Enchanting can be one of the easiest ways of adding magic to anything. It's super low key, can be done in public in front of people, and only requires a few moments of sitting quietly or murmuring to yourself to make it work. My style of enchanting does lean heavily on energy manipulation. If you're … Continue reading How to Enchant a Scarf
Category: Witchcraft 101
Spells, posts, and other information for newbie witches and magical practitioners
Etiquette for Visiting Witches
So, you made some witchy friends and you've been invited over to their place. Great! (Although, visiting people? In this day of social distancing?) Still, there's a certain social etiquette to visiting people's houses, especially when one of you (or both of you) are magical practitioners or pagans. Actually, these are pretty good rules to follow … Continue reading Etiquette for Visiting Witches
Magical Gardening Tips for Complete Beginners
Witches and plants go hand in hand. (Generally, of course. I'm not the boss of your craft, but, you know, it's generally a thing.) But gardening is expensive. So expensive. You wouldn't think nature, the thing we live on, in, around, and with would be difficult to acquire, but it is. You can easily drop … Continue reading Magical Gardening Tips for Complete Beginners
Witchcraft 101: Adapting Spells
It's a rare magical practitioner that hasn't had to adapt a spell at one time or another. Usually it's for personal practice reasons or ingredient reasons, but it can simply be that it's too cold to walk outside or they just don't like the spell's steps or wording. Adapting spells can be really easy - … Continue reading Witchcraft 101: Adapting Spells
6 Tips for New Witches
Starting as a new witch is always hard, but the internet can make it really hard. Who do you trust? What should you focus on? Do you really need that $50 cauldron or those 80 herbs? The truth is that no one's going to have exactly the same experience. What your interests and passions are, … Continue reading 6 Tips for New Witches
Heat Magic
Heat magic is a form of magic using heat as a conductor of or influence to spells. In short, it's hot as balls, so might as well cast some spells. Heat magic is, for real, any time you work magic invoking or using heat as an element within the spell or working. So if you're … Continue reading Heat Magic
How to Make Moon Water
Bringing things back to basics with a how to make moon water. I know this seems like a pretty obvious thing to some folks, but I often get messages asking me what this ingredient is or what that ingredient does. Ingredients many practitioners consider very basic, like full moon water. First, let's cover what full … Continue reading How to Make Moon Water
3 Ways to Magically Reclaim Yourself
Ever been lost in the sea of yourself? You just feel restless and confused and sad. Hopeless yet desperate to move forward. Hoping to find something that will help you keep your head above water yet finding yourself anchored with no where to go. It's a crappy feeling. When you spend several weeks, months, or … Continue reading 3 Ways to Magically Reclaim Yourself
What Makes a Crossroads a Crossroads?
Have you ever looked at a spell and it says something like "leave the object at a crossroads"? Many, many spells end this way and for good reason. Leaving an item at a crossroads magically and energetically disperses the energy. It's good when you're leaving a general offering for spirits. It's great when you're trying … Continue reading What Makes a Crossroads a Crossroads?
Pop Culture Spells Are Real Spells
I’m sure you’ve heard it before. “That’s not a real spell” or “You can’t use that spell from Charmed” or my personal favorite “You need to use a spell from a real spell book not one that you made up or stole from TV.” Some of my followers are laughing. You should be. The sad … Continue reading Pop Culture Spells Are Real Spells