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15 Ways to do Witchcraft Every Day

1/9/2017

 
15 Ways to do Witchcraft Every Day ladyalthaea.com
​A witch is someone who practices witchcraft: there are no other qualifiers. But when you don’t have any major needs that call for flexing those magickal muscles, it can be difficult to find ways to practice witchcraft every single day, let alone even once a week. To that end, here are 15 simple and highly practical ways that you can use witchcraft every day.

Regular practice, even with simple exercises like these, is crucial in keeping your skills up and building ability. It’s the one thing that you can do that will make you be a better witch, no matter how old you are, what books you’ve read, or how many shinies and skulls you have littered across your workbench.
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So, if you claim to be a witch then back that shit up with some regular and consistent witchcraft practice. Let these ideas be a springboard to help you develop the mindset to where you can see the magickal potential of nearly every activity in your life.
  • Enchant your tea and/or coffee to keep it warm longer. Consider enchanting it to a specific goal. Yeah, you could go with some cliché healing energy (super if you need it but do you really?) but maybe a little emotional strength to get through the rest of the work day would be more effective?
  • Enchant the leftover tea bits and/or your coffee grounds before disposing of them to help counter the eco-backlash of landfills. This is a great way to practice your energy work with every cup. My three-year-old calls this “talking into your herbs” and she always gives me such a judgey, befuddled look when I do this, in that way that only very small children can. What I do: hold the tea bag, basket of spent herbs, or basket of used grounds in between my hands. With eyes closed, I breath fertile green energy into the herbs/grounds. Then I say, “heal the place where you end up, back to sweet Earth from tragic dump” before depositing the herbs into the trash. Okay, so the words are a little hokey, but I’ve been using this chant for over a decade and have no intentions of changing the words now.
  • Throw a ward on each door and window as you lock up at night. This doesn’t have to be a physical ward; something as easy as tracing a banishing pentacle over the door/window is great way to learn to work with energy and is also highly effective. Got kids? This is a great way to involve them in magick and have them regularly practice. Teach them to ward their bedroom windows and door before bed every night.
  • Ward the entrance of your home when you leave for the day. Again, toss a banishing pentacle over that door, sealing it with the stipulation that only you (or your spouse, children, etc.) can open the door.

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  • Practice temporal magick as you drive to help you arrive on time (or early!) This is great if you chronically find yourself with just not enough time to get to where you need to go. Cast a circle about yourself, then pull the edges of the circle in toward you. Now, focus on time moving more quickly within the circle (so that time is moving more slowly without the circle, allowing you to arrive at your destination faster than you would otherwise have.)
  • Practice spirit communication by calling the aid of various local spirits as you go about your day. For example, throw a petition to the guardian of a parking lot for an open parking space, to the roadside guardians for safe travel on a busy road, or even to the spirits lingering about your favorite coffee shop to keep from being interrupted or bothered by others. Of course, taking steps to get to know these spirits will make for better results, so consider beginning with introducing yourself and building that relationship before jumping right into asking for help. This, too, needs not be complicated: literally just address the spirit, saying hello and acquainting yourself with their “feel.” As the relationship progresses (and especially once you begin to work with them) be sure to leave an offering once in a while. A few pennies tossed to the ground are great for urban spirits, while spirits in wilder or more rural locations may prefer small bits of fruit, a handful of bird seed, or a song.
  • Perform a self-cleansing as you shower at the end of the day to shake off the nasties you carried home with you. Or, if you shower in the morning, focus on strengthening your personal shields/aura/whatever. You can take this a step further and even enchant your body wash and shampoos to this end. Consider enchanting your shampoo to make you more attractive prior to a job interview (because hey, while it couldn’t hurt it will at least help you to appear more confident.)
  • Make a personal ward, something small and inconspicuous that you can always carry on you -enchant a hair tie, a piece of jewelry, a small stone, or make a sachet or a small item out of salt dough and charged herbs.
  • Practice invisibility magick when walking through crowds or hanging out in public spaces (e.g. coffee shop, restaurants, parks, libraries, department stores, etc.)
  • Practice your persuasive magick when conducting business for better deals, free extras, and better service. Yes, it’s manipulation: ALL magick is manipulation.
  • Enchant your meals by making them with choice herbs and stirring in your will. An herb with a less than delightful taste can be masked by using a tiny amount in heavier tasting foods (pasta sauce and slow cooked soups are perfect for this.) Disclaimer: only use edible herbs. Don’t be that person.
  • Learn to harness the energy raised through your personal grooming. Consider how much energy you spend in ensuring you look your best, think about how much energy you raise just by brushing or combing your hair. You see where I’m going with this…
  • Do meditation that actually benefits your practice. Buddhist meditation, while great for relaxation and stress relief, is designed to facilitate the goals of Buddhism. They are religious technology designed to help one release attachment to the world by recognizing suffering and the illusion of “reality." This is in order to facilitate in attaining moksha (breaking free from the cycle of reincarnation.) But this is the exact opposite aim of witchcraft and general Paganism, which seek to embrace the world and the joy that comes with living. So, using techniques purposely designed to aid in the opposite of that goal is obviously not helpful. A good alternative to try is active meditation, such as losing yourself in a task. This helps to strengthen your focus and ability to withstand distractions -very helpful if you regularly work magick in a house filled with children or roommates, or if you do magick while in public spaces.
  • Enchant your lotion so that you magickally anoint yourself with every application. Some appropriate magickal goals would be: for healing, to boost your confidence, to appear more confident, to be invisible, for protection, to attract specific energies to you.
  • Are you learning or do you use a certain divination method? Take five minutes -maybe while you’re cooking, or on hold, or while your kid sleeps, or before you leave the house, or while you’re on the bus- and pull a card, choose a rune, throw them bones, scry, whatever, just DO it. Don’t stress about it, just do it.
 
There are so many more ways that you can use magick every day to not just keep your skills up, but to improve your life. These are really just meant as simple ideas that you can implement right now. I hope that they serve you well and inspire you to implement greater magickal means in your everyday life. That way, when it’s time to pull out the big guns, you can do so without reservation, knowing your accuracy and ability are right where you need them to be.

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em
1/13/2017 10:27:22 am

This is wonderful, Althaea.

I do many of these but not all of them, so you're making me think. I do a small ceremony before sitting to write that always makes the writing a little smoother. But lately some of this has gone to the wayside in all the business and it's good to remember.

em
1/13/2017 10:28:17 am

busyness not business but interesting error. ;)

Althaea
1/13/2017 11:27:53 am

I'm not surprised you are, em! :) I've gotten in the habit of doing a few things prior to divination (which is new for me, as I used to just get on with it) but my pre-writing ritual is comprised of little more than hiding from my children right now. lol That is an interesting error, very appropriate (and makes me think of people who make it there business to look busy yet accomplish little to nothing. Hmm...)

Flame Denise link
4/6/2017 11:39:36 am

This is perfect for a very bbusy witch like me who can hardly find time anymore to focus on potion making, tarot reading, and other witchy stuff. Thank you.

Althaea
4/23/2017 02:46:44 pm

You're very welcome, Flame!

Michelle link
6/24/2017 11:55:28 am

What a great post! Some of these ideas I never would have thought of, and I'm always looking for ways to make every day more magical.

Althaea
6/27/2017 07:42:31 am

Thank you, Michelle! I hope they prove useful for you.

Michelina
7/6/2017 08:50:35 am

This was absolutely wonderful!! It definitely inspired me so much! I wish there was more. Do you have any other social media that I can follow you on?

Althaea
7/6/2017 03:51:18 pm

Thank you so much, Michelina!

I've a similar post "13 Ideas for Doing More Witchcraft" that you may also like: http://www.ladyalthaea.com/every-day-is-magickal/13-ideas-for-doing-more-witchcraft

You may also enjoy my Recommended Reading List that doesn't mention a single book title. ;) http://www.ladyalthaea.com/every-day-is-magickal/recommended-reading-list-for-witches

As for social media, I mostly hang out on twitter and occasionally share links on google plus and pinterest: https://twitter.com/LadyAlthaea
https://plus.google.com/+AlthaeaSebastiani
https://www.pinterest.com/ladyalthaea/

You can also find a sign up for my monthly newsletter just above these comments where I ramble on about various witch focused things and share a practical bit of witchcraft you can use right away (this is also the best way to find out availability on Bone Readings, too.)

Best of luck in your practice!

Larry link
7/8/2017 07:10:11 pm

Why can I never find info on male witches? Is it unheard of to be a hetero male drawn to Wiccan and Witchcraft lifestyles, beliefs, and doings? I was born and grew up well before this infological time period we are now in so my knowledge on these subjects may not be as much as most but my drive, desire, and longing for knowledge is as much, if not more, than many. If any ways you may be able to strengthen my knowledge and supply nourishment for my growth it would be greatly appreciated and put to honorable use. Thank you very much for your time in this matter.

Althaea
7/11/2017 10:09:08 pm

Hello Larry,

I assure you that there are many, many male witches -both gay and straight. Gerald Gardner, the father of modern witchcraft, was both male and heterosexual, but it is most frequently women that are portrayed as witches. Reasons for this are many and varied and I won't go into them because they are irrelevant for one simple fact: witchcraft is a craft and you can be any gender, any sexuality, any age, any size, whatever to practice it. All of those details are just that: details; they have no baring on your ability to practice magick. If you want to be a witch, then practice witchcraft: there are no other qualifiers.

There are numerous articles on this site (you can find the best through the Articles tab in the menu.) With the exception of a very small few relating to pregnancy (because that is a huge part of my spirituality,) these articles are written for anyone with a desire and willingness to do the work. If you would like personal guidance from me, please see the Throwing the Bones page for information on the divination and guidance that I provide.

Best of luck in your search for wisdom and truth!

Catherine Green link
7/31/2017 02:27:57 am

This is a very useful and practical article, thanks for sharing! Sometimes I berate myself for not practicing my craft every day... after reading this I realise that yes I do practice every day - it has become so much a part of my daily routine that I don't notice! Lammas Blessings, friends!

Althaea
8/4/2017 04:12:02 pm

Thank you, Catherine! :)

Glad to hear that this helped you realize how much you're already doing! Our lives become so full and hectic at times that it becomes easy to miss how much something truly is a part of us and our lives. But that's just a hint, too, at our own proficiency -that it's that much a part of us that the doing is effortless, we can be sure that the power is there and ready when we need it to handle the big stuff. :)

Patty Nepereny
9/5/2017 03:59:14 pm

I am new at witchcraft and I do so appreciate your help

Lorinda
9/7/2017 11:20:11 am

All of my life it seems like I have done these things automatically and I have never practiced ! I don't like to call myself a witch per say but I know for sure that I am not normal! What am I, if I'm not a witch?

Althaea
9/7/2017 01:19:21 pm

Much like the points expressed in this post, it is a rarely spoken fact that there are many, many people who come to witchcraft with no awareness of what they are doing or that there are other witches in the world. Yet, what they are doing works and they have a compulsion to keep doing those things. Like you, I was one of these people and had been practicing witchcraft for a good five years before I had ever heard of Wicca or was aware that other witches existed. But I had a flourishing and productive practice that produced results. I could not argue that I was not a witch.

However, this did not and does not make me any different than anyone else. It doesn’t make you or anyone else who finds themselves with a similar experiences different. We’re still human, we are, if anything, just open to the idea that the world is larger than we are told it is and that is an idea that we embrace and explore.

Normal is a tricky word, with a nebulous meaning rooted in cultural context. I can most assuredly say that of all the things that make me who I am, it is least of all witchcraft that would qualify me as not normal! lol After all, witchcraft is at its core a craft -hence why it can be practiced with or without religious context and framing. As a craft, it still takes work, it still takes practice. Regardless of how one comes to witchcraft, any natural skill must be strengthened and honed. Someone with no natural talent who spends years of practice to develop skill and understanding will be a more effective witch than someone with a lifetime of natural talent who is undisciplined and unfocused. So, we see that, to be a witch is to *choose* to be a witch. And that is a choice that comes with no prerequisites or qualifications.

I think the question is less who are you in the sense of some sort of innate differentiation but rather that the question is who are you in the sense of who do you *choose* to be. If you want to be a witch, wonderful. You know that you already show promise and skill, do the work necessary to strengthen that skill and see what doors open up to you for doing so. If you choose not to be a witch, wonderful. The path of a witch is difficult, tears you apart in order to make you a more effective witch, and is not for everyone. There is not shame nor honor in either course of action.

Best of luck to you in your journey.

Clo
10/5/2017 01:21:54 pm

I find the way you present your thoughts refreshing! It's a true reflection of your personality and brings a "realness" to researching the Craft. This is the fourth consecutive article/post I've read today. GREAT tips for those of us who want to do more magick but have incredibly busy lives. Thanks!

Althaea
10/6/2017 10:54:20 pm

Thank you so much, Clo! If there is anything in particular (infowise) that you're looking for, let me know. I can point you to a previous article or put it in the list of ideas for future posts and books (everything I write wants to become a book lately. lol)

So glad you found these tips helpful! :D

Megan
10/18/2017 05:33:57 pm

Love this!

Another suggestion, and something I do: use a plain white coffee mug in the morning. Before you pour your coffee, draw sigils on the mug based on your day. (Protection, luck, healing, etc). They wash off with soap and water!

Althaea
10/19/2017 11:03:20 pm

Very versatile! I have a small collection of appropriately colored tea cups that I do similar with -currently enjoying lemon ginger tea in my red cup and so much fire energy. :D

jo
8/3/2018 06:23:21 am

thank you!!! blessed-be

Valentine
10/22/2018 02:14:56 pm

I have been a witch for a few years and I stopped practicing for a few more years.. and honestly I miss witchcraft, but I just didn't know how to get back into it. I feel nervous and uncomfortable calling myself a witch. But, your article makes it seem very possible for me to practice regularly. That is all I felt was missing. I am so glad I found this article and will be referencing it for a little while! Thank you so much for writing!!!

Eileen Benson link
12/20/2019 11:30:44 am

I like how you said that regularly practicing witchcraft rituals is a great way to increase our abilities. My sister and I have been thinking about buying some Pagan supplies and witchcraft tools online so we can start discovering the art of witchcraft together. Thanks for sharing some simple practice ideas we can use to develop our skills!

Althaea
12/24/2019 03:24:13 pm

Hello Eileen!

So glad to hear you found the article helpful! When first starting out, it's really tempting to buy a variety of tools but at this point, you don't really know what you will need or what you will use in the long run -it's really easy to end up with a bunch of tools you use once and never touch again!

Another option is to look to the land -the source of witchcraft. There is *nothing* that is needed to practice witchcraft that cannot be found outside or among items that you already own. Witchcraft is a simple craft, focused on creating change in everyday lives and helping us to see the world more for what it really is.

You may find this article helpful:
https://www.ladyalthaea.com/every-day-is-magickal/how-to-use-any-object-for-witchcraft

Best of luck in your practice!
Althaea


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