☽ the city vvitch ☾

Yesterday I began working on my wand. The day before, I'd taken myself on a walk with the intention that I would find material to make myself a wand. No sooner had I left the street I'm staying on, I found the perfect fallen twig to use. Not wanting to waste what was a really nice autumnal afternoon, I walked around a nearby park and a couple of items caught my eye; a feather and several wild hazelnuts.  I've sanded it down and etched a few basic symbols into; my sun sign, five pointed star, and some decorative lines on the handle as well as a comfortable thumb nook. Before I begin to use this wand, I wanted to make sure it was cleansed in preparation for its use and did so using smudging sage. Not wanting to waste the smoke, I cleansed the items I'd found on my walk to.  I have found I really enjoy practising in a very intuitive way. When I'm spell casting like this is makes me feel a stronger connection to the craft because everything just feels ...

Everything has been a little crazy with me lately with regard to my house move and this weekend was the first in a while where I didn't have  anything I needed to do.  I took a wander into the city to meet a friend who is also practising witchcraft  to have a bit of a catch up and she gifted me some Palo Santo to help attract some good vibes into my space. After our coffee date I paid a visit to a stall on Norwich market that sells crystals, incense amongst other things. The stall is run by a lovely man who has assisted me in identifying crystals via their Facebook page previously. I think he must recognise me as I've been back a few times recently and helped me pick out a new pendulum, some sage and also gifted me a piece of Palo Santo. I definitely think the universe it telling me I need to bring some good energy into my life! I also collected The Green Witch a book I had ordered from The Works for a mere £3 (I did look on their website to link from there, but...

I've been using a crystals daily for about a week now, have been researching their properties and how best to use them most days and I really feel that it's working well for me. The night before last, I meditated with Howlite, Aura Quartz, Opalite, Hematite, Amethyst, Flourite, Jet and Rose Quartz for their calming and balancing, and managed what could have been a really stressful situation. I'm confident that the following properties helped me keep calm and help me communicate well: Howlite - communication Hematite - grounding Flourite - stability and balance Rose Quartz - balance emotions I've also been using my Blue Goldstone to help overcome obsolesces and have had it on me everyday. I also used it as a grounding tool during that potentially stressful conversation and it really helped me keep calm. I put together a spell to assist with this. There's a bit of speculation as to how well Blue Goldstone works as it's a man made crystal (it's made ...

Back when I first started reading about witchcraft as a teenager many moons ago, I was incredibly drawn to crystals and even after my hiatus, I would still occasional buy them or marvel at them in stores - for the last four or so years I've had an amethyst point hanging from my house keys and I have a number of crystal necklaces. I did already have a small collection of crystals, but due to my current situation they're all in storage while I'm staying with friends. Recently I began to update my crystal collection and thought I would share what they are and their meanings and magical usages.  (Howlite) - Improve communications - Calms down passions - Perceptual awareness - Reduce anxiety and tensions (Zebra Agate) - Increase physical endurance - Physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing - Creativity (Aura Quartz) - Aura cleanser - Purification - Relaxation  (Snowflake Obsidian) - Protection - Purity - Relaxation (...

I always find that the most difficult part of getting a new blog up and going is getting the first post out of the way so I'm just gunna bite the bullet and get it over and done with. My name's Charlotte, I'm based in the UK and after a really long hiatus, I'm getting back into practising witchcraft. I've had a series of not-so-pleasant events occur recently, but out of it I feel like I'm starting to reconnect with myself in a way I haven't really done for probably coming up ten years. It feels massively overdue but I'm relieved that it's happening. I couldn't even tell you what prompted me to get back into witchcraft it was just something that over time started to come back to me and before I knew it I was back to researching, updating my book collection and making plans to expand my crystal collection. I'm lucky in that I have close friend who are also interested in practising which I think is probably where I fell short as a teenager ...