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i haven’t posted my art in awhile because i haven’t had any motivation to draw but ya girl is joining another dnd campaign so that means another character drawing. Meet Velphi ♡︎

and into the forest i go

to lose my mind

and find my soul

What coffee is your favorite?

I’m basic and I’m a sucker for those nice fall flavors especially pumpkin. Lately I’ve been taking plain ole coffee grounds and adding cinnamon and nutmeg to them, oh my it’s delicious!

Ways to Celebrate Samhain

Since ancient times people have celebrated this wonderful fall holiday. However, the way it is celebrated has changed many times over the years. So how do you celebrate this spooky season?

What is Samhain?

Pronounced SAH-Wen. In case you missed it, I have a post explaining what Samhain is here. :)

How do witches and pagans celebrate?

There are many ways to celebrate this fire festival. This list consists of the ways I personally celebrate Samhain, as well as ways that are commonly practiced in the witchcraft community.

Have a bonfire! One of the more common and ancient ways is to have a bonfire with your community! This could mean your neighborhood or just you and some of your friends and family.

If you're more of an introverted type having a little hearth fire or even lighting a candle can work just as well to embody the spirit of Samhain!

Cooking and baking fall foods, especially if you use things you've harvested yourself works wonders for a Samhain celebration.

Making mulled wine or spiced cider (virgin options are just as good here).

Have a feast with the wine/cider and foods you're making! Invite your friends and family over. Remember, they don't have to witches to enjoy a good meal and some homemade BOOze.

Decorate your altar with fall items like leaves, acorns, pinecones, a cool stick, whatever calls to you!

Make a temporary altar for the Samhain celebration for offerings.

Speaking of which: Give offerings to your deities, ancestors, spirits, or other deities that are associated with the season.

If you're comfortable and experienced, talk with the dead. Whether it's your grandma or that nice ghost chilling near your home, say hello! The veil between our world and theirs is thinner this time of year. Invite them to join in on your feast. Catch them up on your life events or the latest drama!

Cleanse your space-literally and metaphysically. You don't need to do a deep clean, but taking a broom or the vacuum to your floors and dusting off your shelves is a great way to make you feel cleaner on the inside too! Take an incense, incense spray, or smoke bundle (of appropriate herbs) and use them accordingly to cleanse your house. DO NOT USE CLOSED PRACTICES OR THEIR HERBS unless you're apart of that culture. Do research on the herbs you have if you're not sure.

You can also find plenty of wonderful rituals, spells, or recipes online, just make sure you do research on herbs and practices so that you don't hurt yourself.

Practice fire safety!

If you have anything to add, please let me know, I'd love to hear how other people are celebrating Samhain this year.

I’m just super fucking bitter that once the flint water crisis got it’s 15 minutes of fame people stopped giving a shit. The water is still poisoned, people! Donations have plummeted and people have been forced back into drinking and bathing with the water! The medical effects of this are astounding, cases of legionnaires disease have skyrocketed, people are having seizures, people are having weird rashes break out over their body, people (including me!) are having their blood poisoned, and it’s not just lead! it’s coliform bacteria! it’s THMs! it’s all in the water and it gets into the bloodstream and breaks down blood vessels, causing bruising and petechiae and internal bleeding and no one gives a shit anymore and it’s only gotten worse like how many people are going to have to die until people realize this is still a problem

Witchy beginner plant:

Lavender

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Lavandula is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found in Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, and from Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, southwest Asia to India.

Scientific name: Lavandula

Family: Lamiaceae

Kingdom: Plantae

Order: Lamiales

Tribe: Ocimeae

Subfamily: Nepetoideae

Harvesting:

in the spring or early summer gives the plant enough time to possibly produce more flowers for a second cutting. The best time of day to harvest lavender is in the morning, after the dew has dried but before the heat of the sun draws out too much of the fragrant essential oils.

Care:

Lavender is drought-tolerant, which means mature plants don't need to be watered all the time like your other garden plants. Too much water can leave them susceptible to root rot and fungal disease. Young, newly planted lavender does need regular watering until established (either by irrigation or adequate rainfall). The soil should be Light: Lavender needs full sun and well-drained soil to grow best. In hot summer climates, afternoon shade may help them thrive. Soil: Lavender grows best in low to moderately-fertile soils, so don't amend the soil with organic matter before planting. Lavender performs best in neutral to slightly alkaline soils.

Spiritual meaning:

Lavender flowers represent purity, silence, devotion, serenity, grace, and calmness.

It is Is Clearing + Cleansing for the Mind, Body + Spirit

In dreams:

To dream of lavender flowers represents appreciation for honesty that allows you to feel completely carefree or neutral. Feelings about family life or safety that allows you to accept yourself the way you are. Appreciation of being completely insulted from danger or worries.

Planet connections:

Mercury

Zodiac connections:

Virgo ♍

Gemini ♊

Cancer ♋

Health benefits:

May Help Improve Sleep.

Could Help Treat Skin Blemishes.

May Offer a Natural Remedy for Pain.

Reduce Blood Pressure and Heart Rate.

Could Relieve Asthma Symptoms.

Lessens Menopausal Hot Flashes.

Help Combat Fungus Growth.

Potentially Promotes Hair Growth.

lavenders contain vitamins A, C and E.” Antioxidants also protect the body from free-radical damage, linked to disease and ageing.

Myths about lavender:

Cleopatra used its fragrance in her grand seductions. It’s even claimed the asp that killed her hid among her lavender bushes.

When God kicked Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Evil, they took lavender with them. 

In many cultures it was believed that wearing lavender would attract love.

Lavender was thought to keep away evil spirits and sickness in the Victorian era.

Finding blue lavender was seen as lucky!

It most European countries it was believed that royal fae wore the scent of lavender.

The Romans believed the god Saturn wore lavender.

Lavender was also thought to be the scent of the god Lofn.

Lavender facts:

When sex work was made illegal, lavender was worn by sex workers and planted in front of working houses so their clients would know where to go.

Lavender has also been a sign of the LGBT+! Wearing lavender was a hidden sign that you were LGBT+ that's why the LGBT+ was originally called the lavender society.

Gods associated with lavender:

Apollo

Lofn

Saturn

Jesus

Solomon

Hekate

Basically all fae

Quan Yin

Kybele

Diana

Ra

Circe

Lavender in witchcraft:

Lavender is mostly used for

Healing

Cleansing

Love

Forgiveness

Banishing

Spirit work

Purifying

Fae magick

Joy

Opening the third eye

Divination

Housewarming Magic

For when you’ve moved into a new living situation or are ready for a new start <3

Finding your home/moving:

Spell for your dream house

The witch’s moving checklist

Cleansing:

Room cleansing

To absorb negative energy from a room

Summer house cleansing

Herbal wall/floor wash + witchy cleaners

Home cleansing tips

Home cleansing brew

Thoroughly clearing spaces

Crystals to cleanse the home

Cleansing your space without smoke

Cleansing your space: a how-to guide

Energy cleansing

Low energy cleaning + cleansing

Warding + Protection:

A crash course on warding

To ward the home

Threshold magic 101

Protect my home spell

Home protection steam spell

Simple home protection jar spell

“Little lurkers” home protection spell

Room/home protection

Wall of fire property & house protection spell

Protection (wind) chimes

The Rowan cross

Protecting the property

Check out the sigils below!

Sigils:

“For a magical and happy home”

“Sospidonum”

“This space is full of life, light, and bright energy”

“No fighting in this home”

“My home is safe”

“This home is safe for all”

“This home is a safe and healthy environment”

“My house is protected from unwanted influences”

“My home is protected”

Witchin’ it up:

Happy home spell jar

Home sweet home spell jar

House to home spell

Doing the dishes the witchy way

Homemade laundry detergent recipe

Laundry magic

Pleasing household spirits

When a bad guest leaves

Building a magical home

Odds and ends:

Magic, and power, in homemaking

The history and creation of witch bottles

Cottage witch tips

Hearth witch tips

The basics of kitchen and cottage witchcraft

You may also like:

Bedridden witch: garden / stale energy / kitchen edition

Spells for job seekers

Travel witchery

Links updated October, 2020 (please inform me of broken links via askbox)

Here’s an updated version of my throwing divination set. I’ve added some new pieces to it and stitched some more symbols on the cloth mat for more specific readings <|:^)

↓↓↓ ⁂ Longer Process and Information Post Below! ⁂ ↓↓↓

If you don’t feel like reading, you can keep scrolling a bit :)

The stitching on the mat is definitely not the prettiest work I’ve done, the fabric is from an old shirt so it was kinda stretchy and annoying to work with. Also, I ended up having to usejust regular brown string, since I ran out of proper embroidery thread that matched the previous brown lines I stitched on a while ago, so that made things a bit rougher to sew with. I’m also not the best at freehand embroidery, but I’m still alright with the result  ʕ •ᴥ•ʔゝ♡

I’ll list the pieces and symbols and their meanings below, for my sake since I don’t have a final paper copy, as well as if anyone has suggestions on any more pieces for other meanings I should maybe add later ¯\_(●’◡’●)_/¯ 

·₊˚☆☽ ⚘ 𐐪𐑂 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐭 𐐪𐑂 ⚘ ☾☆˚₊·

***The mat has two circles, items landing within the inner circle are more directly involved, important or sooner in the reading. Items landing in the outer circle are less directly involved and items landing outside of both circles bear little to no involvment or relation.

It is also divided into the four seasons, which could literally realate to the season itself, or what the season represents: 

Snowflakes ❅ Winter- Solitude, potential negativity, death, standstill, rest, self reflection

Flowers ❀ Spring- Opportunities, potential, beginnings, life, renewal, hope, love, action, growth

Sun ☼ Summer- Positivity, joy, energy, power, productivity, full potenital, enjoyment, freedom, acceptance, love

Leaf ༄ Autumn- Abundance, work paying off, reaping benefits, wealth, change, maturity, gratitude

·₊˚☆☽ ⚘ 𐐪𐑂 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𐐪𐑂 ⚘ ☾☆˚₊·

***Some pieces are coins or are two-sided items, which means they have different meanings depending on which side is facing up. Here’s the full list of pieces with meanings: 

Twine Person- The self, represents whoever the reading is for, set at the centre of the inner circle

Green Shell- Positive, affirmative, yes

Barnacle Shell- Negative, no

Acorn Caps- Wealth, materials, possessions

Black Crescent Moon- Emotions, feelings

Acorn Bottom- Growth, development, movement, process, work

Walnut- Wisdom, intelligence, matters of the mind, thinking, motivation, inspiration

Key- Truth, motives, true desires, true meanings, honesty

Penny (Tail Side)- Fate, unchangeable, established 

Penny (Head Side)- Your decision, changable

Shark Tooth- Old, ssociated with the past, known, returning

Brown Pattern, Black-Rimmed Shell- New, involved with the future, unknown

Orangey Brown Pattern Shell- Love, sexuality, romance

Green Rock- Health, safety

Brown Rock- Realstionships, family, friends

Small, Stick Figure- Others, people, humanity

Black, Speckled Shell- Masuline, “masuline” traits

Brown, Pointed Shell- Feminine, “feminine” traits

Twenty Cent Euro (Person Side)- Few, less, weaker, milder

Twenty Cent Euro (Twenty Side)- Many, more, intense, stronger

Ammonite (Spiral Side)- Far, distant, slow, more time, approaching slower

Ammonite (Blanker Side)- Near, fast, approaching quicker, close, less time

Screw- Action, decisions, work

☽O☾ Take Care, Stay Safe and Have a Good Day! ☽O☾ ｡⋆₊˚ଘ(୨୧ᵕᴗᵕ)˚₊⋆｡

things that made me stop wanting to die that require no effort whatsoever

change the color used to highlight text on your laptop

move the pictures on your wall

stack whatever clutter is in your room into piles even if you don’t have time to clean it all

slightly vary your commute, even just by one street

change where you sit and scroll aimlessly on your phone even if it’s only to the chair in your room instead of your bed

drink water or juice out of a wine glass in the morning because nothing is real

shower with the lights off, without music

buy $3 flowers at trader joe’s—they look bad next to the more expensive ones but they look so good in your room

start typing things you don’t post into your notes. your thoughts can be worth documenting even if you don’t deem them worth sharing

wake up super early just once. you don’t have to make it a habit it’s just extra satisfying to go to bed that night

listen to the entirety of your favorite album from 2015