Dua

Kemetic practicing ceremonial devotion and healing. Devotee of Sekhmet-Mut and now Nebet-Het. Transformation is the goal. Poetry is divine. Hardcore polytheist. Godphone.

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“To heal is to touch with love that which was previously touched by fear.”

— Stephen Levine

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Fungi That 'Eat' Radiation Are Growing on the Walls of Chernobyl's Ruined Nuclear Reactor | RealClearScience

Back in 1991, scientists were amazed when they made the discovery... In the eerie environment inside the abandoned Chernobyl Nuclear Power P

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Inspired by @leg-stealing-bee

If this post gets 100,000 notes by 2027

I’ll get this tattoo

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Witchling tips

Read all the books and other info you can, but learn to read critically.

Don’t be afraid to read things you might not agree with or identify with. Study is study and just because you read it doesn’t mean you have to believe it or incorporate it into your practice.

That being said, don’t appropriate cultures or cultural practices that do not belong to your or that you have not be trained and/or initiated in. There are ways to study cultures that are not appropriative, pay attention and be respectful.

Let your personal curiosity lead your study. What are you interested in about witchcraft? History? Divination? Plants? tarot? sigils? candle magic? charms or talismans? knot magic? Energy work? Study what you are interested in and see where it goes. There is a learning theory called “unschooling” that believes humans are naturally curious and that we should follow that curiosity to create our study. So, seek what interests you about witchcraft and find information about that.

You don’t have to buy all the fancy witchy stuff, especially if you don’t know if you are even going to use it. Stuff you already have is fine.  Things from thrift store are cheap, and work just as well. You might not ever use that cheap athame from the witch shop, but you might fall in love with a thrift shop mason jar.

You don’t have to spend a lot of money to practice witchcraft. Walk around your neighborhood and get to know the plants and animals, even urban spaces have unique magical things. Check out the spices in your spice rack and look up their correspondences. There are lots of books on witchcraft online for free as well as phone apps that could suit your needs.

Check out your local library. If they don’t specifically have books on witchcraft they will still have books on plants, history, and folklore. you might also be able to check things out with inter-library loans.

You don’t have to publicly document your path. I’m really happy there isn’t a public documentation of my witchling years or my baby punk years. Seriously, so much stumbling embarrassment. However, it is always helpful to document your progress for yourself; a hidden blog, a notebook, or google doc are just fine to start.

There is no universal witch. If you don’t want to work witchcraft in a religion, don’t. maybe secular witchcraft is for you. If you don’t want to work with deities, don’t. If forests give you the creeps and you love cities more, great, maybe urban witchery is for you. Make your witchcraft, your witchcraft.

There is little good in arguing with people that disagree with you, especially on the internet. If someone is not being hurtful and they just happen to believe differently than you, leave them alone. A witch that believes differently than you does not diminish what you do.

Remember that witchcraft is a collected set of skills and practices. These are things that you hone as you find what works for you. It is not something that will be given to you or that you will have instantly. It is something to be worked at that you can always learn more.

Basically, if you study and practice witchcraft, whatever that means to you, you can call yourself a witch. Also, if you do those things and don’t want to call yourself a witch, you don’t have to.

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If the U.S. wasn’t so divided by party lines, things could actually get done.

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Hand sanitizer is good for letting you know how many small cuts you have on your hands.

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When millennials start dying off, family members will have to sort through laptops and external hard drives to determine keep vs. toss

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Kebechet for @fantasticwolfpenguin for winning my 1+K follower giveaway

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Prayer to Sekhmet for Health

Breathe onto me, Sekhmet, Lady of Power, Mistress of Fire, and let your breath burn away all that is impure

Breathe onto me, Sekhmet, Ruler of Disease, Mother of War, and let your breath make me clean and free of evil

Breathe onto me, Sekhmet, Goddess of Life, Bringer of Death, and lift me in your strength and vitality

Oh Sekhmet, thrower of spears that bring terror onto men, one who inflicts misery, do not let your rage blind you and make you forgetful

Remember my prayers, oh lioness, that I gave in my service to you

Remember the hymns I sang to you with fervor

Remember, oh goddess, the offerings I have laid out before you, and the love and loyalty I have given as your child and servant

Guardian of Heaven, Guardian of Ra

Praise be to you, she who has all nations underfoot, she who delights in the blood of all beings

Praise be to you, giver of health, wielder of every spell and potion that gives relief

Praise be to you, giver and taker of affliction, subduer and rallier of illness

Destroyer of demons, destroy the impure ones that torment me

Slayer of the wicked, slay the cold ones that bring me plague

Killer of my enemies, kill the evil that resides in my flesh

With your mighty breath, I am cleansed

With your mighty breath, I am cured

With your mighty breath, I live again

Hail Sekhmet!

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My artwork, featuring Egyptian gods Ma'at, Sekhmet, Horus with Osiris, the demoness Ammut and Isis.

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Anubis.  This is a bad idea and I fully embrace it.  Prepare for more!

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Tutankhamun’s alabaster flask

Alabaster flask inlaid with faience, limestone and glass.

From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

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“I’m thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.”

— Alex Elle

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Here’s to the Devotees

The devotees who cry because they love their gods so much

The devotees who want to run temples and become spiritual leaders

The devotees who are mentally ill

The devotees who aren’t white

The devotees who aren’t straight

Gender nonconforming devotees

Deaf devotees

Devotees who use crutches, wheel chairs, etc

Devotees who are just starting out

Devotees who have been devoted for years

Devotees who can’t worship openly

Devotees who can’t afford fancy things for their worship

You all are doing so good and your gods love and appreciate your work

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Here’s to the Devotees

The devotees who cry because they love their gods so much

The devotees who want to run temples and become spiritual leaders

The devotees who are mentally ill

The devotees who aren’t white

The devotees who aren’t straight

Gender nonconforming devotees

Deaf devotees

Devotees who use crutches, wheel chairs, etc

Devotees who are just starting out

Devotees who have been devoted for years

Devotees who can’t worship openly

Devotees who can’t afford fancy things for their worship

You all are doing so good and your gods love and appreciate your work

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Sex is intimate and sacred. Your body is a temple and you shouldn’t share it with anyone who thinks Patroclus and Achilles weren’t a couple