#*Besom

[moonwisethorn]

The Besom:

The broom is an ancient tool that does have magical roots, like a lot of what some may call “necessary appliances.” The Besom broom is the most common one associated with witches/witchcraft and it is the oldest type of broom that is known.

How do you get one? Is it something that needs to be passed down? The answer may shock you, but you can make your own. And then, if you wanted to; you could make it something to be passed down.

The key elements to a Besom broom is a handle, twine/string, and bristles.

Depending on the size of your space, or what you want to use it for; try to gauge how big you want the handle to be first. This will then lead into how long the bristles should be, and how much twine/string you’d need.

I’d like my Besom to cleanse my countertop before and after I cook/bake. So mine will be a little on the smaller side. I gathered pine needles to be my bristles, and I found a small but usable stick/twig/branch that was beneath an oak tree. The key to the handle is that you don’t want something flimsy. The thicker the better (take that as you will), and remember, you can go back outside if needed.

Assembly of the Besom can be a little tricky, but! It’s entirely doable. What I like to do is tie the twine around some of the bristles somewhat loosely, and then put the handle inside the bristles. If I feel fancy/up to it, I’ll add more bristles to fill it out.

To make sure everything is secured, tighten the original piece of twine and then tie another piece around what you just did tightly!

And then you should have a besom. Put as many or as few bristles on it as you want.

I’m currently out and about, but I will add pictures of mine shortly!

[rabbitpaws]

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It measures 6.25 inches

All fur utilized in our pieces are ethically sourced and cruelty free

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[mori-girl-life]

I like sweeping the leaves from the doorstep.

I played house when I was small,

if a playhouse was around.

If there was no house, a hollow hedge

Or a drooping tree,

Even better, a cave.

And sweeping the leaves was integral to the play.

And opening the windows.

And dusting the sills.

And picking sweet clover

To place in a glass in the corner.

To hang garlands around the doorframe,

Woven of duck feathers and grass.

That was the best part of playing house.

Being there,

tending to it,

making it mine.

Of course, boys rarely played.

A lot of them said

they "didn't know how".

"It's boring".

That's fine.

I didn't want them there anyway.

I was busy making

and holding

and respecting space.

It's Autumn now and I am older

But I like the house I'm in.

And every morning now

The leaves fall faster.

Initially,

I thought it a hassle.

Sweeping day by day, the porch, the front walk.

Folding my blankets,

Wiping the counters

Taking the trash

Doing the dishes.

For a moment,

I contemplated a leaf blower.

But then I remembered

The sweeping

is a privilege

and integral

to the play.

[witches1111]

What Objects do Witches Use in their Rituals?

Here in this blog we will be talking about common objects and magical tools that witches, warlocks, and practitioners use to do spell work, meditate, and practice their craft. Some use a few of these items while others use all of them, it really depends on what works the best for each individual practitioner.

Candles: Candles are used as tools for spell work, meditation, divine/spiritual connection, manifesting intentions, wish fulfillment, and connecting with spiritual energies. Different colors and types of candles are associated with specific purposes. For example, white candles are usually used for purification.

Herbs: Herbs are used for a variety of purposes, including protection, healing, love spells, and prosperity, with common examples including basil, lavender, rosemary, sage and mugwort. Each of these herbs are used for different purposes, such as lavender for stress relief and relaxation.

Besom: Also called a broom, a besom is a traditional broom used for cleansing and banishing negative energy from a space or during rituals. They are also used as decorative items, like decorating them with flowers and becoming “floral swag”, besoms with dried flowers and leaves that are tied together in a rope.

Wand: Wands are tools used to channel and direct energy, often representing the practitioner’s will and intention, and can be used for various purposes like invoking deities, drawing circles, or casting spells. They’re usually made out of wood, metal, crystal, glass, or plastic.

Cauldron: A large round heat-resistant pot, it’s a symbolic tool of representing the womb of the Goddess, the element of water, and the transformative power of magic, used for various rituals and magical workings. Practitioners and witches would burn offerings of herbs, generating smoke, petitions and incense during spell casting and rituals. Sometimes witches would use cauldrons for cooking, scrying (a type of divination), creating dyes and dying cloths.

Chalice: A chalice, or a goblet, is a ceremonial drinking vessel symbolizing the element of water, the Goddess and her womb, often used to hold liquids for ritual purposes. The chalice is actually a common sight in tarot cards for there is a line of cards called the Cups cards, which shows chalices in numbers of ace to ten.

Crystals: Crystals are used for various purposes including marking sacred circles, honoring deities, decorating magical tools, and incorporating them into spells, amulets, and talismans for healing, divination, and manifesting. Many crystals have various purposes, such as amethyst being used for promoting serenity, reducing stress/anxiety, and enhancing intuition and spiritual awareness.

Altar: A sacred space where practitioners can connect with the divine, nature, or their own intentions, serving as a focal point for rituals, meditation, and spell work. It’s a place to honor deities, ancestors, and the elements, and the items placed on the altar hold personal and spiritual significance.

This is just some of the main objects and items that witches, warlocks, and practitioners use for their practices! We will be creating a separate post discussing the different kinds of divination that they use such as pendulums, tarot cards, palm readings, and more! Stay tuned for that post, Blessed Be!

[a-single-white-crow]

As it gets warmer outside, I want to spend more time outside.

I've decided I want to make my own homemade besom broom

I want to set up a little comfy space on the ground where I can sunbathe and weave broom corn together!

I'll give updates as I go for the fun of it!!!

[ts-wicked-wonders]

Sweeping and brooms play a big part in traditional Hoodoo omens, taboos, and customs. Here are some examples.

• It is taboo to sweep after dark. If you must sweep you should sweep the mess into a corner and take it out in the morning.

• It is bad luck to sweep before a person is removed from the home after they've passed. It's said you will be next or it will shorten your lifespan.

• To wish a person never comes back you may sweep after they have left or sweep up salt behind them as they leave. Or just sweep behind them with no salt.

• It is taboo to sweep in a sleeping baby's room or you may sweep the baby's dream soul away.

• It is taboo to sweep the home on a Friday night or New Year's Day.

• Some believe you should burn your morning sweeping trash instead of tossing it.

• Sweeping an adult's foot is taboo. It believes it will sweep them away from home by imprisonment or wanderlust. Some say the person will not get married.

• One should not sweep under someone's chair while they are sitting in it. This too will cause them to have wanderlust or sweep them away.

• To hit a child or anyone with a broom will make the person lazy or make them go to jail.

• Pick up brooms or mops, it is taboo to step over them because it can bring bad luck.

• Never sweep under a sick person's bed or they may pass.

• It is taboo to bring old brooms into a new home.

• It is good luck not to sweep an old home right before leaving to move to a new home. Sweep well in advance if you must.

• Unless you want arguments and quarrels you should not sweep across a table with a floor broom.

• Do not use a house broom to sweep the yard or chimney. This wishes your mother illness or worse.

• Two people should not sweep at the same time.

• If a child picks up a broom and sweeps for no reason it's a sign a visitor is coming.

• Sweep corn into fire for good luck.

DO YOU KNOW ANY OMENS, TABOOS AND CUSTOMS?

[vivivep]

Running a House and Home with Witchcraft

Finally getting back into blogging seriously, feel free to check me out over on Voice of Thorns!

The most basic things in witchcraft can be applied in most functions of our lives-including in our everyday aspects of the home. Most people have a safe space in their home/apartment/room, a space that is supposed to be theirs and where they keep their most personal items. This space is sacred in a different manner than an altar, it is sacred to the self. It’s our privacy, our abode, where we are…

[greenpanda-basicfakewitch]

Witch Tools | Witchs Bell | Besom | Ladder

Witch's Bell

Ringing the witches bell is actually a ‘spirtual language’ spoken to the spirit world. Its more effective when you repeatedly call the same spirit [e.g your guardian angel]

Ring three times the witches bell everytime you summon the same spirit for a whole week, starting on Wednesday.

Right after that, the spirit will come to you with just three gentle rings.

A symbol of the female force and the celestial vault... Witch Bells, Spirit Bells, Ritual Bell, Devil Drivers.

Magical Uses

Ring a bell to cleanse the energy of a room, before a ritual or spell. Pass a bell through each of the four corners, summoning the guardian spirits of the elements.

Ring a bell on Samhein to banish evil spirits. After spell work, ring a bell to ‘seal the spell’ Hang bells on the gates/doors of your home to keep evil energies/entities from entering. Ring a bell before meditation to focus the mind.

A bells vibrations banish the unwanted spirits and/or negative energies. They are also used to raise the spirits of the dead & to call fairies. 

Bell on the door, Protect my home. While I’m here Or When I roam.

Besom [Broom]

Used to spiritually cleanse your space, often before a ritual or spell. Hang it above your door to ward off evil.

Making a Besom.

You would like a besom of your own, they are fairly easy to find in craft stores, country markets or folk art fairs. You can also invest your energies into making one. A good idea if you wish to use it in place of a wand or other ritual tool.

To make a besom you will need;

A four foot dowel one inch in diameter. Ball of twine. Scissors. Straw or longer strands of pliable herbs.

Take the straw, or another herb you have chosen for the bristles, and allow to soak overnight in war, lightly salted water. The water softens the straws to make them pliable, and the salt soaks out the former energies. When you are ready to make your besom, remove the straws from the water and allow them to dry a bit, but not so much that they lose the suppleness you will need to turn them into your besom.

Find a work area, where you can lay out the length of your dowel, and begin lining the straws alongside the dowel. Starting about three inches from the bottom, lay the straws, moving backward, along the length of the dowel. Begin binding these to the dowel with the twine. You will need to tie them very securely. You can add as many layers of straw as you wish, depending on how full you would like your besom to be.

When the straw is secured, bend the top straws over the twine ties. When they are all gently pulled over, tie off the straws again a few inches below the original tie. Leave the besom overnight to allow the straw to dry.

 The dowel part of the besom can be stained, painted, or decorated with pagan symbols, your craft name, or any other embellishments you choose. Dedicate your finished besom in your circle as you would any other ritual tool.

Know your broom

*A Witches broom*

Can range in size from the 6* long to a full broom Made of twigs tied around a stick Sacred to the goddess Represent the element of water. Can be made of any wood/twigs Sweeps away *Energeticclutter* Used during rituals to purify a space and sweep negative or residual energy away. Can be placed at the entrance of the home to guard against negative or unwanted energies.

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Witchs Ladder

How to make a witches ladder.

 By Knot of one the spells begun. By Knot of two the magick comes true. By knot of three so shall it be. By Knot of four, this power is stored. By knot of five, my will shall drive. By Knot of six, the spell I fix. By knot of seven, the future I leaven. By knot of eight, my will be fate. By knot of nine, what is done is mine.

*When tying the last knot, direct all of your energy into the cord/rope and its knots now it is stored in the knots in the cord. 

*Tie the ends together and use as a necklace, hang in your car, or by your bed.

This is typical done during the dark moon to set intentions for the full moon and is united at that time. 

Green for money, red for passion, white for creativity, purple for wisdom, black to stop bad habits, brown for balance, yellow for happiness, orange for health and blue for peace.

Rope and Feathers, Witches rosary.

Traditional a witches Ladder is a cord with 3,9, 13 or 40 knots. 

Some braid charms, feathers, or talismans in for a specific spell effect

[apixellife]

MIURA - Demetra Earrings

@current round of UniK ! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chandar/253/65/1001 While I am doing the domestic goddess thang….I do it in gold and flowers and diamonds…

[okaydrawboy]

happy spooktober, i forgot it was october already so i'm a day behind! a little city witch

details update

[rabbitpaws]

Smoky Quartz and Fox Fur Green Bow Cinnamon Broom ✨️

Featuring a fragrant miniature cinnamon broom that is adorned with white lace trim, a green satin bow, a raw Smoky Quartz point, and fox fur

It measures 6.25 inches

All fur utilized in our pieces are ethically sourced and cruelty free

Buy it here

[theherbwitchshoppe]

Another brom created! Will post in the shoppe shortly

[doodlesofmiddleverse]

Crest's Parents ✨

[strangemajick]

[miss-guidedghost]

19.12.24 morning divination and besom sort of completed (I accidently made a besom for a giant so I'll probably cut the handle down

[lunasun1verse]

It's a witch's world

You're just living in it 💖

So I made a besom. It's a beautiful besom. It's my besom too.....

Literal blood, sweat and tears went into this which makes it so much more special.

The was made with native grasses, Queen Anne's lace, juniper branches (hello blood taker 😂😂), blue Russian sage, pine, some adornments and other various things.

I'm especially proud of my wire wrapped dark amethyst. It's the first time, and I didn't have tools to do it properly. My fingies hurt lmao

I even made myself a pendant out of smoky quartz and quartz with a bit of what looks to be some kind of mossy bit inside.

Here's a video of it finished at night 💖

Today's music is Matsu Dake by Kuro Hime. I love this song so fkn much.....

It's so positive and encouraging. A song about uplifting yourself and never stopping until you shine..... And issa bop?? Yeah y'all are sleeping on Kuro Hime.