Love Begins
Cosmic Funnies
Lauren Shippen
Game Changer & Make Some Noise
I'd rather be in outer space 🛸
No title available
TMBGareOK. The Official They Might Be Giants tumblr
🪼
d e v o n
Fai_Ryy
seen from Netherlands
seen from Türkiye
seen from Spain
seen from Romania
seen from United States
seen from Venezuela
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from Mexico
seen from Venezuela
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from Germany
seen from Saudi Arabia
seen from Nepal
seen from Colombia
seen from United States
seen from Colombia
@vika-myrkvidr
sorry what
That header photo doesn’t do the dragon justice. (For shame!). Here’s NASA’s own photo:
(Source [Because NASA is funded by taxpayer money, all their images are public domain, BTW])
THE TIME HAS COME
he is here
Reblogging for THE ART HOLY SHIT
REALLY THOUGH IMAGINE SEEING THIS KIND OF SHIT AS A DANE IN THE 900S
official dragon post
Shambles
The original Shambles found in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels is an in-the-moment piece of equipmemt for witches created for specific situations. However, variations inspired by this can be made with long-term specific purposes. It can be used for various purposes, but typically protection; either of family, home, or even dreams. Think of it as a dream catcher without the issues of cultural appropriation, for those without Native American heritage.
An original Shambles would be made of items carried with you, such as loose stones, lolly wrappers, and bits of string in your pocket or bag. In this instance they can also be made using a bunch of loose items floating around your room and house, as well as items which have been carried with you in pockets and bags for a long time without specific purpose. A key element of the Shambles is something living, such as a small jar to house a tiny succulent, a bug, or even something mouldy.
Depending on it’s purpose, you could add reflective items such as pieces of discs, mirrors, or glass. To soak up negative energy black items could be used, but may require the occasional cleanse to redirect the energy. Each Shambles is unique for the witch and purpose, so you can be creative with the items used. Usually they would not be considered aesthetically pleasing or pretty, but you can make them attractive to look at if you so choose, but there’s nothing wrong with a messy Shambles.
The Shambles can incorporate elements of your typical wind chime or dream catcher, and can be hung by a window indoors or out, or around the house or garden. If you want it to be a partial wind chime, you’ll need to hang it somewhere with a breeze. If you are going to keep it outdoors be wary of the materials you use, as it may become damaged and broken, or become litter and pollute the environment if it breaks apart.
Image credit: 2016 Discworld Diary: A Practical Manual for the Modern Witch
You just... you just know good and god damned well that Terry Pratchett either was a witch or or had a very intimate knowledge of witches. Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat Garlick, Agnes Nitt, Tiffany Aching... they are all very real characters who each practise very real brands of witchcraft.
Thank god for Terry Pratchett.
I always picture Máni as a handsome man with black hair and a black beard with bright sapphire eyes, covered in tattoos of runes, the moon, magic circles, trees, wolves, bears, stags, stars, and more. His short nails are painted black. His earlobes stretched and in each he wears blue goldstone plugs.
He smells like sandalwood, patchouli, and champa. His voice is deep and it rolls through you like the ocean, carrying away your burdens, anger, and fear. His touch is weighted, strong, certain.
When he looks into your eyes, he sees the totality of who you are. All your mistakes and successes, your demons and your graces; all your past and future lives.
Artist Jon Foreman Arranges Stones In Stunning Patterns On The Beach, Finds It Very Therapeutic
Do any of you own the Galdrabók? I’m interested in ordering it, but want to know if it’s worth buying. Please let me know if you’ve read it.
Perhaps @thewitchofthenorse ? Have you read it?
It’s not worth ordering. There are multiple copies online for free that do not have Stephen Flowers mess inserted.
You can find each symbol online on the Icelandic museum of sorcery website (yes that’s a thing….] along with the description of how it was prepared and such here
Galdrastafir from the galdrabok are here
You can also find other galdraboken (there were quite a few) on the website here in PDF form from Ræveðis to download free as well.
Good resource
This is Astragalomancy…Not Just For Squares, in its finality.
Enjoy Universe.
(If enough people bug me about it, I might provide the pdf so you can print it out at home.)
@artsy-lil-witch here you go! It has quick explanations for all dice :D
I’d love the pdf version! A great excuse for me to buy pretty D&D die without playing the game :3 the die are always so pretty…
Download here! (Click “Download To Computer” on the right side of the page and follow the instructions.)
Personal Number & Dice Correspondences
These personal correspondences are taken from my own grimoire. I encourage anyone to make their own correspondences for anything, but I hope this provides at least some kind of insight or ideas.
Numeral Major
The base numbers are 0-9, thus after 10 numbers will take on the properties of all of these numbers at the same time. The first number is like a leader, the main component of the meaning. The second number is a secondary trait in addition to or in compliment of the first. So on and so forth.
Self, center, ego, loneliness, selfishness, destruction, spirit, leadership, egotist, domineering
Unity, duality, emotion, relationship, romance, division
Family, togetherness, rivalry, happiness, expression, imbalance, obstacles, hurdles, scattered, unfinished
Order, authority, practical, management, dominated, brutality, authoritarian figure, power hungry
Social, horizon, vision, versatile, resourceful, religion, impatience, restless, lack of reason/logic/sense/knowledge
Intuition, passion, emotional, art, nurturing, sympathetic, unwanted attention, stolen love, lack of passion
Methodical, ability, independence, intelligence, studying, suspicious, hidden motives, lying, gullible, taken advantage of
Wisdom, surety, direction, good, judgement, decisive, stress, not thinking clearly, materialistic, impatient, oppression
Self, introspection, observation, selfless, creative, possessive, moody, careless, unwanted memories
0. Eternity, extremity, liminality, beyond, excessive, nothingness, less, death, as is, simplicity
A number in a secondary position gives the first number purpose. A third number gives it reasoning. A fourth gives it expression, and so on, a fifth gives it practical use, and so on. These meanings are the above expressions, minus one - where a second number in an expression give the first number purpose, as the number 1 expresses purpose.
A number on it’s own simply is. _ is a single digit number that is (0). _ _ is a two digit number that gives more center and purpose (1). _ _ _ is a three digit number that gives reason and intuition (2), and so on. The number 64, for example, begins with (6) and is given orderly and managed purpose (4).
Numeral Dice
D20
Each Number resides over an aspect and a duality of that aspect.
Odd-Active ; Even-Passive
Inspiration vs Ego ; Self
Mystery vs Duality ; Union
Creation vs Initiation ; Center
Authority vs Domination ; Emotion
Society vs Belief ; Reason
Passion vs Love ; Intuition
Will vs Leadership ; Ability
Surety vs Consequence ; Wisdom
Introspection vs Introversion ; Shadow
Renewal vs Cycle ; Change
Compassion vs Courage ; Energy
Sacrifice vs Balance ; Sense
Transmutation vs Ending ; Action
Restraint vs Mastery ; Comfort
Pleasure vs Counter-Culture ; Satisfaction
Destruction vs Violence ; Challenge
Courage vs Hope ; Choice
Anxiety vs Illusion ; Discernment
Expression vs Extroversion ; Influence
Absolution vs Rebirth ; Limitation
D4
Immediate relations; positive & negative; singular; what affects you directly; fate vs choice (wyrd & orlog)
singular, goal, negative, sorrow, self
plural, goal, positive, joy, others
plural, learning, growth, positive, self
singular, troubles, soul, spirit, negative, others
D6
Insight, advice, immediate actions, availability, who you affect
odds - negative - no ; even - positive - yes
The strength of yes/no can be added on by how many of an odd or even number there are, as well as by how large that number is. 6 is a very strong number and may outweigh 1, but 5 has a chance of being equal to 6 in terms of positive vs negative, yes vs no.
Self, ego, emotion, drive
Calm, movement, strategize
Communication, struggles, attitude, hardship
Sensitivity, acquisition, habit, learning
Leadership, new, pathways, openings
Resolve, resolution, ending, change
D8
Fortune, social, immediate results, happenings
Perseverance, hindrance, new beginnings
Romance, love, emotion
Separation, casualty, leavings
Sensitivity understanding, wisdom
Gain, prosperity, money, fortune
End, transformation, resolve
Cleansing, protection, shielding
Infinite, loop, warning or blessing, continuation
D10
Pathway, journey, work
Success, pathways, opportunities
Entrepreneurship, partnership, stability
Take more initiative, stuck, room for growth
Aggression, troubling, circumstances
Gain, prosperity, opportunities, accomplish
Passions, expense, work, patience
Studying, patience, hard work
Impatient, stress, obstacles, obscurity, judgement
Introspection, careless, warning
Finality, ending change
D12
Relationship, romances, friendships, family, peers
Ego, self, positive light, balance, singularity
Emotions, romances, care, nurturing
Communication, peers, friends, play
Hardships, argumentative, troubles, brutality
Reason, logic, think, expression
Patience, frailty, tread carefully
Health, organization, wealth
Bonding, unity, intimacy
Negativity, lack of morals, standstill, travel
Ideals, public image, future goals
Society, social cause, open minded
Goals met, maintenance, keep going
bruh
everything about this… this statue, the choppy waves, the cliffs behind her, the echo, the drumming….. aesthetic
Lyrics in Faroese:
Trøllabundin eri eg eri eg Galdramaður festi meg festi meg Trøllabundin djúpt í míni sál í míni sál Í hjartanum logar brennandi bál brennandi bál
Trøllabundin eri eg eri eg Galdramaður festi meg festi meg Trøllabundin inn í hjartarót í hjartarót Eyga mítt festist har ið galdramaður stóð
English translation:
Spellbound am I, am I The wizard has enchanted me, enchanted me Spellbound deep in my soul, in my soul In my heart burns a smouldering fire, smouldering fire
Spellbound am I, am I The wizard has enchanted me, enchanted me Spellbound in my heart’s root, my heart’s root
Did anyone else just get the shivers? Cuz I’m definitely getting the shivers.
Btdubs, the singer is Eivør Pálsdóttir.
Hardcore goosebumps all the way to my legs. Sirens are real.
Hey Kaitie, how did you know that you are dragonkin? Did someone tell you or did you just feel it in you? Could you tell me more about that? PS: I hope you get better soon! Sadly I don't know your shop but it's more important that you get better! Take care of yourself. There are other shops out there as well. You are great! (: Thank you, Vyra xxx
Discovering I was dragonkin was something that happened gradually! As a kid I always pretended to be a dragon - I would “fly” around on wings (outstretched arms), attempt to walk on all fours. I would consume all dragon media I could find. I considered it to be a part of my identity, but I never considered how deeply ingrained into my identity it could be.
Flash forward to when I was about seventeen, I was reading everything on witchcraft I could find, and went down several branches and routes for my craft (seriously, no stone left unturned). I stumbled on a book called A Field Guide to Otherkin by Lupa. I don’t really heavily recommend this book as a modern resource, as it was published in 2007 and has become rather outdated in light of modern Otherkin thought.
But for me in 2012, it was an amazing, enlightening read experience that explained every facet of Otherkin and Therianism, explored the internet community of Otherkin, and presented people who felt non-human on the inside as completely valid, and not just “weird.” This is really important, because Otherkin are constantly stigmatized and used as clickbait-y, “look at these people who think they’re animals!” by people who haven’t bothered to look into the beautiful spirituality of this kind of identity.
Anyway, this book really opened my eyes to the things I’ve already mentioned - my pretending to be a dragon as a child, and my continued connection to dragons and all narratives involving them. I remember the thing that stood out to me was I was rather picky about how stories presented dragons, though - I preferred stories where they were presented as intelligent, powerful, and dangerous but ultimately kind-at-heart creatures.
From there, it was stumbling upon and reading through the Tumblrs of other dragonkin! Funnily enough, this was also the way I discovered spirit companionship, which became such a huge part of my life. But it can be so enlightening to just read the experience of others, and how it influences their daily lives.
Even though I’m not still attempting to fly around with my arms or walking on all fours (being a civilized human being and all), I find that identifying as dragonkin is really empowering. As a woman it justifies my rage and passion. As a witch it justifies my magic, wisdom, and power. Spiritually it’s what’s allowed me to look on my past lives, enigmatic as they may be, and see how what came before informs who I am today. And honestly, since I’ve come to that realization, I haven’t considered myself as anything other than dragonkin.
Even though this answer is really late, I hope it finds you well and helps you shed some light or affirm your own path! Thank you!
Thank you very much, @thedragonslibrary !
I’m not sure if this graphic would be helpful to any other beginner witches, but personally I wanted to make it to clear up some things to myself. NOTE: This is how /I/ understand the topic. For more witchy art, go here.
Deity Dossier
This spread is intended to answer those “I’m being contacted by a deity but which one!?!” questions. This is your answer. It won’t give a name up it will give up a LOT of information to help you find out the answer.
I’ve been working on this one for what seems like forever. This is a HUGE spread. The kind of spread where you lay out on the floor and hope the cat doesn’t mess up the spread kind of spread. It’s meant to look like a tree with the four cards at the bottom being roots but I am not an artist. I can’t even stick figure well. However, I also gave you two demos of the spread in action!
Special thanks to hellboundwitch and whatever beings were used as testers.
The text is tiny so I’ll copy it below for your convenience.
Spirit or Significator: This represents the spirit, deity, or being in question. The card can be drawn or selected, depending on if you know the nature of the spirit or a card that could represent them.
Past: These are past deeds or dealings the spirit has had with either other people or you that you should know about.
Underlying Influences: Similar to Past, this represents influences that could be important to know. This may be an emotional thing rather than a past action. (Example: if previously betrayed by humans, a spirit is less likely to want to deal with humans.)
Attitude and Thoughts or General Personality: General personality and/or how they think.
Present: Their current status. If a spirit is in trouble, this information would appear here.
Situation at Hand (optional): If there’s a specific situation at hand, draw this card. (Example: A spirit asks for a large offering that would be very expensive - draw this card to see why it suddenly needs that offering.
Health: The health of the spirit, deity, or being. (Example: A land spirit could be ill or ailing due to pollution.)
Mind: Their mental health or, possibly, their overall mood.
Physical: Their physical health or how they could physically manifest. This is especially useful for finding out what deity is contacting you.
Things They Like to Do: This could be things they like to do for others, part of their sphere of influence, and/or things that could be used to connect with them or honor them. Think of this like hobbies or likes.
What to Know: Things that are imperative for you to know. This could be used to see how working with this being could affect you in the future.
What to Avoid: Things that are imperative for you to avoid doing. Example: If a spirit hates blood, don’t give blood offerings. This could also be used to see how the spirit could negatively affect you in the future.
Positive Influences: What is helpful? What will help your relationship with them? This can be something that is not in the spirit or deity’s sphere of influence but still influences them. A deity might be one of fertility but their sibling could be a deity of war. That will somewhat play into how the spirit acts. Another example would be a spirit becoming powerful because a nearby coven is worshiping it.
Negative Influences: Exactly as above, but the more negative side of things. What isn’t helping this spirit? What will not help your relationship with them? Do they feel used or not appreciated? The examples above also apply.
Conscious Desires: What they want. This could be offerings or a general goal. This may be what they want from you. If they have an agenda they’ll admit to, it will be here.
Unconscious Desires: This is what they want but won’t admit to or what they don’t know they want. If they have a hidden agenda, it will be here.
Hopes: This can be a general list of hopes, a overall hope for the future, or what they hope to get from you.
Fears: This can be a general list of fears, what they fear for the future,or what they’re concerned about in regards of you or your life.
For those of you staring wide-eyed at this, I offer this reading in my shop.
Have fun everyone!
thiscrookedcrown
This Crooked Crown Witchery & Curiosities
Today
I'm trying coffee with almond milk since new medication seems to make dairy a bad idea
Kinda tastes like toasted marshmallows not sure if I like this or not
You can try lactose free milk. It lasts longer and it's usually the lactose that's the issue.
I can't stand almond, Coconut, soy, or rice milk in my coffee. I am a spoiled baby.
Coffee shop doesn't have lactose free, it's almond soy or skim
How about oat milk? @frankiezshenanigans
At least at home. I find that because oat is a familiar taste it's easier for transitioning from cow milk.
From those three that you listed, almond is still the best option. Soy has a strong taste on it's own. Some like it. Most need time to like it. ^^
I think I might have a new horrible, terrible, fucking amazing story idea.
Okie dokie it took a very disturbing turn very quickly but here's the idea;
Imagine the tiniest, most wimpy, pathetic, pitiful dragon you possibly can. She's got blunt horns and blunt teeth, and her claws aren't very sharp! She's a little smaller than your average house cat! Her name is Altheria. Her hoard consists of;
One dirty gold coin
That's it.
And she's so little she can't even hold the coin in one paw. It's not a big coin, she's just little and doesn't have thumbs! 👍
So the other dragons are all bigger and greedy, and very mean to her. She's struggling to hold onto her one pathetic coin, and these other dragons are fucking HUGE with caves full of gold, yet they're super greedy and want all the gold they can get! So one of them sees Altheria's single little coin and steals it. She tries to fight back, but they're so big compared to her that they just bat her out of the sky like hitting a fly with fly swatter.
So she's lost her entire hoard in one night, and she's feeling pretty pathetic, when she sees a poster!
HELP WANTED - RESCUE PRINCESS ELIZABETH - REWARD 15,000 GOLD
and she gets a very bad idea, but she's pretty desperate and stupid so she does it anyway!
So the story follows Altheria as she blunders her way through this quest to save the kidnapped princess (so tragically taken days before her wedding!!!) And she kinda sucks at it. She mostly skates by because everyone looks at her and goes "She's so small!!! She's harmless!!!"
And there's this thing called The Gift that people are born with. Only people with The Gift can understand dragons, so no one knows what the fuck she's saying anyway. Everyone just ignores her!
Well Altheria makes it to the bandit infested fortress where the princess is only to discover....
Drum roll please!!!!
The princess wasn't kidnapped. She ran the fuck away because she was not vibing with that whole marriage thing. She's taken over this small army of bandits and become their leader. She's plotting to take over her father's kingdom and become queen instead of being sold off to some prince. She's building an army.
Elizabeth has offered every would-be rescuer to show up a choice; join her cause, or die. Out of 37 would be rescuers, only three have joined her. The other 34 she defeated and killed in single combat. Because she's a badass.
She then ransomed the bodies to their families for a shit load of money.
So Eliza has The Gift, and gives Altheria the same choice but with some added sugar; if Altheria joins up, she can be Eliza's treasurer.
Altheria takes one look at the 35,000 gold Eliza has built up, and Eliza promises they'll get even more gold if they can take over the kingdom... And Altheria is 100% on board!!!!
But the reason dragons need gold is simple; the more gold a dragon possess, the larger they grow. That's why Altheria was so small. She only had one coin! But now she has 35,000 that she (kinda, she shares with Eliza) owns.
Altheria starts growing again. Throughout their quest to take back the kingdom in Eliza's name, she gets bigger, her teeth and horns get sharper, her fire gets hotter... She becomes a fucking badass, just like Eliza.
That's as far as I've gotten so far.
This story is badass. hehe~ Imagine Eliza and Altheria going around defeating the other dragons that bullied Altheria before (in the sense of robbing; unless dragons do “fair and square” matches to get the Gold) and Altheria just becomes this extra huge, extra strong, extra badass dragon and the rest are now the tiny fly treatment dragons. XD hahaha
I have this image in my head of Altheria eating the alley cat that was mean to her in chapter one, but this works too
OP can I 🅱️lease draw fanart
I would die for you if you did
Bless
And you know I had to draw my favorite part
I'm actually crying oh my god I can't see the screen anymore my eyes are too blurry with tears in my god oh my god oh my god do you understand you're my favorite person now? Holy shit holy shit holy shit I love you she looks so little and perfect it's exactly how I pictured it thank you THANK YOU THANK YOU❤ ❤ ❤
I hope you know I've been sitting here in hysterics repeating SHE'S GOT A LITTLE FORK SWORD SHE'S GOT A LITTLE FORK SWORD SHE'S GOT A LITTLE FORK SWORD OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS SO MUCH OH MY GOD
I would absolutely buy this if it became a novel
So I doodled one of these then instantly became obsessed with the idea and can’t stop and have been spamming twitter with brain wolf facts sorry everyone.
