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Hi everyone! So I got really excited when @sylvaetria mentioned a witchy D&D, so I made a discord server! If anyone would like to join just send me a dm (direct message) If you think anything should be changed or added just message me here or on discord!
we somehow found our love for the occult and decided we wanted to dive in head first, and then didn’t realize where to start
“is this a good one?” we say as we skim through the tiny metaphysical section at our local bookstore, and walk out with a mishmash of titles from various authors, all with conflicting opinions
we jot down notes in old school notebooks because that leather grimoire we found online was too expensive
we ditched the books we read over and over again and turned to the internet, hungry for hidden knowledge
we all stumbled upon spellsofmagic.com and tried to do the unthinkable before realizing that it wasn’t working and got discouraged
we realized that *gasp* you can write your own spells, but how?
we spent hours compiling correspondences for every herb and spice in our kitchen pantry, and dug through boxes to find our old crystal or seashell collection from when we were kids thinking “i could probably use these for… something”
we spent too much money on candles and incense before realizing we could get them cheaper online
we practiced drawing sigils and symbols to make them perfect before crumpling up the paper and starting all over
we learned to go outside and look at the moon to see what phase it was in and how we could possibly use that to our advantage
“what cardinal direction was for fire again? south?” we went back to the drawing board, digging through our notes to find the section in which we wrote down the information before giving up and doing a quick google search instead
we set up wiccan altars because we didn’t know that there was anything else out there at first
we learned about intent, and made sure that we were careful to stir our tea or coffee in one direction or the other to set the mood for the day
we would squint at bottles of body wash in the shower to find the ingredients and quickly figure out how to use them for magick: “jasmine and lavender? i think that’s good for peace or something”
we say little incantations when we cook dinner, or pour food for our pets – “bunny, you are happy and healthy. enjoy!”
every witch has gone through their own version of uncertainty and unknowing when they first started practicing. everyone’s path is different, and the situations leading up to our current state, made us the witches we are today. your path is yours, and yours alone. don’t let anyone take that from you.
You do not have to come into your faith with fully formed and flushed out beliefs. It’s okay to let your beliefs grow, take shape, and become refined as you feel your way through your faith and learn more. Don’t feel like you have to have answers for everything on day one. Let yourself grow.
I’ve been telling myself I’m gonna get into shadow work since May, but I didn’t actually do any major working until today, when I spent over an hour writing six pages worth of introspection. I feel kind shitty, afterall, I just wrote six pages of what are essentially my insecurities, but I also feel pretty accomplished, because I’m finally doing something I’ve been saying I’d do for three months. Good luck to me
ARE YOU
BROKE BUT STILL WANNA PULL THE THREADS OF THE ETHER AND DEFY THE ESTABLISHED LAWS
OF MAN INVOKING THE ANCIENT MAGICK?
GOOD.
You and I
are gonna go S H O P P I N G
But, Semiramis! I just told you I’m broke! I
can’t get nice things!
*smack*
WRONG.
The world is
full of wonders, one of them being
DOLLAR STORES
Remember
sweeties, a witch’s best friend is scavenging.
Open your
eyes. Look around. Scout your neighborhood.
But what about the things that I can’t get out
on the streets!?
That’s what we’re shopping for!
Now before
we move on, close your eyes… then open them again because you need to read the
rest of the message… and repeat the following mantra:
THE CRAFT
REQUIRES NOTHING. THE CRAFT
REQUIRES NOTHING. THE CRAFT
REQUIRES NOTHING BUT MYSELF.
No fancy
ingredients, no pretty crystals, no expensive incenses will work better than
your RAW HEART AND SOUL.
Mkay?
Now let’s
go get some of that good shit.
How good?
Diz gud.
Now, it’s
no mystery that a broke ass witch needs to pay a visit to the local dollar
stores to get her materials every once in a while, but if you’re like me and
live in a place where there are no dollar stores (and there are no dollars
either) WHERE TO GO?
The answer
is here:
CHINESE
IMPORT STORES ARE YOUR NEW SANCTUARY.
These places
are AWESOME for a witch on a budget, because they carry EVERYTHING. From toys
to art supplies to kitchenware…
AND
SPIRITUALITY SUPPLIES.
(That’s
where we come in)
Speaking of
budget, by the way. Let’s set one.
Say… $15?
FIFTEEN
AMERICAN DOLLARS. I will take you home with some nice and rare goodies that
will spice up your spells.
Let’s go
in.
Oooh what a
promising start. This here, my friends, are 25 grams of the purest coke
Palo Santo wood. Don’t like it in its natural state?
They have
it in incense too!
But we ain’t
getting that shit. I’m allergic so I can’t burn anything scented or else I…
die.
But know
they’re there, as well as essential oils, and they’re quite accessi-
WHAT!?
28 BUCKS
FOR A BOTTLE OF ESSENTIAL OIL!?
AIN’T
NOBODY GOT CASH FO DAT
Nah I’m
just kidding. This is the price in pesos, meaning that these oils are *math
happens* $1.55 each!
What a D E
A L
BUT THAT’S
NOT WHAT WE’RE HERE FOR BECAUSE I’M SOON TEACHING YOU HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN
OILS.
Also, holy
shit…
You HAVE to
see the candles aisle in this place.
They have
them twirly
Large
Larger
The photo is not blury, you’re drunk
Scented
Scentless
Birthdayful
Oh hellooo
thereee~
Twelve
candles for $1.94 you say?
Meaning
SIXTEEN CENTS A CANDLE?
Adopted.
Don’t let
anyone tell you cheap candles don’t get the job done, people!
Plus they
burn just as good.
NOW at this
point the store was 10 minutes away from closing time, so I had to stop
taking pictures to get my ass outta there, BUT
Here’s a
look at what we got:
That doesn’t
look too good, let’s add a F I L T E R
Those
little crochet doilies that will serve as my new altar tablecloths? They were $0.55
But Amis! Those don’t look too witchy, more
like what my grandma puts under her vases!
First of
all, how dare you.
Second of
all, how dare you.
Granmotherly
stuff is witchy by D E F I N I T I O N. Embrace the grandma aesthetic, y’all!
Also:
If you’re
poor you have to be CRAFTY. Look at that! It has a pentacle now. How long did
it take? Literally 30 seconds! Imagine
what we could do with a whole afternoon!
Ok, I admit
it, that was a fiasco, BUT WE’RE ONTO SOMETHING THERE.
Let’s take
a closer look at what else we brought, shall we?
This tiny
chest is 7.5 cm wide x 5.5 cm tall x 5.5 cm deep (3 in x 2.1 in x 2.1 in) and
will hold my pocket altar. It was *drum roll* $1.70!
I was
getting tired of using my mom’s big ass scissors to cut my tiny delicate herbs,
so I got myself this pair of snips! Price: $0.55 and they’re sharper than Tom
Hiddleston’s style. Plus they serve a multitude of purposes, like shanking a
bitch.
A quick
stop by the crystal shop that was also closing (pfft crystal shop. Sounds like
out of a fantasy novel, love it) yields the following goodies:
-Onyx
($0.55)
-Fluorite
($0.27)
-Snowflake
obsidian (hard to get where I live. It’s kinda pricey at $2.20. I recommend other
kinds of obsidian or maybe just black glass as I’ve been using until today, it
still works awesomely. I got the obsidian because I wanted to experiment with
it and my Mentor recommended me to get it, same as the fluorite).
-And the
CUTEST little quartz formation. This one kinda defeats the purpose because it
was a bit pricey. You don’t need it; any clear quartz will work the same. It was $4.50 and it was my guilty pleasure of
the month. It also came with a free satchel that’s most certainly going to be used with magickal results in the foreseeable
future.
More of it
because it’s so gorgeous ♥
Back to the
fluorite! That shit is large and cheap! Well, you see, it’s kinda ugly because I was part of a larger
stone and broke down the middle when they were trying to perforate it to make it into a pendant.
But check
this hot babe out
W O R K I T
Coming back
from the imports store, I paid a visit to my pot dealer erh I mean my herbs
supplier. Got myself some ginger for $0.27
AND THEN
I SAW IT
Maybe they
don’t package it like this in your country, but here this little shitty capsule
is worth its weight in GOLD.
Y’all know
what this is?
This is
SAFFRON.
Now
normally I steer fucking clear of
things this expensive, but when I asked my dealer I mean the vendor she said it
was on sale.
This stuff LITERALLY
sold by FRACTIONS OF GRAMS. In this case that’s 0.2 grams of saffron, that’s
0.007 ounces. YES. ZERO POINT ZERO ZERO SEVEN. Insert here Bond reference
Retail
price? Normally around $8 per capsule (EIGHT AMERICAN DOLLARS!)
How much on
sale?
TWO
DOLLARS.
A tip for the broke
witch: hunt
down for sales. Even if you don’t use the ingredients in your spells, you can
still trade them with other witches or with anyone, really.
After this
I went home and decided to try out my new candles.
And as I
said, if you’re poor, you gotta get crafty!
I cut one of
the candles in half. A part went to my pocket altar, and the other half…
I used one
of those ceramic saucers with the little erh… lower level circle in the middle?
USE CERAMIC. THIS IS IMPORTANT. IT RESISTS TEMPERATURE WELL AND YOU’RE GONNA NEED
IT.
Melt the
wax in the microwave or on the flame and then make sure it stays in the center
of the saucer. Then take it out and wait until it cools down (or put it in the
freezer if you are an impatient little shit). DO NOT LET IT SOLIDIFY
COMPLETELY.
Then you take
it out and use a round cookie cutter (or if you’re a cheap ass like me, find
something else)
I just used
the styling nozzle of my hair drying because F U K D A P O L I C E
Put it
again in the freezer and once it’s completely solidified use a spatula because
you, my dear witch
Just made
yourself a moon wax amulet!
Engrave it
with your sigils, place it on your altar, carefully soften the bottom with heat
and use it as a seal, the possibilities are endless!
BUT WAIT,
WHAT ABOUT THE REMNANTS!?
EVIL EYE
WARD!
The rest? Melt
it again or use it as a poppet in case you wanna cast a spell over an onion
ring…
By the end
of the day, our haul is:
-Altar
cloth $0.55
-Herbs
snips $0.55
-Mini-altar
wooden box $1.70
-Dozen of
blue candles $1.94
-Ginger
root $0.27
-Satchel $0
-Snowflake
obsidian $2.20
-Fluorite$ 0.27
-Onix $0.55
-Quartz
crystal formation $4.50
-Saffron Capsule
$2
A grand
total of $14.53!
Of our
budget of $15 we still have $0.47 that where I live is enough for the bus ride
back home!
If we take
away the unnecessarily pricey stuff (the quartz and the saffron) we got
everything for $8.03!
Now if THAT’S
not magick, I don’t know what is!
SOME FINAL
TIPS!
1) REUSE as many things as you can.
2) MOVE THOSE FEET. I know it doesn’t sound appealing,
but CHECK SEVERAL PLACES. Find the best prices by checking different stores and
comparing.
3) BE CREATIVE. If you find yourself in need of
something you can’t afford, think and find a way to replace it or get it
through other routes. As I said, witch trading is a thing!
4) BARGAIN. There’s no shame in it, people! If you’re dealing with independent merchants and buy regularly/are buying a lot, try to get better prices! Don’t disrespect their business, though!
5) REMEMBER YOUR MANTRA. Witchcraft requires NOTHING.
Except you.
I hate it when people are like “Tarot is such bullshit, cards can’t predict the future”. I hate this because I look at tarot from one of two ways, depending on my mood.
1. Tarot doesn’t make 100% going to happen predictions. Tarot can’t say something will happen and then you get to sit on your lazy ass and wait for it to happen. Tarot tells you what can happen if you choose to put the effort into making that happen.
2. Tarot is good for introspection. You find the answers in the cards. Your own intuition does, not the definitions of the cards.
This is it: this is your sign. You’re brand new, refreshed, empowered to change. Your calmer, softer times are coming. Your confidence, your happiness, your bliss, is arriving. Self acceptance is easier, and taking care of yourself is no longer a chore, but something you look forward to. You start to feel replenished – you’re *you* again – and the next chapter of your happier life begins now.
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