Items you already own - Improvising!
Most of the items we already own can be found in the kitchen. Whether we realise it or not the kitchen is a pretty witchy place already.
Vinegar
Used for cleansing
Table Salt
Used for purifying
Honey
Used for sweetening
Tabasco/chilli sauce
Used to invoke anger and rage
Milk
Can be used for calming and soothing. Dousing fire with milk can be an effective method of calming anger spells
Kitchen scraps are amazingly useful in witchcraft.
Eggshells
Great used as biodegradable offering bowls for leaving offerings in the natural world.
Powdered egg shell is often employed for purification and protection
Vegetable Peelings
Use for workings involving discarding the old and embracing what is within
Bones
Bones can be ground down and used as a representative of the animal or as a symbol of the life force in general.
Olive oil
Very handy to dilute essential oils as it makes them go further
Spices and herbs from the cooking spice rack.
A lot of the herbs you may want to employ for magical purposes can be bought far more cheaply in the local supermarket. Check first before placing your bumper order on an online witchy website...
Sage
Sprinkle a little sage in the bottom of a small ceramic pot and light with newspaper. Cheaper than buying a smudge stick. Perfect for cleansing individual items by moving through the flames or for using as a censor around the room.
Burned wood/charcoal/chimney soot from fires
Shake up with ordinary table salt to make homemade black salt. Black salt commonly used for banishing
Tin cans and glass bottles
Excellent containers for holding spells and/or storing magical ingredients
Tin foil
Use for reflective and mirror spells. Tin foiling a flat surface can also be used in much the same way as a bowl of water for scrying purposes.
Fridge magnets
Very useful for any sort of attraction spells. Name each magnet and draw them together for two people to be attracted together or for something to be attracted to an individual (a job, additional funds, positivity.. etc)
Letter opener
Cheap way to purchase a nice looking athame and as most witches do not use their ceremonial knife to cute (some do of course and they may want something sharper) a letter opener fits the purpose beautifully.
Blood
Menstrual blood is ideal for fertilising plants. It also makes sense top have some of your own blood safely stored as if it is an ingredient you use regularly in spellwork you'd probably prefer not to have to go to the trouble of bleeding whenever you need some for a spell.
Hair
Same as with blood - keep some when you get it cut. Plan ahead by keeping hair clippings of your pets and children, that way if any of them do go missing you have a taglock as a starting point for a finding spell.
Hair ties and shoe laces
These work in knot magic and add the personal energies of the owner to the spell.
Images
Egg shell http://www.freeimages.com/photo/365993jeroenbeel
Blood http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1380712andrejanel
Spices http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1391808sarka_s
Salt http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1414416jarsem
Vegetables http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1442837vannmarie
Vinegar
Used for cleansing
Table Salt
Used for purifying
Honey
Used for sweetening
Tabasco/chilli sauce
Used to invoke anger and rage
Milk
Can be used for calming and soothing. Dousing fire with milk can be an effective method of calming anger spells
Kitchen scraps are amazingly useful in witchcraft.
Eggshells
Great used as biodegradable offering bowls for leaving offerings in the natural world.
Powdered egg shell is often employed for purification and protection
Vegetable Peelings
Use for workings involving discarding the old and embracing what is within
Bones
Bones can be ground down and used as a representative of the animal or as a symbol of the life force in general.
Olive oil
Very handy to dilute essential oils as it makes them go further
Spices and herbs from the cooking spice rack.
A lot of the herbs you may want to employ for magical purposes can be bought far more cheaply in the local supermarket. Check first before placing your bumper order on an online witchy website...
Sage
Sprinkle a little sage in the bottom of a small ceramic pot and light with newspaper. Cheaper than buying a smudge stick. Perfect for cleansing individual items by moving through the flames or for using as a censor around the room.
Burned wood/charcoal/chimney soot from fires
Shake up with ordinary table salt to make homemade black salt. Black salt commonly used for banishing
Tin cans and glass bottles
Excellent containers for holding spells and/or storing magical ingredients
Tin foil
Use for reflective and mirror spells. Tin foiling a flat surface can also be used in much the same way as a bowl of water for scrying purposes.
Fridge magnets
Very useful for any sort of attraction spells. Name each magnet and draw them together for two people to be attracted together or for something to be attracted to an individual (a job, additional funds, positivity.. etc)
Letter opener
Cheap way to purchase a nice looking athame and as most witches do not use their ceremonial knife to cute (some do of course and they may want something sharper) a letter opener fits the purpose beautifully.
Blood
Menstrual blood is ideal for fertilising plants. It also makes sense top have some of your own blood safely stored as if it is an ingredient you use regularly in spellwork you'd probably prefer not to have to go to the trouble of bleeding whenever you need some for a spell.
Hair
Same as with blood - keep some when you get it cut. Plan ahead by keeping hair clippings of your pets and children, that way if any of them do go missing you have a taglock as a starting point for a finding spell.
Hair ties and shoe laces
These work in knot magic and add the personal energies of the owner to the spell.
Images
Egg shell http://www.freeimages.com/photo/365993jeroenbeel
Blood http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1380712andrejanel
Spices http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1391808sarka_s
Salt http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1414416jarsem
Vegetables http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1442837vannmarie
