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Moody autumn 🍂

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oh september, how you have my heart.

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WITCHCRAFT SHOULDN'T FEEL LIKE A CHORE!!!!

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Correspondences for Days of the Week [quick reference]

Sunday 

Sun 

Gold, white, yellow 

Diamond, amber, tiger’s eye, sunstone, topaz, gold 

Cedar, frankincense, lemon, St. John’s wort 

Success, fame, prosperity, hope, healing, fortune 

Monday 

Moon 

Silver, white, blue 

Moonstone, silver, aquamarine, selenite 

Jasmine, lemon, sandalwood, honeysuckle, myrtle, willow 

Peace, dreams, emotions, illusions, glamours, psychic abilities, insight, wisdom 

Tuesday 

Mars 

Red, orange 

Bloodstone, ruby, garnet, flint, rhodonite, iron, steel 

Basil, patchouli, ginger, black pepper, dragon’s blood 

Power, lust, force, passion, will, courage, physical strength, war, energy, action, independence, practicality, protection 

Wednesday 

Mercury 

Yellow, purple, grey

Emerald, agate, fluorite, citrine, aventurine, mica, pumice, quicksilver, zinc 

Lavender, eucalyptus, jasmine, sweet pea 

Communication, arts, travel, luck, change, chance, gambling, creativity 

Thursday 

Jupiter 

Blue, purple, yellow 

Amethyst, lepidolite, sugilite, yellow sapphire, lapis lazuli, tin 

Clove, oak, cinnamon, nutmeg, sage 

Abundance, gain, riches, prosperity, wealth, success, luck, self-confidence, investment, gatherings, favors, ambition, mercy, humanity, publicity  

Friday 

Venus 

Pink, green, aqua, peach 

Jade, lapis lazuli, rose quartz, coral, emerald, malachite, copper 

Rose, yarrow, saffron, vanilla, thyme, sandalwood, strawberry  

Love, fertility, romance, friendships, passion, creativity  

Saturday 

Saturn 

Black, grey

Jet, obsidian, onyx, lead, pewter, hematite 

Cypress, myrrh, patchouli, black poppy seeds 

Safety, protection, intellect, life lessons, loss, past lives, law, justice, sincerity, restraint, discipline, responsibility, caution, time, chaos  

updated version [2024]

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For anyone celebrating Lammas/Lughnasadh today, here's a little gift for you. I hope you enjoy it.

TEXT:

LAMMAS

The corn is rising, ear by ear, Out of the graves of yesteryear. Roman, Saxon, Viking dead Become the dirt that gives us bread.

Every clash with gun or sword Is welcome to the Furrow-Lord. He whispers to the wounded men to sleep, and sink, and rise again.

He cares not for what cause they fight-- Their blood itself is his delight. These hallowed fields have been his own Since man first chiseled flakes from stone.

So eat your loaf and quaff your beer To mark the turning of the year, But walk the furrows with a care-- Something dreadful's dwelling there.

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Hello, witchlings! Today we're diving into the topic of bath magic and how to incorporate this into a beginner's practice!

🧼 What is Bath Magic?: Bath magic, also known as ritual bathing, is a sacred practice that harnesses the cleansing, healing, and rejuvenating properties of water to enhance our magical workings. By infusing our baths with intention, herbs, crystals, and other magical ingredients, we create a sacred space for self-care, spiritual exploration, and manifestation. You can do bath rituals in line with the timing of the moon. Full moon baths are very common, but they can be done at any point!

🌿 Rituals for Bath Magic:

Cleansing Ritual: Begin by cleansing your physical body with a regular bath or shower to wash away any negativity or energetic debris. As you bathe, visualize the water purifying and cleansing your energy field, leaving you feeling refreshed and renewed.

Setting Intentions: Before stepping into the bath, take a moment to set your intentions for the ritual. What do you hope to achieve or manifest? Focus your thoughts and energy on your desired outcome, infusing it with clarity and purpose.

Herbal Infusions: Add herbs, flowers, and botanicals to your bath water to enhance its magical properties. Lavender promotes relaxation and tranquility, rose petals symbolize love and self-care, and chamomile soothes the spirit and calms the mind. Choose herbs that resonate with your intentions and sprinkle them into the water or create a sachet to hang from the faucet.

Crystals: Incorporate crystals into your bath ritual to amplify its energy and support your intentions. Place crystals such as clear quartz for clarity, rose quartz for self-love, or amethyst for spiritual connection in the water or around the edge of the tub. Allow their energy to infuse the water, enveloping you in a cocoon of healing and protection.

Visualization and Meditation: As you soak in the bath, close your eyes and visualize yourself surrounded by a radiant sphere of light. Envision your intentions manifesting as if they were already a reality, feeling gratitude and joy for their fulfillment. You can also practice meditation, deep breathing, or visualization techniques to deepen your connection to the divine and align with your higher self.

Sigils: Sigils enhance bath magic by imbuing intentions with energy. Create a sigil, charge it with intention, and incorporate it into the bath ritual. I normally do this by drawing the sigil in soap or lotion on myself or in the bath, drawing it on myself with a pen, or drawing it with my finger. Visualize its energy merging with the bathwater, allowing its power to amplify the magic. Release the sigil's energy into the universe, trusting in its ability to manifest desires. I do this by washing the soap or lotion, washing off the pen, or washing over where I marked the sigil with my finger. Bath rituals become more potent and transformative with sigils.

Affirmations: Repeat affirmations that resonate with your intentions as you bathe, allowing their positive vibrations to permeate your consciousness and uplift your spirit. You can create your own affirmations or choose ones that resonate with your goals and desires.

Closing the Ritual: When you feel ready, slowly emerge from the bath and pat yourself dry with a clean towel. Take a moment to express gratitude for the experience and release any lingering thoughts or emotions that no longer serve you.

Whether bathing for relaxation, purification, or spiritual growth, bath magic offers a simple yet powerful way to connect with the elements and manifest your intentions. So draw yourself a magical bath, sink into the soothing waters, and let the magic of bath magic wash over you!

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✨️🫙✨️Spells✨️🫙✨️

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Tea Magickal Correspondences

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Herb's Properties part 2

Apple: Garden magic, love, healing and wisdom, vanity, marriage and beauty.

Agrimony: Shielding and hex-breaking, aids sleep, brings luck towards you and is powerful in spell reversal.

Allspice: Money, luck, healing, love

Benzoin: Purification, prosperity, helps to soothe tension by dispelling anger and lessening irritability, de stressing, helps with depression, concentration, astral projection

Catnip: love, luck, happiness, beauty.

Cardamom: Lust, love, and fidelity. Sweetens the personality

Cumin: Fidelity, protection, exorcism.

Damiana: Love, lust, lucid dreaming, astral projection

Elder Tree: Sleep, releasing enchantments, protection against negativity, banishing.

Ginseng: Love, beauty, healing and lust.

Hibiscus: Love, lust, dreams, divination.

Hawthorn: Change, rebirth, protection, emotional healing, and happiness in relationships

Lemon Balm: Love, fertility, anti-depressant, and soothing emotional pain

Mandrake: Strengthens spells, protection, fertility, and courage

Nettle: Courage, breaking curses, healing, protection, crossing thresholds, and renewal

Patchouli: Connecting with spirits, attracting money, increasing fertility, love, and seduction

Rue: Protection, health, clarity, and purification

Sage: Longevity, wisdom, protection, dispels negative energy

St. John’s Wort: Preventing colds and fevers, banishing, protecting against hexes, prophetic dreams, and increasing courage

Witch Hazel: Protection, chastity, easing grief over a lost love, and warding off evil[

Yarrow: Healing, divination, love, promotes courage and confidence

Tip jar Herb's Properties Part1

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Lughnasadh/Lammas Facts

(Hello all! I'm back after a while of being non-witch. So I thought I'll research something to get me in the mood!!!!)

Lammas or Lughnasadh, is the time of the year when we celebrate the first harvest.

August 1st — September 21st (Autumn Equinox)

The cut of the First harvest has always been a significant tradition throughout Europe.

• At dawn the first bundle of grain is tied together after reaping.

• It would then be ceremonially cut and Winnoed.

(This is a technique developed in ancient China, dating back to Wang Zhen's book the Nong Shu in 1313 AD.

Winnowing is a technique in which one throws the mixture into the air so that the wind blows away the lighter chaff, while the heavier grains fall back down for harvest.

The method was not adopted in Europe until the 18th century when winnowing machines used a 'sail fan'. Until the beginning of the 18th century, no rotary winnowing fans existed in the West.)

Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnowing

• After Winnowing, the grains were ground and baked into a Harvest bread, which would be shared by the community as a thanks for the first harvest.

• The first barley (commonly used for porridge, bread and whiskey) stalks would be made into beer.

• The last sheaf (*bundle of tied together grains) would also be cerimonally cut, however instead made into a Corn dolly: Then crafted into a Corn Maiden after a good harvest, or a cailleach (Gaelic for hag)/a cone after a bad harvest. She could be dressed with ribbons and be clothed, or a simple design woven to look like a figurine.

by Liza Frank

"The last of the sheaf would also be kept in the home, often above the fireplace or hearth of the home, until the next harvest. Or it was be placed in the branches of a tree or mixed with the seed for the next year’s sowing."

— Lughnasadh/Lammas History

19 July, 2021 by Noaidi

Lammas and Lugnasadh are different:

Lammas is originally a Christian harvest and bread festivity.

Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lammas

"Lammas (from Old English hlāfmæsse, "loaf-mass"), also known as Loaf Mass Day, is a Christian holiday celebrated in some Englishspeaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere on 1 August."

While Lughnasadh has its roots in the Irish Pagan festivity of the Celtic Sun God Lugh.

Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lughnasadh

"Lughnasadh, Lughnasa or Lúnasa (/ˈluːnəsə/ LOO-nə-sə, Irish: [ˈl̪ˠuːnˠəsˠə]) is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season. Historically, it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Traditionally, it is held on 1st August, or about halfway between the summer solstice and autumn equinox."

This day marks when the days are starting to become shorter and the nights are getting longer.

Grain became associated with the cycle of death and rebirth, throughout history.

In early Ireland, it was considered bad luck to harvest your grain any time before Lammas; it meant that the previous year’s harvest had run out early, leading to dire consequences. However, if they make it to August 1st, the first sheaves of grain were cut by the farmer, and by nightfall his wife had made the first loaves of bread of the season.

"Also known as First Harvest, the name of this festival as Lughnasadh is Irish Gaelic for “Commemoration of Lugh”. Some authors give the meaning as marriage, gathering or feast (in the name of) of Lugh. The meaning remains basically the same: Lugh is the Deity of Lughnasadh, and there is a feast in his honour."

— Deeper Into Lughnasadh

by Eilthireach

Correspondences:

1. Abundance in Harvest.

2. Ancestors & Heritage.

3. Celebration & Blessings.

4. The Sun.

5. Offering & Gratitude.

6. Grain, Wheat, Dough, Nuts, Blackberries.

7. Seven of Pentacle, Ten of Pentacles, Four of Wands, Justice, Wheel of Fortune.

"fruitfulness, reaping, prosperity, reverence, purification, transformation, change."

1. Bronze: Nature, Growth.

2. Dark Green: Healing, Earth element.

3. Gold: Masculinity, Sun, Wealth, Prosperity, Air element.

4. Orange: Creativity, Joy, Bold, Vibrant, Celebration.

5. Grey: Glamour, Balance, Light and Dark.

6. Light Green: Fertility, Harmony, Luck, Success.

https://bryjaimea.com/articles/witchcraft/wheel-year-festivals/exploring-lughnasadh-correspondences/

• Basil – Love, Wealth, Luck

• Rose – Love, Clairvoyance, Good fortune

• Rosemary – Purification, Protection

• Frankincense – Cleansing, Protection, Meditation

• Sandalwood – Protection, Healing, Spirituality

Activities:

• Go apple picking; Apple's connect to immortality and the natural cycle of life and death in many mythologies. They often symbolise knowledge and the divine.

"Apples can be used in a variety of ways during the festival. They can be eaten fresh, baked into pies, or made into cider, each method enhancing their symbolic meaning. In rituals, apples can be offered to the gods as a token of gratitude and a request for continued blessings. Carving symbols or intentions into the skin of an apple before eating it can also be a potent form of magical practice."

https://bryjaimea.com/articles/witchcraft/wheel-year-festivals/exploring-lughnasadh-correspondences/

Always wash before eating, especially if you have picked the resources yourself!

• Go berry picking & make Jam

• Be grateful for whatever you have

• Place grains on your altar

• Visit a harvest festival

• Harvest herbs: grain, acacia, heather, ginseng, sloe, cornstalks, cyclamen, fenugreek, aloes, frankincense, sunflower, hollyhock, oak leaf, wheat, myrtle.

https://paganpages.org/emagazine/2017/08/01/lughnasadh-correspondences-9/

"Rosemary is a versatile herb that’s often used for purification and protection. Its strong, invigorating scent can clear away negativity and prepare your space for ritual. Use it in smudging, in ritual baths, or as a decoration on your altar."

"Mint is refreshing and revitalising, making it perfect for rituals aimed at renewal and clarity. Associated with prosperity, mint makes a great addition to your Lughnasadh celebrations. Add it to drinks, use it in spells, or simply enjoy its invigorating scent."

https://bryjaimea.com/articles/witchcraft/wheel-year-festivals/exploring-lughnasadh-correspondences/

• Have a feast: Loaves of homemade wheat, oat, & corn bread, barley cakes, corn, potatoes, summer squash, nuts, acorns, wild berries (any type), apples, rice, pears, berry pies, elderberry wine, crab apples, mead, crab, blackberries, meadowsweet tea, grapes, cider, beer.

https://paganpages.org/emagazine/2017/08/01/lughnasadh-correspondences-9/

• Have a bonfire

• Dance

• Tend to plants and garden

• Visit a farmer’s market

• Sun bathe – To recharge yourself with the Sun’s energy (Use sunscreen!)

• Save seeds to plant next year

• Use the summer sun to dry herbs

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It's August-October time!!! You know what that means!!! I am back for like 3 months!!!

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Baby witches, listen up.

You listening? Cool.

I'm not advanced and have nothing important to say and you probably shouldn't listen to me, but just by writing that, I've caught your attention.

I wouldn't consider myself a baby witch, but definetly not advanced — somewhere inbetween. After not practing for a while, a lot of my current practice is based on intuition after learning (what I consider to be) enough.

That being said.

When I was a baby witch, I wasn't critical enough. A lot of posts can just say BABY WITCHES, LISTEN BITCHES and I would follow it immediately.

For example: the phrase blessed be. I didn't know what it truly meant, but because others where saying it, I felt like I should — it felt witchy. That feels kinda dangerous, considering words have power and intention. Maybe you have the same mindset as I did, without realising.

Another example: I remember as I was learning, I'd write out the information (such as learning about chakra's) and post it in a forum, for other people to learn from. But here's the problem — I didn't know what the fuck I was talking about because I was learning. And chakra's aren't exactly for some white teen to be teaching about. Hence, I was most likely spreading misinformation.

So what's the point of this post?

Be critical.

Think about the information you're basing your entire practice/religion on, then think again. Is it a trustful resource — are they learning or experienced, does it make sense to you, your intuition and follow your prior knowledge? Yeah? Epic.

This has been a PSA from Kind Of A Chaos Witch, probably the only one I'll do because I'll be honest — I'm not qualified to talk about much.

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All of them sound so yummy 💚

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Baby witches, listen up.

You listening? Cool.

I'm not advanced and have nothing important to say and you probably shouldn't listen to me, but just by writing that, I've caught your attention.

I wouldn't consider myself a baby witch, but definetly not advanced — somewhere inbetween. After not practing for a while, a lot of my current practice is based on intuition after learning (what I consider to be) enough.

That being said.

When I was a baby witch, I wasn't critical enough. A lot of posts can just say BABY WITCHES, LISTEN BITCHES and I would follow it immediately.

For example: the phrase blessed be. I didn't know what it truly meant, but because others where saying it, I felt like I should — it felt witchy. That feels kinda dangerous, considering words have power and intention. Maybe you have the same mindset as I did, without realising.

Another example: I remember as I was learning, I'd write out the information (such as learning about chakra's) and post it in a forum, for other people to learn from. But here's the problem — I didn't know what the fuck I was talking about because I was learning. And chakra's aren't exactly for some white teen to be teaching about. Hence, I was most likely spreading misinformation.

So what's the point of this post?

Be critical.

Think about the information you're basing your entire practice/religion on, then think again. Is it a trustful resource — are they learning or experienced, does it make sense to you, your intuition and follow your prior knowledge? Yeah? Epic.

This has been a PSA from Kind Of A Chaos Witch, probably the only one I'll do because I'll be honest — I'm not qualified to talk about much.

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