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Welcome to the Crypt!

Hello! My name is Cryptic Whisper, I am a gay and trans man [he/him] and I'm a huge nerd for a VARIETY of fandoms. I draw digitally and have been for about 11 years now! (Funny enough I started out here on Tumblr LOL). I also love to create stories, original and fan made!

I wanted to make a pinned post to all my tumblrs cause I have a few and want people to know that they are also run by me!

Other Tumblrs:

@crypticwhisper - Main Blog! @thewolfssummit - Art Blog! @hesthekeytofreedom - Reblog/Random Stuff Blog! @takemetothe-ark - Marble Hornets Blog! @thepurplesylvaricommander - Guild Wars 2 Blog! @children-of-tyria - My friend's and I's GW2 Fan-made Canon Story! @lotus-flower-moon - RWBY (Lie Ren centric) Blog!

teashoesandhair

PLEASE I'm begging the neopagan girlies to stop spreading misinformation online, because I've just seen someone argue in earnest that the UK government has banned swimming in the ancient geo-thermal spring at Bath due to a hatred of 'native Celtic spirituality', and completely ignoring the fact that it was closed after a girl contracted a brain-eating amoeba and fucking died

jan-jan-binks

Ancient geo thermal spring at Bath perfec t size for put girlie n to n\ap! inside very Soft and Comfort woman bathe soundly put girl in Geo Thermal Spring. Put Neopagan In Spring. no problems ever in sprinng because good Amoeba and Water for girl brain weak of big girl head. Ancient geothermal spring yes a place for a person put neopagans in ancient celtic water can trust spring in Bath for giveing good love to girlie. friend amoeba.

teashoesandhair

rhube

I visited this place in the 90s and they didn't let you swim in it then. I'm kind of surprised that they started letting people swim in it again. It's an archaeological site. It does not exist in the form it did when people regularly swam in it.

silversunsky

Native Celtic spirituality involves swimming in Roman built baths?

teashoesandhair

Oh man, my shitpost has broken containment, so I must add some points for clarity:

the Baths have been closed since 1978; I genuinely have no idea why this became a point of discourse in the year of our lord 2026, but that's TikTok for you (or, more accurately, Instagram reels, because I will never view a single TikTok in my life, I am 33 and I cannot be doing it)

and now to the meatier point: yes, the Baths themselves are Roman, but the geo-thermal spring that forms the basis of the Baths was already a sacred site for the pre-Roman Celtic people who lived in the area. Archaeological evidence is pretty firm on this. A cool, groovy fact about the Romans is that a lot of their religion (and just their imperial tactics in general) was based on the principles of syncretism. In practice, this means incorporating beliefs, practices or deities from one religion into another. The Romans figured out that, rather than suppress all local religion, it was easier to allow the people in the areas that you've conquered to continue to worship their gods, with the caveat that you're going to really highlight the similarities between their gods and yours, and strongly suggest that their gods are really just versions of yours, because Roman superiority, or something. This is called interpretatio Romana for the Latin freaks out there. Before the Romans turned up, the springs at Bath were already a worship site for the Celtic goddess, Sulis. The Romans looked at Sulis, waved their arms about a bit, and said 'cool, so Minerva, yeah?' and built the Baths on that site, dedicated to Sulis-Minerva - a version of the Celtic Sulis which was syncretised with the Roman Minerva. The Celtic people got to keep a version of their god, the Romans got their Baths, and everyone was happy, damp, and warm. In theory, anyway. That's not really how imperialism works, but y'know.

Can't believe I had to break out my MA in Myth, Narrative and Theory for a goddamn shitpost, but that's why this site remains elite.

elodieunderglass

I mean the thing is that the brain-eating amoeba is very much an optional thing lmao. The exact same spring waters (The King’s Spring, under Stall Street) are used at Thermae Bath Spa. Thermae Bath Spa is the public spa which is literally right next to the Roman Baths, on account of them using the same spring water. The security guards outside the Roman Bath shop spend about half their day explaining that you cannot swim in the Roman Bath and that your ticket for the spa day is actually for the spa around the corner which is in a different building, and then they explain it all over again to the next person.

As the city train station is called Bath Spa, the city is Bath, the spa is Thermae Bath Spa, and the Roman attraction is the Roman Baths, and the spa at Bath is a famous and popular attraction where you can swim in the authentic waters of the hot springs, and they’re all on top of each other, it’s no wonder that people are constantly incredibly confused. I am genuinely sympathetic about people getting confused on the internet when grown adults from all over the planet can’t understand it, when they’re looking right at it and receiving explicit instructions about it.

As the Thermae marketing puts it, Thermae Bath Spa offers a unique opportunity to bathe in Bath’s naturally warm, mineral-rich waters just as the Celts and Romans did over 2,000 years ago.

This is because it is the same water. The water that is cleaned. Kuzco’s water.

Thermae Bath Spa draws water from the three springs – the King’s Spring (from under Stall Street), the Cross Bath (with some water rising directly to the surface of the Cross Bath in order to honour the desires of the Spring Foundation to let an unadulterated source of the water rise from Mother Earth into the atmosphere) and the Hetling Spring (a new bore hole sunk in 1998 and 2011). The water is tested weekly and has been consistently biologically hygienic.

That’s because they treat the water, because brain-eating amoeba are both a) optional and b) bad for spa marketing.

The reasons they haven’t cleaned up the Roman Baths for public swimming is because those buildings do far better as a delicate and important piece of heritage that people are perfectly happy to buy tickets to. Why the hell should a Roman cultural site also be run as a swimming pool. Like, why bother doing that. The reason you can’t swim in it is because there’s no incentives for letting you. But the amoeba aren’t a blocker. Amoeba are entirely optional. Nor is it insane to want to swim in the UK’s most famous hot spring. The same waters are right there to swim in - in a different building next door.

A problem Bath has is that it’s a convenient and pretty UNESCO world heritage city with lots of attractions that’s quite walkable, but it’s also small as fuck, really old, and constantly at capacity. The attractions don’t really want much more traffic. The spa is constantly fully booked and that’s how they want to keep it. The Christmas Market is absolute hell. They have more than enough traffic. They don’t want to accommodate more people or offer different experiences - or clean up the waters at the Roman monument so, like, 50 people a day can swim in it. So they haven’t.

heatherwitch

Gender Magic

I noticed that there were only small pockets of posts on helping ease dysphoria or helping you feel more at home with your gender/identity so I decided to compile what I could here!

TERFS are not welcome to interact with this post. But, I always seize the opportunity to block gross people!

Updated June of 2026. Broken links are crossed out, if you have reblogged versions of those posts or something similar please send them my way! And please inform me of new broken links via askbox!

Spells (dysphoria):

Dysphoria healing spell

Dysphoria dispelling poppet

Gender protection jar

Voice dysphoria glamour

Menstruation dysphoria tea

Spells (gender identity):

Gender affirmation spell

Gender orientation validation spell

An enchantment to be seen as the gender you identify with

Gender euphoria incantation

Spell sachet for gender euphoria

Correct pronouns glamoured potion

Glamour to prevent misgendering

Misgender me one more time curse

Sigils:

Dysphoria is banished

I do not have gender dysphoria

My dysphoria does not rule me

My transition is smooth

My gender is accepted

I am protected from bigotry

Non-binary protection

For feeling more masculine:

Glamoured masculinity potion

The emperor’s reform spell (to strengthen masculine energies)

Adonis charm for trans men

Masculine-androgynous sachet

Bath spell for transmasculinity

Masculinity bath potion

Dapper magic

Masculine vibes charm bag

I am perceived as masculine sigil

I am full of masculinity sigil

I look more masculine sigil

I feel masculine sigil

For feeling more feminine:

Potion for trans-feminine people

Glamoured femininity potion

Venus charm for trans women

The empress reclaim spell (to strengthen feminine energies)

Feminine vibes charm bag

I am perceived as feminine sigil

I appear feminine sigil

I feel feminine sigil

For feeling more non-binary (any “non-traditional” gender):

Androgynous glamour

A glamour of androgyny

Divine chaosyne: Agender divinity

Divine androgyne: Bigender divinity

I am androgynous sigil / I appear androgynous sigil /I grow into androgyny sigil

Non-binary confidence sigil / Non-binary sigil / Nonbinary sigil

Divine chaosyne + divine androgyne sigils

Agender sigil

Bigender sigil

Genderfluid sigil

Demigirl sigil

Demiboy sigil

General:

Dysphoria tarot spread

Crystals for dysphoria

Binding protection bath

HRT ritual

I do not encounter transphobes spell jar

A spell for protection while coming out as trans

Banishing transphobia spell

Begone, transphobe! Minecraft curse

Other resources:

@sylvaetria‘s masterpost

@alder-bos’s masterpost (transgender witchery)

@magicusersresource‘s masterpost (spells for trans and nb folks)

@neurodwitches‘ masterpost (dysphoria and witchcraft)

Reworking gendered energies

Nonbinary Cosmology and Why It’s Important

Envisioning a Divine Gender Practice: Representation, Ritual, Practice, and Holidays

headlessmage

The biggest message I get from the Gods all the time is simple: “It’s hard but you must have hope. It sucks but you must stand up. It’s difficult but you must continue on.”

enodiamoon

witchescollection

coming back from my retirement to just pipe on here and remind y'all that a lot of witchblr is generic and rooted in consumerist culture.

example: you do not need mass-produced correspondences tables that some other witch (no matter how reputable) put together. look at the damn thing. you already have your own associations with colours, shapes, etc. just write down you think the rock is pretty and it's for when you need an outside look bc it's sky blue (which reminds you of when you look up at the sky and feel like an ant).

another example: no one can tell you how to work with your deities. look up some academic sources, read some ancient literature, sure. but also just do it. stop sitting around waiting for someone tell you it's okay to give this deity chocolate - it's your craft for fuck's sake.

i'm not saying everything on tumblr is bullshit, but most of it is people taking what works for them and then using that to write a guidebook. you are the witch. you are at the centre of your craft. it's your ancestors, your gods, your tools, and your life.

decide what you want for yourself.

comparativetarot

The Magician. Art by Thiago Corrêa.

ioqayin

Grounding and Centering

Most people who have been a part of the modern witchcraft revival are familiar with grounding. Staying grounded is very important during trance, as it allows us to fly free and have a base to return to. Those who are familiar with dissociation will likely also know some grounding techniques not written about in the witchcraft books they read, and I shall go over some of those as well.

Most grounding exercises will have you visualize yourself as a great tree, with roots reaching down deep into the earth, and branches stretching up into the sky. Through your roots and branches, you breath in, draw in the stabilizing, revitalizing power of the Land, and the reenergizing power of the Sky and it balances in you -- the space between Land and Sky. When I do this, I like to literally stretch down to the ground, and up into the sky with my body -- I try to get very physical with my body as that is very grounding for me. I may pat my legs and chest to “ground in” the energy into my flesh. I may hum or vocalize, or sigh loudly.

Become aware of the sky above, and the land below. That you have a path to your right, and to your left, a path before you and a path behind you. A dear friend of mine says this as a mantra: Left, right, before, behind, above, below; left, right, before, behind, above, below; left, right, before, behind, above, below. You are at the center of a great crossroads.

If visualizing is not something you’re comfortable with, something I find very effective is to say aloud or notice or become aware of five things I can see, then four things I can touch, three things I can hear, two things I can smell, and one thing I can taste. And of course, you can switch those around as you like to fit your preference. I use this more often than the Tree method, especially in my day to day life. It doesn’t require me to visualize anything, or feel anything, I’m just noticing what my body notices. This allows me to really ground into my body -- my home base, as it were.

Centering is very simple -- after you’ve found yourself grounded, bring your awareness back to your center. For me this is my chest, but for others it may be their abdomen or their pelvis, or wherever on their body they feel “center” is. You might place your hands there and press gently into your body to center your awareness within as well as without. Take one more deep breath.

And that is grounding and centering.

haunted-faes

i keep seeing this on my timeline, so let me be clear

judaism is semi-closed. practices related to judaism require a barrier for entry. judaism is an indigenous religion and reserve the right to protect their cultural practices.

lilith is not open. kabbalah is not open. jewish mystism is not open.

there are ways to learn about these things and get involved in a community that do not involve stealing from indigenous cultures. in fact, you are less of a witch if your craft is stealing from closed and marginalized communities.

jewish people deserve to feel safe and to be welcomed with open arms into the witchcraft and practitioner community

kchan3s

I actually don't believe Lilith is not open .-. The myth of Lilith wasn't even original in their bible—it was originated in the Middle Ages, and I doubt most Jews even care or know about Lilith, because they should be believing in Yeshua, no? Wouldn't worshipping Lilith be a sin for then? (Not that Jewish people cannot do witchcraft or be pagan, but most definitely don't and their traditional religion wouldn't be in the favor of the ones who do) Why don't people argue theistic Satanism is stealing from them as well then.

Second, Lilith it is said that pre-dates the bible, originating from an ancient goddess of mesopotamia called Lilitu, who had nothing to do with Lilith.

Edit: Now if I don't use that, then Lilith as a word was used to describe monsters (and can be exchanged for the world Lamia), not an actual being. Lilith as Adam's first wife only appeared centuries later.

And speaking about the Lamia, if anyone here is familiar with Greco-Roman monsters, it was a female monster that preyed on children. So did Lilitu, as her job was to kill children.

2nd edit: So I am going to say it clearly: if anyone thinks Lilith is closed, that's bullshit, she was only assimilated by Judaism later and watered down over the centuries. Why don't people argue Satan and Lucifer are closed? Right, they don't and they can't. It's always about Lilith.

Do some research before hunting down Lilith's worshippers. Jewish mysticism is not open and I don't encourage anyone who's not jew to pursue it, but Lilith/Lilitu is. So if you want to worship Lilitu, do it. Actual facts before victimization.

rose-in-a-fisted-glove

Holy shit do you know nothing about Judaism. The amount of chutspah it takes to say "actual facts before victimization" when you don't even know who the Jewish Gd is is staggering.

I'm surprised no one else has commented on this but Jewish people do not, never have, and never will worship Christ.

But yes, we don't worship Lilith either, because Lilith is the reason for/personification of why women die in labor, why babies are stillborn, of infant mortality.

Lilith, as a figure/force to be warded off not to be worshipped.

And regarding your complaints that no one says Satan worship isn't open, Judaism doesn't have the concept of Hell the way Christianity does nor does Judaism have a devil figure. Both of those are Christian concepts not found in Judaism.

But also, regarding your comment about Lilith not being in the bible, you do realize that Judaism is a religion on its own and that Jewish people have existed and continue to exist through history, yes? We aren't frozen in a moment of time but a living breathing people. Arguing that something came later than biblical times isn't actually an argument against something being Jewish.

traegorn

@kchan3s The name "Lilith" refers exclusively to a figure from Jewish folklore.

Her name is etymologically related to the words for other demons, but those are different words and different names.

And if you claim someone is worshiping something other than the figure from Jewish folklore that has a different name -- then why the fuck aren't you using that other name instead. The math ain't hard on this one.

As long as I can remember, people have been debating whether or not it's okay for non-Jewish witches to incorporate Lilith into their practi

lurelurk

Dirt is sacred.

There is nothing wrong with leaving offerings on the naked earth.

When we die we are returned to the ground be it whole or as ash.

From the ground comes all our food, be it directly grown or eaten from to what else we eat.

There is nothing wrong with leaving offerings on leaves or stone, plates or trays but...

There is nothing wrong with laying them to the soil either.

The compost pile is as hallowed a hill as any shrine or shelf.

empress-of-dragons

ofcedarandbone

Witch tip: If you use fresh ginger and hate throwing away the peels (assuming you don't eat them that is), let them dry and ground them up for use in spellwork🫚

arnaerr

some crystals studies, each took approximately 30 minutes

prints ✦ full process on patreon

vitterdotter

if you are a new practitioner of magic or polytheism, please please please watch for where you're regurgitating hot takes without understanding them. learn to come to your own conclusions and develop opinions founded on your own research and experiences! I see so many newer practitioners fall into the trap of defaulting to more experienced practitioners, even ones I agree with, and then use this false sense of authority to police others' practices. understand your own beliefs before you have something to say about how others practice!!

ravensrunemarket-deactivated202

🍯 Hearth Honey Milk — Comfort & Calm🍯

A soothing drink for rest, grounding, and emotional warmth.

You’ll need:

Milk (dairy or plant-based)

Honey or maple syrup

A pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg (optional)

How to Make: Warm the milk gently on the hob. Stir in honey with calm, steady intention. Add spices if desired.

Magical Focus: Calm • Safety • Emotional soothing

Intention Whisper: “Warmth within, peace around, Let rest and kindness now be found.”

📜 Source: Traditional European folk remedy for sleep and comfort; honeyed milk appears in medieval household texts and oral folk medicine.

sigilseer

A sigil to help one grow and flourish, even in difficult times.

Commission for himawaricollection

Sigil commissions are currently open for $25 each, please message me if interested :)

#sigils

mxmorbidmidnight

Nazis will never be welcome in paganism. They have no space in our communities, we will have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to nazis. You have no right to the cultures, gods and religions you hijack to spread your disgusting ideologies. You will find no refuge or comraderie amongst pagans.

Reblog to let nazis know they’re not welcome here.