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@ my tarot deck: u were right
Witches When Faced with an Antagonist
New Witch: I’ll do a spell to make them go away. First I need twelve candles, three kinds of crystals, five different herbs, and when’s the next full moon?
Intermediate Witch: Eh, how’s one candle and a mushroom I found in my pocket for a curse? It goes “I hate you please die.”
Experienced Witch: Probably faster just to tell them to fuck off.
I feel like this is a very important point. New witches assume all of their problems can be solved by magic, intermediate witches can scramble together a spell from scratch, but still assume that magic can fix the problem. Experienced witches realize that most things don’t require spells to fix them.
This…Couldn’t be more on point.
Also experienced witches just realize some people just.. .aren’t worth spending extra energy on. *shrug*
Accurate.
Also. Experienced witches know that fuck off can be a spell, if you put your will into it? ;)
For finding a sought item.
Cantrip:
Seek and find, seek and find is it me, have I lost my mind? Guide me there and guide me true ‘til the thing’s in my view!
This works best for finding something new, rather than finding something you’ve lost, in my experience.
(If you prefer, or feel more of a connection that way, try substituting the name of the item you are seeking for ‘the thing’ in the cantrip.)
(What’s a cantrip and how do I use one?)
Kitten’s Cry (mini fiction)
I wrote this inspired from a prompt on a Three Sentence Ficathon, but it . . . immediately brought to mind my own relationship with my patron goddess, who I have been worshipping since I was seven years old.
Bastet flicked an ear, lethargy fading for the first time in many ages. It was tiny, and soft - the learning mewl of a lost kitten - but out there in the world there was a faithful heart crying to the Cat Goddess. Bastet rose, and stretched, and yawned, then turned and made her way in an easy saunter, going to inspect this new human kitten wishing for her blessing.
A personally-focused simple runic talisman written for health and stresses.
Without going into detail, this was written for a (long-distance) friend’s partner.
Runes used
Upper left - to direct and dedicate its purpose
Elhaz, for friendship & Gifu, for partnership between them, focusing on the partner of a friend
Lower right - to seal it from me
Ur, for distant influences & Elhaz for friendship between them, power from a distant friend (as I wouldn’t be sending this to the person it was intended for)
Main body - purpose and goals
Ur, largest and most central - for strength, health, and the promotion of both Nyd (inverted), for clarity and ease of passage & Rad, to represent work (the occupation) - tucked partially within Ur for its influences Ken, for energy and positivity & Eh, for the future and changes moving into it & Sigel, for clear vision moving into that future, and rest after attaining all that is sought
This one is perhaps one of the better illustrations (among talismans I’ve worked on lately) that runic meanings in talismans and other workings very much depend on intention. There are a range of meanings and interpretations to each rune, naturally, and learning the intuition and sensitivity with your runes is a major part of reading runes as a divinatory tool . . . and, on the other side, there’s learning how to channel them to the meaning and affinity you want when you’re using them actively.
It’s one of my favourite things about using runes, both in divination and spell workings - although part of that may also be that they are some of my oldest tools . . . and my set of runes are old friends, now.
this is my favourite spread to use when i’m reading for myself, it’s always very insightful.
what thought tarot would be like: I can see the past, present,and future so clearly!!
what it's actually like: damn I just got called the fuck out by a deck of cards
My friend told me a story he hadn’t told anyone for years. When he used to tell it years ago people would laugh and say, ‘Who’d believe that? How can that be true? That’s daft.’ So he didn’t tell it again for ages. But for some reason, last night, he knew it would be just the kind of story I would love. When he was a kid, he said, they didn’t use the word autism, they just said ‘shy’, or ‘isn’t very good at being around strangers or lots of people.’ But that’s what he was, and is, and he doesn’t mind telling anyone. It’s just a matter of fact with him, and sometimes it makes him sound a little and act different, but that’s okay. Anyway, when he was a kid it was the middle of the 1980s and they were still saying ‘shy’ or ‘withdrawn’ rather than ‘autistic’. He went to London with his mother to see a special screening of a new film he really loved. He must have won a competition or something, I think. Some of the details he can’t quite remember, but he thinks it must have been London they went to, and the film…! Well, the film is one of my all-time favourites, too. It’s a dark, mysterious fantasy movie. Every single frame is crammed with puppets and goblins. There are silly songs and a goblin king who wears clingy silver tights and who kidnaps a baby and this is what kickstarts the whole adventure. It was ‘Labyrinth’, of course, and the star was David Bowie, and he was there to meet the children who had come to see this special screening. ‘I met David Bowie once,’ was the thing that my friend said, that caught my attention. ‘You did? When was this?’ I was amazed, and surprised, too, at the casual way he brought this revelation out. Almost anyone else I know would have told the tale a million times already. He seemed surprised I would want to know, and he told me the whole thing, all out of order, and I eked the details out of him. He told the story as if it was he’d been on an adventure back then, and he wasn’t quite allowed to tell the story. Like there was a pact, or a magic spell surrounding it. As if something profound and peculiar would occur if he broke the confidence. It was thirty years ago and all us kids who’d loved Labyrinth then, and who still love it now, are all middle-aged. Saddest of all, the Goblin King is dead. Does the magic still exist? I asked him what happened on his adventure. ‘I was withdrawn, more withdrawn than the other kids. We all got a signed poster. Because I was so shy, they put me in a separate room, to one side, and so I got to meet him alone. He’d heard I was shy and it was his idea. He spent thirty minutes with me. ‘He gave me this mask. This one. Look. ‘He said: ‘This is an invisible mask, you see? ‘He took it off his own face and looked around like he was scared and uncomfortable all of a sudden. He passed me his invisible mask. ‘Put it on,’ he told me. ‘It’s magic.’ ‘And so I did. ‘Then he told me, ‘I always feel afraid, just the same as you. But I wear this mask every single day. And it doesn’t take the fear away, but it makes it feel a bit better. I feel brave enough then to face the whole world and all the people. And now you will, too. ‘I sat there in his magic mask, looking through the eyes at David Bowie and it was true, I did feel better. ‘Then I watched as he made another magic mask. He spun it out of thin air, out of nothing at all. He finished it and smiled and then he put it on. And he looked so relieved and pleased. He smiled at me. ‘'Now we’ve both got invisible masks. We can both see through them perfectly well and no one would know we’re even wearing them,’ he said. ‘So, I felt incredibly comfortable. It was the first time I felt safe in my whole life. ‘It was magic. He was a wizard. He was a goblin king, grinning at me. ‘I still keep the mask, of course. This is it, now. Look.’ I kept asking my friend questions, amazed by his story. I loved it and wanted all the details. How many other kids? Did they have puppets from the film there, as well? What was David Bowie wearing? I imagined him in his lilac suit from Live Aid. Or maybe he was dressed as the Goblin King in lacy ruffles and cobwebs and glitter. What was the last thing he said to you, when you had to say goodbye? ‘David Bowie said, ‘I’m always afraid as well. But this is how you can feel brave in the world.’ And then it was over. I’ve never forgotten it. And years later I cried when I heard he had passed.’ My friend was surprised I was delighted by this tale. ‘The normal reaction is: that’s just a stupid story. Fancy believing in an invisible mask.’ But I do. I really believe in it. And it’s the best story I’ve heard all year.
Paul Magrs (via yourfluffiestnightmare)
When you pick up new witchery tools in the back-to-school sales. . .
Honestly Sharpies are my favourite for writing talismans, especially the metallic ones. I wanted a wider range of colours than I had in stock, however, and the timing worked out well for the sales.
Example:
To get a feel for it, picked up the bronze one (which looked more copper to me by the cap) and wrote up a Basic Good Luck talisman.
Runes used:
far left - thorn, for luck
far right - wynn, for blessings
centre - ing, for things in potential
You are never too old to learn about necromancy.
#you’ll never be too old if you learn necromancy
what thought tarot would be like: I can see the past, present,and future so clearly!!
what it's actually like: damn I just got called the fuck out by a deck of cards
Me: *Pulls a clarification card*
Tarot: The Tower.
Me: *Slides card back into deck* I don't need clarification.
For safe travels in wild/ill weather.
Cantrip:
Winds at rest, winds at play I must go, I cannot stay Please see me safely on my way
I live in Tornado Alley - we see a lot of storms here, and it’s not always possible to be at home safe for them! This is a good one for when you have to brave uncertain weather to get somewhere - be it home or elsewhere.
(What’s a cantrip and how do I use one?)
Being a witch more like
Live the kind of life that would make the Discworld witches proud.
After handling, going through, spreading out (and photographing), shuffling and reshuffling my new tarot deck . . . addressed the cards with my first question.
‘How will we work together, what will it be like?
Seven of Wands, inverted, speaks of surety of purpose, but with openness and security, welcoming rather than defending; working together rather than warring.
I’m pleased and anticipating learning the deck and working into a comfortable style and rapport with it!