Want to honor Bastet? Please keep your negative comments to yourself. These are ways I personally honor Bastet. Please add to the list if you have other ideas on how to honor Bastet.
❤Give her offerings of chocolate, mint leaves, honey, milk, cream, catnip, yogurt, ice cream, anything dairy, cheese, carmel, vanilla, sushi, peppermint, and red wine.
❤Write a paper pouring your heart out to her, how she inspired you, why you love her, etc.
❤Buy a small fountain or something with flowing water for her.
❤Go to the zoo and stare at the wild cats.
❤Dedicate putting on your perfume or anything sweet smelling to her.
❤Dedicate any home protection spells to her. She is the goddess of protecting the home.
❤Help people who are dying, she was a guide and helper to the dead.
❤Dedicate putting on any protective ointments to her as she is associated with protective ointments.
❤If your a women, tell your secrets to Bastet. Bastet is the goddess of women’s secrets.
❤Visit the cats at your local shelters and pounds and pet them, give them, attention, and volunteer to help out.
❤Make a sigil for Bastet.
❤Make a moodboard in honor of Bastet.
❤Sing a song dedicated to Bastet.
❤Decorate your altar with peacock feathers, daggers, swords, sheer fabric, all sorts of glass, representations of cats, jewelry, baskets, flowers, cat stuffed animals, the ankh, and bells.
❤Go outside and feel the sun against your skin.
❤Dedicate your gym session to her. Imagine your a war goddess just like her and fight your workout like a warrior.
❤Dedicate your outfit to her, dress in the colors green, gold, black, orange, yellow and/or red.
❤Place roses on your altar as an offering.
❤Pray to her.
❤Plant roses, lotus, lily, daisies, edible flowers, or sunflowers in honor of her.
❤Create artwork for her.
❤Light incense, candles, or use oils of jasmine, rose, strawberry, lavender, cinnamon, vanilla, pumpkin spice, mint, peppermint, eucalyptus, lotus, sandalwood, and berryblossom.
❤Write a poem about her.
❤Create an online shrine of her.
❤Set up an altar dedicated to her.
❤If you’re thinking of buying a cat, look for a cat at shelters and pounds first, rescue a little baby.
❤Donate money to animal shelters and pounds.
❤If you’re pregnant and in labor go to Bastet for help. She is the goddess of childbirth.
❤If you’re trying to get pregnant ask Bastet for help. She is the goddess of fertility.
❤Offer rose water to her.
❤Dedicate a piece of malachite, abalone shell, dark pearl, opal, hematite, obsidian, copper, lapiz lazuli, amber, aventurine, bornite, cat’s eye, tiger’s eye, labradorite, or gold to her.
these crystals should never be used for elixirs or any substances meant to be ingested. they are safe to use externally as jewelry or other items. this list is not exhaustive.
“Simple” is largely a subjective term, but I’ll try to compile a few spells for various intents that require little or easy to acquire ingredients. They may not be perfect for everyone, but yeah.
These are super fun to make and they smell friggggin awesome and look super cute. awesome for rituals and for decoration and for smelling awesome, could be a cool gift, could sell em’ or just whack this tutorial straight in your grimoire for later use, you name it kiddie winks. IMA TEACH U
1) PICK YO SELF SOME LAVENDER! if you don’t have lavender in your garden, you need to get some. but in the mean time, head over to your local botanical gardens or a park area or a shop or your friends place, anywhere where you can get yourself some freshly picked lavender. Begin with an uneven number of stalks, the bigger the bundle the bigger your wand.
2) GETCHO SELF SOME CUTE ASS PURPLE RIBBBON, and tie it just below the flowers.
3) THEN UR GONNA WANNA fold the stalks down evenly over the flower head bundle.
4) WEAVE YO’ RIBBON over and under each stalk, around and around, until you have enclosed the entire flower head.
5) TIE OFF YO RIBBON at the bottom.
6) GIVE YO FINISHED WAND a roll between your palms to release that wonderful lavender fragrance1111111!!!!
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT!! A COOL ASS FUNKY SMELLIN STICK-O-LAVANDAAAAAAHHHH
Because I had been ignoring it for WAY too long and although most of it was scattered around the house, the crap that you can’t hide, the stuff that makes people go “so a witch lives here?” was all over a table I apparently claimed as “witch territory”.
Call me Semiramis I-don’t-need-an-altar-I’m-fine-thank-you Magpie
But where, oh where, could I store all my witchy shit?
The bedroom?
The living room?
The garden?
The closet that I haven’t cleaned in a decade?
Ok, so I rolled my sleeves up and set to work. I threw away the useless stuff and kept the memories of my long passed youth (? wtf Rami you’re 23
BUT.
Oh boi.
While I was cleaning I found some bad shit.
And I’m talking about some REALLY BAD SHIT.
Memories and mementos of things I had forgotten, from people that had hurt me as much as they possibly could without killing anybody. At least not literally.
Objects directly connected to them. For you to have an idea, the MOST HARMLESS of the things I found was a CD that my then-21-yrs-old physically, emotionally, and psychologically abusive boyfriend gave me when I was 15 (yup, those numbers are right).
And this is just the teeny tiny tip of the iceberg
Needless to say, I had one hell of a panic attack.
Now, the things per se weren’t bad, but the things they were connected to and the things they reminded me of were too fucked up for me to deal with alone. NO WONDER I had blocked this place from my mind and had postponed dealing with it for a DECADE.
So, what I mean to say is that I needed to cleanse this space before any of my witchy stuff touched it.
No, SCRATCH THAT.
So, what I mean to say is that I needed to cleanse this space before any of my witchy stuff touched it.
I know, I’m hilarious.
THIS SPACE NEEDS A SPIRITUAL DISINFECTION.
I threw some lemon incense in there (lemon=protection, motherhood, sheltering), but… it wasn’t enough so
Rosemary smoke cleansing!
Look how pretty my cellphone’s shadow looks! Also, the smoke curling against the roof of the cabinet looks pretty ❤
Have a shadow bunny as well.
This blog has a
deep VS light
tone problem, I know
So I’m there smoke cleansing stuff, suffering because I shouldn’t burn things ‘cause I’m allergic…
Made a hematite barrier, and also rosemary water is very good for cleansing! Pro tip!
PUT IT IN A BOTTLE YOU CAN USE AS A CLUB.
*Unintelligible screaming in Spanish*
Sound cleansing too!
CHIME CHIME SONS OF BITCHES
EAT PURIFYING MINT, MOTHERFUCKER
AND THROW THE CAT IN FOR GOOD MEASURE.
Ah, now THAT looks like a cleansed space!
A E S T H E T H I C C
I’ll give you a walk around my witchy supplies someday, and I’ll also explain the Stag figurine there (I’m a secular witch, as y’all know, but if I were to follow a Spirit (never a god), it would be Great Stag, the master of the Wild Hunt, emblem of virility, untamed wilderness, respect, willpower, adaptability, aid, caring, salvation, honor, and king of the Fae). This is me acknowledging his power and thanking him for his cooperation.
So anyway, what I really wanted to show you was how to cleanse a space where trauma has left its mark.
You can use things like
-Incense
-Smoke cleansing
-Selenite
-Hematite
-Rosemary
-Wind chimes
-Mint
-A poor innocent cat
But most importantly!
-Laughter
It’s nothing new that laughter can cleanse the soul, same as singing.
Laugh in the face of your trauma.
Show it that it can’t own you anymore.
If you’re safe now, banish its leftovers with a giggle, exorcise yourself from the painful memories.
Do not let it steal and hog space in your house and your mind.
Do not let it transform you into nothing but Something That Happened To You.
Let yourself be free of it.
At the end of the day, it’s not just a cabinet or a room or a house that we’re cleansing.
It’s ourselves.
-Semiramis, the Magpie Witchling
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Chthonic (or chthonian) deities are are Gods that dwell beneath the earth. This includes any Underworld deities, as well as deities that are associated with the Underworld (Gods like Hecate would be included, since They often visit the Underworld). Some of you may have noticed that there’s hardly any information on how to worship certain chthonic deities. Here, I give you some starting tips:
With most chthonic deities, offerings are usually poured down instead of sent up. This means incense is a less common offering, as you want to offer things that are poured down into the earth, where They symbolically reside. I usually offer oils (often olive oils) and teas. Other offerings may include wine, juice, blood and essential oils. I pour the physical remains into the earth after ritual–just make sure you’re not harming any nature when you’re doing this!
I know that in some pantheons, it’s common to take a sip of a drink before offering it to a heavenly deity. With chthonic deities, don’t take a sip before you offer it. It’s traditional to offer the entire drink to Them. (I got such a death glare from Hades when I didn’t do this correctly pun intended).
If you God is associated with the dead, cleaning up cemeteries and tending to old graves are GREAT versions of philanthropic worship!
Stones are often used with chthonic deities, in spells aided by Them and on Their altar. Check your deity’s symbols for appropriate stones, but in general, any dark, jagged stone works best (such as obsidian and smoky quartz).
You may make an altar to chthonic deities easily. Black, grey, metallic, and purple candles are common (depending on your God). Stones, money, any bones (or representations of bones) you have, and items passed down in your family (a form of ancestral worship) also work well on the altar!
You may create an altar to spirits of the dead or your ancestors too if you wish!
Remember that the element of earth is sacred to most chthonic deities as well. Using dirt, herbs and any other earth elemental magic works in devotion to Them.
Although spirit work is common with chthonic deities, it is not required. Again, spirit work is not required. If you don’t feel comfortable doing it, don’t.
If you do pursue spirit work, treat them kindly but remember that some spirits do lie. Pendulums, tarot, astral projection, and offerings work well as beginning spirit work.
If you don’t feel comfortable using your blood in magic, don’t. It is not required.
You do not have to be a certain type to witch, or even a witch, to worship a chthonic deity.
Do not forget to study up on your God! Learn their stories, associations, powers, and traditions. All chthonic deities are different!
And finally, but most importantly, talk to Them. Talk to Them silently, out loud in front of an altar, or write to Them in a journal (which I do all the time). They are Gods, so They will listen to you, and respond when They think best.
OP NOTE: Your worship is YOUR worship. This post is a guide for people who have had trouble finding information on worship for their deities. It is not law. You worship how you feel best, and it’ll be worth more than anyone else’s advice will.
Also, thank you for the encouragement, @daisy-witch! You’re super cool and I hope this helps! (/・v・)ノ.:*・°💀
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