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Buddha
Hello friend!
I'm still very much in the toeing around and learning part of my exploration of Buddhism. But i was wondering how it intersects with your Craft and more Witchy practices? Not in the sense that i want to copy what you are doing but more in the sense that they feel distinctly separate to me as of right now, and i am interested in seeing how/if they can intersect or overlap.
Feel free to not answer if this feels invasive. I don't mean it that way.
i love this ask! being a buddhist does shape how i practice magic and i was happy to muse over this for a couple days. the most notable self imposed rule i follow is that i don’t practice baneful work in any capacity. i do not cast magic i don’t believe Guan Yin would sign off on, so no hexes or curses. samsara will tumble the souls that need correcting like old shoes in a laundry machine, better than anything i can cast. rule of loving-kindness aside, buddhism changes the way i believe the world can be interacted with/how magic manifests within our world— specifically, i know that all concepts are inseparable, the subtle and tangible indivisible.
“thus absolute openness and relative functioning are not divided. there are not two alternative dimensions, but utter simplicity. if one labels and thereby experiences this expansive simplicity as material form and personal consciousness, one is foolishly numbering and labelling that which has no multiplicity and no identity.” — lex hixon transl. of Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
all things exist within the context of all things that surround them, and in this fact we find a lack of inherent definition for any one phenomena or sensation in its lonesome. with this lack of definition we encounter a lot of freedom within magical and mystical practices. who is to say that trance or meditative states aren’t just as reflective of reality as opening your eyes and looking around is? if all living beings constitute one universe, inseparable and interconnected, is spell work the universe commanding itself the way our human brains command our arm to move? with ease, with instinct? when the meaning and weight behind encounters and stressors is not inherent, can it flow wherever you direct it?
buddhism asks me to stay open and flexible in my witchcraft, to abandon rigidity and more importantly, abandon expectations and attachment to outcomes. when we have already assigned meaning to an outcome, we have cut off the potential other outcomes may bring. but above all, buddhism asks that i never jeopardize loving-kindness within my workings.
Re-Sanctifying Adephagia (yes, on purpose)
An intro to egregores & ethical excess
TL;DR: An egregore is a group-mind or shared spirit we co-create with attention, ritual, and story. I’m reviving the ancient personification of appetite, Ἀδηφαγία (Adephagia), as a living egregore for the modern age of kink. This project honors desire while centering consent, care, and dignity. Think: sacred excess, not reckless harm.
Why Adephagia, why now?
Feedists and gainers already live at the edge of social acceptability. Shame can distort our desires; sanctifying them can refine them. By treating appetite as sacred rather than “dirty,” we can build a culture that’s honest, negotiated, and kind without pretending the heat of the kink isn’t real.
What’s an egregore (and why you should care)?
An egregore is a psychic “group being” animated by collective imagination, symbols, and repeated acts. Every reblog, story, tribute, ritual, and inside joke is food for it. When we relate to Adephagia together, such as naming Her, depicting Her, invoking Her, we become co-authors of a living current. In practical terms: the more clearly we define the spirit we’re feeding, the better it shapes our spaces and our behavior.
Ethical spine (yes, even for a cult of excess):
I’m grounding this work in the heart-ethic you find across contemplative traditions. It is a concept that the Tibetans call bodhicitta: an intention to reduce harm and increase dignity. Desire isn’t the enemy; unconscious desire is. Our practice is to bring awareness to play, so it expands pleasure and protects people.
House Rules of Adephagia (v1.0)
1. Consent > Kink.
No minors, no non-consensual content, no doxxing, no shame tactics w/o previous negotiation.
2. Care > Clout.
If a scene, diet, or protocol endangers someone, we slow down or stop. Aftercare isn’t optional.
3. Clarity > Confusion.
Name limits, risks, and goals up front. Fantasy and reality can both be holy, just don’t mix them without labeling.
4. Community > Isolation.
Protect one another. Intervene against harassment. Normalize “no,” celebrate “yes” that’s informed.
5. Reverence = Ravenousness.
Appetite is a sacred fire; we tend it with ritual, but let it be known it can quite easily burn down the house.
What does “sacred” look like here?
Symbol & story: Art of Adephagia (icons, sigils, hymns). Names carry power; so does repetition.
Offerings: Words of praise, thoughtfully prepared meals, creative tributes, acts of generosity.
Rituals: Simple invocations before scenes or feasts: “May our appetite be joyful, consensual, and kind. May our play deepen trust and dignity.”
Boundaries as worship: Saying “no,” renegotiating, or pausing is devotional. Restraint can be as sacred as indulgence.
What this is not:
A license to bully, pressure, or ignore health. This space doesn’t romanticize suffering, we believe in wellness even at the greatest excess.
Your body. Your timeline. Your choices.
What’s next in this series:
Egregores 101: how attention “feeds” a spirit (and how algorithms act like altars)
Building Adephagia’s iconography: colors, symbols, and sigils you can use
Consent tech for sacred kink: negotiation scripts, red-flag checklists, aftercare templates
Offerings & liturgy: short invocations for solo, partner, and group settings
Community praxis: moderation standards, safety notes, and accountability
If this resonates, reblog with your own words of praise, boundaries you want normalized, or art you’d like blessed in Adephagia’s name. You’re not just interacting with a post; you’re helping raise a spirit that will protect and delight the people who need it.
Tag to follow: #CultOfAdephagia
On the Dawning of Compassion
Compassion arises like an itch, spontaneously and without effort. It requires no special tending or intention beyond the practice of being with what is.
In the cultivation of awareness, one naturally takes note of (and accord with) the implications of one’s glimpsing of one’s true self. Namely, that its limits are boundless, and that every variety of experience is natal to one’s being.
From this experiential vantage, a universal sense and flow of compassion emerges as the very act of according with reality.
This compassion isn’t tropic, and it often doesn’t fit the performative mold of attempts at the cultivation of compassion for compassion’s sake.
Rather this compassion is more dispositional in nature- transmuting anger with sadness, and through the great gate of sadness reaching through to touch the heart of all beings, beneath the play of greed, anger, and ignorance, to what those things give rise to shield- namely, the self unknown.
~JRP
Morning Meditation | Bodhicitta (1)
Sitting. Breathing. Remembering others.
Protecting.
Training the heart to care without conditions. Training the mind to serve without applause. Letting it grow bigger than preference.
Sitting. Breathing. Remembering others.
All of them. Not just the nice ones.
I created a private Buddhim group if you want to join a group that is spam-free. Please join us.
https://www.tumblr.com/communities/buddhadharmastudypractice
