Witchcraft

Symbolism for Divination

● Acorn- youth, strength, man, small start for large accomplishment● Airplane- travel, new projects● Anchor- voyage, rest, problem solved, security● Arrow- news, disagreements, direct action● Basket- ...

Mirror Divination

One of the most ancient forms of divination is crystallomancy or catoptromancy, performed with a magic mirror. The Magi of Persia are said to have used mirrors, as well as the ancient Greeks and Roman...

Pendulum

A pendulum can be made of any weighted object on a string. It can be a stoneweight, crystal, metal, or even just a button on some thread. You don’t need to go spendmoney at all, just use what you have...

The Sigillum Aemeth

The Sigillum Aemeth, or Seal of Truth, illustrated above, was inscribed by John Dee upon a disk of “perfect wax” that was nine inches in diameter (nine is the number of the moon) and one inch thick. I...

Tea Leaves

Anything from clouds, crystals, incense smoke, or tarot, oracle, or playing cards can be read for divining purposes. All you need is to feel attuned to interpreting what you see. Images may appear to ...

Hermes

ORIGIN Greek. Messenger of the gods. KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 800 BC but probably earlier until Christianization (circa AD 400). CENTER(S) OF CULT Pheneos (Arcadia); otherwise few specific places...

Deities Of The Moon

Invoke these for gentle increase, power and banishing energies, fertility, intuition, magick and dreams. Arianrhod Arianrhod is a Welsh goddess of the full moon and also of time, karma and destiny. Sh...

Deities for Protection

Anubis (Egyptian) : The jackal headed god. Anubis is the gatekeeper to the underworld a protector and a guardian. Anubis can walk with you during challenging magickal situations. He can help to remove...

Deity – Soul

There are 2 types of souls. Those that use their minds to live life with, and souls that use their hearts. The soul uses both but typically one makes the most decisions, certainly not all in most case...

Deities For Power

These deities may be invoked for strength, success, energy, inspiration and increase. Apollo Apollo, the Greek Sun God, was twin brother of Artemis, the Moon Goddess. As god of the solarlight, Apollo ...

Mercurius

ORIGIN Roman. Messenger god. KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 400 BC to circa AD 400. SYNONYMS Psychopompus; Oneicopompus; HERMES (Greek); Mercury. CENTER(S) OF CULT Circus Maximus (Rome). ART REFERENCES...

Hermes Trismegistus

The thrice greatest Hermes,” amythological blend of the Egyptian god Thoth, who governedmystical wisdom, magic, writing and other disciplines,and was associated with healing; and the Greekgod Hermes, ...

Deity – The Laws

The Laws of the Universe are created in such a way that nothing escapes punishment and no good deed goes unrewarded. The Deity lives in everything that exists and is therefore omnipresent. It is belie...

Deities Of The Environment

Invoke these deities for rituals involving all aspects of the environment and for healing the planet. Gaia Gaia is the all-embracing and all-nourishing goddess of the Earth. It is said that she suppli...

Deities Of The Male Principle

These deities are for the hunt, instincts, willing sacrifice and ecstasy. Cernunnos Cernunnos, meaning ‘horned one’, was a generic term for the various Horned Gods of the Celtictradition. The god date...

Deities Of Marriage

These deities can be invoked in rituals concerning the family and the home. Frigg Frigg was the Viking Mother Goddess whose jewelled spinning wheel formed Orion’s belt; aspatroness of marriage, women,...

Deity

The deity is one with everything, nothing exists without their spirit in it. The deity exists within you just as they exist within every human and animal, plant, insect, and object that can be touched...

Hecate

ORIGIN Greek. Goddess of the moon and of pathways. KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 800 BC until Christianization (circa AD 400). SYNONYMS Hekate. CENTER(S) OF CULT Lagina. ART REFERENCES sculptures and ...

ODIN

Odin (pronounced “OH-din”; Old Norse Óðinn, Old English and Old Saxon Woden, Old High German Wuotan, Wotan, or Wodan, Proto-Germanic *Woðanaz, “Master of Ecstasy”) is one of the most complex and enigm...

Deities Of Healing

Aesculapius Aesculapius was a healer, son of Apollo and the mortal Corona, who lived during the eleventh centuryBC, and became a god after Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt for raising the dead.The f...

Green Man

Green Man A pagan deity of the woodlands, usually represented as a horned man peering out from a mask of foliage, usually the sacred oak. The Green Man, also called “Green Jack,” “Jack-in-the-Green” a...

Athena

ORIGIN Greek. Goddess of war and patron defender of many Greek cities. KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 800 BC and earlier until Christianization (circa AD 400) and later. SYNONYMS Athene; PALLAS AT...

Deities of fire

Agni Agni, the Hindu god of fire, is said to be manifest as the vital spark in mankind, birds, animals, plantsand life itself. He appeared in lightning, in celestial sun flares, in the sacred blaze ri...

Wise Woman Deities

These goddesses are for transformation rituals, for endings that become beginnings and for acceptingwhat cannot be changed. Cailleach Cailleach, meaning’ the Veiled One’, is the Celtic name for a numb...

Deities and the Divine

Seeking and attaining a spiritual relationship with the Triple Goddess or Cernunnos or Diana or any other number of deities from around the ancient world can be a very effective way into the Craft, an...

The Hedge Witch – The Gods

In Witchcraft, the gods are often seen as a part of nature, as are we, flowing through time and space. That quality, that energy that we term as the deity is within everything. As it is within everyth...

Deity – Life and Death

Life is the force that moves the dead Earth and all things that exist. Death is the force that stops all things that move the living Earth and all things that do not yet exist. All things live and all...

Dionysos

Dionysos’ sacred animals were the panther (leopard), tiger, bull and serpent. The god rode on the back of a panther or drove a chariot drawn by a pair of the beasts.His sacred plants were the grapevin...

Artemis

Artemis is the Greek version of the classical moon-goddess, whom the Romans called Diana.Like the moon, she changes her form.Sometimes we see her as the ‘huntress chaste and fair’, the young girl, eve...

Summer Solstice Gods and Goddesses

The summer solstice has long been a time when cultures celebrated the lengthening year. It is on this day, sometimes called Litha, that there is more daylight than any other time; a direct counterpoin...

Deities of Wisdom

As well as wisdom, these gods and goddesses are for knowledge, truth and justice. Athena Athena, or Athene, daughter of Zeus, is the goddess of wise counsel, both in peace and war, of intelligence, re...

Charge Of The God

For some practitioners, this charge is less important, but some may  believe that the male polarity or energiesare an integral part not only of the seasonal Wheel of the Year, but also of human e...

Bottle Curse

Supplies needed are as follows : 1)compass 2)4 baby jars 3)4 rocks large enough to smash glass 4)sage 5)cinnamon incense 6)black candle 7)candle holder 8)matches/lighter 9)digging tool 10)wand 11)spoi...

Mirror Curse

Ingredients A mirrorDescriptionCurse an enemy with a simple mirror hex. Spell Casting Capture your angered reflection in a mirror. (Variations of this curse say to capture the reflection of the enemy ...

Questions to ask yourself before making a Curse or Hex

A majority of people strive to be good people in general no matter what. But everyone reacts differently and according to their own personal ethics , no one needs a religion of rules on how to behave ...

Curse

A curse is a spell intended to bring misfortune, illness, harm or death to a victim. Curses are the most dreaded form of magic, as curses are universal. They are “laid” or “thrown” primarily for reven...

Ill-wishing

A curse that is the product of envy, revenge and anger. In earlier times, people commonly blamed their misfortune on the ill-wishing of others. If two people argued and then one suffered a mishap, bec...

Hematite

Hematite is a stone of strength, power, and potency. Hematite is powerfully magnetic. This stone when ground, crushed or sliced is actually red, and in places where it’s highly concentrated, there’s a...

Clear Quartz

Clear Quartz Crystal is a power stone that harmonizes and balances. It augments energy by absorbing, amplifying, balancing, storing, retrieving, focusing, transmitting, and channeling universal energy...

Crystals to help with Physical Issues

ABDOMEN -gamet, agate, smoky quartzABSENT – MINDEDNESS – carnelianACHES – agate , charoiteACNE – amethystADDICTIONS – amethyst, fluorite, labradorite, lepidolite, quartz, ruby, tourmalineADD – ADHD – ...

Selenite

Selenite, satin spar, desert rose, gypsum flower are crystal habit varieties of the mineral gypsum. All varieties of gypsum, including selenite and alabaster, are composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate...

Why crystals work

Clear Quartz has been on Earth since the beginning of time and ancient civilizations have used crystals as protective talismans, peace offerings, and jewelry. Today, quartz makes up 12% of the Earth’s...

Cleansing and Charging Crystals

It is important to keep your crystals in good condition for magick practice. Here is a guide with several ways to cleanse and charge your crystals. With Salt ~Burying a crystal in a bowl of salt, spri...

Amethyst

COLOR Purple to lavender APPEARANCE Transparent. pointed crystals. Maybe geode, cluster. or single point. All sizes RARITY One of the most common crystals SOURCE United States, Britain, Canada, Brazil...

Jade

COLOR Green, orange, brown, blue, blue-green, cream, lavender, red, white APPEARANCE Translucent (Jadeite) or creamy (Nephrite), somewhat soapy feel. All sizes RARITY Most colors are available but som...

Crystal’s for Emotional Issues

ABUSE – carnelian, lapis lazuli, obsidian, peridot, tourmalineACCEPTANCE – amethyst, carnelian, quartz crystal, rose quartzAGGRESSION – amethyst, bloodstone, rose quartzANGER – amethyst, agate, bloods...

Witches Crystals, Stones, Herbs, and Oils

Perhaps some of the most powerful magical tools are those that come straight from the Earth without much, if any, alteration by human hands. Herbs and semiprecious gemstones have long been known to ha...

Agate

Folk Names: Red Agate, Blood Agate Planet: Mercury Element: various Deity: Aesculapius Powers: Strength, Courage, Longevity, Gardening, Love, Healing, Protection Magical Uses: In general, agate is uti...

Crystals to help with Spiritual Issues

ABUNDANCE – aventurine, citrine, malachite, rubyAFFIRMATION – quartz crystalAKASHIC RECORD – lepidolite, moldaviteALTRUISM – amberAMPLIFIER – rhodochrosite, quartz crystalANGELS – angel aura, aquamari...

Crystal Ball Scrying

Genuine crystal balls are very expensive, and the best source for them isGermany, where they’ve mined and polished clear crystal for centuries. Less costlyoptions include polished stones or balls made...

Sodalite

Colour.Blue. Appearance.Mottled dark and light blue-white, often tumbled. Rarity.Easily obtained. Source.North America, France, Brazil, Greenland, Russia, Myanmar, Romania. Sodalite unites logic with ...

Peridot

Colour.Olive green, yellowish-green, honey, red, brownish. Appearance.Opaque. Clear crystal when faceted and polished.Usually quite small. Rarety.Easily obtained but good crystals are rare. Source.Uni...

Opal

Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·nH2O); its water content may range from 3 to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6 and 10%. Because of its amorphous character, it is classed as a m...

Bloodstone

Bloodstone A semiprecious stone with magical or healing properties. Perhaps the best known is green jasper with red flecks, used in rituals and charms by sorcerers and witches. It is considered an ena...

Aventurine

A stone of prosperityIt reinforces leadership qualities and decisiveness. Promotes compassion and empathy. Encourages perseverance. Aventurine relieves stammers and severe neuroses. It stabilizes one’...

Petrified Wood

Good fortune – Stability – Security – Strength – Longevity – Grounding – Calmness – Wisdom Zodiac – Leo Typical colours – Browns Petrified Wood is also known as “Agatised Wood”. It is the name given t...

Nuumite The Earth’s Ancient Stone

Nuumite or Nuumit is a powerful grounding stone with a high-vibration that connects us to universal source energy. Nuumite allows us to transmute our karmic patterns to ascend to a higher state of bei...

Amethyst by the Door

Place amethyst near your door, or use something decorative with a bit of amethyst on it. Hanging an amethyst ring or cluster on a wreath or similar seasonal item makes your home more festive and helps...

Emerald

Colour.Green. Appearance.Small bright gemstone or larger cloudy crystal. Rarity.Gem quality is expensive but unpolished emerald readily available. Sources.India, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Brazil, Egypt, Aus...

Witches Stones Jewels & Crystals

Magickally, jewels and gems are associated with spiritual truths due to their innate talismanic attributes. Like all-natural substances, gemstones contain an energy or life force of their own. The col...

Moonstone

Moonstone is a sodium potassium aluminum silicate ((Na,K)AlSi3O8) of the feldspar group that displays a pearly and opalescent schiller. An alternative name is hectolitre. Etymology Its name is derived...

The Crone

“Women get more beautiful as they grow older. Not less.Female youth is only prized in modern culture because it doesn’t represent as much of a threat spiritually to anyone who is frightened of divine ...

Black in Magick

The color black is classy, mysterious, sophisticated, seductive, and secretive. It’s protective, absorbing negative energies and creating a barrier from emotional stressors of the outside world. It pr...

Silver Magick

Silver is a color that both illuminates and reflects. Use it today to help you reflect on an issue or let it illuminate your way … perhaps down a new path; it is the beginning of a new week after all....

Purple Magick

Purple is associated with spiritual power and psychic protection. It also relates to introspection and imagination; it encourages deep thoughts and helps to fulfill aspirations. It is the color of mag...

Protection Charm

For this you will need a pentagram pendant and a bowl of salt water. Holding the pendant in your left hand and the bowl of salt water in your right, turn to the West. Slowly pour the water over the pe...

Blessing Charm for Infant

Items you will need: Bay Leaves1 Gold CandleRed ThreadA Muslin bag or any natural fabric made into a little sack At the top of the bag sew 3 little X’s with the Red thread. This Blessing should be don...

GARLIC PROTECTION CHARM

You will need:3 Onions with leaves attached3 Garlic bulbs with leaves attachedHang this in the kitchen to protect your family from interference by evilspirits; replace it annually. Braid the garlic an...

Yellow Rose Charm

Dab a small amount of your favourite perfume or cologne on a tissue. Take a long-stem yellow rose, and with great feeling and emotion, charm it with the following verse: The stars above, in darkness s...

Marriage Charm

Bind two small gold rings together with a white ribbon. Hold the bound rings in both hands as you chant the following over them: With body and spiritAs these rings entwineUnite our soulsOur essence co...

Calling the Powers

All ye powers allAnswer unto this my call Power of earth and power of fire Hearken unto my desire Power of water and power of air Answer unto this my prayer All ye powers powers all Answer unto this m...

In the Praise of Isis

Children of the Goddess Dance in the praise of IsisChildren of the Goddess Sing in the praise of Isis Isis, Isis, love that knows no end Mother goddess, sister, lover, friend

Cleansing Chants

The following cleansing chants are patterned on rhymes taught to Laurelei in her first cuveen, although they have been altered a bit (in some cases, quite a bit). Each portion of the chant requires a ...

Magick Chanting

In ritual, the repetition of sacred or magical words, names and phrases to alter consciousness and raise psychic power. Chanting, done in conjunction with dancing, drumming, visualization and body mov...

Celtic Six Cord Handfasting Ritual

Know that before you go further since your lives have crossed in this life, you have formed ties between each other. As you seek to enter into this state of matrimony, you should strive to make real t...

The Celtic Tree Calendar

The Celtic Tree Calendar is a controversial subject. It is a calendar which contains 13 lunar divisions (or months), each one associated with and ruled over by a specific tree. Each tree has a Celtic ...

Celtic Herb Lore

Celtic Herbs: Anemone Latin: Anemone Pulsatilla Scottish Gaelic: Bainne Bo Bliatain Other Names: Wood Crowfoot, Smell Fox, Flawflower, Passover Flower Medicinal Uses: Effective against disorders of th...

Circle Casting

It’s helpful when casting a spell to create ritual space, and casting a circle is one way to do so. Not only does this ward off distracting energies, it helps to move the practitioner to a ritual stat...

Casting Spells Using Planetary Hours Magical Timing

Not every Witch worries about magical timing, but many feel that it gives a boostof energy that is conducive to your efforts.Another way to plan your magical timing is by planetary hours. Planetary ho...

Why we cast Circles

They say that the longest journey begins with a single step. So, too, the exploration of Magickal studies begins with a single step. Though the first step in a physical journey is often self-evident, ...

Casting A Dual Circle

First consecrate the salt symbolizing the Earth element in the North of the altar by stirring it three times with an athame, wand or crystal, and visualize radiance pouring into it. * Stir the water, ...

Casting A Triple Circle

Three is a sacred number in magick and for special ceremonies, you can create a triple circle of both power and protection. The number three represents the three aspects of the god figure in many reli...

Un Casting A Circle

When you have completed your spells or rituals, you should close the circle. This is done by simply reversing the casting process. * Thank the Guardians and send the light of the elemental candles to ...

Casting a Circle

Here is how to cast and take down a magic circle.What to Do:

Suggestions for Candle Magick

Whenever possible make your own candles. While the wax is in a liquid form, add a corresponding oil, herbs, or flower petals. For example, if you are doing a money spell you could add Heliotrope oil a...

Ingredients for Candle Making

Beeswax The most common types of wax used in candle making are beeswax, paraffin wax, and dip-and-carve wax. Beeswax is an all natural wax with a sweet aroma. It is preferred because it adds softness ...

Elemental Candle Colours

Each of the four elements – Air, Fire, Water and Earth – is represented by a single candle colour – yellow, red, blue and green. A coloured candle representing each of the elements can be placed at th...

Candle Gardens

At times witches may receive a lot of requests for help. These requests may come from, people who are ill,  or grieving,  or maybe need healing, they could be lonely, possibly victimized, or...

Candle of Love Spell

length of red silk cord, Love-drawing oil. Love-drawing incense One red candle that will burn for at least seven hours. Begin this spell on a Monday during the waxing moon. Place the red candle in the...

Candle Colour Correspondences

Colour is of great significance, both in healing and magick. Colour symbolism is used frequently with candles, as well as with crystals, flowers, foods and coloured water. These uses are a way of focu...

Green Candle

Green is for Earth and the North, midnight and winter. A green candle is placed at what would be the 12 o’clock position on a clock, aligned with magnetic or a symbolic North. Earth is the element of ...

The History of Candles

The history of candle burning is as old as humanity itself. It originates from fire worship. Early man was in awe of fire—it warmed him, protected him, and helped him cook his food. The flame of the h...

Witches Candles

Witches’ candles can be used as a source of light, as devotional symbols of deity, as a means of communicating with Spirit, and to aid transformation in many spells. Candles have a magical way about t...

Empowering a Candle

Choose a candle with the colour according to the Spell you wish to cast. It does not matter what size candle you use as long as its A fresh candle that has never been used before. Hold the candle in y...

Red Candle

Red is for Fire and the South, noon, and summer. Place your red candle in the six o’clock position. Fire represents light, the Sun, lightning, fertility, power, joy, ambition, inspiration, and achieve...

Zodiacal Candle Colours And Associations

Aries, the Ram: 21 March to 20 April. Colour: red. A cardinal Fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. Ruled by Mars. Taurus...

An Introduction to Candle Magick

Although tools of the craft may at times help you can practice magick with nothing but a candle. A candle is a self-contained magical system, for although it represents the Fire element, it also conta...

Colour Correspondents of Candles

When it comes to colours, you may wish to have a variety on hand for different purposes. Typically, colour correspondences for candle magic are as follows: White: A balance of all colours; Spirit...

Candle Colours and their Meaning

Here are the most common candle colors and their suggested uses: White. The color of purity and new beginnings. Use a white candle for rituals involving healing, new beginnings, and spiritual growth. ...

Blue Candles

Blue is for Water and the West, dusk, and autumn. A blue candle is placed in the nine o’clock position. Water represents love, relationships, sympathy, intuition, reconciliation, harmony, healing, and...

Zodiacal Candles

Candles etched with zodiacal signs may be used to represent people born during a particular Sun period. They may then be burnt in rituals for different purposes. For instance, you can burn your own zo...

Making Dipped Candles

This recipe makes six 10 x three-quarter inch tapers. You will need • 4 pounds of bees wax.• Three 24-inch lengths of flat-braided 2/0 wick• A drying rack. You can make a drying rack by hammering pair...

Hedge Witches Candle Spell

Take a candle of an appropriate colour to use in your work. As a very basic guide, red is for love and passion, pink for emotions, blue for healing, green for the environment, brown for animals, yello...

Pillar Candle

Pillar candles are tall, wide, and generally round.  They last a long time, so they are excellent for ongoing spells. The way that pillar candles burn varies according to shape, content, and manu...

Candle Ritual for Sorrow or Loss

Here is a Black And White Candle Ritual ritual for a new beginning after sorrow or loss. You can carry out this ritual for yourself or someone you know who is grieving or unhappy after a betrayal of s...

Candle Making Equipment

Double Boiler Using a double boiler will help to keep your wax from reaching too high of temperatures. After use you can clean the top of the double boiler by wiping it with a dry dishtowel before the...

Yellow Candle

Yellow is for Air and the East, dawn, and spring. A yellow candle is placed at the three o’clock position. Air represents life itself, logic, the mind, communication, health, new beginnings, travel, l...

Preparation for Candle Magick

Remember the most important thing is what phase the moon is in. If it is waning, you want to work on something that you do not want anymore or some kind of psychic work. It is a great time for banishm...

Art of Candle Magick

A lot of witches burn candles just about every night. They burn a candle in honor of the Goddess. Just burning a candle, too, puts you in the right frame of mind. Some witches, even if they are burnin...

Book of Shadows

Whether you are working alone or in a coven, you might like to start a Book of Shadows. A Book of shadows may include a record of rituals that have worked well, names of those who need healing, as wel...

Grimoires

Grimoires are Handbooks of magic, some reputedly dating back to ancient sources, popular from the 17th to early 19th centuries. Grimoires still are consulted by students of ceremonial magic in modern ...

Reflective Banishing

You Will Need: A small mirror (craft mirrors with unfinished backs are best) Something to write with (sharpies or oil pencils work well) This is a very simple sort of banishing designed to reflect neg...

Thieves Vinegar

This banishing concoction gets its name from a folktale that tells of four thieves who, during the height of the Black Plague, would steal into peoples homes and rob them in the night. Instead of catc...

Banishing Techniques

Best done at a waning or new moon – used to get rid of negative energies or spirits Tools needed: Athame, Broomstick, Candles, Cords, Gobi Dirt, Incense, Mirrors, Spells, Salt, Sistrum, Wand, Water, X...

Autumn Equinox Rites and Rituals for a Hedgewitch

Another liminal time, where darkness and light are equal, this is the perfect opportunity to take stock of what you have harvested from yourefforts, and what still needs to be achieved before Samhain ...

Aura Meditation / Healing

Aura meditation develops your awareness of energy. As you progress, you can gain deeper self-awareness, release major personal blocks, and connect with higher spiritual dimensions. Aura meditation wor...

Auras

Color Meanings There is a common misunderstanding that your energy field is only one particular color. But the many parts of your energy system can change colors often. Find out about the different au...

Angelica Tea

The angelica plant is one of the most highly regarded herbs. Steeped in legend and valued for its many medicinal properties, angelica has been used for the past 2,000 years. Many magickal claims for t...

Crafting Ritual/Ceremonial Candles

Crafting Ritual/Ceremonial Candles Ritual Candles are a form of symbolism used within the circle while summoning the elements and guardians therein. Each is created with the symbols of a specific elem...

Ritual Soap Spheres

Using a very sharp, thick-bladed knife, cut a four-ounce bar of castile soap into very small pieces no larger than 1/4 inch square-the smaller (as long as they are cubes) the better. Place these in a ...

The Magick of Incense ~ Using Scents for Pagan Rituals

The various properties of incense and it’s importance in Pagan spiritual work. Throughout the long history of Pagan spirituality, incense has been used as a valuable tool in ritual work. Incense...

Dream Pillow for Protection

1 part Rosemary 1 part Lavendar Petals 1 part Rose Petals, red, pink or white 1 part Catnip 2 drops lemon oil 1 part Lemon Basil 1 part Violet Petals 1 part Sweet Grass Ashes from 3 sticks of Lavendar...

Basil in Magick

Basil: Type: Herb Ruling Planet: Mars Ruling Element: Fire Parts used: leaves (fresh or dried) Magickal Properties: Protection, love, money. Specific Magick: Add to a spell bag to bring in money. Basi...

Mars in Magick

Mars Powers: Strength, Struggle, War, Anger, Conflict, Aggression, Victory, Energy, Ambition, Goals, Upheaval, Strife, Arguments, Courage, Politics, Sexual energy, Exorcism, Protection, Defensive magi...

Rose

Rose rosa species PARTS USED Flowers, petals, leaves GENDER: Feminine ELEMENTS: Fire and Water PLANETS: Mars and Venus POWERS Healing Love Love Divination Luck Protection Psychic Powers Ultimate Love ...

The Magick of Ash

Gender: Masculine; Planet: Sun; Element: Fire Sacred to Uranus, Poseidon, Thor, Woden, Neptune, Mars, Gwydion Magickal Powers: Protection, Prosperity, Sea Rituals, Health The ancient Teutons regarded ...

Fox Glove

“The plant has been particularly associated with midwifery and women’s magick” The foxgloves are back. “In Roman times, foxglove was a flower sacred to the goddess Flora, who t...

Astrology Basics

There are twelve sun signs in the Zodiac: ARIES – The Ram. Energy, love of action and perseverance. Impetuous, yearning to lead and conquest. Element is Fire and Ruled by Mars. Loyal and Quick tempere...

As Above So Below

Heaven above, heaven below; stars above, stars below; All that is above, thus also below; understand this and be blessed —Prodromus Coptus Sive Aegyptiacus by Athanasius Kircher (1636) One of the best...

The Signs

The 12 Signs of the zodiac are not the constellations. The Signs are 30° segments that mark the journey of the Sun through the changes of the Wheel of the Year. The two solstices and the two equinoxes...

The Planets

Before delving into the Planets, I’d like to point out that although the names of the Planets are also the names of Gods and Goddesses, it is an error to limit your understanding of the Planets by giv...

Astrology The Sun

The glyph of the Sun is a circle with a point in the center. Both the circle and the point represent different kinds of infinity. The point is at the same time dimensionless and contains infinite dime...

Astrology The moon

Whereas a circle represents spirit, the semicircle represents soul in the pictographic code of the astrological glyphs. The Moon’s glyph is the vessel of the soul, both for its development and its jou...

Astrology

Astrology, the study of the influence of the stars and planets upon life on this earth, is another of the fundamentals of magic. It is studied by witches and magicians alike. In the past, it was as im...

The Way of Art

Although Astrology is a sacred science and as such is a mental undertaking with many rules and procedures, it is also an art requiring the intuition and the way of beauty to reveal its richness. It is...

Astrology Mercury

The glyph of Mercury consists of the circle that represents Spirit, the semicircle that represents the Soul, and the cross that represents Matter. Soul is above, Spirit is in the middle, and Matter is...

The Houses and the Ascendant

When you take the light of the Planets as mediated by the Signs and project them onto a precise time and in particular place, they fall into the Houses. The way we normally measure time is through hou...

The Astral Plane, Part One

Belief in the astral plane is part of the common heritage of occult philosophy which is shared by the witch and ceremonial magician alike. The word ‘astral’ is derived from the Latin Astrum, a star. I...

The Astral Plane, Part Two

The astral plane and its related phenomena constitute such a vast subject that whole books could be and have been written about it. Any brief sketch such as this must necessarily omit many interesting...

Astral Projection

Make a conscious effort to go completely limp. Begin with your feet and, working upwards, relax all of the muscles in your body. This should take about four or five minutes. While in this relaxed stat...

Mindfulness Oil Blend

This helps you focus on the immediate moment instead of getting your head stuck in the past or worrying about the future. Makes 1 ounce. What You Need: ♦ 1 tablespoon carrier oil♦ 10 dro...

Aromatherapy for Prosperity

Pure Essential Oils have been used in aromatherapy for thousands of years to attract riches and wealth for body, mind, spirit and emotions. The traditional use of aromatic oils to attract prosperity i...

Essential Oils / The Use of

For good smelling towels, sheets, clothes, etc. place a few drops of your favorite essential oil onto a small piece of terry cloth and toss into the clothes dryer while drying. Add 5 drops essential o...

The healing power of Tea Tree Oil

Despite its name, tea tree oil has nothing in common with Camellia sinensis, the plant from which tea is prepared, nor with tea oil, obtained from the pressed seeds of the mentioned tea plant. This oi...

Aromatherapy Blends for Self-Care

There are a variety of ways to incorporate aromatherapy into your self-care. The quickest and easiest way is to directly apply a dot of the blended oil onto your inner wrist so that the scent and any ...

Gentle Sleep Oil

Place a dot of this blend on each temple and underside of the wrist before bed, or dab a bit on the edge of your bed near your pillow. Makes about 1 ounce. What You Need: 1 tablespoon carrier oil10 dr...

Ritual Oil Blends

ANOINTING OIL 5 drops Sandalwood Oil 3 drops Cedarwood Oil 1 drop Sweet Orange Oil 1 drop Lemon Oil 1/8 cup base Oil Use for general anointing purposes. ALTAR OIL 4 drops Frankincense Oil 2 drops Myrr...

Introduction to Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy has been around and has been practiced in one form or another since the beginning of civilization. It is the art, and science, of using oils extracted from aromatic plants to enhance heal...

Aromatherapy

As a way to control stress and uplift mood, aromatherapy is a terrific tool in your self-care arsenal. Spellcraft often pulls aromatherapy in as a secondary element; the primary use of oils and herbs ...

Oils and Incenses in Magick

Oils and incenses, like herbs, are very versatile. The easiest way of attracting all the good things you want not only for yourself but also for those you love and for those in need is to burn oils an...

A Short list of Magickal Oils

Benzoin: Benzoin reduces tension, stress, and melts away tension, anger, resentment, emotional pain, and frustrations. Positively, benzoin increases self-confidence and attracts prosperity, both mater...

Cockerels

Symbols of light and goodness, cocks have been favored birds of sacrifice to the gods. The cock is sacred and is associated with sun deities; it has the power to banish evil. The cock is a bird of ome...

Cats

Cats have been associated with the supernatural since ancient times. Cats are associated with either good or bad luck, healing or harm. In folklore, the cat is one of the favored animal companions of ...

Riding the Dragon

Many Traditional Crafters have an interesting relationship with dragons. Some see them as archetypes, some as being similar to the Gods, and some see them as living mythical beasts, in a very literal ...

Animal Kinship

It has long been believed that humans have a kinship with animals, and that this kinship allows us to draw on their special qualities. When choosing an animal as a totem (a hereditary badge or emblem ...

The Magick of Animals

The following animals all have magickal qualities that can be harnessed in times of need. Choose an animal to work with that best represents a personality characteristic you would like to develop or i...

Black Cat Protection Spell

A good spell to ward off the evil intentions of another, block a psychic attack, or turn your luck around. Items needed: One black cat candle, Black cat oil (composed of patchouli and frankincense), A...

The Dragon in Magick

The dragon is a fantastic beast that appears in almost every mythological tradition throughout the world. Often depicted as a mix of several different creatures, it represents the four elements of lif...

Cats as Witches Familiars

The cat, especially the black cat, is a creature of witchcraft, in all popular belief. No artist’s conception of a witch’s cottage of the olden time could possibly be complete without Baudrons or Grim...

Hare

In folklore, a witch’s familiar or a witch metamorphosed in disguise. It is still bad luck in the British Isles for one’s path to be crossed by a hare. Witches were said to be able to change themselve...

A Ritual With Seven Angels

This would be a suitable ritual for welcoming a new baby or child into a family whether in birth, by adoption or through the joining of two existing families. It may also be used for sending a teenage...

Archangels and their Seven Days of the Week

Michael Michael is the archangel who rules the Sun. Michael’s day is Sunday. Michael, the Initiator, brings illumination and inspiration in many spheres of life, through the efforts of our individual ...

Angelic Correspondences

You can, if you wish, use angelic rulers instead of planetary ones for the magical hours, or combine the energies of both. In practice, if your magick has a spiritual focus or is concerned with healin...

A Ritual to meet your Guardian Angel

Spirit work in the hoodoo and conjure tradition often involves enlisting the psychic aid of discarnate entities in order to accomplish specific prayerful, spiritual, or spell-casting goals. Spirit Wor...

Different classes of angels

There are many different classes of angels, and they can vary from the merciful Healing Angels to the daunting Angels of Judgment, and the fierce Reapers. An angel can be a pacifist or a bloodthirsty ...

Planets and Angels

Different days of the week and hours of the day and night are associated with specific energies and each particular time is ruled by a planet and an archangel. Though these were primarily centred on c...

Cimaruta

The cimaruta, or cima di ruta, is an unusual and beautiful amulet, pertaining to Italian witch lore. A fine example of the cimaruta is reproduced as an illustration in this book. The name of this amul...

Crosses

The Cross, is one of the oldest amulets in the world, predating Christianity by many centuries. In the commonest form of a cross, all four arms are of equal length, rather than in a T-shape. Crosses h...

Ankh

The Egyptian symbol of life, regeneration, the universe and immortality, the ankh, which means “life” and “hand mirror,” is a tau, or looped cross. Witches and Pagans wear it as an amulet against nega...

The History of Amulets

Amulets are Objects imbued with magical properties that protect against bad luck, illness and evil. Amulets are universal and are answers to age old needs, such as, to be healthy, to be virile and fer...

Amulet

An amulet is an object that has been left in its virgin state and has been psychically charged with a specific purpose in mind. Amulets are passive in their abilities to communicate energy patterns. O...

Amulets Descriptions

Ankh The ankh symbol stands for, everlasting life and regeneration. The ankh amulet works best when, made from wood, metal, or faience. The ankh helps its wearer live life to the fullest degree and is...

All-Purpose Healing Amulet

Items Needed. Garlic. Eucalyptus. Cinnamon. Sage. Method Lay the pouch on a hard surface and smooth out all the wrinkles. Using the red cloth paint or marker, draw the following “healing symbol” on th...

A Feather for Your Altar

Some representation of air, commonly something scented like incense, essential oils, or smudges, or else a flying bird’s feather goes in the East, to represent Air. Sacred scents are used to cleanse a...

Pagan Witches Altar

An Altar is an Elevated place where ceremonies are conducted and where offerings are made to a deity or deities. The altar has ancient associations with the Goddess and Mother Earth, who rule the whee...

Ancestor Altars

The Samhain season is a wonderful time to create an ancestor altar in your home. This can be a permanent dedicated space to honor your Beloved Dead year-round, or a temporary set-up for use during Sam...

Magical Ways, The Altar

In basics, an altar is known as a  spell table or a magical work table. A great deal of magic does not need the presence of an altar, however certain rites and rituals may be further empowered wi...

Basic Tools for an Altar

First of all, it is important to remember that tools, herbs, candles, crystals and so on are not actually necessary to work magic. Your own energy and the power of your mind, as well as the blessings ...

Basic Materials for an Altar

Altar Cloths. A variety of coverings, can be used for the Altar, depending upon the ritual and the season. Attractively patterned sarongs, are sometimes used for this purpose. Beverages. A variety of ...

Kitchen Altar

Kitchen witches spend much of their time in the kitchen, combining magic and cooking to create sacred food, spells and herbal remedies. The kitchen is therefore an ideal place to set up an altar, both...

Tips on using your Altar

To set up an altar, you will need some kind of large flat surface. A table or a cupboard will do. You can use the drawers for storage and cover it with a cloth. It does not really matter what shape th...

Tips for buying products for your Altar

You can often buy tools and supplies for your altar inexpensively at witchy conventions or on the internet. However, ordinary, non-witchy shops can also be good places to look. For example, for an ath...

Witches Altar

An altar is a sacred place where tools are placed during a Witches’ ritual and magic. Traditionally, the altar stands in the center of the circle of energy raised by the participant(s) in the ritual. ...

Outdoor Witches Altar

Place a small element altar (make sure to use weatherproof items) outside; A bowl to collect rainwater for the birds, A chime to catch the breeze, A bird feeder and a candle to light in the evenings. ...

Empowering Your Altar

You can empower your altar, as a reflection of the positive aspects, of your changing life, by placing on it other small items, that carry happy memories for you. These might include, stones, or shell...

Creating an Altar to Yourself

You may be uncomfortable with the idea of worshipping yourself or not feel you’re worth worshipping. That should change! Everyone has a spark of the Divine inside them. That is worth honoring. You are...

lammas: Setting Up Your Lammas (Lughnasadh) Altar

It’s Lammas, or Lughnasadh, the Sabbat where many Pagans choose to celebrate the beginnings of the harvest. This Sabbat is about the cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth—the grain god dies, bu...

Solitary Pagan Witches: How to Create an Altar for Your Practice

Solitary Pagan Witches often have a special place in their homes, known as an altar, where they can connect with their spirituality and perform rituals. The altar is a sacred space that is used for me...

AIR MAGICK, Knot the Wind

Items Needed. Three-strand of blue cord. A Compass. The calling or raising of the wind is can be seen as a very outdated magickal process, initially used when the wind was vital for cruising. Witches ...

Air Incense and Fragrance

A listing of some of the incenses and fragrances associated with the element of air Ambergris (love, lust) Wear ambergris to attract love. Mix Ambergris with a small amount of vanilla, burn on the nig...

The Elements of Wind, Its Powers, & Color

North Wind: is the color of pitch black. The north wind is known to help in cleansing the negative energies that would get in your aura and or thoughts in the mind. Good for any cleansing spell in ret...

Working with Feathers

At times when working your craft with the element of air, bird may come into your mind. After all, they spend most of their lives in the air. They often “gift” us with feathers and these feathers can ...

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Abramelin the Mage 

The Book of Abramelin tells the story of an Egyptian mage named Abraham, or Abra-Melin, who taught a system of magic to Abraham of Worms, a Jew in Worms, Germany, presumed to have lived from c. 1362–c...

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