Art Magick: How to become an art witch and unlock your creative power

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To protect themselves from witches, Europeans created “witch bottles” full of human hair, urine, and nail clippings, then placed them around their homes. Such objects went on view at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford last year in its “Spellbound” exhibition, turning these fetish objects into aesthetic relics in their own right. Part of the psychosexual witch-fear of male-dominated societies plays itself out in these nude depictions, and it has a lot to do with power. Witches are seen as exploiting their feminine wiles to wrest authority from patriarchal lineages. But if magic has to do with ‘power’, Tully believes that its practitioners are in fact “thoughtful, knowledgeable, interesting people who manifest “power within”, or “empowerment”, rather than “power over”.

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If you want to know more about this practice, I have a whole series of posts about color and I am always posting resources, inspiration, and my personal journey! I’m always happy to answer questions and offer advice! 🖌 Witchcraft is such an integral part of my life, I don’t know what I’d do or be without it. Over the years, I’ve explored many different aspects of the craft. And it’s led me to believe that most witches are more than one type and typically change types as their practice matures. Many witches want to label themselves as a certain type of witch. Well, there are PLENTY types of witches to choose from. Here are just a few. Then read to the end and find out why it doesn’t truly matter! First, What Is Witchcraft Today?The first thing you’ll need is a strong love for creation, from there its just a matter of developing what works for you. Here’s some ideas to get you started:

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An Art Witch’s tools can be anything that you use within your current artistic works. You can dedicate a particular paintbrush to function as a wand, directing energy and intent into your visual spells. You can create sculptures of your guardians to place within your sacred space. Maybe you want to craft your own divination tools (i.e. runes, dice, tarot, oracle, pendulums etc) or wear specific clothes when working your magic or charge your papers, pencils, waters, clays etc.

As in any other type of witchcraft, you’ll want to read as much as you can: study anatomy, do studies from life/nature, study art history, read about the psychology of color. The path of a witch is one of constant learning! Witches can benefit hugely from art journaling as a means of finding the unique intuitive voice that we all possess. The esthetics are not important here, your goal is to go on a journey. From here your intuition takes over. Whether your work is realistic or not, choices are being made by something other than your conscious mind. This is the sweet spot, this is where we find our spirit and soul. This is where I discovered that everything I need or seek is within me. Correllian Witch: A witch that practices a type of Wicca founded in the late 20th century by Caroline High Correll. She descended from a line of Cherokee Didanvwisgi who intermarried with Scottish Traditional Witches, and Correllian witchcraft was further influenced by Aradian Witchcraft and the Spiritualist Church. Nothing looks more enchanting than a Book of Shadows embellished with the skills of a practiced calligrapher. This witch is drawn to all things green. Gardens, forests, and wilderness are the green witch’s sanctuary. A green witch is someone who works with the elements, the local land spirits, and all things green. The green witch is able to harness the energy of the natural sources around him or her by developing a close connection with local plants, trees, and wildlife as well as with the earth itself.Learn how to become a green witch. 2. The Kitchen Witch

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A folkloric traditional witch seeks to mirror aspects of the witch from folk tales and historical documents (particularly Witch Trial documents). Within this definition, there is a lot of lee-way and open opportunity for the folkloric traditional witch to tailor his or her craft to meet his or her spiritual needs and unique path. Folkloric traditional witches may study and use folklore from their local area in their craft. They may also use folklore from the lands of their ancestors, or folklore from another region of interest. 9. The Solar Witch Questions over the representation of magic practitioners were raised recently after f ragrance brand Pinrose released a ‘starter witch kit’. Insta-famous witch Erin Aquarian posted a scathing takedown of the ‘kit’, which included perfume (something Aquarian sees as problematically linked to capitalism and patriarchal beauty standards) and white sage herb, which has practical and spiritual value to indigenous peoples. Aquarian objected strongly to its commercial, non-indigenous use, but also to the kit’s prohibitive price tag. Today, people in modern society continue to use tattoos as an expression of spiritual experience or hopes. If you have drawing skills, try using henna to create a moon design or symbol on the full moon. Watch it fade as a reminder of the waning moon Try Spirit PhotographyThere are some witches who choose to be initiated into a coven. Most covens are of a certain tradition, often falling under the religion of Wicca. There are some covens out there who practice witchcraft, strictly, but most I’ve come across are Wiccan-based. You can find a local Wiccan coven typically through groups on FaceBook or through local metaphysical shops, etc. Be aware, most covens require you to go through an initiation of some kind and follow the rules as outlined. 12. Eclectic Witch as a Type of Witch