#eclectic pagan

[yet-another-occultist]

Been going stolrong for about a month on the Heathen Golden Dawn rituals I've been doing, i should be doing this journaling more tbh but oh well. still figuring it out. things i've noticed:

1. my days start better, this may be placebo but idk and kinda dont care. the morning habit is great and gets me up and ready for work

2. I def feel more connected. I think many other rituals could achieve this, and i dont think this is unique to the Heathen Golden Dawn at all but the fact that its working is nice, this is one of my goals with it.

3. Everything feels more intentional. Its easier for me to "see" when a spirit or entity is around, or influencing things. This is both good and bad. the main and biggest problem i have with this is working in a warehouse, i see a lot of wandering spirits. but theyre not bothering me so whatever

4. finally the biggest thing: there is DEFINITELY SOMETHING here but i dont know if this is the best way to bring Ceremonial Magick to Norse Paganism. it may just be a personal taste thing but i have made a few tweaks and changes to fit my practice and even with that i almost feel like theres better ways to go about this. I feel no regret trying this at all tho.

All in all so far it's fine. I'm going to be continuing and adding in some of the largsr stuff now that i have the groundwork daily things memorized and part of my schedule.

[lighthouseseanymph]

Daily Personal Practice

Its a great Thursday morning, I went to bed at 9 p.m. last night, slept straight till6. a. m. this morning. I started my day with my usual 750 ml water intake. In summer I get more thirsty for water, so I always have my reusable water bottle near me, just in case.

I had my breakfast: ham-vegan mayo sandwich, with cherry tomatoes on the side.

For lunch I now am in the process of making simple mac&cheese, with Hungarian sour cream to make it a bit more creamy and variaty in its texture.

In our tradition many sour cream with cottage cheese-sugar or with baked bacon as topping. I now work with what I already got in my pantries to prevent overconsumption and unnecessary spendings.

I only cook lunch this time as in the evening I travel back to home and my family provides dinner for me. I asked for a simple soup, excited what they’ll surprise me with.

I done some preparations for this month’s spellworks in my Book of Shadows, reasearched on correspondences that I feel attracted to.

Your sisterly advice: if you are unsure where to start, grap some stationary and a notebook and jot down what you are already liking, attracted to. This will be the core base of your practice currently Later it can grow, as you advance, and its good to start with what already fascinates you. And now Google is your bff. 😉 Bonus advice ~ take everything with a pinch of salt, even here on Tumblr too, as many posts are mostly UPGs or lacking the sources.

Today’s witching: I’m gonna do a travel safe-spell, maybe a simple sigil; and a healing potion as heatwaves made me sick during my Monday night shift, and tomorrow I have to visit my doctor for an appointment. Cheer for me I hope it really isn’t that bad. I want to get back to work as soon as possible.

[lighthouseseanymph]

Why Sharing personal practice is not for me?

I am relatively new to the craft, as I view it. I study this since half a year so far, and I have met all kinds of mistake a newbie can do. Except the classic cultural appropriation new agie vibes, somehow it did not cross my lifespan fortunately.

But. I have met all kinds of racist bigot all the ist-type of people. Most of them are happen to identify as white. I am not. Why? Because I am mixed of ethnicities, there is no such thing as racial purity. Forget this, European-descendants, you are not Aryan! Its a BULLSHIT!

Now, why I am still closeted: because of the bigotry. And the hatred, and stigmatization one gets from being other than Christian, which is indeed CULTURAL APPROPRIATION. Bear with it. Its theft, from Judaism.

Blame Apostle Paul, not me. I’m just the fact-bringer. So, how I have became an animist/witch?

Simple: atheism to me is empty. It makes people less emphatetic as I see, and I want not to be such.

I want to feel alive, to have connection to something deeper instead of the selfish consumerism.

This is why I also identify as Hungarian, not white. The term white erases, destroys. I wanna be the pattern-breaker.

I’m coming from Slavic blood, more specifically Slovenian, and palóc (a Hungarian tribe from the northern borders of the country). I have such a diverse background which I am proud of, because my ancestors have stories that I am sure I would not be able to survive, yet they did, and here I am.

And I want it to Black and POC folks to enjoy. You are AWSOME! There is no such thing as superiority, you are equalto me. This is a safe space. Racist people? Get the hell outta here! You know where is the door.

I am a firm believer of diversity and sharing our wisdom, culture and what we want, with RESPECT and RECIPROCITY. These are my number one values, the cores of my why to the question of my faith’s foundations.

Respect and reciprocity >> if I learn something from another culture or group of people, I am gonna invest in it back, not just take-take-take.

Support the environment you wanna see thriving.

That’s my main advice for other beginners. Research, learn, and be humble enough so criticism won’t break you. Enough with the white fragility and egofeeding.

Here on my page, there will never be place for bigotry.

[lighthouseseanymph]

Personal Practice

part1

~ my experience as a closetet witch/pagan ~

Cleansing: I often work with water as my main componant for cleansing hence living in a dorm room incense or herb burning isn’t an option due to safety reasons, bonus the fire alarms are a huge point to keep an eye on. You do not wanna trigger it because that could cause to be fined if firemen have to come unnecessary. o.0

Ways to ceanse with water: dishwashing, wash my laundry (refreshing my protective layers of clothes), clean the top of furnitures for negative energy remove

Warding: mundane tasks are the best friends of a closeted witch/pagan. For warding I often wear protective talismans, amulets, sigils even a great choice. My greatest hidig spot is my shoes: I love to wear sigils in my shoes noone wold suspect it. Sweaping the floor to kick negative spirits/energies out of my space is too a good tool in my magical hands.

Working with kitchen craft: the habit of cooking/baking with intention is my favourite part. Especially for abundance,fertility, and just to feel safe and cozy. I choose my ingredients carefully, and to the average eyes it’s just a household chore. Yes, I use the remaining parts of an ingredient too ie. non-edible parts of a veggie, when I craft offering powders. Like eggshells are great correspondence for it but make sure before you do any spellwork to not cross the lines of cultural appropriation, some types of spellwork definitely belong to closed practices, ask first, do your research!

Divination techniques: use a book to get otherworldy messeges from your spirits, noone would suspect it. Really. I use cardomacy only when my roommate isn’t near me, so it won’t draw attention on my practice. Weather divination – its a huge part of my culture’s folk customs, i.e. cloudgazing, is a form of it, to search for signs from clouds

[lighthouseseanymph]

Education is important

Do not be afreaid to do your own research! Even aroudn topics you are scared of or have a hatred against it. Do know what you hate and what you value. And by research I mean all types of information, not just text-based ones. Whatever is accessible to you, grasp on it, legally. We need to fight against dezinformations.

[lighthouseseanymph]

Be careful how you phrease!

AI and LQBTQAI+ etc. etc. are umbrella terms. There are many umbrella-terms that could be confusing to someone new to the concept, or English isn't their native language. I have noticed many people are lazy with specificating what they are talking about assuming people would generally know. I have done my research and I am astonished by how many branches AI technology has. Its not just ChatGPT or GRok -> those are the most well known ones alongside with Google Gemini.

So... when I speek of speicification: when somone says in their posts that all AI is bad >> did you know there is medical AI that helps disabled people to reintegrate into society? Accessibility is a key element here.

Not all AI is morally bad. Yes, thech will have always issues as not everything is 100% pure, you have to look for the circumstances. And it is indeed abelist to anybody to say "why would x-y-z- group of disabled people need to use AI when they could only do x-y-z insted?" You are not have the right to decide in anyone's name on what they can afford or what are their customs to gain accessibility. Blindness helper softwares ARE a type of AI. Yes, they are. Non-hearing aiding softwares such as STT-models are NON-GENERATIVE AI technologies that help people to communicate especially when the speaking participant cannot use Sign Language. I don't say we'll always depend on it. But up until there is not enough education to make Sign Language an afforable option to learn widely in the world, I am standing up for technology that helps us keep afloat. I am tired of always explaining to people that moral snobism isn't helpful. That you are not superior for being able-bodied and you are definitely not have the right able-bodied buddy of mine, to speak over us. I agree - Generative AI is containing harmful unregulated issues that have to be solved in the near future. And if someone generates something with AI its your right to disagree - however, to claim I am or anybody using advanced technology as immoral, or not fit for x-y-z for example faiths, who the hell are you to tell someone else what they are allowed to do? When hearing aids won't cost a fortune, when society will accomodate me, when society won't keep saying shits like this, I'm gonna drop AI. Up until changes aren't forced out of healthcare systes for better accessibility, I am sticking to what is out there available. PEriod. If you don't like it, you can unfollow me. But aaany kind of hateful speech here won't be tolerated. Warned you! I'm gonna block you if I see attack mobs against me just because I am not buying the unconscious sheep-mindset. There is free of speech up until a level that's not harming somoenoe deliberately. And this type of superiority mentality IS HARMFUL. Wanna exclude me because I use what is accessible to me? That's pure evil on another level. And pals, do your researches before you stigmatize groups, and make a mistake unvoluntarely out of moral highgroudn superiority games. Oh and >> If I see my post reposted or taken out of context entirely, you gonna get your ass kicked, darling. Be fair. Reblog is ok, but no repost, no dragging out of context, USE the full damn post if you wanna critique it. Feel free in a normal civilized manner. I'm not that kind of person you can mess with, my boundaries are clear. You can hate ChatGPT and stuff like that as much as you want, just leave medical aI fuckin' alone! And yes, I still am friends with faires, the elements, and much more. I am not dependent on your insecurities of my faith.

[lighthouseseanymph]

HAVING AN OPINION DOESN'T ALWAYS EQUAL ITS A FACT!!!

Watch how much you let online contents influence you.

[lighthouseseanymph]

What I have learnt fromo my country's energy crisis?

ORbán rezsime was racist, fascist and nearly all the bad ists we can imagine. They have sold our country. But we took it back. VOTING is important. Its its own kind of witchcraft, as its your intentions matched with your acts in order for a prefered result.

So. TISZA announced us to restrict our energy consumption during the heatwaves so Paks wouldn't need to stop producing electricity to the country's population. The bigots were shrieking to oppose the TISZA although they have to admit, ITS EXTREMELY HOT. We reached 43°C in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén region, and its still NOT the heatwave record.

Hungary this time shew what we're capabe of if everyone does al ittle, yes, even if its not perfect, but every step counts in making our human populations greener in order to save Mama Earth! 💞💞💞💞 We're sill fighting but its not that urgent, they won't stop Paks. I'm radically changing my lifestylie into electricity-free as much as possible. Back to the cave -movement as I like to call it.