#eclectic witch
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Candle Magick
Did you know, you can cast spells with just a candle, some oil and herbs? Yeah! Candles are a staple in many witches arsenal, so why wouldn’t we use them for spells?
Each colour means something new and exciting for your candle.
White - Protection, Serenity, Peace, Enhances Personal Strength
Black - Protection, Banishment, Hexes, Curses
Blue - Emotions, Mental Health, Depression, Anxiety
Green - Wealth, Money, Prosperity, Luck
Yellow - Friendship, Social Skills, New Beginnings
Red - Lust, Courage, Passion
Pink - Romance, Love, Self-Love
Purple - Creativity, Psychic Awareness
Brown - Health, Energy, Possessions, Pets
Orange - Broadens Horizons, Opens New Doors
So you wanna cast a candle spell? Good for you! The first step is to think of what your intent is. What are you manifesting? Put it into a simple sentence, “My home is well protected from all evil.”
Next step is to dress your candle. This is optional, but if you wanna add extra umph to your spell, you can dress your candle in oils and herbs to help strengthen the spell. Or, alternatively you could carve sigils or runes into the candle.
Final step, cast your spell. So say you dont have a dressed candle. What you wanna do, is pour all your intent into your candle. You can do this by meditation, chanting, visualization, etc. Once your candle is charged, light it. Some spells require a candle to burn down to the wick, others you light occasionally when you need that specific thing in your life.
Make sure to pick your candle colours to help go along with your intent!
Wealth Jar Spell
Ingredients:
Frankincense
GoldenRod
Allspice
Bay Leaf
Rosemary
Orange Peel
Chamomile
Clove
Pine
GoldenRod Oil
Pyrite
Green Aventurine
Lapis Lazuli
Tigers Eye
Clear Quartz
Tools:
Jar
Incense
Lighter
Green Candle
Steps:
Gather your materials and cast a circle.
Invite any deities/entities into your circle who you want to help you with this spell (Optional)
Light the incense, cleanse your jar and jar lid.
Add your crystals and herbs, telling each one it’s role in the spell.
Ex)) “Pine for wealth, abundance, and prosperity.”
Cap your jar and fill with your intent.
Light the candle and seal your jar.
Fill your jar with intent again.
Dismiss any deities/entities and take down your circle.
IG :paintings by vickisigh
Starting out in witchcraft
I’ve been asked a lot of questions by people who are interested in witchcraft but don’t know where to start, and I gotta say, it is super difficult to figure where the best place to start is, and so I figured I would make a post specifically for those baby witches who aren’t sure where to start
Research
The most important part of being a baby witch is research, but theses such a huge amount of information out there that it can be difficult to know where to start. The easiest way to do it, and the way I did it, is by just starting with what drew you to witchcraft. I was drawn to runes initially so started researching runestones and divination, which is how I got into tarot and everything else came in turn. Even if what drew you to the craft is something as superficial as fashion, you can still research where those fashions came from. Question everything. You see lavender is used in a spell? Research why. You see that a certain colour of candle works better in a spell? Research why. You see a sigil? Find out the origin. Someone gives you a tip on the internet? Do background research into what they said. Never just blindly follow what someone says especially if you’re going to use it in your craft. Make sure you know exactly what everything is, means, and where it came from before using it in any capacity. The better informed you are, the more likely good things will come from your craft.
Book of Shadows and Grimiors
Keeping a book of shadows or a grimior (or both) is a great way to record your research. Its important not to get caught up in the way your book shadows looks. Of course if you want to make a beautiful book of shadows then that’s fantastic, but if a page takes you so long to write that it’s hindering your research, then I would consider keeping both a book of shadows and a grimior. A grimior is purely for information, facts, spells, etc… a grimior is worth taking time over. A book of shadows functions more as a journal. For writing personal experience, notes, etc… I keep a very messy book of shadows in a plain notebook that I just write whatever in. It has no kind of order to it all, and I suspect no one can read it but me. I also keep a grimior in a beautiful leather bound notebook that I bought in italy and I write in it in neat and specifically stylised writing that is easy to read. Infact, I also have a separate tarot journal. Having both, I find, puts less pressure on academics.
Start simple
Don’t expect too much too soon. I wouldn’t recommend diving right into complex spellwork. If you’ve just started, there are probably things you don’t know about casting spells that are important to keep you safe, and you haven’t had the time find your energy and how to focus it to the best of your abilities. Give yourself time to figure out what you want in your practice rather than diving into one specific path. And absolutely don’t work with the fae straight off the bat. Bad idea. Bad. Don’t do it. Do your research. I also would recommend getting a feel for the practice and for what you want from it before committing yourself to a deity/deities. Again, give yourself time to figure out what path to take. It’s totally ok to change your path along the way. If you initially decide to be a green witch but change your mind and opt for cottage witchcraft, that is totally ok. Changing you path even when you were absolutely certain, is absolutely fine, even if you’ve been on your initial path for years (even decades). I haven’t decided a specific path at all yet, so I’m currently an eclectic witch, but that may, and is likely, to change
It’s important to remember that every witch’s path is different. Gatekeeping is a big problem in the community but don’t allow people to tell you that you have to be born into a family of witches to be a witch. It’s a practice, not an inherited gift or race.
Tbh this post isnt complete and I’ll continue to add to it very time as I think of things
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