The Devil's Tailor

Fantasy & Fashion Blog. Clothing, accesories and equipment for the witcher and the thaumaturge.

[the-narayanji-wall]

The Male Witch: CHAOS 🕀🕀🕀

He belongs to the kind of sorcerers who are the last followers of a postmodern system of magick that emerged during the late 20th century in England. He is able to alter probabilities and change slightly the physical laws to shape realitiy to their will. He is usually an urban erudite, philosopher, scientist or anthropologist who loves the motion and confusion of large metropolis.

[thedevilstailor]

This post (and also other posts form this account) is mine, lol. WTF is wrong with people.

[asphaltwitch]

Modern Warlock Aesthtic

The most commonly accepted etymology derives warlock from the Old English wǣrloga meaning “oathbreaker” or “deceiver" and was given special application to the devil around 1000AD. In early modern Scots, the word came to be used as the male equivalent of witch (which can be male or female, but has historically been used predominantly for females).The association to the term "oathbreaker”, “liar”, or “traitor” was possibly associated with witches and wizards in Scotland as they were seen as someone who made a pact with Auld Hornie (the devil) and thus had betrayed the Christian faith and broke their baptismal vows. From this use, the word passed into Romantic literature and ultimately 20th-century popular culture. A derivation from the Old Norse varð-lokkur, “caller of spirits”, has also been suggested.

[asphaltwitch]

satyr (noun) 1. one of a class of lustful, drunken woodland gods. In Roman art they were represented as man with a goat’s ears, tail, legs, and horns. All tattoos by @shinda_tattoo #tattoo #tattooart #tattooed #tattooedguys #bodymods #stretchedears #piercings #pierced #occult #occultart #satyr #hornedgod https://www.instagram.com/p/BoZQ6U9lqS8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8wdirya90zul

[hirxeth]

[asphaltwitch]

Something wicked this way rolls 👽✨🔮🌙 #art #digitalart #illustration #digitalillustration #illustrationartists #witch #occult #queer #punk #skate #underground #black #crust #asphaltwitch

[witchoncampus]

How to Collect Graveyard Dirt

First, I want to note that when I’ve used graveyard dirt, it was not to bind a spirit or ask for its help. I believe the dirt from a graveyard (not a grave, so just within the gates of the cemetery basically) is a powerful ingredient on its own for trance and spirit work, cursing, and banishing. 

What’cha Need:

container (mason jar, or similar)

sigil or symbol for containment (this can be a literal picture of a lock)

metal tool (for digging - knife, spoon, trowel, etc.)

Before leaving, prepare your container by placing the sigil or symbol on the lid. This is to contain the energy from the spirit, which can help protect you from unwanted spiritual energies, as well as contain the power of the dirt so that it doesn’t fade over time. Go to a cemetery where you feel comfortable or know the spirits; As you enter the graveyard, introduce yourself. This can be done silently or out loud. Walk through the grounds, maybe even invite the spirits to walk with you, and take in your surroundings. Visit their graves, new graves and old ones.

Once you’ve spent some time with the spirits, find somewhere in the graveyard where you feel comfortable and is not right on top of someone’s grave. I usually find a tree that isn’t near a lot of graves and sit underneath it. Spend a few more minutes feeling the energy around you; when you have a good grasp on the energy, scoop some of the dirt into the container, closing the lid tightly once full.

As you leave, thank the spirits for spending time with you and leave some sort of offering - it can be as simple as a few pennies or dimes, flowers, or little drawings. Only remove the lid when using the dirt.

More Info:

http://witchoncampus.tumblr.com/post/161838030583/magical-uses-for-graveyard-dirt

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[asphaltwitch]

Riot Witches

We were there to fight for the end of slavery, and for the women’s right to vote. We were there to fight for the end of the Vietnam war, and for the marriage equality. We have been abolitionists, suffragettes, feminists, pacifists, LGTBQ+ activists, anti-fascists… but above all, we’re witches.

And the fight is never over.

[blvkhouse]

[asphaltwitch]

Grimoire | Book of Shadows

It’s a book kept and used by a witch to record research, thoughts, experiences and spiritual information, typically including instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets, how to perform magical spells, charms and divination, and how to summon or invoke supernatural entities such as angels, spirits, and demons. 

It can be an old-looking journal with gothic letters or occult alphabets, a sketchbook with drawings and diagrams, or even a simple ring binder full of useful information, such as occult correspondences, moon phases, incantations and botanical pictures.

[asphaltwitch]

Capnomancy 

Capnomancy comes from two Greek words: καπνός (kapnós), meaning smoke, and μαντεία (manteía), meaning divination or to see.

A method of divination using smoke. This is done by looking at the movements of the smoke after a fire has been made. A thin, straight plume of smoke is thought to indicate a good omen whereas the opposite is thought of large plumes of smoke. If the smoke touches the ground, this is thought to be a sign that immediate action must be taken to avoid catastrophe.

[asphaltwitch]

Animal Symbolism: The Moth

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera.

“The nocturnal butterfly. In ancient cultures, the moth represents a form of the psyche, or the soul immortally trapped in the hellish death realms”.

- The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

[asphaltwitch]

Grey City Witches

Grey magic is magic that is not performed for specifically beneficial reasons, but is also not focused towards completely hostile practices. It is seen as falling in a continuum between White and Black Magic. 

It is also called neutral magic.

[sodomyandwitchcraft]

Transvestism, homosexuality, and bi-sexuality have an honored heritage in the history of mediumship and prophecy. In his book, Intermediate Types among Primitive 1914, Edward Carpenter has shown that there is a definite link between the homosexual temperament and unusual psychic or divinatory powers. The men were non-warlike and the women non-domesticated so that their energies sought different outlets from the general run of men and women. They be-came the initiators of new activities.

“Weird Ways of Witchcraft” by Leo Louis Martello. (via sodomyandwitchcraft)

[asphaltwitch]

Urban Witchcraft: Scrying

Crystalomancy, also known as Scrying, is the practice of looking into a reflective surface in the hope of detecting significant messages or visions. 

The city is full of surfaces to scry, especially on rainy days: gaze into your own reflection in the train or bus windows, or look through your dorm window before going to sleep. If you improve your ability to focus every reflective surface is valid, even puddles on the ground.

[thedevilstailor]

Latin Witches: Brujos

Latin American countries have always been full of superstitions, magic traditions, and occult and religious societies: from Santería to Palo Mayombe, El Culto a la Santa Muerte, and even remains of Native Shamanism. Latin witches, also called “Brujos”, are famous for their abilities to heal, hex and fortune-telling. They usually work with christian (or Christianized) deities, spirits and prayers. They also see the future in cowrie shells and know how to party and dance like no other witches in the world.