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I've got a habit of losing my wallet. Is there a locator spell I can do on it, especially one that I don't need to have the object (if not it's fine) cause it's currently lost again. Thanks! ~Ember

I keep feeling like I’ve seen something for this in my books, but I’ll be damned if I can find it. Appropriate, huh?

So, I dug around online, and found a knot spell that might work for you:

http://witchatchurch.blogspot.com/2010/05/little-knot-magic-for-lost-things.html

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Healing Fire Spell

From Scott Cunningham’s Earth, Air, Fire & Water: More Techniques of Natural Magic and adapted to use for someone other than yourself. Not that you should see a doctor and take your pets to the vet in addition to using magic.

You Need: 3 Blue Candles* 3 Purple Candles* Photo of the ill person or pet *Note: I was short 1 blue candle, so I subbed-in white. It’s all-purpose. So you can sub in white candles for these if you need to. Hold one of the candles in your hands and say:

Burn the sickness in your flame; Burn the sickness that would maim. Burn the illness in your light. Heal [Name] of all that’s bane. Heal [Name] and set [pronoun] free/ With my will, so mote it be. Light the candle and place it into a holder. Repeat with the other 5 candles. Arrange them in a circle around the photo, leaving the photo in the center. Leave them to burn around the photo for 15 minutes, then extinguish the candles. It is done.

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Know What You Have Done

Requested by @glithch

This is neither a curse, nor a hex, as it does not return the pain caused (though it can easily be reformatted to do so), but simply makes the aggressor aware of it. More than that, it is to force them to understand the pain caused. Do not be wary of its simplicity, for its effects are tried and true.

Gather

A large bowl – the darker in color the better **

Water **

(Optional, though highly recommended): a personal affect of your aggressor)

(Optional: a Candle, black or white)

** Alternately, you can replace the bowl and water for a mirror or other scrying surface of your choosing

Instructions

Take with you your items to a dark room. Light the candle (or another dull light source) and pour your water into the bowl. The goal is to arrange it so that you cannot see through the water, but can only see the reflection on its surface.

When you have found the perfect lighting, take the personal affect in your left hand and “find” them in the water. You want to use the affect to attune to their spirit/energy so that you can “see” them. Keep working until you have a definitive link. You will know it when you have it.

Once the link has been made, using your right hand, dip your fingers into the water (hence why the bowl of water is preferred)  – this represents their subconsciousness. Bring forth the incident in which you were wrong and “place alongside” it, your own pain. Not in such a way as to inflict the pain, but to make them aware of your own. If you find it easier, feel free to speak what they have done aloud and the results of their actions. “This is what you have done.”

When you have said your peace and shown them what they need to see, break the link by flicking the water from your fingers onto the surface and releasing the personal affect from your hand. Pour out the water wherever convenient and do with the personal affect whatever you feel is appropriate. There is no need to destroy or get rid of it – in fact, you may wish to hold onto it for any further work.

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Yule Wish Bottle

This was a gift that I gave to a friend for success, prosperity, strength and luck in the coming new year.  

You will need:

a small corked bottle whole almonds (employment, money, health) rose buds (protection) chamomile flowers (money, luck) bay leaf (strength) ground ginger (money, success, power) five finger leaf (money, health, power, wisdom) ground cinnamon (success, money) ground allspice (money, luck) ground clove (money) elm bark (protection from gossip and false friends) mandrake root (prosperity, gives the spell a kick) orange zest (joy, health, purification) rosemary a sigil for prosperity, strength, and luck

Add all of the ground ingredients to the bottle first.  Write the sigil on a small piece of paper and roll it up like a scroll and add it to the bottle.  Add the whole pieces last, arranging nicely as best as you can.  While doing this, you can whisper the specifications for your “wish” into the bottle or just focus on the desired outcome as you assemble the bottle.

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Celebrate Yule

Outside:

Leave out birdseed ornaments as offerings to the season

If snowing, play in the snowfall to appreciate the changing season or collect some for snow water

After the sun has gone down, burn a yule log in a bonfire

Take some friends and go wassailing! 

In the Home:

Make stovetop potpourri as an alternative to incense 

DIY gifts with your witch skills for your friends and family 

Read a winter solstice tarot spread for yourself

Decorate your holiday tree, blessing the ornaments with good energy

Hang mistletoe for protection and (consensual!) kisses

In the Kitchen:

Make one of these Celtic Yule recipes

Prepare some traditional or non-traditional wassail for any adults

Bake mini yule logs to share with family and friends 

Make Swedish Lussekatter rolls or Norwegian Julekake bread 

In the Bath:

Bathe with fresh orange slices and frankincense and myrrh essential oils for a prosperity ritual bath

Take a lazy witch holiday LUSH bath (our suggestions here) 

Do a pre-solstice ritual bath with essential oils

Make winter spice bath bombs and enchant them for prosperity

On your Altar:

Use colors like reds, greens, whites, and metallic colors

Add holly, pine, ivy, mistletoe, juniper, or cedar for some greenery

Decorate with a yule wish bottle to for some easy magic

Represent the seasonal harvest with oranges, pears, nuts, and berries

Incorporate snowflake obsidian, clear quartz, or bloodstone

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Don’t know what gifts to give?

Use your witch skills & get it done. 

Fill mason jars with homemade magical bath salts

Make a purifying sugar-based body scrub

Make a clarifying facial spray

Fill little tins with custom tea blends

Make your own solid or liquid perfume

Make herbal bath bombs

Make an herbal smoking blend

Make homemade magical lye soap

Make herbal bath teas 

Make organic and tined Lip balm

Make magically charged sweet-smelling candles

Make candied rose petals 

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Stovetop Incense for Yule

Stovetop Incense, sometimes called stovetop potpourri outside of magic circles, is a mixture of ingredients with a liquid base, simmered on the stove in a pan to fill the air with a lovely aroma. This recipe is intended to be simmered all day during Yule to invite warmth and comfort into the home.

Ingredients:

1 to 2 inches of water

5 cinnamon sticks

1 cup of cranberries

2 slices oranges  

2 teaspoons of whole cloves

optional: dash of vanilla extract 

Add water to pan and turn burner to medium-high. Add each ingredient while thinking of the winter season. Stir the mixture clockwise, inhaling deeply and letting its warmth raise your spirits. Wait until the water simmers, then turn down heat to medium. Stir periodically throughout the day, adding more water when necessary.

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Witches are commonly depicted reading. This may not seem unusual today, however up until the eighteenth century artists rarely depicted women in the act of reading with two significant exceptions: women who are clearly studying devotional material and witches who study books of magic.

Judika Illes, The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft  (via ablogwithaview)

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Got a lot of neat antique bottles from a friend. I am a happy witch right now.

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Sleep Bath

3 parts Lavender 1 part Rose Simple, relaxing and sleep inspiring.

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Yule

Prayers:

Prayer to the Winter Goddess

A Prayer to the Earth at Yule

Prayer to the Sun God

A Nordin Yule Blessing

A Celtic Yule Blessing

Rituals:

Blessing your Yule Tree

Family Yule Log Ceremony

Recipes:

Wassail

Old-World Manicotti

Yule Log

Yule Moon Cookies

Yule Mule Cocktails

Craft:

Yule Craft Ideas

Yule Pomander Magic

Yule Oracle

Oracolo di Yule

Altar:

Yule Altar Ideas

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When having a really bad day

1. Why this day has been so bad 2. Why it’s your right to be upset 3. How to make yourself feel better 4. How to avoid that this happens again

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1. Find your goal Why are you making your sigil? What’s your intent? What it’s purpose? The first step to making a sigil is being sure why you’re creating it. Example: “I want a sigil that makes me confident and charismatic”

2. Write it down When you’re sure of the intent of the sigil, write it down into a sentence. Try to be precise and direct, and avoid unnecessary words. Make sure that you write it in presence tense. Don’t write “I want to be confident and charismatic”, because then then sigil will help you want to be confident. Write “I am confident and charismatic”. 

3. Remove letters Start removing all the vowels: “I AM CONFIDENT AND CHARISMATIC” “MCNFDTNDCHRSMTC” Then remove repeated letters: “MCNFDTNDCHRSMTC” “MCNFDTHRS”

4. Optional: Translate letters into another alphabet This is not necessary at all, but if you want to, you can translate the letters into, for example, runes. I used the runes alphabet in my sigil.

5. Combine your letters into a symbol This is the fun part! Rearrange your letters until they form a symbol that you like. I personally think the sigils work better if you conceal the letters in each other as much as possible, so it’s hard to see them. This is how mine turned out:

How you decide to draw your sigil is up to you, the important thing is that you see power in it, and that you like it.

6. Charge it There are many ways to charge a sigil. I prefer to burn it, but you can see a list of ways to do it here. The important part is to focus your on your intent when you charge it. Channel it into the sigil.

So that’s how you make a sigil! There are different ways to do it, so I always suggest reading up on several ways to do it. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message!

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