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Book Rec - Land Healing by Dana O'Driscoll

For anyone looking to cultivate a deeper relationship with their local land spirits or to engage in more active stewardship of their local biome, I'd like to recommend Land Healing by Dana O'Driscoll.

A follow-up to her other fabulous book, Sacred Actions, Land Healing is a comprehensive guide to land healing for neopagans and earth-based spiritual practitioners who have a desire to regenerate and heal human-caused damage throughout our world. The book presents tools and information to take up the path of the land healer with care, reverence, and respect for all beings. This book also puts tools in your hands to be an active force of good and learn how to actively regenerate the land, preserve life, and create sanctuaries for life–in your backyard, in your community, and beyond.

Dana O’Driscoll has been an animist, and bioregional druid for 20 years and currently serves as the Grand Archdruid in the Ancient Order of Druids in America.  She is also a druid-grade member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids and is OBOD’s 2018 Mount Hameus Scholar.  Dana took up the path of land healing because of the deep need in her home region of Western Pennsylvania, which is challenged by fracking, acid mine drainage into streams, logging, and mountaintop removal. Dana sees land healing as her core personal spiritual path, and has done both individual work in her home region as well as spearheading larger-scale land healing efforts at druid events and through the Ancient Order of Druids in America. Dana is a certified permaculture designer and permaculture teacher who teaches sustainable living and wild food foraging.  She lives on a 5-acre homestead with her partner and a host of feathered and furred friends.

You can find out more about her practices and her publications by visiting The Druid's Garden and you can also hear more on this recent episode of Hex Positive, where Dana talks about her newest book and the inspiration behind it.

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Spirit Work Masterpost

**DISCLAIMER: Please use proper protection and do your research when working with spirits and if you have any questions, I am always here!

[BLOGS] 

@spiritconnect 

@berrybel 

@little-war-witch 

@spiritadvice 

@thriftyknitwitch 

@the-lonely-spirit-worker 

@lokean-witch 

@spiritvexer 

@tea-and-crystals 

@lorelei-of-the-rhein

[SIGILS] 

“My Room is Protected from Negative Spirits” 

“I Am More Sensitive to Spirits” 

“Spirits Are Welcome In this Room” 

“I Communicate with Spirits with Ease” 

“My Spirit Companion and I do Not Attract Negative Spirits” 

“I Attract Friendly Spirits Looking for Companionship” 

“Go Away Unwanted Spirits” 

“My Spirit Companions Know that I Love Them”

[POSTS/TIPS] 

Low Spoon Spirit Work Tips 

Spirit  Schedule Tip 

Important Reminder 

Spirit Communication Tip 

SpiritConnect Tip 

Spirit Work Reminders 

Why You Shouldn’t Use Imprecise Language When Talking to Entities 

Why it’s Hard to Identify Spirits by Appearance Alone 

How to Get Into Spirit Work 

Spirit House Rules 

Questions to Ask Your Spirit Friends 

Fae/Spirit Offerings 

How to Meet Local Spirits 

Tree Spirits 

Simple Spirit Door 

Spiritworker’s Protective Amulet  

Emoji Spell to Protect Spirit Companions 

Candle Spell to Invite Friendly Spirits to Your Home

SpiritConnect Discord 

Lorelei’s Spirit Shop (FREE!)

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Book Review

Title: Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs

Author: Scott Cunningham

Genre/Type: Herbal Magic, Reference

My Personal Thoughts: This book is more of a reference book than a usual book on witchcraft, however I think it is a very good book for beginners and have been using my own copy as a reference for years. The information is a little outdated, and there are places where it is outright incorrect, but I have found in my own experience that correcting those small bits of misinformation with other resources is easier to do than finding another reference book that is as detailed as this one is. The book has sketches of most of the plants discussed, and goes over a variety of correspondences as well as a few examples of what they can be used for.

Technical: Based on Cunningham's own background as a Wiccan, the book does cater to that tradition, though he seems to have made an effort for the book itself to be fairly neutral even if some of that influence shines through in places. The book is well organized by the common name of plants, and it has multiple indexes in the back that group plants by their uses, elemental correspondences, etc for easy reference when planning to use the book more practically. It has an extensive bibliography and was well-researched, and I genuinely think it's one of the best reference books out there for using plants in witchcraft.

Overall Rating: 4/5

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if u voted for trump, I mean this in the most disrespectful way possible, I do not want anything to do with you. Not only did you vote against basic human rights and equality, you decided rascism, homophobia, islamophobia, transphobia & misogynistic behavior wasn't a deal breaker. i do not want your follow or support ! thank you.

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I've had this conversation on the topic before, but not on this platform, so I'll say it here too. Maybe this is a controversial take, but genuinely I think a decent chunk of the reason witchblr has gone... stagnant? downhill? in the last few years is truly laziness. If someone is capable (this is Tumblr, so again, CAPABLE not unable for various reasons) to dig deeper and do the research, then I personally think it's beneficial to.

When I share pages from my grimoire on correspondences, the reason I go into the history, biology, psychology, etc of it all was because I got sick of seeing lists of the same information everywhere and no explanations about why those lists existed. It can be a long process to do the work to understand those whys. It can be hard work to do the research and practice to get answers. It can be frustrating to run into dead ends and fact check all the time.

But the results are a much deeper understanding of witchcraft and the connections between things than a simple list would give you - and that's why it's worth it. Not to say lists are bad as a quick reference, I just think people need to move beyond those relatively quickly to get to the meat of what witchcraft really looks like and means. I don't understand people who are fully capable of being a witch with all that entails, and they just simply... choose the shallowest option and do no more digging.

Those appropriative practices stem from larger issues that should definitely be addressed, but I think part of how they end up being so popular is that enough people are lazy enough to question nothing about their practice or the origins of things.

And I don't mean that in a way where "everyone is awful always if they do this", but in a "hey, please look at this/your practice and question the things you're told" kind of way. It's not a bad thing to be misinformed, but it becomes one when someone intentionally refuses to learn.

Witchblr: Remember that African Diasporic and Latin American spiritual practices are closed!

Also Witchblr:

*regularly appropriates limpia con huevo*

*regularly appropriates copal*

*regularly appropriates John the Conqueror root*

*regularly appropriates African Diasporic and Latin American spiritual oils (many of which are tied to very specific plants native to Latin America and/or the Caribbean your average Tumblr witch or pagan has literally never even heard of)*

*regularly appropriates Florida Water*

*regularly appropriates cascarilla*

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Witch's Runes

The Witch's Runes are a set of 13 pictographic runes. They are cast similarly in fashion to Futhark runes and interpreted using one's intuition.

To use Witch's Runes for divination, form a question in your mind and push that thoughtform into your runes. When this is complete, cast them all at once, like dice. Only the face up runes are relevant to the reading, disregard any that fall face down. The most significant rune in the reading is the one furthest from you. If all the runes are face down, you aren't yet meant to know the answer (if this happens don't attempt another reading for at least a week). You can also seek general guidance by drawing a single rune.

Witch's Rune Meanings

Sun

• New beginnings

• Good news

• Abundance

• Good health

• Fertility

• Joy

• Growth

• Prosperity

• Gods

Moon

• Intuition

• Long-term changes

• Transition

• Mystery

• Dreams

• Emotion

• Healing

• Psychic ability

• Shadow work

• Goddesses

Flight

• Communication

• Spirit messages

• Travel

• Birds

• News

• Information

• Movement

• Ascension

Rings

• Connections

• Binding

• Family

• Teams

• Alliances

• Alchemy

Romance

• Love

• Relationship

• Deep emotional connections

• Life, death, and rebirth

• Trinity

• Harmony

Woman

• The feminine

• Traditional female characteristics

• Birth

• Creativity

• Life blood

• Home

• Motherhood

• Life

Man

• The masculine

• Traditional male characteristics

• Action

• Goals

• Provider

• Strength

• Vitality

• Justice

• War

Harvest

• Blessings

• Rewards

• Abundance

• Wealth

• Security

• Manifestation

• Plants

• Education

• Self-investment

Crossroads

• Decisions

• Opportunities

• The unknown

• The in-between

• Blockages

• Spirits

• Hesitation

• Deals

Star

• Guidance

• Gifts

• Light in the dark

• Navigation

• Astrology

• Other worlds

• Destiny

• Authenticity

• Freedom

• Wishes

• Hope

Waves

• Being moved

• Deep connection to the spirit world

• Raw emotion

• Purity

• Rejuvenation

• Land of the dead

• Momentum

• Overwhelm

• Recovery

Scyth

• Sudden change

• Ending of an era

• Release

• Clearing the way

• Waning

• Death

• Reaping

• Autumn

• Final decision

• Danger

Eye

• Lifting of the veil

• Protection

• Watching

• Clairvoyance

• Awareness

• Evil eye

• Seeing the truth

• Focus

• Psychic abilities

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You can write down as many correspondences as you want, memorize entire lists from someone else's blog or book or whatever, but none of it will matter if you do not understand those correspondences. It's so critically important to ask "Why?"

Why is spirit purple? Why is love red? Why is chamomile calm? Why is quartz "all purpose"? Why does cinnamon speed up a spell?

Why, why, why?

What do you actually believe? And why?

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Bedridden Witch Series

For those of you who don’t know me, I suffer from a chronic illness and I spend a LOT of time bedridden. I also happen to be a witch! I don’t let being trapped in bed stop me from practicing my craft. Here are some resources I’ve compiled from my personal experiences and the help of others <3

Bedridden witch - Original edition

Bedridden witch  - Nature edition

Bedridden witch  - Worship edition

Bedridden witch- Divination edition

Bedridden witch - Stale energy edition

Bedridden witch - Elements edition

Bedridden witch - Pastel edition

Bedridden witch - Kitchen edition

Bedridden witch - Winter edition

Bedridden witch - Ocean edition

Bedridden witch - Love edition

Bedridden witch - Weather edition

Bedridden witch - Garden edition

Bedridden witch - Bath edition

Bedridden witch - Wheel of the Year edition

Bedridden witch - Discreet edition

Bedridden witch - The Setup

Bedridden witch - Space edition

Bedridden witch - Seasons edition

Bedridden witch - Solar and Lunar edition

Mini series:

Bedridden witch - Sun edition

Bedridden devotion to Hestia

Click the original post to check for updates! Updated October of 2024

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Previous Prompts

Here is post you can find all of the previous prompts for the entire year!

January Week 1 - Intorduction

January Week 2 - Definitions

January Week 3 - Energy Sources in Witchcraft

January Week 4 - Deeper into the Elements

January Week 5 - Rules, Morals, Philosophies

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February Week 1 - Energy Work

February Week 2 - Types of Magic

February Week 3 - Types of Magic 2

February Week 4 - Types of Magic 3

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March Week 1 - Symbolism and Traditions

March Week 2 - Spell and Ritual Outline

March Week 3 - Traditions, Associations, Tools and Symbols

March Week 4 - Deeper Ancestry

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April Week 1 - Astrology

April Week 2 - Planetary Magic

April Week 3 -Other Celestial Stuff

April Week 4 - More Star Stuff

April Week 5 - Cosmic Wrap Up

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May Week 1 - Diving into Divination

May Week 2 - Divining Deeper

May Week 3 - Divination Wrap Up

May Week 4 - Changing it Up

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June Week 1 - The Wheel

June Week 2 - Transitional Periods, Energies, Entities and Places

June Week 3 - Circles and Other Shapes

June Week 4 - Grand Ideas

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July Week 1 - Dreams, Astal Work, Life and Death Philosophies

July Week 2 - Various Magics

July Week 3 - The Magic of Metals

July Week 4 - Different Types of Magic

July Week 5 - Magical Hodgepodge

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August Week 1 - Looking Inward

August Week 2 - Magic In the Mundane

August Week 3 -Using Your Senses

August Week 4 - Sixth Senses

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September Week 1 - Bubble Bubble, Toil and Trouble

September Week 2 - Alchemy

September Week 3 - Crystal Grids

September Week 4 - Altars and Workspaces

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October Week 1 - Laws of Magic

October Week 2

October Week 3

October Week 4

October Week 5

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November 1

November 2

November 3

November 4

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December Week 1

December Week 2

December Week 3

December Week 4

December Week 5

Bonus Prompts

Seasonal Magic

Other Perspectives

Eclipse Magic

Magic in the Mundane

Kitchen Witchery

Book Design Ideas

Drying Herbs

Holiday Prompt

Imbolc

Ostara

Beltane

Litha

Lughnasadh

Witchy Vibes Playlist

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Color Magic

Here is a masterlist of all my posts on colors, compiled together for easy access. This will be updated as more posts in the series are shared, so it will stay up to date. Enjoy!

Colors

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Masterpost - more posts here

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Color Magic: Green

Below I have included a list of correspondences, the history of the color, the biology and psychology of the color, and the magical uses it has. Enjoy!

Correspondences

Associations: Abundance, luck, money, success, greed, jealousy, ambition, fertility, health, growth, rebirth, hope

Element: Earth

Planet: Jupiter and Earth

Direction: North

Season: Winter and Spring

Day: Friday

In Tarot: Pentacles

Jupiter is associated with green because astrologically, it is the planet of abundance, and I personally also associate the planet Earth with green as well, even though Earth is not really a part of astrology for obvious reasons. North is associated with green because that is the direction where most earth is. Winter is the more traditional seasonal correspondence for green, because when nature is resting, what remains is the earth, however, I also believe that spring is a correspondence for green as well due to it being the return of plantlife. Pentacles is also the tarot suit of green, due to it being the suit of earth and also of material wealth/goods.

History

The color green has been alongside us since humanity’s beginning, due to it being commonly found in nature. As a pigment for human use, it started in ancient Egypt by using copper to make a green that eventually faded to black. In ancient Rome, they figured out how to use copper and wine to make the pigment verdigris, and this technique was used all the way through medieval times to color a variety of things.

In Renaissance times, green was usually only worn by those who worked with money - merchants, bankers, etc. They also figured out how to make more green pigments, but those tended to fade over time. In the 1700s, it was discovered that the toxic substance arsenite could be used to make a poisonous looking green that many people used in clothing and toys despite the health effects it caused. A different shade using a variation of arsenite also became highly popular despite causing similar health effects, until it was banned in the mid-1900s. Most modern pigments are made using variations of chlorine, but green is still a difficult color to make safely to this day in a way where it doesn’t fade.

Green has a long history of being connected to wealth, rebirth, nature, and even danger. Whether it be through religion, culture, or something else entirely, green has followed humanity for years, and will likely continue to do so even if that connection gains new layers.

Psychology and Biology

The primary known effect of the color green is that it is a relaxing color for our bodies. Muscles have been shown to relax, and breathing tends to be slower and deeper when people are exposed to the color green. It has also been known to slow the heartrate to a calmer level, and has been shown to boost recovery times after medical procedures due to its positive effects on the body. Because of its relaxing effect on the body, sleep can also sometimes be improved through exposure to the color.

Psychologically, green has been shown to create feelings of comfort, calm, and relaxation in most cases. Psychologists believe this is due to how green the natural world is, however they have also noted that certain shades have an opposite effect on people. Darker and greyer shades seem to remind people of death and decay, creating discomfort in those exposed to the shades. Generally though, green has been shown to create more positive feelings in those exposed to it.

Magical Uses

Green is frequently used in witchcraft for money spells, fertility spells, and luck spells. It can also be used in earth magic, or for use in health magic or creating less stress in a witch’s life. Aside from money, it can also be used in spells to draw in abundance in a more general sense as well. As with most color magic, there is not a real limit to the ways that color magic can be added to other magic, so when using green as a component in a spell, there is no strict limit to what can be done with it.

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Types of Ancestors

We're approaching Samhain so a good time to resurface this one because every year people ask - but what if my ancestors were terrible people?

So a quick rundown of other types of ancestors that we can work with. (The terms aren't mine but rather used in the community. They should help if you want to find more info on a specific type to work with.)

Ancestors of Flesh and Blood are biological ancestors (shared DNA)

Ancestors of Milk and Honey are those who nourish us (adoptive ancestors)

Ancestors of Bone are the ancestors of the land (bones of the earth connection)

Ancestors of Breath and Bread are those we share a vocation, craft or interest with.

Ancestors of Spirit and Soul are those who we share a spiritual path with.

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There are a fair few faux feminist statements I hate, but “We are the daughters of the witches you couldn’t burn” is one of them.

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Housewarming Magic

For when you’ve moved into a new living situation or are ready for a new start <3

Cleansing:

Room cleansing

To clear negative energy from a room

Summer house cleansing

Herbal wall/floor wash + witchy cleaners

Home cleansing brew

Thoroughly clearing spaces

Crystals to cleanse the home

Home cleansing tips

Cleansing your space without smoke

Energy cleansing

Warding + Protection:

A crash course on warding

Warding (methods)

To ward the home

House claiming and warding

My home is protected spell

Home protection steam spell

A simple room shielding

Simple home protection jar spell

Room/home protection

Check out the sigils below!

Sigils:

“For a magical and happy home”

“Sospidonum”

“This space is full of life, light, and bright energy”

“I have a clean living space”

“No fighting in this home”

“My home is safe”

“This home is safe for all”

“This home is a safe and healthy environment”

“My house is protected from unwanted influences”

“My home is protected”

Witchin’ it up:

Let’s build a home spell jar

Home sweet home spell jar

Cozy home open spell jar

Doing the dishes the witchy way

Homemade laundry detergent recipe

Laundry magic

Pleasing household spirits

When a bad guest leaves

Odds and ends:

Magic, and power, in homemaking

The history and creation of witch bottles

Cottage witch tips

Hearth witch tips

The basics of kitchen and cottage witchcraft

You may also like:

Bedridden witch: garden / stale energy / kitchen edition

Spells for job seekers

Travel witchery

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Birthday Witchery

Because you deserve the best on your birthday!

Witchy Things To Do:

Birthday magic

Cute little suggestion

Little birthday chant

More ideas of what to do!

5 simple birthday rituals

Spells:

Birthday spell

Morning birthday spell

Simple lil’ birthday spell

Candle and cake birthday spell

Birthday wishes spell jar

Masterpost of wish spells

Tarot Spreads:

Birthday spread (3 card)

Birthday spread (5 card)

The yearly spread (11 card)

Updated September of 2024, please check orginal post for updates and inform me of broken links via askbox!

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What Native people say about the use of sage: you can use sage, but you cannot smudge as nothing you are doing (waving sage around) is actually smudging. Smudging is a ceremony and you are, we promise, not smudging. Please buy sage from either us, or someone who sources the sage from us. White sage may not be considered endangered by the US government but corperate sourcing is making it difficult for us to source sage for our own religious purposes. Let alone to sell it.

What white people hear: never use sage ever, don’t ever buy it, don’t own it, don’t even look at it.

Look, y’all. There’s a couple of facets to my talk today.

1) Yes! You can buy sage! You really, truly can! Buy it from either native sellers (go to a powwow! Eat our food, buy our stuff, watch some dancing!) Or buy it from a seller who sources the sage from native people. Pick one. And no, buying it from 5 Below doesn’t count.

2) you CANNOT smudge. This isn’t just you “shouldn’t”— this is a YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF SMUDGING. Waving a sage stick around your doorways IS NOT SMUDGING. It is smoke clensing. Smudging, depending on the tradition and tribe, could easily have dancing and drums involved. You, as a white person, do not have the cultural BACKGROUND to even know how it works. At all. Period.

3) please, for FUCKS SAKE, stop making posts here on tumblr where you tell other white people about cultural appropriation and what they can and cannot do. Please stop, your license has been revoked because none of you bother to get the facts right. We native people are FULLY CAPABLE OF DOING IT OURSELVES. Consider instead: a) reblogging our posts where we talk about it! We’re here! We have made posts!! b) Making a post that states what we said and then LINKS BACK TO US. Screenshot with a link if you must. Stop centering your own voices in these conversations. You are already centered in everything, stop centering yourselves in a native space.

I’m tired of this nonsense, y’all.

Thanks for coming to my TedTalk ™

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Witchy Library!

PSA to any of my occult darlings! Here's an e-library archive I found while cleaning out my likes

Subjects range from hermeticism and alchemy, to yoga, mythology, hypnosis, witchcraft, enochian magick and more. Go nuts 🔮