30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, day 31

30 days of magical roots challenge

"So many of us get stuck in a rut over the years of our magical practice, and this is a fun way to revisit some basics."

Day 1: Divination
Day 2: Grounding
Day 3: Centering/Breath-work
Day 4: Intentions
Day 5: Energy work
Day 6: Shielding
Day 7: Yoga pose
Day 8: Meditation
Day 9: Daily practices
Day 10: Herb/Plant/Tree
Day 11: Write a spell (& perform it for bonus points!)
Day 12: Deity
Day 13: Stone/Crystal
Day 14: Incense
Day 15: Kitchen Witchery
Day 16: Connect with Mother Earth
Day 17: Raise some energy
Day 18: Elemental magic
Day 19: Sacred Space/Circle Casting
Day 20: Ethics
Day 21: Symbols
Day 22: Self-Purification
Day 23: Book of Shadows/Grimoire
Day 24: Sabbats
Day 25: Esbats
Day 26: Create a sigil
Day 27: Healing
Day 28: Magical Podcasts
Day 29: Astrology
Day 30: Make a commitment to yourself

Some points from "Daily Practices"

"carry something blue on you, it wards off negativity"

"bless the food you eat, thank the life that was given to support yours"

"Change your computer desktop, password, etc. to something that reflects or reminds you of the season, a current spiritual goal, or a particular deity."

"Consider a simple physical act or decoration that is meaningful to you. A piece of jewelry dedicated to a particular deity, a choice in how you wear your hair, a tattoo, a special way of painting nails..."

"eat seasonally"

Try to infuse your everyday practice with spiritual meaning, like add a cleansing ritual to your morning shower. Add cleansing ritual to your home cleaning practice and dedicate it to a deity. Add a ritual to your exercise practice. Add trans-like meditation to every monotonous practice, from washing the dishes to exercise. See that the colors of things you use fit the magical purpose of what you do with the things, like at your workplace, you could choose a green planner for economical growth and prosperity.

15 ways to do witchcraft every day

Everyday Magic; witchcraft for busy lives 

Some things I have been thinking about, or missing from the list. 

* more focus on herbalism, plants, gardening, devas etc. Connection with the plant based lifeforms.

* Connection with the other kind of lifeforms, like angels and fairies, elementals and such. There's this book, by D.J.Conway, "Magical, Mystical Creatures".
I also really recommend the first chapters of The Findhorn Garden, that is, the stories of Eileen Caddy, Peter Caddy, Dorothy Maclean and Robert Ogilvie Crombie. Then you can stop, the rest is just... New Age Crap. Eileen Caddy speaks about her connection to God, which is the kind of connection I want. Dorothy speaks about the devas and ROC about fauns and other such creatures. That is what I want with my relation to the other lifeforms on this planet.
So this also includes channeling and communicating with spirits. 

* I want to really get my spellwork in order. To me being a witch is using magic, not just "I could if I wanted, bothered to..."
* this also includes potions, charms, amulets, talismans and other such witchy things

* connection with the elements, elemental magic, and not just elementals, but the elements.

* dreamwork

* divination - I want more of that

* energy work

I also find this blog interesting from this point of view. Magick 365
Everyday Witchcraft for a dorm room witch

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 30

"Add rose petals to sangria for love."

Wild rose petal sangria

magical qualities of rose

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 29

"Hang a silver bell on your front door knob for good luck"

Feng Shui bells 

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 28

"Paint sigils on your mailbox."

Ok... so... why?

How to paint a metal mailbox

What ever you do; remember this:

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 27

 "Inscribe sigils on the bottom of your pie crust before pouring in the filling."

sigil magic
rune magic

There's all kinds of symbols, signs, seals and letters to be inscribed on pie crust and other objects for different purposes.

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 26

"Do a tarot reading first thing Saturday morning to lend some grounded perspective to the weekend."

Fool’s Journey: Ways to Make Tarot Part of Your Daily Routine in 2016
Deepening your Daily Draw Practice
7 Ways Doing a Daily Tarot or Oracle Card Draw Can Improve Your Life
 

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 25

Burn sage or cedar first thing in the morning to start your day off fresh.

The ancient art of sage burning

how to make your own smudge sticks (or bundles)

sacred scents - about incense, essential oils and their use in magic
how to make and use your own incense

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 24

Place crystal grids for protection or abundance in the bottoms of pots before planting.

Crystal grid of protection
Crystal grids

Er... I don't think so. Sounds like a lot of work and resources for little gain... maybe one could put a protection or abundance crystal in the bottom of pots, or what ever one wishes to attract to one's life. And perhaps one could paint the pots in an appropriate color, and add appropriate decoration etc.
But the crystal grid of protection for personal protection isn't a bad idea.
Also, learning to use the crystal grids is a good idea.

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 23

"Make your own scented candles with oils and herbs to infuse them with particular magickal properties."

Making scented candles
Create Your Own Magic Candles For Spells And Rituals
An Introduction to Candle Magic

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 22

"Wear a crystal pendulum as a necklace so you’re always ready to do a little scrying."

 One thing about that, though... the chain might obstruct a little in scrying, so choose a chain that you can move so that it can hang in the clasp while you are using it as a pendulum, and choose a thin chain.

 Pendulum Scrying: How to Use a Pendulum for Divination

Now, this is not a crystal but a specially created divination pendant. The glass vial has been filled with mugwort and yarrow, but it looks like the bottle can be opened and filled with something else, for example, if one wishes to look for gold, one can place a small amount of gold in the vial, aso.

Divination Pendulum by Devonian Mists

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 21

Go outside on a new moon and look up at the dark sky.

New Moon Rituals

Celebrate the New Moon

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 20

Place drops of essential oils from the companion plants of the plants in your garden 

into your watering can to give your garden a little boost.

What is companion planting?
 

Tagetes Erecta by Mauricia Mercadante

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 19

"Carry a small pocket sized journal with you to act as a portable grimoire".

A grimoire is "a textbook of magic, typically including instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets, how to perform magical spells, charms and divination, and how to summon or invoke supernatural entities such as angels, spirits, and demons."

Do you have a "normal size" version of it? A lot of people don't. Now-a-days a lot of people keep all this information in their online bookmarks or in separate books in their bookshelves.

So, what about making yourself a grimoire or book of shadows and starting to use it, actively?

Actively and intentionally write a spell for every day, and see if it works, document the results, and make changes, and try to create spells that actually work for you. Note the date and weather and moon phase and astrological information, and any other circumstance that might have magical impact to your spell.
Try to create magical objects like talismans and amulets.
Write down your divinations, and get regular with it.
Experiment with summoning - or communicating - with magical, mystical, mythical beings and entities and record your experiments. 

Now, carrying a notebook about your magical observations, ideas and spells you happen to encounter, is not a bad idea, but get a regular size BOS as well, and USE IT.

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 18

"Make your own toiletries, like soap and toner, 

with essential oils, alcohol-free witch hazel and other natural materials. 

This way, not only can you control what you’re putting on your skin, 

but you can include a few magickal ingredients as well!"

Yes, making potions and lotions has always been very witchy :-D

Making your own toiletries

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 17

"Keep track of your sleep and menstrual cycles and moods to see how the moon phases affect you."

Menstrual cycle chart
How to use a sleep diary

4 Ways to Honor The Power Of Menses
Discussion about menstruation and magick

Now, this is a good place to remind people of keeping a dream journal as everyday magic.

 

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 16

"Purchase or make a piece of jewelry from a protective stone like smoky quartz or obsidian."

How to make wire wrapped stone pendants
works with any stone, crystal, clump of material, plastic toys etc.

Obsidian arrowhead tree of life wire wrapped pendant

by Lone Wolf Boutique at Wanelo

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 15

"Keep mini altars in rooms you use regularly like the bathroom and kitchen
so you’re always close to a few special, spiritual items."

Altar Set-Up for Beginners and Witches on a Budget

7 Pooja rooms dedicated to 7 different Gods

Gaia Mini Wall Altar by EarthStarStudios

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 14

"Carve sigils into the sand at the beach and let the tides release them into the universe."

Now, I get this really bad feeling in my chest whenever sigil magic is mentioned. I will not be doing that, ever. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't or can't. Listen to the signals of your own body.

Here's a short description and how-to: Sigil magic

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 13

"Choose a Major Arcana tarot card that represents the ideal outcome of a situation and place it on your altar to remind yourself what you’re working toward."

More about drawing the card of the day

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday

30 Days to Add Magic to Every Day, Day 12

"Sleep outside under the stars and look for constellations and shooting stars."

During August there's the Perseid meteor shower, and it is at its peak this night.

There are several astronomical calendars for the celestial events online, for hobby astronomers. They give you information about things like lunar eclipses and meteor showers, which are, of course, something worth to stay up for.
Learn the constellations so that you can use the information given here, they give the different constellations are points of orientation, and if you don't know where Cassiopeia is, it might be hard to find the Perseids :-D

Based on The Witch of Lupine Hollow: 30 Ways to Live a More Magickal Life Everyday