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*
Light a candle, whisper your problem to it, then say:
“I do not give a shit.
You can’t make me give a shit.
My last fuck has flown.”
And blow out the candle, symbolizing you blowing out the shit you were supposed to give.
New Moon- New Moon magick begins on the day of the new moon to three-and-a-half days after. Use the energy of the new moon for new ventures and new beginnings. Also use the new moon for love spells, job hunting, and healing.
Waxing Moon- The waxing moon begins seven to fourteen days after the new moon. Use the waxing moon for constructive magick, such as love spells, magick for wealth and success, courage, friendship, luck or good health.
Full Moon- A powerful energy for rituals of prophecy, divination and protection. Any spell work that requires extra energy, such as finding a new job or healing serious conditions, is best begun during the full moon. Also for love, gaining sacred knowledge, legal matters, attracting money and prophetic dreams.
Waning Moon- Begin waning moon magick three-and-a-half to ten-and-a-half days after the full moon. The waning moon is used for banishing negativity, for curing addictions, and illness.
Dark Moon- The energy of the dark moon is useful for working magick against attackers, and for understanding your own angers and passions. Also for rituals designed to bring justice to bear in very negative situations.
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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🎀 Take mental health days, no magic just relaxing.
🎀 Stop using divination to see if you’re crush likes you or not, be courageous and ask! Just because it was divined doesn’t mean it’s 100% true.
🎀 Meditate if you have the time.
🎀 Get creative with magic. You don’t have to follow the old ways of witchcraft all the time.
🎀 Don’t listen to any witch that claims their way is the only way.
🎀 Glamours and self love spells are friends. Please cast them! They really help you feel amazing!
🎀 Believe in yourself. You don’t have to wear all black if you don’t want to. You can be a witch and not be the stereotype.
What you need: ♢Lavander ( ease the mind, relieves anxiety) ♢Marjoram (wards of depression) ♢Ginger (success and power ) ♢Dill (mental strength ) ♢Mint (exorcism)
What you have to know: Except ginger all of this herbs are associated with Mercury, that represents the mind and plays an important role in the areas of cognition and wisdom.
Grind the herbs into a powder and sprinkle it on your books or light it up as an incense.
by Rainy-Day-Witchcraft
Storm water
Sea salt
Heather
Black Pepper
Thistle
Ground wood charcoal
Oven mits / Heat handling tools
Disclaimer: Some may develop hives or experience itch when physically dealing with thistle - if you have never worked with it before, find out if it’s safe for you to handle, as you would any herb or plant.
Step 1. In a fire-safe pot or cauldron sitting over a stove or fire, pour in about two cups of storm or rain water and a few tablespoons of salt. One by one, add in the ingredients as the water warms, speaking aloud or thinking of the properties of each ~ Heather (linked to mists and rain), Black pepper (earthly protection), Thistle (protection and banishment), and wood charcoal ground to a chalky powder (protection and banishment).
Allow your herbal water mixture to seep on a low temperature for a few minutes (if you’re using a non-stovetop fire, bring the water to an almost-boil and remove from heat source for a few minutes).
After the mixture has seeped, turn the heat up to high or return to heat source and allow it to come to a rolling boil; our goal here is to produce steam, so be sure it’s at the boiling point where a good amount is evaporating!
Step 2. Using heat handling tools or mits, carry the pot/cauldron to an area that is exposed to the outside air; you can choose to do this outside, or if the weather does not allow it, in front of an open window. If you are already working over an outdoor fire, staying where you are is fine!
Place the pot in front of you and allow the steam from the boiled mixture to waft up into the sky or out the window. As you watch, envision that the essence and energy from the herbs traveling up into the sky with the steam; it eases the clouds, quiets the winds, and banishes the danger. Continue to watch the steam until it cools and no longer produces as much, visualizing the clouds relieving their tension and the wind blowing them away. During this time you can recite a chant, blow on the steam, etc!
Step 3. When the above step is finished and the steam has diminished, it’s time to do away with the remaining watery plant pulp that did not evaporate. If the weather condones it, dig a small hole in the earth and pour the mixture into it; Mix it counter-clockwise three times with your finger, a wand, an athame, or a branch, and then proceed to cover the hole up with soil (feel free to once again chant or visualize). If the weather is still looking too severe to step outside, store the mixture in an air-tight jar and in a dark space (to prevent mold growth) until the storm subsides ~ It is then that you should bury the mixture. This protects the earth, and in turn the area you perform the spell around, from the damage of severe weather!
My ask and/or message box is open if you happen to have any questions or comments about the spell. Thank you!
Magic circles have two basic purposes: they are like fences, and they are like portals.
Magic circles function like fences because they raise a barrier to prevent certain things from coming in to your area. Works of magic can attract all manner of interested and parasitic spirits, as well as attracting unwanted energies. A circle can keep all of these things away while the magic is being worked. This not only keeps the magic “clean”, but it functions as a layer of protection.
Circles can also keep energy in, which is very useful. You can imagine a magic circle as being like a bowl which holds energy and prevents any from spilling away. Once you purposefully direct the energy, the rest can be grounded, and the circle can be removed.
Circles function as portals because they create a liminal space partway out of our physical world, and partway in to the astral world. This is what differentiates magic circles between other forms of barriers like shields and wards. If you have ever cast and worked inside of a circle, you may have experienced that very unusual “magical state” that can occur within. This liminal space is useful because here we can have more direct contact with the energies and forces we seek to manipulate. It can help us flip that switch from “everyday” to “magical”.
Another important function of circles is that they end, and removing ourselves from that liminal space is a really useful way to start getting back to “normal” after a spell is cast.
The casting of a magic circle can be extremely basic, and no more than a simple exercise, or it can be very complex and a full ritual in itself. If you like circle casting, try learning several techniques and using whichever one suits your best.
If you want to practice circle-casting, try casting a circle before engaging in another practice exercise like channeling or charging.
Often, spirits or entities are called to watch over the circle and ensure it remains protected.
Circles can be small, fitting on your desk or a piece of paper. Often, circles are made large enough to fit yourself, all your tools, and any other practitioners within it. Remember that circles are magical spaces, so the walls of the circle can pass through furniture, walls, floors, and ceilings, and remain unbroken.
Circles are generally meant to be temporary, so ensure that after your magical work is done, the circle is removed.
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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