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@unknownchaosunbound-blog
If you only accept non fiction witchcraft books then why is this only for the lgbt and why didnt you say it couldnt be fiction. I was gonna put in for the discord server because when i seen witchcraft/occult i thought it could be fictional, not you genuinly pretending to run hogwarts....
oh lord the muggles are at it again
Are you planning on opening applications to the witch discord again any time soon?
That Discord is dead. has been for almost a year
christ i forgot about this bloody blog
witchcraft, history
“A Discourse of the subtill Practises of Devills by Witches and Sorcerers. By which men are and have bin greatly deluded: the antiquitie of them: their divers sorts and Names. With an Aunswer unto divers frivolous Reasons which some doe make to proove that the Devils did not make those Aperations in any bodily shape. By G. Gyfford. Imprinted at London for Toby Cooke. 1587. “
The Witching Tree server
As we have posted before we are relaunching the witching tree server. The Witching Tree is a Discord server/group for traditional witches and folk practitioners. We also have practitioners of hoodoo, folk necromancy, Solomonic magic, granny magic, and many other paths.
This server is strictly for adults (those over the age of 18)
We have plans regular activities, such as optional research projects, book club, and discussions about magic! We also share a lot of research documents on the subject of traditional magic.
Here is a link to our FAQ, and feel free to send us an ask if you have more questions!
Our aim is to allow members to talk openly and freely with other like-minded people in order to grow as individuals and strengthen our own crafts. For that reason, we do allow people who are new to trad craft /folk magic and who are willing to learn and grow alongside others.
Click the link below to send in an application for review. Setting up an account on discord only takes a minute or two and all you need to do is register an email, password, and username. We look forward to seeing you!
You can learn more about discord here.
Apply for membership today!
Invite links will be shared through private messages on tumblr 1-5 days after we receive your application if it is accepted.
LMAO hi my wtich book clubs server is dead but we have moved to @the-witching-tree and yall can apply there
reblog with info coming soon
PSA to Witchblr and the Witchcraft Community
Stop
Ripping off
People’s spells and tips.
Someone uploaded my spell word for word with no credit given onto their instagram. I’m going to ask as many people to reblog this as they can, because honestly this is super annoying. Link to my original post here
So stop. Make your own original content, and don’t copy others unless you asked them first.
- This means reposting and vague-copying things on tumblr
- This also means ripping people off word for word from tumblr onto instagram or any other platform
- This means reposting sigils
- This means reposting witchy pictures
- This means anything you have not created yourself.
They. do. not. belong. to. you.
When I make spells I am putting all of my hard-earned energy and expertise into them. I am not being paid for this and its literally a labor of love. Things like this make me not want to post original content anymore.
It hurts the community as a whole because we lose information people would otherwise be fine to share. You are hurting us and limiting the available resources that could help other witches.
So please reblog this. Let people know that this sort of thing isn’t okay.
- Solarian
Bioregional Animism Directory
Version 1.7
Last updated 2018-06-18
Here are some blogs who are run by people who specialize or incorporate bioregional animism into their practices. If you would like to see your blog on here, shoot me a message!
Australia
@blackbirdwitchery (Tasmania; urban; death, vulture culture, spirit work, traditional and folk magic, pop culture magic, Shinto, Kemeticism)
@lilyofthewest (Queensland, Gold Coast; Han Chinese)
Canada
@chaoskyan (Montreal; St. Lawrence River; local spirits and gods, herbalism, death magic, chaos, sigils, spellcraft)
@elphamebound (Ottawa, Ontario; thickets, fields, forests; folklore, living traditions, witchcraft)
@moss-on-the-keys (Pacific Northwest)
@queerqueerwitchcraft (Treaty 7 Territory; boreal forest, foothills, rocky mountains, prairies, parkland; Metis)
United States
@arachnospooky (Central Valley CA; Kemetic)
@aresfaeries (Midwest; forests, rivers, creeks, streams, lakes; Ares devotee, fae, green, sea, hedge practices, tarot)
@blackbearmagic (central MD/northern MN; invasive species; Kemetic, animal spirit work)
@broomstocleanorfly (urban TX and northern CA, OH, Pacific Northwest; time and chaos magic)
@calen-witch (Interior AK; boreal forest)
@florida-magic (FL)
@haremask (Great Lakes/Northern Midwest; urban)
@hausofdahlia (Southern IL; lakes and forests; death, fae, and bones)
@inhearthandhedge (Las Vegas, NV; spirit work, plants, home)
@justaqueerwitchy (Bluffton, SC; forests, marshes, oceans, and swamps; agnostic, omnitheist, and secular)
@leaping-hare-witchery (Pacific Northwest; sea witch)
@magicianmew (Richmond, VA; humid subtropical climate zone, rivers, and swamps)
@norcal-animist (Bay Area, CA; oceanic, coastal, riparian, salt marsh, agrarian; gaming, Filipino American with Chinese ancestry; long-term intercultural relationship with Mexican folk magic, spirit observer, not a witch, Judaism)
@renniequeer (North-central FL; swamps, marshlands, woodlands; Heathen/Anglo Saxon; New England, French Canadian, and family folklore)
@southerncunning (FL)
@sunkissedsorgin (New Orleans, LA; forests, swamps; sorgin [traditional Basque path])
@themixedwitch (FL)
@themodernsouthernpolytheist (Atlanta, GA; Mississippi Delta, streams, swamps, Southern Appalachian mountains; death, Gaelic polytheist, Southern folk magic)
@theuprootedwitch (central TN; mountains, lakes, forests, moon; home witchcraft)
@turnipkat (GA; urban areas, mountains, Piedmont; folk magic; Gaelic polytheism; fairy faith)
@unlikelyhideoutperfection (TX; lakes; Egyptian and Greek pantheons)
@volare-ad-sol (Kansas City, MO; forest and moon magic, creeks, Odin, Unitarian Universalist, runes, Latin)
@wanderingchaos (MN; Nyx solitary devotee; divination, spirit communication and removal/relocation)
@wotinincarnation (San Diego, CA; dragons, spirit/energy/astral worker, East Asian folk magic, divination)
@yenne-velt (Western WA; folkloric witchcraft, Judaism)
A few things:
01. Gypsy is a slur & there is no “positive” or “acceptable” way of using it if you aren’t Romani. It should not be part of your vocabulary – the same goes for the term “gypped”. If you want to talk about the slur censor it or simply call it “the g slur.”
02. Anti Romani racism exists everywhere and there is a slur for the us in every language. Gypsy is the slur used in the English language but there is also Zigan, Tigan, Cigan, Gitano, Zigeuner, etc. - a lot of them stem from the Greek word for “slave” and are considered even worse than the Gypsy slur. However all of them are still slurs and shouldn’t be used by you if you aren’t Romani.
03. Gypsy has never been anything other than a derogatory slur against Romani that has been screamed at us while we have been branded, enslaved, hunted down, murdered, put through a genocide and a holocaust, segregated and discriminated against.
04. Romani is the proper name of the people that are being targeted by the G slur. Some people write it as Rromani which is also correct. The term Roma/Rroma can be used too, however not all Romani are Roma.
05. Romani and Romanian do not mean the same thing. Romani are the people that are being targeted by the G slur and we are brown people originally from India. Romanians are people from the European country Romania.
06. The official term for racism directed towards Romani is called “Antiziganism”, that term however is offensive since it includes the word “Zigan” which is a horrible slur against Romani. Please do not use that term and instead use “Anti-Romani racism”, “Anti-Romanism”, etc.
07. Anti-Romani racism is very extreme in Europe (segregation in housing, education and health care, forced sterilizations, evictions and demolition of settlements, police brutality, etc), which is why we even received the title of “Europe’s Most Hated”, but it’s not an exclusively European thing. Anti-Romani racism exists in America and Canada as well. (Canada even has an immigration ban on Romani.)
08. “My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding” does not display actual Romani people as far as I have heard so it does not represent Romani people/culture at all.
09. Your believes that Romani “don’t want to work”, “don’t want to send their children to school”, “steal children”, “are dirty”, “genetically prone to crime”, “are lazy”, etc. are nothing but racist stereotypes and left over Nazi propaganda. All of them are untrue as well. (Also: Romani would love to work and go to school but the extreme discrimination against us in the field of education makes that very hard. And the widely spread traditional anti-Romani attitudes and prejudices don’t make it any easier either.)
10. Stereotypes such as that all Romani women are “sexual temptresses” and promiscuous disregarding of age are obviously incorrect too. Virginity is actually considered important in Romani culture. Believing in those stereotypes is very harmful and dangerous as well because despite Romani being only a minority in most European countries we make up the highest % when it comes to sex trafficking victims.
11. Romani culture doesn’t have anything to do with witchcraft, wicca, paganism, etc. We didn’t create tarot, palm reading or crystal balls either. You can stop calling yourself a “Gypsy Witch” and faking Romani heritage now. The only reason why assumptions like that came to exist is because of racist believes and lies spread by the church. Our skills with medical herbs and palm reading were seen as “evidence of heresy” and from the 16th century onward we were outlawed, expelled and persecuted, culminating in the organized killing of our people.
12. Fortune teller costumes are racist. Romani women have always been stereotyped as fortune tellers which is why the stereotypical image of a fortune teller is always linked with Romani women - dark skin, messy black hair, a big nose, a “weird” accent, a headscarf, big hoop earrings, gold coins added to clothes and an “untrustworthy/deceiving” nature, etc. (A lot of people even use the term “fortune teller” like a synonym for the G slur nowadays.) A person’s race/ethnicity is not a costume, so if you ever consider dressing up as a fortune teller chose something different.
If you are Romani too please feel free to add things onto this list and please correct me if I made any mistakes.
jews: Kabbalah involves jewish mysticism and texts so complex + specialized only jews well-versed in jewish scholarship to even begin to understand. Others shouldn’t study it.
gentiles in medieval europe: WHY R U KEEPING THIS SECRET?? MUST BE DEVIL WORSHIPPING MAGIC!!
gentiles a few centuries later: lets make a term called “cabal” for secret evil political groups based on the word kabbalah! cant trust those jews!
gentiles during the enlightenment: this kabbalah stuff sounds cool! what if we changed this shit up for christians to use? lets do some alchemy shit this is rad
gentiles today: *starts kabbalah ~religion~ as a celebrity trend* *appropriates kabbalah for ~occult~ cool points in the media and tarot* *profits off of books on faux kabbalah bs to the point jews have trouble finding legit sources on kabbalah*
jews: …
Trees repeatedly move their branches up and down during the night, and this may reflect water being pumped along the branches – just like a human pulse. “We’ve discovered that most trees have regular periodic changes in shape, synchronised across the whole plant and shorter than a day-night cycle, which imply periodic changes in water pressure,” says András Zlinszky …
The rest of the article is behind a paywall, but this preview is still pretty great.
Here’s a news article about it that’s freely available!
Unknown Bounds Server Application
Unknown bounds is a 18 plus LGBTQ exclusive discord server for all forms of magic.
Unlike other servers, we are a book club that reads everything from folk magic, to chaos magic and witchcraft. In the past we have read Graveyard wanderers and Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits by Emma Wilby.
All the books and activities in this server are 100% free.
We also are starting new optional activities like tarot/divination activities, and have frequent server wide discussions.
This server is good if you want more resources or you just to meet new people.
If any of this sounds interesting, you can apply here (XXX) (Jun 11, 18)
The application process was made to weed out any unwanted people. (TERFs, fascists, racist and the like).
Always forgetting to add something (silly brain)
We have been around for 6 months and if you have not been accepted yet, feel free to reapply!
Unknown Bounds Server Application
Unknown bounds is a 18 plus LGBTQ exclusive discord server for all forms of magic.
Unlike other servers, we are a book club that reads everything from folk magic, to chaos magic and witchcraft. In the past we have read Graveyard wanderers and Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits by Emma Wilby.
All the books and activities in this server are 100% free.
We also are starting new optional activities like tarot/divination activities, and have frequent server wide discussions.
This server is good if you want more resources or you just to meet new people.
If any of this sounds interesting, you can apply here (XXX) (Jun 11, 18)
The application process was made to weed out any unwanted people. (TERFs, fascists, racist and the like).
Temporary No Application
Staff has decided to redo the Application and we will be putting the new one out very shortly. The old application will be cut off
Weird question
I see a lot coming up about The Rede on tumblr (good stuff!) and I just have to ask–
Where are these Rede-thumping Neo-Wiccans you guys are talking about? Did this come out of something?
I shit post a ton, and I’ve been around the block on the internet, and I have honestly not seen this anywhere but shallow Facebook groups.
Like I said, good stuff is being said about how most the initiatory Wiccans don’t follow the “three fold law” and whatever, but I just need to know–is this coming from an actual backlash, or a perceived backlash because people are bitching on tumblr about enemies that aren’t there?
I assume there’s a very small but extremely vocal group who engages in what I’ve seen called curse-shaming. I once posted about how I doubted that curse-shaming was real and got several Very Angry people yelling at me that this one time they mentioned cursing and then All The Wiccans showed up and shouted at them.
I imagine that this is probably a very over-reported problem, possibly because shitting on Wicca because of a massive misunderstanding of our beliefs and practices is so common here. I, certainly, am very happy to see so many people pointing out that the shitty stupid Wiccan Rede is not actually a thing and comes from a shitty stupid poem written by a conveniently dead grandmother.
I can attest to the existence of rede thumpers. Like literally I can’t go to any kind of pagan gatherings, any public rituals, or anything without running into at least three people who are hardcore into the rede.
But even in my personal life. I know several pagans (with whom I don’t necessarily associate anymore because they got to be unbearable) who have been so accustomed to the concept of the rede that they can’t imagine life without it. They’ve been spoon-fed their version of paganism from Llewelyn literally since they were kids. Because of this, they will literally turn aggressive if you tell them about how the “threefold law” has been misinterpreted. Like, I have straight up experienced victim blaming from the rede crowd. They exactly like followers of certain acts of Christianity in the way they view things as absolutes.
If you’re lucky enough to never have experienced it, then you are in fact VERY lucky. Because seriously, it’s absolutely rampant in the community. Go to literally ANY pagan pride event, and you’ll see it in full force.
This has to be a regional thing. I’ve been practicing Wicca since 2001 and since 2004 have been a member of a public Wiccan temple that meets weekly, attended the local Pagan Pride Day since it started running and have been a vendor at said event since 2005 (at two PPD events since 2014, three as of this year) , and I’ve never seen this. I’m in southern Ontario, it’s a different country and a different climate here.
Shit’s weird, yo.
You know I was contemplating saying that it might be regional. I can’t speak for any other country but I know that I see it all the time here in the U.S., granted we also elected a fuckwad as our national leader, so it goes without saying that stupidity rules in the U.S., so I’m not necessarily surprised we have as manybrede thumpers as we do.
I’m convinced that it’s mainly an American thing. I’ve never gone to any public pagan or witchcraft gatherings, but having known a number of pagans and witches over the years (without them knowing that I was, myself, a witch), I’ve heard some shit. Not to mention that in my early days on tumblr, which were only a few years ago, I couldn’t mention a curse without getting shit about it. Nowadays, people seem to be more worked up about love magic, but that I think would naturally be the occult side of the discussion that’s begun about sexual misconduct. But there definitely is a huge characterization of wiccans as this ‘witches only practice White™ magic’. The witchcraft community gets a hard on at the thought of attacking Wicca because they think it gives them a sense of depth or nuance on the ethics of practice. They’ve characterized it as some sort of evangelical christian version of witchcraft.
DINGDINGDING
That last paragraph sums it up very well, I think.
Sometimes I feel that people look at the sea of 101 books and low-information practitioners out there and assume that Wicca is a mile wide and an inch deep. This is, of course, not the case, but from what you read even just here on Tumblr I can see how people arrive at this conclusion.
THAT.
And it may be part of why it’s a very American thing. Learning Wicca from books has become a very American path. I think that started because with a wide-spread population, it wasn’t always possible to find an in-person group. But then as Llewellyn flooded the market with Wicca 101 books and suddenly everyone was Wiccan. And if they weren’t, then knew what Wicca was about because they read the books.
But I think part of the problem is also that intiatory Wiccans are often oath-bound from discussing certain deeper aspects of the craft. So people don’t know that the information in books is generally a rehashing of first-year material with perhaps a bit of second-year studies thrown in. (I know Llewellyn authors. Llewellyn wants 101 books because they sell better than more advanced books.)
Locally, I think a lot of the initiatory crowd has withdrawn from open gatherings because, well, it makes life easier. And perhaps on tumblr it does too.
100%, within and outside of Wicca, initiatory circles have become very disillusioned with public gatherings and crowds, both on and offline. I think many of them would be open to extending a hand or leading the way, but they’re finding that they’re being burned by the massive amount of misinformation. It’s horrible, but it’s a super common assumption that Wicca is shallow and eclectic. But as it’s been stated, that’s because so much of the information beyond 101 is oath-bound and held within the traditions and circles. It’s also easy to assume from a purely outside standpoint that traditional witchcraft is a monolith, worshipping the Fairy Queen and the Devil with skulls and stangs, but that very much isn’t the case. Or that Chaos Magic is only sigils, thoughtforms, and Believing Real Hard, but this too is false. I think it’s America’s bad habits leaking into the occult communities. Instead of pulling a thread, looking deeper, and searching farther, everything is taken at face value. People don’t want initiations and mystery traditions. They want a book they can consume and learn everything they want to know within 150 pages.
some fae facts from lore
‘fae’ range from anything like goblins and imps to the little pixies with the wings that everyone associated with fairies to the seven-foot tall members of the royal courts. some even consider the banshee to be fae. (also trolls, gnomes, elves, djinn, dwarves, leprechauns, will-o-wisps, etc.)
some think the fae are evil, some think they are fallen angels, but most are considered to be a chaotic neutral force. some might call this ‘whimsically evil.’
honey makes them drunk.
iron poisons them, as it does many magical beings.
some were-creatures were probably just fae in disguise, since fae can assume any form.
they sometimes lure humans with music that makes them want to follow and dance. they have to dance for what feels like a year and a day but it actually only seconds.
true names of the fae have power over them. they often use aliases when dealing with non-fae.
some people are gifted with fae sight, which allows them to see the fae and also sometimes peeks into the future through their dreams.
cats hate the fae, and the fae hate them back.
iron horseshoes over the door can act as a fae deterrent.
they sometimes kidnap human children and leave their own children or elderly behind. these are called changelings.
fae are generous with gifts, especially for polite people, but prefer gifts in return.
that being said, better to avoid accepting gifts. you probably don’t have enough to pay them back. by saying ‘thank you,’ you acknowledge that a gift was given and that you now owe something in return. being indebted to the fae = bad time
fae can’t lie, but truth and honesty aren’t always the same.
asking for a favor will cause offense. make it seem like it’s their idea to help you.
most things offend them, actually.
some fae can smell a lie. there’s no way of knowing which ones unless they tell you.
fae use ‘glamour’ to hide their appearance or habitations around humans. ‘glamour’ can be gifted for use by humans.
it’s better for fae to have half-breed children than no children at all, so relationshops with humans are fine. it just rarely works out fine for the human.
I wouldn’t say “thank you” they find it incredibly rude, say something along the lines of ‘I appreciate’ or ‘I am grateful.’ And, if you must interact with them, which I strongly advise against, NEVER tell them your real name!!
Asking Questions
Do you know what I sometimes find frustrating? When witches ask questions about deities/spirits/whatever that they could possibly figure out on their own by asking the deity/spirit/whatever.
“Does the Devil like offerings of whiskey?”
Ask HIM. Not me. Who’s to say that your Devil is my Devil? Ask him yourself.
I can understand if someone wants to build a historical, reconstructionist practice - they are looking for historical resources that may describe what they want to know.
But at the end of the day, I’m a pragmatic, results-oriented person. If you want to know something and can’t find resources, ask the God or spirit yourself. Their answer matters - not my answer, not a historian’s answer - the being’s answer.
A lot of people on here complain about supposedly serious practitioners treating deities and spirits (and even demons) like playthings or imaginary friends. Well, the opposite is also bad - practitioners who are so dry and academic that they view witchcraft as plugging numbers into an equation. “The book says for this result, give this offering at this time of day.” Soulless. If we are going to assume that our deities and spirits are alive, we also have to assume they have wants, needs, desires and that these desires may change with the times. So talk to them! See what they’re up to. See what they like.
Oh. And of course the Devil likes whiskey.
What would you say would be the best balance? Should it be 50/50, or does the ratio depend on the person? Depending on the individual, could there be a person who works best or should work 100 percent on one side or the other (intuitively vs academically)?
This is something that I personally mull over every so often and I am curious to hear another’s opinion on it.
Ultimately, I feel the middle path is the way to go. If you just go with your gut and your communciations and do no research, you’re not grounded and are totally in a land of UPG. If you do only research and act like a robot, it becomes soulless. You need a little of both approaches and knowing when to apply them, I think, is a talent. It’s like a master artist knowing when they need to toe the line and when they can break the rules. That’s my thoughts. Yours?
