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Ithaca saga completely changed my brain chemistry.

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Circe tattooing herself (don't try this at home)

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Me to my parents when I leave after my once yearly visit

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Peaceful Sleep 🌙

Spell Bag for restful, quality sleep. Can be left under your pillow, next to or under your bed - you can even hold it as you fall asleep.

Chamomile (relaxation and balance)

Lavender (calm and sleep)

Rosemary (protection and sleep)

Grass (psychic powers/dreams)

Salt (cleanse)

Amethyst (peace and protection)

Smokey quartz (removes negative energy)

Intention

Substitute or exclude anything as you need.

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Today, I just realize I didn't understand myself as I thought I did. Honestly, I must admit I really thought I was into toxic relationship - always arguing, fighting, cheating,... Yes I know it sounds weird and immature. But I did think so. Maybe this is because as a kid I bottled up my emotions too often, resulted in me yearning for pain, for feelings to be exact.

For a long time, I've always believed that true love is not meant for me since I'm into boys. Infidelity is our air. My last relationship didn't end well because of this, or more likely because of me. Not that I cheated or anything, it was me overthinking about my partner feelings about me, making him feel exhausted and overwhelmed. It was not his fault nor mine. Still I lost him. We lost each others.

But this time, I found a pure heart, I think so. A person who I wish to protect, to shield him from all the darkness and despairs. I smile whenever I see him. I hug him whenever we stand face to face.

Is this love? I don't know. Is this desperate? I don't know. Am I getting my hopes too high? I'm not sure.

"Hope is a dangerous thing for a women like but - but i have it"

I never understood the lyric, I guess now I do.

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Essential Oil Blends✨

Breathe: 🌬

3 drops peppermint

3 drops eucalyptus

2 drops coconut

Balance: ⚖️

3 drops spruce

3 drops frankincense

2 drops blue tansy

Sleep: 💤

3 drops lavender

3 drops chamomile

2 drops coconut

Love: 🌹

3 drops ylang ylang

3 drops rose

3 drops patchouli

Focus: 👀

3 drops Rosemary

3 drops patchouli

2 drops lemon

Refresh: 🌊

3 drops grapefruit

3 drops bergamot

3 drops lemon

Energy: ⚡️

3 drops orange

2 drops peppermint

2 drops coconut

Mindful: 🧘🏼‍♀️

4 drops lavender

3 drops sage

3 drops rosemary

Mood: 🤬

3 drops ylang ylang

3 drops rose

2 drops vanilla

hope you are all having a beautiful day, and if it isn’t quite going your way I wish you luck and I send you positive vibes, until our paths cross again✨🌙

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Types of Witches PT.2 ✨🌙

City Witch 🌆

Lives in the city 🏢

Has to bring the outdoors in! 🌳

Has to learn to practice in a loud, fast-paced environment 🚆

Easy access to metaphysical shops 💎

Has to learn to improvise in their craft 🌿

Usually uses technology in their craft 💻

Plants and gardens are minimal but loved 🌸

Can easily turn everyday items witchy 🖊

Usually can’t do outdoor rituals ✨

Adapted to small working areas 🏙

Subcategories: Tech Witch, Minimal Witch 📱

Country Witch 🏡

A witch who resides in the countryside 🏡

Usually practices everything a Green Witch does: herbalism, wild crafting, oils and crystals 🌿

Similar to a Green Witch or Cottage Witch 🌳

Eco-friendly ♻️

Usually has grown up on a farm 🐮

Not a fan of the city, finds peace in silence 🌃

Deep love for all animals 🐥

Good at everything from cooking/baking, gardening, crafting and cleaning 🥧

Loves being outside in nature 🍃

Hardworking - good at physical labour 💪🏽

Subcategories: Green Witch, Cottage Witch, Hearth Witch, Kitchen Witch 🏔

Grey Witch 🌪

Embraces light and dark powers 🌙

Nature is balanced 🌳

All about balance: Ying and Yang ☀️

Believes a witch who cannot curse, cannot heal 🌸

Often works with spirits 👻

Often doesn’t believe in Karma 💫

Often uses some form of divination 🔮

Not afraid to express opinions 🔥

Practices both white and black magick 🖤

Neutral force in the world 🌪

Artistic Witch 🎨

Witches who put magick into their art 🎨

Elaborate, artistic altar set up 🕯

Drawing, instruments, painting, writing, etc 🎼

Incorporates music into spell work 🎶

Hardworking and very creative 🎭

Effortlessly writes their own chants, songs and blessings ��

Enjoys DIY craft projects 🍃

Usually has a fancy grimoire 📖

Uses charged waters, herbs, and oils in their craft 🌿

Makes their own candles and soaps 🧼

Divination Witch 🔮

Loves to work with all forms of divination ✨

Tarot, Runes, Scrying, Candle Wax, Pendulums 🔮

Great at meditating and grounding 🌳

Often collects crystals 💎

Some divination witches are also psychic 🔮

Uses flames and water to scry 🕯

Cleanses divination items in the full moon 🌙

Communicates with spirits 👻

Has a favourite tarot deck 🃏

“Witchy” aesthetic fashion 🖤

Glamour Witch 💄

Works with beauty, love and self-love spells 💄

Pink, red, and girly aesthetic 💋

Enjoys makeup, perfume, and enchanting ✨

Connects with delicate animals 🦋

Often a fan of bath rituals 🛁

Loves Rose Quartz 🌹

Works with deities like Aphrodite 🌙

Makes DIY soaps and cosmetics 🛍

Loves roses and beautiful flowers 🌻

Works with beauty and sex manifestation 🌺

The Darker Side 🔮

Necromancy Witch: A Witch who uses divination through contacting the dead 💀

Death Witch: A Witch whose main focus is death work, such as spirit work, resurrections, etc ⚰️

Dark Arts Witch: A Witch who practices black magick and/or works with evil entities 🦴

🦴Most or all three of these types of witches work with bones, graveyard dirt, bugs, rotten plants, blood, etc.🩸

Most or all three practice forms of divination to speak to the dead 👻

Eclectic Witch ⚡️

One of the most popular types! 🌛

Personalized journey and path 🌳

Eclectic; “deriving ideas, styles and tastes from a broad range of sources” 🦋

Not one Eclectic Witch is the same ✨

Takes interest in any type of witch 🌙

Can follow any type of religious path 🕯

May love herbs, wild crafting, and gardening 🌿

May love astrology and astronomy 💫

May love cooking, baking and cleaning 🥧

The Series ✨

Solitary Witch: Practices alone 👩🏼

Coven Witch: Practices in a coven (group) 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦

Secular: Doesn’t follow any religion 🌳

Religious Witch: Follows their personal religion ✨

Animal Witch: A Witch who connects with a specific animal or all animals 🦋

Sex Witch: A Witch who manifests magick from sex 🔥

Draconic Witch: A Witch who works with dragons 🐉

Swamp Witch: Lives within swamps, uses swamp plants, dirt and animals 🐊

Desert Witch: Lives within the desert, uses desert plants, sand and animals 🌵

Until our paths cross again✨🌙

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✨Since a Blue Moon takes place on Samhain, here’s some things to know about them🌝✨

The Blue Moon is when a second full moon appears within the same month (first being October 1st). With its gravitational pull being so strong, it’s a second chance for you to cleanse yourself of all that no longer serves you.

‘Once in a Blue Moon’ is a metaphor for ‘not very often’, but literally means about once every two-and-a-half years.

☾·.· Power of the Blue Moon✨

A Blue Moon holds double the power of a normal Full Moon. Make wishes and cast spells under a Blue Moon if you’re looking for long-term results. Your intentions will have until the next Blue Moon to germinate.

☾·.· Magickal Effects of The Blue Moon 🔮

Broadening of personal and psychic abilities

Increases spell and ritual power

Encourages accepting and moving on from lessons

Heightened sense of self-awareness and patterns

Elevated clarity and accuracy in divination sessions

Rare window of opportunity to quantum leap

Powerful time for inner-work and healing.

☾·.· Once in a Blue Moon Spell 🌙

Cut out a piece of paper

Write three wishes/intentions for the Blue Moon

Fold the paper in three

Seal the paper with wax (Blue candle, or correspond the colour with the wishes/intentions you wrote on the paper)

Hold the paper up to the moon to charge it with her energy

Read out the wishes, verbally or mentally, then hurt the paper

Leave an offering of silver for the Moon

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Witch Tips for City Witches

City Witch Tips for all of my fellow witches stuck in apartments, dorms or other city areas.

If you can’t burn incense you can make your own sprayable incense by mixing alcohol (usually vodka or rubbing) with essential oils and a bit of oil, spray in the air to act like incense

If you are unable to go outside for whatever reason to get rain water (in my case just no where to collect it safely), fill a jar or glass with regular water and keep it near a cracked window to charge it with the wind, sound and scent of the rain outside. Same goes for storm water

Trapped in city and unable to get ocean water? Sea salt mixed with rain/storm water can be an excellent substitute

To continue on with water substitutes, if you can’t collect snow crushed ice from your fridge will suffice

Low key warding/protection you can use: spray moon water, salt water or sprayable incense about your apartment or dorm, place sigils under doormats, furniture, inside cupboards, etc; place crystals about hidden or out in the open, sweep and dust out the door or towards windows

If you need melted wax to seal a jar or for any other magical purpose, but can’t burn candles, by a wax melter and melt that wax and imagine the light from the burner acting like a flame (plus they are rather cheap, I got mine for 25 bucks)

Need stars in your craft but too much light pollution? Glow in the dark stars on your ceiling or wall can work just as well for visualization. Print out pictures of your favorite constellations or planets and place them up on your walls or on your altar. Live video feed of the night sky can also be easily found on the internet

Bath magic is amazing for low-key ‘in the woods’ witches. Use teas, milk, oils, herbs, bath bombs, bubble baths, salts, etc that relate to your intent. It is also a good place to meditate if you have roommates or family around that would disturb you otherwise

If you do for whatever reason need to burn a candle, birthday candles are small, melt fast, and don’t create a lot of smoke or smokey scent

Sigils are another great low-key form of magic. To boost them up, use color magic related to the color you draw them in, write them using quills made of feathers related to your intent, use colored paper, rub a drop of essential oil on them, charge them with crystals or in your windowsill

You don’t have to burn sigils to activate them, which is hardly an option when you are in a dorm or apartment. Other options are: Shredding them, erasing them, soaking them in a bath or shower, using body heat or your own pulse, etc

Miss having the outdoors and plants around? Windowsill gardens can really help. Small plants you can consider keeping in your windowsill or counter-tops: succulents, cacti, bamboo, lemongrass, basic, rosemary, mint, rosemary, mosses, aloe, snake plant, pothos (and other vines), carrots, beets, shallots, lettuce, spinach, garlic, chives, parsley, oregano, thyme, and marigold

Open your window to let the wind and air from outside to help energize you and clear out negative energies inside

Fun places to put sigils: under furniture, carved into soap, onto shampoo/conditioner bottles, on your make up, inside phone cases, in shoes, under bandages, sewn into pillow cases and blankets, behind pictures in frames, underside of nail polish, carved into wax squares for your wax melter, keys and keychains, behind mirrors or in medicine cabinets, on bookmarks, on or in binders and pencil cases, on medicine bottles, and water bottles/travel mugs

Easy to make and dispose of poppets: carrot sticks (one of my personal favorites), apples or other fruit, clothe, paper, popsicle sticks, paper towels/napkins, toilet paper rolls, eggs, celery stocks, and cotton balls

The internet is an amazing thing. Need some sounds to help you focus or meditate? Easily look up the sounds of rain, storms, wind, ocean waves, jungles, forests, etc

Christmas lights are fun and great way to use discrete witchcraft. Select ones in the colors you wish for them to bring ie green for growth, yellow for inspiration, white for protection, purple for psychic abilities, etc. 

Some everyday things you can use for discrete witchcraft that don’t cost much at all or that you most likely already have: water, table salt, black pepper, paper, crayons/pencils/pens/markers, vinegar, milk, tea, highlighters, make up and beauty supplies, shampoo and conditioner, rubber bands, paperclips, thumbtacks, computer/phone/tablet, music/music player, playing cards, dice, air freshener, perfumes, toothpaste, rice, flour, sugar, honey, and all kitchen herbs and seasonings.

Can’t afford gemstones or crystals on college budget? Crackle and dyed quartz you can find super cheap at craftstores and online. I bought a whole bag for 4 bucks. Use them based on their colors and shapes. Can’t afford that but still want to use rocks in your craft? Find some rocks you like outside, again use their colors and shapes to determine their correspondences. Want to use them for a specific purpose? Paint sigils on them in the color that corresponds with what you want! Charge them in your windowsill or with your own energy and intent. There you go!

Pocket mirrors are cheap, easy to carry around and great for glamours and on the go magic. 

Seriously though, glamour spells are going to be a good option for you. use your make up, skin products, hair care products, brushes/combs, perfume, mirrors, toothbrush/toothepaste and intent. Good to do while you are getting ready for your day

Dream magic is another friend of the city witch! Use crystals, sigils, herbs, etc near your bed before you go to sleep, drink some chamomile, get yourself a dream journal (mine is literally a notebook with construction paper on it), keep it and a pen near you. In the morning write down your dreams, your thoughts, how you feel (tired, refreshed, groggy, etc), and interpret them. 

Can’t afford tarot cards? Print out some, you can usually find them online and they won’t last as long as a real deck but it is a good temporary solution. Want a Ouija board but can’t keep one or need it to be easily hidden? Print one out, draw on one on paper or cardboard, fold it up and store it once you are done. Want a pendulum but can’t afford one? Use your favorite necklace, bracelet or keychain!

Tea and coffee magic is great, make your own tea blends with the herbs you like. Or just buy simple green or black tea and add sugar, milk, etc depending on your intentions

As I said before, crock pot magic. The Modern Cauldron: brew and cook all day with it, fill your apartment with the scent of the herbs and food to fill it with the energies they correspond with and you get a delicious meal to come home to! Most dorms allow them. Rice cookers also work well.

Can’t afford fresh food? Have to survive on ramen, canned soup, and microwaved meals? That is okay! They even correspond with things! Tomato soup for love, beauty and passion. Beef ramen noodles for strength, courage and longevity. Microwave mac n cheese for beauty and feminity. Look at their ingredients and what they correspond with. Sure its not as glamorous as a making a huge made by scratch traditional meal but its kitchen magic none the less. Stir it with your intent while you cook. It isn’t fancy but it works just as well!

Use a notebook or binder for a nice grimoire, decorate it as much as you want on the inside. Print out pictures of nature, animals, planets, stars, places, crystals, etc that you cant’ access/afford and use them in your craft. Spell books and grimoires are powerful tools

Don’t have a wand? Use a wooden spoon. Tie a colored string or ribbon to it to correspond with what energy you want it to have and move and flick it as you would a wand. 

Knitting, crocheting, and knot magic is very apartment friendly. As well as sewing and embroidering plus it is super calming.

Glitter, sequins, and beads are great in witchcraft! Use their colors to determine their correspondences. Put them in spell jars, sachets, bottles, etc. Glitter tip: if you spill any don’t fret, get some packing tape, wrap it around your hand with the sticky part outwards and dab at that glitter spill. You will literally pick up all of the glitter in seconds!

Enchant and charge your pots, pans, skillets, and other cookware to make every meal magical

Make moonwater in your windowsills. Use it for cleansing, beauty, divination, clarity, protection and purification

Take walks. Even if it is a city there is still nature about. Pigeons flying about, potted flowers outside of stores, grass growing in front lawns, etc. Enjoy yourself, even if it is not some wild, vast forest you can still connect with your local nature.

Pick up litter or garbage you see outside, being in the city we all see it. The natural world around you will appreciate you helping out. Bring a bag with you when you take your walks or travel and fill it with wrappers you see on the ground.

I hope this was helpful to all of my fellow city and dorm witches!

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Personalize a Spell Jar✨:

Personalizing your spell jars can make them more effective!✨

Include handwritten intentions, sigils, or drawings📝

Use some items that resonate with you (crystals, things you love, etc)✨

Include your favourite quote or favourite line from poetry or even from a book📚

Add personal items you relate to your goal (a coin for prosperity, a picture, etc)🌌

Use locally grown herbs and flower or ones you grow on your own🌿🌸

Never be afraid to add your own things to your spell jars. Adding personal items makes it your own! There’s always substitutes for things you don’t have:

Rosemary can substitute for any herb

Clear quartz can substitute for any crystal

Rose can substitute for any flower

Table salt can substitute for any salt

Olive oil can substitute for any oil

Lemon can substitute for any citrus

Tap water can substitute for any water

White candle can substitute for any candle

Nag champa incense can substitute for any incense

Tobacco can substitute for any poisonous item

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Witchcraft resources that aren’t Wiccan

(which is a rather broad category but the requests often seem to lean toward trad craft.)

I’m making a post for this because it’s something I keep seeing in the witchcraft tags and this way, I don’t have to keep tracking down all my resources. With the current flooding of Amazon with copycat and mysteriously authored witchcraft books, I’m recommending books where I know the author exists. (The actual witchcraft author community is still fairly small and connected.)

First, I’m starting with Wicca because, honestly, most of tumblr really hasn’t been exposed to true, traditional Wicca. Thorn Mooney’s Traditional Wicca: A Seeker’s Guide is worth a read if you really want to understand modern Wicca. (You might be surprised to find the “Law of Three” isn’t really a Wiccan thing in traditional covens.)

If you are a beginner in witchcraft and want an open, non-tradition based way to begin, try Laura Tempest Zakroff’s Weave The Liminal.  It covers a lot of terms and techniques you’ll find helpful to know before jumping into some of the deeper books. 

Christopher Orapello’s Besom Stang and Sword is a book on regional traditional witchcraft and I think a good place to start if you want to jump into trad craft. He also has a podcast called “Down at the Crossroads” 

Nigel Pearson and Gemma Gary are your go to Trad Craft resources.  The books are a little harder to find and most people will likely need a grounding in basic witchcraft techniques and practices to work these into a regular practice. 

On rather the other side of the spectrum, Donald Michael Kraig is usually the recommended starting point for Ceremonial Magic. 

Llewellyn is still the largest publisher and distributor for witchcraft books and generally offer books that appeal to a wide audience. Troy Books, Three Hand Press and Avalonia are smaller publishers with books for more specialized audiences. 

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Where to start in witchcraft: Free resources

When recommending resources for witchcraft, I usually recommend books because authors often put together the best organized methods to start out. Or to increase your knowledge. But purchasing books can be expensive and sometimes we want resources that won’t cost us anything. This list is only meant to get you started. It will lead you to other resources as you build your path.

https://wildhunt.org/  - news, politics, reviews, and more https://witchesandpagans.com/ - online magazine, articles, pagan paths https://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/index.htm - Gardner’s Book of Shadows plus some older, historical works https://www.gutenberg.org/ - project gutenberg is free public domain books, including mythology books http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49513 - this is Culpepers Complete Herbal on Project Gutenberg. A medical herbal reference from the 1650s. (For historical reference of course. Not all those old cures were, well, healthy) http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/w/witch/digital.html - Cornell’s rare manuscript collection on witchcraft (historical, mostly late 1500s to early 1700s) https://www.alchemy-works.com/planetary_corresp.html - planetary and elemental correspondences http://www.learntarot.com/ - a free online tarot course https://labyrinthos.co/ - free tarot app, course and resources (plus stuff to buy) https://www.facebook.com/downatthecrossroadspodcast/ - podcast. This is the Facebook page but they’re on most podcast apps. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaHXTaHUeP-Z331QoC2Fu4A/ - Laura Tempest Zakroff on YouTube.  (She also has a book “Weaving the Liminal which is an excellent beginner resource)

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Samhain Tarot Spread✨🎃

Card 1: Guidance from your ancestors

Card 2: What is your shadow hiding?

Card 3: Something to bring to life?

Card 4: What needs to be burned in your cauldron? What needs to be let go of?

Card 5: Something to Celebrate

Card 6: An intention you are planting for those witches’ new year

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✨Insta: @verbenalune ✨

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the magick of tea

tea is an excellent way to incorporate green witchcraft and herbal magick into your daily life. here is a list of the magickal properties of different teas.

☾ black teas: the teas of winter. known to bring excitement, courage, and financial fortune.

    ♱ english breakfast: warmth, happiness, and courage

    ♱ irish breakfast tea: energy, strength, and willpower

    ♱ earl grey: the best tea for attracting money and fortune

    ♱ chai: love, prosperity, happiness, and healing

☾ white teas: the teas of spring, and the sun. known to heal and cleanse the drinker, as well as enhance spiritual communication and psychic energy.

    ♱ silver needle: purification, cleansing and healing

    ♱ white peony: protection against mischief and ill will

☾ green teas: the teas of summer. known for its powers of health, longevity, love and passion.

    ♱ sencha: prosperity, physical healing, mental strength

    ♱ matcha: love, passion and lust

    ♱ hojicha: banishing negativity, self-love, and health

    ♱ jasmine: spiritual love, energy charging

☾ oolong teas: the teas of autumn. known to inspire love, serenity, reflection, and balance.

    ♱ iron goddess: clarity of mind and heart

    ♱ osmanthus: transformation, harmony and serenity

☾ herbal teas: mixtures of herbs across all the seasons, with varying magickal properties.

    ♱ chamomile tea: love, healing, reducing stress

    ♱ peppermint: sleep, prophetic dreams, clearing negative energy

    ♱ lemon ginger tea: openness, cleansing, adventure

    ♱ dandelion root: divination, wishes, calling spirits

    ♱ fennel: vitality, banishing, energy

    ♱ ginseng: love, beauty, protection

    ♱ hibiscus: love lust, dreams

    ♱ echinacea: spirit offering, money drawing

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🔮crystal witch trove

💎amethyst (the artist’s stone) + peace, happiness, protection, sleep, compassion, divination, wisdom + suitable offering for artemis + worn to repel negativity, anxiety, depression

💎aventurine (stone of opportunity) + wealth, luck, gambling, peace, mental clarity + regarded as the luckiest of all crystals + worn to sharpen eyesight and increase perception

💎carnelian (the singer’s stone) + joy, courage, confidence, eloquence, sexual energy + suitable offering for isis + worn to bolster confidence and vocal clarity in public speaking

💎celestite (stone of heaven) + compassion, tranquility, lucid dreaming, astral travel + useful in relieving anxiety and finding inner peace + worn to promote compassion and commune with angelic beings

💎citrine (the merchant’s stone) + energy, willpower, mental clarity, creativity, abundance + useful for resolving family and relationship conflicts + worn to increase productivity and wealth or to prevent nightmares

💎clear quartz (witch’s mirror) + energy amplification, purification, healing, divination + often used along with sage herb for purifying rituals + worn to amplify magical intent or repel negativity

💎fluorite (the genius stone) + mental clarity, logic, concentration, memory + various colors enhance specific energies + worn to aid in retaining and recalling information

💎hematite (volcano spit) + grounding, healing, divination, concentration + suitable offering for hekate + worn to ground oneself and focus attention on reality

💎lapis lazuli (stone of universal truth) + intuition, honesty, healing, protection, fidelity + suitable offering for hera + worn to increase psychic abilities and intuition

💎rose quartz (stone of unconditional love) + self-love, romance, peace, healing, happiness,  + suitable offering for aphrodite + worn to attract love and heal emotional wounds

💎selenite (stone of divine light) + mental clarity, meditation, spiritual connection and communication + suitable offering for selene + worn to repel negativity and commune with angels or spirits

💎sugilite (royal azel) + spirituality, psychic abilities, forgiveness, freedom, confidence + useful for spiritual quests and increasing psychic awareness + worn to instill freedom and confidence to express oneself