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[draiocht-arsa]

Cleaned my room, reorganized all my witch stuff neatly, and finally redid my altars for winter.

I've been pretty depressed and going through a lot of life changes, so I hadn't done this in a while. Felt really at peace and like things are going to be okay when I laid down in my clean room with my candles lit on my new altar layout. I feel like I've really reclaimed my space and myself.

The theme here for this grid and altar is sort of a druidic focus on trees, nature, grounding, and growth.

The mini one to the right is sort of more geared towards divination and comfort, connecting to my spirit guides/the universe and keeping my psychic energy 👌🏻💖

Love you all, hope you're doing well. And even if you fall out of maintaing and your practice know that your tools, spirit, and nature are always there waiting for you when you can return home to yourself.

Lots of love to my fellow witches and druids out there ❤ Reply if you'd like to share anything about your current journey 🍃

[crystalwitch-x]

full moon ritual // pisces moon

So tonight is a full moon, and more specifically it is the Pisces moon! So as this is a special one for me (a Pisces), I thought I would share with you a really good ritual to do at a full moon, and some of the other things I’m doing over this highly energized time period.

This ritual is a banishing ritual, this is great for this time of year as a lot of people may be going to school again soon, starting a new job, and with the end of Summer and Autumn coming around, it’s a time for change.

What you will need:

- A bag of herbs that are good for banishing (I’m using rosemary, garlic, pepper and sage as they are all easy to come across and have amazing powers).

- A piece of paper and a pen.

- A match or lighter.

- Salt (sea or table salt can be used)

- Water (this can be tap water, and you’ll see why).

- A cup or chalice. 

- A cauldron (or a fireproof dish if you don’t have one).

- Your wand for casting a cirlce (again, if you have one, I personally don’t and I use my finger).

- Any banishing crystals you may have (I’m using smoky quartz and obsidian).

- Candles (white and black)

Before the ritual begins, you’re going to want to make sure that you’re dressed suitably for the occasion and that you’re in comfortable clothes. Usually, I get into a comfy set of pjs and put my slippers on, as I like to perform my rituals outside. I always like to bring a drink with me, usually I take some herbal tea with me, but as I’m living in Spain at the moment (opposed to the UK), I’ll be drinking lemon juice. I also like to take with me a pillow to sit down on, as sometimes the ground can make your bottom go numb! Just remember to make sure you’re nice, relaxed and comfortable.

In addition to this I like to light black and white candles for this ritual, as black is great for banishing, and white is great for bringing new positive energies in.

The ritual:

I like to start off by picking the area in which I am doing my ritual in, and casting my circle. I have a previous post about this which you can read here: (https://crystalwitch-x.tumblr.com/post/176838254369/casting-a-circle) 

Usually I have my pillow placed in the middle of my circle and all of the things I need with me in front. Firstly, as this focuses on banishing out negative energies I like to take my piece of paper, and write down any negative thoughts or things that have happened to me on them. I like to write them on small bits of ripped paper and crumple them up and put them inside the cauldron. I also like to make sure that when I am doing this, I have my crystals around me as this starts off their banishing journey with me. I like to say out loud ‘I call to thee watching over me, to banish these thoughts from my mind’.

Next I take my pre-made mixture of banishing herbs, and mix them together with the salt. Salt has really good cleansing properties so really gives this ritual a boost. Then pinch some and pour it over the top of the pieces of paper, whilst saying ‘With these herbs, I cleanse the negative energies and forbid them to return’.

Next is the dangerous bit, so just make sure you’re being careful. It’s time to set the contents on fire. I like to light a match and chuck in it, but sometimes when I can’t find on I light a piece of paper and chuck it in, as this avoids burning your hands. Whilst doing this, I like to say ‘Using the element of fire, I remove your negative energy from my life’.

I like to watch the herbs start to burn and this is where your crystals and water come to play. I like to cleans them fully by passing them through these smokes, making sure that they feel the negative energies being pulled up and away. And finally, I like to say ‘Now, with the power of our great full moon, I charge thee with the most powerful positive energies this world has to offer’.

Then, I close my circle and (when it’s safe) move my cauldron away. I like to leave my water and crystals out over night to get a full charge from the moon, and then bring them back to my altar in the morning. And you now have some amazing crystals and water to use in your spellwork that needs to say ‘cya’ to those bad vibes!

I hope you guys enjoyed this, as I said, this is just my way of doing things, and it is important to change things if you feel it doesn't work for you! There is no fixed path, follow your own, and learn who you are! 

Blessed be, this full moon!

*Photo credit: Pinterest, edited by me*

[hellenismnow]

Once again as friendly reminder...

This is not a pagan/neopagan blog. This blog is dedicated to Hellenismos the worship of the Olympian Gods and their pantheon and the Orphic tradition according to how the ancients viewed the Gods (mostly from a philosophical perspective). There are huge differences concerning theology and regular worship and a lot of my personal beliefs are rooted in Ancient Greek philosophy. This religion has little in common with neopaganism, Wicca, or any modern religion. The closest thing we have in common are that we use the same names of the Gods on occasion. However we view the Gods differently, some viewing them as simply arch types or facets of one universal God and one Goddess. You are welcome to follow me and share your opinions with me no matter what religion you are part of, but please keep in mind that we will have a lot of differences on the simplest of concepts. I realize that this blog may be misleading because I rarely talk about my personal practice or theology but I will change that very soon.

[hellenismnow]

I really don't mean to offend anyone but I need to say this.

There is a huge difference between Hellenic recon and Neopaganism and Wicca. They are not the same, the only thing they have in common are the names they use in worship and not all Neopagans exclusively worship Hellenic Gods or even bother with worship. Theology and methodology of worship is almost totally different and should be treated as such. I respect your personal choices and your religion regardless if you're Neopagan, Wiccan, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, ect, ect. I want to make it clear though that this blog is a blog dedicated to the religion of Hellenismos, and Hellenic polytheist community is separate from the pagan and Wiccan community. With that said I do believe that all religious communities should come together especially to defend the right to worship and practice how we see fit.