Oh I understand, yeah.

For a green waste container like that, I think the spirit would definitely be different. So definitely start with the relationship and see what they are okay with!

Great question! A couple things here

1. For disposing of baneful remnants or working with the spirits for a hex or curse, I'd find one further away

2. It's often illegal to use a companies dumpster for personal use, so be careful with that!

and of course leave an offering or payment like coins, alcohol, something especially nasty they can break down

they’re incredibly good at breaking things down.

excess spell materials. baneful leftovers. energy you don’t want sitting around.

you can also ask them to help things rot.

a bad habit. a situation. a relationship. even someone’s health or finances if you’re working banefully.

Thanks! Always happy when my ramblings are useful 😂

there are general rules:
a binding? you cut.
a containment? you free.
fire? use water
etc etc

write spells like you’re the one who might have to take them apart later.
because someday… you might be!!!

if someone comes to you with something nasty stuck to them, you’ll already have notes on how to dismantle a similar working.
huge time saver. very helpful. 10/10 recommend.

not because you plan to undo it—though that happens.
but because knowing how you’d break it helps you understand what you actually built.

AND...

The ingredients and tools have to match your intention and manner if doing the spell.

If you make substitutions, they need to be methodical and you might have to change the "how" of the spell.

Because intention won't outweigh the conflicting energy's of mismatched, thoughtless ingredients

To light the candle that way, you need the right tools, like a lighter.

That being said, a pencil CAN be used to light a candle. You just have to use it differently. You have to break it, scrape it, use friction, and get creative.

I was never a fan of the wheels either! I like to break the letters down into their components and the try to make the sigil from that.

Bonus points if I can make alchemical/astrological ones (or even something from my own mind that reminds me of the intention)

These are from my perspective.

Which you do depends on the nature of the object and how you work.

I feed my lucky rice. A client bought some and they choose to charge it. This is okay, because it's a different relationship with the object.

It helps with my notes on how to maintain the charm

🍽️ Feeding 🍽️

Feeding is more animistic in nature and works with the SPIRIT of the item.

"I will give you 3 drops of rum on the first Monday every month for you to continue ____ for me."

If it's adding material, the material isn't crucial to the function because the spirit is handling the "how."

🌻 Refreshing 🌻

When a ward or magical object has a MATERIAL component that is:

1. Crucial to the function
2. Exhaustive, meaning it needs to be replaced

If a potted plant is my ward and it has a fly trap for extra protection, the trap gets filled with flies and needs to be replaced.

⚡ Recharging ⚡

When a magical objects needs more ENERGY you recharge it.

Think of it like filling up gas in a car, it just needs more juice.

This can be through prayer, energy work, the sun, the moon, etc

I agree, I think the differentiation between mundane and magic isn't as cut and dry, if even there.

That being said sometimes using scissors to cut a price tag off is just that! To me at least haha