˳✧༚ ☽ witchy activities to strengthen your craft & relationship with yourself ☾ ˚✧⁎
☾ perform literally any type of self care! our energy is constantly being drained either in spellwork, studying, or everyday life. you deserve it. (take a shower, drink some water, make some food, etc. don’t underestimate the power of taking care of yourself!)
☾ get some air dry clay and have fun with creating! you can make witchy items such as a pendulum, pendants, offerings, amulets to write talismans/sigils on, etc. and it’s even better because you’re making it with your own intent!
☾ when stressed, take a moment to connect with mother nature. this can be done wherever, even inside. imagine you are sitting in the grass. your roots are intertwined with those in the earth. they are giving you energy and strength. remind yourself everything is in divine timing.
☾ decorate your bos/grimoire and make it more ‘you’! remember, perfection is a completely made up term to make people overwork themselves. it doesn’t exist. what works for you, is perfect. what’s made with your hands, and your mind, is perfect.
☾ create a witchy playlist for when you’re doing spellwork/studying witchcraft! music can be incredibly uplifting. i’ve even created a witchy playlist for my blog! (check it out if you want hehe)
☾ wake up with the sun, go to sleep with the moon. have daily conversations with them both. realize they are your friends and are always there for you.
☾ record when you make mistakes magically! i know, this sounds like a nightmare to most neurodivergents. but you can use this to your advantage! you will learn from them, and eventually figure out what’s works for you and what doesn’t. knowing what works for you will empower you.
☾ carve sigils into your furniture for further protection! (and i mean your furniture, not your parents, roommates or siblings. please don’t vandalize things that aren’t yours)
☾ don’t stress yourselves out over labels. it can be fun to be this and that, but there is absolutely NO obligation to call yourself a certain type of witch! i have some witch friends that simply vibe, and practice all types. you can simply be a witch if you’d like.
☾ create your own set of rules/reminders/moral code to follow (ex. bible). although a lot of witches that i’ve met usually all follow the same type of moral code; if you’re not hurting anyone/anything, or meddling in anyone’s life, do what you please.
☾ cleanse your room/home! you’ll feel better, and sleep better. you can do this with incense, sunlight, sound, or herbs (please only use white sage if you’re native or if it has been gifted to you by a native person).
☾ don’t let ANYONE tell you how to do magic! it’s your craft! it doesn’t concern anyone else but you. if someone tries to tell you you’re doing something wrong, pay them no mind. (unless they are telling you that you are appropriating a culture, or something of the sorts then LISTEN!!!!)
A tea spell for getting past emotional pain/exhaustion and bringing in comfort and self love -💌
Collect: a mug, vanilla black tea (or black tea and vanilla extract), cinnamon, milk (or milk substitute), honey, rose quartz and/or amethyst
Take your mug and put in your tea bag with a sprinkle of cinnamon (and vanilla extract if you’re using that)
Fill up the mug with milk and heat it to your desired temperature
Take a heaping spoonful of honey and stir it in, clockwise to bring comforting/empowering energy and counterclockwise to banish negativity and emotional pain
Charge your tea with the rose quartz and/or amethyst
Sit down with your tea
Put your hands around the mug and feel the warmth and comfort
As you’re drinking the tea slowly, imagine it healing you from the inside out; targeting your emotions, your mind and your heart, and then radiating that energy to the outside
i. azra t / ii. beverly peele by ellen von unwerth / iii. george shiras / iv. yasmin mohamed yonis / v. ganja & hess (bill gunn) / vi. agusto cury / vii. jil sander / viii. ? / ix. christopher lee / x. ganja & hess (bill gunn)
Clarice Lispector, from “Where Were You at Night”, Soulstorm: Stories (tr. Alexis Levitin)
Artwork by @CraftingWitch on Instagram
Rose quartz is the stone of the Goddess. It not only activates and balances the Heart Chakra, it also links with the heart of the Earth and the heart of the Universe. rose quartz is a beautiful pale pink stone that has been a favorite among witches and mystics alike for hundreds of years. Not only being a perfect stone for enhancing romance and attracting love, rose quartz is a mothering crystal; inspiring nurture to one’s self if one has lost their own mother or has not had a strong mother figure. It promotes bonding and is a good stone to place on the stomach during pregnancy to give your baby extra loving vibes.
🌷Rose quartz symbolism🌷
💛Goddess: Aphrodite - Astarte - Turan
💙Element: Water/Earth
💚Chakra: Heart
🖤Numerology number: 9
🤎Astrology: Taurus/Scorpio
🧡Planet: Venus
🤍Tarot: The Empress
🌷What is rose quartz used for?🌷
Rose quartz is used whenever you want to bring loving energy into your life. You can infuse water with rose quartz, sleep with rose quartz, carry it, put it on your altar…
🌷What is “charging”?🌷
To charge a crystal is to place your intention into it. Many hold their quartz and tell it what you want it to do. You can also generally charge it without a specific intention with earth energy or moon energy.
🌷How do I cleanse rose quartz?🌷
✨-There are a few methods you can try.
One is putting it outside in a bowl of salt water under the full moon all night.
✨-You can bury your rose quartz in the earth to cleanse it. I like to leave it in the earth for three days to ensure it is fully cleansed and charged.
✨-Sage is an easy way to cleanse stones, though it isn’t as potent as if you did what was listed above. Mostly because sage is a much quicker process than dedicating hours or days to cleansing and charging.
🌷Why do my crystals disappear?🌷
Crystals can have a lot of energy stored into them after charging. They can disappear and reappear at will, depending on the energy of the crystal. It doesn’t mean it is “angry” or anything if you used it for magick and it disappeared for awhile.
🌷What if I don’t have a spiritual connection to my rose quartz?🌷
Sometimes crystals choose the people. It doesn’t mean you can’t connect with a different rose quartz. It might be best to give it to a friend or to put it on display.
I hope this was helpful! Have fun with your rose quartz!
Clarice Lispector, from “A Breath of Life”, published posthumously in Brazil in the late 1970s
Being mentally ill doesn't make you less of a witch.
Your medications are important and they help your magic, they don't hinder it.
Your deities understand if your worship is different because of your mental illness.
Your deities have thousands of years worth of experience with every type of worshipper, including ones with mental illness.
Your witchcraft is beautiful.
Adding positivity into a world that is filled with so much hate is something that I think every witch should strive to do. Even if it's just bringing positivity to yourself. The world sucks, we have to make it not.
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“I hope one day we can forgive each other for not being what we wanted each other to be”
— Kriti G.