There Are Pencils That Turn Into Plants When You’re Done Using Them. 

Little Witchy Things For Closeted Witches

-Stir clockwise (no one would notice that) -Drink herbal teas (it’s totally normal) -Clean with special solutions (scented cleaner wouldn’t make anyone suspicious) -Draw sigils that disappear quickly (out of sight, out if mind) -Keep plants around (plants are nice decoration for houses) -Cook with herbs (nobody would question it, and they’ll love your food) -Wear crystal pendants (if it matches your outfit, it’ll pass as mundane) -Buy magickal yet normal things (wind chimes and dreamcatchers aren’t weird) -Drink special smoothies in the morning (once it’s a daily routine, people won’t care) -Take walks in nature (it’s normal and calming) -Draw sigils under clothing (no one would know unless they have x-ray vision) -Keep a stash of candles “for emergencies” (better safe than sorry) -Go out with friends once a week (when I say friends, I really mean your coven, and if you aren’t in a coven, pretend you’re with friends and do witchy stuff on your own) -Add a subtle magickal twist to family holidays (specific color themes, taking the opportunity to use all the extra energy floating around, decorate with enchanted objects, etc)

This list is getting pretty bad so I’m going to stop now… feel free to add on!

The Wiccan’s Glossary

Astrology/Cosmic Witch

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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How to make rose water

You will need: Rose petals (fill your bottle a third of the way) Water Sugar or salt (1/8 tsp) A spray bottle (I used an old perfume bottle)

Shove your rose petals in the bottle, filling it a third of the way. Fill rest of the way with water, shake, and let that sit for a few hours.

Advantages? Rose water is proven to reduce inflammation, acne, rosacea, tone the face, and tighten pores.

You may choose to charge the water with an attraction spell before use, but you could also use this as a face mist like I do, or a perfume. It works either way.

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.

Studying Powder

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.

NYXTURNA