Recommended Reading: Candle Magick
Advanced Candle Magick: More Spells and Rituals for Every Purpose - Raymond Buckland
The Art of Hoodoo Candle Magic in Rootwork, Conjure, and Spiritual Church Services - Catherine Yronwode
Candle Burning Magic With the Psalms - William Alexander Oribello
Candle Magic: A Coveted Collection of Spells, Rituals, and Magical Paradigms - Phillip Cooper
Candle Magic for Beginners: The Simplest Magic You Can Do - Richard Webster
The Candle Magick Workbook: Why and How Candle Magick Works - Kala Pajeon
Coventry Magic with Candles, Oils, and Herbs - Jacki Smith
Exploring Candle Magick - Patricia Telesco
A Little Book of Candle Magic - D.J. Conway
The Magic Candle: Facts and Fundamentals of Ritual Candle-Burning - Charmaine Dey
The Magical Power of the Saints: Evocation and Candle Rituals - Rev Ray T. Malbrough
Master Book of Candle Burning - Henry Gamache
Practical Candleburning Rituals: Spells and Rituals for Every Purpose - Raymond Buckland
Witches Guide to Candle Magic - Lady Gianne
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Witchcraft & Meds
For everyone with mental and physical stuff that they have to take medication for! I’m both mentally and chronically ill and take a LOT of meds each day. There’s so much negativity about magic and meds, so let’s find a way to incorporate both into your life! <3
Pill bottles:
Charge the bottles (while empty), the bowl you place your dose in, or your pill organizer in the sun or moon
Decorate them to look more witchy! Don’t cover up important labels. [X]
Draw sigils on the bottom to help minimize side effects and so you don’t forget a dose!
Use empty bottles for anything witchy (spell bottles, herb storage, etc.) [X]
Place crystals or herbs around/on the bottle
Use color correspondences - doodle on the lid or bottom
Meds:
Keep in cool pill boxes
Whisper an enchantment or blessing over them for desired effects (easy to swallow, less side effects, doing their job, etc.)
Think or say an affirmation with each one (I say so many affirmations a day!)
Take with (drinking safe) moon water or infused water.
Also use a cool cup, could be decorated, covered in sigils, using color correspondences, and more!
Coat your pills with honey before taking them to sweeten up your life (especially helpful for the gross tasting/fast dissolving meds)
IV treatments and injections (no needle mentions):
Listen to witchy music
Draw healing/soothing sigils
Keep crystals in your pocket or bag
Bring infused water with you (if using herbs, check for interactions)
Bring a spell bottle/sachet to your treatment for good vibes, quick healing, minimal pain, and the like.
Sigils on the band-aid!
You may also like…
This post!
“My medications work as intended” and “My medications aid me” sigils
Well being in a pill bottle spell
Spoonie witch masterpost
Chronically ill + Mentally ill witchcraft: For your symptoms
Tips for taking meds
Herb interactions
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herb masterpost
master post of herbs <3 if anyone has any new herbs that they’d like me to add, comment / repost and i’ll add suggestions!
acacia : protection, psychic powers, money and love spells
adam & eve roots : love, happiness
adders tongue : healing
african violet : spirituality, protection
agaric : fertility
agrimony : protection, sleep
ague root : protection
alfalfa : prosperity, anti-hunger, money
alkanet : purification, prosperity
allspice : money, luck, healing
almond : money, prosperity, wisdom
aloe : protection, luck
aloes, wood : love, spirituality
althea : protection, psychic powers
alyssum : protection, moderating anger
amaranth : healing heartbreak, protection, invisibility,
anemone : health, protection, healing
angelica : exorcism, protection, healing, visions
anise : protection, purification, youth
apple : love, healing, garden magic, immortality
apricot : love
arabic gum : spirituality, purify negativity and evil
arbutus : exorcism, protection
asafoetida : exorcism, purification, protection
ash : protection, prosperity, sea rituals, health
aspen : eloquence, anti-theft
aster : love
avens : exorcism, purification, love
avocado : love, lust, beauty
bachelor’s buttons : love
balm, lemon : love, success, healing
balm of gilead : love, manifestations, protection, healing
bamboo : protection, luck, hex-breaking, wishes
banana : fertility, potency, prosperity
banyan : luck, happiness
barley : love, healing, protection
basil : love, exorcism, wealth, flying, protection
bay : protection, psychic powers, healing, purification, strength
bean : protection, exorcism, wart charming,
reconciliation, potency, love
bedstraw, fragrant : love
beech : wishes
beet : love
belladonna : astral projection
benzoin : purification, prosperity
bergamot, orange : money, success
be-still : luck
betony, wood : protection, purification, love
birch : protection, exorcism, purification and cleansing
bistort : psychic powers, fertility
bittersweet : protection, healing
blackberry : healing, money, protection
bladderwrack : protection, sea spells, wind spells,
money, psychic powers
bleeding heart : love
bloodroot : love, protection, purification
bluebell : luck, truth
blueberry : protection
blue flag : money
bodhi : fertility, protection, wisdom, meditation
boneset : protection, exorcism
borage : courage, psychic powers
bracken brazil nut briony : image magic, money, protection
bromeliad : protection, money
broom : purification, protection, wind spells, divination
buchu : psychic powers, prophetic dreams
buckthorn : protection, exorcism, wishes, legal matters
cabbage : luck
cactus : protection, chastity
calamus : luck, healing, money, protection
camellia : riches
camphor : chastity, health, divination
caper : potency, lust, luck
carawy : protection, lust, health, anti-theft, mental powers
cardamon : lust, love
carnation : protection, strength, healing
carob : protection, health
carrot : fertility, lust
cascara sagrada : legal matters, money, protection
cashew : money
castor : protection
catnip : cat magic, love, beauty, happiness
cat tail : lust
cedar : healing, purification, money, protection
celandine : protection, escape, happiness, legal matters
celery : mental powers, lust, psychic powers
centaury : snake removing
chamomile : money, sleep, love, purification
cherry : love, divination
chestnut : love
chickweed : fertility, love
chicory : removing obstacles, invisibility, favors, frigidity
chili pepper : fidelity, hex breaking, love
china berry : luck, change
chrysanthemum : protection
cinchona : luck, protection
cinnamon : spirituality, success, healing, psychic powers, lust, protection, love
cinquefoil : money, protection, prophetic dreams, sleep
cloth of gold : understand animal languages
clove : protection, exorcism, love, money
daffodil : love, fertility, luck
daisy : lust, luck
damiana : lust, love, visions
dandelion : divination, wishes, calling spirits
datura : hex breaking, sleep, protection
deerstongue : lust, psychic powers
devils bit : exorcism, love, protection, lust
devils shoestring : protection, gambling, luck, power, employment
dill : protection, money, lust, luck
dittany of crete : manifestations, astral projection
dock : healing, fertility, money
dodder : love, divination, knot magic
dogbane : love
dogwood : wishes, protection
dragons blood : love, protection, exorcism, potency
dulse : lust, harmony
dutchmans breeches : love
ebony : protection, power
echinacea : strengthening spells
edelweiss : invisibility, bullet-proofing
elder : exorcism, protection, healing, prosperity, sleep
elecampane : love, protection, psychic powers
elm : love
endive : lust, love
eryngo : travelers luck, peace, lust, love
eucalyptus : healing, protection
euphorbia : purification, protection
eyebright : mental powers, psychic power
fennel : protection, healing, purification
fenugreek : money
fern : rain making, protection, luck, riches,
eternal youth, health, exorcism
feverfew : protection
fig : divination, fertility, love
figwort : health, protection
flax : money, protection, beauty, psychic powers, healing
fleabane : exorcism, protection, chastity
foxglove : protection
frankincense : protection, exorcism, spirituality
fumitory : money, exorcism
fuzzy weed : love, hunting
galangal : protection, lust, health, money, psychic powers, hex-breaking
gardenia : love, peace, healing, spirituality
garlic : protection, healing, exorcism, lust, anti-theft
gentian : love, power
geranium : fertility, health, love, protection
ginger : love, money, success, power
ginseng : love, wishes, healing, beauty, protection, lust
goats rue : healing, health
goldenrod : money, divination
golden seal : healing, money
gorse : protection, money
gotu kola : meditation
gourd : protection
grain : protection
grains of paradise : lust, luck, love, money, wishes
grape : fertility, garden magic, mental powers, money
grass : psychic powers, protection
ground ivy : divination
groundsel : health, healing
hawthorn : fertility, chastity, fishing magic, happiness
hazel : luck, fertility, anti-lightning, protection, wishes
heather : protection, rain making, luck
heliotrope : exorcism, prophetic dreams, healing, wealth, invisibility
hellebore, black : protection
hemlock : destroy sexual drive
hemp : healing, love, vision, meditation
henbane : love attraction
henna : healing
hibiscus : lust, love, divination
hickory : legal matters
high john the conqueror : money, love, success, happiness
holly : protection, anti-lightning, luck, dream magic, balance
honesty : money, repelling monsters
honeysuckle : money, psychic powers, protection
hops : healing, sleep
horehound : protection, mental powers, exorcism,
horse chestnut : money, healing
horseradish : Purification, Exorcism
horsetail : Snake Charming, Fertility
houndstongue : tying dog’s tongues
houseleek : luck, protection, Love
huckleberry : luck, protection, dream magic, hex breaking
hyacinth : love, protection, happiness
hydrangea : hex breaking
hyssop : purification, protection
indian paint brush : love
iris : purification, wisdom
irish moss : money, luck, protection
ivy : protection, healing
jasmine : love, money, prophetic dreams
jobs tears : healing, wishes, luck
joe-pye weed : love, respect
juniper : protection, anti-theft, love, exorcism, health
kava-kave : visions, protection, luck
knotweed : binding, health
ladys mantle : love
ladys slipper : protection
larch : protection, anti-theft
larkspur : health, protection
lavender : love, protection, sleep, chastity,
longevity, purification, happiness, peace
leek : love, protection, exorcism
lemon : longevity, purification, love, friendship
lemongrass : repel snakes, lust, psychic powers
lemon verbena : purification, love
lettuce : chastity, protection, love, divination, sleep
licorice : love, lust, fidelity
life everlasting : longevity, health, healing
lilac : exorcism, protection, beauty
lily : protection, breaking love spells
lily of the valley : mental powers, happiness
lime : healing, love, protection
linden : protection, immortality, luck, love, sleep
liquidamber : protection
liverwort : protection
liverwort : love
looestrife : peace, protection
lotus : protection, lock-opening
lovage : love
love Seed : love, friendship
lucky Hand : employment, luck, protection, money, travel
mace : Psychic Powers, Mental Powers
maguey : Lust
magnolia : Fidelity
mahogany, Mountain : Anti-Lightning
maidenhair : Beauty, Love
male Fern : Luck, Love
mallow : Love, Protection, Exorcism
mandrake : Protection, Love, Money, fertility, health
maple : Love, Longevity, Money
marigold : Protection, Prophetic Dreams,
business and Legal Matters, Psychic Powers
marjoram : Protection, Love, Happiness, health, Money, Healing
master Wort : Strength, Courage, Protection
mastic : Psychic Powers, Manifestations, lust
may Apple : Money
meadow Rue : Divination
meadowsweet : Love, Divination, Peace, happiness
mesquite : Healing
mimosa : protection, love, prophetic dreams, purification
mint : money, love, luck, healing, exorcism, travel, protection
mistletoe : protection, love, hunting, fertility, health, exorcism
molukka : protection
moonwort : money, love
moss : luck, money
mugwort : strength, psychic powers, protection,
prophetic dreams, healing, astral projection
mulberry : protection, strength
mullein : courage, protection, health, love, divination, exorcism
mustard : fertility, protection, mental powers
myrrh : protection, exorcism, healing, spirituality
myrtle : love, fertility, youth, peace, money
nettle : exorcism, protection, healing, lust
norfolk island pine : protection, anti hunger
nuts : fertility, prosperity, love, luck
oak : protection, health, money, healing, potency, fertility, luck
oats : money
olive : healing, peace, fertility, potency, protection, lust
onion : protection, exorcism, healing, money,
prophetic dreams, lust
orange : love, divination, luck, money
orchid : love
oregon grape : money, prosperity
orris root : love, protection, divination
palm, date : fertility, potency
pansy : love, rain magic, love, divination
papaya : love, protection
papyrus : protection
parosela : hunting
parsley : love, protection, purification
passion flower : peace, sleep, friendship
patchouly : money, fertility, lust
pea : money, love
peach : love, exorcism, longevity, fertility, wishes
pear : lust, love
pecan : money, employment
pennyroyal : strength, protection, peace
peony : protection, exorcism
pepper : protection, exorcism
peppermint : purification, sleep, love, healing, psychic powers
pepper tree : purification, healing, protection
periwinkle : love, lust, mental powers, money, Protection
persimmon : changing sex, healing, luck
plot weed : protection
pimento : love
pimpernel : protection, health
pine : healing, fertility, protection, exorcism, money
pineapple : luck, money, chastity
pipsissewa : money, spirit calling
quassia : love
quince : protection, love, happiness
radish : protection, lust
ragweed : courage
ragwort : protection
raspberry : protection, love
rattlesnake root : protection, money
rhubarb : protection, fidelity
rice : protection, rain, fertility, money
roots : protection, power, divination
rose : love, psychic powers, healing, love, divination, luck, protection
rosemary : protection, love, lust, mental powers, exorcism, purification, healing, sleep, youth
rowan : psychic powers, healing, protection, power, success
rue : healing, health, mental powers, exorcism, love
rye : love, fidelity
saffron : love, healing, happiness, wind raising, lust, strength, psychic powers.
sage : immortality, longevity, wisdom, protection, wishes
sagebrush : purification, exorcism
st. johns wort : health, power, protection, strength, love, divination, happiness
sandalwood : protection, healing, exorcism, spirituality
sarsaparilla : love, money
sassafras : health, money
savory, summer : mental powers
scullcap : love, fidelity, peace
senna : love
sesame : money, lust
shallot : purification
skunk cabbage : legal matters
slippery elm : halts gossip
sloe : exorcism, protection
snakeroot : luck money
snakeroot/black : love, lust, money
snapdragon : protection
solomons seal : protection, exorcism
sorrel wood : healing, health
southern wood : love, lust, protection
spanish moss : protection
spearmint : healing, love, mental powers
spiderwort : love
spikenard : love
squill : money, protection, hex breaking
star, anise : psychic powers, luck
stillengia : psychic powers
straw : luck, image magic
strawberry : love, luck
sugar cane : love, lust
sumbul : love, luck, health, psychic powers
sunflower : fertility, wishes, health, wisdom
sweetgrass : calling spirits
tamarind : love
tamarisk : exorcism, protection
tansy : health, longevity
tea : riches, courage, strength
thistle : strength, protection, hex breaking, healing
thistle, holy : purification, hex breaking
thistle, milk : snake enraging
thyme : health, healing, sleep, psychic powers,
love, purification, courage
ti : protection, healing
toadflax : protection, hex breaking
toadstool : rain making
tobacco : healing, purification
turmeric : purification
turnip : protection, ending relationships
urva Ursa : psychic workings
valerian : love, sleep, purification, protection
vanilla : love, lust, mental powers
venus flytrap : protection, love
vervain : love, protection, purification, peace, money, youth, chastity, sleep, healing
vetch, giant : fidelity
vetivert : love, hex breaking, luck, money, anti-theft
violet : protection, luck, love, lust, wishes, peace, healing
wahoo : hex-breaking, courage, success
walnut : health, mental powers, infertility, wishes
wax plant : protection
wheat : fertility, money
willow : love, divination, protection, healing
wintergreen : protection, healing, hex breaking
winters bark : success
witch grass : happiness, lust, love, exorcism
witch hazel : protection, chastity
wolfs bane : protection, invisibility
wood rose : luck
woodruff : victory, protection, money
wormwood : psychic powers, protection, love, calling spirits
yarrow : courage, love, psychic powers, exorcism
yellow evening primrose : hunting
yerba mate : fidelity, love, lust
yerba santa : beauty, healing, psychic powers, protection
yew : Raising the Dead
yohimbe : love, lust
yucca : transmutation, protection, purification
**some of these herbs ARE toxic. i didn’t mention which ones were/weren’t, please do some further research before consuming any of these herbs!!**
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✨ Some Herbs, Flowers and Plants in Withcraft✨
ALLSPICE: increase energy, love, healing, luck
ANGELICA: protection, purification
Benefits for health: improve digestion
ARTEMISA: dream divination, clairvoyance
AZUCENA: sentimental improvement, progress, peace
BASIL: economic success, money, prosperity, peace, protection, happiness, purification, tranquillity, love
BAY: fosters loving vibrations, protection, wards off negativities in a home, success, wisdom, divination
BAY LEAF: protection, purification, healing, strength, good fortune, money and success
BIRCH: protection, purification
BLACK PEPPER: protection, courage
CALENDULA: happiness, prosperity, love, psychic power, harmony
Benefits for health: treat skin irritation (like eczema, bruises, scars, scrapes)
CARAWAY: protection against negativity, health, mental abilities, fidelity
Benefits for health: antitheft
CARDAMOM: passion, sex, intimacy
CARNATION: cosmic energy, magic, disease, protection, strength energy, luck, healing
White: peace, healing
Red: sex, love, passion
Yellow intellectual movement
Rose: disappearance of disagreements
CHAMOMILE: brings love, healing, relieves stressful situations, prosperity, peace, healing, harmony, happiness
Benefits for health: sooth stomach problems, calm headache, calm nerves
CHICHWEED:
Benefits for health: astringent, cooling (topically), demulcent, relieves itchiness
CINNAMON: aphrodisiac, passion, love, luck, prosperity, success, raises spiritual vibrations, purification, energy, healing, protection
Benefits for health: antimicrobial, aromatic, astringent, mild stimulant, relieves wind
CLOVE: protection, purification, mental ability, healing
COFFEE: intellect awakening
COMFREY: health, healing, protection during travel, prosperity
CUMIN: protection spell
DAFFOIL: luck, fertility, love
DAISY: love, flirtation, hope, innocence
DANDELION: divination, interaction with the spirit world, wishes
Benefits for health: bitter tonic, diuretic, liver cleanser, mild laxative
DILL: good fortune, tranquillity, prosperity, lust, protection
ELACAMPANE: protection, luck, dispels negative vibration, plant spirit communication
EUCALYPTUS: health, healing
FENNEL: longevity, protection, healing, purification
GARDENIA: harmony, healing, love, peace
GARLIC: protection against evil eye
GERANIUM: protection, happiness, mental clean up, fertility, love, healing, courage
GINGER:
Benefits for health: fight cold, calm stomach, suppress nausea
HAWTHORN:
Benefits for health: antioxidant, heart tonic, lowers blood pressure, relaxes blood vessel
HIBISCUS: divination, dreams, love and lust
HERBABUENA: money, prosperity
HYACINTH: love, happiness, protection
INCENSE: Spirituality
IRIS: wisdom, valour, peace, harmony, love
IVY: protection, healing
JACINTO: overcoming old pains of love
JASMINE: divinatory dreams, sexuality, moon, feminine energy, seduction, sensuality, love, meditation, spirituality, harmony, prosperity
LAUREL: success, glory
LAVENDER: love, peace, restful sleep, clairvoyance, happiness, healing, money, passion, protection, relief from grief, longevity, meditation, harmony, tranquillity, purification
LEMON: happiness, love
LEMON BALM: love, success, healing
Benefits for health: antidepressant, antispasmodic, insect repellent, relaxant, relieves wind, topical anti-viral
LEMON VERBENA: love, purification
LILAC: protection, banishing negative energy
LILAS: purification, love
LILY: helps memory, love, protection, elimination of hexes, rebirth
LILLY OF THE VALLEY: enhances concentration, mental ability, encourage happiness
MADRESELVA: helps remove the vices and addictions
MAGNOLIA: love
MANZANO: love, happiness
MARJORAM: happiness, protection, love, joy, courage, health, money
MIMOSA: divinatory dreams, love
MINT: avoid jealousy, dreams, protection, prosperity, joy, fertility, purification, love, success, lust, travel
Benefits for health: calm headache, stimulate appetite, aid digestion, antiseptic, antispasmodic, diaphoretic, mild analgesic, mild bitter, mild sedative, relives wind
MEADOWSWEET:
Benefits for health: antacid, anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic, astringent
MUGWORT: psychic powers, protection, increases lust and fertility, prophetic dreams, divination, relaxation, tranquillity, banishing, consecration (*Do not ingest, and do not even handle if pregnant*)
NAIL: Protection spells
NARCISO: Love
NARDO: Love
NETTLE: protection, healing, lust
NUTMEG: Money, prosperity, good luck, protection, psychic abilities, happiness, love, health
PANSY: divination, communication, happiness, love
PARSLEY: Protection in general, power, strength, lust, purification, prosperity
PATCHOULI: Money, sex
PEPPERMINT: Purification
PINE: Health, Healing
POPPY: tranquillity, fertility, prosperity love, sleep, invisibility, money, luck
ROMERO: Longevity, purification, prosperity
ROSE: Love, encourages closeness with nature, healing, divination, tranquillity, harmony, psychic ability, spirituality, protection, luck
Red: passion, peace, welfare
Yellow: commitments
White: spiritual love
ROSEMARY: love, lust, promote healthy rest, protection, improving memory, wisdom, health, healing, mental power, purification
Benefits for health: calm headache, stimulate circulatory, nerve and digestive tonic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antispasmodic
SAFFRON: money, physical movement
SAGE: longevity, wisdom, protection, dispels negative energy, purification, health, immortality, wishes
Benefits for health: calm anxiety, antimicrobial, antioxidant, astringent, digestive tonic, oestrogenic, general tonic,reduces sweating
SALVIA: money
SANDALWOOD: spirituality, healing, tranquillity, sexuality, desire.
SNAPDRAGON: protection from illusion or deception, reflect negative energy
STAR ANISE: peace, tranquillity, awakening of psychic awareness , Luck, spiritual connection, psychic and magical power
SUNFLOWER: sun, sun energy, happiness, success, health, associated with welcome and family, fertility
THYME : health courage. Eliminates nightmares, Attracts loyalty, affection, psychic abilities
TULIP: prosperity, abundance, protections, love, happiness
VANILLA: sex
VALERIAN: protection, drives away negativity, purifies sacred space
VERBENA: calm headaches, eases stress, divination, prosperity, reversal of negative activity
VIOLET: peace, hope, harmony, protection, luck, love, sleep, tranquillity, encourage peace among people, calm nightmares, fertility, abundance
WATER LILY: happiness
YARROW: healing, divination, love, promotes courage and confidence
Resources:
Wicca Herbal Magic by Lisa Chamberlain
Charms, Spells and Herbs by Esteban Portela
The Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Grimoire of a Kitchen Witch by Rachel Patterson
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20 Tips to being a Safe Witch
Altar Safety
When burning anything always keep a glass of water near you, unless you are working with burning oils, then keep a fire extinguisher or baking soda on hand.
When working with essential oils(EO), do not burn them they are highly flammable
Never leave anything burning unattended, be it a burn bowl, candle, incense. DON’T LEAVE IT!
Please remove anything flammable such as paper or string from the candle, it will ignite and you will be alarmed.
Make sure that what you’re burning your candle in is fire safe, metal and cast iron are good bets. Do NOT burn in a glass, if you have to put it out and dump water on it, it will explode.
Make sure you tie back loose hair and don’t have any floppy sleeves or necklaces to get in the way.
When putting out a candle it is best to use a candle snuffer and do not use water.
Don’t burn kitchen sage, it gives off a toxic smoke. Not something you wanna inhale.
Essential Oil Safety
Please, please dilute them properly. I have a chemical burn scar I can never get rid of due to undiluted cinnamon bark oil. The proper dilution is one drop per teaspoon.
Never ingest EO, there are some that are now generally recognized as safe by the FDA, but the quality of EO are not regulated. Who knows what a bad quality EO could do to your internal organs, not something I wanna test.
Essential Oils are photosensitive, meaning they deteriorate in light store them in a dark area to prevent them from spoiling.
DO NOT put them near on your skin and get in the sun or a tanning bed, especially citrus oils, they will blister.
Water will not dilute essential oils, only other oils(canola, olive, sweet almond, olive will all dilute). If you want to use them in a bath it is one drop per a teaspoon of oil.
Please seek medical attention if anything seems off after using EO, they seem harmless but can be very dangerous
Pets can be very sensitive to essential oils(particularly cats) and it is almost impossible to cover all my bases here. The sources provided below have some great resources.
Always go by the scientific name, German and Roman chamomile are very different products.
Kitchen Magic Safety
Wear shoes if you’re doing anything, I nearly lost a toe the other day cause I dropped a knife. I got lucky I was wearing boots.
Wear correct clothing, and tie back hair. No matter if you have a gas, electric or induction stove, I’ve caught a lab coat sleeve on fire thanks to a torch while making a creme brulee.
Use your knives correctly, learn about the pinch grip and use the correct knife for the job. Using a paring knife for chopping potatoes is asking for trouble. There are tons of videos online, I like the ones from Alton Brown and Jamie Oliver.
As a side note use sharp knives, a blunt knife will do more damage than a sharp one.
Don’t leave knives in the sink, someone could begin to wash dishes and cut themselves.
Watch the steam. Steam can give a worse burn than dry heat, open pot lids away from you and don’t stick your face and phalanges in steam.
Don’t leave food products unattended.
Use your damn pot holders, they protect you and your counters.
Store raw meat on the lowest shelves, and never store cooked meat on the same shelf
Wash your hands before, wash your hands after handling raw meats, wash your hands after.
Don’t leave food that is meant to be cold or hot out for more than 2 hours, this is to decrease foodborne illness.
When using the store turn handles in, to keep yourself from bumping them off the stove.
Cook meats to proper temps(there is a chart in the sources)
If you are using herbs be sure to use kitchen grade herbs, those that are not kitchen grade are not held up to the same purity standards and could have more pesticide residue.
Herbal Safety
Please be aware a lot of herbs can work against prescription medications, or should only be taken in very specific doses( St. John’s Wort I’m looking at you.) Check in with your doctor or a licensed herbalist or naturopath before ingesting herbs.
Crystal Safety
Identify your crystals, some are water solvent some are not and it matters
Some that aren’t safe in water include malachite and selenite. They have copper and if aren’t sealed they can become toxic. There is no way to know for sure if it was sealed or not keep -ite crystals dry as a good rule of thumb.
Some crystals fade in sunlight like rose quartz, amethyst and citrine, in order to prevent fading try cleansing them with sound, flower petals, moonlight and energy.
VIV
Sassmaster, WHC Blog Manager, WHC Moderator
@thestudiouswitch
Sources
http://candles.org/fire-safety-candles/
http://www.pixiespocket.com/2016/03/lets-talk-about-candle-safety.html
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🗡️ Jinxes, Hexes, & Curses 🗡️
🗡️ JINXES - quick-lasting, harmless but mean-spirited.
nox - a spell to end a source of light or positivity
your heart in my hand - to send someone nightmares and to feel a general sense of being lost in life
burn your wishes - a simple curse to destroy someone’s wishes
spell of shattered sight - a spell that makes a person only see the most ugly aspects of themselves and others around them
🗡️ HEXES - mal-intended spells with temporary effects.
burst your bubble - a simple curse to destroy someone’s ego/hope
hex for a player - a curse from scorned lovers to the one breaking hearts, to give them difficulty finding anyone to be with romantically/sexually
cerberus hex - attacks what hurts things under plutonic protection spell
breezeblocks curse - to affect someone you resent for leaving
pumpkin head - seasonal hex to “burn” those who wrong you
bad moon rising - a revenge curse, general misfortune for a month
🗡️ CURSES - intense, powerful and long lasting.
to sink a sailor - to symbolically drown someone
marooned sailor curse - a curse to strand them alone in life.
avada kedavra - a curse not to kill, but to make the target feel death’s presence in their life.
imperius curse - to make the intended feel helpless, that things in their life are out of their power and control
cruciatus curse - to create pain in the life of the intended, whether physical or emotional
seven devils curse - a curse to burn the kingdom of and haunt the target
thorn in my side - a curse for abusers
red in your ledger - to return the hurt someone has done
if you take issue with cursing, jinxing, or hexing, that is your craft, but please do not add onto this post telling witches not to curse because “karma”, “the three fold law” or whatever. mind your own craft.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but
Do NOT cast spells for positive effects that involve:
Burning a picture of yourself*
Burning a piece of paper that anywhere contains your name*
Burning a piece of hair or other taglock*
*Unless you really know what you’re doing
I don’t know how sigil culture got people to think that burning anything = sending it off for spirits, but NO. Across pretty much every magical practice, burning involving a person = destruction. Burning as a means of generically sending things off is mainly used for offerings.
On a similar vein, do not cast spells for positive effects that involve taking a human figure and ripping up, burning, submerging in soil or water, or doing anything else to that figure that would maim or kill a real human. (unless you really know what you’re doing)
Remember the Law of Similarity. Destruction of an image = destruction of the thing itself.
Edit: I’ve seen a lot of comments of “fire isn’t just destructive!” and “burning can have other effects!” and yes, I completely agree. Hell, I can hardly do magic without a lit candle in the room. I’m talking specifically about harming images or pieces of yourself/your clients who you want to produce positive effects for.
I also made the caveat that if you know what you’re doing then there isn’t an issue. imo, “real magic” is any magic that works. If you have a technique that works for you and doesn’t cause unwanted side effects, great! My intention behind this post was to speak to those who are trying spells from online, modern spellbooks, their friends, etc. My goal is to encourage a critical eye, especially when techniques that have historically been used one way are being applied in another very different one.
Regardless, I’m glad this post is generating a lot of good conversation.
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REBLOG IF UR A WITCH ACCOUNT 🔮🔮
A lot of the old accounts are super dead and I miss witchblr so y’all reblog this and I’ll follow everyone who reblogs.
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Herbal Correspondences From My Grimoire
Activated Charcoal- cleansing, purification, grief, health (banishing serious illness)
Allspice- determination, money, luck, healing
Almond- fertility, Goddess energy, beauty, self-love, prosperity, addiction, abundance
Anise- protection, warding against evil, preventing nightmares, psychic ability, happiness
Basil- money, beauty, protection, love, warding
Bay Leaf- money, motivation, protection, psychic powers, wish fulfillment, success, purification, divination
Bergamot- Manifestation, wealth, success, prosperity, adds power to magic
Black Pepper- banishing, protection, exorcism, healing (from a serious illness/banishing said illness)
Brewer’s Yeast- motherhood, femininity, warding against illness
Cashew- money, creativity
Cardamom - lust/libido, love, fidelity, arousal, sexuality, reigniting intimacy
Cayenne Pepper- catalyst, lust/ libido, confidence
Celery- fertility, psychic powers, healing (especially of the bladder, kidneys, and urinary tract), weight loss
Chamomile- sleep, stress relief, love, beauty, friendship, meditation, luck, libido (mostly women)
Chia Seed- protection, health
Chili Powder- protection, hex breaking, love, fidelity, wards off unwanted guests
Chives- protection, weight loss
Chlorella- purification, cleansing, health
Cilantro- money, protection, peace
Cinnamon- catalyst, spirituality, beauty, love, lust, romance, healing, strength, protection, psychic ability
Clove- catalyst, beauty, love, protection (especially for children), luck, driving away negativity, cleansing, prosperity
Cocoa Powder- beauty, health, love, self-love, grounding, romance, sex, powder, enhances hot herbs
Coconut- strength, love, beauty, protection
Coffee- grounding, protection, spirituality, energy (if caffeinated), dispelling negativity
Coriander- love, health, protection, easing pain of a broken heart,
Cumin- energy, protection, exorcism, protection from theft, love, fidelity, masculine energy
Dandelion- communicating with the dead, health, weight loss, wish fulfillment, divination, luck, wishes, summoning spirits, releasing
Dill- money, prosperity, luck, lust, protection (especially the home)
Dulse- lust, harmony, sea magick
Eucalyptus - Inspiration (properties - healing, protection, purification, invigorating)
Fennel- health (especially digestion), protection, money, banishing, strength, vitality, libido
Fenugreek- health (women’s issues), friendship, happiness, calming, feminine energy, libido, money
Flax Seed- fertility, health, protection (especially from sickness), divination, money
Garlic- health, banishing, protection, purification, warding, willpower,
Ginger- catalyst, energy, adventure, health, confidence, lust/libido, prosperity, success, protection
Hemp- fertility, intuition, motivation, peace, harmony, stress relief
Hibiscus- health, love, beauty, heart
Holy Basil- opens heart to love, stress relief, healing, balance, grounding
Jalapeno- energy, catalyst, money, abundance
Jet- empowerment, grounding, protection, purification
Kelp- health, money, weight loss, sea magick
Lavender- stress relief, sleep, anti-anxiety, meditation, love, anti-depression, peace, harmony, calming, healing, dreams, divination
Lemon- health, beauty, love, lust, cleansing, purification, sun magick, removing negativity,
Lemon grass- psychic cleansing, opening the Third Eye, focus, mental clarity
Licorice- love, lust, fidelity, communicating with the dead, health (digestive system)
Lime- purification, protection, harmony, calmness, tranquility, strengthening love
Maca- fertility, vitality, energy, balance, love
Maple- love, friendship, luck, happiness, wealth
Marjoram- beauty, luck, wealth, grief, cleansing, purification, warding, strengthening love, protection
Mint, Pepper- health, protection, ward off migraines, wealth, bringing about change, love, abundance
Mint, Spear- health, protection, happiness, wealth, communicating with spirits
Miso- health, prosperity, communicating with the dead, friendship
Mustard seed- courage, faith, endurance, success, luck, happiness
Nettle- grounding, health (especially allergies), banishing negativity, cleansing
Nori- health, harmony
Nutmeg- beauty, prosperity, money, luck, hex breaking, mental acuity
Nutritional Yeast- health, happiness, love, addiction
Oat- fertility, health, earth magick, grounding, wealth, abundance, prosperity
Onion- protection, health, banishing, warding, bad habits, prosperity
Orange- energy, emotional healing, beauty, health, love, friendship
Oregano- health, beauty, joy, energy, strength
Paprika- catalyst, energy, hexing
Paprika, smoked- power, see Paprika
Parsley- money, luck, success, health, weight loss
Pecan- employment and career, success, security,
Red Pepper- catalyst, love, lust, confidence
Rice- rain, fertility, money, protection
Rose- beauty, love, honoring the dead, friendship, happiness, healing, psychic awareness, opening the heart
Rosemary- mental clarity, focus, memory, health, love, lust, purification, protection
Saffron- happiness, mental health, love, lust, psychic ability, addiction, weight loss
Sage- cleansing, purification, grief, wisdom, spirituality, mental clarity, protection, grounding
Salt- cleansing, purification, grounding, protection, banishing, earth magick, absorbing negative energy
Sesame Seed- money, lust, passion
Soy- spirituality, psychic ability, fertility, intuition, grounding
Spirulina- health, wealth, energy
Sugar- beauty, sweeten attitudes, love, sex, drawing spells
Tamarind- love, health, happiness, family, protection (from illness)
Tea, black- energy, strength, courage, confidence
Tea, green- energy, health, weight loss, beauty, confidence
Tea, white- beauty, harmony, peace, health, tranquility
Thyme- money, protection, luck, grief, honoring the dead, grounding, glamours, confidence, loyalty
Turmeric- health (especially dealing with serious illness), happiness,
Vanilla- beauty, love, friendship, passion
Vinegar- protection, warding, weight loss, hexing, banishing illness
Walnut- connection with the divine, spirituality, mental strength, divination
Watercress- health, sex, lunar magick
Yarrow- banishing, death, courage, psychic powers
Sorry for the long post!
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Hi!
Hi guys! I’m a baby herbal/green witch living in the U.S. and I decided I’d make a second blog for all my witchy stuff, so here it is! I’ll be posting things from my grimoire, reblogging other witch’s useful posts, and answering any questions my fellow baby witches (or general witches, but I won’t be all that helpful with more advanced stuff) might have!
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