Author: A Solitary Pagan
You are a Witch!
I’m a What?A witch, you say?Let me tell you why that’s perfectly okay!I’m filled with magic from head to toeBut things don’t just happen when I twitch my nose.What’s that? A warty face and talking toads?Come now, that misconception is pretty old.Let me tell you all about the real me …Then maybe… just maybe you will see.My book of shadows is merely the pages of my mind.That magic candle burning bri...
Emotional Awareness
Emotional awareness is similar to introspection, though it is more concerned with real-time emotions. You can practice this anytime you experience any negative emotions by being present with them rather than trying to change or escape them. This is where shadow work begins to get a little more intense and indubitably uncomfortable, sometimes leading you down an agonizing rabbit hole. Most of us ar...
Dream Work in Magick
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.
Magical Journaling
Journaling serves as an ideal basis for practicing shadow work. In the beginning stages, it is a very basic, low intensity exercise that most anyone can do without worry of incurring any significant mental or emotional trauma– one might experience mild discomfort or aversion at worst. I recommend journaling as a continued practice to track the progress you make through other forms of shadow work a...
Astral Doubles: Doppelgangers, Flying Witches & Werewolves
In ancient times, astral projection was a natural, spiritual phenomena. One that was considered a gift and a sacred ability. It went hand-in-hand with shamanic journeying, witchcraft practices, and shapeshifting rituals. Here, you learn how the astral double left the body to warn others of oncoming danger, traverse the spiritual and otherworldly realms, and shift forms into other creatures. And we...
Witches Brew Recipe For The Witches New Year
Upon the coming of Samhain, the Witches New Year, it is tradition to craft a magickal witches brew, essentially a hot mulled wine made with red wine or apple cider, visionary herbs, spices of Samhain and flowers to increase our psychic awareness. As we invite our ancestors to pass through the veil into the world of the living from the spirit world, use as a gracious offering by placing a separate ...
Pagan Prayers for the Samhain Sabbat
Looking for prayers to celebrate the Pagan sabbat of Samhain? Try some of these, which honor the ancestors and celebrate the end of the harvest and the cycle of life, death and rebirth. Feel free to adapt them as needed, to fit the specifics of your own tradition and belief system. A Prayer For the Final Harvest This prayer honors the end of the harvest, and the dying of the earth, at the Samhain ...
Samhain Ritual for the Beginner Witch
Samhain, the final harvest festival of the year, marks the Witches New Year. The veil between worlds is at its thinnest, making this a good time to contact passed loved ones and do some divination. Samhain is often celebrated by honoring ancestors and loved ones who have passed. It is common to light a candle and place it in a West facing window to guide the souls of loved ones back home and to se...
Purifying Lemon Bay Salt
Combing the purifying powers of salt, uplifting cleansing lemon and protective purifying bay leaves in this simple way to cleanse and remove unwanted energy. great for dorm rooms or areas where cleansing with smoke isn’t allowed. Materials Needed: Very small bowl or cupSea Salt3 Bay LeavesLemon JuiceGather and collect materials.Fill your chosen container with salt, then add a few drops of lemon ju...
Banishing Spell: Slander and Gossip
Items: cauldron – a piece of paperTime: Night, Waning Moon Ritual: Light a small fire in a cauldron or whatever you have available to contain the fire. Write on a piece of paper that is 3×3″, the word Rumors and the rumors that are being spread about you. Do not write the names of those who are slandering you! You do not want to harm them and suffer the consequences with karma! Be thinking of thes...
Ancestor Altar: How to Create Sacred Space for Your Ancestors
If you’re beginning to develop a relationship with your ancestors, setting up an ancestor altar is essential. It gives you a place to connect on a regular basis. It serves as a reminder that your ancestors are present. Learn how to set up your ancestor altar here with our step-by-step process. And how to maintain it. How To Set Up Your Ancestor Altar: Step by StepDon’t worry about what altars look...
Jack O’ Lantern
Oh, he be a beast of a little man. Why that stingy old Jack O’ Lantern. Forever he shall be a lost soul as he wanders the realms of no mans lands.Neither heaven nor hell will let him in. Why, even the faery folk they turned him away. O, he thought he could fool the devil and a fool he be to think so.O, here he beThere he beWandering freeO, here he beThere he beLooking for theeO, here he beThere he...