I love this manifestation for your needs through a spell and altar meditation. This worked wonderfully I see which is fabulous!
Also @Francessca, Bath Salts are a terrific gift - I love making/giving and receiving them and yours look great! 
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Thank you so much for you positivity and feedback @jan_TheGreenWitch , I appreciate it 
! Itās my first time making bath salts, and writing a spell.
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Jan The GreenWitch,
I wanted to thank you for sharing your journey of healing with me and thank you for sharing this mindful meditation. To tell you the truth meditation has become a hudge blessing in my life and I know you could agree with me the strength and healing we can have from meditation. I am so happy 
that you are carving out that time for your self! Self love and care is so important! Itās most important! You have some determination and I know you are going to heal! I feel it in my bones.! I am praying 
and doing mindful meditation and I think I will heal too! At least we doing the best we can to find wholeness!
Live, laugh 
and love 
Jeannie
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Rowanās Weekly Witchy Challenge-Tactical Magick Entry
This challenge is right up my alley, I systematically do tactical magick daily. From lighting my black candle each morning for the protection of my loved ones and in honor of Hekate, to smudging my home, opening the patio door, and spraying my earth spray after (weekly), to salting my entry ways. I also have an evil eye hanging on my kitchen window to ward off any negativity.
I draw runes on steamy mirrors for protection, confidence, and financial security/abundance/success.
I place a cap of red wine (cooking wine) and shiny coins out back on my patio table to appease the fae also 
Iāve done all these methods for quite a while, that now it has become a routine.
I seen the spell to stop gossip/lying so I think I am going to do that one ( just as a boost to rid any whispering liars) along with a simmer pot of orange/clove/cinnamon.
Thanks to the creators for this challenge idea, and as always thanks to @BryWisteria for putting it together.
Bless-ed Be,
Rowan
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I am grateful for the insight and ideas from others who are health challenged. My heart overflows with your words, and like you, meditation and consistency in my rituals have kept me going. I am determined to use this experience to propel me forward in every aspect of my life. It is challenging and humbling facing cancer, and I share my story so that others can see things that could help them ā and that they are not alone in the quest for good health. I learn so much from hearing yours @Jeannie1 and others share their stories - the good, the bad and the ugly - Itās not easy to put the life you desire on hold to heal, and the entire process can be daunting to the point of feeling beaten down and helpless.
As much as being a witch has helped me through the enormity that witches like us live through, as you know there is no magick wand to wave to make it instantaneously all go away; no magickal ruby red shoes to click together to take us home and undo all of the nightmare we are experiencing; and no miraculous chant/ritual/incantation that we can say to walk away healed. If that were the case, then our bodies would have been healed long ago. To me, my cancer is my trial, and my challenge is to not quit, encourage others to get to know their bodies and speak up when something isnāt right, to strengthen my core mind, body and soul to survive and thrive where others may fail, and honor all of the warriors who came before me by using their strength to walk this healing path and lending mine to others to do the same.
Witchcraft keeps me in the game of life, winning each challenge and battle, but ultimately itās up to me and the strength I cultivate within myself that determines if I win the war. What defines the criteria of a win is entirely up to me.
Love you so much @Jeannie1!
Jan 
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Amethystās Weekly Witchy Challenge Entry
This week Iām gonna do something Iāve been wanting to do, get over my writerās block. LOL! Iām writing fanfiction of Harry Potter and Iāve been stuck on this chapter and Iām gonna get it done this Sunday!
So I wrote this chant to Apollo to help me and am lighting a yellow candle for focus and mental clarity. Hopefully, that will help me get over the hump and get back in the groove. Hereās the chant:
Mighty Apollo, hear my plea!
Bring my words back to me!
Let the conversation flow from my pen,
and relay all the magic that resides therein!
Wish me luck!
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Hi Amaris_Bane. Thank you for bringing that point up regarding the Welcome Mats. I did not think about that. Blessed Be,
Medea
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@Amethyst Good Morning. I am sure you probably know all about this website, but just in case you havenāt here is one that looks like something that might help with Writers Block:
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Challenge Entry
After two days of brainstorming, I figured out what to do! I still had some money left over from birthday (wasnāt sure what to spend it on) and decided to buy Bayonetta 3 for the Nintendo Switch.
Image from Nintendo
One of Bayonettaās (best fictional witch, change my mind, ) magical tactics for fighting angels, demons, and homunculi is summoning demon slaves by dancing.
Bast enjoys when others dance for her, so on Saturday, I did a heavily improvised dance (without summoning any demon slavesā¦ or losing half my clothes 
) for Bast to expel all the negative energy within my physical and emotional body.
Afterward, I did a Tarot reading to ask Bast how I can remain stress-free during the holidays and I drew the Sun. 
I think itās a reminder why I celebrate Yule/Christmas: to celebrate the rebirth of the God.
This is a time to be thinking of others. A time to be full of warmth and generosity like the sun (which gives us so much).
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Welcome Stacy11. Your first post is very informational, incorporating Magick and yoga. I look forward to more posts from you. Blessed Be.
Medea
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I was going to do a freezer spell, but Iām out of lemons. I have a co worker who is always negative and it drives me crazy. I have a book called Workplace Magick and it is written by Marie Bruce. I found a spell to protect from negative criticism and repel negativity.
Weekly Challenge Entry
Sit at you altar.
Take a large smokey quartz cystal and hold it in your hands while chanting:
The harshest words I will not hear
Nor will spite invoke a tear.
End the sniping, end the jibes
For I am protected from negative vibes!
Take the crystal to your place of work and keep it in a prominent place on your desk or keep it in your pocket.
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am determined to use this experience to propel me forward in every aspect of my life. It is challenging and humbling facing cancer, and I share my story so that others can see things that could help them ā and that they are not alone in the quest for good health.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart
My dear I did not know you had cancer 
itās like the cancer sighn soft in the inside but you have a hard shell. I see you shinning through.
Thatās what I want more than anything in the world write know to be healed. I am on the bed right know I worked in the garden 
today with a shovel and worked my tail end off again to let out some anger digging the dirt and getting rid of weeds. Then I went to dinner then I called my aunt to let her know I had something to give her. Then I went to the bathroom and I got another uti! My gosh I am on the bed 
doing a meditation and drinking water 
and I am going to heal myself!Its the worry about my kids! One is homeless and the other is in the hospital again. So I am going to have a bowl 
of water when I do my meditation you can try it too. Water has healing properties then after meditation I will drink the water with all my positive energy! Just keep doing what youāre doing Jan ThrGreenWitch! Say out loud I am a cancer free! So mote it be!
But like you said āThere is no Ruby Slippersā but we can use our magic 
here is a Mantra we are not our bodies and we are not are feelings either!
I wanted to give you this tarot card and look at her hat 
it has the infinite sighn! Imagine that the hat above your head is infinite and imagine a light going all the way around! What color is your lite? You are very humble Jan and keep saying you are cancer free! I will keep you in prayer 
sweetie! Thanks Jan for being a warrior and keep fighting! And thank you for letting me know I am not alone too. I really just want to keep this post and keep it close.
**We are warriors **
This is my prayer bowl used by the ancients and I used a black candle while doing meditation! Get a bowl and pray
for courage and strength!Mighty Heckate Queen of all witches we pray for your blessings!Hail Heckate
Rowan
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From lighting my black candle each morning for the protection of my loved ones and in honor of Hekate, to smudging my home, opening the patio door, and spraying my earth spray after (weekly), to salting my entry ways. I also have an evil eye hanging on my kitchen window to ward off any negativity.
Thatās a really good way to keep that negativity out! I lite a black candle and smudged my tarot decks yesterday! I could not do them all at once but if I do it weekly then I could make sure there all smudged and cleansed!
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I place a cap of red wine (cooking wine) and shiny coins out back on my patio table to appease the fae also
I love this idea Rowan I canāt wait to give an offering like that to the fae! I really look up to you, Your so magical and the fae are going to bless you!
Jeannie
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Challenge entry
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So ive been picking up tai chi and yoga this week, partially its a way to get healthy and loose weight but also in order to help with pain that has been coming n going for over a week. But another reason is to work work energy, particulatly with taichi and im looking for a tai chi ball to incorporate.but yet another reason is to help with stress and anxiety. . And to embrace my spiritual side and reclaim parts of me that were rejected by the church and friends in it. I saw the benifits, they just said it was demonic and wlrk of the devil, but they though psychology wasnt christianā¦ sometimes i still feel i have to work on the mental battle of self worth and acceptance and taking care of myself. It can be a rollercoster, sometimes its going well but others its an uphill batyle and i feel i will fall out of the carriage before i reach the top. But these little things i reclaim help me to feel its ok to be myself and i enjoy energy work as i sometumes feel it and before i didnt know why and i was mafe to fear it, but now i understamd n im not afraid and i feel its a part of me. . It builds my confidence when i am able to embrace this and not take on negative opinions from ppl who have differemt views and insist their way is the only way.
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This week im going to take a pouch of crystals charged with intent and surrounding positivity and communication. Particularly for the staff meeting on wednesday night after work. Everyones been stressed n there is alot of tension but its tge first staff meeting in along time and most are new ppl so i want to put sonething in place to help it go smoothly and positively. Ive come out of too many in tears in the past because while i was goibg aboce ans beyond i felt things said were having a go saying wasnt doing enough, i felt shattered n broken and sometimes pretty bad. All the negativity, maybe because of way it was said it came accross tgat if person supposed to do it didnāt someone else sjould og picked up slack. Since that person often staying behind hours after work picking up the slack for others partly to avoid negativotu like this at staff neetings or at work that there were things missed maybe on days i wasnt at work or if told something was done but it wasnt or i didmt have time to do with eberything else habing to do or being told to leave it and go hone on time as ppl in morning would do, n if did complaints would come up. But complaints were it wasnt done. Soneone else was supposed to do it but didnt before they left then because it eas getting late i was told to leave it n be donr in morning but the comments or complaints were directed at everyone not just the person who was supposed to do it, so the cycle went round. Id feel if i found something not done that needed to be done, i felt i had to do it bevause if i didnt ppl would complain. No one cared who was supposed to do it or that to pick up slack i stayed back hrs, just as long as it was doneā¦ problem is now im the only one who knows the standard we used to be held to to ejat is supposed to be doneā¦ im the last one left. I do what i can to help n keep tginfs going smoothly but i try find balance, but beinf so understaffed and relief staff not trying or not knowing what to do n take twice as long its causing alot of stress on ghe liftle regular staff as we ofyen have to do mkst of stuff which is tge job of multiple ppl each to make uo for the relef staff or lacl of staff which sometimes doesnt feel much different tbhā¦ but i dont want for this to become a place everyone gets swallowed up by bitterness or negativity. Even if we all kinda feel like we are going through an ongoing hell that we get top will get better soon but weve been told that for a long time n nothing changes. So i want to have something to help this staff meeting and working week in general to block negaticity, help bring us together as a team and help constructive communication yo fibd stratagies. We all know the situation sucks, but if we focus too much on the problems we may not find solutions. N i want the place to be strong n positive even in a time we all are struggling to get through each day. Nothing is ever certain from day to day. We need a little help so im going to see if bringing skme crystals in charged with intent will help even if more so for the staff meetinf.
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I call this one strategic tarot
it only works with physical cards though but i found some tips on getting specific answers based on where cards are in relation to other cards which habe a specific meaming. I found these tips on pinterest. Theres lots of them in there but the idea is that a card represents a situation like feeling stuck might be the hanged man. The tip says if you feel stuck find the hanged man in the deck and the card under it is why you feel stuck and the card above is how to deal with or over come it. Other examples may be the empress to know how to care for self, Relationship issues the lovers cards etc. Its an interesting way to use the deck not so much in random spreads of cards but muvh like significators used in lenormand system, which im not sure may work with same trick or tip but with tarot it seems to. Also using tarot for yes no questions or timing when need advice on something. That one could be both pysical deck or app. Though if did a free form spread and dealt cards on app ( for those with fools dog apps) i might be able to do it if i plave cards till find ones i want then show cards looking at with rest just to side. Havent trjed it but maybe i will when on the go n cant pull out a deck of tarot at the time lol. -
I think im up 4 lol ive been waiting for permission to stop studying a degree which only doing for work for 10months. I compromised in staff shortage and because we now have a staff to fit the roll that needed the degree n they have finished already. My compromise was to switch back to a lower qualificatiin which was more flexible but until they say yes can drop degree ( both only doing for work but the lesser qualifixation was at own pace so not as full on as having due dates which due to extra work or health isdues mskes hard havibg due dates. . 3 out 4 weeks this past month ive worked extra day and two of tgose weeks worked extra few houes on top of shuft n often our lunches were shorter and shifts longer.)ā¦ but its been a month since i ofgicially asked to stop degree and do the lower qualification. . Im still waiting to hear back so until then im doing both. N next assessment is coming up soon as due. But past few weeks not been avle to do much if any at all because the extra hours has been killing me n the pain left in n stress n pressure under. . So now still eaiting to hear if i can drop degree njust do diploma i am left trying to play catch up om both until i hear back. Ive gicen them all paperwork need. But so im looking at something i can do to get a response back and hopefully permission to drop to the more flexible qualification tgat already started while trying to do other until i am told xan stop. Im told they want to have everyone workung towards tbe lower qual or habe that even if only need a certain amount at that level and have others working towards or have the lowesr level. Im only doing it to help out so it be nice to get a response soonā¦ but rememvering an oracle reading from a month ago about not waiting around for ppl to do the right thing vy me, i figured that its dragged on so long that maybe somethiing to help speed the process along. Maybe they dobt think we matter lr are much of a priority but im vending over backwards not only to stay fir now but also to help them out not jyst study but doing extra hours when i can. . But it be nice if got a little back especially as i could of kickrd up a stink over a month preducted time turning into 10 months and i even compromised to make it easier for them. I was never supposed to be working two levels above pay grade so when i compromised to only drop one level not two so still can run an area but just not be in position where they already had someone else to fill that roleā¦ they dont need me in that role anymore so i tjought it be ok for me to drop back to what supposed to be or at least drop one level in a compromise. But its taking so long to get a response that im risking failing the unit if i have to continue because of all the ectra shifts theyve needed me to do. . I need to do sometjing to speed up the process so that i can drop the unneeded extra load n at least if i hace to continue studying its more flexible. N can be completed in half time then if continued degree. Ive been studying so long i need to stop esp since my study went from things i eanted ro study to just helping out workā¦ my dreams and directions on side burnerā¦ I think something with coffee but im still figuring out what else need to put into spell to help the processā¦
Ok ive probably talked way too much sorry bout that. Im really stressed out and trying to find my balance again but all i need to dofor others is batyling out with all i need ro do for myself. Maybe tgats the 5th stategic magic i need, lol balanxe. Irony is i never got being a libra as balance was always something struggled with. lol
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Ok its crazy messy but i just did a cheat sheet for find this card method for each major arcana and also for birth card, bringing in money or leaving sadness behibd which includes sun ans moon cards and which cards around mean what. Thats step one, ask the questions. . Then step two is figure out what spell or resources i need to move forward of fix problem. Maybe a cheet sheet with tarot deck and crystals etc might be good to carry around like a crane bag to use as situations occur. Like a magical tool box. Ohh i like that idea. 
kinda if you thibk about statigic magick is like carruing aroubd weapons to combat negative energies etc. But not to harm of course but to protect. Hope that made senseā¦
Oops almost forgot my messy page lol i will need to rewrite neater later but for now i can use it as refernce.
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I just tried this with the hanged man and the situation of feeling stuck with situation regarding work ( specifucally the issue with overload with study) and this was the cards i gotā¦
Behind: 4 of pentacles ( cause of feeling stuck)
Hanged man : indicator card
In front: the tower ( solution?? )
I also had a look at the death card which i found was also feeling stuck but rather was focused on what needed to let go of and what focus on rather that cause n solution. Hanged man i see as being stuck n patience to go through it and death more what needs to die or let go of n what need to focus on to move forward. And i got
Behind: 4 of wands ( what to let go of) revesed
Death: indicator card (reversed) not dure if significant or if should read it opposire direction as all reversed
Infront : justice ( what to focus on )
Msybe im being influenced by lenormand but now a little like a grand tableau looks at significator xards n those aroynd it im now looking at other adpects around the question finding strength and taking note of cards around to belief in myself or stop self doubt in going forward in the situation such as strength
Or looking into the people making the decision n their intentions behind the delay or decision makinf or this situation in general by looking at cards around the magician
Now im looking for the chariot for advice on how to move forward. And down the rabbit hole i go with a new way to use tarot
Ill need to figure out what it all means moving forward but i like this method. . I just need to remember to put the cards pull out back in right spot incase i need to read something that is close to adjoining cards to anothef 3 card grouping. I was lucky in this case.
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If you would like to participate and havenāt done so already, please post about your challenge experience(s) by the deadline:
ā November 15th, 7:00 AM CET (Central European Time)
Sometimes applying tactical magick comes easily, while other times a big part of strategic magick is strategically finding ways to be strategic! As always, the coven rose to the challenge- Iām giving a standing ovation to the entries already shared. You are all very clever and creative! 
If you havenāt already shared an entry but would like to join in, this is your friendly reminder that you still have a bit of time left to do so!
Blessed Be! 
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Tactical Magic ā Challenge Entry
November 14, 2022
Since working with my providersā¦ I realized that I have a habit of holding onto energy. I am currently learning ways that work for me to release it. One type of energy that I will hold onto and starts to affect me at home, regardless of whether it has anything to do with the people I am around, is anger or sometimes it can be a rage. I can feel it, I know itās there, I feel it moving and my body language will change and verbal responses. I have to release it, or it continues to build and manifest outwardly when I know thatās not what I want to convey or project until somehow it comes out on its own. I used to stay home and closed off by trying to journal my heart outā¦ physically thoughā¦ it was still there running through my physical body and I needed to find ways to get it out.
I started by grounding and verbally setting my intention to release the energy, something a good friend of mine suggested to help with this is a āProgressive Muscle Relaxation Body Scanā meditation 
ā¦ I found several on Insight Timerā¦ and I also found that it works best if I am laying down with calming crystals beside me and Selenite pieces at my feet as well as above my head with a clear quartz point at each end pointed away from my physical body. (Close to a human crystal grid I guess)
I then made my intention clear, to release the pent-up anger or rage energy that was adversely affecting me because it had to do with past experiences, not the here and now or the family I have around me.
(I had taken kickboxing before my body decided that it wanted to progressively cause other issues)
I still have my kickboxing kick pad, punch pads, and heavy bag. I wanted to release the energy I could feel building and leftover in my chest, arms, and hands. I asked my husband to help me. He was more than happy to do this with me.
We got my gloves, and he held he punch pads for me. At first, it was slowā¦ remembering the different punches 
and modifying my stance and how I would go through with the actions. Since he knows my past trainer and my current abilities, he had asked him the best way to restart this exercise and held the pads, and guided me through each one while correcting anything that was off or changing something so I wasnāt falling over
I put my gloves on (of course we are doing this in front of my bay window in the living room, so the neighbors must have been likeā¦ what the hell is going on in there? 
) I started slow to get the feel back and accuracy, then my husband would give me ācombosā to do with one type of punch, then we worked on another type, then put them together or switched up how many of each I was doing with one side and the other.
I took a break; itās been between 5 and 7 years since I have really done anything in the way of kickboxingā¦ after about half an hour we got ready again and started over.
I would go as my husband told me the combinations to do and when to switch to a new one. We had come up with a way to name them and change them while I was doing them so I could do it kind of in a flow of sorts. Still sort of slow, but againā¦ accuracy first then a little power behind them.
In the end, I went to our room and did another exercise to calm my breathing, work onā¦ I guess a cool-down phaseā¦ and then once I had gotten through a relaxation meditation ā¦ journaled 
about the experience with him and how I felt afterward. I verbally set an intention for the rest of the day and set up my altar for a meeting with the Morrigan of gratitude. 
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