Limes Packed With Salt And Cloves With Psalm 91 Recited Over Them. Hiding Them In Various Corners Of

Simmer Pot Spell to Make a Home Feel Welcoming

You will Need:

Large Pot

Water

Cinnamon (preferably sticks but any kinds work)

Orange Peels

Cloves

2-4 Bay Leaves

Steps:

Fill your large pot with water and place it on the stove and set it to a medium heat. Into it add your orange peels, cloves, bay and cinnamon. 

Stir everything clockwise: “I welcome you to my home, please feel comfortable” and repeat as may times as you feel necessary

Cover the pot and let it boil. Keep an eye on it so it doesn’t boil over

Once boiling you may remove lid and let it continue to boil until house is filled with the scent and positive energies

🍂Autumn is here 🍂 gifs (edits) made by me :)

Some things never change even across the multiverse

Flameless Hearths & Devotions

Ideas for Hestia devotees/worshippers who are unable to use a fireplace or flames in their worship. Welcome for all who find this helpful!

Using flames safely and/or discreetly:

(For the occasional need)

Use a tea light or lighter outside; on a fire-safe surface such as concrete or gravel.

Burn objects over your sink or a bowl of water.

Outdoor fire pits or grills. 

Creating your hearth:

Your hearth should feel like a central, focused place that represents your home. Someplace where you feel calm and safe. Traditionally, this was often in the kitchen; but it can be anywhere in your home. It can also be in multiple places, or small and contained. 

My shelf altar. I keep it clean and tidy. It contains items that remind me of home, and offerings to Hestia. It represents hearth and home, and is a space I can visit when I wish to feel connected to her. 

My dedication wall. I used to have a wall with a dried marigold garland, soothing poetry, devotional poetry, artwork and prayers on it. This is an excellent way to have a discreet (if you so choose) dedicated space that doesn’t take up much surface area. 

My stovetop. Each time I put the kettle on for tea, I feel connected to Hestia. I offer the first sip to her. I simmer pots of water with herbs, spices or other scented things (such as orange peels) to spread a beautiful aroma around my home. 

Don’t have a stove? An electric kettle and microwave will do!

My oven. Each time I bake (both the preparation and the baking itself) I feel connected to her and give a portion as an offering.

My woodstove or outdoor firepit. It is worth noting that because I have these things (and use my woodstove as a primary heating source) I do often use these as my hearth and burn offerings here. 

Flame and candle alternatives:

What feels right to you? What matches the energy/warmth of fire and flame?

Electric candles, especially ones that flicker and have warmer colors.

Electric tealights in candle holders. 

Solar charged lanterns

Fairy lights in a jar

Himalayan salt lamp

Wax or oil warmers (with heat bulbs).

Electric fireplace

Flame ambiance videos

Scents:

For me, certain smells embody home. And this is wonderful, because we can control them–even without candles or incense!

Essential oil or reed diffusers 

Wax or oil warmers

Scented electric candles

Potpourri 

Scented sachets

Room/pillow sprays

Pot of water on the stove with scented things

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Resources for Hestia devotees - a masterpost

Hestia small devotional acts

Bedridden devotion to Hestia

𝕮𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖈𝖗𝖞𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖘

🌿𝐒𝐌𝐎𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆. “Smudge” sticks can be made of many different herbs. I recommend using white sage sticks. Light it and wave it gently in the air, encouraging the smoke to spill over the crystals. This action is smoke cleansing, not to be confused with smudging.

🌿𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄. Like with smoke cleansing, the smoke created from lighting the incense is wonderful depending on the scent and infusion of the sticks to spill over crystals. For incense I can recommend frankincense and myrrh, or any cleansing mixes.

🌿𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑. You can use salt water from the ocean or simply put salt in a bowl of water. Hold your crystals so that they are immersed in the water. It’ll cleanse the energy from the stones. Be sure to clean your crystals using clean water afterwards. Some crystals can not be placed in water because they are too soft, or brittle. Water can cause some stones to fracture and break, or even dissolve! Be sure to look up your crystal and what cleansing is best for it.

🌿𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. Sit comfortably in a quiet room or a place of your choosing. Hold your crystals in your hand and close your eyes, allowing the silence and serenity to envelope you. Visualise your crystals in front of you. Picture a wave washing all the negative energy trapped inside the crystals away. Do this until you intuitively feel that they have been cleansed.

🌿𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. This is the easiest method of cleansing, and safe for all crystals. Also, The full moon can act as a reminder for you that your crystals need cleansing. Simply wait for the full moon and place your crystals outside so that they are surrounded by the moon’s gentle energy. If you don’t have an outdoor area that is safe for your crystals to be placed, a windowsill will work too. It does not matter if your window does not face the moon. The moon’s energy will still be present. Then bring them back inside in the morning.  

🌼 Little chamomile milk tea potion 🌼

I made this to relax before bed and bring in sweet dreams and happiness the next day. This is good after a stressful day or when you want a good nights sleep.

What you need

-3 chamomile tea bags - relaxing, peace, happiness

-water (I used normal water but you can use rain or moon water for more of an effect)

-milk

-honey - to sweeten your dreams

-cinnamon - to bring happiness into the next day and to remind you that the sun always rises the next day

Steps

I. Fill a mug ¼ full of water and pour it into a pot. Put the chamomile tea bags in and simmer the pot to let them seep

II. Let the tea get really strong. Maybe simmer it for about 10 minutes

III. Fill the mug about ¾ full of milk and pour it into the tea. Make sure to leave the tea bags in.

IV. Add in honey and stir until devolved. Once your milk tea is warm, pour it into the mug and sprinkle cinnamon one top

V. Hold the mug in your hand and change it with calm and happy energy

I hope you enjoy this delicious milk tea! Have a wonderful day 🌼

I wish to be with the trees.

Roaming the forest for so long that I eventually start to become it.

I will grow antlers and claws. 

Mushrooms with sprout from my skin, ivy will wrap itself around my limbs. 

My eyes will glow in the dark, I will be able to speak to the animals and plants.

I will live in a cave, and host picnics for all of the citters.

I will thank the trees for letting me be with them. 

I do not deserve them. 

simmer pots 🍎🍯

credit to:Claudia Fuchs

I merged a few recipes of these together. Swapped and changed some ingredients.

Orange

Lemon

Apple

Rosemary

Lavender

Star anise

Rose buds

Rose petals

Hibiscus

Bay leaves

Cinnamon

Moon water

Florida water

Kananga water

Used more of some ingredients than others, depending on the smell you want..

So I used more of the flowery smells.

Not too much of the florida and kananga as they are strong anyway.

I have bottled the water, once it cooled, and hoping it will work with my diffuser- it should do.

Dream Work Correspondences Masterpost

Crystals:

Agate: induces dreams, prevent nightmares

Albite: dreams, lucid dreaming, astral projection

Amethyst: vivid dreams, prevents insomnia, prevents nightmares, dream divination

Ametrine: helps to understand dreams

Angel Phantom Quartz: general dream work, lucid dreaming, angel communication, prevents nightmares

Angelite: astral projection

Benitoite: astral travel

Black Tourmaline: induces sleep, prevents nightmares

Blue Apatite: dreams that will help solve problems creatively, induce happy dreams

Blue Calcite: astral travel, induces dreams

Bustamite: induces dreams

Calcite: induces dreams

Chrysoprase: peaceful sleep, prevents nightmares

Clear Quartz: induce dreams, astral travel, dream recall, vivid dreams

Danburite: induces sleep, lucid dreaming

Dioptase: vivid dreams

Dream Quartz: dream enhancement, dream divination, healing dreams, prevents nightmares, past life work via dreams, dream manifestation, astral travel

Emerald: general dreamwork, prevents nightmares

Fluorite: protection during sleep, prevents nightmares, promotes deep sleep

Garnet: induces dreams

Goshenite: induces dreams

Green Jade: general dream work, dream divination, dream recall

Hemimorphite: entering the dream state, dream divination and visions, angel and spirit communication in sleep and dreams

Herkimer Diamond: general dream work, astral travel, induces dreams, vivid dreams, lucid dreaming, dream recall

Holley Blue Agate: general dreamwork

Iolite: aids with sleep disorders, induces sleep, astral projection

Jet: astral projection, protection in sleep

Labrodite: astral travel, vivid dreams, aids in dream interpretation

Lazulite: general dream work, astral travel, dream recall, lucid dreaming

Lepidolite: aids with sleep disorders, prevents nightmares, prevents confusion in dreams

Malachite: prevent nightmares, halts repeating nightmares, dream recall, induce sleep

Moldavite: entering dream state, dream messages, vivid dreams, enhancing dream work and dream spells, guidance through dreams

Moonstone: brings dreams, lucid dreaming, peaceful sleep, prevents insomnia

Muscovite: aids with sleep disorders, sleep inducement

Opal: astral travel, brings happy dreams

Peacock Obsidian: astral travel

Picture Jasper: general dream work, brings dreams of memories

Purple Jade: induces dreams

Prehnite: dreams, dream recall

Rhodizite: astral travel

Rhodonite: general dream work, lucid dreaming, helps with interpreting messages of dreams

Rose Quartz: prevents insomnia, pleasant dreams

Sapphire: astral travel, dream recall

Scolecite: induce sleep, dream recall, lucid dreaming, messages from dreams

Smoky Quartz: induces dreams, prevents nightmares

Sphene: dream recall

Stilbite: induces dreams

Sugilite: induces dreams

Tabular: astral travel

Zircon: induces sleep

Herbs:

African Dream Bean: lucid dreaming, spirit communication through dreams

Anise: prevents nightmares

Ash: prevents nightmares, dream divination

Ashwagandha: induce sleep

Bay: general dream work and spells, dream divination

Blue Lotus: prevents insomnia, induces sleep, lucid dreaming

Bracken: bright dreams with answers to problems, protection in sleep, prevents nightmares

Buchu: dream divination

*California Poppy: induces sleep, prevent insomnia

Clary Sage: vivid dreams, strange dreams

Cayenne: induces sleep, prevents nightmares

Cedar: prevents nightmares, strengthens psychic powers in sleep, protection when sleeping

Chamomile: induces calming sleep, prevents nightmares

Cinquefoil: brings restful sleep, dream divination

**Datura: lucid dreaming

Flax: prevents nightmares

Garlic: prevents nightmares, protection during sleep, induces sleep

Ginkgo Biloba: induce dreams, vivid dreams

**Heliotrope: dream divination

**Holly: dream divination

Huckleberry: make dreams come true

*Hyacinth: nightmare prevention, helps one to recover after a nightmare

Jasmine: restful sleep, pleasant dreams, induces sleep, induces dreams, dream divination

*Kava Kava: induces sleep (do not use if you have liver issues or on prescriptions!)

*Kanna: prevents nightmares

Lady’s Slipper: induces sleep, prevents nightmares

Lavender: induces sleep, prevents insomnia

Lemon Balm: induces sleep, refreshing sleep, prevents nightmares

Lemon Verbena: dreamless sleep, dream suppression

Lemongrass: dream inducement

Magnolia Bark: induces sleep

**Mandrake: sleep inducement, protection during sleep, dream divination

Marigold: dream divination, protection from dream magick and spells

*Mexican Dream Herb: clearer dreams, dream memory, lucid dreaming

Mimosa: dream divination

**Mistletoe: prevent nightmares, prevent insomnia

*Morning Glory: prevent nightmares

Mugwort: dream divination, astral projection, lucid dreaming, psychic and spiritual dreams

Mullein: prevents nightmares, protection during sleep, keeps nocturnal demons at bay

Mustard Seed: prevents nightmares

Onion: dream divination, protection during sleep

Passionflower: sleep inducement, calm dreams

Peony: protects from nocturnal demons notably incubi

Peppermint: dream divination, induces sleep

*Poppy Seeds: vivid dreams, induces sleep

Purslane: prevent reoccurring nightmares, keep away nocturnal spirits

Rose: induces dreams of love, dream divination in terms of romance and love

Rosemary: prevent nightmares, protection during sleep, past life work in dreams

Sage: peaceful calm dreams, helaing in dreams, prevents nightmares

Siberian Ginseng: induces sleep, prevents nightmares

*Skullcap: prevents nightmares

St. John’s Wort: dream divination in terms of love

*Tobacco: prevents nightmares

Valerian Root: lucid dreaming, sleep inducement, dream recall

Vervain: prevents nightmares, dream divination

Wild Asparagus: dream inducement, lucid dreaming, flight in sleep, astral travel

Wood Betony: prevent nightmares, protection during sleep

Yarrow: dream divination

**poisonous, do not eat!

*potentially toxic or dangerous, use with caution!

Foods:

Almonds: induces sleep[, induces dreams

Banana: induces sleep, promotes painless sleep, induces sleep

Blueberries: induces dreams

Cherry: induces dreams, induces sleep

Chicken: induces dreams, lucid dreams

Dairy Products: induces sleep

Eggs: induces dreams

Halibut: induces sleep

Kale: induces sleep

Kidney Beans: lucid dreaming

Lamb: lucid dreaming

Lettuce: induces sleep

Oats/Oatmeal: induces dreams

Passion Fruit: induces sleep, prevents insomnia

Pistachios: induces sleep

Pretzels: induces sleep

Pumpkin Seeds: lucid dreaming

Red Radish: vivid dreams

Shrimp: vivid dreams, induces dreams

Soy Sauce: induces dreams

Soybeans: lucid dreaming

Sunflower Seeds: vivid dreams

Tofu (cooked): lucid dreaming

Tomato: induces sleep

Tuna: induces sleep

Turkey: induces sleep, induces dreams, lucid dreaming

Rice: Induces sleep

Salmon: Induces sleep

Animals:

Bat: dreaming

Beavers: subconscious thoughts, dreams

Groundhog: heightens dreams and states of mind

Leopard: communication in dreams, movement in dreams, sensitivity of the unconscious mind

Lizard: “Dream Walker”; dream messages, represents the dream realm

Lynx: insight of dreams, unconscious knowledge, dream interpretation

Mink: understanding your dreams while dreaming

Owl: messages through dreams, astral projection

Spiders: prevents nightmares, wards off evil and harm during sleep

Swan: dream interpretation, dream recall

Essential Oils:

Anise: induces sleep

Catnip: vivid dreams

Cedarwood: vivid dreams

Cinnamon: vivid dreams

Clove: induces sleep

Clary Sage: induces sleep

Eucalyptus: vivid dreams

Helichrysum: prevents insomnia, induces dreams

Jasmine: induces dreams

Junipher: vivid dreams

Lavender: induces dreams, lucid dreaming

Lemon Balm: vivid dreams

Mugwort: lucid dreaming, astral projection

Nutmeg: vivid dreams

Orange: vivid dreams

Palo Santo: induces sleep

Patchouli: lucid dreaming

Peppermint: vivid dreams

Rose: induces sleep, lucid dreaming, dreams related to love

Rosemary: vivid dreams

Sandalwood: induces sleep

Yarrow: vivid dreams

Ylang Ylang: vivid dreams

Incense:

Ambergris: induces dreams

Bay: dream divination, brings visions

Cedar: prevents nightmares

Dittany of Crete: astral projection

Jasmine: dream divination, astral projection

Lavender: induces sleep

Opium: dream divination, lucid dreaming, induces dreams, induces sleep, dream spells of all kinds

Passionflower: induces sleep

Rose: dream divination

Rosemary: induces sleep, pleasant dreams, prevents nightmares

Sandalwood: astral projection

*Burn incense with caution please. Burn it before going to bed and make sure it is extinguished before you go to sleep for safety reasons.*

Metals:

Silver: prevent nightmares, protection during sleep, induces dreams, psychic dreams, visions, dream divination

Colors:

Blue: astral projection

Indigo: dream divination

Silver: dreams

Yellow: dream divination, creative vivid dreams

The Use of Hornets and Wasps in Witchcraft

Image Credit: Alclear Pest Control

I’m sorry for my absence my lovelies! It’s been a difficult few weeks for me recently, because I’ve been trying to cope with exams, then the end of classes, and then constant exposure to an abusive family member, all whilst struggling with significant depression. However, I’m pushing on through, and one of the things that’s getting me through is thinking about new things to post on!

A note about the ethics of animal part usage

Insects parts are a very traditional element of witchcraft, and they are much more ethical than any other animal parts because (like bivalve and gastropod molluscs), arthropods do not have a brain capable of supporting consciousness. Killing hornets for your craft, then, is an ethically safe thing to do. However, killing animals that are capable of consciousness exclusively for the reasons of Craft is disputed by many witches from different traditions and is usually considered to be unacceptable. Please don’t take this post to be in support of killing conscious animals for usage in Craft activities – I am personally strongly against pointless slaughter, including sport-hunting and sport-fishing.

Witchy Uses for Hornets and Wasps

Curses that involve pain and fear – Any curse that has pain or fear as a major component of its magick (either because it’s what you want to cause, or it’s what you want to get justice for) would be greatly enhanced by the addition of dried and crushed wasps or hornets.

Curses that involve falling afoul of spies, infiltrators, or deceivers – Wasps and hornets are most infamous in apiculture (beekeeping) for their tendency to enter into a beehive and kill every single bee inside, completely destroying a colony in a matter of hours or days. They do this by camouflaging their scent, and then sneaking into the hive round a back entrance. Once inside, they will kill everything in their path to achieve their goals. Any spell that involves either retribution for those that have done this, or hope to invite these kinds of people into someone’s life, would do well to have crushed or whole hornet or wasp nest in them.

Curses that involve projects or structures going wrong – Wasps and hornets are also well known for causing colony collapses. Using dried and crushed hornets and wasps in your spellwork can be very effective in causing organisations, projects, or communities to break apart, or again to get retribution against those who performed these actions. Most effective against organisations with power that’s highly consolidated in one person, like in a beehive.

Any spell focused around matriarchal or feminine-specific social structures – Using wasp or hornet nest in your spell can (if you properly cleanse it with salt and smoke to remove negative inclinations) help boost spells that are focused around matriarchal social orders. This is also true with ant nest and honeycomb pieces, though honeycomb is the best of the options.

Any spell focused on people who leech things off of others – Hornets and wasps don’t work for their food like bees or ants do, but prefer to target those who work hard and steal or leech off of them. Any spell that’s aimed at human leeches, mooches and other human parasites can be increase with the addition of crushed wasps and hornets. Parasitic creatures like actual leeches, mosquitoes and ticks are better, but less readily obtainable in some areas.

Spells that involve wasps! – You’d be surprised how non-obvious this is to some people, but yes, if you want your spell to literally involve wasps or hornets, it would be a good idea to include one or two in your spell!

I hope this is of use to all you lovely witches out there!

– Juniper Wildwalk