Ferns and Candles @goldiesgrimoire - Tumblr Blog

and to the lovely-haired demeter, i sing! bountiful goddess, i seek to know the wheat-touched fingers of your ever giving hands. teach me of the golden warmth of survival, holy dirt beneath my fingernails, oh goddess of the earth — show me how you stand in every season and never bend your lovely brow —

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You need to draw and make art or else all the images will stay in your head and you'll get sick

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David Shrigley

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Julien Baker, Loss Protocol

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me when i realize. i can worship deities without 100% believing in them because the concept of them and things they represent are real either way

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"How can I be a witch/pagan without falling for conspiracy theories/New Age cult stuff?" starter kit

Posts & Articles

Check your conspiracy theory. Does any of it sound like this?

Check your conspiracy theory part two: double, double, boil and trouble.

QAnon is an old form of anti-Semitism in a new package, experts say

Some antisemitic dogwhistles to watch out for

Eugenicist and bioessentialist beliefs about magic

New Age beliefs that derive from racist pseudoscience

The New Age concept of ascension - what is it?

A quick intro to starseeds

Starseeds: Nazis in Space?

Reminder that the lizard alien conspiracy theory is antisemitism

The Ancient Astronaut Hypothesis is Racist and Harmful

The Truth About Atlantis

Why the Nazis were obsessed with finding the lost city of Atlantis

The Nazis' love affair with the occult

Occultism in Nazism

Red flag names in cult survivor resources/groups (all of them are far right conspiracy theorists/grifters)

The legacy of implanted Satanic abuse ‘memories’ is still causing damage today

Why Satanic Panic never really ended

Dangerous Therapy: The Story of Patricia Burgus and Multiple Personality Disorder

Remember a Previous Life? Maybe You Have a Bad Memory

A Case of Reincarnation - Reexamined

Crash and Burn: James Leininger Story Debunked

Debunking Myths About Easter/Ostara

Just How Pagan is Christmas, Really?

The Origins of the Christmas Tree

No, Santa Claus Is Not Inspired By Odin

Why Did The Patriarchal Greeks And Romans Worship Such Powerful Goddesses?

No, Athena Didn't Turn Medusa Into A Monster To Protect Her

Who Was the First God?

Were Ancient Civilizations Conservative Or Liberal?

How Misogyny, Homophobia, and Antisemitism Influence Transphobia

Podcasts & Videos

BS-Free Witchcraft

Angela's Symposium

ESOTERICA

ReligionForBreakfast

Weird Reads With Emily Louise

It's Probably (not!) Aliens

Conspirituality

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Behind The Bastards

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Lord Dionysus

God of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre

i take requests

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Important facts about Khaos, the primordial goddess

Some may think her name means literal chaos as we know it, but it had a slightly different meaning in Ancient Greece. It comes from the Greek word "Κάος," which means ''gap'' or ''chasm''. Therefore, Khaos is a ''gaping void''

According to Hesiod, the historian, Chaos was also considered a place much like Tartarus and Heavens.

No cult worshiped this deity, and no myths involve her directly.

Roman poet Ovid described her as a mix of elements, as a shapeless mass.

Khaos can be interpreted as both a 'thing' and a 'goddess.'

A theory that the universe started from Khaos, which is a void, and then moved towards order, producing other gods, resonates with modern thinking, especially with The Big Bang theory.

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devotional moodboard for Hestia, goddess of the hearth

In thee the Gods have fixed their dwelling place; strong, stable basis of the mortal race. Eternal, much formed, ever florid queen, laughing and blessed, and of lovely mien.

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I begin to sing of Pallas Athena, the glorious goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia.

Homeric hympn to Athena.

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7 Virtues of Hellenism.

Xenia - This is the pillar that signifies hospitality, generosity and reciprocity. It's typically demonstrated in a guest/host dynamic.

Kharis - This is the pillar that signifies appreciation and gratitude. It entails giving to the gods and and expressing gratitude when you receive something from them.

Eusebia - This is the pillar that signifies reverence and veneration towards the gods. It can be translated to 'piety' or 'reverant conduct' meaning that you show respect for them.

Hagneia - This is the pillar that signifies purifying yourself. It entails having moral, perhaps physical too, purity and avoiding miasma where possible.

Arete - This is the pillar that signifies excellence and brilliance. It entails trying to reach your highest potential and this can be in any field.

Sophia - This is the pillar that signifies the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom.

Sophrosyne - This is the pillar that signifies self-control and prudence. It involves being of sound mind and remaining balanced, which can further lead to other positive qualities to have.

I hope these are right and that I didn't misunderstand their meanings! Hopefully this is useful to anyone, I certainly enjoyed making the post!

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Many are the faces of the Hellenic God Dionysus, but the duality of his nature is sometimes connected with two specific plants associated to the god. Dionysus relates to many plants such as Fig, Oak, Pine, Vine and Ivy, these two are specifically connected with two opposite faces of the god.

Grapevine starts its annual growth cycle in spring with bud break. During spring and summer, the plant grows and after flowering the vine sets the fruits that are usually harvested in early autumn. Following the first frost the leaves begin to fall as the vine starts to enter its winter dormancy period. The following spring, the cycle begins again. Following the same annual cycle Dionysus is seen as a god that is reborn every spring, bringing during the hot season prosperity and abundance before disappearing in winter. Grapevine grows thanks to the hot weather and humidity and so it represents the warm fertilizing humidity power of the god. Grape is used to create wine which is the drink sacred to Dionysus because of its ability to release mental faculties.

Ivy on the other hand, blossoms in the autumn when the vines are harvested and bears fruit in the spring. As an evergreen plant, ivy needs cold weather and humidity to grow and flower. Ivy vines crawl as snakes and in the myth, ivy appeared soon after the birth of Dionysus to shelter the child from the flames that burned the mother's body. To its freshness was attributed the virtue of dispelling the ardor of wine, so Dionysus was believed to have commanded his worshippers to crown themselves with it. Ivy, in contrast to the vine that bore fruit bearing vitality and exaltation, produced a poison that sterilized and had medicinal virtues that were refreshingly depurative and narcotic. The plant is also connected with thunder and lightning and was believed to have the power to protect from lightning and cure sore throat and cough.

Thus these two plants sacred to Dionysus are contrasted with each other in an eloquent contrast: the vine, drunk with light, is a child of heat and returns the rays of the sun by warming, with its libation, bodies and souls, while the ivy shows itself to be cold in nature; indeed the sterility and uselessness of its first sprouts recall night and death.

Their affinity is rooted in the very essence of the dual-figured god, whose nature is expressed from the earth by means of them: light and darkness, warmth and coldness, intoxication of life and breath of death that withers everything; the multiplicity of the Dionysian aspects struggling with each other and yet conjoined with each other is manifested here in vegetal form, stands in struggle with itself and prodigiously transitions from one form into the other.

Dionysus rules over all moist and hot creatures whose symbol would also be wine, as a hot and moist substance. In wine, heat is made ardor drink of fire that overwhelms everything, that ignites the soul and the body. But the moist heat is contrasted with the moist cold that as a Dionysian element, is manifested in ivy, a plant that greens even in winter when the Dionysian festivals take place.

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You do not need a sign.

For the love of the gods, just pray. You do not need to be called. You do not need to be contacted. Just pray.

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Grimoire - Spirit Work

Working With Spirits/Necromancy Practices In General: Resources for Spirit Work Death Witchcraft Masterpost Witchcraft 101: Necromancy Spirit Work Terminology Spirit Work 101 Spirit Work 101 Spirits & Working with them You Can Love the Dead honouring your ancestors... Guide to Ancestor Veneration Discernment - Why Does It Matter? Spirit Guides and What They Are Spirit work: How To Find Your Spirit Guides How to connect with your Spirit Guides Death Witch Rituals Always Look Into The Mundane Before Stating You Have A Spirit Around Genius Loci (The Spirit of Place) Genius Loci - How to Connect Tips on Working With Genius Loci The First Meeting with Genius Locarum Witchy tips for spirit work Are These Necromantic Rites Practical or Necessary? General Etiquette for Working with the Dead Graveyard Etiquette Cemetery Etiquette House Rules Spirit House Rules What is a spirit companion Things That aren’t True (Alt title-Cap Shit: Spirit Edition) Strange facts that’ll shock you when working with spirits Companions, Guides, Thoughtforms, Oh my! Vetting Spirit Workers

Spirit Communications: Spirit Communication: Tips Hearing Spirits Small things to contact spirits about Communicating with Spirits Thoughts on conjuring spirits Basic Understanding Of Conjuring Spiritual Entities Automatic Writing for Spirit Communication Incense (Optional Candle Magick) to Contact The Spirit of a Deceased Loved One Greeting the (Human) Dead Anyone Can Talk To The Dead Safe Crossings for Someone Who’s Passed Spirit Communication (non-verbal) Communing with spirits Preparing to contact spirits How I sense and perceive spirits: the browser analogy Communicating with Child Spirits- A Personal How-To Vetting an Unrecorded Entity

Spirit Work Tools: Dedicated Divination - Using a divination tool to interact with a particular spirit Ouija Board FAQ Masterpost! OUIJA BOARD FACT VS FICTION Ouija board DOs and DON'Ts So you think you've summoned a demon through the Ouija board Ouija Boards and Possession "I am safe in subconscious realms" “I Sense Spirits” “I Have A Safe Journey In The Astral Realm” Spirit Work Techniques: Keys Spirit Work: Energy Directives Let’s Talk About Spirit Anchors The Spirit Vessel Spirit-B-Gone Powder

Spirit Work Cautions: Not Every Spirit Needs to be a Companion What to do if there's a ghost in your house So you had a scary experience with spirit communication? Spotting a Malevolent “Guide” Banishing Nasty Spirits Ways to Banish Negative Energies and Entities Ritual To Banish a Malignant Spirit Do you have a spirit attachment Skeptic's Guide To Spirituality: What Is Cold Reading? “There’s a spirit in my house, what do I do?” Let’s talk about POLTERGEISTS How To Identify and Deal With an Unruly or Malicious Spirit What to Do When Your House Rules Have Been Violated Get the fuck out! So You've Got a Spirit Problem

Advanced Spirit Work: Divining the Future With the Dead Regarding Channeling A Crash Course on Channeling Pathworking and Astral Travel Hedgecraft Resources