where the magic happens

she/they this is my witch blog, the pagan side blog. I'm an adult, I am vegan and I am an ecclectic pagan. I do photography but I don't usually post it on this blog. Not sure what else might be relevant. Note for myself since I keep forgetting: stuff is for info and ect is for other things without it's own tag

[ulmus-spellook]

If you notice that someone I have re-blogged from is a homophobe, terf, racist/white supremacist, an anti-semite, islamaphobic, ect. please tell me. Sometimes I miss things and I don’t want those fucks on my blog.

If you yourself are any of those things you aren’t welcome here. I know I can’t stop you from being here, but know you aren’t welcome.

and these are so I remember my own tagging system… if I can keep track of which things are stuff and which are ect.

[themoonandmyman]

I haven’t said anything interesting in a long while. this will continue

[valtsv]

i feel like if you stabbed an angel the blood trail would look like this

[amazoogle]

[kvothbloodless]

Hey. Hey!

[fatehbaz]

hmm

dragonflies. haunting implications:

[cryptotheism]

The Greco Egyptian Magical Fragments are so fun

[cryptotheism]

If I was drinking with the girls and someone threw a dog-bitten rock near me, I would ask the caster what's up. Why we throwing dog rocks?

[dortie]

[bugshroom]

tell someone you aren’t working or studying and feel them try not to ask ‘so why are you allowed to be alive’

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

you can always start making a beautiful life for yourself even if you’ve lost some years to grief. your entire life does not need to be a perfect story, and it always doesn’t have to be only good or only bad. it’s gotta be a lot of both.

[ulmus-spellook]

I had mentioned maybe changing my icon from this picture since my previous cat passed away, but I’ve decided not to. I loved him like a child and a best friend and it’s nice to still have him looking at me here

I have adopted a younger cat in the time since his passing though. This is her

While he was the best chilliest boy, She’s a wild gremlin, but very sweet and a little strange. He caused mischief sometimes, but she’s a little menace (I say that with tired affection) and throws little tantrums like a toddler when she’s stopped from doing something. Where he went “ugh. You stopped me” she goes “mooooooommm nooooo” while staying in my arms politely but pouting

[princessnijireiki]

https://twitter.com/archeometrie/status/1170031822614474752?s=12

[edderkopper]

Classic rock

[why-bless-your-heart]

BTW I saw this and immediately thought “what if that’s what Stonehenge was for” and then I looked it up and apparently it’s an actual theory that holds up, they sound like massive dull bells that carry for a few miles.

[hillcrypt]

Female figurines, Gravettian period (35-22ka)

From left to right: Willendorf, Monpazier, Dolní Věstonice, Frasassi, Sireuil, Laussel, Laussel, Kostyonki III, Kostyonki IV, Moravany, Renancourt, Laussel

[oathtoblood]

Thorshammer amulets found in Scandinavia and the Baltics from the Late Viking Age (10th Century AD)

[ulmus-spellook]

Marking my relationship with two of the goddesses I often work with as "complicated" because I'm working really hard not to blame them for my prayers to them not saving my beloved cat because I know that they can't exactly prevent every cat from dying, but it's hard! I just need some time, but I'm still trying to remember offerings because I don't want to be mean

[thatlittleegyptologist]

Fun fact: Egyptian gods do not have ‘animal heads’. The depictions of gods are meant to contain a duality, as is important in Egyptian Religion (life/death, red land/black land, chaos/order, human/animal). So when you see, say, Anubis with a man’s body and a Jackal head it represents both his human form and his Jackal form, meaning he might appear in either form. But never as a human with a Jackal head. That is only something you’d see on temple walls for the duality aspect.

[ezairick]

How di you know??

I mean it sounds likely but where are you getting your information from?

[thatlittleegyptologist]

I’m an Egyptologist? This is literally my job.

But if you want a source, read: Silverman, D. (1991) Divinity and Deities in Ancient Egypt, In J. Baines, L. Lesko, & D. Silverman, Religion in Ancient Egypt: Gods, Myths and Personal Practice. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. 7-87.

[ezairick]

Thanks for the sources.

I had just never heard about that fact before.

[thatlittleegyptologist]

No worries! (I realise I put a full stop instead of an exclamation mark at the end of “this is literally my job” which might have sounded harsh, so I apologise!)

[imboredofthisurl]

This is a very pure interaction

[unyanizedcatboys]

this is exactly how you should react to hearing new information that you’re skeptical of or don’t immediately believe is true

[theyhaveacavetroll]

also I’m fascinated by the punctuation question here. Full stop means “I’m done with this interaction and not amused” whereas exclamation mark = hey no big, I’m happy to explain!

Our generation has solved an issue that written English has had for centuries and I love it.

[ulmus-spellook]

A YouTube pagan I’ve followed for some time and who I find pretty good about things is publishing a book and I pre-ordered it. I don’t usually pre-order books and I don’t usually buy stuff from YouTubers, but this seems genuinely interesting and helpful and I’m just sad that I’ll have to wait until December to read it

[ulmus-spellook]

My new cat is a menace and doesn’t gaf what she’s messing with, she just has to get into all sorts of things. She’ll be messing with my altar and knocking off a jar of my ancestor’s grave dirt like she’s trying to make herself haunted. Girl. Your face already looks like 😳 when resting, are you trying to make it worse? If you start looking at ghosts like 👁️👄👁️ it’s your fault. I’m not saving you from visions of grandma

[ulmus-spellook]

Paganism is on the rise—here’s where to discover its traditions

TikTok—specifically #witchtok—is fueling interest in paganism. Here’s how to immerse yourself in full moon rituals, spellcasting, and more.

[thesilicontribesman]

The Rock Crystal Jar from the Galloway Hoard was initially created under extreme pressure over millions of years; this piece of rock crystal was quarried and then carefully carved during the Roman period 1800 years ago.

Centuries later it was intricately decorated in gold and dedicated to the Northumbrian Bishop Hyguald; a valued religious relic. It was treasured as an heirloom into the Viking-Age by a family or community.

Carefully wrapped within a silver lidded cup, alongside other precious objects, it was buried deep within the Galloway soil.

For 1100 years it lay hidden. Forgotten. Waiting. Now finally, after extensive conservation, and for the first time in more than a millennium this unique time travelling object is on public view.

Kirkcudbright Galleries, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland