#theearthygrimoire

General Protection

• Black Tea
  
• Mint
  
• Sage
  

Protection from Physical Harm

• Lemon
• Honey
• Ginger
  

Protection from Malevolent Spirits

• Chamomile
  
• Honey

To Strengthen Your Wards and Shields

• Orange
  
• Cinnamon
  

Candles and wax are used a lot in magick. Fancy, good smelling candles are really expensive though - well, they aren’t anymore!

Dollar stores like Dollar Tree have candles and candle holders, but they generally only have white candles (or white and red). This is okay but sometimes a witch just needsthat colored candle or wax. Here’s how I make my own colored candles on a budget.

Note: I have a wax warmer that I use for this project, got it on sale at Walmart, its normally 15$ + tax (if you don’t have a wax warmer you can melt your wax in the microwave, but please do it in increments of 15 sec or less and make sure it does not catch on fire.)

Supplies - total cost 2$ (if you don’t already have these things lying around your house)

• Tea light candles (pack of 16) - 1$ at Dollar Tree
  
• Crayons (pack of 48) - 1$ at Dollar Tree
  

How to make it

• Take the wax and wick out of the aluminum holder, careful not to crumple it
  
• Separate the wax from the wick
• Select the color you want from the crayons
• Put the tea light wax and a chunk of crayon into the wax warmer and let it melt, stirring it together.
• There you have it! Colored wax! If you’d like it to be a candle, place the wick back into the aluminum that the candle came in and pour the colored wax around it.

Hope this inspired some of ya’ll to get witchy even when you feel like you can’t afford it!

These crystals are some of the best crystals I have found to have protective qualities.

• Black Obsidian - good for general protection, I keep a big chunk on my altar
  
• Amethyst - first protective crystal I ever got, given to me by my uncle, protects travelers/people on literal and metaphorical journeys
• Fire Agate - good for protection from self doubt/hate
• Smokey Quartz - good for general protection + protection from fear, excellent grounder and stabilizer
• Fluorite - protects from negative energies and spirits + illness and disorders
• Jasper - protects from unbalanced energies + confusion
• Black Tourmaline - protects from negative energies by absorbing them
• Labradorite - protects the astral/spirit self

If you’re like me and love harvest season (especially the Harvest Festival!), but are student with limited resources as far as cooking goes, you’ll be looking for a simple bread recipe that could be baked in a dorm.

I’m not sure about ya’ll universities, but mine allows me to have a crockpot/slow cooker in the dorm as well as a microwave. So here is a recipe for harvest bread that is perfect for dorm cooking!

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
  
• ¾ teaspoon yeast
  
• 1 ¼ teaspoon salt
  
• 1 ½ cups warm water 
  
• olive oil

Supplies

• Large bowl
• parchment paper
• slow cooker/crockpot

Steps to Make Dough

1. Add flour, yeast and salt to your bowl
2. Stir it all thoroughly
3. Add your water to the mixture 
4. Stir until dough forms
5. Lightly oil the outside of the dough ball
6. cover bowl with plastic wrap
7. Let rise for 6-8 hours is a warm dark space
8. fold dough in on itself on an oiled counter top
9. Let rise for another hour

Steps to Bake Loaf

1. Set your slow cooker to it’s highest setting
   
2. Place shaped loaf on top of parchment paper in slow cooker
3. Cover with lid
4. Check loaf after 1 hour, since baking time varies if it is not cooked after 1 hour, check every 15-30 minutes until done.
5. Let cool and Enjoy!

Thanks for reading! hope you guys have as fun of a harvest season as I do!

This spell jar is made to help you find balance in your life. It is a very simple spell and great for a beginner witch!

What you will need:

• a jar or container with a lid
  
• salt (I used epsom salt but any kind will do)
  
• Black pepper
• wax

How to make it:

1. clean out your jar/container
   
2. charge your salt with positivity and happiness
   
3. charge your pepper with negativity and sadness
   
4. mix them and put them in your jar
5. seal the jar with wax and set it out in your room/living space

After you make this jar, it would be good time to reflect on the balance of nature. How sadness and happiness are not inherently good or bad, and the balance nature prevails. So if things are bad right now, remember, they will get better.

Thanks for reading! Feel free to send in asks or post requests!

Fun Fact: The origin of the name Foxgloveis unclear. Some think it could have been originally called folksgloveand thus related back to the fae.

Element:Water

Gender Alignment: Feminine

Planets: Saturn and/or Venus

Correspondences

• poison
  
• fae/faeries
  
• protection
  
• divination
  

Common Uses

• used to increase psychic powers during divination
• used to break faerie enchantments
• used in rituals to commune with the fae/attract fae to your garden or home
  
• it has also been know to be used in death rituals due to its toxicity

Note: Foxglove is poisonous. Be very careful when dealing with this herb.

To help you feel your power and confidence strong like a dragon.

You will need:

• Red candle
  
•  Cinnamon
  
•  Allspice
  
• Salt
  

Steps:

• Mix your cinnamon, allspice, and salt together.
  
• Put your candle in the center of the mixture and light it.
  
• Light the candle and let it burn while you’re getting ready for the day/event.
  
• When you are finished getting ready, blow out the candle and imagine your breath is fire like a dragon’s and its burning away all your insecurities.

Let me know how this works for you! I’m always happy to help.

Correspondences:  divination, music, poetry, teaching, decision making, protection in the afterlife, self confidence

Gender Alignment:masculine

Planet:Venus

Element: Fire, Water

Common Uses

• Used in death rituals to protect the dead in the afterlife.
  
• Alder wood is used to balance action and emotion in spell work.
  
• Alder wood talismans increase the wearer’s power of speech.
  
• Used in magick to protect the heart and chest area.
  
• Used to shield the astral self from unwanted realms and intrusions.
  

What is an ancestral offering?

An ancestral offering is a type of offering that you give to members of your current bloodline that have deceased. This is practiced by those who use ancestral magick and interact with their ancestors.

Why do the ancestors need offerings, aren’t they dead?

They don’t need offerings, but if you’re working with any spirit it is very disrespectful to take their time and energy with nothing in return, even if they are family.

So how do I give my ancestors an offering?

How you go about giving the offering depends on your practice. Personally I have an shrine to my ancestors that is separate from my altar. I burn/place my offerings there, and it is where I feel closest to them. So people use their regular offering bowl for all spirits and deities they work with.

What can I use as an offering?

Pretty much anything. If you know anything about who the ancestor was before they died you can offer them things they liked in life, or you can burn herbs or incense. Apples and apple cider are other popular offerings too.

If you’d like more information or have a specific topic you’d like me to post about, send me an ask!

Correspondences: increases energy, healing

Gender Alignment:masculine

Planet:Mars

Element:Fire

Common Uses

• Burn Allspice to attract wealth and good luck.
  
• Use to increase any energy or power in a spell.
  
• Used in healing spells of any kind.
  
• Used to honor great men/masculine people.
  

Correspondences:  protection, happiness, meditation, psychic ability

Gender Alignment:masculine

Planet: Mercury, Jupiter

Element:Air

Common Uses

• Hang an anise seed from your bed to restore youth.
  
• Used to ward off nightmares in dream spells.
  
• Add to potpourri to protect a room from evil spirits.
  
• Add to Holy Water for blessings, anointments, and exorcisms.
  
• The scent is said to be an aphrodisiac and is often used in sex and love magick.
  
• If it is burned while divining it is said to increase psychic abilities.
  
• Add to a ritual bath to increase divining and mental powers.
  

Moss Agate: Instead of the usual band the inclusions are splotchy like moss

Correspondences: love, mental clarity, good luck, good dreams, anti-poison, health, intelligence, fertility, well-being, courage, strength, protection of children

Planet:Mercury

Common Forms

Blue Lace Agate: Bands of translucent blue and white

Petrified Wood: A piece of wood gets trapped inside a lava flow and gets replaced by agate

Sardonyx:Reddish brown and white banded

Moss Agate: Instead of the usual band the inclusions are splotchy like moss 

Correspondences: money, prosperity, anti-hunger, healing

Gender Alignment: feminine

Planet:Venus

Element:Earth

Common Uses

• Burn and put the ashes in an amulet to ward off hunger.
  
• Place a small jar of alfalfa in the pantry to ward off poverty and hunger.
  
• Carrying it with you while you gamble is said to bring good luck.
  
• It is said to bring luck is all monetary endeavors and should be kept with a small sum of money.
  
• Burn alfalfa a scatter the ashes around your property for protection.
  

Correspondences:  spirituality, protection, healing, faithfulness, lesbian love

Gender Alignment:Feminine

Planet:Venus

Element:Water

Common Uses

• Worn in an amulet, African violet is said to bring protection.
  
• Tea made from blue violets can increase romantic love.
  
• They are commonly used in protection spells regarding one’s love life.
  
• They also bring luck in love if worn close to the heart.
  
• They should only be worn for a total of twenty one days.
  
• Mixed with lavender in a sachet, they make a potent spell for amulet for attracting love and romance.