Hellenic - Blog Posts
[...a son, of many shifts, blandly cunning, a robber, a cattle driver, a bringer of dreams, a watcher by night, a thief at the gates, one who was soon to show forth wonderful deeds among the deathless gods.]
I used to use bandanas to veil but apparently they're against my school's dress code (even though people wear them all the time) so I'm trying to figure out other ways to veil since my haircut is very particular for hair pieces
I'm thinking maybe thick headbands but idk if that might look stupid, I'll probably do some experimenting to see what works
Ash’s Original Witchery Posts MegaIndex!
Below are all my original posts on witchcraft & witchery sorted by subject. I’ll be adding to / editing this post each time I post something new - stay tuned!
BOOKS
Reading List: Secular & Wicca-Based Basic Books
Favorite Spellbooks
The Witches’ Workbook
CHARGING
Charging 101: The Quick Basics
CIRCLES
Three Simple Ways to Cast a Circle
Delineating the Boundary: Ways to Line your Circle
Circle Casting Clinic 101: What’s Wrong With My Circle?
Anatomy of a Circle-Casting: Circle Casting Structures
CHEAT SHEETS
Candle Magic Cheat Sheet
Spell Jars: A Guide & How-To
Moon Phase Cheat Sheet
Expanded Moon Phase Cheat Sheet
Celtic Tree Calendar Cheat Sheet
CLEANSING
A Basic Home & Apartment Cleansing
CONSECRATION
Consecration Basics
The Lazy’s Witch’s Ring Consecration
Consecrating a Tarot Deck
DIVINATION & PSYCHIC MATTERS
Getting Started with Tarot
Dice Divination
Make an Emergency Tarot Kit
The Types of Psychic Power
Herbs for Psychic Ability
ENERGY WORK
How to Raise, Move, and Throw Energy
GREEN WITCHCRAFT
“My Throat Is Trying To Kill Me” Ginger Brew”
A Basic Wishing Spell, Green Witch Edition
Cauldron Tips & Tricks
HELLENIC PAGANISM & PAGANISM
Non-Conventional Ways to Worship Artemis
MEDITATION & VISUALIZATION
Starting Meditation
Exercises for Beginning Visualization
MOON MAGIC
A Witch’s Full Moon Traditions
Moon Phase Cheat Sheet
Expanded Moon Phase Cheat Sheet
The Movement of the Spheres: All About the Moon, its Movements, Phases, and Celebrations
PROTECTION
Simple Methods of Protection
Basic Shielding
RECIPES
“My Throat Is Trying To Kill Me” Ginger Brew
Lemon Cayenne Wakefulness Potion
A Green Witch’s Herb Bread
Things to Do With Rose Oil
…and Tea Tree Oil
Herbs for Psychic Abilities
RITUALS
Ritual of Announcement - for Witches Starting their Path
A Basic Home & Apartment Cleansing
A Witch’s Full Moon Traditions
The Tea Ceremony
SAFETY
Safety Tips for Witches
SPELLCRAFT
Attraction and Banishment in Spellcraft
Charging: The Quick Basics
Candle Magic Cheat Sheet
Cauldron Tips & Tricks
Circle Casting Clinic 101
Spell Jars: A Guide & How-To
Moon Phase Cheat Sheet
Expanded Moon Phase Cheat Sheet
Celtic Tree Calendar Cheat Sheet
Magical Timing: The Sun & Moon in Witchcraft
Amelioration: Using Honey in Spells
Using Dirt and Ash Without Being Appropriative
What to Do With Dyed Glass & Fake Stones
SPELLS
Three Simple Ways to Cast a Circle
Enchanting a Necklace for Courage
Enchanting a Soap or Cleanser to Help Clear Skin
The Lazy Witch’s Ring Consecration
Getting It Done: A Virgo Moon
Simple Methods of Protection
A Basic Wishing Spell, Green Witch Edition
Wards for Resisting the Power
Rapid Fire Summoning
TOOLS
The Athame
Cauldron Tips & Tricks
Athames VS Wands
WANDLORE
How to Fix Up & Set Up a Stick as a Wand
WARDING
Wards for Resisitng the Power
Technomancy Warding for Blogs & Sites
WHEEL OF THE YEAR
Let’s Talk… Imbolc
Let’s Talk… Litha
Let’s Talk… Lammas
WITCHCRAFT 101 / WITCHLINGS
Witch Starter Kit: First Year Supply List
Witching on the Cheap: First-Year Supply List II (Redux)
The Difference Between a Book of Shadows, a Grimoire, and a Witches’ Almanac
The Difference Between Witches, Wiccans, Magic, and Magick
The Difference Between A Hex, a Curse, and a Spell
The Difference Between Magic and Magick with a K (one more time!)
Why Do You Seal Off a Spell Jar?
Making Witchcraft a Daily Practice
On Reading Off Spells
Tips for Newbies Starting Spellcraft
WITCHY TIPS
Recharging Tattooed Sigils
Witchery and Mental Illness
Five of My Favorite Witchy Tools
Holy Crap, Ghosts, Leave Me Alone
Circle Casting Clinic 101
The Science of Spellcraft
[Ask Ash || The Witches’ Workbook]
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So I understand why we have alters/shrines for deities, and I have two separate ones for Hekate and Loki.
But how about also having an alter/shrine to ourselves? Worship ourselves like we would the gods? We are spiritual beings, and I think we deserve our own worship as spiritual beings but also as self care and self-love to ourselves. (Especially if we struggle with that!)
I heard about someone saying to image your a demon in a humans body that you have to look after but what if we made a shrine/alter for ourselves and treat ourselves with that respect and devotion we show to a deity?
I'm thinking of trying it and seeing how it goes.
my account on hellenic paganism + possible christopaganism
https://www.tumblr.com/aphr0disia
🪶 . . . sorceress, & minor goddess of magic.
Circe (or Kirke) is a goddess of magic and a skilled sorceress who is mentioned in Homer's Odyssey. daughter of Helios and Perseis, a sea nymph, she resides on the island of Aeaea where she encounters Odysseus.
Circe meets Odysseus when his travelling companions enter her palace after reaching Aeaea. however, before joining them, Odysseus meets Hermes, who instructs him to take a magic herb before he speaks with Circe, who will attempt to enchant him too.
having resisted her enchantment, Circe becomes enamoured with Odysseus, and swears and oath to do no more mischief to him and his men in exchange for him laying with her. she turns his travelling companions from swine back into men, and they bring their ship ashore and spend a year and a day feasting with Circe and the nymphs of her palace and living in comfort.
following this, though, Odysseus is reminded by his men they should go on - and so, instructing him in the art of necromancy, or what must be done to reach the underworld, Circe tells him he must travel to the realm of Hades to meet the prophet Tiresias. she sets his men off when the wind is favourable, with instructions of how to safely pass the island of the Sirens.
🪶 . . . powerful enchantress.
Circe is often described as a fearsome goddess, and her island is said to be inhabited by lions and wolves who were once men. being a daughter of Helios, she is beautiful and radiant, with particularly lovely hair, but is said to be a very powerful sorceress. in the Odyssey, Homer gives her the epithet Polypharmakos (or knowing many drugs or charms), because of her detailed knowledge of herbs and enchantments. in addition to her potions and tinctures, Circe also wielded a magic wand with which she could enchant or transform.
🪶 . . . worship & modern times.
Circe was the subject of some cult worship (or hero-worship) in ancient Greece, but similar to some other mythological figures has been reimagined in modern times in a more positive light to how she was understood in wider society due to a view of her as a powerful, free woman. in her role as a goddess of magic, she may also be embedded in some people's practice of witchcraft in the modern era.
I don't personally work with Circe, though! she is a goddess I am very interested in, but I have never interacted with her myself, so if any of you have experiences communicating with or working with her I'd love to hear about them!