast magick in their dreams and may also be dreamwalkers. these witches use their dreamscape as a home away from home.

eclectic witch: a witch who has an eclectic practice. this means that they will work with and learn from many different paths, practices, philosophies, traditions, and sources. they don’t have any one set religion that they must adhere to.

elemental witch: a witch who works with all of the western classical elements. these elements being fire, water, earth, air, and spirit. some elemental witches also choose not to incorporate the element of spirit.

earth witch: a witch that works with the element of earth and the energy that it possesses. they work with things such as crystals, herbs, rocks, earth elementals, the spirit of the land, and other earth-based tools.

fire witch: a witch that works with the element of fire and the energies that it possesses. they work with things such as candle magick, fire elementals, bonfire rituals, and fire scrying, among other practices relating to fire.

forest witch: a witch who works with things from the forest such as the trees, the forest spirits, and forest animals. they may or may not live near one.

fae witch: a witch who works with fairies and fae magick. they love nature spirits, woodland creatures, and the fae, and they invite all of these elements into their practice.

green witch: a witch who uses nature-based things in their practice such as herbs, trees, stones, animals, and natural elements. they are very connected to the earth and draw their magick from nature and specifically from earthly elements.

garden witch: a witch who works with herbs and the earth, much like a green witch, but is focused on their garden and how they can incorporate it with their magick. this process is much like a home to a cottage witch.

gray witch: a witch who practices a neutral form of magick and uses a balance of both dark and light forms of magick.

hedge witch: a witch that uses magick that is oriented around the spiritual world. they practice things such as astral travel, astral projection, lucid dreaming, spirit work, and journeying. these witches are able to walk between worlds.

hereditary witch: a witch who gets their tradition passed down to them by their family, and they are born into the practices of witchcraft. they also usually have their family to practice with and to be there to help with development.

herbal witch: a witch that uses herbs in their practice. they will normally grow herbs and use them in many different ways in order to produce magickal effects such as burning them, turning them into tea, or sprinkling them around places.

kitchen witch: a witch who works with magick through cooking and uses the magickal properties of different foods.

lunar witch: a witch who works with the energies of the moon and the moon’s cycles. they usually charge their tools in the moonlight and perform their spells based on the phase of the moon.

pop culture witch: a witch who incorporates aspects of media in their practice such as things from movies, tv shows, books, and video games. they may also work with pop culture spirits and call upon them like traditional spirits.

purple witch: a witch who practices energy work, psychic abilities, and psionics.

religious witch: a witch who holds some form of religion. these include christian witches, satanic witches, pagan witches, wiccan witches, buddhist witches, muslim witches, jewish witches, hindu witches, along with any other type of religious witch.

red witch: a witch who practices love and sex magick.

sea witch: a witch who works with things from the sea such as seawater, sea glass, beach sand, seashells, and other tools associated with the sea. they may or may not live near it.

secular witch: a witch who is not religious and does not subscribe to a religious dogma. they believe in energy and work with energetic forces in witchcraft, but they do not pray to any kinds of gods or deities. a secular witch can certainly be spiritual in his/her own time, but their craft specifically works with energy that is unnamed and doesn’t have a personality.

solar witch: a witch who works with the energies of the sun. they usually benefit from charging their tools in the sunlight, and performing their magick at sunrise or sunset.

solitary witch: a witch who practices their craft alone or without a personal group such as a coven or circle of other practitioners.

spoonie witch: a witch that practices low-energy witchcraft due to a chronic illness, mental illness, disability, etc.

swamp witch: a witch who works with things from the swamp such as swamp water, the swamp spirits, and swamp animals. they may or may not live near one.

storm/weather witch: a witch who works with the weather and its energies in order to change it, receive energy, or achieve some other outcome. they may have a preference for a specific type of storm or enjoy chaotic weather energy in general, but will definitely feel more powerful when the energy is tumultuous. they also usually charge their tools during a storm and collect storm water, snow, etc. for use in spells.

stitch witch: a witch who works with thread, yarn, or other fibers for their work.

science witch: a witch who has a higher focus on science and will use their understandings of it in their practices. these witches usually do not portray scientism, and focus on a higher connection between science and their practice.

traditional witch: a witch who practices the forms of traditional witchcraft. they do a lot of research and take a historical approach to their magickal practice.

tech witch: a witch who works with modern technology in their practice, and will integrate computers and electronics with their magick.

tea witch: a witch who uses tea in their practice in order to facilitate certain effects through the act of drinking them.

theistic witch: a witch who believes in a form of deity.

water witch: a witch who works with the element of water and the energies that it possesses. they work with things such as the different kinds of water, water elementals, and water scrying, among other tools related to water.

white/light witch: a witch who practices benevolent forms of magick. they tend to gravitate towards more light deities and beings like angels.

Unique Grimoire Topics

While planning for this I looked through possibly every single post listing prompts for your grimoire on this site, and listen 98% of those lists are exactly the same. No shade on the ppl who make these lists, since I found that stuff really useful for brainstorming my own ideas, but here’s a list of ideas that I haven’t anywhere on tumblr. They’re unique, specific, and in no particular order, but they might help other witches. So:

Gardening Calendar - when to sow and when to reap, winter plants vs summer plants, etc.

Nice sounding words and names for when I want spells to sound good.

Cryptids/Myths - (fear gortach, baba yaga, the jersey devil, and kelpies are some of my faves)

Skill Building techniques - recipes for candle/incense making, book binding, sewing/patterns, tea making, etc. I tend to approach things as a jack of all trades/master of none, and it’d be nice to have one place with a lot of tips for things I’ve learned and can apply to my craft.

basics of chemistry and practical uses (i.e. removing rust, different colors of fire and how to use them in spells, etc)

Art pages for drawing new witchy tattoo ideas

A chart of which plants mix badly with medications I take (!!!!!)

an entire info page on practicing safely honestly

Witchcraft is about using all your senses to affect change in the world. A research page on senses other than the 5 that everyone knows?

Current politics. Yeah, really. There’s this curse Trump movement going on, or it was going on a while ago. You don’t have to use curses I feel to affect some change, at least in your local government. Of course, witchcraft should only be a supplement to actually voting/calling senators.

How to attract pollinators - butterflies, bumble bees, etc.

also how to get rid of invasive species

History of the Satanic Panic and how that affected witchcraft

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v-gorre

3 years ago

🌕✨ 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

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v-gorre

3 years ago

Successful Job Interview Spell

I just completed this spell for a friend who has a job interview tomorrow, to help give them confidence and make a good first impression. Here's what I used.

Materials:

Tealight candle

Rosemary

Bay leaf

A penny

Tarot deck

Process:

I took the tealight candle out of the metal holder and placed the penny in the bottom.

I took five cards from the tarot deck;

The Emperor, for authority

The Ace of Pentacles, for financial success

The Fool, for new beginnings

The Magician, for the skills to succeed

The Star, for confidence

And placed them around the tealight candle one at a time, stating their purpose.

I lit the candle and placed a few rosemary leaves in the melting wax for protection against negative energy.

I wrote my intention on the bay leaf: "[Friend's Name] will get a job offer soon." Then I burned the bay leaf using the flame from the tealight candle. (Have a bowl nearby to drop the leaf in in case it catches fire quickly, don't burn your fingers!)

I visualized my friend at their interview tomorrow, then getting the job offer, then starting their new job. I did this until I could see the penny underneath the melted wax.

If you try this spell, let me know how it goes!

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v-gorre

4 years ago

🔥Fiery Souls: Salamanders🔥

🔥 Have you ever watched a fire burn and noticed strange shapes curling in the flames? These are magical salamanders dancing for you. Small and dragon-like, these beings breathe flames from their tiny mouths.

🔥 Salamanders also live in the glow of a candle, the spark in hot coals, lightening bolts, sunsets and rays of sunlight. Kitchens are also sacred to them.

🔥 They have a high energy and are spontaneous creatures. Unable to be tamed, salamanders are courageous, fierce and loyal to those who call on them. If you want to feel their presence nearby, try cooking. Ask them to bless your dinner or offer them a piece of coal at your next barbecue.

🔥 When you need a pick-me-up invoke their power by visualising a warming flame coursing through your body. You can also work with them when you need to reignite your sense of passion, vitality, joy or community spirit. They’re useful guides to help bring families closer together, and can offer comfort whenever you are feeling lonely.

🔥 FIRE FAIRIES 🔥

☀️ Fire fairies ride on the sunbeams, and you may glimpse them wherever a ray pierces through the clouds. They absorb solar energy, which sustains them through winter. However, the best way to meet the fire spirits is to kindle and tend a fire.

☀️ If you have an open hearth, you need look no further, for deep within the glowing embers you will see “fire pictures” that will tell you about the salamanders. Sit before the flames and let yourself feel drowsy and relaxed. Soon you will be aware of the fire spirits coiling within the glow or dancing in the sparks. If a spark jumps out at toward you, that is a fire spirit making its presence felt.

☀️ Outside, bonfires are fantastic fire spirit haunts. Chimeneas (Mexican pottery hearths) and fire bowls are readily available, and make the creation of fire easy in any garden. Fireworks are the very essence of salamanders, which flock around and within them. Remember to take care when looking for them though.

☀️ To make friend with salamanders, show respect for their Element. Avoid using a microwave- it is an insult! Cook with gas, at the very least, and wherever possible with live coal. Fire sprites appreciate a hearty barbecue ! Learn to make fire the old way, by striking wood or using a tinder box, so that you tease the fire from the interior of the wood and the salamanders flash into being. Fire spirits are also attracted by wild and sensuous music. A simple candle, is an invitation to them, and tiny sprites dance in each candle flame.

☀️ As with all fairies, fire spirits reward interest, respect and genuine attempt to tune into their way of being. Look for a glint, a flash, a patch of bright color. Maybe a firefly will pass or, at night, your path will be blessed with enchanting glow-worms. Fire spirits may also leave gold- anything red, orange, or yellow, or arrow shaped. Treasure it, and it will light your days.