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i was reading about the myth of prometheus today when the phrase "new liver, same eagles" popped into my mind, so i'm keeping that in mind for the next time someone asks me how it's going
october 2019. i really had no fucking idea what was coming huh.
Don’t have any little jars for spell bottles?
Allow me to present...
GRAPHITE CONTAINERS!
They’re super cheap and can be found at basically any grocery store. If you’re a student you’ll likely have a ton of these lying around.
You can empty them, clean them out (I used a toothpick with some tissue paper on the end to whipe off some of the graphite smudges) and fill them with your hearts desire!
Not only all that, but also they’re super portable with how compact they are.
(Ft. an anti-anxiety spell bottle)
I think this blog is either gonna get a serious revamp or may just go away entirely. I barely post on it, and some of it’s not stuff I want to keep around. So I don’t know where I’m going with this thing, but it might just go away.
Incredibly accurate descriptions of the differences between these 3 often confused terms.
Myself, I am a pagan witch. I do not follow the Wiccan Rede as I am not Wiccan.
All I can say is, follow your own path. As long as it’s not harming anyone and it makes u happy, go for it. Practice what you want regardless of what others tell you. Be you ❤ 🌒🌕🌘 ❤
This is... Not accurate. It's not terrible, but it's not accurate.
A Wiccan is someone who practices the religion of Wicca. You can be a Pagan Witch without being Wiccan. (For example, I'm a Hellenic Witch, which makes me Pagan and a Witch but not Wiccan.) Wicca is a specific path (or set of paths) with dogma and doctrine of its own, which includes but is not limited to the Wiccan Rede.
I think the misunderstanding comes from traditions like British Traditional Witchcraft, which is both a religious path and a craft tradition, and people like Silver Ravenwolf, who is an old-school Gardnerian and who regularly claims that Witch refers only and exclusively to Wiccan practitioners.
Also, though it's extremely uncommon, it is possible to be Wiccan and not be a witch. It's a religion that is discrete from the craft of magic.
Nyx drawing her veil of night across the world.
what thought tarot would be like: I can see the past, present,and future so clearly!!
what it's actually like: damn I just got called the fuck out by a deck of cards
honestly this is the most accurate title for a greek myth textbook i’ve ever seen
Bwahahahahahahahahahaha
Religion Vs Science Vs Witchcraft
Its not: You believe in religion OR science I believe with ANY religion including Christianity and Paganism that science can go hand in hand. To those who do not know much about witchcraft or who are deep into science, this seems impossible. I also believe religion and evolution can go hand in hand. From the Christian perspective, God created heavens earth and all animals…. well that doesnt mean those said animals couldnt of evolved! Same thing with Wicca and other forms of paganism. From the witchcraft vs science. Many people think witchcraft is fantastical and crazy. It’s simply energy, long story short. Which SCIENCE has proven exists. Witchcraft is about nature and the manipulation of energy, and the spells and rituals in witchcraft are prayers. We do not expect to “summon demons” or do “wizard spells”.
Long story short: I am equal parts science, religion and witchcraft.
Why doesn't anyone like Silver Ravenwolf? I haven't read anything of hers in years but still curious as to why. I saw an ask and it seems the whole community hates her.
I’ve heard there are some discrepancies with her work and with Llewellyn books in general that can be misleading. I’ve only been alerted about it recently and also would like to know more!
Explain it to us y’all ^^^^
You may find some more info if you look her up on here. But she’s spreading loads of misinformation about Wicca in general, using slurs, etc. The first witchcraft book I purchased was from her. While it includes nice ritual work, the historical claims she makes are likely inaccurate.
I was told that she isn’t really a good person to rely upon for general witchcraft because she’s super set into teaching only strict Wiccan traditions and spells. Personally haven’t heard anything about her correspondences or lists for anything.
Just what I heard though.
Thanks guys! I’ve heard similar bad things about Llewellyn books in general.
Llewelyn can be a difficult publisher to navigate around the fluff, Burning Times lies, and repetition.
Ravenwolf specifically is an out-of-date Gardnerian who essentially conflates the craft of magic(k) and witchcraft with Wicca and British Traditional Witchcraft (which are also not the same thing), essentially erasing all other kinds of paganism. She also markets to teens and actively encourages lying to parents about your religious activities (to paraphrase: just say you're working with angels, everyone is okay with angels), and perpetuates the repeatedly disproven "history" of the Burning Times and the European witch cult.
I don't absolutely hate her Book of Shadows for the Solitary Witch, which I have used for reference, but I also usually cross-check with my own pantheon (I'm a Hellenist now) with far more scholarly sources and people with better reputations. (I like Cunningham for reference books, personally, even though I have to look for updated medicinal info.) However, I had a visceral reaction to the encouragements of lying and such in To Ride a Silver Broomstick and have never ventured further after my research into her and on her site. (This would have been back in 2008, by the way.)
I started with Joyce & River Higginbotham's Paganism: An Introduction to Earth Centered Religions and still recommend this book to beginners of any age.
The Goddess Nyx
Nyx is the goddess of night. Nyx is the daughter of goddess Khaos (Chaos) and wife as well as sister of goddess Erebus (darkness). Threfore, Nyx is a very ancesteral goddess - one of the first elemental goddess. Nyx was born as many as three generations before Zeus; also, it is claimed that she is more powerful than Zeus and Zeus feared Nyx.
Ways Nyx is represented:
“In ancient art Nyx was portrayed as a either a winged goddess or charioteer, sometimes crowned with an aureole of dark mist.“ source
”Her anthropomorphic form was of a woman clothed in star-spangled mantle.“ source
”She was represented as a winged goddess and was said to wear a veil of black mist on her head. In other descriptions she wears a “spangled robe” or a “blue-black headband” or a “blue-black robe”. She was also described as a charioteer, who guides her chariot accross the sky at night. In Ovid, she is described as having a poppy garland on her forehead.“ source
Greece Fashion Week: Greek fashion house Arsinoe de Thrace showcasing their designs which are inspired by Ancient Greece.
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“For all the aeons of the Tyrant’s rule, the Fates told us we would receive a queen, and that she would govern the hosts of Tartarus. That one is you, Praxidike.” (x)
MYTH OF THE APPLE OF DISCORD
Paris sighed. “Thank you for coming,” he said just as Hera stepped forward. “Young shepherd,” Hera said, “I am the fairest,” and she whirled to show him how lovely she was. “Award me the apple, and you will have wealth and power. You will rule over the Earth. This I shall bestow upon you.” Paris lighted up with pleasure at the thought. As a boy he had been abandoned. Now he could seize the power he once had thought was forever lost to him. As he dreamed of himself upon a throne, Athena walked forward. Her gray eyes and quiet beauty were gentle and soothing. “Award me the apple,” she said softly. Paris could not take his gaze from hers. “If you do, you will win every battle you fight, whether by strength or cunning. Glory will be yours. Everyone will admire and fear you.” Paris imagined men standing before him in awe of his knowledge and others quivering at the very sight of a man with such strength as his. And as he dreamed this dream, Aphrodite approached him. Her face was aflame with the blush of her beauty. Her body was as smooth and pure as ivory. Her hair glowed like a halo. Paris gasped at the sight of her, and when she spoke, he thought her voice the sweetest he had ever heard. “Give me the apple,” Aphrodite said. Paris’ heart leaped. His head swam. “I will give you the gift of love,” she whispered. She stood so close, he could smell her heavenly scent. Suddenly Paris was deaf and blind to all others. “You will love and possess the most beautiful woman in the world,” Aphrodite promised. “She will be a woman equal to me in perfection.” “Impossible,” Paris gasped, and intoxicated by the thought, he handed the golden apple to Aphrodite. Before Paris could stop to think of what he had just done, Hera and Athena flew into a rage. “You will be sorry,” they said, and they departed Mount Ida, swearing to be the shepherd’s enemies forever.
mythology tag game: greek & war → eris / Ἔρις (tagged by emilvdickinson & tsarkoshei).
tagging valkans & avantsgarde
mythology series. | [2/?] (young) greek gods/godesses » hermes.
“Then he instructed Hermes, his faithful son: ‘Since you are ever our messenger, Hermes, tell the nymph of the lovely tresses of our resolve, that enduring Odysseus shall return without help of gods or mortal men, but with great suffering he shall come, on a close-knit raft, on the twentieth day, to Scheria’s rich soil, the land of the Phaeacians, kin to the gods.’ ” — Zeus to Hermes, The Odyssey.
and I’m paralysed
Erinyes / Furies — goddesses of vengeance
we are the splashing of sticky red shuddering in the darkness. we are the voices that call from the roots of swaying trees. we are the chill wind in your bones. we are the cold fingers crawling underneath your skin.
can you hear us now?
good.
we are v e n g e a n c e. we are spite. we do not forgive. and we never, ever forget.
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