This is my online Grimoire, complete with my spells, the spells of others, and masterposts. Feel free to use this as your own Grimoire, or take bits and pieces from it.
“An’ it harm none, do what thou wilt.”
Harvest your herbs for drying just before they begin to flower. Remember to remove any damaged or bruised leaves.
Tie a rubber band around the stems of the herbs. Any flowers on the herbs should face downward.
After bundling, tie a paper bag around the bundle. Hang the whole bag off of a coat hanger somewhere dry. The bag will catch any seeds that dry if you want to collect them.
Leave to dry. Herbs should dry away from direct sunlight and moisture or they will spoil. Drying times will take anywhere from 5 days to a few weeks, depending on the types of herbs you’re drying.
Remove when dried. The herbs are dried when they just become crisp and no moisture can be felt.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Grounding is basically just how you clean your slate of energy and start fresh. Feel free to make up your own methods for this, too- there are no wrong ways to do it. There are a few different ways that I learned personally
Meditative Visualization
Make sure some part of you is flat on the ground (I prefer my feet), and get comfortable. You can be sitting or standing.
Take some deep breaths to clear your head. It doesn’t have to be completely clear (I know how frustrating trying that can be), but the clearer the better.
Visualize the energy flowing throughout your body, circulating like your blood through every fiber of your being.
Imagine a rope or cord (really whatever you want) connecting you and your energy to that of the earth below you. Some people imagine this connected to their root chakra if that’s what you’re into, or just connected to whatever part of their body is touching the ground. Whatever works best for you, this is your visualization.
Take all of your negative and excess energy that’s floating around in you and is no longer serving you, and send it down the cord back into the earth. Any and all energy you don’t want or need, gone to be recycled into new earth energy.
Once all the excess is gone you should have a clean energetic slate. In my experience you can really feel the difference.
“Earthing”
Go outside. No shoes allowed if you can help it.
Find some kind of earth- dirt or sand or mud. Grass works too if there’s no other alternative but really you need to be able to bury your feet in it somewhat.
Do that. You can do it with your hands too if you want but I’ve found feet most effective. Bury your feet in the earth and really feel it, make a connection to the earth this way.
Imagine the earth absorbing all that energy you are holding onto that you don’t need anymore. Allow it to take the energy from you- it’s no longer serving you.
Some people with a little more physical energy in general (especially kiddos) can find that it helps them to shake off the energy to be given back to the earth. Dance around and wave your arms and whatever if that’s what suits you. Anyway you choose to remove the surplus energy. Since you’ve already made your connection to the earth via the ground it should still take on that energy even if your feet/hands aren’t buried anymore.
Once all the excess is gone you should have a clean energetic slate. In my experience you can really feel the difference.
Those are the only methods I’ve ever used myself. There are also things likegrounding or earthing bandsthat you can use in your sleep (or just while you’re indoors)- you put them around your ankle or wrist or even your midsection and then a wire connects to the third prong of an electrical outlet (it actually does ground energy, for electrical use). I never liked those though. Hope this helps you my friend.
I use a heart shaped bottle I got from the craft store and here’s what’s inside…
- Black Salt to dispel nightmares
- Dried lavender to calm the mind
- Sugar cubes to sweeten the thoughts
- Large blue goldstone beads for overall calm
- A clear Quartz point to amplify the intent
For Wiccans, Pagans, and Witches who are still in the broom closest, life and hiding everything will seem extremely difficult. With no one to support you, things will be rough. In order to help relieve some of the stress, here are some tips on how to hide altars.
Hide it in plain sight- Use everyday objects that won’t cause any suspicion (this method has worked extremely well for me).
Have an extremely small one- If you can fit it into a small pouch, then hiding it can be very easy and it can be stored / moved without hassle.
Store it in a reclusive place- Keep it some place where it ishighlyunlikely for someone to stumble upon it. Places where it can be locked with a key are best.
Excuses- No matter how you choose to keep your altar, always have a good list of 10-15 excuses just in case someone does happen to find it. Even if they have little to no suspicion, you will be prepared.
Have an astral altar- This method is the safest for those in the broom closet, because the altar is in your head. When meditating, you have an astral altar on a different plane. You can preform rituals there, and there iszerochance of you being caught. Of course, this option may not appeal to everyone (it certainly didn’t appeal to me), but itisan option.
Thursday, August 25, 2016
I made a little spell the other night and it seemed to work. Its to keep nightmares away.
You need
1 tea cup
1 tea bag/ loose tea for 1 cup of herbal, non caffeinated tea (I used a chamomile type)
1 whole clove
Boil your water Place tea bag and clove into tea cup Pour water over both Take tea to your bedroom, sit on your bed and sip the tea while clearing your mind
(I communicate with various deities/spirits, you may or may not, so this part is up to you)
Say/chant/think, while sipping your tea:
Sacred keepers of the night Keep my dreams ‘til morning light
Once you have finished your tea, remove the clove from the cup. Pat it dry, then place it inside of your pillow case, under the pillow that you sleep on.
This satchel idea was brought to me from a friend’s friend who went through a painful, abusive relationship. They left their harmful partner and wanted to find a way to protect themselves so that they can keep the ex-partner away.
What it does: this satchel will help protect you from an ex-lover or abusive partner that you’ve decided to break contact with. This helps protect you from toxic people who might otherwise take advantage of or hurt you.
Before making this satchel: make sure that you’re not going to allow your harmful ex back into your life. Don’t call them, text them, stop them on the street to say hello, etc. Do not allow them to puncture your space by any means. And if they do manage to come up to you, leave as soon as you can.
What you’ll need:
A black satchel
Rose stems with thorns
Sea salt
Hematite, onyx, iron, or some black stones
Sage, rosemary, bay leaves (or two of these, or all three for maximum protection)
An item to represent you (charm, hair, clipped nails, personal trinket, etc)
Casting: You are free to cast the spell however you wish, though I would recommend burning a black candle while you put the items into the satchel, saying the intent of the pouch as you fill it. Chant something like
This bag is my shield and these items keep it strongAll these things protect me from (name)’s wrongs
Everyone’s casting styles are different, so you are free to do your own version of whatever spell you want to accompany this.
Meditate on the purpose of the satchel. Feel the powers of the herbs and stones protecting and holding the items that represents you; in turn, imagine your psychic shield wrapping around you, protecting you from the harmful person’s presence.
Wear the satchel on you when you’re out or feel uncomfortable, until you feel safe and secure knowing they will no longer bother you ever again.
Why I chose these items: I’m very fond of plant/herb magick and crystals, so there’s one. Salt is a very protective mineral that is very commonly used to ward off negative presences. Rosemary, sage, and bay leaves are also protective. Rose thorns are the shield that roses, the symbol of love and frailty. Hematite, onyx, and other dark crystals are protective, especially hematite. Black is a strong colour, and is very defiant and protective.
For anyone who wants to do this, you combined pennies and salt in a jar and let them sit for a week. While putting the pennies and salt in the jar I like to imagine protective energy flowing into them. After the week is over, the pennies an be placed over doorways or areas were you don’t want unwanted energy entering. After about 2 months they should be replaced and set back into the jar of salt to restore their protection charm.
Basil at the door, windows, or scattered in the home will increase money.
Lay thorny branches on your doorstep to keep evil from your dwelling.
Eat a pinch of Thyme before bed, and you will have sweet dreams.
Place chips of Cedar wood in a box with some coins to draw money to you.
Carry an Anemone Flower with you to ward against illness.
Hang a bit of Seaweed in the kitchen to ward evil spirits.
Keep a jar of Alfalfa in your cupboards to ensure the prosperity of your house.
Burn Allspice as an incense to draw money or luck to you, as well as speed healing.
Cut an Apple in half, and give one half to your love to ensure a prosperous relationship.
Carry an Avocado pit with you to let your inner beauty shine outwardly. Avocado is also an aphrodisiac.
Strawberries are an aphrodisiac.
Place a piece of cotton in your sugar bowl to draw good luck to your house.
Celery is an aphrodisiac.
Place Almonds in your pocket when you need to find something.
Scatter Chili Peppers around your house to break a curse.
Carrying a packet of strawberry leaves will help ease the pains of pregnancy.
Scatter some sugar to purify a room.
Throw rice into the air to make rain.
Carry a potato in your pocket or purse all winter to ward against colds.
Eat five almonds before consuming alcohol, to lighten the effects of intoxication.
Place a pine branch above your bed to keep illness away.
Chew celery seeds to help you concentrate.
Carry of chunk of dry pineapple in a bag to draw luck to you.
Ask an orange a yes or no question before you eat it, then count the seeds: if the seeds are an even number, the answer is no. If an odd number, yes.
Eat olives to ensure fertility.
Toss Oats out your back door to ensure that your garden or crop will be bountiful.
Eat mustard seed to ensure fertility.
Place Lilacs around your house to rid yourself of unwanted spirits.
Eat Lettuce to drive lustful thoughts from your mind.
Rub a Lettuce leaf over your forehead to help you sleep.
Add Lemon juice to your bathwater for purification.
Eat grapes to increase psychic powers.
Carry a blade of grass to increase your psychic powers.
Smell Dill to get rid of hiccups.
If you place a Dill sachet over your door, those who wish you ill can not enter your home.
Place cotton on an aching tooth, and the pain will ease.
Burn cotton to cause rain.
Place pepper inside a piece of cotton and sew it shut to make a charm to bring back a lost love.
Carry a small onion to protect against venomous animals.
Eat grapes to increase fertility.
Place a sliced onion in the room of an ill person do draw out the sickness.
Place an onion underneath your pillow to have prophetic dreams.
Place morning glory seeds under your bed to cure nightmares.
Walk through the branches of a maple tree to ensure that you will have a long life.
Mix salt and pepper together and scatter it around your house to dispel evil.
Smell peppermint to help you sleep. (-B.D: I’ve heard Peppermint keeps you awake. At least it does for me. Try it and see what happens. If it keeps you awake, then use Lavender for sleep instead).
Hang a pea pod containing nine peas above the door to draw your future mate to you.
This witch’s power can be dusted on the body before a spell to cleanse and protect oneself. You can also sprinkle it on a besome, around your property, and just about anything else!
Ingredients
Corn Starch
Activated charcoal powder
Moroccan red clay
Eggshell powder
Chamomile
Rosemary
Dragon’s blood
Sage
Garlic
Basil
Mint
Use a food processor, or a mortar and pestle, to turn any non-powdered herbs into a finer consistency. I also placed a piece of lava inside the jar.
While holding the mixture, envisioning a black light coming out of your hands into the powder giving it cleansing and protecting energies. Bless and thank it with moon water.
*ingredients bolded are necessary for this particular spell. Anything else can be replaced to your liking.
Mix: • 3 tablespoons of plain flour • 2 tablespoons of honey • 1 tablespoon of lemon juice • 1 tablespoon of natural yoghurt
Apply to the face and neck after exfoliating. Leave until dry (approx. 30 minutes). As it dries, envision all the impurities from your skin being absorbed by the mixture, it also gives you some time to reflect inwards and maybe meditate for a bit. When you wash it off (I recommend in the shower) imagine all of the impurities being washed away. Moisturise after. You should have softer, more radiant skin and feel better within yourself.
Repeat twice a week
(You should probably do a test patch first to see how your skin reacts to the ingredients, especially sensitive skin and the lemon)
If you’re a young witch in the broom closet and want to keep a Book of Shadows, Grimoire, or the like, keep it in a flash drive. A flash drive is inconspicuous and things can be stored under unassuming names that are school related like English Final, or Power points. Another method would be to pass these things off as creative writing like some Harry Potter inspired YA work in progress. If you have your own laptop, you could put the folder in a really odd place that your average person would never think to look, like in the hard drive section of your computer.
Personally I have this app, and it’s free but for 2$ you can get a better version and its GREAT It’s a journal You set a password It tells you if someone’s been trying to get in With the extra it will record who You can set it so if your parents come in, shaking the phone or facing it down Ect, it will change to another app (ei, OH NO PARENTS! /turns phone over/ “what are you looking at?” “Oh nothing just YouTube see?” And it will be there (you can choose the app it goes to)/ It’s v customizable especially with the pro version You can type and add pictures (I find that useful for sigils and runes) It’s called Secret Diary, it should be by someone named Nitisa? The company also offers a secret folder for your phone
It is a simple way to charge up and cleanse your crystals without having to focus on visualisation. Simply put your crystal in the center of a piece of paper, and write around it two categories of words: the things you want to fill your crystal with, and the things you want out of them. Then draw arrows pointing into the crystal for the positives, and away from it for the negatives.
This is a visual way to charge/cleanse without having to maintain focus. I’m certain it could work for any object you want to use, not just crystals!
How to handle a cursed object varies on culture and you’re specific practice but here’s some tips:
Don’t touch the object. Put gloves on, wrap something around the object, etc.
Remove the object from your space. I recommend taking it to a crossroad and finishing the hex breaking there but that might not be possible.
Don’t bring it inside. This is much like the above but if you catch the cursed object before bringing it indoors you can save yourself a lot of trouble.
How to break the curse on an object depends on what you’re willing to do with the object itself. Some will be appropriate and others not so much. Be sure to pick a technique that is best suited for your objects. Also keep in mind that there’s some tradition in setting up a failsafe in curses that trigger when the cursed object is broken without the hex being broken first. You’ll have to guess or divine which method is the best one for you.
Dip, wash, boil, or fry the object in cleansing water. Purified or water from a living source (river, ocean, etc) is ideal. You can also infuse cleansing herbs or stones in the water as well.
Fry, wash, boil, or dip in oil. Typically infusing the oil with herbs is ideal. Hot oil is good for destroying the object but be careful for burns.
Toss it in a fire
Toss it in a living body of water.
Abandon it at a crossroad
Give it to someone else
Urinate on it
Bury it
Pour salt on it
Circle the object three times in salt or pour salt into your hand and pass over the object three times. Toss the salt in a fire in either case.
Pour cleansing herbs on it
Let a stone absorb it’s curse and toss the stone away
