here to learn

tarot, spirits and hellenism, oh my!

[kosmogrl]

he gets me!!

[detailedart]

Moon over the Temple of Poseidon. Elias Chasiotis.

[touchingwater]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlJyyNylz2a

[fireburningbright]

The Gods are not detached, locked away in their temples like crypts. They walk in the world with us. They know us. When you open yourself up to them you will find them in the strangest places.

[unsubconscious]

DADA “Light My Fingers” candle by Claire Olshan

[thecultoflexithewulf]

“When you start to notice the mystical, the mystical will start to notice you.”

— Dacha Avelin (via wolfofantimonyoccultism)

[khthonioi]

☉ apollo’s windowsill altar is slowly coming together ☉

[libraford]

I'm saying this from a place of genuine care: if you are seeing ghosts or shadows or having nightmares... and sageing, eggshells, Crystal's, and psychics arent cutting it..

Please.. please... check for things like gas leaks, water damage, vermin. I'm not saying your house isnt haunted, I'm just saying that carbon monoxide poisoning looks a LOT like being haunted.

[snakes-stims]

lavender rose quartz

[hexfeathers-deactivated20241121]

Hey, so, when someone practicing in a closed religion tells you to stop appropriating their deities, traditions, holy texts and such, and you respond with:

“But x deity reached out to me why would they reach out to me if they are closed to people outside of x culture?”

That is a bullshit excuse lol

First of all, the voices of physical, tangible human beings that are a part of a marginalized group are who you should be listening to.

Second of all, I am sorry, but no amount of “x deity reached out to me so I am gonna listen to them before I listen to you lol” is going to erase the fact that you are choosing to be disrespectful and violate living cultures and living people, rather than using discernment to see whether or not that closed deity is even actually communicating with you. 

Some of you folks claiming to be communicating with Lilith, despite not being Jewish, are so desperate to work with a Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss™ that you are not taking into consideration the countless, COUNTLESS deities and spirits who actually DO fill that role, and are not part of a closed practice.

At the end of the day, there is no true tangible proof that you are communicating with a god. We are all believing in what we do out of faith. But practitioners, minorities, and people who are part of closed cultures are 100%, undoubtably, sitting there and watching you show your ass in the name of disrespect and ignorance.

It costs 0 dollars to listen to active practitioners.

Stop stealing from Judaism.

Stop stealing from Vodou.

Stop stealing from Brujeria. 

Stop stealing from things that do not belong to you.

[bebemoon]

blue chalcedony .

[psyche-noire]

[detailedart]

Moon over the Temple of Poseidon. 1 - 2

[purplebuddhaproject]

[divinemagic]

haven’t worked on any magick in ages because i’ve been depressed and the energy you put out comes back

[breelandwalker]

Pardon me for popping in, but as a fellow witch with depression, I wanted to offer some reassurance.

Magic is far less about the "flavor" of the energy you put out and much more about your intentions and your will. If I only did witchcraft when I was in the best and most productive mood, I'd never do anything either.

The whole "the energy you put out comes back" / "you attract the things you feel / project / think about" is some Law of Attraction nonsense, and I promise you - I PROMISE you - your thoughts and emotions are not poisoning your life and they will not poison your magic.

If you're in a slump and you don't have the spoons for witchcraft and you want to wait until you feel better to cast spells, that's okay. Happens to all of us. But please don't fall into the trap of thinking that you CAN'T do the magical thing because of depression. You absolutely CAN and there are plenty of spells out there that you can work into a self-care routine while you're riding out the low.

Hope you feel better soon!

[crowsonglodge]

I love what Bree said here, but want to take it further: when you do magic, you do so with the intent to change things, believing that it could happen, that things could be better (your belief may only look like "eh, there's a slim chance" and that counts). That is hope. Every time we do magic, we do so from the spirit of hope, and thats the energy you are sending out despite whatever your "mood" may look like.

[divinemagic]

thank you <3 you’ve both made me feel a bit better about all this

[divinemagic]

haven’t worked on any magick in ages because i’ve been depressed and the energy you put out comes back

[breelandwalker]

Pardon me for popping in, but as a fellow witch with depression, I wanted to offer some reassurance.

Magic is far less about the "flavor" of the energy you put out and much more about your intentions and your will. If I only did witchcraft when I was in the best and most productive mood, I'd never do anything either.

The whole "the energy you put out comes back" / "you attract the things you feel / project / think about" is some Law of Attraction nonsense, and I promise you - I PROMISE you - your thoughts and emotions are not poisoning your life and they will not poison your magic.

If you're in a slump and you don't have the spoons for witchcraft and you want to wait until you feel better to cast spells, that's okay. Happens to all of us. But please don't fall into the trap of thinking that you CAN'T do the magical thing because of depression. You absolutely CAN and there are plenty of spells out there that you can work into a self-care routine while you're riding out the low.

Hope you feel better soon!

[divinemagic]

thank you <3 this did make me feel better. i really appreciate you taking the time out to reassure me 🥺

[divinemagic]

haven’t worked on any magick in ages because i’ve been depressed and the energy you put out comes back