Coming early 2026, my newest book, Wildcrafted Beauty, is a deeply nurturing guide to creating your own natural skincare and wellness remedies using herbs, oils, and botanicals. It blends self-care with magic, teaching you to craft potions, scrubs, balms, and rituals that honor both beauty and Earth. I promise you won't want to miss this book!

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Blessings,

Avanjia

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Sometimes the most powerful magic you do has nothing to do with candles, herbs, or ritual tools. It happens when you sit down and write something honest. Writing moves energy. When you put words on a page, you are taking something that was floating inside your mind or body and giving it form. That alone creates a shift. It brings clarity to what felt tangled and releases what was being held too tightly.

You do not need to be a poet or an author for this to work. You just need to be real. Writing out your fears, your hopes, your anger, or even your boredom is a way of telling your nervous system that it no longer has to carry everything silently. In witchcraft, this is not that different from spellwork. You are naming what exists, which gives you power over it.

If you ever feel stuck, overwhelmed, or…

A lot of people mix up the terms Grimoire and Book of Shadows, and honestly, it’s understandable. They’re both important in a witch’s practice, and they both hold magical information. But they serve completely different purposes, and once you understand that, the difference becomes very clear.

What a Grimoire really is

A Grimoire is basically your reference book. It’s where you keep information that doesn’t change. Think of it as your magical textbook or guide. It holds things like spells, correspondences, symbols, recipes, astrology notes, instructions, and any knowledge you want to keep organized and easy to look back on.

It’s not personal. It’s not emotional. It’s not about your experiences.

It’s simply a collection of magical knowledge.

Historically, grimoires go back centuries. Many old magicians, herbalists, folk practitioners, and ceremonial magicians worked from grimoires that were passed down or copied. Some famous ones include The Key of Solomon, The…

Most people have had that strange moment where something feels a little too familiar. You walk into a room, hear someone speak, or see a scene unfold, and something in you quietly says, “I’ve been here before.” It lasts only a second, but it hits deeper than the mind can explain. That feeling is déjà vu, and while science has its theories, there is also a deeper layer that many of us sense instinctively.

What déjà vu is on a basic level

The word itself just means “already seen.” Science tends to describe it as a quirk in memory. A brief mix-up in the way the brain processes what it’s seeing in the moment. Some researchers link it to the temporal lobe. Some say it’s triggered by environments that feel vaguely familiar. All of that might be true. But anyone who has experienced déjà vu with any level of intuition…