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26 • she/they • disabled/chronically ill witch

[thewitchofsuperstition]

Moving to a new home with more nature around was definitely the right choice.

[pnglove]

flowery tea ♡

[takeachillquill]

Ask yourself: what’s good about this moment right now? Is the sun out? Can you hear birds? Are you drinking coffee? Can you smell freshly cut grass? Is your bed soft and warm? These little things are oh so precious and yet seem so arbitrary.

[enchantedbook]

'Forest' by Hwainio

[lindagoesmushrooming]

Springtime Mica caps

[blooming-lenses]

beauty in details 2025/04/12

[dozydawn]

lemon & blueberry cake with lemon buttercream. garnished with candied lavender blossoms.

[repost-grimoire]

I feel like not enough people know that you can just go do witchcraft. Like yeah, all the pretty and aesthetic things you see online can be really expensive, and if you live in a place where witchcraft is frowned upon it can be hard to hide things, but your practice can literally be anything you want.

Part of my practice is making friendship bracelets with colors of what I want to manifest. I learned morse code and tie my goals into the bracelet. It look like a normal bracelet, no one would know the difference unless I told them. Your manifestations and spells can be verbal and whispered to the wind, your sigils can look like doodled stars or stick figures, your altar doesn't need to be anything more than the tools you use (if you even need an altar). You can put spells together based on what you have and what the things around you mean to you.

You do not need to buy things for witchcraft or have a very visible practice, just do what feels right for you. Your practice is what you make it.

[buriedpentacles]

Reminder that even if a religion is open, it can still be appropriated and bastardised.

You can't just cherry pick and choose titles, practices, deities from different practices/religions you think sound cool to use however you like without any understanding or respect towards the cultural/historical/religious context.

[fayriequeene]

[growing-yet-into-magic]

In regards to research:

Don’t accept witchcraft books for history. Read history texts. 

Don’t accept witchcraft books for mental processes. Read psychology and biological texts. 

Don’t accept witchcraft books for mythology. Don’t accept witchcraft books for religion. Read original texts and papers written researchers credited in their fields. 

Use witchcraft books for witchcraft, and witchcraft alone. That is what they specialize in and what they are published for. If it branches out into a different subject, be suspicious and research the topic later. 

[followingtheladyofthesacredflame]

On the note of that last point: if you’re reading a witchcraft book and they make a historical, medical, psychological, anthropological, or scientific claim, do one of two things.

Stop reading right then and look up what they’ve claimed

Make a note of the fact - sticky notes, notes app, notebook, etc. - and research it at a later date

When researching, look for high-authority cross-reference sources. What I mean by that is, look for sources that have a legitimate, easy-to-prove claim to expertise. This’d be sources like (for example, not exhaustive) university presses, scientific research papers, museum publications, experts with degrees and years of experience in their fields, and, for cultural information, elder members of said culture and internally-run cultural heritage organizations.

Great places to find solid sources for cross-referencing:

The Smithsonian

Encyclopedia Britannica

JSTOR

Oxford Academic Journal

Sage Journals

Science Direct

Google Scholar

Your local library

If no one else has made this claim, it’s probably not true and you should take it with a massive grain of salt.

[maidenmystic]

[swanssday]

[roguehaunt]

so so me

[fleurison-deactivated20190824]

may you get a sign this week that shows you that you’re on the right path and that things are flowing and moving in your favor. may the sign be evident, clear, and direct

[heartpeacenquiet]

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[wispwoodmc]

effervescent

[bitchontheprairie]

looking forward to green on the trees again

(the blue pool, summer 2024)