#witichcraft

[cthonicflora]

So i’ve been trying to honor my ancestors but i can’t for the life of me get through to anyone except my great grandmother. final straw was the candle i had for them (which already was melting weird even with all my tricks) wouldn’t light today. i dismantled their alter and set up a mini one for my great grandma and instead cleansed and gave the space for a larger Persephone alter.

funny how things happen

[lostinphases]

Quarantine Reading Challenge Week Four

Just two prompts away from the end of @studyonderly​‘s quarantine reading challenge! This challenge has been a bit of work to keep up with (especially after accidentally falling behind), but it has been so rewarding to revisit seek out new texts. But, I promised I wouldn’t do to much reflection until I finished the challenge, didn’t I? Let’s get into the prompt.

The prompt:

Week 4. Picture Perfect

Share a story that’s really graphic and detailed, just full of imagery. Have you read a story that seemed to play out like a movie in your head? As if the imagery came to life in your mind? What story do you think would actually be better as a movie?

For this prompt, I chose to look back at Black Cats and Evil Eyes by Chloe Rhodes. A book of superstitions and their histories, I thought this would be the perfect book for this prompt because of how important symbolism is in witchcraft, and superstitions are largely based in symbols and meaningful imagery.

Of course, I don’t have time to talk about every single superstition in this book, so I did some light bibliomancy and flipped to a random page which led me to “Putting Salt on the Doorstep of a New House to Ward Off Evil.” Rhodes references the Iliad and even superstitious practices used to keep witches away during the 1800s. These descriptions of cultural relationships with salt as a method for purifying for the self or even for the gods really highlight its importance. Even today, we use salt for cleansing and protection. 

So, for this I actually wrote a counter-prompt that might be worth journaling to. What symbols represent cleansing or purification to you? What is something that you would benefit from literally or metaphorically “salting”?