Getting Started
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 3:37 pm
Welcome. Following are a few suggestions to help beginners get going with a Solitary Craft practice. Missing Pieces of this Topic appear because I’ve condensed the former article with less chit-chat & added more info from traditional references.
Page 1 - how to’s
. Quick Witch Tips
. About Wicca - not all Witches are Wiccan
. Moon timing
. BOS Suggestions
. Wiccan altars & ritual tools
. Wiccan Circle Casting & Simple Folk Method
. Trad-Craft Laying the Compass
. Days of Power
. Journaling Prompts
. Spells, Just Spells
. Animal Guides and Familiar Spirits
. Working with Crystals
Page 2 - references
. The Charge of the Goddess
. Wiccan Rede
. Descent of the Goddess
. Aradia’s Descent to Earth
. Witchy Chants
. Intuitive Witchcraft
. Christian Candle Magic - not all X’ns are fundamentalists
.
Page 3 - references
. Elemental Correspondences
. Goddess & God
. Elemental Nature Spirits
. Choosing a Path, various links & free PDFs
. The Pentagram
. LBRP - Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
. Hermetic Principles
. 🐝 Quick-Witch Tips
A Supply Kit let’s you get going ASAP
☁️ - Air -🥢 incense or aerosol mist; scent sets the mood; or use 🔔 sound
🔥 - Fire -🕯candles, holder & matches, 🪔bowl for small burning tasks
💦 - Water -🍷 potion cup holds & charges libations
🪨 - Earth -🧂Salt protects & purifies, palm-stone for stroking to aid trance
The magical understanding of elements are the alchemical categories for forms of matter, not the substance itself. Air=Vaporous-State, Water=Fluid-State, Earth=Solid-state, Fire=Plasma-state & includes electricity, and Etheric=un-formed state of energy.
💎 Useful stones - all-purpose quartz, healing red jasper, protective black hematite; prosperous green jade
🌿 Useful herbs ‘n spice
. Basil - protection in spirit-travel, aids psychism, prosperity, romance
. Cinnamon - aids spirituality, success, vitality; use as incense
. Parsley - attracts beneficial energy, cleansing
. Rosemary - use as incense; all-purpose; use as tea after trance to aid recall
. Sage - use as incense to clear cross-currents & banish spirits
. Thyme - temple incense, dispels harm, honors the dead; tea aids Fae "Sight"
. Olive Oil - used alone or blended with scented oils; holds a psychic charge
. Salt - purifier and protective; salt does what it’s told
🌜🌛 Print the current year moon-phase calendar free
🍷🗡🪄⭐️ Formal ritual tools can vary by path 🧹🪔🪘Y🦴👺 and aren’t needed to start
📖 Free PDF Books
. Cunningham’s Solitary Wicca free pdf. https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/relig ... tioner.pdf
. Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft free pdf https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/relig ... hcraft.pdf
. Murray’s God of the Witches free pdf https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/relig ... itches.pdf
🧮 Build skills
. Focusing - Hold your gaze on a candle flame’s colorful dance 🕯👀; park your mind & don’t wander
. Grounding - Think it to guide your energy down the spine to anchor into the earth for stability
. Centering - Draw power on the breath from Earth & Sky to the solar plexus to power-up
. Psi Balls - hold your hands🙏🏼 with palms facing; draw power on the breath to the solar plexus; push energy from the belly & out your hands 👏🏽; move hands back & forth to feel subtle pushback; use to “charge” spells. Shake your hands off to clear energy.
. Simple Altar Arrangement - 🕯
🍸🍶🧂. . . 🥢⚱️🪔
📝 💫Folk Magic Circle Rite
. Place your gear within the planned work area; start & end each pass at north
. Broom 🧹sweep 🔄 widdershins; light🥢incense; center & 👉🏼 point-&-push to cast 💫circle deosil ↩️
. Air-draw an invoking pentagram ↙️🌟 to begin and, when your tasks are done, end with a banishing pentagram ↗️⭐️ & ground yourself
⚡️Spells
. Know your goal - to attract, to repel or to hold in place
. Choose ingredients that support your goal with attracting or repelling scent, related element, color or suggestive appearance
. Incantations tell the power what to do - say only what you expect results to be
. Center, load-aim-push 🙌🏽 to charge a spell with intent
. Methods - bottle, candle, chant-trance, knots, grid/mandala, petition, pouch, potion, sigil
Elemental Correspondences - Mini-Reference
- Element - - Tools - - Color - - Goal - - Herbs - - Stone - -Spell Method
☁️ E-Air - wand, incense/aerosol; 🟡, intellect; marjoram, mint, sage; feather, bell, bubbles; tiger eye, yellow jasper, citrine; chants & sigil spells
🔥 S-Fire - blade,🕯, oil; 🔴; vitality; partnership; bay, basil, rosemary, pepper; volcanic obsidian, garnet, red jasper; candles & fire Magic’s
💦 W-Water - cup, bowl;🔵; emotions, psychism; lemon, rose, chamomile, thyme; shells, amozonite, turquoise, blue quartz; potions & bottle spells
🪨 N-Earth - pentacle, stone; 🟢; home, prosperity; grains , mugwort, patchouli, salt; hematite, aventurine, jade; bag, knots & grid spells
✨ -Ether - measure cord; 🟣; spirituality; angelica, cinnamon, frankincense; amethyst, fluorite, sugilite; meditation, prayer & OOBE’s
🗝Points to Ponder
. the 🪆Goddess & 🦌God represent Nature‘s duality & duality teaches union
. the holidays represent Earth’s cycles 🎃All Hallows’, 🕯Candlemas,🌷May Eve, 🍞Loafmas, ☀️❄️Solstices
. the Elements manifest intentions - pacifying 💦 water & 🪨 earth and activating ☁️ air & 🔥 fire
MAGIC-ENHANCING BETWEEN
1. Bridges are between one side and the other, neither here or there
2. 🚪Doors & Gates are neither inside or outside & allow passage between
3. 🪟Windows are between in & out and let us see the other side
4. Ladders🪜& stairs are between above & below
5. 1/2 a glass of liquid 🥃 is between full and empty
6. Swings glide between forward and back & the motion induces trance
7. The Circle 💫 is between time & space & you are the conduit between cosmic & underworld realms
8. Liminal hours of dawn, noon, dusk & midnight are between day & night, & this day and the next
9. Spirit flight out-of-body is between dead & alive, known as the living dead
10. Eggs 🐣, tadpoles 🐸, cocoons 🦋are between being one thing and becoming another
11. 🌳Trees branches, trunk & roots extend between 3 worlds - cosmic, mundane & underworld
12. 🪞Mirrors reflect a reversed world & are passages between here and there
13. The 3rd eye 👁🗨 sees between the realms
End Quick Witch Tips
🦋
A LITTLE ABOUT WICCA
Gerald B. Gardner and Doreen Valiente were main contributors to British Witchcraft in modern Wicca's beginning 1951. Modern Wicca is a reconstruction meant to give a common form to autonomous, regional coven practices. A coven's High Priestess and High Priest are their clergy. There is an initiatory, three degree advancement system in coven structure. Solitaires can self-dedicate. Lady Sheba (Jesse Bell) published coven rituals in 1971. Scott Cunningham published a guide for solitary practice in 1989. Both actions were considered controversial in their time.
Nature is generally perceived as divine with two forces. The Goddess and The God go by many names (ex., Diana🌙 & 🦌Cernunnos) that have evolved through several Indo-European cultures. Duo-deities are viewed as being symbols of Nature itself & as aspects of The Goddess & God force and as manifest Beings all at the same time.
. Some Goddess ✊🏽 titles: Primordial Star Goddess, Mother Nature🪆, Triple Moon, Maid-Mother-Crone, Earth Maiden, Queen of Elphame, Lady of the Sea, Night Huntress, Queen of the Night, Mother Goose🪶
. Some God 🤘🏼 titles: Horned Lord of Death & Rebirth, lord of the Wild Hunt, Green man-Lord of the Forest-the Elder, Lord of the Corn-the Younger, Lord of the Underworld, Oak King-Holly King, Santa Claus🎅🏽
As a Solitary Practitioner there’s no coven affiliation so it is not necessary to denounce any beliefs, or to worship a specific - or any - deity, or to be initiated; you don’t need to do expensive rituals, you do not need specific ritual tools or an altar to practice magic; you can choose if you want to use the Wiccan structure & tools format or not. That having been noted, it’s smart to understand a structure and adjust-to-fit once you know what you’re doing.
There are different styles of practice & finding one that meets your needs, fits your geographic location and is affordable to you are sane ideas. Three basic styles are Domestic Magic with 🌿kitchen herbs & hearth 🥐scones; Ritual Magic with 🌟🍷🗡🪄 full regalia & elemental thrones; Natural Magic with shamans Stang Y, stones & ☠️bones.
. Cultural Paths vary by region & reflect the beliefs of the culture they come from. Some popular ones are 🗡🍷British Traditional Witchcraft with regional off-shoots; 🧙🏽♂️Celtic, 🐉Teutonic,🧚🏽♂️Faery, Sumerian, Egyptian, 🏛Greek, etc., & all have similar Nature-based foundations but each has its own deities & rituals. As a Solitary you don’t have to follow a cultural path unless you resonate to one.
Moon Timing
. Copy the current year's moon phase calendar dates for reference.
. The full moon rises in the east as the sun sets in the west. It reaches zenith around midnight.
. The Moon's influence is still there even when it's cloudy or day-time.
. Use a waxing moon 🌓 for increase/gain, the full moon 🌕 for fulfillment, and a waning moon 🌗 to release/banish.
Liminal Hours -
. Dawn - beginnings/increase; Noon - fulfillment; Dusk - endings/banishing
BOS Suggestions 📖
. Use a ring-binder for removable pages or a bound blank book 📖 from stationary shop
. Charts & lists save writing things out; using color and illustrations 🍄 jogs the memory
. Useful items - press-on correction tape, sticky-notes in colors, glue-stick, artist templates
. Recitations - Charge of the Goddess, Wiccan Rede, Witches Creed, Witches Rune, Descent of the Goddess
. Rituals - Consecration, Circle casting, Full Moon, Dedication, Hand Fasting, Wiccaning, Requiem, Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentegram
. Holiday activities - 🎃All Hallows’, 🕯Candlemas, 🌷May Eve, 🍞Loafmas
. Your Deities - names, powers, symbols, prayers, preferred offerings & feast dates
. Recipes - herb breads &' teas, incense, oil blends, sprinkling powders, potions
. Divination forms - pendulum, L-rods, crystal/obsidian or water gazing, Tarot-oracle-game decks, Runes, staves, astrology charts, tea-leaf reading, dream interpretation
. Spell methods - Bag/Bottle, Candle, Cord/knot, Petition, Potion, Sigil, Stone stroking & stone grids/mandalas
. Incantations by intentions - banishing, cleansing, health, love, money, protection, summoning
. Elemental correspondences, herb & stone properties, Moon phase calendar
. Misc Interests - personal experiences, local area legends, Fae/Fairy, Moon garden plans, nature trail maps, supply websites, discussion boards & your password & user ID
DIY Incense (from Annie's Mirth & Reverence You Tube)
Cut plain paper to a 3-inch square & roll it into a tube like a cigarette. Stand the tube upright in a bowl with an inch of sand or salt to hold it upright. Use the back of a spoon '& a bowl or a mortar & pestle to reduce herbs to a coarse powder. Fill the tube with an herb/spice mix of your choice. Light the top so the paper & herbs smoke.
. premixed "pumpkin spice" (aids psychism); mix your own recipes
. 3-inch Post It Notes work nicely & the sticky strip holds the tube’s shape
DIY Scent-Infused Oil ⚱️
Use a lite olive oil (=victory) - as a base; make small batches as you don’t use much; place herbs into a jar & add oil to cover. Cap it. Swirl to mix. Let set 4-6 weeks. Strain; discard spent herbs/teabags. Add a vitamin E oil capsule as a preservative. Decant. Label it.
. Use for anointing to transfer and hold a psychic charge.
DIY Potions 🍶
. Place herbs related to the goal into a pot, add water to cover. Stir & repeat incantation & magnetize it 🙌🏽 . Simmer until water is reduced by half. Cool. Strain. Decant. Label it, for gods sake!
. Use potions as aerosol spritzer, as hand wash, or for anointing spells. Use only commercial teas for drinking.
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Page 1 - how to’s
. Quick Witch Tips
. About Wicca - not all Witches are Wiccan
. Moon timing
. BOS Suggestions
. Wiccan altars & ritual tools
. Wiccan Circle Casting & Simple Folk Method
. Trad-Craft Laying the Compass
. Days of Power
. Journaling Prompts
. Spells, Just Spells
. Animal Guides and Familiar Spirits
. Working with Crystals
Page 2 - references
. The Charge of the Goddess
. Wiccan Rede
. Descent of the Goddess
. Aradia’s Descent to Earth
. Witchy Chants
. Intuitive Witchcraft
. Christian Candle Magic - not all X’ns are fundamentalists
.
Page 3 - references
. Elemental Correspondences
. Goddess & God
. Elemental Nature Spirits
. Choosing a Path, various links & free PDFs
. The Pentagram
. LBRP - Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
. Hermetic Principles
. 🐝 Quick-Witch Tips
A Supply Kit let’s you get going ASAP
☁️ - Air -🥢 incense or aerosol mist; scent sets the mood; or use 🔔 sound
🔥 - Fire -🕯candles, holder & matches, 🪔bowl for small burning tasks
💦 - Water -🍷 potion cup holds & charges libations
🪨 - Earth -🧂Salt protects & purifies, palm-stone for stroking to aid trance
The magical understanding of elements are the alchemical categories for forms of matter, not the substance itself. Air=Vaporous-State, Water=Fluid-State, Earth=Solid-state, Fire=Plasma-state & includes electricity, and Etheric=un-formed state of energy.
💎 Useful stones - all-purpose quartz, healing red jasper, protective black hematite; prosperous green jade
🌿 Useful herbs ‘n spice
. Basil - protection in spirit-travel, aids psychism, prosperity, romance
. Cinnamon - aids spirituality, success, vitality; use as incense
. Parsley - attracts beneficial energy, cleansing
. Rosemary - use as incense; all-purpose; use as tea after trance to aid recall
. Sage - use as incense to clear cross-currents & banish spirits
. Thyme - temple incense, dispels harm, honors the dead; tea aids Fae "Sight"
. Olive Oil - used alone or blended with scented oils; holds a psychic charge
. Salt - purifier and protective; salt does what it’s told
🌜🌛 Print the current year moon-phase calendar free
🍷🗡🪄⭐️ Formal ritual tools can vary by path 🧹🪔🪘Y🦴👺 and aren’t needed to start
📖 Free PDF Books
. Cunningham’s Solitary Wicca free pdf. https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/relig ... tioner.pdf
. Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft free pdf https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/relig ... hcraft.pdf
. Murray’s God of the Witches free pdf https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/relig ... itches.pdf
🧮 Build skills
. Focusing - Hold your gaze on a candle flame’s colorful dance 🕯👀; park your mind & don’t wander
. Grounding - Think it to guide your energy down the spine to anchor into the earth for stability
. Centering - Draw power on the breath from Earth & Sky to the solar plexus to power-up
. Psi Balls - hold your hands🙏🏼 with palms facing; draw power on the breath to the solar plexus; push energy from the belly & out your hands 👏🏽; move hands back & forth to feel subtle pushback; use to “charge” spells. Shake your hands off to clear energy.
. Simple Altar Arrangement - 🕯
🍸🍶🧂. . . 🥢⚱️🪔
📝 💫Folk Magic Circle Rite
. Place your gear within the planned work area; start & end each pass at north
. Broom 🧹sweep 🔄 widdershins; light🥢incense; center & 👉🏼 point-&-push to cast 💫circle deosil ↩️
. Air-draw an invoking pentagram ↙️🌟 to begin and, when your tasks are done, end with a banishing pentagram ↗️⭐️ & ground yourself
⚡️Spells
. Know your goal - to attract, to repel or to hold in place
. Choose ingredients that support your goal with attracting or repelling scent, related element, color or suggestive appearance
. Incantations tell the power what to do - say only what you expect results to be
. Center, load-aim-push 🙌🏽 to charge a spell with intent
. Methods - bottle, candle, chant-trance, knots, grid/mandala, petition, pouch, potion, sigil
Elemental Correspondences - Mini-Reference
- Element - - Tools - - Color - - Goal - - Herbs - - Stone - -Spell Method
☁️ E-Air - wand, incense/aerosol; 🟡, intellect; marjoram, mint, sage; feather, bell, bubbles; tiger eye, yellow jasper, citrine; chants & sigil spells
🔥 S-Fire - blade,🕯, oil; 🔴; vitality; partnership; bay, basil, rosemary, pepper; volcanic obsidian, garnet, red jasper; candles & fire Magic’s
💦 W-Water - cup, bowl;🔵; emotions, psychism; lemon, rose, chamomile, thyme; shells, amozonite, turquoise, blue quartz; potions & bottle spells
🪨 N-Earth - pentacle, stone; 🟢; home, prosperity; grains , mugwort, patchouli, salt; hematite, aventurine, jade; bag, knots & grid spells
✨ -Ether - measure cord; 🟣; spirituality; angelica, cinnamon, frankincense; amethyst, fluorite, sugilite; meditation, prayer & OOBE’s
🗝Points to Ponder
. the 🪆Goddess & 🦌God represent Nature‘s duality & duality teaches union
. the holidays represent Earth’s cycles 🎃All Hallows’, 🕯Candlemas,🌷May Eve, 🍞Loafmas, ☀️❄️Solstices
. the Elements manifest intentions - pacifying 💦 water & 🪨 earth and activating ☁️ air & 🔥 fire
MAGIC-ENHANCING BETWEEN
1. Bridges are between one side and the other, neither here or there
2. 🚪Doors & Gates are neither inside or outside & allow passage between
3. 🪟Windows are between in & out and let us see the other side
4. Ladders🪜& stairs are between above & below
5. 1/2 a glass of liquid 🥃 is between full and empty
6. Swings glide between forward and back & the motion induces trance
7. The Circle 💫 is between time & space & you are the conduit between cosmic & underworld realms
8. Liminal hours of dawn, noon, dusk & midnight are between day & night, & this day and the next
9. Spirit flight out-of-body is between dead & alive, known as the living dead
10. Eggs 🐣, tadpoles 🐸, cocoons 🦋are between being one thing and becoming another
11. 🌳Trees branches, trunk & roots extend between 3 worlds - cosmic, mundane & underworld
12. 🪞Mirrors reflect a reversed world & are passages between here and there
13. The 3rd eye 👁🗨 sees between the realms
End Quick Witch Tips
🦋
A LITTLE ABOUT WICCA
Gerald B. Gardner and Doreen Valiente were main contributors to British Witchcraft in modern Wicca's beginning 1951. Modern Wicca is a reconstruction meant to give a common form to autonomous, regional coven practices. A coven's High Priestess and High Priest are their clergy. There is an initiatory, three degree advancement system in coven structure. Solitaires can self-dedicate. Lady Sheba (Jesse Bell) published coven rituals in 1971. Scott Cunningham published a guide for solitary practice in 1989. Both actions were considered controversial in their time.
Nature is generally perceived as divine with two forces. The Goddess and The God go by many names (ex., Diana🌙 & 🦌Cernunnos) that have evolved through several Indo-European cultures. Duo-deities are viewed as being symbols of Nature itself & as aspects of The Goddess & God force and as manifest Beings all at the same time.
. Some Goddess ✊🏽 titles: Primordial Star Goddess, Mother Nature🪆, Triple Moon, Maid-Mother-Crone, Earth Maiden, Queen of Elphame, Lady of the Sea, Night Huntress, Queen of the Night, Mother Goose🪶
. Some God 🤘🏼 titles: Horned Lord of Death & Rebirth, lord of the Wild Hunt, Green man-Lord of the Forest-the Elder, Lord of the Corn-the Younger, Lord of the Underworld, Oak King-Holly King, Santa Claus🎅🏽
As a Solitary Practitioner there’s no coven affiliation so it is not necessary to denounce any beliefs, or to worship a specific - or any - deity, or to be initiated; you don’t need to do expensive rituals, you do not need specific ritual tools or an altar to practice magic; you can choose if you want to use the Wiccan structure & tools format or not. That having been noted, it’s smart to understand a structure and adjust-to-fit once you know what you’re doing.
There are different styles of practice & finding one that meets your needs, fits your geographic location and is affordable to you are sane ideas. Three basic styles are Domestic Magic with 🌿kitchen herbs & hearth 🥐scones; Ritual Magic with 🌟🍷🗡🪄 full regalia & elemental thrones; Natural Magic with shamans Stang Y, stones & ☠️bones.
. Cultural Paths vary by region & reflect the beliefs of the culture they come from. Some popular ones are 🗡🍷British Traditional Witchcraft with regional off-shoots; 🧙🏽♂️Celtic, 🐉Teutonic,🧚🏽♂️Faery, Sumerian, Egyptian, 🏛Greek, etc., & all have similar Nature-based foundations but each has its own deities & rituals. As a Solitary you don’t have to follow a cultural path unless you resonate to one.
Moon Timing
. Copy the current year's moon phase calendar dates for reference.
. The full moon rises in the east as the sun sets in the west. It reaches zenith around midnight.
. The Moon's influence is still there even when it's cloudy or day-time.
. Use a waxing moon 🌓 for increase/gain, the full moon 🌕 for fulfillment, and a waning moon 🌗 to release/banish.
Liminal Hours -
. Dawn - beginnings/increase; Noon - fulfillment; Dusk - endings/banishing
BOS Suggestions 📖
. Use a ring-binder for removable pages or a bound blank book 📖 from stationary shop
. Charts & lists save writing things out; using color and illustrations 🍄 jogs the memory
. Useful items - press-on correction tape, sticky-notes in colors, glue-stick, artist templates
. Recitations - Charge of the Goddess, Wiccan Rede, Witches Creed, Witches Rune, Descent of the Goddess
. Rituals - Consecration, Circle casting, Full Moon, Dedication, Hand Fasting, Wiccaning, Requiem, Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentegram
. Holiday activities - 🎃All Hallows’, 🕯Candlemas, 🌷May Eve, 🍞Loafmas
. Your Deities - names, powers, symbols, prayers, preferred offerings & feast dates
. Recipes - herb breads &' teas, incense, oil blends, sprinkling powders, potions
. Divination forms - pendulum, L-rods, crystal/obsidian or water gazing, Tarot-oracle-game decks, Runes, staves, astrology charts, tea-leaf reading, dream interpretation
. Spell methods - Bag/Bottle, Candle, Cord/knot, Petition, Potion, Sigil, Stone stroking & stone grids/mandalas
. Incantations by intentions - banishing, cleansing, health, love, money, protection, summoning
. Elemental correspondences, herb & stone properties, Moon phase calendar
. Misc Interests - personal experiences, local area legends, Fae/Fairy, Moon garden plans, nature trail maps, supply websites, discussion boards & your password & user ID
DIY Incense (from Annie's Mirth & Reverence You Tube)
Cut plain paper to a 3-inch square & roll it into a tube like a cigarette. Stand the tube upright in a bowl with an inch of sand or salt to hold it upright. Use the back of a spoon '& a bowl or a mortar & pestle to reduce herbs to a coarse powder. Fill the tube with an herb/spice mix of your choice. Light the top so the paper & herbs smoke.
. premixed "pumpkin spice" (aids psychism); mix your own recipes
. 3-inch Post It Notes work nicely & the sticky strip holds the tube’s shape
DIY Scent-Infused Oil ⚱️
Use a lite olive oil (=victory) - as a base; make small batches as you don’t use much; place herbs into a jar & add oil to cover. Cap it. Swirl to mix. Let set 4-6 weeks. Strain; discard spent herbs/teabags. Add a vitamin E oil capsule as a preservative. Decant. Label it.
. Use for anointing to transfer and hold a psychic charge.
DIY Potions 🍶
. Place herbs related to the goal into a pot, add water to cover. Stir & repeat incantation & magnetize it 🙌🏽 . Simmer until water is reduced by half. Cool. Strain. Decant. Label it, for gods sake!
. Use potions as aerosol spritzer, as hand wash, or for anointing spells. Use only commercial teas for drinking.
..