A Deep Room Cleanse

The state of my room is extremely important to me. It’s a direct reflection of my mental health, so when it’s messy, my energy levels are low and I just feel yucky. There’s no way I’m getting any kind of work done, magical or mundane. When it feels good and clean to be in, it’s a lot easier to deal with my symptoms and be productive. You don’t have to do every step every time of course, but each step has helped me so I figured a list like this might help someone.

Change the lighting. Use natural sources of light (like pulling back the curtains and letting the sun in) over artificial ones. If you have salt lamps to turn on, those are still very nice. If you need artificial light to keep it from being too dark, try to prioritize light bulbs you like the color of, and ones that don’t whistle quietly when they’re on.

Change the airflow. Open a window, if you can. Often our rooms feel yucky because the air is stale. Get some fresh air moving. If it’s too cold, it’s okay to only keep it open for a few minutes or put on a coat while you work because you’re stubborn like me.

Change the sound. Put on your favorite cleansing music. Let it soak into the room. I tend to go or ambient spa stuff, or playlists that sound built for a rainy day. (Note: the music that helps you cleanse the best may not be the same as what you like the most. The playlist should keep you focused/uplifted while you work and reflect the vibes you want your room to have.)

Change the smell. Take out the trash, maybe refresh the sheets on your bed. Light a scented candle, some incense, heat up some oil, something to make your room smell distinctly different from the mucky-feeling room from before. (If your method of choice is something short like a room spray, I actually like doing it at the very end.)

Actually clean and organize. Nothing junks up the energy of a room more quicker than actual junk. Organize everything as much as you can (this might mean finally gutting your closet, even if you can close the door and hide it.) Wipe down any surfaces that need it, get everything fresh and functional again. Do some laundry while you work. If you have clothes or trinkets that are just collecting dust, extra points for purging them!

Cleanse any sacred spaces by themselves. A lot of us have altars or shrines in our rooms. A sacred space can also be just an extra important area of your room, like a reading nook. Make sure to give them extra attention! You don’t need to wipe the board energetically (and probably shouldn’t), but taking a little extra time to clean surfaces, straighten up, and make sure everything feels okay on them goes a long way.

Cleanse in your regular way. Bust out the herb bundles, the bells, the ribbons, the broom, whatever you usually do to cleanse a space! The room is SUPER primed for it now, most of the negative energy probably already feels removed if not broken down. A good once-over with your favorite cleansing method should finish it off nicely.

Refresh any wards or protections. Self explanatory. If you maintain energy borders in your room, now is a good time to check in on them and zhoosh them if needed. Keep the space clean for longer!

Practice self-care. Take a shower, a nap, eat some food, whatever you need. You’ve put in a lot of work and you deserve it.

🌳Walnut Tree

The walnut tree is connected to the planet Jupiter, and the Sun. It is of the fire and earth element. Its qualities are healing, fertility, love, and mental acuity.✨

🌱Carry the nuts to enhance fertility, and strengthen the heart.

🌱Wearing walnut leaves either as a crown or around a hat, is said to prevent headaches.

🌱There is a legend that in the Golden Age humans lived on acorns but the Gods lived on walnuts, hence the genus name Juglans (walnut) comes from ‘Jovis Glans,’ meaning nut of Jupiter.

🌱If you receive a gift of walnuts, your wishes will come true.

🌱A bride who desired to postpone childbearing would wear in her bodice as many roasted walnuts as years she wishes to avoid childbirth.

🌱There is a legend named, ‘The Witches of Benevento,’ which according to the medieval legend; beneath the famous ‘Tree of Benevento’ which is said to have been a walnut tree that stood on the banks of the Sabato River, was a place where witches from around the world gathered to perform pagan rituals. Barbatus, a Christian saint, had the walnut tree cut down in an effort to halt the pagan proceedings. Centuries later, the legend formed when reports of witches’ gatherings was circulating in Benevento. The gathering took place underneath a walnut tree that was believed to be the same tree Barbatus had cut down. The tree was rumored to re-appear on the nights of the witch’s sabbats,

🌱The fall equinox was the time to perform the yearly ritual of gathering walnuts in their green hulls. The fresh green rinds are peeled and added to healing salves.

🌱The husks and leaves of the walnut may be infused in boiled water, cooled, and poured on plants that are plagued by worms or other insect pests.

🌱The green unripe husks are antiseptic, germicidal, vermicidal, and a parasiticide.

🌱A wand from the wood of a walnut tree is great for spells involving astral travel, weather work, healing, and empowerment.

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Witchy Starter Terms

Ground- Clearing/releasing excess energy and also connecting your own energy with the earth’s.

Center- Usually done after Grounding to calm your emotions, mind, and body to be physically and magickally ready to act.

Cleanse- Removing negative energies from an object or a space. Also works on people.

Charge - To infuse an object with personal or external power/intent.

Intent- the energy/focus of the magick and energy you’re working up.

Visualize - Forming mental images. It is done to direct energy during spell work. Much like imagination.

Banish- To magickally end something, Or to rid the presence of. Definitely works on people.

Consecrate- The blessing of an object or place by instilling it with positivity.

Sabbat- The Witches/Pagans festivals or Holidays and changing of the seasons

Talisman- An object charged with personal power to attract a specific force or energy to the wearer. Also known as an amulet.

Cowan- a formally derogatory slang word for a non-Witch, it is now more like the term “muggle” from HP.

Book of Shadows- your (or your coven’s AKA group of 13 or so witches) personal magickal records. You would write tarot readings, associations, and spell outcomes here.

Grimoire- the book of spells of a witch.

Burning Times- A term used by Witches for the period of persecution in the Middle Ages and later on. The Catholic Church oppressed many witches, pagans, and Jewish people. The only actual burnings happened were only in Scotland, and on the continent of Europe. In England and the U.S.A, they were hanged to death.

Esbat- Weekly or biweekly meeting of a coven. Typically held either on the full moon or the new moon.

Old Religion- Another name for the Craft.

Spell- A physical, mental, or verbal directing of magickal energies toward the accomplishment of some goal.

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Animal Preservation

Here’s a post to preserving animals in as many forms as I can shove in here/am aware about. Please feel free to reblog and add more links!

Taxidermy

Mountable vs Non-mountable Pelts (visual guide)

Mountable Pelt (visual)

How to Reshape a Face on a Pelt

Making a Soft Mount Coyote

Mounting a Persian Leopard (gore tw)

Salt and Alum Tanning Rabbit Hides

Finger Fleshing Rabbit Hides

Tru Bond Tanning

Egg Tanning

Fleshing a Coyote (video)

Taxidermy Quality Pelt

Collecting

Bone Collecting for Beginners

Bone Collecting in Scotland

Roadkill Collector’s Arsenal

Using Hydrogen Peroxide to Whiten Bones

Whitening Tutorial

Why to not Boil or Bleach Bones

Degreasing Tutorial

Processing and Cleaning Bones

Feather Identification

Decomposing in Pots

Choosing the Right Method for Cleaning

Cleaning With Maceration

An American Vultures Guide to (legally!) Working Around the MBTA

Studying Owl Pellets

How to Clean Feathers

How to Blow Out Eggs

Preservation

Forum Thread on Rat Preservation

Preserving Animals

Alcohol Preservation

Preserve Moss

Preserve Bird Nests

Dry Flowers

Salt/Borax Drying

Preserve a Wasp Nest

Insects

Relaxing Jar Tutorial

Basic Insect Pinning Tutorial

Insect Relaxing

Insect Pinning

Carving

Bone Carving Tools

Working With Horn

Legal Issues

United States Animal Parts Laws

Legal Birds to Collect From (US)

Migratory Birds Protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Wild Bird Laws (Scotland)

Birds Protected in Canada

Schedules (UK)

US Cat & Dog Fur

International Shipping

Taxidermy Regulations

Misc

Vulture Culture shirt by NaturePunk

Book Suggestions

Vultures Around the World

Fur Sewing

Another Masterpost by Pastoriagym

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Ecological wooden elder futhark runes by MissivetoBears

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Brigid

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✨🌊 Sea Glass 🌊✨

Sea Glass is often overlooked magickally and there isn’t much information out there but they are indeed magickal. They are like gifts from the water 🌊

Use it as you would a crystal. Carry some around with you (as itself or jewelry), put them on your altar to represent the water element or use them as a grid….. etc…