Latin phrases to use as incantations.

These are some Latin phrases that can be used in incantations or in scripture for your Grimoire/Book of Shadows. Of course there are many more languages that can be used, but I am definitely drawn more to older languages.

ab intra - from within

ab origine - from the source

absit iniuria - “let insult be absent”

absit invidia - “let envy be absent”

absit omen - “let omens be absent”

ab uno disce omnes - from one, learn all.

abyssus abyssum invocat - deep calleth unto deep

a capite ad calcem - from head to heel

acta non verba - actions not words

ad altiora tendo - “I strive to higher things”

ad astra - to the stars

ad fontes - to the sources

ad meliora - towards better things

ad oculos - to the eyes

ad undas - to the waves

ad victoriam - to victory

adsum - I am here

a fortiori - from the stronger/from strength

a mari usque ad mare - from sea to sea

audeamus - let us dare

audentes fortuna iuvat - fortune favors the bold

audi, vide, tace - hear, see, be silent

beatae memoriae - of blessed memory

bona fide - in good faith

bono malum superate - overcome evil with good

capax infiniti - holding the infinite

carpe diem - seize the day

carpe noctem - seize the night

cave - beware

ceteris paribus - all other things being equal

circa - around

citius, altius, fortius - faster, higher, stronger

clavis aurea - golden key

cogito ergo sum - I think, therefor I am

compos mentis - in control of the mind

concilio et labore - by wisdom and effort

concordia cum veritate - in harmony with truth

concordia salus - well-being through harmony

coniunctis viribus - with connected strength

consummatum est - it is complete

corruptus in extremis - corrupt to the extreme

crescit eundo - it grows as it goes

de novo - from the new

de profundis - from the depths

dies irae - day of wrath

dona nobis pacem - give us peace

ego te provoco - I challenge you

esse est percipi - to be is to be perceived  

esse quam videri - to be, rather than to seem

esto quod es - be what you are

ex animo - from the soul

ex luna scientia - from the moon, knowledge

ex scientia tridens - from knowledge, sea power

ex silentio - from silence

ex undis - from the waves of the sea

experientia docet - experience teaches

fac et spera - do and hope

fac fortia et patere - do brave deed and endure

faciam quodlibet quod necesse est - I’ll do whatever it takes

faciam ut mei memineris - I’ll make you remember me

facta, non verba - deeds, not words

fortis et liber - strong and free

fortis in arduis - strong in difficulties

gloriosus et liber - glorious and free

hic abundant leones - here lions abound

hic et nunc - here and now

hic sunt dracones - here there are dragons

hinc illae lacrimae - hence those tears

hinc itur ad astra - from here the way leads to the stars

igni ferroque - with fire and iron

in memoriam - into the memory

in nocte consilium - advice comes over night

libra - balance

littera scripta manet - the written words endure

locus standi - a right to stand

luceo non uro - I shine, not burn

luctor et emergo - I struggle and emerge

mare liberum - free sea

memento vivere - remember to live

more ferarum - like beasts

natura non contristatur - nature is not saddened

nec spe, nec metu - without hope, without fear

noli me tangere - do not touch me

ophidia in herba - a snake in the grass

pro se - for oneself

propria manu - by one’s own hand

quaere - to seek

quod abundat non obstat - what is abundant does not hinder

resurgam - I shall arise

semper ad meliora - always towards better things

semper anticus - always forward

semper apertus - always open

semper fortis - always brave

semper liber - always free

stet - let it stand

tuebor - I will protect

vera causa - true cause

Mabon Spell for Healing and Moving Forward

Date to Perform: September 21st to September 29th.

Setting: Evening, preferably sunset. Outside would be better, but in front of your altar is fine.

Supplies: Lighter, small bowl or burning dish or cauldron, three leaves - preferably older leaves that are dry (Walnut or Oak even better), three strips of paper, a pen or pencil, a sage incense stick with a frankincense incense stick.

Please have a cup of water on standby when burning anything.

When reciting anything, aloud or silently is fine.

Set your bowl/burning dish/cauldron down on a stable surface. Place all three leaves in the bowl. Light the incense sticks; one on the left and one of the right sides of the bowl.

On the three strips of paper write:

1 - something you have from the past that you want to be free from.

2 - something you are currently hurting from.

3 - something you want to have peace with.

Once done writing, take the first strip of paper and the lighter. Start burning the strip of paper and place the burning paper into the bowl while reciting these words:

I set free the pain of the past so that I may create for myself a better future.

Take the second strip of paper, light it with the lighter, place the burning paper into the bowl, and recite these words:

I burn away what hurts me. I let the past fall away like the Autumn leaves.

Take the final strip of paper, light it with the lighter, and place the burning paper into the bowl while reciting these words:

I allow myself to have peace as the Fall begins and rolls into Winter.

As the strips burn and light the leaves on fire with them, allow them to turn to ash. Once the fire is out, scoop the ash into your hands and recite these words as you let the ash fall slowly from your hands to the earth beneath your feet (or back into the bowl to later be poured outside if inside):

May the Gods and Goddesses (or your preferred deity) watch over me as I move forward.

Many changes.

Hello all, and merry meet.

I haven't posted in over a year, and I apologize for those who wanted to follow this blog regularly. I have made many changes in my life, and I am still a work in progress.

- I moved to a new city after leaving my partner.
- I have fallen in love with a new partner.
- I am still going to school.
- Smaug and Eriana are gone.
- I strayed away from my Pagan path.

But I am back.. my Grimoire is no longer around.. but I will be starting fresh again.

The Beginnings of a Grimoire

I have finally started working on my grimoire. I took an old book with religious, medieval poetry and imagery and I'm repurposing it. The perfectionist in me was just not able to use a blank journal. Plus, this book reached out to me (I literally bumped into it and knocked it off the shelf) and I knew I needed to use it.

So far, I have finished my front and back cover, my inner cover pages, and my Beltane page with my prayer to Freya. The group of witches that I meet up with almost weekly have started working on their grimoires as well, so its a nice meeting of witches participating in their own path-making but also collectively pouring our energies into what we are doing. Its been very theraputic for me, both emotionally and physically, and I know it has for the others. We share our ideas for our grimoires, our supplies, and our emotions with each other in a safe space.

I have a list of things I want to include in my grimoire that I will share here:

• Book blessing page, as well as a "divert your eyes" curse for those who do not have permission to take or look at my grimoire.
• Depression Sigil w/ text & Anxiety Sigil w/text page.
• Moon Window page (will include all phases of the moon as well as correspondences for those phases.
• Full Moon calendar page.
• Daily Correspondences.
• Goddesses Pages.
• Nine Noble Truths.
• Altar Page.
• Runes.
• Pet/Familiar Protection Pages for Smaug and Eriana.
• Sex Magick Pages.
• Handfast Page w/ blood ritual.
• Tea Recipes page.
• Incense pages.
• Calming spell.
• Organization spell.
• Motivational page.
• Calling the Corners.
• Candle Magic.
• Tarot information pages w/pocket for tarot spreads.
• Wheel of the Year page.
• Sabbaths pages (Starting with Imbolc and ending with Yule).

These are my current ideas but they will change and expand as I continue working. I'm not artsy, and typically I don't ever feel like I'm good at something (hobby-wise) but for me, this has been something I've been pouring my heart into as I slowly work and research.

Got a grimoire? Book of Shadows? Book of Intentions? Want to share it? Feel free to comment below!

As always, blessed be with love and light;

~ The Nerdy Witch.

Back

Hello all!

I just wanted to post to let you all know I am still around. I had to have thyroid surgery last Thursday (04/06) and I was (and still am) recovering for about a week. Luckily, everything went well and my recovery has honestly been the worst part of it all due to not being able to sleep comfortably or really do much in terms of eating.

But, the posts will continue starting Sunday, May 7th.

Blessed Be.

A Spell to Help Someone Flower - How to Help Someone Find Their Potential.

Everyone has potential, but not all of us are comfortable reaching it. Sometimes situations stop us, sometimes it’s other people, and sometimes, it’s yourself. If you can’t see the potential that you hold, how can you let it shine through? This spell can be used on either you or someone else, to help them reach their potential, to “flower”. Wait and watch this spell blossom! 

What you’ll need: 

• Rose water
• Dried Jasmine Blossom (preferred, but not required! Pre-packaged tea works just fine!)
• Honey
• Taglock 
• Dirt
• Seeds (optional)

Take your rosewater and bring it to a boil. Put your jasmine in a cup and pour the rose water over it– If you have a blossom, you can watch “bloom” with the water as the tea brews. Take this time to put your intent into the mixture. Imagine your target becoming all that they can be, overcoming the odds and pushing through like a sprout in the spring. Visualize their abilities/desired trait growing, up and up and up, until finally a blossom peeks out at the top. Then, as you add in the honey and stir clockwise, feel the flower bloom. The honey is used to attract good things to your target, like bees to your new flower. 

As a final step, solidify the association between the spell and your target by pouring some (if not all) over your taglock. Your taglock should then be buried (not necessarily outside if you don’t want– putting it in a container is fine! The dirt is the important part.) This is you ‘planting’ the spell. If you want to put seeds in and watch it literally grow, go for it! Sometimes a little real-world action helps solidify intent, especially in the long run. Just make sure to take good care of your plant! 

If the spell is for yourself, feel free to drink any of the mixture that you’ve not poured over the taglock. 

Incense Meanings - A Small Composite List.

African Violet Burned for protection and to promote spirituality within the home.

Amber Love Comfort, happiness and healing.

Ambergris Dreams, aphrodisiac

Angelica Protection, harmony, integration, insight, understanding, stability and meditation.

Anise Emotional balance.

Apple Blossom Happiness, love and friendship.

Basil For concentration, assertiveness, decisiveness, trust, integrity, enthusiasm, mental clarity, cheerfulness, confidence, courage to attract fidelity, love, good luck, sympathy, and wealth.

Bay To facilitate the psychic powers, and to induce prophetic dream visions.

Bayberry Protection, prosperity, happiness, control and to attract money.

Benzoin Astral projection, purification, clears negative energy, emotional balance, eases sadness, depression, weariness, grief, anger and anxiety.

Bergamot For money, prosperity, uplifting of spirits, joy, protection, concentration, alertness, confidence, balance, strength, courage, motivation and assertiveness

Blue Berry To keep unwanted influences away from your home and property.

Cardamom Mental clarity, concentration, confidence, courage, enthusiasm and motivation.

Carnation Protection, strength, healing, love and lust, traditionally used for healing.

Cedar Burned for purification, to stimulate or strengthen the psychic powers, attract love, prevent nightmares, healing, purification, protection, money, balance, grounding, clarity, insight and wisdom.

Chamomile Harmony, peace, calm, spiritual, and inner peace.

Cherry To attract and stimulate love.

Cinnamon Stimulation, wealth, prosperity, business success, strength, lust, healing, to attract money, stimulate and strengthen the psychic powers and to aid in healing. To gain wealth and success.

Citron Burned in rituals to aid healing and also to strengthen psychic powers.

Citronella Cleansing, warding off, healing.

Clove Pain relief, intellectual stimulation, business success, wealth, prosperity, divination, exorcism, protection, eases fears, improves memory and focus.

Coconut Burn for protection and purification.

Copal For love, purification, uplifting spirits, protection, spirituality, and to attract love.

Cypress Strength, comfort, healing, eases anxiety and stress, self-assurance, confidence, physical vitality, willpower and concentration.

Damiana Burned to facilitate psychic visions.

Dittany of Crete Astral projection and divination.

Dragon’s Blood Protection, purification, courage, dispel negativity, attract love, enhance psychic awareness.

Elecampane Burned to strengthen the clairvoyant powers and scrying abilities.

Eucalyptus Healing, purification and protection.

Frankincense Spirituality, astral strength, protection, consecration courage, dispel negativity, aid to meditation, induce psychic visions and attract good luck.

Gardenia Peace, love and healing.

Ginger Wealth, lust and love.

Hibiscus Divination, love and lust to attract love.

Honeysuckle Money, happiness, friendship, healing, for good health, luck, and psychic power.

Hyacinth Happiness and protection.

Jasmine Love, money, dreams, purification, wisdom, skills, astral projection, to attract love and money, for luck in general, especially in matters relating to love.

Juniper Calming, protection, healing, to increase psychic powers and to break the curses and hexes cast by evil.

Lavender Cleansing, healing, love, happiness, relaxation, to induce rest and sleep, and to attract love.

Lemon Healing, love and purification.

Lemongrass Mental clarity.

Lilac Soothing, increase psychic powers and to attract harmony into one’s life.

Lotus Elevates mood, protection, spirituality, healing, meditation for inner peace and outer harmony, to aid in meditation and open the mind’s eye.

Mace To stimulate or increase psychic powers.

Mint To increase sexual desire and attract money.

Musk Aphrodisiac, prosperity, courage, creates a sensual atmosphere. For courage and vitality, or to heighten sensual passion.

Myrrh Spirituality, meditation, healing and consecration. An ancient incense for protection, healing, purification and spirituality.

Nutmeg Burned to aid meditation, stimulate or increase the psychic powers and attract prosperity.

Oak-moss To attract money.

Orange Divination, love, luck, money.

Patchouli Money, growth, love, mastery, sensuality to attract money and love, and also to promote fertility.

Passionflower For peace of mind, this sweet scent will soothe troubles and aid in sleep.

Peppermint Energy, mental stimulant, healing.

Pine Grounding, strength, cleansing, healing and to attract money.

Poppy Seeds Burned to promote female fertility, and to attract love, good luck, and money.

Rose Love, house blessing, fertility, healing to increase courage, induce prophetic dreams, and attract love to return calm energies to the home.

Rose Courage and protection.

Rosemary Remembrance, memory, energy, healing to purify, aid in healing, prevent nightmares, preserve youthfulness, dispel depression.

Rue Burned to help restore health.

Sage Wisdom, Clarity and purification.

Sandalwood Spirituality, healing, protection, astral projection to heal and protect, also for purification.

Strawberry Love, luck and friendship.

Sweet Pea Friendship, love and courage.

Tangerine A solar aroma used to attract prosperity.

Vanilla Lust, mental flexability, stimulate amorous appetites and enhance memory.

Vetivert Money, peace and love.

Violet Wisdom, luck, love, protection and healing.

Yarrow For courage.

Ylang-Ylang For love, harmony and euphoria.