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Grand Etteilla Tarot Deck. circa 1900.
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Thursday Salt
“An important protective function was also associated with Thursday salt. On the Clean Thursday before Easter one had to take a lump of salt, wrap it in a cloth, and put it in a wood oven. When the cloth was burned away, the salt was gathered and preserved till Easter, when it was blessed during the service along with coloured eggs and festive foods.
Thursday salt was thought to provide reliable protection against sickness, hostile people, and magic, and was also widely used in life cycle rituals. People generally believed that demonic entities are afraid of salt and thus dislike salty food, therefore those who wished to have a domovyk were advised against offering them salted food.” – Iryna Ihnatenko [via upyrica]
A barbecue grill’s a wood oven and I’ll fight ancestors that disagree.
Source: Flickr / graveyarddirt
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2025 Sagittarius Disseminating Moon
Thursday, April 17, 03:24 UTC, 12°22’ Sagittarius
The key phrases for the Disseminating lunar phase are “teach, share, communicate;” and “ease up on efforts with our intentions.”
Whoops, this one’s already happened. My bad.
It’s a garrulous time with that Sag influence. Lots of preaching. We’re also liable to blurt something out, which we’d do better to keep to ourselves. Shhh!
When the Moon enters Capricorn (Friday, April 18, 14:12 UTC) we of course settle down some. It’s a good weekend to focus on getting things done.
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harnessing and using external energies
one of the mistakes i made as a beginner witch is using my own energy to power spells, which is exhausting. a good way to combat that involves channeling energy from an external source - i will use the moon as an example.
no, it's not to say that channeling energy is easier or not exhausting in itself - it's to say that you have options at your disposal to keep yourself from quickly and constantly burning out.
channeling energy - gather energy from an external source such as the moon. i like to imagine a silver string that connects us together, a tether if you will. typically i visualize this energy as a ball of light forming in my core or my hands.
direct - once you've gathered your energy, where do you want it to go? directly into a spell? saved for a rainy day? into a physical object of sorts? or maybe keep it within yourself?
charging - using that energy to power spells, enchantments, items, etc.
battery - store energy for later use - i like using quartz towers - then you can use that to power objects without having to channel energy every. single. time.
you can easily compare this concept to charging electronics.
there's a couple ways to charge a phone - you can either plug it straight into the wall, or charge up your power bank first and use that to charge your phone - channeling and charging in magic follows the same process.
the phone in this example is the vessel that holds energy.
- electricity from wall outlet = moon aka energy source
- charging cord = tether to the moon for channeling
- phone = the thing you're transferring energy to aka charging
- the intent to plug your phone in to charge = directing energy
- actually plugging your phone in = charging
- power bank = energy you gathered and stored away
- choosing the outlet vs the power bank = immediate use of lunar energy vs storage for later use
once your phone is charged, what are you gonna do with it? open tumblr? send a text? now you get to decide where that energy is going to be sent and what it'll be used for (storage, spells, enchantments, etc.).
tips & advice
- keep in mind that your phone isn't going to charge if it's dead and you only leave it plugged in for like 5 minutes. take your time to sit with the moon, have a conversation, meditate alongside one another, and get to know each other before asking for help.
- i don't advise channeling energy directly into yourself to save for later use. it will eventually burn out, drain you, and then you're back to square one.
- stored energies still need to be maintained and recharged, just like a battery.
what to do afterwards
- sever the tie that connects you to the moon - be nice and give thanks.
- if you've used energy to cast a spell immediately after channeling, close out your spell however you want (like, taking down a circle if you've cast one).
- if you chose to store that energy away instead, set the vessel aside for later use.
- ground yourself to shake off any lingering static, so to speak.
as with anything, your mileage may vary - do what works for you and with whatever energy you choose. good luck!
♡ luna
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How to reference in your grimoire
If you intend on sharing your grimoire with the public or you're a fan of a more academic style of writing then you're gonna want to reference your sources to avoid any kind of plagiarism.
You may have already learned how to reference at your college/uni, in which case follow that method, but if you haven't let me show you what i've been doing in my grimoire.
The referencing style I was taught in my degree is a form of APA 7th edition. This style is best for essays and small research papers and since my grimoire is essentially a bunch of mini contextual essays stuck together I thought it was appropriate.
Here's the format:
Author Surname, Author Initials. (Date of publication/release). Title of source: sub-heading/title of chapter. Publishing company/website. Place of publication/website link. [Format]
So for example, the book I'm currently reading is Buried by Professor Alice Roberts. If I were to reference this book in this format it would look something like this:
Roberts, A. (2023). Buried, An Alternative History of The First Millennium in Britain: Water and Wine. Simon and Schuster. London. [Book]
(Its up to you whether you decide to put the chapter before the book title, it doesn't make a difference, but I prefer doing it this way.)
This reference will need to follow an in-text citation. You can do that by adding a little number in parentheses next to your quote or paraphrase that corresponds to the number on your list of references OR you can make a mini reference following this method:
(Author Surname, Author Initials. (Date of publication). Page number if required)
So following this method an in-text citation would look like this:
(Roberts, A. (2023). p1)
Tips
If you are citing a source with multiple authors, organised them alphabetically by surname, your in text citation only needs to include the first one.
If you're referencing an online upload of an old source like Internet Archive or Project Gutenberg, include the original authors name first, uploaders name/ID second and mark which is which in parenthesis, then the date of original publication if you can find it, followed by the date it was uploaded to the site.
If you are referencing a film/TV episode, use the name of the director and include (Dir) next to their name.
If you can't find a date of publication/upload then write DNA instead.
Always put your references at the back of your grimoire. If your grimoire contains multiple chapters, group them by each chapter and then organise either alphabetically or chronologically. If your in-text citation uses numbers, organise your reference list chronologically. If you're using a mini reference, organise your reference list alphabetically.
This last bit is especially important for practitioners who intend to publish their work. Please please please do not skip referencing! I've read so many traditionally published witchcraft books who's authors don't do this or do it half-assed and I can't stand it.
Readers deserve to know where your information is coming from so they can be the judge on whether or not it's appropriate for them to practice themselves. Not doing so creates a cycle of ignorance among readers and new practitioners that encourages the spread of cultural appropriation, poor media literacy and poor historical and scientific understanding. Always cite your sources.