Many years ago, before the famed Grimoire Spread post became popular, my most well-known article was my Potato Salad article. You’re welcome to go read it if you like, for context. In that article, I shared my revelation that where witchcraft was concerned, differing paradigms of practices were very similar to differing potato salad recipes. In a potato salad recipe, the only hard and fast rule is that there should be potatoes in it, and the rest is your own trappings.
The same is certainly true of witchcraft- like potatoes, witchcraft is a real and reliable thing in the world. And like potatoes, witchcraft doesn’t solve everything, but it is certainly a staple in many people’s diets.
Related to that subject, if one were to extrapolate from this metaphor, and decide that potatoes are a metaphor for magic, then it should be noted that not every potato dish is potato salad, and similarly, not all forms of magic are witchcraft. They do all seem to share the one fundamental rule established for potato salad, though: in a potato dish, there must be potatoes. In a magical paradigm, there must be actual magic.
*inspired by the necklace Izzy wears that alerts her to the presence of someone with demon blood*
Needed: – Red and Silver Candles – The Thing you are charming to be your sensor. I recommend a pendant or necklace you wear daily – Juniper Incense or diffused oil
Steps: – Light your candles and set up your incense/oil. – Take your item and establish what its natural state is. This is its resting state, which means that nothing is a foot. – Now take the item and establish what it will do/ look like when something isn’t right. With a pendant, this could be it flipped over or twisted on the chain. – Reset it to its natural state, and wave it over the candle flames, then through the smoke or mist from your Incense/ diffused oil. – Hold it in your hands and focus on the two states, give it direct orders on which is which, and what and when it is to alert you. – Wave it again over the candle flames and through the smoke/mist. – Blow out your candles, and set your Sensor to work.
– Aesa ❤ This is my original spell, do not repost on any platform without my explicit permission. Reblogging is okay, Reposting is not. Do Not Advertise on my posts.
If you wanna astral project/travel to a pop culture realm, listen to an audiobook or soundtrack while you meditate. I love using the Harry Potter audiobooks as a guided meditation to get to Hogwarts! I also use the TES Oblivion and Skyrim and Morrowind soundtracks to get to Tamriel.
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