Misfit Mystics

Witchy Tips The ever-growing master list Carry star anise for good luck Save ashes from incense to mix with salt to create black salt, a powerful protection ingredient. Carry a basil leaf in your wallet so every dollar you spend comes back to you abundantly.  If a spell calls for a candle to burn all the way down and you’re short on time, just use a birthday candle in the corresponding color. Alternatives to “blessed be” - Good health to you, happiness to you and yours, Well met, Until our paths cross again, Good fortune to you, May your forge burn bright, Until then, To your health. Cleanse candles in the freezer *They’ll burn longer this way Mix Cayenne powder with salt to create red salt for Passion, courage, and protection. Add cinnamon to any spell for extra power & speed. Carry a clove for courage Add coffee to a bath to help break a curse. If you keep ivy in your house (preferably by the front door) the tangles in its vines will catch negative energies. Carry a piece of ...

  What is a pendulum used for? There are many ways to use a pendulum but the easiest and most common way is to answer yes or no questions. It's a fairly simple thing to do but there are a few steps you need to take. Step 1 Clear your mind. It may help to meditate for a few minutes with candles or incense. Whatever works for you, as long as the result is a clear head. Step 2 Get comfortable, preferably with both feet on the ground to ground you. and choose how you feel most comfortable holding your pendulum. Step 3 Learning your pendulums signals. You should ask your pendulum "show me yes." and make a note of what it does, generally, it will swing in a circular motion or swing side to side. Then ask "show me no." and again, make a note of what it does. This step only needs to be done the first time you use your pendulum.  Step 4 Next, you'll want to clarify who you're seeking answers from, Your spirit guides, a deity you work with, your higher self, etc. ...

  Why is protection important? Protection is important when doing any workings, and honestly, just in your day to day life, to avoid unnecessary energies or unwelcome entities attaching themselves to you. Protections keep you from absorbing and taking on someone else's energy. It's also important in case your working goes wrong, you don't always want what you've sent out coming back to you. And lastly, It's important in case someone else sends something unwanted your way, which literally anyone can do, without even thinking. Somone can just be hating on you a lot & that's a jinx right there. There are so many ways to protect yourself, so many in fact, that I could probably write a whole book on protection alone. Below I'll just go over a few of my favorite methods. Sigils My absolute favorite type of magic. Sigils are great because the more you use them the stronger they become. You can make sigils for anything and there are countless ways to activate a...

What is a sigil? Sigils are symbols created to represent a word or phrase. They fall under "chaos magic" which encourages its practitioners to experiment and try new things. This is why you'll find so many methods for creating sigils. There is one strict rule to creating sigils, You must activate it. Other than that, it just has to feel right to you, the method, the phrase, the outcome, as long as it feels right to you it's the right way to do it. I'm sharing one method in this post but you can experiment with other methods as well or even take steps from different methods and create your own method. It's your practice, do things your way. First, how to activate your sigil To activate your sigil after creating it, you must destroy it. It seems counterproductive, but after you create your sigil, you can copy it into your grimoire to save it and then destroy it. You can do this by: Drawing it on paper or a bay leaf and burning it. *Bonus* you can add correspond...