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[medusaspeach]

Ariadne & Dionysus

[liminalblessings-lkdghlklkha-de]

““Speak to the Gods. Ancient prayers are good. So are contemporary prayers written by priests and devotees. So are your own words that express the yearnings of your heart. Calling Them by names, titles, and epithets [… But] remember the principle of reciprocity: if you expect to receive, you should expect to give. Be careful what you offer. If you say “I’ll do whatever you want me to do” They may take you up on it in ways you never considered.”

— John Beckett’ “Beginning a Devotional Practice“

[andantegrazioso-deactivated2018]

Francois Rude, Mercury Attaching his Wings, Louvre

[dionysianfreak]

Dionysos, Lord of Vibes

❦︎ do not repost for any reason

[ethanmaldridge]

A quick sketch of the god Pan, for Sketch Dailies on twitter. I had a lot of fun with this one, I think I may develop it into a more finished piece

[liber69]

new thing where i make sigils that look like little guys

[silversuggestion]

I go to feed him,

and god bites my hands through the bars of the cage -

the preachers ask what prayer is like,

and my fingers bleed in answer.

[martyrsuggestion]

and the preachers laps up what i bled,

from the cold marble floor,

because maybe -

to even be able to stand god,

is to be something divine yourself.

[darkearthsuggestions]

I go to worship

And the temple calls itself clean.

The blood is banished, the altar burnished,

as if peace could satisfy

the god who taught me how to hunger.

And so I pray and gnash my teeth

And hope that my libations sate him

My god– my god, a holy beast.

[theoryofmagick]

Expanded Moon Phase Cheat Sheet

This is a much longer version of my original Moon Phase Cheat Sheet - with more phases, terms, and definitions for your quick and easy magical reference!

WAXING: These are the phases when the Moon appears to be growing. This period is divided into the First Quarter and Second Quarter, and takes about 14 days.

Good For: Drawing things towards you, increasing

New Moon: This is when the moon is just a sliver in the sky. From here, the Moon takes about 14 days to reach Full. (First Quarter)

Good For: New beginnings, potential, starts

Crescent Moon: When the Moon is a visible crescent in the sky - “The Moon of Continuing Dedication”. (First Quarter)

Good For: Treated magically like the New Moon.

Waxing Half-Moon: When the moon is half full, and growing. Occurs about a week after the New Moon. (Second Quarter)

Good For: Progressing from verbal to thought magic, plans forming into actualities.

Gibbous Moon: The last slip-thread before the Moon is full. (Second Quarter)

Good For: Deep love spells, relationships, peak emotions.

FULL MOON: This one’s self-explanatory! The Moon  remains looking Full for about 2 to 3 days, though purists choose to work magick only on the peak day. It is considered part of the Second Quarter by some.

Good For: The Full Moon is considered the most powerful Moon, due to it shining at full brightness. Many Witches choose to commemorate the occasion with a ritual or Esbat, and even more use this moon for their main spellcraft.

WANING: The phases when the Moon appears to be dissapearing. This period is divided into the Third and Fourth Quarters, and includes the Dark Moon. The Moon takes another 14 or so days to complete its cycle.

Good For: Removing, drawing away, banishing, and cleansing

Third Quarter: The waning quarter after the Full Moon. (Third Quarter)

Good For: Dissolving problems, letting go, endings, and detoxifying

Disseminating Moon: The beginning of the Moon dissappearing. (Third Quarter)

Good For:  Breaking bad habits, legal matters, cleansing

Waning Half-Moon: When the Moon is half light and half dark in the circle, and getting darker. (Fourth Quarter)

Good For: Reflection, meditative thought, ridding self of unwanted things

Waning Crescent Moon: The last slip of moon before it grows fully dark. (Fourth Quarter)

Good For: Serious issues, quitting something, understanding unfathomed elements

Dark Moon: The period of time when the Moon is completely invisible in the sky. For our course, this is considered the last part of the Moon’s cycle (some traditions count it as the first – neither is wrong). (Fourth Quarter)

Good For: Protection, wisdom, self-honoring rituals, purificaton, banishing

Apply in accordance with your magical intent, and use the lunar tides to your advantage. :>

Ash

[theoryofmagick]

We’re currently in a waning moon! What have you got cooked up for the ebbing of the tides?

[hanged-priestess]

Questions to Ask When the Major Arcana Appears

the fool - am I jumping into this too quickly? can I trust my gut? what do i hope to gain from this? is this in my best judgement to proceed? 

the magician - am I balancing parts of my life? am I focusing too much on the material world before me? am I properly utilizing the tools I have at my disposal?

the high priestess - am I trusting my intuition? am I allowing my imagination to roam free? have I grown out of touch with my spirituality? how may I further enhance my spirituality? 

the empress - how do I nurture others? do I, in turn, properly nurture myself? how do I express my feminine power? am I expressing myself creatively? 

the emperor - how am I handling authority in my life? how can I become a leader? am I taking strides to ensure material success? how do I express my masculine power?

the heirophant - am I honouring traditions? what can I teach others? what can I learn? how may I go about finding groups of likeminded people? where am I deriving my sense of security?

the lovers - are parts of me at war within myself? how can I unite very different parts of my life? what can I do to help build cooperation within my relationships? 

the chariot - how can I take control of my situation? how can I resolve my conflict? how can I tackles the challenges coming my way? which direction should I choose?

strength - how can I overcome my weakness? what makes me courageous in my situation? from where do I draw my inner power? how can I best work with my instinct? 

the hermit - what is driving me forward in life right now? where can I be truly alone? what do I need to reflect on? what wisdom can I draw from past experiences? 

wheel of fortune - what changes am I willing to except? how much of my life is left to fate? how do my every day actions influence the bigger picture of my life? 

justice - how can I make the best decision? how do I find balance in my life? what can I do to rectify my past mistakes? am I weighing all the pros and cons or am I overlooking something?

the hanged man - what should I hold onto and what should I let go of? how can I look at this with a new perspective? what am I willing to sacrifice? how do I let go of old habits and step out of my comfort zone? 

death - how can I use recent events to transform myself? what do I need to accept the end of? what will be born from the ashes? how can I mourn the ending of one thing and celebrate the beginning of another?

temperance - what led to the feeling of harmony? what can I do to hold onto it, grow from it, and become harmoniously whole? how do I remain patient through these experiences?

the devil - am I allowing myself to fixate unhealthy on something? what do I fear? am I too tied to the material world? how do I free myself from the bondage I have allowed myself to fall into? 

the tower - what have I been ignoring? why did I refuse to take action, what can I do to avoid this again? how do I free myself from my own ruin? how do I grow from this disaster?

the star - how am I using my gifts? what is inspiring me? what makes me happy and how can I embrace that? how can I continue on the right track to making my wishes come true? 

the moon - am I listening to my dreams, my feelings, my instincts? am I trusting them? how am I connecting to the invisible workings of the world? how am I using my creativity? 

the sun - am I approaching my problem with a positive attitude? how are my efforts being appreciated by others? how do I step into the spotlight to showcase my talents? 

judgment - how self-aware am I, truly? what actions have I taken that are wise? unwise? am I being honest with myself? what can I learn from my past and how can I grow? 

the world - how have my efforts payed off? how am I progressing in life, does it feel right? what in my life is coming to an end? what is beginning? what are my next steps? in what ways do I feel fulfilled? 

Major Arcana | Wands | Cups | Swords | Pentacles

[will-o-the-witch]

Reworking Gendered Energies

When getting started with magic, especially magic influenced by Wicca, nearly everything is immediately split into a gender binary. To many people, this system is reductive, exclusionary, and sorely outdated. Here’s how we can rework it and make it useful. 

Projective vs. Receptive

When a spell ingredient is listed as masculine or feminine, it rarely has anything to do with actual gender. Reducing the idea to its root, we find that gendering an ingredient is shorthand for depicting the way its energy moves, projective or receptive. 

Projective energies, formerly deemed masculine, work their magic by going out from the source and changing things. They banish, they influence, they alter. 

Receptive energies, the feminine, draw things in. They work their magic by serving as a beacon/sponge. They attract, they collect, and they accumulate. 

With this in mind, we can swap out gender for these meanings and have an extra layer of nuance to our spells. If our spell is focused on, say, drawing in wealth (receptive,) we can use ingredients that focus on bringing the outside in. If we’re sending out influence to convince somebody to give us that new job (projective,) then we can focus on ingredients that reach out. Maybe your spell wants to cast out and bring in, and you can use a balance.

This can also work for deciding the type of spell you’re doing. Think of how candles and wands are typically “masculine” and cups/chalices are “feminine.” To me, that sounds a lot like typical candle spells are projective and jar spells are receptive. 

Traditional, binary ideas of gender have a shrinking place in modern day witchcraft. That said, if we can take the gendering that’s already been done and rework it to something more inclusive and more useful, then we can all benefit. What’s nice is that the past few decades of aggressively gendering everything means half the work of deciding which-herb-is-which is already done for us; all we have to do is change our vocabulary.

[witchynyx]

YES!

If even freakin’ Cunningham in 1983 can write:

The gender of an herb, for instance, refers to the type of energy the plant emits. If a plant’s influence is stimulating, aggressive, electric, and/or positive, it is hot. Plants that are relaxing, passive, magnetic, and/or negative are cold.

Herbs are also sometimes classified as being masculine or feminine, but I prefer the hot-cold method

… then I honestly find it wild that binary-gendered (and often sexist/transphobic) concepts are as prevalent as they are almost 40 years later.

While his work is definitely pretty problematic by modern standards, I have to admit that I occasionally find myself impressed that it’s still less problematic than a decent chunk of books published literally decades after his death.

[hellenic-reconstructionism]

"Hestia and Hermes are not husband and woman, nor brother and sister, nor mother and son either. They are neighbors, or better: friends. Where Hermes loiters is Hestia never far. Where Hestia stays, Hermes can appear at any moment."

-Hestia and Hermes: The Greek Imagination of Motion and Place by Jean Robert

[theskepticalwitch]

I'm sorry to burst some people's bubble, but Samhain isn't a secular holiday.

It was mainstreamed in witch circles by Wiccans, and before that it was (and still is) a neo-druid holiday. Druidry is a spirituality, religion, and lifestyle.

You can celebrate Samhain, but please don't erase where it came from.

Also, it's pronounced Saa-wn.

[marsrx]

The simple message of Chaos Magic is that, what is fundamental to magic is the actual doing of it—that like sex, no amount of theorising and intellectualisation can substitute for the actual experience.

Phil Hine, Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic

[thesigilist]

Chaos Magick Reading List (Current).

Practical Sigil Magic By: Frater U.:D.: Creating Magickal Entities By: David Michael Cunningham Chaotopia! By: Dave Lee Prometheus Rising By: Robert Anton Wilson The Infernal Texts By: Stephen Sennitt The Pseudonomicon By: Phil Hine Condensed Chaos By: Phil Hine Prime Chaos By: Phil Hine Visual Magick By: Jan Fries Psybermagick By: Peter J. Carroll Liber Kaos By: Peter J. Carroll Liber Null & Psychonaut By: Peter J. Carroll

[dryada]

moodboard for Dionysus! 💜

[liber69]

FIXISAWITCH >>>>> LIBER69

[liber69]

your magical practice and your religion can coexist without intermingling