Maybe I Might Enjoy My French Extra Classes. Gotta Love Him Explaining To Me About Post-colonialism And

Maybe I might enjoy my french extra classes. Gotta love him explaining to me about post-colonialism and how bad it is, and then ranting about monotheistic religions, especially Christianity. It's been SO REFRESHING to finally hear an adult in my life talk about how horrible the effects of religion, especially Christianity was. I agreed with everything he said! If anything, I gotta thank this guy for giving me more motivation to learn about my Indian culture.

When I say I am not waiting for revolution, I mean Im planting things secretly at bus stops, and shoveling snow out of the way of crosswalks. I mean it in a way where neighbors are stocking community fridges and harvesting in community gardens. Little libraries and strangers giving you shoes bc they couldnt return them. I mean ppl swapping stuff or loaning it out to neighbors theyve just met. I mean it in a way where a friend who can sew asks me to mend something and a week late brings me cookies as thanks. I mean it in the way a friend makes a playlist for you and it truly brighten your day. These tiny acts of defiance against cruelty and profit are their own  revolutions. And they catch like kindling, small going at first you might not even know that flames there. Than suddenly all at once catching, burning in the darkness of the night.

Anyone from India here?

You are the first here!!!! Again, please be careful if you are somewhere where witchcraft gets people ostracized/beaten/killed !

Other Witches of India, please hit that rebloog button!

I changed up my altar :)

This was really because I fell out of the habit of saying my affirmations in front of my previous altar, so I thought change would be useful and might motivate me more. I don't really blame myself for falling out of the habit previously though. I used to sleep very late when it happened, and I would get up wayy early to say the affirmations.

It's still a self love altar, but I believe self love can take different forms and one form is working towards the goals I set.

What is on my altar:

A normal white candle. I have plenty of these in my house and decided to let it be simple.

A luck/prosperity spell bowl, which I made with salt and herbs in my kitchen. I also added a special coin.

The previous self-love sigil

The bracelet I had enchanted

A lucky coin which is like a mini luck spell, I carry it around.

Rainbow fluorite, which my sister gave to me, it increases focus

The shells from my previous altar because I love those shells

A self love bottle spell

For some reason I also feel more connected to my culture. Maybe it's because of the visuals. White is an important colour in Kerala and is the colour our traditional clothes are in. Kerala is always so full of greenery, hence the green herbs on the bowl. I also used the spices in my kitchen for this, which adds to the feeling.

Indian Witchcraft Series: Spice edition

~So. I kinda got tired of finding all these wonderful spells and not being able to do them because I didn’t have access to certain ingredients. It also made writing my own spells a pain in the ass. So I’m starting this series of whatever this is that deals with magic in an Indian context. So I went to the kitchen and wrote down all the spices I could find and then found the correspondences. Feel free to tell me if I’ve missed anything/ any correspondence so I can add it~

• STAR ANISE (Air): Protection, aids in Divination, Lust, Youth, Keeps away nightmares.

• ASAFOETIDA: Protection, Banishing, Prophetic Dreams, (Curses)

• BLACK SALT: Banishing

• BLACK PEPPER: Protection, Banishing

• BAY LEAF: Protection, Success, Purification, Wishes, Strength, Good Fortune, Divination

•BETEL NUT: Protection, Banishing, (Curses)

• CLOVES (Fire): Good luck, prosperity, to keep friends close, stop rumours, lust, Protection, Banishing.

• CINNAMON (Fire): Success, Protection, Love, Lust, Healing, Power, Prosperity. Also offering for fairies.

• CARDAMOM: Love, Lust, Fidelity

• CORIANDER: Love, Health, Protection, Peace.

• CHILLI: Fidelity, Love, Hex Breaking, (Curses)

• CURRY LEAF: (Beauty, Invisibility/ Metamorphosis)

• FENUGREEK: Money, Fertility

• FENNEL SEEDS: Strength, Vitality, Protection from curses, Healing, Purification, Strength

• GINGER: New Adventures, New experiences, Prosperity, Sensuality, Confidence, Success, Health

• GARLIC: Healing, Protection, Banishing, Purification.

• LEMON: Purification, Cleaning, Love, Invisibility, Protection, Travel

• MUSTARD SEED: Courage, Faith, Endurance, (New Beginnings)

• MACE: Concentration, Focus, Self Discipline

• MINT: Energy, Communication, Prosperity, Healing, (Luck)

• NUTMEG: Money/ Prosperity, Luck, Protection, Breaking hexes

• POPPY: Love, Abundance, Prosperity, Love, (Sleep)

• PUMPKIN SEED: Health

• TAMARIND: Love, (Spirit work, Curses)

• TURMERIC: (Healing, Beauty, Protection)

• SUGAR: Love, Lust, (Happiness)

• SESAME SEED: Money, Lust, Passion

• SALT (Earth): Protection, Grounding, Cleansing, Purification

• SANDALWOOD: Banishing, Protection, Healing, (Beauty)

• SAFFRON: Love, Lust, Healing, Happiness, Strength, Wind raising, (Money)

NOTE: the things in the brackets are my correspondences but feel free to use them.

Until next time! Stay Blessed 💛

The Buyerarchy of Needs