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Warding

I've covered warding recently in my protection post. But here I will go into more detail on what warding is, the most popular ways to ward and how to create them as well as when to know when a ward is no longer useful or has been broken. I will also go into baneful warding and what it is.

What is warding?

Warding is a form of defensive magick which acts as your first line of defense against negativity. Be this baneful magick from another practitioner or negative entities and general negative energy. There are multiple ways to ward with each practitioner warding differently to the other. Wards come in all shapes and forms, and there is no limit as to how much warding you should do, you protect yourself as you see fit.

What is baneful warding?

Baneful warding is a form of warding in which the negative that hits a ward gets sent back to its source. Baneful warding is seen as a more "advanced" form of magick, however not too advanced for a novice to do with the appropriate amount of research. Baneful warding can come in the same forms as normal warding would.

Warding jars

Perhaps one of the most common wardings on this post, warding jats usually contain ingredients charged with the intention of warding. These ingredients usually range from herbs to bodily fluids such as saliva or blood. These jars are either buried on the practitioners property, left above entryway, left on an altar, or are carried with the practitioner when they want protection on the go.

A warding jar might contain: ashes of a warding sigil, bodily fluids, herbs and plants, crystals, bones, warding or protection oils, spices, metals, glass shards etc. These jars are then sealed with black or white wax (or are sealed in any other way, with glue, tape or simply just with intention).

When a warding jar is broken, you might find the contents of the jar to become moldy, the jar shatters, the seal might break or the contents of the jar to go off, you also might feel that the jar no longer has its power. When this happens, if the jar is intact, break the seal and empty the contents into the bin/trash or return them back to the earth. You can then cleanse the jar with your preferred method of cleansing and reuse the jar for another ward or spell.

Talismans and symbols

Talismans are objects which are charged with the intention fo protection or warding. A well known example would be the Nazar, known to ward off the evil eye.

Symbols are used to represent something or represent an intention example would be the pentacle/pentagram, a well known protection symbol. Another example could by the Eye of Horus, a symbol used by the Ancient Egyptians for protection, health and restoration.

You can create your own talismans and symbols to aid in warding. These might be used to ward against a specific thing, or can be used as a general ward to all negativity.

A talisman or symbol might break or feel like they're no longer useful once theyve done thier job. If this time comes, you can simply dispose of the old one and create a new one.

Sigils

Sigils are created and can be programmed with any purpose necessary. May this be warding ot cursing, they can be used for almost any working.

Sigils can be burnt to activate them, with the ashes being used in spells to add extra power. Sigils can be put up around your house or around your room for warding. These sigils can look like anything, simply draw them with the intention of warding.

Crystals

Crystals can be placed above entryways or in windows to act as a ward. Crystals can also be added to spells to give a desired effect or worn as jewellery to act as warding or protection on the go.

Some examples are: black obsidian, black tourmaline, clear quartz, amethyst, hematite.

When a crystal ward has been broken, the crystal might shatter, or go missing. Or you may feel the crystals energy feels different than usual. With crystals you cam simply cleanse and recharge the crystals to be used again!

Spells

Warding spells can be as simple as a dressed candle, or can be a complex ritual. Warding spells differ from practitioner to practitioner. Similar to warding jars, these spells might include the use of herbs, bodily fluids, crystals, plants etc. The methods of creating a warding spell vary, as there is no one way to create one.

When a ward breaks down, you might feel the ward break, or if it does what is intended, you might feel something bounce off the ward. Depending on the negativity sent your way, the ways in which you might feel a warding spell break down vary, this could range from feeling sluggish or nauseous to downright feeling psychic attack. (Whenever this happens, please consult a doctor, mundane before magical. What you may feel is a magical occurrence could be explained by illness, so please consult a doctor of you feel this way constantly)

Warding is a great form of protection which is used very often in a persons practice. While not all practitioners use warding, this is just to inform you of the ways you can ward to keep yourself safe in your practice!

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Persephone Keeper of the Dark With hair wreathed in flowers Hands gentle yet firm She takes her throne with grace While the world falls asleep

Persephone Keeper of the Spring Whose ethereal pulse gives life To the light With a gown laced in blooms The ivy climbs up to greet her

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Hora do Estudo! E do conselho!

Olá! O dia está belo hoje por aqui e resolvi me inspirar com uma música bem calma e talvez um copo d'agua somente pois não quero tomar chá antes de fazer exercícios, pois preciso estar um pouco mais agitada. Mas tudo bem com você ? Espero que sim!

Hoje estive pensando sobre alguns conhecimentos adquiridos através de estudos que venho fazendo a anos, na mesma lentidão que eu estudo as coisas seculares e simplesmente cheguei a conclusão que, nem todo mundo vai parar para te ouvir ou acreditar em você e está tudo bem.

Os estudos da bruxaria natural, ou de qualquer religião esotérica exigem de nós um tempo que as vezes não temos, e também exige concentração para um melhor entendimento psicológico e também espiritual. E não pense que o despertar espiritual é algo que vivenciamos em 1 mês ou 1 ano. As vezes leva décadas, ou até séculos. Várias vidas talvez.

E nunca se esqueça que cada pessoa está em um período de evolução diferente. O que você passou a enxergar, a outra pessoa ainda não enxergar, ou algo que a pessoa já enxerga você ainda acha ser inexistente. Por isto, lhe aconselho a cuidar com o que compartilhas com as pessoas pois elas podem não estar preparadas para ouvir ou você pode não estar preparado para compartilhar.

Relacionamentos são trocas de energias, assim como conversas, interações no geral. Sim tudo é energia. E bruxaria natural é sobre manipular tais energias, e cuidar da sua própria é crucial. Um Bruxe(todos os gêneros são mais do que bem vindes) seja quem for, merece ter um desenvolvimento correto por isso procure livros e pessoas mais antigas na prática para se orientar! Sempre importante salientar que tik tok não é livro pra ninguém ok?

E voltando ao assunto já dito no texto, as trocas de energias são algo que devemos tomar cuidado e trocar assuntos esotéricos com pessoas que não os entendem ou que não os aceitam é algo desafiador. E lembre-se, se você vem de alguma religião conversionista (que tenta converter a pessoa a todo custo) saiba que a bruxaria natural além de não ser uma religião(é um estilo de vida), não é sobre querer convencer ninguém que é o melhor caminho a se seguir.

Acredita-se que cada pessoa tem seu caminho, suas provas, suas expiações a fazer, e seus aprendizados. E como eu disse cada pessoa está em um período evolutivo diferente.

Como sou uma bruxa voltada pra Hekate, Wicca, Umbanda e o espiritismo kardecista(o qual tenho contato desde criança, mesmo sendo criada na igreja evangélica), irei indicar abaixo alguns livros que uso nos meus estudos e alguns canais referentes no youtube.

Bruxaria Natural

Bruxa Natural - Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Bruxaria Natural( guia para magia de plantas, cristais etc.) - Paige Vanderbeck

O Livro completo de Bruxaria - Raymond Buckland

Bruxaria Natural: Uma filosofia de Vida - Tânia Gori

O Grande Livro das Runas - Eded Thorsson

Brida - Paulo Coelho

Hekate e Wicca no geral.

Bruxaria Hekatina: O Caminho Da Bruxa Com a Deusa Hekate - Márcia C Silva.

As Faces de Hekate: O Poder dos Epítetos na Bruxaria Hekatina - Márcia C Silva

Mistérios da lua negra: Lilith, Kali, Hécate e a cura dos arquétipos femininos sombrios no mundo moderno

Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology - Sorita D'este

O Deus das Bruxas - Janet Farrar & Stewart Farrar

A magia do Jardim - Roberto Araújo

Espiritísmo Kardecista

O livro dos espíritos - Allan Kardec

Nosso Lar - Chico Xavier

Violetas na Janela - de Patrícia pela médium Vera Lúcia Marinzeck de Carvalho

Canal Espírita - Prof. Luiz Fernando -https://www.youtube.com/c/CanalEsp%C3%ADritaNoYoutube

Mayse Braga - Palestra espírita https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6dHQGKlXs4

Umbanda

O livro essencial de umbanda - Ademir Barbosa Júnior

A jornada de um Caboclo - Caetano de Oxóssi

Pombagira: Fundamentos, Firmezas e Oferendas - Alan Barbieri

Jardim dos orixás - Ramatís - Norberto dos Santos Peixoto

Natália Costa - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFr0oUAeLy0D7GhePYukjWQ

Bate Tambor - https://www.youtube.com/c/BateTambor

E nunca se esqueça que seus estudos só dependerá de você! Esforça-te e procure conhecimento. O conhecimento liberta e que assim seja!

Monalisa

Hades devotion series masterpost

Hades 101- part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5

Hades 102- part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5

Hades and/or Persephone Follower Discord Group

If you are someone who:

-works with Hades and/or Persephone

-worships Hades and/or Persephone

-is a devotee of Hades and/or Persephone

-is on a priesthood path with Hades and/or Persephone

And you want to have people with similar views, values, and experiences as you, come join the discord!

Just send me a message/ask or comment on this post and I'll send you the link :)

how the gods feel to me:

hades: grounding, calming, the warmth you feel when you press your cheek to the earth, quiet affection, tiredness, relishing in some rare luxury, unquestionable power and authority, loneliness, single-minded devotion, carefully unbuttoning your shirt after a long day of work

hermes: teasing, gentle, having your hand held as a child when you cross the street, restlessness, bubbling anticipation, finding beauty in the sound of a language you don’t speak, the satisfaction shared in an inside joke, the thrill of running and being chased, following train tracks and playing chicken with the train

hestia: turning on the oven to warm your home in the winter, empathy, familial love, the pride you feel for the accomplishments of a loved one, nostalgia, safety, motherly disappointment, black tea with milk and sugar, the smell of clean laundry, being held tightly as you cry, “let it out, I’m here”

apollo: joy, understanding, loud laughter, raucous applause, a kiss on the cheek or forehead, falling asleep in a spot of sun, confidence, bandaids on scraped knees, lullabies, old annotations in secondhand poetry books, gap teeth, calluses on fingertips from playing the guitar

Practical tips for Hellenic Khthonic Ritual

Khthonic deities are of the earth or ‘under’ it so offerings were made outside on low altars (escharai) or into specially dug pits.

For libations wine was replaced with water, milk, honey or blood.

Animals sacrificed were black in contrast to white, which were reserved for Ouranic (sky) deities.

Rituals were traditionally performed at night.

Seeing as animal sacrifice is frowned upon nowadays and not feasible for most practitioners, votive offerings can be offered instead, i.e. black animal figurines, predominantly sheep and rams.

Other offerings may include coins as traditionally an obol or oboloi (plural) was used as currency in Hades.

Epithets were used more than plain names.  Persephone  - Kore (Maiden,) Carpophorus (Bringer of Fruit), Despoina (Mistress), Praxidice (Exacter of Justice). Hades  -  Aidoneos (The Hidden), Necron Soter (Saviour of the Dead), Eubouleus (Good Counselor), Necrodegmon (Receiver of the Dead), Plouton (Wealth), Polydektes (Receiver of Many Guests), Theon Khthonios (God of the Underworld).

Any food offerings were wholly burned or buried (holocaust), none of it was shared with the ritual attendees as with Ouranic offerings.

Gods associated with or make the Underworld their home includes Hades, Kore, Hekate, Hermes Khthonios, Kerberus, Erinyes (Furies), Kronos, Thanatos, Charon, Hypnos, The Moirae and Nyx, among a myriad of others.

Heroes and ancestors were also worshipped in this manner, thought to exert great power from their tombs and the Underworld. F’ex, Asklepios and Herakles.

Caves or deep chasms were also thought to be gateways to the Underworld though mortals were discouraged from venturing there before their time.

Disclaimer - This is solely from personal research and in no way indicative of how everyone should approach Khthonic ritual. Feel free to omit or adjust anything you see fit.

I’m not sure whether I should laugh or cry.

Is OP aware that oh so many books exist on this subject?

And that almost universally the ones authored by people with doctorates in classicism and mythology disagree with OP?

Including the… epic hymn that first told this story? You know what’s in that original source material… right?

Abducted, yes. Demeter mourned? Definitely. Rape, no.

So here’s some info on Ancient Greek wedding traditions which (oh my stars and garters!!) included abducting the bride. With the father’s permission, which Hades got before he took her away.

Here’s a whole book on the subject of Ancient Greek wedding custom and its conflation with funeral rites. (Which sounds a bit like Hades and Persephone to anyone who’s ever dabbled in things like explication and context)

Here’s a link to another book that talks about Persephone’s rise to power as a result of her willingly eating the pomegranate seeds.

Oh shit!!

Here’s a whole bunch of myths and hymns that talk about her Queen of the Underworld badassery!!

Holy pug tacos Batman!!

Here’s another book about the myth focusing on the seasonal religious and liminal rites. WHICH TAKE PLACE IN THE DRY SUMMER (not the fucking winter), which you know if you read a book.Way to go, OP!

All these fucking books!  What could anyone possibly do with them all?!?!?!?! Do you eat books to absorb their powers instead of read them?

A better guess would be that you got into a moral panic over the name of a certain Renaissance statue and maybe after reading three pages of Edith Hamilton or the first paragraph of a Wikipedia article. And then used that to castigate and demean not only the people who actually take their limited time to create gorgeous art but also to denigrate modern day worshippers of Persephone and Hades?

Maybe next time, you stringy piece of over-boiled okra, you might want to take your own advice and pick up a book, instead of reducing the feared and respected Queen of the Underworld who held power equal to or in many interpretations GREATER than her husband into a meaningless pastiche of female disenfranchisement that you seemingly plucked from your own ass.