Path & Practice Survey - Deadspitfaedm
Here is a fun little survey for anyone who wants to participate. You do not have to be tagged or receive any asks to join. You do not have to be a @pathandpractice tag member to participate. It is not an ask game; just a good, old fashion myspace-style survey. Just copy this post questions, post your answers, and (if you feel like it) tag a few blogs. Please keep this description and credit to @pathandpractice when reposting. ✨
If your magic had a theme song what would it be?
Mini- Playlist:
Venus Armata - Menace Ruine
Temple of Love (Extended Version) - Sisters of Mercy
In Yumen / Xibalba - Rotting Christ
Parade - Susumu Hirasawa
Waking the Witch - Kate Bush
What’s the weirdest substitute component you’ve ever used?
I struggled to rack my brain for something "weird", especially in the context of Witchcraft. I typically don't substitute materials anymore because most workings I do are with components I have to hand or have planned on using and therefore have. I will say that spit/my mouth is surprisingly useful though across most workings.
What’s a superstition you don’t believe?
What’s the most chaotic spell outcome? How off target did it go?
Spellwork to rekindle a relationship, the person who asked me to perform it fell in love with me. Whoops.
What’s something completely mundane that feels magical to you?
The mundane IS inherently magical.
That being said, specifically, anything involving the woodstove, my ancestors used firewood to stay warm just as I do.
What kind of magic are you bad at?
Hmmmm. Healing.
Probably why I am so interested in herbal medicine.
What’s a sign or omen you completely misread at first?
I did a working with Mars and was warned of a very abrupt and violent end, to which I did not understand. I sought guidance from my partner at the time, the true subject of the vision, who told me it was about myself. It was about his infidelity in our marriage. Whoops.
If your altar could judge you what would it say you’re neglecting?
Nothing comes to mind I'm afraid.
I build my altar and take it down for the needs of each individual working.
I do have shrines that stay up consistently, for each planet, but they are pretty well equipped.
What is one witchcraft hill you will die on?
You cannot be a bridge between worlds without having a foot in each. This means you must die, and in many cases, more than once.
What’s a habit you’ve turned into ritual?
Cooking. Divining. Grooming.
If you could take the shape of an animal for a day what would you choose?
Bypassing animal, I would like to be any mushroom (though if I get to choose I would like to be an Amanita) so I can feel what it is like to connect to the mycelium network.
If your magic had a moral alignment, what would it be?
What’s a belief you had early in your practice that you laugh at now?
I wouldn't say I "had" it but I felt compelled to adopt it because I was surrounded by those who utilized a "Consort" and "Goddess" figure or pairing. This dynamic does not suit any of my workings, magic, or beliefs.
Most fertility "rites" and practices miss the mark for me, fertility in itself is a subject that the Occult/Magical community would be best to reframe. I believe that Death, Rot and Compost, are more important for fertility than "penis in vagina". I say this as a deeply Venusian person.
If you could bottle one type of feeling and use it for spellwork what would it be?
Most of my work is very emotional, and I have never really had a difficult time with evoking them... I do enjoy bottling especially useful elections and utilizing them in my work, however.
What’s your shouldn’t work but it does method?
Impulsive choices made very last minute are a crucial component of my Craft.
What’s the most aesthetic thing over practical you’ve done in your practice?
Probably shrine arrangements, but I'd argue both factors are important and the act of tending to the work is devotional in itself.
If your practice had a warning label, what would it be?
Malefic Collusion - Ingest at Your own Risk
What’s the first magical book you read?
The Juniper Game by Sherryl Jordan
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