Welcome to Magic School

Today’s lesson is all about simple, approachable, and actionable ways to upgrade the words we use every single day that shape our realities. You’ll walk away from this lesson with a new understanding of the power of your word, and six simple conscious language upgrades you can start using right away.

In Today’s Lesson:

* What is conscious language and why is it important?

* What is the scale of emotions and how can it help you access your inner power?

* What is the responsibility line and how can you use this visualization to take personal responsibility and step into your power?

* Six simple but POWERFUL upgrades! Learn how to transform and upgrade these and similar phrases to new and empowering language patterns:

1. “I can’t/don’t know how…”

2. “It’s hard” / “It’s not working”

3. “I’m broke” / “I can’t afford…”

4. “I don’t have time”

5. “I’m busy”

BONUS: “try”

BONUS: “but” —> “and”

6. “I don’t want…”

* What does it mean to be casting broken spells, and how does this affect our present and future?

* What is possible for you if you claim the power of your word and choose to use it consistently in your favor?

“Often, our belief about what we can and can’t do is [us] playing the blame game and placing the blame on our ability or our power when the truth is that, often, we have the power to make any number of choices.”

~Vervain Helsdottir

“‘It’s hard’ is really the heart saying ‘this is difficult and I don’t know what to do.’ So that actually goes to the realm of shutdown, of ‘I don’t know,’ ‘this is hard,’ ‘I can’t,’ that clamming up and that going into protection mode of ‘it’s hard and I don’t want to.’ ‘It’s hard’ is ‘I don’t want to,’ because it’s scary, or whatever it is. You may not have all of the translation there, it depends on the scenario, but ‘it’s hard….’ Is it really hard? Or is it that you’re choosing not to do it and you’re not engaging with it?”

~Abigail Sitter

Additional Resources

• Episode 1: Crafting Empowering Questions for Divination https://www.welcometomagicschool.com/episodes/01-crafting-empowering-questions-for-divination
• Episode 8: How Good is Your Word? (Manifestation Magic part 1) https://www.welcometomagicschool.com/episodes/howgoodisyourword
• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: https://amzn.to/3GRi5Jo
• Conscious Language: The Logos of Now by Robert Tennyson Stevens https://amzn.to/3uaeJOL
• Abigail Sitter: https://instagram.com/earth_angel_abigail
• Alicia Ann Howery (founder of Sacred Stays): https://instagram.com/alicia.howery

Level Up with Plant Magic:

• My Daily Non-Negotiables: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven#bwm/step-into-your-highest-potential
• Explore Bundles & Individual Products: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven
• Learn more about Oil Coven:

Resources:

• Whole Self Support Workshop - Text WHOLE SELF to 314-292-9919 for more information on this seasonal quarterly workshop! Find @heartshinedivine and @kitchen.mystic on Instagram to meet the facilitators.
• Wanna have some major breakthroughs and maybe cry about it while being virtually held in a loving supportive way? Book a Divinatory Coaching Session with me: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/divinatory-coaching
• Get 10% OFF your session through the end of January with the code 2022ISMYYEAR
• Magic of I Astrological Planner: https://magicofi.com/
• The Muse Tarot: https://themusetarot.com/
• Try Noom (one of my most effective wellness tools): https://www.talkable.com/x/FTw6UL

Level Up with Plant Magic:

• Explore Bundles & Individual Products: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven
• Learn more about Oil Coven: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/oilcoven

And More…

• Support my music (and by extension, this podcast) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vervainandtheroses/

Homework

• Subscribe, rate, & review (please)! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Welcome to Magic School can currently be reviewed on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Podchaser, and Audible… AAAAND YOU CAN NOW RATE PODCASTS ON SPOTIFY! Please do this, it will mean the absolute world to me!
• For this week’s assignment, do this spread for yourself—Body, Mind, & Spirit with Problem/Challenge and Action/Solution for each—and tell me how it goes! Send me a voice note of your experience for a chance to be featured in a future episode.

Contact the Professor:

https://www.welcometomagicschool.com/contact

This post contains affiliate links (duh).

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling REALLY GOOD about 2022.

I know you and I both have a lot of work to do—internally and externally—this year, but I just have a really good feeling about our ability to take care of ourselves and stick with it. I’m rooting for you, and I’m rooting for me.

That said, I know I could certainly use all the support I can get this year for my WHOLE DAMN SELF—my body, my mind, and my spirit—and wouldn’t you know, my badass boss witch friends Sam and Jennifer put together a little 3-day workshop for Whole Self Support!

I signed up for the workshop (details below!), and item number one on the agenda was this tarot/oracle spread, so I got down to business with it… and knew almost right away that I had to share my takeaways with you! I have the feeling that these messages are not JUST for me, and while I don’t expect ALL of it to resonate with you, I’d be pretty shocked if NONE of it did!

I ended up going SUPER DEEP with this one and had at LEAST two instances of Cry Sesh™ by the time it was over, so today I give you… PART ONE!

In Today's Lesson*:

• Listen to my cards call me out hardcore and use MY OWN VOICE to do it (rude!)
• Witness me having several earth-shattering and tear-inducing realizations in real time
• Find out why tf I’m finally giving astrology a chance
• A brief discussion of The Placebo Effect™ as real life magic
• Why “abundance” and “money” are not the same thing and why this MATTERS in magic and manifestation
• My struggle with being my whole authentic self on social media (bc I am grateful for you and I love you, Instagram, but also fuck you)
• Discover Evil Secret Knowledge™ regarding the making of a viral Instagram reel and the reason why I will probably never go viral again (lol)
• Probably a bunch of other stuff

*Yeah, the definition of “lesson” is getting looser around here—but you know what? This reading/divinatory coaching session is CHOCK FULL OF LESSONS. Live and learn, right? We’re living! We’re learning! Together! Let’s do this!

Resources:

• Whole Self Support Workshop - REGISTRATION DETAILS COMING SOON! Message @heartshinedivine on Instagram in the meantime if you need the hookup!
• Wanna have some major breakthroughs and maybe cry about it while being virtually held in a loving supportive way? Book a Divinatory Coaching Session with me: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/divinatory-coaching
• Get 10% OFF your session through the end of January with the code 2022ISMYYEAR
• Magic of I Astrological Planner: https://magicofi.com/
• The Muse Tarot: https://themusetarot.com/
• Try Noom (one of my most effective wellness tools): https://www.talkable.com/x/FTw6UL

Level Up with Plant Magic:

• Explore Bundles & Individual Products: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven
• Learn more about Oil Coven: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/oilcoven

And More…

• Support my music (and by extension, this podcast) on Patreon:

Happy New Year! Or, you know, happy whenever-you-get-here!

Today’s lesson is about the very heart and center of manifestation magic: intention.

Without intention, there’s nothing to manifest! So, let’s talk about it.

In Today's Lesson:

• What is intention? Why do we need it?
• Why is it so important to know CLEARLY what you want and/or need?
• How to go deeper and determine your TRUE INTENTION and your WHY beneath the surface
• And how I’ve been fucking this all up PLUS my plan to set it right in 2022

Resources:

• Get clarity on your own intentions (and how to move forward from there) by booking a Divinatory Coaching Session with me: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/divinatory-coaching
• Manifestation Magic series: https://feeds.captivate.fm/magicschool/manifestation-magic/
• Try Noom (one of my most effective wellness tools): https://www.talkable.com/x/FTw6UL

Level Up with Plant Magic:

• Explore Bundles & Individual Products: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven
• Learn more about Oil Coven: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/oilcoven

And More…

• Support my music (and this podcast) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vervainandtheroses/

Homework

• Subscribe, rate, & review (please)! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Welcome to Magic School can currently be reviewed on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Podchaser, and Audible.
• For this week’s assignment, get clarity on your intention—both your Big Picture Vision (BPV) and your Current Primary Goal (CPG)—and tell me how it goes! Send me a voice note of your experience for a chance to be featured in a future episode.

Contact the Professor:

https://www.welcometomagicschool.com/contact

This post contains affiliate links (duh).

In Today's Lesson:

• Is sacrifice relevant to modern magical practice?
• What sort of sacrifices are helpful in manifestation magic?
• How does NEED vs. WANT affect manifestation?

Homework:

• Subscribe, rate, and review, please!
• Ask yourself the following questions:
• What are you sacrificing?
• What are you sacrificing it TO or FOR?
• Are you happy with those answers? If not, what has to change?
• For Extra Credit, ask yourself the following:
• What are you willing to sacrifice to get what you want?
• What are you willing to sacrifice to get what you NEED?

Resources:

Books:

• Modern Runes: Discover the Magic of Casting and Divination for Everyday Life by Vervain Helsdottir https://amzn.to/3qEnbCy
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo https://amzn.to/3Jq6IdB
• Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up by Marie Kondo https://amzn.to/3qAftJk
• Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life by Marie Kondo https://amzn.to/3pzCBbz
• Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui: Free Yourself from Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Clutter Forever by Karen Kingston https://amzn.to/3qAN9GX
• Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff by Dana K. White https://amzn.to/3zlgclX

Online Resources:

• The Possibility Department (home of Get Your Shit Together With the Pentacle) https://thepossibilitydept.com/
• Book a Divinatory Coaching session with me: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/divinatory-coaching

Contact/Homework Submissions:

https://www.welcometomagicschool.com/contact

Solstice Blessings, and a happy new year to you!!

Today’s episode is a little different from the usual… instead of the typical lecture lesson, today we’re getting hands on with some tarot cards, my juniper runes, and a sneak peek into the year ahead!

This is partially a demonstration of one way I like to use divinatory tools, and partially an experiment in prediction and magical preparation—we’ll check back throughout the year to see how the cards and runes from this reading play out in real time across the seasons.

In Today's Lesson:

• I spend the night of the Winter Solstice performing a year-ahead reading with my Pam's Vintage Tarot and my Juniper runes
• my interpretations of twelve tarot cards and twelve elder futhark runes (and how they play together) as they apply to the next twelve months
• language upgrades that have helped me level up my attitude
• and probably a lot of other stuff, honestly... this episode IS three hours long...

Resources:

• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: https://amzn.to/3GRi5Jo
• Pam's Vintage Tarot https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/pam-s-vintage-tarot-size
• The Making of my Juniper Runes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcrOMhasjgY
• Modern Runes: Discover the Magic of Casting and Divination for Everyday Life by Vervain Helsdottir (that's me!) https://amzn.to/3mUxYGS
• View the Rune Resources page on my personal website: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/resources/runes (this page will continue to be updated with more resources, including a book list and website directory, as time goes on)
• Essential Oil Magic: Natural Spells for the Green Witch (to complement this episode, I specifically recommend the chapter on Divination) by Vervain Helsdottir (that's me!) https://amzn.to/3i6ZOhK
• Level Up with Plant Magic:
• Plant Magic for Kitchen Witchery: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven#bwm/kitchen-witch-kit
• Explore Bundles & Individual Products: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven
• Learn more about Oil Coven: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/oilcoven
• And More...
• Book a Divinatory Coaching Session (20% OFF through 12/31/2021 with code 2022LETSGO): https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/divinatory-coaching
• Support my music (and this podcast) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vervainandtheroses/

Homework

• Subscribe, rate, & review (please)! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Welcome to Magic School can currently be reviewed on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Podchaser, and Audible.
• For this week’s assignment, do a year ahead reading for yourself and...

Today’s lesson on Welcome to Magic School is all about the power of our word as it pertains to manifestation magic. Can you manifest with just the power of your word? Let’s talk about it!

In Today’s Lesson:

• Can you really speak things into existence?
• Does what you write down actually happen?
• How good is your word?
• How can you strengthen the power of your word to increase your manifesting power?

Additional Resources

• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: https://amzn.to/3GRi5Jo
• The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Art-of-Asking-Audiobook/B00OQT8AG2?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp&shareTest=TestShare
• The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer: https://amzn.to/3sgGhAP
• Level Up with Plant Magic:
• Plant Magic for Kitchen Witchery: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven#bwm/kitchen-witch-kit
• Explore Bundles & Individual Products: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven
• Learn more about Oil Coven: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/oilcoven

And More:

• Book a Divinatory Coaching Session (20% OFF through 12/31/2021 with code 2022LETSGO): https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/divinatory-coaching
• Support my music (and this podcast) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vervainandtheroses/

Today’s Homework:

• Subscribe, rate, & review (please)! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Welcome to Magic School can currently be reviewed on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Podchaser, and Audible.
• For this lesson’s assignment, start paying attention to your words and the way that you talk. Start noticing how often you say things that aren’t true, or how often you say things really casually without really caring whether they’re true or not.
• Also, if you do the homework from any past episodes, please still turn it in, no matter how late! After all, a wizard (or witch, presumably) is never late--nor is he early. He arrives (or turns in his homework) precisely when he means to.... right? And it may yet provide some value to your classmates (or, you know, to me)!
• Extra Credit: Share what you learned on Instagram and tag @welcometomagicschool so other witches can benefit, too!

Contact the Professor:

https://www.welcometomagicschool.com/contact

This post contains affiliate links (duh).

Today’s episode of Welcome to Magic School is all about kitchen witchery for holiday gatherings. We discuss kitchen witchery in general and then dive into my personal approach to Thanksgiving… plus some Thanksgiving history!

In Today’s Lesson:

• Making food vs making magic
• Tools, ingredients, & techniques of kitchen witchery
• "Recipes" and tips for a kitchen witch thanksgiving

Additional Resources

• Sarah Hale on Thanksgiving (Godey's Lady's Book) http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/godey/shtable/shtable-thanks.html
• Some extra Thanksgiving history https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-Thanksgiving-holiday/
• THE book on Kitchen Witchery/Kitchen Witchcraft (Scott Cunningham): https://amzn.to/3Hxh6za

Level Up with Plant Magic:

• Plant Magic for Kitchen Witchery: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven#bwm/kitchen-witch-kit
• Explore Bundles & Individual Products: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven
• Mix & Match Earthy Scents (including Cedarwood): https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven#build/subscription/earthy-scents
• Learn more about Oil Coven: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/oilcoven

And More:

• Book a Divinatory Coaching Session: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/divinatory-coaching
• Join Potions Club: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/potionsclub
• Learn more about Oil Coven: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/oilcoven

Today’s Homework:

1. Subscribe, rate, & review (please)! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

• Welcome to Magic School can currently be reviewed on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Podchaser, and Audible.

1. For this lesson’s assignment, do some kitchen witchery! It can be as simple or complex as you’d like, but please do tell me about it and how it goes!
2. Also, if you do the homework from any past episodes, please still turn it in, no matter how late! After all, a wizard (or witch, presumably) is never late--nor is he early. He arrives (or turns in his homework) precisely when he means to.... right? And it may yet provide some value to your classmates (or, you know, to me)!
3. Extra Credit: Share what you learned on Instagram and tag @welcometomagicschool so other witches can benefit, too!

Contact the Professor:

https://www.welcometomagicschool.com/contact

This post contains affiliate links (duh).

Announcements

Divinatory Coaching Sessions are 20% OFF through the end of the year (12/31/2021). Purchase now and schedule when convenient! Use code 2022LETSGO at checkout to receive the...

Today’s episode of Welcome to Magic School is all about easing the transition from life to death, with techniques both magical and mundane.

In Today’s Lesson:

• Ways to show up in support for dying loved ones
• Ways to support yourself during times of difficult transition (e.g. losing a loved one)
• How to provide magical assistance for the journey from this world to the next
• Techniques include:
• shamanic journey work
• calling on the support of angels and ancestors
• oils and plant magic allies
• candle magic
• runes for safe passage between the worlds

My Guest, Abigail Sitter

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earth_angel_abigail/

Angelic Assistance Bundle: https://www.myyl.com/earth-angel-abigail#build/subscription/angelic-assistance

Website (Lymphatic Detox, etc. based in Texas): https://www.nextgenwellness.net/

Additional Resources Angel Meditations on Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/AskAngels Journal Prompts

• 10 Questions for Exploring Your Relationship with Death: BLOG POST COMING VERY SOON!!

Level Up with Plant Magic:

• Plant Magic for Spiritual Protection: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven#bwm/protection
• Explore Bundles & Individual Products: https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven
• Mix & Match Earthy Scents (including Cedarwood): https://www.myyl.com/oilcoven#build/subscription/earthy-scents
• Learn more about Oil Coven: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/oilcoven

And More:

• Book a Divinatory Coaching Session: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/divinatory-coaching
• Join Potions Club: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/potionsclub
• Learn more about Oil Coven: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/oilcoven

Today’s Homework:

1. Subscribe, rate, & review (please)! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

• Welcome to Magic School can currently be reviewed on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Podchaser, and Audible.

1. For this week’s assignment, spend 5+ minutes journaling about your relationship with, experience of, and perspective on Death—both in the mundane and the metaphysical (and/or metaphorical). Don’t forget to let me know what you uncover!
2. Extra Credit: Share what you learned on Instagram and tag @welcometomagicschool so other witches can...

Today’s episode of Welcome to Magic School is a continuation of last week’s lesson on Runes for Protection Magic.

In Today’s Lesson:

Runes for Protection Magic (We covered three last week—now for two more!)

• Sowilo
• sun, sunlight, success
• the light that vanquishes the forces of darkness
• quells fear, quells demons, darkness, and dis-ease
• to ensure success, health, and a sunny disposition
• Othala
• inheritance, estate
• ancestors, family, community
• inherited gifts/blessings/curses, property, etc.
• mark boundaries, claim ownership, call in protection from ancestors and community

What are some specific ways you can invoke or evoke the magic of these protection runes in your witchcraft practice and your day to day life?

And More…

• What does it mean for light to vanquish darkness?
• Is darkness inherently evil? (Hell no!)
• On wanting to say the “right” thing…

Further Learning & Additional Resources:Recommended Runic Reading:

• Modern Runes: Discover the Magic of Casting and Divination for Everyday Life by Vervain Helsdottir https://amzn.to/3mUxYGS
• Taking Up the Runes: A Complete Guide To Using Runes In Spells, Rituals, Divination, And Magic by Diana Paxson https://amzn.to/3DCI3i8
• The Big Book of Runes and Rune Magic: How to Interpret Runes, Rune Lore, and the Art of Runecasting by Edred Thorsson https://amzn.to/3aE8kjz
• Northern Mysteries and Magick: Runes & Feminine Powers by Freya Aswynn https://amzn.to/3mNdoIm

Additional Resources:

• View the Rune Resources page on my personal website: https://www.vervainandtheroses.com/resources/runes (this page will continue to be updated with more resources, including a book list and website directory, as time goes on)
• Your Average Witch Podcast episode with guest Amy Sigil: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1777532/9127082
• Wikipedia page for Troll Cross: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_cross
• Runes in Unicode: http://xahlee.info/comp/unicode_runic.html
• Rune Playing Cards: https://amzn.to/3DOzwsG
• Essay on Reclaiming Othala: https://deepeartharts.com/blog/2017/8/19/reclaiming-othala

Plant Magic for Protection:

• Pick and choose your plant magic from this bundle, curated around the intention of magical protection: