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One Word Sigil Spell: Sospidonum
An incantation to invoke a sense of safety and home. The spell draws upon the feeling of the hearth: the sensation of warmth that protects you from the cold, the light that shines away the dark and shadows. Can be used to ward against fear and anxiety, and to make a place or situation more welcoming.
"How can I be a witch/pagan without falling for conspiracy theories/New Age cult stuff?" starter kit
Posts & Articles
Check your conspiracy theory. Does any of it sound like this?
Check your conspiracy theory part two: double, double, boil and trouble.
QAnon is an old form of anti-Semitism in a new package, experts say
Some antisemitic dogwhistles to watch out for
Eugenicist and bioessentialist beliefs about magic
New Age beliefs that derive from racist pseudoscience
The New Age concept of ascension - what is it?
A quick intro to starseeds
Starseeds: Nazis in Space?
Reminder that the lizard alien conspiracy theory is antisemitism
The Ancient Astronaut Hypothesis is Racist and Harmful
The Truth About Atlantis
Why the Nazis were obsessed with finding the lost city of Atlantis
The Nazis' love affair with the occult
Occultism in Nazism
Red flag names in cult survivor resources/groups (all of them are far right conspiracy theorists/grifters)
The legacy of implanted Satanic abuse ‘memories’ is still causing damage today
Why Satanic Panic never really ended
Dangerous Therapy: The Story of Patricia Burgus and Multiple Personality Disorder
Remember a Previous Life? Maybe You Have a Bad Memory
A Case of Reincarnation - Reexamined
Crash and Burn: James Leininger Story Debunked
Debunking Myths About Easter/Ostara
Just How Pagan is Christmas, Really?
The Origins of the Christmas Tree
No, Santa Claus Is Not Inspired By Odin
Why Did The Patriarchal Greeks And Romans Worship Such Powerful Goddesses?
No, Athena Didn't Turn Medusa Into A Monster To Protect Her
Who Was the First God?
Were Ancient Civilizations Conservative Or Liberal?
How Misogyny, Homophobia, and Antisemitism Influence Transphobia
Podcasts & Videos
BS-Free Witchcraft
Angela's Symposium
ESOTERICA
ReligionForBreakfast
Weird Reads With Emily Louise
It's Probably (not!) Aliens
Conspirituality
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Behind The Bastards
hi! it’s been a million years since i posted on this blog.
i’ve recently been thinking about expanding my knowledge of kitchen witchcraft a bit and was wondering if anybody had book recommendations or anything to keep in mind?
I feel like I just did this one recently. There are plenty of books out there, but I'd probably start with Arin Murphy Hiscock for an overall view point.
The House Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Space with Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home - Arin Murphy Hiscock
Then perhaps
Skye Alexander - The Kitchen Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Kitchen with Natural Ingredients, Sacred Rituals, and Spellwork (House Witchcraft, Magic, & Spells Series)
A Kitchen Witch's Cookbook - Patricia Telesco. Telesco has been around forever which may be why I keep getting a 70s vibe from this one.
Now highly recommended but a bit pricey is Karen Ainsworth course on Kitchen Witchery. It's online (Karen lives in England) but gives everyone a chance to break away from books and social media and get hands on into their witchcraft. The course is only offered every couple of years or so but a new session starts in May.
9-month online course with High Priestess Karen Ainsworth starting May 2024 • $195 class fee online registration form Due to the amazing suc
“Paganism is dead”
No man it’s just not organized and that’s the way it should be, creating a monoculture for paganism is potentially extremely dangerous to its themes of individualism and personal practices . Yeah we don’t have temples or pilgrimages but that’s because the grace of the natural world/ our deities can be found anywhere and everywhere we don’t need temples our own bodies are pagan temples. Our own flesh and bones are structures of divinity to us, we make altars in our houses and make those our blessed places. Most of paganism is heavily private of course you think it’s dead that and anytime western culture is faced with a polytheistic system it has an absolute hissy fit.
Happy Theogamia Lord Zeus and Lady Hera!
My Wordpress got a spike in visits recently and I wish it hadn't.
If you've been following me for a long time, or have been in the hellenic pagan sphere for many years, you've probably heard of Sarah Kate Istra Winter/dver or of one of their book titled Kharis or perhaps simply heard me bitch about it.
Turns out that the spike in my wordpress stats comes from them linking my blog among other blogs relating to hellenic paganism.
Needless to say, I'm not thrilled. So let me reiterate a few things:
I don't like their books, which I've criticized in past for poor research and historical inaccuracies, but her corpus of works has other, much more important issues. More on this below.
I don't want to be associated with them in any way, shape or form.
Had I been informed of the intent of linking my blog, I would have refused.
Why so harsh, you may ask?
There is a plethora of reasons, but Dver has connections to Sannion, a Dionysian who was very active back in the mid-2010s. He's a neo-nazi, and so are a lot of Dver's connections.
I do not have any tolerance when it comes to fascists, or any far-right bullshit at large and I naively thought I was too small of a blog for this wretched circle of pagans to find me. This blog is no longer small and it happened.
If you need to know more, I will link below some posts from the time Dver/their books were talked about:
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I also encourage anyone who remembers the Dver/Krasskova/Sannion debacle to add to this post with receipts/testimonies/whatever you know because, well, it's been nearly 10 years and I suspect a lot of people simply aren't aware.
If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...
Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?
Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?
Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?
Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?
Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?
Thank you so much for this!
Thinking about the werewolf from the hate mail Lemgo council pharmacist David Welman (1595 - 1669) got after being accused of being a werewolf
it's so fucking cute. That war wlf is frolicking
Someone drew this in anger, they drew this and said "look at what a terrible beast you are"
If this helps the people saying they couldn't find any sources, here. You might need to look at German language resources too.
Unrestrained summer fun 😁
this must be such a delicate experience for a creature that can dive two stories deep and has been seen cliff diving into the ocean
Such a quiet and gentle experience for a megafauna cryptid that can headbutt a speeding truck and walk away It’s like seeing Godzilla in a kiddie pool
During a summer heat wave in Alaska growing up (yes it’s a thing), my dad had several sprinklers and a tractor sprinkler going in the yard. From the woods behind the house suddenly came two young babies and a very large mother.
They came directly towards the tractor sprinkler and sat right down.
My dad verrrrry slowly pulled the hose of the other sprinklers, and repositioned them in the backyard so they would spray grass under the shade of several trees.
Lo and behold, the mother moose got up, walked over to the water now pooling beside these trees, and plomped down. The two babies followed after and just fell over in the cool water.
But what if it was all a dream
This is more unsettling. I know it's there. I know it should be there. I know this pristine landscape is hiding its horrors like teeth.
[I.D. an edited version of the "children's hospital" meme photo where the splattering red pattern on the hall floor has been removed. End I.D.]
Well duh. It’s just color theory
We need to stop using white sage. As in, full stop, the end.
I'm serious. It's endangered. The indigenous people who need it for ritual, ceremonial, and medicinal purposes are starting to have a hard time with it.
There are so many alternatives. There are types of sage that aren't white sage.
I think we, collectively, as non native Americans, need to just stop getting white sage, period.
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if i could Draw. 10 of swords guy but hes doing a thumbs up
he’s ok
Hoodoo, Rootwork and Conjure sources by Black Authors
Because you should only ever be learning your ancestral ways from kinfolk. Here's a compilation of some books, videos and podcast episodes I recommend reading and listening to, on customs, traditions, folk tales, songs, spirits and history. As always, use your own critical thinking and spiritual discernment when approaching these sources as with any others.
Hoodoo in America by Zora Neale Hurston (1931)
Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston (1936)
Tell my horse by Zora Neale Hurston (1938)
Let Nobody Turn Us Around: An African American Anthology by Manning Marable and Leith Mullings, editors (2003)
Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition by Yvonne P. Chireau (2006)
African American Folk Healing by Stephanie Mitchem (2007)
Hoodoo Medicine: Gullah Herbal Remedies by Faith Mitchell (2011)
Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System by Katrina Hazzard-Donald (2012)
Rootwork: Using the Folk Magick of Black America for Love, Money and Success by Tayannah Lee McQuillar (2012)
Talking to the Dead: Religion, Music, and Lived Memory among Gullah/Geechee Women by LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant (2014)
Working the Roots: Over 400 Years Of Traditional African American Healing by Michele Elizabeth Lee (2017)
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston (2018)
Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals by Luisa Teish (2021)
African American Herbalism: A Practical Guide to Healing Plants and Folk Traditions by Lucretia VanDyke (2022)
These are just some suggestions but there's many many more!! This is by no means a complete list.
I recommend to avoid authors who downplay the importance of black history or straight out deny how blackness is central to hoodoo. The magic, power and ashé is in the culture and bloodline. You can't separate it from the people. I also recommend avoiding or at the very least taking with a huge grain of salt authors with ties to known appropriators and marketeers, and anyone who propagates revisionist history or rather denies historical facts and spreads harmful conspiracy theories. Sadly, that includes some black authors, particularly those who learnt from, and even praise, white appropriators undermining hoodoo and other african and african diasporic traditions. Be careful who you get your information from. Keeping things traditional means honoring real history and truth.
Let me also give you a last but very important reminder: the best teachings you'll ever get are going to come from the mouths of your own blood. Not a book or anything on the internet. They may choose to put certain people and things in your path to help you or point you in the right direction, but each lineage is different and you have to honor your own. Talk to your family members, to the Elders in your community, learn your genealogy, divine before moving forwards, talk to your dead, acknowledge your people and they'll acknowledge you and guide you to where you need to be.
May this be of service and may your ancestors and spirits bless you and yours 🕯️💀
Honey Lavender Infused Lemonade
To Make the Honey Lavender Simple Syrup
2/3 cup water
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup sugar
1 to 2 drops culinary grade lavender oil
Combine water, honey, sugar in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the lavender drops. Simmer 5-10 minutes. Sugar should be dissolved. Cool slightly.
To Make the Lemonade
4 to 6 ripe lemons* (roughly 1 to 1 and 1/2 cups lemon juice)
Roll the lemons on the counter by pressing with your palm to help release the juices. Juice the lemons. In a pitcher, combine lemon juice with 5 to 7 cups of cold water (to your taste). Then add the honey lavender simple syrup (as much or as little as you like). Refrigerate and serve cold. Can be stored for up to 3 days.
*you know your lemons are ripe when they are heavier than they look
Break A Spell Cast Against You
*If you believe a spell has been cast against you, perform this spell*
~Materials~
Large black candle
Cauldron (or large black or dark colored bowl)
Water
~Instructions~
Place the candle in the cauldron. The candle must be tall enough to extend a few inches above the cauldron’s rim. Affix the candle to the bottom of the cauldron with warmed beeswax or the drippings of another black candle so that it will not tip over.
Fill the cauldron to the rim with fresh water, without wetting the candle’s wick. An inch or two of the candle should remain above the water. Deep breathe, meditate, clear your mind, and light the candle.
Visualize the suspected spell’s power as residing within the candle’s flame. Sit in quiet contemplation of the candle and visualize the power flowing and growing with the candle’s flame (yes the power against you). As the candle burns down, its flame will eventually sputter and go out as it contacts the water. As soon as the flame has been extinguished by the water, the spell will be dispersed.
Break your visualization of the spell’s power; see it explode into dust, becoming impotent.
Bury the leftover water and candle remains far away. It is done.
*From Facebook page: Wiccan By Nature. **Image Source.
