It seems that when people have actual problems you suddenly forget all about 'magic' and just tell them to seek real practical solutions
Because this isn’t Harry Potter and it’d be stupid not to.
Magic doesn’t solve all your problems. A job spell doesn’t mean anything if you never send out resumes. All the wards in the world don’t replace a lock on the front door. A friendship spell is going to have a hard time manifesting if you never leave the house. A protection amulet isn’t a brick wall that’s going to stop someone coming at you with a knife. All the prayer circles in the world don’t do anything for communities ravaged by natural disaster. We live in a world that is both physical and metaphysical, so why would a solution be only one or the other?
People interpret magic differently. I see it as often tilting probabilities: a job spell would nudge an employer’s attention to your resume, a ward will make intruders feel that maybe they don’t need to rob you after all. You don’t chant for a while and then sit back and expect the universe to do everything else for you, and in cases where someone is being abused or has health conditions – which is usually when we bring out the mundane advice over the magical on this blog – hell yes you do everything you possibly can.
Sure, there are exceptions: a friend might recommend you for a job without you ever stepping foot outside the door, for example. But there’s a reason every experienced magical practitioner I know or whose texts I’ve read emphasize that a) magic alone doesn’t solve everything, and b) you’ve got to do the physical work, too. As a professional spirit worker once explained to me, her wight protected her on magical and spiritual planes, not physical, because that part was her job.
A witch – in my opinion – should be, above all other things, practical, and the work doesn’t end when the candle burns out.
- mountain hound
The way magick works for me is in shifting probabilities. You can increase or decrease the probability of something happen but working with small probabilities it’s extremely hard for it to matter. It’s like adding a teaspoon of water to a lake and complaining that you don’t notice a difference. Mundane things help shift the probabilities even more in my favour. Without the mundane helping it along a lot of times your magick won’t add up to shit.
Sparrow
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Fire, earth, air and water are fundamental energies that operate in the physical world. They are the building blocks of life. Rocks and soil, wind, the sun, lakes and streams. These are examples of the physical form in which we see the elements. Equally, if not more important are the vibrational qualities of these four elements.
Sights, sounds, smells, tastes, textures — pretty much everything — can be grouped into one of the elemental categories. When you begin to understand these connections you can learn to draw upon these elements to produce the results you desire. Part of your development as a witch involves using these elements to your advantage. You may use them singularly or combine two or more elements to create balance. Each element has its own properties, and it’s up to you to decide how to use them.
Physical energy: heat and light, also all kinds of activity, leadership, and power
Qualities: Warm and Dry
Astrological Signs: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius
Tarot Suit: Wands
Cardinal Direction: South
Vibration: masculine or yang
Color: red, orange
Substances: bay laurel, cedar, frankincense, red jasper, sage
Body Parts: energetic aspects, movement and body heat, the will and sense of sight
Animals: mammals, warm blooded
Season: Summer
Humor: Choleric
Elemental: Salamanders
Solid physical matter: agriculture, mining, and the ground and what lies under it, also employment, money and physical property
Qualities: Cool and Dry
Astrological Signs: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn
Tarot Suit: Pentacle
Cardinal Direction: North
Vibration: feminine or yin
Color: brown, green
Substances: barley, coltsfoot, horsetail, mandrake, patchouli
Body Parts: solid parts, bones and muscles, and sense of touch
Animals: reptiles, insects, worms
Season: Autumn
Humor: Melancholic
Elemental: Gnomes
Gaseous physical matter: the atmosphere, the winds and weather, also communication and conflict, violence, pain and suffering
Qualities: Warm and Moist
Astrological Signs: Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius
Tarot Suit: Swords
Cardinal Direction: East
Vibration: masculine or yang
Color: purple, yellow
Substances: borage, elecampane, lapis lazuli, onion, valerian leaf
Body Parts: gaseous parts, air in the lungs, nervous system, intellect, sense of smell
Animals: birds, wings and hollow bones
Season: Spring
Humor: Sanguine
Elemental: Sylphs
Liquid physical matter: oceans, lakes, rivers and streams, also social and sexual interactions, and happiness
Qualities: Cool and Moist
Astrological Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces
Tarot Suit: Cups
Cardinal Direction: West
Vibration: feminine or yin
Color: blue, black
Substances: iron, green jasper, lily, seashells, turquoise
Body Parts: fertility and reproduction, liquid parts, such as blood and lymph, emotions, sense of taste
Animals: fish, cold blooded
Season: Winter
Humor: Phlegmatic
Elemental: Ondines
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Started the 12th of this June and will end November the 19th. This is a time for new beginnings and rude awakenings. Pay special attention to your desires and your personal relationships; now is the time to be brutally honest with yourself. During this time others will tend to be as well.
Ostara is the time to honor rebirth and renewal, not just physical but spiritual as well. It is the time when light and dark are once again at balance and are equal. Here are a few ways you can decorate your altar for the coming Sabbat.
Yellows
Purples
Greens
Blues
Pinks
Pastel Colors
God and Goddess Statue
Black and White Candle
Balancing Scales
Sun and Moon Symbol
Yin and Yang
Milk
Plants (daffodils, lilies)
Basket of Eggs
Spring is synonymous with new life, put things that are just being born or renewed onto your altar.
Seeds and Bulbs
Nature Deities (Herne, Flora, Gaia, Attis, etc)
Gemstones and Crystals (aquamarine, rose quartz, and moonstone)
Ostara is March 20th this year.
Blessed Be
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GUIDE TO CHARM BAGS!
A charm bag is simply a magick spell inside a bag. They are spells in a bag and the most popular way of carrying power items with you. To make a charm bag, simply fill with one or more magickally charged items. Magickally charged items may include herbs, stones, charms, drops of essential or magick oils, amulets, and crystals.
Charm bags may be as simple as a square of fabric tied together or they may be beautifully embroidered hand made works of art. They may be made of silk, leather, metal,or any fabric. The choice is yours, but keep in mind that the container is part of the spell.
Bag Colours Gold: Wealth, protection, the God
Silver: Prosperity, the Moon, psychism, the Goddess
Yellow: Healing, finding employment
Orange: Communication, messages, travel
Green: Prosperity, abundance, friendship, growth, nature
Blue: Peace, calm, wisdom. benevolence,
Purple: Wisdom, mysteries, wealth, grandeur, justice
Red: Success, strength, romance, protection
Pink: Love, friendship, healing
Brown: Houses, home, justice, Earth, permanence
Black: Absorbs and dissolves baneful energy Bags with drawstring closures are useful because you can open and close them, adding materials as they are found or needed. A closed bag is called a “hand”.
Here are a few examples of stones that you could place in your bag:
Aluminum: Travel, communication
Amethyst: Wisdom and psychic powers
Aventurine: Healing and prosperity.
Clear quartz: Good for any purpose
Copper: Love and healing
Gold: Prosperity and protection
Iron: Protection and strength
Moonstone: Emotions, peace and love
Rose quartz: Love and harmony
Silver: Protection, Lunar power, love, prosperity
Tiger’s eye : Wealth and protection
Tin: Wealth and honour
Here are a few examples of charms that you could place in your bag;
Acorn: Luck, prosperity,protection from lightning, and sexual potency.
Broom: Brushes away negative influences, sweeps in luck, protection, wealth and good into the home.
Clover: Life, luck and abundance.
Hammer: Luck and a means of driving out evil.
Horn: Repel the"evil eye,“ a symbol of nature and fertility, sexuality.
Horseshoe: Luck.
Key: Power, Luck, especially if it is found and the finder does not know which lock it opens. A symbol of access to hidden things
Lightning-struck wood: Protection against all harm.
Pine cone: Luck, favourable influences,protection from harm, and sexual power, repels baneful influences.
Religious symbol: Symbols of various religions are held to be protective.
Salt: Purification, repels evil, and attracts wealth.
Silver: Protection, wealth, and the blessing of all Goddesses.
Toadstone: Heal illnesses and to repel evil. Toadstone is a fossilized shark’s tooth.
Purpose: To increase happiness and fill your life with joy.
Materials:
• yellow or gold candle
• citrine
• an orange (happiness, joy, purity)
1.) Find a quiet place to sit.
2.) Place the yellow/gold candle in front of you, holding an orange in one hand and citrine in the other.
3.) Close your eyes. Imagine yourself sitting outside, the sun enveloping you in its warmth and light. Visualize your body being encompassed by a bright, shimmering glow that fills you with happiness.
4.) When you are ready, open your eyes and light the yellow/gold candle. Place the citrine in front of it and hold the orange with two hands. Say these words:
“I see the sun,
I feel its rays.
When this spell is done,
Fill my life with joy always.”
5.) Peel the orange and eat it, letting the candle burn out.
*Space Witch*
Witches who focus on the planets and stars. Their Book of Shadows will have information about each planet, the zodiac and astrology, and enjoy nocturnal magic.
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Things you can do with paintwater:
- use it in spells for art, creativity, or to help lift artists block
- use sun/moon/rain water with your water color paints, to rinse your paintbrushes while painting or to clean them afterwards
- make a gem elixir with crystals that have creative/inspirational properties and use that while painting, cleaning brushes or rub on your temples to stimulate the mind
- use paintwater in spells to banish feelings of dullness, dry spurts, little inspiration or frustration with your art
*from my own B.O.S*
The musings and inspirations of a London Witch. This is my side blog related to my endeavors as a practicing witch. Leo, Female, Crystal/Space Witch with Sami blood in her veins.
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