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The 24 lessons 2024 taught me-

1) People can change anytime; even a childhood friend or someone you adore can break your heart into a million pieces. Never trust people completely.

2) Nothing can change until you give your two hundred percent. Life is like the first law of motion; it will not change its motion unless a force acts on it.

3) Results are not in our hands; only actions are. So, there is no point in thinking about the end. Surrender and focus on the present.

4) One can conquer the world if they have discipline.

5) The truth of self-introspection is bitter of all the truths in the world; face it or live in denial all your life. Learn to accept the 'real' you; you can escape the world, but not yourself.

6) No one will save you. Your rock bottoms are the loneliest place. People will forget you, the world will treat you like you are zero, and nobody will call or check on you, but remember, rock bottoms can either make you or break you. Choose what you want to be!

7)Fight for your dreams because nobody in this entire universe can fulfill your dreams for you. Be a fighter, not a quitter.

8) Only a few people in your life genuinely care for you; they are gems, so don't lose them.

9) Take responsibility for your life and yourself. All you have is ''NOW.''

10) Respect and protect your mental health, even if it means removing some ''important'' people from your life.

11) If someone is nice to you, that does not mean they have good intentions towards you. People can be sweet like honey and may bite you like a snake.

12) Privacy should be your priority. Do not share your life. People can't ruin what they don't know.

13) Realizations about anything can give a new direction to life by changing our perspective. Welcome that!

14) Keep your emotions out of your head while dealing with the world.

15) Everything in life is for a season, and that season comes for a reason. When the season is harsh, stay strong, and enjoy when the season is like spring.

16) Choose yourself no matter what!

17) Knowing something and realizing what it is are two different things.

18) Never go out of your way to help people. Only help if they ask you for help. Don't interrupt someone's karma. Observe things, don't absorb them.

20) Manifestation works.

21) Never leave the hobbies you liked as a child. Your hobbies will keep you sane in your adulthood.

22) Don't let this confused and lost world decide your life path. Don't let them tell you what your potential is. I wasted so many years listening to such people, and in 2024, I realized what they did to my mind. Now, I am working on myself to become a better version of myself.

23) You won't get the time you have now again. Invest it wisely. You won't be this age again. We all will die one day. Life is what you do with the time and resources you have.

24) Keep yourself closer to God. ALWAYS!

Goodbye, 2024.

[eos-teric]

Cleromancy 101

You might be wondering what I'm talking about now, but I assure you already know! This type of divination, similar to scrying, has been passed down for more than centuries: you just ask a question, throw (cast) some similar items together, then you interpret shapes, symbols, numbers, positions on a mental or physical grid, closeness, patterns, etc. It's almost like reading runes, if you like... Perhaps not quite as mainstream.

It’s important to specify that there’s no universal way to interpret the signs: this divination method is based on the refinement of your instinct. So take it easy, practice, drink tea, take notes and create your own interpretation system!

Traditionally it’s common to use animal bones, however if the idea of handling dead body parts (yuck) as a divination tool doesn’t vibe with you, obviously there are hundreds of thousands of alternatives! It’d be nice to make this a masterpost, so if you have any suggestions I'll be glad to quote you!

🀄 BOARD GAME TILES (e.g. Scrabble, Mahjong, puzzle pieces) This was a brilliant suggestion, @thetiedyedwitch​! Board game tiles, and especially those with alphanumeric characters, are perfect for numerology enthusiasts and for witches looking for concrete clues such as the initial of a name. Magnetic fridge words may also fall under this category.

💰 COINS [discreet] 

The simplest and most direct method of answering yes or no questions. They must always be odd in number.

💎 CRYSTALS AND GEMS Each already has a ‘meaning’ related to its magical properties. They’re perfect to cast on a divination grid.

🎲 DICES [discreet] If you’re into numerology.

💍 RINGS There are so many types and some even have a clear reverse side. Great for relationship related questions. Draw a circle or use a surface with a round pattern: the rings inside the circle represent how strong fidelity, devotion and love are; those that end up outside, well...

🪡 SHARP METALS (e.g. nails, needles) Suitable for checking the status or existence of curses and hexes: the more crosses are formed the greater the negative energy. Make sure you have a magnet to pick them up easily when you’re done!

🌰 SEEDS, NUTSHELLS, HERBS I personally love apples, so I’ve been storing the seeds for years. I believe this is one of the most unique, customizable, natural and respectful methods. Also great if you worship a deity or entity linked to nature. @fuckyeahjenimc suggests dried petals as an alternative; in fact, whatever herb which best resonates with your query will be good!

🥢 STICKS (e.g. pens, toothpick, chopsticks) This instead is the most versatile method, as you can use many types of tools. My pick is what's left of the incense sticks: they’re also scented!

🧿 TRINKETS (e.g. buttons, bracelet charms, sequins) As @eccentricnightengale-blog suggested, charms casting might be used in cleromancy as well! This category’s really very broad, we could call it miscellaneous.

🧵 WIRES (e.g. thread, rope) Perhaps this is the most complicated tool, but if you specialize in visualization I'm sure it can give you great results.

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Gambling Self Intro Board Game

schumie

That's great to hear. Mind telling us what kind of board game it was?

Hey, thanks! It was one I made. I spent probably a good 40 hrs this last week on creating, coloring, cutting, laminating, cutting again, organizing, and slowly gathering together all the individual parts. Essentially, it is a gambling self-introduction board game where the students have to GUESS about what they think they know about me.

I’ll include some pics to illustrate under the cut.

First up, I give them the instructions!

While I pass out the “stones” they’ll use to gamble with, I ask them to tell me what each square means in Japanese to make sure they’ve got a good idea. On the back of the instruction sheet, I included a structured question to help them when they draw cards. Some students didn’t need it. Other students had to use the sentence structure every time. Both are okay!

As you can probably guess, the cards have different formats. Star --> Facts about me! The highlighted word is what they put in the blank of the question. Planet --> Two things, which do I like better? Moon --> True/False, and a few of the facts overlap with the Star cards.

Each group will get an envelope with three baggies inside. First years will only use the Star cards to start. Third years used all three. Inside the baggie and not pictured are also small square “aliens” for them to use as game pieces. I have 8 envelopes just in case, but I have students make 6 groups. No more than 6 students in a group works best for these style of games.

On top of this, I made my own board game boards. They have shapes on them to signal what card students get to draw, but also traps like “go back 3″, “go forward 1″, landing you on a “miss one turn” spot haha. I laminated them with sparkly silver wrapping paper on the back just to make them nicer.

Last but not least, I’ll include a picture of the tiny gardening stones I bought to use for gambling chips. Seriously, the kids went wild over them. Eighteen year olds. It’s because anything out of the norm of their expectations will trigger some excitement! Whereas you COULD use money or actual chips, the weird shapes and shininess of the stones has a unique appeal. Plus you can buy them up for hella cheap at any 100yen store.

So the way the game itself works is that I explain the instructions (like I mentioned above), making sure to give them stones. Then they make groups and one person will come up to choose a die (I have a set of six in various sizes, one jumbo one, and four different colored wooden ones, all from 100yen stores), grab an envelope, and grab a game board. With the third years, I told them to take all 3 baggies out. With the first years, I’ll tell them just to take the stars and put the others back into the envelope for later use.

After I show the example of betting with the JTE, we get started!

To show the example, I put one game board (since I made extra) on the blackboard with magnets and use a magnet as a “game piece”. An example of how conversation goes with the JTE looks something like this:

JTE: Okay I rolled the dice, now I can draw a star card. It says, “Season! Summer, spring, winter, fall?” So okay, which season does Sami like.... JTE: I think summer, so I will check. Sami? me: Yes! JTE: What season do you like? me: What do you think? JTE: mmmm summer. me: Okay, how much do you bet? JTE: One stone! And then from there, if they get it right I show myself giving one stone, if they don’t I take it away. If the students lose their stones, they have to go back to start, but I let them pick two new stones in any color they like as a consolation prize. Also to make sure they can bet in the future! It requires a lot of work, but the students not only talk to you and your JTE, but to each other to try to figure out what they know about you!! I think it’s lovely and it was DEFINITELY not boring, and it really sets the mood for my classes. I do NOT want to just give them a lecture. I want them to communicate their opinions with me.

If you want the Word docs of the cards, board game template, and comic instructions, let me know and I can email them to you.

Best of luck!

[eos-teric]

Farewell, Malocchio!

 or An easy guide on how to break the most common hexes and curses

Of course there’s already at least one post like this on tumblr, but I decided to write mine anyway. Today I’ll teach you how to find out if someone put an evil eye (Malocchio in Italian) on you and how to ward it off as granma did: I was born in Sicily, the island of superstitions.

👁️‍🗨️ Where does Malocchio comes from?

First of all, let's understand what we’re talking about.

In the southern Italian and Mediterranean tradition, eyes have great value, meaning and power. Through the mirror of the soul, one's emotions and desires – even those hidden from ourselves – are directed. A single glance is capable of transmitting as much love as bad luck. When someone feels strong negative emotions towards you, they tend to ‘put their malevolent eye' on you. They’ll look at you ‘sideways’, mulling over what you make them feel – be it envy, resentment, jealousy, anger. The main ingredient of any hex/curse is a feeling. Briefly, Malocchio is considered by many as an evil spirit that haunts you by someone's will.

There’s the old belief that it is mainly women who put the evil eye on people. Those aware of this ability, but also those skilled in removing curses, are generally referred to as mavàre (mavara is singular, a synonym for hag, jinx), a word that nevertheless always has a negative meaning. Due to religious and cultural factors mostly related to the Middle Ages that you can well imagine, these practices are often linked to witchcraft, which is as rooted in southern Italy as it is frowned upon. People avoid but respect mavare, so as not to become their target. Over time, the practice of removing Malocchio has been justified precisely with religion: removing the evil eye means invoking god and angels to protect you from evil, and the sign of the cross was introduced into the procedure.

Honestly, I consider myself a mavaro (masculine singular). I think it’s a very significant and powerful word that binds me in a particular way to the land that gave me life but also rejected me. We could say that magic[k] associated with curses runs in my blood as a curse itself. This is why I always wear a black tourmaline: it’s excellent for shielding external energies as well as internal ones.

👁️ How do I find out if I currently have Malocchio?

It’s easy and you can do it yourself with few things you surely have in your kitchen: • a white bowl – I recommend a dish, because it doesn't have to contain much water and you need to observe the shadows on the bottom which should be flat • water • oil • salt – of any tipe except the black one; I prepare some solar salt by combining fine salt with cinnamon and chopped rosemary, letting it charge under the Sun for at least an hour • a pair of scissors

As always, before working with energies, open a circle and do whatever normally precedes a ritual or spell in your practice. If it includes a prayer, say it and call upon the deities/entities you are devoted to.

Now pour some water into the bowl – it doesn't have to be a lot, but it doesn't have to be too little – and stay focused on your personal energy field. If you’re able to direct your energy with your projective hand, transmit it to the water without touching it.

The next step is to pour three small amounts of oil into the bowl in different spots, as if marking the vertices of a triangle, and listen carefully in the meantime: if it drips loudly, it means someone is saying bad things about you behind your back, which gives you confirmation that bad energies revolves around you. Most of the time it’s because of gossip: bad rumors are known as Male-lingue (literally meaning bad tongues).

Wait at least a minute and observe how the oil behaves on the surface: it’s time to scry! Do they move or stand still? More spots come together? Wait ‘till it stabilizes. Ignore the lonely little drops and focus on larger aggregates. Watch the shadows on the bottom of the bowl. Do you see any ring? Rings represent eyes, the bigger the more wicked! If you notice oil stains surrounded by smaller bubbles that don't join, that Malocchio was unintentional, even if ‘caused by Malelingue.

🧿 How do I remove Malocchio?

Take the scissors. If you’re a Christian or if you believe in the fact that the cross, as a symbol, has the power of purification, open the scissor and use one of its blades to trace a cross three times on the surface of water, taking the opportunity to cut the oil stains. Meanwhile, you can recite a prayer or a purifying chant, even something as simple as «Evil slips on me, I am purified». You know that what matters is intent! This part is optional.

Instead, it’s important that you use scissors to cut the oil formations, reducing them into many small bubbles. What is small dissolves easily.

Now take a pinch of salt and sprinkle it over the oil. Do this three times.

Finished! It’s really that simple. Make sure you get rid of the contents of the bowl as soon as possible. An advice? Throw it down the toilet, flush the water and you're done!  Don't forget to cleanse the bowl and the spaces where the negativity that haunted you could have settled.

You may proceed by invoking protection or performing a protective ritual.

[eos-teric]

The Simplest Curse

Everyone knows that breaking a curse is often not that hard, ‘cause every kind of energy directed at a target can be dissipated or even repelled. All that time preparing a complicated ritual with ingredients of all kinds... lost, like a button on your favorite blouse that’s unstitched and fell who knows where...

Sometimes the simplest traditional methods are also the most effective: my mother would always tell me stuff like «Don't pick up the buttons you find around, they could be cursed!» Well, dear fellow witches and sorcerers, that's it: buttons! Small cute interesting items that easily (or not) attract attention. Some of you maybe even collect them, or just keep them aside because they might be useful tomorrow, right?

Now let me give you a little lesson on curses: if you convey your intent into an object, cursing it, whoever possesses it won’t be able to get rid of the curse if not by getting rid of the object itself. If you are stealthy enough, you can place the button – or some other inviting little thing – in your target's bag or pocket, or if you have a chance to enter their house – like if you’re invited, not breaking in! – just drop it where no one will notice. Is this an evil move? Maybe, but as always it only depends on your intent. In fact

BONUS: this technique also works for blessings! Of course in this case it’s more common to enchant a gift, so that the person keeps it for a long time.

[tishe-vishe]

[therapyshake]

Whatever shitty feeling you’re feeling will pass. It will pass and you will be okay and happy again. Everything will fall back into place; your anxiety will breathe and you will be able to as well. It will pass.