Promoting kindness and goodness to humankind and mother nature

A blog about love, peace, and acceptance; herbalism; personal herbal recipes; metaphysical things; and appreciation for Mother Nature and all her beauty. I'm a wife and mother, and on the older side of the tumblr universe.

[kindnessandgoodness]

Made a batch of soap today, using coconut oil, Shea butter, and olive oil. I gladly share recipes.

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Elderberry Harvest

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It was a pot roast kind of night. My Dutch oven is back in business!

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It was a homemade tea kind of morning. Chamomile from the garden, pear, and ginger.

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I found this really important tiktok about what to do if a Jehovah's Witness or Morman missionary comes to your door:

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I spent some time in a Jehovah's Witness church. They're exceptionally skilled at recruiting people into their church. (And I was an ATHEIST)

I left after a couple months, I stayed just long enough to see that they explicitly believe women are inferior to men, and of course, that homosexuality is a sin on par with murder.

The whole missionary door to door thing is NOT how Jehovah's Witnesses recruit. That is how they convince their members that the world is out to get them. One of the first things they teach is that Jesus requires you to try to convert non Christians to the faith. (They say non Christian but mean non JW.)

Then they say, "look how people treat us, just for the crime of wanting to save their soul"

They have long time church members tutor the incoming members to smooth the process over. They're trained to smooth away any doubts you may have about the church.

It is a textbook cult but because it's a Christian cult, nobody will do anything about it.

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I was born into the JW religion, and much of my family remains active members. Growing up, I wasn't allowed to join school sports, school assemblies, plays, or have friends over to my house that weren't fellow JW's. As I grew older, like high school, I started to mildly rebel, and my mom finally allowed me to go to a couple school dances. I'm now agnostic: and I'm so thankful I went to college (which they highly discourage!) and got out from under my family's judgemental eyes. It is a cult. You're taught to hate everyone and anything that doesn't revolve around the cult. It's stifling, it's depressing, and it's hard to see up from down when you're mixed up in it. 

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Homemade cinnamon roles, fresh from the oven. My boys grabbed three as soon as they were cool enough to handle, lol.

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Comfort food...homemade rolls and fudge.

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Last night's dinner, prepped and ready for the pot.

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I've never been more thankful that I can home school my little boys. I've been doing it for five years, and while challenging some times, I couldn't imagine it any other way.

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Many mixed messages have been spread about the efficacy of masks in preventing transmission of COVID-19. Nevertheless, there is good evidence that they help. (Video and image credit: It’s Okay to Be Smart; references)

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My garden is complete. I removed a 15' x 7' section of grass, fertilized, and planted seeds and starts of potatoes, onions, carrots, peas, cucumbers, tomatos, lavender, rosemary, oregano, calendula and sunflowers.  My property is littered with amazing petrified wood, which I used to outline the garden bed. Crystals are also sprinkled throughout. I find it quite magical. My goal in the coming years is remove most, if not all, the grass in the front yard to make way for gardening.

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We are welcoming fabric masks from our community as we prepare for COVID-19. Thank you so much for your interest and care.

Great tutorial and instructions on how to sew a cloth face mask. I'm making my family some tonight.

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BEKKATHYST WINTER 2019/2020 GIVEAWAY

~This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Tumblr.~

Please read thoroughly before entering!

Hello lovely Tumblr folk! It’s that time again- I have a giveaway for you all. But this time our giveaway is far grander and more magical than any we've had before! We've fallen on some tough times lately, and we could use all the support we can get right now. I'm hoping that throwing this big bundle of love out into the universe will bring back some good things to us 💜😘

We have both an online store and a physical location that could use your support!

My business is just a small, family run establishment that I started here on tumblr in 2013. I've been lucky enough to grow to the point where my husband and I opened a brick and mortar store and I've been able to employ my mother and sister as well! I've been supporting my mom and younger siblings since 2016 💜 I've always put compassion and ethics above all else in my business!

What the winner receives:

This absolutely massive top quality amethyst cluster display piece from Uruguay. It weighs OVER 20 LBS and sits on a custom made metal stand. It measures about 15" tall (over 1 foot!)

This piece has a retail value of about $1,300 - this is by far the most valuable giveaway we've ever done!

Rules:

You must be 16 or older. (If under 18 you MUST have parent’s permission)

You don’t have to live in the US to join!

Shipping is entirely free, I will cover it. But if you live outside the US and for whatever reasons your country wants to charge you import tax, you are responsible for it. If it gets sent back to me, you will need to pay shipping to have it sent again.

You must be following me, so you can get updates if anything about the giveaway changes.

Please check out our online shop!

DO NOT tag this post as giveaway. That will risk the notes getting messed up, and this will be ruined for everyone.

Reblog this post to enter. Likes count, too. No giveaway or spam blogs. If you reblog on a side blog, let me know in the tags what the name of your blog is that you’re following me with.

Please don’t spam people with reblogs- limit 2 reblogs per blog per day.  

At the end, each entry will be assigned a number and the winner will be chosen by a random number generator.

The giveaway ends Friday, January 31st, 2020 at 6 pm Pacific time.

The winner will be messaged and must respond with their full name and address within 24 hours, or a new winner will be chosen.

Please respect me and my rules, and have fun!

[spiritroots]

Moon Phases in Hoodoo

It’s really common to see modern witchcraft correspondences for the moon phases, but rarely or never for hoodoo. Frequently the full moon is associated with “light magic” and the new moon with “dark magic” using the classic racist terminology we’re all too familiar with. We also live in a world where books on working the roots that are actually written by black authors are a somewhat rare find, and Lucky Mojo is one of the first Google hits for almost every hoodoo-related search you might make. 

So, Spirit Roots presents… the moon phases for root workers! An Africana guide to the lunar cycle. Remember, you don’t have to cast the “right” spell at the “right” time, it’s just a useful boost to follow the moon’s patterns when it feels right to do so or works for your path. Listen to your ancestors, and trust your intuition on it!

WAXING CRESCENT

>>>>> TIME FOR: Fresh start, preparations

- Road opening

- Setting goals & planning spells

- Purchasing/gathering curios & supplies

- Forgiveness & reconciliation

WAXING MOON

>>>>> TIME FOR: Increasing, attracting, new works

- Making mojo bags

- Honey jars & sweetening spells

- Love spells

- Prosperity & financial spells

- Luck spells

FULL MOON

>>>>> TIME FOR: Petitions, significant works, protection

- Big or important spells and rituals

- Dedications, blessings, offerings, prayers, & petitions

- Safe travels spells

- Home protection spells

- Enchanting jewelry, amulets, and tools

WANING MOON

>>>>> TIME FOR: Cleansing, decreasing, undoing

- Spiritual baths

- Floor washes

- Stop gossip

- Breaking up a couple

- Keeping off the law

- Uncrossing & spell reversals

WANING CRESCENT

>>>>> TIME FOR: Banishing, baneful magic

- Crossing & hot foot spells

- Jinxes & curses

- Souring jars

- Banishing spirits, people, or bad habits

- Return to sender spells

NEW MOON

>>>>> TIME FOR: Ancestor work, divination, lucid dreaming

- Communing deeply with ancestors

- Spirit work

- Divination reading

- Lucid dreaming

- Transformations

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Flower blooms by Season [Visual] – ecogreenlove

This seasonal blooming guide showcases all of the seasonal blooms for spring, summer, fall, and winter so you always know what’s in season and make more eco-friendly flower choices next time you pu… Source: Flower blooms by Season – ecogreenlove