A circle is more for Ceremonial AKA High Magick, The only thing I do that for is the
making of Amulets & Talismans. If you consider those, they even look like a Circle.
Most times I still do the standing & soaking anyways with the salts. It helps a lot.
Yes, even the oldest sources sometimes disagree. Sometimes it’s people’s ego
that makes them intentionally confuse the issue. Crowly was known for that, so
I don’t always trust his opinion. Came across this just recently in my Tree Art
project. Where to put The Fool Tarot card on the Tree? It has no number. So
is it Zero or 22 or even 21 it’s a huge controversy. I decided on it being zero.
Confusing.
My spells work without relying on correspondences, so I see no need to use them in my own practice. That said, if other practitioners like to use correspondences, they can incorporate them into their work.
When you caress the trees, don’t forget the flowers. Trees, even if they exist singly, give us the opportunity to touch their common spirituality, which exists impersonally.
They won’t be jealous.
Tihomir Valchev 
I was just joking around, I tend to do that. Mostly I was mocking myself for feeling too self conscious to stand in my front yard where all the neighbors can see me. 
For me it’s mostly smoke and sound, folk-style rather than anything correspondence-based. Juniper or mugwort if I can get it, sweeping the threshold outward with an actual broom (not just symbolic, genuinely sweeping), and a bell or hand-clapping in the corners of a room where the air feels stuck.
Nothing fancy, no set order I follow. It’s less “technique” and more just paying attention to when a space feels heavy and doing something physical about it. Salt water on the doorstep if it’s been a rough stretch.
Curious if anyone else does threshold work specifically, or if that’s more of a folk-tradition thing.
I have been reading about salt across the external threshold of each door
Flowers have their own language. They are so beautiful but also shy. Look at the trees there are so many publications about tree people. You have a clear vision if you look into the trees you will see the tree people every tree has the opportunity to be seen. They do not speak but through silent meditation they will convey to you knowledge about them even about their other connections in the Cosmos. I love them! They are absolutely unobtrusive.
I wish you health and happy days!
Tihomir Valchev
Yes, but keep in mind that timing is essential.
You should only do that AFTER making sure no ‘uninvited guests’ are staying in the home.
Do it after a smudging or other cleansing, when you are sure it’s clear. In the places where
Fae and Jinn are accepted as a fact of life, they fear trapping such in the home more and
leave a window open somewhere all the time so they can leave. A trapped spirit is not happy.
Oh that makes sense. If they are already inside and can’t cross the threshold to get out then you’ve locked yourself in with them. 
I thought of the Tree People. An extremely valuable opportunity for a meditative and relaxing connection. Dorin Varchu has books on this topic. With the Love of the Angels and the Light of the Gods. I wish you health and success! Tihomir Valchev
На сб, 11.07.2026 г., 15:35 ч. JennyWren <notifications@pagangrimoire.discoursemail.com> написа:
True - and to clarify, it’s not that I’ve never made a Circle. When I was into Wicca and more traditional occultism for a time I used to make them, only then I used chalk or ground eggshells. I don’t think I ever used salt. But yeah Wicca took some ceremonial magic elements.
Oh absolutely - and when you consider using shapes to fulfill functions like protection and warding, there are equivalents in my practice. They’re just not drawn on the ground traditionally and they don’t involve the same kind of ritual.
I will also add that using salt like that after a ritual is also a great way to ground yourself.
Cheers! 
Chalk is the standard, now eggshells are news to me, but make sense.
I will also add that using salt like that after a ritual is also a great way to ground yourself.
Quite literally, you’d not want to do that outside with a thunderstorm coming… 
Where do you source your herbs, cedar, etc.?
I recently discovered that 5-Below sells quite a bit of incense and sage bundles.
For cedar I literally go outside to an area near me where there are a bunch of cedar trees and take their twigs off the ground - strip the bark and air-cure them, I do the same with saved cedar and pine garlands after the holidays. As far as incense I get them from my local metaphysical shop - though you can find sage at Walmart now and other cheap shops which blows my mind.
Then for bulk herbs for other workings my favorite store is Mountain Rose. They have a huge variety! I never have to get herbs from anywhere else lol.
I saw that before the edit, Sedim!! I laughed my A-- off!! Omg.
This lines up with how I think about it too, just from a different angle — land spirits and house wights in my tradition aren’t inherently unwelcome, so the order matters for a different reason. Sealing a threshold before you’ve actually cleared the air can trap something that wasn’t a problem, and now it is one.
I tend to cleanse first, leave a small offering out so anything that belongs there knows it’s still welcome, then seal after. Not fear-based so much as just… manners, I guess ahah
OMG Offerings to house fae are a whole new angle that needs it’s own topic!
I have spirits here in my home, but they are at the invitation and permission of
my Familiar so I don’t have to worry all that much fortunately.
Ha, maybe it does deserve its own thread 
The Familiar giving permission is new to me, actually. Did that develop on its own over time, or was it something you set up deliberately? In my house it’s less about invitation and more like… they were already there before I was, so it’s more coexistence than permission granted. Is chaotic sometimes..
She set this system up. Every spirit and entity I come in contact with is vetted by my Familiar.
It was she who introduced me to my Patron Saint, Adama. Sometimes it’s a one-time meet.
It’s also why my Familiar insists I not attempt AP or any advanced LD on my own, only
under her guidance. I don’t even take melatonin anymore it messes with my dream cycle.