sky gazer

Hellenic-leaning pagan & aspiring weather/earth witch living in the San Bernardino foothills. Dionysos. Especially interested in energy work & local cultus.

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Hello loyal followers! As we all know, tumblr can be really sucky and I’ve basically lost access to this blog. I’m packing up and moving everything over to a new blog if you want to follow me over there: nephelophilia.tumblr.com

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Just reblogging this from the new blog for easier access. See you on the other side!

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Hello loyal followers! As we all know, tumblr can be really sucky and I've basically lost access to this blog. I'm packing up and moving everything over to a new blog if you want to follow me over there: nephelophilia.tumblr.com

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[skcgsra]

herbalist aesthetic (requested)

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Flying Over The Fog - © Philippe Sainte-Laudy

[kingpinnn]

This guy is practicing smoke bending …LOL

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Yo, this guy is a fucking airbender.

don’t try to say he is otherwise, just look at him go.

[ida-backwards-intherain]

He should do this onstage for money.

[darkseid-deactivated20190806]

I wanna make fun of this person for vaping enough to develop this talent but this is like. beautiful

[pintoras]

Jessie Willcox Smith (American, 1863 - 1935): This Simple Faith Has Made America Great (via Christie’s)

[hespera-honeywell]

greek goddesses

Persephone: deep reds, glinting silvers, soft black leather, silken rose petals

Hestia: soft warm glow, cotton and lace, summer mornings, honey ginger tea

Aphrodite: glossy lips, shimmering skin, acetone, gasping for air

Eris: the electric shock you when you brush against someone, burning hair, the shine of stolen gold, matte black

Athena: dust clearing after a fight, dried blood, wet ink, the smell of old books

Artemis: feral wolves, sibling rivalry, shadows, bones stripped clean by time

Hera: grey roots, jewels at her throat, silk and diamonds, loyalty without thought

[caskofcastello-blog]

He, the nurturer and the god of rapture; he, the god who is forever praised as the giver of wine which removes all sorrow and care; he, the deliverer and healer, ‘the delight of mortals,’ ‘the god of many joys,’ the dancer and ecstatic lover, ‘the bestower of riches,’ the ‘benefactor,’- this god who is the most delightful of all the gods is at the same time the most frightful. No single Greek god even approaches Dionysus in the horror of his epithets, which bear witness to a savagery that is absolutely without mercy. In fact, one must evoke the memory of the monstrous horror of eternal darkness to find anything at all comparable. He is called the ‘render of men’, ‘the eater of raw flesh’, ‘who delights in the sword and bloodshed’. Correspondingly we hear not only of human sacrifice in his cult, but also of the ghastly ritual in which a man is torn to pieces. Where does this put us? Surely there can be no further doubt that this puts us into death’s sphere. The terrors of destruction, which make all if life tremble, belong also, as horrible desire, to the kingdom of Dionysus. The monster whose supernatural duality speaks to us from the mask has one side of his nature turned toward eternal night.

Dionysus: Myth and Cult || Walter Otto (via caskofcastello)

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♥ Wladyslaw Theodor Benda (1873-1943)

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gold witch aesthetic (requested)

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Varda Elentári

[figjams]

I’m sick of temporal plans. I don’t want to hang out next Wednesday, let’s chill after the next thunderstorm. Meet me when it’s 75 degrees. Time isn’t real.

[lilnasxvevo]

#unsuccessful magical creature/human integration  (x)

[seeliequeene]

Dante and Beatrice (detail) Salvatore Postiglione, 1906

[prettyboyprophet]

date idea: take me to a cemetery so we can go row by row in the oldest sections and whisper kind words to the graves who haven’t gotten visitors for decades

[rootsandstars-blog]

This is Winifred, my sourdough starter. I just fed and cleaned her home. 

For those involved in kitchen witchery, I strongly recommend keeping a sourdough starter. It’s far easier than it seems and when properly cared for it can live for centuries. My relationship with my mother starter is like that of a domestic familiar who keeps the pantry stocked and the home harmonious. Bread made from my consecrated starter creates sacred bread for my rituals and offerings. I also use its sour liquid as a potent mercurial spell ingredient. I’d really like to see people’s ideas of using sourdough in a magical context! There’s so much potential!

Here’s some helpful links to get started:

- Baking With Sourdough

- How to Make Your Own Sourdough Starter < This method is by far the easiest.

- Tons of recipes using sourdough starter from King Arthur

[lemonbalmgirl]

I want to do the thing! Though I’m pet-sitting so much this summer…how long can it go untended for?

[rwt-mystic-corner]

…Definitely implementing this when I start culturing for kombucha.~

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