Spiritual Window-shopping

Tea Witch

[rosecoloredtarot]

This may be an unpopular opinion, but just because you’re having trouble with your tarot readings doesn’t mean you need to cleanse your deck.

I treat my decks like cast iron, the more you use them the more they are seasoned and the better they work. Cleansing your deck strips away that magical seasoning and you’re starting from square one.

There is a time and place for cleansing, but it’s not every month. The last actual cleanse I did on a deck was 3-4 years ago, and the problem came right back (my rider Waite is sassy and likes to only give reversals, I’ve learned to just live with it). Cleansing is my last resort and I think too many people jump to it when there are a lot of other ways to troubleshoot.

Magical sterility bothers me, let some funk in.

[sacredlittleember]

land spirits do not have to be dramatic.

sometimes reverence for land starts very simply:

learning the names of local plants. noticing where water gathers. thanking a tree before taking from it. picking up trash. leaving a place better than you found it. sitting quietly long enough to feel the mood of the land.

animism is not always spectacle.

sometimes it is relationship, attention, and care.

[orangepanic]

Uhhh @ominous-signs

[ominous-signs]

Closer look

[milkandvoid]

[dragonsblowingoutbirthdaycandles]

your life is not an optimization problem

[dragonsblowingoutbirthdaycandles]

as in you'll never achieve the perfect daily routine, sleep schedule, coping mechanisms, mannerisms, fashion sense etc. even after years and years of healing and improvement and self-discovery. you will never be so good at life that you manage to utilize every waking moment. its great to be productive and all but sometimes you'll suck ass. sometimes you'll take eight hours to be done with a twenty minute job. you'll prioritize the wrong thing. you'll sleep for 12 hrs just to avoid being awake. you'll relapse. and you'll relapse again. you'll forget to turn in the assignment. you'll order too little food. life is far too large and complex for you to even experience it completely, much less try to make sense of and control it. you can't. please give up on that and be at peace with the hours you lose. they are not separate from your life.

[mynameisvernal]

I'm going to put a jar of plain ol' blue marbles out to charge under this blue moon so I can use them in opportunity related spells later, or just to carry one in my pocket when I need it.

[creature-wizard]

Tales of Times Forgotten articles on ancient polytheism, atheism, witchcraft, Christianity, & other historical topics everyone should read

Misconceptions about the Witch-Trials

Debunking the So-Called “Dark Ages”

Was Giordano Bruno Really a “Martyr for Science”?

Who Was The First God?

Did Ancient “Pagans” Really Worship Nature?

Was the “Green Man” Really an Ancient Pagan Deity?

Misconceptions about the Library of Alexandria

Modern Stereotypes About Ancient Civilizations

Ancient Greek Misogyny

Why Did The Patriarchal Greeks And Romans Worship Such Powerful Goddesses?

Did the Ancient Greeks Really Believe in Their Myths?

Did the Ancient Greeks Ever Climb Mount Olympos?

What Evidence Is There for Atheism in Ancient Greece?

No, the Romans Did Not Just “Steal” All the Greek Deities

What Was the Conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity Really Like?

Things That Did Not Cause the Fall of the Roman Empire

No, Transgender People Are Not a Sign of Cultural Collapse

Christian Adaptation of Pagan Iconography

Greek Writers Quoted in the New Testament

No, the Christian Cross Is Not Based on the Egyptian Ankh

Just How Pagan Is Christmas Really?

No, Santa Claus Is Not Inspired by Odin

The Long, Strange, Fascinating History of Santa Claus

The Origins of the Christmas Tree

The Not-So-Pagan Origins of Easter

No, Easter Is Not Named After Ishtar

No, Groundhog Day Is Not of Ancient Pagan Origin

Here’s How We Know the Canonical Gospels Were Originally Anonymous

Lucifer Is Not a Name for Satan!

Was Jesus Copied Off the Egyptian God Horus?

Was Jesus a Communist?

What Does the Genesis Creation Story Mean?

Is Everyone Really Born an Atheist?

No, There Isn’t a Conspiracy to “Hide the Truth” about Ancient History

Who Are The Illuminati Really?

The Ancient Astronaut Hypothesis Is Racist and Harmful

The Truth about Atlantis

What Do Conservatives Really Mean When They Talk about “Western Civilization”?

The "Hero's Journey" is Nonsense

Jordan Peterson Does Not Understand Mythology

Jordan Peterson Does Not Understand Ancient Languages

No, Public Universities Aren’t Dominated by Evil Atheist Professors Seeking to Destroy Students’ Faith

[mynameisvernal]

Dear Summer,

We met at church camp in Glorieta. The adults all thought we would get along well because our names are similar; turns out they were right. We quickly became close friends. We would ditch Bible study class to go catch snakes. We would protest going back to our rooms so early to sleep. I wish I remembered your face better.

After you left I wrote our initials in a heart in the wet concrete. I never saw you again.

I still think about you.

[mynameisvernal]

I'm feeling particularly connected to animals today.

Not only is Sophie being very affectionate and purring even more than usual, I find myself reminiscing about the late Delilah (cat) and Mickey (horse).

[heylsgowt]

[whinywillow]

City witch ideas ✨

Living in the city as a witch can sometimes be a bit depressing. I know how it feels to feel really disconnected from nature and your craft, but know that you're still a valid witch even if you don't have 24 hour access to woodlands and rivers. Here's some ideas I have to make your city feel a little more witchy 🌀

Learn your city's history (this one is pretty obvious but it can really make a difference imo)

Locate your local witchy shops if there are any. Sometimes they're not so obvious, a witch can make good use of thrift stores, plant shops, bio stores, and more!

Learn to use energy sensing and FEEL out certain spots in your area, you might come across some hauntings or some spiritually active areas!

If you have any green spaces visit them often. Get to know your local trees, plants, flowers even if it's just in your local park. Make a relationship with them!

This wasn't my idea (I'm sure I saw it on another post somewhere) but make a witchy map! Mark all of these important places in it.

Provide witchy services if you're able to!

Try to make your home or your apartment feel more witchy and nature-y by adding house plants, you could even get into growing your own herbs for spell work!

Remember that we are not outside of nature, cities are small spaces surrounded by nature, and to that extent: every tree every blade of grass, every small flower growing on the sidewalk is nature. We're not outside of it.

[ominous-signs]

Official ominous sign

[mynameisvernal]

From the path and practice game! 🔄

What's something you believe about magic that's changed over time?

Definitely deity work. I used to work more exclusively with local spirits, and had a weird, I don't know, distaste? for any pantheon. I had slightly more Norse leanings just because of my ancestry, and I was in no way Hellenic; that is, until Hecate practically grabbed me by the collar and made herself known.

[geopsych]

Sit under the tree for a moment and watch the water

[thescarlettbitch]

To the Gods lost to time

We may have no way of knowing your name, but we do know you. We know you existed.

We may have no way of knowing what purpose you served in your pantheon, but we appreciate the work that you did, and the work you continue to do.

You may be older than what we think of as the first civilizations, you may be older than evolution, but thank you for being with our ancestors.

Thank you for holding their hands, teaching them how to hunt, which plants were edible, how to walk, how to develop.

It's because of you that humanity exists in the way we know today.

I'm sorry you've been lost to time.

[pathandpractice]

Another Path & Practice Ask Game

Some tag users were saying they wish people would ask them about their practice, and we could use a little spring joy. So here's a little ask game for all of the tag members and all of the other witches out there. Send emojis to ask questions, or send a question of your own. Remember to keep the game going by sending asks to the person you reblogged from.

🌿 What is your "witchcraft origin story"? 🍃 What were your first magical influences vs your influences now? 🧭 If your personal practice had its own unique craft/tradition name, what would it be? 🪶 What specific tradition(s) (if any) do you follow? If you're more eclectic, explain how you put it all together, 🕯️ What does a day-in-the-life look like in your practice? 🧰 What type of workings do you do most frequently? 🌙 What tools do you use the most? 🕊️ What animals and land features do you most often use in your practice and how? 🧠 Do you prefer to do divination with tools or with the inner sense? What are your preferred methods? 🔄 What’s something you believe about magic that’s changed over time? ✨Are you a mundane before magic, mundane beside magic, or magic first type of practitioner? 🌧️ What has been your greatest challenge within your practice? 📚 What magical books are you currently reading / did you last read? 🌱 What is something you are learning, exploring or improving in your magical craft? 💖 What about your practice brings you the most joy?

Bonus:

Send 🔮 for a simple divination reading

Send ❓ along with a custom question not included here

[space-queen]

hey

here's your reminder to not to be afraid of your own voice

recite the spell out loud

dance and sing to raise energy

talk to your plants and your crystals

call out omens as you see them

i have a hard time with this, even decades later, so i'm here to remind you that your voice and your craft are nothing to be ashamed of or embarrassed about.

say it out loud.