Pinterest<\/a>. However my major problem with it is the \u201cmagick\u201d and spellcraft on there is often utter twaddle. I like collecting (rather nerdy) art, food and crafting ideas, positive quotes to get me through those grey damp days. Magickally though it\u2019s often pretty but not effective. If you\u2019re going to write a chant, and enchantment (to be sung or spoken aloud, which is what enchant means) it has to have a good tone and rhythm to it. It has to be a jingle, an ear-worm, something that has the power and dynamism to buzz around your skull and out into the universe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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(Primitive Altar from Pinterest.)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI grew up in with ugly but effective magick. Really on the farm that was the sort of aesthetic. If it worked it didn\u2019t matter what it looked like (but odds are it would look dangerous and sort of a mess). My first cauldron was an empty white animal feed bucket. My wand a stick. The things I made look crude but worked. The woven herbs and grasses had a grace but I\u2019m not sure they\u2019d pass the Pinterest standard. Maybe with the right filter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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(Hanging Herbs on Pinterest.)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOf course it is gorgeous to make pagan artworks, pagan aesthetics and so on. From crystal mandalas to circles of herbs and flowers, I\u2019m just not sure my practical witch brain is wired to wasting so much time energy and supplies on one thing. Some of these images are glorious but you\u2019d need a bail of lavender! I have a lot of herbs, I don\u2019t have them in that kind of quantity. I also have a dog, child and husband and odds are taking up a whole room in our tiny house, on the floor or otherwise would not end well. Wonderful for a photo, not practical witchin\u2019. I don\u2019t hang my herbs up for how they \u201clook\u201d (I don\u2019t even have a drying rack or anything it\u2019s just a series of make-shift jute clotheslines and bundles) I hang them so they don\u2019t rot so I can use them when they are out of season.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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(White Dress Women in Forest from Pinterest.)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Again wearing a lot of interesting make-up and standing in a thin white dress in some moody woods looks awesome, you\u2019ll catch your death if you try it though! Outside witch work requires sturdy hiking boots, sunscreen and good thick coat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nMy point is that this sort of aesthetic over function exclude those who don\u2019t or can\u2019t match how these things look. Don\u2019t have a bail of lavender, can\u2019t do magick! Not thin, white and gorgeous? Can\u2019t do magick! Not got five tons of crystals? Can\u2019t do magick! All of which is the reverse of the truth.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nMagick is in the ordinary. In the ugly. In the old and odd and hairy. It\u2019s in the bones, the cherry stones, the dirt, and clay and mud. It\u2019s in the scars, the dance, the feeling of it. There is power in the beautiful but that is not the only place there is power.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe utter twaddle on Pinterest in terms of spellwork and chants is so poor as to make me physically wince on occasion (and don\u2019t get me started on some of the utter rubbish that passes for \u201csigils\u201d). It shows a lack of understanding of the basic mechanises of spellcraft. It\u2019s either over wordy, or not specific, or drawing from all kinds of places I would NOT mix together and calling on things in ways that are dodgy at best, and wildly unsafe in others. A spell tends to work best when it\u2019s short, sharp and pithy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nA \u201cget well soon\u201d card is a healing foci. More specific ones like:
\nRoot, shoot, bud, flower. Grant me now your healing power. Heal________.
\nYou can easier charm this over a bunch of flowers, or even a healing soup. Not pretty (or might be) but effective. Of course having a root, a shoot, a bud and flower added to what you are chanting over helps and for the love of tea, please don\u2019t do it \u201cin your head\u201d. Enchanting mean to sing, to sing into being. It is a powerful and amazing magick that might be odd to do on the bus works wonders almost anywhere else.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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(A Large Pinch of Salt!)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWhile free resources can be amazing take what you find on Pinterest with a large pinch of salt. Do your own research, preferably offline and turn off your phone. A lot of the \u201chealing\u201d spells I looked at were binding spells and not very \u201chealing\u201d at all. While I am not \u201canti\u201d left-hand work, left-hand (or darker) is what it is. Read between the lines, and look at things like a witch. Look at what is missing, what is not said. Oh the sigils are just completely made up, which is not to say they won\u2019t work they are just not based on any ancient system I\u2019ve seen and seem to based more on the Mortal Instruments book series instead.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nMake a mess with your magick. Hexperiement, with what works for you and it doesn\u2019t have to be pretty. Make a mess. It\u2019s how it feels that matters, not how many likes it gets!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bad Witch’s Guide to Pinterest I am a bad witch. There are a long list of reasons why I am a bad witch. Having been out of the broom closet for some considerable number of years I would on occasion get asked \u201cbut you\u2019re a good witch though?\u201d My response to that depending on the person asking but I found I started to say \u201cyes, a very, very good witch\u201d rather darkly as it usually got the point across. It might surprise you to find out I like Pinterest. However my major problem with it is the \u201cmagick\u201d and spellcraft on there is often utter twaddle. I like collecting (rather nerdy) art, food and crafting ideas, positive quotes to get me through those grey damp days. Magickally though it\u2019s often pretty but not effective. If you\u2019re going to write a chant, and enchantment (to be sung or spoken aloud, which is what enchant means) it has to have a good tone and rhythm to it. It has to be a jingle, an ear-worm, something that has the power and dynamism to buzz around your skull and out into the universe. (Primitive Altar from Pinterest.) I grew up in with ugly but effective magick. Really on the farm that was the sort of aesthetic. If it worked it didn\u2019t matter what it looked like (but odds are it would look dangerous and sort of a mess). My first cauldron was an empty white animal feed bucket. My wand a stick. The things I made look crude but worked. The woven herbs and grasses had a grace but I\u2019m not sure they\u2019d pass the Pinterest standard. Maybe with the right filter. (Hanging Herbs on Pinterest.) Of course it is gorgeous to make pagan artworks, pagan aesthetics and so on. From crystal mandalas to circles of herbs and flowers, I\u2019m just not sure my practical witch brain is wired to wasting so much time energy and supplies on one thing. Some of these images are glorious but you\u2019d need a bail of lavender! I have a lot of herbs, I don\u2019t have them in that kind of quantity. I also have a dog, child and husband and odds are taking up a whole room in our tiny house, on the floor or otherwise would not end well. Wonderful for a photo, not practical witchin\u2019. I don\u2019t hang my herbs up for how they \u201clook\u201d (I don\u2019t even have a drying rack or anything it\u2019s just a series of make-shift jute clotheslines and bundles) I hang them so they don\u2019t rot so I can use them when they are out of season. (White Dress Women in Forest from Pinterest.) Again wearing a lot of interesting make-up and standing in a thin white dress in some moody woods looks awesome, you\u2019ll catch your death if you try it though! Outside witch work requires sturdy hiking boots, sunscreen and good thick coat. My point is that this sort of aesthetic over function exclude those who don\u2019t or can\u2019t match how these things look. Don\u2019t have a bail of lavender, can\u2019t do magick! Not thin, white and gorgeous? Can\u2019t do magick! Not got five tons of crystals? Can\u2019t do magick! All of which is the reverse of the truth. Magick is in the ordinary. In the ugly. In the old and odd and hairy. It\u2019s in the bones, the cherry stones, the dirt, and clay and mud. It\u2019s in the scars, the dance, the feeling of it. There is power in the beautiful but that is not the only place there is power. The utter twaddle on Pinterest in terms of spellwork and chants is so poor as to make me physically wince on occasion (and don\u2019t get me started on some of the utter rubbish that passes for \u201csigils\u201d). It shows a lack of understanding of the basic mechanises of spellcraft. It\u2019s either over wordy, or not specific, or drawing from all kinds of places I would NOT mix together and calling on things in ways that are dodgy at best, and wildly unsafe in others. A spell tends to work best when it\u2019s short, sharp and pithy. A \u201cget well soon\u201d card is a healing foci. More specific ones like: Root, shoot, bud, flower. Grant me now your healing power. Heal________. You can easier charm this over a bunch of flowers, or even a healing soup. Not pretty (or might be) but effective. Of course having a root, a shoot, a bud and flower added to what you are chanting over helps and for the love of tea, please don\u2019t do it \u201cin your head\u201d. Enchanting mean to sing, to sing into being. It is a powerful and amazing magick that might be odd to do on the bus works wonders almost anywhere else. (A Large Pinch of Salt!) While free resources can be amazing take what you find on Pinterest with a large pinch of salt. Do your own research, preferably offline and turn off your phone. A lot of the \u201chealing\u201d spells I looked at were binding spells and not very \u201chealing\u201d at all. While I am not \u201canti\u201d left-hand work, left-hand (or darker) is what it is. Read between the lines, and look at things like a witch. Look at what is missing, what is not said. Oh the sigils are just completely made up, which is not to say they won\u2019t work they are just not based on any ancient system I\u2019ve seen and seem to based more on the Mortal Instruments book series instead. Make a mess with your magick. Hexperiement, with what works for you and it doesn\u2019t have to be pretty. Make a mess. 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