#witchcrat

[will-o-the-witch]

Tip for bone/charm/trinket readers:

Don't be afraid to prune your set once in a while. Especially if you're like me and use lots of little pieces rather than a few big pieces.

Your set is a living entity. It breathes and shifts over time. Pieces will change meaning and lose meaning. Don't be afraid to take out a piece that is no longer helping you or change what a piece signifies if it feels right. I like to pour all my bones into a pile and add them back to the set one by one, discarding whatever feels like it doesn't belong. (I try to give those pieces to other readers when I can.)

If your readings are feeling muddy and difficult to discern, it might be time to give your set a good pruning!

[schlock-luster-video]

On March 12, 2019, The Craft was released on Collector's Edition Blu-ray by Shout! Factory.

[abyssal-ramblings]

,,,anyway i think the two should kiss

we have!! so many thoughts about them!!!

tldr; they help each other better express themselves (with cosmo his emotions with prester the fact that he's partially a dragon suit)

also i just wanted to draw old hairy men wearing semi-revealing outfits okay

(also please don't use she/her to refer to prester thank you!! <3)

[ericswiftie]

Digital Witchcraft

Not sure this is a real word, but I use it. When I first started practicing a couple years ago, people acted like everything had to be crunchy nature witchcraft and had to be 100 years old or more and you had to spend all your time outside.

None of this is true. I live in a tiny house in a big city. Plus I have some anxiety and other factors. What has worked for me is keeping my book of Shadows in a Google doc, writing prayers and poems to gods on my phone notes app and keeping an altar of sorts on my phone and laptop wallpapers. All of these things are valid and magickal.

Ancient pagans and magicians were using the cutting edge tech of their time. Nothing says we can't use the current tech of ours. The gods haven't stayed stuck in ancient times and they will love whatever you use from today as much as things of old.

Use what is available to you. It's all valid and all very magickal.

[fallbabylon]

Museum of Witchcraft and Magic- Boscastle, Cornwall 

[reno-matagot]

𝔗𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔯𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔢𝔡 𝔓𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔬𝔳 𝔪𝔶 𝔣𝔲𝔠𝔨𝔢𝔡-𝔲𝔭 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡

I am potentially in love with so many different magical sources (the self, the gods, Viridarium Umbris (fuck this beautiful Book which mindfucks me everytime) the Devil; Hecate and her witches, the PGM, angels, talismans..) that I doubt I will ever be able to be initiated by a particular spirit.

Should I choose, be eclectic (synonymous with inefficiency for me, lack of concentration) or use the Feri approach to unify these areas? Seems like the most flexible approach. Maybe that's the essence of my Luciferism: never completely buying into other people's mental grimoires?

And if no spirit wants me (it's not so sure)? well! I would have at least worked my craft!

@satsuti , @lailoken ,@luc3 , how much I understand your researches and syncretisms!

[purringbookworm97]

Did someone say Dionysus playlist?

G’day children! I’m freezing, how are you? I just had a thought. You know when you’re thinking about a deity - your patron, someone you’re working with or someone you worship - and a song pops into your mind? Or when you’re listening to something and you feel a vibe, somehting that tells you you might not be the only one listening?

I don’t know if it’s been done before, but I thought about it and went, hey let’s make a list! So here I am, making a list of songs that remind me of Dionysus and that I know he likes! I hope you’ll like it:

Solar waltz - Cosmo Sheldrake

Vampire - Mai Lan

Wriggle - Cosmo Sheldrake

Gold - Kiiara

Shivers and Gold - Stélouse ft. Mascolo

Paradise - BTS

Dionysus - BTS

All the kids are depressed - Jeremy Zucker

Not your fucking friend - Jeremy Zucker

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

I want to break free - Queen

Happy pills - Weathers

Habits (stay high) - ToveLo

This girl - Kungs

Baiana - Backermat

Deixa A Gira Girar - Os Tincoãs

Wanna be your slave - Maneskin

Coraline - Maneskin

Young Blood - 5seconds of Summer

Do you - Troy Boi

Own It - Drake

La danse Macabre - Camille St Saens

Toccata - Overerk

Don’t threaten me with a good time - Panic! At the Disco

Eletric Love - Borns

Girls like Girls - Hayley Kiyoko

Missed calls - Max ft. Hayley Kiyoko

Chaleur Humaine - Christine and the Queens

There! It’s not complete, of course ‘cause I can’t think about my entire music collection in one go, but that’s what I came up with after thinking about it a bit, feel free to add more tho, ‘cause I’m sure I can’t be the only one to get a feeling from certain songs, and on these words, give my respect to your otherwordly friends for me and enjoy a good concerto in your bedroom! Ciao!

[ravenoaksmeta]

Taking a “Craft” Name and the Importance of Naming... A “Craft” name, is much like a title chosen to represent your spiritual path and where you may be on that journey. Sometimes this name comes from people close to you, but more frequently it is something personal that simply resonates with your spirit. As a person’s journey progresses, often to, do their names change. We all change throughout our lifetimes in both subtle and dramatic ways, and so having a dead craft name is completely normal. It’s healthy to know when something doesn’t fit anymore, and changing your name if and when you feel necessary is symbolic of your growth! A Craft name can be kept private, known only by yourself and the forces you work with, it can be used solely for meetings with your spiritual group or within the safety of a Circle, or, it can be public. In a lot of instances, people will have variations that they use on different levels, and for different purposes. Choosing a name in itself can be a journey. Give your options lots of thought, make notes, keep a record of words that seem to just “come to you” during this period of time. You may like to meditate or ask your Guides for suggestions, likewise you could ask your friends for their ideas! Consider the ways that you are drawn to your work, the things you are good at, the places you find your Magick, and the things you instinctively feel are sacred. It can take some people years to find something that fits, so don’t be disheartened if it takes time. Once you have found that fit it can be very encouraging, uplifting and empowering. Each time you consciously or subconsciously use this name as a representation of yourself, it will grow in power. In Ancient times especially, and even today in various cultures, Naming Ceremonies were and are very important. A person’s name carries identity and meaning. Often it was considered vital to keep a baby’s name secret until the Ceremony, to protect them on a spiritual level. 

Today in our modern world, with the exception of the cultural naming rites held for young babies, we still have to register births by sending off official documentation to make a new child’s name legal, and a person can change their name at any stage of their lives by applying to the courts. Names are more than just what people call you, they are often who you become in a sense. Names truly do, hold power. In a Pagan environment, choosing a Craft name can either be celebrated as a big deal, or kept humble enough not to even be mentioned. For the individual, the symbolism of of growth and spiritual identity are 100% a big deal, however they may opt not to have a Naming Rite or celebration held in their honor, or even to have this milestone acknowledged at all!