[mournfulroses]

Catherynne M. Valente, from her book titled "Deathless," originally published in March 2011

[ladyiristheenchantress]

Hey everybody! I know it’s been a minute:

I just want to remind everyone (esp w summer approaching in the northern hemisphere) that when you are looking for shells on a beach that you are doing so ethically.

Many beaches currently have a shelling ban, meaning if you find one, leave it there. This is because shells greatly impact the coastline ecosystem, offering homes and latching points to many organisms, offering minerals as they break down, and creating sand in the middle of a global sand shortage.

Additionally many countries have bans on taking shells in luggage, even by car. It’s important that you ‘know before you go’ on vacation. You can look up a specific beaches laws prior to your visit, and when in doubt leave shells where they are.

For my witches: I know many posts suggest taking shells home as offerings, esp older sources, however due to the nature of the situation it’s best they are left where they are. Rather than taking them, bless them, skip them closer to the waves as offerings, make fun sigils around them in the sand before they are washed away, honor the species they came from as a muse, charge shells in sunlight or moonlight before placing them back. Ideas are infinite, so depending on what you need them for there are beach equivalents that are ocean friendly!

Finally: please don’t introduce foreign materials into the water systems, buying commercial shells just to put back, adding random crystals to beaches, buying shells from beach shops (unethical to begin with) and trying to put them back. Many of these objects either are not native to the area, or have been treated for craft purposes, or like in the cases of beach stores have been brought from international sources. These shells are no longer beach safe, and risk introducing things into the water ways that don’t belong.

We can respect these beauties from a distance, our water ways need us 🙌

This has been a water witch PSA 🌊🐚🦪

[lost-at-thecrossroads]

Seeing this again made me think of this.

As an alternative - Sea glass. It's man made and shouldn't really be there in the first place, so if you happen to come across some then it's a perfect alternative to sea shells.

Another option is taking a bottle or jar and filling it with sea water or sand (just don't leave any plastic packaging or labels behind)

[prairiebeetle]

there's so many times when I want to write at length and in detail about an experience I've had within my practice, but the things I felt or intuited in those moments are often so transcendent, fleeting, and overwhelming that I struggle to articulate them, and every turn of phrase seems inadequate so I just default to "wow I love the gods" and call it a day. I'm trying to improve upon this bc I want to keep a better/more consistent personal written record, especially now that I'm on a pretty regular schedule wrt offerings & getting more seriously into trancework, katadesmoi, and ritual preparation, but man it can sure be hard to find the words!

[berharddp]

[pmamtraveller]

Pressure by Essi Välimäki

[danse-macabre-ballerina]

[zerogate]

Some classical scholars say that the term daimon was used by writers such as Homer, Hesiod and Plato as a synonym for the word theos, or god; Still others point to a definite distinction between these words. The word “daimon” referred to something indeterminate, invisible, incorporeal, amorphous and unknown, whereas “theos” was the personification of a specific god, such as Zeus or Apollo. The daimon was that divine, mediating spiritual power that impelled one’s actions and determined one’s destiny. It was, in the judgment of most classical scholars, inborn and immortal, embodying all innate talents, tendencies (both positive and negative), and natural abilities. Indeed, one’s daimon manifested as a sort of fateful “soul” which spurred one on toward good or evil.

-- Stephen A. Diamond, Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil, and Creativity

[faytree]

From tonight’s storm ⚡💜

[deathgasmic]

who else is up permanently feeling like they did something Wrong

[slewfootwitch]

I think disbelief has just as much power in magic as belief does. Disbelief is a ward in the same way that belief is a doorway.

[lost-at-thecrossroads]

YESSSS

[introvertsnation]

[breanna777]

I absolutely love the bell

Video length is: 01:18 seconds!

I found this vid on tiktok! User is: french_ghuleh make sure to check em out!

[mairio]

Helen & Kaine (Alchemised by @senlinyu)

[broomsick]

My favorite simple wards to guard the home

Hanging rosemary above the doorstep, and/or above doors of the house for protection.

Sprinkling a line of dried red pepper on a windowsill, to counter a curse.

Placing a mix of dried & ground eggshells and black pepper in every corner of a room to keep out unwanted spirits.

Placing a decoration representing a witch in the kitchen, to keep away illness and to favor health.

Crafting an effigie (no matter how crude!) and make it into the guardian of your home by charging it with your intent of protection and placing it near the front door.

Crafting small witch ladders to hang around the house.

[theoncelightqueen]

Some of mine are to:

Make a spice/herbal mix and putting it on top of doorframes and windowsills to banish anything negative or harmful

Leaving a bowl or bag of salt by the door

Warding spells!

Energy wards! (My favorite)

[corvinunbraxiss]

Some of mine:

Mark each external door with protected runes using moon water or Florida water

Place a small piece of selenite over the inside of each door

And, of course, a good old-fashioned witch bottle buried on the property

[requiem-on-water]

Daughter (2026), oil on linen by Filip Mirazovic

[eymurn]

“i thought i’d weird you out” you weirded me in, twin

[the-lady-and-the-unicorn]

Medieval dragons across Europe and the Middle East