Hi! Welcome to the community 🙂 I actually have a FAQ series that I think you’ll find very helpful and it addresses a lot of the questions you asked.

• Part one talks about spells, wards, sigils, cleansing, divination and more!
• Part two talks about grimoires, crystals, wands, altars and more!
• Part three talks about this vs. that for a lot of the common terms you hear!
• Part four talks about types of witches, deities and more!
• Part five is all about spellcasting!
• Part six is slowly in the works as more questions arise!

I think I actually will include more on ingredients in part six, but here’s some brief info:

Herbs: Many, many, many of the herbs that I use are ones that are already in my kitchen for cooking. Always check to see what you have at home before going out to buy ingredients!

Some of the herbs/flowers you may not have in your spice rack are sometimes in teas, and occasionally they’re already put together in certain correspondences (sleepytime tea has things like chamomile, lavender, mint and is for soothing). I have definitely broken into my fair share of teabags for herbs I didn’t have in jars. 

Crystals: You really do not NEED crystals for the craft. Want them? sure. Need them? nah. 

If you were to get one, I’d recommend clear quartz. Top three for me would be clear quartz, amethyst, rose quartz – just because I use them the most. You can find it for a low price at some craft stores (look in the bead section, sometimes there’ll be whole crystals, crystal chips or crystal beads) or at gift shops (we have a thing in the states, I don’t know if they do it elsewhere, where there’s a giant box of tumbled crystals and you fill a sachet with them. Almost all of the colorful ones are dyed agate or dyed glass, but I have found genuine clear quartz, rose quartz and tiger’s eye in those boxes before. 

Other tools: You likely have everything you need already in your home. Be creative and see what you can come up with! 🙂

When in doubt, it’s usually a good plan to do the thing that makes you less likely to get smited 😀

Yeah! I do this quite a bit, especially when I’ve had a rough day. A lot of it is self care with intentions and magical correspondences:

Cleanse away the day:

• Take a bath or shower. Focus on cleansing away the energies of the day. You could also wipe down with a washcloth, or do one of these in the morning instead.
• Do some sage/smoke cleansing. Again, helping release the day.
• Drink a glass of water. I’ve started drinking lemon water (I’ve noticed that I felt energetically cleansed and rejuvenated when I drink it). I also like doing this in the morning!

For your future (morning) self:

• First off, do as much as you can to get ready for the day. Lie out your clothes, figure out your meal/food plan, get your bag ready to go, etc.
• Make a nice cup of tea and whisper some magic into it. I like to do this with tea that helps me sleep better and set some intentions for the next day.
• Pick a crystal with the correspondences that fit (or whatever crystal you want to use) and charge it with the energy that you would like the day to hold, then place it under your pillow.
• Sometimes I’ll burn incense/bay leaves to brighten my mood and make me feel more relaxed, or place a couple of drops of EO on some lavender that I keep in a seal-able jar and leave the jar open near my bed (I minimize the amount of EO I use in my home because I have so many pets, but none of them sleep on my bed).
• Really, most acts of self care will help you have a better/good next day, and I can almost always find some way to add magic to it. 
• There’s a lot of nice spells and magical things in this tag.

Hope this gave you some ideas! ❤

Most witches love fire 🙂 You could also draw sigils on them!

Hooo boy I’m not even going to touch this can of worms. Let’s just say it depends on who you ask and everyone has a strong opinion on the matter.

That’s awesome! I’m so glad its a productive, magical time for you!