Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Areas of Research for the Intermediate Witch

When you’ve covered all the basics, the next step is to pick some topics and study them in-depth. Take notes, whether they are online or by hand, and find creative ways to incorporate what you’ve learned into your practice. With depth of knowledge comes depth of understanding, and that will make you a stronger witch. Here are some ideas/topics to get started:

Mesopotamian magic (especially the role of astrology in Mesopotamia)

Go through each of the Sabbats and write down a summary of how they came about. What is their history, purpose and associated mythology?

Hermeticism and its influence on Western magic

The first recorded spells and incantations (hint: they were in ancient Sumer)

Who was Zoroaster?

John Dee and Enochian magic

Freemasonry

The Golden Dawn

The Salem Witch Trials, and how they affected legislation on, and public perception of, witchcraft

Carl Gustav Jung and his work on the connections between psychology and alchemy

Crystal elixirs

Shadow work

Mythology from a variety of cultures - you’re probably familiar with Zeus and Ra, but how much do you know about Ranginui and Papatuanuku? Knowing a variety of mythologies, whether you follow them or not, can help you better understand the deities you work with.

Other religions! It’s the same as mythologies - the more you know, the better.

Buddhist philosophy

Reiki

The fae

Botany - if you can, try to research the plants in your region, and devise correspondences for plants you can find in your local area based on their physical or medicinal properties. Just make sure to be mindful of local/native cultures if there are any.

Make a dream journal, and write down whatever you can remember about your dreams (don’t worry if it’s hard at first, the more you write them down the better you’ll get at remembering). Research possible dream meanings of any dreams that stand out to you!

Astrology, if you’re not already familiar with it. Astrology originated in ancient Mesopotamia as one of the first forms of divination, and as a result is the basis of a lot of magic today.

The natural world. The metaphysical is important but perhaps more so is the world to which it is attached. I’d recommend watching nature documentaries for this one.

Cover all your bases. If there’s a witchcraft 101 area that you never fully learned, now’s the time. Things like grounding, centering, circle casting, meditation, warding, visualisation… these are all important foundations that you need before you can try to build on your knowledge.

Agrippa

Beltane☀️🔥

What is Beltane?

Beltane is celebrated on May 1st although some people choose to celebrate it from April 30th to May 1st. Beltane is a day for fun, light-hearted celebration, love, and it is often represented by maypole dancing and performing fire rituals to honor the Mother Goddess and Sun God. The days are getting longer and all life is bursting with potent fertility and sexuality on earth is at its peak.  Beltane celebrations are filled with feasts and sun magick, the name Beltane means “fire of Bel”. Beltane is a time to watch what you’ve been manifesting and working so hard towards come to life before your eyes. Celebrate, laugh, love, drink, eat and have a good time!

Ways to Celebrate

Play music that gets you feeling happy and excited. Beltane is a celebration of abundance and high energy, so play music that raises your energy

Prepare something in the kitchen. Make a food that reminds you of the coming summer months, share it with whoever you live with if you can/want to

Get crafty! You could draw, paint, write or even just work on a project for yourself. It could really be anything, as long as you’re creating it.

Light some candles or incense! Lighting fires on Beltane is tradition. So however you can safely have a fire lit nearby, have it burning while you do any of the other activities listed above.

Flower gathering

Nature walks

Washing your face with morning dew

Making Beltane bread

Colors🌈

Red

White

Green

Blue

Yellow

Brown

Pink

Crystals💎

Amber

Bloodstone

Citrine

Carnelian

Agate

Malachite

Moonstone

Ruby

Emerald

Sapphire

Rose quartz

Herbs🌿

Angelica

Mint

Mugwort

St. John’s wort

Yarrow

Thyme

Hawthorn

Flowers🌸

Foxglove

Bluebells

Daisy

Lilac

Food 🥐

Bread

Cereal

Honey

Cherries

Oatmeal

Strawberries

Wine

Salad

  I hope you all have a wonderful Beltane and I cant wait to see how you all celebrated!

Colour Correspondences

Black:

Element: Earth

Astrological correspondences: Saturn

Magickal correspondences: Protection, the night, truth, banishing/binding, patience, karma, death, civil servants, removing hexes

Other information: Used to invoke the power of Saturn

Brown:

Element: Earth

Astrological correspondences: Scorpio, Capricorn

Magickal correspondences: Endurance, grounding, stability, house blessing, strengthening, concentration, solidifying

Other information: Used in animal magick and for locating lost items

Dark blue:

Element: Water

Astrological correspondences: Jupiter, Moon, Virgo, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces

Magickal correspondences: Truth, meditation, opportunity, psychic ability, astral projection, wisdom, protection, good fortune

Other information: Used to invoke the power of water

Green:

Element: Earth

Astrological correspondences: Venus, Mercury, Aquarius, Cancer

Magickal correspondences: Luck, money, fertility, healing, prosperity, growth, courage, change, peace, friendship, grace, nature

Other information: Used in faerie magick

Gold:

Element: Fire

Astrological correspondences: Sun

Magickal correspondences: Power, success, great fortune, divination, money, justice, healing, physical strength, ambition

Other information: Associated with masculine or male energy

Light blue:

Element: Water

Astrological correspondences: Jupiter, Moon, Virgo, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces

Magickal correspondences: Astral projection, truth, justice, will power, peace, tranquility, healing, calmness, focusing the mind

Other information: Used to invoke the power of water

Orange:

Element: Fire

Astrological correspondences: Sun, Leo, Sagittarius

Magickal correspondences: The God, strength, healing, luck, justice, dominance, happiness, opportunity, harvest, vitality

Other information: N/A

Pink:

Element: Fire

Astrological correspondences: Venus, Mars

Magickal correspondences: Love, friendship, harmony, honour, mortality, self-love, action, children, compassion, passion. maturity, sex

Other information: Associated with femininity and homosexuality

Purple:

Element: Air

Astrological correspondences: Mercury, Saturn, Capricorn, Jupiter, Gemini, Sagittarius

Magickal correspondences: Wisdom, banishing negativity, dreams, protection, intuition, defence, psychic abilities/power, ambition

Other information: N/A

Red:

Element: Fire

Astrological correspondences: Aries, Scorpio, Mars, Saturn

Magickal correspondences: Power, strength, courage, passion, vitality, health, energy, protection, renewal, joy, sexuality, war

Other information: N/A

Silver:

Element: Water

Astrological correspondences: Moon, Mercury

Magickal correspondences: Communication, meditation, intuition, balance, psychic ability, success, dreams, luck

Other information: Associated with feminine energy, used in lunar magick

White:

Element: Air

Astrological correspondences: Moon, Pisces

Magickal correspondences: New beginnings, purity, peace, clarity, truth, transformation, healing, cleansing, balance, innocence

Other information: White candles can be used as substitute for any other candle colour

Yellow:

Element: Air

Astrological correspondences:  Sun, Mercury, Taurus, Libra

Magickal correspondences: Health, success, confidence, creativity, harmony, divination, learning, travel, happiness, friendship, itellect

Other information: N/A

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Please feel free to contact me with any additional information you feel I should add

when your a pisces and someone starts venting to you but your such an empath you start to feel all their emotions

Guess who’s coming for Halloween!

Areas of Research for the Intermediate Witch

When you’ve covered all the basics, the next step is to pick some topics and study them in-depth. Take notes, whether they are online or by hand, and find creative ways to incorporate what you’ve learned into your practice. With depth of knowledge comes depth of understanding, and that will make you a stronger witch. Here are some ideas/topics to get started:

Mesopotamian magic (especially the role of astrology in Mesopotamia)

Go through each of the Sabbats and write down a summary of how they came about. What is their history, purpose and associated mythology?

Hermeticism and its influence on Western magic

The first recorded spells and incantations (hint: they were in ancient Sumer)

Who was Zoroaster?

John Dee and Enochian magic

Freemasonry

The Golden Dawn

The Salem Witch Trials, and how they affected legislation on, and public perception of, witchcraft

Carl Gustav Jung and his work on the connections between psychology and alchemy

Crystal elixirs

Shadow work

Mythology from a variety of cultures - you’re probably familiar with Zeus and Ra, but how much do you know about Ranginui and Papatuanuku? Knowing a variety of mythologies, whether you follow them or not, can help you better understand the deities you work with.

Other religions! It’s the same as mythologies - the more you know, the better.

Buddhist philosophy

Reiki

The fae

Botany - if you can, try to research the plants in your region, and devise correspondences for plants you can find in your local area based on their physical or medicinal properties. Just make sure to be mindful of local/native cultures if there are any.

Make a dream journal, and write down whatever you can remember about your dreams (don’t worry if it’s hard at first, the more you write them down the better you’ll get at remembering). Research possible dream meanings of any dreams that stand out to you!

Astrology, if you’re not already familiar with it. Astrology originated in ancient Mesopotamia as one of the first forms of divination, and as a result is the basis of a lot of magic today.

The natural world. The metaphysical is important but perhaps more so is the world to which it is attached. I’d recommend watching nature documentaries for this one.

Cover all your bases. If there’s a witchcraft 101 area that you never fully learned, now’s the time. Things like grounding, centering, circle casting, meditation, warding, visualisation… these are all important foundations that you need before you can try to build on your knowledge.

Agrippa

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