Author: A Solitary Pagan
Dream Work
Dream work is another relevant practice. Dreams reveal a great many “secrets” about ourselves and our thought processes. Even the most mundane dreams can possess enlightening revelations. By keeping a dream journal and working on interpreting them you may come to find some useful tidbits of information buried in your psyche. This exercise may prove fairly difficult, especially if you have trouble ...
Spiders in Myth and Folklore
Nearly all cultures have some sort of spider mythology, and folktales about these crawly creatures abound! Hopi (Native American): In the Hopi creation story, Spider Woman is the goddess of the earth. Together with Tawa, the sun god, she creates the first living beings. Eventually, the two of them create First Man and First Woman – Tawa conceptualizes them while Spider Woman molds them from clay. ...
How to Make a Witches Ladder
To make your basic witch’s ladder, you’ll need: Yarn or cord in three different colorsNine items that are similar in property but in different colors (nine beads, nine shells, nine buttons, etc)Cut the yarn so that you have three different pieces in a workable length – usually a yard or so is good. Although you can use the traditional red, white and black, there’s no hard and fast rule that ...
How to Start Learning Spells
Once you start practising witchcraft, you have to deal with learning spells. This can be a bit of a chore but it shouldn’t be too difficult. Some really easy spells will only have a couple of steps and few words to learn. Longer spells can be more complex and there can be long pieces of dialogue involved. Now before we go any farther, just remember that a spell read from a book is still better tha...
Witching Hour
Witching hour, in folklore, the time at night when the powers of witches and other supernatural beings are believed to be strongest, usually occurring at midnight or 3:00 AM. The term also has a modern colloquial meaning that refers to a time of unpredictable or volatile activity, such as the unsettled, colicky sleep of infants or the final hours of stock trading. The association of witches with m...
Gems for Depression
Smoky Quartz: for grounding, removes negative and excess energy.Kunzite: Beautiful light pink stone that is known for its powerful abilities to help one heal emotional disorders. Releases tension, restores peace, calming.Lepidolite: Helps one remove negative thoughts, especially obsessive ones. Is also known to help stabilize mood swings, and balances excessive energies.Tiger’s Eye: Grounds energy...
Swamp Witch Black Water Hattie
Swamp Witch Black Water Hattie is a witch who lived in the swamps and bayous Florida. Although there are unknown tales and stories of Hattie the most well known legend is the song written by Jim Stafford. Hattie’s tales date back before Jim Stafford’s song but most of those stories haven’t been told or heard by anyone outside of Louisiana. However what is known is that the towns ...
Bind a Black Box
Create a magickal barrier around you to banish all the negative, and bring some protection into your personal life. A small black boxBlack or dark purple tissue paperA small personal token that fits in the boxSea saltLength of coarse twineShard of broken glassThe box should be black, but it’s better if you can paint it yourself though using one that is black to begin with is fine too. Small ...
What is the origin of the term Tree hugger?
“The first tree huggers were 294 men and 69 women belonging to the Bishnois branch of Hinduism, who, in 1730, died while trying to protect the trees in their village from being turned into the raw material for building a palace. They literally clung to the trees, while being slaughtered by the foresters. But their action led to a royal decree prohibiting the cutting of trees in any Bishnoi v...
Never forget that your magick
The truth of life is that every year we get farther away from the essence that is born within us. We get shouldered with burdens, some of them good, some of them not so good. Things happen to us. Loved ones die. People get in wrecks and get crippled. People lose their way, for one reason or another. It’s not hard to do, in this world of crazy mazes. Life itself does its best to take that memory of...
Fame Spell’
You will need the following items for this spell: 1 Glass of water1 mirror to have behind the glassImageyourselfyour voiceTake the glass of water and place it infront of the mirror.Look through the glass and see yourself in the mirror imagine you standing there when suddenly people come running towards you then say: “The people oh so quick,but I feel only like a stick,one stuck on a branch w...
Spell to get Something.’
You will need the following items for this spell: A charm related to the object you’re trying to get, or a candle/incense/oil burner. Place incense/oil burner/candle on an alter if you have one if not ignore the pieces about incense/oil burners/candles. Then get your charm and place it next to the candle/oil burner/incense, light the candle/incense/oil burner and say: ”Ancient God and ...