Merry meet everyone, So I have been asked by many 'baby witches' what they should research to start them off. I have seen this to be a common question that most people ask when starting the path anyway. I even asked this when I first started out and I was luckily enough to have family members to guide me as such. That being said its such a massive area of research you could dive into and it can get really confusing at times. This is why I have created a list of aspects you should really research first because you need to have some understanding before going forward into other subjects in the group of magic. Firstly you should always research the history of witches and witchcraft as a whole. If you don't then why go on a path that you wont fully understand. You should always learn where it came from and why its still about today before going forward. Its common sense but then again people still ask why. For me personally you should understand what and where witchcraft came from and learn from the past. They were wise women and men who followed the path way before us and we learn their teachings that way. Its also just a great read for you the understand where magic comes from and why we are so connected to it. Another great subject for you to research is crystals. Yes I am a big lover of crystals and you shouldn't be surprised they are on here but they are really handy to have. Buy yourself a book about all the basic crystals and start from there. They are really handy for simple blessings, energy transfers even offerings to your gods. I use crystals for everything from cleansing rooms to healing myself or even when I have writers block. I just love them. There super handy to know about and they can transform your life if you use them right. Magical tools is another subject you should research. This is one you should understand early on, but you don't need to own all or any of theses items straight away. I spent years building my collection and I still don't own it all because I am looking for the perfect items. When your doing your book of shadows create some pages about the magical tools you could use within your craft but also ones you could use instead of. I did this and it was super fun to do and really made me think what I already owned that I could use it for. Colour properties is another great subject matter that you should learn early on in your craft. You should understand what colours represent while using candles or your earlier spell workings. Don't worry if you dont connect that feeling to the colour your using. You should always feel and follow your gut when using colour representing but you should also have some guide line while starting off. Familiars and deities are some really good subjects you should start looking into. You don't have to have either one straight away it took me years to have either one and even then I still have a good understanding about each subject matter and still love learning more about the deities side. This year I have actually focused my time researching Celtic deities because theres so many to learn about. Follow your path and see where they take you. Herbs is another handy subject you should learn about earlier on your path because we witches love herbs. I have over 60 herbs in my collection and I am still learning about them to this day but I have a very good understanding about each herb and what I can and can not use them for. You should always know what herb your using and the safety side of using them before even trying to do anything with them. I am a green witch and love using them but I will never use a herb I don't fully understand. Some other subjects you could research is mediating, being Eco friendly within your home or even covens. Theses are all subjects I have been asked about but not as often as the others. I will be doing a blog post in the future about what kind of things you can put in your book of shadows so keep a look out for that. But for now that is everything done for today's post, I do hope this helped you start off your research focuses and I am hoping to do a post about books that may help you for theses subjects later on this year. If you have any questions then send them my way on instagram @paganvibesonly I am always just a click away and I am happy to help you on your path. For now that is everything and I will see you all in the next post. Stay safe everyone. Blessed be x PaganVibesOnly x Comments are closed.
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