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𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 12, 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚆𝚒𝚌𝚌𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙿𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 family 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙽𝚎𝚘 𝙿𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. 𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢, and 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 traditional 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢.

𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚝 12, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚆𝚒𝚌𝚌𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙿𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍. 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚡, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚍. 𝚂𝚘 𝙸 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝.

𝙸 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚝, 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚓𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙸 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜. 𝚃𝚢𝚌𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚝 12 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚢 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜𝚘𝚗. 𝙸 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚢. 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢. 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍. Fate has always felt like a close friend, even if her outcomes weren't always preferred

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛, 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎. 𝚂𝚘 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜.

I consider myself a Desert Green Witch. 𝙴𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌, 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚍𝚘𝚐𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌, 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 desert. 𝙼𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎-𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎:

- 𝙴𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 (𝙰𝚒𝚛, 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐, playful 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜)

- 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 (𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚢, 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚢, 𝚍𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎)

- 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 (𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚘𝚜𝚘𝚝𝚎, 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎, 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝 ecology)

- 𝙳𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 (Deities 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜)

- 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 T𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛

- 𝙲𝚛𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 (𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚎, 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜-𝚘𝚗, 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢)

- 𝙺𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 (𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎)

- 𝙴𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 (𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎)

𝙸 𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚏 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚜 (𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚕 of the Year, 𝙶𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝙳𝚊𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, Paracelsian roots) 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝. I always try to respect existing traditions and cultures as much as I can. This blog is less a guide for others, and more me turning my personal Craft into a creative blog.

[ady-anarchy]

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DILECTIO POTENTIA

Exploring roots

Observing as much as I

An Apollonian sentinel

Watching over singers of the sky

Verdant feathers swift into tufts of wheat colored whefts

The watchful guardian still

Unmoving

Enamoured

My own hands moving faster than volition

-A.L

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[ady-anarchy]

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My little sister came to me saying there was a dead bird in the backyard. I went out and found a Raven, unfortunately unmoving and petrified under some bushes.

The beautiful bird seemed frozen in time. No blood, no clear wounds upon immediate observation. It was strangely beautiful. A grounded messenger of the skies. An opportunity to get up close to unmoving beauty.

I payed my respects, as I think all things dead should be honored. I thought of Gaia, the Earth Mother welcoming the spirit of this sacred messenger bird back into her loving embrace of soil. I thought of Apollo, wondering if he was mourning a dear friend.

This reminded me of the most universal truth we have: Death is inevitable. For every living being on Earth. So we must not take for granted the beauty that sits in front of us.

Even if it is petrified, black feathers, unmoving, and passed on.

It also pointed me to another truth: We wouldn't have modern scientific observations without death. So much of what we know comes from direct observation with what has ended. Quite literally staring death in the face.

[ladyiristheenchantress]

Daily reminder that the elements are not humans, so they don’t have or require gender. feel free to use whatever pronouns or language feels meaningful to your practice. You do not have to subscribe to anything that doesn’t resonate with you.

If you work with them and are called to specific ways of addressing them, that’s beautiful. If your religion or belief system or culture personifies them and uses certain pronouns that is beautiful too. There is no one belief on how to reference the elements.

Finally: be mindful of how terms like “Divine Masculine” and “Divine feminine” are used in the space, often being used as stereotypes. While many cultures hold nuanced sacred gender systems, many modern sources reduce the elements into simplistic western gender roles.

Fair winds!

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[ady-anarchy]

I just wanna pass this on. Especially as an eclectic witch who utilizes elemental work as a foundation <3

[batsandboba]

“scientists don’t want you know” is a phrase that always cracks me up because if you actually meet a scientist they will be shaking and crying like an overstimulated chihuahua with the need to let you know

[animentality]

[hiiighpriestess913]

Y’all I’m being so serious when I say this: go to the library for witchcraft reasons.

You can usually find books on witchcraft, yes, but there’s also field guides on local foraging and wildlife, cookbooks, books that teach you how to craft and DIY, books about environmental protection and stewardship, books on how to use herbs medicinally, books about other religions, cultures, and spiritual practices. My favorite local library even has a seed swapping program and fantastic resources to research your own family history!

Go to the library for witchcraft. Please. :) <3