Mercury's Whispers

A journal of spells, practices, superstitions

[whispersofhermes]

Purpose

I aim to grow and learn, always. There is so much to learn, especially regarding the practices, superstitions, spells, all of it. Everything is about beginners and starting and tips. I want something more in depth. Perhaps it's the scientist/social worker in me. I love making it up on the fly, but I also like documenting and tracking. Does it work? Why didn't it? Why did it? What was the effect?

I want something more in-depth.

So, here we are. Welcome to my digital book of shadows where I will store research, spells, recipes, pictures, name it!

I love working with others, so please, if you have any ideas for research, let me know~

I hope this blog is helpful to whoever needs it.

Best,

Trouble.

[jordanbolton]

To The Painters of Pompeii - Jordan Bolton

My first book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ is now available to pre-order! Get it here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky

[somanyjacks]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if the phrase "self care" doesn't resonate with you, try calling it "system maintenance" and see if that clicks.

[wormsslime]

[somanyjacks]

Reblogging to add amazing tags from @meta-theory

#this both makes things more fun and also is a really good analogy#because there are four types of system maintenance and that makes the term much more exact than the nebulous ''self-care''#and therefore much more helpful to those of us who uhhh struggle with nebulosity#for anyone curious the four types are:#1. corrective (to fix current problems)#2. preventative (to avoid future problems)#3. adaptative (to re-adjust to any changes)#4. perfective (to work towards a better system)#I really like this idea I'm gonna make a checklist

[ominous-signs]

Official ominous sign

[alexcabotgf]

[classicdavinci]

Henri Biva (1848 - 1928) 

Villeneuve-l'Étang embrumé

[sniffanimal]

god I could be so wealthy if I had no ethics. that's so fucking frustrating. I'm living paycheck to paycheck because I'm not grifting vulnerable idiots on TikTok. I feel like I have the ability to very easily scam people. I could make a killing with AI. but god. I have morals and ethics and so I get to be poor as shit. I hate this fucking world

[madfishmonger]

I could have made a killing as a psychic, but noooo I have to feel bad about lying to people ugh

[contact-guy]

I think abt this all the time because the thing is, evil rich people truly believe that they’re geniuses who have discovered a way to make money that the rest of us dummies haven’t…but the truth is that they are just willing to do evil shit that everyone else would prefer to not to because we have standards

[mallorylovesyou]

A romantic goth look for Valentine’s Day

[why-the-heck-not]

you can tell things are getting serious when the floor is ur main place of study

[mallorylovesyou]

Wearing vs styling; a common gripe I see with thrift store clothing is that it’s often “shapeless”. While there’s certainly nothing wrong with dressing like a black blob (a favorite hobby of mine), adding shape to a shapeless garment is as simple as belting it and manipulating it to create volume where desired. You can see the styling process here (YT) or here (TT)

[somerabbitholes]

hello, i am turning into two cups of coconut water a day person

[whispersofhermes]

oh, to be a cat. Nothing to concern yourself with other than naps and treats.

[whispersofhermes]

grow zones VA 7b

American Dogwood

Blazing Star

Black Eyed Susan

Butterfly Weed

Wild bergamot

[marscia]

January 2025, Seoul KR

[byaseashore]

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

[galina]

It's valentine's day, and I just finished All the Beauty in the World –a book I adored. One for the lovers, the desirers, those who romanticise everything. Off to have a little glass of vino and write a little poem 🏹❤️

[mallorylovesyou]

An old school goth look. I look forward to getting to wear this without a massive coat over it once the weather gets warmer.

[clarenecessities]

there’s something endlessly hilarious to me about the phrase “hotly debated” in an academic context. like i just picture a bunch of nerds at podiums & one’s like “of course there was a paleolithic bear cult in Northern Eurasia” and another one just looks him in the eye and says “i’ll kill you in real life, kevin”

[yakkety-yak-art]

if you read enough academic papers you will quickly realize that this is not even close to an exaggeration. the vitriol academics have for each other in regards to debated subjects is inspiring.