A collection of shiny things I've found on the side of the road while wading through the proverbial ditch that is this hellsite | she/her | disabled and queer | living on Treaty 6 territory | this is a sideblog
You can call me Clover or Clove, and my pronouns are she/her. I am nebulously in my 20s.
This is just a little side blog dedicated to my spiritual practice—somewhere between a digital grimoire, devotional blog, and the online equivalent of a cool rock collection. I mostly reblog things I think are funny, useful, interesting, or pretty. I may occasionally make original posts as well.
My original content tags are #personal for rambles, and #clover's grimoire for spells and things (though it's pretty sparse atm).
More info under the cut! Please read if it's your first time here. 💛
About my practice:
I'm a solitary witch of close to 10 years, though my practice has ebbed and flowed, and I still have much to learn; what knowledge I do have has come from a combination of research, community interaction, observing the practices of others, and trial and error. I focus especially on green magic, herbalism, cartomancy, and dream magic.
I am a Revivalist Hellenic Polytheist going on 5 years. At present, I am a devotee of Apollo, and work closely with Thanatos as well.
I am NOT a Wiccan or Pagan, so please do not use those labels for me/my content. I do NOT offer any divinatory/spellcasting services, free or charged, so please refrain from asking. I am NOT a New Age believer/follower, and I don't wish to interact or be associated with that community. I do NOT advocate for the use of spiritual/magical remedies in place of medical treatment, and if you try to tell me that my chronic illnesses can be "cured" with oils and crystals, I will block you.
I am pro-baneful magic, and sometimes use cannabis in my practice (though I don't talk about it much, and tag it appropriately if I do—and, for the record, I live where it is legal for recreational use). If either of these things make you uncomfortable, I understand, and you can avoid/block me with no hard feelings. Please do not shame me for these parts of my craft though.
Feel free to ask me questions, but bear in mind that I may choose not to answer; some parts of my practice I am not very open about, and I don't consider myself knowledgeable enough (nor do I have the time/energy) to be a teacher. If I do share anything, know that it will be information relevant to my knowledge, my experience, and my practice, and you may not find it applicable, agreeable, or useful.
Please note:
On this blog I do not stand for any form of bigotry, including biphobia, transphobia, ableism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, and so on. If you hold any such beliefs, I kindly ask that you simply block me and carry on with your day. If you go out of your way to try and provoke me, I will simply block you. I do not have much energy to spare, and the last thing I want to do with it is waste it on bad-faith discourse and dead-end arguments with people who don't actually want to listen.
I strive to be open-minded and self-aware, and if I ever say or reblog something closed-minded, misinformative, offensive, etc. please don't hesitate to let me know. I believe the witchcraft community should be inclusive and respectful of all.
Banner and profile pics not mine. The sun dividers I use were made by @liminal-creations !
Sorry to keep you talking about the pillars 😭 I’m just curious what “right practice” would be without them? I’ve been told that it’s an orthopraxy so we focus on what we do rather that what we believe, and I took that as “ok so rinse before you pray, follow the pillars” that sort of thing, yk? I was aware that it was a very recent idea (the pillars) and didn’t have a specific name in Ancient Greece, but I was always under the impression that they were sort of an agreed upon way to bring ancient values into modern day without being.. yk. Terrible. So with that assumption out the window, I’m wondering what “right practice” is. Maybe just building kharis and not approaching the gods nasty? I’m not sure
No need to apologize! I love combating misinformation like the "pillars," lol.
When people say that ancient Greek religion operated on orthopraxy (“same practice”) and not orthodoxy (“same thought/belief”), we are talking solely about actionable worship!
More than half of the so-called “pillars” aren’t actionable; they’re ideological, so they don’t count towards the orthopraxy of ancient Greek religion. Instead, the things included in orthopraxy were: cleansing, praying, animal sacrifices, incense offerings, libations, first fruit offerings, votive offerings (which could be just about anything made or bought), devotional acts like dancing or singing, athletic contests, dramatic contests, music contests, and the like! These all count as actionable worship practiced throughout the ancient Greek world.
Okay, so Hewlett juxtaposes Medea not only to her sister who is portrayed as emotionally sensitive and weak, prone to being easily hurt, but also to her mother who is presented as crying when experiencing abuse of the father of the family. Fellas is it feminist to put two female characters down for traits that have been associated with femininity and put down by centuries of misogynistic prose.
minos was such a pussy. if my wife gave birth to an epic minotaur baby i wouldn't have locked him in a labyrinth. i would have taken him to the mcdonalds play place (athens) every day and let him eat as many stray mcnuggets (athenians) off the floor as he wanted. i love you hungry son
[image description: a meme based on a photo of an ancient vase painting showing pentheus being torn apart by maenads. it’s captioned, “maenads tore off all my limbs can’t have shit in thebes.”]
I have a necklace dedicated to the Morrigan and as of late I haven't been able to practice my craft as much as I would like and I haven't been able to dedicate much time to my deities. So what I've been doing is putting on that necklace when I go out and inviting her to accompany me on my ventures.
Sometimes I feel like she's there, others not so much. Either way, the invitation is extended and she knows I'm still thinking of her every day.
