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Hot Foot Podwer to ward off (hoodoo)
I want to clarify that this is the "recipe" that I use.
the "recipe" can vary depending on who makes it and what is at their disposal. Recipe: 1:red pepper or flying pepper 2:black pepper 3:red ant (Optional) 4:Sulfur For the base of the powder, that is, to make it more like a powder, use white flour, but you can also use chalk.
university/college witch tips
☕️ brew a cup of tea in between, after, and/or before classes. use herbs according to certain correspondences(I personally use lavender & chamomile after class, rosemary & mugwort before or in between if I have enough time). stir in sugar with intention. pour in a thermos if you’re on the go.
☀️ wake up 20 minutes early and meditate. set intentions or goals for the day, say your prayers, give thanks to the universe or to your deity, focus on your chakras. whatever feels right and simple, make it a part of your morning. [alternative: if you have 20 minutes in between classes this can really help you unwind before your next class]
🎧 instead of listening to your regular music, find something spiritually enriching to listen to when you have a moment. there’s plenty of wonderful spirits on youtube, instagram, etc. that speak to me on a daily. listen to an astrology forecast, a tarot reading, info on certain gods or deities, other witches and their practice, anything that resonates with you. [alternative: find witchy playlists on spotify, tumblr, or 8tracks* ]
📔 combine your practice with your planner. jot down the astrological influences of each week/day. track your tea intake. record pre-planned workings/spellwork/rituals/etc. dedicate a spread to your intentions each Moon cycle, at the end of the cycle cross off everything that manifested, migrate the remaining intentions to the next spread. this is a great pastime when you’re bored in class
♥️ shuffle your tarot/Oracle/etc. cards in class. take them with you throughout the day, let them experience what you do. at the end of the day ask them for their thoughts, or any other thing you feel. make sure to cleanse your deck however you prefer after a long day, your cards will absorb all the energy around you and it may lead to them acting wonky
🖊 draw sigils to help you study and prepare for tests. if you’re struggling with lateness, come up with a sigil to help you be more time efficient. if you suck at homework, write a symbol for wisdom or focus on yourself before you start doing it. sigils are an urban witches best friend
💸 to save money, diy items for your altar. if you live on a college campus, there’s plenty of places where people give away unwanted items either or free or really cheap. get them, if they resonate. paint them, sculpt around them, whatever. then put it on your altar
matterzcollective.com/store
Tarot Tips and Tricks
A compilation of some of my favorites found on Pinterest.
Shuffle your deck and find THE SUN. The card on top is what you need to heal within yourself. The card underneath is how to begin the healing process.
Numbers trick. Shuffle your deck. Seventh (7) card down is how to empower yourself; Eleventh (11) card down is what's next on your spiritual journey; Thirteenth (13) card down is a message you need to hear right now to find your purpose
Trying to attract money? Shuffle and find the 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th cards to tell you how. (Some specify just the 5th, 10th and 20th).
Shuffle your deck and find THE FOOL. The card under it says how you fucked up. The card over it says how to fix it.
Shuffle your deck and find THE EMPRESS. The card in front of her gives you insight and wisdom on how to nurture and love yourself.
Feeling stuck? Shuffle and find THE HANGED MAN. The card under is why you feel stuck. The card on top is how to overcome it. Alternative: find DEATH. What's behind her is what you need to let go or leave behind. In front of her is what you need to focus on.
Have a desired goal in mind? Shuffle your deck and when you feel ready split your deck in half and hold the cards face up in both hands. Your left hand is what will hinder your goal. Your right hand is what will help you.
Have lingering sadness? Find THE MOON and THE SUN. The cards in between are the number of steps needed to move forward.
Have two choices? Shuffle and find the JUSTICE card. Behind it is where your first choice will lead. Front of it is where your second choice will lead.
Quick glimpse into the future. Find you nearest birth card. The first card under it is what is approaching you soon.
BONUS: For daily practice
In the morning pull a card to represent what you need to know for the day.
At night pull a card for what you need to understand about the day.
✨💛 The Blasian Witch 💛✨
Hello! Do you have resources on beginning witchcraft? I'm latinx and my grandma practiced brujeria, but I'm no longer in contact with her.
I AM SO SORRY, I DID NOT REALIZE THIS WAS SITTING IN MY ASKBOX STILL!! Please forgive me T_T
Okay, so I'm going to recommend you handle this two headed beast from both sides: 1, general accessible witchcraft, and 2, connecting to an ancestral practice.
Firstly, and foremost, I do have a post on what I recommend for newbies, as found in my larger research post. Hint hint: it always starts with a trip to the library. It's only even a little bit outdated too. (Goodbye, Witchvox!)
It is easier now than ever to find a path to a spiritually-driven path forged of your own hands and research. Of course, not all sources are equal, but still, there is treasure in trash and fool's gold in glittering mines. My two recommended books to start are @orriculum's Witchcraft and Whimsy, and then later, after a time settling into a routine, @breelandwalker's Grovedaughter Witchery. I have wondered if I wanted to change these recommendations up a bunch of times, but they consistently are the only two books that I know of that are not only beginner/seeker friendly, but have a very sturdy stance against cultural appropriation. The books are also in a very reasonable price range and available on Amazon. If you're looking for something free, I recommend not only the dubiously illustrious witchblr blogs at the bottom of this linked post but also Bree NicGarran's Free Books post! Hope you like Middle English!
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Secondly, however, comes connecting to a culture you're not presently in the domain of, and that is a completely separate pickle to juice. Presuming the metaphor here is the pickle juice. Anyway. You got two options. I suggest taking them both because only one leads to an imbalance of the sort of information you find...you’ll see what I mean.
Social media is a help and a hindrance, but there are likely brujería social media accounts and instagrams and facebook groups and all the like just like there are for other groups of diasporic practitioners looking to connect with each other. Some networking and speaking to lots of people, checking out the appropriate tags etc. will net you people to follow online. Other humans will be invaluable in this scenario. Not everything in a practice is written down. Culture is passed from hand to mouth to hand to hand to mouth... It won’t all be in a book. Network. Reach out. Unfortunately I personally do not know too much about brujería (being non-latine), but you can probably get a boost from @witches-ofcolor if you ask nicely. Visibility is what it is.
But BOOKS! Books are good for you too! If you know the approximate location where your grandmother grew up, you can look up books on her local superstitions and culture. Anthropology and sociology books will be your bestest friends in the whole world. This post goes into the process more effectively, but basically, you’re going to want to avoid more contemporary “witchcraft” books and focus more on nonfiction aimed at a more academic crowd. It’s good to have practitioner’s voices, sure, but there’s a kind of...sameification that can happen if you’re in the general witchcraft crowd sometimes. It’s not amazing.
Other than that...yeah. I’ve had Mesa Blanca by Florencio Guevara recommended to me as well as Luz y Progreso by Sancista Brujo Luis, both books that...I believe were in English when they were recommended to me? But Mesa Blanca has some bizarrely racist stuff in it that I was not expecting at ALL which made me majorly suspicious about the perspective of the author. I never read the other. Anyway. I want to emphasize that you have a lot of opportunities available to you, and a lot of places to look towards. Don’t worry. You’ll make it somewhere as long as you keep walking.
I hope this finds you well! Sorry it took me so long, but once you open the ask to see it the notification goes away, and I knew this needed a really thorough answer...yadda yadda. Before I knew it this ask was new to me again.
Best of luck on your journey, and my blessings!
tips from the merciful haha
I haven’t posted here in ages so hello
I’m going off to college next year and I’m dorming, so I have to take a lot of stuff with me
How can I practice when I’m in my dorm? What should I take with me?
Witchcraft Around The World Part 1: Middle Eastern/Arabic Witchcraft
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“[Witchcraft in the Middle East is] probably very rare as a safety thing, but I know enough about the culture itself. Food is a big thing, and so is family. Everybody knows everybody. We’re all mostly related pretty much, even if only very distantly. Music and dancing is very big, especially the debke. You can look up some videos. They’re pretty cool. I’m Lebanese, so I’m not completely sure this pertains to everywhere, but we’re very traditional and superstitious. Being left handed is bad, and ways have food and coffee to serve when there are guests over, etc.
Where my family comes from, they lived off the land. Wheat is a big symbol of my family, as it was a major crop for my family. Cedar trees, obviously, for lebanon.” ~ @witchcraftbythemoon
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Magical power to heal sickness and other acts of white witchcraft or sorcery are typically ascribed to gods, heroes and men in the extant literature of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and Canaan. There was also a fear of malevolent magic or sorcery, especially in Mesopotamia.
Although the belief in magical practices was apparently widespread in the cultures of the ancient Middle East, it is known for a variety of punishments and death sentences for accused witches (male or female) in the modern time.
Because of the risque situation concerning witchcraft in the modern Middle East, witch covens or associations are very secretive and underground.
Where to Buy Cheap Spell Supplies: Hoodoo/Brujeria Edition
i’ve seen so many resource list out there about where you can find cheap spell supplies, but their never about folk magic. I live in a very liberal place and state, but it is still difficult to find stores that sell products catered to Afro-religions or Brujeria that are affordable. Botanicas are great for staple items like oils, candles, honeys, and powders, but I wanted to make a list for more creative and specfic spells. Here’s my resource list for all my witches out there who practice folk magic, Hoodoo, or brujeria!
1. Party stores/Toy aisles at department stores: both go hand in and hand because most party stores are marketed towards children’s birthdays. Both places are a JACKPOT for spell supplies. Some things I’ve found and what I use them for include:
Toy Cop Badges: These can be used for law stay away spells, justice spells, immigration cases, and anyone you want to protect from the law or send the law for.
Toy Money: I use these for money spells to write on, burn, leave as offerings, or shred to put in mojo bags and satchets.
Dolls: Pretty self explanatory. Dolls can be used as a stand in for any person you want to influence. Cheap barbies are perfect because they are big enough to put in a lot of different positions. Speciality dolls like pregnant dolls could be used for fertility, or to protect new mothers.
Toy Phones: Need to do a lover return spell or call/text me spell? Perfect! Get yourself a toy cell phone, put it in the center of the plate, write a petition to who you want to call, put it under the phone, dress it with herbs, oils, and honey, and sugar. Put your energy into the spell for 7 days and then discard.
2. Dollar Store: The dollar store is a no brainer because everything is a dollar and if you’re trying to be a bruja on a budget, it’s a no brainer. Here are some things you can get there that you might not have thought of.
White plates, cups, bowls: White can be used for anything. You could use these dishes to put on your ancestor altar, give to your deities, or simply to do your spells on.
Fabric flowers: Perfect offerings or decorations for any altars, and if you can’t have fresh flowers or plants for any reason these are a great subsitute
Emergency candles: Most dollar stores sell something called emergency candles, usually found with the novena (religious) candles in the store. These are white, cheap, household candles that have saved me when I’m in a pinch and need to do a spell but I don’t have time to get new supplies.
Craft Aisle: You can get a bunch of helpful stuff in this aisle like jars, googley eyes (can be stuck in a jar with a petition to make someone be discovered for lying, cheating, etc) Mini plastic toy animals (can be used for all kinds of stuff. Sheep=tame sheep spells, chicken=protection spell, etc) Popsicle sticks (can be used for making crosses, building boxes, etc) Felt fabric squares (make dolls)
3. Craft Stores: Craft stores are pretty expensive and most of the main stuff you can find here you can get at a party store or dollar store with the exception of during a holiday….guys… I am a financial disaster during halloween. Some ideas include
Halloween: Bottles, jars, coffins (perfect for darker spells like “your relationship will die), toy insects (put in a jar with a doll, and herbs to cause nightmares) black candles that are CHEAP, Skulls of all shapes sizes and materials (perfect for head working spells), SO MUCH STUFF! If you guys are on a budget wait until the end of halloween and head on over to your local craft store and cash out $$$$!!
Valentines Day: A perfect time to collect all things love magic including heart shaped bottles, roses (fake or real), and chocolates for offerings.
Christmas: Theres nothing specifically around this time that I’ve found useful BUT, everything goes on sale around this time, so this is the perfect time to go ahead and pick up anything thats laying around from previous holidays.
4. Hispanic Grocery Stores: You can get some serious bulk herbs and bigger grocery stores! I buy the more obscure herbs online like fiver finger grass, but things I have found at my local Mexican grocery store include:
Mugwort: Good for psychic spells, divination, and dream work
Bulk Bay Leaves: I put bay leaves in just about everything, so I need a ton of them to sustain me and i usually get them here.
Alum Stone: Used in shut up or tapa boca spells to pucker someone’s mouth and shut them up.
Various Chili Peppers: I love peppers because they’re so versatile! They can be used in defensive spells like revenge spells or break up spells, but they can also be used for other things like fiery wall of protection.
Florida Water: Almost all Mexican grocery stores sell this, and its way cheaper than buying it online or from a “spiritual” supplier.
5. Thrift stores: When you go thrifting its best not have a specific thing in mind, but you can find some really unique witchy things at thrift stores for cheap. Some things I’ve found include:
Vintage perfume bottles: used on my altar
Candle holders: literally almost all of mine are from thrift stores
Altar cloths: Things like silk scarves or cool fabric could be used. All of mine are from thrift stores.
I hope this list helped you out and gave you some more ideas for spells, if you have anything you want me to write about or expand on from this post, let me know. Happy casting!