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OfWordsAndBlood's Witch Smoke

A general working incense for gathering up power and potency, and for the empowerment of talismans and charms.

3 tsps. Black Copal (or Black Storax)

3 tsps. Juniper Berries

3 tsps Pine, Fir, or Hemlock Resin

2 tsps. Cedar Foliage

2 tsps. Dragon's Blood

2 tsps. Propolis Resin

2 tsps. White Oak Bark

1 1/2 tsps. Alum

1 tsp. Damask Rose Petals

1 tsp. Mandrake Root, powdered^

1/4 tsp. Elder Flowers

15 X Poplar Buds

26 drops Cypress Oil

23 drops Patchouli Oil

18 drops Cinnamon Oil

15 drops Cinnamon Oil

10 drops Vetiver Oil

6 drops Camphor Oil

Combine all ingredients and allow to mature for six months in a cool, dark place. Use as needed in workings, or as offering to the spirits and powers with whom you work. You can either gather all ingredients, or a partial list thereof, and create your own blend. Be sure to take notes as you create.

^- Mandrake root is a poisonous ingredient and while it should be perfectly safe in the amount used in this incense, the smoke should still be burnt in a well-ventilated area. If you cannot access proper mandrake root (and indeed, if you cannot verify that what you have is true mandrake, as most "mandrake root" sold in apothecaries is not actually mandragora) tobacco is a solid replacement. Keep in mind it will alter the smell of the incense.

***NOTE: If pine resin is unavailable, a colophany may be added with a pine oil in the amount of three drops to each tsp of powder.

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A Rite

We take the sacred herbs, add to it a few drops of holy oil, and mark the papers with seals in lemon juice while whispering invocations to the ancestors and spirits.

We each wrap, focused, strong, spells spilling softly, sweetly from our lips, until the bodies are formed. With will ignited, we draw our power our salive and finalize the shape. With a fold and a tuck, and a kiss to the moon it is done.

Around a shrine to the land, we pour put offerings and call to the sacred ones. A candle is placed, and a ring is formed with rhythmic knocking and on the ground, and conjurations given voice. Then, it starts. The match is struck:

"A single spark to light the dark,

And Illumine the way,

By the spark, we rend the dark,

And work 'twixt night and day."

The candle is lit. One by one, we each lean in and light our rolled spells from the candle flame. As one lights, the other two whispet sevret words in rhythm, finishing phrases and words, weaving a pattern of grammer and breath, and it continues this way until all are alight. The first puff from each is offered unto the oldest spirits of the land, the First People, an acknowledgment of their existence and perseverance through tyranny. May they always be remembered.

We begin to smoke, each spelling our own, but giving power to the other through a careful ritual of breathing, rhythm, phrase completing, inhaling, and exhaling up. On each inhale, we breathe in the power of the ignited herb through the magic of the fire, and infuse the smoke with our will while it infuses us with a delicious fire of its own. When we speak, we speak out part of the spell, thus giving power in voice to each other, but through the empowered smoke, sending it high to spiral and grow as each witch exhales.

At the last drag, we each raise what remains and then bring it down to the ground. The candle is extinguished silently. We shall not speak another word in the circle.

We steal away into the house to eat, drink, and let our magic be made manifest.

ofwordsandblood

Witch For Groceries, Not For Money

It's easy for us to forget that we don't need to cast spells for money. Naturally, it's one of the first things that people want to conjure, along with love and curses. But what is money but a means to an end? What are you purchasing or what to do you need to pay off that has you seeking to do a spell for money? Do you need to pay a bill? Is it time for dinner and there's no food in the house? Have you been eyeing a particularly handsome example of craftsmanship, but do not have the money to give?

Almost everything that you might think to cast a money spell for can be achieved by bypassing the money spell and working for the thing itself. Money is not magical. Money does not automatically pay for what you need. If you are like me and terrible with money, doing a money spell is just going to put money in your hands. It's not going to ensure you spend the money on what you need to spend it on, and once it's gone you better be happy with what you used it for. So, why not witch for what you want/need, and not the means to get it?

If you do a spell for groceries instead of money, you are opening about 30 different roads for those groceries to show up. Neighbors might bring over extra food, family might shower you in leftovers, you might even strike a lucky jackpot and win free groceries. But when you spell for the MONEY for groceries, you are immediately shutting half those avenues for food down.

The same can be said of anything. The way we have been specialized tells us that money is the answer, so we spell for money. But when we spell for what we need directly, we can end up in a much better place where what we have worked for has better chances of reaching us.

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The Seal of the Holy Eleven Bodies

A seal bearing each symbol of the eleven Heavenly bodies (Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) coming together on the Earth to the point of one.

This seal should be carved into wood, stone, or metal, and may be used as the focal point of the altar when creating planetsry incenses or powder, charm bags which will benefit from the planetary virtues, or when seeking to commune with the oneness of all. So used, this seal will draw forth the virtues of the planets as they pass through their associated hours on Earth, empowering charms or substances left overnight on the pentacle.

Remember that the planets were named after Gods for a reason. This seal may also be used to gain favor from the Gods, or as a point of offering. Burn incense atop the seal at the appropriate hour for this purpose. In that same vein, an incense of appropriate virtue, burnt atop the seal with a spoken spell of influence, during the appropriate hour, can draw great power from the heavens.

Note: Please be sure your have at least had a precursory look at the virtues of the outter three, less traditional planets before you use this. Uranus is the planet that rules over radicals, freekthinkers, and freedom, but it also rules over chaos, revolution, and violent uprising. Neptune,the King of the oceans, will help you divine the greatest things, and rules over dream and emotion, but does so in a stern way that can show you things you didn't want to see, things you can't un-know. Pluto, the smallest and coldest, will teach you about strength through the dark, and how to survive, but will do so by killing you and bringing you back to life over and over again until you learn. She waits 94 years to make a single revolution. She has all the time in the world. If you want to work with these planets and this seal but aren't sure how, you can try placing it beneath your pillow when you go to sleep, to dream on the topic.

ALSOOOOOOOO Racists are not allowed to use this seal. Black Lives Matter. If you disagree this seal will actively funnel lots of Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto power right at you and help everything blow up. I'm literally not joking. Attempting to use a seal like this, which calls upon both massive creative and destructive powers of justice and balance, when you are racist trash, will not be a good idea.

Use this seal as you will, but please make sure to give credit if you do.

The sunrise over the Aegean Sea is absolutely unreal.

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Grand Lunar Sabbat*

Items Needed

Staff/Stang

Blade

Rattle

Bullroarer

Feast/Black Mass Things (Cup/Plate/Bread/Wine)

Flying Ointment

Incense + Coals

Lustral Water Basin + Bay Leaves

White Candles/Lamps (4)

Drums + Rattles

Wooden Cross

The Ritual

All shall proceed to the place of the ritual in solemnity, led by the torch-bearer, where a circle is delineated upon the ground. Two torches should be placed on either side of the ring, ready to be lit. Offerings are given to the land itself in the form of fruits, nuts, water, honey, milk, or tobacco.

The lustral water is created outside of the circle. A branch of cedar or handful of laurel leaves are set alight, and dropped into the water:

“Mundabitur”

Coveners all wash in the lustral water as they choose.

A fire is built and lit at the center of the ring, which is then charmed:

“Be this fire bewitched by knife and will and breath,

A beacon to alight the path of spirit,

A facsimile of the Shining Ones,

And a piece of the Divine Spark above and below.

Illumine our craft,

Ablaze our calls for the hidden to draw near with us

We conjure thee,

O secret fire,

To give light to this ring,

And let our circle be ablaze in adamantine fire

We conjure thee (x3)

Hallowed and witched,

So Shall It Be!”

The sign of the pentagram is made over the flame with the blade by all present, though the stave/wand may also be used.

The cross is placed upon the ground before the marked ring, that any who wish to take part in the ritual must first trample upon it in the Devil’s name as an act of renunciation, and turning away from Christianized civilization and entering the fold of the Other. Those who do will be smoke-cleansed by those who created the space. Once the entirety of the gathered company is present, all will disrobe. When naked unto the Way, the coven will anoint their bodies with the ointments, whispering these words (they need not be as one):

“Har har, hou hou!

Emen hetan! Emen hetan!

Har har, hou hou!

Janicot! Janicot! Janicot! Janicot!

Har har, hou hou!

Jauna Gorril, Jauna Gorril,

Akhera Goiti, Akhera Beiti.”

The last line may be repeated at length as everyone together envisions the white fires of the heavenly realm descending, and the black fires of the underworld rising to balance within. The leader of the rite may give a signal when it is time to stop. The use of whispers here will aid the witches in aligning as one, as well as lead to the beginning of trance. The drum may start beating here, or the group may choose to rest in the silence for a moment.

Invocation of the familiar spirits of the coven. Incense and honey given with these words:

“By honey and smoke do we conjure our familiar spirits,

Our faithful factotums,

Hidden allies and aids of our craft and art,

We call upon you.

Stand with us in this place, and with us hold this space,

We conjure thee (x3)!"

All coveners will take a moment to call to their familiar spirits however they choose.

As one, the witches will begin to walk the round while conjuring the ring. At least one witch will carry a staff, and drag it upon the ground to create a furrow:

“Thrice be conjured, Ring of Art,

This sacred ground we set apart,

By powers of land and sky and sea,

By Mountain Jay, Mole, Otter, and Bee,

By spirits black, white, red, and grey,

We open the roads and conjure the Way,

This sacred ground we set apart,

Thice be conjured, Ring of Art!”

When the charm has been spoken thrice, the coven will cease movement. Blood will be brought to the edge of the ring and poured into the furrow to purify and bless the space. The leader will step to the center and extend the staff - in their right hand - to the sky while kneeling and touching their left hand to the ground. The coven follows this gesture:

“Right hand in Heaven,

Left hand in Hell,

And all the world will serve us well!”

With this action completed and all spirits and powers gathered in, a slow and purposeful round is trod widdershins, with all focusing intently and deeply upon conjuring forth the Devil into the place with the following chant:

“One, two, three, and four,

The Devil is at the door,

Make Him welcome from floor to roof,

Drink to Him in a horse’s hoof

Bring the cat, the toad, the bran,

Come to the feast as ye who can,

One, two, three and four,

Until He’s come we go once more

(The Devil is here, so no more!)

When His presence is strongly felt or signaled by phenomena, the coven will kneel for the Black Mass.

*Black Mass is undertaken.*

At the completion of the Black Mass, the witches shall rise, and speak the following chant at length, beginning quietly at first, and growing in volume until the words are no longer words, but shouts and screams frothing at the mouths of the participants. Here the drums and rattles may be employed as desired, giving further body to the chants and calls. Let the body sway and writhe and move freely, destroying the façade of the human world. Be free. Be wild. Let the body move in whatever fashion it may choose. Let the self be enveloped in the ecstasy:

“Eko eko Azarak,

Eko eko Zomelak,

Zod ru koz e zod ru koo,

Zod ru goz e gu roo moo,

Eeo eeo hoo hoo hoo!”

Let the civilized face fall away, and reveal thy true nature. Witch. Beast. Betwixt all things living and dead, betwixt all things civilized and wild. Neither fully human, nor fully beast. Dance, leap, crawl, and change. The ritual will give way to whatever the mood suits. Be free. Be wild. Fly from the body. Revel in ecstasy. Laugh, cry, moan, shout, shake, and in thine ecstasy, become one with all around until the body shall fall to the ground and the spirit enters in communion with the spirits of the darkling wood.

When all have fallen to ecstasy and return to their civilized state, a small meal is shared amongst all as stories are exchanged of experiences, workings done, and future goals.

The bewitched meal is undertaken.

“By staff and stone,

By flame and bone,

Do I bewitch this meal - here where all conjoins beneath the Moon,

On the altar of the land.

In the name of Old Fate, who wove together all things,

And by the Devil’s horns,

We conjure thee (x3)

Hallowed and witched,

So Mote It Be!”

The Devil is given thanks, as are the familiar spirits and land wights, and the coven salutes the moon. All take a piece of bread and offer a piece first to the fire before taking and eating for themselves. The cup is raised:

“Here’s to Old Fate,

With her spinning wheel and thread,

Weaving stories by the fire,

Working gold out of lead!”

Drink should once again be poured as libation before partaking. The coven may choose to spend however much time they choose at this space before moving on to the next phase.

An offering is poured out. This is repeated at the East, South, then West. When this is done, the staff is struck to the ground nine times and thanks are given to the familiar spirits for holding the space. The bell is rung, and the ring is swept away to the best of the witches ability.

*- Several aspects of this ritual are inspired by the works of Gemma Gary, whose words and work are a personal favorite of mine.

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So it looks like the person who you think is ofwoodandbone has addressed what you've said, insisting that they are not ofwoodandbone. Personally, my gut instincts tell me you're likely right about the person in question as all the reasons for why they can't be ofwoodandbone are simple things anyone can change about their practice or location. Honestly, before I even encountered your blog/this situation, i had a feeling their online voice/tone was a familiar one here on tumblr even if they're not ofwoodandbone as it was just so odd how they appeared out of the blue and were suddenly buddy buddy with popular witch blogs overnight.

That's funny, because OWB NEVER mentioned where they were located. In fact, they made it a point to never say a thing about it...so how would Carbon-Heart know that they are in a different location? See what happens when you get comfortable in a lie? You start forgetting details that other people remember, even years later.

Besides that, as I mentioned in my last answer post, either they *are* OWB and they were complicit in a massive bullying ring on this website, or they're a plagiarist claiming other people's work as their own because they don't have an original bone in their body, and either way that makes them a bad person.

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Something else that's occurred to me in the vein of your comment about them being buddy-buddy with the most popular witchcraft blogs:

I once, many many years ago, posted a *recipe* on Tumblr without crediting the author. That was my bad, absolutely. But the way I was turned every which way but loose by the witches on Tumblr was mental, despite me being new to the blogging experience. There was absolutely no mercy.

Now with that said, OWB was an EXTREMELY popular blog in the witchblr scene, and there are *still* .pdf files floating around and available of OWB's work. They're not at all hard to find, and any legacy blogger to the witchblr community likely has the document, or has seen it. The document contained *several* of the materials that have been posted by Carbon-Heart, and not a soul has said anything or called them out for plagiarism in all the time they've been posting this stuff. And why wouldn't they call them out, *unless* those same bloggers knew that this person was the original creator under a different blog name, when OWB was well known to all of those bloggers, as was their work?

Like come on. Don't piss on my head and try to tell me it's raining. That entire group of witches is either really that stupid, or they're just that arrogant as to think that no one would POSSIBLY catch on. I'm also FASCINATED by the way Carbon-Heart suddenly feels the need to address this. I am *slightly* curious about what they had to say, just because I want to know how they're going to try and get out of this tangled web of Fate they wove for themselves in their hubris, and how they chose to address the plagiarism allegations, if at all. But that curiosity is not enough to make me care.

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OfWordsAndBlood's Hekatean Incense

To be burnt at the crossroads in offering to the Titan Goddess, or in rites where Her aid may be invoked.

3 tsps Frankincense (for purification and spirituality)

2 tsps Dittany of Crete (for its mystic and aromatic qualities)

1.5 tsps Alum (to help preserve)

1 tsp Henbane (associated with Hekate, but use with extreme caution)

1 tsp Mandrake (associated with Hekate, but use with extreme caution)

1 tsp Myrrh (for transformation and devotion)

10 x Poplar Buds (linked to the underworld and Hekate's realm)

15 drops Cypress Oil (for balance and grounding)

10 drops Mugwort Oil (to amplify the psychic aspects)

5 drops Benzoin Oil (for purification and protection)

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So it looks like the person who you think is ofwoodandbone has addressed what you've said, insisting that they are not ofwoodandbone. Personally, my gut instincts tell me you're likely right about the person in question as all the reasons for why they can't be ofwoodandbone are simple things anyone can change about their practice or location. Honestly, before I even encountered your blog/this situation, i had a feeling their online voice/tone was a familiar one here on tumblr even if they're not ofwoodandbone as it was just so odd how they appeared out of the blue and were suddenly buddy buddy with popular witch blogs overnight.

That's funny, because OWB NEVER mentioned where they were located. In fact, they made it a point to never say a thing about it...so how would Carbon-Heart know that they are in a different location? See what happens when you get comfortable in a lie? You start forgetting details that other people remember, even years later.

Besides that, as I mentioned in my last answer post, either they *are* OWB and they were complicit in a massive bullying ring on this website, or they're a plagiarist claiming other people's work as their own because they don't have an original bone in their body, and either way that makes them a bad person.

#witchcraft #witch #traditional witchcraft #witchblr #witchery #green witch #sea witch #magic #pagan witch #pagan #ofwoodandbone #hubris #plagiarism #plagiarizing

hi! just a heads up that carbon-witch is talking about the """allegations""". just in case you wanted to know, since they have you blocked :/

Eh, I don't care. Either I'm right or I'm wrong. If I'm wrong, then they're still a plagiarizing trash pile. But we all know the truth.

I like your post on The New World Witchery. They carry that book at my library and I check it out every time it is *rarely* available!

Thank you very much! It really is am excellent book that hammers home how different witchcraft in the U.S. is to European witchcraft, and it's something I think every American witch should have.

You speaking up about this group is very validating because as an outside observer watching these blogs on tumblr over the years, I always got the feeling they had bad intentions. The voices behind the blogs you referenced have always felt like bullies to me, so this isn't surprising to see/hear. I've come to watch a few of them try and make a name for themselves off tumblr and in doing so some of them are bumping elbows with people in the occult community who are known to be sketchy abusive people. Im sorry you've had to deal with all that, but im glad you've come out the otherside and are speaking up

That's the thing. We all *knew* in some way shape or form. And I'm not innocent. I enjoyed being part of the crowd. Boy did we think we were HOT SHIT. I mean we ruled this website with an iron fist, and did so happily. We got into the most ridiculous fights, we started drama where there didn't need to be any, and we convinced ourselves that we knew better than anyone else, because we were the *real* witches. Bear in mind, I was a twenty year old autistic person with severe BPD that was going untreated, had always been the bullied rather han the bully, and never felt like I belonged anywhere. So when these people acknowledged me and let me in, I felt like I finally belonged, and was willing to overlook anything to defend the people who let me in.

...even though "letting me in" meant literally belittling me, mocking me, making fun of me amongst each other, harassing me and threatening me when I said "enough is enough" with the Prim thing, and otherwise making me the point if their scorn because even amongst self-titled misfits, I was always a little further outside of the socially acceptable "mentally ill" label than they were.

Suffice to say, your gut instincts were right. I very nearly took my own life because of the things these people inflicted upon me. But I didn't. They weren't stronger than I, and I will never let anyone affect me like that again.

Thanks for your comment 🧡

it’s awful how much you’ve been through, I really hope you’re doing well. I just wanted to thank you for that post you made a bit ago, WitchTok Refugee. I’m going through something similar, reading what you wrote made me feel less alone…

I'm so sorry you've had an experience that was at all similar to my own, and I hope that you've found your peace and have been able to move beyond it and become something that others said you would never be. People like you and I are nowhere near as alone as we are made to feel. We are the witches who's experiences are as much in-line with the witches of Old as can possibly be - we are ostracized, feared, mocked, belittled, and made to feel inferior. We are considered crazy, indefensible, and we are tossed into the fire as soon as it is realized that we can be made a scapegoat.

And just as those who were burned, hung, drowned, or otherwise punished for being different, we represent a threat to an established order, even within the witchcraft "community." But frankly, my own otracization was what I needed to realize my full potential. These things shouldn't have happened to us. It's not right that they did. It's not right that the people who perpetrated these crimes against us are allowed to live on a flourish, gaining attention and love from the community we had a hand in building, as that same community disregards us and our experiences. But remember that we have kept going. We have continued. They didn't take us off our path, all they did was show us that our path is not to be part of the crowd, but to be away from the crowd and simply acting as observers.

One thing I can tell you? No little witch-bitch is EVER going to disrespect me again and get anything more than a giggle. No little mystically mad Mahigan, irredeemable Ioqayin, surreptitious Spiritscraft, or off the walls Of-Wood-And-Bone will ever have power over me, my actions, and certainly not my emotional regulation again. They were and still are all horrific, god-awful people who will never take accountability for their actions or the harm they've caused because they GENUINELY believe they are better than us, but they certainly all taught me a lesson: giving a shit about fitting in, being seen, feeling heard by those who don't want you or what you have to offer is NEVER worth your time. My spells do what they need to. My readings change lives. My insights redirect peoples paths. The life I live is a life so many of those people only wish they could have - and they're going to need to keep wishing because they will never have what I have, and what I have is mine because I survived the sexual assault, the harassment, the victim-blaming, the hypocrisy, the slander, the libel, the hatred, and every weapon forged against me by tongues that only speak in lies.

If you're going to try and destroy someone, make sure you *actually* destroy them, and leave nothing left, because if you don't they will come back stronger. Now I have 100,000 tik tok followers and do at least 4 private readings a day. Now I do spells for people as I travel and create rituals for groups I circle with across the world from druids, to Wiccans, to witches, to pagans. I've been invited to, and taken Lave Tet. I've met God's whose names are not written in any book.

And none of those who tried and failed to use their social power/privilege within the witchcraft community to silence me and make me smaller will ever find that power again.

Would you really say that person you’d seen posting OWB-esque content is truly them? They read more like someone who read over every OWB post they could find and got massively inspired such that they wanted to emulate their style, rather than the real deal to me

100% without a doubt. Remember, I actually spent several years working with, talking to, examining the writing style of, and generally being under the tutelage of this person. I know their writing like the back of my hand. It's not just the replicated posts, its every new post as well where they give a spell, a ritual, or their insights. Especially the more recent "part two" post about hedgriding, where they dance around giving the real first post and saying "I wrote the first half of this a long time ago and wanted to revisit it." The writing style of Of-Wood-And-Bone to the finest detail, including word choice and cadence.

I know that writing style. I still have copies in Seattle of that writing style, even as I've fled the U.S. I know the smell of that magic, and it's theirs. I would bet my left arm, my right leg, and my very voice itself, along with everything I own, all on the table without the slightest fear, that Carbon-Heart is Of-Wood-And-Bone. But as they continue, gaining more misplaced confidence that no one will ever recognize them, they will continue to overestimate their capabilities, and will mess up. They'll post a picture of their "black book." They'll reference a work that some WILL remember. They'll talk about something in an oh-so-spooky way, and will do so woth the confidence that they've outsmarted everyone because *that's who this person is and has always been.* The fact that they blocked after reblogging several of their posts and making it clear that they either plagiarized or were the original author, me tells me all I need to know. What's more, Carbon-Heart has posted spells that OWB never posted, but that they did share between ONLY themselves and me - spells and rituals that I had a hand in creating in some cases. And, logically speaking, where would those have come from? How would an imposter have been able to find those? Either OWB went back through the conversations we had (which would be impossible because those conversations have long-since been deleted) and sent them to Carbon-Heart with permission to post and take credit for it, along with their entire personal spellcraft style AND particular writing cadence, incantation style, and overall approach...

Or the simplest answer is the most likely true one - Carbon-Heart is Of-Wood-And-Bone reborn under a new name and less woo-woo style to avoid being recognized. Period.

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ofwordsandblood

I see that you learned from ofwoodandbone! I loved their blog. Do you still have contact with them? I hope they're doing well. =)

I do not. Here's why. Warning, long post.

OfWoodAndBone not only abandoned me, they're an oathbreaker. They lied to me and watched me get tormented in a discord server and said nothing. They promised me when they deleted their blog that if we ever ended up in an online space again, they would reach out to me. It was our last message to each other before they were gone. Yet when I was being put through hell for calling out cult-like and bullying behavior, OWB chose the person in that server who continuously shit on me, encouraged the group bullying and harassment, and even had a whole drama channel dedicated to not only following, but manufacturing drama on this website. This was during the Prim drama, and this server was literally following her every physical move, updating themselves about her physical whereabouts. This was next level bullying and harassment. OfWoodAndBone wasn't just a mentor, they were a friend. Right up until I learned they were there seeing all of this and not only not standing up and saying something, but watching me get torn down for daring to do so.

But you know what? I got their knowledge. I got their spells. My entire craft was made better, more potent, and more visceral, because I knew how to play the game and use my cunning to get in with someone who had something I wanted. I played to their ego. I told them how they were the only person whose magic resonated with me. I told them how incredibly wise they were, and how when I read their content, I felt empowered. Then, New Years 2016, under a snow in Seattle, I messaged OWB and asked them to guide me.

I got what some people were fucking begging for, and it made some people extremely jealous. I guess Kai enjoyed the feeling of being coveted like that, though, and when they found their people I was out like last week's leftovers. I was left out in the cold because I was autistic and didn't fit in. I was looked down on because I was struggling with my mental health and didn't have access to the resources I needed. I was discarded because I wasn't okay with the drama and the lies.

Since then, I've gone to Europe and learned from witches in Spain, the UK, and Portugal. I've learned languages and obtained secrets about cultural witchcraft experiences we in the US don't fully grasp because magic is so heavily mocked here. I've leaned on my magic and my ancestors to get me through falling negative $300 in my bank account in Edinburgh and bouncing back, to get a volunteer position in Faro, to keep me safe in London, and to help me learn more quickly in Spain. I've seen Diana's face in the moon over a lake in Dundee and reflecting off the ocean in Albufeira. I've blessed myself with the waters of the Ionian Sea and met the King of Waters and Earthquakes.

I've survived off my tarot skills, begun building a clientele, and became the youngest master of ceremonies a coven in Colorado ever ordained. I have learned new methods of connection, divination, and magic with smoked herbs and whispered words on a night's wind. OfWoodAndBone taught me for a few years, until they lost their way and allowed themselves to become a part of the problem within the community. Now, my witchcraft has only traces of what they taught, with the rest gained through my own hard work, experimentation, and communion with the Other. The witch I am today is the witch I always dreamed I would one day become, and while OWB played a role, that part of my craft is done.

So why put it on my profile? Because I earned it. Because I worked for it. Because even though I don't care for them anymore, I had to endure a whole ass betrayal at the hands of a personal friend, months of harassment on this website and off, and years of wondering what I had done to them to deserve being so hurt by them. And because I came out on the other side wiser, more capable, and stronger than I was before.

They say the best revenge is a life well-lived, and certainly mine has improved, but revenge isn't want I want. Because honestly I don't care anymore. I will likely never hear from them again, and even if I did, I wouldn't have anything to say to them. But while I'm traveling, volunteering, and learning, I hope they're not doing well. Or at least, not as well as me.

A witch doesn't forget a betrayal like that. It doesn't hurt anymore, honestly, but the memory is still as fresh as though it were yesterday. And truth be told, I know they are STILL here, because I know they need the validation. They never left, they just deleted their blog, made a new one under a new name, and keep to themselves. I've kept my blog up, sure, but I'm rarely on here because I was able to move beyond that part of my life. But this blog still retains the one mark that shows its journey through the madness that started with Phoenix-Fire-Witchcraft, through to Leaping-Hare-Witchery, to our current home under OfWordsAndBlood. A name I claim because I earned it through their empty words and my own sparked blood.

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Why aren't more people talking about this? I feel like this should've been passed around far more

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Because OWB was popular and is still on here, telling their people to ignore me., using their influence as they did before - not to right their wrongdoing but to suppress it so others won't notice that they're still here, reusing their old content without crediting the original account because they think it's been so long that no one will remember - despite their attempts to create a new, less 'mystical' persona, its them.

And it's none other than @carbon-heart, who has blocked me for calling them out.

And no one on tumblr gives a shit. People here act like they're so very forward thinking and like they care so deeply about abuse and holding people accountable - right up until the moment that the abuser is one of their favorites who gives them all their yummy secrets in tiny crumb form.

Why aren't more people talking about this? Because they don't want to admit they are complicit in the behavior by refusing to acknowledge these experiences. Because the Cult-$quad actively suppresses it. And because if the average tumblr witch did acknowledge it and stop following Carbon-Heart, they wouldn't be able to advance their witchcraft practice (because most people's witchcraft is so wildly devoid of real connection that without someone spoon-feeding them spells and rituals, they would never know what to do.)

That's why.

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Friendly reminder that @Carbon-Heart is Of-Wood-And-Bone's new blog, and that rather than owning their mistakes and acknowledging their wrongdoing, they've blocked me for calling out what at first seemed like plagiarism. And of course, there is STILL no one talking about this, there is STILL no one asking for accountability, and there are STILL HUNDREDS of people who would rather salivate over the spells @Carbon-Heart writes instead of taking responsibility for their own witchcraft by relying on others for their insights and their magic.

You asked why no one is talking about it, yet no one has even so much as acknowledged this post besides yourself.

But hey, if y'all want to take your witchcraft advice from an oath-breaker who stood by as a discord server full of bullies nearly caused a woman to kill herself from horrific and near-constant harassment and doxxing, you be my guest.