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raining-tulips · 8 months

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I am TELLING YOU if you have spent months, years, around the same trees, land, etc., they WILL recognize you and reach out to you or not mind if you reach out to them. You don’t need to know anything about them.

A tree in the forest behind my parents house I’ve never spoken to before reached out - I never would’ve expected it. I don’t know what kind of tree it is. But of course this tree knows me. This tree has known me since I was six.

Trust me. This land knows you. These plants know you. They want to speak with you.

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samwisethewitch · 8 months

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Grocery Store Fire Cider

I try to always have fire cider on hand during the colder months. Fire cider is vinegar infused with warming, expectorant (mucus-clearing) herbs to help clear out gunk from our respiratory system. It's great for clearing up congestion and helping with wet coughs. Since pretty much everyone in my house tends towards wet cold symptoms (congestion/runny nose, coughing up mucus, etc.), we go through a lot of this stuff every cold and flu season.

I take a shot of fire cider as soon as I feel congestion or a wet cough coming on, or if I've been around someone I know is sick. While it doesn't always keep me from getting sick, I do think it helps speed up my recovery and keep my symptoms less severe.

A lot of fire cider recipes online and in herbalism books call for less common herbs that need to be purchased online or from a speciality herb shop. This year, I decided to make a batch with only herbs you can buy cheaply at most grocery stores. Here's the recipe for my fellow herbalists on a budget!

You will need:

A quart mason jar

1 whole head of fresh garlic, peeled and roughly chopped, OR 3 spoonfuls of pre-minced jarred garlic

3 knobs of fresh ginger about the size of your thumb, roughly chopped, OR 3 spoonfuls of store-bought ginger paste

1 package fresh thyme OR 2 tablespoons dried thyme

1 package fresh sage OR 2 tablespoons dried sage

1 quart apple cider vinegar

There are two methods I've used to make this cider. The traditional method is a slow infusion that takes 2+ weeks, but I've also developed a fast infusion method for when I feel a cold coming on and need a batch of fire cider ASAP.

Traditional Method:

Add your herbs to a clean mason jar. Pour the vinegar over the herbs and fill the jar to the top. Put a lid on the jar. (Vinegar will corrode metal lids, so either use a plastic lid or place a square of parchment paper between your jar and the metal lid.)

Place the jar in a cool, dark place and allow it to infuse for at least 2 weeks and up to 1 month. You can strain the herbs out to store at room temperature, or you can do what I do and store the whole thing in the fridge, herbs and all.

If you leave the herbs in, you can keep this batch of fire cider going all winter by topping the jar up with more vinegar every time it gets below halfway full.

Fast Infusion Method:

Add the herbs to the mason jar like you would for the traditional method. Instead of adding vinegar, fill the jar halfway with boiling water. Let sit for 2-3 hours.

Once the water has cooled down to room temperature, fill the jar the rest of the way with vinegar. Let it sit overnight and then either strain the herbs out or store the whole thing in the fridge.

To use the fire cider, take a shot glassful whenever you feel cold symptoms coming on. If you made your cider with the traditional method, you can dilute it with water if your stomach doesn't handle acid well. You can also mix in some honey to improve the taste.

Please note that fire cider and other folk remedies are not a replacement for medical care. I highly recommend staying up to date on your flu and COVID-19 vaccines in addition to using remedies like this.

#fire cider #herbal remedy #herbalism #traditional western herbalism #kitchen witch #kitchen witchery #kitchen witchcraft #green witch #green witchcraft #green witchery #budget herbalism #budget witchcraft #witchblr #mine #recipes

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greenwitchcrafts · 6 months

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I haven't been posting much because I've been putting together my apothecary! I'm so in love 😍

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herr-aka-somecutenerd · 11 months

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Call out to witches from a babywitch

Are witches NECESSARILY need to be women?

I have a few books about witchcraft and herbology/green witchcraft, and authors of these are so focused on the idea that witch is a woman or that being a woman is enough to be a witch.

I'm not the one to complain, as I am a cis woman, but it sounds kinda eh to me (especially in "Witch" by Lisa Lister). In other book - "Green Witchcraft" by Paige Vanderbeck - it is said that witches aren't necessarily women (and that stereotype angers Paige the most as she says).

So am I being salty for reason or not?

Also, want to hear your opinion on "Witch".

Thank you

#herr rants #green witchery #green witchcraft #baby witch #witchery #witchcraft #witch community

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prettyqueerwitch · 9 months

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The Green Witch

by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

So I got this book a while ago, like 3ish years and read bits and pieces, but I finally decided to read it in full.

Honestly, I had a hard time resonating with this book since the author used She/Her pronouns for the entire book "Out of convience" and the book was from more of a Wiccan perspective and I'm not Wiccan.

But let's talk about what I liked and didn't like about this book.

Here's the table of contents (please ignore the highlighted stuff that was from like 3 years ago) :

So here's what I liked. There's a lot of very useful introductory information. There's actually a lot that I want to research more on or add to my book of magic. It's great if you're getting introduced to Green Witchcraft and herbalism. There's recipes and rituals in the books. Steps to help attune yourself with different parts of nature.

However, I do believe there are much better books on Green Witchcraft and especially Herbalism out there that are better to buy even if you are starting out, I'll recommend books at the end of this. I don't like how herbalism feels watered down, and I don't enjoy the Wiccan feel to it or the fact that it exclusively uses she/her.

I think this can be a good springboard to your path of green witchery or if you're just learning about it.

I haven't had the chance to read these books but I've heard really really good things about them:

• Plant Witchery

• Witches Herbal Primer

Final Thoughts

I liked the book but just really didn't resonate with it. I wouldn't immediately recommend it, but it's not a bad book. It has a lot of basics and associations. I do think it's a good starter book to help you get into Green Witchcraft and Herbalism.

Have a beautiful day. I hope this post helps you guys ♡♡♡

#beginner witch #witchythings #witches of tumblr #witchblr #witch community #green witch #green witchcraft #green witchery

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https-witch · 22 days

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PLANTS🪴

Today I just want to talk about my plants because I love them & they're my friends.

How is this related to withcraft? It is part of my beliefs that plants have their own energy & soul. We chat like friends & I might even ask them for help. I try everyday to better my relationship with my plants. Living in the city, they are my closest connection to nature. I might try to do a reading soon to see if they have a message.

🪴Dolores - Heptapleurum arboricola : A dwarf umbrella tree. She came into my life while I was going through a rough patch. She is tall, strong & magnificent. She is so easy to take care of. Just a pleasure to have in the house.

🌾Aloïs - Chlorophytum comosum : A spider plant. Mostly green with white middle line. Thriving & absolutely lovely. Communicates clearly when she needs something. Has created many more family members!

🌾Gina & Giulia : Twins. I keep them on closeby shelves. Gina was the biggest for a while, but separating them did wonders for Giulia!

🌾Fritz : Half of Aloïs I had to repot for better growth. Is currently a little stagnant, but I trust that summer will bring back good vibes.

🌾Arthur : 1st child of Aloïs. Was in a very small pot for a long time and is now growing like crazy! So pround of him!

🌾Miguel : Latest offspring of Aloïs. Has a little sunburn & will be moved very soon. Hopefully he gets back in shape very soon.

🪴Finn - Dracaena Deremensis : I got Finn right before an exam to help me calm down. He's pretty cool, but a little shy.

🌱Edaline - Aloe Vera : Definitely thought I had killed her by over-watering. Kept the healthiest piece by the window & after a few month I noticed roots. So happy to have her back in a better shape! I got her a growing buddy!

🌱Salvador - Sansevieria Desertii : Bought him in a shop. I cleaned all the roots & repotted him. I was always told snake plants are very easy to take care of. I love him dearly.

🌿Marie-Lou - Tradescantia Fluminensis : A small-leaf Spiderwort. Grows strong & tall towards the light. She will soon need something to climb on.

🌿Millie : Originally a leaf that broke from Marie-Lou, now her own growing little lady. I keep them together & near a window.

🌶️Pépito - Unknown Pepper : Was gifted to my partner & solely under his supervision. I put him in a yellow pot though. He lost all his leaves when he arrived, but he's doing much better now. Loves the sun! According to Google image search, he is a Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper plant.

🌿Marjane - Begonia Maculata : A polka dot begonia. A gift from a family member. Being held by a wood stick, but will eventually be strong enough to hold up all by herself.

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banefolk · 5 months

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Christmas Botanicals Series: Black Hellebore

Next up in the christmas botanicals series is the christmas rose, also known as black hellebore. Hellebore is a flowering perennial with evergreen leaves in the famously poisonous Ranunculaceae family which also contains aconites (wolfsbane), delphiniums, meadow rues, clematis species, and ranunculus (ranging from wild buttercups to ornamental flowers).

Hellebore contains saponins, cardiac glycosides, and other toxins. While ingestion of hellebore may not be deadly to humans, it is incredibly unpleasant. Symptoms include contact dermatitis, burning skin, burning of the mouth and throat, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, confusion, and irregular heartbeat.

Hellebore was one of the first documented chemical weapons used in warfare. The Greeks used the potently poisonous leaves to taint the entire water supply of the sacred city of Kirrha in 585 BCE to end a 10-year siege. It did not kill the residents but incapacitated them with vomiting and diarrhea while the Greek army invaded and slaughtered the entire population by the sword.

Hellebore has been venerated as a powerful plant by multiple ancient civilizations and was included in medical texts by the likes of Hippocrates and Theophrastus.

Black hellebore eventually became associated with christmas due to its evergreen leaves and naturally blooming in winter near the older date of christmas from the Julian calendar. Like mistletoe, the association is likely older than christianity and it was also brought in the home during the dark of winter to protect from evil spirits, ghosts, witches, and illness, but unlike mistletoe hanging in the roof rafters, hellebore was supposedly strewn on the ground with the rushes. Like hanging mistletoe, people in the British Isles and Europe continued the protective practice after converting to the new religion. Today the practice has changed to decorating with hellebore flowers for christmas.

#bane folk #poisonous plants #poison path #hellebore #black hellebore #helleborus niger #helleborus #christmas botanicals #christmas plants #christmas rose #plant folklore #ethnobotany #magical plants #magical herbs #green witchcraft #green witchery

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ofpine · 2 years

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love love love this!! learning about correspondences in food and also what elements they're tied to makes me happy and helps me connect to the earth & seasons

(not mine)

#sorry about the water marks its from pinterest #magick #magic #kitchen witch #green witch #moon witch #kitchen witchery #kitchen witchcraft #green witchcraft #green witchery #correspondences #moon magic #pagan

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caffeine-and-spells · 11 months

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My Recipe for Black Salt

Salt

Burned incense ashes / cauldron ashes from positive workings — I personally use ashes from old matches and from burning loose juniper and lavender in my cauldron

Dirt from a fern plant

#personal #my craft #green witchery #ferns are very protective #black salt #protection

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raining-tulips · 1 year

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I had a dream last night I danced and sung at the edge of the woods - and that the forest sang back.

#personal #witchblr #witchcraft #witchy #nature #nature spirits #green witches #green witchery #green witchcraft #green witch #fae witch #faery witch #faery craft #dream #dream journal #dream magick #dream magic #dream witch #dream work

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samwisethewitch · 5 months

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Witches, this is your sign to declutter your craft supplies and throw away, recycle/compost, or otherwise get rid of expired herbs and all the stuff you bought on a whim and never use.

#doing some new years cleaning #i own so many herbs and resins i haven't used in over a year #witchblr #witch #witchcraft #kitchen witch #kitchen witchery #green witch #green witchery #garden witch #garden witchery #hearth witch #hearth witchery #cleaning #mine

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greenwitchcrafts · 8 months

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Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis

Known as: compass weed, dew of the sea, elf leaf, guardrobe, incsensier, labonotis, Mary's cloak, polar plant, sea dew, stella maria & star of the sea.

Related plants: A member of the mint family Lamiaceae that includea basil, mint, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, hyssop, thyme, lavender & perilla. As well as other herbs such as catnip, salvia, bee balm, wild dagga, and oriental motherwort.

Parts used: Leaves, roots, sprigs & essential oils from the flowers.

Habitat and cultivation: This evergreen shrub is native to the Mediterranean Portugal, and northwestern Spain.

Plant type: Perennial

Region: Zone 6 with occasional winter protection & zones 7-10

Harvest: Anytime but avoid taking more than 1/3 of the plant when you do.

Planting tips: Rosemary has a low germination rate and slow to sprout, try using cuttings or buy from a nursery if you have problems. Keep in full sun with a well drainer container & let the soil dry out completely before watering again.

Medicinal information: Over the years rosemary was used to relieve muscle pain, repelling insects, improve memory, boost the immune system & promote hair growth.

Cautions: While safe, ingesting excessive amounts of rosemary can be dangerous and lead to vomiting, coma & pulmonary edema.

ROSEMARY IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR EVERY HERB

Magickal properties

Gender: Masculine

Planet: Sun

Element: Fire

Deities: Faeries, Elves, sea spirits & Virgin Mary

Magickal uses:

•Place in dream pillows to prevent nightmares

• Burn as an incense to purify & remove negativity

• Hang above your doorways to drive away unwanted visitors

• Add to a ritual bath for cleansing & removing hexes

• Use as a substitute for frankincense

• Plant in your garden to attract fae

• Carry a sprig to protect against the evil eye

• Keep under your bed to ensure fidelity & a happy relationship

• Wash your hands with a rosmary infusion before healing magick to increase potency

• Wear in a satchet or amulet to improve memory recall & improved health

• In Italian folk magic, it is cooked with to alleviate sadness grief

• Rosemary may be used as incense at rituals of death and dying. It may be cast upon the coffin when it is slowly lowered into the burial place. With this we will all remember with love and fondness the one who is passing into another life, and thus we will also remember that we inhabit mortal bodies as we walk through the earth

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wildwitchofthewest · 2 months

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I've had this plant for a while, and I'm think I'm doing good in keeping it alive so far.

Everyone meet Willow. (Yes I named it/her)

It's an African Spear plant.

I know its a succulent, but I'm still proud of myself.

#me trying to keep a plant alive is going well so far #so far so good #honestly I have black thumb #but i'm doing my best #me dabbling in some plant magic/small scale gardening #random life things #my plants #plant magic #gardening #plant witch #witchcraft #witchblr #green witchcraft #green witchery #green witch #plant witchcraft

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herr-aka-somecutenerd · 11 months

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So I wasn't wrong when I thought that "Witch" by Lisa Lister (and she herself) are problematic and kinda self-centered.

So here's a question about another writer that I didn't encounter in posts with red-flag authors:

Marie Wallace

I needed a book about herbs and all the ways to use them and recipes, so I got "Green Magic" by her.

And there are some stuff like "being a woman is enough to be a witch" or "male planets and female planets" or, my favorite, "attractiveness, beauty, youth and sexuality - most important woman's traits" (while the other human traits are assigned to men by her)

so

what do y'all think?

#baby witch #witchery #witchcraft #witchblr #witch community #green witchcraft #green witchery #green witch

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elminx · 23 days

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I can tell by the smell wafting in my open windows that the black locust tree in my garden bloomed today.

#green witchery #black locust #plant allies

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https-witch · 21 hours

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Thoughts on the green practice

💭To me, being a practitioner is about developing a balanced relationship with the Universe & its components. I do not separate my home habits from my craft & beliefs.

As a child I would hang out in the forest a lot & talk to the trees. Maybe I spent so much time with them because I don't see much difference between us anymore. What's best for me is best for them & vice versa. We both need the Sun & the rain. The cycle of the days, the presence of the moon. Good health to survive the season's change & clean, safe grounds to establish roots in. We are stronger than our environment while also being part of it.

This relationship helped me become more mindful of my place in this world. On top of this, travelling a bit & becoming a vegetarian sensitized me to the pride of having a supporting community & the importance of investing in sustainable, local options while shopping for any kind of goods. It is a conscious, constant effort, but it is very rewarding. Here are a few things I do:

👕My clothes are thrifted or gifted. When I don't wear something, I either cut it up to use the fabric on something else, or I give it away. I never throw away clothes.

🫐I try to buy local products in the grocery store. I don't eat meat or products derived from meat.

🫙I thrifted a lot of furniture, tools & decoration. I try to reuse broken materials as well.

🗑️I recycle & compost. Those are free services offered by my city.

🫧I buy very little single-use anything. I don't use ziplock bags or paper towels.

💶I try to be mindful of the companies I invest in.

It's not much, but it's still good. I'm confident my efforts are enough to send good vibes in the Universe.

Just a thought 💭

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