@be-not-afraid I Hope You're Having A Good Day, But I Am Curious On What You're Referring Too. I'm An

excuse my complaining but

i wish the witchcraft tags on here weren't clogged up with tarot asks and selfies and AI generated crap

bring back spells and rituals and masterposts and tarot deck reviews and people learning how to do magic for more than the aesthetic and views

please im begging at this point lmao

I love library journeys!!

i had a dream that one of the things i did to more, like, apart of the community was go to the local library - weird because i'm not much of a leisurely reader.

but i'm not from here!! so going anywhere alone still freaks me out even after two years.

for whatever reason, i have received a sign to go to the library so i may very well do just that.

blessing bowl

Y'all, I have finally found some proper chocolate scented incense!

SPELL JAR FOR LUCK

Hello all,

It has been a very long time since I posted anything but I am back to practicing as of recently! I hope to continue posting more of my grimoire for you all to see. To ease myself back into the craft, I decided to do a spell jar as I am moving house soon and I need as much luck around money and prosperity and abundance as possible.

What you’ll need:

Nutmeg - money, prosperity, protection, good luck

Cinnamon - success, healing, protection, luck, money

Poppy seeds - good luck

Thyme - good luck

Mint - wealth, prosperity

Dandelion flower - hope, wishing

Salt - protection, good luck

Honey - prosperity, abundance

Buttercup - luck, money

Hair and saliva (optional) - I wanted this to be as specific to me as possible, and I felt sacrificing some of my hair would be sacrificial to boost the power of the spell.

Steps:

Cleanse the utensils you are going to use such as the jar and any measuring equiptment.

Write on a piece of paper what you need luck towards - are you moving house? Do you need luck with an exam or a job? Try to be specific, but not overly so to allow room for adjustment. (Optional: write this in yellow, green or gold pen as these colours are associated with wealth or luck. You can also include a sigil of your choosing).

Put the piece of paper in the jar alongside the rest of your ingredients.

Once the lid or stopper is fitted, light a candle and seal the jar with yellow, green or gold wax (I used yellow).

Once you have done this, hold the jar in your hands for a few seconds and think of what this luck will grant you. Imagine yourself in the position you'd like to be in if this luck is granted to you. Blow out the candle you used to seal the jar and watch as the smoke dissapears.

Spell Casting - Time of Day

Dawn - renewal, rebirth, new beginnings, new ideas, creativity, cleansing, healing 

Morning - achieving goals, brewing potions, intellect,

intelligence, love, relationships, companionship 

Noon - solar magic, confidence, success, attainment, wealth, courage, strength, protection

Dusk - release, letting go, peace, reflection, breaking bad habits, transformation, banishing

Evening - cursing, banishing, binding, dream magic, celestial or planetary magic

Midnight - lunar magic, psychic awareness, intuition, spirituality, divination, peace, relaxation 

Twilight - liminal space; transitions, change, transformation, astral travel, traveling to other realms, spirit communication

© 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺 𝙰𝙳-𝙲𝙰𝙴𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙰

As somebody with ADHD as well, how do you balance a secular witchcraft practice and deity worship? Also, ty for showing me that I can separate the two!!

Good question! UPG and secular witchy things ahoy.

The way I see it, my witchcraft and my pagan practices are pretty much two separate things. When I'm venerating my deities or making offerings, that is Bree the Pagan doing the thing. While there may be special occasions where magical ritual as part of that, like around Samhain, it's not the focus.

When I'm creating or casting a spell, 99% of the time I'm not asking for divine aid, I don't require it, I don't think about it. I'm relying on my own resources and tools to make things happen. And while there may be some special occasions where I invoke my patrons for aid, usually for protection, that's not the focus.

So I'm a witch who also happens to be a polytheist pagan, rather than a polytheist pagan witch, if that makes sense. When I talk about my witchcraft, I talk about magic and technique and theory and such, but not my deities. When I talk about my paganism, I talk about my deities and veneration and my experiences with them, but not my witchcraft.

Surprisingly, my ADHD doesn't really affect my ability to compartmentalize in this way. I rather feel like it makes it easier to say The Witchcraft Is Over Here and The Paganism Is Over Here. Separating the two also helps eliminate a source of anxiety for me. Relying on the input of others to help me accomplish my goals has, historically speaking, been fraught with disappointment. So if I'm just relying on myself, it's easier to fully invest my energy and determination into the working, without the distraction of worrying whether the additional aid will come through or if I'm doing something "wrong" with regard to the inclusion of a deity or annoying them by asking for help.

So yes, it is perfectly possible to separate the two things. You can be a witch without being a pagan or a pagan without being a witch. Or you can be both without putting chocolate in your peanut butter, as it were.

Hope this helps!

🧹💐 SPRING CLEANING REFLECTION ASKS for your magical practice 💐🧹

You can treat this as an ask game or journal prompts leading up to Beltane – I might do both!

Talk about....

🔥 A favourite ritual 🐉 A deity or spirit you used to work with 🐚 A deity or spirit you currently work with 🌻 A magical encounter in nature ☕ A magical encounter in the city 🌟 A time you improvised with what you had 🌶 A risky offering 🥀 A working that didn't work out 🦉 A mentor or person who's influenced your practice 🌱 A skill you're working on 🍇 An offering you're proud of ⚡ A favourite collaboration 🐾 The furthest you've ever travelled for magical purposes 🏺 An ancestor (blood or chosen) 🐬 A culturally specific belief or practice of yours 🦂 A mistake (that you're willing to talk about) ⛈ An ethic or value that's central to your practice 🌗 One way that your practice has changed 🍁 Something you miss about an older version of your practice 🦀 A bad habit 🌋 A magical gift (either something you're Gifted At, or a gift you've received) 🐝 Your magical/spiritual community 🔮 A memorable divination session 🍄 A dream or vision 🐣 A goal for your practice

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