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Herbs and Others for Curses, Hexes, and Jinxes

coffee/dark cocoa - causes target bitterness

Chili Powder ~ for discord, bane, curses

Mustard Seed ~ the seed of strife and discord. Leave it at one’s doorstep, particularly black mustard seed. This seed sprinkled around the trunk of a fruit tree on the first evening of the full moon will cause the tree to bear no fruit.

Onion ~ can cause strife in an enemy’s life. 

Poppy Seed ~ Causes couples to argue.

Sumac ~ for curses, hexing, bringing bad luck

Grapefruit - causes enemy sour start, but leaves a good ending

peppers - great for those spreading lies and talking general shit.  The hotter the pepper (vegetable or spice) the more intense the curse.

salt - to repel someone from reentering your life and home.

vinegar - to make someone eat their words or to stop running their mouth.

basil - for someone who owes you money.

mint - to cool someone’s anger or hatred toward you.

potato - for someone standing in your way.  carve someone’s name into the potato (or initials) and then cut it up/cook as normal.

having a wooden spoon you use ONLY for cursing magic within the kitchen.  You can inscribe/woodburn sigils and words to your liking. This is VERY useful.  Just be sure you ONLY use it for cursing and hexing for foods.

lemon/lime/any tart fruit - to stop someone’s slander, lies, and general cursing

Black pepper or ginger - add in baking mix if you want to cause the target anger.

Grated lemon - add in baking mix if you want to cause the target to be sour to others.

Black icing - colour correspondence for hexes and curses.

Stirring counter clockwise is good for undoing the actions or intent of the person you are cursing.

Stirring clockwise is for sealing/bringing to fruition.

You can do cursing/hexing in your kitchen.  Write someone’s name on a slip of paper (or take their picture) and put it in your pot and add vinegar, oils, needles/nails and herbs on the stove, intending your hex on that person.  Toss out like (preferably off your property) when done.  

Most kitchen witches, myself included, keep glass jars and bottles around.  You can take a piece of paper with the person’s name or their picture, put in a jar with oil and herbs and shake it up each time you focus your hexing intent. Obviously the more shaking you do the more intense.  Do till you feel the hexing is done and they’ve stopped their shit.

When cursing/hexing food (or doing the pot trick like I mentioned above), you can also say (from Dorothy Morrison’s Utterly Wicked, pg. 66):

The magic that’s within this dish is meant for (name of target), as is my wish.

On others who may hear its call it shall not have any effect at all.

Pure delight is all they’ll feel as they fill their plates and eat this meal.

But (name of target) it will hit magically

As I will, so mote it be.

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Everyday things I do for Eros, god of love and sex

Pick flowers as I walk to offer for him

Tell people I love them and mean it

Kiss my partner in honor of him

Listen to and sing love songs

Watch a cheesy rom-com

Wear pink, red, or gold

This man loves Oreos so get Oreos at any cost (or any chocolate for that matter)

Tell him about my love life and gossip I hear about others’ love lives

Carry a rose with me or wear rose scented perfume

Practice self love, also to honor his mother, Aphrodite

Practice spiritual growth and love of life, also to honor his wife, Psyche

he is also the god of sex so there are 18+ ideas I’m sure you can think of yourself that I’m not going to put here for discretions sake

Overall, the best thing you can do to honor Eros is just to love unashamedly and unabashedly. Take pride in who you love and how you love them!

witchcraft 101: veiling!

today we’re gonna be discussing veiling. veiling is the act of covering your hair/head either partially or fully. this could be anything from wearing a bandana to wearing a full coverage headscarf.

there are many reasons why a pagan or witch may participate in veiling, here are a few:

as a reminder of a connection with a deity (usually deities such as hestia but it can be any deity)

as an offering or devotional act to a deity

as a reminder of what is above us

to cover or protect the crown chakra

to help with grounding

for shielding (this is often used by empaths)

to focus power or focus the mind

to signify adulthood/womanhood (!! this does not mean that men or nonbinary people can’t veil!! i’m nonbinary and i veil a lot)

as a practise of modesty

because it brings comfort to a person

in old traditions, a witches hair is said to be a measure of their power so people cover their hair in order to protect it

often people veil during rituals as it helps them get in the right mindset

i hope you guys found this helpful!! if you know of any other reasons to veil let me know but these are probably the most common ones used.

🌱Self Love Affirmations🌱

I am worthy of receiving the love I give.

I have enough. I do enough. I am enough.

I am proud of myself and all I have accomplished.

I choose to stop apologizing for being me.

I accept myself unconditionally.

I am becoming more confident everyday.

I offer self love and tarot readings ❤️

Witchy Aesthetics

green witch: freshly pressed flowers, walking through a field of wildflowers, talking to the trees, terrariums, plants sitting on the windowsill, forest sounds

kitchen witch: cookbooks, stirring tea with intent, lots and lots of jars, herbs and more herbs, the smells of baking, tea blends swirling in jars 

storm witch: lightning crackling, calling up a storm, dancing in the rain, getting excited when you feel a storm coming, checking the weather activity

dream witch: sleepy eyes, soft blankets, meditating in the mornings to remember your dreams, reality checks, sleeping with crystals under your pillow

divination witch: wearing your pendulum as a necklace, sleeping with your tarot deck, shaky hands, too many tarot decks, meditating with your tools

sea witch: jars of seawater, walking barefooted on the sand, sitting on the beach at night, missing the seashore, balmy sea breeze, seashell collection

lunar witch: setting alarms for moon phases, talking to the moon, making moon water, getting ready for the next lunar eclipse, quiet moonlit nights

spirit witch: bonding with spirit companions, feeling the presences in a room, setting out offerings, seeing shadows out of the corner of your eyes, amethyst

fire witch: a whole bunch of scented candles, the smell of incense, cosy warmth, dancing flames, jars of ashes, almost burning the whole house down

crystal witch: keeping crystals in your pockets, crystals sitting on your windowsill under the moonlight, crystalline light reflections

water witch: way too many jars, running out in the middle of a storm to collect water, carrying a jar everywhere, shower cleansing and grounding rituals

tech witch: embedding sigils in code, stereoscopic light of a phone screen, ambient soundtracks, witchy phone apps, emoji spells, digital grimoires

music witch: jamming to your tracks over a spell, shufflemancy, headphones on earbuds in, charging tools with your speakers, playlist for every occasion

urban witch: dollar stores, carrying around their magickal tools, sigils for not missing the bus or train, finding that one witch book in local bookstores

glamour witch: sigils on the mirror, rose quartz in random places, makeup bags, looking fly, youtube channels on makeup, on-the-spot glamours

closeted witch: hiding grimoires in drawers, sigils for invisibility, waiting for everyone else to go out, performing spells behind locked doors at night

art witches: moon water in your paint cup, paint-stained fingers, charmed drawing tablet, colour corresponding your art supplies, local bookshops

i hope all of you beautiful witches (& of course non-witches too!) are taking care of yourselves ✨🌱🌙

here’s your reminder to:

• drink water

• compliment yourself/your craft

• pet your cat/dog

• take a deep breath

and know that everything will be okay, and you are exactly where you should be (Divine Timing).

Witchy Self Care & Mindfulness🌻🌿

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