My name is Clover (she/they), and I welcome you to my witchy corner of the Internet.
Within my practice I tend to mainly focus on animism and connecting to nature. I follow the Pagan Sabbats, as they correspond with the seasons as a way to honor the Earth. I am also a hobbyist historian! I absolutely adore learning about cultural history. Diving into articles and books on the history of witchcraft and occultism is one of my favorite pastimes. Occasionally I may post things that are non-witchcraft related, but the main purpose of this space is to host spiritual and witchy conversations amongst various folks.
I hope that witchy beginners or anyone sharing my beliefs and/or interests will come across my page and have a safe time. As such, this masterpost will serve as a contents page for all of my big posts, organized for easy access!
Craft Info:Ā I follow closed Appalachian mountain folk practices as my main muse of magic. This being the umbrella term for my craft, it encompasses:
Animism
Baneful magic
Candle magic
Garden magic
Hearth magic
Herbalism
Kitchen magic
Knot magic
Moon magic
Poppet crafting
Protection magic
Rain/Storm magic
Vampirism
My craft was passed down to me through lineage; my beautiful grandmother was a true Southern witch who kept bottles in trees and spoke to spirits in the wind. In addition to my Appalachian craft, I am also an avid tarot reader.
No TERFs/transphobes, racists, homophobes, closed practice bandits, or ignorance will be tolerated here. If you think all mountain people are inbred hicks, malicious rednecks, or otherwise blanket-statement bigots I also won't welcome you being here. That energy belongs elsewhere. I am also not open to any sort of spell work commissions.Ā
It's really infuriating to see so many new books on appalachian folk magic, only for those books to promote new age spirituality as if it has anything in relation to appalachian folk magic. And many people believing what these people write are people who wanna practice appalachian folk magic, then later promote classist stereotypes about appalachian locals.
I dunno about you but I wasn't raised around crystals, astrological signs (besides the signs in the farmers almanac to dictate how to crop and do animal husbandry at the right times), or the fae in the typical fae talk.
Adding in new items was once a treasure for Appalachians...sharing with your neighbor. But burying the old traditions in a fancy glitter covered new age blanket is still burying it. Don't claim you're doing AFM if you're just doing New Age Lite Mode with a little dirt smudged in for that -look-.
I can ramble on and on about the changes and neuances of doing the work on the modern times. But sometimes I get real disappointed with authors throwing out anything under the Appalachia umbrella. Our mountains are still breathing the good word into people, it's not dead to be talked about in a...historical "nobody knows" context.
"But it's not FOR them!!!" The biggest military power in the world belongs to a christofascist nation overseen by a felon found guilty of 34 federal crimes and has greenlit a gestapo with more direct funding than the entire military of Canada for the purpose of ethnic cleansing. Let Hetero Jessica throw some biodegradable glitter at a municipal parade
At this point if anyone is trying to exclude anyone benignly pro-queer from a pro-queer space I'm just going to assume you're a fed or something idk like something something destabilize the movement from within or whatever
For context: this came out in 2011 in Australia. Same-sex marriage would not be legalized until December 2017.
It was only legalized in 8 US states (the 8th only a few months before), and wouldnāt be legalized nation-wide until 2015.
It was only legal in TEN COUNTRIES in 2011. We wouldnāt hit 20 countries until 2017. (Australia was 23rd)
As of today (April 14, 2026), I believe only 38 countries have fully legalized same-sex marriage. Out of somewhere around 200 countries in the world. Thatās only ~19% of countries.
You know the. You know the Femme Fatale "I grew up with 10 brothers so I know how to fight" character?
That's
That's Roy Mustang
Just the opposite.
Roy "I grew up with 10 sisters so I know how to disguise covert information reconnaissance as flirting" Mustang.
"I grew up with 10 sisters so I know how to weaponize my sexual charm to disarm others and win favor."
Roy led every higher-up to believe he was just a fuckboy and a manwhore in this for his own ego and that they shouldn't view him as any kind of violent revolutionary like "no sir I'm just a slut."
I'm surprised I didn't say this in the original post but to specify: Roy Mustang grew up in a brothel, specifically he grew up adopted by a woman running a brothel where, specifically, all the women there are in the business of covert information reconnaissance by playing escort to important politicians.
Which. is an absolutely batshit primary character backstory to mention once, late in the series, and then immediately move on from.
And actually Hiromu Arakawa did it so well that every single fan interpretation of Roy Mustang for the FMA03 anime treated him as an honest to god man-slut. Bought his whole act hook line and sinker.
And you do, in fact, need to get further into the manga/Brotherhood to realize he is just acting like a slut because surely a true and honest hand-to-god slut like this guy wouldn't be overthrowing the government.
fun fact uncontacted peoples are not ignorant they are fully aware of the "outside world" and are CHOOSING not to have contact because they (rightly) feel it would add no value to their lives and place them in an exploited position. it's voluntary. they are isolated on purpose.
sentinelese people aren't like some ignorant noble savages, or actual savages who are all about warfare and killing (wildly racist take i see very often), they are literally regular ass fucking people who have seen the exploitation of their neighbors (other andamanese people) AND the massive disease outbreaks caused by contact, and decided they want no part in that. they are literally regular people choosing to survive. that's it.
glad that this is getting traction, but if you're saying things like "yeah, and they are right! modern society is a curse! they are living The Right Way and are more enlightened have better lives than us!" you are also the people i'm talking about. sorry. they are regular people living regular lives. please internalize this fact and stop exoticizing.
"she holds the record for the most days spent in space by a woman!" this "she was part of the only all female space walk!" that, she's on the list of people who have spent the most time in space, period. she's spent more time in space than any of her crewmates - one of whom hasn't been into space at all. her time in space is only three days less than what all of her crewmates have combined. she has had as many spacewalks as all of her crewmates combined. she's not there because she's the best female nasa astronaut they could find and they wanted the diversity quota or whatever, she's there because she's part of the most qualified and experienced nasa personnel they could send up there
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