ArcanaVitae

A naturalist gone feral.

[inajar]

Life is a nightmare that leaves its mark upon you in order to prove that it is, in fact, real.

Thomas Ligotti, “The Sect of the Idiot”, in Songs of a Dead Dreamer (via inajar)

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

I. M. Panayotopoulos, tr. by Kimon Friar, from Modern Greek Poetry; “The World’s Window,”

[jedi-anakin]

COSMOS: A Personal Voyage (1980) written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter 

[books-n-quotes]

…Maybe everybody in the whole damn world is scared of each other.

(via poems-and-word)

[orbvan]

[arcanavitae]

[artwitchpath]

Homemade Inks

One of the many ways for us artsy witches to use the natural world in our practice is by making our own inks. The act of collecting ingredients, creating the ink, filling it with your energy and intent, and using it in your craft is truly magical! You can add some special touches to your Grimoire, draw sigils, add to potions, create fabulous works of art, or just replace your chemical filled paint with a non-toxic, eco-friendly alternative that is safe for your kids!

Here are some base materials you can use to make inks and the color they generally make. Obviously there’s some variation with the final color depending on the material itself (more or less ripe and the inherent color variation between selections for example) but this will give you a general idea. Also note that the color of some materials can change over a period of time.

Berries

Red Cherry- Red or Light Pink

Pokeberry- Hot Pink

Red Rasberry- Medium Pink

Black Cherry- Pink/Purple

Black Rasberry- Light Purple

Blackberry- Purple

Huckleberry- Denim Blue

Buckthorn- Hunter Green

Nuts

Black Walnut- Rich Brown

Avacado Pits- Red/Pink

Peach Pit- Black

Almond Shells- Black

Other Options

Coffee

Black Bean

Sumac

Spinach

Red Cabbage

Turmeric

Jicama

Onion Skin

Wild Grape

Goldenrod

Experiment! This list is no where near exhaustive and there’s tons of combinations to explore. I will be posting about my process for making inks and providing some examples soon so stay tuned!

[oysterhearted-deactivated202411]

[devourfrombeneath]

“hey karli did you ever make any more of those weird motivational animals?” well friend

[nabokovsshadows-deactivated2018]

This is beyond glory

[gwinny5k]

@finelay

[sinobug]

Long-horned Orb-weaver Spider (Macracantha arcuata, Araneidae) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu'er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese spiders and arachnids on my Flickr site HERE…..

[arjuna-vallabha]

Temple stepwell at North India

[rhamphotheca]

“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don’t know is what what they do does.”

―Michel Foucault, Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

[iheartloons]

If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.

Osho (via freesprint)

[thelittleblackmermaid-deactivat]

“To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible God.”

Jorge Luis Borges (via accara)

[larmoyante]

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Anaïs Nin  (via rabbrakha)

[properly-inappropriate]

I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship.

Michelle Williams (via rainydaysandblankets)

[anothermanonthemoon]

“From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.” - Edvard Munch