#diawrites

[dianapana]

Kill the king

Hey there, i haven’t really written anything in a long-ass time cuz uni started and all that but also cuz i don’t really have any inspiration at the moment but i saw this picture of a tattoo saying ‘Kill the king’ and thought it would fit nice with  my story <Queen of the forest> if i ever re-write the chapters i have from last year so i wrote this small segment just for kicks, hope you enjoy, Love Dia~

“Kill the king” she said under her breath into the dark hoping the walls had ears as everyone always warned her, the whisper was a wish, a beg. “Kill the king” she spoke softly, her hands were trembling, oh how she wished she could bring them before her face and blow on them but the chains were keeping them up, above her head. “Kill the king” said a bit louder, she wished she could look around to assess her surroundings, but they placed bandages over her eyes. “Kill the king” she half-shouted and couldn’t help but jump when a voice mocked her “<Kill the king> she says”. The young Hyuuga girl believed her to be alone, but the voice proved her wrong.

Neither of them said anything for a few seconds, she was too spooked to talk while he waited for her to talk again. The trembling of her upper limbs expended to her whole body, her teeth were clattering, and her breathing was coming out faster.

“What? Did your small chanting stop?” the deep voice said from somewhere to her right, way too close for her liking. Whoever the person was he was moving closer, his heavy boots hitting the cement floor a couple of times until he came to a stop close enough to her that she could feel him breath, close enough that she could feel the warmth of his body.

Hinata couldn’t help holding her breath, all her life she was taught that fear is something only the weak feels, but her blood froze in her veins the second she realized she wasn’t alone. If only her father could see her he’d be mortified by her state, but he wasn’t there, he would never be there because three days ago before dawn solders attacked her family, butchering every single man they found and took the women. She was forced to watch her father’s head roll around the bloody floor, forced to listen to her cousin’s screams as they poured boiling water over his head.

“What happened? Why so quiet all of a sudden?” the man punched the wall right beside her head and leaned towards her whispering into her ear. “Do you no longer wish to kill the king?”

[odinslut]

And suddenly!!! Headache!!! I could probably banish it away with coffee but I actually need SOME sleep today lol I quit. Goodnight

[odinslut]

TBH I was really worried about comedowns but every day with this new treatment makes me more and more convinced that I SERIOUSLY overdosed that one time It's so smooth with this dose. I can feel my body taking a step down slowly every few minutes. The feeling of being less focused and sleepy is a little disappointing because I love being productive but when I time it right it just feels like the natural time to pause for the night and go to bed

[odinslut]

My rp friends, and by extension Spotify and 8tracks have introduced me to the power of writing to the right playlist God bless

[lydiamncrabtree]

Daily Divination: The Celtic Tree Oracle A System of Divination

by Liz and Colin Murray; Illustrated by Vanessa Card

I will be drawing daily Ogham based off the aforementioned card set on this and my Facebook personal page. I will no longer be posting the daily WDSC Witch’s Rune posts here. 

I will also be using Celtic Tree Mysteries: Secrets of the Ogham by Steve Blamires.

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WDSC Witches Runes

If you have been following my daily Witch's Runes post, I am going to stop posting them here. I post them on Willow Dragonstone Community’s Facebook Page and inside the Willow Dragonstone Community Group. I have decided to use this and my personal Facebook page to post a daily draw of the Ogham. It is a more complicated system and one I have wanted to do an in depth study of for sometime. 

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Books on Craft History

I have been compiling a list of books on the history of the craft. I have limited my book list to that subject. This means that there may not be books on this list that are important books written by historical figures in the craft. What books would you add to this list? Why?

Adler, Margot, 1997. Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today

Blecourt, W.D., Fontaine, J.D.L. & Hutton, R., 2001. Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6 (History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe), Athlone Press.

Budapest, Z, 2007. The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries (NOTE: I don’t know how much HISTORY there is in this book. However, some complaints about the lack of history around feminism and paganism on my list, prompts me to add this for that reason alone. Dia, Feb., 2016)

Crowley, A., 1919. The Equinox III, 1, Detroit MI: Universal Pub. Co.

Davis, M., From Man to Witch: Gerald Gardner 1946-1949. Available at:http://www.geraldgardner.com/Gardner46-49.PDF [Accessed May 19, 2009].

Farrar, Janet & Bone, Gavine, 2003. Progressive Witchcraft (This book has an appendix about Dorothy Clutterbuck and information about Farrar’s personal recollections of Gerald Gardner. Dia, 2016).

Finnin, Ann, 2007. The Forge of Tubal Cain

Greenfield, A H., 2004. The Roots of Modern Magick: An Anthology

Greenfield, Allen, ????. A True History of Witchcraft http://darkbooks.org/pp.php?v=585934618 (Available as PDF only. Dia, Feb., 2016))

Hesselton, Phillip, 2016. Doreen Valiente Witch

Hesselton, Phillip, 2012. Witchfather: A Life of Gerald Gardner: Into the Witch Cult.

Hesselton, Phillip, 2012. Witchfather: From Witch Cult to Wicca Volume 2: A Life of Gerald Gardner (Witchfather: A Life of Gerald Gardner)

Hesselton, Phillip, 2001. Wiccan Roots: Gerald Gardner and the Modern Witchcraft Revival

Hesselton, Phillip, 2003. Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration: An Investigation into the Sources of Gardnerian Witchcraft.

Howard, Michael, 2010. Modern Wicca: A History from Gerald Gardner to the Present

Hutton, Ronald, 1999. The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft

Hutton, Ronald, 2009. Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain.

Hutton, Ronald, 2014. Pagan Britain

Hutton, Ronald, 1993. The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy

Hutton, Ronald, 2003. Witches, Druids and King Arthur

Hutton, Ronald, 2001. Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain.

Johns, June, 1969. Alex Sanders: King of Witches

Kacynski, Richard, 2002. Forgotten Templars, The Untold Origins of the Ordo Templi Orientis

Kelly, Aidan A., 2007. Inventing Witchcraft: A Case Study In the Creation of A New Religion (NOTE: Previously published as Crafting the Art of Magick) (WARNING: The Craft History expert I turn to does not agree with some of conclusions of this book. Dia, Feb., 2016)

Kelly, Aiden A., 2014. A Tapestry of Witches: A History of the Craft in America, Volume 1: To the Mid-1970s (A Tapectry of Witches) (NOTE: This author has a blog that evidently is pretty good and free. Dia, Feb. , 2016).

Liddell, W. E., 1994. The Pickengill Papers: The Origins of Gardnarian Craft. (WARNING: You may find disproven theories and inaccurate information. Dia, Feb, 2016)

Lloyd, Michael G, 2012. Bull of Heaven: The Mythic Life of Eddie Buczynski and the Rise of the New York Pagan

Moura, Ann, 2007. Ann Moura’s New History of Witchcraft (WARNING: My most trusted source on Craft History raised his eyebrows about the claim that Ann Moura is an accepted authority on Craft History)

Murray, Margaret, 1921. The WitchCult of Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology (WARNING: Questionable and disproven theories may abound. Dia, 2016)

Murray, Margaret, 1932. The God of the Witches (WARNING: Questionable and disproven theories may abound. Dia, 2016)

Orpheus, R., A Timeline of O.T.O. Succession After Crowley’s Death. Available at: http://rodneyorpheus.com/writings/occult/a-timeline-of-oto-succession-after-crowleys-death/ [Accessed May 19, 2009].

Phillips, Julia, 2004 Revised . History of Wicca in England: 1939 to Present Day. http://geraldgardner.com/History_of_Wicca_Revised.pdf (Available as PDF only. Dia, Feb., 2016))

Rankine, D. & D’Este, S., 2008. Wicca Magickal Beginnings: A Study of the Possible Origins of This Tradition of Modern Pagan Witchcraft and Magick 2nd ed., Avalonia.

Russell, Jeffrey B. & Alexander, Brooks, 2007. A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics & Pagans

Sanders, Maxine, 2007. Fire Child: The Life & Magic of Maxine Sanders ‘Witch Queen’

Starhawk, 1999. The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess: 20th Anniversary Edition

Starr, M.P., 2003. The Unknown God: W.T. Smith and the Thelemites 1st ed., Teitan Press.

Symonds, John, 1971. The Great Beast: The Life and Magick of Aleister Crowley

Valiente, D., 1989. The Rebirth of Witchcraft

Valiente, Doreen, 2014. Where Witchcraft Lives

Valiente, Doreen; Jones, Evan John, 1990. Witchcraft: A Tradition Renewed

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If you identified the archetypes of Big Name Pagans, what is your favorite archetype and who exemplifies it?

Lydia M N Crabtree