Simple Magick: Offerings - What Are They?

Another post about offerings - this time what they actually are. An offering is something we give ~ or sacrifice ~ in Witchcraft for a given reason.

We can leave offerings:

To celebrate 

To give thanks 

To honour 

In memory of 

In appreciation of

We give them to:

Deities 

Ancestors 

Spirits: eg. of the land, a place, a dwelling, a person

Entities and beings eg. The Fae

Offerings vary hugely. They can be anything from an item or object to an act of service. It doesn’t have to be over the top. It can be simple, but should always be heartfelt.

Examples of offerings

Food and drink 

Incense 

Candle

Special words: eg. poetry/verse/song

Bowl of herbs/flowers 

Acts of service: eg. tidying/gardening/cleaning/getting rid of rubbish

Stones, crystals 

Personal affects eg. leaving a hair 

Special items eg. jewellery

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