War water is typically made up of rusty water, Nails, Moss, and sometimes Pins/needles, Urin, Blood, and or Graveyard dirt.
War water can be used to send a curse back at someone that has caused you harm or ill intent, war water can also be used when trying to get rid of a pesky Spirit or entity, this also works with trying to break Habits you take the war water add a part of the habit, such as if it’s smoking then a few cigarettes’ if its drinking add a few shots of liquor an Etc and then seal up the jar and seal with wax and bury. war water can also help with stalkers with writing a simple chant and sticking it in a jar with the war water and sealing it and burying it.
War water is used Hoodoo/Voodoo and also Appalachian granny magic, You can find similar details in England and Ireland with Witch jars most times war water is added to these jars to add a little extra kick in the Witches spell, most times these are used to protect one’s land and or home.
Side Note: Make sure Graveyard dirt is From a family cemetery or is ethically sourced, and always be respectful of any type of magic your working with whether it be baneful or loving.(Any questions please just ask ill be more than happy to answer to the best of my ability) (Also remember this is not a cure-all Health and or Law issues must be taken through the proper channels this is to be used as an extra aid in the matter.) (I do not own the photo) If you know whos it is please Message me so i can credit;
Never stop learning. Every day is a new chance to experience and learn more, whether that’s of the world or of oneself. And if you are teaching others, always encourage questions!!! It’ll get you thinking from perspectives you otherwise never would look into.
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Witchcraft is not always black and white, there are things that can go wrong and people or beings with ill intent, no matter what, always protect yourself. It’s better to be safe than sorry.
The best time to harvest is on a warm, sunny day, just after the dew has dried and just before the flowers form. But you can harvest basil as you need it.
Harvest by pinching off leaves as needed once the plant is strong enough to handle it. If taking a large harvest, leave at least two shoots intact. It will grow back in a few weeks.
Hang upside in bunches or lay flat on a drying rack to dry. Ensure proper ventilation to reduce the chance of mold. Store in an airtight container away from heat or light for up to one year. The flavor of dried basil is not as good as fresh basil.
Basil helps steady the mind, brings happiness, love, peace, and money and protects against insanity.
Use basil in spells to attract love and in preparation for astral projection or to bring luck in physical journeys.
Carrying a leaf in your pocket or wallet will attract money.
Keep a bit of basil in each room to protect the home and family. To protect you when leaving the house, rub some basil on your forehead.
Also used in peacemaking spells and to make up after a fight.
Obsidian is truth-enhancing. A strongly protective stone, it forms a shield against negativity. It absorbs negative energies from the environment. Obsidian draws out mental stress and tension.
The Pentagram(s) are very important in witchcraft as it represents many things, however, it’s also equally as important to recognize what they mean and the differences between them.
The Pentagram
In the late 1800’s Eliphas Levi wrote: The Pentagram signifies the dominion of the mind over the elements, and the demons of air, the spirits of fire, the phantoms of water, and the ghosts of earth are enchained by this sign. Equipped therewith, and suitably disposed, you may behold the infinite through the medium of that faculty which is like the soul’s eye, and you will be ministered by legions of angels and hosts of fiends. The Pentagram represents the 5 elements: Earth, Air, Wind, Fire, and Spirit. The way you draw the Pentagram can either invoke or banish whatever element in question. Each element has a different way to invoke or banish
The Inverted Pentagram
The Inverted Pentagram is still connected to the elements, but now spirit is always at the bottom, showing the material world ruling over spirit. It is meant to show the power of the individual, and not the powers of a divine, or dogmatic system. This symbol is generally thought of as satanic, but it has been used in other forms of magick, and is not always satanic, or inherently evil.
The Pentacle
The Pentacle embodies all of the previously mentioned powers of the pentagram, but it is now unified, and protected by a circle. Allowing the elements to work together to focus their energy in a more harmonious way. This symbol is used to represent Wicca, and other Pagan faiths. The pentacle can also represent male, and female energy mixing together in a symbiotic relationship. The pentacle being the male energy, and the circle being the female energy.
The Inverted Pentacle
The inverted pentacle shows the unity of the elements inside the individual power, and it’s still a powerful protection talisman. The rest of its meaning, and energies are pretty much a mixture between the inverted pentagram, and the pentacle.
The Chaos Pentagram
The chaos pentagram is a pentagram with its main head pointing to the right. I believe it originates from the Liber AOM a chaos magick manuscript though it is quite hard to find information about. It’s used in this freestyle non-dogmatic results based magical path which is ideal for practitioners to base their arts upon, along with excellent speculations concerning magic, science and nature of universe/reality.
The Goat of Mendes
The Goat of Mendes is an inverted pentacle esque symbol that is trademarked, copyrighted, and used by the Church of Satan. It depicts five Hebrew letters that spell out the word leviathan on the outside of each point of the inverted pentacle, then encircled by another circle. This is one of the main symbols of satanism. The Goat of Mendes is also called Sigil of Baphomet, Sabbatic Goat, and Mendes Pentacle. The meaning is the same as the inverted pentacle, but this one is more for Satanists, because it takes on certain energies of entities Satanists work with.
Just about every religion incorporates sacred objects into its observance and practice. Whether it’s special vestments worn by religious officiants, statues of deities honored at shrines, candles, amulets, chalices or other symbolic items, people have been creating and utilizing physical artifacts—or “tools”—in order to create and maintain spiritual energy and focus in their ritual practices.
Athame: Used for directing energy and casting rituals
Wand: Used to direct energy and casting circles
Chalice: Used to hold ceremonial drink
Boline: Used for rituals and harvesting/cutting herbs
Incense: Used to cleanse
Censer: Used to burn incense pods
Scourge: Was used to whip witches as initiation into covens but now is used in some ritual poses by the Priestess and Priest when they do the “Osiris” pose with their arms crossed in front of their chests holding the athame and the scourge.
Cingulum: Used like a belt, can symbolize ranking via color, but is mainly used to measure the circle for casting
Besom: Used to sweep negative energies
Cauldron: Used to burns herbs and incense, can be used to make spells
Jewelry: Used upon intention, ex. pentacles on necklaces for protection and ring magick.
Spear: Used as a ritual tool for Odin
Stang: Used for directing energy and assistance on spiritual path
Bell: To stop and start a ritual
Offering Dish: Used to offer our offering to our deities
Hat: Symbolizes the witch herself and her knowledge, fedora like hats are used more often to give off the same look
Crystals: Can be used for healing and magick, each crystal has a different property
Oils: Used for spells and baths
Resin: (Pine) used to wake the circle
Mortar and Pestle: Used to grind up herbs
Rune Sticks: Used by oracles, usually thrown and read
White Stick: Grants invisibility and protection
Silver Spoon: Used to dig up dirt
Scrying Mirror/Bowl: Used to receive visions and messages
Gazing Ball: Used to scry as well
Hollow Glass Orbs: Used to ward off the home of witches spells, evil spirits, and ill fortune
Pendulum: Used for divination
Witches Spoon: Special spoon used for tea
The Garter: Used by high priestess to symbolize the head of the coven and her level
Skull: Used for protection and used to call the ancestor of which the skull belonged to (can be replaced with a handful of soil)
Talismans: Used to symbolize what we want to push towards, also protection
EDIT:@twilightmagick said this and i completely forgot to add it in at the bottom YOU DONT NEED TOOLS AS A WITCH you are the magick, tools only serve to help you out and please don’t buy new tools they can be expensive go to your local thrift or you can make your own tools if you so please but yeah thank you to the person that pointed this out
Eros was the Greek god of love, or more precisely, passionate and physical desire. Without warning he selects his targets and forcefully strikes at their hearts, bringing confusion and irrepressible feelings or, in the words of Hesiod, he ‘loosens the limbs and weakens the mind’ (Theogony, 120). Eros is most often represented in Greek art as a carefree and beautiful youth, crowned with flowers, especially of roses which were closely associated with the god.
Eros – known as Cupid to the Romans – was the Greek god of sexual attraction, a constant companion of Aphrodite. Variously depicted as either a beautiful youth or a mischievous nude boy, Eros is most commonly represented with a bow and an unlimited number of arrows which he uses to overpower the reason and incite erotic feelings in any mortal or god per Aphrodite’s or his own wish. Once, though, he accidentally scraped himself with an arrow – and that’s how he fell in love with Psyche, who will later become his wife for eternity.
The first of these is Hesiod’s Eros, a primordial being, “the most beautiful of the immortal gods,” one of the very first few deities that sprung into existence. In this story, Eros was the son of Chaos, and the brother of Gaea, Tartarus, Erebus, and Nyx. A universal cosmic force, he became Aphrodite’s companion soon after her birth, which he had previously overseen.
However, possibly due to the fact that Eros was constantly accompanying the goddess of love, later authors reimagined him as one of the many children of Aphrodite and Ares. In this case, there are at least three more winged love gods such as him, all of them his brothers: Anteros, Pothos, and Himeros. Together, they are often referred to as the Erotes.
I am a powerful being I am at one with the Earth, the Universe and the Divine I am on the path to connect with my highest self My former selves are letting go I am a model of greatness
Here’s a list of different types of witches, this is a pretty chunky list but it’s not all and as I remember more and more and learn about more of them, I’ll add more of them onto the list but for now, here ya go:
There are many types of witches, many of which can change throughout one’s journey, it’s important to know which path is which and how that affects us and others.
Atheist/Laveyan Satanic: Witchcraft worked with the idea that satan is a concept, rather than a real person or entity (loosely put; it’s a very detailed concept). Also known as Satanic witches who fit the secular description.
Alexandrian: holds that all participants are priests and priestesses; everyone is able to commune with the Divine, therefore there is no laity.
Augury:Divine omens, signs and symbols
Celtic: Studies and worships Celtic deities and magick
Cosmic: Looks to the stars, moon, and astrology
Christian: Witchcraft that is performed to honor / or is performed in conjunction with the Christian God as the primary and only deity
Correllian: practices based on the idea that inner truth is universal in nature. Since Corellian Witchcraft teaches that Deity enters the life of the seeker in a way that can be best understood by them, Deity is key to the beneficial magic of this tradition.
Crystal: Uses crystals and their properties
Dianic: Offshoot of Wicca focused on female deities
Divination: Used tarot cards, I Ching tools, etc for divination
Druids: promotes harmony, connection, and reverence for the natural world.
Eclectic: Embraces any and all magick and magickal work
Elemental: Works with fire, water, air, earth, and spirit
Faery: Based on British folklore and works with the Fae
Gardenian: based on the polarity of a male and a female, which are represented in covens by the High Priestess and High Priest. The values being: the value of life, the inevitability of death, and the reincarnation after this life ends.
Green:Magic based on gardening and herbalism
Hearth: Practices magick focused on the home
Hedge: Solitary practitioner, a herbalist
Hellenic: Worships Greek gods and goddesses
Hereditary: Handed down a bloodline of witches
Kitchen: Likes to mix food and cooking with magick
Lunar: Works with the lunar cycles
Norse: Based on the religion of Scandinavia
(Theistic) Satanic: Witchcraft that is often centered around honoring and/or working with satan in spellwork and prayer
Science: A form of magick in which both metaphysical ideas and scientific facts/theories are mixed in together by the individual practicer
Sea:Practices water based magick
Secular: Does not worship deities
Shaman:Enters altered state of consciousness
Solitary: Practicing by ones’ self; not included in a group
Traditional: One who practices witchcraft by honoring and using old and ‘traditional’ ways of magick; this type of witch might be one to practice modern methods of magick, but they might also stick to traditional concepts or techniques
Casting Circles is very important for baby-witches to learn for protection and in general for spells, but before preforming any spells please make sure you know how to cast a circle.
What is a circle, and why does it matter?
A circle is often a barrier that houses your spells and rituals. By casting a circle, you’re allocating energy to protect you from any unwanted or negative outside influences. There are a lot of formal ways to begin a circle and some informal.
It’s important to note that there are many ways to cast a circle.
In traditional witchcraft, you might call upon a god or goddess, while if you’re a secular witch, you might call upon the elements, or create a wall of your own energy. A circle isn’t mandatory, but it can significantly assist with protection and energy.
How to cast a circle
Always begin by cleansing your space. You can either use your mind to mentally push out, use incense to burn away or use a broom or besom to sweep away. Once you have your method for cleansing your space, it’s time to define your circle. To define your sacred circle, it’s important to take your space and location into consideration. Are you in your bedroom? Bathroom? Or outside? You can make your intended circle as large or as small as you’d like. You can mentally define your circle or mark the directions or elements with candles or crystals. If you’re using the four elements, you can create a cross shape. If you’re using the five elements, you can create a pentacle shape.
To cast a circle by calling upon the elements, begin facing the east. This is home to the element of air. When you move clockwise, you’ll end facing North where you can begin your ritual or spell work. Stand in your intended circle as you begin to relax and focus on your breathing. Take as long as you’d like at this step or until you feel calm, centered, and present.
What to Do/Say
Begin by envisioning the wind whipping around you and get really in tune with the element of air and say: “Element of air, I call on you.”
Moving clockwise, turn to the south. Envision crackling flames and the warmth of the sun. Once you are in tune with fire, say: “Element of fire, I call on you.”
Turn to the west. Envision flowing water in waves and waterfalls and streams, possibly moving around your body. When you feel attuned with water, say, “Element of water, I call on you.”
Turn to the North. Conjure up the scent of the earth after it rains. Imagine the silence and darkness of a cave and the rooted feeling of being barefoot on the earth. When you feel attuned, say, “Element of earth, I call on you.”
Still facing North, become aware of your feet and send a column or roots of light deep into the core of the earth. Bring this energy up from the center of the earth and into your body and visualize a white light flowing, creating the circle and say: “With these elements together under spirit, I cast a circle of protection above, below, within.”
This is where you perform your ritual, meditation, or spells.
You can also temporarily exit your circle without repeating the entire circle casting process. To do so, hold an athame or wand in your hand and make a cutting motion across the line of the circle and say: “I use this athame of crystal to open a door.” Your wand or athame will help you direct energy to make an incision in your circle of energy. When returning, you can simply reverse the process to close the door.
Opening a circle
Also called closing a circle is a way to release the energy you’ve built and is a way to thank the elements for their assistance.
The process of opening a circle begins with you facing north to release earth and saying: “Earth, thank you for your energy. I bid you farewell.”
Next, you’ll turn to the west to release water: “Water, thank you for your energy. I bid you farewell.”
Then, you’ll turn to the south to release fire: “Fire, thank you for your energy. I bid you farewell.”
After that, you’ll turn to the east to release air: “Air, thank you for your energy. I bid you farewell.”
Finally, you’ll return back north to release spirit and the circle by saying: “Spirit, I bid you farewell. I open this circle and release the energy back into the earth.”
Other popular phrases for circle casting and opening:
“The circle is open, but never broken. The love of the deity name is forever in my heart.”
“Merry meet, and merry part, and merry meet again.”
“I thank you, element of name for lending your energy tonight. I bid you farewell.”
“I call the Guardian of direction and the element of element to watch over this sacred circle.”
Fill your jar with water. Pour in the herbs in whatever order you like, add as much as you feel is necessary. Add the glitter. Mentally recite your intent: “I imbue you with luck, prosperity, and good fortune.”
Breathe into the jar. This seals your intent. Plug the jar and shake it up. Seal the jar with a beeswax candle (I got mine at a local organic market, but it shouldn’t be hard to find online). Run the jar through the smoke of the blown-out candle to complete the spell.
Tip: Put this spell together on a recyclable paper plate or paper towel for easy clean up!
*If you have allergies to any of the following ingredients, look into other luck-corrosponding substitutions! Your safety is more important than anything!
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Free giveaway at 500 followers! I’m currently at 300. The giveaway will be a handmade god or goddess embroidery made by yours truly!
If you’d like to enter please FOLLOW, LIKE AND LEAVE A COMMENT stating why you’d like one! Once I hit 500 followers I will pick a winner and message you for more details!
Best of luck!
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