The Salty Witch Downstairs

The Salty Witch Downstairs Founder of Black Velvet Apothecary
Crystals, spellwork & ritual supplies
Curated magick for real-life journeys
Spiritually curious wanderers welcome.

You can light the candle and still say no.

06/17/2026

As an admitted self-improvement ju**ie, I like to stay abreast of trending self-improvement modalities & singing is a particularly fun one.

06/14/2026

These folks and the skulls they make are in incredible.💀

06/14/2026

Happy 14th day of Pride Month.🌈

If you read the king James, version of the Bible, this video might be something you want to watch. Period. It gives you ...
06/14/2026

If you read the king James, version of the Bible, this video might be something you want to watch. Period. It gives you some background on who King James was.

I enjoy her rants.
06/14/2026

I enjoy her rants.

06/13/2026

Indie is sending everyone Caturday vibes — but what are they?She looks like she wants in, but she doesn’t. If I open the...
06/13/2026

Indie is sending everyone Caturday vibes — but what are they?

She looks like she wants in, but she doesn’t. If I open the door, she just backs away from it and looks at me.

She is 16 and has never wanted to go outside - ever. The one time she accidentally got out on the porch – jumped through the open-screen door -she bounced right back up and inside the house as if she were on a pogo stick.

That lasted for 16 years at our old house. We moved here last year and…

This bitch runs out the door every time it’s open now. She’s not afraid of anything out there, and has already figured out how exhilarating it can be to go back-and-forth inside and out… She is out the door, then back in…. Next time it opens – out the door. Lather rinse and repeat.


Floor renovation progress pics! I love how it's looking & I cannot wait to get the area rugs cleaned. I should’ve arrang...
06/12/2026

Floor renovation progress pics! I love how it's looking & I cannot wait to get the area rugs cleaned. I should’ve arranged that ahead of time, but I had hoped I could spot clean. That was a joke. I’ll leave it at that.

I rearranged my bedroom – moved the bed back to where it’s been for other people, instead of under the window. I also pulled the bed closer to the closets and hallway to the bathroom. That created a nice sized corner area by the picture window, plus being on the other side of the bed, it is more private.

This corner nook it will be my witchy hippie, salty, Boho little peaceful place. Use it to *learn to sit quietly and become aware of my thoughts as they rise, usher them along so that they are released.. These are the things that no longer serve me in this new identity I’m creating* ~ this sitting quietly and releasing? a.k.a. meditation. I don’t love that word and what I’m doing is creating emotional space inside so that I am able to receive the manifestations that I am working on. If I want to expand my everything basically, if I want to be more abundant in all areas of my life; I must make room. I expand by releasing things taking up room in me – in my mind and heart – that aren’t doing me any good anymore. Coping mechanisms or ideas that used to work for me that don’t anymore. Things that create depression or procrastination or anxiety… Those things need to go in order for me to be able to not only receive, but hold onto, nurture, grow, integrate and embody, and ultimately live out the manifestations in real time.

I feel like this renovation of my space is perfect timing and in perfect alignment with the shadow work I’ve been doing…

Have y’all done any renovations in your spaces that you live in right now? Did it help you feel like you were a little bit lighter and more in tune? The environment that we’re in is really important of discovered.

I’ve got a post. I’m working on about a spiritual path I’ve been on for a long time ~ 25 years to be exact. My beliefs have evolved quite a bit in the last 25 years, but the core principles of awareness, acceptance, detachment, taking action, focusing on ourselves, allowing others to be who they are without it affecting us and being happy about it… I have so many things to share with you guys, and I never know where to start. So this is just a little warm-up and I hope you made it to the end. I hope that you liked what you heard and that you’ll be back to see what happens next.

A little hint and explanation about why I have not been posting crystals lately… I found a direction that I want to explore so much so that I have made some pretty definite steps in the direction of becoming something besides a crystal store with witchy and metaphysical stuff. I’ll be actually creating and that’s where I feel good right now. I’ve always been a people pleaser and a fixer, I want everybody to be happy… The crystal shop just was not exciting me and I discovered that it was because of not creating anything. So I stored it in with the spell kit and intention kit and candles, and that’s been fun and I just sort of put the brakes on because I’m being lead even further in the direction of creation and helping people by sharing my journey. I’ve had a lot of very cool experiences, I’ve done a lot of self improvement work, I have conquered a lot of issues that used to really plague me, and I know how to work through things now so that even when I am in the pit; I know how to get out. It’s sort of like – so now that I’ve got some of my more prominent defects, balanced back into the asset column; I want to share with how I did that and became not just able or adapt, but really good at transmuting negativity, and pain that I’m might encounter two assets for me that far outweigh the prior negative situation. They elevated me past the point that I was before the setback. And I would love to be able to teach people how I did that. Wouldn’t you like to take what you consider maybe a character defect that you have, pull out a tool or two from a little toolbox work with it for a minute every day, maybe two or three minutes a day and watch as that defect gets smaller and smaller, and becomes the seed of an asset. You didn’t know you had. You’re literally creating character assets – good qualities about yourself that we’re hidden and you’re creating a brand new exciting version of it in real time because you spend a couple minutes a day, putting your awareness onto yourself and learning to change the way you think. Sounds hard but it’s not. It’s not easy but it’s worth it.

 If any of this sounds good or sounds like he would like to know more… Or if you’re interested in the unified field and manifesting on a certain frequency, living your best life, even when you’re not some big famous rich billionaire – you’re just your best self enjoying every single day with true and real joy. You’re manifesting your dreams while you’re living your best dream while you’re living life because you’ve learned to change the way you think and you’ve learned to turn character defects into assets and you see an opportunity now for what it is because you’re aware of things you weren’t before when you learned that that defect was really an asset you became aware that there were other things like that, you might wanna learn…

OK, off my soapbox. Back to the salty witch who has Chinese food waiting on the counter and a television that has been adjusted just right at the right angle to point to the one little square of the sectional couch. I have to sit on with my TV tonight. I’ll be sure and take a photo.

Namaste y’all.

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