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Dieties

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    Dieties are spirits, gods and or goddesses that one chooses to pray to and work with. Witches may  choose which spirit they wish to work with. You can work with different dieties for different  objectives  in life. It is not necessary for a witch to work with a diety or even have them at their altar.  Working with dieties is meant to be a fun and respectful practice for good. Photo from unsplash Diety Example list: Buddha Mother Earth (Mother nature) Ganesh Bast  Zues Ansestors           So many gods and goddesses are known for many different things. Different dieties possess different  powers. We may also call upon these dieties  to help us achieve our desires, based on their individual power. It is not required to work with dieties, and some witches prefer not to work with them. It is up to  the witch to decide what parts of witchcraft they will adopt into their practice.     Sometimes it does help to have symbols, pictures or figures present while practicing with the diety, but 

What is, and what is inside an Altar?

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    Altars are a safe place where you can practice your magic and meditate. You can also work with  Dieties  and bring offerings in exchange for working with the gods or goddesses.  My personal altar is a traveling altar, and I choose to take my altar with me on the go.  I love that I can fit it in my pocket. There are many different kinds of altars and different sizes too.  What size altar would you want?          You can have a number of things in you altar.  Most common: Altar Cloth Candles Pentacle Diety(ies) The elements and or elemental tools Cauldron Broom Incense Matches Lighter      So you may be thinking, well what do I do at my altar? And to simply put it: What to do at my altar: Meditate Work Magic Manifest Work with Dieties Work with the elements     In conclusion, Altars are safe sacred places to practice magic. My altar is a traveling portable one that I  can take with me. What would you practice at your altar, with which objects and with whom?

What is a Pentacle?

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    A Pentacle is a talisman or a disk shaped object  that commonly represents a star pointing  to all  the elements: Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Spirit.           Don't get Pentacle and pentagram mixed up, pentagram is the star symbol, pentacle is a star with circle  around it. Pentacle Art by Sarita Pentagram Art by Sarita      The Pentacle has been seen as good and bad throughout time, it is up to the witch to decide what it   means to them.     Common meanings: Elements:  As said before a pentacle commonly represents and points to the five elements: Air, Fire, Earth, Water and Spirit. Some say that the circle around the five elements contains the power of the witch and  the elements. Circle of Manifestation:  The circle around the star is thought to protect the witch, and meant to manifest to  the witches desire. Satanism:  Many see the star in a different light, if you flip the star to pointing down instead of up, this is seen as the goat of satan with the horns facing upward. We

The Elements In witchcraft.

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Art by Sarita     In nature there are four elements in which the world lives and breathes. In witchcraft, and other  traditions however, there is a fifth element... spirit.     A pentagram points to all the elements (as shown above.) In witchcraft we encompass these elements  with a protection or manifestation circle to balance certain aspects of our life. This is called a pentacle.  (As shown below.) Art by Sarita Now let's go over the elements and how they relate and can be used in witchcraft. Air:   This element is associated with intelligence, consciousness, creativity, beginnings and  intangibility.  without permanent form.  Color: Yellow Magic tool:  Wand Planet: Jupiter Zodiac:  Gemini, Libra, Aquarius  Elemental:  Sylph Direction:  East Moon Phase:  Waxing Season:  Spring Time of Day:  Sunrise Earth:  This element is associated with stability, being grounded, fertility, materiality, potential,  silliness, death and rebirth. Color:  Green Magic tool:  Pentacle Planet:  Earth

Litha, a witch's summer holiday.

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🌞🌞  Happy Litha! 🌞🌞      Summer Solstice in the witch community is known as the holiday  Litha . Litha starts on June 19th and ends on June 23    Photo from: Unsplash     Summer solstice  is associated with the longest day of the year and the shortest night. Longest day  meaning that the power of the sun is strongest on this day. This strength from the sun will to continue to  grow the abundance around us through the rest of the year .  This year the day will fall on Saturday,  June 20th 2020.       This holiday is associated with the sun and therefore, the masculine energy. The moon is  Feminine.        During this time we must recognize, and be thankful for the the warm time of the year, before Yule or  Winter Solstice.      In ancient times some witches would light flaming torches to celebrate the the crops grown from spring. This is a time of abundance. To Celebrate Litha: -Decorate your safe space or altar in summer flowers or anything that signifies summer time to you!  -Ha

How to become a Witch.

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     How does one become a witch? Where does one start? Well, anyone can become a witch,  all you need to be a witch is you. You can use your visualizing and psychic abilities by practicing  witchery.        By casting spells and believing in our magic, we can manifest to our hearts desire. Art by Sarita           The next best thing we can do if we wish to practice witchery is to find a special place to practice and  pick  times to practice where we will not be disturbed. A pen and paper are really all you need to get  started, even experienced witches use these tools.           Every witch should have a B.O.S. as a reflective journal to write and practice spells etc. as I am doing in   this blog.     Besides a BOS(Book of Shadows), Grimoire or spell book (which are all the same thing) and a pen and  paper to write and perform spells... What else can we use?     Witch Tools:       Primary: Pentacle, Athame, Wand, Chalice           Pentacle : Disk with sigil or symbol (usually a star,

Introduction.

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    Art By Sarita Hello Loves! Sarita Here! This is my witchcraft blog, which I am basically going to use as kind of a Book of Shadows, or spell book or witch journal. I have been interested in witchcraft since I was a child, from watching Kiki's delivery service, to going to enchanting stores and handling crystals. I have always loved fantasy and everything magic. I will refer to this BOS when I need to know specific witchery items and when I would like to reflect and use spells. I will be adding some visuals drawn by me.  I am a learning witch just like you! I hope this helps anyone interested in witchcraft.