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trivialfeline reblogged this from you and added:

I would try etsy if i had to buy online, but there might be a mineral store near you.

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@revcarrie said: Try buying from an individual pagan, new age, or metaphysical store. Find a brick and mortar store that’s willing to ship.

Thats what I'll end up doing. I just had a good deal of money in gift cards for amazon so it was the first place I looked :S

[steepedinstarlight]

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Hello! Thank you for the follow; it's nice to see a friendly face!  I saw that you're a High Priestess. I hope that you'll enjoy watching me dodder along as I try to figure myself out here, heheh.  Any tips or advice for a beginner like me? I would appreciate anything you have to offer as I am essentially a blank slate.

[katsylver-deathcare]

I just finished reading Caitlin Doughty's book "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons From the Crematory." I've never really thought that much about what I wanted done with my body postmortem. My previous plan was to die with no real pomp and circumstance in my wake. I do not wish my body to be shot up with chemicals that can harm anything that plans to eat my corpse. and buried. I wanted cremation, but now I know of the environmental impact. I would still like to be scattered. Your advice?

Thank you for asking!

There are a number of alternative methods of disposition to choose from & changing deathcare technologies are adding new methods all the time.

An organization called Crestone End-of-Life Project is home to the only open-air cremation pyre in the United States. You must be a resident of Crestone, CO for at least three months in order to be eligible for this service. I am tremendously inspired by the work this group has done & plan on looking into incorporating an open-air pyre in my future natural burial grounds.

Another option that has started making a name for itself is Alkaline Hydrolysis. This is a process that uses water & lye to reduce a human corpse to a sort of composite liquid & the more familiar ash of the bone remains. Your ashes can be scattered and the liquid can be disposed of. Alkaline Hydrolysis is getting praise for using less resources & producing fewer pollutants than traditional cremation. 

There are also options that may even things out, environmentally(if that’s something you’d consider plausible). You can have your ashes incorporated in a reef ball which is placed in a memorial reef which allows for the ecological growth of reefs in that area. One might argue that whatever resources or pollution are produced by your cremation process are cancelled out by the ongoing environmental benefits provided by your reef ball.

Of course, there is always green or natural burial. By allowing your corpse to decompose naturally, you are providing a return to the earth as your final act on it.

Please let me know if you have any other questions!

[sillylittlealex]

You can set up your book of shadows by just giving it a blessing. Many people just write as they go along, but this practice doesn't work for me as I need order and logic to anything I write. When I get a new book, I'll usually section out 20-30 pages for each section, title a section page, and use that allotted amount. There's no crime in using a 3 ring binder and basic loose leaf paper. As for negative entities, use black tourmaline or obsidian. You get back what you put out so be mindful.

Thank you so much! (:

I have a binder so I think I'll just get some page protectors because i'm not very organized.  Do you know of any good resources for Wiccans?

[falco-mirror-book]

crystalsandcoffee answered your question: 

Im not sure about roaches and wasps. But mix equal parts coconut oil and vinegar and rub it on all your baseboards to keep spiders away :).

Hmm... I hadn't thought about just keeping them out in the first place. That certainly makes sense. Perhaps I'll give this a try! Thanks for your suggestion!

nightkind answered your question: 

I feel guilty too but I trap the slugs that eat all my produce zap the mosquitoes that bite me. We can’t just live with mites and fleas u kno

That makes a lot of sense. I really have no qualms with killing roaches or wasps, because they don't really serve functions. Roaches carry diseases and wasps don't even pollinate. But spiders... as much as they terrify me, they are essentially good. They catch bad bugs and are good for the environment... just not the environment within my home :'D Thank you for your answer.

whoreofabaddon answered your question: 

I know pests are particularly terrifying, but perhaps with spiders and wasps, you could catch them in a glass and release them.

My problem with spiders is that I'm too afraid of them to catch and release ;w; My terror is... ridiculous. If I see a spider in my kitchen, it may as well be a serial killer standing in my home with a skii mask and a blood knife. I absolutely lose my shit. If I have my DAD around, I'll get HIM to catch and release. But... I can't do it myself ;w;  Thank you for your answer <3

revcarrie answered your question: 

Well, they crossed the boundary by coming into your home. If I have to kill something I say, “Go with your Gods in peace!” before the killing

Yeah, you're right... they are intruders. I think I'll take crystalsandcoffee's suggestion and try to do more to keep them from entering my home in the first place. But if they do get though the reinforcements, I'll remember to send them off peacefully. Thank you very much for your answer!