Witchcraft 101
This tool, often associated with sweeping away negative energy, is also used in handfasting ceremonies.
A broom.
This type of spirit is honored by many witches and is often associated with Lineage Work.
Ancestors.
Reading patterns in candle wax, tea leaves, or smoke is an example of these forms of divination.
Scrying and tasseography
This mineral is used for protection and purification, and can be sprinkled across thresholds.
Salt.
This is the term for intentional magic to cause harm or misfortune.
A curse or hex.
This term refers to a sacred or personal space where tools, offerings, and magical workings are performed.
The Tooth Fairy is a modern example of this type of mischievous, otherworldly spirit rooted in European folklore.
Fae (or fairy).
Hearing a knock with no source, seeing a specific animal repeatedly, or dreaming of teeth falling out might be interpreted as one of these.
An omen or sign
This plant is often burned to cleanse a space, but is being replaced by ethical local alternatives.
Bonus: What is one of the ethical alternatives?
Sage.
These are commonly worn, carried, or hidden around the home to guard against harm.
An amulet or ward.
This type of magic involves using common household ingredients like salt, vinegar, eggs, and thread.
Kitchen Magick.
Leaving offerings at a crossroads is a traditional way of working with these entities.
Liminal spirits or crossroads spirits.
This is a form of divination involving an object, often held over maps or charts. It often involves a yes, no, or maybe answer.
A pendulum.
This herb, often hung above beds or cribs, is said to ward off nightmares and evil spirits.
Mugwort or rosemary
This action involves returning the effects of negative magick.
Return to sender.
Practitioners use this ritual practice, often involving string or knots, to bind intentions or people.
Knot magic or cord magic
The act of traveling to the spirit world in trance or sleep is often called this.
Astral Projection or Spirit Flight.
What divination method involves throwing or casting?
Runes, shells, or bones.
Some witches bury this part of a spell to "root" the magic and help it grow.
A spell jar.
A witch might use this symbolic object — black, or reflective — to “send something back.”
A mirror.
This word describes the energy field or life force believed to surround all living things.
An aura.
In old European folk tales, witches were said to ride this in spirit to secret gatherings or sabbats, often during dream or trance states.
The witches’ flight or spirit flight to the Sabbath. Or riding the hedge.
What object can be used to sccry in place of an obsidian mirror?
Water in a dark bowl.
This flower, often linked with the dead, is used in both honor and protection rituals.
Marigold or calendula
A practitioner may bury a lemon studded with pins or nails, along with the target’s name, during a waning moon to perform this type of baneful working.
A sour jar.