In any discussion about baneful magic there will be discussion of the moral implications behind throwing this kind of magic around. Some people prefer to approach it with a “magic shouldn’t be used for harm” mindset and others view magic as a means for reaching your own ends, thus justifying the use of curses, hexes and so on. Today, I’m going to be breaking down some of these arguments and showing the pros and cons of each viewpoint.
I’m generally an easy going, “live and let live” kind of woman. I understand people well enough to know that we’re all just doing the best we can with what we’ve got. Every now and then however, something pushes a little too far or someone does something unnecessarily spiteful and I get the urge to throw a little baneful magic at them.
Everyone gets overwhelmed sometimes, this spell is a way to hit pause on the things in your life that you just can’t deal with at the moment. It’s way to give yourself a little space from someone, to give yourself a little more time to make a decision or find a solution and make a little more room when you’ve just got too much on your plate.
Life has gotten a little crazy and a lot is getting ready to change! It’s about time for another update of what’s happening behind the scenes of The Traveling Witch!
As a witch who's always on the go it can sometimes be hard to focus on magical self care. I'm traveling and moving and working with lots of people and life is kind of a whirlwind and I love it but sometimes it all gets to be a little... much. In all of the hustle and bustle my ability to take care of myself and my ability to take care of my magical practice can start to go south. Grounding is my solution to this problem!
I'll be the first to admit that love magic isn't my strongest subject but this has always been one of my favorite ways to work love spells! It takes full advantage of the properties of Earth and allows you to tend to and grow the spell naturally over time.
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If you’re like me, you hear the words “art magic’ and your mind immediately goes “Um, YES!” followed quickly by a deluge of overwhelm as six million ideas flood your brain and you quickly lose track of how art and magic actually connect. We’re going to take a moment to reconnect those so that we can remember what we’re doing here.
Over the last month I’ve hardly managed to do any witchcraft. Yep, you read that right. I’ve been majorly slacking on my magical practice. It seems like every time I turn around there’s something else I have to do, more work, more cleaning, more everything! I was definitely not happy about how much I wasn’t practicing magic.
Then I promptly snapped out of it, realized that berating myself wasn’t going to make me any less stressed or busy and decided it might be time to take a short break from magic.
Life is often hectic and rarely leaves enough time and space for busy witches to relax properly. It seems like every week our schedules get a little tighter and we have to fight a little harder to make space for self care. This spell is designed with the busy witch in mind, not only is it an amazing way to unwind and cleanse your energy so that you can feel refreshed, it doubles as a spell to bring more rest and relaxation into your day to day life.
This spell powder is one of my all time favorites and I am never without it. It’s used for sending all purpose healing from a distance. Have a friend who just went through a bad breakup but you’re out of town? Send them some emotional healing. A family member in another town gets injured? You can throw some healing their way before you’ve even left the house. You can even use it to send healing to pets, plants or spirits. It's seriously SO versatile!
If I collect every witchcraft related item that I own together it all fits into one small basket, with room to spare. More often than not my spells are whispered incantations, hastily drawn sigils or entirely performed in my head. I have spent months of my life thinking I was a bad witch because I never did “real” spells! What I didn’t realize back then was that I WAS doing real spells and I was doing them VERY well because I was managing to produce powerful magical results with NO tools or ingredients.
What traveler doesn’t worry about safety? Whether you’re going by plane, by car or by some other method (broomstick anyone?), safety is paramount. You never want to be caught unawares in a bad situation! This charm wards the traveler against three common travel dangers: getting stranded, physical harm, and theft.
Without trust my magic is weak and witchcraft feels useless and flat. Trust in my own ability and trust in the willingness of the universe to work with me instead of against me is the core of my magic. Without it I’ve felt like I was just going through the motions and the results were pathetic. This thing that has been a part of my life and a part of me for as long as I can remember just... stopped working.
I am SO excited about life right now. I mean like bursting at the seams, hardly able to contain myself, telling anyone who stands too close to me all about it levels of excitement. I’m making an absolutely colossal change to my life this week and I’m going to be making some pretty big changes around here as well.
Recently I've mentioned on social media that I'm getting ready to take off on an extended road trip in my makeshift car camper. To my surprise, I immediately got a flood of requests to see the camper!
One question I hear a lot is “Why didn’t my spell work?” and while there could be many, many reasons why a spell didn’t work my answer is generally not about any of those reasons.
Most witches are familiar with the moon phases, how the moon waxes and wanes and how these phases affect our magic but very few seem to be aware that there is an additional point in the lunar cycle that can be harnessed for magical purposes!
The world at large would like us to believe that consistency is the key to… well, everything. And in some cases they might be right! Showing up for work, brushing your teeth and maintaining relationships all require at least some level of regularity. But does being inconsistent make you a bad witch?
I find that there’s a considerable amount of fear surrounding this sort of work, people are afraid of running into “bad” spirits or attracting spirits that have malicious intent. Having worked with my fair share of spirits who, at first glance, appear to be bad or malicious I can certainly understand this fear!
