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💀Osteomancy Masterpost💀
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What is Throwing The Bones? (ladyalthaea)
Introduction to Osteomancy (spellsofmagic)
Bone Reading Intro & Starting Guide (archaichoney)
How to Make and Read Your Own Osteomancy Set (otherworldlyoracle)
How To Make And Use A Powerful Bone Throwing Divination Set (thetravelingwitch)
How to Divine by Throwing Bones (deathwitchenvy)
Bone Divination (learnreligions)
Throwing The Bones: Finding Your Future (spiritualityhealth)
Learn to Read Bones (coursecraft)
Bone Throwing (aminoapps)
Witches who practice bone throwing, what is in your set and what meanings do they have for you? (reddit)
Bone Correspondences
Not all spells that go wrong are “backfires.” A backfire occurs when a spell’s result is antithetical to the result you wanted to cause — it causes a negative outcome, often coming back onto you as the caster, but sometimes creating the opposite effect as was desired on the target. For example, casting a money attraction spell and losing a wallet full of cash as a result would be considered a backfire. A spell that fizzles, does nothing, or produces an unexpected (but not negative) side-effect wouldn’t be a backfire (in my opinion, that is).
Most spells that go wrong aren’t backfires. In general, you’re likelier to have a spell that acts unexpectedly or that simply fizzles than one that blows up in your face somehow. You shouldn’t be anxious about a backfire. But, as someone with lots of experience in the realm of worrying about worst-case scenarios, I understand the impulse.
The solution is to understand what can go wrong, how to prevent it, and what to do in the event of an actual worst-case scenario. My goal with this post (and with this WWGW series) is to help you feel less anxious about spells going wrong and more prepared to deal with whatever comes your way.
So, let’s start from the beginning.
Risk assessment, mitigation, and management. Fellow corporate drones (former or current) will know exactly what I’m talking about here. The idea is to predict possible ways that things can go wrong and either prevent them entirely or put strategies in place to deal with them ahead of time. It’s damage control before the damage occurs.
Now, the key here is to not go overboard. Fellow chronic worriers will know the horrible allure of going down every possible path of anxiety, only to find ourselves paralyzed entirely by the fear that something will go wrong. Remember that most spells do not backfire. In most cases, the worst thing (and most common negative outcome, in my experience) that can happen is that nothing happens. The next most common is unexpected side effects, but those are usually easily dealt with.
The goal is to ensure the success of the spell. For example, when you’re looking for a new place to live, you don’t want to just look for the number of bedrooms and the finishes in the kitchen. You want to account for the appliances, the heating/cooling systems, the quality of the flooring, signs of water damage, signs of mold… all sorts of things.
A similar concept applies to accounting for backfires/failures in spellwork. You want to close loopholes and think about the outcomes you specifically don’t want — and then incorporate ways to prevent those things from happening.
The spell fully backfires. By “fully backfires,” I mean that it completely fails and creates the exact opposite outcome to what you were going for. Using a love spell as an example, this could include the target leaving your life, forming negative opinions of you, or becomes interested in someone else (particularly if you were trying to pull attention from that someone else onto yourself).
The spell is bounced back to you. This is more unusual than you think! I often see the warning about spells being redirected back at the caster in arguments against hexing and cursing others. I’ve had exactly one spell reversed back at me, and it was because the target was 1. A witch, and 2. Expecting it.
The spell’s primary result is unexpected. Not necessarily bad, just not what you meant to do. For example, casting a spell to get a promotion at work and discovering that your close friend is getting a promotion instead.
The spell has unexpected side effects. Like casting a spell for good luck on yourself and having everyone around you experience good luck, too. Or casting a spell that successfully improves your workplace’s vibe, only to find out that the mean coworker nobody likes finally got fired, and that’s why everyone is more relaxed and cheerful. Or, more negatively, you do get that promotion you cast for, but now you’re saddled with more work than you can handle, because your bosses think you’re highly capable of it all!
The spell does absolutely nothing. Perhaps one of the more common ways a spell can go wrong, this is exactly what it says on the tin. You put the energy in, you did all the steps, but the spell just… doesn’t go anywhere. In other words, it fizzles and simply doesn’t work at all.
As with most topics in witchcraft, there’s an infinite amount of nuance to apply here. There are more ways spells can go wrong, and not all of these things would necessarily be considered “going wrong.”
It may be worth deducing why the spell went wrong. Was it the materials? The petition or incantation? A lack of energy, or maybe an overabundance? Spirit influence? Protections surrounding the target? Knowing what exactly went wrong can help you prevent the same issues in the future, but it can also help you to better fix the spell in the moment.
The particulars are going to depend heavily on your personal practice, the type of spell you’re doing, and how detailed you want to get. These suggestions are based on things I personally take into account when I’m trying to close loopholes and prevent unwanted outcomes.
Be specific in your wording. Especially if your spell has any kind of spoken or written component, be as specific as you can. “Draw money to me” is a general sentiment that could absolutely work, but what money is it bringing in? A bonus at work? A dollar on the street? A gift from grandma? Inheritance? It could be anything at that point. “Draw good, repeat customers to my small business to help me reach my profit goal of $10,000 before the end of the year” is specific, focused, and measurable. There isn’t much room for surprise side effects.
Choose ingredients carefully. Work with ingredients whose purposes you know. In my spell recipes, I list every ingredient’s correspondence, because in my practice, those things matter. Ensure that the “active ingredients” in your spell align with your goal properly. Rogue elements create rogue effects!
Include failsafe measures. As in, create ways you can cancel the spell at any point. This can have the side effect of making your spells easier to undo, particularly if your target is also a witch who understands how you construct your spells. If doing this, it’s best to create a method that is obscured and unique to you.
Add ingredients or instructions specifically to avoid particular side effects or outcomes. Find a component or two that can protect your working from unwanted effects, backfires, and interference. Include instructions for the spell for things it shouldn’t do. For example, trying to create issues for one particular person at work shouldn’t harm their innocent teammates.
The first step to consider is undoing the spell. Not all paradigms allow for this, so it may not be possible for you. For me, it depends on the particular spell and how much change it’s created. The bigger the impact, the less likely a simple undo will work.
Still, it’s worth a try. Undoing a spell might take a few forms, depending on how you originally cast it:
Take the spell apart. Disassemble the spell into its components and cleanse them of the spell’s energy.
Destroy the vessel and components. Burning, tearing, burying, flushing, throwing away, and so forth. Be careful to not bury things that could harm the earth, animals, or people — including glass, salt, and plastics. Compost and recycle when you can.
Dismiss spirits working within the spell. End the contract around the spell’s working and request that the spirits stop powering it. You could also request their assistance in undoing the spell. You may have to make offerings either way, depending on the terms of your agreement.
Perform the spell in reverse. This includes speaking incantations backwards, performing all actions backwards, taking components apart, re-cleansing, and putting things away where you originally got them from.
Draw the spell’s energy/effects out of the target’s body and/or the affected area. Using energy work, absorb the spell’s energy into a vessel. Capture it and either allow it to dissipate or bottle it up to keep it in check. I don’t recommend absorbing the energy into yourself, as that may draw the spell’s unwanted effects to you (or make them worse).
I typically employ a combination of strategies to undo a spell, if it’s possible in the first place. If it’s a simple spell, performing it in reverse is the easiest method. I’ll then cleanse, destroy, and dispose of the materials.
But when it isn’t possible to simply undo the spell…
…The answer might be to cast another one. In my mind, there are several ways to do this.
The first is to cast a spell to negate the original’s effects completely. I would approach this method the same way as any other spell. Focus on the effects you’re looking to negate, and cast accordingly. A banishing spell would work well for this to shoo away the spell’s energy, but a cleansing spell to clear the target would also work. Or, you can get more specific. For example, if a spell has generated a string of unlucky events, you could cast a spell for good luck in order to nullify the bad luck of the first spell. The goal would be to cancel out the original spell’s effects in some way.
The second way is to cast a spell to adjust the original’s outcome. There are a lot of ways to do this. You could directly modify the original spell by adding or removing ingredients that might’ve caused the negative outcome, redo written or spoken incantations/petitions, or cast a “companion spell” to redirect the original’s energy to a more favorable end. For example, in a money spell that’s giving everyone else good fortune, you could place a magnet with your personal information on it atop the spell vessel to draw money to you rather than the people around you. The idea here is not to end the original spell, but to realign it to your particular needs.
Another way is to cast a spell specifically to control side effects. Sometimes, a spell can’t be undone, and you can’t easily modify the main outcomes (particularly true if the negative events caused by the spell happen quickly or outside your control). Or maybe the bulk of the spell worked properly, but there’s one or two minor negative side effects you don’t want to continue. The method for this would be similar to adjusting the original spell’s outcome, but on a smaller scale and in a less direct fashion. For example, your job spell got you that promotion, hooray! But now you’re stressed out by training someone to take your place, and you’re learning your new position. You can cast a spell to reduce stress or prevent people from piling additional work on you while you adjust, controlling the side effects of the promotion.
A way I use for high-stakes spells is to cast wards or other protections before casting the main spell to prevent backfire or unwanted effects ahead of time. I often do this for spells surrounding situations that are delicate or that need extra care. In my case, it’s a general, long-term ward against bad luck on a wider scale, and it catches negative spell side effects as part of its job. You can set up temporary wards if you prefer, or make them for very specific purposes. Whatever works for you.
Cast the same spell again. This isn’t my usual go-to, unless I’m trying a new spell method or ingredient I’m unfamiliar with. I’ll usually recommend trying the same spell again when the first casting does absolutely nothing, since multiple castings can make a spell stronger and more effective. However, if a spell backfires or otherwise causes undesirable effects, I wouldn’t really recommend it, as the negative effects can compound, too, if it misfires again.
If the problems caused by your spell are too big for you to handle on your own, it’s okay to reach out for help! Whether you’re looking for suggestions and advice or hands-on assistance, knowing when and how to ask for help is a critical skill.
Ask the witchcraft community (or your witchy friends) questions. Join a Discord, forum, Tumblr community, or other witchy space. Make a post to explain your situation and request suggestions, advice, and ideas to deal with the situation at large. Not all suggestions will be entirely helpful, but you’ll at least get some new perspectives to shed light on your situation. If people you know directly (in real life or online) practice witchcraft, see what they think.
Chat with spirits. Especially if you already work with spirits or if spirits helped you to cast/power the original spell, this can be a solid way to come up with a solution that will work. Use your preferred method of communication to discuss the situation. If possible, see if they’ll help you either undo or mitigate the spell’s unwanted results.
Ask non-witchy friends for advice. Their advice will probably be mundane, but sometimes, those are the best solutions. Outside perspectives are useful to recontextualize problems and come up with solutions you wouldn’t have otherwise considered.
Find books, videos, tutorials, blog posts, and other resources on the subject. When all else fails, or when you’re a little shy about asking for help directly, there are still resources out there to help you solve your dilemmas. Just remember to vet your sources before naively following instructions given to you.
Sometimes, there’s just nothing for it. Whether you don’t have time and energy or you’ve already tried more magic and had it fail, there are times when you have to turn to the mundane. Depending on the severity of the situation you’re in, solutions will vary in their successfulness. And honestly, that’s just how it is sometimes. Sometimes, things don’t wrap up nicely and easily and neatly.
With that said, here are a handful of mundane responses and solutions I’ve turned to after spells went wrong (and couldn’t be otherwise fixed):
Come clean and apologize. Particularly applicable when you’re doing a spell on or for another person, sometimes, there’s just nothing else to do but admit you fucked up. If the person impacted by the spell’s effects, directly or indirectly, isn’t a magical practitioner themselves, you could simply apologize for meddling in the situation. On the other hand, if you’ve harmed or offended a spirit with your spellwork, you might make an offering to apologize for the trouble you’ve caused.
Come up with mundane strategies for damage control. Depending on how severe the spell’s negative effects are, the level of effort for this is going to obviously vary. It could be anything from redoing your household budget to breaking out the toolbox for repairs to building an actual fence to making dinner. Your solution is going to depend on your problem. Think strategically.
Seek out new, improved coping mechanisms. Whether you’re looking to resolve feelings that are caused by the spell’s backfire or ones that made you cast in the first place, sometimes, a bit of self-care is the best solution. Consider why you cast the spell in the first place — lack of control, poor self-worth, low confidence? Or was it just because you felt it could help you with a little boost to the work you were already doing? It’s worth thinking about. What mundane safety nets do you have in place?
Let it go. Perhaps the most difficult option: Just letting the bad result be. Moving on from it. Taking the lumps and the lesson, and walking away. Giving up is a skill. It’s not a moral failing to let things go. If fighting will only make things worse, or if you’re tired of trying to fix it, it’s okay to just… let it be a failure.
Again, this is far from comprehensive. The suggestions here are basic ideas to help inspire you to form your own opinions and solutions. It’s smart to consider these things in advance! As my mother always says, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
I have plans to expand the idea of “When Witching Goes Wrong” into a wider series of posts, each focusing on a very specific problem, spell type, or solution (like a post just about ways to undo a spell, for example). Those are likely to include true stories about things I’ve personally fucked up… which are always the best witchy stories, in my opinion. Lol.
If you're interested in more WWGW entries, check out the masterpost.
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- poetry (or art of any kind)
- self care in his name!
- a dedicated candle dressed with herbs that are associated with Him
- prayer in the evening, trusting Him to sit by your side until you fall asleep
- prayer in the morning for a good outlook on the day
- music! playing music, writing music, listening to music,…
- therapy
- taking your meds
- sharing a drink with Him (coffee, tea, wine, anything)
- shadow work!!!
- watching the sunrise
- any kind of magic in His name
- divination
- trying out new things and getting out of your comfort zone
- human rights activism
- focusing on yourself
- questioning authority and standing up for yourself
- enlightenment, learning and pursuing the arts
- studying philosophy
- befriending your local neighbourhood crows
- getting Him scented candles that smell like His associated herbs
- making Him a Pinterest board
- making a playlist with songs that remind you of Him
- learning how to properly ward and protect yourself (magically)
- dedicating a piece of jewellery to Him (and asking Him to bless it)
- making a journal for Him (digital or analog) with prayers, tarot spreads, offerings and information about Him (I recommend this for every deity, honestly it’s really useful and a great way of showing devotion)
- learning more about Him and common misconceptions associated with Him (especially in Christianity)
- wearing clothes that radiate His energy and make you feel confident
In the end, any offerings you give Him are valid and will be appreciated, as long as you put some thought into it. Don’t worry if you can’t give Him the things you’d like to give Him, He will accept anything that comes from a place of love and devotion.
A short list of awesome Books for Beginner Witches (or any witch really) 📚🔮🦇🖤
📚 Wicca for beginners: a guide to Wiccan believes, Rituals, Magic and Witchcraft
📚Wicca Book of Spells: a Book of Shadows for Wiccans, Witches and other practitioners of Magic
📚The Green Witch: your complete guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils and more
📚Witchcraft: a Handbook of Magic Spells and Potions
📚 Bucklands Complete Book of Witchcraft
📚Wiccapedia
📚The good Witch’s guide: a modern Wiccapedia of magickal ingredients and spells
📚Wicca Herbal Magic
📚The Black Arts: a concise History of Witchcraft, Demonology, Astrology and other practices throughout the ages
📚Witch
📚A Witches Bible
📚Grimoire of the Green Witch: Complete Book of Shadow
📚Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: the complete A-Z of the entire Magical World
📚Moonology
📚 Of Witchcraft and Whimsy
📚Encyclopedia of Astrology
📚 The Occult Book
📚 The Mondern Witchcraft Spell Book: Your completes guide to Crafting and Casting Spells
📚The Modern Witchcraft Book of Natural Magick: Your guide to Crafting Charms, Rituals, and Spells from the Natural World
📚The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete guide Witches, Covens and Spells
📚The Modern Witchcraft Guide to the Wheel of the Year: From Samhain to Yule
📚The Modern Witchcraft Grimoire: your complete guide to creating your own Book of Shadows
📚 The little Book of Witchcraft
📚Pastel Spells
📚The Occult, Witchcraft and Magic: an Illustrated History,
📚Craft, how to be a Modern Witch
📚The beginners guide to Divination (learn the secret of Astrology, Numerology, Tarot and Palm reading)
📚The Crystal Bible
📚The Crystal Healing Bible
📚Book of Stones
📚Crystal Magic
(Feel free to add to the list)
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When is energy most powerful?
Crystals have many different purposes that vary person to person. Some people have them because they are rock collectors, some have them for their healing properties, some have them for their spiritual properties, it varies person to person (or witch to witch).
They help raise our vibrations so we can interact with the spirit world, they promote calming, they assist in meditation, they clear spiritual blockages, and so many other things that I cannot begin to cover
The world is our toolbox, and crystals are simply another tool
How one finds the perfect crystal will differ person to person, but this is how I find the perfect crystal for me. Feel free to try my method, or try something else, and find something that works for you.
Personally, crystals are not a priority in my practice, so I don't put a lot of pressure on myself to learn them all. I learn what I am interested in first, and learn about more crystals after.
When I am picking out crystals, I always do so in a local metaphysical shop and not online. I like to be able to feel them, feel their energy, and inspect them to make sure they are real.
Sometimes, I have visions of crystals, and those are the crystals I look for. My most recent experience of this was envisioning a red and black spotted pendulum, which turns out is Red Dalmatian Jasper! I guess the biggest tip for finding the perfect crystal is to go with what you are drawn to, and then researching it (but please research before purchasing, you need to know what energy you're allowing into your space).
Well, after you buy it you should cleanse it in some way, I have a whole post on protection which discusses ways of cleansing. Cleansing gets rid of any negative attachment or energy on the object, this ensures nobody's bitterness from the shop or where-ever follows you. After cleansing, you need to charge it with your energy, a pet's energy, sunlight, moonlight, whichever is most appropriate for your stone. Once it is charged, then you can use them for meditation, divination, clearing blockages, etc. I have used crystals without charging them before, they just have weak energy if you don't charge them in my opinion.
(CAUTION: NOT ALL CRYSTALS CAN BE IN THE SUN, TOUCH SALT, OR BE IN WATER. RESEARCH WHICH ONES SO YOU DON'T RUIN YOUR CRYSTALS)
So different shapes do different things in the spiritual world, the shapes signify what the crystal is best used for in my opinion. Here are some common shapes and their meanings:
Sphere: used sometimes for scrying, emits energy in all directions
Heart: Sending love across space
Tower, pillar, or Point: Amplifying intent
Pyramid: Brings your intentions into the universe
Cube: Grounding
Meditation Stone: Stone gives skin/person energy through skin-to-stone contact
Pillars or Tower: Can charge other crystals
Egg: Fertility, stability
Wand: Used for healing and rituals
I've been practicing bone-reading for about five years now, and through that I've picked up on a few things that I don't regularly see people talking about, so I decided to put together a list that I would have personally found helpful at the beginning of my divination practice. Please be advised that I come at bone-reading from a very animistic perspective, so if that's not a viewpoint that you believe in, most of these tips probably won't be helpful to you.
The method of bone-reading I use is to ask a specific question and toss the bones to read. This is a common method, but there are also alternate practices, such as tossing bones in the fire and reading them based on the burns and heat cracking.
Choose your bones carefully. Pick ones that want to be worked with, and ones that you're personally able to resonate with. Bones that don't want to be read can't be used effectively from my experience.
Feed your bones. This is the practice of giving your bones offerings to maintain their willingness to work with you and to build your relationship with them. I find divinatory herbs and blood to be a great offering, though blood should not be used without experience and caution. Food the animal would have eaten while alive can also be effective (for example, if your set is made primarily of fox bones, a small offering of meat might be appreciated).
Listen to your gut. Bone-reading is an incredibly instinctual and personalized form of divination. Don't try too hard to logically assign meanings to your bones - from my experience, they will usually let you know. If you can tell a bone would like to be used for a reading but can't tell what the bone might mean, add it to your set. It will let you know once you start doing readings with it.
Use a mat. This is partially a mundane recommendation; if you throw your bones straight onto the floor, they're eventually going to break. This also makes it easier to tell when a bone breaking is significant to the reading. A mat can also serve as a center of the reading; the bones in the middle may be more significant, whereas the bones that fall off the mat may be irrelevant to the reading. This isn't a format one has to use, but it can be helpful, especially to beginners.
Just start bone-reading. Obviously you should go into it having done research, and with a cautious and respectful attitude. However, at a certain point, doing research and preparation isn't helpful. Because bone-reading is so personalized and instinctual, there is so much you can only learn once you start. During your first few readings, pay close attention to each bone, where they fall next to each other, and what they may be telling you about their meaning.
red - passion, energy, enthusiasm, courage, romance, power
orange - strength, uplifting, energy, attraction, success, joy
peach - abundance, attraction, kindness, warmth, comfort, love
yellow - clairvoyance, education, mental clarity, communication, intellect, creativity
green - healing, money, prosperity, luck, wealth
teal - clarity, tranquility, awareness, balance, logic, rationality, meditation, intuition, renewal, cleansing
dark blue - healing, meditation, tranquility, forgiveness
light blue - intuition, dignity, spiritual shield, healing, tranquility
purple - spirituality, wisdom, psychic awareness, divination, royalty
lavender - intuition, spiritual protection, psychic growth, divination
pink - harmony, emotional healing, self-love, friendships, affection
magenta - catalyst, power, energy, manifestation
white - protection, peace, cleansing, harmony
black - absorption/destruction of negative energies, banishing, protection
brown - nature, animals, studies, stability, home and hearth
silver - lunar energy, psychic powers, intuition, meditation, manifestation, cleansing, reflection, divination
gold - solar energy, prosperity, financial matters, attraction, confidence, authority
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🜏Astra's Grimoire; Masterlist🜏
Abaddon
Angrboda
Arachne
Aradia
Astaroth
Asmoday
Azazel
Buer
Bune
Cernunnos
Dantalion
Decarabia
Eris
Gaap
Leviathan
Lilith
Loki
Lucifer
Marbas
Medusa
Melinoe
Morrigan
Murmur
Nyx
Paimon
Ptah
Raum
Ronove
Samael
Seere
Stolas
Uphir
Valac
Zagan
Invocation Ritual
Commanding Oil
Crow Sleep Spell
Create a Dark Talisman
Clavum Et Spinam
Casket Boxes
Materialization Potion
Invocation for Integration of Multidimensional Gifts
Fire And Water
Attract the Fae Using a Faerie Ring
Black Opal Charm
Phoenix Ash
Hunter's Curse Enchantment
Hex Bag of Illness
To Give The Evil Eye
Folk Chaos Recipe: Influence Powder
Jar Candle Road Opener
Black Arts Oil
List of Baneful Components
The Dark Moon
Notes On Crossroads
Magickal Herb Sets
Serpent Symbolism
Obscure Spell Components
Sigils Part 1
Sigils Part 2
Necromancer's Tool Kit
Courtesies Of Sect Law
The Powers That Be
A Dive Into The Dark Feminine
Interacting With The Fae
Eleven Powers of Witches
Essential Herb Collection
A Selection of Weather Magick
Bypassing Wards and Protections
A Collection of Symbols
My Personal Correspondences
Wand Woods
Key Magick
The Magick of Spiders
Celtic Astrology
Creating Servitors
Basic Incense and Their Uses
Hedge-Riding
Candle Divination
The Satanic Statutes
Basic Numerology
Liminal Spaces in Witchcraft
Cursed And Bonded Objects
Bug Correspondences
Magickal Uses For Bindweed
The Basic Principles Of Spellcasting
Egyptian Zodiac
Cursing By The Moon
Cartomancy
The Power of Hair
Tarot Tips
Blood In Magick
Soul Connections
Spiritual Downloads
The Four Powers Of The Magus
Types Of Witchcraft
Crystals By Use: Quick Reference
Witch's Runes
The Faerie Star
Basic Incense and Their Uses
• Sandalwood: Protection, healing, purification, pleasing the spirits, consecration
• Cherry: Attracts and stimulates love, new beginnings
• Vanilla: Luck, love, happiness, stimulates memory
• Jasmine: Luck; especially in love, peace, intuition, moon magick
• Coconut: Purification and protection, fertility, love and chastity
• Frankincense: Spirituality, protection, love, prosperity, growth, confidence, an offering to the gods
• Cinnamon: Wealth/money, prosperity, success, focus, amplifies any ritual or spell, third eye
• Myrrh: Protection, exorcism, consecration, purification, peace, meditation, spirituality, offering to the gods
• Patchouli: Money, abundance, attraction, passion, romance, lust
• Rose: Love, self love, safety, calm, healing, purification, connection to maternal ancestors
• Strawberry: Passion, love, luck, friendship, romance, opens/connects root and sacral chakras, goddess offering
• Dragon's Blood: Increases personal power, manifestation, attraction, sensuality, love, favored by many entities as an offering
• Sage: Cleansing, banishing, protection, clearing the air, nullifying negativity, promoting a more peaceful environment, longevity
• Lavender: Psychic abilities, divination, dream magick, protection, purification, beauty, intuition, peace, calming
• Nag Champa: Amplifies a ritual, great for meditation
• Clove: Protection (especially for children), love, money, purification, exorcism, shielding/warding
• Juniper: Exorcism, protection, healing, love
• Allspice: Attracts luck and money, provides extra physical energy
• Copal: Protection, cleansing, purification, connection, spirituality, ideal for cleansing crystals and stones
• Bay: Good luck, manifestation, success, purification, protection, healing, sharpens psychic abilities
• Rosemary: Protection, exorcism, purification, promotes sleep, restores and/or mantains youth, draws love, increases intellect
• Thyme: Health, vitality, healing, cleansing
• Pine: Money, strength, patience, shielding, purification, offer to nature spirits/deities
• Fern: Burn indoors to drive out malevolent spirits, burn outdoors to bring rain
• Benzoin: Purification, prosperity, amplifies mental abilities
• Arabic Gum: Purification and protection of the home
• Blueberry: Keeps unwanted influences away
• Passionflower: Peace, anxiety soothing, promotes sleep, friendship, joy, openness
• Mullein: Courage, protection, health, divination, offering to the dead
• Rowan: Psychic ability, self reflection, healing, protection, power, spirits more likely to obey demands/requests
• Star Anise: Psychic power, manifestation, luck
• Mugwort: Strength, psychic power, spirit communication, protection, astral travel, dream work, visions/premonitions
• Rue: Healing, mental health, comfort, exorcism, love, bonding
• Saffron: Health, wealth, happiness, success, wind raising, manifestation, lust, strength, third eye
• Palo Santo: Clears stagnant/negative energy
• Eucalyptus: Healing, cleansing, physical health, clears tense energy, invigorating, empowerment
• Wormwood: Magick, astral travel, spirit work, dream work, divination, third eye, protection from magick, curses and unwelcome energies, spiritual love, opens spiritual doorways, return to sender
• Lotus: Inner peace and outer harmony, third eye, meditation ascension, recovery, offering to Lilith
• Chamomile: Love, peace, comfort, stress reduction, luck in gambling
• Amber: Manifestation, good luck, success, love, romance, patience, protection, balance, sensuality, pain relief
• Damiana: Sensuality, sexuality, astral travel, love/sex magick, baneful witchcraft, attraction, drawing spells, shadow work, healing trauma, speaking your truth
• Skull Cap: Balance, calm, recovery, anchor to bring consciousness back to the body after astral projection
• Albizzia: Opens you up to oneness, attunes the heart, brings happiness
• Lemongrass: Calming, balance, love, depression relief
• Ginger: Strength, power, prosperity, relationship success
• Oregano: Joy, travel, creativity, love, hand fasting
• Cardamom: Love, lust, charm, mental clarity
• Sweet Grass: Removes malevolent energies, draws prosperity
• Marshmallow: Spirit pulling, protection, cleansing, stimulates psychic power, self-understanding, nurturing, healing, fertility, love, sexuality
• Orris: Love, protection, divination, spirit work, intuition
• Storax: Courage, healing, moon magick, meditation, divination, encourages restful sleep, offering to Hekate
Smoke direction- Up/down:
• Up: Positive spiritual journey
• Down: Challenges, deviation from the path
Smoke direction- Right/left:
• Right: Desires will be fulfilled
• Left: Blocks and turbulent energy
Smoke direction- Towards/away:
• Towards: Reciprocal affection
• Away: Neglect or indifference
Smoke forms a circle:
• Clear circle: Strong vibes, manifestation is near
• Hazey circle: Weak vibes, uncertain manifestation
Smoke forms a Ladder:
• Multiple steps: Elevated spiritual path
• One step: Need to enhance spirituality
Spiral shape:
• Clear spiral: Big, new change
• No distinct shape: Chaos, uncertainty
Smoke splits in two:
• Important life decisions
• Trust your instincts
Many broken corners:
• Confusion, need clarity
Infinity symbol:
• Very auspicious omen
Thick and dense smoke:
• Negative energy
• Change is needed
Abrupt lighting and smoke:
• Smooth/even flame: Clear path
• Choppy flame: Hurdles on path
20, He/Him, eclectic witch, anxious but friendlyThis blog is meant to be a list of resources for myself and others!If anything I repost isn’t accurate pls let me know!
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