Merry meet everyone, So today I will be sharing a blessing that I do once a month to protect my cats with this blessing. I love how simple this blessing is and with a white candle thats anointed gives it that bigger boost. As you may know if you have a pet, that pet is a family member and that you will do anything you can to protect that said pet. So this blessing is one for the book of shadows. You anoint your white spell candle with the oil you wish to use and then you say the following blessing: 'Bast and Hecate, horned god too, Bless the animals of this house, Keep them safe and healthy, Calm and happy, And out of trouble, please, For they are your creatures and, The treasures of my heart, Bless theses animals, So mote it be' I hope this blessing helps you protect your beloved pets like it does for me, add this to your book of shadows for future reference. I will see you all in the next post or you could come follow me on Instagram @PaganVibesOnly. I am always putting updates and questions on there, so keep up to date with all things witchy. Blessed be PaganVibesOnly x Merry meet everyone, So today I will be talking to you all about the importance of carrier oils when blending your own essential oil blends. But first I will talk about the ones I have and why I have each one. My carrier oils: - Wheatgerm oil : I brought this carrier oil because its known to be the best oil for sensitive skin and to help sooth skin rashes like eczema which I get in the summer when my skin is really dry. - Grapeseed oil: I got this in a set and haven't really used this oil as much as others because I am unsure about the uses for this oil compared to others. - Almond oil: This is another great oil for your skin that helps revive and moisturise your skin which is a great use in oils. - Coconut oil: This is the one I use the most because its the most useful one for all types of skin. This helps soothes and moisturise your skin and most people when creating anointing oils or blends you would use this oil. - Vegetable oil: You don't use this for your skin, this would be used if you are just creating a candle dressing as this one isn't as great for your skin as the others which is why I don't normally use this one either. For all blends you need to use some sort of carrier oil because essential oils are in the purest form and can be damaging to your skin but also toxic if you don't use it with a carrier oil. You need to mix some sort of carrier oil in to protect your health and also your skin. It also makes it last longer and you wont be using much of your essential oils either because 80% of the blend will be carrier oils. I would always recommend you do your research before using any carrier oil or essential oil just so you know you and your skin type will be ok to use theses. I hope you do your research into theses a little more and get inspired to use theses within your magical life. I will see you all in the next post and if you wish to follow me on instagram @paganvibesonly you can send me a message and I will always answer. Blessed be x PaganVibesOnly x Merry meet everyone, So today I have a little haul of items I want to go through such as books, crystals and even some planner bits! So the first bit is my crystal haul that I got from magic willow in Liverpool. Now you should all know I love my crystals but I am now starting to collect more crystal points and wands rather than tumble stones because I do have a huge collection of tumble stone crystals. I am still getting tumbled crystals for the ones I don't own but my focus is now the wands and points. That being said the crystal haul I have is two tumble stones and two crystal points. The crystal points are Tourmaline quartz point which cost me £7.50 and a Amethyst point which cost me £9. Now I have been after the tourmaline quartz for awhile now and I was over the moon when I saw magic willow having them in their store. I always go to Magic willow because their prices are really affordable and I know the owner knows her stuff. The two tumble stone crystals I got from her store also included Blood-stone and a Jade. Now I don't own a blood-stone and the shape of this stone really called out to me. I have been told that this crystal is for cleansing which is handy to keep on my altar. I also got the Jade because I lent my Jade crystal out to a family member of mine and I haven't gotten it back. Jade crystals are great for good luck and great for looking for new jobs ect. Now the book side of my haul includes three books that I have been waiting to do book reviews on for awhile which should be coming in the next following weeks. I have posted pictures of theses on my instagram if you were wondering what they looked like but you will get a full down low on theses books when the posts come. The first book I got was the witches ladders and other knot spells book by Sarah Bartlett. Now this has been on my pile of books to do a post about for about two months or so. I still haven't read this book because I have so many to get through now haha. But this book is still in the Works bookshop in the UK for about £5. It does look like its going to be a really useful book which is why I brought it myself. I would highly recommend you grab yourself one while stocks last and hopefully my review will not be too long now. My second book I actually got in the sale at the Works bookshop for £2. This book is Inner Magic a guide to modern witchcraft. Now this one I couldn't pass up because of the price. I have had a look inside and it does look quite simple to read but without having a deep read into it I wont be able to speak much more about it. I also plan on doing a post review on this one in the next couple of weeks. The last book today is another buy from the Works bookshop for £5 and I know this is still there as its a new addition to their shop. The book is called the modern witch's guide to happiness by Luna Bailey. Now this book really caught my eye. Its one of the reasons why I brought it on the day it came in. Its such a big book with a hard cover and the inside is easy to read and full of information. I am really looking forward to doing my book review on this in the next couple of weeks. Now for the planner side of things I am now an official PR girl for craftyplanning. I have been buying her stickers since way last year and have been really loving her witchy planner stickers and kits too. Its made me fall in love with planning again and it has also made me more creative in my book of shadows. That being said her witchy stickers is the reason why I had fallen in love with her shop in the first place. She is a fellow witch herself so she knows what we will keep track off in our planners what deco we would like and of course the kits! I will be doing more planner related posts in the next couple of weeks including what I have done in my witches planner up to till now. But I wanted to share with you all my code for 15% off which is cpsbethany. You should really check out her shop because its amazing and the owner is a good friend of mine. https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CraftyPlanningShop?ref=pr2018_faveshops Anyway I hope you enjoyed today's post and I will see you all in the next one. Follow me on my instagram PaganVibesOnly to keep up dated with all things witchy and of course I am always there to chat. Blessed be x PaganVibesOnly x Merry meet everyone, Today's post is all about the crystal Moss Agate. Now I love the look of this crystal because it looks like mother earth herself has added her twist on this crystal. You can get some of theses crystals that looks like it has little trees inside the crystal just by how the moss looks. They are truly beautiful crystals to have. This crystal is also special to me because it shares the same zodiac sign as me which is Virgo. So I personally connect with this crystal a lot more and its one I always have on my altar around September or even near my bed for that whole month. The Moss Agate crystal is also connected with the moon and even without pointing out you would know this but the element connected with this crystal is earth. With the moss and crystal connected as one you shouldn't be surprised that its earth based. Now this crystal is all about new beginnings and helping you achieve your new start. It helps refresh your mind, body and soul for the new start you need and it also enables you to see the beauty in all things you behold dear to you. This crystal also attracts abundance so its great for wealth and self-esteem spell workings. Personally when I feel low I carry this crystal around with me to help improve my self-esteem which at the moment I have needed more than I have in awhile. This crystal also has the focus to develop strength when needed and also helps you to connect with others more, so you all get along. I find in the summer where work is the most stressful this crystal is really handy for me to bring to work so we dont bite each others heads off. This crystal also helps you get inspired and to come up with new goals after being stuck for so long in the same place, it helps you promote self-expression and communication as well so its very handy for someone who has had a creative block which I do get every now and then. This is one of the key reasons why I personally own three of theses crystals and its because it helps you to balance the emotions you have inside and helps you release your anxiety, stress and fear that I get quite a lot when being sent to cover other stores for work. This crystal also encourages you to trust yourself and to have hope that everything will be ok. When I go covering other stores I don't sleep the night before and my anxiety gets the better of me so when it gets to a point where I feel like I am falling apart I carry this crystal around with me to help me stay together and also to help me get through the day. This crystal has probably saved me more times than any other crystal just because it helps me keep my calm for work. If you don't have this crystal in your collection and you suffer from anxiety or depression you should add it to the top of your crystal wish list because its such a great crystal to have. I hope you found this post really helpful and as always you can do more research into this crystal in your own time as I only just touched the main focuses of this crystal that drew me to get it. If you have any questions or would like to just keep up to date with me and my blog you can follow me on instagram @PaganVibesOnly. I try to post every day and I love connecting with you all. Hopefully when this post comes out I will have hit my 1000 goal but you will have to come follow me to find out. I will see you all in the next post. Blessed be x PaganVibesOnly x Merry meet everyone, Today is the last of my essential oils posts but I will be doing the essential oil carriers that I use in a post and also the magical uses for each oil in the future so keep an eye out for them in the next couple of weeks. You may be wondering why the same brand has been put in this post too and thats because I got this cute set of three essential oils for just a £1 from my local health store and yes I wasn't going to be leaving them for that price. So the oils are as follows: - Organic Fresh Ginger essential oil - Organic Clove essential oil - Organic Niaouli essential oil Now I have Clove essential oil already but for £1 you really couldn't go wrong and the way I use essential oils it wont last very long too. Now to the last brand I was going to be doing this post about which is the brand Tisserand. Now I brought theses from the same local health shop I did as the ones above and theses were also in the sale for about £2 each so I brought the ones I thought would come in handy and like I said above I have a couple of doubles because for that price you can't go wrong and I could always gift it to a friend who may need it in the future. My oils: - Black Pepper essential oil x2 - Lime essential oil - Orange essential oil - Citronella essential oil So I brought two black pepper essential oils which I haven't found anywhere else that sells it so I was glad I brought both of them. The lime and orange is always good for the cleaning products like I said in the past posts but also for candles like the citronella in the summer they are a god send. I am always on the look out for bargains when it comes to theses and you just can't go wrong for the price. You should always look around for the cheapest but also the most useful for the price. Each brand uses different size bottles which also changes the cost effectiveness of each bottle. So I would always say to look around and see what your buying before hand. I hope you enjoyed todays post and I will see you all in the next one. Don't forget you can follow me on instagram @PaganVibesOnly and I post everyday on there so I am always about if you want to ask any questions. Blessed be x PaganVibesOnly x Merry meet everyone, Today I will be talking to you all about my Ostara plan for the following sabbat. As you may know Ostara is not that far away and with my witches planner it comes with sabbat plan inserts which I personally love to bits. So the first sabbat I did with theses inserts was Imbolc which I did say I was going to post but it came to the point where I wasn't going to fit it in with the rest of the posts I had already planned. So this time I made a point to plan this type of post so I could show you how amazing this insert is and also what I did to use it and plan. So First of all I used a hobonichi kit from CraftyPlanning called fruity florals. I really love this kit because not only did I already have this in my collection (I have many planner kits) But I also felt it fit the sabbat really well. The link to the kit I have used is here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/686463264/hobonichi-weeks-kitfruity?ref=shop_home_active_5&sca=1 If you want to save 15% off on your order from CraftyPlanning you can use my code: cpsbethany. So the first box in the insert is all about ritual plan and what you want to do to celebrate the sabbat, or thats how I use it anyway. So as you can see I have made six bullet points of ideas and things I would like to do to celebrate the sabbat if I am not in work, or if I am then to do it a day near the sabbat. These bullet points include: - Have some hot cross buns for breakfast. This is because it is the hot cross bun season and its connected to Ostara which is a great way to connect to it yourself. I will also be planning on having my morning cup of tea with honey as honey is a food connected to the sabbat too. - Bless the garden patch in front of my flat. Now I don't have a garden because I live in a flat but theres this beautiful garden patch in front of my big window where there will be plants I can bless and show mother earth my thanks. - Wear the colours green, blue or pink. Now theses are the colours of the sabbat which means if you just wear the colours it would bring you closer to the sabbat and you can do this without anyone knowing too if your in the closet. -Do some witchy spring cleaning. Now spring cleaning is such a great thing around this time of year and knowing this I thought it would be a great time to do some witchy spring cleaning myself and to sort out my herbs ect. - Do my Ostara blessing. Now every year I do a blessing for this sabbat which is personal to me so I wont get into much detail but it always based on thanking the mother earth for coming back to us. - Fertility spell. Now this one is very personal to me so I wont go into more detail or to say whom it is for but this time of year is perfect for theses kinds of spell work. The next two boxes in the insert is all about the altar and then other notes you wish to jot down. So my plan for my altar is to have my Ostara plaque that I got from Freya's cauldron on the wall behind my altar. I will be using my blue altar cloth unless I get a chance to buy a green one before hand then it will be green. I want fresh spring flowers on my altar to represent the new growth of spring and I will be having my crystals that connect with the sabbat such as my rose quartz and amethyst clusters which I have in my collection. I will also be burning lemon grass incense through out the day and the colour of candles I will have on my altar will be yellow, green and pink which are colours of this sabbat. In my notes section is all about other crystals I can use, the oils that I may want to anoint my candles with and the foods I can plan my meals with that day that connect with the sabbat. This is only a plan for what I would like to do for the Ostara sabbat and things may change depending on when I put it all together but this is normally what I do anyway. I hope you have all planned your sabbat and have things all sorted for the following weeks to come. If you wish to see my Ostara altar you should follow me on instagram @PaganVibesOnly to keep updated on all things me and blog. I am always there connecting to people so why haven't you followed yet? I hope this has inspired you for your own sabbat celebrations and I will see you all in the next post. Blessed be x PaganVibesOnly x Merry meet everyone, Today's post is all about the useful herb of wormwood. You may have also heard about this herb under another name such as absinthe, green ginger, old woman and madder-wort. This herb is connected with the element of fire. This herb has many magical uses: - Psychic powers - Cleansing magical tools - Calling spirits - Psychic protection - Love The herb wormwood is normally used to increase psychic power, which is why its used for scrying and divination to aid our 'inner sight'. Due to its bitter taste it is often used to make a magical wash for cleansing magical objects that are suitable for washing as you wouldn't wish to eat this. It has been known that you can burn the herb at samhain to enable you to make contact with loved ones who have passed to the other side. You can also use this herb to make charm bags and hang them from the rear view mirror of the car to give you protection against road rage and accidents. This wont completely stop accidents if there meant to be but they can help protect you from them. You may also sprinkle this herb in the path of an enemy to bring them strife and misfortune but this is only a last resort and be mindful what ever you put out will come back in the form of karma. You may also use theses in spells that focus on love and protection from the evil eye. I hope you find this post useful and helpful for your future magical knowledge and I will see you all in the next post. Blessed be x PaganVibesOnly xx Merry meet everyone, Today's post is another essential oil collection post but this time I have two brands to talk to you about with small collections of each. I am always looking for new brands to try out and the price of essential oils differ depending on the brands to which means if you don't have much money you will look for the cheaper option for that scent, thats why I have so many different brands too. The first brand is one I can buy locally from a health store that have such a huge range of essential oils all difference prices that its like heaven. This store doesn't do any offers on their essential oils though so I only go there for essential oils I wont be able to get else where which is why I only have 3 of this brand. My Amphora oils: -Grapefruit essential oil - Vetivert essential oil - Frankincense essential oil As you can see from the oils above its all oils that I wouldn't be able to get from any old store and thats why I was willing to spend a little bit more for theses oils because I use theses oils a lot with magical workings and also for blends for sleeping and anxiety. These oils I had to look everywhere for before ending up going to this health store because I knew this health store would be my last option. The second brand I will be talking about today is another local health store but this one you will be able to find all over the UK because its a big company where as the one above is only local to me. Which is why they don't do many offers on their products and they know they can get away with it. This health store is really handy because they always have a good collection of essential oils for cleaning ect. They always have some sort of deal and they reduce oils down also which is why I always go to this place first for my oils. My Miaroma oils: - Lavender essential oil - Bergamot essential oil - Tangerine essential oil - Sweet orange essential oil I did have more but I need to stock up on theses because I have ran out and got rid of the bottles just before christmas last year and haven't had a chance to go stock up what I need. As you can see from above its all essential oils that you can use for cleaning. Sweet orange and tangerine are great essential oils for making a bin cleaner because it makes your bin smells heavenly even with rubbish in which is always a bonus. I also use theses oils in a tile cleaner I make because it brings up my tiles amazing. The lavender is always a good go to because you can spray that around your home to get rid of moths naturally and also if you water the lavender down and the rub it into your cats neck it will get rid of flea without harming either animal. I haven't needed to do this for ages thank god because my cats are in door cats and gets bathed and brush often. (One if a long hair cat that needs baths often) I hope you enjoyed this post and that you found it useful to you. I would highly recommend the Miaroma oils brand because they are so effective and cheaper than any others I have found so far. If you want to go eco friendly and do your own home cleaning then the sweet orange is your go to for that one. I will see you all in the next post and don't forget you can follow me on instagram @PaganVibesOnly. Blessed be x PaganVibesOnly x Merry meet everyone, So here we are again with another Freya's Cauldron box! I love theses boxes and look forward to getting them each month. As you know I have been collecting this box now for just over a year and I have really enjoyed getting them. Not only are the boxes jam packed with information for my book of shadows but also each box is a different theme. I have also found that other boxes repeat the themes but this box doesn't they keep track of what they have done and tried their best to keep each box unique. Bear in mind the sabbat boxes they do can come with the same information or the updated information but even then thats great for people who have just joined the subscription so no complaining here. So first off like always I will go through the information sheets I got in this months box: - With each box you get a introduction sheet or two talking about all the items inside this months box and what you could do with them. Its really handy to make sure nothing is missing and also to learn why they were included in the box this month. - You then get a sheet of information about the herbs you get in this months box. This is also really handy because you get to find out ways to use the said herb and also its great to add into your book of shadows for future reference. - You also get a information sheet about the crystal you get in each months box. This months crystal is one I dont have so this information will be really helpful for me and will again be added to my book of shadows. - You also get in this months box a information sheet about a special item we have got in this months box. The crystal ball and how to cleanse and use it and why its handy to have. This will also be included in my book of shadows. So I will now go into the products I got in this months box like always I will start with the first item I got from the box and work my way down. That being said the first item out of the box today was the Divine energy oil which is a box exclusive and smells amazing. This oil is said to be used for working with the powers of the universe and you can put this oil on candles, in oil burners or herb blends. You can also use this on yourself but you would have to test it first to see if your skin doesn't react to it. The next item I got out the box was the spell candles now I love getting my supply of spell candles each month because they are really handy to have and I am now starting to have a huge collection of them. The colours in this months box was orange, yellow, lime green and white. The lime green candles were a box exclusive again its such a great addition to the box. I also love lime green so this will be saved for one of my altar set ups. The herbs in this months box was the bay leaf which I have a good supply of theses but they are really handy to have in your collection for wish workings and the other herb in this months box was dandelion leaf again I do have some of this too but I was running low on this so well happy to get some more before I ordered some. We also got another herb pot which was a special blend for the divine inspiration incense. Now I love getting theses style incenses but my neighbours dont. So I may end up gifting this to a friend of mine that can use it. But it smells amazing. The crystal for this month was the chalcopyrite stone now I haven't gotten one of theses or even heard of it so I am looking forward to getting a chance to read the information sheet that came with the crystal and also to add this to my ever growing collection. Crystals will always be a passion of mine. We got this beautiful truth seeker pendant in this months box too. Its a small bottle with herbs and oil in, on a beautiful black cord and it looks really cute. I will happily be wearing this when I need the truth to come out. This item was specially created for the box, they created it for use within divination work or when you are trying to find answers that you seek. I really love this idea and its a super cute necklace. The next item is two different kits. The first kit is a candle divination spell kit which looks amazing to do. This kit is another box exclusive and full of information on casting the spell which is included in the kit. I love getting kits like this and I will be doing this on the next full moon. The next kit was a dice divination kit which is such a simple but effective kit. This is a great way to find answers and dates back to the roman times. This is something I will defo be looking into more in my free time. The last but wonderful item is the crystal ball. Now this crystal ball is such a great tool for divination and with the box theme this month being divination I am over the moon to get one. I have a small one that I own that I got as a gift from a family member but this one is bigger and more useful for what I want to do with it. Overall this months box has really connected with me and I am over the moon with the items I got in this months box. After all they are well put together items and work towards the same theme. You should really check out Freya's cauldron because their subscription box is well worth the price and each month is a box of goodies that are well worth it. As always you can keep in touch and updated on all things witchy thats going on in my life through my instagram account @PaganVibesOnly and I will see you all in the next post. Blessed be x PaganVibesOnly x Merry meet everyone, Today's post is a continue of my magical oils but this time is all mixed oils that I don't have many off the have they own posts. Like my last post I had 13 Freya's cauldron oils so I could have them as an stand alone post but with theses oils I have four from one box and two from another so I thought I may as well add them both together. My four magical oils from crafting magic: - Mugwort oil - Purification oil x2 - Altar oil Now with theses I got theses in my pagan parcel boxes two years ago now I think. This was when I wasn't very into anointing oils and didnt really use them but they were handy for some things. I now add theses to candle work and other aspects of my magical workings. The altar oil its really good to boost workings when you want that added boost. I use this when I change my altars around for the sabbats. I also use this to clean my altar items and boost their energy when needed. The purification oil is handy to cleanse your home, So you can add this to any candles your burning in your home and it will cleanse the negative energy away. Its handy to have and its one that I personally keep forgetting I have! I will have to make sure I use it when I next need to cleanse my home :D The next two oils I got in the witches heart boxes last year and they are amazing: - High altar oil - Mabon oil The high altar oil is to boost the attraction of spirit work and encourage positive spirits to come to your magical space. This is great when your doing divination work and also great for the sabbats where the veil is at the thinnest. I have also used this oil to anoint my divination tools to help boost the energy and help me connect to the other side when needed advice. This oil is such a great go to for my collection to be honest. The other oil is for the sabbat mabon. I personally didn't use it around Mabon because work took over and didn't get a chance to use it but it smells amazing and I am hoping to find a use for it this time around. I hope you look into your own collection of magical oils and find time to use them because you be surprised how useful they can all be. I hope this post has encouraged you to look into magical oils more and I will see you all in the next post. Blessed be x PaganVibesOnly x |
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