Relax💨

Pan Wiccan, on a journey of discovery. Also... I smoke a lot of weed😋

[witches-ofcolor]

Hi, so I have an Oracle deck, I'm new to tarot. I want to contact my ancestors. Where do I start?

I want to preface this by saying you guys really need to do your own research before you buy tools like this and get into spirit work. I can only say so much, but actual personal l research is necessary. 

This is how that demonic bs happens XD

Ideally, it’s good to know a few things before you purchase an oracle deck. I would also like to make a distinction and say that Oracle and Tarot decks are two different things. 

And in no way am I trying to grill you anon, but this way of approaching spirit work is just very dangerous. 

Please use proper precaution, this includes warding and being specific. 

Here’s some links–> Spirit communication//Spirit Work For Beginner//

[teasihyn]

friendly reminders with stock photos

[witchiestsuggestions]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[stellewitch]

simple revenge hex

what you need:

• a black or red candle

• obsidian crystal (preferrably two)

light the candle while picturing the person who has done you wrong. hold obsidian in each hand and list all the things they have done to you. then recite:

you have hurt me, and i want you to hurt.

you have broken me, and you deserve to feel the same.

i want you to understand the pain you put me through.

all the misery i dealt with, i cast it all upon you.

once all of your anger, pain, and emotion is released, put out the candle.

[the-highwitch]

Wake and bake💚

[weediewitch-blog]

This made my morning!

[ithelpstodream]

[wel-whtevr-nvrmnd]

mood

[crystalcurses-deactivated201802]

*slams reblog button computer explodes*

[ibelongtomenooneelse]

🔴 👑

[shuartist-deactivated20220828]

Ostara Giveaway!!!

The winner will be bestowed with:

Any one chibi of winner’s choice in the style above (yourself, your favorite character, etc.)

A medium sized wooden basket

A small wire and twig basket with handle

Two small mason jars, and one large mason jar

A green pot for planting

A beautiful egg knick-knack with floral designs

A glass wine bottle corked with grape designs

A bag of random stones/crystals from my local rock store

A pack of lavender incense

Qualifications for 1 entry:

You must reblog this post.

You must be following me! @thevirgil

You must follow the instructions below and vote for my design at the link provided.

Qualifications for 2 entries:

You must do all of the qualifications for 1 entry.

You must follow my Instagram @livyshu

To vote for my design, go to this site and vote for entry number 3962. Go to this post to see what my design looks like and for more information about the scholarship. When you are finished voting, direct message me a screen shot to prove you did. If you have followed my Instagram, also provide me with your Instagram name so I am able to check.

Giveaway ends on February 28th! Winner will be notified no later than a week after, just in time to prepare for Ostara!

If find you have not met the qualifications at the time of the drawing you will be immediately disqualified and a new person will be drawn. Please follow the rules.

Thank you so much for your support and good luck!! <3

[shuartist-deactivated20220828]

Oh, and of course a shout out to the winner <3 

[weediewitch-blog]

My insta: _keonamae

[randomositycat]

Black bi/lesbian women (part 2)

Day 11 - Frances E.W. Harper (1825-1911)

Harper published her first book of poetry at age 20 and her first novel at the age of 67. She chaired the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad, and spoke all over the country with the American Anti-Slavery Society. She helped found the National Association of Colored Women in 1894 and published in so many periodicals that she became known as the “mother of African-American journalism.” She is listed in Lesbian Lists as an “early Black Lesbian and Bisexual Writer.”

Day 12 - Edmonia “Wildfire” Lewis (1844-1907)

This African-Haitian-Ojibwe Native American sculptor was born in New York and began studying art at Oberlin in Ohio, one of the first universities to accept women and non-white people, and later began sculpting in Boston. She showed her work internationally and spent most of her career in Rome. The National Gay History Project notes that “she is considered one of a few African-American artists to develop a fan base that crossed racial, ethnic and national boundaries — and the first to develop a reputation as an acclaimed sculptor, which would later give her access to circles that generally excluded people of color and women.”

Day 13 - Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875-1935)

Nelson, who allegedly separated from her first husband, poet Paul Dunbar, in 1902 because he was “disturbed” by her lesbian affairs, was an influential writer and journalist active in efforts to promote African-American and women’s rights. She was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance.

Day 14 - Angelina Weld Grimké (1880-1958)

Harlem Renaissance writer Grimké, who was biracial (her father was the second African-American to graduate from Harvard Law), was one of the first African-American women to have a play performed publicly. Of that play, The NAACP said, “This is the first attempt to use the stage for race propaganda in order to enlighten the American people relating to the lamentable condition of ten millions of Colored citizens in this free republic.” At 16, she wrote a letter to her female friend Mamie Burrile in which she declared, “I know you are too young now to become my wife, but I hope, darling, that in a few years you will come to me and be my love, my wife!” Modern literary critics who have analyzed Grimké’s work have found “strong evidence” that she was lesbian or bisexual.

Day 16 - Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)

This critically acclaimed jazz and blues recording artist started out at the prestigious Dreamland ballroom in Chicago, toured Europe, appeared in musicals in London and New York, recorded prolifically and eventually took up nursing in the ’50s and ’60s, only to return to her singing career in the ’70s, eventually touring South America and Europe, writing for film soundtracks and making television appearances. Throughout her career, Hunter kept her lesbian relationships a secret.

Day 15 - Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966)

Another prominent figure in the flourishing Harlem Renaissance, Johnson grew up in Atlanta, the daughter of an African and Native American mother and an African-American and English father. In addition to writing poems and plays, she was an anti-lynching activist and hosted weekly Salons with other friends associated with the Harlem Renaissance, like Lanston Hughes and Angelina Weld Grimke. The book Lesbian Lists notes that “although her letters reveal love relationships with women, she is best known in the heterosexual world for her affair with W.E.B. DuBois.”

Day 17 - Lucille Bogan (1897-1948)

Another early Blues Singer, music critic Ernest Borneman declared Bogan, Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith “the big three of the blues.” She’s also cited as a “dirty blues musician” for her songs about prostitution, sex and alcohol.

Day 18 - Carmen Mercedes McRae (1920-1994)

Another enormously influential jazz vocalist, she is remembered for her “iconic interpretations of song lyrics” and “behind-the-beat phrasing.” She was friends with and influenced by Billie Holiday, was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards, appeared in movies and on television, and all told spent fifty years touring the world and recording albums. She believed sexuality was fluid, and was often seen in public with “female companions,” having had experiences with both men and women but resisting any official label.

Day 19 - Ethel Waters (1896-1977)

Lesbian legend Ethel Waters was the second African-American to be nominated for an Academy award and the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Emmy Award. She’s also well-known for her music — the vocalist started out singing the blues and would go on to perform on Broadway and even do pop music. Despite the stigma against the behavior, Ethel Waters even lived with her girlfriend Ethel Williams at some point, which according to Ms. Magazine, “Waters managed to keep out of all 20th century biographies about her.

Day 20 - Ruby Dandridge (1900-1987)

In addition to being the mother of the legendary actress Dorothy Dandridge, bisexual actress Ruby Dandridge was a prominent radio actress, best known for her role on Amos ‘n Andy. Her “companion” Geneva Williams lived with The Dandridges after Ruby and her husband Cyril divorced.

[flyandfamousblackgirls]

Thee Race

[fistfulofzen]

[jehovahhthickness]

Stop dating abusive women 2018

[jessnesquik]

Hardly any women are gonna reblog this tbh 🙃

[jehovahhthickness]

A lot of women behave like this and think this ain’t abuse

But let a nigga slap them, damage their clothes and pour a drink on them, all hell will break loose.

EVERYONE CAN BE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC ABUSE!

[thesunsword]

Buddy has the soul of an angel and composure out of this world

[goldaquarius-deactivated2018070]

Just in case anyone wants the context: He has been making music in Chicago, he recently performed to a large audience and met London on da track, who offered him an opportunity in LA. She didn’t want to leave Chicago because of her business there. He told her that she doesn’t have to go, he just needs to do this for his music. She got upset because he straight up told her that he valued his career over their relationship and she did this. 

Now I’m not a relationship expert, but I will never understand how some of y’all expect people to put you above the shit they have to do. Always put your career, your job, your livelihood first. This was all kinds of fucked up, really fucking abusive and manipulative, he should definitely go to LA with or without her. 

[chrstabellathornofthebriars-blog]

Many women *WILL* reblog this, because part of feminism is acknowledging that women are just as capable of being abusive as men. Acting as though women cannot be abusive is misogyny, and relies on the misogynist tropes that women are frail, and innocent in comparison to men. Any true feminist must acknowledge that neither of these things are necessarily true and that a woman is in fact capable of being abusive whether it’s to another woman, a man, or a nonbinary person. The reason we focus on abuse from men towards women is that it is more prevalent, and institutionally encouraged, justified, and allowed without consequence, while a woman even “talking back” to a man is to be “put in her place.” Don’t bring your weak, fragile “Few women will reblog this” shit up in here. We know what abuse looks like when we see it.

[milo-does-a-hecking-discourse-d]

who is she though, is my question.

[roskii]

The only women who won’t reblog this is cishet™ones or terfs cause they don’t think men can be abused.

[nasyanastia]

I’m a woman and I reblog it. I can’t toralate abusing of any kind. And that’s what feminism is, that woem and men are equal

[spacekidb]

Yall gotta start calling the police on these type of women. Or your girl cousin or something.

[theclutteredbroomcupboard]

Messy Witch App Recommendations

These are some apps I have that I think are witchy related, and I’ll explain each one below. I got all of these for free for Iphone, idk about any other smartphone. 

1. Labyrinthos Academy - 

This was my first tarot app by Tina Gong which uses the Golden Thread Tarot deck, which is very simple and easy to learn from. This app goes through the cards and their meanings through memorization games. It’s very useful for beginners to learn the basic meanings for each card. There is also a daily card feature where you can log your interpretation, but I never used it much because it’s isn’t the best feature of the app. This one is definately best for using the memorizing games to learn specific meanings. 

2. Golden Thread Tarot - 

Another tarot app by Tina Gong, obviously it uses the Golden Thread deck. This one’s main function is a daily card where you can log your interpretation. The log also allows you to record your emotional state and specific feelings you had when reading your card. Then you can look at how many times suits or numbers come up in readings, and your most frequent feelings based on week, month, and year. I think it’s a great logging feature so you can keep checking your emotional state day by day. It also has a tarot database where you can look up any card through a search. It also has a collection of spreads. I use these as guidelines for physical cards, but you could also use this app as a digital deck which is also really interesting. What I don’t like about these is that it asks you to write you question after, and honestly, sometimes I forget to ask it before and it messes up the reading. You can also click on the cards after you flip them to see definitions but you can’t do that once you’ve started to log it, so if you forget you can’t go back. Otherwise, pretty good recourse app, I use it to look up meanings from the database a lot. 

3. Luminous Spirit Tarot - 

Yet another tarot app by Tina Gong, this time using the Luminous Spirit deck by Labyrinthos Academy. This is most similar to the Golden Thread app in format and features and function, however, it used a different deck and focuses on teaching tarot through connection with the moon. So for anyone particularly devoted to the moon, I would recommend this one. Instead of daily cards, this app keeps track of the phases of the moon. You come up with a monthly goal or focus and as the phases change you do a full reading about that topic through the cycle. It also asks you to meditate on your question by “charging the moon” where you can really focus on what you need to be asking. It keeps track of your readings and you can use the digital deck, but unlike the Golden Thread, it allows you to look up the meanings of the cards as you write your interpretations and helps you relate them to their position in the spread. This one is best for learning how cards function in spreads and in relation to each other. It also has a database and if you’re not in love with the Golden Thread deck, this deck is more realistic pencil drawings in black and white which has a more soothing appearance. Very simple and useful!

4. Seventh Sphere - 

Yes, it’s by Tina Gong, however, instead of another tarot deck, this is a Lenormand card deck. It has some short lessons about what a Lenormand Deck is as well as a database like the last two. It has another logging system, more similar to the Golden Thread or Labyrinthos Academy apps than to the Luminous Spirit one. It doesn’t have you meditate on your question beforehand but it gives you a list of interpretations to think about. Because this is a different deck, I don’t mind this set up because it helps me learn each card’s meaning through practice and how to use this set of cards. Also, this deck is gorgeous! Like screw all the other decks I was dreaming about this is first on my list when I get spending money again and want another deck. 

5. Stone - 

So this is the most simple app on this list. It is literally just a list of pictures of gems and crystals and you can click on any and it will show you its properties and a well-written description of it. That’s it. I don’t have my own correspondences for crystals or anything so it’s easier for me to use this. 

6. Planets - 

Okay, this one is cool. This is basically a digital sky. You can hold it up to the sky and move it around and it will show you exactly where all the stars, planets, and constellations are in real time. You can also set it to 2D mode where it rotates like a compass. There is also a section that will tell you the visibility of each planet and the moon, and if you click on each it will give you more details. I think you can also zoom in on planets and stars but I don’t use that much. I recommend for witches who like to time their spells to celestial movements or have a hard time of visualizing or don’t have access to look at the night sky always. 

7. PlantNet - 

This is one of my most popular post on here and it was a goddamn typo. Yes, this is PlantNet, not plannet. I got it, thanks. But seriously this is a super great app for identifying plants on the go. You take a picture of a plant and it searches a database for a list of possibilities of what it could be then, links you to their Wikipedia page. It’s not 100% accurate but it’s cool and sometimes useful. 

8. Infinite Storm - 

This is an audio app that I use for meditation on the go. You can customize the noises, the types of rain, the intensity, if you want thunder or not, and add other sounds. It’s simply lovely. 

9. Yummly - 

I just downloaded this today but I already love it. It’s just a food app but I’m a kitchen witch so, yeah. I have a couple food apps (tasty, pintrest, etc.) but I’m excited about this one. It customizes your feed by your food preferences and you can list your allergies and food you just don’t like. You can add recipes to lists and make a grocery list. You can search by what you’re in the mood for and you can even find recipes based on what you already have so you don’t have to go shopping. I miss cooking and hoping that this will give me a few more good recipies to try that are different than the same 6 that keep appearing on my pintrest feed.

These are about all the ones I have so far that I like. I used to have others but clearly haven’t used them enough to keep them. If you have any witchy apps you love send them my way, I’d love to check them out!

[the-highwitch]

A guide if you will?

So a lot of people have asked, How do I use Cannabis in my craft? So I put something together! I’m using the donations to help fund my trip to Portland (this is mainly for my trip there, I have other money saved for when I get there). Below are some sneak peaks of some of the pages! Please donate what you can or feel like and I’ll send you a copy as appreciation! 

I have paypal (use email [email protected]) or Venmo (@JillianTippit0413) 

Please include your email address in the note and if you want a black and white copy or color copy. 

I appreciate you all who follow this blog, big hugs! If you can’t donate now, it’s OK! No deadline on this at all! Just always be sure to include your info so I know what it’s for LOL!

[maplebunie]

today is the only day you can reblog this ever

[enatomars-deactivated20201227]

I made a quiz that tells you which character trope you fit best! There’s ten different results! Feel free to take it!

Reblog in the tags what you got!

[thundergrace]

Qwhite fucked

[booasaur]

#i can’t imagine all the black actresses #who were token characters in the 90s #sucking it up thinking it’ll pay off one day #end up realizing it never did and never will #because they were never climbing a ladder #they were holding it (via @katielittlekinrit)

[saturnineaqua]

Not surprised, they add us as tokens then gatekeeper like fuck. Legit remember talking to another goth(white) girl (at the time) when I was 15 and she seriusly didntn remember there being a black girl in the craft. She just couldnt fucking recall. When I pointed her out on the poster she was like “ well yeah,I mean,but like…shes not like..IN the group,like shes not …imp..I mean shes not like IN the movie alot..”

[christel-thoughts]

So only one of her costars thought it was weird that she wasn’t included…

This one.

[saturnineaqua]

I’d like to point out that Fairuza is not only the ONLY one that took her side,but that Fairuza is Rromani and has been pretty much black listed for speaking out against multiple issues with hollywood(including having to do a sex scene as a child,with a very famous brit actor).

So …those other broads….

[afronerdism]

This is so upsetting.

[witches-ofcolor]

Lets not forget how they cast Fairuza in American History X, and how the racism was treated in the Craft, in that we were made to feel bad for the racist.

[weediewitch-blog]

This is extremely upsetting, considering that there already isn’t much witch representation in the media... let alone WITCHES OF COLOUR!!! We need this representation now more than ever!

[quietstorm-thundathighs]

like fr

[ofcloudsandstars]

✧ *. 🕯️Imbolc Solitary Rituals 🕯️*✧

As the wintery days starts stretching a little longer and signs of life starts peeping about in nature, we are reaching the zenith of the season. The Winter crossquarter is a time of returning light and returning life that marks the end of the cold hibernating season. Candles are lit to welcome the returning light, animals are stirring from hibernation, snow is beginning to thaw leaving behind slush and snowdrops. It is time to look forward to spring, cleanse the home, the self and prepare for the brighter half of the year! 

I see the three sabbats: Samhain, Yule and Imbolc all as new year-ish celebrations, samhain being the death of the year and entering the cold hibernating phase, yule being the rebirth of the year- the longest night which marks the point where we will be returning to the lighter half and Imbolc being the true start to the year after the hibernating/resting period has ended. As the first half of winter is dedicated to resting this period I deem it as cleansing/shedding. I made a transitional wheel here that has gained some traction on this site over the past year.   A lot of us witches practice alone and have our own solitary rituals for each sabbat that we observe (or the ones we’ve created just for ourselves that we observe alone!) Like any solitary eclectic witch I do things my own different way but some of these things might line up with others practices. I do refer to some of the equinoxes/solstices/crossquarters by their celtic sabbat names but I celebrate them in a secular animist way and treat the wheel of the year I celebrate as more of an agrarian cycle and celebrating nature. I use sabbat names as a point of reference and also people that do celebrate these witches sabbats more traditionally might find value in my personal practice! Here is my personal correspondences post and my personal Imbolc tag!

When I am alone and casting spells a lot of it is visualization/intent so my solitary rituals are more like activities I like to do then specifically casting a spell. If I am doing a spell with an activity based on it a lot would be listening to music to get in the mood and focusing on a candle while visualizing for a period of time! Eves are also important to my celebration as I like to stay up until midnight and cast a spell then!

Imbolc’s Eve

January 31st, (Wednesday 2018)

Cleaning AND CLEANSING This crossquarter has a lot of emphasis on cleansing and preparing for spring to come, and has a tradition of ‘spring cleaning’ (though it’s not quite spring yet), but even if you are in the deep winter months it’s good to get the air within the home flowing since it tends to be bottled up and stagnating to keep the warmth in. This might not sound like much fun, but when you make it into a magical ritual, this can be a very purifying and elevating experience!

Use fragrances like juniper, peppermint, wintergreen while cleaning. Juniper is my preferred scent as it’s cleansing, airy, cool and sharp!

Sweeping Use a besom to symbolically sweep away the unwanted energy and or patterns you want to rid yourself or your space of. This is an old tradition!

Shedding As the days get longer and the air warmer, it’s time to shed! Get rid of old stuff you no longer need and should part with. Donate old ugly clothes, toss old things, maybe give new life to things you haven’t used in a while. It’s time to purge!  

Hang chimes I love the sound of metal chimes as the instrument of choice for this sabbat. It reminds me of melting icicles and wintery air. Chimes makes a great cleansing and peaceful sound for your space!

Make Candles!!! Unless if you’re in a space where you can’t have candles, it would be great to create some candles for the sabbat! Candles are very easy to make and you can make them in pretty glass votives instead of trying to find a mold for them. You can even get some tea lights and infuse herbs, fragrances and glitter on the top instead of making a whole candle if you don’t have time. I enjoy using warm plain wintery fragrances for this sabbat such as vanilla or sugar. Having refreshing candles like eucalyptus and mint is nice too! But I’d probably want to make those in a creation like:

Ice cube Candles! Here is the DIY link!

Beautiful herbal pressed candles

Make Ice Lanterns! Wonderful alternative if you can’t have open flames indoors, if you have a spot outside where a lantern would be safe to burn, then this makes a beautiful midwinter decoration! (If open flame isn’t ok anywhere for you, having electric candles works great for this cause candles outside tend to not stay lit due to winds and falling snow/water.) Here’s option one with water balloons and here is option two with a carton!

Body Scrubs Make some enchanted body scrubs to exfoliate away the old and bring energy for the new! Here are a few favorites for the sabbat! (honey sugar scrub, coconut oil sugar scrub, lavender vanilla sugar scrub)

Milk Bath Spell As this sabbat is about cleaning and renewing the home and the self, I love to have a ritual bath each year. This sabbat also has symbolism of motherhood, nurturing and overall milk and dairy and a milk bath is a way to incorporate the symbolism into your solitary practice! They aren’t too hard to make in advance and here are a few simple recipes you can build off of! If you make it in a jar you can charge it overnight with a quartz crystal on top of the lid! (Plain milk bath, chamomille lavender oatmeal milk bath, pink salt milk bath, milk and honey bath melts, almond milk bath, rosemary chamomille detox bath)  

Enjoy snacks while doing crafts such as: yogurt pretzels, buttermints, grilled cheese bites, cheese puffs, white chocolate wafers, bread sticks and cheese dip, and if you are not a fan of dairy then animal crackers (in honor of hibernating animals!), or rosemary crackers, dark toasted bread (like pumpernickel), sliced apples, parsnip fries!

Cleanse and Decorate the altar! Wipe down all the incense ash and the surfaces with refreshing essential oils, purify the space, and decorate it with wintery elements, eucalyptus garland, silver mound, lambs ear and white candles!

Midnight Spell:

The Crossquarter is a time to focus on what you would want to initiate or manifest for the new year. This time is ideal for road opening spells if you need something to open up for you by the time spring arrives. Set goals for yourself, clear paths for yourself, and focus on achieving them by manifesting it on this night!

An activity for road opening could be writing down your goals and sealing it in a plastic bag. Take a bowl and put your goals on the bottom then fill it with a thin layer of ice cubes. Light a white candle on top (preferably a floating candle) symbolizing you in your path to reach your goals. As the last of winter’s snows thaw, the barrier of ice between your candle and your goals will be melted away.

A quicker and simpler task would be to burn bayleaves which is something I do annually (and also is a common tradition). You burn bayleaves to manifest desires into reality yet also it can be a divinatory practice as the way the bayleaf burns will show you if it’s a task that’s being blocked, if you have to work harder at it or if it’s something that will happen right away.

Banishing the old and unwanted This should preferably be done first but think about the qualities that you are not fond of or habits that you’d like to break for the new cycle to come. Light a bundle of juniper or eucalyptus/wintergreen incense and smoke cleanse yourself to start anew. Think about the qualities you’d like to replace the negative ones. Instead of thinking of things like “I want to be less lazy” focus on it more like “I’m productive, I’m motivated, I’m energetic” etc.

Imbolc Day

February 1st 

Wear all white! It’s midwinter and a time of cleansing! Wear white to either honor winter or to celebrate the fresh start of the new year to come! (Bonus if you want to wear sparkly makeup like glittery eyeshadow, nail polish, lip gloss)

Fresh Air Open up the windows for a few minutes to let the air in and get the stagnant air flowing! It might be very cold but its good for the air flow for at least a few minutes! 

Soundbath Use chimes or a singing bowl to cleanse your space and bring in good energy. This would be great to do while you have the windows open for a moment!

Day of Light! Fill the home with AS MUCH LIGHT as possible. Open all curtains! Light lanterns and electric candles! Put on white fairylights. Welcome the return to light!

Ritual Bath Have a magical ritual spa day! Have some special scrub that you never use cause you don’t have time? Today is the day for it! Have a colorful bath bomb you still haven’t used? Make a bath ritual with it! If you had made the milky bath jar from the night before, have a rejuvenating magical experience and maybe channel your bath witchery to do some energy work in the bath. You can do some tub “grounding” by getting well connected with your physical form and energy surrounded by the magic of the bath you’ve created. Also light some white candles and play some relaxing meditative music. For this sabbat I have a few sound tracks I enjoy listening to! ( 1 , 2 , 3 )

Visit a Sauna House Especially if you don’t have a bath and you’d like to get out of the house, going to a sauna house is a wonderful outing and perfect for this sabbat. Especially with symbolism such as fire stirring in the earth, a great way to celebrate that is to sweat it out instead of being out in the cold! The sauna houses by me are all Korean bath houses and they are INCREDIBLE because not only do they have wonderful hot tubs but they also have saunas made out of salt bricks, clay, quartz and jade and it’s a wonderful place to do energy work in or meditate.

Eat seasonal winter roots Not a lot is available in the middle of winter but I love white hardy roots like potatoes, rutabaga, parsnips (they make amazing fries!) and turnips. There was this amazing dish a chef made called rootatouille which was a wintery version of ratatouille (which is such a summer harvest dish). Rootatouille is made with roots and covered with a delicious cream sauce instead of tomato sauce. (Skip to 3:33 for the rootatouille part)

Enjoy a nice creamy drink like a milky tea or frothy latte! Especially if you don’t have time to make yourself a whole dinner then just having a pleasant milky tea or a frothy creamy latte is enough to get festive! Here’s a recipe I love to do sometimes on this sabbat:

Whole Milk or Oat Milk 

Kava (Like two tsp to a cup of milk?)

Nutmeg

vanilla bean or extract

cardamom simmer the milk (do not boil) with the spices. Mix until well infused and blended. Enjoy! (Also if you never had kava before, it’s something that makes you feel very very chill and some people use it as an alternative to alcohol. Don’t operate any machinery or do any of the things you shouldn’t do while drunk. It has different effects on different people but if you don’t know how it makes you feel yet then don’t plan on doing anything for the rest of the day).

Evening:

Light a bunch of candles!! Make sure that your space is still filled with many lights as the evening rolls in! If you don’t have a lot of candles or don’t want a lot of open flames, I love the look of white fairy lights and white electric candles. It’s mysterious and icy and less worrisome! 

Feast! This feast is usually dairy-centric as it’s a very wintery and also maternal feast. Most animals are lactating this time of year and it was a time people had access to something in the middle of winter to eat. Therefore, other than grain, roots and dried meats, dairy has symbolic importance but there are other things available if dairy is not your thing! However a dish I like to make for myself is spicy shepherds pie because the top mashed potatoes is like the snow and the bottom meaty part is like the thawing earth. I put a lot of spices in the meaty bottom so it symbolizes the life stirring in the earth and the warmer days to come. Shepards pie is also easy to make a vegetarian/vegan version of. If you do love dairy a great dessert to enjoy would be a slice of cheese cake or even better- tres leches, but if you are not a fan of either, another dessert I love to make is essentially a brownie sundae where the brownie once again symbolizes the stirring earth and the vanilla icecream (which you can get a non dairy version of) is like the thawing snow. When the two fuse together it might create a light brownish slush which is kind of the sign of winter’s end that everyone dislikes cause they think it looks dirty but I love to celebrate it in the form of a tasty melting dessert. Bonus if you want to make a snowdrop topper to garnish it with.

Here’s a link for a fantasy feast I made ages ago with some recipes!

Happy mid winter everyone! Happy Imbolc and I hope everyone has a wonderful transition into spring!

[jinah]

once i had 2 let it rip so bad in class like i could not hold it in any longer . so i was like ok . it feels like a slient one . no1 will notice . so i did it n damn  .. man ive never smelt one so bad .. i couldnt believe it came from me . n u could trace the smell bc evey1 was looking back at me .. n the teacher was like ok . who farted . damn  why are u asking . u kno no is going 2 say shit just shut up n open the window  im abt 2 die .. n every1 turned backk 2 me n so much shit was going thro my mind then.. i was like the hell am i going 2 do . so i turn back 2 the kid sitting behind me n im like “clyde . thats so fucking nasty im abt 2 die. “ that was os evil of me .. damn i felt bad for clyde bc he was getting the worst of it . sitting behind me .. in the area of danger

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this was clyde