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[twunkish-cleric]

The best people in the spiritual community are the ones who are super tolerant about other peoples' practices. Like spirituality is very personal and complex so just because you personally don't understand it doesn't mean it's insane, and the best people you know will live by that.

Get yourself someone who doesn't question godspousing. Who's intrigued by you mixing practices, like Christopaganism or Hellenic Buddhism, instead of judging you. Who will look at a chaos magician practicing pop culture paganism and just go on with their day. We need spiritual folks who look at differences and just go

Image ID: Gif of a kid sitting at a computer, turning towards the camera and giving a thumbs up while nodding.

[gothgirlorgy]

A fun little witch tip is that you can use literally anything in your practice. I put a Yu-Gi-Oh card in my money bowl

[whimsycrafts]

lady aphrodite moodboard ˚˖𓍢ִ໋ ♡

making this as an offer to her as I am trying to work with her💗

[thestrawberraebunn]

[popculturealtar]

this is kind of a silly thing to ask, being that i've been doing this for a while now. but i wanted to throw this out in case anyone had some fresh ideas that i'd overlooked.

what's your favourite thing to do to help build a bond with a pcp spirit?

for context, i've recently discovered that a spirit has grown attached to me and wants to be companions/a familiar, rather than being worshipped as a deity. i want the same, but i acknowledge we've barely done anything together! i've done things like sit with the spirit's energy, done readings to communicate with it, talked to it, and even spent more time observing it in games and media. but tbh, i want to do more than just the obvious stuff.

i'm just looking for ideas. if anyone has ideas that works for them that they're happy to throw at me that'd be super awesome!

[devout-khajiit]

I've got some ideas, based on my own workings and bonding as friends with pretty much eveey entity I work with. Most of these step away from the PCP in specific, and more into general spirit work, but it's still good advice I hope, as I use all of these for my PCP spirits.

I find that it's nice to just Do An Activity. Tap into their energy or use a pendulum if you can, and just idly chat while doing an activity. I find, for example, Hermaeus Mora loves youtube video essays. I find all that I can then I'll binge them with It whenever Zie has the time to do so with me. We'll sit back and chat about what we're learning, and learn something new.

I also love inviting my spirits in on things like me cooking or baking, especially because my spirits always get first taste of my food. But sometimes I just go to sit outside and get some sun, and I invite them. We don't do anything besides chat, but it's excellent bonding to just exist without a reason.

I also love talking aloud to whoever is present as I do activities. When I ramble, I ramble to literally anybody who is listening. Sometimes I'll be typing up a storm and one of my spirits will ask me "What'cha rambling about?" and I read it out for them.

Walks are fun too if that's up your alley, just chat with them as you walk.

Invite them to follow you around for a day or two, especially if you're doing something interesting out of the house. When I go shopping, I invite a spirit or two to follow me and enjoy the car ride, and wander the shop and point me to things they might like (within budget constraints) (usually food lol). Or you can do less engaging things, but I find that spirits love just being Included, especially if you're trying to build a companionship with them.

Similar to just doing an activity, if you have any board or similar games, play them with them. Let them guide your hands for things like throwing dice or pulling cards, and enjoy the fun of it. I've played Yahtzee with some spirits before this way, just let them guide me to do their moves for them. Because, y'know, they may need some help with actually moving pieces.

I find it can also work for virtual games - Ask them to control the RNG of the moves of the Champion of your Pokémon game for example.

One that's a bit more PCP specific - Write stories about them! Imagine them as if you're an ancient Greek poet and are writing hymns/myths based on your favorite god. What kind of story do you want to tell? How do you want to portray your spirit? Write away! Have fun with it.

On top of that, if you draw, draw them with you. Or heck, write fanfic of them with your self insert OC.

I hope these suggestions help!

[popculturealtar]

this is literally so thorough and well-thought i'm adoring the ideas you have so so so much. thank you for the ideas!!! it really means a lot. :)

[devout-khajiit]

It's morning and I'm more awake, so here's some more stuff. Again, most is mostly for general spirit work, but I still do mostly PCP lol

Make small talk! Not every convo has to be grand or have an end goal. Ask them about their day, how the weather is where they live, how's the wife and kids, whatever. Let the convo mature however it does, and if it becomes something other than small talk, that's fine too.

Do a reading For Them. Like, not with them. For Them. It's a really fun insight into a spirits life and experiences, and great reading practice. I've given advice and insight to my spirits before through all of this, and it also helps build trust for them to you.

Ask for help with the truly mundane. Are you sick? Ask for help with making soup. Are you just frustrated with a task? Ask them to let you work through it verbally with them until you figure out a fix (kinda like the "programmers talk to rubber ducky thing"!) Are you just bored? Ask them to hang out and come over. Just ask for help with the truly mundane things.

Especially if you want to be companions, try and talk to them every day. I write a "daily report" which I imagine gets emailed out to all of my spirit guides (who are the email list), where I talk about my day, what I did, whatever is on my mind, the sorts.

You can also be more direct. As the day winds to an end, just speak to them. Or as you wake. Or when you eat lunch. Whenever works for you.

Make information about them and share it. Not only does it make you learn about them more, pop culture spirits typically love being talked about in my experience. How you do so is up to you, I make quick start guides with a ton of info on my varied blogs, but also run Today's pop culture spirit is... on this blog.

Introduce them to New Sources. I've shown The Elder Scrolls entities such as Arkay shows like The Good Place (he liked it). I think as PCPagans, tons of us get wrapped up into "Just their source..." when we'd never constrict ourselves this way for a non-pop culture spirit. I go ballistic sharing media with Lucifer, so why not with pop culture spirits?

Depending on the spirits comfort, make a plushie of yours devotional to them and then sleep with the plushie and cuddle it when you feel bad. Let them comfort you and soothe you through the actions of the plushie.

Read to them. Just pick a book. Read to them. They are baby now (joke). But seriously, it's such a chill and loving act to read to someone.

Devote common tools or appliances to them. Like, I devote my hand fans to quite a few spirits total. And when I use them, I thank the spirit's aid.

Ask them to ramble to you! Let them engage with you and have fun with you.

When I can't sleep, I ask a spirit guide to ramble to me for me to listen to as I fall asleep. I miss out on some of the rambles and tune out at some point as I drift, but the thought is there and they love the chance.

And finally, some more PCP specific things to try:

Obvious answer is engage with their source. But you can also engage with fan-content of their source and share stuff that you feels captures them well. And source engagement comes in many forms! I love watching Just Background Noise play Morrowind and mod it and do challenges for example.

Wear merchandise of them if you have any. If you don't, make an amulet or sigil of them and keep it on your person (I like keeping sigils in my phonecase, personally). You can also go a jewelry route with devotional jewelry. But merchandise is always fun if you have it, lol.

Make a colorful aesthetic going by the official colors of their official portrait or art. Moodboard, collage, whatever. Wear these colors, too.

Trash talk the creators of their series. No, really. Especially if they suck. I don't do this with Touhou because ZUN is a stand-up guy and thus we have nothing to trash talk, but Bethesda knows no mercy from me and the Daedric Princes, especially for that fucking plastic bag pre-order fiasco.

Anyways, I think that's truly all I got. If I think of more I'll reblog again with more rambling, but I think I officially tired out all my routes. Hope this helps!

[popculturealtar]

bun's week-long pop culture spirit work exercise:

monday: create a playlist for a pop culture spirit. play it for them and write down any feelings, sensations, or events that emerge.

tuesday: look up their iconography and anything inspired by them. take notes, and see if you can make a sigil from what is significant to you.

wednesday: look at a list of their tropes. write ones that stand out to you down, and see how you can judge what they might reside over, their personality, try to conclude some information. if you need confirmation or validation, see if you can confirm with a form of divination.

thursday: write a prayer inspired by one of the songs, their iconography, or their tropes. say it (or think it) to them while imagining the sigil you made for them, and write down any feelings, sensations, or events that emerge.

friday: it's time for offerings! based on what you've figured out, use your best judgment for deciding what you think they'll like. you can use a perishable offering, a votive offering, devotional acts, whatever suits! write down anything you learn during.

saturday: do a reading with them. this will require a divination deck, a pendulum, charms or bones, a playlist, a book, or anything you're comfortable using to talk to them. take this as a conversation, rather than an interview - talk to them as you get your responses, and write down anything that you find out.

sunday: finally, it's time to write down a correspondence list or basic guide. write down anything of importance. i tend to write down information about them, concepts they reside over, signs and symbols, offering ideas, and devotional acts - but go bananas here! jot down what you think is important.

bonus ideas: hanging out with their energy, doing a spell inspired by them, doing a spell with them, the sky's the limit! you don't have to do any of these activities if you don't want to, but i just thought i'd shed some light into how i organise myself with spirits and organise my thoughts regarding them. have fun!

[hello-mr-moon]

First time in a while working with my oracle cards and I learned that my dog who passed away a few years ago is one of my spirit guides ❤️

I miss her so much it’s nice to know she’s looking out for me.

[hello-mr-moon]

I have the urge to remake this account. I was like idk 14/15 when I first started dabbling in witchcraft and I’ve grown so much over the years but I’m also too lazy and there’s some resources here I’d hate to lose due to blogs deactivating and such.

[shadow-and-flamethrowers]

Baneful Magic Requires Trigger Discipline

Apply the Four Universal Laws of Gun Safety to your magical practice and you'll be golden.

Always assume all guns are loaded. For some reason I will never fully understand, a lot of people do baneful magic under the assumption it isn't actually going to work. When you're doing baneful magic, you need to assume that it will work, and that it will work devastatingly, to its fullest capacity.

Don't point your gun at someone you aren't prepared to kill. Don't do any magic if you aren't prepared for it to do exactly what you asked it to do. If you cast a spell with the potential to kill someone, you have to be prepared for it to do that. If you cast a spell that could destroy someone's family, you need to be prepared for it to destroy the family in any way the magic sees fit. If you aren't ready for that, don't fucking do it. When I made a poppet of some fucker who attacked my goddaughter, and started breaking its bones, I was fully prepared to actually break his bones. When he ended up in the ER for an injury on the same limb I had just broken, I accepted that as the consequences of my actions. If you don't know how to set and enforce parameters on a spell, don't use a spell that can do things you aren't ready for.

Keep your finger off the trigger until your target is lined up and you have made the decision to shoot. Don't just be flinging shit out into the universe. Don't send out a spell until you have fully laid out what it will do, what you won't allow it to do, the consequences, the sacrifice, and everything else. Don't cast that spell until you are fully confident in your informed decision.

Always be sure of your target, and know what is around and behind it. Make sure you're going after the right person. Make sure you're aware of all of the various ways that this spell can impact the people around that person. Make sure you can accept those consequences. Make sure you can deal with any magical repercussions for your spell.

[trash-bin-witch-deactivated2025]

Agreed with all of this, but don't let it scare you off from it. Understanding the consequences of your actions is important, and not giving a shit about them is also okay. If you know you're going in to do what you do, and it doesn't bother you, don't feel bad about that. You're allowed to protect your boundaries, yourself, your friends, etc. You're also allowed to want revenge. It's human. Denying your humanity will get you nowhere.

Be disciplined enough to understand what you're doing, and intelligent enough to know you don't care

[astra-ravana]

Astra's List of Baneful Components

I hope to make this list as comprehensive as possible and will be adding to it whenever I discover something new. If anyone has any suggestions for things that should be added, please let me know. 🖤

Herbs/Plants

• Bloodroot- Substitutes blood

• Jezebel Root- Wickedness, ending relationships, punishing cheaters

• Bindweed- Binding, ensnaring

• Dogbane- Deception

• Rue- Misery

• Saffron- Destruction

• Lemon- Sourness/bitterness, reveals damaging truths

• Lemon Verbena- a boost of power, ending relationships

• Lime- Sourness/bitterness, encourages deceit

• Lobelia- Discord

• Hemlock- Discord, sadness

• Spanish Moss- Bad luck

• Vertiver- Silence

• Mace- Misery, strife

• Slippery Elm- Bad luck, negativity

• Bittersweet- Loss, sadness

• Mandrake- Misery, strife

• Mistletoe- Isolation, confusion

• Wormwood- Delusion, misery, strife, madness

• Sumac- Bad luck, negativity

• Mullein- Spirit work, nightmares

• Patchouli- Illness

• Mustard Seed- Strife, discord

• Hemlock- Destroys sex drive, break ups

• Poke Root- Confusion, upset

• Blackberry Root- Distress

• Myrrh- A boost of power

• Tobacco- Subs any baneful herb

• Belladonna- Discord, conflict, illness, suffering

• Cinquefoil- Discomfort

• Ague Weed- Confusion

• Blueberry- Confusion

• Cloves- Domination, stops gossip

• Stinging Nettle- Jealousy, discomfort

• Cramp Bark- Pain, illness

• Licorice Root- Domination

• Tormentil- Distress, harm

• Asafoetida- Drives enemies away

• Henbane- Emotional instability, melancholy, storms, spirit work

• Hot Peppers- Anger, fighting, discord

• Blackthorn- Illness, bad omens

• Elder- Suffering, spirit work

• Dittany- Mistakes, setbacks, depression

• Garlic- Disgust and repulsion

• Yew- Spirit work, destruction

• Onion- Disconnects relationships, strife

• Poppy Seeds- Intoxication, confusion, discord

• Foxglove- Manipulation, heartbreak, devastation

• Alum- Stops communication and speech, impotence

• Wolfsbain- Madness, loneliness, rage

• Knotweed- Binding, trapping

• Black Pepper- Revealing the truth, binding

• Green Apple- Unrequited love

• Radish- Sexual shame, STDs, infidelity

• Yohimbe Bark- Impotency

• Chicory- Discord

• Agrimony- Return to sender

• Datura- Psychic attack, nightmares, misery

• Bay Berry- Depression

• Angelica Root- Misery, strife, distress, discord

• Dragon's Blood- Destruction, pain, misery

• Chili Powder- Anxiety

• Bladderwrack- Illness, weakness

• Boneset- Distress, confusion

• Black Locust/Hawthorne Thorns- Struggle, agony, injuries, wounds

• Calamus- Control, domination, commanding, compelling

• Cocoa- Bitterness

• Black Mustard Seed- Confusion, discord, non-stop trouble

• Sumac- Discomfort, bad luck, painful lessons

• Willow Bark- A dose of their own medicine

• Stagger Weed- Disabling, trips them up

• Bar Berry- Stops progress

• Black Nightshade- Sickness, depression

• Oleander- Devastation, silence, doom

Crystals

• Opal- Amplifies negative energy (Black Opal works best)

• Ruby- Focuses intent on target

• Malachite- Anxiety, fear, cowardice, nausea

• Peridot- Confusion

• Obsidian- Reveal their darkness

• Petrified Wood- Ruin, abandonment

• Clear Quartz- Amplifier and energy holder

• Black Moonstone- Deceit, distrust, confusion, paranoia

• Onyx- Breakups, loss

• Amethyst- Self destruction, nightmares, paranoia

• Garnet- Siphons target's energy, steal their love/friends

• Diopside- Reveals a target's true colors

• Bloodstone- Sucks the life force from enemies, chaos, frailty

• Carnelian- Pain, anger, rage

• Black Quartz- Darkness

• Sardonyx- Return to sender

• Jet- Cloud their vision/blind them

• Serpentine- Illness, unsteady ground, mishaps

• Jade- Domination, control, manipulation

• Amber- Trapping, cause obstacles and setbacks

• Hematite- Negativity

Misc. Ingredients

• Salt- Painful cleansing, salt in their wounds

• Sulphur- Stops plans, causes harm

• Alcohol- Makes the work last

• Vinegar- Souring, dissolves relationships

• Pins/Needles- Pain and agony

• Thumbtacks- Makes the work stick in them

• Razor Blades- Sadistic actions, sharp words

• Broken Glass- Cut ties, emotional wounds

• Scorpions- Betrayal

• Spiders- Danger, ensnarement

• Wasps- Punishment, non-stop pain

• Grave Dirt- Enlists spirit's help

• Snakeskin- Removes them from your path

• Cigarette Butts- Snuff their will

• Thorns- Annoyance, pain

• Dog/Cat Poop- Rottenness, depression, life stinks

• Sticker Burs- Crippling emotional shock

• Spiderwebs- Crossing, binding

• Coffin Nails- Stay home, withdrawal, binding

• Lead- Weigh them down, make them late

• Black Salt- Misery, strife, banishment

• Dog Hair- Agression, combat

• Cat Hair- Passive-Aggression, conflict

• Bad Water- Stagnation, depression, illness

• Murder Scene Dirt- Crimes, complete ruin, terror, demise

• Nails- Binding, pain

• Thumb Tacks- Pain, discomfort

• Broken Glass- Disaster, accidents, injury, pain

• Blood- Longevity, boosts curse power

• War Water- Chaos, psychic warfare, banishing

• Razor/Barbed Wire- Pain, restriction, loss of freedom

• Fish Bones- Decay, bad reputation, loss of friendships

• Moths- Fragility, tunnel vision A

• Goofer Dust- Crossing, misfortune, illness

• Bone Ash- Instability, weakness, demise

• Storm Water- Destruction, upheaval, chaos

• Potato Eyes- Rot, loss of control, sickness

• Cat Claws- Helps curse cling to target, sudden agony

• Butterfly Wings- Loss of control, injury

• Egg Shells- Breaks down barriers and boundaries

• Ants/Ant Hill Dirt- Annoyance, overwhelming, banishing

• Hospital Dirt- Illness and injury

• Bullets- Devastation, destruction, suffering, demise

• Iron- Banishing, destruction

• Super Glue- Permanence, binding, damage

• Dirty Pennies- Financial loss

[bodhi-devotee]

statements and behaviors such as the ones displayed below are the reason practitioners of color do not feel comfortable in pagan/witchy spaces. allowing it to go unchallenged is complicity

i highlighted the most concerning statements, chief among them her idea that there is a “white country”.

this is white nationalist rhetoric and will not be tolerated. if you agree with the sentiments @/songofthemermaid29 expressed, i encourage you to take a quiet exit the from this community while you reevaluate these beliefs and challenge yourself to be better.

[candles-by-mokosh]

Just got an incredibly generous job offer, so naturally I’m passing these vibes to you!

“I will be blessed with a generous job that works for me”

📥💸💻⏰💡🎊💡⏰💻💸📥

Likes charge, reblogs cast

[hellenic-reconstructionism]

Yo could u explain why godphoning Isn’t It? Ive never seen an argument for or against it tbh 👀

Gonna copy and paste my blog post since this is my argument against it:

Most people, especially the younger folks, do not need this normalized — and believe me, it is normalized. Many psychotic folks have spoken up against this normalization because auditory hallucinations do not need to be reinforced like that, and I have to agree. There is also a serious lack of fact-checking, and any attempt to even suggest someone investigate mundane causes (fatigue, mental illness etc.) for auditory hallucinations, or in some cases pure wishful thinking and imagination, is met with hostility.

It seems to me that people also forget, or wholly discard, the fact that most people have an internal dialogue, and a ‘conversation’ like that is just how your brain is supposed to work. Just because you weren’t consciously thinking about sunflowers doesn’t mean they aren’t in your subconscious, tied to Apollon (for whatever reasons) and suddenly wanting to plant them isn’t necessarily a sign or a message from him.

I say as someone who has hear deities on occasion, that it is not a thing that should be normalized and a long conversation as it is between two mortals. First of all, why would you be so special as to get a whole exchange with Apollo while ancients making sacrifices (big or small) didn’t? As someone with intrusive thoughts, a lot of the “a sudden feeling or thought you have is a god!” is detrimental to mental health. It is essential to the mental well-being of people who experience intrusive thoughts to know that intrusive thoughts aren’t “correct” or “good”. Intrusive thoughts can be triggering and violent to the person having them, and the pagan community as it is encourages “validity” over serious introspection, mental health and discernment.

[coinandcandle]

Lugh Moodboard

[artofmaquenda]

Summer Harvest Happy Lughnasadh! :>

[buriedpentacles]

Witches need to stop throwing the words "delusional" and "spiritual psychosis" around when you see a practice or opinion you disagree with.

It's ableist and shitty.

[chronichlesofnillory]

It can also be very racist too. After reading "Crazy Like Us" I slowly began to realize that the way the US and Western European countries see "mental health" is very different from how many other places in the world do. I'd been sold this idea that things like schizophrenia and psychosis and hallucinations and depression are all the same everywhere and that the DSM was infallible when it very much is not.

A lot of witches very much need to decolonize not only their practice but their world views on many things if they think someone posting about "hearing their spirits" makes them crazy.

[the-wight-path]

I also think people need to learn to stfu when they find out a psychotic or schizospec person is also spiritual or a practitioner. Mentally ill people are allowed to fuck with the metaphysical, too, and implying otherwise is sanist bullshit. Psychosis and schizophrenia are a spectrum not every belief you disagree with is going to be a "delusion" and frankly even if it was it's not your fucking business.

Cause again let's call it what it is: it's not just ableism, it's Sanism, and the idea that all neurodiverse and schizospec experiences are inherently negative and bad because that's how the western world defines them. Anything too much is considered delusional or psychotic. Psychosis and delusions must always be bad and never mundane happenings. Lotta witches would get really damn uptight if I talked about how my relationship with my psychotic symptoms has made me a better practitioner and actually helped me learn to tell when something IS a delusion, and the vast majority of my delusions and hallucinations are not inherently scary negative evil but are honestly literally just some shit I experience that's mildly annoying at worst 99% of the time.

[pixiefrogs]

before actively practicing, i was always like i don’t mind that people are so formal and use honorifics like lady and lord, king and queen, but i probably won’t

i get it now. my love and respect and devotion makes me want to be formal and use titles. it just feels wrong not to. and being religious makes me poetic, and gives me inspiration, and i totally get why we have all this ancient poetry that lived for this long.

[pixiefrogs]

i totally get that some people don’t like those titles though!!! i understand they wouldn’t have been used, and have a negative connotation (lord/lady), but sometimes epithets don’t feel like enough when i’m devoting myself so deeply to my goddess i love with my whole being and very humbly approach with admiration