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It's not nearly as pretty as @boneprinces, but I made a comfort and courage spell jar (my first one ever!) based off their ingredient list and I'm pretty happy with it. It's currently charging in the full moon light.
i think it's beautiful. let it bring you all you need.
Rule of Thumb for Learning Witchcraft
This post is not for those who create witchy content, but rather for those who consume said content.
Not every tumblr post is an educational post. Sometimes people are just sharing their experiences.
Of course it'd be nice if everyone could clarify whether a post is educational or not but with the amount of posts that witchblr sees in a day that'd be too much to ask of every single blogger.
So a good rule of thumb when navigating tumblr:
If you don't see someone saying that a post is educational or informative then don't assume it's educational or informative.
It's very likely someone is simply sharing their experience. If you aren't sure if the post is meant to be educational then you should just ask, I don't know of many bloggers who would be upset by the question "Is this meant to be an educational post or a post about your personal opinion and experiences?".
If someone says that a post is educational it’s perfectly acceptable to ask for their resources if they aren’t provided.
If they share incorrect information (and you have the energy for it) then it’s also perfectly acceptable to politely correct them and share the correct information.
I want to share some examples:
Opinion or personal experience: I prefer basil rather than mint for prosperity spells.
-> This is someone sharing their experience with a type of spell and the herbs they've used in said spell.
Fact: Humans have been using herbs for mystical and magical purposes across cultures since even ancient times and many of these herbs have different correspondences based on the culture.
-> We have texts and traditions backing this statement that can be easily found.
Opinion or personal experience: Artemis enjoys chamomile tea as an offering.
-> This person's personal experience with Artemis shows that she enjoys chamomile tea. However, this is not something we can prove nor is it something we can render invalid.
Fact: In ancient Greece, deities were often offered honey or olive oil. Artemis in particular was offered locks of one’s hair as well as animals from a hunt.
-> We have writings from those who lived during ancient Greece to back this up. Solid resources for this can be searched for fairly easily.
Facts are something we have evidence for. Opinions and personal experiences aren’t rendered invalid in light of these facts, but it’s generally in bad taste to try to teach your personal experiences as facts.
TL;DR
Rather than looking for a statement saying that a post is an opinion/ post about personal experience, it’s better to assume that if you don't see someone saying that their post is educational then you shouldn’t see it as trying to be educational or informative.
"You can't magic away your mental illness and trauma" and "magic can be a great tool to help manage mental illness and trauma" are both true statements. This isn't a black or white issue. Something can be super helpful without being claimed to permanently cure you of suffering.
“You can’t drink water once and be hydrated forever”
“Water is a great tool to stay hydrated throughout your life”
Excellent point!! To take your metaphor even farther, you cannot survive on water alone! In the same way you might balance your mental health with medication, rest, routine, magic, or even all four, you don’t take sustenance from only one source! There are many important parts of a mental health, and neglecting one for the sake of just pursuing magic means that you’re putting yourself in a pretty poor situation.
URGENT: 🚨🚨EARN IT ACT IS BACK IN THE SENATE 🚨🚨 tumblr's nsfw ban hitting the entire internet this spring 2022
February 1, 2022
I’m so so sorry for the long post but please please please pay attention and spread this
WHAT IS THE EARN IT ACT?
The EARN IT Act has been roundly condemned by nearly every major LGBTQ+ advocacy and human rights organization in the country. This is a bill that will make children less safe, undermine online safety and security, and trample free expression, because it carves out another exception to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA 230), which the ACLU describes as “foundational to modern online communications.” This has been the law that has let the internet grow into what it is today, we’ve had this law since the 90s. (For context, Trump wanted to get rid of this law because he knew it would lead to mass govt surveillance and censorship of minorities online.)
The EARN IT Act will lead to online censorship. Platforms will be incentivized to scan their users’ communications and censor all sex-related content, including sex education, literally anything lgbt, transgender or non-binary education and support systems, and sex worker communication according to the ACLU. All this in the name of “protecting kids” and “fighting CSEM”, both of which the bill does nothing of the sort. In fact it makes fighting CSEM even harder.
If this bill passes, we're going to see most, if not all, adult content and accounts removed from mainstream platforms, for fear of the liability that could come with ever accidentally hosting CSAM, as well as the erasure of end-to-end encryption on messaging platforms.
This is really not a drill. Anyone who makes or consume anything “adult” online has to be prepared to fight Sen. Blumenthal's EARN IT Act, brought back from the grave by a bipartisan consensus to destroy Section 230.
EARN IT will open the way for politicians to define the category of “pornography" as they — or the lobbies that fund them — please, (Right now, right wing organizers are catgorizing books about racism as ‘porn’ to ban them from schools) which is a cherished goal of organizations that seek to reintroduce obscenity prosecutions for content now protected by Free Speech jurisprudence. This will 1000000% be used to eradicate anything LGBT online.
What this bill says it does on the surface is make platforms liable for their users’ activity if that activity involves sex and minors. However, because of 230, platforms are not liable at all about their users' activity. This has allowed platforms to grow and thrive and many niches online to as well. The bill also creates an unelected commission to create “best practices” to combat online child sexual exploitation. While these recommendations are nominally voluntary (so Americans have no decision on who gets to be on it), platforms that refuse to comply will be liable for criminal prosecutions and lawsuits should the government decide any of their users is engaging in online child sexual exploitation.
This is already a nightmare enough. But the bill also DESTROYS ENCRYPTION, you know, the thing protecting literally anyone or any govt entity from going into your private messages and emails and anything on your devices and spying on you.
This bill is going to finish what FOSTA/SESTA started. And that should terrify you.
Senator Blumenthal (Same guy who said ‘Facebook should ban finsta’) pushed this bill all of 2020, literally every activist (There were more than half a million signatures on this site opposing this act!) pushed hard to stop this bill. Now he brings it back, doesn’t show the text of the bill until hours later, and it’s WORSE. Instead of fixing literally anything in the bill that might actually protect kids online, Bluemnthal is hoping to fast track this and shove it through, hoping to get little media attention other than propaganda of "protecting kids" to support this shitty legislation that will harm kids.
The entire EARN IT act is based on *multiple* misunderstandings of the law and reality. It's a really really really bad policy that will do serious harm. But because Senator Blumenthal wants headlines, he'll pretend that it "helps protect the children." It won't. It'll do real damage. It will make CSEM much much worse.
One of the many reasons this bill is so dangerous: It totally misunderstands how Section 230 works, and in doing so (as with FOSTA) it is likely to make the very real problem of CSAM worse, not better. Section 230 gives companies the flexibility to try different approaches to dealing with various content moderation challenges. It allows for greater and greater experimentation and adjustments as they learn what works -- without fear of liability for any "failure." Removing Section 230 protections does the opposite. It says if you do anything, you may face crippling legal liability. This actually makes companies less willing to do anything that involves trying to seek out, take down, and report CSAM because of the greatly increased liability that comes with admitting that there is CSAM on your platform to search for and deal with. This liability would allow anyone for any reason to sue any platform they want, suing smaller ones out of existence. Look at what is happening right now with book bans across the nation with far right groups. This is going to happen to the internet if this bill passes.
(Remember, the state department released a report in December 2021 recommending that the government crack down on "obscenity" as hard the Reagan Administration did. If this bill passes, it could easily go way beyond shit red states are currently trying. It is a goldmine for the fascist right that is currently in the middle of banning every book that talks about race and sexuality across the US.)
NCOSE, the far right anti-LGBT hate group behind the global anti-sex legislations, is pushing the idea that any form of sexual expression, including talking about HEALTH, leads to sex trafficking. Their goal is to eliminate all sex, anything gay, and everything that goes against their idea of ‘God’ from the internet and hyper disney-fy and sanitize it. This is a highly coordinated attack on multiple fronts.
The reason these bills keep showing up is because there is this false lie spread by organizations like NCOSE that platforms do nothing about CSEM online. However, platforms are already liable for child sexual exploitation under federal law. Tech companies sent more than 45 million+ instances of CSAM to the DOJ in 2019 alone, most of which they declined to investigate. This shows that platforms are actually doing everything in their power already to stop CSEM by following already existing laws. The Earn It Act includes zero resources for proven investigation or prevention programs. If Senator Bluementhal actually cared about protecting youth, why wouldn’t he include anything to actually protect them in his shitty horrible bill?
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) along with a coalition of 26 civil society organizations urged the United States Senate to reject the EARN IT Act. Groups on the left and right, including the ACLU, Fight for the Future, EFF, and Hacking // Hustling oppose it. Because it threatens free expression online and will threaten marginalized people’s safety while being totally unnecessary and failing to fix the problem it claims to address. The EARN IT Act empowers states to give law enforcement access to users’ private conversations and force companies to create encryption backdoors for law enforcement. This is totally unnecessary. Platforms are already handing over CSAM to the federal government. It’s actually likely to make prosecuting child molesters more difficult since evidence collected this way likely violates the Fourth Amendment and would be inadmissible in court.
I don't know why so many Senators are eager to cosponsor the "make child pornography worse" bill, but here we are.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
EARN IT Act was introduced yesterday! And it’s already scheduled to get marked up, which is the first step post-introduction. Most bills never go to markup, so this means they are putting pressure to move this through. IF YOU LIVE IN THESE STATES (IL, VT, CA, RI, MN, DE, CT, HI, NJ, and GA), CONTACT YOUR SENATOR AND HOUSE MEMBERS NOW. THIS IS URGENT. This is who gets first crack, and folks in all have Senators who are on the Judiciary committee.
I'm guessing this month or March is when the bill would be passed if there is no opposition 😭 The bill was re-introduced yesterday, already set for markup this Thursday. This feels like an attempt to fast track it this month. Additionally the current makeup of Congress favors those who want it passed. Back in 2020 it was mostly Senate republicans and democrats who are basically republicans (just like now, check the sponsors) pushing it with Ron Wyden using the filibuster to stop their efforts. The house dems didn't want to give Trump a win and needed to appear as pro-privacy/free speech for the 2020 election. Now the dems have the presidency, both chambers of Congress and if you've noticed have spent a few years repeatedly demanding social media censorship and desperately want to give Biden victories. biden isn't like obama who opposed sopa/pipa to appeal to younger voters. This is similar to how FOSTA passed with the group who made it happen last time back again. Far as I'm aware Wyden hasn't spoken about new earn it yet but even if he does oppose it, it's very possible there will be enough Senate democrats to join the republicans in passing it beating a filibuster. Then pelosi's band of house idiots pass it and we have to choose between breaking the law because they can't stop us from using encryption or being obedient sheep to a group who consider themselves above laws.
It already has a fifth of the Senate cosponsoring it. There is a very very very real chance this bill becomes law. This is an uphill battle that's going to happen fast and quick. PLEASE, FIGHT NOW.
202-224-3121 connects you to the congressional hotline.
This website takes you to your Senator / House members contact info. EMAIL, MESSAGE, SEND LETTERS, CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL. Calling is the BEST way to get a message through. Get your family and friends to send calls too. This is literally the end of free speech online.
More sources to read about this bill:
https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/the-earn-it-act-is-anti-evidence
Fight for the Future’s Statement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=678EW8v09z8&t=1s
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220131/22423648395/senates-new-earn-it-bill-will-make-child-exploitation-problem-worse-not-better-still-attacks-encryption.shtml
EARN IT Act treats Myths as Facts.
https://surviveearnit.com/what-is-the-earn-it-act/ From 2020, but little has changed about the bill.
https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/earn-it-act-back
Center for Democracy and Technology’s Statement
DISCORD LINK IF YOU WANT TO HELP FIGHT IT
TLDR: The EARN IT Act will lead to online censorship of any and all adult & lgbt content across the entire internet, open the floodgates to mass surveillance the likes which we haven't seen before, lead to much more CSEM being distributed online, and destroy encryption. Call 202-224-3121 to connect to your house and senate representative and tell them to VOTE NO on this bill that does not protect anyone and harms everyone.
God Jul! 🎄🪵🌞❄️🐐
For this Winter Solstice tarot spread, I created a 6 card prompt.
1. What shadow work prompt should be your focus in the new year?
2. What elements have pushed you forward this year?
3. What elements have held you back this year?
4. What gifts do you carry?
5. How can you use those gifts to heal yourself and others?
6. A message of guidance from your deities or ancestors.
“Yule gude and Yule gere Follow de trew da year!”
Witchcraft challenge: Design a spell using the paint chip samples from the hardware store.
If you’re a SFW content creator on OnlyFans and can move to a different platform then you should consider that in solidarity with all the sex workers who are being kicked off. OnlyFans built its platform and brand recognition off being a place for sex workers, and now that it’s banning adult content its profits should tank. It’s unacceptable that it’s screwing over so many people, hurting/erasing their income, and bowing to pressure from religious groups to hurt an already stigmatised group.
this post is for everyone who is silenced by the usamerica-centric discussion when it comes to oppression. this is for non-white people who are oppressed by non-white people (that are falsely labeled as “poc” in the west), for those natives whose oppressors are not settlers but natives to the land as well, for slavic and other light skinned people who suffer from extreme poverty and dictatorships in their countries (but are, again, ignored in the west), for indegenous people of any skin color who suffer from ethnic oppression, for the forgotten christians like copts who are still oppressed for their faith and are ridiculed by american atheists (”all religion is bad” “just say christianity”), for all the east asian people who suffered under the imperial Japan that committed same attrocities as the nazi germany (but are not allowed to speak of that bc the US, again), for all who basically don’t fit to the american narrative of the world. fuck american imperialism.
i have a HUGE question: can i both believe in mystical explanations for things as well as science-based explanations? it seems contradictory to believe in both
You can and you absolutely should! Believing in magic should never preclude or replace critical thinking, and the two can indeed coexist.
Doing a bit of debunking is a good way of keeping yourself in check and keeping your expectations reasonable, especially where signs and omens are concerned. (I find it helpful to have a set list of things that I look for, or to request specific signs from the universe when I ask for an indication. Helps to clarify things when you know you're looking for a red bird on a particular fencepost, rather than just "a sign.")
And hey, just because something MIGHT have a scientific explanation? That doesn't mean it's not also magical.
Science explains a lot of what we once took for mystical happenings. But the world is no less full of wonder for knowing how biology and chemistry and physics work. Trees are no less magical for us knowing how and why they grow. The sun and moon are no less powerful for us knowing what makes them shine.
And it's very important to keep that fact-based critical thinking in mind when you're browsing for study material. That way, you have less of a chance of falling for historical revisionism, bullshit rhetoric, or unsafe practices.
Science and magic are no more contradictory than science and faith. They are complementary partners and each illuminates the other.
POST PLUS IS COMING, WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT!
Despite the fancy survey, changes to the UI and TOS reveal we’re getting the service in the future whether we want it or not. Obviously, Post+ is a terrible idea that is trying to bank revenue on user content. Unlike patreon or onlyfans, tumblr’s primary focus is on FAN content. The legality of this is NOT in the users favor and as the new tumblr TOS states, said users will be entirely liable for whatever legal matters arise.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING?
Besides filling out the survey, it’s time to show tumblr we mean business and show our displeasure by hitting them where it hurts.
Ad revenue.
We’re proposing a 24 hour log off as phase one of this protest.
WHEN IS THE PROTEST?
August 6th 2021
12 am Eastern Time (US)
4am UTC
5am BST/London
6am Central Europe Time
7am Moscow Standard Time
9:30 Indian Standard Time
12 noon Hong Kong Time/Australian Western
1:00 pm Japan Standard Time
1:30 pm Australian Cental time
2:00 pm Australian Eastern Time
August 5th 2021
11pm Central Time (US)
10pm Mountain Time (US)
9pm Pacific Time (US)
THE END TIME IS 24 HOURS FROM START TIME!!!
So no posting, no queues, no likes, and no reblogs!
WHAT IF I CAN’T/WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?
Like this post and share it AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE. Use the hashtags #tumblrlogoff2021 or #postplusprotest on ANY and ALL social media.
WILL THIS WORK?
Maybe, maybe not. It’s an attempt at doing SOMETHING.
BECAUSE I’M A TIRED IDIOT, USE THIS TO DOUBLE CHECK YOUR TIME ZONE!!!!
Event Time Announcer shows time for Log off protest 2021 in locations all over the world. In New York it happens on Friday, August 6, 2021 a
The weird nazi apologists keep finding my post through witchblr, you folk have got to get your act together– not everyone who reblogs nice crystals and european folklore is your friend.
for people who are interested in pagan/occult practices: here’s a good article about why there’s such a fascism problem in those spaces and how to fight back.
The Pagan and Occult Fascist Connection and How to Fix It
The more I learn about mycotoxin exposure the more I’m convinced that most haunted/possessed house stories are just houses with mold in the walls.
That shit’ll fry your brain.
Mold and other fungi. Ungrounded electricity. Food poisoning. Night terrors. Sleep paralysis. Sleep deprivation. The fact that when we don't see a human face, muscles related to hearing tighten to be able to hear farther for threats. Minerals leaking into pipes.
Carbon monoxide poisoning is usually my go-to when people come to me asking for advice about a haunted house/being cursed, usually followed up by most of the above.
Like sorry if you thought my witch ass was just going to tell you to place a salt ring and burn some incense or w/e, but if you come to me telling me you’re seeing shit/got ill/your partner started acting weird when you moved into your new house, my witch ass is still going to tell you to check you’re not being poisoned by your surroundings before I jump to “you got ghosts in your veins.”
"yea but I’VE had a real ghost encounter, and it wasn’t mold!”
Didn’t say you didn’t chief. I’m just saying that a lot of the things people think of as hauntings is just the living hell that is home ownership and that it’s a good idea to make sure you’re not accidentally eating radon for breakfast in your basement apartment. Smart witches worth their salt circle know that.
PLEASE DO NOT THINK FOR EVEN A SECOND THAT YOUR VOICE WILL NOT HAVE AN IMPACT THIS IS LITERALLY THE BARE MINIMUM
I'm sorry for putting this in the BLM and stop Asian hate tag but in the last few days posts tagged with "Palestine" have not been showing up.
[ID: several pictures about the situation in Palestine, reading as follows:
1. A screenshot of a caption from Instagram by @/noor__saleh, reading: “I need everyone to share or repost this or whatever. Please do not skip reading this caption. The Israeli government has bombed the journalism office in Gaza. Natanyahu has come out to say the next few hours will not be easy. Israel completely controls the rhetoric right now. Gaza has been without electricity and supplies. Hama’s commanders died days ago and Gaza has requested a ceasefire that has been (in caps) shut down. This is going to be a massacre the likes of which may have never been seen before. Please share this and get the word out. (in caps) Israel controls all the media right now. The only media they cannot control is social media and we are still being censored by Instagram. By Facebook. By TikTok. Please do not let the Israeli government vilify Palestinians even more.” Over this caption, in large text, is written, “This is the most important caption I’ve ever written. Please share it.”
2. A tweet by @/drosepali, reading, “Does everyone know how severe the bombing in Gaza are right now?! People are calling it worse than all 3 wars combined. They’re tweeting out as if it’s their last words. Families in Gaza are all sleeping in the same room so if they die, they die together. #GazaUnderAttack.”
3. A tweet by Eman Basher, reading: “Tonight, I put the kids to sleep in our bedroom. So that when we die, we die together and no one would live to mourn the loss of another. #GazaUnderAttack.”
4. A tweet by minahil, reading, “Palestinians posted those videos for a reason. They want us to flood the internet. They want the help of social media. So, show your support. In a world where they’ve been left alone, stand up for them. It’s all they’re asking for - the bare minimum.”
5. Another tweet by Farah, which reads: “If the Palestinians themselves are saying that media coverage is the only thing helping them, who are you to say posting on socials won’t contribute towards change? Fix up.”
6. A last tweet by Osha Mahmoud, reading, “If you thought posting on social media was doing nothing, maybe ask yourself why Israeli forces felt the need to destroy a building housing international media offices in Gaza Strip.”
End ID.]
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Hellenic Resources Masterpost {Last Updated 11.28.15}
Hey guys! :D I answered a bunch of questions regarding Hellenic deities, so I thought I would make a post linking to them all ^_^
Beginner Help
How Do I Know When A Deity is Interested in Me? What if they Aren’t?
Tips on Getting Started
How to Introduce Yourself
What’s hair wrapping/veiling, and why is it something some Hellenic Polytheists do?
How did you personally begin worshiping your deities? Do you have any tips regarding some of them?
How can I connect to a god/goddess that I am beginning to worship?
How Can I Do Rituals When I Live in a Loud Home?
How can I worship deities if I am a secret polytheist? (includes advice specifically for Athena and Artemis as well)
I’m having a hard time getting my words out to introduce myself to the deity I want to worship. Have any tips?
Sacred Locations for the Main Twelve Olympians
How Can I Discover My Religion/Deities?
I’m Anxious About Introducing Myself. Any Tips?
Playlists I’ve Made So Far
Offerings/Devotion
Do you know of any offerings that would work for almost any deity?
Can I throw away offerings that aren’t nature-friendly? If so, how can I do that respectfully?
How can I learn to write poetry that I can give to the gods as offerings?
How can I give offerings without burning them?
Types of Books to Read to the Gods
Do I have to Read Aloud When Reading to my Deities?
I Told Someone That I am a Hellenic Polytheist and They Aren’t Taking it Seriously.
What Are Some Ways I Can Show my Devotion?
How Can I pay More Attention to my Deity?
How did you know your deity asked you to do Hairbinding/veiling?
DIY Devotional Prayer Beads
Epithets of the Gods
General Offerings
How Do You Use Prayer Beads?
DIY Freeverse Devotional Poem
How I Make Offerings At Lunch
Shrines/Altars
I want to maintain an altar, but I don’t have a lot of space. Do you have any ideas?
How do you maintain an altar in secret?
How can I use my body as a shrine?
Autumn Shrine Decor
Receiving Sings/Communication
What Are Some Steps I Should Take to Communicate With a Deity?
How can I communicate with Deities?
How Do You Scry To Communicate With a Deity?
~Specific Deities ~
Aphrodite
I’m depressed. Can I still work with Aphrodite? & How can I know what god/goddess is trying to get my attention if I am bad at picking up on signs?
I have self-harm scars. Will Aphrodite be displeased by me? Can I still use my body as an altar?
How should I make an altar to Aphrodite/make an altar for any deity?
Offering Ideas, Shrine Ideas, and Resources for Athena and Aphrodite
Aphrodite Devotional Day Ideas
Aphrodite Walking Shrine Ideas
Aphrodite Offering Ideas
Connecting During Everyday Tasks
Apollo
Offerings for Apollo and Selene, altar ideas, and resources
Apollo Masterpost
Apollo Walking Shrine Ideas
Apollo Worship/Tips for New Worshippers
Connecting During Everyday Tasks
Ares
Offerings for Ares and Morpheus and resources
Ares and Hermes Walking Shrine Ideas
Artemis
Is there a difference between Selene and Artemis?
Altar ideas and resources for Artemis
To Anyone Interested in Artemis, read this tip from an Anon :)
Artemis Links
Walking Shrine Ideas for Artemis
Morning Worship Ideas for Persephone and Artemis (Separated)
Small Ways to Connect
Athena
Offering Ideas, Shrine Ideas, and Resources for Athena and Aphrodite
Body Altar Ideas for Athena
Devotion Ritual
Small Ways to Connect
Ananke/Morai
Do you Have Any Ideas on How to Honour Ananke or the Moirai?
Tips for Beginning Work With the Moiria
Demeter
How can I approach Demeter?
Demeter Resources
Small Ways to Connect
Dionysus
Cheap and Discreet Shrine Ideas for Hades/Persephone and Dionysus
Eos
How should I worship Eos?
Gaia
Gaia Shrine Ideas
Resources
Hades
Secret shrine to Persephone and Hades
Hades Tea Offering Ideas
How can I introduce myself to Hades and Persephone?
How can I use my body as an altar to Hades & Persephone?
Hades/Persephone Masterpost
Do I Have to Introduce Myself to Hades Before Becoming a Devotee?
Cheap and Discreet Shrine Ideas for Hades/Persephone and Dionysus
Is Hades the Devil?
Tips for Incoming Worshipers
Shrine Ideas
Tips For New Worshipers II
Worship Dates/Festivals
Small Ways to Connect
Devotion Ritual for Hades and Persephone
Hecate
Hecate Resources
Hecate Shrine ideas and Resources
More Hecate Resources
How Can I Worship Hecate?
Hera
Hera Resources and Shrine Ideas
Small Ways to Connect
Hermes
What are some arcane-ish symbols/things Hermes is related to?
Ares and Hermes Walking Shrine Ideas
Connecting During Everyday Tasks
Hestia
Hestia Offerings, Resources, and Shrine Ideas
Hestia Worship
Resources
Connecting During Everyday Tasks
Morpheus
Offerings for Ares and Morpheus and resources
Small Ways to Connect
Nyx
Nyx Resources
Shrine Ideas for Nyx
Nyx Worship Ideas
Nyx Walking Shrine Ideas
Offering Ideas
Pan
Pan Offerings and Resources
Persephone
Can you tell me about Persephone? How should I introduce myself to her?
What should I put on my altar to Persephone?
Secret shrine to Persephone and Hades
How can I introduce myself to Hades and Persephone?
How can I use my body as an altar to Hades & Persephone?
Hades/Persephone Masterpost
Cheap and Discreet Shrine Ideas for Hades/Persephone and Dionysus
How Can I Worship Persephone in Everyday Life?
Tips for Incoming Worshipers
Morning Worship Ideas for Persephone and Artemis (Separated)
Small Ways to Connect
Devotion Ritual for Hades and Persephone
Poseidon
Poseidon resources, acts of devotion, shrine ideas, etc.
Small Way to Connect
Selene
Is there a difference between Selene and Artemis?
Offerings for Apollo and Selene, altar ideas, and resources
Zeus
I want to begin working with Zeus. How should I get started, and what are some tips or pointers you have?
Cheap and Discreet Shrine Ideas for Zeus
Devotional Acts for Zeus
I Want to Connect With Zeus. Any Advice or Tips?
Some Zeus Resources and Worship Ideas
Zeus Masterpost
Walking Shrine Ideas for Zeus
Small Ways to Connect
~ Tips for Hellenic Polytheist Who Have No Money ~ By: Me, a Hellenic Polytheist With No Money
Offerings
Shrine Decor
My Take on the Underworld/Afterlife **Opinion and Personal Research**
Elysium/Getting There
Fields of Asphodel
Resources
Recreating Hairstyles { Soloontherocks }
What’s Miasma? { Royalautumnfrost }
How Can Men Veil/How Was it Done in Ancient Greece? { songbirdspells }
Good Websites to Learn About the Gods { shipping-the-gods }
Introduction to the Underworld { Waterspeak }
Hellenic Terminology Page { baringtheaegis }
Honouring the Nymphai { Bayoread }
Sacred Animals of the Gods { thewhisperingmountain }
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Ancient Greek Divination Series #1: Astragaloi
Astragaloi
What are they?
Basically, they’re Ancient dice with only four sides!
Made of sheep, cow or goat knucklebones (also called the pastern bones of the hind legs) or ceramic replicas of them
They were cast onto a table or dice tray. This tray was set on a table in front of an image of a god/goddess, usually Apollon or Hermes.
Just as dice were used for games, so were astragaloi.
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The sides of an astragalos
Khios
Narrow face; s-shaped depression
Koios/khios/coan/chios
Narrow face
Somewhat flat, irregular surface
Huptios
Means supine
Deep pit in middle
Pranes
Rounder, slightly cylindrical, broad face
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How to do an astragaloi reading
Questions asked are usually asking for advice. Both formats of the divination are more complex than yes/no.
There are at least two ways to do readings, based on two sources: Oracle Bones Divination: The Greek I Ching by Kostas Dervenis (questionable title, but useful book), and John Opsopaus’ book Oracle of Apollo and website. I personally prefer to use Dervenis’ system for astragaloi. I just read a source I’ll mention later so this is subject to change.
Standard procedure
○ Roll 5 astragaloi or one astragalos 5x
○ Read numerical value of downward (Opsopaus) or topmost (implied in Dervenis) face
○ Faces marked by shape
○ You can mark the faces with pips or alphabet too
Opsopaus style
○ Add #s of downward faces of all 5 “rolls”
○ Roll with hands, dice cup, or dice tower
○ You can blow into hand after u pick up lots to inspire divination
Dervenis style
○ Add numbers of topmost faces of all 5 rolls
○ Look up the answer by the total number obtained in his book, and by the exact number of each side (i.e. 3 khios, 1 huptios, and 1 pranes)
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Reconstructionist astragaloi
We don’t know a lot about how astragaloi were actually used, but we have the possible answers from engravings. Opsopaus references this but seems to take a lot of liberties.
iThis is a table I made from Fritz Graf’s chapter “Rolling the Dice for an Answer” in Mantikê edited by Sarah Iles Johnston and Peter T. Struck.
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Tips for using astragaloi
If you use real bones, make sure to thank the animal for the bones! Perhaps also a deity (Artemis, maybe?).
You can also make them from wood/clay!
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Sources and further reading
Fritz Graf’s chapter “Rolling the Dice for an Answer” in Mantikê edited by Sarah Iles Johnston and Peter T. Struck
Oracle of Apollo by John Opsopaus
Opsopaus’ website
Oracle Bones Divination: The Greek I Ching by Kostas Dervenis
Background image
Other images: dice and astragaloi, painted astragalos. Knucklebone sides from Dervenis’ book, and girl playing with astragaloi from Wikimedia Commons
