Ditch the bottles try a burlap spell bag, more environmentally friendly, won’t break, can be buried and will break down.

[mark]

Instead of using glass bottles try using a burlap bag (or any fabric bag that is natural fiber). They are cheap, work the same, if you want to bury them with organic ingredients in them they break down so do no harm to the earth and ingredients don’t mold as easily if your herbs are not dried completely. They are also great for using to store other things, make yummy smelling sachets for your house and so on

They can be found on amazon or other online places, an example is 20 5″x7″ bags for 6.99.

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Discussion

[hetep-di-isfet]

Also – say no to salt circles! High soil salinity will stop plants from growing. Just crush and powder eggshells instead

[Batsinwonderland]

Great idea. I have used tea bags before. The kind that you fill yourself.

[nation543]

I’ve been thinking about this lately, actually. In my opinion, burning or burying your ingredients is the best way to get your spell out into the universe. After all, when you put a jar on your altar, what are you doing with it? It’s working its magic sure but now you have to do something with it afterward.

[Werekolache]

I mean, other option?

Go out into your hard. Find a plant with large leaves and pick two. Soak those leaves in charged water for half an hour. Use a big plastic tapestry/craft needle and yarn or ribbon in a color that works with your intentions. Put the two leaves together and stitch halfway around (depending on the shape/curvature of your leaves, it may work better to put them undersides together or facing the same direction. Use a large (3-4 stitches per inch, pulled all the way through but not TIGHT) running stitch – you can look this up on youtube- and if you want, say something about yoru intentions with every stitch). Once you’ve stitched halfway around, open up the end and dump your componnents in there. Then flatten it back up and stitch the rest of the way around.
Voila- biodegradable spell container.

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Other options? Tall grasses or vines braided into tiny basketry (Consider planting with this kind of thing in mind if this resonates for you), or pine needles, if your climate supports a kind that is long enough to braid. You can also do crochet-and-cord baskets but use something that will wear away/break down quickly (like, 100% sisal or cotton string in case something gets caught- although if these are buried, it’s less risk of that.) Consider sealing componnents or even a piece of paper into a lump of clay or clay-y mud and firing it in a campfire or firepit. (No, this will not make durable pottery- you can’t get a fire hot enough for that in most backyard fires, but you can fire it enough for intention to count.)

[BabyNonsense]

I used to work in a fabric store, many of my coworkers had gone to school for textile-type arts. So this is just based off what they’ve told me and what I’ve seen first hand.

Please be careful when buying real burlap. People who are sensitive can have severe reactions to it. One of my good friends had a bad asthma attack after cutting it, another coworker had an allergic reaction and needed to go to the ER. Even people who aren’t very sensitive to it will still get itchy red spots where their skin was exposed to it, I know I do. Two of my coworkers told me that burlap has some sort of formaldehyde-type preservative on it, and that’s why people get itchy from it.

[BaphometSlut]

Hemp is a fantastic alternative to burlap; still natural and no itchies.

[0ne1nTheChamber]

Yes and no. It depends on where you get the baggy from. Some stores sell burlap baggies that have been treated which means that they are less likely or much harder for the earth to process and can take decades.

Make sure you know what you are buying! Just cause it’s cheap doesn’t mean it’s environmentally friendly especially since that likely means its mass produce!

(Edit: spelling)

[TheSphinx07]

Also be careful putting out any woven fibers. Birds and animals can get tangled in them

[reistybeasty]

I like this idea! Maybe something a little easier to hand sew, like cotton? Anyone know anything to watch for with that?

[goddessjuless]

You could also use egg shells. Dry the ones you crack in half to make food, insert bio-friendly spell ingredients, then tie both ends together with cotton string, or mix up a small amount of flour and water to make a paste and spread on the egg to seal. Bury it in the ground (once dry) and you’re good to go!

[Peachalicious]

Cotton muslin would be good too – cheap as crap and many people can sew enough to make a square-ish thing to use.

[Master_Catch_9089]

I absolutely love this tip.

[BrdUp]

This!

[Nyxto]

Because no one said it, Ew, Amazon.

Peeps you can also just throw your spell up in the air like magic confetti. Or if it’s not related to your house leave it in the crossroads. (Though only for bio degradable stuff, some of those rain gutters go right into the river). Or burn it and bury the ashes.

Or don’t use spell components.

[redcolumbine]

You can also use a piece of an old T-shirt or worn out sock.