Walking The Worlds

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fuckin lol

Another day, another politician that thinks Trump doing something they do means Trump should get all the criticism instead of realizing they’re both wrong

lobothebuilder

The difference here is that Trump spends tax payer money for his golfing and AOC spent her own paycheck on a video game to unwind. They literally aren’t the same thing at all

Right, where do you think that paycheck comes from?

Were you born this stupid or did you have to work at it?

Ok, just to be clear, do politicians get payed with tax money or not?

If you honestly think a government employee spending their own salary is functionally identical to charging leisure trips to your own golf courses to an expense account and billing the Secret Service for being there, just because they’re both paid for with taxpayer money, I can’t help you.

But what’s the difference in the end? They both paid for something with taxpayer money.

Okay. It’s very simple: When the government disburses money to its employees in the form of a salary, the transaction where the taxpayer is concerned is concluded. The taxpayer has paid the employee for services rendered. What that employee does with that salary after that isn’t the taxpayer’s business, since the taxpayer already got what they paid for.

To put it another way, you wouldn’t argue that Doris from the DMV is “spending taxpayer money” when she spends some of her salary on a pedicure and claim it’s the equivalent of a presidential golfing trip, or that a soldier buying a case of beer with his salary is a waste of tax money. Because you are paying them for the job they did.

In other words, it’s not fucking taxpayer money anymore.

It is, however, still taxpayer money when it is part of an account set aside for expenses incurred in the execution of one’s duties, and the President uses it to pay himself for taking vacations, and to pay himself again for the taxpayer-provided security detail.

And even if I were to play your stupid false equivalence game: At $300 per console and a game price of $59.99, AOC would have to buy 369,455 Nintendo Switches with a copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons for each to reach the $133 million racked up by Trump’s golf trips. So even if you were to blubber about how it’s all a tragic loss of taxpayer money either way, there’s your fucking difference you goddamn moron.

We’re done here.

parkchanwoohoo

me seeing the mailman buying twizzlers at the grocery store: wtf that’s my taxpayer money

urinetrouble

I swear that every time AOC’s animal crossing behavior trends online, it’s because some pickled gherkin who’s drunk on bad faith needs to dramatically assume that she is in her office kicking up her feet, easing back, and wasting time/their “taxpayer money”.

glumshoe

I’m a government employee and taxpayer money paid for the mummified bull penis I just bought for my dog

I'm a government employee and taxpayer money paid for the 3 bottles of coconut rum, 2 baby chickens, and fireworks I just bought.

“Fuck You” Binding Spell

I originally developed this spell as a binding for abusers in abusive relationships, but it is adaptable. You could use it to bind an abuser, someone who may harm your directly, or someone who may harm you indirectly. The world is a scary place these days and there’s no protest like a strong curse.

I have only used this spell a couple of times and always on physically and emotionally abusive men who went to jail within 48 hours of the spell being cast. Their partners did not contact the police, either. It happened by itself, like magic. This spell is fast-acting and powerful. Triflers need not apply. It is also a bit involved. I would like to note that the herbs I use in this spell and other spells depends greatly on what herbs I have available at the time. I love a good, high magic ritual, but am a humble practitioner of low magic at heart.

Ingredients:

A black candle

Colored thread and a needle

A skin-colored piece of cloth

Several pieces of black string, thread, or hemp

Several cups of an herbal mixture consisting of:

Black pepper

Cayenne pepper

Cloves

Patchouli

Salt (or black salt!)

You may also use asafetida, chili powder, cinquefoil, garlic, or any member of the nightshade family (though you should be careful handling nightshades, of course). Sulfur and cemetery dirt may also be appropriate, but be careful that the ingredients you use don’t veer too far into curse territory if you’re attempting a binding (though if you need to curse, this spell could be a convenient template).

A taglock, an item to attach the person to the spell, if at all possible. Items may include, but are not limited to: some of their hair, fingernail or toenail pairings, bodily fluids, a tooth, a piece of clothing worn against the skin, their signature, or their photograph. I have cast spells such as this without these items, but they would make the spell easier.

A magical oil consisting of:

1/8 c. grapeseed oil

Exactly nine drops of patchouli essential oil

A hammer

An iron nail

Directions:

Strap in, boys, girls, and gender nonconforming individuals. This spell is best cast on a Saturday or on the Dark-of-the-Moon. If those dates coincide, even better. This spell takes a while, so don’t start it and hope it will be done in an hour if the moon will go void of course in a little while. Give yourself plenty of time.

Begin by making the poppet. Cut the cloth into two identical human shapes. Think of a gingerbread man. This will form the basis of the poppet.

Embroider one of the pieces of cloth to resemble the person you wish to bind. This does not need to be artful, but the poppet should resemble the person when you are done. Be sure to include their hair, eye color, general facial shape, facial hair, glasses, or any other distinguishing features. You may include the genitalia if you wish.

On the poppet’s belly, stich three symbols. In descending order, stich the persons’ astrological Sun sign, Moon Sign, and Rising Sign.

Sew the two pieces of the poppet together, but do not completely sew the top up.

Prepare the candle. With a magical knife or a needle, carve the runes hagalaz and algiz (come through, Google Images!) into the candle.

Assemble the magical herb mixtures and the magical oil mixtures.

Cast a circle, if it is part of your magical practice. I call on Hecate and the Horned One to help empower such workings. If this is not your thing or you are secular, skip this bit.

Take the candle and dress it with the magical oil. Do this while visualizing the person being bound. Dress the candle from the center outward. Light the candle. If you are doing this in a circle, carry the candle three times around the circle widdershins (counterclockwise).

Fill the poppet with the herbal mixture and sew it shut. Dab some oil on your fingers and pound three times against the poppet’s chest. Say, “You are (name). I command you to come to life to be bound.” Breathe into the poppet’s mouth and bring it to life.

Now take the black string and bind the poppet’s eyes shut. After, bind the mouth. Bind the hands together behind the poppet’s back and bind the feet together. Bind the hands and feet to one another to hog-tie the poppet. This should create a circle. Visualize the person being bound while doing this.

Now take the lit candle and slide the poppet over it, singeing the poppet slightly as it goes down. Let the black wax melt over the poppet, further binding it. Chant “Bind him, bind him, bind him.”

Burn the candle every night until the spell has taken effect. The candle may need to be replaced multiple times. If so, do as described here. Carve the same runes into the candle and dress it.

When the spell has taken hold, when you know the time is right, dispose of the spell. If you can go onto the person’s property, this is ideal. Take the hammer and nail and nail the poppet into a tree, directly through the heart. As the poppet biodegrades, the spell will be woven into the earth and into the fabric of reality permanently. Do this at a crossroads if you cannot go onto their property or in a cemetery if you wish them to wither away and die. Thank the tree with a bit of liquor.

“Freedom from Oppression” Spell

Very easy spell. Requires few ingredients and little preparation. Best performed on a Saturday evening.

Ingredients:

The Devil card from a tarot deck

A candle, preferably black

A picture of the oppressive person

A libation, preferably wine

Directions:

1. Place the Devil card right-side up on your working space. 2. Breathe life into the photograph, bring it to life, and announce its name. Place it under the Devil card. 3. Call upon Lucifer. Say:

O Lucifer, Bright One, Fallen One, I call unto you in this time of darkness. Bring to us your Light of Wisdom, O Master. Father of Witchcraft and the Hidden Mysteries, Descend to us and bring to us the power to cast down those who would oppress us. Let them fall as you fell And I will pour for you the wine.

4. Pour a libation of wine. Light the candle and place it on top of the Devil card. 5. Let the candle burn down. When it has burned out, reverse the Devil card, breaking the Devil’s shackles of oppression. 6. Let the spell cook on the altar overnight. 7. The next day, take the picture, the libation, and the remains of the candle and bury them all in a cemetery.

songsparrowwitch

👁️Realize Your Wrongdoings Curse👁️

This spell is to make someone realize and feel guilty about their wrongdoings.

👁️ Ingredients: 👁️ Poppet, taglock, or other representation of the target 👁️ Paper and pen 👁️ Container 👁️ Lemon juice 👁️ Onion powder 👁️ Optional: googly eyes

👁️ First, take your poppet or other representation of the target. If you have googly eyes, put those on it if possible. Have the surface entirely covered except for the representation’s eyes if it has them. 👁️ Then take your container and line the bottom of it with googly eyes if you have them. Take the pen and paper and list their wrongdoings and then put it into the container along with the representation of the target. Say, “Look at what you’ve done wrong, [target’s name]. [Their wrongdoing(s)] shall always be on your mind. You can never look away from what you’ve done!” 👁️ Then add the lemon juice and onion powder to the container and say, “You shall feel incredible remorse and guilt for [their wrongdoing(s)]. You shall never forgive yourself for [wrongdoing(s)]!” 👁️ If you want this to be a hex, add on, “Until you have done right by me, you shall be forever cursed to feel the utmost guilt for your actions henceforth.” 👁️ Close the container and keep it in a dark place. Cleanse your space.

Spell to Get Rid of an Unwanted Bill

Quick and easy, because we all have bills to pay and we all hate doing it. This spell can serve a bunch of different purposes. If you’re going to negotiate a bill, this spell can help decrease the amount you have to pay. If you have been billed unnecessarily for something, this can help it go away entirely. If you have a sudden, unexpected bill, this spell can help you find some money to help pay it.

This spell is best performed on a Saturday, during the waning moon or on the dark-of-the-moon. It’s a great spell for the dark of the year too. It would be a good spell for the Autumn Equinox or Halloween.

Ingredients:

The bill in question

Ground black pepper, for banishing

A cauldron (or any fire proof container, but cauldrons are good because they are black and often made of iron)

A black candle (though you can always substitute white for any colored candle)

Directions:

1. Identify the bill. Meditate on why you need the bill out of your life. State your intentions clearly.

2. Sprinkle the bill with black pepper.

3. Fold the bill, cursing the bill. I like to say something like: O Lady of Fate, Horned Master, I pray to you that this bill will wither and die. Guide my hands to destroy this bill that it will never return.

4. Set the bill on fire and drop it in the fire-proof container.

5. Chant. You could chant “Never return, never return, never return.” You could also chant “Burn, fucker, burn.” Your choice. This helps you focus your will onto the spell. You’re now burning it with intent.

6. This is the important part. Dispose of the ashes. I would not keep them in my house for more than a few days. You may want to cover them so they don’t drift around the house. Dispose of them at the crossroads. Give an offering to the spirits of the crossroads, such as a penny or maybe a little bit of liquor. You could also maybe toss them in a a river or even dispose of them in a graveyard (though that would move the spell into curse territory, but you do you). The important thing is that they are off your property.

7. When you have disposed of the ashes, return home by a different path and do not look back.

Warnings: This spell does involve fire. If you do something stupid like set your house on fire, burn yourself, set your smoke alarms off, or get fined for littering, that’s on you. I am not liable for your actions.

What books can you recommend to someone who wants to start her walk down the crooked path? I recently bought the devil’s dozen and paul huson’s mastering witchcraft based on recommendations, but I was wondering what else I should acquire as there are sooo many that are filled with misinformation. Thank you!

There are so many good books and it depends a lot on what you want your craft to focus on. Here are some general recommendations.

I think Gemma Gary’s books are great for beginners. “Traditional Witchcraft” and “The Black Toad” are both very hands-on books that cut to the heart of Trad Craft. Nigel Pearson is another reliable author. His book “Treading the Mill” is, I think, the best, most accessible introduction to Traditional Witchcraft. “Mastering Witchcraft” by Paul Huson is my favorite. Don’t just randomly call on Vassago, though. That part drives me nuts. Michael Howard is a great author. He has a series of books on regional British witchcraft practices I have really been enjoying lately.

If you want to read some more technical books, I would recommend the books of Emma Wilby. They’re quite complex and historical. Carlo Ginzburg’s “The Night Battles” is similar. Wilby stands on the shoulders of Ginzburg.

I would also recommend “Aradia: Gospel of the Witches” by Charles Godfrey Leland and Alexander Carmichael’s “Carmina Gadelica”. They’re older books and are very influential.

I would think about getting some herbal books, too. That’s just my preference. Everyone loves to complain about how light and fluffy he is, but Scott Cunningham’s “Complete Book of Incense, Oils, and Brews” can really show you how to do things like make your own ointments and incense. Take his sermonizing about curses and poisonous plants with a grain of salt. I personally adore Grieves’ Herbal. It’s a bit older, but is such a good read full of history and superstition.

I would also really, truly, deeply consider researching the witchcraft practices of your own location, wherever it may be. Look into the traditional magical practices of your locale and if you can’t find any, look for superstitions, fairy tales, folk songs. There’s magic to be found everywhere. Traditional Witchcraft is about working with the spirit of the land and becoming very acquainted with your land should be part of the process. On that note, you may want to pick up some field guides to your local plants and animals.

I hope this helps and good luck!

Orion

lookmommyaburningangel

Definitely take Cunningham’s sermonizing about harm none with a serious grain of salt. There are several accounts of how Llewellyn wouldn’t publish him back then if he didn’t tidy it up and play a good Wiccan as an author. Apparently his Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs contained nearly as much hexing and cursing in its first draft as it does about love and money.

WHAT?!!! I never knew that.

I think I just felt my heart break.

lookmommyaburningangel

Yeah, Harm none witchc aft was the thing of the day because people were still afraid of public backlash. In the states this was around the time of the Satanic Panic and coming out of the communism phobia. You know the era that brought Raegan and the phrase ‘a return to good Christian values’ to American culture. Printing stuff about curses openly, even as a scholarly work, was likely to set off protests, book burnings, litigation and Gods know what else…

Llewellyn was deathly afraid of being run into bankruptcy or shut down by a court order of indecency and inciting violence.

tyetknot

This this this! So few people understand that the image of the fluff-bunny sweetness and light Wicca was a direct response to and rejection of the very real satanic panic of the 1980s. People’s lives were actually ruined because of it, people were actually sent to jail because crazy people accused them of flushing live kindergarteners down toilets into secret underground rooms, electrocuting elephants, and bringing the dead back to life.

It seems hilarious today but this was an actual thing. In light of it I can absolutely understand why the witches of the time spent all that time stating loudly and clearly that they had nothing to do with satanism, cursing, or anything remotely ‘scary’.

sometimesthewildgod

Sometimes the wild god comes to your table. Sometimes he comes to your door instead. He is bleeding, wounded and menstrual. She is laughing at your fears. Sometimes he is the Antlered Doe Sometimes she is the Broken Buck.

The Pleistocene and the Holocene had no room in them For the small minds of the Anthropocene. The beasts were too big then, And our fragile notions of ourselves were too easily shattered on the tusks of the mammoth, on the tines of the Irish elk.

Sometimes the wild god calls you to the forest, Beneath the too-many stars And you howl for him like an animal. The frozen sky echoes your voice to the earth While the wild wolves quiver with an ancient fear.

Sometimes the wild god comes to your bedroom And places her hand to your groin. She breaks you apart like a pomegranate Red juice, rich and sweet, runs forth. You are alive and she– She has never died

The Pleistocene and the Holocene had no room in them For the small minds of the Anthropocene. The beasts were too big then, And our fragile notions of ourselves were too easily crushed in the jaws of the dire wolf, in the claws of the saber-toothed cat.

Sometimes the wild god comes to your table Sometimes he comes to your door instead. He is everything you think she is And you– and you– you are more than you think you are.

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Modern Male Witch Project, by Brenna-Ivy on Tumblr and Society6

xagentxvenom

Woah, fun fact I just learned. Contrary to popular belief, Christmas and Easter originated from Pagans. Even the tradition of gifts, decorating trees and caroling. So next time someone says you can’t celebrate these holidays because you don’t believe in Christianity, give them this history lesson…

vas-rayya

So, pagans recognize and celebrate the birth and ascension of Jesus Christ? How about no. The timing of the holidays coincides with some pagan holidays on purpose, sure. But the meaning of the Christian holidays are still Christian, and the origins are still Christian. That’s why they are CHRISTIAN holidays.

#pagan #history #holidays #wicca #essay #collection

Yes, thank you thank you! These are definitely two very different things here folks. There's a reason why I celebrate both Yule and Christmas and it's not just because I get extra presents. Yes, early Christian holidays were often created to coincide with local holidays that focused on sun cycles and crops. But that does not mean that the two had anything to do with each other. It just means that some smart bastard decided to make Christianity as familiar as possible for the people they were trying to convert.

My parents sent me to Ireland as a gift back in September. It was an unforgettable week. My mum came with me and together we worked our way through some of Ireland's most magical places. The first two photos come from Loughcrew, three cairns on the top of a hill. They are traditional passage graves built in the shape of a cross with a sun box built into the largest one for (presumably) solstice rituals. No. 1 is the remains of a Mabon festival conducted on/in one of the smallest passage graves that has been worn down by time. All that remains is the basic cross shape and a few of the larger stones. I stood in the center of it all among petals and corn husks, feeling the world roll across my outstretched hands.

No. 2 is a straight shot across the two larger cairns, one still covered by its roof of stone and earth, the other exposed.

No.3 is the fairy tree at the Hill of Tara, the seat of the ancient high kings. You tie something to the tree for the fairies and make a wish. I left wool that I had gathered earlier in the day off of fences and bushes. Afterwards I sat underneath it and said a prayer to the Lady and then another one to ancient sentinels of that place.

No. 4 is my offering at Tobar Einne, a holy well on the Isle of Inisheer. It is a sort of self contained capsule, an island covered in stone walls and memorials to those drowned in the sea that surrounds it. I walked through cottages all painted different colors, stepped through gates to make way for a slowly inching car, and wandered through the ruins of a castle. I walked an hour across the island to this well and prayed to the saint who discovered it.

No. 5 is a traditional Celtic Cross at the Hill of Tara.

No. 6 is a grave at the site of Clonmacnoise founded by St. Ciaran, one of the Twelve Disciples of Ireland in 546. It was a huge monastic community and one of the most important sites of learning and worship in ancient Ireland. I walked through the various buildings and graveyards, my mind buzzing with images of the people who had walked those very same paths.

Every day that I spent in Ireland I learned something new, experienced some facet of spirituality completely foreign to me, and grew as a person and a religious being. The way I worship has already been affected by my time there, in various ways that are still emerging.

#pagan #history #witchcraft #spiritual #ireland #essays

fleurishes

Mother, he is a gentleman. He is a builder with bricks of moonlight. He knows the secret places of the earth. He washes the sleep from the eyes of the souls. He lets them look on beauty. He lets them tell him they hate him. In the mornings, I gather berries and apples. I scrub his back with rind. I weave spider-spit, eyelash. He talks in his sleep: pudding, fire, discus, the things he misses. He breathes, Your body is my orchard. I am undulating grass. I am a field of wheat he parts with his fingers. Poppies bloom in my veins. When he kisses me, he tastes pomegranate. The night crawls nearer. The moans of the dead roll and swell. Mother, we are well.

Tara Mae Mulroy, “Persephone Writes to Her Mother” (via fleurishes)

thelifeinliminal

A good way to boost a spell when using petition (or prayer) paper is to use the paper bark of a tree. Please ask the tree’s permission first and leave an offering before taking barks from trees. I suppose you can use the leaves of a tree in a similar manner.

Paper bark…

thelifeinliminal

Thank you for clarifying that, walking-the-worlds. The last thing I want to start is a trend of tree destruction, no matter how well intentioned it is. I apologize for that. I’ll make sure to edit my original post.

Thank you so much! There are definitely plenty of ways to get bark and wood without harming the trees we all love and respect.

thelifeinliminal

Using Paperbark in Spellwork

Paper bark eucalyptus - healing or habit breaking work Arbutus (or madrone) - protection or exorcism Paper birch - purification and healing Tea tree - healing and cleansing Paperbark maple - beauty, abundance, knowledge

#pagan #witchcraft #essays #rant #conservation

Please, please, please for the love of all that is fucking holy DO NOT do this. Taking bark from a live tree will most likely kill it, especially if it is a birch. DON'T TAKE LIVE BARK! I get it, it feels super cool and witchy to write stuff on bark but you will harm the tree. Instead find dead trees and take bark from them. There will be branches on the ground, see if you can strip them. If you can't find a dead tree then just use some fucking printer paper. This is so important. Our forests are already being severely mismanaged and destroyed, don't contribute to the problem. And I know what you're thinking, it's just one tree so it doesn't really matter. Except everyone thinks that way so it isn't just one tree, it's thousands. Don't be a stupid witch.

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Residential Spell (5) Sell a Home

Has stress within the home developed from the need to sell that home? Saint Joseph has earned a potent reputation* in folk Catholicism for helping to unload property quickly. You must signal your need correctly, however.

1. To sell your home, bury a small...