bea the pagan

she/they | eclectic irish & norse pagan | 21yo

[rainbow-jello-wizard-man]

This is your friendly reminder that herbs aren't inherently safe.

Natural doesn't mean Safe.

Lightning is natural. Opium, therefore heroin and opiate drugs are derived from poppies. Cinnamon oil will burn your skin. Lilies are toxic to cats and will cause organ failure. Activated charcoal will neutralize your prescription medications and literally anything else in your system. St. John's Wort will destroy your serotonin production and mess with your happiness threshold if it DOESNT KILL YOU FIRST.

So anyway.

Do some damn good research every time you go to eat, breathe, bring around your pets, bathe in, or smoke something. Be safe please.

[bea-the-pagan]

this is so fucking important to remember, i am so glad to see this being said.

[bea-the-pagan]

i find it crazy that The Dagda, who has (admittedly) been steadily ramping up his level of trying to contact me recently, is so present in my life without me realizing it for awhile.

examples:

one of the things that generally is a symbol of him (can’t state for privacy reasons) is also my last name.

i have a strong need for comfort from male energies, despite having a good relationship with my dad my whole life. i’ve always been this way and never understood why.

everytime i’ve ever gone to a metaphysical store, im insanely drawn to the cauldrons. i thought for awhile it was Cerridwyn, but never felt her draw in any other way.

ive always felt crazy drawn to irish mythology, even when i was ignoring it and trying out other things first, like Hellenistic Polytheism or celtic mythology as a whole.

im surrounded by a lot of male presences that feel similar to The Dagda, like my father and close friends.

i’ve always been fascinated with death, but not in the typical sense. not necromancy or any of that, but like bones and nature and how nature reuses bodies, and The Dagda is said in some writings to be a god of life and death due to his position.

i just find it all really interesting that it connects in such a weird way!

i really need to sit down and let him talk to me and say what he needs to say, because his presence is getting overwhelming a bit.

[bea-the-pagan]

i’ve never had tumblr, even when it was popular back when i was younger, so this is going to be fun!

my goals for this blog are as follows:

- keep myself motivated and focused with my spiritual practice

- realize that everything is fluid and i do not need to strictly label myself

- make some pagan friends!

- keep my thoughts documented for reflection later

hopefully i am able to accomplish at least a few of these goals!

cheers!

~bea