“The esoteric system is all based upon the ultimate motive. Ultimate motive is the service of truth itself, a complete dedication to the service of the realities of existence.”
A lot of the time we will feel lost or disoriented when trying to navigate through all the different magical practices that exist, especially if we’re trying to learn on our own. With no teacher to guide us, we must make our own path through a wild jungle of information, and it’s easy to end up stagnant because we fear we might go wrong, or indeed walking somewhere that will not do us good. In my experience, the most important thing we can do is know our own strengths. And our strengths often lie with our tempers, despite what some may think. Where one person is always very calm and logical, and might very well benefit from a detached approach to magic, another like myself might only be able to do things 100% or not at all, and therefore need a lot more passion in their magic workings. This is why knowing ourselves, both strengths and weaknesses are so important. If we go with the magic that already fits us, we are more likely to breeze through a lot of things that would be challenging had we chosen another route.
On the other hand, even knowing our strengths we might choose to go where we have no experience and where we are completely wrong-footed. We might go to the place where there will only be trial after trial, and where each trial either means evolving or dying. And that to me is where traditional craft differs from modern and new age practices. The latter are likely to encourage you to do what feels good, to never push yourself to that place where you are ready to lie down and cry and the only reason you don’t is that you know you won’t get up again if you do. Of course, this has its own benefits, people would not follow this path otherwise. Some people especially might need this approach because they’ve been hard on themselves all their lives and need to learn kindness. This path is gentle healing. But traditional craft does the thing that magic was always meant to do in my opinion. It forces us to constantly face the weakest parts of ourselves, to know our mortality yet challenge it anyway. And every time we do, new challenges arise and keep us moving. However, it is not nice and there is no point pretending otherwise. Traditional witchcraft might very well take you so far that you are barely human, for better and for worse. It forces you to exist in all worlds at once and that means constantly losing and rebuilding parts of yourself. There can be healing found here too, when we face the darkest parts of our minds we might find that we are unable to hate ourselves anymore, no matter what. But this healing is only a minor part and it is born of never-ending destruction.
Neither path is neccessarily better than the other, but it is only when we know ourselves that we can make an informed choice in where we want to go.
MY SIDE BLOG OCCULT VISIONS IS COLLECTING INTERESTING ASPECTS OF THE OCCULT. AN OVERVIEW, MENT AS INSPIRATION. IT’S NEITHER COMPLETE, NOR AN INSTRUCTION.
🍃 A list of fruits, veggies, and herbs with their various uses in brujeria and/or hoodoo that I haven’t seen in other correspondence lists. This will be updated as time goes on!
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Avocado: Love and beauty. Ruled by Venus, it enhances sexuality in sexual spells. It can also be used for good luck spells, especially when gambling.
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Apricot: Ruled by Venus. Protects against false friends. Attracts Love.
Carrot: Ruled by Mars, brings love, fertility, lust, and power.
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Chillis: Hex breaking, used in “shut your mouth” spells, used in banishing people, fidelity, love
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Citronella: Cleansing. Eliminates obstacles when it comes to business, money, and sales.
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Cilantro/Coriander: Ruled by Mars. Lust and love, health, healing.
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Cocoa: Love, power, fertility
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Coconut: Fertility, fidelity, good luck. Used as well for protection, prosperity and protective rituals. Leave a coconut in the home to absorb negative energies, and leave it at a 4 way crossroad.
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Corn: Ruled by Venus. Protection, luck, divination, fertility.
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Eucalyptus: Against sadness and protects against negative spirits. Healing and protection.
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Fig: Used to attract good luck, increase money. Fertility, love and divination.
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Lemon: A powerful cleanser of negative vibrations. Used in love charms and friendship spells.
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Lime: Healing, love, protection.
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Mango: Love, romance, fertility,
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Majoram: Protects against negative energies. Associated with Venus, helps women find a husband when hidden around the home. Love, happiness, health and money.
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Oats: Protection, prosperity, vitality and strength
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Orange Blossom: Love, marriage. High vibrational.
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Sweet Orange: Attracts desired people and marriage.
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Bitter Orange: Repels unwanted love
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Oranges in general are good for divination, happiness, luck and money.
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Papaya: Love, protection
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Parsley: For love and sex rituals. Attracts money. Protection, purification.
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Pineapple: Luck and abundance, chastity, money
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Plantain: Hidden in the home, they protect against unwanted visitors.
Happiness, gets rid of bad moods.
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Potato: Image magick, healing
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Tamarind: Prosperity, very good for protection as well.
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Tangerine: Improves social relationships.
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Tumeric: Protection, eliminates bad visions
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Rice: Fertility, good fortune. Protection.
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White pepper: Eliminates obstacles. Protects from enemies. Speeds up workings.
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Black pepper: Rejects attacks from enemies. Speeds up workings.
I hope this helps some of you out! Much love to all of you!
I promised it, and finally, here it is. Feel free to submit any questions to my asks!! Since i know some people don’t agree with the use of “dark” magic… I include these intentions for the people who do, and no hate will be tolerated at all. you will be bLoCkEd girl. Not on my blog, not today.
I’ve gathered this information over some time, and like on my songs&chants post, if you’d like to know the details on an exact source ask/message me! I’ll look through my books and let you know within 1-2 days.
this is gonna be a long one its like 3 pages from my grimoire. DISCLAIMER; This is all information i have personally collected over time from studies and personal experience. it is by no means complete, there are many correspondences to each plant.
0 – The Fool – Uranus – Card of Air 1 – The Magician – Mercury 2 – The High Priestess – The Moon 3 – The Empress – Venus 4 – The Emperor – Aries 5 – The Hierophant – Taurus 6 – The Lovers – Gemini 7 – The Chariot – Cancer 8 – Strength – Leo 9 – The Hermit – Virgo 10 – Wheel of Fortune – Jupiter 11 – Justice – Libra 12 – The Hanged Man – Neptune – Card of Water 13 – Death – Scorpio 14 – Temperance – Sagittarius 15 – The Devil – Capricorn 16 – The Tower – Mars 17 – The Star – Aquarius 18 – The Moon – Pisces 19 – The Sun – The Sun 20 – Judgement – Pluto – Card of Fire 21 – The World – Saturn – Card of Earth
The Minor Arcana also has astrological correspondences, but that’s for another post.
Occult Aspects 