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redcloakwitch:

satdeshret:

greenwitchmonkey:

satdeshret:

shalottlives:

satdeshret:

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It just occurred to me that if you have a tea infuser like the one pictured above, you could totally use it as a pendulum.

OOOOOOOOOOHHH YOU COULD PUT CORRESPONDING HERBS IN IT LIKE THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH DIVINATION OR YOUR QUESTION

OMG YOU COULD PUT THE QUESTION INSIDE IT

YOU COULD PUT THINGS INSIDE IT
YOU COULD PUT THIINNGSSS

THINNNGSSSS

exactly

this could also be used as a way to infuse herbs in your bath without clogging anything up.

I like your style.

I had to create a whole new tag for this post. This is literally the kind of thing I want to compile for a “family witchery” collection. Just, like, easy and daily witchery. *hand flail* Yessss

I’ve had this in my kitchen drawer for years and never thought of this omg!

Herbs, Trees and Plants Used in Weather Magic

stormbornwitch:

Below is a list of herbs, trees and plants
used in weather witching. I’m sure there are plants and herbs that are missing from
this list. However the herbs on this list were corroborated by multiple sources which confirmed their use in weather magic. 
If you know of any other
plants, trees or herbs used in weather magic please feel free to add them to this
list.

  • Alder – Raises winds:
    Turned into whistles to ‘whistle up a wind’
  • Broom – Thrown into fire
    to calm winds or thrown into air to raise winds
  • Cotton – Thrown into fire
    to bring rain
  • Ferns – Thrown into fire
    to bring rain
  • Garlic – Worn on person
    to ward off bad weather
  • Heather – Thrown into
    fire to bring rain
  • Henbane – Thrown into
    water to bring rain
  • Oak/Acorn – Protects
    against lightning strikes and bad weather
  • Pansy – Brings rain and
    storms: If picked on a sunny day it will bring storms but if picked in early
    morning while covered in dew it will bring rain.
  • Rice/Grains/Wheat –
    Thrown into the air to bring rain
  • Saffron – Raises winds,
    Assists with control of the weather
  • Thistle – Thrown into
    fire to redirect lightning

Witch Tip #2, Reuse Tea Bags!

witch-of-artemis:

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So you’ve just had a nice cup of tea, and if you’re anything like me, you hate wasting things, especially tea

So what can you do with your now used tea bag? Tons of things really! Just because they’ve been used, that doesn’t mean they don’t still have power in them!

☆ 🌱 Feed Your Garden 🌱 

▪Empty the leaves into the soil for added nutrients 

▪Brew a weak tea and water your plants with it. It’ll help protect them from fungal disease. 

▪Alternatively, take out the staple and throw the bag into a compost bin for some great fertilizer 

 ☆ 🌹 Use the Herbs in Magic 🌹 

▪Empty out the bag and let the leaves dry 

▪You can then use the leaves in spells, bottles, mixes, anything ya want 

▪Make a weak brew and use it in washing wood floors to give it a shine as well as cleansing negative energy from your home 

 ☆ 🌘 Glamour Magic 🌘 

▪Add the leaves to a bath and say what you wish for them to do

 -Tea has some great uses when used in a bath! 

  •Black tea helps skin/hair and burns

 •Mint tea helps sinuses

  •Chamomile tea relaxes and soothes

 •So does lavender! 

▪Tea baths also have magic uses!

 •Mint – Wealth, healing, protection

 •Peppermint – Healing, love, purification

 •Cinnamon – Divination, prosperity, physic abilities

 •Vanilla – Happiness, love, trust

 •Licorice – Love and lust

 •Chamomile – Happiness, trust

▪Do the same on a smaller scale with a foot soak to soften calluses and nourish your skin!

Final words

Moist tea bags should be refrigerated to avoid bacteria growth, but like all natural things, it has an expiration date. Trust yourself if your tea bags smell off, it’s time to throw em into the compost bin for good!

Common Toxic Herbs and their Effects

cosmic-witch:

This is not a complete list by any means, but these commonly noted plants, herbs, and flowers should be handled with care or avoided altogether. 

Aconite
(Wolfsbane, Monkshood) – all parts:
dermatoxic, hepatotoxic, and neurotoxic

Adam
and Eve (Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Wild Arum) – root:

dermatoxic and gastrotoxic if ingested

African
Sumac – leaves:

dermatoxic; possibly fatal

Agave
– juice:

dermatoxic  

Angel’s
Trumpet – all parts:

cardiotoxic; often fatal

Apple
– seeds:

cytotoxic in large doses

Apricot
– leaves and seeds:

cytotoxic in large doses

Arnica – gastrotoxic 

Asparagus
– berries:

dermatoxic and gastrotoxic if ingested

Azalea
– all parts:

cytotoxic and neurotoxic; rarely fatal

Betel
Nut Palm (Pinyang) – all parts:
gastrotoxic if ingested

Bittersweet
Nightshade – all parts:
neurotoxic and gastrotoxic; rarely fatal

Black
Hellebore – all parts:
cardiotoxic and gastrotoxic; possibly fatal

Black
Locust (False Acacia) – root bark and flowers:
gastrotoxic

Black
Nightshade – all parts except ripe fruit:
neurotoxic and gastrotoxic;
possibly fatal

Bleeding
Heart – leaves and roots:
neurotoxic

Bloodroot
– rhizomes:

cytotoxic

Blue
Passion Flower (Common Passion Flower) – leaves:
cytotoxic

Bracken
– all parts:

carcinogenic

Buttercup – all parts: gastrotoxic and dermatoxic 

Calabar
Bean (Ordeal Beans) – seeds:
neurotoxic and gastrotoxic if ingested in
large doses

Cassava
– leaves and roots:

cytotoxic in large doses

Castor
Bean (Castor Oil Plant) – seeds:
cytotoxic if ingested or inhaled

Celandine – nephrotoxic 

Cherry
– leaves and seeds:

cytotoxic in large doses

Christmas
Rose – all parts:

gastrotoxic

Cocklebur
– seedlings and seeds:
gastrotoxic and neurotoxic

Columbine
– seeds and roots:

cardiotoxic; easily fatal

Corn
Lily (False Hellebore) – all parts:
cardiotoxic; often fatal

Cowbane
(Water Hemlock, Snakeweed) – root:
neurotoxic if ingested

Daffodil
– bulbs and stems:

gastrotoxic; possibly fatal

Datura/Moonflower
– all parts:

gastrotoxic and cardiotoxic

Deadly
Nightshade (Belladonna) – all parts:
cardiotoxic and neurotoxic; often fatal

Desert
Rose (Sabi Star, Kudu) – sap:
cardiotoxic with skin contact

Dumbcane
– all parts:
dermatoxic;
possibly fatal

Elder
(Elderberry) – root:

gastrotoxic

Elephant
Ear (Angel Wings) – all parts:
dermatoxic and gastrotoxic

Ergot – neurotoxic 

Foxglove
– leaves, seeds, and flowers:
cardiotoxic; often fatal

Garlic
– all parts:

gastrotoxic in animals

Giant
Hogweed – all parts:

dermatoxic

Golden
Chain – all parts, especially seeds:
neurotoxic and gastrotoxic; possibly fatal

Goldenseal – all parts: gastrotoxic and neurotoxic in large doses

Grapes/Raisins
– all parts:

gastrotoxic in dogs

Greater
Celandine – all parts:
gastrotoxic in large doses

Hemlock
(Spotted Cowbane, Poison Snakeweed) – all parts:
neurotoxic;
possibly fatal

Hemlock
Water Dropwort – roots:
neurotoxic if ingested; possibly fatal

Henbane
– all parts:

neurotoxic and cardiotoxic

Holly
– berries:

gastrotoxic

Honeybush
– all parts:

gastrotoxic

Honeysuckle – berries: gastrotoxic in mild cases and cardiotoxic in severe cases

Horse
Chestnut – all parts:

neurotoxic

Hyacinth
– bulbs:

gastrotoxic and neurotoxic; possibly fatal

Iris – rhizomes: gastrotoxic and dermatoxic 

Jequirity
(Crab’s Eye, Rosary Pea) – seeds:
neurotoxic and gastrotoxic; often fatal

Kava Kava – nephrotoxic, hepatotoxic 

Kidney
Bean – raw:

gastrotoxic

Larkspur
– young plants and seeds:
neurotoxic; often fatal

Lemon
– oil:

dermatoxic and gastrotoxic to animals  

Lily
– all parts:

nephrotoxic

Lily
of the Nile (Calla Lily) – all parts:
dermatoxic and gastrotoxic if ingested;
possibly fatal

Lily
of the Valley – all parts:
cardiotoxic; possibly fatal

Lima
Beans – raw:

gastrotoxic

Lime
– oil:

dermatoxic and gastrotoxic in animals

Lobelia – all parts: gastrotoxic 

Mandrake
– roots and leaves:

gastrotoxic and neurotoxic

Mango
– peel and sap:

dermatoxic

Mangrove
– bark and sap:

dermatoxic and eye irritation

Mayapple
– all green parts and unripe fruit:
gastrotoxic

Meadow
Saffron (Autumn Crocus) – bulbs:
gastrotoxic; possibly fatal

Mistletoe
– leaves and berries:

gastrotoxic, cardiotoxic, and neurotoxic; rarely lethal in adults

Moonseed
– fruits and seeds:

gastrotoxic; often fatal

Mountain
Laurel – all green parts:
gastrotoxic

Nutmeg
– raw:

psychoactive in large doses

Oak –
leaves and acorns:

gastrotoxic; rarely fatal

Odollam
Tree (Suicide Tree) – seeds:
cardiotoxic; often fatal

Oleander
– all parts:

dermatoxic, cardiotoxic, and gastrotoxic; possibly fatal

Onions
– all parts:

gastrotoxic in animals

Orange
– oil:

dermatoxic and gastrotoxic in animals

Peach
– seeds and leaves:

cytotoxic in large doses

Pokeweed
– leaves, berries, and roots:
gastrotoxic; often fatal

Poison
Ivy/Oak/Sumac – all parts, especially leaves:
dermatoxic; possibly fatal

Poison
Ryegrass (Darnel) – seeds:
neurotoxic

Potato
– raw:

cytotoxic

Privet
– berries and leaves:

neurotoxic and gastrotoxic; possibly fatal

Ragwort
– all parts:

hepatotoxic

Redoul
– all parts:

gastrotoxic, neurotoxic, and causes respiratory issues; can be fatal in
children

Rhubarb
– leaves:

nephrotoxic

Skullcap – hepatotoxic

Spindle
(Spindle Tree) – fruit:
hepatotoxic and nephrotoxic; possibly fatal  

Stinging
Tree (Gympie Gympie) – bark and sap:
dermatoxic; sometimes fatal

Strychnine
Tree – seeds:
neurotoxic; often fatal

Sweet Pea – seeds: neurotoxic and damaging to connective tissues

Tomato
– leaves and stems:

cytotoxic in large doses

Uva Ursi – neurotoxic, dermatoxic 

White
Baneberry (Doll’s Eyes) – all parts, especially berries:
cardiotoxic;
possibly fatal

White
Snakeroot – all parts:
gastrotoxic; often fatal

Winter
Cherry (Jerusalem Cherry) – all parts, especially berries:
gastrotoxic;
occasionally fatal, especially to children

Wisteria – gastrotoxic

Yew
(English Yew, Common Yew) – leaves and seeds:
gastrotoxic if ingested and
respiratory issues if inhaled


definitions of terms used in this list: 

  • carcinogenic – a substance that can cause cancer
  • cardiotoxic – toxic to the heart 
  • cytotoxic – toxic to living cells
  • dermatoxic – toxic to the skin
  • gastrotoxic – toxic to the gastrointestinal system (stomach, intestines, etc.)
  • hepatotoxic – toxic to the liver
  • nephrotoxic – toxic to the kidneys and urological system (ureters, bladder)
  • neurotoxic – toxic to the neurological system (brain, nerves, brainstem, spinal cord, etc.)
  • psychoactive – pertaining to substances that change brain function and result in alterations in perception, mood, or consciousness


last updated: 1-10-2016

Witch Tip #2, Reuse Tea Bags!

witch-of-artemis:

image

So you’ve just had a nice cup of tea, and if you’re anything like me, you hate wasting things, especially tea

So what can you do with your now used tea bag? Tons of things really! Just because they’ve been used, that doesn’t mean they don’t still have power in them!

☆ 🌱 Feed Your Garden 🌱 

▪Empty the leaves into the soil for added nutrients 

▪Brew a weak tea and water your plants with it. It’ll help protect them from fungal disease. 

▪Alternatively, take out the staple and throw the bag into a compost bin for some great fertilizer 

 ☆ 🌹 Use the Herbs in Magic 🌹 

▪Empty out the bag and let the leaves dry 

▪You can then use the leaves in spells, bottles, mixes, anything ya want 

▪Make a weak brew and use it in washing wood floors to give it a shine as well as cleansing negative energy from your home 

 ☆ 🌘 Glamour Magic 🌘 

▪Add the leaves to a bath and say what you wish for them to do

 -Tea has some great uses when used in a bath! 

  •Black tea helps skin/hair and burns

 •Mint tea helps sinuses

  •Chamomile tea relaxes and soothes

 •So does lavender! 

▪Tea baths also have magic uses!

 •Mint – Wealth, healing, protection

 •Peppermint – Healing, love, purification

 •Cinnamon – Divination, prosperity, physic abilities

 •Vanilla – Happiness, love, trust

 •Licorice – Love and lust

 •Chamomile – Happiness, trust

▪Do the same on a smaller scale with a foot soak to soften calluses and nourish your skin!

Final words

Moist tea bags should be refrigerated to avoid bacteria growth, but like all natural things, it has an expiration date. Trust yourself if your tea bags smell off, it’s time to throw em into the compost bin for good!

witcheryflowers:

🍀

Oxalis in Magic!

🍀

🌱

Oxalis is a very common plant, and a great natural resource for beginning witches because of that!

🌱

Oxalis is bound to Venus and Earth, love and home respectively. This makes the plant perfect for home protection and similar spells home oriented.

🌱

They are also commonly mistaken for clovers! Which makes them great for glamours, they are able to masquerade as something other than themself without trying. The glamour can be made for love especially, because of the ties to Venus mentioned earlier.

🌱 They can be used for luck, not only because of their looks relating to clovers, but because of their own lucky and abundant properties. Use in money and wealth spells for abundance and prosperity, as well as luck spells! 

🌱 These plants spread deep roots, which means they can help you with grounding. They are good to eat so consider eating some and grounding yourself before big magical endeavors!

🍀Overall we can see that Oxalis is a very versatile plant, used for love, luck, home, abundance, grounding, glamours. So go out and collect some!🍀

Happy Witching!✨

witcheryflowers:

🍀

Oxalis in Magic!

🍀

🌱

Oxalis is a very common plant, and a great natural resource for beginning witches because of that!

🌱

Oxalis is bound to Venus and Earth, love and home respectively. This makes the plant perfect for home protection and similar spells home oriented.

🌱

They are also commonly mistaken for clovers! Which makes them great for glamours, they are able to masquerade as something other than themself without trying. The glamour can be made for love especially, because of the ties to Venus mentioned earlier.

🌱 They can be used for luck, not only because of their looks relating to clovers, but because of their own lucky and abundant properties. Use in money and wealth spells for abundance and prosperity, as well as luck spells! 

🌱 These plants spread deep roots, which means they can help you with grounding. They are good to eat so consider eating some and grounding yourself before big magical endeavors!

🍀Overall we can see that Oxalis is a very versatile plant, used for love, luck, home, abundance, grounding, glamours. So go out and collect some!🍀

Happy Witching!✨