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A path is the journey that someone takes as they practice witchcraft. Some use it to describe their past, present and future on their magickal journey. Others use it to represent what they would consider a “label” to themselves and their craft. In general a path in witchcraft is a word to describe that specific witch’s journey, views, experiences, focuses and future goals that surround their own personal magickal practice.
Everyone, absolutely everyone, has a different path because each person is an unique individual with unique interests, hobbies, views, practices and choices. This is why your path may vary so greatly from others around you, your friends and even your mentors/teachers. There is nothing wrong with this because it is your path, not their path.
How do I know what my Witch Type/Path is? Is there a test I can take?
No, there isn’t a test you take to determine what your path is or what type of witch you are. There is only one thing that determines that: you. You are the one who chooses your path and what you wish you focus on.
You don’t have to be any specific type of witch at all. You don’t have to be a storm witch or a green witch. You can be whatever you want. If you want a label and to focus your path onto one thing, then do it. If you want to be labeled as more than one thing, go for it. Do you just want to do whatever you want and have no labels? That’s perfectly fine too!
You decide what kind of witchcraft interests you by:
Researching: research every single thing you can find! Save your sources, read through articles, take notes and compare them to other articles, posts, blogs and writings on the same topic. Look at the differences but also examine who is writing: a person who is an atheist witch will have different views on the spirituality and morals of something compared to a Wiccan witch or a Christian witch. Examine who is writing the post, and take their views with a grain of salt and not as solid fact because everyone differs. If you agree with their views that’s great! If not, take it as something to consider. Research the scientific and medical relations of things as well, what I mean by this is each herb is a medicine and like medicine and drugs it has side effects, research it before ingesting it or using it. Research your crystals and stones to ensure you don’t ruin them or harm yourself with them. Science and witchcraft come hand in hand, remember that. It’s not fun sending yourself to the hospital because you overdosed on a herb you didn’t research well enough.
Cater to Yourself: By this I mean look at what you as a person enjoy doing: your hobbies, your likes, your dislikes, your talents, your interests, etc. Use these in your craft, take these and put them into your craft. Are you interested in art? Use art supplies, drawing, painting and sigils in your craft. Interested in singing? Sing your spells and incantations, use song lyrics for spells, sing to cleanse a space or attract things. Enjoy collecting stickers? Use stickers to seal spell jars and sachets, use them like sigils and stick them to things, buy stickers that relate to correspondences via color, shape, or imagery. You can use anything you want in your path. If you are passionate about gardening, then your path can bring in gardening and plants into it. If you are passionate about cooking definitely bring kitchen magick into your path. If you just love reading, bring literature, writing and spell books into your path. Bring in your interests, make your path full of things you love. Don’t force yourself to be the “dark mysterious witch” if that is not what interests you. Why bring in tea magick into your craft if you hate tea? Your path is meant for you to enjoy it, it is to cater to you. If you like pink, glitter, candy and soda then use that! Use those things, because they are important to you. That means they hold magick in them, because they are special to you. You will find more success in doing things you love and working with tools you associate with.
Follow Your Own Beliefs: This is a big one, some people in our community will try to push that you have to worship a certain religion or deity. You do not have to worship anything or anyone to practice witchcraft. You do not have to be part of any religion, all who tell you otherwise are gatekeeping. If you wish to be Wiccan then be Wiccan, if you wish to be Pagan then be Pagan, if you wish to be Christian then be Christian, if you don’t want to bring religion into your craft at all that’s fine too. It is your choice what your beliefs are, and don’t let others tell you that you are wrong but give that same courtesy to others. Others will likely have different views and beliefs than you and so you should also give them the same respect for their beliefs as you expect them to give you. If you do wish to work with a deity or religion, research it and look into what it is like to be apart of it. Ask others who worship this deity how they do and their bond with them, this can help you figure out your own way to worship.
Why can’t others just tell me how to find my Path? I don’t want to research.
Well, that isn’t how it works I am afraid. Other people don’t know what is important to you in your core, they don’t know what holds your interest or what holds your passion. They can’t just tell you everything about your path. They can give you advice based off of their own experiences however, but this is not the same as them being able to instruct you as to what to do.
Research is apart of witchcraft, that’s just a simple fact. Yes you can ask around to people what things may be or for help but think of it like this: People don’t like feeling like google. Asking someone what the correspondence of a crystal is can get quite annoying if you or just several others keep doing it when you can easily search the phrase: “Correspondence of ____ in witchcraft” and find exactly what you need or to simply search that user’s blog for that specific crystal. Research for yourself, it is your responsibility to do if you wish to use witchcraft. You walk your own path and that means you are responsible for your own lessons. People have out there tons of amazing resources that you can use.
Common Falsehoods, Lies, Red Flags and “Dishonest Truths” about Witchcraft/Paths:
“You have to be Wiccan/Pagan”: As spoken about up above, this not true. You can follow whatever religious practice or belief you desire or none at all.
Cursing is Bad!/Three Fold Rule”: This is another popular thing people will throw out at new witches to try to scare and shame them away from cursing, hexing and other acts of baneful magick. As a whole, this is a personal opinion. If you choose to curse that is your choice and others have no right to tell you that you’re a bad person for it. But, if you chose not to curse yourself, then that is your choice. Don’t drag others down or insult them for their choice.
“You can only be one type/kind of Witch”: No, you do not even have to label yourself as we talked about above. If you wish to label yourself as a “Sea Witch” or “Cosmic Witch” or “Green Witch” then do so. If you wish not to just focus on one thing then that’s perfectly fine! A lot of witches don’t label themselves as a ‘specific type’ of witch.
“You have to use crystals/herbs/tea/etc”: Nope, you are not required to use any specific ingredients, you don’t even have to use any ingredients at all if you don’t wish to. Use what you have hand and what you like. If you have a lot of candy, make candy spells; if you have a lot of crayons, make drawn and colored spells; if you have a surplus of toilet paper rolls, use those as poppets or for spell containers.
“You have to have companions/familiars”: Nope, you do not have to work with spirits or animals or anything like that if you don’t want to. Before you do get yourself a companion I recommend heavy research into spirit companions and make sure you have a way to communicate with them.
“Only women can be witches!”: Nope! Any gender, sexual orientation, race, etc can be a witch. If you practice magick and you want to be called a witch, guess what you’re a witch. If anyone tells you otherwise they are not worth your time.
“You have to be trained/in a coven to be a witch”: Nope! You can be self taught and you can work alone. Beware of toxic covens too, there are some out there who try to gender-shame and can be quite toxic in general. If you wish to be apart of a coven ensure that the rules of the group are ones you are okay with and that you aren’t pressured into behaving a certain way.
“You have to have “witch blood” if you want to be a strong witch”: huge lie right here; your bloodline and family history does not weaken or strengthen your magick. You don’t need to be from a long line of witches to be a witch, you don’t have to be “born a witch”.
“Tech Magick/Emoji Magick/Pop Culture Magick/Modern Magick is terrible and is ruining true magick!”:You will see this a lot on tumblr I am afraid. Lots of people trying to tell other witches that their paths/craft is not “true witchcraft” since it is not based on traditional witchcraft or religions. Don’t listen to them. If you want to practice modern magick and pop culture magick that is your choice and you are valid in every way!
“If you’re mentally ill/disabled/sick you can’t be a witch”: Spoonie witches exist and there are plenty of them! Just because you have found that you may not be as energized as other witches means absolutely nothing. You are valid, even if you use simple and basic magick due to low energy levels you are valid! You are still a witch.
“You can only be friends with/date other witches”: big red flag here! If anyone is telling you this, whether it is a mentor, teacher, friend or coven member/leader you need to find someone else fast. This is majorly toxic behavior used by some witches in this community to make you cut ties with others. It is an abusive manipulative tactic that you have to be aware of and avoid. You can be friends and date whoever you want (obviously within legal terms), whether they are a witch or not.
“True witches practice magick everyday”: Nope! You can take breaks! Especially when you have other things going on, you are tired or you just aren’t mentally/emotionally able to do witchcraft. That is perfectly fine. Take breaks, rest up, focus on other things – its okay. Take care of yourself. You aren’t being a ‘bad witch’ for taking breaks.
“Everything is related to the supernatural!”: No, the mundane is a thing. Not everything you see will be a mystical sign or message. Not everything that happens to you is because of spirits, curses, spells, etc. Rule out the mundane first such as medical problems or common sense/reasoning before you go leaping onto it being some great supernatural occurrence. Once the mundane is ruled out then you can consider other things.
“Magick is better for you than medicine/doctors!”: NO NO NO NO. Magick can aid in medical things if properly researched but never EVER substitute medical procedures, doctors or medicines for magick! Go and take care of yourself!
A spell to keep harmful words and rumors from affecting you.
This spell was originally posted on my tumblr themancinami. If you like what I post and make feel free to buy me a coffee!
You Will Need:
🎧 Paper
🎧 Black Marker
🎧 Fireplace, fire pit or somewhere safe to burn ingredients (preferably outside)
🎧 Dried Rosemary
🎧 Garlic
🎧 (Optional) Loud Music*
*please if you do play music, make sure it is at a respectful hour and not too loud to disturb any neighbors
Steps:
🎧 Using the marker write on all of the paper you have about the words people have been saying that upset you, why they upset you and your frustrations. Put your anger and hurt into this. Fill as many pages as you need
🎧 At your fireplace or fire pit set up and light a fire. Crumple up the papers into paper balls. “Your words no longer hold power, they mean nothing to me now, into the flames they go, I banish them away at this hour”
🎧 Through the paper balls into the fire one at a tip. Watch them burn and turn to ash, imagine it is your anger and emotional pain burning up, how it is leaving you
🎧 Once all paper is in the fire take your rosemary and garlic and toss it into the fire. Imagine as they burn they turn the flames white, purifying them, purifying you and opening you up to positivity. The smoke from these herbs acting like a protective veil, wrapping about you, guarding you from the painful words that may try to return.
🎧 End spell as you choose
Note: Please use proper fire precaution and safety during this spell. Do not cast it indoors if you do not have a large fireplace. Properly put out your fire once you have finished.
This is a list of crystals with correspondences that can help one overcome their fears, worries and anxieties. Please remember magick is not a replacement for professional or medicinal help.
Here is a spread that I personally use when communicating with angels or sometimes Deities. For those who do spirit work or have guardians or guides of some kind, I’m sure this spread will also be useful to you.
1. Who is it? This one is simple enough, who is the angel or guide that you are communicating with? This card could represent a trait of them or characteristic, good or bad.
2. Why are they communicating with you? This is why this specific angel has come to you. What about you called to them? Do they have a connection or bond with you? Is it for a specific problem or is it more of a business sort of situation? Use this card to also help interpret the rest of the cards you receive, it may change the tone and voice of things.
3. What message or purpose do they have? What specifically do they have to tell you? Do they bring a warning? Or good news?
4. How is their message important to you specifically? Pretty straight forward I would think. Is it something that is currently affecting your life? Or is it something that could affect your future or your decisions?
5. How to take action? How can you take action with this message? Is it something you need to change? Is it something you need to stop? Is it something you need to do? Or should you just continue on doing what you already are doing?
6. Advice? Does this angel or guardian have any words of wisdom for you, specific to the message or perhaps not?
7. What they see or want for you? What outcome from their message and advice do they wish for you to get? What will their message lead to? The outcome of things.
This post is straight from my tumblr blog themanicnami which some of you may know of. This is still my things and information, but you are all open to use this spread!
Since I am not sure if I will be able to run this blog after the 17th mainly because I worry if this site because a children focused site as Yahoo seems to be implying it could be legally dangerous for me to continue on here with giving advice due to protection laws about religion and minors.
So I will not likely be posting much new stuff here other than reblogs from other things or reblogging this post. I will keep it updated on my connections. This blog will remain until I am certain that tumblr is well dead and no longer something I can use. If tumblr wakes up and realizes their mistake or makes changes I will return. I do not know if this blog will remain or be deleted later.
Be warned most of these I have not done much one and have only just been made or were made in the past for a short while.
This is my current list of love spells from tumblr as well as from my own digital grimoires. I will expand this as I write and update more!
Apple Cider Love Bringing Spell
A very easy potion for welcoming love into your life. This love can be self love, family love, romantic, etc.
You Will Need:
Apples or Apple Cores (fresh)
Water (Moon Water is recommended; I used half tap half moon)
Cinnamon
Sugar
Large pot with lid
Strainer of some kind
Jar with a lid
Steps:
Take your apples and peel off the skin or if you are using cores left over from apples you used for something else just make sure they are fresh. If you are using full apples cut them in half or fourths.
Place apples/cores into your pot of water. Turn your stove to medium-low and cover pot. Let it simmer for 20 minutes.
Lift lid carefully to avoid being burned by steam and add your sugar and cinnamon. Depending on the amount you are making the amounts will vary but I made about 2 jars full myself and added 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 of cinnamon.
Cover again and leave to boil.
Occasionally check on your brew and stir it clockwise. If you are comfortable you may speak to it each time you stir of what sort of love you wish it to bring into your home. After stirring always recover.
Once apples and cores are soft turn off burner and leave it to sit for 10 minutes to cool a bit.
Carefully, using your strainer, pour it into the containers you wish to store it in. If you are not going to drink it all at once be sure to store it in the fridge. you may add sugar or honey to taste if you wish it to be sweeter.
Sit and enjoy your cup of hot cider and focus on how it warms your core and like a light attracting a moth, it will begin to attract love into your life.
To Dream of Romance Spell
A spell to bring on dreams about one’s love and help enlighten them on their love life and romantic divination.
You will Need:
Rose Quartz
Rose Petals
Bay Leaf
Pink or Red Marker/Pen
Sachet (preferably red or pink)
Preparation:
Before using this spell take a nice bath to cleanse yourself and drink some rose tea or rose water.
Steps:
In your sachet place your piece of rose quartz and rose petals.
On your bay leaf draw a heart using your marker/pen
“Tonight, I seek to dream of romance. Give me enlightenment on the love in my life.”
Kiss bay leaf and place it into sachet, tie it shut tightly.
Place beneath your pillow and go to bed
Suggestion: keep your dream journal nearby to write down whatever you dreamed about. Write every detail you can remember and every object. Then begin deciphering and analyzing what the dream could mean. Take notes.
Eye Catching Glamour Spell
A spell to catch the attention of that special someone.
You Will Need:
💝 Pink Eye Shadow 💝 Black Eyeliner (and brush if needed) 💝 Mascara 💝 Rose Quartz 💝 White Eye Glitter 💝 Rose Water 💝 Serpentine, garnet, rhodonite and/or sapphire 💝 Mirror 💝 Empress Tarot Card (or printed out image of one)
Steps:
💝 Set up your space. Place your Empress Tarot Card near you where you can view it easily, place your gemstone(s) before you and close though not in your way. Have your make up in reach and keep a bowl/cup of rose water to your right. Be sure you are in front of a mirror or have a mirror set up in front of you.
💝 Do your face make up as you would normally though leaving your eyes for last. While doing so feel the energies of the crystals and tarot card
💝 Peer into the mirror and start with your eyeliner. Apply it from inner corner outwards and leaving a small tail/wing (style of which is up to you though thin and long is recommended). Do bottom lid from inner corner and out as well. While doing this imagine how you are lining your eyes, drawing attention to them, how your eyeliner will pull in the eyes of the one you wish to catch the eye of. Visualize how they will draw in someone.
💝 Apply your pink eye shadow as you desire though as doing so focus on how the eye shadow is glowing with temptation and allure, like a light in the darkness it will demand attention to look at it
💝 Begin applying your mascara, stare into your own eyes as you do so, imagine them glowing and rings pulsing in them, tempting someone to peer into them. Visualize this strongly
💝 Take your eye glitter and lightly dab it about your eye lid, this is for the beauty element. How they enchant your eyes like glittering gems. Focus on the desire of wanting to appear beautiful for the person when you catch their eye
💝 Finish the spell by taking your dominate pointer finger and dipping into your rose water and lightly dabbing it under your eyes. Imagine this making the intense glow of your eyes pink and warm. Keep the image of your glowing beautiful eyes in your mind as you begin your day.
Siren’s Lipstick Spell
A spell to make one’s words more desirable to listen to and to capture the attention of listeners. Helps them hold onto your every word and especially good for flirting.
You Will Need:
Red Lipstick
A Mirror
Sugar
(Optional) Rose Quartz to place before you
Steps:
Wash your face and do your make up as you normally you would.
“My words are as sweet as sugar, they attract and lure like a song”
Take your sugar and place it onto your tongue and close your mouth. Let it dissolve away, as it does think about how you want your words to affect others.
“I will captivate.” Say this three times looking into the mirror
Take your red lipstick and paint your lips with it. Hum during this part a melody that you associate with beauty.
Rub your lips together and do a ‘mwah!’ to the mirror. “May my song begin!” And close the spell as you see fit such as blowing a kiss or winking at the mirror.
Other Notes: this spell can be enhanced by pairing it with perfumes that attract love and represent beauty such as rose perfume.
Charm (Pokemon Inspired Spell)
A spell to improve your charms and flirting skills.
You Will Need:
♡ Pink Candle
♡ Rose Petals (preferably pink or red)
♡ White Sugar
♡ Water in a bowl
Steps:
♡ Light your candle
♡ In your bowl of water mix in the sugar (not too much) and rose petals, stir it clockwise using your dominant hand’s pointer finger
♡ “Words sweet as sugar, Face as lovely as a rose, bring me the charms I seek.” Repeat as necessary
♡ take a handful of water and wash your face with it. Dab it dry then continue your usual morning routine
(if too much sugar was used and your face feels sticky your may use a damp towel to dab at it)
Mend the Heart Spell
A spell to start healing emotionally after rejection.
You Will Need:
💝 Rose Petals 💝 Warm Water 💝 A bowl 💝 2 White Candles 💝 Rose Quartz 💝 1 bag of Chamomile Tea 💝 Red Fabric 💝 Needle 💝 White Thread 💝Scissors
Preparation:
From your fabric cut out a heart and cut it down the middle so you have two halves. Thread your needle before beginning spell (just makes it easier).
Steps:
💝 Place your rose petals at the bottom of your bowl then add your rose quartz on top
💝 Carefully fill bowl with warm water then add your chamomile tea. Leave it near you to steep.
💝 Light both candles one to your left and one to your right in front of you. Let them burn during the rest of the spell.
💝 “My heart was broken, but it will heal, it will mend, it will seal.” While saying this take your two pieces of heart in either hand and place them down in front of you pressed together
💝 Take needle and thread and begin sewing it up the middle, repairing it. “It will heal, I will heal” repeat this mentally or verbally as you sew up the heart.
💝 Tie off the thread once done and cut it if needed so you have a mended heart. Move the bowl between the two candles before you.
💝 “I will be okay” and place your mended heart into the water and let it soak there over night. Blow out your candles but still leave them to either side of bowl for the night.
💝 Come morning take out your heart and place it in a window to dry (you may place it on a plate or paper towel to prevent it from getting things wet). After removing your rose quartz from the bowl, pour it down the drain or toilet. Imagine this action is pouring out the pain you felt from the rejecting.
💝 Once your heart has dried place it beneath your pillow. Keep it there until you feel you have finally gotten over the rejection then burn it to release the last of your pain.
“Kiss the Girl” Glamour Spell (Disney Inspired Spell)
A spell to encourage the person you like to kiss you (under their consent). Wonderful for dates~
You will Need:
Lip Gloss or lipstick (preferably red or a vibrant pink)
Rose Incense
Pink paper
Red Marker or Pen
Rose Water or Rose Quartz Gem Elixir
Mirror (preferably on the wall)
Steps:
Set up your area in front of the mirror you will be working with. Light your rose incense. Let it burn during the entirety of the spell.
Do your make up as you would normally though leave your lips for last.
Take your lip gloss or lipstick and hold it up and view it in the mirror. “Tonight will be the night, for me to meet your lips.” Uncap/open your lipstick/lip gloss and apply it to your lips. While doing this visualize drawing a heart on your lips in pink/red energy and it entering your lips and leaves them glowing, beckoning someone to partake.
“Tonight, I will be kissed by (name of date/person of desire).” On the paper write the person’s name. Kiss the paper to ensure you leave a kiss mark on the paper, imagine it glowing and fading into the name.
If needed touch up your lipstick again but be sure to still be visualizing them glowing in a beckoning manner
Place the piece of paper into a bowl of rose water/rose quartz water and leave it there for the duration of the date.
Before leaving wink at yourself in the mirror and blow a small kiss at it to close the spell and boost yourself with a bit more confidence. Also be sure your incense is out before you leave.
Note: this is to encourage a kiss, not force someone to. Please, don’t forcibly kiss anyone, that is not okay. This spell is to help set the mood and boost the likely hood of you both sharing a happy kiss.
Couple’s Bath Spell
A bath spell to be done with your lover to increase lust and sexual energies between you.
You Will Need:
½ cup of milk
2 drops Rose Essential Oil
2 drops vanilla extract
Rose Petals
Rosemary (may be loose or in a sachet)
Dried Raspberry Leaves (may be loose or in a sachet)
Rose Quartz
Garnet
Rhodonite
Red candles (you may add in white candles as well)
Apple Slices, red grapes or strawberries (if you can chocolate dip your fruit)
Steps:
Draw your bath, while it is filling begin lighting your candles and line your tub with your crystals.
Add to your bath your flower petals, herbs, milk, vanilla and oil
Carefully get into the tub together facing one another if you can.
Each take a piece of fruit and offer it to the other. After exchanging fruit continue your bath as you choose. Though it is important to feel the energies from the fruit, the candles, the bath and the crystals filling the room and combining with your own energies. Feel how your energy connects to that of your lover’s. Visualize them combining and heated like a flame.
Once done with your bath drain it and carefully step out. Be sure to blow out any candles still burning. It is best to let yourselves air dry.
other note: thought it would be a good time to post this now that it is nearly valentine’s day. have fun everyone.
Heart Stamp (Pokemon Inspired)
A spell to strengthen the passion and love between you and a consenting lover.
You Will Need:
💘 A heart stamp (if you don’t have one a marker will be fine) 💘 Red ink (or red marker) 💘 Rose Water 💘 Rosemary 💘 Red Candle
Steps:
💘 Light your red candle and put near both you and your partner but out of the way.
💘 sprinkle rosemary into your bowl or cup of rose water and together mix it with your fingers, don’t worry about it being perfect or on beat
💘 Then take the others hand and one at a time on their non-dominant hand rub your dampened fingers clockwise on the back of their hand.
💘 Blow on the others hand until it is dry
💘 Take your stamp and dip it in the ink (or use a marker to scribble on red ink to it) and one at a time stamp the person’s hand where the rose water had been applied with the stamp. “I stamp my heart on your sleeve” (if you have no stamp, you may draw a heart using the marker instead)
💘 End spell by blowing out the red candle together
Passion of a Rose Spell (Tuxedo Mask Inspired)
A spell between two consenting lovers to increase the passion between them.
You Will Need:
🌹 A Red Rose (fake will suffice) 🌹 2 Pieces of Rose Quartz 🌹 1 Red Candle
Steps:
🌹 cleanse your space and cleanse yourselves, set up an area where you and your lover can sit comfortably across from each other and space between you for your candle and other supplies. Make sure you both can comfortably reach each other’s dominate hands and at a good kissing distance, without having to lean over the candle (please place your candle to the side! I don’t want anyone burning themselves)
🌹 Once set up in your non-dominate hands, each of you hold a piece of rose quartz in it through the entirety of the spell. Place your rose between you both.
🌹 Light your red candle, again make sure during this spell you won’t have to lean over it or that you may knock it over with an elbow. Practice proper fire safety please. If you are on the floor put some wax paper under your candle to keep it from dripping onto the floor
🌹 Once the candle is lit, with your dominate hand, press your palm to the palm of your lover and lock fingers, look into each others eyes and one at a time speak the following: “I, (insert name), wish to express my passion for you (lover’s name), so I present my love to you with this rose, and my fiery passion for you with this candle.” The first person who says this picks up the rose upon the line mentioning the rose and holds it up between you both. When the second person says the line they reach over and hold onto the rose with the first person so that both of you should be holding the rose together by the end.
🌹 Once finishing these lines hold the rose up at about lip level give or take (depending on height distance) and say together in unison as best as you can. “And I call upon the flame of passion to strengthen between us, so that it burns brighter than before. I ask this rose, to to fuel the fire.” And lean forward together and both kiss the rose between you two gently
🌹 “May this fire continue to burn.” Then kiss each other to end the spell.
Note: If you can you may choose to burn the rose at the end of the spell in a safe place, but if you cannot you can place it in a window to dry all the same. Or do whatever you wish with it. If using a fake rose you may keep it near your bed or anywhere else to keep its influence close.
Long Distance Friendship/Relationship Spell
A spell to help maintain a long distance friendship or relationship between consenting people.
You Will Need:
💕 Aventurine (friendship, bonds) 💕 Aquamarine (ease communication) 💕 Chrysocolla (communication, connections) 💕 Ametrine (improve communication) 💕 Clear Quartz (power up spell) 💕 Salt (protection, purifying, honesty) 💕 Basil (friendships) 💕 Rose Buds (or petals) (close friendships, love, relationships) 💕 2 Blue Candles or tealights (communication, trust) 💕 Your Cellphone
Steps:
💕 On your cellphone open the contact to the person or the chat you communicate with them through, place it on the floor or a table. To the right and left of it place your candles and light them.
💕 In a small bowl or container place your herbs and place it above your phone
💕 In a circle around your phone and the bowl of herbs place your crystals. If they are point crystals have them pointing at your phone.
💕 Using your salt make a small circle around your phone.
💕 Hover your hands over your phone and close your eyes, feel the energies of your candles, herbs and crystals radiating from them, how they pass through your body and your phone. Focus your own energy in your hands and imagine it emit in gentle waves down into your phone as well.
💕 “No distance can keep us apart, I connect to you and you connect to me, over mountains and seas we will still be in touch, we shall remain together for communication is key.” Repeat the last line (bold) as many times as you feel is necessary.
💕 Finish spell by blowing out your candles and letting the smoke trail off imagining it traveling far off to where the other is.
Notes: If both you and the other person do this spell it will be more powerful but it is not necessary. Also, this is to help you keep communication, you still have to put effort into keeping the communication going for a successful LDR. If you are missing one or two of the crystals that is fine, just try to have as many of each as you can.
Parabatai Spell (Shadowhunters Inspired)
A spell to forge a bond with another consenting person to always be connected.
You Will Need:
Blue Candles
Red Candles
Two Long Red Ribbons
Marker
Friendship Rune from Shadowhunters
Steps:
Light your red and blue candles
On your right wrists, tie the ribbon around it leaving a long tail
together tie the long tails of your ribbons together
On the back of each of your right hands have the other draw the symbol
Once symbols are drawn, hold each other’s hand with the palms pressed together and close your eyes
“Together, we wish to stay, no matter the distance between. Together our friendship shall forever last, and nothing will break us apart.”
Repeat this three times together.
Let go of each other’s hands and press the back of your hands together so the symbols press together
“I tie myself to you, and you to me, so we can always be connected.”
You may then untie your ribbons then untie them from your wrists, hand the other the ribbon you wore and keep that ribbon with you or somewhere safe.
“Powder Snow” Spell Jar (Pokemon Inspired)
A spell jar to remove one’s own romantic feelings for an ex or a toxic lover.
You Will Need:
❅ Jar or bottle with lid ❅ White Glitter ❅ Salt ❅ Dried White Rose Petals ❅ Ground Charcoal (artist) ❅ Garnet Chips ❅ Clear Quartz ❅ White Piece of Paper and Pen
Steps:
❅ On your piece of paper write down all of the reasons why you wish to remove your romantic feelings towards the other person. Write down the pain they have caused you and your wishes to be set free. Be sure to write this person’s name on the paper too. Set to the side
❅ In a bowl mix your salt, dried rose petals, glitter and charcoal (small amount). Stir counter-clockwise to banish these feelings for this person, visualize them freezing up into ice crystals and blowing away and out of your life.
❅ Carefully pour mixture into your jar and place your garnet chips and clear quartz on top
❅ Tear up your paper from the first step into tiny shreds. Put all of your desire to rid yourself of these emotions as you rip and tear them
❅ Add the small torn pieces into your jar and close it and seal it as you see fit.
❅ Keep somewhere at room temperature and close to where you frequent. Whenever you feel these feelings rearing up again, hold the jar and take deep breaths focusing on your desires to banish them from you. Use the energy of the jar for this.
Note: to break spell unseal jar and dispose of contents (properly)
Power of the Heart Self-Love Spell (W.I.T.C.H. Inspired)
A spell to open yourself up to your own love and sense of self-worth.
You Will Need:
💕 Jar or Glass container
💕 Rose Quartz
💕 Water
💕 A Necklace or Amulet
💕 Moonlight
Steps:
💕 Fill your glass container with water and place in your rose quartz. In a window or outside place your water over night, preferably during a full moon. (any moon will do if you’re in a pinch)
💕 Come morning collect your water and bring it to your work area
💕 Hold your necklace cupped in your hands. Whisper to it your desires to start loving yourself and building your self worth. Visualize it glowing as you whisper these words to it, a soft dim pink. Once you have finished your words kiss it gently putting more of your wishes to love yourself into it.
💕 Holding it by its chain/string with both hands via your pointer finger and thumb lower it slowly into the gem water below until the charm/stone/pendent is submerged fully
💕 Time for more intense visualization: focus on the bowl as it glows with a warm pink light that shines bright like a fire and pulses like a beating heart. See it fill the necklace and make the necklace’s glow more intense until the water is no longer glowing and the light is coming from the necklace, pulsing and beating.
💕 Lift the necklace from the water and gently dab dry then put it on. Feel as it lays against your chest how its energy pulses and beats, warm and close to your heart. Let it warm you. Wear it whenever you need to love yourself.
💕 To cleanse leave in the moonlight and to charge simply repeat spell process above.
Seashell Charm for Self Acceptance
A simple seashell charm to help the wielder with self image and self acceptance. It encourages self love and self care.
You Will Need:
🐚 A White Clam Shell 🐚 Pink Candle 🐚 Red or Pink Marker
Steps:
🐚 Light your pink candle near you and let it burn as you work on spell.
🐚 With your pink or red marker draw a heart inside the clam shell.
🐚 “Seashell, seashell, help me love me for me. Seashell, seashell, please listen to my plea.” Fill in the heart you drew while saying this.
🐚 Blow out your candle and drip the melted pink wax into the shell until the inside is filled with the pink wax and the heart is covered
🐚 Leave overnight in the moonlight or the window
🐚 Carry the shell around with you to help encourage yourself to accept who you are and love yourself for it
Sweet Self Love Bath Spell
A spell for when you need to bring some self love into your life and to encourage positive thoughts and emotions.
You will Need:
Ice cream scented bath bombs
rose quartz
¼th cup of milk
a bowl of your favorite ice cream, yogurt or other treat
your favorite incense or scented candles
Steps:
Draw your bath so it is nice and warm to your liking. While it is filling pour in your milk
Around the rim of your tub or near it place your rose quartz. If they are points be sure to point them at the tub.
Light your incense and/or candles and place them where they won’t damage anything and won’t be at risk of being tipped.
drop in your bath bomb (I use bath and body works ice cream fizzy bomb) and step into the bath
Relax and focus on the sound of the water and smell of the bath and the incense/candle. Eat your treat as you relax, and let your worries and self doubts leave you. Focus on enjoying yourself. Stay in the bath as long as you desire.
Once out of the bath blow out the candles (if needed) and follow up the bath with doing something you love to do.
A simple spell for freezing the emotions of another towards you (removing crushes). Use this spell when someone has unfortunately gotten rather uncomfortable feelings towards you and can’t take the hint that you are not interested. Best paired with a binding spell if needed.
You will Need:
Wintermint breath spray
A poppet of your target
Container that seals
Freezer
Preparation:
Make yourself a poppet of your target. This can be done with any material you feel is best, I usually use paper or clothe poppets myself. On the poppet write the target’s name to help better focus this spell.
Steps:
Take your poppet and say the target’s name three times out loud. “I have no interest in your pursuit and you will not cease. Now I give you the cold shoulder.” Place the poppet into the container.
Say the target’s name 3x again, and spray it with the wintermint breath spray. “I freeze your feelings for me, I turn them to ice.”
Seal the container and place it into the freezer. “Now I leave them in the cold.” Close the freezer and leave the container in there as long as needed.
To break spell once the person has left you along/moved on simply open the container and let it thaw out on the counter over night. Dispose of poppet as you see fit.
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(Note: All spells listed are from my tumblr themanicnami, they have been moved here by choice. All material has been written by me and researched by me. Thank you)
Here are all of my current Digimon spells from tumblr! Reposted here for archive and for all of you to see and use as you please. Remember me on Ko-Fi if you like my work!
All spells listed are from my personal tumblr themanicnami and still belong to me, thank you.
Lilithmon’s Wicked Beauty Glamour Spell
“It confounds its opponents with its bewitchingly lovely appearance and dark beauty.”
A glamour spell to appear beautiful, mysterious, dark and captivating.
You Will Need:
💜 Eyeliner of Choice 💜 Purple Candles 💜 Black Candles 💜 Purple or Dark Eye Shadow 💜 Rose Quartz 💜 Garnet 💜 Mirror 💜 Piece of Chocolate (preferably dark chocolate)
Steps:
💜 Get your items together in front of the mirror you will be working with. Light you candles. You may use whatever number you desire just try to have at least one of each of the two colors. Be sure to keep them out of the way of where you will be working and possibly leaning forward to prevent burns and other undesirable accidents.
💜 Place your rose quartz and garnet near your candles to further fill the room with the aura of beauty, seduction and secret darkness
💜 Do your eye make using your eyeliner and eye shadow as you desire. Personally, I would recommend bold eye liner for this glamour and smokey eyes but do what feels right for you and works with your eye/face shape. As you do your make up visualize mysterious, beautiful captivating eyes wearing the make up you are applying. How their gaze draws others in and captures their attention. How they a beautiful but have an edge of mystery and almost danger to them, keeping others from getting too close. Keep this image in your mind as you finish up your eye make up.
💜 Once satisfied with your eye make up, while staring at yourself in the mirror pick up your piece of dark chocolate
💜 “Like eyes of a serpent in the night, I am lovely and charming but with a bit of a bite. Those who see me are struck by my beauty, but they dare not touch for they feel my radiated might. Like chocolate dark and bitter, I am beautiful, lovely and wicked.”
💜 Eat the piece of dark chocolate after saying this as a way to close the spell and give yourself an extra boost of seduction and energy for the spell. Continue on with your routine and know that you are wickedly beautiful
“88 Call” Friendship Spell (Funbeemon Inspired)
“Funbeemon uses its antenna to summon friends and allies nearby.”
A spell to strengthen the connection between you and your friends to help improve understanding, communication and empathy with each other.
Note: This spell is a consent only spell, you need your friends’ consent for this spell to work.
You Will Need:
Honey
Black Tea
Lemon Slices (one per person)
Mugs (one per person)
Spoons or Stirring Sticks
A place where you all can sit in a circle comfortably
Steps:
If needed cleanse the space and/or yourselves before preparing spell
Brew your tea and make sure everyone has a mug of it. Be careful that its not too full because it will be passed around and spilling boiling tea is not fun
Everyone take a lemon slice and squeeze the juice into their cup and say “88 call, 88 call, we stand together against it all. In thick and thin, joy and loss, we will stand side by side, together through it all.”
Take a spoonful of honey everyone and stir it into your tea clockwise. “We will communicate better, we will work as a team, just like a hive of honeybees.”
Pass your cup to the person to the right and stir the cup 3 times clockwise with your spoon and then pass it to the next. Continue this until you get your cup again.
Once it has gone full circle everyone enjoy your tea and know that the spell has been completed.
“Swipe Steal” Hex (Fangmon Inspired)
“It swipes with hits sharpened claws using its enhanced agility, stealing away weapons and items.”
A hex to cause the target to be hit with the inconvenience of misplacing and losing things.
You Will Need:
Black Candle
Piece of Paper
Black Pen
Burn Safe Bowl
Steps:
Light your candle and let it burn
On your piece of paper write down the target’s name or anything else you have to identify them (phone number, email, nickname, initials, etc)
Fold the paper up and light it on fire using the candle and place it into the burn safe bowl to burn to ash
Chant while watching the paper burn: “May you misplace your belongings” until the fire burns out and only ash is left
Throw the ash away or flush it down the toilet to finish the hex
Note: as a hex, its affects should be short lasting, but if you do need to break it at any point simply write on a piece of paper the person’s info/name again and burn it with a white candle chanting: “I break the hex” and dispose of ashes as seen fit.
“Its Special Move are firing rays of sunlight from all of its petals.”
An enchantment spell to fill an object with the energies of the sun to be used to bring energy, health, and confidence to the wearer of the enchanted object.
You Will Need:
Sun Water
Sunflower(s)
Marigold
Small Bowl
Jewelry you can get wet
A Sunny Day
Steps:
Find a place either outside to work or in a room with lots of windows with sunlight shining through them.
In your bowl add your sunflower petals and marigold
Pour your sun water into the bowl and as you add it say “Sunshine, Sunlight, solar energy give me might” as many times as you feel is necessary.
Take your piece of jewelry and lower it into the mixture and hover your hands over it and close your eyes. Focus on the sunlight you feel on you skin and the solar energy held in the water and flowers below your hands. Visualize this radiant gold energy filling and infusing into your chosen piece of jewelry
Once satisfied take out your jewelry and leave it somewhere in the sunlight or windowsill to dry (you may place it on a towel or paper towel and to dab it so its not soaked).
Collect it the next morning and wear it to give you the energy of the sun.
Charge ever few weeks in sunlight or with sun water
Kudamon’s “Cool Under Fire” Spell
“ It has a calm, cool, and collected personality, conducting a precise assessment of the situation even in combat, and attaining the advantage in battle.”
A Kudamon inspired spell to help one remain calm and concentrated during stressful times.
You Will Need:
Amber
Citrine
Tiger’s Eye
White Candle
Steps:
Cleanse yourself and the area before starting this spell
Encircle your white candle with the amber, citrine and tiger’s eye. Light your candle
Close your eyes an feel the energy of the candle and stones radiating and entering your body. Feel it relax your nerves and help push the worries back a little. Take deep breaths in your nose and out your mouth. Continue this until calmer
Open your eyes and look at your candle flame, watch it and focus on it knowing that you have work to do but its okay. You will be able to do it and you can handle it.
Once you feel prepared blow or snuff out the candle and begin your work. Carry around the crystals for added effects if needed
Kyukimon’s Winds of Offense Protection Spell
“A Bewitching Beast Digimon that can manipulate wind and whose defining feature is its light pink body. From both its arms it can give rise to vacuum tornadoes.”
An air spell used to create an offense protection barrier around one’s self to keep magickal and supernatural attacks at bay.
You Will Need:
Lavender
Peppermint
Mint
Parsley
Amethyst
Small printed out image of something sharp (razor blade, sword, etc)
White Sachet
Outdoor Space
Wind or a Breeze
Steps:
Print out the small image you would like to use to represent weapons or blades. Cut it down to size so it can fit in the sachet. Small toy swords or cocktail swords can also work but can still be pokey.
While still indoors fill your sachet with the herbs, image, and amethyst before tying it shut
Go outside to the area designated for your spell and face the way the breeze or wind is coming from
Hold the sachet in both of your hands close to your chest and close you eyes feeling the energy and movement of the wind
Focus on your intent to bring yourself offensive protection. In this case if needed be more specific such as ‘protection from magickal attacks” or ‘protection from baneful spirits’ etc.
Once your intent is clear visualize the wind that you feel on your face swirling around you and your sachet like a tornado, you are safe inside. Any darkness or threats that come near it cut cut by the winds and warded off from getting near to you. Visualize this until you feel that protective energy about you and visualize it anchored to your sachet.
Once satisfied close the spell as you see fit
Carry sachet with you for its protection. Charge it weekly and cleanse it with wind, incense or near an open window. Keep it dry.
“Although it fundamentally dislikes combat, its Special Move “Ocean Love” makes all of its opponents lose their fighting spirit, resulting in it achieving victory.”
A spell to remove hostility from another or a group, that they are using to cause harm to themselves or others.
You Will Need:
A clam shell
Taglock or Name of person(s)
Dried Chamomile
Himalayan Pink Salt or Sea Salt
Black Candle
Sewing Needle or Pin
Steps:
Light your candle at the beginning of your spell.
Take your taglock or the name(s) on a small strip of paper and put it inside of the clam shell.
“Your spite and anger is a heavy weight, so now I bind you so harm you cannot initiate.” Then repeat “I bind you” 3 times.
Sprinkle the salt and chamomile over the top of the taglock in the shell as you say this.
Blow out your candle and use the wax to pour over the clam shell to seal the binding
Once the wax has dried take your needle and carve an upside down heart onto it. “I remove your hostility and bind it away.”
Keep clam shell somewhere open and bright to help keep the hostility sealed up in it.
To break the binding: break the wax seal on the seashell or remove it and state “I break this binding” 3 times.
Notes: This is a binding spell for when a person (or persons) is hostile and has become a threat to you, to others or themselves. This spell is not meant to change a person’s personality or who they are, it is to prevent them from causing harm. This spell is not a “cure all” for all aggression issues or anger issues.
***All spells listed are a product of my grimoire and originally posted on my tumblr account. All belong to me. I do not own the Digimon that inspired these spells.
Hello my dears, especially all of you young new enthusiastic witches who are curious about the world of witchcraft and the use of mysticism in your life. Witchcraft is very rewarding and is practiced worldwide for a variety of reasons. I, too, was once a curious and honestly confused young witch trying to figure out where to start and how I should begin my journey. This is why I am creating this new series of guides for all of you who have found yourselves in that boat. I truly hope that these will help you greatly!
With these guides, I will be posting all sorts of information for you including vocabulary, links, resources, correspondences, exercises to practice, examples and even in some cases “homework” for you to give a try. So feel free to take notes or save these posts to your blogs for easy access. Feel free to message me or send me asks as well if you have any questions on the topics I cover. Also, to show your appreciation for these free lessons you can buy me a coffee at my Ko-fi Page as a tip, but this is not required at all.
(**note this is a repost of my original post from tumblr all rights still belong to me and my tumblr blog themanicnami**)
What is a witch?
Let’s start with something simple but important for all beginners to understand. What actually is a witch? A witch is an individual who uses magick, pretty simple. They do NOT have to be female or born “into it” or Wiccan. A witch is a person who uses and practices witchcraft and Magick.
What is magick?
Magick is making an effort through energy of oneself or other types of energies to change aspects of one’s life. These changes can vary depending on the type of spells, rituals and practices you are using. The reason a “k” is used at the end of magick is simply to separate it from the word magic which is often associated with illusions and parlor tricks.
What is a spell?
A spell is like a recipe for magick. It is a process using energies, actions, ingredients and sometimes words/chants to get what one desires as result. Spells can range in a variety of complexities from very simple to extremely complex. As a witch, spells are often how you change the aspect of things in your life. Though spells can sometimes require a large variety of ingredients, spells can be as simple as energy and intent.
What is intent?
Simply put, intent is what result you wish to get from your spell or ritual. It is the energy you will be using to get results. Intent is extremely important for any spell. What do you wish to happen when you cast it? Intent is the end goal you are reaching for.
Research Time!
Now that we have the very basic definitions down, it’s time to go over the next important step for you as a young up and coming witch: proper research and note taking. Yes, I know it doesn’t sound like the most enthralling task, but it is such a very important one.
Get yourself a notebook or binder if possible because it’s going to be your best friend during this process. Get one that you like, but don’t feel the need to make it fancy. A simple college ruled 70 page notebook works just fine. Get yourself a pen or two to write with and if possible some highlighters which can really help keep things organized. These will be your tools for the start of your journey, and you will likely continue to use them for years to come. I have been doing witchcraft for just over 9 years now, and even I still use dozens of notebooks full of notes to aid me in my craft.
Now that you have your materials, it’s time for you to start gathering knowledge. On or off tumblr, start looking into aspects of witchcraft that already hold your interest. I will be covering more on these specific topics, but begin your research early. You can never have too much knowledge resources. Save websites and posts to ensure you can easily access them later.
Some good places for you to start is to look into correspondences for the following things:
Herbs
Crystals
Types of Water
Vegetables
Fruits
Moon Phases
Time of Day
Days of the Week
Though these sound simple, it is good to start building up that library. Correspondences of objects are what these items and ingredients are often used for and associated with when it comes to intent. Begin with the basics of finding resources on these topics and anything else you are interested in. Take notes and safe them so that you can reference them later on.
Beginner’s Safety
Just like anything else, witchcraft can be dangerous. You must have some safety precautions and practices to ensure you do not cause harm to yourself or anyone else living with you.
First off, use your common sense. If something seems dangerous and worries you, don’t do it. Our guts should not be ignored. If a spell or ritual calls for dangerous conditions that you are uncomfortable being in, such as filling a room with burning candles or lighting a large object on fire, then it is not worth doing.
Use proper fire safety when burning things. Keep a bowl of sand or salt near you in case the fire flares. Keep your hair tied back if it is longer than your jaw when burning things; roll up your sleeves; make sure you are in a space that is safe to have smoke (open a window if needed). Have something safe to put the burning object/paper in, such as an earthenware or clay bowl/plate. Holding burning paper is just a bad idea. Don’t ever leave candles burning if you are not in the room or if you are leaving, and don’t fall asleep with candles and incense burning. When using oils on candles, keep a close eye on them in case any of the oil catches fire. Don’t ever put water on an oil fire!
When using ingredients in a bath, make sure the items you’re adding to the bath is safe. Certain oils can cause skin irritation or burns (such as pure citrus oil and basil essential oil). If you have a vagina, don’t put sugar into your bath (you can use honey, but don’t use more than a tablespoon or two and don’t use it too often) at risk of a causing yourself a yeast infection (not fun). Make sure the herbs you are using are safe to use in baths and again if a crystal is not safe in water, keep it on the floor or near the tub, but not in the water or where it will get wet. Be smart: Don’t ingest random plants you find outside, unless you are certain it is safe.
Please please don’t relay on your blog only to keep your information and researches safe, and even more so- if your Grimoire is on tumblr, back it up somewhere outside of the website…
I know this type of posts rarely goes into our tags, but we have a lot to lose if/when we lose our posts, blogs or outright lose Tumblr.
We shouldn’t get affected by the new rules that Tumblr’s staff is checking right now (which will kick in starting the 17th), but the majority of blogs being affected are clean as well… and on top of that we have the website getting more broken by the moment…
Okay, folks. So. Tumblr’s jumped the shark in a big way, and I’m not even just talking about indiscriminately blocking all “adult” content on a platform that IS, in fact, primarily 18+.
Many blogs, like the wonderful @blackkatmagic , that are not especially NSFW have vanished.
(And I for one LIKE being able to go to curated porn blogs run by actual people and have a chance of finding stuff to my taste, it was one of the things that kept me on this hellsite, but that’s another issue entirely.)
I know lots of people are talking about migrating, but none of us are sure to where yet. Pillowfort seems to be an option, some people are talking about Twitter. But for now, it’s a mess, and even if we knew where we were going, it’s often a huge process, and a lot of us have stuff on tumblr that ONLY exists there.
One possible quick solution to save your blogs, both NSFW and personal, is to import it to WordPress. I found this solution through from frantic googling on how to save an entire blog, text posts an all. There are several apps for downloading all the pictures from a tumblr, (Plently for Windows, but only a few paid ones for mac, of which Tumbelog Picture Downloader is working for me so far) but this is the only solution I’ve seen so far that allows you to save EVERYTHING. I downloaded my NSFW blog in like 10 min. My regular blog, which is significantly larger, is in the process of importing, but I don’t anticipate any problems. I will, of course, update you if I have any.
This tutorial I found worked really easily. http://quickguide (.) tumblr (.) com/post/39780378703/backing-up-your-tumblr-blog-to-wordpress
I put parenthesis around the .’s like we’re back in FF-Hell, just in case tumblr’s new thing about outgoing links kicks in. You know what to do.
To break it down, just in case:
Sign up for a WordPress.com account at wordpress (.) com/start
You’ll have to create an account, with your email, a username, and a password. They should send you a confirmation email immediately, check it, activate it, and you’re good to go.
On the site, it will ask you for a site name. That page asks you a bunch of other information too, but you only have to fill out the site name.
Then you have to give your site a URL. If you’re lucky, your tumblr URL is still available, if not you’ll have to come up with another one, sorry.
It will tell you if that option is still available for free.
Then it will ask you to pick a plan. Free is really good enough, I swear.
Now you’re set up! You can import your tumblr!
The only differences from the linked tutorial are that the Import button is now on the first level menu, not in tools.
Hit Import, then you have to follow the link for “other importers” at the bottom, to find the option for Tumblr.
Then you’ll have to sign in with tumblr, using your normal tumblr credentials. You’ll be redirected there automatically.
You’ll have to allow WordPress permissions on your blog.
Then your blogs, including all your sideblogs, will show up in wordpress.
Hit import, wait a WHILE depending on the size of your blog, and you’re done!
ALSO!!
I made my NSFW blog private for now, since I don’t know WP’s policy on NSFW.
This means that to access it, someone has to have an account and request access. But hey, part of our problem on this hellsite has been people going places they aren’t wanted, so I don’t personally see this as a bad thing. They can send a request from the landing site on your blog, you get an email, click a link in the email, and PRESTO, they have access.
To make it private, go to Settings > Reading > Site Visibility. Go back and check, it took me changing the setting twice for it to actually stick.
tl;dr, you can import your entire blog to wordpress in just a few steps.
I’m going to tag the hell out of this, in no particular order. PLEASE reblog this and spread the word so people know it’s an option. If you’re having trouble, PM me, and I’m happy to help.
There are a whole bunch more, but that’s a start. Please reblog the hell out of this, so people are aware of this one simple option.
For people asking how to backup thier blog
Honestly I‘m just tagging anyone I can remember blog names for and tagging I know I don‘t know any of y‘all really/you don’t know me by this blog but here spread this
thanks for tagging me, give this a go guys, it works pretty well and its good to have multiple backups (and idk if i trust tumblr’s export function rn)
this post will be updated as I find more websites to add! please check with the original before reblogging to see if there’s an updated version, and message me with more suggestions if you have them!!
for general use
joinmastodon.org – basically like if twitter and discord had a child??
myspace.com – yes, it still exists, i’m just as surprised as you
soup.io – very similar to tumblr, plus it can import your tumblr blog
EDIT: SOUP BROKEN. a lot of people are reporting issues with creating accounts or that the website is totally broken.
twitter.com – allows posting both text and photos in sets, allows retweets
livejournal.com – still an option, but questionably safe for fandom
wordpress.com – old and well-established, often considered the default
geared towards artists and photographers
deviantart.com – huge community, allows posting art + sorting into folders
flickr.com – great community for photographers, can join groups
furaffinity.net – similar to DA but for furries, easy to display commish info
instagram.com – photo and video posts, excellent tag search
piczel.tv – allows both streaming and posting art / photosets to a gallery
pixiv.net – huge anime art community, allows livestreaming
paid platforms
patreon.com – subscription-based access to many diff types of content
pillowfort.io – still in beta, but should function almost identically to tumblr
typepad.com – similar to wordpress but with reblogging and a dash
ways to save your current tumblr posts
use the wayback machine! you do have to archive each page of your blog individually but once you do all the content, including media, will be saved exactly as it was at the moment you archived it.
wordpress and soup both allow you to directly import whole tumblr blogs, and if i recall correctly it’s something both dreamwidth and pillowfort have said they are working on.
if you have some knowledge of computers you can try this github solution which uses a python script to download your whole blog to your computer. even if you don’t know anything about programming or the command line they give a very good beginners tutorial on how to use it so you should still give it a shot!
From someone who’s survived MySpace, livejournal, deviantart, and fanfiction.nets’ content purges and bad policy updates, here’s some advice on how to get through tumblr’s recent bullshit:
– don’t knee jerk delete. I know it’s tempting to peace out immediately but hang on and do the other steps first. Out right ghosting and erasing everything is how fandoms die.
– archive everything on your blog you want to keep
– tell your followers how they can archive and keep your work too. A lot of fic and art were only saved from ff.net and lj because other people saved it first. If you’re cool with other people saving your work for them to personally keep, let them know this. You can absolutely discourage reposting but I really do highly recommend you allow people to personally save fic and art they like and are worried will disappear forever. Digital Dark Ages are a real thing.
– tell people where you’re jumping ship to. Give links. Keep that info up, even if you’ve left the site.
– go through who you follow and find out where else you can follow them. Save their work if they’ll allow it. It’s tedious as hell but if you want to keep up with people on here clicking on their page to check in is the best way to do it.
– support places like ao3. This is exactly why ao3 asks for donations a few times a year. They are a 100% anti-purging, judgement free, ad free non profit run by an elected board and protected by lawyers. Places like ao3 literally save fandom so please continue to support them and other similar archives. This is exactly why ao3 is so important.
Hey @staff you fucking idiots. Your tech is shit and you have no idea what you’re doing. Look at all this explicit nudity and sex happening in these fucking creature design illustrations. Some of these are even in a Scholastic children’s book.
Them’s some real sexual dinosaurs, huh? Reblogs are considered sensitive too? Omg think of the children, they’re gonna see naked dinosaurs, what a bloody joke. Get your act together.
Tumblr is apparently doing some crazy nonsense again, so it seems like a good time to remind everyone that Pillowfort.io is a new social media platform that aims to give users control of their content and how it’s seen and shared, as well as provide better communication tools to promote conversation and creativity. If this sounds good to you, you can donate $5 to our PayPal and you will receive a registration link the Friday after your donation. And if you decide the site isn’t for you, you can request a refund for up to three weeks after you sign up. (All money we receive through this process is going towards paying our hosting expenses and compensating our programmers.)
Tumblr is where I got my start as a comic artist. Where I first learned about things like acknowledging my own privilege and black lives matter and LGBTQ+ and sex positivity and body positivity and SO. MUCH. MORE.
It just sucks to see a site that had such a positive impact on me literally go up in flames. I hope we can get through this.
just saw an anti talking about how they’re celebrating “the death of map tumblr.” right, because that’s the only part of tumblr that’s affected by the new policy, it’s not like their favorite klance smut artist will be affected-oh wait, yes they will! jeez, could these assholes be any more short sighted? 🙄
⚠️Please read if you are a content creator or sex worker!! Adult content will no longer be allowed on tumblr starting December 17th⚠️
I do not give a fuck if this doesn’t suit your blog. Boost this so everyone can prepare and have a backup plan. This is absolute bullshit but they were never supporting us anyway.
And don’t give me “we don’t pay our taxes” because we do. Bye. Thanks for turning into shit Instagram.
So instead of banning all legal adult content on tumblr, why not just go after the porn bots? Like this is punishing people who haven’t even done anything wrong for tumblr inability to take care of bots.
Adults post adult content on here, legally? With appropriate tagging systems. People make money off of NSFW content, and enjoy tagged NSFW, and now you’re telling me that tumblr is getting rid of that because they couldn’t take care of bots? and i’m talking about LEGAL nsfw content that’s tagged appropriately. Like we shouldn’t be punishing them for something that tumblr did?
I don’t understand why this has to be an issue. Just admit that staff is too lazy to actually punish the people who are in the wrong, and have instead decided to punish literally everyone. They’re are artist, sex workers, and content creators on this site who thrive off of being able to post adult content.
really not happy with this new policy they’re trying to implement.
Anyways i’ll post links to my Instagrams later.
Don’t think i’ll go to twitter because i cannot for the life of me keep up with it.
just sad/mad that i use Tumblr as a sort of Art Reference place (on one of my private blogs) and am concerned that they’re going to do this and that i’ll lose all my art references.
Same though Im thinking dreamwidth maybe pillowfort.
Since its founding in 2007, Tumblr has always been a place for wide open, creative self-expression at the heart of community and culture. To borrow from our founder David Karp, we’re proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and crusaders to redefine our culture and to help empower individuality.
Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. We’ve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change. Some of that change began with fostering more constructive dialogue among our community members. Today, we’re taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions).
Let’s first be unequivocal about something that should not be confused with today’s policy change: posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community. We’ve always had and always will have a zero tolerance policy for this type of content. To this end, we continuously invest in the enforcement of this policy, including industry-standard machine monitoring, a growing team of human moderators, and user tools that make it easy to report abuse. We also closely partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, two invaluable organizations at the forefront of protecting our children from abuse, and through these partnerships we report violations of this policy to law enforcement authorities. We can never prevent all bad actors from attempting to abuse our platform, but we make it our highest priority to keep the community as safe as possible.
So what is changing?
Posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr, and we’ve updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change. We recognize Tumblr is also a place to speak freely about topics like art, sex positivity, your relationships, your sexuality, and your personal journey. We want to make sure that we continue to foster this type of diversity of expression in the community, so our new policy strives to strike a balance.
Why are we doing this?
It is our continued, humble aspiration that Tumblr be a safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community. As Tumblr continues to grow and evolve, and our understanding of our impact on our world becomes clearer, we have a responsibility to consider that impact across different age groups, demographics, cultures, and mindsets. We spent considerable time weighing the pros and cons of expression in the community that includes adult content. In doing so, it became clear that without this content we have the opportunity to create a place where more people feel comfortable expressing themselves.
Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.
So what’s next?
Starting December 17, 2018, we will begin enforcing this new policy. Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose. All changes won’t happen overnight as something of this complexity takes time.
Another thing, filtering this type of content versus say, a political protest with nudity or the statue of David, is not simple at scale. We’re relying on automated tools to identify adult content and humans to help train and keep our systems in check. We know there will be mistakes, but we’ve done our best to create and enforce a policy that acknowledges the breadth of expression we see in the community.
Most importantly, we’re going to be as transparent as possible with you about the decisions we’re making and resources available to you, including more detailed information, product enhancements, and more content moderators to interface directly with the community and content.
Like you, we love Tumblr and what it’s come to mean for millions of people around the world. Our actions are out of love and hope for our community. We won’t always get this right, especially in the beginning, but we are determined to make your experience a positive one.
Jeff D’Onofrio CEO
Here’s the problem with this, and it is a problem
This is aimed at most NSFW instead of the actual problem which is the bots, pedophilia and other mental/political issues that could be dealt with.
Trying to remove most positive and other wise ok NSFW because YOU lacked the ability and time frame to remove bots and viruses from YOUR platform is YOUR problem and lead to it being our problem and now YOU are punishing the people on here for it.
And the “no shortage of adult sites” statement is absolutely abhorrent that you view it that way. Some people don’t wanna go to those sites. Some people don’t like videos. Some people may want to explore privately or express themselves in ways that they don;’t want to do fully and publicly.
Certain tags and things i can understand removing but reducing it to just talking about sex positivity …isn’t positive. You are TAKING away peoples right to freely express themselves.
Ya know what i also remember from years ago when you yahoos took over the site? There was a big outcry about the possibly blocking of NSFW content, i laughed honestly because some of it was over dramatic.
The weren’t wrong. You are.
Don;t punish people because you and your company didn’t handle and issue that the people on this damn site pointed out for months on end and you didn’t do a damn thing about it.
you know what sucks is that it isn’t that they are removing nsfw content cause they wanna be all moral and shit, they did literally nothing about it until apple removed their app from the store and i guess it just shows you that they don’t give a shit about their consumers and more about their image
So instead of banning all legal adult content on tumblr, why not just go after the porn bots? Like this is punishing people who haven’t even done anything wrong for tumblr inability to take care of bots.
Adults post adult content on here, legally? With appropriate tagging systems. People make money off of NSFW content, and enjoy tagged NSFW, and now you’re telling me that tumblr is getting rid of that because they couldn’t take care of bots? and i’m talking about LEGAL nsfw content that’s tagged appropriately. Like we shouldn’t be punishing them for something that tumblr did?
I don’t understand why this has to be an issue. Just admit that staff is too lazy to actually punish the people who are in the wrong, and have instead decided to punish literally everyone. They’re are artist, sex workers, and content creators on this site who thrive off of being able to post adult content.
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