I Was Seeing All These Little Blue Flowers Everywhere And Kept Thinking "dang What Are These Bitches,

𝐴𝑙𝑙-𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟

𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑑𝑎𝑦 (^^)♡:

⚪ 𝐷𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑒𝑎/𝑐𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒/𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑦

⚪𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔/𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑒’𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 & 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ

⚪𝑈𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑/𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠, 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦

⚪𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛/𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐻𝑖𝑚: 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 > ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦, 𝐴𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑠𝑡/𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑠𝑡

⚪𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 & 𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑡

⚪𝐹𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝐼 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐻𝑖𝑚 (𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝐻𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑠 𝑖𝑡 ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა)

⚪ 𝐴𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑛, 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝐻𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 (ง ื▿ ื)ว

⚪𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑/𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐

⚪𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒, 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠, 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑓 “𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝” 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑖𝑚

⚪ 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑓𝑠 (𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛) 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 "𝐹𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝐷𝑎 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒" 𝑜𝑟 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠, 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 (𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟(￢_￢;))

𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟: 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑖𝑚. 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑇ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓!

Be silly sometimes

I was at my local book store for some new reading material and saw "Metaphysical AF" by Maggie Wilson and it got me thinking. So much I had to buy a copy.

But it got me thinking about how serious people have started taking the craft. I say this as someone who suffered from this in the being myself. Some time cleansing your space is just lighting a incense opening the door a blaring some music that makes you feel strong or shake your ass. Sometimes your glamour is just looking in the mirror and reminding yourself you are beautiful. Sometimes you write down someone's name, ball up the paper and throw it around to get someone to leave you alone.

The universe can be very serious but it can be just as silly as you

gentle curse

the most convenient way for me to stir up a little trouble for someone who needs a little push in the right direction:

- grab a small jar (or large, it doesn’t matter)

- fill it a quarter way with vinegar

- add any type of brutal pepper and salt

- write out a person’s full name on a scrap of paper

- drop the paper into the jar while stating the intentions

- seal the jar with either a lid or cloth and string

this way the person of interest drowns in their own negative energy until they learn from their mistakes

Tips For Working With Demons

Here are some tips and general advice for working with demons and spirits. I'll probably add more to this list as things come to mind.

• These are individuals, people like you and me. Many of them have had human incarnations here on Earth. They understand your struggle and have their own issues and emotions as well. They have favorite things, best friends, family, and feelings. They are powerful, yes, but should also be treated with love and respect.

• They can and will speak to you. If you possess psychic abilities you may be able to channel some or all demons. People often ask how to tell the difference between the voice of a spirit, or an internal voice or hallucination. Spirit will never speak over you, interupt your ability to think freely, or control your mind. They simply speak, if you're willing to listen. They may also manifest physically, move objects, visit your dreams, send you signs, they have many ways to get their point across.

• Do not stress over time. If you haven't spoken to or left an offering to your patron demon in a few weeks because you've been depressed or busy, this is fine. Spirits do not experience time as we do and your absence is little more than a blink of an eye to them.

• Get creative with your offerings. King Paimon loves chocolate, Bune loves fancy perfume, Lucifer fancies himself some whiskey. You may wonder how offerings help demons, since they lack a mortal body. All physical beings possess a spirit and as such, all physical objects possess an essence. This essence can be absorbed by a spirit to allow them to taste/experience the offering. This gives them energy as well. Fun fact: once the essence of a consumable offering is taken it will be dull and tasteless. Try it sometime.

• Remember to say "thank you". Show appreciation and gratitude to any demons that lend their time and power to enhance your life. This is a team effort and no one likes to be used. Friendship and growth should be your top priorities when working with spiritual entities.

• Go ahead and draw that sigil badly. It's ok to only give a tiny drop of blood. Demons are far from perfect and do not expect perfection from you. Your effort and intention is what matters most.

• Stay away from Solomonic or Abrahamic methods that aim to control or trap demons. This is not likely to end well for you and it is a huge betrayal to the trust of a powerful cosmic being. If you are afraid of the interaction, there are many other forms of personal protection you can employ.

• Chances are there is a demon or spirit that resonates with you. Don't get discouraged if your first several attempts don't spark a connection. Read up on different entities and mediatate to find where you should try next.

• Let go of your preconceived expectations. Demons are not going to just make you rich, successful, or smart. These things are the result of forming strong bonds of power and raising one's consciousness. Often times you won't get what you want, but what you need instead. Spirits can see the bigger picture of who we are, our capabilities, and our soul's path. Trust their vision.

The Wheel of Fortune. Art by Mariya Tobischek, from the Ukrainian Night Tarot.

Fertility magic can be:

- A sex thing!

- An agriculture thing!

- An abundance thing!

- Whatever the fuck you want it to be!

Early Summer Morning by Mikhail Kornilov

i just found this amazing site which is a random sentence/passage generator from tons of classical pieces of literature. everything from the illiad to bram stoker’s dracula and more. a pretty awesome way to do bibliomancy, especially if you don’t own some of the books it generates! i just used it with my spirit companion and it worked beautifully. 

Graveyard etiquette from a cranky traditional witch:

-Leave shit at the gate (coins, cigarettes, eggs, flowers)

-If alone go in silence, if with others speak in a hushed tone

-Wear a hat or head covering to prevent possession or bringing home unwanted spirits.

-Bring bells and/or rattles to wake the dead if desired

-Smoking in the graveyard or carrying a flame is an easy way to get the attention of the dead at night.

-Bring a knife or object made of iron should things get hairy (always bring a knife). Canes are also excellent tools for working with the dead

-have a way of gathering occult materia without being noticed by people or spirits (invisibility charms work best)

-If you're bringing spirits home with you (intentionally), don't turn around until you're across the threshold of your home

-Upon leaving the cemetery, say a prayer for the dead and wild things that inhabitant there

-When home, spread white powder (flower, salt, ect...) at the door to keep unwanted spirits out. A colander over a key hole works too.

Types of Divination

I have touched a little bit on divination before in one of previous posts and I believe I did mention that I was going to be doing one of these post, so here you go!

I am not the most educated when it comes to divination, I know what I know and it works, so why should I try anything else? Because growth, girl! Because expansion of the mind! Because it’s damn amazing to know all these witchy things! That’s why!

So upon doing my mystical research, I honestly learnt some really cool forms of divination that I’m annoyed I didn’t know before, so here are the different forms of divination :

Tarot Cards - the most common form of divination on this planet (besides crystal balls). You go to a carnival and happen across a fortune teller in a caravan, what has she most likely got on the table in front of her? A crystal ball and tarot cards. The only difference here is that anyone who actually uses tarot cards knows that this is not going to “tell you your future”, it’s simply vague guideline, just some probable insight into the forces at work. When I first started I relied on this handy book that helped me translate every card through the reading, now I only look at it every now and then. Three-card spreads are my favourite! You can literally use them for anything. I personally don’t like just drawing cards, i lay them out and hover my hand over the top moving across the spread out cards and whenever I feel a slight tug I know that’s the card. I go over it a few times just to be sure, but i just don’t like picking random cards, not my style.

Nordic Runes - another one I am very familiar with, created by Odin and given to humankind as a gift. (”Oh, they’re lovely, thanks.”). When I first got into the craft I think it was one of the first few things I was taught out of my reading and the symbols and their meanings are fairly well known. I have passed a handful of strangers with runes tattooed on them and when asked about them they actually knew the meanings and details of the runes. Runes are similar to the tarot in the sense that they are a guideline not so much a prediction, also generally used to address issues. Readings are done by putting all the runes in a pouch and drawing, depending on the question, the select number of runes out. My go to number is always three. There are some amazing DIY’s for runes, but the real magic is in the carving of the runes. I really like the way they look when burnt into wooden disks, especially if the bark is still intact in the edges.

Celtic Ogham  - this is one I had surprisingly never heard of. Out of all the books I have read on Celtic magic and they failed to inform me of this? What the heck, guys? So, from my understanding, there are 25 letters in the Ogham alphabet; 20 if you wanna be super traditional. They have so many correspondences I will honestly need to learn them all, but now is not the time. It was supposedly created by Ogma, to show off how well spoken he was, or something like that. (I only skimmed the article when it came to this part, sorry guys.) Now the method for using the Celtic Ogham is very similar to runes. The symbols are normally carved onto wooden staves, placed into a pouch and drawn out when seeking the answer to a question. Very cool and I plan to DIY a set of these someday.

Tasseomancy - the art of reading tea leaves. This is one I haven’t tried, purely because drinking tea with loose tea leaves just sounds terrible. Basically you need to make your tea with the loose leaves and drink it. You have to leave a little bit of the tea left over to swirl the tea leaves around so that they can form a pattern. Just do it a few times so the leaves aren’t spread out everywhere. You might end up with one big picture or you will end up with a few little ones. In this case go clockwise around the cup. It works kind of like a timeline. Now look at your blobs and try to see the images in the blobs. There are plenty of guides for figuring out what these images mean or you could just go with your gut feeling.

Automatic Writing - this method uses the spirit realm to get messages. For this you would need to be in a meditative state, enter with a clear mind or a question or thought and, with a pen and paper in hand, just let the words come to you. You can even write the question or subject on the piece of paper and let the spirits take over. Like with any form of divination, you will need practice. If you have been sitting there for 20 minutes and haven’t gotten anything then maybe take a break and try to clear your mind a bit more. This method is used by loads of mediums for getting answers or just connecting to people who have passed on. I would advise that we take caution when it comes to using this method as it can open doors for spirits, not all of the things you’re opening yourself up to are friendly, so always make sure you are protected and ready for whatever there is to come.

Osteomancy - reading bones, being South African I’m fairly familiar with the cultural background of osteomancy. The Sangomas (basically the medicine men) of the villages have been known to use this method of divination. The way it’s done is the bones were placed into a bowl or pouch and mixed with various stones, shells and feathers and shaken out onto a mat. Reading it relies solely on intuition and requires a lot of training to master. Depending on the bone and it’s position on the mat, the way it’s facing, the objects surrounding it. In my opinion this is one of the most difficult forms of divination to master.

Scrying - this one is also pretty common and comes in loads of forms (I will need to do a separate post for all the different methods of scrying. There’s fire scrying, water scrying, using a black mirror, etc. There tons of different methods but I’m going to use the example of water scrying. Most people like using reflective surfaces to scry since it is the easiest. Simply clear your mind again or keep the intent in the back of your mind and focus on the water. Follow all the slight ripples until you’re fully connected to the small body of water. You could see images or shapes on the surface or you could see mental images. It’s different with everyone and what the universe is trying to show you.

Pendulum Divination - the easiest to make, since you can use your own necklace as a pendulum, this is purely for yes or no questions and is basically a simplified version of a ouija board. Again, take caution when working with spirits. You might think you’re talking to a recently deceased family member or one of your ancestors and it could end up being something else completely and be in a bit of trouble. When using the pendulum some people use sheets for more advanced questions but I would say just using the four directions; left, right, front and back; for answers. Ask some basic questions that you will know the answer to first to see which direction is “yes” and which is “no”. Once you have that down you can ask away.

Numerology - using numbers in divination. Numbers hold a lot of magical significance (any witch can tell you that). There are specific numbers that we like to stick to and we stick to it for a reason. Odd numbers are related to a feminine energy, while even numbers are related to masculine energy. Different numbers have different meanings and in order to use this method research should be done on the different meanings of numbers. Play around with numbers in magic. use numerology to find your birth number, name number, fate number, your pinnacle numbers, etc.

These are all the methods of divination I could cover for now. Watch this space for upcoming, in depth tutorials for each of these methods.