Broke witch tip: if you want a cheap way to add some color or decor to your altar but can’t afford to purchase something too pricey, dollar tree or general usually have $1 place mats for tables that have pretty patterns on them.

Spirit Work Masterpost

thecoquettewitch:

So, I asked if there was anything not often covered in witchy information posts and @hopeforenvy suggested Spirit Work. Spirit Work fascinates me and I’m interested in learning more, but I don’t think I know enough about it to write my own post just yet, so I’m going to make a masterpost and include informational posts, spells, and sigils about and having to do with Spirit work. I found all of these by going through @sylvaetria ‘s Spirit Work tag, but I’m linking to the original post when I can in case this actually gets attention so that sylvaetria doesn’t get spammed with notifications. 

Informational Posts:

Spirit Work Tip – @ofwoodandbone

Branches of Spirit Work – @thehouseofmoon

Low Spoon Spirit Work/Companion Tips – @autumnhellfire

Low-Energy Spirit Communication – @prismatic-conjurings

Tuning to the Dead – @qedavathegrey

Offerings to Entities – @belladonnaswitchblog

Preparing to Contact Spirits – @windvexer

How To Take Care Of Your Spirit Companion – @thedragonscholar

FAQ – @sylvaetria

The Spirit Vessel – @qedavathegrey

The Lines Of Ancestry – @qedavathegrey

Talking To Trees: A Nature Spirit Tutorial – @dakinidarce

Warding 101 – @etheric-connections

Basic Spirit Work Advice – @ritual-and-chaos

Why You Shouldn’t Share The Name Of Your Companion – @lulloph

Setting Standards In Vetting Spirits – @hecaatia

Questions To Ask Your Spirit Friends – @spiritvexer

Companions Don’t Know Everything – @cloversinthecornfield

Spirits Do’s And Don’ts – @spiritconnect

Working With Spirits – @starlightsilver

How To Make Your Home More Inviting For Spirits – @thiscrookedcrown

Not Every Spirits Needs To Be A Companion – @hecaatia

Spirit Work 101 – @dakinidarce

Spirit Degradation – @cawofthewitch 

Identifying Imposter Spirits – @norcal-animist

A Starting Path To Spirit Work – @umbra-et-lux-spirits

On Vetting Companions – @hereticalapothecary

Basic Offering Ideas For Spirits – @lonesome-bones

Spells, Powders, etc.

Spirit Sight Jar Spell – @boneprinces

Selective Spirit Door-Bar – @qedavathegrey

Spirit Summoning Bath Spell – @tarnished-headstone

Incense For Spirit Offerings – @rad-magick

Spell To Heighten Awareness Of Spirits – @spellcraftbaby

Standing Permanent Death Offering For An Alter – @strugglesofthebroomcloset​

Void Salts – @insertcheesywitchypunhere​

Vampire Dust – @insertcheesywitchypunhere​

Banishing and Protection from Parasitic Spirits – @thefrogsapothecary

Spirit-B-Gone Powder – @will-o-the-witch

For Pleasing Household Spirits – @dianaandpansson

Spirit Powder – @the-darkest-of-lights

Cloth Doll Spirit Vessels – @covenghostbaby

Sigils:

Keep The Bad Spirits Away – @mearalavender

Go Away Unwanted Spirit – @savingsigils

Spirits Are Welcome In This Room – @witchwondering

Charged For Spirit Work – @ritual-and-chaos

Sensing Spirits With Ease – @nightshadeleaf

I Am Receptive To Plan Spirits – @sugarandspells

I Am More Sensitive To Spirits – @witchwondering

Banish – @thatgayguywitch

I think that’s a pretty good start! I might make a part two or one of my own, but hopefully this can help you!

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wolfricivarrwitchythings:

Magick Pro Tip:

If there is one thing I’ve learned about magick it’s don’t be afraid to get specific in your spells. That money spell didn’t seem to work? Well, chances are pretty good that it did, but since you didn’t specify the spell just gave you a dollar you happened across on the street. Try specifically stating how much (within reason), and from where.

Just got a job interview? Do a spell for success in THAT SPECIFIC INTERVIEW. You’ll find that doing specified spells for specific situations will go a long ways in increasing your success rate in spells.

melanatedconjure:

Being A Magical Practitioner:
1. Question everything you are told and read.
2. Hell even question this post. Only YOU can decide what is right and what
works for you.
3. What may work for someone else may not work for you. What may work for you
may not work for someone else.
4. Your practices are YOUR practices.

Support:
1. Ancestral veneration is so important.
2. Communicate with your ancestors daily.
3. They will help and guide you on your journey more than you will ever know.
4. You have several guardian angels and guardian spirits built into your
existence, get to know them.
5. There is magic within you. Embrace your own power.
6. Mind your own magic. You don’t have to do what everyone else is doing. You
don’t have to explain your practices to anyone else. Do you. 

Tools:
1. White candles are fantastic for every single purpose.
2. You can print your own labels for glass candles and glue them on plain glass
candles.  You will save money this way in
the long run.
3. You don’t need every single tool to start off with.
4. Water is life. Water keeps the flow of your magic, filters and is a conduit
to you and spirit. Keep clear glasses of water in your home. Change them often.
5. Your altar space doesn’t need to be fancy.
6. You do not need expensive herbs.
7. Mirrors and Magnets are the best tools closest to crystals to magnify and
amplify your magic.
8. The bible is a book full of spells and divination.

Herbs:
1. You can get most of the herbs you need from your local super market and
dollar store.
2. Salt: Protection or cursing. Various Powdered Peppers: Protection and
Cursing. Cinnamon: Money and Lust work. Basil: Money and Luck. Bay Leaves:
Protection and Granted Wishes. Rosemary: Protection. Chamomile: Peaceful Home
Workings. Cloves: Protection, Love, Control and Bindings. Eucalyptus:
Cleansing. Thyme: Purification, Healing.

Floor Washes:
1. Do Floor Washes in odd numbers. One series to remove the negativity and one
series to bring in good energy.
2. Curse Killer Floor Wash: Hot Water, Ammonia, Lemon, Salt (optional)
Open Roads Floor Wash: Cold Water, Florida Water, Parsley, Mint Leaves, Coconut
Water (Strained of pulp)

Various Cleansings:
1. Cigar or tobacco smoke is a great alternative to sage sticks.
2.  You can cleanse yourself with an egg
and a glass of water.
3. You can cleanse yourself with lemons, limes and oranges.
4. When cleansing your home make sure to open your windows and doors.
5. Start from the back of the home towards the front and then to various rooms
to confuse the negative energy.
6. A can of beer and salt will cleanse your aura.
7. When you cleanse yourself, make sure to replace what you removed with good
energy.

Powders:
1. You do not need to purchase branded powders from metaphysical shops.
Money/luck powder:  Bank dirt, Shredded
currency and corn starch.
Love/Passion powder: Rose petals, Cinnamon and corn starch.
Open Roads powder: Dirt from four corners of a crossroads and corn starch. Add
three dimes to bottom of container.
Cursing Powder: Graveyard dirt from criminals grave, black pepper, red pepper,
cayenne pepper.
Protection Powder: Church Dirt, Psalm 91 passage from bible, Psalm 23 from the
bible grinded into a powder.

Oils:
1. Do not buy oils from the botanicas and metaphysical shops. Most are made
with mineral oil, a synthetic fragrance and colorant. If you want that, Get
yourself some baby oil, food coloring and scented fragrance oil of your
choosing. I wouldn’t recommend it though.
2. Get yourself some Olive oil, Sunflower oil, Grapeseed oil and Vegetable oil
at the supermarket along with some Vitamin E oil for preservative. You can make
your own charged oils with herbs and a few glass bottles.
3. My favorite simple oils:
Lust Oil: Sunflower oil base, Vitamin E,  Cinnamon stick, red rose petals, and Vanilla
Bean
Money Oil: Grapeseed oil base, Vitamin E, Cinnamon stick, nutmeg, basil and
thyme.
Protection Oil: Olive Oil base, Vitamin E, Rosemary, Basil, Eucalyptus
Life Force Oil: For when you need extra power in your magic. Olive oil base, 3
drops of blood.
Blessing Oil: Olive Oil, Vitamin E and Psalm 91 torn from the bible.

Deities:
1. You do not have to have a deity in your practice.
2. You can practice secular magic. Secular magic is a practice that does not
refer to, venerate and otherwise “work with” any deities (or, in some cases,
any supernatural beings at all). This is perfectly okay.
3. If working with deity, never promise what you can’t provide.
4. Feed your spirits and deities. This can be with food, alcohol, energy,
light, darkness, anything.
5. Know the spirits and deities you are working with.
6. Listen to your intuitive pulls when it concerns your deity.
7. No one can tell you the right or wrong way to worship and work with your
deity BUT you should learn their mythos and their base wants, needs and what
offends them.

Misc Magic Info:
1. Your magic will not punish you because you can’t practice every single day.
We are human, and sometimes life gets the best of us. It is okay.
2. Magic should never ever replace mental and physical health diagnosis and
services from healthcare professionals.
3. “Black magic” is a racist term used to demonize the practices of people of
color that are seen as “barbaric” or “uncivilized” to Europeans. Therefore “White
magic” is considered good and “black magic” is considered bad. Energy is
energy. Do not allow anyone to dictate your practice. That racist term is
bullshit. Our melanin is magic. Our cultures and our roots are power.
4. You can purchase a Tarot deck from Amazon. You don’t need it gifted to you.
5. ALWAYS have a fire extinguisher in your home.
6. NEVER leave candles unattended in your home.
7. Coffee grounds speed up work.
8. Meditate. Leave the fuckery of the day at the end of the day. You will thank
yourself in the long run.
9. Keep info to yourself. Not everyone needs to know what you are doing or all
your secrets.
10. Do not bring your shoes into your home.