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[comikbook]

ngl the most important thing i was taught growing up was that its not enough to just be anti racist but to also be pro black

[comikbook]

hating racists is good ! but if youre only hating the oppressor and not uplifting the oppressed all you are doing is using a performative method to direct your anger at. being angry is good, but its not enough. you have to love too. uplift the ones that should be uplifted. celebrate black art and culture and people. celebrate blackness for the beauty it is

[identitty-dickruption]

it’s like this.

if you only have one person in your life that you trust, you probably are always going to turn to that person when something shit happens. as well as whenever something good happens. or anything else. this is not inherently a bad thing, and it’s really beautiful to have someone in your life that you trust so much

but if that person is suddenly busy or going through something difficult themselves or doesn’t have emotional capacity for a while, suddenly there’s a problem. not necessarily through any fault of your own, you don’t have anyone to turn to with as much regularity as you did before

this is true of any kind of relationship. this is true of any kind of coping mechanism, also. the problem is not that you trust that person. the problem is not that you use that coping mechanism. the problem is not even that there’s something wrong with you and that it’s all your fault. the problem is that nothing can be everything

the solution is not to cut off your one trusted person or to cut yourself off from your one trusted coping mechanism. the solution is to do the difficult work of diversifying your life as much as it’s possible for you to do. which is why it sucks so much when external factors prevent you from being able to live a truly diverse life. okay that’s all have a good one

[theconcealedweapon]

Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it's a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.

Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can't. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it's okay to not be strong.

Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they're capable.

Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.

Some children are constantly reminded "you're the child, I'm the adult" in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.

Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person's experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.

[juniper-divination-and-witchery]

Protecting home and fortune: Irish folk customs for Bealtaine

Bealtaine, also known as May Day, marked a pivotal point in the Irish calendar. It signified the arrival of summer, a time of light, warmth, and the promise of a bountiful season ahead. However, Bealtaine also held a sense of unease. This was a time when the boundary between our world and the Otherworld thinned, inviting the potential for both blessings and misfortune from the unpredictable Good Neighbors. To navigate this delicate balance, people turned to time-honored traditions and a heightened awareness of the risks of everyday life.

Appeasing the Good Neighbors

On Bealtaine, it was widely believed that the Good Neighbors became particularly active. To ensure their goodwill and prevent them from causing mischief, people would leave out food and drink as offerings. The belief was that the the Good Neighbors were attracted to these offerings and would be less likely to cause trouble if they were satisfied.

You all know May is the month of the fairies. Great people or men that lived long ago rises from their graves on every night in the month of May to fight the old battles that they fought long ago these men are called fairies. The bad fairies do great harm and trouble in the month of May they kill cattle take away milk and butter from the cows and alot of other mischief. Source

"The fairies come around our houses too to do mischief as well as they come to the cattle; you should sweep the hearth very clean and leave food aside for them. If you don't the fairies will come when you are asleep and will torment you by tricking you or pinching you." Source

Primrose

Primrose was believed to ward off the Good Neighbors, and scattering them in the doorways and window sills of the home created a barrier no troublesome spirit could cross.

"During the first three days [of May] fairies entered the house. They came disguised as old men or women in order to steal coals and in order to prevent them primroses were scattered on the doorway no fairy could pass this flower." Source

"The best preventive of fairy power was to scatter primroses on the threshold, for no one could pass the flowers and and the house and house-hold were left in peace." Source

"Guard the house by a string of primroses across the door on the first three days of May. The fairies can pass neither over nor under the string." Source

Rowan

This tree was seen as potent protection against otherworldly forces. A branch hung above a cow's stable door could ward off those who might steal the milk, ensuring the cow's blessing for the year. Branches decorated with spring flowers were also placed around the house for a bit of extra good luck.

On May Day before sunrise the eldest member of the family gets up, he goes out, pulls a branch of the rowan tree and hangs it over the cow's stable door. This is done to prevent the fairies from taking any of the milk from the cows. Source

Another custom is to get a branch of Rowan tree and decorate it with may flowers and primroses and leave it in the middin standing. Then strew may-flowers into each outhouse door and on the doorstep and in the windowsills. This is to welcome the good fairies so that there will be good luck round the year. Source

If you put a rowan tree up the Chimney nothing can bring the butter out of the house. Source

The May bush: blessing and protection

The May bush was a common custom in Ireland, particularly in Leinster, South and West Ulster, and some areas of Munster and Connaught. The May bush often featured hawthorn branches brought home and decorated with flowers, ribbons, and colorful eggshells saved from Easter.

The May bush was believed to protect the home from evil spirits, particularly fairies and witches. It was also thought to bring good luck and prosperity, especially in relation to milk and butter production.

It is a great custom also to make a May bush on May day. This consists of a bush, which is put standing in the dungpit. The bush is decorated with flowers and eggshells. The eggshells are kept after Easter Sunday. Source

On May morning a Maybush was placed outside each house. It usually was a yellow furze bush with a number of eggshells stuck on the thorns. Source

The people around this place make May-bushes on the first of May. They pull a bush and gather flowers and tie them on to the bush with strings and stick it on the ground and after that they say their prayers around it to honour our Blessed Mother and they make a little Altar and put flowers every day on it during May. The people long ago used to make May-bushes and they also used to make a little Altar. Source

The evening before the first of May the people go out and get a piece of a certain tree which they call May Pole. They put this bush outside the door and they put all the egg shells they had on Easter Sunday on it. They also put a lot of flowers out side too. If the people do not put up the May Pole the fairies will come. They also tie May Pole to the cow's tail and if they do not, the fairies come and take the milk from the cow. Source

Guarding your luck

Bealtaine is a time that came with a heightened fear that any careless act could invite bad luck for the whole year. During Bealtaine, even seemingly simple acts held risk.

Giving away even staples like milk, butter, or coins risked also surrendering your good fortune. Lending a tool or sharing even a hot coal from your hearth could lead to unexpected misfortune.

On May eve no one cares to give away any milk or butter fearing their luck would be taken. Source

Long ago the people used to have a large number of pisreogs on May day...They would not give away anything to anybody on May day, only to a beggar man. When he would come in they would give him great welcome. They would say he was bringing in the good luck. The old people would not allow anybody to bring fire outside the door. Everybody would have matches on May day. The old people would not allow any fire outside the door. Source

On May Eve or May Day nothing is given out of the house. Source

They considered it unlucky to give butter or milk way to any person on May Day as they would be giving away their luck. No stables were to be cleaned out on that day. The first person to go to the well in the morning was supposed to have luck for the rest of the year. It is not right to give money to anyone on that day. But if you get money on that day you will be getting it for the year. Source

The people of the house do not put out the ashes on that day or if a person asked for a coal they would be refused. Source

Another custom of the Irish, they would not lend any article or give either milk or food even to beggars. They would not light a fire on May Day until it was late in the day for fear that the people would see the smoke and would bring the butter. Source

The customs surrounding Bealtaine offer a fascinating glimpse into the rich tapestry of Irish folklore and the enduring human desire to shape our luck through ritual and tradition. Whether leaving offerings to appease unseen spirits, scattering flowers as wards against misfortune, or cautiously guarding their possessions, people sought to influence the unseen forces that shaped their lives. These traditions, born in a different time, speak to a fundamental human desire for control, for a sense of agency in the face of an uncertain world. While the specific fears and beliefs may have shifted, the impulse to use ritual and superstition as a means of navigating life's unpredictability remains surprisingly relatable.

[delphynios]

Words of Eddie Buczynski (1947-1989), a gay Wiccan, on his exit from his coven due to the treatment of homosexuality in the Craft.

Eddie went on to create the Minoan Brotherhood, a path of Minoan spirituality with an emphasis on male homoeroticism, which would also develop a sister organization, the Minoan Sisterhood.

via Bull of Heaven by Michael G. Lloyd

[ioqayin]

He would never know what he did to pave the way for the rest of us. There are so many queer members of the priesthood now. He was an innovator, brilliant, and I wonder what beautiful creations he would have continued to make were he alive today. A true priest of the Great Mother <3

[chrispineofficial]

it’s 2028. trump is dead. elon is dead. zuckerberg is dead bezos is dead they’re all dead

[chrispineofficial]

jd vance and rfk jr are in prison

[chrispineofficial]

mike pence is having a really bad time in a low rent retirement home

[nevercure]

Update! Luigi's Attorney Dickey confirms that his "outburst" where he tells the cameras that this is unjust, was because he was never read his miranda rights and was under the impression at that time that he was being denied the right to a fair trial, an attorney, or any legal representation.

He is angry and terrified in that footage because they have failed to follow basic procedure to inform him that he has any rights at all. This is a major red flag of police corruption. This is UNACCEPTABLE and further means any interrogation they did of him is unlawful, and inadmissible in court.

[nevercure]

God I hope this is true because that alone can get this entire case thrown out. I hope the judge laughs the entire prosecution out of the court.

Judge: let me get this straight. You didn't DNA test him because New York sidewalk is too contaminated, didn't fingerprint him because you don't have usable fingerprints at the scene, you have no way of knowing he's even the right guy, no one can identify that it's him in the footage, even fbi facial recognition software can't recognize him as the cctv suspect, AND you interrogated him under duress, and that's the ONLY thing you have on him? The thing that's defacto null and void because none of you can follow even basic procedure?

[luminouspica]

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

Get that innocent man out of prison.

[dvoeverie-stitches]

A bit of my folklore, calendar customs, and goddess library that I use to inspire my folk stitching.

[dvoeverie-stitches]

It’s only grown since I took these pics

[slavicafire]

unfortunately my other childhood crush is here. first girl I fancied. she had a happy trail at the age of 14 - I was 12 and smitten in the most confusing way - and my mother forbade me from seeing her due to "unholy influence". we made blood pacts and swore on lucifer and danced under the moonlight. I saw her one summer for the final time and then never again - only once, when she was out in the forest, riding her horse. what a sight it was, good dark gods, what a sight it was.

I haven't seen her in, what, 15 years? I thought seeing her now would mean nothing at all, just like the men I used to fancy as a teenage girl.

I was wrong. very wrong, in fact.

[slavicafire]

she holds my hand and I brush against her arm, and it's as rough and coarse as I remember - she shaves them, for a thousand of ridiculous reasons ashamed of the dark hair - and I feel like a stupid teen again.

she laughs recalling the last time we met - that summer, the drawing she gifted me that my mother found, all of it - and she tells me, in her strange and raspy voice "you were such a peculiar child. I loved how strange you were. it broke my heart a bit when we weren't allowed to be friends no more, back then, and sometimes I still miss you...

especially when I wake up in the middle of the night, haunted by the many ghosts of my house, and I know you'd alone understand what I feel when they stand at the edge of me bed"

[dvoeverie-stitches]

First 2 photos my embroidery.

Last 2 from: Goddess Embroideries of Eastern Europe by Mary B. Kelly, 1996

[pointnclick]

"we live in an uncaring universe." sorry the special planet full of beauty and animals and food literally growing out of the ground isnt good enough for you. i guess

[thats-howthelightgets-in]

"we live in an uncaring universe" EVERYTHING ALIVE CARES SO MUCH. EVERYTHING WANTS TO LIVE AND EXPERIENCE AND CARE EVEN PLANTS AND BUGS AND FUNGUS AND MICROBES AND SQUIRRELS AND TURTLES AND DEER. WE LIVE ON ONE OF THE ONLY ROCKS IN THE UNIVERSE THAT WE ARE CERTAIN HAS THIS PHENOMENA AND IT IS TEEMING, OVERFLOWING WITH THINGS THAT WANT TO GROW AND TOUCH THE SUN. WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU FOCUSING ON THE VAST VOID THAT SURROUNDS OUR PLANET INSTEAD OF THE NEVERENDING RECIPROCAL CYCLE OF LIFE THAT WILL CRADLE YOU TILL YOUR BONES DISSOLVE

[lokavisi]

Not to mention that the Triple Goddess "archetype" reinforces gender roles/stereotypes and sometimes bioessentialism when placed in the "right" hands.

[cryptonature]

Some of you need to get more comfortable with blocking people/pages.

Don't think of it as a declaration of war. Think of it as not inviting them back into your day.

Social media is like cooking. It's easier if you clean while you're doing it.

[lailoken]

In the early hours of August 14, my deeply beloved animal companion—my precious Beauregard—passed away gently while sleeping next to me.

I want so badly to say something beautiful and meaningful about all this. I really wish to do him justice when speaking about him. But the truth is, my pain runs deep, and there is nothing I could ever say that would adequately explain how special he was or how completely I love him. Though, I will try my best.

He was my friend, my teacher, my healer, my guardian, and my lighthouse in a world sometimes wreathed with mist. He was, quite genuinely, my soulmate, and having the chance to share these embodied lives together is one of the greatest gifts I have ever been granted by the universe. If I could spend another century with him, I would, and it would still never be enough. But the almost thriteen years I did get will be treasured for the rest of my days—especially when the last two of those were so miraculously unlikely that his whole ventrinary clinic grew to regard him with awe. I frequently felt awe for him, myself, and I firmly believe that his bravery, kindness, and generosity helped me to become a better person.

Above are a set of final Mourning Portraits, which my family takes to aid with the grieving process by reframing death as a beautiful rite of passage. I hope that, by sharing this experience and these pictures, I am able to remind others that we can choose to treat death and dying as sacred.

Just as we did for his brother almost exactly a year ago, we washed his body, anointed it with holy oils, and surrounded it with an arrangement of flora harvested from our land. When the time came, I lowered him into the ground of our consecrated Bone Yard, shrouded him in petals and greenery, and sang sweetly to him, before laying him to rest beneath a blanket of earth.

I ache to hold you in the way I once did, my dear one, but I know that our relationship does not end here. Though the nature of our bond has changed, it is far from gone, and it will only continue to evolve and grow, even after my own flesh has returned to the Earth. Thank you for everything, Beau. I will remember you as long as I live, and I will love you forever.

[magickfromscratch]

As an addendum: I talked to my therapist about spiritual psychosis, because I've had visions, and I have a therapist, and she had some thoughts.

If you are noodling over what kinds of spiritual experiences are psychologically healthy and not, Abraham Maslow wrote a book called _Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences_ that you should probably read.

Psychosis comes with compulsions. If you have an experience and still feel free to choose for yourself what you do and do not do, religiously speaking, it's not spiritual psychosis. Spiritual psychosis is psychosis with spiritual window dressing. It is spiritually themed, but not actually spiritual in nature, if that makes any sense. If your visions are threatening, and you feel like you can't say no to them, that is spiritual psychosis. If Hekate appears and tells you everything is going to be ok, but you should probably work on being nicer to people (and you think about that, and tell her maybe, but that's really hard, and you don't know if you can do that) that isn't.

Another problem, also with spiritual window dressing, but far more common, is spiritual bypassing. This is when you use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks. So, if you take a theological position that the gods hate everyone who does X because it triggers your trauma, that is spiritual by-passing. If the gods comfort you when you are hurting, that is not.

Edit: If you want to know what causes psychosis, here is an article. Funky religious and spiritual practices aren't on the list.

[blackcrowing]

My professor always told me the rule of thumb should be the 4 Ds

is it Devient? is it outside the norms of your culture/society/family?

is it Distressing? are you bothered by what is happening?

is it Disfuctional? are you unable to go about your day because of it?

is it Dangerous? are you afraid you or someone around you is going to be hurt because of it?

If it doesn't hit one of the 4 Ds, don't even worry about it. If it hits 1 of the Ds you may want to keep an eye on it or look for a professional to help you access more in depth. (this goes for all abnormal psychology, not just psychosis)

[breelandwalker]

Witchcraft Exercises

Just a quick compilation of the posts I've made about exercises to help improve your craft. These can be used as journaling prompts, inspiration for activities, or as methods for pulling yourself out of a slump and recharging your witchy inspiration.

Witchcraft Exercise - Quantifying Your Craft

Witchcraft Exercise - Dig Through The Ditches

Witchcraft Exercise - The Book of Lessons

Witchcraft Exercise - Home Brews

Witchcraft Exercise - Witchy Inspo Journal

Witchcraft Exercise - Spring Cleaning

Witchcraft Exercise - Creating Correspondences

Witchcraft Exercise - Creating Your Own Runes

Witchcraft Exercise - Shakespearean Witchcraft

Witchcraft Exercise - Music To Witch By

Related Prompt - Music to Witch By

Witchcraft Exercise - Annual Review

Most of these are also available in the May 2021 bonus episode of Hex Positive (check your favorite podcatcher).

Happy Witching!

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[jager-bruder]

[queen-scribbles]