#critterwitch

[audrabalion]

Coloured our #letsbuildawitch from last night! I’m waiting for computer updates to show you a video of colouring her, so watch for that later. #dailydrawing #witch #critterwitch #rainbowwitch #victorianwitch #teatime #magic #drawing #ink #copic #micron https://www.instagram.com/p/B97hmYjHQKk/?igshid=gpigp32fxvnt

[boobun]

Witchsonaaaaaa! I'm a dirty ass CRITTERWITCH which is something I made up to give myself pointy ears, a tail, and fuzz feets. Got my cat Noodle and my favie baby familiar Marques in my critter bag.

[thiscrookedcrown]

critterwitch reblogged your photo:4/30 of 30 Day Tarot Pic Challenge - 4 things...

WHICH ZOO (totally misses the point of the post)

I will be at Roger Williams Park and Zoo (Providence, RI) tomorrow from 11 until 5. Technically, it's a date but PLEASE don't let that stop you (or anyone else reading this) from interrupting and coming up for a chat or a reading. Men interesting in dating me have to accept interruption in the form of magic, divination, deities, and cats at all times.

Anyway, the zoo replaces my typical Sunday Meet Up and I will be in green, black, and red.

[breelandwalker]

speaking of pendulums, every time i try to "tune" mine, it just. hangs. perfectly still. it's not like i have a super steady hand either, but it just. doesn't move. what am i missing here? am i supposed to actually move it on purpose? how would i not be controlling its direction, then? i'm so confused.

You can nudge it to set it swinging at first if you feel you need to. And try relaxing your hand a little to let more energy come through.

[breelandwalker]

can you think of any non-curse uses for snake fangs? i feel like they could be awesome but everything i come up with seems awfully malevolent, haha.

Well, you could use them for protection magic too. Barriers with bite, if you'll excuse the pun. Or you could include them in a witch bottle in place of pins or nails.

Remember, witchlings: That which can curse can also protect. And the reverse is also true. It's all in how you use it.

[breelandwalker]

Hehe thanks! I'm mostly being a bit goofy, i already used the very magical healing salves of betadine and neosporin. i also just realized that since i had been talking about critter witchery earlier it might sound like i have been handling random wild animals. i have not!

Very good, Critterwitch.

And no worries. Domestic critters can nip and nom just as much as wild ones, we all know it, don't we darlings?

[breelandwalker]

critterwitch got bitten by a critter today on the thumb. tried to cast a spell to ward off infection until i can see the doctor, ended up burning my OTHER thumb lighting the candle because non-dominant hand. witching is hard =(

Critterwitch, you have arrived.

Soak the bitten thumb in a light solution of water and rubbing alcohol to prevent infection. Keep it clean and bandaged and change the dressing in the morning and at night. Watch for any signs of infection (swelling, extreme tenderness in the area, discoloration, pus/oozy discharge/bad smell coming from the wound) and go the ER immediately if you start to run a fever.

Ask the doctor to put you on an antibiotic if you're very concerned about infection. Generic versions should be available for tight budgets.

Feel better!

[breelandwalker]

it's me, critterwitch! do you have any thoughts/resources on familiars? i've seen lots of conflicting opinions on the matter ("a familiar isn't a pet!" "a familiar isn't even a PHYSICAL BEING" i don't even know man)

Well, there's a couple of schools of thought there.

Yes, a familiar is more than a pet. A familiar is an animal companion who assists with witchcraft and sometimes carries messages and does other tasks at a witches' bidding. These creatures can be seen or unseen, and can occupy both physical and metaphysical planes of existence.

Now, in a practical sense, we don't all have metaphysical animal companions to help us out. But a number of us have pets with whom we share a special connection who always seem to show up whenever anything witchy is going on. My cat Sebastian and Nen's cat Aggro are two examples. This is the other type of familiar. It's a bit more mundane and not as powerful, but every bit as useful for those of us who don't delve into the invisible or astral planes in our witchcraft.

In general, a familiar is an animal, yes, but it's also far more, and it's important to remember that.