Tag: Litha

  • The Spill: Litha Is Coming: News, Poems, & Solstice Magic: Volume 6

    The Spill: Litha Is Coming: News, Poems, & Solstice Magic: Volume 6

    Volume 6 June 16th 2025

    🎬 Project Updates and Upcoming Celebrations

    🏳️‍⚧️ The Trans Masc Project “The Joy they Cannot Erase” has expanded! It now welcomes all transgender and gender nonconforming individuals. There is currently no deadline for submissions but, when one is set, you’ll be the first to know.

    ✨Meanwhile, the Voices for the Voiceless project deadline has been extended from September 2025 to December 12, 2025.

    🚨 For more details on both projects, be sure to visit the Project Memos category and check the Latest Post Block on the project page.

    🌻 Litha Sabbat Is Almost Here!

    Litha, the summer solstice, arrives on June 21-22, marking the peak of the sun’s power and the height of summer’s bloom. It’s a perfect time to honor light, growth, and transformation.

    ☀️Here’s what you can do:

    Refresh your altar with summer herbs, crystals, and symbols of fire and sun Make simple offerings like flowers, herbs, or even a small glass of water or wine.

    🍃Celebrate on a budget by spending time outside soaking up the sun or journaling your intentions.

    📥 If you work on the solstice, take a moment during breaks to light a candle, say an affirmation, or set an intention for the season.

    👁️ Keep an eye out for more posts and content focused on Litha, Lilith, solstice magic, and self-love as the day approaches.

    Speaking of Lilith A Little About her ayeee.

    Lilith’s energy is deeply tied to radical self-love, independence, and reclaiming power. You’ll see her influence woven through this Sabbat’s magic and the self-love spell bags dropping this season.

    🖊️ New Poems Are Here!

    Fresh releases include:

    The Moon Doesn’t Judge

    I Am The Echo

    And

    Top Surgery

    🚨 Stay tuned for more poems dropping soon.

    👏🏻 Info below on the spell bag I said was dropping this season and more

    🌸 Built for Blooming

    Self-Love Spell Bag Showcase

    This bag was built with intention and growth, for healing, for soft power that doesn’t need to explain itself. Made to carry you through the brightest part of the year and still hold you close in the darker ones.

    Each spell bag is a layered offering of gentle strength and self-adoration. Nestled in a pink bag with a white outer shell, it contains a handcrafted blend of crystal chips and herbs carefully chosen for confidence, inner balance, and protection of the heart.

    🔮 What’s Inside:

    Crystals:

    • 1 amethyst chip

    • 3 rose quartz chips

    Herbs + Additions:

    • Pink salt

    • Rosemary

    • Lavender

    • White willow bark

    • Lemongrass

    🔥 Energetic Focus:

    Self-worth that glows from within

    Softness with sharp edges

    Confidence like firelight

    A quiet bloom that never needs permission

    🌙 Care and Use:

    Recharge under full moonlight or strong sunlight every month.

    Keep in your purse, under your pillow, on your desk, in your car, or resting on your altar.

    🖤 Optional Lilith Note:

    For those called to radical self-love, defiance, and reclaiming the body on your terms… this bag holds space for Lilith’s fire too. She who never begged to be smaller.

    🛍️ [Available now – https://poeaxtry.etsy.com or DM/email for custom requests.]

    ✨ More Magic Now Available

    Alongside Built for Blooming, three other handcrafted spell bags have joined the lineup — each one with its own focused energy and enchantment. These bags are made with the same care and layered intention, blending herbs, crystals, and color work to support different spiritual needs:

    🌶️ Magnetic Attraction – 6 red bags

    Draw in heat, intensity, and lustful connection. For when you want to feel seen and sought after.

    🌿 Prosperity & Abundance – 8 green bags

    Plant seeds and watch your blessings multiply. A steady flow of grounded wealth and opportunities.

    🔥 Bonding Flame Spell – 4 red bags with black outer layer

    For passion with roots. Romantic fire meant to last. Bold love, loyal connection, deep craving.

    Each is available now. Custom combinations and requests are welcome just send a message or email. Do note each of these bags is limited. So, when they’re gone, they’re truly gone. If I recreate the exact same blend, it will be sold under the same name. If it’s a different mix made with similar intent, it will carry a new name or if the ingredients are almost identical we may call it 2.0 or something. It will be clearly marked as a remix or variation of the original. These are living spells, tied to the moment and what materials speak at the time.

    Allergy concerns? Though I do live in the moment and create with intent health concerns are obviously not something I take lightly. Please email me! I’ll get you the item you want minus your allergen or something else that fits your need and keeps you safe.

  • In the Heat I Become; A Litha Journal on Aliveness and Self Discovery

    In the Heat I Become; A Litha Journal on Aliveness and Self Discovery

    What parts of myself feel the most alive under the heat of summer

    It’s the version of me that comes out dripping in sweat. There is dirt under my nails. I hold a rock in my hand. It’s the me who forgets what time it is. I’ve been outside too long. I trace trails with my feet and stories with my eyes. Summer makes me reckless in a soft way. Not chaotic. Not destructive. Just free. The sun makes my skin hum. I feel more real when it’s hot enough to blur the edges of things.

    Water

    I come alive near water. In it. Around it. Listening to the hush and crash of it. Watching the way it sparkles and swallows light and tosses it back up. There’s a version of me that only shows up in July. A version that lets things slide more easily. That laughs more. That eats with bare hands. That lets sweat gather at the back of my neck and doesn’t try to hide it.

    Nature is Demanding

    I complain about the bugs and the heat but I think I like that too. The way nature demands I participate. I like having to move slower. To swat something away. To know I’m not the only thing alive out here.

    The dirt feels like home. The sun feels like a crown. Even when I’m tired. Even when I’m burned out. I am most myself under this fire. My body remembers how to trust itself. My breath gets bigger.

    I don’t just exist in summer. I live in it. I stretch. I bloom. I let the world see me without apology.

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  • Litha Sabbat Guide: Fire & Bloom Altar, Rituals, and Self-Love Spell Bag Recharge

    Litha Sabbat Guide: Fire & Bloom Altar, Rituals, and Self-Love Spell Bag Recharge

    Litha: Fire and Bloom

    Your Ultimate Sabbat Resource 🌞🔥

    Welcome bright souls to Litha, the peak of summer and the fire festival honoring the sun at its strongest. Litha is also called Midsummer or the Summer Solstice. It marks the longest day of the year. This is when daylight reaches its height and begins to wane. Rooted in ancient pagan traditions, it celebrates the power of the sun, growth, fertility, and abundance.

    This guide will walk you through Litha’s origins and common celebrations. It covers altar setups, ceremonial ideas, and offerings. You will also find tips for recharging your self-love spell bag with the season’s vibrant energy.

    🔥 Origins and Meaning of Litha

    Litha traces back to many European pagan cultures including Celtic, Germanic, and Slavic peoples. It was a sacred turning point in the Wheel of the Year. It symbolized the sun god at his strongest and the earth abundant with life. Bonfires were lit to honor the sun and keep away dark spirits. People celebrated fertility, protection, and the balance between light and dark.

    Today, many witches and pagans honor Litha as a time of joy, illumination, and gratitude for nature’s gifts.

    🌿 Common Litha Celebrations and Traditions

    Bonfires and Fire Rituals:
    Lighting fire symbolizes the sun’s power and cleansing energy.

    Dancing and Singing:
    These communal celebrations often include music, dance, and storytelling around fires.

    Gathering Herbs and Flowers:
    Flowers like St. John’s Wort, yarrow, and daisies are collected for magic and medicine

    Altar Swaps:
    Refresh your altar with bright colors (yellow, gold, orange, red) and sun symbols such as sunflowers or sun wheels

    Feasting:
    Seasonal foods including fresh fruits, grains, and honey are shared

    Offerings: Leaving out bread, wine, honey, or flowers for spirits and ancestors to honor their guidance and presence

    🔥 Building Your Litha Altar

    Set up an altar that radiates the sun’s energy and the fullness of summer:

    Colors:
    Gold, yellow, orange, red

    Candles:
    Beeswax or yellow candles to represent sunlight

    Herbs:
    Calendula, lemongrass, lavender, St. John’s Wort

    Crystals:
    Citrine, amber, sunstone, tiger’s eye

    Symbols:
    Sunflowers, sun wheels, fire symbols, shells (for the water balance)

    Offerings:
    Fresh fruit, honey, nuts, flowers, herbal teas

    🌞 Honoring the Sun and Ancestors

    Use Litha to express gratitude to the sun’s life-giving energy and to honor ancestors who guide and protect:

    Light a candle or bonfire in their memory Leave offerings on your altar or outside in nature Write a letter to an ancestor or spirit and burn it safely to release intentions or messages

    💖 Recharging Your Self-Love Spell Bag for Litha

    The powerful sun energy at Litha makes this a perfect time to refresh your self-love spell bag:

    Place your spell bag in direct sunlight for at least an hour to charge it with vibrant energy Speak or meditate on your intentions for self-love, confidence, and inner strength Optionally, leave the bag under the full moon the next night for balance and calm Keep the spell bag with you throughout the day in your purse, car, desk, or pillowcase to carry the sun’s warmth and self-love energy with you

    Lilith’s Fierce Self Love at Litha 🔥🖤

    Alongside the blazing sun of Litha, we honor Lilith. She is the primal and powerful feminine force of independence. Lilith embodies courage and unapologetic self-love. Lilith reminds us that true self-love is not always soft, sometimes it’s fierce boundary setting and wild.

    At Litha as the sun reaches its peak strength call on Lilith’s energy to:

    • Reclaim your personal power and autonomy

    • Embrace your shadow self without shame or fear

    • Set bold boundaries in love and life

    • Celebrate your wild untamed spirit

    You can add a small symbol or image representing Lilith to your altar. This could be something like a crescent moon or a black rose. Additionally, include her in your self love intentions as you recharge your spell bag. This is a time to love yourself fully light and shadow alike.

    ✨ May your light shine bright this Litha and your heart bloom with love and power.

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