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"All pagans should have to believe X" Oh, you want universal neopagan orthodoxy, do you? Should we have a neopagan Council of Nicaea about it? Should we print catechisms? Should we punish people for not conforming to your orthodoxy?
NO ONE EXPECTS THE PAGAN INQUISITION
Here's a quick disclaimer:
I do not care about Jesus. I do not like Jesus. I do not want to hear about Jesus, in a "secular" way or otherwise. No, I don't think Jesus was a pretty cool guy anyway. If you talk to me about Jesus or reblog my posts with additions or tags about Jesus, you will be getting blocked.
"y'all say listen to my gut/etc but what if it says that all of my friends hate me and I should isolate so that no one leaves me"
trauma work. go to therapy. that's the actual answer.
discernment is required in witchcraft. if you can't tell the difference between your anxiety and your genuine sense of danger, if you are not capable of sitting with that pins-and-needles feeling long enough to gauge the difference, you will never be able to reliably tell the difference between the two.
in the same vein: sometimes even as an experienced practioner, you will be too emotional/dissociated/noncentered enough to do spellwork. having an ego about this will only lead to your efforts backfiring.
you may find me having intense spiritual breakthroughs and revelations just to completely forget about them one week later don’t worry about me i am on my path
atheist: its such bullshit that nobody respects my atheistic beliefs
me: oh im so sorry, that's not been my experience but i understand yours is different. can you tell me more?
atheist: it's because all religious people are stupid delusion brainwashed children
me:
*furiously scratching into a lead tablet with an iron nail* IA IA IA I beseech you o gods of the underworld, o kindly ones, o spirits of lamentation, may her follower count wither, may her uploads be unviewed and unshared, may her mutuals all come to grief
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
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.
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.
Native Celtic spirituality involves swimming in Roman built baths?
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.
Science is spiritual!
Learning how the world works doesn’t strip it of magic, it reveals even more of it. The more I understand the universe, the more sacred it feels.
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
I should make an executive functioning spell jar so I can shake it whenever I need that extra boost
Not sure what I would put in it though
Maybe success herbs? Peppermint for clarity, cinnamon for success, black tea for energy? Might super depends on how you picture executive functioning symbolically in your life. The way you describe the feeling would help to find the feeling in herbs and crystals and spices.
I love the idea tho, super fun idea.
Crashing through the wall into this conversation because I HAVE MADE ONE!!!! And it works a treat, in conjunction with hydration and my usual brain skittles.
Here's what I used:
Clear quartz to direct my energy effectively
Moonstone to elevate my mood
Ginger root to kickstart the process
Green tea for energy and drive
Rosemary for mental clarity and acuity
Peppermint for focus and follow-through
Purple deadnettle for tenacity
Oak wood chip for staying power
And the pill dust from the bottom of my last prescription bottle for good measure
Whenever I need that boost, I make sure to eat something, drink water, and take a B vitamin or a brain skittle, then give the bottle a squeeze, turn on my Get Shit Done playlist and say out loud, "Arright, let's do this!"
Adapt as needed, hopefully it works for you!
AM radio is like literal magic. There is music all around us that we can't hear, and to hear it you just have to tap a crystal (diode) to the earth and listen to it with another magic rock (magnet) and a tin can. You dont even need electricity to make it work because this music around us is literally all the power you need. Oh and at night when the sun has set, the light of the day gets replaced by MORE music because the signals can travel further at night. This is magic. If you even care.
look just gonna be really ndn about it for a moment but no one can claim to know the internal experience of animals. no one can claim to know the internal experience of plants. no one can claim to know the internal experience of the earth. theres a part of my heart that is always the girl telling my philosophy professor that we cant know the flower turning towards the sun is "purely instinct." and if u disagree then thats fine idc its just My Soulful Opinion in afraid
its frustrating doubly to talk abt on here bc not only is everyone gonna laugh me out of the room like they did when i tried to bring up animism in my white philosophy classes but also like. i know people are gonna get mad like "oh so animals can have morals?" etc of like. look i Knowww and i agree that the anthropomorphism of animals by people is harmful absolutely! but this colonial empirical stance of that nothing feels emotion or has desires in this world except for human beings is so sick to me. what a terrible rotten world to live in where plants dont love the sun and love the shade and love the rain. "they dont have the brain synapses firing to-" 1) thats not all that emotion is oh my lord 2) constantly they are coming out with more science that proves that plants communicate with each other in Scientifically Proven ways. your need to have the world fit an aristotelian victorian bullshit diagnostic criteria is sick
You guys know I don't post most of what I do, right? Like you guys know what you see on Tumblr isn't all that I do and that if I stop posting it doesn't mean I stop practicing my craft altogether, right? I just wanna make sure we're all on the same page here. Because any time I post even a small little update on what I'm doing, I get a little "welcome back to your craft" or "here's to a new start."
I'm not aiming this at anyone btw. I just want to put it out there that my Tumblr activity level has more to do with my depression than my active practice of magic. It just so happens that my blog is based around the discussion and study of magic. You know what I mean?
Sadly every corner of the internet is stuck in its own way of being performative and some of these people’s only way of “doing magic” is browsing the internet and reblogging things that make them feel magical. So seeing you offline means you aren’t practicing duh.
I think about something similar a bunch actually. I often struggle posting what I’m doing because everything I’ve learned says magic is supposed to be hidden, to be occulted. There’s this weird over sharing phenomenon following social media/The Internet. Everyone seems to be under this impression, because all kinds of information is so easily accessible, that if it isnt posted somewhere it probably doesn’t matter or didn’t happen. When actually the opposite is true for magic. I think if you’re posting every detail of your work then there’s something fishy happening. Magic is supposed to be this divine experience, something so indescribable only symbols can express its nature. Blogs here are just people talking about that experience and maybe some cute pictures too. Just people’s vision boards and thoughts. I don’t know why so much emphasis seems to be placed on sharing an entire practice online. I constantly float between wanting to post more so people know what cool stuff I’m doing and also knowing that it’s ok I don’t, it’s for me. The internet isn’t real life I think a bunch of people have forgotten that.
Ps. I worked hard to get to where I’m at, you can pry my secrets from my corpse. They aren’t for your ears Gretchen.
Also if I’m posting a spell, it usually means that the intent is for the process to be accessible. Especially when giving fairly basic processes - these things can be reformatted to fit your personal craft if you find it useful to do so.
On the other hand if I’m doing a spell on my own time, I probably won’t share the exact process or methods because there is a belief that sharing it can lessen its effects. There’s nothing wrong with sharing everything that you do if you want to, but do understand that providing accessible information is just that. No one is getting paid for content and no one should be expected to provide content to you or for the purpose of verifying their practice. We all have lives outside of tumblr that need attention too! It doesn’t mean we don’t care about our crafts if we aren’t talking about them.
This!! This is why I strongly encourage people to stop comparing their craft to others’ on tumblr. It often appears that we are more active or less active than we actually are. For example, a lot of people make the assumption that I’m practicing every single day because I’m active on tumblr. But in reality, I very rarely share the personal parts of my craft. No one has any idea how actively I’m practicing except for myself (and maybe my cats).
I do make a lot of posts, but like @torque-witch they tend to be accessible and generalized. Not everything is an integral part of my practice, it’s meant to give others an idea of where to start and how to shape the craft to their needs (especially when facing certain restrictions due to health).
I do encourage others to share the parts of their practices they feel called to! Share that creative solution, that thrifty find, that moment of clarity. I’m always learning from the experiences of others!
Share what you feel comfortable with, just check in with yourself first. Are you sharing it because you’re proud of it or want to help/inspire others? Are you sharing it because you think it will add to the image you’ve created for yourself on this platform? Are you sharing it because you want to, or you feel like you must?
Remember that you have control of your blog. There are no requirements. If what you’re currently doing on it doesn’t feel nourishing anymore, change it or start over! This can be on the same blog or with a new one. Your blog is for you, if it feels like you’re catering to an audience and doing what they expect of you, you probably aren’t sharing content that’s true to you.
Social media platforms (including tumblr) can either be a great connective tool or a way to never feel good enough because you’re comparing yourself to (likely many different) cultivated personas that only share the bits and pieces they want to. Think critically, set boundaries for yourself, realize that we’re all presenting ourselves in a crafted way (this is always true, but easier to do behind a keyboard), and know you can shape your experience here.
You may think it cruel but when a white witch pisses me off I go through her etsy listings for native bird feathers and forward it to fish and wildlife services
Sweats in Salem witch descendant
Keep sweating girl the game wardens on his way
Calling yourself a "white witch" who practices "white magic" because your witchcraft is good/light/positive/benevolent gets you blocked.
2025 is almost at an end. If you can't cut the ignorant racist white supremacist New Age bullshit by now then fuck off my lawn. I'm tired. My friends are tired.
Day 28
IT FELL OVER!!!
