A Witchy Adventure

CAL, He/They, 30+ years old, if you're under 18 I would ask that you do not follow. This is a place for me to keep witch things that I want to try, or references. Polytheistic and honestly that crosses pantheons too. This might not be the most entertaining blog in the world, but if you're here, welcome. And if you leave, leave with my well wishes. My current icon is a sigil from strangesigils which is for "insecure thougths begone"

[strangesigils]

“Insecure Thoughts Begone”

Have a stone, preferably a small and smooth stone you can keep in your pocket or something. Take this sigil and burn it, have the stone rest in the ashes of the sigil overnight.

Keep the stone with you and rub it to banish your insecure thoughts

[poeticnorth]

Pagan writers when talking about female deities: "They're a mother goddess"

Pagan writers when talking about male deities: "Well, their role and function is a lot more complicated and important than just just being a father god, and here's a 10k word essay discussing why they're more than just a father god"

[homewardskies]

OOOOO I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS

This is what originally turned me away from Wicca (among other reasons). So many books, blogs, and other resources seem to have so much built-in misogyny that it boggles my mind.

It's part of why I hate the invention of the "Mother-Maiden-Crone" archetype so much.

No, Hekate is not MMC. She is a powerful force of sorcery and liminality. No, the Morrigan is not MMC. She is a Goddess of bloodshed, mercy, and power.

Reducing such multi-faceted entities, such influential spirits, down to the box that patriarchal systems tried to fit them in is so disrespectful.

Freya, Frigg, Aphrodite, Hekate, Athena, etc. Do many Goddesses have aspects of fertility, nurturing, parenthood? Yeah, they do, just like Zeus, Ares, and Njordr. Is that all they are? Is that even the core of what they influence? Not always.

Immediate red flag if any book you're reading only has Goddesses in the footnotes, as mothers.

[and-soon-he-leaves-ending-you]

Very well said 🙏

[crazycatsiren]

Don't let the losers with no magic tell you what to do with yours.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't let the unhealed mess of others ruin your joy and peace.

[will-o-the-witch]

When to Consult Divination

You're stuck in the decision-making process and want help thinking through it from a different angle.

You need to sort out your thoughts. Divination is good for breaking out of a circular thought process and approaching it in a different way.

You want something to focus and reflect on for the coming day/month/chapter in your life.

You need a second opinion on something spiritual.

You want something to aid your planning process by suggesting steps and strategies

You want advice for how to tackle a situation.

When NOT to Consult Divination

You're fishing for a specific answer and just want something to validate you. Your bias WILL get in the way of the truth.

You want very specific details about a future that hasn't happened yet. (What will my husband be like? When will I meet him? How many kids will I have?)

You want to know what someone is thinking/feeling/hiding. Literally just communicate with them.

Asking if you should break up with someone. It's like Googling "am I gay quiz." If you're at this point you already know the answer.

[wishful-seeker]

When I give my ancestors/deities offerings like flowers, herbs, or food, after I feel like they've used them I still use them myself. I eat the food, I use the herbs and flowers in magic. I like to think they become blessed items. Ik some people are very against eating/using offerings but can we normalize practice being different for everyone? My spirits are okay with me doing this, it's our way of connecting to another. I think of it like they're trees. I give trees CO2 and they give me oxygen. Our relationship is mutually beneficial, we are a system of caring for each other.

[witchble]

Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is clean your room, open the window, and let the air move again. Energy needs circulation just like lungs do.

[brigitte-poetry]

I wish more pagans would stop acting like deities are fossils who have remained completely unchanged by time since the day they were first worshiped. If we can acknowledge how much societies and values changed from ancient times up to the present, then we should also acknowledge that the gods can and have changed too. Hell, the gods even changed along with their cultures back in antiquity! Whenever someone talks about an offering, practice or interpretation being "too modern" I just get so annoyed because it's operating on the mindset that the gods can never change, should never change and have never changed, which just isn't true.

[ihcoon]

Print designs to hang on my altar

[witchble]

Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is clean your room, open the window, and let the air move again. Energy needs circulation just like lungs do.

[crazycatsiren]

You don't need to get fancy expensive sound bowls or musical instruments for sound cleansing/grounding/centering.

You can simply play music that you love. From phones, speakers, CDs, records, TV, whichever you have available to you.

Music moves through the air no matter its source. Sound waves exist no matter what or who is making them.

[briarofthepast]

chronically ill witches. always remember to rest HEAVILY both before and after doing a spell. use energy from objects (like crystals or amulets) and the earth instead of your own. ground and protect regularly. you’re doing great <3

[orionelle33]

Queen of Swords. Largest piece so far! Hope it will make me step out of my comfort zone and start creating bigger pieces in the future although I do have some of my window miniatures planned. On this journey of healing and becoming complete I’m realizing this is the energy that I should embody more often hence the piece. Queen of Cups can’t pour from an empty cup of the other queens aren’t present.

http://orionelleart.etsy.com

[witchble]

Your altar doesn’t have to look aesthetic. A chipped mug with flowers, a rock from your walk, or a photo that feels sacred to you is more powerful than anything in a witchy Pinterest board.

[haillordapollon]

Do self care in the name of your gods

Think of your gods as you take care of your mind, body and soul

Say simple thank yous to the gods every now and then. Say thank you for the light from the sun to Apollo. Thank hermes when you make it home safely. Thank Hestia for providing a safe sanctuary when you come home, and thank Hekate for protecting your doorway

There are many ways to praise and thank the gods. Doing it even in a simple thank you in spoken words helps build regular practice and brings the gods into your daily life

[devildarlins-deactivated2026041]

People should use safety pins in witchcraft a lot more. They're literally safety pins. My principle for them is when they're closed, they can provide very powerful protection, but when open, they can bring danger and pain. Now imagine the potency of rusted safety pins.

[tolkien-witch]

“Where there’s life, there’s hope”

Lord of the Rings inspired sigil

[awitchnamedjuniper]

Part of my practice is knowing when to pause, when to sit, and when to let the silence speak first.