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The fly in my web curse

This is a three stage curse that will cause the victim to suffer from slowed movement, pains to joints, loss of energy, and stomach pains. This is a long and powerful curse so it should not be used unless you really think the target deserves it. 

Materials: 

1. White thread

2.something to represent the target. I will be calling this your taglock for the rest of the spell. (I choose a fly toy because it seemed to fit and I see him as a fly. 

3. a spell web. 

Steps: 

1. First, you must put the personality of the person into the taglock. You can do this different ways. Write the name of the person on the artifact, put a hair or something from them onto it, or chant their name with this chant. 

*insert name here* you are a little fly

you are a fly caught in my web

there is no escape

you are stuck here

For I am the spider that will eat tonight 

2.Wrap the taglock in white thread like your are binding it. With every loop say with intent. 

Arachne great spider mother

Weaver of the great web 

Slow his movements bind his limbs with your webs

Capture him in our webs

This will take care of the slowing part of the spell. 

3. Once the taglock is wrapped up and slowed you are going to use this chant. 

Drain away his energy 

Drain away his determination 

Let it fill my belly 

Then bite into the taglock not hard just enough to represent the feeding of a spider. You can suck if you want to or not it depends on preference, but you should be envisioning the energy going from the artifact to you that is the important part. After you feel full and satisfied move on to the next step. 

4. Next, comes the venom of the spider speak this chant. 

Let my hate turn to venom

let it run through *insert name* 

let it cause pain and suffering to him

Then bite into the taglock again envisioning your hate as a liquid flowing into your target. You don’t have to bite it I just do because as a spider kin feels right you can also just visualize this part. 

5. The final part is to take your newly wrapped up and cursed taglock and hang it up in your spell web. This will ensure that your curse target will not escape as he is caught in your web. This can also empower your web as you can use it to suck energy from the target again since the spell is already there. I also had my spirit spider in my web continue to energize the spell. 

Hope this helps aginst any nasty people who would do anything aginst my witch sisters. 

@dovewithscales

Envoke a spider spirit

I am going to start this by saying there is some inherint danger with this in the fact spiders by nature are preditory. So i am going to teach a safe way to do this.

Materials:

1. Spell web
2. Altar
3. An offering (food, blood, thread, etc.)

Steps:

1. Set up your spell web to hang above your altar.
2. Set your offering on a plate on the altar.
3. Kneel infront of the altar and use this incantation or something like it. If you want to make your own you can.
4. Once you say the incantation wait for a bit open to the astral world around you. Soon a spider spirt should enter your web and enter conversation with the spirit. If an agreenent is settled then the spirit will live in your web and empower it.

Warning: if the spider asks you to come to its web dont go this is most likley a trap. Also 1 spider per web because if you put two in a web you will probaly only have one eventually.

incantation:

Spider spider come to me
By web or space
Live in my web safe and warm
Empower my web with creativity
Let us be allies forever more

@dovewithscales
@wanderlustspider

Witch tip

dovewithscales:

agentwitchorico:

dream-with-mii:

floralwaterwitch:

DO NOT CAST SALT CIRCLES IN FORESTS OR ANYWHERE IN NATURE.

By doing so you’re permanently harming the environment that you’re supposed to be worshipping and treating with respect.

“If working with salt please keep in mind that it is a natural desiccating agent, meaning it sucks out all of the water [therefore] it will kill your grass and destroy the surrounding soil, making it uninhabitable for plants and such.”

NATURE-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES TO SALT:
•crushed eggshells
•nuts (these work especially well if you work closely to a horned god like cernunnos)
•firewood ashes, but try not to use coals when lighting it
•sand, which works epecially well over clay soils. Pls dont use artificially colored sand.
•stones
•herbs (be smart about this)
•green or benzonite clays should be okay on dry soils, buut if i could have somebody check me on this that would be awesome.

And ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS do your best to sweep up and take home your circle. NEVER LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND because we dont want too much of annnnything in the groundwater systems.

@dovewithscales

Thanks for the tag. This is very important. Your practice should never risk damaging the environment in a way which will have an effect after you are no longer there to practice.

Ideally, set up a single permanent circle using stones or wood, which will not significantly impact the environment, and can be dismantled if it is ever no longer needed.

Consider also cutting a length of cord and laying this along the boundary of your circle. Or simply place visible symbols at the four quarters.

This is why i like my spell web i can use it as a circle and take it with me no impact.

How to Do Witchcraft Research for Newbies

magickjustice:

cunningcelt:

malachite-wings:

Basic search:

  1. Get off Tumblr. (I know, it’s hard.)
  2. Direct your browser to Google.com.
  3. Choose the main keywords of your question. For example, “what is calendula good for in witchcraft?” might be parsed as “calendula witchcraft magickal correspondences”.
  4. Hit enter.

For more in depth research, try these sites:

  1. JSTOR.org, if you have access to it.
  2. Online public library catalogs to find books. (Search your county and “public library.”)
  3. Amazon Kindle. It can be put on your computer for free, there is a Cloud Reader online and a free smartphone app. Filter by price and you can find witchcraft and occult ebooks for free through a few simple searches.
  4. Google Books for the same purpose. (There is a shit ton here, btw, I use it all the time.)
  5. Scribd.com for the same purpose.
  6. Cornell University online witchcraft collection.
  7. Hermetic.com for public domain magick texts.
  8. Sacred-texts.com for all sorts of neat shit.
  9. Alchemy-works.com for magickal lore on plants.
  10. Search your county’s website for weed/plant information to get a list of things growing in your area.

Some tips to aid in research:

  • Use your browser’s bookmarks.
  • Use the Amazon wishlist to keep track of titles, or to keep an eye on titles that are occasionally offered for free on Kindle.
  • Look around on publishers, like LuLu, Immanion Press, etc, for self-published material.
  • Cross reference with lots of sources to keep on top of the BS.
  • Take good notes.
  • Dirty experience/field work is better than reading/book work.

Mkay? After you’ve done all that, come back and ask about what you still can’t find. (Trust me, you’ll find most of it, if not all and more.) You have no fucking excuse to be on Tumblr asking about the basics of paganism or what such and such plant does for witchcraft, or how to summon demons. Harassing people for basic knowledge gets you nowhere. There is so much out there even just online. You do not need the newest, shiniest books by the most popular authors. You do not need to attack people when they tell you to go research on your own. The information is right fucking there. Now go get it.

^^^^^^ THIS!

I don’t mind answering your questions, but why should I go to the effort of explaining the basics when you haven’t gone to the effort of researching it yourself?

Instead of asking “how do I be a witch”, do some of your own research, and come back and ask me “I’ve found some conflicting information on X, and this is what I think. What is your opinion?”

Anything less than that is just laziness.

While I, personally and humbly, agree that new-comers to this pocket of culture can and should learn a lot via open resources…

I also think it’s incredibly important to note that Google.com will offer Wikipedia as a first result for witchcraft sources. Search engines aren’t always reliable. Also, new witches don’t know what sources may or may not be trustworthy or accurate- then they get blamed and criticized for using problematic sources. Furthermore, trying to figure out a foundation in this craft when every source offers immense amounts of information that more often conflicts than not… it’s a huge, huge undertaking. It can be overwhelming and confusing. 

Another thought is that often new witches may be coming to you specifically because you’re a witch they’ve seen as someone they admire or trust, and can direct them in the right way as opposed to blindly following the teachings of the internet. 

It might be important to note that in a lot of traditional witchcraft, a witch held apprentices- meaning young witches had a real, human, personal source to base their research from someone they trust. This is a practice long lost. 

I mean, basically it’s the same concept as why some students can do really well with independent studies or online curriculum, and some students really need that person-to-person dynamic for things to stick. This very idea is why some teachers will tell students that “there is no such thing as a stupid question.”

I understand and respect the idea of this post, of course it can become tedious to answer something like “what’s a pendulum?” when that really is … simple. i just think it can be counter-productive to lump all inexperienced witches together and say “go figure out the “basics” (which usually don’t seem very basic to someone new) by yourself and only then will you deserve guidance.” 

Everyone has their own path in the craft. I believe it’s incredibly important to help keep witchcraft alive and well, keep people informed, the more visible the witch community can be, the less “scary” it will seem to outsiders. But I realize not everyone feels the way I do.

So, to sum up, young witches who need or want guidance, even on little things, can visit my blog. If I don’t have the answer, I will try to direct you somewhere that does. I won’t always know everything, but I will try to help as much as possible. Don’t be afraid or intimidated to ask questions.

🔮🕷Spiders as a Familiar🕷🔮

ivy-and-the-green:

Spiders are my familiar

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I love them dearly, as they are wonderful and insightful creatures. 

My correspondences: I associate spiders with creativity, dreams, persistence, to do what must be done, and knowing when it is best to just be. To watch. To wait. They can also offer protection as well. 

How I work with them: 

🕷 See if they will allow you to charge their webs with protective properties. Their webs can catch any unwanted energies heading your way. If you do this, try to use energy to cleanse their webs for them without disturbing them. 

🕷Decorate your altar with spider imagery

🕷Catch a spider (willingly and safely) to divine with them. I especially do this with spiders I feel have to be moved outside. I catch them in a nice jar, explain that I must move it and ask if it will answer a few questions or aid in a reading in exchange for my help finding them an ideal location outside. 

🕷call upon them to help you work on creative projects! I like to draw a little spider on my notebooks to attract ideas and to see pathways in my work!

🕷In my practice, spiders know a lot about how lives are connected, past and present. If you divine with them, ask them questions about past lives, how events come together and impact your life, or the connections you have to make to reach a goal!

🌿Ivy

I love this post! Thank you for being spider friendly.