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greek mythology | gods & goddesses | sky goddesses
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thoughts on death and marriage and girls
(sophocles, antigone 891-4, c. 441 bce; ovid, metamorphoses x.1-7, 8 ce; phrasikleia kore inscription, 550-530 bce; euripides, iphigenia in aulis 1502-3, 405 bce)
inspired by @regenderate and @risissecupido and also joan breton connelly and nicole loraux
We all broke our rules for someone.
Witches In The Midwest
🐝- This may sound weird to some, but could witches who live in the Midwest please repost this? I'd love to follow you all! I personally live in Illinois and don't know many witches in this area (aka I'm the only one I know of)!
🐝- If you don't live in the Midwest but have a witchy blog, go ahead and repost as well! I love following other witches in general!
U.P of Michigan here
I live in Indiana myself. ❤️.
🐺Animal Correspondences🐍
Badger:
- tenacity and courage
- teaches perseverance and endurance in the face of adversity
- a powerful protector of both material possessions and ideals held close to your heart
Bat:
- a messenger
- may bring a message from either the otherworld or your subconscious
Bear:
- Strength and stamina
Bee:
- symbolizes industriousness, hardworking and very family/clan oriented
Boar:
- a sacred animal
- is both cunning and ferocious
Bull:
- strength and potency
- a symbol of mobile power
Butterfly:
- if seen while vision questing, no negative energy will be in the immediate area
Cat:
- a strong protector in confrontational situations
- a prowling animal, the cat is also a strong guardian of inner powers
Crane:
- the bird of the Moon, magick, shamanic travel, secrets and reaching deep mysteries
- represents the logical mind as well as patience while healing occurs
Crow:
- symbol of conflict, war and death
- its skill is wisdom with trickery
- also a protector of scared records
Deer or Stag:
- the white Stag is a messenger from the otherworld
- following the animal often leads to a quest through the Otherworld
- represents grace, swiftness and gentleness
Dog:
- Underworld hounds are white with red ears, they hunt and punish the guilty
- they represent tracking skills and companionship as well as loving protection
Dolphin:
- represents harmony, balance and traveling from rough to smooth waters
Dragon (lizards):
- wealth, raw powers of nature, the treasures of the unconscious mind
Eagle:
- wisdom and long life, keen sight, knowledge of magick and swiftness
- a strong ally when traveling into new territory
Eel:
- adaptability, wisdom, inspiration and defense
Fox:
- cunning, slyness, Perceptive
- makes fools of those who chase it.
Frog:
- shamanism, magick, nasty illusion with something wonderful hidden inside
Hawk:
- clear sightedness
- teaches how to receive and interpret inner and outer signals
Heron:
- of the Moon and magick, shamanic travel, secrets, the logical mind
- through the heron one can find magick in nature
Horse:
- stamina, endurance, and faithfulness
- a faithful guide to the otherworlds
Magpie:
- Omens and prophecies
Mouse:
- secrets, cunning, shyness, the ability to hide
- if you see a mouse in a vision quest–pay attention to details
Otter:
- enjoying life, recovering from a crisis, faithfulness, friendliness, and being helpful to others
provides valuable assistance in the otherworlds
Owl:
- teaches us to silently observe life, and gather information to gain understanding
Raven:
- the battle cry of an upcoming life crisis
- a powerful protector if one can gain its favor
Snakes:
- wisdom, reincarnation and cunning
- if you see a snake while vision questing, be prepared for the power of transformation to enter your life
- represents the life-death-rebirth cycle
Swan:
- Helps to interpret dream symbols, smoothes transitions and spiritual evolution
Tiger:
- Passion, power, devotion and sensuality
Vulture:
- Purification; Death and Rebirth, New Vision
Wren:
- wren’s song was used in divination
- the power of strengthening and cleansing.
50 Simple Charms
Basil at the door, windows, or scattered in the home will increase money.
Lay thorny branches on your doorstep to keep evil from your dwelling.
Eat a pinch of Thyme before bed, and you will have sweet dreams.
Place chips of Cedar wood in a box with some coins to draw money to you.
Carry an Anemone Flower with you to ward against illness.
Hang a bit of Seaweed in the kitchen to ward evil spirits.
Keep a jar of Alfalfa in your cupboards to ensure the prosperity of your house.
Burn Allspice as an incense to draw money or luck to you, as well as speed healing.
Cut an Apple in half, and give one half to your love to ensure a prosperous relationship.
Carry an Avocado pit with you to let your inner beauty shine outwardly. Avocado is also an aphrodisiac.
Strawberries are an aphrodisiac.
Place a piece of cotton in your sugar bowl to draw good luck to your house.
Celery is an aphrodisiac.
Place Almonds in your pocket when you need to find something.
Scatter Chili Peppers around your house to break a curse.
Carrying a packet of strawberry leaves will help ease the pains of pregnancy.
Scatter some sugar to purify a room.
Throw rice into the air to make rain.
Carry a potato in your pocket or purse all winter to ward against colds.
Eat five almonds before consuming alcohol, to lighten the effects of intoxication.
Place a pine branch above your bed to keep illness away.
Chew celery seeds to help you concentrate.
Carry of chunk of dry pineapple in a bag to draw luck to you.
Ask an orange a yes or no question before you eat it, then count the seeds: if the seeds are an even number, the answer is no. If an odd number, yes.
Eat olives to ensure fertility.
Toss Oats out your back door to ensure that your garden or crop will be bountiful.
Eat mustard seed to ensure fertility.
Place Lilacs around your house to rid yourself of unwanted spirits.
Eat Lettuce to drive lustful thoughts from your mind.
Rub a Lettuce leaf over your forehead to help you sleep.
Add Lemon juice to your bathwater for purification.
Eat grapes to increase psychic powers.
Carry a blade of grass to increase your psychic powers.
Smell Dill to get rid of hiccups.
If you place a Dill sachet over your door, those who wish you ill can not enter your home.
Place cotton on an aching tooth, and the pain will ease.
Burn cotton to cause rain.
Place pepper inside a piece of cotton and sew it shut to make a charm to bring back a lost love.
Carry a small onion to protect against venomous animals.
Eat grapes to increase fertility.
Place a sliced onion in the room of an ill person do draw out the sickness.
Place an onion underneath your pillow to have prophetic dreams.
Place morning glory seeds under your bed to cure nightmares.
Walk through the branches of a maple tree to ensure that you will have a long life.
Mix salt and pepper together and scatter it around your house to dispel evil.
Smell Lavender to help you sleep. (Lavender makes me fall asleep so fast).
Hang a pea pod containing nine peas above the door to draw your future mate to you.
Eat a peach to assist in making a tough decision.
Carry peach wood to lengthen your lifespan.
Carry a walnut to strengthen your heart muscle.
💫The Five Elements💫
When people think of “the elements,” they’re probably thinking of the typical earth, air, water, and fire, but they don’t think of the fifth element, nor do they think about the stats of the elements or even the power behind them. This post is meant to go into detail about the five elements, and I hope that I (and my excessive reasearch, lol) are of use to you! 💛
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🍄🌿Earth🌿🍄
The Earth element is the one most closely linked with our physical world, and the densest of all the elements. It is the foundation on which the other elements, and is a receptive energy, helping us to accept responsibility and bringing to our attention limitations in our makeup. It is represented in the forms of burying objects in the earth, herbalism, and making images out of wood or stone. Spells that benefit from the element are business-related spells, fertility-related spells, prosperity-related spells, and stability-related spells.
🍄Represents: strength, abundance, stability, prosperity, wealth and femininity
🌿Gender: Female
🍄Direction: North
🌿Energy: Receptive
🍄Symbols: Rocks, fields, soil, salt, caves, clay
🌿Pentagram Placement: lower left
🍄Goddesses: Ceres, Demeter, Gaea, Mah, Nephtys, Persephone, Rhea
🌿Gods: Adonis, Athos, Arawn, Cernunnos, Dionysus, Mardyk, Pan, Tammuz
🍄Spirits: gnomes, dwarves, trolls
🌿Time: midnight, night
🍄Cycle Of Life: age
🌿Season: winter
🍄Colours: Black, Green, yellow, brown
🌿Zodiac Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
🍄Sense: touch
🌿Stones and Jewels: Rock crystal, emerald, onyx, jasper, salt, azurite, amethyst, quartz
🍄Magick Tools: Pentacle, Pentagram, salt, images, stones, gems, cords
🌿Metals: iron, lead
🍄Herbal: ivy, grains, oats, rice, patchouli, lichens
🌿Trees: Cypress, Honeysuckle, Jasmin, Lilac (some say Lilac is Water)
🍄Animals: cow, bull, dog, horse, ant, bear, wolf
🌿Instruments: drums and percussion
🍄Type Of Magick: Gardening, magnet images, stone (jewel divination, work with crystals), knot, Binding, money spells, grounding, finding treasures, runes
🌿Ritual Action: Burying, making clay effigies, planting trees or herbs
🍄Chant to Invoke:
“Here and now
I invoke the elemental force of earth
I call to the swirling dust
And dawn lit mountains,
To the farmer’s field
and all the swaying trees
You that remains solid
You that teaches of quiet stability
You that holds us firm against your skin.
I call your body here to infuse my intention
With your boundless gifts.
I call you here to fashion the spirit cavern,
Root my will in your soil,
and ground my purpose in the stones
Boulder and gravel
Redwood and rose
Earth, I call to thee.“
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🌬🌪Air🌪🌬
Air governs the realm of the mind and all mental activity, it is the most ethereal of the elements. As it is the element of the wind, it governs all movement. Air is represented in the forms of tossing objects into the wind, aromatherapy, songs, and hiding things in high places. It rules spells involving travels, instruction, freedom, knowledge, discovering lost items, and can also be used to develop psychic faculties. Air also rules the visualization.
🌬Represents: the mind and intelligence, communication, telepathy, psychic powers, inspiration, imagination, ideas, knowledge, dreams and wishes
🌪Gender: Masculine
🌬Direction: east
🌪Energy: projective
🌬Symbols: Sky, wind, breezes, clouds, feathers, breath, vibrations, smoke, plants, herbs, trees, flowers
🌪Pentagram Placement: upper left
🌬Goddesses: Aradia, Arianrhod, Cardea, Nuit, Urania
🌪Gods: Enlil, Kheoheva, Merawrim, Shu, Thoth
🌬Spirits: Sylphs, Zephyrs, Fairies of trees, flowers and winds
🌪Time: Dawn
🌬Cycle Of Life: Infancy
🌪Season: Spring
🌬Zodiac: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
🌪Colors: white, yellow, crimson
🌬Sense: smell, hearing
🌪Stones and Jewels: Topaz, pumice, rainbow stones, crystals, amethyst, alexandrite
🌬Magick Tools: censer, wand, sword
🌪Metals: Tin, copper
🌬Herbal: Clove, myrrh, pansy, primrose, vervain, dill, lavender
🌪Trees: Acacia, Almond, Aspen, Hazel, Linden, Maple, Pine
🌬Animals: Eagle, raven, spider
🌪Instruments: flute, wind instruments
🌬Type Of Magick: Divination, concentration, wind magick, prophecy, Karma work
🌪Ritual Actions: Playing a flute, tossing objects in the air (over the shoulder), burning incense, hanging objects in trees
🌬Chant To Invoke:
“Here and now
I evoke the elemental force of air.
The winds of intellect and imagination,
Satisfying source of flight, breath, and life.
I seek the open sky within myself
That I might breathe deep of freedom, ideas, sounds, and space.
I call you forth to sweep away
All that accumulates in the unseen places and to sing beauty into the world.
Wing and Feather,
Storm and Leaf,
Air, I call thee hence”
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🔥💥Fire💥🔥
Fire cleanses and purifies, but it is also creative and destructive. It can consume everything in it’s path and it is the only one of the elements that cannot exist without feeding on something else. It offers warmth and cooks food, but can get out of control. It has the power to transform everything it touches. It is positive and lifting, but can be frightening if not controlled. It is the most physical and spiritual of the elements and represents magick itself. Fire is represented in the forms of burning objects, love spells (always preferably self-love spells), baking, and lighting candles and fires.
🔥Represents: energy, inspiration, love, passion, leadership, magick
💥Gender: Masculine
🔥Direction: South
💥Energy: Projective
🔥Symbols: Flame, lightning, heated objects (stones in particular), volcano, rainbow, sun, stars, lava, heat
💥Pentagram Placement: lower right
🔥Goddesses: Brigit, Hestia, Pele, Vesta
💥Gods: Agni, Horus, Prometheus, Vulcan
🔥Spirits: Salamaders, firedrakes
💥Time: Noon
🔥Cycle Of Life: Youth
💥Season: Summer
🔥Zodiac: Leo, Sagittarius, Aries
💥Colors: Red, gold, crimson, orange, white
🔥Sense: Sight
💥Stones and Jewels: Ruby, fire opal, volcanic lava, agathe
🔥Magick Tools: Dagger, sword, athame, censer, lamp, candles, incense, herb burning, paper requests, knife
💥Metals: Gold, brass
🔥Herbal: Garlic, hibiscus, red peppers, cinnamon, coffee, beans, seeds, chili peppers
💥Trees: Alder, Ash, Cashew, Cedar, Chestnut, Fig, Juniper, Mahogany, Oak, Holly, Rowan, Walnut
🔥Animals: Dragon, cat, lion, horse, snake, cricket, mantis, ladybug, bee, scorpion, phoenix, coyote, fox
💥Instruments: Guitar, stringed instruments
🔥Type Of Magick: Candle, healing, love spells, energy work
💥Ritual Action: Burning objects, wood, paper, heating, preparing decoctions, cauldron work
🔥Chant To Invoke:
“Here and now,
I evoke the elemental force of fire.
The flames of creativity and passion,
Dancing source of heat, light, and life.
I seek the glowing force within
That I might warm myself with
Desire, excitement, courage, and inspiration.
I call you forth to burn away
All that impedes my highest vision
And to enact change in the world.
Lightning and heart,
Heart and force
Fire, I call thee hence”
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💧🌊Water🌊💧
It is the element of love and emotions, constantly active beneath the surface, influencing our moods and emotional responses. It purifies, heals, offers emotional release, and removes all that is stagnant. It is represented in the forms of pouring water over objects, brew making, healing spells, ritual bathing, and tossing objects into of water. Spells that benefit from this element are friendship spells, fertility spells, happiness spells, and relationship spells.
💧Represents: emotions, absorption, subconscious, purification, eternal movement, wisdom, the soul, emotional aspects of love and femininity
🌊Gender: Feminine
💧Direction: West
🌊Energy: Receptive
💧Symbols: Ocean, river, shell, spring, lake, well, rain, fog, cup
🌊Pentagram Placement: Upper right
💧Goddesses: Aphrodite, Isis, Marianne, Mari, Tiamat, Yemaha
🌊Gods: Dylan, Ea, Manannan, Osiris, Neptune, Poseidon
💧Spirits: Undines, Nymphs, Mermaids, Fairies of ponds, lakes or streams
🌊Time: Twilight, dusk
💧Cycle Of Life: Maturity
🌊Season: Autumn
💧Zodiac: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
🌊Colors: Blue, turqoise, green, grey, indigo, black
💧Sense: Taste
🌊Stones and Jewels: Aquamarine, amethyst, blue tourmaline, pearl, coral, blue topaz, fluorite
💧Magick Tools: cup, cauldron, goblet, mirror
🌊Metals: Mercury, silver, copper
💧Herbal: Ferns, lotus, mosses, bushes, water lilies, gardenia
🌊Trees: Apple, Apricot, Birch, Cherry, Elder, Elm, Rose, Willow
💧Animals: Dragon, water snakes, dolphin, fish, cat, frog, turtle, swan, crab, sea mammals, sea birds
🌊Instruments: Anything resonant, harmonica, cymbals, a flute made from real reed or willow bark
💧Type Of Magick: Mirror divinations, magnet work, love magick, lucid dreaming, cleansing, protection spells
🌊Ritual Actions: Bathing, dilution, washing, sprinkling, preparing cold herbal infusions
💧Chant To Invoke:
"Here and now,
I evoke the elemental force of water
The fluid of infinite shapes and forms
Flowing source of adaptability, emotion, and life
I seek the pure spring
Within that I might drink deep of
Change, relationship, nourishment, and grace.
I call you forth to wash away
All that needlessly binds
And to move fluidly in this world.
Ocean and river
Ripple and rain
Water, I call thee hence.”
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✨🌌Spirit🌌✨
Spirit (also known as Ether/Aether) is, by far, the most complex and complicated element to explain. It is what unites all things, anywhere and everywhere, and is our connection to the otherworld in rituals. The spirit element transports us beyond any narrow confines and allows us to open up to something much bigger, it is present in all aspects of life, and goes beyond thought and emotion. Unlike the other four elements it has no defined place or location, even though we cannot specifically place it, we know it is there. It provides the space, connection, and balance for the other elements to exist. All spells benefit from this element.
✨Represents: the sense of joy and union
🌌Gender: none
✨Direction: everywhere
🌌Energy: universal
✨Symbols: cord, rope
🌌Pentagram Placement: upper
✨Goddesses: The Lady
🌌Gods: The Horner God
✨Spirits: —
🌌Time: always
✨Cycle Of Life: eternity
🌌Season: year cycle (all seasons)
✨Zodiac: —
🌌Colors: white
✨Sense: higher receptions
🌌Stones and Jewels: —
✨Magick Tools: —
🌌Metals: —
✨Herbal: —
🌌Trees: —
✨Animals: dove
🌌Instruments: —
✨Type Of Magick: —
🌌Ritual Action: —
✨Chant To Invoke:
“Here and now,
I reach deep within myself.
Here and now,
I invoke spirit.
I call on the force connecting me
To the whole of existence
The thread running back through my blood,
And the ripples spreading over from my actions
I call on the visions that have inspired me, the kindness that has lifted me,
and the love I have given and received.
Life and song
Home and road,
Spirit, I call to thee”
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It’s so weird how sometimes when I read a poem it just feels like a bunch of words and sometimes when I read a poem it feels like someone ripping my heart out of my body and throwing it at my face at 90 mph
My great-aunt used to gently comb her hair 100 times every day to maintain her lucious locks.
Although I don’t think you necessarily have to comb it that much, combing your hair can be very beneficial to hair growth since it stimulates blood flow in the scalp, and evenly spreads the natural oils it produces.
To sprinkle a little magick into tradition I created this little spell. I’d recommend using a wooden brush since it’s eco-friendly and it spreads the oil much better. Repeat these words as you gently brush through, envisioning your hair growing:
“Grow, grow fast as weeds, soft as snow, so mote it be!”
Additionally, you can make some hair oil to add if you have very long, thick hair (like me), or dry; especially important at the tips of your hair to prevent breakage. Careful not to tug too hard! Detangeling your hair first may help.
🕊Hair Oil
Apricot seed oil, coconut oil, sunflower seed oil, vitamin E oil, lavender essential oil, jasmine essential oil, rose essential oil, dried rose and jasmine buds (I removed them after a few weeks to so that the oil would come out easier from the bottle)
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
If you could instantly be granted fluency in 5 languages—not taking away your existing language proficiency in any way, solely a gain—what 5 would you choose?
ASL, Spanish (from Mexico, not Spain ;-;), Italian, Korean, and probably Mandarin
German, Gaelic, Greek, Hebrew and probably Latin
Spanish, french, ASL, Korean, Gaelic
Latin, Spanish, ASL, Mandarin, and Korean. :)
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My beautiful blue calcite piece.
Miniature Turtle Figurines / Charms
Bunnyful Boutique on Etsy
See our #Etsy or #Figurines tags
So I just had a thought
What if supernatural creatures don’t exist anymore? What if they did once, but through the years, they slowly mixed in with humans?
You can see the blood of fairies in the way a ballet dancer hovers in mid air before he or she hits the ground. You can see it in the way that middle school girl never forgets when someone makes her a promise. You can see it in how that one little boy in the kindergarten class seems more comfortable in the forest on that field trip than the others.
You can see the blood of dryads in hikers who never trip over roots. You can see it in that suburban grandmother never lets any of her garden die. You can see it in that one kid who climbs a tree faster than his friends, barely looking at the branches as he goes.
You can see the blood of naiads in the way a professional swimmer seems to command the water to help them. You can see it in how a cross country runner needs a water break more often than his teammates. You can see it in the way that one girl in your class always has a water bottle on her desk.
You can see the blood of mermaids in a surfer who can be tossed around underwater for a long time without drowning. You can see it in a teenage boy who doesn’t have to pretend to be unbothered by the pressure when he races his friends to the bottom of a swimming pool. You can see it in the little girl who wades into every stream she sees on a hike without quite knowing why.
You can see the blood of sirens in people who never have a problem with getting people to date them. You can see it in that soprano who can hit notes most of her fellows can only dream of. You can see it in the camp counselor who all the straight girls have a crush on, who can play guitar and sing better than any of the others.
You can see the blood of shapeshifters in the way an actor adjusts their personality to become their character with scary accuracy. You can see it in the subconscious, barely noticeable changes a tween girl’s eyes make to match her outfit better. You can see it in the way you always lose that one friend in a crowd if you’re not careful, because he’s just too good at blending in.
People who carry the blood of werewolves don’t change with the full moon anymore, but you can still see it in the way your best friend always knows something is wrong, though even they don’t know they’re smelling the changes in your body chemistry. You can see it in the way that one guy always seems to eat more than the reasonable amount of red meat at an all-you-can-eat buffet. You can see it in the way that one werido never has a problem when the teacher turns off the lights before a PowerPoint presentation because her eyes adjust quicker and better than yours.
The blood of supernatural creatures may have mostly faded away. But if you look closely, you can still see it.