sometimes after performing a spell, you find yourself wondering, hmm, what do i do with these ingredients? the way you clean up or put away your materials can be its own step in the ritual, and affect the spell. here are some suggestions for the different ways to end rituals or properly dispose of the materials
consider first:
📦keep it – consider if the spell seems like something you could ever possible need to reverse later. that love-attraction jar may invite people you don’t like, and need to be ended, but it’s more difficult without the original materials. keep the ingredients in a jar, box, or something, (maybe label it too) so you can easily nullify the spell if you need to.
✉wrap it up – in a jar or a pouch, if it is a spell you want to last a long time, gather the ingredients you won’t be reusing and keep them in a place you
🏺jar spells – just keep the materials in the sealed jar. this is the sort of spell that can be reused simply by shaking the jar, lighting a new candle for it or recharging its energy.
🔔cleanse and reuse – obviously you don’t want to throw your crystals or jars out after a single spell. separate the materials used and cleanse them individually, cutting the ties to the spell.
now what do i do with it?
🔥it’s been burned to ash – for banishing place it on the back doorstep and sweep it out into the wind. for releasing its energies and inviting influence, release the ashes into running water, given it is safe to return to nature (non glass, nonplastic nontoxic, biodegradable etc)
🕸bound objects – bury or keep in a box somewhere, burial for spells you will never remove, hiding for things you may undo one day.
🛡protective spells – best hung up or hidden in a corner of the house, or place over the front door of the residence.
☣non-biodegradable materials – if its something you can’t safely return to nature, and it can’t be reused because it was burned or broken, use the acting of burning or breaking to move the spell’s energies into the world. properly throw out or recycle the objects.
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Perhaps you could tell them that historically, tarot cards were created as a game. (They did get discovered by the occult as a divination tool and have been used as that.)
That in the scale of human history, tarot is in fact quite new!
You could tell them that many people use them as a tool for self reflection, as a way to physically see what’s going on in their heads. It could almost be compared to meditation.
You could tell them that tarot cards are rarely used to commune with spirits and deities, and to do so there needs to be intention behind it.
You could tell them they’re simply for divination (and that you think it would be fun to see how close they are at “guessing” the future.)
Or you could just not tell them and have your own discreet deck!
That’s the correct term! And welcome to the community! 🙂
I have an FAQ series that may give you a helpful starting point, but I’d love to hear if there are any burning questions you have that didn’t get answered, or if there are any main things that I’m missing. It’s always a work in progress!
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