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hi! I have a question about banishing demons. I practice witchcraft and i believe i banished a demon in my home, by chanting that evil isn’t welcome and calling it out for the bullcrap it’s pulled. It say’s it’s 2 but I don’t believe it. But i was yelling at it a lot telling it to leave and chanting that evil and negativity isn’t welcome. then i started to feel a little bit lighter. But i need to know how to check if it’s gone

I would do divination outside of the home to check if the energy is gone. You dont want to do it inside the home if it is still there. Use whatever your preferred method of divination is. Personally id do tarot/oracle cards. Make sure to cleanse and protect yourself+the tool you use before doing the divination.

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Nine unique ways to reconnect with nature

Why nine? Because it's the sacred number of my path. In my experience, for people like us who need a certain amount of spiritual practice in their lives, feeling close to nature does wonders for the mood. And I know this is easier said than done, which is why I wanted to share a few personal tips, all related to some extent to self care. After all, I feel like we underestimate the tight link between mental health and this feeling of “closeness” with the earth.

Find the sacred in plants, or animals you've always been drawn to. How can you explain this particular connection you feel? Your intuition often reveals truth.

Collect what you see, and don't be afraid to hoard trinkets like treasure. Cool rock, cool stick, cute acorn, fragrant flower, fallen branch... Whatever tickles your fancy.

Go out of your way to enjoy what every season has to offer. Garden in the summer, or chill at the park, carve a pumpkin during the autumn, make hot cocoa during the winter... Find ways to be cozy in every weather!

Look out the window. Do it as often as you can. Look at the sky, observe how windy it is, how bright the sun is, how thick the clouds are!

Give names to the natural elements around you. Simply calling a tree, plant or animal by the name of its species does the trick: names are powerful, and they show that you acknowledge the spirit that resides in everything that lives.

Learn the stories, as many as you can. Anything folklore related to your area! Folklore hides a great deal of generational wisdom and beliefs, and it reveals such a powerful connection between the people and the land.

Cook with fresh ingredients. No need to grow your own everything, or raise your own chickens, or adopt other such backyard farming activities. Simply by making meals out of fresh, local products as often as you can, you might feel as one with the land thanks to which you are fed.

Stop feeling silly when indulging in aesthetics. Make that Pinterest board filled with pictures of flowers! Listen to that song that makes you feel like a woodland fairy! Put on that long, flowy skirt, or that cardigan with knit mushrooms on it! Through these seemingly trivial little joys, we may experience a connection with ourselves that's crucial to feeling close to our mother earth.

Use your hands: craft artsy projects if you can, dig your fingers in the earth, and brush the bark of trees! You body is your best tool when it comes to feeling grounded. It's always the part of yourself that's closest to earth. To use it is to honor it, and to care for it is to care for yourself.

If you reside in the Northern hemisphere, have a great spring season! Hail the King of the Elves and the spirits of the land 💛

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A lesson taught to me by Óðinn: “No one else can see the world through your eyes, so see as much as your eyes allow, and think as uniquely as you can.”

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Ways To Use Each Element In Spells

Fire:

Candles

Burning Herbs

Using Ashes

Bonfires to Raise Energy

Burning Petitions

Melting Things

Water:

Water Bowl Spells

Enchanting Water

Using Spiritual Waters + Colognes

Sprays

Soaking Items

River Magic

Air:

Verbal Spells

Blowing Air / Smoke

Incense

Bells

Sound Bowls

Wind Cleansing

Storm magic

Earth:

Salt Bowls

Burring Items

Plants + Herbs

Crystals

Dirt Spell Jars

Making Terrariums

Plant Wards

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Hi! I was just wondering if you had any tips on where to find information on how to dedicate an altar/how to figure out who to dedicate your altar to? I'm trying to figure out how to get started! I'm trying to find more info on the gods/goddesses but can't really find anything!!

please get to me when you can!

(if you could @ me if/when you reply that'd be great thank you!)

Hey there!

This is an interesting question that has a bit of a complex answer. I've noticed in books and resources about altars, they often go over general working altars. I'll do my best to help, but this will be a bit of a longer answer because there's multiple layers to dive into and I'm a bit of a yapper. I’m not sure if you're new to deity work or practicing witchcraft in general. I’ll be answering for both so even if you aren’t new to the practice in general, this can help those who are! ☺️ ps. Don't take a shot everytime i write the world altar. 

Two Types of Altars:

First it's important to note there are commonly two types of altars in modern witchcraft. A “working” altar, where we do our spells, rituals, and the bulk of our practice. Then there is a “deity” altar, which is a space given in dedication to a god we worship and/or work with. Usually a place where offerings are given. These two kinds of altars can overlap. Personally my altar for The Morrigan sits mixed in with my working altar. This works fine for us as she is my patroness and works with me on all my spells. I like having Her front and center. You might mix them together due to space, deity work not being a massive priority, just wanting them together, and so on. BUT. I think it's important to emphasize, you do not have to have a deity altar. There are a million reasons you might not, from just beginning a relationship with a god, to not even working with gods in your craft. When working with a new god I often don't have an altar space for them, I will give them offerings on my working altar as a thank you. When I have a stronger relationship and feel called to, I'll then make space for an altar in dedication to them. I’ll touch on the “how” of making a deity altar in a bit, but I wanted to note the two types and how they're different. Again, I'm not sure how new to witchcraft you are. However don't feel pressured to have a deity because you think they're necessary for an altar. Connecting to a god/godddess:

Now I think its important to touch on connecting with a deity. Based on your question, I'm assuming you don't currently work with a god/goddess. Before you even consider working/worshiping a deity, you need to know who they are. This means starting a relationship with them. Once you have that relationship you can build an altar right away, or like me, choose to wait. Like I mentioned above, I would still leave out offerings, just on my working altar instead of building someone I barely know an altar space. You mentioned trying to find more info on the gods/goddesses and having a hard time. This may be because you want to look into specific gods/goddesses. Once you have a relationship, making an altar is personal and changes from person to person. Even when they work with the same god. Without even having a specific god, I can see how finding information would be hard on how to begin building your altar. Spend time looking into pantheons like Greek, Roman, Celtic, Norse, Egyptian, ect. Once you find one you're interested in you can dive into trying to connect to a god/goddess and researching them. I won't go too in depth about connecting to them right now, this would be never ending if i began that soapbox. However, if you want to know more about that let me know. The Meat and Potatoes: How to make a deity altar + Tips

Step One: Research them. I will spend a lot of time before I even work with a deity researching them. I do a mix of looking at articles, mythos, and peoples posts about the god/goddess. Find books about them if you can. Look at the boring articles and their history as well as modern witches' posts on youtube, tumblr, tik tok.. Modern practitioners' information shouldn’t be taken as law, you always want to cross reference, but their insight is still very useful. You want to try and find correspondences, likes, dislikes and as much information as you can. Look up things like “ (god name) Correspondences” , “Mythology of (god name)” , “Colors associated with (god name)”  even just the name and see what comes up. I will try and read anything I can get my hands on, writing it down and cross referencing it. Once I have a list of items they like, colors, herbs, incense, mythology, ect. I’ll do divination with them to confirm my findings. You might find a god is listed almost everywhere with red, purple and black as their favorite colors. But, doing divination they’d prefer you only use purple and black for them. Your practice with them is personal so I highly recommend doing as much divination as you can to confirm until you can intuitively see what they’d like. Even bringing a pendulum with you if you're shopping for things to go on their altar can help.

Step 2: Dedicating + The Altar A deity altar is a space dedicated to that god. That's it. We then decorate it with items the god likes, reminds us of them, tools to help us connect with them, and offerings. To dedicate it to a god can be as complex or simple as you choose. For a simple way to dedicate it: Go into a meditative state or take a few moments to ground yourself. Cleanse the space with your preferred method, personally i'll do a mix of smoke, sprays and bells to cover the elements. Sit in front of the space and invite your god/goddess into the space. Verbally I'll say something along the lines of "I welcome (god) into this space, dedicated as a place for us to connect and commune". You can then actually make your altar using the list of what they like! Pick candles in the colors they like, put out offerings of their favorite herbs. There isn't a specific set up you need to do either. The altar is meant to serve as your personal connection to them.

People will often place statues of the god, candles they can light as offerings of energy, dishes to place offerings, items from nature, and gifts to their god. Once you have your dedicated space you get to truly make it your own, you can basically put anything as long as your god/goddess likes it. I recommend trying to make your own altar before looking at other peoples for inspiration, however if you have no idea still go to Pinterest, tik tok, or other places people have felt open to sharing their altars to pull inspiration.

Im sorry i dont have specific recommendations, but I hope this helps you get your feet wet a bit! If you have any follow up questions let me know. 🖤 @itakeadvantageofbeingpretty

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Cozy Witchcraft: Spells + Witch Tips For Your Bed

Spray your bed with a spellcrafted sleep spray, chamomile spray or lavender spray.

Enchant your blankets

Place sleep wards nearby for protective your during sleep

Keep charm bags near by for restful sleep

Wash your bedding with Florida Water

Put holly under your bed for vivid dreams

Place howlite on your nightstand for deep sleep

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✨ Locking mirrors ✨

I recently got a mirror and wanted to put it in on my altar. Before doing that I wanted to ensure it was locked and spiritually ready to do, especially with it being in such an important location for me.

By many in the occult and spiritual communities mirrors are seen as portals, with connections to the other side and each other. Some practitioners now go out of their way to ensure that portal can’t be accessed by others.

Locking a mirror is simply putting a protection enchantment on it, with a millions what’s to do it. When doing this I like to ensure the mirror is thoroughly cleansed, usually using smoke in addition to a cleansing water. Often people then draw a symbol on the mirror. This can be anything from the pentacle to sigils, runes, alchemy symbols or the elements symbols. I draw mine on with my favorite protection oil. Once I’m finished I like to physically clean the mirror again, while focusing on the energy I’ve put down spreading over and coating the mirror fully. This process can be down a few times a year, whenever your intuition pops up and tells you it needs to be done.

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Hello! ^^ I have a question and I hope you can answer it. Can I incorporate witch craft into my use of the law of attraction or the law of assumption? Specifically, could I use it to enhance my results from listening to subliminals?

Thanks for answering and I hope you have an amazing day filled with good vibes!! 💖

Absolutely!

The thing i love most about witchcraft, everyones spiritual practice is their own. You can add in whatever you want and mix your spirituality in a way that works best for you. I know a lot of witches that with with law of attraction through affirmations in their workings. For listening to sibliminals: You could defiantly listen to subliminals while doing a working to boost the energy, or listen to ones related to a working you'd decided to do afterwards.

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Money Bowl Tips ✨💸

I absolutely adore doing money bowls. They serve as an amazing way to build up abundant energy and help with layering your workings. They’re a fairly straightforward working that you tend to by continually feeding it energy or “working” the spell. Let’s jump into some tips.

1.) Have a schedule with it. I recommend feeding your bowl energy fairly often, ideally weekly on Thursdays, but at least once a month. Thursdays are connected to Jupiter which is the planet connected to wealth and abundance. 🪐

2.) Add a candle. A fairly low energy way to keep up with tending to your bowl is to spell a candle for it. After it’s prepped and ready, place it in the bowl. Lighting the candle will feed the bowl energy. 🕯️

3.) The base is just as important as the rest of the bowl. Commonly you use salt or rice for the base. I recommend going a little extra with it. Recently I’ve been into making spell crafted cinnamon salt and using that as my bowl base. Put energy and intention behind making your bowl’s base. It’s literally the foundation of this spell!

3.) *some* herbs you can use in money workings: Alfalfa, dill, basil, chamomile, bay leaves, catnip, oranges, cloves, lemongrass, jasmine, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, mints, star anise, cats claw, and oregano. There are a bunch of options. These ones just have direct correspondence to money drawing.

4.) Set goals for your bowl. Whenever you feed your bowl, focus on this goal you’re driving towards. With money magic you ideally want to be as specific as you can be. These can be long term or short term goals. I usually focus on long term and building stability and sustainable energy flowing to that goal.

I hope these tips bring some ideas for making your own money bowls. 🖤🌱

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Blessed Yuletide/Winter solstice

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friendly reminder that celebrating yule could just be drinking cranberry juice, putting honey in your coffee, adding extra cinnamon to your cereal, lighting a candle, anything. it doesn't have to be big <3

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Witchcraft 101:

Cleansing vs Uncrossing vs Banishing

Alright witches. Lets dive into some witchy basics and discuss the differences between cleansing, uncrossing and banishing. This will hopefully help you differentiate between them. But.. lets be honestly if you do something like call a spell an uncrossing when "technically" doing a banishing, who cares its all in good spirit. The reason i think its good to have a difference in mind between these falls into how you handle a spell. If I'm doing an uncrossing vs a banishing i would choose different spell ingredients, maybe work with different gods, or choose a different element to work with.

Cleansing: I consider cleansings as the foundation and most basic of these. Its almost an umbrella term the other two fall under. All banishings are cleansings, but not all cleansings are a banishing. Cleansings are when you're trying clear something away. Most often people will use this term in day to day workings and general upkeep to make sure nothing has stuck to them. This would include more casual things like smoke cleansing, showering and asking the water to cleanse you, sound cleansing, etc. Its not a full spellworking or ritual, but still done with energy and intention. Sometimes you may do a cleansing and realize whatever is there, is stuck deeper then you expected. So you take the next steps and do a more "intense" cleansing like an uncrossing or banishing.

Uncrossing Spells: Uncrossing specifically refers to removing unwanted energy. Usually when discussing what is an uncrossing, I sperate it from just a cleansing by describing it as a very intense cleansing where you're trying to strip away intense and specific energy. These are more work and a step up from an everyday cleansing for more intense scenarios. This is very spirit focused; think of it as taking out the bad and putting in the good. Some types of spells I would consider an uncrossing are: removing hexes/jinx/curses, removing the evil eye, spiritual detoxes, road openers, removing any stubborn energy, removing feelings, etc. I associate uncrossings with water: it's soaking in and getting that energy out. I would choose herbs/spell ingredients that are uplifting and purifying. Think salt, rosemary, rue, and lemons.

Banishing Spells: Banishing spells remove unwanted entities, spirits or people. You can use it to get rid of very deep rooted things like habits or insecurities. Banishings are quite a strong forms of spellwork. You're really kicking something out and away from you when you do a banishing. Its connected to more deep rooted things that you're trying to remove from your life. Some types of spells I could consider a banishing: cord cutting, exorcisms, banishing a spirit attached to you, getting rid of insecurities, freezers, etc. I associate banishings with fire. Burn and gtfo. I would choose herbs that have more of a kick to them and are defensive. Think nettle, blackberry leaves, cloves, even pepper in some cases.

Please note this doesn't have to be something strict. Like i said at the beginning this is just a guide that will help you differentiate so you can tackle the spellwork as effectively as possible.

✨Stay Spooky ✨

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That inner spark will always fight it’s way back 🔥

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What's the recipe to enchant jewelry I've been looking for months I only find testimonials and people telling me it can be done but I have no clue how

I think i see the confusion and why you aren't getting a clear answer. There isn't one recipe to enchant jewelry. Theres a million ways to do it and the exact "recipe" you'd use to enchant a piece of jewelry would drastically change depending on what the intention behind the working is. You can enchant jewelry for abundance, protection, help you focus, self- love, dominance, ect. Any type of spell can be turned into an enchantment on a piece of jewelry.

I could share basic general steps to do an enchantment but im not sure if thats what you need. If you need more help like what herbs/Ingredients to use, shoot me another message with the specific intention you want to enchant your jewelry with. i'll try my best to help.

✨General How to Enchant An Item✨

Gather your ingredients that match your intention. To enchant an item i would use: a bowl, herbs, oils/waters, candles in a color that matches the intention, and the item we're enchanting. Depending on the intention there might me more items i would use but im keeping this super general since you didn't mention an exact intention. If you dont have oils/waters just skip the parts i mention them.

Do any prepwork you like for spellwork. Cast a circle, call on your spirits, call on the elements, ect.

Cleanse yourself, the item we're enchanting and items we're using. Personally i'd smoke cleanse but you can use whatever you'd prefer. I usually ground myself while doing this too.

Prep your hands by rubbing your oil/waters into them while focusing on this spells intention.

Rub any access oil/water onto the candles youre using and place them around the bowl/plate. If youre not using oils, hold them in your hand for a second while focusing on your energy going into them.

Light the candles

Optional: Write out a petition with your exact intention behind the enchantment. place this at the bottom of the bowl. I would put the same oils/water on this as well.

Begin adding your herbs to the bowl/plate. Spending time activating each one and telling it how it will work in this spell. If its on a plate i would make a circle with them.

Finish adding any other spell ingredients.

Hold the item youre enchanting in your hands. Focus again on your energy going into the item. However that looks for you.

If i had a spoken spell to go along with the enchantment i would say it now while holding the item

Place the item on the herbs in the bowl/in the circle on the plate.

I usually sit with the item for awhile focusing on energy entering into it. Allow the candles to burn down, and i would let the item charge on my altar for 24 hours.

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I think you learn that you’re a witch in the way that you learn that you’re an artist, a baker, or a writer, etc.

One day something makes you wanna try it out. Then something clicks and you’re like “yeah, yeah this feels right.”

No one is born a witch just as no one is born an artist, a baker, or a writer.

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these guys look like theyre fighting over how to make a soup

"hey can i put this in"

"NO ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME IT'LL RUIN IT"

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