Stormcraft//

erynns-spells:

soothingvioletlight:

(taken from various sources and some personal stuff toooo. Someone requested all my knowledge on storm witchery so here ya goo)

Tools of the Trade//
• Broken branches can be used as wands
• Stones
• Ashes
• Storm Water
• Storm Mud
• Drums
• Rain Water
• Hail/Snow
• Whistling

Storm Water//
• Chaos
• Struggle
• Emotions
• Weathering a storm
• Power
• Good for protection
• Good for curses

Whistling the Wind//
• A traditional practice in many aboriginal and indigenous cultures (in some native American myths about hunting bears, it was considering very bad luck to whistle on the way, as it would summon the winds and give away your position-Yikes!)
• Low pitch whistle: a light breeze
• High pitch whistle: large gust of wind

Storm Casting//
• Burning pansy, heather and saffron ( rain-bring and wind-calling herbs)
• Stirring water clockwise in either a hole in the ground or a bowl and whistling
• Sending a large burst of energy into a cumulus cloud (my personal favorite but you have to be VERY careful to properly visualize what kind of storm you want or you could end up with a doozy)

Storm Catching//
• Catching and binding a storm in a bottle or jar and putting it away for later use
• Can also use ropes and know magick for this
• I personally like to suck in air (an anti-whistle?) as if I am attracting the storm to me

Preventing a Storm//
• “blow it away” using whistling and weather maps

Good herbs for Storm witches//
• Saffron (to call the wind)
• Heather (rain-bringing)
• Pansy (rain-making)

Good stones for Storm Witches//
• Pietersite (also known as the Tempest stone)
• Hemimorphite
• Azurite
• Malachite
• Nebula Stone
• Lapis Lazuli

To make a Storm’ Witches Bath//
• Sea salt
• Heather
• Saffron
• Pansy
• Rosemary
• I totally take this chance to stir the water in the bath and whistle to summon storms

Nephelomancy: Cloud Colors//
• White: good fortune
• Golden: prosperity and abundance
• Silver: blessings and riches
• Red: warning
• Orange: vibrancy, lively
• Brown: cloudy future, caution
• Green: fruitful, beginnings
• Blue: travel, movement
• Black: self-realization, difficult times ahead

More Nephelomancy//
http://soothingvioletlight.tumblr.com/post/123989828757/cloud-magick

Creatures related to Storms//
• Aer (Fae that control the weather)
• Thunderbird (Native American creature that brings lightning)
• Sylph (Wind Fae)
• Shang Yang (Chinese rain bird)
• Lightning Bird (African bird that brings lightning)
• Cursor (messenger/cloud fae)

Super awesome storm witch blogs you should totally follow:

stormbornwitch

stormsorceress

amazon-storm-witch

because most of what I learned I totally learned from them and they are super kickass and their posts are really helpful. The storm casting, whistling winds, and such is info I learned from Stormborn, and I think  I learned the properties of storm water from Sorceress? I seriously absorb so much info its hard to keep my cards straight but you should totally check them all out.

ideas for future.