#wishing well
Throw a penny
Into the deepest well
You find,
And hope you know
What you’re wishing for
Before it hits the bottom.
~A.G. 11/11/19
Animist Wishing Well Shrine
Create your own magical wishing well by creating a natural landscape with a water feature. Here I have a simple ceramic bowl filled with a little water, surrounded by living succulents. Craft it to be pleasing to the senses so that any Nature spirit would love to dwell there.
Your wishing well can be very simple, perhaps nothing more than a small bowl of water and a few acorns or stones you found in the park. Or it can be more elaborate and decorated.
Call your friends, allies, and beings of power who have agreed to work with you to dwell in the wishing well shrine. Or, make a deal with a new spirit to dwell in your wishing well altar and grant your wishes.
The coins you add to the fountain are payment to the spirit world for your wishes to be granted.
To make a wish, add a coin to the water and say your wish. Use the terminology and symbolism your spirit allies expect. Perhaps the more the coin is worth, the more work they will do for you.
You can also add other gifts such as jewelry (note the red bracelet above).
If you like making decorative scenes like me, why not a wishing well marker withtally marks for every wish that comes true.
When the fountain water needs to be changed or when the bowl becomes too full, move the gifts to a permanent jar. These things no longer belong to you; you hold on to them for the spirit world.
Remembernot to be greedy. Spirits can only work so hard and so fast. Moderate your wishes depending on what your spirit allie(s) can accomplish.
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