100 Free Witchcraft Ingredients for the Anti-Capitalist Witch
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You don’t need a credit card to practice witchcraft.
This path was never meant to be locked behind a paywall.
While metaphysical shops and curated spell kits have their place, they aren’t necessary to start or sustain your craft. Our ancestors used what they had—soil, bones, spit, breath, storm water, and intention. In a world that constantly tells you to buy more, let this list remind you: you already have more magic than you think.
These 100 ingredients can be found, foraged, gifted, or collected for free. Many are overlooked, discarded, or hiding in plain sight—just waiting to be seen with witch eyes. Use this as a jumping-off point to build a practice rooted in accessibility, reciprocity, and rebellion.
🌙 Waters of Power
1. Moon water (intuition, charging tools)
2. Sun water (confidence, vitality)
3. Ocean water (banishing, strength)
4. Lake water (calm, emotional depth)
5. Rain water (cleansing, renewal)
6. Hurricane water (power, destruction of obstacles)
7. Church or Holy water (blessing, spiritual protection)
8. Water from a sacred site or spring (healing, divine connection)
9. Water collected on a liminal day (crossroads magic, initiation)
10. Tears collected during grief (emotional release, heart magic)
🕯️ Earth and Dirt Types
11. Graveyard dirt (ancestor work, endings)
12. Crossroads dirt (choices, spirit contact)
13. Bank dirt (money magic, wealth drawing)
14. Courthouse, jail, or prison dirt (justice, protection)
15. Dirt from your home (domestic magic, safety)
16. Garden dirt (growth, manifestation)
17. Church or Holy dirt (blessings, purification)
18. Forest or woods dirt (grounding, spirit work)
19. Beach sand (protection, boundary magic)
20. Railroad dirt (momentum, change)
21. Playground dirt (childlike joy, energy raising)
22. Hospital dirt (healing, release)
23. School or library dirt (knowledge, memory work)
24. Incense ashes (cleansing, spirit offerings)
25. Marijuana ashes (relaxation magic, dream work)
26. Ashes from paper petitions burned (release, transformation)
27. Brick dust (protection, warding thresholds)
🐚 Bones, Shells, and Oddities
28. Dead bees and wasps (messengers, productivity or aggression magic)
29. Eggshells (protection, warding)
30. Chicken bones (divination, spirit communication)
31. Found bones (ethics apply) (ancestral work, power spells)
32. Feathers (ethically and legally collected) (air element, messages)
33. Sea glass (transformation, ocean magic)
34. Skate egg cases (mermaid’s purses) (mystery, sea witchcraft)
35. Crab claws (protection, boundaries)
36. Driftwood (spirit connection, water element grounding)
37. Seaweed (cleansing, movement spells)
38. Clam or oyster shells (femininity, protection)
39. Snake shed (rebirth, transformation)
40. Cicada shells (renewal, voice magic)
41. Cat claws (defense, psychic shielding)
42. Cat whiskers (sensing energy, navigating spirit realms)
43. Dog hair (loyalty, home protection)
44. Wasp nests (abandoned) (protection, hidden strength)
45. Spider web (weaving, trap-setting magic)
46. Abandoned bird nest (fertility, home magic)
47. Owl pellets (hidden truths, unraveling mystery)
48. Baby teeth (childhood magic, transitions)
🌿 Plant Allies
49. Dandelions (wishes, resilience)
50. Clover (luck, fae energy)
51. Sweet gum balls (banishing, protection)
52. Magnolia seed pods (beauty, ancestral strength)
53. Acorns (fertility, growth)
54. Pinecones (abundance, longevity)
55. Pine needles (cleansing, evergreen strength)
56. Twigs (wand-making, spell writing)
57. Rose petals (love, attraction)
58. Rose thorns (protection, sacrifice magic)
59. Lavender sprigs (peace, sleep)
60. Maple seed helicopters (new beginnings, spreading ideas)
61. Tree bark (resilience, grounding)
62. Orange peels (joy, solar energy)
63. Lemon peels (cleansing, sharp focus)
64. Walnut shells (wisdom, warding)
65. Corn husks (fertility, doll magic)
66. Sawdust (manifestation, grounded transformation)
67. Paint chips (color magic, mood or intention boards)
68. Gravestone rubbings (ancestral magic, memory)
🔮 Household Items & Found Magic
69. Rusty nails (binding, protection)
70. Jars (spell jars, moon water storage)
71. Ribbon (binding, blessing)
72. Dryer lint (stuffing poppets, sympathetic magic)
73. Found coins (especially of significant years) (luck, money drawing)
74. Leftover tea leaves (divination, grounding)
75. Coffee grounds (energy boost, curse breaking)
76. Hair from a hairbrush (taglock, personal connection)
77. Nail clippings (personal magic, taglocks)
78. Fingertip blood (life force, powerful intention)
79. Menstrual blood (creation, protection, fertility)
80. Spit (binding, personal imprint)
81. Used toilet paper (banishing, baneful magic)
82. Salt packets (cleansing, purification)
83. Sugar packets (sweetening spells, influence)
84. Hot sauce packets (fiery words, speed and intensity)
85. Toothpicks (poppet tools, carving runes)
86. Broken glass (warding, fragmentation magic)
87. Mirrors from discarded compacts (divination, reflection)
88. Bits of paper from found notes or receipts (ntention setting, spontaneous spellwriting)
89. Safety pin (protection, fastening spells)
90. Sewing needle (piercing, precise magic)
91. Old key (unlocking, transition)
💫 Energetic / Symbolic Tools
92. Your breath (life force, spell activation)
93. Your voice (chanting, singing, cursing) (vibration, command)
94. Your tears (release, heart magic)
95. Your laughter (joy, vibration raising)
96. Your orgasm (manifestation, release power)
97. Your intuition (divination, spell direction)
98. Your dreams (prophetic work, shadow guidance)
99. Your footprints (path magic, imprinting intention)
100. Your name, written with intention (identity magic, claiming power)
🧂 The Spice Rack That Accidentally Became My Apothecary
This spice rack wasn’t even meant to be part of my craft at first—my husband gave it to me a few years ago because I kept leaving jars of herbs all over the house. I ended up loving it so much I asked for a second one… and I’ll probably grab a third soon. These live in my pantry now and make it ridiculously easy to grab ingredients for spellwork without digging through chaos.
The jars are small enough to stay organized but big enough to hold dried herbs, graveyard dirt, crushed eggshells—whatever you’re working with. I made my own set of witchy ingredient labels (because obviously I did), and you can grab those on my Etsy shop if you want your setup to look less like a spice cabinet and more like a working altar.
Here’s the exact spice rack I use: Amazon listing. It’s transportable. It’s cute. It works. No complaints.
Witchcraft doesn’t have to come with a price tag. This list is a reminder that your practice can be powerful, personal, and deeply connected to the world around you—without ever stepping into a metaphysical shop. Whether you’re foraging in a forest, pocketing a paint chip, or charging your breath with intention, you already have everything you need. If this list inspired you, share it with a friend, bookmark it for later, or leave a comment with your favorite free ingredient that didn’t make the cut. Let’s keep building magic that’s accessible, intentional, and ours. 🖤
