finding peace within the unknown

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[thatdeathworshipper]

THIS IS A QUEER POSITIVE BLOG

BIGOTRY NOT TOLERATED

Collector of shinies

Lover of all things odd

Call me DW, any pronouns

Eight years of practice, recent death witch

My primary god is Arawn, the Welsh god of the dead

Divider credit:

@sister-lucifer

[thatdeathworshipper]

Zoe Anne Marie

You were one hell of a dog. A tiny ass mutt I didn't ask for that was thrown into my lap ten years ago. I was eighteen, you were five. You had been neglected and used for breeding. We were both anxiety fueled and stubborn. We made quite the pair, didn't we?

You had the intelligence of a working line German Shepherd, picking up on new rules and commands so incredibly fast. Your recall was perfect, your public access was perfect, and you always knew when I was being too much for myself. You were the only one who ever talked back to me and I loved you for it.

My partner was not a dog person before you. They could take or leave dogs, more of a cat person. But your loyalty, gentle comfort, and joy of just being in our presence made them realize why I love dogs so much.

You were the best hiking buddy and I could always count on you for a random walk to work out my emotions whenever I needed it. I'm sorry for all the times I didn't love you properly, because you always deserved to feel as important as you were.

Rest easy, ZoeZoe. You've more than earned it

[ducklingking666]

“I asked chatGPT”

Okay, well I asked Athena and she told me to stay the fuck away from A.I and that I need to learn how to actually study , so.

[stormbornwitch]

"Let your craft be like a tree, firmly rooted in the old, but stretching into the new. Get your hands dirty, and find out what works and what doesn't work for you."

- Roger J Horne's Folk Witchcraft: A Guide to Lore, Land & the Familiar Spirit for the Solitary Practitioner

[guerrillatech]

[segamascott]

like to charge reblog to cast obviously

[e-grrl]

*spirit haunts a house* Witch in a movie: You need to conduct a ritual at precisely 1:07 am with the blood of an endangered goat and a ouija board, then and only then will the spirit even consider leaving

Witch irl: *banging pans together* gET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU WISPY MOTHERFUCKER

[yorubaby]

Time is so beautiful.

Getting older is such a gift.

[windvexer]

I've been feeling extremely blessed about my age lately... will be turning 34 next year and I keep being amazed. Still alive, amazing. Wiser than I knew I could be, amazing. Life keeps blossoming, amazing. So many years ahead, amazing. I think so often about turning 70, 80, 90. One day I will look down the mountain and I will see me in this moment and I will be so far away that I'll barely remember it, and I will be so happy looking back at the wonders ahead of me that now in this moment have yet to comprehend.

I love life. I love life so much. I feel held in the arms of my elderly self every day. I walk with me on my deathbed by my side and we love each other. I love being alive. Aging is my greatest treasure, and I love being alive.

[thatdeathworshipper]

Just discovered I've been mispronouncing Arawn's name for six years

I'm so embarrassed...

[thatdeathworshipper]

Witchcraft is often presented as this very serious and sacred thing, which it is but also like, my first totem I made at sixteen needed charged and uh, it looks ridiculous

There is a raggedy little pink unicorn sitting on a deer skull because my young self endowed it with protection energy. I was told to use something important to me and this is my oldest toy ever that my late dad gave to me

Anyway, Arawn is very graciously charging him for me and it looks silly. Don't ever take yourself or your practice too seriously

[byjove]

There are certain semi-scientific myths I’m willing to entertain, like the idea that cats purr at a healing frequency. Is it true? IDFK. I like to press my ear to my cat’s side when she purrs anyway. Makes me feel better. Probably because I’m in proximity to something I love and not because of her purring frequency.

[byjove]

There are a bunch of studies that indicate owning cats may improve your overall health and slow cognitive decline in older people. Probably because they provide stress relief and emotional support as well as promoting healthy routines and positive responsibility. Or maybe it’s because they are magic and they purr at a healing frequency. Probably not. Maybe.

[byjove]

Ever notice how archetypal crazy old cat ladies are old as shit? The cats are keeping them alive. Probably not. Maybe.

[thatdeathworshipper]

Went to Ren Fair today and at a taxidermy vendor there was this damn near perfectly symmetrical deer skull for $110

It wasn't within the budget my partner and I had set for ourselves and Arawn insisted that as much as he desperately wanted it, he didn't expect me to get it

While looking at some other bones, mostly antler sets, my mind just kept wandering to the skull and also Arawn

I have been working with Arawn as a deity for about six years but within the last year he became my primary deity and I made the decision to become a Death Witch (with a touch of chaos)

Since I've put more work into my relationship with Arawn he has given me a great deal of guidance and provided me with more opportunities than I know what to do with. My life has completely turned around in just a year

And while yes, the skull wasn't necessarily within the budget we had, we could absolutely afford it and be completely fine. After discussing it with my partner they completely agreed that Arawn had more than earned this offering

We weren't certain it was going to fit on his altar but he insisted that it would and, as usual, he was completely correct

Arawn is immensely pleased

[smoogieboogie]

before I left for work today I on a whim pulled a random tarot card and I got death which is a positive card in general but it also made me laugh because I asked the cards "What's my work shift at the funeral home gonna be like today?" And I got death. Like yes ha ha you guys are hilarious. Making me pull that very on the nose card. Yes, death will be there it will be death-like at the funeral home. very funny

[liberalsarecool]

DEI does not mean lower standards.

You are thinking of white privilege.

[papayajuan2019]

cruelty is so easy. youre not special for choosing it

[derelicthousefootage]

[chilewithcarnage]

"The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain."

-Ursula K. LeGuin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

[wizardnuke]

"Evil is boring. Right? I kinda believe in the banality and mundaneness of evil. Evil is just selfish impulses, which at the end of the day are really easy to understand. It’s easy to understand why people do bad things. It’s like “yeah, ok, you’re selfish and scared and cruel, I get it”. Being good is complex and beautiful and hard." - Brennan Lee Mulligan

[transchakotay]

“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”

- Simone Weil

[xic4-4]

"Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope."

- Vincent van Gogh

[elfwreck]

"Each of us from the moment of his or her birth exists in an environment in which it is easy to do evil and hard to do good.... If I know somebody very well, in ten minutes, if I set my mind to it, I could perhaps say to them things so cruel, so destructive, that they would never forget them for the rest of their life. But could I in ten minutes say things so beautiful, so creative, that they would never forget them?"

- Bishop Kallistos Ware

[samaels-gurl333]

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