A Witches Blog.

This is a blog. Stuff is posted here. If you like it give me money. If you don't like it give me money. This blog is not for under 25's nor is it for creeps.

[rosieandthemoon]

ruins of St Andrews Cathedral in Fife, Scotland

[witchesmarksneverfade]

Develop your relationship with magic on your own, learn on your own, practice on your own, spend some time with magic and no others every so often, listen to magic on your own, have conversations with magic on your own. Developing a one on one relationship is about connecting and is rarely aided by an audience.

[witchesmarksneverfade]

Stop trying to convert your non-witchy friends

it's weird, it's no different to churches trying to convert people, yes you're doing it because you know you're right about the witchy stuff and you just want well for your friends, the religious converters also know they're right about the religion stuff and just want the best for them, you're doing the same thing in different clothing.

As long as they aren't causing harm what they chose to believe and not believe in spiritually is their business and their decision, if they want to start practicing they can and will, if they don't then just accept your friend for who they are as a friend should do for you.

Your coven aren't people you have to drag out or beg to come to the meeting, and you can have friends who don't practice as long as you respect each others beliefs.

[witchesmarksneverfade]

Do you feel ill because you were hexed or because you ate highly processed food all day and washed it down with three energy drinks? Be honest.

[gothredy]

[ndnbutch]

personally I am of the opinion that vegans who are like “the way our food system currently works under capitalism on a large scale is exceptionally cruel to all animals including humans and is not sustainable, so I’m doing what I can to make the most ethical choices available to me about what I eat and encourage others to do the same” are generally very reasonable people who I agree with in spades. but vegans who seem to think human beings are not themselves animals who are ultimately also part of the food chain but instead some kind of other paternalistic higher entity that can never engage in ethical and sustainable hunting practices (and especially the fringe I’ve seen who think other carnivorous animal predators are also evil and need to be eliminated) are people I regard as foolish at best if not actively anti-indigenous and racist

[crafty-butch]

anyone else notice how when "digital assistants" were just supposed to do specific tasks when you asked for them we had Alexa and Siri and Cortana, but now that they're being marketed as smart enough to take actions and make decisions on their own they've got names like Claude and Devin

[orphanedsource]

the place I work at remodeled these split gendered restrooms into “inclusive restrooms” and never told us what they meant while construction was ongoing. I need you to know every atom of potential criticism or whining that could’ve happened disappeared when people found out this meant we got 10 fully separate private bathrooms with sinks inside. I’ve not heard a single person crack a joke about the inclusive signage. this is the world TERFs are trying to steal from you

[revcleo]

This is called a "superloo" and terfs are actively trying to steal this from you, in the UK they changed bathroom regulations to mean new buildings have to prioritise gendered toilets rather than build superloos.

This also upset a lot of architects and designers who like the superloos. They're also typically more like small rooms rather than having doors you can look under.

[vigilskept]

really i think the most insidious part of white supremacy is the way it will convince white people everything is actually About Them. being called out isn’t about you. poc expressing frustration at your behaviour isn’t about you. it’s about how you are affecting others. step one is literally just de-centre yourself from the conversation. anyone who’s not white has already had to learn this lesson the hard way and it gets tiring waiting for the rest of you to catch up

[witchesmarksneverfade]

How to safely work with closed practice deities from a culture you aren't from...

Don't, Dumbass.

[witchesmarksneverfade]

"I'm a sea witch!"

"I'm a green witch!"

"I'm an astrology witch"

"I'm a kitchen witch!"

What type of witch are you?

uuuuuh... *points thumbs at self* this witch has ADHD

[witchesmarksneverfade]

Start talking to the wind and rain again, to the fire, to the trees, to animals and magnetic currents, to streams and flowers and bugs, to waves and icicles, to warm floors and dewy grass; Actually listen to them, they have a lot to say.

[vilelithium]

xx

[anthropologist-on-the-loose]

It is not nearly common enough knowledge that most Native tribes in the U.S. don't actually own all of the land within their reservation. There are millions of acres of reservation land that tribes don't legally own and they have no control over how that land is used. Like, there are a lot of different concepts tied in with the land back movement, but a major one is literally just getting reservation land back into tribal ownership.

[witchesmarksneverfade]

Witches Returning;

Your reasons you turned your back on magic are entirely your own, you do not owe others that information, however you do owe it (and an apology) to the wind, the trees, the water, the fire, the birds, the rocks, the spirits, and the bees, to those you've shut out and want to be friends with again you must make things right, ask forgiveness, explain your misgivings, earn back the trust, and show going forth that you can be a loyal friend.

Imagine magic as a childhood playmate; did you drift apart? did you stop talking to them with no explanation, did you deny knowing them? what would it take to make this right and restore the friendship if someone had done this to you? would you accept them back if they were just trying to use you instead of truly wanting to know and be friends with you? Would you want a friend who denies your friendship to others in order to fit in with them, or a friend that stands up for you and makes it known (when it is not an active threat to safety of course) that they are proud to love you? Would you trust someone who was once a friend who hurt you and shut you out and maybe even made fun of you or made fun of themselves for once liking you and then expects forgiveness instantaneously or would you trust a former friend who keeps trying and accepts that trust will be rebuilt on your terms not theirs?

It's not too late to become friends again, but it will take work, magic needs to know you're not just interested when you want something. Magic is a conscious force, forgiveness is possible if you truly want it to restore your relationship with it, but rebuilding and proving yourself worthy of another chance, even when at first you can't see much to show for it, that part is up to you.