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Baptism is the ceremony where parents and a priest bless a baby in the name of the Christian God and signifies that the child will be brought up Christian.

 Wiccaning, also known as paganing and saining, on the other hand is what happens when a baby is blessed with protection, health, and happiness. There is no obligation or strings attached that bind you to any one religion or practice, and wiccaning can be adapted to any religion. 

“The Wiccaning is a magickal ceremony for the parents to seek wisdom and guidance, and set their own intentions as they responsibly guide their child in understanding of our world.“ - Michelle 

This ceremony is done like so:

  1. Create a traditional altar, adding items such as a special garment and a special amulet for the child to wear that will grant them protection throughout life. Other than that, add the basics such as tributes to each element, gods and ancestors, and whatever tools you may use to create your sacred space
  2. Create a sort of a temple by casting a circle around the altar. This is around when you would light the candles and incense and whatever else
  3. Next, the parents of the child will carry it to the altar while any attending guests will form a circle around them
  4. There are certain words that should be said here, but it largely varies per group and intent, so just do your research and practice a script beforehand
  5. Finish the ceremony by closing the circle however it is traditionally closed 

There is a separate wiccan ceremony of induction called an initiation, and it requires having been studying for a year and a day after declaring ones dedication to the craft. After the initiation, there is more study and practice required of course, but the initiation is a proclaiming to anything and everything that you are a regularly practicing witch.

Wiccanings may also be merged with naming ceremonies, in which the only change would be in the words the parents speak. In this, they will do the ceremony specifically on the tenth day after the baby’s birth.

image and other info -http://kitchenwitchuk.blogspot.com/2015/03/wiccaningnaming-ceremony-by.html

https://www.learnreligions.com/what-is-a-wiccaning-2562532

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/witchonfire/2017/11/wiccaning-ceremony-welcoming-child/

https://www.ladyalthaea.com/all-articles/rite-of-wiccaning

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Lore-wise, flying ointment is made from the fat boiled off of babies that were not baptized along with wolfsbane, hemlock, and belladonna. This was then rubbed on the witches body to help them fly. This is obviously not true, having started in 1458 at Linz, Austria.

The story goes, a man called Abraham the Jew published an account of a witch giving him an ointment and telling him to spread it over his pulse points. It is said that “Abraham had the sensation of flying through the air to a place he wanted to visit. When he awoke, the witch told him a different tale of her travels” so he then decided to see what was really happening by having the witch do this again while he did not, staying back to watch. “Instead of flying, he observed the witch fall to the floor and remain immobilized for hours; she woke with further tales. He concluded the unguent induced hallucinations of flying and other fantasies (Lois Martin, A Brief History of Witchcraft, pp. 49-50).”  

“… the flying ointment would have acted as a “potent hallucinogen,” which adds an interesting twist to the standard relationship between society and witches. When we consider episodes like the Salem witch trials, we think of innocents being falsely accused; witches, however, suffered plenty of their own delusions.“

https://guides.library.uab.edu/c.php?g=1048546&p=7609204

https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/10/21/ancient-recipe-that-made-witches-fly-kind/MpCNhMQuwSlK7y4TMYGKNO/story.html

What would you guys like to know more about? I have a couple post ideas lined up and in progress, but I’m curious to know what everyone’s burning questions are!
Even just stuff like clarifications or another good mythological story summary are fine by me, just comment or reblog and let me know! :)

For any witch who doesn’t know, these signs DO invite the fae, especially when you set things around them like this person set a coin on the sign: 

I won’t reiterate my entire fae post, but generally it is a poor idea to make deals with the fae. So unless you specialize in working with them and know EXACTLY what you’re doing, please watch out for these!! Especially in thew spring, these little garden décor things are rampant! 

If you want to make a little fae garden without actually attracting anything, do not:

  • accept or leave out food or drinks for them
  • make a faery ring
  • write letters to them
  • verbally invite them, even as a joke
  • insult them in some way 
  • give them your personal information like your name (see my fae post)

Here’s another tumblr user who has an amazing post about the fae and is a well educated fae witch - https://phae-undergrove.tumblr.com/post/676918896423550976/faeries

Fae post https://punkylilwitch.tumblr.com/post/639458230632923136/fae-and-fairies

You can look in thrift stores for old objects that seem powerful, sometimes they have candles too! Not only is it environmentally friendly compared to buying all new stuff, but you can also utilize the old magic to make something new and possibly connect with something new!
Recycling is very good, it’s a nice way of giving back to nature!

A couple things to keep in mind:

  • Absolutely keep in mind the auras/general vibes of each item you want to get and take home
  • Cleanse things when you get home, even if you like the aura; just keep in mind you want to keep that part as you’re cleansing and your intentions should be set properly 

Blasting it’s an all the term that was mainly used to describe which is who caused disruption in new crops, animals, and humans. as per usual, witches and Witchcraft were the scapegoat for anything that went wrong, are go they were fast 4 blasting despite the fact that, in reality, witches Heavenly support and worship  fertility, nature, animals, and humans alike.

It is called blasting because its aim is to blast the witch’s power to certain place, the most typically the intense to destroy whatever it may be, however it all depends on intentions. More often than not, a Blasting rod is used to do this.

Here is a blasting rod from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in the Cornwall:

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https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/object/wand-rod/

Here I will link a more detailed post by @barberwitch​ about blasting rods in particular: https://barberwitch.tumblr.com/post/182250716431/witch-tip-wednesday-12319 

“In Paganism and Wicca, blasting and all other acts of harmful magic are considered unethical, a violation of the law, “An’ it harm none, do what ye will.” According to tenets of the Craft, Witches must use their powers for good, to help others and work in harmony with nature (see Wiccan Rede). In many tribal cultures, however, such ethical distinctions are not made, and blasting continues to be among the acts of Sorcery carried out against people, animals, crops and possessions.” - Blasting By Occult World

https://occult-world.com/blasting/

(Image:https://www.newcastleghostwalks.co.uk/single-post/witch-pricking-newcastle-witches)

In order to determine if a person was a witch and therefore a servant of the devil, persecutors would attempt to find an insensitive spot that wouldn’t bleed when pricked by a needle. Supposedly, the spot indicates the devil’s touch that occurs within which is supposed initiation. A pricker would be used to jab at the person’s body repeatedly until said spot was found.

Working mainly occurred in the height of the witch trials in the 16th and 17th centuries. The most commonly used instruments were dagger like tools typically used for drawing ribbons through hems or punching holes in cloth. Some other tools used however were needles and daggers. Very often those accused would feel pain and bleed when pricked on their witch marks, however the witch prickers would not stop at this and use their occupation as an excuse to torture the accused by repeatedly pricking the victims until they had no choice but to confess. Others still would alter the results by using prickers with a retractable ends or blunt points, creating the illusion of having found a witch’s mark.

(Image:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pricking)

There are some which prickers who ended up being quite famous for their deeds, such as a Scottish witch pricker named Christian Caddell.  A witch pricker was always male, which made Christian Caddell’s case a very Interesting one. This was because Caddell was secretly a woman posing as a man in order to terrorize communities by pricking, accusing, and sending to death many women and being paid very well throughout it all. 

In fact, many prickers were paid extremely generously for their jobs, which unfortunately promoted even more deceit.

“The concept was that when a witch made a pact with the devil, a mark was left on the skin to show allegiance to the Dark Master. This mark could be large or small and could be found almost anywhere on the accused’s body. Often the mark was in a hidden area such as the armpits, under the eyelids, or in private areas and cavities. But how was it possible to tell the difference between a devils mark and a benign mole or freckle? To be able to ascertain the nefarious deeds of the alleged witch, a test was done whereby a skin blemish was pricked by a small and sharp instrument. If the spot did not bleed and did not cause any pain to the suspected witch, it was taken as proof of allegiance to the devil.” - Witch Prickers Were Paid Generously for Finding Witches By Doug Macgowan

https://www.tainmuseum.org.uk/article.php?id=4

https://www.realmarykingsclose.com/blog/scotland-witch-prickers/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-20315106

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/014107689709000914

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25519442

https://www.historicmysteries.com/witch-prickers-inquisition/

Image: https://www.deviantart.com/vincent-engelmann/art/Witch-Boy-796388985

Warlocks are witches who betray other witches, however in media they are thought to be the male equivalent. This is untrue, as all genders are simply referred to as witches. Warlocks has a traditionally negative connotation of betrayal and negativity towards fellow witches, and it defined as an outcasted witch because of this.

There’s a certain perception of the word warlock claiming it as being a translation of a Saxon word meaning oath breaker. This word, wǣrloga, Also means traitor, liar, devil, and other equivalents. There have been attempts by some pagans to reclaim the word warlock, which brought about the popularity of a theory that the word may have roots in Norse mythology.

“In one of the poetic eddas, in The Saga of Eirik the Red, a sacred song called the Vardlokkur is sung, to ward off evil spirits during a religious ceremony. The idea is that the Vardlokkur, as applied to a person, is a “spell singer,” rather than a liar or oath-breaker. Included as part of the practice of seidhr, the Vardlokkur was chanted not only to keep evil spirits at bay, but also to take the singer into a trance-like state for the purpose of prophesying.” - Meanings and Use of the Word “Warlock”

In this case, the word warlock would instead see the name for a specific type of magic involving music (specifically singing). These attempts, however, are not entirely widely known, so those who call themselves warlocks are still debated against by other witches. But all in all, the reality of the situation is that words such as this are extremely hard to trace back to their core roots, so it has become much more widely accepted that warlocks is simply a negative term instead of a positive one. This is especially the case seeing as music which is already exists and call themselves just that or they call themselves art witches.

“Though some may go by “Wizard” or “Warlock,” the majority of men involved in magick, Paganism and Wicca are happy to be known by one familiar term: witch… As for the whole wizard/warlock differentiation, there’s some debate. By Wicca Daily’s definitions, most witch-related terms are gender-neutral, but they do indicate skill, seniority and ethics. A wizard could be any witch of advanced skill, while sorcerers are the most advanced, elite of the wizards. Warlocks, however, are distinctly male –– but not male witches. Instead, warlocks are evil male practitioners of magick, traitors of the art. The female version of a warlock might be called a wicked witch, says MysticInvestigations.com.” - Just What is a  Male Witch, Anyway?

http://wiccadaily.com/witch-wizard-or-warlock/

https://mysticinvestigations.com/paranormal/whats-the-difference-between-witches-warlocks-wizards-sorcerers/

https://www.learnreligions.com/warlock-word-meaning-and-uses-2561729

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/just-what-is-a-male-witch-anyway

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2016/06/11/bamberg-germany-the-early-modern-witch-burning-stronghold/

The Würzburg witch trials of 1625–1631, which took place in the self-governing Catholic Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg in the Holy Roman Empire in present-day Germany, is one of the biggest mass trials and mass executions ever seen in Europe, and one of the biggest witch trials in history.

The 15th and 16th century had prominent witch hunts, but no one in America talks about them nearly as much as they talk about Salem. Salem, evidently, has become a sort of attraction. There is nothing wrong with bringing up topics as this for educational purposes and getting people interested and excited about learning of history, however it is undeniable that America, specifically the United States, widely ignored the Germanic witch trials. It even barely acknowledges the trials done in England, which were small in comparison to the atrocities committed in Germany during those witch hunts.

“ The height of the German witch frenzy was marked by the publication of the Malleus Maleficarum (“Hammer of Witches”), a book that became the handbook for witch hunters and Inquisitors. Written in 1486 by Dominicans Heinricus Institoris and Jacobus Sprenge, and first published in Germany in 1487, the main purpose of the Malleus was to systematically refute arguments claiming that witchcraft did not exist, to refute those who expressed skepticism about its reality, to prove that witches were more often women than men, and to educate magistrates on the procedures that could find them out and convict them. The main body of the Malleus text is divided into three parts; part one demonstrates the theoretical reality of sorcery; part two is divided into two distinct sections, or “questions,” which detail the practice of sorcery and its cures; part three describes the legal procedure to be used in the prosecution of witches.“ - Witch Trials in Early Modern Europe and New England

https://streetsofsalem.com/2011/10/24/german-witches/

“… [The] clerical/political leaders of territories like Eichstätt, Bamberg, Würzburg, Mainz, or Cologne harshly hunted witches, often by violating civil rights of the accused. Torture could be carried out on hearsay evidence from as few as two witnesses, and contrary evidence by equally valid eyewitnesses could be ignored. Although imperial legal codes were supposed to prohibit repeated torture, professors and lawyers argued that further bouts of torture were a mere continuation of the first application. Tortured victims produced fantastic stories and accusations that fed the frenzy of the hunts.  By about 1630 this wave of persecutions petered out. Many critics had raised voices against the entire practice of hunting witches. Friends of the persecuted had appealed to the emperor and institutions of imperial government like the Imperial court in Speyer or the Diet which in turn called for a halt. And many of the biggest foes of witches simply died. Witch hunts throughout the empire would continue to sporadically break out until the witch laws were revoked in the eighteenth century. Authorities legally executed the last witch in the empire, Anna Maria Schwägelin, in 1775.” - A Witchy Hunt: Germany 1628

Here is an educational game about the Germanic witch hunts: https://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/witch/hunt/index.html

It goes into detail into what the torture was like and what the logic of the time was. Here is an example of some of what it tells in the story you partake in.

“The judge in the middle says, “We need to be more sure about your connection to witchcraft. You will be examined for the devil’s mark.” The armed men take you to a small room. They take off all your clothing. You are too frightened to protest. An official takes a long needle and begins pricking you.He pokes it into your skin. You are too afraid to say something wrong. You barely flinch, even when he sticks it into unmentionable parts. Blood spots your skin.

The man with the pricker says to the guards, “I have incontrovertibly found the devil’s mark on this person!"They allow you to put your clothing back on. Then they escort you into the courtroom again. You stand before the judges. The judge in the middle says, "We now have serious and certain evidence that you are a witch. Further questioning on the matter will be done by our appointed magistrate. Guards, take the prisoner to a cell."The armed men take you by the arms and lead you out of the courtroom, through the courthouse, to stairs that lead down.“

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https://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/witch/hunt/whbg.html

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/the-robbins-collection/exhibitions/witch-trials-in-early-modern-europe-and-new-england/

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There are 48 colors of the moon, but here are some of the most frequently talked about colors and what they mean for witches :) I will also discuss some things you can do on any full moon, whatever color it may happen to be! :)

How To Celebrate Every Full Moon

  • Gather moon water
  • Cleansing and charging warm-toned crystals in the moonlight
  • Painting
  • Doing shadow work whilst observing the moon and meditating

Full Moon Bath Ritual

  1. First things first, before you take this bath, clean the bathtub mindfully using the appropriate scents for your upcoming bath’s intentions
  2. Gather your favorite items and or items related to the pink moon such as stones, a specific drink of your choosing, candles, and perhaps either your shadow book or a book that you see if we connect with
  3. Turn off the lights and work by candlelight, perhaps with appropriately calming music
  4. Meditate in the water along with herbs, flowers, and bath salts chosen according to your intent. You can also finish connecting to each of the elements by adding in the elements of air through incense, however I would argue that the element of air is covered if you decide to take a hot bath or have some kind of purifier on in the room, creating a mist or fog
  5. You can finish your bath by visualizing the cleansing of your soul and magick as you drain the water, and then lightly clean out the tub once again to make sure that all of the herbs and flowers are taken care of and disposed of properly
  6. Finally, take note of how you feel after the ritual and record it for future use
  7. This is a ritual that can be adapted to any full moon, as full moon baths are quite a popular activity.

Pink

The pink moon in witchcraft is generally all about spring.

Also called the egg moon, the grass moon, the pink phlox moon, and many other names, the pink moon is mainly about fertility end growth. It signifies faith in the future and anticipates abundance, and is the perfect time to set new things into motion or make new commitments. It is also a good time to find courage, trust, adaptability, and maturity in relation to new paths in life. It is a wonderful time for reflection and shadow work, and it has been said that doing shadow work during the pink moon is more fulfilling on top of the many other feelings associated with the work.

Red

The red moon in witchcraft is generally all about fall.

Also called Hunter’s moon, the blood moon, the sanguine moon, and many other names, the red moon honors the year that has been and the sacrifices made by the plants and animals used to sustain us. It is a sort of celebration of life for the aspects of nature that gave their lives, and the day is spent honoring ancestors and releasing old griefs. It signifies growth, renewal, wisdom, company, and resting. Associations with the Blood Moon being an omen of destruction to come, but it is also generally understood that the night of the blood moon should be used to celebrate life and the flowing of life in relation to the flooring of blood through your veins. You are to make peace with your past and understand your shadow-self, balancing and enhancing your magical energies and powers through recognizing and letting go of grief.

Blue

The blue moon in witchcraft is an extra full moon in any season and occurs once every 2.7 years. There are some negative connotations fine Blue Moon because it confuses people who were attempting to prepare for various types of weather and crop rotations. This, and another negative connotation spawns from the fact that with the addition of this extra Moon there is an unlucky number of 13 full moons in that year instead of 12. However the Blue Moon is quite a fortune in time when it comes to Witchcraft because it is seen as a taken moment;  a time of the year that is separated from the norm and ergo the perfect opportunity to re-gather ones senses and hope for the superstitious “once in a blue moon” luck of something unusual. The blue moon is also a time where you should set goals, as they will be strengthened under this moonlight. You can also utilize the blue moon to call for safety, joy, peace, love, health, energy, and empowerment. Meditation is best done in the moonlight of this night, and most you will see better results from verbal magick and spells. This is the perfect time to prepare yourself for what’s to come. It acts as the perfect break to collect yourself before continuing on with your craft following this night.

sources: scattered but mainly from “Wicca Year of Magic” by Lisa Chamberlain. Overall a good book but here are a few gripes: not very inclusive.. just uses she/her pronouns when talking about witches. talks about requiring a lot of tools when not all are necessary. however it’s a good book for beginners, talks about history very well, and generally promotes differing perspectives and ways of practicing the craft 

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