#witch rant

[yourwitchygoblin]

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Oddly Enough I'm A Half Closeted Witch ♥

Its lowkey kinda hard to explain how I'm a half closeted witch but at the same time not?

Basically heres the gist: My parents are well aware of my craft, I practice it but I don't bring it up. I only talk about it when my parents ask, or when joking.

Its honestly frustrating because I can't fully express my witchy interests around them. For example: My mom wanted me to help her manifest a house to rent in for a while, I aided in a spell which I made her preform using my tools and she got it. But I can't practice a lot of candle magic or burn many things.

I can do tarot readings but I can't do anything that deals with elemental spirits even though I believe that the elements themselves are spirits.

I'll make jokes with my dad about how putting bay leaves in your wallet increases money flow and abundance, but then he will interrogate me on what I'm writing on paper and leaves and burning them.

I gift spell jars to my family and tell them what the purpose of those jars are, but when my family believe that theres a possible spirit in our house messing with us I'll tell them that I'll make a simmer pot to cleanse the whole house but then my dad barks at me telling me no.

He often says hes 'done these things before' and has done 'summoning's' but literally he was using a fucking Ouija board (idk if he did but knowing him I'd say he has a fare few times) while I'm over here doing tarot readings to see if I will pass my exams or not.

The only thing I hade in my practice is that I work with Lord Apollon but thats about it...

My situation is better than most which I do acknowledge but even when I explain to my mom "Mom this is my (Apollo's) alter you can't let people touch it" or "I don't have to but I want to set up wards mom, besides they're a good thing" or if I explain what every herb or candle color and the entire process of a ritual means and does its a no if it goes outside tarot readings, bay leave spells, the 369 method or spell jars.

Its pretty frustrating but I'm slowly expanding my craft. Though I wish it was faster and had more resources so that way I can do more to experiment with my craft and see where my calling is from.

But anyways this is the end of my rant,

This is your witchy goblin, signing out.

[snapdragonsandwhiptails]

There’s a recent surge of reality shifting posts on my dash and let me be clear, keep that shit on your side of the highway. I watched “reality shifting” destroy one of my high school best friends.

She was a kind, outgoing, bubbly person who journaled about everything, sang songs a little off key, and cared for everything and everyone.

She started RS in our sophomore year. I remember her being so excited about the prospects of talking to her favorite characters from gravity falls or fort Salem, and me finding the whole thing to be a little too much.

We didn’t bring it up much after so It honestly slipped my mind for the longest, but she began noticeably changing. She no longer spoke unless spoken too, and always seemed to be looking just too far to the left. When she would speak, it was short and reserved. You couldn’t keep her focused for more than 5 minutes.

A year went by and I all but stopped hearing from her. Her attendance faltered and she failed every class our junior year. I later heard from her younger sister that she would spend almost 15 hrs a day “sleeping”. It immediately dawned on me what was happening, she was RSing her entire life away and no one except me knew what was going on. And even then, I didn’t really know. She mentioned it one time a year before but… I wish I would have paid more attention when she first told me about it because I can’t help but feel somewhat responsible for her. She was one of my best friends.

I had to tell her parents what she was doing. They took her to see a psychiatrist and she was subsequently placed in an inpatient unit so she could learn how to cope in the real world. I haven’t heard from her since.

It went from harmless dreams, to her every waking moment. It consumed her until there was barely anything left.

This may be controversial but I firmly believe reality shifting is just extreme maladaptive daydreaming/lucid dreaming and it needs to stay on the other side of the fence. It is not magic. It is harmful.

I miss you, Peanut.

[the-fox-jawed-witch]

"They didn't burn witches. They burned women."

I'm sure we've all seen shirts, or cups, or stickers with this quote somewhere online.

Does it drive anyone else absolutely bonkers? This quote and the "we are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn" drive me up the goddamn wall tbh.

"They" didn't burn people for being witches. They burned them for heresy.

The most popular form of death for those accused of witchcraft was hanging.

[pagingdoctorbitchcraft]

Modern Planetary Rulership Erasure Rant.

Astrologers who refuse to acknowledge modern planetary rulers are basically our community’s version of boomers.

To ignore change is to ignore progress or something deep idk.

Sure, take into account which planet ruled what before we could properly explore space, valid. It’s fine if your astrological practice is one way, but it’s another to tell people that modern rulership is bs or “fake” in some way.

Just flat out refusing to agree with people who say, for example, “oh neptune is doing this thing, watch out pisces folks” is so lame lmao. Like I’ve seen people selling chart readings that actively refuse to include these planets. You don’t even have to agree tbh, just scroll away!!! It’s free!!! 💀

Y’all are the ones excluding a whole huge chunk of information and context from your chart readings. And I don’t mean to act like y’all and talk down on how you do things (though it seems you’re overdue for a taste of your own medicine), but it’s kinda just the truth. So much depth is added to a reading by acknowledging the newer parts of our solar system. Not to mention, popular opinion seems to be that the modern planets make more sense ruling the signs that they do. Might be simpler if y’all just say y’all wanna be different/contrarians, no? Lmao.

Even weirder is the people who do this, who have some kind of superiority complex about it 💀 like yes, congrats, you’re several decades behind the rest of us. You’re soooo much better at astrology than the rest of us??? Because that makes sense???

Reddit is particularly full of these obnoxious astro-boomers. People will ask a question ab what neptune is affecting in their chart and the astro-boomers descend and start spouting shit like “I don’t consider neptune in my readings blah blah blah”. If you don’t know, don’t comment 💀

Things are forever evolving and changing, no matter the area of life. Either get on our level, or don’t. But don’t be a dick about it. When you’re a dick about it, then I have to be a dick about it and no one wants that 💀

& That’s on trickle-down dickonomics. Lmao.

Don’t even get me started on the major asteroids.

[atmosphinx]

ANOTHER WITCH RANT

I got a lil bone to pick with popular treatment of the Celtic wheel of the year. I’ve been hearing nonstop: “Halloween is over now” the pumpkins in the dumpsters behind the grocery stores. all the candy and everything is on discount decorations are removed, but In the western world, Samhain doesn’t start in late September. That’s Mabon and that is the second harvest festival. Yall! they get everything so backwards. If you follow the European Celtic wheel of the year (obviously not everyone does but a lot of Americans identify with it) Samhain starts NOW. It wasn’t last month. It didn’t start two months ago or whatever during the autumnal equinox it starts now and it continues until Yule! This is the witch’s new year. In the Northern Hemisphere, The old year is dying and that is Samhain. It is time for nature’s mortal dormancy. This is not Yule season yet. That doesn’t come until the winter solstice when we start to look for the sun to be welcomed back but right now all the solar Gods have began to descend to the underworld! I don’t like that Halloween is considered done by the time the actual day gets here because it’s not done it is just beginning.

Any of you witchy types feeling bummed that it’s over please know that it is not over. It’s not over! Keep carving pumpkins! Dare to hold your decorations in place and defy the spirit of Walmart! keep connecting to your ancestors, don’t let capitalism dictate nature!!

Bonus: good luck for witches to eat apples around now.

OK, a couple more personal asides. I got a tattoo! It’s a vintage style Halloween cat because this is my fucking personality. It goes way back to getting in-School suspended for wearing all black back in high school when they told us we weren’t allowed to dress up for Halloween because of Columbine.

Lite your bonfires if you got em!

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[zombiemom16920-blog]

Living a Magickal Life

I am a Witch. I am a Wiccan. I am a practitioner of magick and divination. In this time of connection to the world through internet and social media, I still have trouble finding those things I would like to use in my practice. While I know I don't need anything to practice, I do enjoy using crystals, herbs, oils, incense, candles, etc. I like discovering new ideas and points of view in books by authors I haven't read before.

I live within driving distance (less than an hour) from two metaphysical shops. Both carry a large variety of items, but I have trouble getting to them due to my schedule and theirs. When I seem to be nearby, they aren't open. I understand the owners/employee have the hours that work best for them and I don't fault them for it.

Alternatively, I shop online. Amazon has a large selection but I worry about quality at times. I tried some independent online shops only to discover the sites up but no one is actually there anymore. If I do order something before I realize there is no one actually manning the site, it is a long a drawn out process to get my money back because of course they are still processing credit cards even though they are no longer shipping.

[samshroomm]

the mass fear of ouija boards and mirrors for no reason is so unwarranted and silly to me. cause, if u break it down, theres no need to be scared of these things. unless you are *actively* inviting something through them, theyre not just gonna randomly bring in dark malicious stuff to ruin your life. a ouija board is literally a piece of wood with letters on it made by hasbro, a toy company. the planchet is literally just plastic. they dont inject it with ~evil~ when factory producing it. and majority of mirrors today are made with metals that are known for purification and protection, such as silver and aluminum. also. theyre just reflections, theyre not a portal unless u Make them one. otherwise any reflective surface would have ghosts coming out of them. still water? demons. glass panes? portals into hell. any kind of shiny metallic stuff? if u look into the reflection for too long, the aoul eater will reach thru and eat ur soul, oOoOoOOOooh~!!! i mean, it just doesnt have any logic behind it to be needlessly fearful of mundane objects

[formerlypagingdoctorbitchcraft]

My favourite binding spell:

The block button.