She has 10 years of experience covering various topics, including beauty, fashion, wellness, mental health, spirituality, astrology, and all things magick. This can include things like herbs, plants, dirt, sand, shells, seeds, or anything from nature that speaks to you. Incense usually comes in single notes or specific scent profiles for certain intentions so you can choose the incense that matches your intent. Lughnasadh (pronounced Loo-nus-uh) or Lammas, is a whimsical celebration nestled among the eight Sabbats of the witches' wheel of the year. Whether you make magic daily, or only on rare occasions, an altar adds focus and sanctity to your practice.

In the most basic form, an alter can be a single stone or a flickering candle that serves as a focal point for your meditation practice. As he worked on commissions only, he said to go away and come up with a “Green Witch” design and he would construct the knife for me. Spell work can be very helpful in developing and fine-tuning your personal sense of honor, integrity, and ethics. A Chalice for Goddess (and to drink out of during ceremonies and rituals) – this can be a simple wine glass or cup out your kitchen cupboard.You should refresh the altar every Sabbat, re-arranging things, adding flowers and symbols of the Sabbat.

If you’re new to practice Wicca, Paganism, or witchery in general, you might be wondering where exactly to start with all this. When using any dish for burning it is important to have them on a trivet or some surface that won't potentially burn or catch fire, we've definitely left a burn mark or two on a table before. Whether it's homemade or a tile, a Pentacle on an altar is often used as a symbol of protection and it represents the 5 elements of magic, Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit. A journal may be essential if you like to keep a physical record of your spells so they can be repeated, or to record any thoughts or feelings that get stirred up while you work. A place to harness and access powerful source energies, the gods, ancestors and the rest of the spirit world, and even our own higher selves.If however, you are conducting a ritual to celebrate a holiday, then you might use a more formal cloth, any thing from crushed velvet to black satin or Victorian lace. You can also create a mobile altar on a ceramic plate or wooden tray that can be moved about where ever you want it. Expanding on those altars, or becoming more intentional about them, can deepen the participants' experiences during these special times.

Also, on every Sabbat, I perform certain divination tasks with various sets of cards, and the cards chosen remain on the altar until the next Sabbat as a reminder. They can be easily sprayed around your altar, your home/room, or even on yourself when you're the one that needs some cleansing. Still life with High Priestess card of the old tarot deck on witch altar table with chakra crystals and flowers.Offering bowl (a metal bowl you can burn things in, give offerings or mix up brews for anointing etc) – see what you’ve got in the kitchen cupboard, or go fancy and invest in a mini cauldron (aka mini potjie pot!