Why your favourite blogs are failing.

violetwitchcraft:

Something has been on my mind for a while, so let me get it out and maybe you will understand why I take such long absences from creating content. And why some of your favourite witchy bloggers have given up.

I am seeing, time and time again, my content, images, even JOKES, being reposted without a link to my media on Instagram and Twitter and receiving 10k+ likes or retweets. While i struggle to make 500 notes on the same content on Tumblr. The punch in my gut is not just from the lost opportunity of how much I could have grown my platform, something I have been writing on for the past five years, but a constant reminder that people are inherently… not good. To put so much time, effort and research into something you care so much about and then other people take that and profit from it while you don’t….. there are not even words. When I was younger and more naive I thought I could even make a living off of my writing on witchcraft. Now other people are making money on the things I have created.

The first time it happened, it was funny. The second time it was less funny. The third, the fourth, the fifth, the twentieth time it happened I became more and more depressed every time I logged on to see it. Now I feel like I can’t upload anything without someone taking it from me. I struggle so much to find the motivation to even get out of bed most days because of health issues and writing used to be an escape from that. Now all I feel is guilt and shame everytime I even think about writing.

So yeah. Next time you want to upload someone else’s content to your instagram accounts, just remember that you are actively killing the creativity, motivation and happiness of the person who made it. 

carbonandstardust:

Witch tip for plants

I created this spell for a new succulent I got just over a week ago. I have performed the spell twice within the past week and she is THRIVING. She had no sprouts when I got her and has grown 3, and I’ve watered her once.

Tools:

  • Some type of purifying crystal(s) – clear quartz, Himalayan salt, or amethyst work great
  • A wand or your hands
  • Candle or sunlight
  • Rain water – this is optional but I’ve always found that rain water has special growth properties for plants

Actions:

  • Place crystal(s) in the pot or soil
  • Light candle (unless you chose sunlight)
  • Wave hands/wand in a counterclockwise circle in order to banish death and sickness, stating your intention.
  • Wave hands/wand in a clockwise circle in order to invoke growth and strength, stating your intention.
  • Continue in a clockwise pattern while reciting the chant.

Chant (3x):

By the light of the fire/sun

I bless thee

To grow with the strength

And will of the sea.

So mote it be!

  • Sprinkle rain water in the soil and over the leaves
  • Extinguish your candle
  • Reflect

For those who are using candle magick

wildcraftingwitch:

anthony-carmelo:

If you ever see a spell from someone on here and they say to “blow out the candle” avoid them

You are NOT supposed to blow a candle out because it’s like blowing what you’re asking for away.

Snuff it out or let it continue to burn.

You know what? This is what is known as a superstition. It has no power unless you believe it to be true. There very well may be an occasion to blow out a candle. It’s none of anyone’s business if you do.

Our words are carried on the wind, our intentions in the smoke of incense. Our breath is life. Snuffing is fine. Blowing out a flame carries special significance. We do it when we make a wish on our birthday. It does not nullify anything unless you let it. Listen to yourself. If you are confident to follow your heart and intuition, some blow hard on the Internet should not deter you.