New to witchcraft, not the kitchen.

Crystals 🔮, herbs 🌿, recipes 🍽️, tarot 🎴 and more. Wife of my wife queerest-witch-in-hufflepuff. 26. Non-binary. They/them. Bipolar/ADHD. No hatred of any kind permitted. All unwanteds will be blocked. Main blog: afeministsaesthetic

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[hobgobknowsbest]

[tj-crochets]

The first pattern I was using for a cauldron (the one with the pink potion) looked great but took longer to make than I wanted, so I wrote my own, tinier version!

[tj-crochets]

Mini cauldron pattern below the read more!

Mini Cauldron Crochet Pattern:

worsted weight yarn

G hook

FLO means front loops only

BLO means back loops only

bobble stitch: it's a four partial dc bobble. Long version: [Yarn over and insert hook in indicated stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops on hook] x4, yarn over and pull through all 5 loops on hook. Push bobble to right side of fabric.

Cauldron:

sc 6 in mr (6)

inc around (12)

sc, inc around (18)

sc, inc, [sc, bobble in next st, inc, sc 2, inc]x2, sc, bobble in next st, inc, sc (24, including 3 bobbles)

sc 3, inc around (30) 6-10. sc around (30) (five rounds of plain sc)

sc 3, dec around (24)

FLO, hdc 3, hdc incaround (30) sc in first st of next round, FO (this is the lip of the cauldron; you could try making it smaller by using sc instead of hdc if you want to)

Potion (optional):

join yarn to back loop of any stitch of round 11, BLO sc around (24)

sc 2, dec around (18) (if you want, change two or three of those repeats to sc, bobble in next st, dec to make some bubbles in the potion)

dec around (9) FO, use yarn tail to close the opening

Enjoy your new cauldron!

[tj-crochets]

Evening reblog of the mini cauldron pattern! Let me know if you have any questions about the pattern, and if you make one I'd love to see it! (but it's not a requirement to show me cauldrons you make in any way, shape, or form. I never know how to word that in a no-pressure kind of way to make it clear I'd love to see things you make with my patterns but it is no way expected?)

[lamignonette]

[me-lapislazuli]

[shanastoryteller]

is there anyone out there with a nyt cooking subscription

will they send me the chamomile tea cake with strawberry icing recipe

[alexseanchai]

This buttery, chamomile tea-scented loaf is a sweet pop symphony, the Abba of cakes. A pot of flowery, just-brewed chamomile isn’t required for drinking with slices of this tender loaf but is strongly recommended. In life and in food, you always need balance: A sip or two of the grassy, herbal tea between bites of this cake counters the sweetness, as do freeze-dried strawberries, which lend tartness and a naturally pink hue to the lemony glaze. This everyday loaf will keep on the counter for 3 to 4 days; be sure the cut side is always well wrapped.

Ingredients Yield: One 9-inch loaf ½ cup/115 grams unsalted butter 2 tablespoons/6 grams chamomile tea (from 4 to 6 tea bags), crushed fine if coarse 1 cup/240 milliliters whole milk Nonstick cooking spray 1 cup/200 grams granulated sugar ½ teaspoon coarse kosher salt 2 large eggs 1 large lemon 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1½ cups/192 grams all-purpose flour 1 cup/124 grams confectioners’ sugar ½ cup/8 grams freeze-dried strawberries

Preparation Step 1 In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon chamomile to a large mixing bowl. Pour the hot melted butter over the chamomile and stir. Set aside to steep and cool completely, about 1 hour. Step 2 Use the same saucepan (without washing it out) to bring the milk to a simmer over medium-high heat, keeping watch so it doesn’t boil over. Remove from the heat, and stir the remaining 1 tablespoon chamomile into the hot milk. Set aside to steep and cool completely, about 1 hour. Step 3 Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with the nonstick cooking spray and line with parchment paper so the long sides of the pan have a couple of inches of overhang to make lifting the finished cake out easier. Step 4 Add the sugar and salt to the bowl with the butter, and whisk until smooth and thick, about 1 minute. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, vigorously whisking to combine after each addition. Zest the lemon into the bowl; add the baking powder and vanilla, and whisk until incorporated. Add the flour and stream in the milk mixture while whisking continuously until no streaks of flour remain. Step 5 Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a skewer or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean (a few crumbs are OK, but you should see no wet batter), 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack for 30 minutes. Step 6 While the cake cools, make the icing: Into a medium bowl, squeeze 2 tablespoons juice from the zested lemon, then add the confectioners’ sugar. Place the dehydrated strawberries in a fine-mesh sieve set over the bowl and, using your fingers, crush the brittle berries and press the red-pink powder through the sieve and into the sugar. (The more you do this, the redder your icing will be.) Whisk until smooth. Step 7 If needed, run a knife along the edges of the cake to release it from the pan. Holding the 2 sides of overhanging parchment, lift the cake out and place it on a plate, cake stand or cutting board. Discard the parchment. Pour the icing over the cake, using a spoon to push the icing to the edges of the cake to encourage the icing to drip down the sides dramatically. Cool the cake completely and let the icing set.

[sp-eedysp-special]

We out here torrenting recipes now? Reblog

[dovai]

[varii-corvid]

it is revolutionary to exist. it is radical to persist. there is no higher purpose than being your most authentic self. your presence makes a difference in the world. the fact you can read this message means you have come so far already despite it all. you are never truly alone in your efforts. you deserve to take up space and be different. people do care about you and want to see your true self. we can change attitudes and end oppression through solidarity and mutual aid. we can fight for a better world together. in a world built from hatred and violence, the bravest thing to do is to love.

[candles-by-mokosh]

Just got an incredibly generous job offer, so naturally I’m passing these vibes to you!

“I will be blessed with a generous job that works for me”

📥💸💻⏰💡🎊💡⏰💻💸📥

Likes charge, reblogs cast

[windvexer]

On what I'm going to call "peer positioning" in witchcraft, and the scary empowerment it can bring you

I think a lot of people who get into witchcraft have a problem with being able to see themselves as peers & equals to the powers they cultivate around them.

I see this most often discussed when it comes to gods. "Just because your god asks you for something doesn't mean you need to do it!" Etc. I think we've all heard that.

But today my thoughts are on the tarot, and how some people seem to treat tarot readings as "the truth" or "the answer" that then must be followed, even if they (the living, breathing, human practitioner) don't really agree or don't really want to do that.

I'm really big on the analogy of a witch as a monarch, and the concept of various powers (like gods, spirits, tools, and spells) being counselors in the throne room.

In this context, it's easier to adopt the mindset that all of these powers have their own personalities, abilities, and goals - and that they can & will provide conflicting information when you ask for advice. (Especially ancestors - so opinionated!)

Imagine Captain Picard sitting in the meeting room with Geordi, Riker, and the rest of the space nerds.

Captain Picard is like, "the power core is failing and the away team is stranded on the planet. I think we should use the nebula to hide until the Gromflomites stop searching for us." And then Geordi is like, "but Captain, the engines would never make it! We have to go rescue the away team immediately!" And Captain Picard is like, "damn... Wow. I really wanted to go to the nebula, I thought it was the best choice :/ but if you're saying we literally don't have to worry about the Gromflomites..." Then Riker is like, "Captain, no. Geordi isn't saying the Gromflomites aren't a problem, he's just expressing his top concerns as Chief Engineer." And then Picard is all, "oh, so... this is conflicting information? Did that mean I did a bad reading on Geordi, or that negative spirits are stopping me from being able to communicate? Is Riker possibly a trickster?"

If you're captain of the ship, monarch of the kingdom, (etc.), then it might be important to ask yourself:

Am asking for input from my counsel of allied powers, and then making choices for myself?

Or, have I inadvertently signed over my decision-making process to these powers?

And I think it all kind of comes back to "peer positioning," or, witches being able to develop a spiritual framework within which they are equals to the powers around them.

Since beginning practicing witchcraft in earnest, I have often demanded a course of direction. Instead of asking, "how do I accomplish this?" I would ask, "what do I do?"

And the answer was the same every time, deeply infuriating, but also very scary: "Do whatever you think is best."

I think that's the problem of being the captain of the ship. Once your counselors are done giving their input, you are the one who has to make the final call.

Lately I've really been on a kick about witchcraft as a path of empowerment, and I think that viewing spiritual input as just that - input - is a vital part of the process.

Even if you are a true-blue believer in the magical power of tarot, tarot is still just one counselor sitting in your throne room.

Even if you have tutelary spirits, guardians and guides, gods and angels, providing blessings and support - they are not sitting at the head of the table.

You are.

I think that a framework of allied powers as peers and equals is relatively basic, and does have its flaws. But I also think it can be helpful in a variety of ways:

It can provide a system of understanding why allied powers can give conflicting advice, or even seemingly bad advice that doesn't align with our personal desires.

It can provide a tool for processing spiritual input.

It helps restore a sense of personal authority to a practitioner.

It can help a practitioner reclaim control of a path that's grown a mind of its own.

It aids in practicing that most oppressive of skills - liberated autonomy.

I just think it's something to consider. At the end of the day, most of us have probably got to make our own calls.

[I'm making this post because in the past few months I've been helping witches consult the tarot, and they've been giving feedback like, "so this is what I should do, right?" or, "what is it telling me to do?"

I can basically see the huge reblogs where people are explaining that a period of time where they signed complete personal autonomy over to their god was the most empowering and spiritually electric time in their lives,

and I want you to know, I'm not speaking about vows and oaths made to entities that gives them control over your life. I'm talking about situations where witches put down their autonomy so they can have both hands free to shuffle tarot.]

[fernthewhimsical]

This is very much how I have come to experience witchcraft as well. If witchcraft is empowering and you wear that power like a mantle, you have to believe that you have a seat at the head of the table.

Otherwise, where is your power?

[hellocloudyart]

New update is live in my shop ✨🎉

[the-moon-loves-the-sea]

When your living space is a mess, don’t ever look around and think you should have managed better. Don’t look at the chaos as all the things you should have done. Look around and think, “Look how exhausted I’ve been. I have been saving my energy to save myself and that is right.” And then ask yourself what is one thing you could do that would make you feel more at home in your space–one thing you can manage right now. If that’s fluffing up your pillows, if that’s putting the cups back in the kitchen, if that’s writing a list of fruit you haven’t had in a while and going out to buy it, if it’s picking up your laundry from the floor and putting it on the chair, if it’s wiping the dust off your crystals–that’s enough. Do what would help you now. It’s okay to be tired. It’s okay to be a mess. It’s enough to do what would help and leave the rest.

[windvexer]

what part of your craft do you think looks the coolest? regardless of how powerful or helpful it is lol

Looks the coolest? Fun question :D

I'd definitely have to say the handicrafts.

I mean come on, he's so cool, right?

I really really enjoy creating things and I've made from scratch, or heavily modified, almost everything I use (exceptions being things like mortar and pestle or metal incense burners; these are things used to hold or make modified things).

Look at that. That's an orange doily over some cat bones, and that's weird, so I like it. I even made and enchanted the wick in the oil lamp :D

And look at this weird little dude! (I still haven't finished him yet):

I needed a Rosemary Guy, but the problem is that rosemary flakes really badly as it dries and I'd want to replace it. So I made him into a plant holder! I just think he's so cool.

So yeah I think that all the stuff I make looks really cool, making things is probably my favorite part of witchcraft in my life and it brings me so much joy ^-^

Thanks for sending this ask, thinking about all my little crafts has put me in a really good mood

(By the way I got the cast iron mortar and pestle from @upthewitchypunx 's shop and I really like it, I'd recommend one if you're looking to expand your toolset)

[windvexer]

Oh my god also I want to show you guys Nazarito and the Nazarlings 😭

[anarcha-heathenry]

A Rite of Queer Frith

Beloved and blessed are we the queer Proud and ever-defiant Favoured are we by our gods With hearts and wills of giants

By Freyja’s grace, are we imbued We loving and unyielding Joyous and vicious against our foes With gifts of war and healing

Skadhi’s vengeance, are we assured for each of us to fall Our enemies never victorious for we are ruthless and eternal

With Fenrir’s rage, are we endowed All packmates, freed in unity Kith and kin to Chainbreaker Relentless in pursuit of liberty

Frith to all my comrades, queer Our love and lives held sacred By each and every of our gods Our peaceful future, fated

[fallingrealms16]

Witchcore maximalism 🌲✨🖤🍶📚🧚‍♂️🔮

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