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Hello, Tumblr! I am still alive. 😂 I am in the home stretch of school! Haven’t had much time for anything beyond the mundane, unfortunately.

As a follow-up to this post… well, it doesn’t really have a happy ending. I believe my binding spell worked really well, but I was rather concerned late last year/early this year because of some things that happened. Things which I wondered if my binding spell caused, but my ONLY intention was to keep my name out of her mouth. So, here we go.

She and her husband actually had a secret, private wedding ceremony on 2-22-22. Me and another bridesmaid (who ended up not coming to Vegas) were the only ones who knew about it. Vegas happened late April of last year.

In the span of time since, I hypothesize that she and her husband must have split some time around late August. I do not have confirmation of this, just what I could glean from social media. They are definitely separated or divorced, though, because she is now seeing someone else. So… THAT happened.

Her grandma was diagnosed with terminal cancer in November, and passed away on Christmas Eve. 😕 It was rather odd, as her mom reached out to me when they got the diagnosis, not only to inform me but to see if I had any recommendations for a second opinion (this was odd because I thought for sure her mom no longer considered me “family” because of what went down in Vegas). I was actually working at the state’s leading cancer center at the time, what a coincidence! So I gave her a number to call to set up an appointment. Not sure if that was ever done, though. 😞

I thought it best to reach out to my former friend to let her know her family was in my thoughts and prayers, when her mom first gave me the news. We talked for a bit longer than just simple niceties, and she sort of apologized for what went down in Vegas. I say sort of because she actually used her diagnosis of BPD as a bit of an excuse. She also left the “apology” open ended, and I got the sense that she was expecting a reciprocal apology from me. I didn’t outright accept her apology, or give my own, as I felt I had nothing to be sorry for. She didn’t reply after that.

I have been comforted by other practitioners that the spell I did had nothing to do with her life falling apart in the months that followed. Many say that the negative energy she was putting out there finally got back to her. Despite the fact that I still feel justified for my actions almost a year later, I do feel for her, and I wish her life could bear more positivity. I suppose that’s up to her, though.

Sooooo, I’ve heard that a lot of people are experiencing times of tumultuous change right now, and let me just say… ME TOO.

I traveled to Las Vegas last week for my friend’s wedding; I was her maid of honor. She has been one of my nearest and dearest friends for over 10 years, but moved out of state in 2017. We’ve had seasons in our friendship that seemed to wax and wane, and I had noticed as I got older how she seemed controlling. Once I really noticed it, it wasn’t much of an issue, as she had already moved off.

Well… I was in Vegas for a couple days squaring things away for her, and things were going off without a hitch (mostly, besides a few social bumps with her other friends and my boyfriend, who knew no one in this situation, God bless him). However, she seemed to be shooting herself in the foot, as she had all these activities planned each day and then would get so overwhelmed by the mind point of the day that she’d blow up. This happened Wednesday night when we went to a bar she had been talking about for hours; she blew up and stormed off because she forgot her ID. I didn’t follow her because I was like ???

Anyway, the next day was a busy one for me. I got up early to study for a quiz that would only be open during the morning for an hour and a half. It took me the whole time to do, then I got ready for the day and tried keeping in touch with her mom, who was flying in that day. At 3 PM I checked into our bachelorette room, and because the other bridesmaid went out for fun activities with the group, my boyfriend and I decided to go ahead and take everything to the room ourselves. We set it all up and began decorating, then she came in to help finish up. That’s when her mom came in, but my friend was already at the dinner spot (30 minutes earlier than our itinerary stated, mind you) and was getting upset because almost no one was there yet. Her mom was having trouble with Uber, so I tried my best to help, but she hung up on me. So again, I tried texting her. During this break, I went back to my room to iron my dress for the evening. Once I did that, her mom informed me she was at the hotel and hadn’t checked in yet, she was outside smoking and crying because she was overwhelmed. I head over to her hotel to help out, and if you’ve ever been in Vegas, you know how LOUD it is among the masses. My friend called me once and texted me thrice in 10 minutes and I didn’t hear my phone. I was looking for her mom inside and outside the hotel to no avail. I called my friend back within that 10 minutes and she BLEW UP on me. I simply told her I wasn’t gonna be treated like a doormat, and she hung up.

So I tell my boyfriend, “Come on, let’s go figure out dinner ourselves.” We find this really great spot, and in the middle of dinner, my friend texts me asking if we could meet to talk. I said, “Sure, let me finish dinner.” I let her pick the spot, as I thought she was ready to have an honest conversation with me. When I go over there, I was the one that had to start the conversation. I asked her how her mom was holding up. She then goes in on this, “You had one job today and that was to help my mom…” I was like, “Woah, okay first off, that was not my only job today. Second, I can’t be held responsible for your mom not communicating with me; I can’t control a grown woman. And third, I simply will not allow you to talk to me disrespectfully or in a rude manner.” She again blew up and stormed off, so I yelled after her because I wasn’t done talking and wanted her to hear the remainder of what I had to say.

I figured at this point that I was probably kicked out of the wedding. I didn’t go to the bachelorette party that night; instead, my boyfriend and I enjoyed our time alone. The next day rolls around, I’ve heard nothing from her. This continued all day… she did not tell me I was out of the wedding until 10 PM that night. Made me feel like she was playing mind games to have me anxiously waiting. She did say she still wanted me at the wedding ceremony, but I kindly refused. I really wanted an apology or at least some accountable on her behalf, but I didn’t bring this up. I simply stated that I’d like to talk about what happened after her honeymoon. She then starts again with the negative energy, basically saying she sees how it is, and that she wasn’t gonna talk about it with me for a long time. -.-

So, I’m down a friend… and she was my last true friend left. Anyone looking for new friends? 🥺

[bb-hedgewitch]

｡⋆୨୧˚*Introduction to Cord Cutting*˚୨୧⋆｡

A cord cutting spell is a spell designed to remove toxic attachments.  They are often used to make sure that the attachments you have to someone are fully severed.  They are most often used to get over breakups where the attachment to the person no longer serves you, or to otherwise cut off connections to people that are otherwise unhealthy and not conducive to your continued growth as a person.  This is based in the idea that every attachment to someone forms a line of energy between you and them.  By doing a cord cutting spell you are effectively severing that line of energy or “cord” as per the name.

While you do not necessarily have to stop talking to the person, if you have made the decision to get someone out of your life forever this is where you should turn.

Techniques and Types

There are a number of ways to go about performing a cord cutting spell.  Most of them involve some degree of visualization or otherwise use representation to separate you from another person.  Depending on the origin of the attachment, or otherwise how you intend to remove the person from your life, the technique that works best for you might vary.  Some things might work better depending on the circumstances.  Feel free to add your own twist and trust your intuition, as likely, you know your feelings best.

Many of these involve physically cutting things, or otherwise use fire, so, as always, be careful! Scissors and Slices

One of the easiest and least supply intensive ways to perform a cord cutting spell is to take a piece of paper and put the names of both parties on them.  Whether you draw a line connecting the two or otherwise just have them being on the same paper representing the connection, the effect is similar.  Take a pair of scissors, or if you want a more visceral feeling to it, take the paper in both hands.  As you separate the names physically, picture the line between you severing.

Wick Tie Burning

One of the more common cord cutting spells involves two candles.  One candle represents you, and one candle represents the other person.  What kind of candle you use for this is going to vary from person to person.  For example, this can be connected to how you associate them, or be more reflective of the nature of the relationship.  A relationship you want to escape because you’re worried for your safety might feature more black candles.  Some suggest when prepping that you write your names, or otherwise use initials/ something similar directly onto the candles.  Either you find two candles with sufficiently long wicks, or others use a seperate piece of string connecting the two. To sever the cord you light where the wicks are tied together and allow the fire to find the candles.  There is mixed opinions as to whether the candles should be allowed to burn all the way down.  Depending on how you set it up, this might be preferable.  If you plan to let them burn all the way down to manifest, you probably picked candles you will be willing to use for this purpose in the first place.  Otherwise, let them burn until you feel like it has come to completion.  You should know better than anyone when that point is. Photo Removal

Something others find a lot of catharsis in, and could just as easily be used for spellwork is the act of removing someone’s face from a photograph.  Photos are often representative of memories.  By removing them from your photos you are removing their memory from getting to have a place in your life.  This can be done digitally, but few will argue that there is some kind of power to removing their visage from your present physically.  Other forms of this involve crossing out the eyes or scribbling over faces. One that I personally enjoy is the act of removing the face and replacing it with another.  Doing this in your memory as well can undercut the power they have and remove them from any place they have or even ever had over your life.  It doesn’t even always have to make sense.  You can replace their face with someone who makes you happy, or a cute animal because that animal deserves more space in your mind than they do. Bay Leaves Me Alone

Another technique I’m familiar with, though I don’t have personal experience with this one, is using charcoal and bay leaves.  You write the name of the person on a bay leaf using the charcoal and then burn it.  I have heard of bay leaf manifestations before and they follow a very similar process.  Because of this it might be a good idea to cross out the name on the bay leaf and make it very clear that the thing you want to manifest is getting rid of them.  Otherwise scribbling out their name could have a similar effect.

Worth noting here is that many guides for bay leaf manifestations say it is perfectly fine using pens instead of charcoal.  I would only not suggest this because you’d be breathing burning ink.  Which lets be fair, if burning leaves and herbs is already kind of walking a fine line, burning pen ink isn’t gonna be high on the list of health and safety activities.  Charcoal is less likely to cause the same problems.  

As always, be careful when burning things, but with this specifically make sure you have a dish or other fireproof container to allow the bay leaf to burn in.  Most suggest burning it over a candle and then transferring it to a bowl once it’s lit so it can burn and smoke.

The (Un)ties That Bind

One of the first forays into knot magic, this kind of cord cutting spell involves getting a piece of string or yarn.  I have done this with one string, representing my own ties, but if you feel it is more appropriate and representative of the situation, you can use two different strings to represent you and the other person.  Everything from color choice to type of string is a very personal choice since, at the end of the day, this is your relationship.

Picture your relationship in your mind and start aggressively tangling the string, letting your intuition dictate how tangled it should be until you feel it suitably represents your entanglement with the person.  When I did this, I closed my eyes and tied the string behind my back, going entirely by feeling.  Then I opened my eyes and pulled the string back in front of me.  

The real unbinding involved is the conscious effort to untie the knot.  With every bit you spend untying the knot you are removing yourself from the entanglement.  You are untying yourself from the other person. And Stay Out! Once you have done the spell, it is a good idea to cleanse after.  This is the case for a lot of spells, but this one especially because you’re going to want to remove any residual energy.  Cleansing, banishing (similar to cleansing, but more aggressive usually), and warding afterwards to make sure that not only is it severed, but it cannot reform is something to keep in the back of your mind for afterwards.  Intend the energy out, and then send it away.  You may also take this time to get rid of the ingredients you used for the act, whether that be throwing them away, burying them, throwing them in the sea, or just flushing them.

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The Elements and their correspondences

E A R T H

Earth represents strength, grounding, prosperity, the material, wealth, success, foundations, death and rebirth. Focus on this element if the goal of your spell is about fertility, prosperity, business or stability. Earth spells may take longer to work, but they’re also more firm and are good if you’re looking for long-term solutions.

GENDER: Feminine SEASON: Winter DIRECTION: North HOUR: Night

COLOURS: Green, Brown, Black ANIMALS: Bears, Deers, Wolves, Badgers HERBS/PLANTS: Ivy, Ash, Vetiver, Wheats, Oats INSTRUMENTS: Drums (Percussion instruments)

STAR SIGNS: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn STONES/GEMS: Jade, Onyx, Emerald, Salt RITUAL TOOLS: Stones, Dirt, Bones, Pentacle, Salt, Crystals  RITUAL FORMS: Burying, Planting, Imprinting to soil or sand TAROT SUIT: Pentacles

A I R

Air represents intellect and the mind, wisdom, knowledge; logic as well as abstract thought, intuition and higher consciousness. If you’re seeking freedom, travels, or to enhance your memory and focus - focus on Air spells! Air is whimsical and amiable, personally I haven’t found it useful for more serious spells, but it does wonders for my studies. 

GENDER: Masculine SEASON: Spring DIRECTION: East HOUR: Dawn

COLOURS: Yellow, White, Sky Blue, Pastels ANIMALS: Birds, Spiders, Butterflies HERBS/PLANTS: Lavender, Birch, Vervain, Dill, Aspen INSTRUMENTS: Flute (Wind instruments)

STAR SIGNS: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius STONES/GEMS: Amethyst, Opal, Alexandrite, Beryl RITUAL TOOLS: Incense, Wand RITUAL FORMS: Fanning, Tossing into air, Suspending in a high place  TAROT SUIT: Swords

F I R E

Fire represents energy, passion, purification, love, inspiration, desire, will, courage, power, leadership, sexuality. In spellcraft, focusing on Fire is good for purification, healing and love spells; it’s the best element for quick, strong spells. Although, Fire is fierce in essence, and Fire spells are susceptible - they should be well thought out.

GENDER: Masculine SEASON: Summer DIRECTION: South HOUR: Noon

COLOURS: Red, Orange, Gold ANIMALS: Snakes, Lions, Horses HERBS/PLANTS: Cacti, Cinnamon, Pepper, Basil INSTRUMENTS: Guitar (Stringed instruments)

STAR SIGNS: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius STONES/GEMS: Amber, Citrine, Ruby, Tiger’s Eye RITUAL TOOLS: Athame, Candles RITUAL FORMS: Burning, Smouldering, Heating TAROT SUIT: Wands

W A T E R

Water represents purification as well; though it’s focused more on the soul and the subconscious rather than the physical, material world. Water stands for emotion, intuition, wisdom, eternal movement, reflection, lunar energy. Focusing on the Water element is good for psychic abilities, getting in tune with your inner self, mysteries, friendships, love, dreams and sleep.

GENDER: Feminine SEASON: Autumn DIRECTION: West HOUR: Dusk

COLOURS: Blue, Indigo, Silver ANIMALS: Otters, Fish, Sea Mammals, Frogs HERBS/PLANTS: Lotus, Water Lilies, Aloe, Gardenia INSTRUMENTS: Cymbal, Bell (Resonant instruments)

STAR SIGNS: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces STONES/GEMS: Moonstone, Aquamarine, Pearl RITUAL TOOLS: Cauldrons, Chalices, Seashells RITUAL FORMS: Diluting, Placing into water, washing away, bathing TAROT SUIT: Cups

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The lemon binding spell felt like a great success! I usually feel very fatigued after spell work, but after this one, I actually felt invigorated and had an instant boost of energy.

Today is the Black Moon Eclipse, so it’s a great time for manifestation (especially regarding wishes and prosperity specifically). I just made a prosperity bag and put a bay leaf with written intention in my purse; I’m also gonna take this time to make my boyfriend a self-love spell jar necklace!

Blessed be! Take advantage of the veil being so thin today! 🥰

[bb-hedgewitch]

SOME BOOKS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I THINK ARE GOOD

FOR BEGINNER AND NON-BEGINNER WITCH :

psychic witch by mat Auryn

Secret teaching of all ages encyclopedia of esoteric teaching

weave the liminal by Laura tempest zakroff

six ways by aidan wachter

the grek magical papyri in translation edited by dieter betz

the complete grimoire by lidia pradas

witchery by juliat diaz

spells for change by frankie castanea

celtic witchcraft by mabh savage

the althlone hiatory of witchcraft and magic in europe

the spell book for new witches by ambrosia hawthorn

kate freuler of blood and bones by mat Auryn

the kitchen witch's spell book by cerridwen greenleaf

love spells by anastasia greywolf

encyclopedia of magic herbs by scott Cunningham

guided tarot by stefanie caponi

the witch's journal by selene silverwind

the casting of spells by Christopher penczak

sacred essential oils edited by claire waite brown

the crystal bible by judy hall

the magical household by scott Cunningham

wicca in the kitchen by scott Cunningham

the house witch by arin Murphy-Hiscock

the heart witch's compendium by anna franklin

the heart witch's kitchen herbal by anna franklin

a spell book for the season

the complete illustrated book of herbs

italian folk magic by mary grace fahrun

the complete illustrated guide to palmistry by peter west

apractical step by step guide to herbs for the home and garden by Shirley reid

top 50 edible plants for pots by angie thomas

the mystical magical marvelous world of DREAMS by wilda b. tanner

the eclectic witch's book of shadows by deborah blake

plant witchery by Juliet diaz

the witch at thd forest's edge

subtle energy by keith miller

protection&reversal magick by jason miller

curses,hexes&crossing by S. connolly

modern witch by devin hunter

the complete book of incense,oils&brews by scott Cunningham

encyclopedia of 5000 spells by judika illes

the good witch's journal by selene silverwind

inner magic a guide to witchcraft

spell crafting by arin Murphy

the green witch by arin murphy

moon magic by diane ahlquist

protection magick by cassandra eason

the little big book by ileana abrev

herbal remedies by andrew chevallier

witchcraft for healing by patti wigington

complete book of correspondences by sandra kynes

poppet magick by silver davenwolf

earth medicine by kenneth meadows

earth power by scott Cunningham

a century of spells by draja mickaharic

positive magic by marion Weinstein

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As a follow-up to this post, if anyone is curious, I’m gonna do a binding spell with a lemon tomorrow because she keeps posting subliminal disses on social media about me and what happened; I’m sick of seeing it, so I blocked/restricted/unfollowed her on all the platforms, but I know she’s still talking about it. So I’m gonna make it to where my name stays out of her mouth. 🙂 Gonna do that tomorrow evening while the moon is still waning.

Sooooo, I’ve heard that a lot of people are experiencing times of tumultuous change right now, and let me just say… ME TOO.

I traveled to Las Vegas last week for my friend’s wedding; I was her maid of honor. She has been one of my nearest and dearest friends for over 10 years, but moved out of state in 2017. We’ve had seasons in our friendship that seemed to wax and wane, and I had noticed as I got older how she seemed controlling. Once I really noticed it, it wasn’t much of an issue, as she had already moved off.

Well… I was in Vegas for a couple days squaring things away for her, and things were going off without a hitch (mostly, besides a few social bumps with her other friends and my boyfriend, who knew no one in this situation, God bless him). However, she seemed to be shooting herself in the foot, as she had all these activities planned each day and then would get so overwhelmed by the mind point of the day that she’d blow up. This happened Wednesday night when we went to a bar she had been talking about for hours; she blew up and stormed off because she forgot her ID. I didn’t follow her because I was like ???

Anyway, the next day was a busy one for me. I got up early to study for a quiz that would only be open during the morning for an hour and a half. It took me the whole time to do, then I got ready for the day and tried keeping in touch with her mom, who was flying in that day. At 3 PM I checked into our bachelorette room, and because the other bridesmaid went out for fun activities with the group, my boyfriend and I decided to go ahead and take everything to the room ourselves. We set it all up and began decorating, then she came in to help finish up. That’s when her mom came in, but my friend was already at the dinner spot (30 minutes earlier than our itinerary stated, mind you) and was getting upset because almost no one was there yet. Her mom was having trouble with Uber, so I tried my best to help, but she hung up on me. So again, I tried texting her. During this break, I went back to my room to iron my dress for the evening. Once I did that, her mom informed me she was at the hotel and hadn’t checked in yet, she was outside smoking and crying because she was overwhelmed. I head over to her hotel to help out, and if you’ve ever been in Vegas, you know how LOUD it is among the masses. My friend called me once and texted me thrice in 10 minutes and I didn’t hear my phone. I was looking for her mom inside and outside the hotel to no avail. I called my friend back within that 10 minutes and she BLEW UP on me. I simply told her I wasn’t gonna be treated like a doormat, and she hung up.

So I tell my boyfriend, “Come on, let’s go figure out dinner ourselves.” We find this really great spot, and in the middle of dinner, my friend texts me asking if we could meet to talk. I said, “Sure, let me finish dinner.” I let her pick the spot, as I thought she was ready to have an honest conversation with me. When I go over there, I was the one that had to start the conversation. I asked her how her mom was holding up. She then goes in on this, “You had one job today and that was to help my mom…” I was like, “Woah, okay first off, that was not my only job today. Second, I can’t be held responsible for your mom not communicating with me; I can’t control a grown woman. And third, I simply will not allow you to talk to me disrespectfully or in a rude manner.” She again blew up and stormed off, so I yelled after her because I wasn’t done talking and wanted her to hear the remainder of what I had to say.

I figured at this point that I was probably kicked out of the wedding. I didn’t go to the bachelorette party that night; instead, my boyfriend and I enjoyed our time alone. The next day rolls around, I’ve heard nothing from her. This continued all day… she did not tell me I was out of the wedding until 10 PM that night. Made me feel like she was playing mind games to have me anxiously waiting. She did say she still wanted me at the wedding ceremony, but I kindly refused. I really wanted an apology or at least some accountable on her behalf, but I didn’t bring this up. I simply stated that I’d like to talk about what happened after her honeymoon. She then starts again with the negative energy, basically saying she sees how it is, and that she wasn’t gonna talk about it with me for a long time. -.-

So, I’m down a friend… and she was my last true friend left. Anyone looking for new friends? 🥺

[bb-hedgewitch]

Sooooo, I’ve heard that a lot of people are experiencing times of tumultuous change right now, and let me just say… ME TOO.

I traveled to Las Vegas last week for my friend’s wedding; I was her maid of honor. She has been one of my nearest and dearest friends for over 10 years, but moved out of state in 2017. We’ve had seasons in our friendship that seemed to wax and wane, and I had noticed as I got older how she seemed controlling. Once I really noticed it, it wasn’t much of an issue, as she had already moved off.

Well… I was in Vegas for a couple days squaring things away for her, and things were going off without a hitch (mostly, besides a few social bumps with her other friends and my boyfriend, who knew no one in this situation, God bless him). However, she seemed to be shooting herself in the foot, as she had all these activities planned each day and then would get so overwhelmed by the mind point of the day that she’d blow up. This happened Wednesday night when we went to a bar she had been talking about for hours; she blew up and stormed off because she forgot her ID. I didn’t follow her because I was like ???

Anyway, the next day was a busy one for me. I got up early to study for a quiz that would only be open during the morning for an hour and a half. It took me the whole time to do, then I got ready for the day and tried keeping in touch with her mom, who was flying in that day. At 3 PM I checked into our bachelorette room, and because the other bridesmaid went out for fun activities with the group, my boyfriend and I decided to go ahead and take everything to the room ourselves. We set it all up and began decorating, then she came in to help finish up. That’s when her mom came in, but my friend was already at the dinner spot (30 minutes earlier than our itinerary stated, mind you) and was getting upset because almost no one was there yet. Her mom was having trouble with Uber, so I tried my best to help, but she hung up on me. So again, I tried texting her. During this break, I went back to my room to iron my dress for the evening. Once I did that, her mom informed me she was at the hotel and hadn’t checked in yet, she was outside smoking and crying because she was overwhelmed. I head over to her hotel to help out, and if you’ve ever been in Vegas, you know how LOUD it is among the masses. My friend called me once and texted me thrice in 10 minutes and I didn’t hear my phone. I was looking for her mom inside and outside the hotel to no avail. I called my friend back within that 10 minutes and she BLEW UP on me. I simply told her I wasn’t gonna be treated like a doormat, and she hung up.

So I tell my boyfriend, “Come on, let’s go figure out dinner ourselves.” We find this really great spot, and in the middle of dinner, my friend texts me asking if we could meet to talk. I said, “Sure, let me finish dinner.” I let her pick the spot, as I thought she was ready to have an honest conversation with me. When I go over there, I was the one that had to start the conversation. I asked her how her mom was holding up. She then goes in on this, “You had one job today and that was to help my mom…” I was like, “Woah, okay first off, that was not my only job today. Second, I can’t be held responsible for your mom not communicating with me; I can’t control a grown woman. And third, I simply will not allow you to talk to me disrespectfully or in a rude manner.” She again blew up and stormed off, so I yelled after her because I wasn’t done talking and wanted her to hear the remainder of what I had to say.

I figured at this point that I was probably kicked out of the wedding. I didn’t go to the bachelorette party that night; instead, my boyfriend and I enjoyed our time alone. The next day rolls around, I’ve heard nothing from her. This continued all day… she did not tell me I was out of the wedding until 10 PM that night. Made me feel like she was playing mind games to have me anxiously waiting. She did say she still wanted me at the wedding ceremony, but I kindly refused. I really wanted an apology or at least some accountable on her behalf, but I didn’t bring this up. I simply stated that I’d like to talk about what happened after her honeymoon. She then starts again with the negative energy, basically saying she sees how it is, and that she wasn’t gonna talk about it with me for a long time. -.-

So, I’m down a friend… and she was my last true friend left. Anyone looking for new friends? 🥺

[bb-hedgewitch]

*sigh*

I am still very much dabbling in magick when I can, but had no clue until this afternoon that Neptune and Jupiter are in conjunction (planning my best friend’s wedding in Vegas next week and completing my assignments early has been taking up the majority of my brain space).

I had a dream last night that my ex showed up to my graduation, which happens next year. Needless to say, I woke up feeling sick and infuriated. I decided to check his Instagram to see if I was still blocked, as I have been for the past 6 years, since we broke up.

I checked, and he unblocked me at some point. I just wonder, knowing what I know now and since the veil is extremely thin due to the conjunction… was this my spirit guides’ way of telling me he’s been thinking about me? Because I’m sure the unblock happened fairly recently, and he had to have been thinking about me to unblock me.

I DO NOT CLAIM THIS ENERGY. I REPEAT, I DO NOT WANT HIM BACK IN MY LIFE. I AM HAPPY WHERE I’M AT IN LIFE AND WHO I’M WITH.

Also… dropped my salt while trying to manifest today. 🥲 I scooped up what didn’t touch the ground and put it back, but the majority of it I had to sweep up and throw away. 😭

[bb-hedgewitch]

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List of Spell Jars

I collected a lot of ingredient lists for jar spells, and then I wrote a program to analyse each category for the most common ingredients. So these are kind of… master spell-jars for each category. If you’d like me to analyse any other types of spells, let me know. I can also update this post with more categories of spell jars. All of the ingredients are in order from most to least common for each category. 

Over-all most common colors used: pink, black, white Over-all most common ingredients: salt, rose/clear quartz, cinnamon, lavender, rosemary Protection Common colors: black, white Top five most common ingredients: salt, rosemary, bay leaves, pepper, water,  Other ingredients: sea salt, sage, cinnamon, basil, garlic, mint, anise, lavender, sigil, chili, moon water, ginger, dill, clear quartz, bones

Happiness Common colors: yellow, white, orange, pink, black, red Top five most common ingredients: rose, cinnamon, salt, petals, rose quartz Other ingredients: basil, seeds, rosemary, lavender,  sea salt, orange peel, bay leaves, sugar, sunflower, coffee, lemon, clear quartz, cloves, ginger, citrine, cork, tea, eucalyptus, incense, sage, paper, string, peppermint, marjoram, chamomile

Prosperity Common colors: green, gold Top five most common ingredients: basil, cinnamon, bay leaves, salt, coins Other ingredients: rose, mint, thyme, pennies, glitter

Love Common colors: pink, red, white, black Top five most common ingredients:  rose, salt, rose petals, rose quartz, cinnamon Other ingredients: rosemary, lavender, paper, himalayan rock salt, wax, sigil, apple, water, sea salt, honey, cloves, sugar, nutmeg, seeds, scroll, pepper, cayenne

Self Love Common colors: pink, white, brown, red, blue Top five most common ingredients: rose, salt, lavender,  rose quartz, cinnamon Other ingredients: himalayan rock salt, rosemary, sugar, sea salt, water, chamomile, glitter, nutmeg, basil, wax, incense, crystals, sigil, moon water, bay leaves, peppermint, strawberry, clear quartz, amethyst, apple, thyme

Hexes Common colors: black, red, white Top five most common ingredients: salt, pepper, paper, name, taglock Other ingredients: sigil, dirt, lemon, garlic, vinegar, nails, rock, water,  chili, thread, string, ash

Luck Common colors: green, white, orange, pink Top five most common ingredients: cinnamon, salt, basil, sage, ginger Other ingredients: nutmeg, rosemary, bay, glitter, thyme, sea salt, mint, chamomile, seeds, rose, citrine, quartz, clover, orange, dandelion, sunflower, poppy, frankincense, pepper, lavender, flowers, ashes, oregano

Friendship Common colors: yellow, pink, orange Top five most common ingredients: rosemary, salt, rose, lavender, lemon Other ingredients: orange, honey, paper, petals, sage, himalayan rock salt, quartz, amethyst, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg

Anti-anxiety/Anti-depression Common colors: pink, black, white Top five most common ingredients: salt, clear quartz, lavender, rose quartz, cinnamon Ingredients: sage, sugar, chamomile, basil, thyme, clove, tea, rosemary, wax, bay leaves, amethyst, pepper, valerian, peridot Grief Common colors: black, white Top five most common ingredients: lavender, quartz, salt, sage, rosemary Other ingredients: lemon balm, thyme, rose petals, crystals

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Just wanted to share 🙂 for myself & many others. School has been really tough, but I’ve been wanting to start this new year off better.

🌱 Imbolc 🕯

Just look at those sprouts!! Spring is just around the corner and Imbolc is almost here. Here are some correspondences and ways to celebrate ☀️🌱

Foods 🍱

Milk, Honey, Cheese, Pancakes, Bread, Seeds, Nuts, Crepes, Micro greens, Sprouts, Chamomile tea, Poppyseed muffins, and Golden milk

Colors 🌈

Green: new plant growth💚

White: melting snow🤍

Brown: the earth and soil🤎

Gold: the return of the sun☀️

Red: fire 🔥

Altar Decorations 🎊

Brigid’s cross, Seeds, Nuts, Plants, Colorful candles, Brigid’s bed, Snowdrops, Crocuses, and Groundhog figures or plushes

Crystals

Amethyst, Clear Quartz, Bloodstone Garnet, Ruby, Onyx, and Obsidian

Activities 🪴

Make a Brigid’s cross out of straw, grass, or paper. Weave your intentions into it

Plant seeds with intentions and watch your intentions manifest as the seeds grow

Bake seeded breads and cakes

Go on a nature walk and look for signs of spring. Listen to birds and look for sprouts

Clean your house/room with the windows open to let out negative energy

Cleanse your technology! Get rid of old files emails and pictures, clean keyboards, wipe down screens

Have a bonfire, a fire in your fireplace, turn on all the lights in your house, or light lots of candles to celebrate the return of the sun

Set goals for the upcoming year

Perform Sabbat divination using tarot, runes, a pendulum, or any other items you usually use

Take a ritual cleansing bath to get rid of old energies

Wear clothes in the colors of the sabbat

Write a list of what you need to release and burn it

^Here are some poppyseed muffins I made last year

I hope you have a wonderful Imbolc and let me know if you try any of these 🌱

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Hello, friends! First of all, HAPPY BELTANE! I celebrated yesterday by making the largest meal I’ve made in months. 😅 I haven’t updated my Tumblr in a bit due to school, but I wanted everyone to know I passed my dreaded exam with an A on Monday. 😱 And I calculated what I need to make on my finals, it seems doable. I’ll probably still be slow to update, because I should be studying all of next week, but I will have some time before summer classes start to dive back in to witchy things! I also found the perfect way for me to cleanse my crystals, so I’m super excited about programming them. 😁

Much love to anyone reading this.

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I decided NOT to go clean out my grandparents’ house this weekend, I’ve got so much to do school-wise and it’s a 2 hour drive to get there from where I live. 😢 But, my dad found my teddy that I always carried around!

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For those of you wondering, I passed my test yesterday, and celebrated by getting a Switch! Haha so I’ve been playing Animal Crossing for hours. 😅

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Wish me luck and blessings, friends! I have a really important in-person test tomorrow. I feel fairly prepared for it, but I tend to overthink, which gets me second-guessing real quick. 🤪

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Excellent post, @eclectic-baby 💖

Grounding

*these are my notes, please do not repost as your own!*

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A Hearth Witch's Security System - Boundaries and Entrances

A Disclaimer: I am one person and my opinions (which I have in abundance) may not reflect the opinions of other witches, in general, or other people who call themselves hearth witches. In fact, they probably won’t, because I’m an asshole. I have a bizarre sense of humor that doesn’t convey well in text and I rant about shit I don’t like. A lot. If you don’t think you can handle that, maybe don’t read anything I write. Ever.

Protecting the Home, Protecting the Family 

Let me preface this post by saying, I am exhausted, so probably nothing I write here is going to make sense to anyone but me. Also, that has just been my luck lately, but we’ll see how it goes anyway. 

If you read my blog, you’ll know that I do a lot of stuff to protect my railroad cottage. Not just because I live here, but because I literally use my house as a symbol of my household and family. So, in a witchcraft sense, protecting my home is protecting my family. And, because that’s the witchcraft I write about most on my blog, that’s what I get a lot of questions about (spirit work aside, because that’s what I get the most questions about). 

So, this post is going to be about various ways to protect your home and (hopefully) prevent nasties from creeping inside. 

Rule Number One: Keep a Clean House

I know that sounds really boring. I know you’re like, “Emma, that is not witchcraft. Those are chores and I hate you. Did my mom put you up to this?” But, actually, there are two good reasons that’s Rule No. 1: 

It’s not easy to cleanse a house that isn’t clean. Part of protecting your home is being prepared to go into battle for it. Now, witchcraft is known to make a house a little cluttered. If you’ve got ribbons falling out of your sewing box and stockpiles of tea on your counter. Don’t worry. You’re normal. But it’s possible for a house to be both cluttered and clean.

Cleaning a house regularly is a fantastic way to magically take ownership of the property—which I’ve discussed here. 

Obviously, I’m not saying you’re house has to look like something from Good Housekeeping. My own cottage has four rooms and is home to more than four people. It’ll never be as neat as we want it to be. But’s it’s clean. And that’s what matters. 

Rule Number Two: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors 

I’m not talking about real fences—but those too. I’m talking more about magical boundaries. Like a witch fence. This can be set up in or outside of ritual, using a real fence, other objects, or using visualization. 

So, let’s talk about putting up this fence, huh? The method I use  is, of course, the “Gross Method”—and, by gross, I mean no one wants to do it or talk to me they’ve found out I’ve done it. It uses a pre-existing fence to create the boundary, which means that what you’re actually doing with this method is enchanting or reinforcing your standing fence. It’s supa supa easy. Like really, children could do if you let them. Only probably don’t let them because it’s probably a health hazard. 

For this method, you will need 1) a fence, 2) something to mark your stake-points with, 3) some bodily fluids—i.e. menstrual blood, piss, spit, sexual fluids, etc., 4) your bad ol’ self

Step One: Walk around your property and decide where you want your stake-points to be. I refer to them as stake-points because what you’re actually doing is kind of like putting up a magical tent rather than a fence. These are the strength points of your enchanted fence. You’ll want at least one in every corner of the existing fence. Mark these places. You can do this by scratching or painting on the fence, tying something to the fence, or sticking something in the ground there. In my case, I used the support posts for my pre-existing fence as my stake points, so I didn’t have to mark them because I knew where they were. 

Step Two: Collect fluids. (Unless you’re using spit, which you have.) You can water any of these fluids down if you need to—except probably spit. 

Step Three: Using a paintbrush, herbs, your hands, a spray bottle, or whatever, apply the fluid to the INSIDE of your fence where your neighbors won’t be touching. As you do, visualize the stake-points linking together as they’re placed. I tend to visualize something like a barbed-wire fence going up between my stake-points, but white light works too if you’re into that. **If you’re going to forget, mark where you started.

Step Four: When you’ve completed the fence and connected your last stake-point to your starting point, visualize the tent going up. In my visualization this is something like a deer-skin version of a Circus tent, but I am a legit freak of nature, so your probably wont be. 

Now, you can be done here, or you can write something to say to tweak the spell to your style. If you have Property Spirits that you work with, you may also want to ask them to guard the fence at this point. 

Rule Number Three: Gardening = Ammo 

While we’re still outdoors, let’s talk about ‘defensive gardening’. One of my favorite things to do with my garden is to reinforce my boundaries by planting protective herbs. Not only does it add punch to your enchanted fence, but it provides ammunition should you need to banish something later. 

This can be done directly in the ground, in hanging planters at/on your stake-points, in windowboxes, in planters by the door, etc. 

Some good protective herbs to start are:

Aloe

Rosemary 

Roses (thorny for offensive magic, rosehips for defensive magic)

Mint

Lavender

You may also want to include banishing plants

Garlic 

Sage 

Sweeatgrass

Thyme

As well as flowers, trees, and shrubs to the same effect (like holly, cedar, etc). 

Rule Number Four: Wards/Wardings Aren’t As Hard As They Sound

Come with me to the porch and let’s talk about wards! *runs to the porch, points at wards* Wards are awesome! There are so many different kinds and they can range anywhere from decorative to practical to invisible! 

When you’re warding your doorway, like a lot of witchcraft, intent is super important. Really, it doesn’t matter what kind of ward you use as long as you have the intent. And, with the bucket load of types of warding, you should be able to find one to fit your needs.

My favorite way to ward a door or window is with a decorative ward, which was something we did in my family for years and then I finally saw it outside of our house in an Ellen Dugan book (which I bought JUST for that reason). This one isn’t mine, but it’s a good example of one:

These hang above doors and windows to ward off evil, ill will, etc. and can be made out of dried flowers and herbs (like above), fabric (such as a warding banner), carved into the wood above a door, or any other way you prefer. 

I usually go with the pictured method. Typically I

Start with a base. For year-round wards I like to use wheat and dried grass (which you can find at a craft store—but not Hobby Lobby, because they areevil). 

I face half of my base one way and half the opposite way—so that the cut ends are together and you have the awesome wheat/grass/evergreen ends facing out. Over lap the two halves a few inches and tie them together. (I usually use twine for that, but you can use whatever you like.

Next, go you your second layer, which is the actual warding part. For this, my favorite things to use are lavender (which grows wild in the neighborhood I work in), and rosemary. But there are plenty of other possibilities, too—sunflowers, rose, baby’s breath, holly, pine, mint, etc. These can be tucked into the tie you’ve already made, glued on, or tied on separately. 

To finish mine off, I usually add a bell, to symbolize a signal, which sort of makes the ward into an alarm. Sometimes, when trouble is around, I’ll hear a bell even though it’s not ringing. Sometimes it actually rings. 

The ward can go above your door, window, fireplace, or anywhere else you feel you want to hang it. 

Of course, there are a lot of other ways to ward your doors and windows. 

With energy and visualization. 

With water or oil (drawing protective symbols on them with the water/oil) 

Warding Wreaths

Other hangings (like photographs of deities or saints, Brigid’s crosses, horseshoes, strings or bells)

Salt lines and brickdust (I tend to mix these together)

Hanging herbs by or above the door (I typically dry my herbs next to the door so I never have a shortage of door-based protection)

Whatever

The most important thing is that you make your intent clear. Whether you want to ward off evil spirits or unwelcome mortal visitors, make your intent clear. If you need to do this by putting your warding into a big ritual, do so. If you need to activate your wards out loud, go ahead. 

Rule Number Five: Everything You Need to Strengthen Your Protection is On/In You

Spit

Urine

Menstrual Blood

Sexual Fluids 

Sweat 

and so on

These are all totally useful supplies for witchcraft in general and for protection in specific. A touch of one of these on a window, door, doorknob, etc is fantastic for strengthening a boundary and clearly marking your territory to anyone who might wander inside. Surface cleaning with remove germs, but not the intent or the warning.

Rule Number Six: Never Let an Outsider Make Your Forget Whose House This Is

The conviction of ownership is pretty important to home protection. Don’t let an intruder scare you into believing that they own your home. They don’t. It’s yours. The people inside it are yours.