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I’d have to wait months or even years for another chance to reblog this, so why the fuck not?
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A Dabbler’s week of DIY Witchery
All us witches are steamed about the nonsense article where the person tried to become a witch in a week and concluded that we were anti-vax science deniers. We can all be annoyed at the article, but @asksecularwitch had a better idea to suggest what we would have someone do to explore witchcraft for a week or to dabble in witchcraft. There’s no shame in dabbling! How are you ever going to know if you like something if you don’t dabble?
So, here’s mine. I preface it with saying that I am an agnostic secular witch and I call my practice DIY Witchery. So, here’s how to explore that if it’s a think you might like doing.
Day 1: Clean your fucking room!
I’m not going to say what day of the week you should start. My weekend is Wednesday/Thursday so start whenever you want. You know what, you don’t even have to do this one day after another day if something comes up, just the idea that you intend to do all of it is a good start.
What you need: Tea light, safety pin, a match or lighter, a notebook, a pen, and a lot of work.
The first day of any project is almost always the most exciting one and the one that you are more inclined to put effort into. So, we are going to go big!
Clean your room! I mean it. Wash and put away your clothes, change your sheets, sweep or vacuum your floor, wash your windows, dust, change that burnt out lightbulb, take all the dishes out of your room, take your trash out and I mean the trash literally and figuratively. While you are cleaning your room think about what you want to gain from a week of exploring witchcraft. What are your interests in witchcraft? Do you want to do spells? Do you want to feel more safe? Are you interested in self-care? Do you like plants/cooking/animals and think there is something more you can do with these interests in an esoteric or occult way? Do you just want to see what all this new age woo fuss is about? All of these are valid reasons so keep them in mind when we go on to the next step and also keep your mind open because all of these things could change and that’s okay too. Then, take a bath or shower and get all that cleaning grime off you. There’s a reason “shower thoughts” hit us the way they do. Our body is relaxed and processing things differently so keep thinking about those thoughts you’ve had all day and what you are going to do with them.
Do you have an altar? I’ll bet you do! It doesn’t have to be all candles, cauldrons, and goblets and shit. It could be a flat surface where you have trinket boxes you received as gifts or an area where you have photos of friends and loved ones, or maybe a desk with your computer which is like a link to the world. We all create these spaces because they are pleasing and they remind us of who we are. Sometimes these get cluttered with empty ice cream tubs, keys, receipts, random paper but that’s why you cleaned your room so you can keep this space clear for the week. For this week, we’ll call this space “your space”
It may have been a long day and you are probably tired but you are almost done. Look around your room and admire your work. Seriously, a deep clean is so much work but so fulfilling when it is done. Get yourself a snack (or order some food if your budget allows) and get something to drink and find a cozy place to sit with your notebook.
Okay, get your snack and your drink and get that tealight candle and with a safety pin or a knife or something and carve something into the candle like “witchcraft” or “witch week” or “let’s dabble”, basically something that states that this is something you want work on. Place that in your space and light it while you write in your notebook. Think about all that stuff you were thinking about while you were cleaning. What interests you in witchcraft? If there are any aspects of witchcraft that interest you, write that down. State that you are starting this DIY project in earnest and are actually interested in taking it on. Part of taking up this project is too look at the world in a new way. The world is full of tools that might be useful if you learned to look at them in a different way. This week if you feel the urge to pick up weird objects off the ground to be used later or things that catch you eye like an acorn cap, bottle cap, or a literal fork you find it the road, or even if you see an object you can afford to buy that you think might be useful, do it. These collected things will be used for a divination project at the end of the week. Collect them and place them in your space throughout the week and document where you find them. Keep in mind your commitment to this DIY project all week when you are making choices. Remember if you decide to change your goals that’s cool.
Day 2 - Energy, Grounding & Centering
Yesterday was a lot of work so today we are going to do a quick exercise called Gounding and Centering. A simple exercise that a lot of witchcraft books I started on always mentioned that seems to be out of fashion or just skipped these days. I find it is a good trick to keep in my pocket for when I’m am upset of scared or anxious and not just for casting spells or whatever.
The general idea is to feel energy moving or to at least visualize it or maybe understand it in a strange intellectual way. It’s good to keep you in the moment, for me at least. First, let’s talk about the body and energy and how weird it is that we are alive and how our body has all these electrical impulses shooting through our nerves and telling my fingers to type this right now, ya? Being alive is pretty neat. What does a process that happens without thought feel like? Put your hands/palms together less than an inch apart without touching and think about the feeling. is it warm? Is it prickly? Does it feel like magnets repelling each other? Move your hands back and forth with the same short distance between them. Do you feel anything? It’s okay if you don’t, just try it. Write down your thoughts in your notebook.
This is what is called a visualization and sometimes people aren’t really into it or are unable to do it and that’s okay but at least give it a try The traditional grounding and centering is to sit comfortably on the floor, in a chair, or on your bed in your beautifully clean room. Sit comfortably, relax your shoulders, unclench your jaw, and notice your breathing, count to whatever numbers in and out that makes sense to you, I like 3s but maybe 5s or 7s are more you jam?
Traditionally your are supposed to visualize yourself as a tree with a tap root from the base of your spine going deep into the earth and drawing energy up and into your body as you focus on your breathing. This would be a way to draw energy for spell work but we aren’t going to do that so just send that energy right back where it came from. I actually like to physically touch my hands to the ground to shed excess energy. Maybe that visualization doesn’t work for you. It’s not really my thing. I imagine a specific location that is a watershed and all the water that falls for many square miles heads to the river, trickles through rocks to a specific place. I gather that and hold what I need and let what I don’t need pass though like the spillway of a damn. It’s more of a receptacle kind of thing for me. Maybe you like the idea of fire filling a room with warmth or the air down a canyon or some sort of science thing like water cycles, heat transference, or osmosis. Write down your thoughts about this experiement, try it a few times in one way and maybe a few times throughout this week.
Day 3- Perception and Animism
What you need: a bus pass and the ability to go outside, and your notebook
Part of this whole witch exercise is look at the world differently so go outside, talk to a tree, watch patterns in nature including humans doing human things like riding the bus or grocery shopping. Don’t wear headphones. Interact with strangers that approach you. Pretend they are NPCs in a video game. Take your notebook with you. Write down any thoughts that come to you about the things you see or feel. Write something on a piece of paper you want to get rid of like a bad date, a habit you would like to quit, an intrusive thought, and throw it away in the garbage in a public place and don’t look back. That’s a small kind of spell. If you see some change on the ground pick it up. If you see anything of interest fallen on the ground and you feel comfortable picking it up take in home and put it in your space for later, do it. Maybe go to a thrift store and see if anything catches your eye. Does your space need a tealight candle holder? I like to say I go to thrift stores to see if anything ones to come home with me.
Animism is the idea that everything (plants, animals, houses, cars, pencils, etc) has a soul, maybe you don’t believe in souls, I’m a bit iffy on the topic myself. But I do believe things and places have unique essences that make them what they are. I like to call myself a “soft-animist”. Things are created with purpose like a spoon. How do you interact with the spoon doing a spoon thing? Why does a certain smell lift your spirit? Why do you even have a favorite color? This day what about interacting with the essences of things. Things move us without our thinking about it, how do you move things? How do you interact with the world? Write about it in your notebook.
Day 4 - Correspondences and Critical Thinking
What you need: the internet, critical thinking skills, and your notebook
This one might take some time and I kind of apologize but you do have a clean room and the internet so you don’t have to go find some shitty new age book in the bookstore. A lot of witchcraft and spellcraft is based on the use of correspondences for spell ingredients. You will see a lot of these lists that are like “rose quarts is for love” and “rosemary is for everything” or “the color blue is for tranquility and green is for prosperity but also fertility” You will just see lists of these things with no explanation and you are just supposed to memorize them I guess? If you get really detailed some will mention what astrological sign or planet they are associated with even the classical elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. These elements show up in modern witchcraft a lot, they aren’t really my thing, but worth exploring even as a metaphor if you have the time. You’ll also see correspondences for days of the week and hours of the day or season of the year. These ingredients get put in jars, or sachets, or burned in spells. A Correspondence list is just stuff that is associated with a desired outcome of a of spell.
Some of these are based in astrological concepts or the movement of planets as observed through western mystery traditions. Some concepts of correspondences are filtered through folk magic and the idea that like attracts like, this is called Sympathetic magic. It’s like what you did if you wrote a bad date on paper and tossed it in the trash the other day. See, you did a spell! There is also the Doctrine of Signatures stating that plants that look like things like a plant that looks like a heart is good for your heart or a plant that grows aggressively is good for making a spell to make something move faster.
This is why there are endless lists of correspondences. You can go look up some endless lists of correspondences to see what I mean. Does this sort of historical context mean anything to you? Does timing mean anything to you? What if you made your own correspondences? What would that look like? What if you hate the color orange because it was your ex-husband’s favorite color? Then chuck it out of the rainbow mix! Plants and other things are often gendered, why?
Pick 3 herbs in your spice cabinet or a plant you found outside and look up the magical correspondence for it. Does it make sense to you? If not, what do you think would better represent a desired outcome? What colors, plants, flowers, sounds make you happy or sad, write that down.
Day 5 - Sigils
What you need: Pen and paper
I love sigils but the idea of what they are and how they work has been changing lately. I’m kind of old school with sigils. The idea is that you have a statement of something you want to achieve, but you write it in the present. Maybe you have decided you want to be a witch so you write “I AM A WITCH” now, drop the vowels, “M W T C H” now take those letters and turn them into a symbol, overlap the letters, make it look pleasing to you. There! You have a sigil. I like to keep these around for a few days until you forget what it was supposed to be. The idea is that you take in the idea of the symbol and it becomes part of you, then you burn it and the sigil is gone but still resides in you. There’s are lots of ways for sigils to operate these day it seems, some are charged through self pleasuring before being destroyed, some act like a sticker that you place on something and it stays there and is not destroyed, I just like to hang out with them subtly reminding myself of whatever the reason I crafted it. I highly suggest reading this article on Run Soup about sigils and images in general and how they affect humans.
Day 6 - Knot Spell
What you need: a length of swing or rope
This is a fairly simple folk charm. There’s a lot you can do with fiber art and magic but we’ll start here. Get a length of string, or dental floss or an old shoelace, whatever can be tied 9 times. If you wanna feel witchy, light the candle in your space in your clean room. Think of something you would like to manifest like waking up on time to get to work early or remembering to water your houseplants, do that grounding and centering thing from day 2, then tie the length of thread in order as outlined in this image while saying each line of the spell. Now you would let go of that energy and eat some food. Leave the knotted string in your space. Write down your thoughts on the experience.
Day 7 - Divination
What you need: A book, some way to listen to music digital and all the stuff you picked up off the ground
When people think of divination they think of tarot cards or reading tea leaves but there’s lots of different kinds of divination and there’s no reason to fork over money for a tarot deck when it just might not be your thing. I don’t know how it works or why it works but I’m more inclined to say that our brain is paying attention to everything and we fixate on symbols and archetypes because they remind of what our unconscious has been sorting out while we’ve been sleeping.
I’m going to suggest three forms of divination: Biliomancy, Shufflemancy, and Cleromancy. Pick one or pick all three if you feel like it. If you guessed bibliomancy was about books, you would be correct! Originally it was to use the bible but any big book will do, especially if the books means something to you. I have this lovely edition of Lord of the Rings that’s fantastic for this. Close your eyes, you can do the grounding and centering thing if you would like, think of a question, open the book to a random page, point your finger and read the line. Did you get some sort of answer?
Shufflemancy would be putting your music on shuffle and asking a questions for and for the next track to give you some insight.
Cleromancy is divination through small objects. It often has to do with tossing the objects and observing where they land in relation to each other but we are just going to simplify it. Remember all that stuff you picked up off the street? You didn’t do it? That’s okay. Get a small bag or maybe a stock or something and gather some small object, the ones you found or some other objects that will fit in the bag. Ask a question, toss the bag around a bit and let one object fall out. What does that object mean to you? Was it something you found? Where did you find it and under what circumstances? Was it a gift from a friend or something that has special meaning? Write it down in your notebook.
And thus concludes your week of dabbling in DIY Witchery. Maybe you hated it, but at least you have a clean room.
it's so stupid, adhd is a dozen vaguely related neuroses in a trench coat, including such popular hits as
Can't Fucking Sleep Disorder
Can't Fucking Wake Up Disorder
What Is A Focus
Oops I Did It* Again (*Spent Thirteen Hours On Youtube And Forgot To Eat Or Drink)
The World Is Too Noise Today
All My Friends Hate Me (I Deduced This From A Three Word Text)
I Forgot About [thing] Literally As Soon As I Turned Around
...and they decided to call it Trouble Sitting Still Disorder?????
Every other time I draw or use a dollmaker to look like Iden, he just. He turns out looking exactly like Prince.
I didn’t plan this. I didn’t want this. But whichever muse presides over trashy sci-fi romance novellas has decided that Iden is just Prince, and that’s okay.
CASE IN POINT
ok originally he didn’t have the mustache but that’s Prince, right? that’s Prince, after a really bad party?
I believe the muses in question would be Urania, Calliope, or Erato...possibly Euterpe.
Erato however, is probably the culprit as she governs over romance writings.
Reblogging this once more because my mom and I legitimately laughed to tears.
this is my favorite video on the internet
mental health tip: save this video. watch it when you’re sad. it’s the best goddamn thing on the internet
Bi guys are awesome 💖💜💙
Monetizing tumblr is easy, just give it to anthropologists so they can monitor all the bullshit subcultures
Some 14 year old: I think my imaginary friend should have the right to vote
Some 39 year old: I agree completely
Guy in a lab coat: *can't fucking write fast enough*
As an aspiring sociologist, Tumblr, Reddit, Facebook, and Discord will be my 4 areas of focus when it comes to studying online subcultures and communities and what impacts that result from them.
Tag Yourself
Traveling Tarot: offers readings to random people on the bus
Cranky Crystals: do not bother me while I'm holding my amethyst.
Simple Smoke: I have the perfect incense for this!!!
A Spooky Bitch: not sure if they're doing spirit work or having a picnic in the cemetery.....its both
HERBert: has a bag of herbs and spices at all times
Flower Child: I can put together a tea party based around ANY FLOWER I WANT. The tea is made with flowers, the treats are made with flowers, I'll name my first born after a flower!
Wicks and Winks: Fuck your lamps, I have CANDLES!!!!
She sells Sea Shells: will plan a weekend at the beach and clear it of all shells for the Aphrodite aesthetic
The Inside joker: hey guys, guys I'm eating a pomegranate....guys
Arts and Crafts: will raid every craft and hobby shop to get jars and bottles, and build the ultimate fairy village
Potterhead: wands....makes wands, buys wands, knows everyone's wand core, will replicate harry potter spells.
Hocus Pocus: *bursts through the door October 1st covered in Halloween decor* GUESS WHAT FUCKING TIME IT IS
I'm Sea Shells, Arts and Crafts, and Hocus Pocus 😂
I’m A Spooky Bitch, Flower Child, The Inside Joker, Arts and Crafts, and Hocus Pocus
Traveling Tarot and A Spooky Bitch
here’s a compilation of tiktoks that just convey an array of human emotions
‘lol what if Crowley had freckles that were stars in his skin until they were burned out when he fell’
*POUNDS FISTS ON THE DESK*
STAR FRECKLES STAR FRECKLES STAR FRECKLES!!!!!!
Hellooooo and Welcome!
This is your brand, shiny new Mod Hanged Woman welcoming you to our new Spirit Matchmaking Blog! We do not take money here, no no, for all of our RAs (reverse adoptions for you new folxs) are free! Any CCs (custom conjures) will be paid on a sliding scale to be discussed on a Paid Services post. We will have a few other paid goodies, so please check out that post if you can!
For now, I have exciting news! To kick the store off, we’re having a giveawaaaay!
First I need to go over the very boring rules, then we can get into the fun stuff (PRIZES!):
1) This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Tumblr.
2) You don’t need to be over 16 to enter BUT only those who are 16 or older will be able to win a prize. Sorry, but them’s the breaks.
3) Send a question to/for one of the spirits currently listed! Their profiles should be listed shortly after this has been posted. Asks to this blog and questions in the discord server will both be counted.
4) Reblog this post and follow the blog (We will be checking!)
5) Join our discord! The link can be found here: Discord
6) You only get entries for sending questions, and only for decent questions! “What’s your favourite color?” five times will count as 1 entry.
7) Winners will be chosen on 9/31/2019 For the prizes!
There is only one prize this time around!
The winner will receive either an RA or a CC (depending on if we have a spirit that fulfills what they would like already), a charm for that spirit, a 5 card tarot spread, and a spell done by Mod Hanged Woman (that’s me) to help you and your new companion connect!
We’ll be making the posts for spirits shortly (at least one will be posted today) so feel free to head over to our discord to start!
Best of luck to everyone!!
OP also came back a few years later and came out as a trans girl, and a lesbian.
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Major Arcana and the Gods and Goddesses🌙
I’m only covering Egyptian, Roman, and Greek Gods and Goddesses here, so if you have more to add, feel free!
0. The Fool➡️Uranus
Egyptian: Harpakhered, Bes, Shu
Roman: Pan, Silvanus, Aeolus
Greek: Pan, Aeolas, Zeus
1. The Magician➡️Mercury
Egyptian: Ptah, Thoth
Roman: Mercury
Greek: Hermes
2. High Priestess➡️Moon
Egyptian: Isis (as priestess), Khonsu
Roman: Ceres, Luna, Diana
Greek: Demeter, Selene, Artemis, Hecate
3. The Empress➡️Venus
Egyptian: Mut, Isis (as mother), Hathor
Roman: Juno, Venus
Greek: Hera, Aphrodite
4. The Emperor➡️Aries
Egyptian: Amon, Horus, Khnum
Roman: Jupiter, Mars, Minerva
Greek: Zeus, Aries, Athena
5. The Hierophant➡️Taurus
Egyptian: Osiris, Serapis
Roman: Liber Pater
Greek: Dionysos Zagreus
6. The Lovers➡️Gemini
Egyptian: Isis & Osiris, The Merti
Roman: Venus & Mars, Janus
Greek: Eros & Psyche, Aphrodite & Ares, Castor & Pollux
7. The Chariot➡️Cancer
Egyptian: Khepera
Roman: Apollo
Greek: Apollo
8. Strength➡️ Leo
Egyptian: Sekhet, Bast
Roman: Hercules, Vesta
Greek: Heracles, Hestia
9. The Hermit➡️Virgo
Egyptian: Atum
Roman: Saturn, Vesta, Proserpina
Greek: Cronos, Persephone, Astraea
10. The Wheel➡️Jupiter
Egyptian: Amoun
Roman: Jupiter, Fortuna
Greek: Zeus, Tyche
11. Justice➡️Libra
Egyptian: Maat
Roman: Minerva
Greek: Themis, Athena
12. Hanged Man➡️Neptune
Egyptian: Osiris, Nu, Tefnut, Mut
Roman: Liber Pater, Neptune
Greek: Adonis, Poseidon, Dionysus
13. Death➡️Scorpio
Egyptian: Anubis, Nephthys
Roman: Pluto, Mars
Greek: Thanatos, Ares, Hades
14. Temperance➡️Sagittarius
Egyptian: Neith
Roman: Diana
Greek: Artemis, Chiron, Iris, Hermaphroditus
15. The Devil➡️Capricorn
Egyptian: Set, Apep, Min
Roman: Faunus, Bacchus
Greek: Priapus, Pan
16. The Tower➡️Mars
Egyptian: Horus, Montu
Roman: Mars
Greek: Ares
17. The Star➡️Aquarius
Egyptian: Sothis, Hor Wer
Roman: Juventas, Juno, Venus
Greek: Hebe, Ganymede, Astraea, Aphrodite
18. The Moon➡️Pisces
Egyptian: Khonsu, Anubis
Roman: Luna, Diana, Neptune
Greek: Selene, Artemis, Hecate, Poseidon
19. The Sun➡️Sun
Egyptian: Ra
Roman: Sol, Apollo
Greek: Helios, Apollo
20. Judgment➡️Pluto
Egyptian: Neith, Neter, Heka, Osiris, Aten
Roman: Vulcan
Greek: Hephaestus
21. The World➡️Saturn
Egyptian: Ptah, Geb
Roman: Saturn, Tellus, Ceres
Greek: Chronos, Gaea, Demeter
Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) “Mercury” (1545-1553) Bronze Mannerism
Mercury is a major Roman god, and he is the patron of financial gain, commerce, eloquence (poetry, messages, communication, and divination), travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery, and thieves. He is also the guide of souls to the underworld. In his earliest forms, he appears to have been related to the Etruscan deity Turms, and both gods share characteristics with the Greek god Hermes.
