acorn-puffs:

Here are some tags/topics I’ve compiled to help out beginners(:

Quartz
Crystals
Stones
Rocks
Gems
Spells
Charms
Self Care
Anxiety
Depression
Trans
Grounding
Earthing
Divination
Tarot
God (male)
Goddess (female)
Deity (either gender)
Deities (either gender)
Samhain/Autumn Equinox/Autumn/Halloween
Holidays
Cleansing
Banishing/Banishment
Protection
Beginner
PDF
Herbs
Candle/Candles
Incense
Essential Oils
Sigil/Sigils
Ritual/Rituals
Teas/Brew/baking
Offerings
Tips
Moon (phases, spells, etc.)
Sleep
Healing/remedy/remedies
Everyday (how to incorporate magic everyday)
Star signs/Astrology
Schedule (routines)
Pendulums
Purification
Energy
Baths

ohwhatawitch:

Draw sigils on the inside of your tea cup with honey or sugar before you pour tea in.
Now you can drink your intent.
Works best with personal sigils.

witchbrarian:

natural-magics:

• DIY: Make New Candles out of Scrap Wax
  
• Candle Making 101  
• How to Make a Candle with Soy Wax and a Mason Jar 
• Recycling Old Candle Wax 
• Selecting the Right Candle Wax 
• Homemade Beeswax Candles 
• All Natural Beeswax Sheet Candles  
• Make Your Own Aromatic Beeswax Candles
• 25 DIY Decorative Candle Making Ideas/Tutorials

Tutorial witchguides on candle making.

mythic-druid:

Especially useful for witches who deal with plants, there is an app called Garden Answers (apple & andriod) that lets you take a picture of the plant and does it’s best to give you a name. It has id’d 5-6 plants for me already 😀 Its great for getting to know the plants in your area.

ofinkandspells:

TO THE PAGANS IN A PINCH WHO CAN’T AFFORD FOOD TO THE DEITIES

Not everyone is so lucky to have food that they can make or give specifically to the deities. Sometimes, great financial burdens come upon us and we don’t even know when our next meal is, much less when we should give to a deity. There is nothing wrong with not being able to afford food for deities, and having to nourish your body first.

OTHER TYPES OF OFFERINGS

-Drawings, doodles, chicken scratches that are done with the intent of honoring the gods

-Some type of arts and crafts, like sewing, weavings, handmade jewelry or statues

-Play your favorite song that makes you think of them or make up your own. Your hands and voice are all you need to make music

-Poetry, stories, hymns and anything creative

-A glass of water. Consecrate and bless it, then offer it up to a deity

-Volunteer your time at places that would please that specific deity. Clean up the forests and sides of the road for Gaea, or the beach for Aphrodite, or help out at an animal shelter for Artemis.  

IF YOU’RE DEAD SET ON USING FOOD

Dedicate a meal or supper to them that you are eating. With every piece of food, tell the gods that you are dedicating this meal to them and eating it along side them, that as it nourishes you, so it nourishes them. It would be a good idea to see what foods they like and to try and get those types, if you can.  

goddessofpurple:

Automatic Drip Coffee Maker — The coffee maker not only saves time, but brews flawless infusions, decoctions, and washes. Here are a few tips for using it in magickal efforts:

• Do not use the same coffee maker to brew both ingestible teas and poisonous liquids. If you plan to use the device for brewing washes that list ingredients unsuitable for human consumption, obtain one solely for that purpose.
• Between magickal brewings, clean the pot and filter cup with hot soapy water and bleach.
• When brewing decoctions, place the root or bark in a coffee filter, then close the filter securely by tying it with a string or a rubber band. After the brew cycle, place the pouch in the brew pot and leave it on the warming plate for approximately thirty minutes.

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pomegranateandivy:

Disclaimer: I am not claiming this to be a complete list. These are by no means the only ways to make offerings. This is a guideline to help new Hellenic Polytheists get some ideas, and build upon for their own practice. These are also not required forms of offering, only examples.

I see a lot of, “How do I make offerings?” “Is it okay to make offering like this?” “How do I start?” “Do I have to do XYZ?” and “What’s a good way to make an offering?” in conversations about, well, any form of polytheism really. I’m going to focus on examples of offerings and how to make them, in Hellenic Polytheism though, since that’s kind of my thing.

This will be under a read more for length

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fish-buns:

darkwoodswitch:

fellow witches: i found this godsend today and i’m so happy 

this is the website for the monterery bay spice company, where you can buy all of this cheap and in bulk: 

• sea salt
• essential oils 
• herbs
• teas
• glassware/bottles in all kinds of sizes 
• carrier oils 
• diy tea bags 

the most impressive selection is the herbs, it’s in alphabetical order and there’s literally anything you could ever want on there. when you click on a herb it even gives you some botanical information & how to cultivate/harvest it on your own 

i haven’t personally ordered from them yet but from all the reviews and additional info i’ve seen, it looks legit. please share for other broke witches & witches on a budget!

GUUUYYYYSSSSS

PASSING THIS ALONG

thepaganstudygrouppage:

Here’s a few links that should help get you started

• Part 1: Grounding
  Part 2: Centering
• Part 3: Shielding
• Part 4: The energy ball and programming energy
• Part 5: Sending energy to objectsPart
•  6: Sending energy to people
• Energy Ball (I like this one as it helps pull the basics together)

Sparrow

nerdypagan:

There’s actually a lot of kitchen witchcraft you can do without an actual kitchen.

• Make tea. As long as you have a microwave and a mug (or if you are super lucky an electric kettle) you pretty much have the recipe for your most basic spell/remedy/warm-cozy-snuggle-in-a-cup! You can pretty much get just about any herbal tea out there at your local super market and probably at your campus convenience store or even cafeteria. If you have the space and the money and want to get fancy, you can even buy loose teas and start blending your own It’s actually not as expensive as you’d think–as long as you get them from somewhere besides Teavana.
• Add spices to your frozen food. I used to buy a lot of steamer bags of rice and flavor them up with whatever I had on hand. You can buy some cheep spices (hit up the ethnic food isle and check out the goya and other spices there because they are always super cheep). Microwaved baked potatos are also great for this. You can match the seasoning to your intent.
• You don’t just have to use these teas and spices for the obvious though. You can make sachets, witch’s bottles, powders and other charms with those things too. Save free t-shirts and clothes that are old and damaged to use for cloth for the sachets and recycle bottles and jars for the charm. Kitchen witchcraft is magic for the broke as fuck, so really, it is the college student’s magic.
• If you can have plants in your dorm room, you may want to try growing some herbs in your window sill, or even just some flowers. You can keep a succulent or two for protection. But really, if you can throw some fresh thyme in your can of chichen soup or in your ramen, you will feel so fancy!
• Make soups on trips home add intent  and ingredients that match that intent and freeze them in Tupperware. They’ll stay good for up to 6 months, and you can warm them up in the microwave when you need them.
• Dry herbs you get at the supermarket or plants you forage. You can put a command strip on your wall and tie them there with a bit of yarn. They’ll make your dorm smell awesome!
• See if there is a campus gardening club or if the Bio department has a greenhouse you can volunteer in. Take a plant science class. A hiking or excursion club will get you out where you can do some wild crafting too.
• See if there is a pagan student union or club. So many schools have them now. You can pool resources with other people, some of whom may have apartments or access to kitchens.
• Learn to knit or crochet. I met someone in college who was crocheting her own cloak for ritual wear. She had braided together a bunch of yarns with different intents. The resulting yarn ball was massive. She called it Rygal.

Please feel free to reblog with your own ideas.