Georgia O’Keeffe, in a letter to Russel Vernon Hunter, from Georgia O’Keeffe: Art and Letters
Art by René Magritte
Art by craftingwitch
I know a lot of baby witches have trouble with finding where to start out so I complied a list of good resources for the absolute beginner witch!! Hope this helps ❤️🌿
Witchy starter terms
Witch terms pt.2
Witchcraft symbols
Tree magick
Herb master post
(smudging is a term from Native American that is not an open practice, smoke cleansing is called Smoke Cleansing, smudging is closed as well as white sage and san palo, important Native American herbs)
I would definitely look into what are closed practices, as to avoid any cultural appropriation as many things like ‘honey jars’ or hoodoo powders are actually from closed or semi closed practices. It is important to know where these come from and it’s cultures as to avoid closed practices appropriation and to use some things like Nazar or chakras to know the significance and actual history and if you can work with them or not. Especially with spells or Deities or anything new.
Some closed practices info (not all of the closed practices in the world)
Moon phases and witchcraft
Moon grimore
Astrology symbols
Chakras (The actual history) (includes Yoga)
Chakras pt 2
112 ways of enlightenment through mediation (Hinduism)
Yoga history in India
Origin of Yoga with The God Lord Shiva
Beginner crystals
Origins of crystal healing
Crystal care
Crystals and the environmental impact
Lapis lazuli (ethical issues of some crystals)
Crystal master post
Beginner master post
Includes: magick theory, magickal tools, Beliefs and UPG, centering and grounding, Magick names, Visualisation, Circle casting, Warding and cleansing, Taglocks, Symbols, Curse info, Planes of existence, Laws of magick and spirit guides.
History of Astrology used in the Western world
Celtic Tree astrology
Witch tips
Spiritual protection
Herbs!!!!
AMAZING BEGINNER MASTER POST
Includes: Moon info and astrology, Herbs, Lots of spells, Astral Projection, Blood magick, Elements, enchanting items, Runes, Knot magick, Salt, insence, Plants, spirits, DIY recipes.
Auras
Astrology
Candle magick
Beginner witch advice
Sigils
Tarot
Celebrating sabbats
Sabbat info
Water magick
Master post all thingy witchy
Empaths
Types of witches
( I would lay off deity work at the beginning, you might never work with any, but it can be extremely dangerous even lethal and some dieties are from closed religions)
Home magick
Protection magick
Protection magick pt2
I would wait to do spells until you have all your information and research and do protection spells for your first spells. Also I wouldn’t do blood magick, as it is very powerful and can have major consequences if you don’t know what your doing, and spirit work or any work with deities.
Pagan vs Wiccan
Circle casting
Book of shadows prompts
Familiars
Familiars in animals
Familiar info and summoning
Energy work terms
Cleansing
Charging
Enhancing psychic abilites
BOS prompts galore
Witches tools
Charging vs activating
Witchy apps
Elements
13 goals of a witch
Resources
Famous occultists
I would definitely also look into some history of witchcraft and paganism (not just Wicca to the 1960’s history, but of the growth of witchcraft in the Renaissance era as well as traditional magic with the Greeks, to Celtic etc, as the impacts of those occultists, as some are very problematic like Crowley), as well as the impacts of other cultures and practices like Hinduism, Native American, Jewish Mysticism etc on modern western spirituality and giving that homage back to those cultures e.g chakras, yoga, spirit animals (closed practice), smudging, dream catchers, Kabbalah etc
Books!!
Spiritual burn out
Energy cycles in spirit working
Master post for beginners
Angel numbers
Fae info and resources
Banishing spirits
Love magick
Potions
Travel witchcraft
Tea reading
Energy lessons
Sigil magick
Spells galore
Spells prt2
Umbra magick - don’t need to know for absolute beginners, I just found it interesting.
Energy protection magick
Spirit work
Spirits house rules
Planetary hours
Deities
Pantheons
Amazing deity info!
Ancestor work types
Ancestor work
DIVINATION MASTER-POST
Shadow work
For any witches interested in anything demonology I highly recommend these blogs!:
Legions of demons
Uncultlike
Satanic sigil master
Randopus of hell
Balthasar 666
Summoning darker spirits
The grand book of Satan
Occultist romantic
source
These are absolutely lovely! 🌱💌💝
Source: 🌱
just showing off my two favorite cuttings i’ve been growing this summer ☀️🌱
pothos ‘njoy (3 months of rooting)
philodendron brasil (4 months of rooting)
Maps! Maps! MAPS! If you're a death witch, get one for the cemeteries you visit and mark gravestones/areas you've practiced in! Garden witches! Map out your gardens! Green witches! Map where you find specific herbs in your area! Lunar witches! Mark the best spots to go look at the sky! Make a key! Take notes!
Recipes for COMPONENTS! Write down how to make the mixtures you use in spells often- A special salt mixed with herbs and put under the moon, a mixture of oils for protection, the herb mixes sachets you keep making to add to sachets, whatever!
For green witches- press samples of stuff and glue them in! Go to an arboretum and ask for permission to take leaves to press, they'll usually let you take some- add them in with your notes about trees
Cool ways to make spells! I make spells in envelopes and on empty spools, what are some ways you do?
The local plants in your area and what they do. You're not going to be likely to find chrysanthemums to forage in Missouri, but you will find creeping charlie and prairie plants. What can you do with a thistle?
When you celebrate a sabbat, write down what you did and include samples! Ribbons from your Beltane altar, a pressed sample of your lemmas harvest, a scrap of your Yule decorations. Maybe do a spell and tape the remnants into your grimoire in a plastic baggie
Learn how to make an envelope out of paper just by folding it, how to string seeds, how to dry plants, how to macrame rocks and hang them from your window. Find those little witchy skills and write them down.
How to incorporate your hobby into your magic. Sigiling origami paper, weaving knot magick into your crochet, making blessed bookmarks, etc
Substitutes! Rosemary, rose and clear quartz are good for most things, but there are more substitutes to be used that are more powerful. Roanoke bells are good substitutes for bluebells, apparently.
Correspondences of odd things. Turns out different kinds of cats have different correspondences, huh.
Superstitions and such from where you're from.
For kitchen witches: easy to alter recipes. An egg noodle recipe that takes herbs really well, a simple bread recipe that can be dressed up for spells or rituals, how to make a good pie crust that you can sprinkle nutmeg in or whatever you desire.
Or: What foods go good with what herbs. You'll make a better apple pie (and get the benefits of apples, nutmeg, and cinnamon together!) If you know how your herbs taste together with your cooking. (Most kitchen witches know this stuff, but for a green witch who likes to make teas or a sea witch that likes to make soup, etc, this is important)
enjoying your coffee, latte or mocha in the morning can be a small ritual of its own. coffee as a fruit, as well as what flavors and milks you choose to enjoy with it, all have magickal properties that can work well together.
coffee magick
the magickal properties of coffee include: grounding, peace of mind, overcoming negativity, and breaking curses. it is also commonly used as an offering to ancestors, spirits and deities.
coffee can also be used for divination; it’s said that bubbles in your cup of black coffee are a sign of good luck (and extra luck if you can catch the bubbles with a spoon and eat them!).
coffee and espresso are also a great way to fertilize your garden and charge your herbs with higher energy!
flavor magick
sugar: used to “sweeten” both literally and magically! brings positivity.
vanilla: promotes happiness, calmness and love
hazelnut: brings you spiritual
chocolate: emotional release, prosperity
cinnamon: attracting wealth, passion
milk magick
cow milk (comfort, protection), almond milk (good luck), soy milk (psychic awareness), rice milk (blessings, prosperity), coconut milk (purification, protection), cashew milk (money), oat milk (prosperity, wealth)
✨🌊 Sea Glass 🌊✨
Sea Glass is often overlooked magickally and there isn’t much information out there but they are indeed magickal. They are like gifts from the water 🌊
Use it as you would a crystal. Carry some around with you (as itself or jewelry), put them on your altar to represent the water element or use them as a grid….. etc…
💠About Them💠
💠They have healing and cleansing properties
💠They can be used as water representation on an altar
💠You can create your own DIY Rune set
💠Can be used as offerings
💠If you happen to find a RARE colored sea glass it can be used for goodluck
💠Depending on the color - it can represent that colors properties
💠It has both water and fire element properties
💠Can be used in spells that have any sort of change/metamorphosis.
https://www.instagram.com/witchingmama/
she/hereclectic witchcrafttaurus sun / aquarius moon / aquarius risingmother of two
456 posts