skyestarseed:

kojoteundkraehe:

ioqayin:

stormbornwitch:

Some traditional methods to raise storms are:

1) by casting flint stones behind your back towards the west – I’ve never used this method but I have seen others use this method of clicking stones together to bring rain.

2) by flinging a little sand into the air – I’ve actually used this method at one of the local beaches in the area. You can feel the sea breeze pick up the sand and carry it. Then you feel the wind shift and you can smell the briny salt of the ocean as the wind whips up the waves. Dark storm clouds form in the distance and you can watch as it rolls towards shore.

3) by striking a river with a broom – this is meant to send the water from the river into the sky thus bringing rain. Splashing river water works just as well. Swinging a broom in circles above your head in the air is also said to bring great winds and even storms.

4) by stirring water with the finger in a hole in the ground – my family’s method of bringing rain and storms uses an adapted version of this method however we tend to use water in a bowl instead of water in the ground though both methods work. 

5) by burning rain bringing incense – My aunt uses this method when Melbourne really needs some rain. She buys an incense called ‘rain drops’ made of herbs known for bringing rain and then burns it while standing out in her yard while looking to the sky. Burning ‘rain bringing’ herbs also works.

6) by dancing, singing and playing musical instruments – while this may not seem very ‘witchy’ this method has been used by multiple cultures around the world to bring rain. Stomping your feet on the ground represents raindrops falling. Singing and the music of instruments represent the wind and the sound of rain.

7. Striking a wet rag against the steps of your home.

8. Burning fern and henbane outside.

9. Pointing a dagger at a certain magical square.

Draw the sixth pentacle of the Moon in silver ink (pencil is fine) and submerge it in water. As long as it’s underwater it will rain

The famous knotting of the wind spell from Cornwall, where witches “sold the wind” to sailors. I took a piece of hemp rope, tied the first knot focusing on a light breeze. After I tied the knot, I breathed into it, visualising a breeze. The second knot, a gail. The third knot a tempest. The words I used: “Knot number one, a breeze sealed. Knot number two, a gail concealed. Knot number three, a tempest unrevealed. One knot undone will release a breeze. Two knots undone, a gail. Three knots, the tempest untamed.” Make sure to put a charm on one end to know where the first know was done. I worked upwards from the charm. You don’t want to release a tempest by accident. Keep the rope/cord/string in a box, unseen and protected. Leave the cord out when you’ve unknotted it, so the wind can be “free.” Make sure you focus and visualise as you knot the cord. You could even craft it outdoors facing the direction of the wind.

For rain-making, Compendium Maleficarum mentions throwing crucifixes into water, for the more Satanically inclined witches out there.

Also, lots of pissing in holes and beating the resulting pee-pond with sticks. May well work. May also get pee everywhere. Haven’t tried and don’t necessarily recommend. XD