Weekly Witchy Challenge - Witch Brews & Potions Entry
Below is a list of my Intentions to choose a spell and a potion to achieve my final outcome for Grounding my Son and Banishing Demons:
Intentions:
- A Spell to assist in “Grounding” my son. He has changed his journey in life but he now knows this was the wrong path to take.
- A Potion to Banishing any Demon that may enter my space or my families space with the intent to harm.
The Spell I am using for my first intention is a Grounding Tea Spell. (hemanicnami.tumblr.com/namis-grounding-tea, 16 SEP 2016)
Nami’s Grounding Tea
⦁Black tea of your choice
⦁Cinnamon (powdered is the best)
⦁Sugar
⦁Peppermint or Rose petals (depending on which you have or prefer, i personally prefer rose petals)
⦁(optional) Milk or Cream
Heat your water to a temperature you enjoy drinking it at, I personally don’t get mine to the point of boiling due to sensitive teeth that don’t like heat. Pour it into your cup with the black tea and sugar placed into it. The Black tea is for energy as well as strong relations to the earth and grounding, the sugar is for more energy and attracting positive energies to yourself. Take one spoonful of rose petals/mint for divination and psychic power enhancement and put them into your tea (preferably into a tea holder or infuser of some kind). Finally add a tiny bit of milk (if you wish) and a half of spoonful of cinnamon to the top of the cup. The cinnamon is for power, energy and psychic powers and stir it clockwise (Nami, 9/16/2016)
I prefer to use tea versus coffee. It must be an intuition but I belief tea has a stronger spiritual connection over coffee.
Reading the Tea Leaves or Coffee Grounds
Reading tea leaves or coffee grounds has traditionally been practiced in many countries by the women in the family, typically at gatherings of family and friends (Fortune Telling Using Tea Leaves, Coffee Grounds., 2016)
⦁Tea leaf reading is also referred to as tasseomancy, tasseography or teomancy.
⦁Coffee reading is known as cafeomancy.
Tea Method
⦁First of all sit, down and enjoy your cup of tea. Remembering of course, that you need to make your tea the old-fashioned way using a teapot, so that you end up with a fair few tea leaves!
⦁You need a teacup with a wide mouth, sloping side of cups, and a plain, undecorated surface inside of cup.
⦁Do not strain the tea as you pour it. Many people believe you cannot read your own cup, however that is a personal preference. As with any form of divination, it is always difficult to read your own fortune objectively. (Powers, 2016)
Remember, this is a form of divination. is to sit down, enjoy the tea,
relax and gather your thoughts.
Before you even start the reading , there may already be
some early signs to interpret: (Powers, 2016)
⦁ Bubbles on the surface of your tea or coffee means that money is on its way.
⦁ If any tea leaves are floating on the surface, then visitors are imminent. The number of leaves shows how many days away they are.
⦁ If two teaspoons are accidently placed on a saucer, then you can expect news of twins soon.
⦁ If a teaspoon is placed upside down onto a saucer then you will hear news of the ill-health of a close relative.
⦁ Finish your tea leaving a small amount of liquid in the bottom of cup of the cup.
⦁ Holding the cup in your left hand, swirl the tea leaves round three times in a clockwise direction. Make sure that the remaining tea swirls around the whole of the cup.
⦁ Then, upend the cup on the saucer and let the liquid drain away.
Now you can examine the cup and the patterns of the tea leaves inside. As
a general first impression, just a scattering of leaves inside the cup
indicates a tidy mind and disciplined life. A lot of leaves indicates a rich,
full, busy life.
First take a quick look inside the cup to see if there are any
signs that jump out at you: (Powers, 2016)
⦁ Any distinct drops of tea or coffee that remain in the cup despite the swirling and emptying of the cup, represent tears.
⦁ A very large clump of tea leaves indicates trouble. Near the handle - trouble caused by your own making. Opposite the handle - the trouble is not your fault.
⦁ Tea-stalks indicate people. Long stalks indicate men. Shorter stalks indicate women. Pale or dark stalks indicate colouring. Slanted stalks indicate untrustworthy people.
⦁ Most tea leaf readers interpret the patterns that the dark tea leaves make against the light background of the cup. However, some also read the images formed in white (seen on the cup itself), with the dark clumps of tea leaves forming the background.
Reading the Leaves
⦁ The cup is held so that the handle points towards the questioner. The handle represents the questioner and his or her home, and the tea leaves are read in relation to the position of the handle.
⦁ The rim of the Cup represents recent events. Leaves lying closer to the bottom of the Cup indicate events that are more distant in time. The very bottom of the Cup represents misfortunes.
⦁ Leaves that lie to the right of the handle indicate the future, and leaves to the left of the handle indicate the past.
⦁ The further away the leaves lie from the handle, the further away the events are in either time or even physical distance. (Powers, 2016)
The hardest part of this Grounding Spell was getting my son to do it with me. His girlfriend is very much into this type of ritual including Astrology, Tarot Cards, Palm Reading, The Moon and etc…Over the last few years, nonchalontly, she has been teaching and/or reading “misc topics” which helped me. I told him I needed to use him for school paper…it worked! He told me he would do this with me once a month…this will be my quality time and alone time with my son.
Potions
Potions, for some reason, never enter my mind to make. I was watching Charmed today and Pheebe was making a vanquishing potion to get rid of Cole because he killed a innocent. This reminded me of my “Demons”
As per "The TravelWitch_Bry at Spells 8, What is a Potion?:
“A potion is a combination of ingredients and magickal intent. It can be something consumed, applied topically, added to a ritual bath, diffused into the air, or used as a spell enhancement. Potions come in as many forms and have as many properties as there are types of magick” (Bry, Spells8, 2022)
The second Intention is a Potion to vanquish any Demon that may enter my space or my families space with the intent to harm. This Potion is from the
I am learning a lot about making potions and this might not be the way for me to go. Making my own Potion requires a lot of experience, knowledge and patience, all which I do not have. I am hoping by the end of this Weekly Witchy Challenge, I will have some feedback in order to learn more about Potions and Demons.
Here is a Potion that I found on the website; www.livejournal.com, belthazor, March 14, 2006
Potion to Vanquish an Upper Level Demon
Ingrediants
2 Cockles
3 Crickets
1 Pig’s Foot
Mandrake Root
Sprig of toadflax
Dash of Cardamom
Pinch of Carrot Seeds
Strip of Elm Bark
Mix the ingredients in a pot over fire with boiling water. In theory, this should work to vanquish an upper level demon. ( Since these ingrediants might be a little difficult to obtain, I decided to make my own Potion.
Remove Demons from Home
If you get notification that your, house is not safe for you then what will you do? We think you do not know but you can remove demons from home with our helping method. First we should find that our house is usually has bad environment or it has demonic environment. If your home have fleshy environment then your house affected from demonic powers. These types of home are not ordinary home because these are spiritual homes that keeping demons or evil inside the home.
If you want to remove demons from home, then please consult with spiritual prayers or discuss with our astrology specialist. (livejournal.com, belthazor, March 14, 2006). This surpised me, I did not put an astrology specialist together with vaqushing a Demon.
I accualty had someone remove a Demon from me! I was sitting in front of a sink doing dishes at my friends house when out of no where, this black object as big as me, fell out of my right side. It took my breathe away for maybe 2 minuets, I could not talk and when I gasped for air, my friend asked me what just happened? When I could finally speak, I told him. That’s when he told me he threw Blessed Holy Water on me because he knew I had a Demon inside me. From that experience, I decided to come up with a potion using Blessed Holy Water for this Challenge. I went to a Church and purchased a bottle but, you can make your own. Below is an article that shows how to do this: (Rice, Jacob, Sept.6, 2016)
How To Make (Relic) Holy Water
⦁ Get some water. It doesn’t matter what kind (tap, purified, Brita…it’s all good).
⦁ Put the water into a clean container (again, it doesn’t really matter what it is: flask, vase, mixing bowl, etc.)
⦁ Drop a pinch of kosher sea salt into it.
⦁ There are two options to finish the holy water:
⦁ Use a holy relic like rosary, a cross, St. Benedict’s coin, another symbol with Christ;
⦁ Recite Psalm 103.
There are other ways and options to obtain Holy Water, here are a few: (Rice, Jacob, Sept.6, 2016)
⦁ Saint Holy Water
This type of holy water is found in holy wells associated with famous Catholic saints. The most famous well is in Lourdes, France. This means you’d have to travel to a well to take the holy water. Not very practical.
⦁ Gregorian Holy Water
This is the traditional kind of holy water. It has ashes, salt and wine as well as the holy water. It’s generally used to consecrate altars, but it would work against demons.
*Please note: You could also run into a strong demon, and your relic holy water won’t help. You’d need to get something stronger, holy oil. (Rice, Jacob, Sept.6, 2016)
Symbols
The symbols and meanings that follow below can be used as a general guide when doing your readings. However, you may find that certain symbols have a particular meaning for you alone and vary from the meanings given below. Feel free to follow your own instincts when doing readings. Basically, the rule of thumb is, if it works well, then stick with it. (Powers, 2016)
A
⦁ Abbey Freedom from worry.
⦁ Ace of Clubs A letter.
⦁ Ace of Diamonds A present.
⦁ Ace of Hearts Happiness.
⦁ Ace of Spades A large building.
⦁ Acorn Success At top of cup - Financial success. Middle of cup - Good health. Near bottom of cup - Improvement in health or finances.
⦁ Aircraft Sudden journey, not without risk. Possible diappointment. If broken indicates an accident.
⦁ Alligator Treachery, an accident.
⦁ Anchor Top of cup - success in business and romance. Middle of cup - prosperous voyage. Near bottom of cup - social success. Obsured - anticipate difficulties.
⦁ Angel Good news.
⦁ Ankle Instability.
⦁ Ant Success through perseverance.
⦁ Anvil Conscientious effort.
⦁ Apple Business achievement.
⦁ Arc Ill health, accidents.
⦁ Arch Journey abroad, a wedding.
⦁ Arrow Bad news.
⦁ Axe Difficulites and troubles that will be overcome.
B
⦁ Baby A series of small worries.
⦁ Bag A trap ahead. If open - you can escape; if closed - you will be trapped.
⦁ Bagpipes Disappointment.
⦁ Ball A person connected with sport, or variable fortunes in your life.
⦁ Balloon Short-term troubles.
⦁ Barrel A party.
⦁ Basin Trouble at home. If broken - serious trouble.
⦁ Basket If empty - money worries. If full - a present. If near the handle of cup - a baby. If near the top of cup - possessions. If full of flowers - social success. Surrounded by dots - unexpected money coming your way.
⦁ Bat False friends, a journey ending in disappointment.
⦁ Bath Disappointment.
⦁ Bayonet A minor accident, a spiteful remark.
⦁ Beans Poverty.
⦁ Bear Facing handle of cup - irrational decisions cause difficulties. Facing away from handle of cup - a journey.
⦁ Bed Inertia.
⦁ Bee Social success, good news. Near handle of cup - friends gathering. Swarm of bees - success with an audience.
⦁ Beehive Prosperity.
⦁ Beetle Scandal, a difficult undertaking.
⦁ Bell Unexpected news. Near top of cup - promotion. Near bottom of cup - sad news. Two bells - joy. Several bells - a wedding.
⦁ Bellows Plans will meet with setbacks.
*Please note that the rest of the list can be read here, otherwise, this Challenge would be 10 pages long: Fortune Telling Using Tea Leaves, Coffee Grounds.
There seem to be several ways, times, days, night, daytime and using colors, herbs, spices, material objects and much more when deciding to preform Magick.
Pin by Psychic Life Journey on Correspondences|Magick,Magick spells …
Magick is very new to me and I did not think about the difference between Spells and Potions and when I should you use a spell or use a potion. The answer to that, according to Kitty @ Otherwordlyoracle.com, here is a list of the best days and times to perform Magick:
Magical Days of the Week and Their Correspondences Magical Days of the Week: Correspondences & Daily Energy 2019, Kitty)
Every day is magical; therefore, you can harness the energy of a specific magical day of the week instead of waiting for a planet to move or the moon to cycle.
- Sunday Magick
Sunday is named for…you guessed it…the Sun! So we can think of this weekday’s magick as everything related to the sun. Cast your spells and perform rituals on Sunday for the following intentions: growth, prosperity, strength, vitality, healing, opportunity, money and victory.
Sunday’s magical correspondences:
Magical Intentions: abundance, growth, enlightenment, strength, healing
Crystals: citrine, sunstone, pyrite, gold, goldstone, carnelian, orange calcite, tiger’s eye, amber
Herbs: sunflower, chamomile, calendula,
marigold, bergamot, oak, rosemary, oregano
Gods/Goddesses: Helios, Amaterasu, Sunna, Sulis, Ra, Bastet, Sekhmet, Freyr, Apollo, Belenos, Aurora
- Monday Magick
We often dread Mondays, but Monday has a special kind of magick that might make you think differently. Monday is named after the Moon. Therefore, all magick related to the moon can also be performed on a Monday! No more waiting for the right moon cycle if you have an immediate need. Cast spells and perform rituals for the following intentions: love, healing, intuition, psychic abilities, dreams, emotional balance, friendship, purification, fertility, shadow and spirit work.
Monday’s Magical Correspondences:
Magical Intentions: intuition, dreams, shadow work, psychic abilities, emotional balance, friendship
Crystals/Metals: silver, moonstone, pearl, fluorite, amethyst, quartz, sapphire
Herbs: moonflower, jasmine, gardenia, white rose
Gods/Goddesses: Thoth, Selene, Diana, Artemis, Luna, Hecate, Phoebe, Kalfu
- Tuesday’s Magick
Tuesday’s name isn’t as easy to figure out. Tuesday is named after the Norse god of lightning, justice, and war – Tyr. When Tuesday rolls around, my mom and I say, Happy Tyr’s Day! Being that Tyr was a powerful god with strength and virility, the magick you perform on Tuesday should include: justice/legal issues, protection, binding, banishing, reversal, courage, power, passion, self esteem and confidence, and more. Not surprisingly, Tuesday is ruled by the planet Mars (also a god of war).
Magical Intentions: legal matters, justice, protection, binding, banishing, reversal, courage, self confidence
Crystals: carnelian, ruby, bloodstone, garnet, red jasper
Herbs: dragon’s blood, nettle, thistle, thorns, wormwood, hawthorn, red flowers and plants associated with Mars
Gods/Goddesses: Tyr, Mars, Apollo, Maeve, Bran, Ares, Valkyries, Sekhmet, Kali, The Morrigan, any war or justice deity
- Wednesday’s Magick
Wednesday is also a day that acquired its name from an old Norse god – Odin. In the Germanic, in particular Saxon tribes, he was also called Woten or Wodin, hence Wednes-day or Woden’s day. Odin is the All-Father in the Norse pantheon and rules wisdom, mischief, poetry, quests and the runes (among many other things). Wednesday is ruled by the planet Mercury, which rules communication and more. So, if you cast on Wednesday, it should be for one of the following intentions: communication (verbal and written), technology, cars/transportation, wisdom, clarity, spiritual growth or enlightenment, travel, psychic abilities, courage, divination (particularly the runes), and power.
Wednesday’s Magical Correspondences:
Magical Intentions: divination, wisdom, knowledge, education, traveling, communication, spiritual enlightenment, courage, mischief
Crystals: Agate, citrine, aventurine, sodalite, lapis, hematite, emerald
Herbs: lavender, rosemary, fern, cherry, licorice, poppy, mugwort, plantain, apple, fennel, chervil
Gods/Goddesses: Odin, Mercury, Hermes
Thursday’s Magick
Thursday is named for one of our favorite Marvel characters and originally the Norse god of thunder – Thor. Thursday’s magick focuses on the following intentions: protection, power, male fertility, strength, purification, consecration, storm energy, and forest magick. In addition Thursday is ruled by the planet Jupiter, which is the planet of good luck, prosperity, health, career success, leadership, politics, legal matters, etc.
Magical Intentions: storms, legal matters, military, protection, cleansing, consecration, good luck, prosperity, career success
Crystals/Stones: amethyst, sapphire, turquoise, lepidolite, sugilite
Herbs: cinnamon, beech, oak, thorns, garlic, hawthorn, leek and onion, thistle
Gods/Goddesses: Thor, Juno, Jupiter
Friday Magick
Friday is a magical day of the week named for one of two goddesses: Freya or Frigg. Both are Norse goddesses and it’s debated whether Friday is named after one or the other. Some say they’re the same goddess, further complicating the matter. Freya and Frigg share similar qualities, which are good intentions for Friday magick: love, motherhood, marriage, emotions, female fertility, the household, passion, beauty, war and death. Friday is ruled by the planet Venus, Venus was also a goddess of love, passion, etc. When you think of Friday think the day of LOVE and passion.
Friday Magic Correspondences:
Magical Intentions: love, passion, sex, home and hearth, family, motherhood, female fertility, death, beauty
Crystals/stones: rose quartz, pink tourmaline, moonstone, jade, peridot, emerald, ruby
Herbs: red hibiscus, rose, lavender, rosemary, jasmine, blue lotus, violet, birch, sage, ivy
Gods/Goddesses: Freya, Frigg, Venus, Aphrodite
Saturday Magick
Saturday is named after the planet and god Saturn. Therefore everything Saturn rules is appropriate for magick on Saturdays including self improvement and transformation, knowledge-seeking, time, evaluating one’s personal values, banishing negativity and bad habits, etc.
Saturday Magic Correspondences:
Magical Intentions: knowledge, values/morals, time, banishing, self transformation, psychic defense, meditation, locating lost items or people, self defense, liberation
Crystals/stones: onyx, obsidian, smokey quartz, jet, pumice
Herbs: myrrh, moss, thyme, basil, hemlock, nettle, peppermint, pomegranate, hyacinth, mallow, juniper
Gods/Goddesses: Saturn, The Norns, Oshun, Yemaya, Set, Cronus (OtherworldlyOracle, Kitty, 2019).
In conclusion, there are a huge number of spells out there and collecting them to put in the Book Of Shadows (BOS) is an excellent idea. It will keep you organized and be able to obtain quickly. Potions seems to be more personalized according to the sistuation. For example, Demonic.
Source
Nami’s Grounding Tea - Witchy Things, 16 SEP 2016
Fortune Telling Using Tea Leaves, Coffee Grounds.
Magical Days of the Week: Correspondences & Daily Energy, Kitty
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for ingenuity.
I’ll find them though… I have to see which creative juices decide to start flowing… 
), but I’m glad that despite what happened you were able to enjoy a lovely Night of Hekate and work some peaceful moon magick 
And look at those brownies- YUM! 
And I just have to say that I’m really proud of you for sticking with it despite the challenge. You’re very strong to keep working towards improvement, and step by step you’re going in the right direction. Great job! 
Thanks for sharing, wishing you much abundance and prosperity! 
Wishing you all the best with your aura work this week- I’ll look forward to hearing how it goes! Good luck! 
But, I would like to try. Following, I’m gonna try to share (show off) some of my tools and my Altar, which once was my dresser, lol. So here goes, wish me luck, and thank you anyone who checks out my post and pics! 
