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✨Cosmic Occurrences [August 2019]🌌

August 1st: The Moon at perihelion

August 2nd: α–Capricornid meteor shower; The Moon at perigee

August 6th: τ–Aquarid meteor shower

August 7th: Psyche at opposition; First Quarter Moon in Scorpio

August 8th: Venus at perihelion

August 9th: Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter; Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter; Mercury at greatest western elongation

August 11th: Jupiter Direct; Mercury enters Leo; Uranus Retrograde

August 12th: Mercury reaches highest point in morning sky; Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn; Close approach of the Moon and Saturn; Mercury at dichotomy; Close approach of the Moon and Pluto

August 13th: Perseid meteor shower; The Moon at aphelion; Venus at superior solar conjunction

August 15th: Venus at greatest brightness; Full Moon in Aquarius

August 17th: The Moon at apogee

August 18th: Mars enters Virgo

August 19th: Jupiter semi-sextile Saturn

August 20th: Mercury at perihelion

August 21st: α–Cygnid meteor shower; Venus enters Virgo

August 23rd: Last Quarter Moon in Taurus; Sun enters Virgo

August 25th: Mars at aphelion

August 28th: Mars at apogee

August 29th: Mercury enters Virgo

August 30th: New Moon in Virgo; The Moon at perigee

August 31st: The Moon at perihelion

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Normally, I start these reviews with a photo of the book and a star rating. Today, I am not going to do that. The Black Witch is the most d...

I finally finished writing my 8.7k review of THE BLACK WITCH by Laurie Forest, complete with receipts. READ THIS & SHARE.

This book is dangerous. It’s racist, ableist, sexist, and homophobic. It features sexual assault, the use of “half-breed” to talk about biracial people, holocaust imagery, colonialism, and a protagonist that is both incredibly racist and deeply problematic.

This book was ultimately written for white people. It was written for the type of white person who considers themselves to be not-racist and thinks that they deserve recognition and praise for treating PoC like they are actually human. It holds no regard to the feelings of marginalized people, which is evident in the way that the book portrays racism, homophobia, and ableism.

readaroundtherosie

This is one of most comprehensive reviews in existence. And it’s important. Don’t just read this review- it’s so important to reblog it, too. If you support something, SHARE IT. And this is definitely something worth sharing.

vaaltyrs

Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Practicing

Chakras are part of closed practices. Find a different theory on energy centres and how they work. I have my own here but there are many more that exist.

Do your research. Question everything. Don’t follow Tumblr posts blindly. Do your research, make sure that research is credible. Some authors out there are shitty (Edred Thorsson for example). Some Etsy shop owners appropriate. Do your research.

Support minority businesses! Support local businesses!

The best basic herbs to have on hand are: sage, rosemary, cinnamon, thyme, lavender, sea salt.

For the love of the gods, please ward. The first time you ward, you will most likely sleep upwards of 10+ hours because it is draining as hell but WARD. Wards will keep you safe from entities that seek to harm you.

ALWAYS have a good banishing spell and a good return to sender spell on hand if you need it. Here is Part 1 of a good masterpost on protections and warding.

Always be a skeptic. Don’t just believe things blindly. Is a god telling you they’re an actual god? Question them. Do your research on that god. Always question.

DO NOT INGEST ESSENTIAL OILS. They’re meant to be applied topically with a carrier oil. Don’t ingest them.

Some herbs will interact with your medication if you’re on them. If you’re on medication and want to try herbal remedies, talk to your doctor to make sure that your herbal remedy won’t negatively interact with your medication.

Tarot cards don’t need to be gifted or stolen in order to work. That’s a myth. However, if you feel like you’d like your tarot decks to be gifted to you, do that. Whatever you’re comfortable with.

Your first tarot deck doesn’t have to be explicitly Raider Waite Smith. My first deck was a variation on the traditional RWS style and it allowed me to read tarot more intuitively.

There’s no shame in using a tarot guidebook. There’s 78 cards that’s a LOT to memorize. I haven’t memorized them all and I’ve been reading tarot for two years now. Take your time and don’t be embarrassed to read tarot from a guidebook. I do paid tarot readings and still use my guidebooks.

If you’re worried about wasting food as an offering, it’s okay to eat them. I do it. Many others do it. If you’re still wary about eating the food, if you have plant friends, you can just bury the offerings (especially relevant for chthonic worshippers).

The Theoi website is one of the best for information on Hellenism. Every thing written on that website is cited back to an Ancient Greek text, or even several.

PLEASE PRACTICE FIRE SAFETY. If you’re burning an object in a metal bowl, don’t touch the bowl afterwards. You may burn yourself. Have something to put out a fire on hand should something happen. Don’t burn hair. Crack a window so you don’t inhale smoke. Be safe with fire.

Personalize your spells! If you find a spell on tumblr that you wanna try but don’t have an ingredient, go with your instinct and research what it could be replaced with! Tumblr spells are guidelines and you can modify that shit to your heart’s content.

vaspider

Earlier today a friend of mine said ‘I want a shirt that says this.’

So now that shirt exists, and you can buy it!

Honor the Morrigan, Punch A Nazi shirt, available in unisex up to 5X and Plus-Size femme cut.

catsandwitchcraft

blackbearmagic

Does it come in Odin?

vaspider

I can certainly make it do so!

socialismfortheworld

The growing presence of racists in American Pagan communities threatens to tear the faith apart.

This is not news, but it is an important read, especially for people who were previously unaware of the trend of neo-Nazis stealing pagan symbols for their own.

If you are an anti-racist, anti-fascist pagan, keep doing what you are doing, you are keeping the fight alive

If you are an anti-racist, anti-fascist person who is not a pagan, help us spread the word of this, stand in solidarity with us as we kick the fascists out of our communities

If you are a fascist pagan, fuck off, this faith is a peaceful one

No platforms for fascists.

~ Max

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costumersupportdept

…and right here is why you see me starting to wear non-viking garb in the SCA. Because I’m really REALLY white and really REALLY not a racist, and I hate that these people have found their way into my weekend nerdery.

unauthorized-magic-deactivated2

I would posit that if you feel comfortable doing it, and if you feel supported, you should definitely still wear viking garb and not let fascist nazi bastards appropriate it for their own purpose without opposition. 🖤

ferallindsay

wodneswynn-deactivated-deactiva

Please, for the love of fuck, do NOT give up on either your religious paraphernalia *or* your hobbyist Viking swag because of this. Y’know what you ought to do instead? Be vocally and openly anti-racist. Make it known that all this bonehead bullshit is not what we stand for.

And how do you make something known? Well, a man by his speech is known to men.

nymianlion

Make fascists afraid to be vocal. Run them out and counteract their evil with overwhelming good. Make donations to charities that help people of colour under the public name and honour of Odin and Freya and Frigg and Thor. Shout louder than they do. I see a lot of fascism and disgusting vitriol in the comments section on videos from wardruna or heidlung - and something I’d like to do is reupload those videos with the express intent of curating the comments section heavily to keep that shit out. Most accounts won’t do that and they don’t notice how much hate is in their fan base. so I get really angry about these people taking music and culture that is expressly open and for everyone to pollute it in this way. If you know anyone personally that uploads videos to YouTube please remind them to curate that shit, report the bastards. Make statements that it’s not okay. Even one small platform is too one too many.

#nazi tw #even if the salute is blocked by a thrown mjolnir

teawitch

Rose Petal PSA

I see a lot of witches drying rose petals for floral arrangements or even making rose water from them. Please keep in mind that roses grown for florists are over treated with pesticides and fertilizers. Anything made from these petals isn’t safe to ingest.

If you’re doing work that requires making a rose preparation for ingestion or topical application that will be absorbed into the skin, you’ll want to get rose petals from a shop that sells for these purposes.

Or grow your own organically. Old fashioned varieties rather than the hybrid teas you see in flower arrangements are usually grown for these purposes because they grown more easily without intense treatments.

mythicalmodernity-blog

THIS IS IMPORTANT Y’ALL. As a witch who worked at a florist, whenever I ‘cleaned’ the roses for sale (taking off excess leaves, slicing off thorns, etc), I would immediately wash my hands afterward. The chemicals were so bad I would feel immediate irritation and would have skin issues if I didn’t scrub clean every 30 minutes or so (I aimed for 1 wash after every 12). It’s especially worth noting that roses from florists are often (almost always) flown in from other countries where the laws about pesticides are a lot more lax. Originally we got ours from a grower in Colombia, which wasn’t too bad, but I believe we switched to Ecuador and holy moly I don’t know what the company we got it from used but it was strong. As in ‘The smell of the chemicals hit me like a wall as soon as I opened up the dozen, despite them having traveled all the way from Ecuador in a freezer’ strong. It was so bad I legitimately had worries about how handling the roses would effect my long term health, and gods above and below I felt for the workers over there that had to deal with these pesticides regularly and up close. Also, if you buy your own rose bush to use for ingestion purposes, DO NOT use the petals off of it for the first year UNLESS you got it from a organic nursery. Because most places do spray the roses with pesticides and fertilizers from seedling on up, and it will take a year for all that stuff to work it’s way out of the plant’s system. If you need rose petals to ingest ASAP, I would strongly suggest checking out tea shops. Many local or online sellers have rose teas that are lovely, and either have rose hips (which might not be as fancy as petals and have a more citrus-y flavor, but are the fruit borne from a rose and thus symbolic as all hell) or rose petals mixed in with their teas. This are absolutely edible, and are easily accessible to boot. Signed, a ex-florist and Rose Nerd.

estellaj

I really hope people see this because it is very important. Roses from the floral section are not intended for consumption. I have found whole rose buds at herb stores, Asian grocery stores (in cooking sections), and tea stores. I would highly suggest going to those places for roses. They may also sell tea with a high quantity of rose petals which you can use in place of pure roses. Another note: jasmine tea is not tea with dried jasmine. Most jasmine varieties are not edible and you can’t use dried jasmine in tea unless it is a variety specifically marketed as being edible (jasmine sambac aka Pikake)

nyrwitch

Reblogging this immediately because my most popular post is ‘How to dry rose petals the lazy way’ and I completely forgot to mention this.

wiccagarden

you’ve probably seen this said a thousand times but friendly reminder: DONT! CAST! SALT! CIRCLES! IN! THE! SOIL!! it soaks up all the water in the dirt and hurts the plants!!!!!! find an alternative!!!

themori-witch

Cascarilla (eggshell powder) is a good alternative to salt for circle casting, plus eggshell is actually good for soil and plants.

lady-of-flowers

I agree for the most part, but I want to clarify that it would simply just be egg shell powder. cascarillia and eggshell powder are two different things. at it’s root, cascarilla is made of eggshell powder, but it is also combined with a lot of other things like oil, florida water and making it is a ritual (usually involved with saying bible verses and chants) and the use of it is closed to those who are not part of santeria (and hoodoo i believe–i need to check). there are common misconceptions that everyone can use/make cascarilla powder and that it’s eggshell powder but it is completely different and is very connected to santeria.

just wanted to clarify!

themori-witch

Thank you @lady-of-flowers!

I’ve only ever seen eggshell powder in it’s base form - just the shell powder - called Cascarilla so I had no idea. My fault for not having a proper look, so thanks!

leodrune

help a chronically ill witch

hi friends, i am in a bit of financial trouble right now. i have a history of severe and enormous ovarian cysts (two of which were 5 pounds each), and i have another one growing that is affecting my ability to work. i have had to call out from work a handful of times this past week because i am having trouble standing for long periods of time, and i just found out today that my work is unable to do paid sick time off.

for this reason, my book, potioncraft, is on sale for 20% off right now ($6.40). it’s a recipe + ritual book about different beverages, like tea, cocoa, cider, sangria, and smoothies. it makes a great gift, and will help keep me financially afloat while i resolve my health issues.

click HERE for the listing! the sale is running now until march 1st. i would be so so thankful if you purchased! i hate asking for things like this but it would compensate a little bit for the time i can’t get paid while sick. xoxo

aurorahealinglight

We have this! It’s great! If you can, you should grab a copy and help a witch out!

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witchesarugela

gentle reminder

dont use dieties as pools of energy u can use and manipulate as u see fit, its disrespectful and gross

will-o-the-witch

Time For A Witchy Checkup

Hey you! Stop scrolling for a moment, it’s time for your checkup. Take a moment to check each of these things and fix any problems you might find.

Wards and Shields

Are your special spaces still warded properly? Are the barriers still strong? Are there any holes or damages?

Are your personal shields still there? Do they need refreshing? Are there any gaps in coverage? Can you still do your work through the barrier?

Altars and Tools

Are the altars clean and organized? There’s no dust?

Are there any offerings that have been sitting out that need to be refreshed or disposed of?

Is there any unusual energy in any of your consecrated items?

Does everything feel charged and ready?

Your Body

Have you taken all of your meds that you need today?

Have you been eating/hydrating properly?

Getting enough sleep?

Does your body need anything from you right now to feel a bit better?

Entities and Other Things

Are there any regular offerings you give that you could/should check off?

How are things with your familiar? Your companions? The local land wights? The spirit(s) of your house? Do they need anything from you to keep the relationship strong, if you have one?

Are there any unexpected entities hanging around/taking up anchors? (Give your knickknacks a good check for this, as well as any old toys and jewelry.)

Do you have any promises, dedications, or oaths you’ve taken up? Have you been maintaining your end of the deal/is there anything you can do to be progressive about it?

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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU REALIZE YOU'VE BEEN NEGLECTING YOUR SPIRITUAL/CRAFT PRACTICE: SIX STEPS TO REIGNITE YA FIRE

1. Make a list of all the things you want to do for your practice. Not think you should - only list the activities that represent you feeling good about your practice. It’s okay if you can only come up with snatches of mental pictures, like sipping a cup of tea on a rainy night. That can be a fulfilling ritual too. Just write down what you can.

2. Pick a handful of activities from your list to incorporate into your schedule and routine. No more than five. Choose stuff that’s easy and won’t take much effort to pick up.

3. Pace yourself carefully. Don’t try anything too big. Chunk bigger tasks into smaller sequences of steps.

4. Plan for the big stuff. Working around full moons is always a good idea bc that gives you a month to prepare.

5. Go for a walk in the most naturey place you can.

6. Take the time to research your favorite area of magic or spirituality. Let your reading spark the interest inside you again.

asksecularwitch

PSA

For all those casting love spells today.

Make sure they stay love spells.

By adding consent in them.

systlin

How do you practice paganism while still being respectful of the land you live on being taken from native Americans? I’ve been struggling with that lately, my God’s aren’t the gods of this land

This is something I struggle with too, tbh.

Now, if I could afford to…well, I’d up and move to Scotland, and deed my land back to the Iowa tribe. But I can’t, and honestly it might be more of a hassle for them to deal with disposing of a little ¼ acre plot in the middle of nowhere than it’s worth.

So, what I do is donate to native causes and individuals. I pay attention to what living native people want RIGHT NOW, and try to help out with those causes.

rosslynpaladin

THANK YOU - an Native

(Also no Smudging. Cleanse with incense or whatever but Smudging is ours, mkay thanks. leave the sage on the hills where it belongs.)

systlin

That too.

thebibliosphere

Us Scottish folk been using dried rosemary bundles for centuries ever since it was brought to the isle and it was discovered to be hardy enough to survive the damp. Primarily we threw them into the hearth to “cleanse” the home (usually from sickness), though I never seem to read about it in “celtic” centric magic books, they always reference sage and I’m like ???? where’s the wild heather??? where’s the native fauna, what is this?????

So if you’re allergic to incense and don’t want to appropriate smudging—and lets be clear, sage smudging is a form of cultural appropriation that was made popular by contemporary pagan and Wiccan writers who cherry picked from Native American practices like an all you can eat buffet and then skipped out on the check—then that is something you may wish to consider learning how to do. I keep them hanging over the main doors in and out of the house to ward from sickness and bad luck cause I cannot plant them like I would back home.

Makes them handy for pulling down and throwing into a pot to burn when I need them. Also, smells nice.

What I do not do is smudge with them, that is not their purpose. They are general burning herbs used to scent the air, you are not using any of the other ritual tools appropriated from Native culture, no shells, no feathers. Those don’t belong to us.

dumbbbunnnyy-deactivated2021021

✨Cosmic Occurrences [January 2019]🌌

January 1st: Conjunction of the Moon and Venus; Close approach of the Moon and Venus; Saturn at solar conjunction; Jupiter sesquiquadrate True Node

January 2nd: The Earth at perihelion

January 3rd: Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter; Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter; Quadrantids Meteor Shower

January 4th: Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury; Quadrantids Meteor Shower; Mercury enters Capricorn

January 5th: Venus at dichotomy; The Moon at perihelion; New Moon & Partial Solar Eclipse in Capricorn

January 6th: Venus at Greatest Western Elongation; Uranus Direct

January 7th: Venus enters Sagittarius

January 8th: The Moon at apogee

January 9th: Jupiter sesquiquadrate Uranus

January 11th: Pluto at solar conjunction

January 12th: Mercury at aphelion; Conjunction of the Moon and Mars; Close approach of the Moon and Mars

January 13th: Jupiter square Neptune

January 14th: First Quarter Moon in Aries

January 19th: Uranus semi-sextile Chiron

January 20th: Sun enters Aquarius

January 21st: The Moon at perigee; The Moon at aphelion; Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter; Full Moon & Total Lunar Eclipse in Leo

January 24th: Mercury enters Aquarius

January 27th: Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio

January 29th: Mercury at superior solar conjunction

January 30th: Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter; Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter

January 31st: Conjunction of the Moon and Venus; Close approach of the Moon and Venus; Saturn sextile Neptune

blitching

worship and protect the earth more. i love the moon and sun as much as anybody but the earth is our mother and she gets very little respect. i know y'all feel our atmosphere changing.

thelovelyramblings

This is so damn real. And important. We are always talking about and sharing moon rituals, and the importance of the moon and how we use it to heal, or charge, or bless ourselves. Well, the earth does all of those things on a constant basis. Her blessing literally never cease or fade from the moment we a conceived to the moment we die. We all, but particularly witches, need to do more to heal, charge, and bless our earthly mother. She doesn’t get the respect she deserves.

north-of-annwn

Heathen Racist Words/Phrases to Watch Out For

RefDuring my research into Heathenism, I have been discovering undertones of racism in the strangest places. Just today, I picked up a version of the Poetic Edda to find the translation and the author’s explanation to be riddled with supremacist rhetoric. So I wanted to create a hot list, so to speak, of words and phrases to watch out for. If you see them, be wary for you may be reading some racist propaganda mixed in with your Heathenry.

The Hot List:

“Protect our Heritage”

“Preservation of our Heritage”

“Universalism” [this is not a bad word, but many racist materials will condemn universalism]

“Internationalism” [this is not a bad word, but many racist materials will condemn universalism]

“Heathenism’s True Followers”

“True Heathenism”

Overemphasis on our Ancestors or the Ancestors of those Practicing Heathenry

References to being “Born with Heathenry in your blood”

References to blood purity

References to anything “running in your blood or heritage”

Overemphasis of Heathenism belonging only to Northern European peoples

A failure to mention that ANYONE can practice Heathenry, or a failure to use open invitation/welcoming rhetoric for anyone who may be picking up the book.

Please keep adding more.

Heathens against Racism

hrafnasvinr

Not necessarily indicators of racism, but likely signposts of any kind of bigotry:

-Vehement anti-jötun, particularly anti-Loki ideals -Personally, I’m always very wary of the black metal type heathens, and have rarely been wrong about them -Heavy reliance on the NNV, which are proven to be shitty and ableist bunk -Association with the AFA or other known problematic heathen organizations -Extreme emphasis on ‘warrior culture’, refers to all women as ‘shieldmaidens’

essence-of-nightshade-deactivat

i’d like to disagree with the warrior culture point because the dark ages was a very violent time indeed, the most dominant of the Germanic tribes named them selves after their signature weapons. Also the word “Germania” is Latin for ‘land of the spear-men” because the Romans noted that every man of the Germanic tribes owned at least two spears. A warrior culture it very much was as many others in this period though largely dependant on the tribe some were more war like than others

hrafnasvinr

that still doesn’t change the fact that modern heathens who emphasize the idea of warrior culture 95% of the time do it to exclude people who they think are ‘weak’, a.k.a. lgbtq+ and disabled people. it’s still something to be wary of, historical veracity or not.

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