Devil's bride

Finit hic Deo, incipit Diabolus. // Franny. 27yo. Italy. Genderfluid bisexual and intersectional feminist. // Traditional folk witch. Follower of the crooked path and the left hand path. The Devil is my master, but im also devoted to gods, demons and spirits. Here you will find my witch's lair. //⛧𓃵 ⋆༺𓄋༻⋆ 𓃵⛧

[noctesmaleficarum]

Another introduction, for in the last years I've changed my path and profile here on Tumblr.

My name is Franny, I am a 27 year old Italian witch who follows the crooked path. I practice traditional folk witchcraft, imbuing it with elements of italian folklore, specifically pertaining to my region. Most of all I am devoted to the Devil, Old One, Satan, Father of Witches. He has been my guide for quite some time now, and to Him I devote all of my craft. I also honor the Queen of Elphame, Lady in White, Goddess of witches and fairies. I met Her later in my path, and she now represents the light I follow. To them I will forever be grateful for where I am today.

I also work with spirits: deities, gods, demons, familiars, plants and animals, spirits of the home and the land, ancestors, spirits of the dead, genius loci. They have become a central point in my practice, and my relationship with them grows ever stronger as years go by.

I do divination, spells of all kinds, spirit flight, spirit work, ancestral work and hope to further my practice as I go along. I have been a practicing witch for over 5 years, but I travelled many esoteric currents before finding myself here, and I couldn’t be happier. Trad craft is where I belong, flying with other witches to the Sabbath where I am able to dance with the devil and cherish my spiritual growth as a witch of old.

Finit hic Deo, incipit Diabolus (God stops here, the Devil begins): God has no power here, for I belong in the Devil's realm.

See you at the crossroads.

[vv-itchy]

[diana-andraste]

Mildred Payne's Oracle of Black Enchantment, Patrick Valenza, c. 2017

Ink on paper

[vv-itchy]

[nymphenae]

From Jugend, 1920.

[source]

[monsterism]

Sam Wolfe Connelly.

[wyrd-wyrm]

I saw my lady at the cemetery.

As I knelt at a stone, worn away by time, I felt a presence.

Turning, I saw it...

The hare with the cataract.

It sat so still, I feared to startle it by moving. So I sat quietly with her.

Her milky eye, watched me.

I knew she was with me,

In her place by the tombstones.

[stormbornwitch]

"Let your craft be like a tree, firmly rooted in the old, but stretching into the new. Get your hands dirty, and find out what works and what doesn't work for you."

- Roger J Horne's Folk Witchcraft: A Guide to Lore, Land & the Familiar Spirit for the Solitary Practitioner

[vitterdotter]

no more divine feminine/masculine as repackaged gender roles, no more crystals to cure cancer, no more higher self instead of looking at yourself, no more starseeds, no more fear mongering around protection magic, no more calling toxicity "energy vampirism", no more applying new age terms to folk practices, no more anthropomorphizing spirits, no more

[creature-wizard]

The reason people are told "mundane before magic" is so they remember to do things like check whether they've got mold or carbon monoxide in their house before they decide the problem is a malevolent spirit, find out whether their health problems have a treatable medical cause before deciding they're cursed, and make sure they have a mechanic check their car once they hear funny noises instead of just casting a safety spell on it and calling it good. People get hurt if they neglect the mundane.

[wanderingwitchofthewood]

[noctesmaleficarum]

“I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations. And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.”

Praise Babylon the Great ❤️‍🔥

[noctesmaleficarum]

Celebrations of this very important time in my life (with a very rare appearence of my face, too).

May the Devil burn in me in this life and all the lives I shall live, and may this world know me as the witch I truly am within.

Blessed are the spirits that dwell, and the realms above and below.

In the Devil's name, so mote it be.

[noctesmaleficarum]

Random Witchy Ask Game

Tagged by @carbon-heart 🫶🏻

Last song I listened to: He Is by Ghost

Favorite colors: emerald/forest green, burgundy, black

Currently watching: The Walking Dead

Currently reading: The Devil's Supper by Shani Oates and Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson

Current obsession: all things pertaining to spirit flight and the Otherworld, specifically wandering about and finding places to do new activities in

Currently working on: forming a closer bond to the familiar that has recently been given to me, tidying up my grimoire and working towards having out of body experiences during sleep.

Last google search: the real answer is literally Tumblr, the actual interesting answer is 'why was Socrates sentenced to death'

Tagging @liminalsoul @alderblood @nymphenae @elvthron

[charnel-grounds]

Francois Chauveau (1613–1676), “Lucifer and his commanders in Hell”

etching, engraving on paper, 1654

source

[senhordiabe]

I think contemporary witchcraft sort of sterilized spirit work. There's this view that spirits are wish granters and it often kinda lacks reciprocity but also the general idea that spirits can say no. Spirits aren't obligated to reveal their true nature to you. Spirits aren't obligated to give you everything. Spirits can also reject offerings and tell you what they want and bargain with you on pacts. They're autonomous beings and beings with a great deal more power than we, that's why we go to them.

[wyrd-wyrm]

I truly do believe that science is not and should not be the enemy of religion. However, I also do not feel like I should always have a scientific explanation for my magic.

Some of the best parts of belief, and experience, is in the belief itself.