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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.

Motivation / Creativity / Inspiration Low Budget Spell Jar

What you will Need:

🖤 Any Type of Jar, I used small craft jars I purchased from the dollar store!

🖤 Yellow Candle

🖤 Palo Santo *

🖤 Lavender

🖤 Pink Himalayan Salt

🖤 Frankincense

🖤 Paper and a Pen



* This is all I had available to me, remember your intentions when making this jar. Please know Palo Santo is endangered and is part of closed practices with Indigenous People.

Starting:

- Cleanse your jar, go ahead and talk to yourself if you want!

- I made a sigil for my jar, if you want you can look up creativity, motivation, inspiration pre-made sigils or make your own!

- Roll the paper up, and insert it in your jar.

- Next, Layer the lavender, pink Himalayan salt, and frankincense until you reach the top of your jar. I made sure my sigil was fully covered with my materials.

- After I felt like I had enough in my jar, I put the cork in it and then sealed it with a yellow candle.

- I did not do this, but even add shards of Carnelian, Citrine, or tangerine quartz! Make sure to do your research with crystals before you add them into your work. These were some crystals I had in mind that helps boost creativity. Remember, this is YOUR jar. Add what applies to you.

* I do want to note that this may not work for everyone, or it will take a couple of tries until you feel like your spell has worked. It’s okay to try again in the future! This personally helped with me. *

* almost all of my materials were given to me, definitely check out your local dollar store in the craft area if you want small jars with a cork. They work for me the best!*

太陽のような私の人生 @beomie-313

witchcraft 101: veiling!

today we’re gonna be discussing veiling. veiling is the act of covering your hair/head either partially or fully. this could be anything from wearing a bandana to wearing a full coverage headscarf.

there are many reasons why a pagan or witch may participate in veiling, here are a few:

as a reminder of a connection with a deity (usually deities such as hestia but it can be any deity)

as an offering or devotional act to a deity

as a reminder of what is above us

to cover or protect the crown chakra

to help with grounding

for shielding (this is often used by empaths)

to focus power or focus the mind

to signify adulthood/womanhood (!! this does not mean that men or nonbinary people can’t veil!! i’m nonbinary and i veil a lot)

as a practise of modesty

because it brings comfort to a person

in old traditions, a witches hair is said to be a measure of their power so people cover their hair in order to protect it

often people veil during rituals as it helps them get in the right mindset

i hope you guys found this helpful!! if you know of any other reasons to veil let me know but these are probably the most common ones used.

“When disgust or revulsion is confronted and overcome, what was at first disgusting can become delicious.”

—

Carolyn Korsmeyer, ‘Delightful, Delicious, Disgusting’, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 60, no. 3 (2002)

She’s specifically referring here to the deliberate cultivation of a “refined palate”, which usually involves developing a taste for what is bitter, pungent and even rotten. But I’m also thinking about developing a taste for something out of necessity, and then continuing to enjoy it when it’s no longer necessary for your survival.

Our personal taste for food is always a reflection of our childhood diet, and no matter how much you develop your palate you’ll never fully disconnect it from your earliest experiences. And this is true of other kinds of tastes as well, other kinds of appetites and sensual pleasures.

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.

The Cat Returns (2002)