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

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Witches have a long and elaborate history. Their forerunners appear in the Bible, in the story of King Saul consulting the so-called Witch of Endor. They also crop up in the classical era in the form of winged harpies and screech-owl-like “strixes” – frightening flying creatures that fed on the flesh of babies.

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Art Witchcraft is a path of witchcraft focused around the use of color and the creation of physical forms of art imbued with magic. Poppet' of stuffed fabric with stiletto through face (c.1909-1913). Image courtesy Ashmolean Museum/Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle Sigil Witch: Also known as Word Witch, these practitioners use sigils and words weaved into their magic 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!

With witchcraft’s emphasis on natural living and respect for the earth, eco art is an idea form of art magic. Henna offers an opportunity to adorn your body with a meaningful symbol that fades completely within a week. For example: Many Art Witches also work with Candle Magic, Nature/Weather Magic and Divination, so learn about those or any other areas of interest to you. Everything you experience will inform your artwork! Nothing looks more enchanting than a Book of Shadows embellished with the skills of a practiced calligrapher. Though the narrative around witchcraft shifts across the centuries in Europe, one thing that remained consistent was its connection to women. The subject was leveraged as a way of commenting on women's beauty, sexuality and morality. In John William Waterhouse's painting titled The Magic Circle, we see a witch standing next to a smoking cauldron. Unlike the previous examples, she's fully clothed, youthful and relatively good-looking. She holds a wand in her hand as she draws a protective circle around herself. Inside the circle are beautiful flowers, and outside are frogs and ravens – both of which are associated with witchcraft. These ideas evolve into sexist perceptions of women as beings of loose morals that entrap men.

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Art magic is the blending of fine art skills with the metaphysical practice of witchcraft. Whether you know your way around a painter’s studio or you love to produce amazing photography, put your fine art skills to work in your Craft. Draw A Spell Mandala While this sort of bleeds over more into the crafting arena, jewelry making can certainly be elevated to fine art. When you’re ready, you can start spellcrafting! Your first spells may involve protection spells, dedications for your tools, creativity or inspiration spells, easy things so you can get protected and start getting some practice. My personal recommendation for art witches is a self-dedication ritual where you, after creating a sacred space, make a commitment to yourself (or a deity) to devote yourself to the study and practice of art magic. *This is completely optional* Alexandrian Witch: A witch who practices the magic founded by Alex and Maxine Sanders in the 1960s with a focus on ritual and ceremonial magic. One of the rare types of witches is the hereditary witch. A hereditary witch inherits his or her magical knowledge and practice from the generations before (mother, grandmother, aunt, uncle, etc.) Debate as to whether the tradition is passed down over MANY generations, a few generations, or whether the tradition itself has to be verbally defined (by the family) as witchcraft circulates in the pagan community today. Learn the 15 Signs You Could Be a Hereditary Witch. 5. The Fairy WitchSome witches have a natural affinity for healing. Healing other people, themselves, animals, and the earth. I call witches who focus on the healing arts healing witches (obviously). This type of witch might study and practice magical and medicinal herbalism, folk remedies, alternative pain modalities, Reiki, cellular regeneration, cleansing rituals, health and fitness. 14. Music Witch The first is art made entirely of foraged or natural materials. If you love your natural walks, try collecting some natural materials (like pine cones, bark, flowers to press, ect) and make art from only those materials. As an Art Witch, you may want to do some more witchy things daily. Some ideas can be: Sketch or study everyday, incorporate color correspondences into your life, practice sigil making, watch art tutorials, write affirmations, or meditate/visualize to flex those creative muscles. Create a studio space (even a small or temporary one) to work magic in.

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For many years I considered myself eclectic. Being this type of witch means you practice rituals, cast spells, and believe in different things from various traditions. And while that might seem like appropriation to many people these days, as long as you practice in a solitary fashion and with respect for closed traditions, it’s no problem. 13. Healing Witch People with solid exposure technique and the ability to capture low light images are always in demand in paranormal circles. This type of witch finds himself or herself longing to “go home” and be among the stars. Maybe you find the starseed concept resonates with you deeply. Maybe you have a lifelong addiction to astrology, astronomy, and all things aeronautics. If you find you don’t care about what happens here on earth as much as you do the planetary rotations, comets, and other galaxies, then you are a cosmic witch. 18. Grey Witch The lovely @naomi121406 posted THIS intro to Sea witchcraft and I thought it might be helpful to do a similar post introducing Art Witchcraft! Hedge Witch: A solitary witch that holds both kitchen and green witch attributes, such as making healing potions and brews in the kitchen; think of the old women in the woods archetype.

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Without spoilers, I'll just say that the anime's theme is people's inner wishes or inner true self, and about how hard it is to be true to our nature in a world where everything is judged, everything is online and we put such high expectations on ourselves. If you like colors, music, art & feelings, then this is for you! It is a true masterpiece that ends upmaking us feel nostalgic, not only for more episodes, but for a long-lost version of ourselves. Neo-Pagan Witch: An umbrella term for witches who practice newer forms of the craft such as Wicca, Gardernianism, and all new earth-based customs. Photograph of witch and medium, Helen Duncanproducing 'ectoplasm' from her nose, supposedly the spirits ofdead souls (c.1930). Duncan was the last person to be imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act. 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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Remember that Art Witchcraft is about loving the process of creation and your expression through it. So don’t be afraid to experiment, take risks, and always be in the process of improvement. Learning to take critique, or give it to yourself, is critical! For art historians, though, the interesting question is what provided Renaissance artists with the model for this appalling vision. One theory is that Dürer and his contemporaries were inspired by the personification of Envy as conceived by the Italian artist Andrea Mantegna (c 1431-1506) in his engraving Battle of the Sea Gods. Do you know another type of witch that I do not have listed here? Do you feel the definitions correctly describe your path? Which path are you the most interested in? Leave a comment! Related Posts This one is pretty easy. Even if you don’t consider yourself a master drawer, mandalas are pretty accessible for most people with a halfway steady hand. Revisionist feminist histories of witch burnings emerged across the 1970s, such as Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English’s contentious theory that witches were in fact female healers eliminated by the medical establishment. More recently, the Italian feminist Silvia Federici has examined the connection between capitalism and the disciplining of the female body in her work Caliban and the Witch (2004).Deconstructing these depictions is important, but it’s perhaps not always about resisting stereotypes. Artist and practicing witch Kitty Fedorec says they were “inspired and excited” by pop-culture depictions of witches. “It was exactly the commercialization of witchcraft that opened up its possibilities for me”, they tell me. Axis Mundi Witch: A witch who studies the core idea that there is a central pillar that joins Earth to Heaven.