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AHHH ANOTHER MILESTONE AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCHHHH!! This tumblr blog combined with my tik tok is almost 600 followers and i love you all VERY DEARLY!

- im still kinda busy but anything you want me to go into in the future i am totally fine with💖

i lOVE YOU AL TYSMMMMM mwah🥰

-Z

🐉Deity Work🐉

And my deities and experiences...

So, a lot of you on this platform as well as others have been interested to know my deities, and how I met them and how I worked with them etc. Which my deities are fine with and I asked for permission before hand ofc.

So my take on deity work is that, it’s not dangerous IF you know what you’re doing. If you just became a witch i do not recommend working with deities off the bat, you can worship but don’t work unless you are well versed in a pantheon, even then be careful. I don’t like to control anyone’s path, as long as you aren’t doing close practices when you shouldn’t I really have no problem, everyone’s path is their own. Aphrodite came to me 4 months into my journey. Now, I’m not going to disclose ALL of my deities, but will disclose the first 4 that came into my life, and how they did so and my experiences with them. Also, you’ll see that I’ll be correcting some past posts, mainly the ones regarding wicca since there’s honestly a lot of debate but after conversing with some wiccans those changes will be made shortly and i’ll try to post as regularly as i can, i am a student so it’ll be irregular but it is what it is. This’ll probably be a multi part post but I will start with my first deity and I love her so much~

Aphrodite

Intro:

Aphrodite, my first deity and goddess, was one of the first to pop up in my spiritual path and she is still with me today and I could not be more grateful for her. She is the goddess of love and beauty and she is married to Ares, God of War.

Description (To Me):

She appeared to me with long strawberry blonde (more red honestly) hair with these huge curls on the bottom, with light eyes, very tall, this gorgeous stola that was white but also kinda blush pink, and she wore a rose flower crown. She is very kind and patient and always understood the circumstances of which I was succumbed to by my family with their Christian views and I do devotional acts for her such as washing my face, self-care + self-love, and anything that promotes love and even dressing up, just make yourself feel good.

How She Came To Me:

Lots of signs, bees, a shit ton of cinnamon in my food when i didnt ask for it to be added, seeing venus above the moon, receiving a silver heart ring from a friend. Random roses. Clear skin without a care routine. Loads of roses and anything romantic related in my life.

Final Thoughts:

She taught me how to self love and how much of a bad bitch I am, she helped me reclaim my beauty and I think its a luxury her devotees have, I love her, always have always will❤️

Try books. Don’t just rely on sites and blogs, they rarely (sometimes even never) source their information, and UPG gets confused for fact.

Books relating to witchcraft are a bit hard to find where I live, but I am definitely getting books from sites like lib.gen^^

Serious question. If you’re still learning, why are you sharing informative posts without knowing what you’re talking about? You could be (unintentionally, because it doesn’t look like you’re doing this on purpose) promoting some serious misinformation and the people that read those posts might end up believing it rather than a properly researched post. Like Magick, Crowley didn’t invent the word. That’s a wrong idea that’s been going on for years, he just re-popularized it. Agrippa used magick in the 16th century.

Please reconsider sharing information on witchcraft and the occult as a whole before you’re more well known. You could cause harm without knowing. Wrong ideas already affect the community deeply due to the same thing you’re doing and what could help instead is if you study and go deeper into your topics for your own gain! Then you can source books, studies, research, grimoires, trustworthy authors... and so on.

You can do wonders with an informative blog like this. But not if you’re being careless with what you share. Please heed!

Hey hey!! So, what I mean by still learning, is like learning spellwork and learning other forms of magick like divination and such. Which I don’t post about, and really don’t intend to post about, I think spellwork is its own separate thing.

Everything I post about I believe I’m pretty well versed in although it is subjective how skilled i am, and I have tried to be as accurate as possible with double checking and going through multiple posts and sites about this to try to be truthful with my posts.

However, things do fall through the cracks no ones perfect ofc, and I have said before to always correct me if I am wrong. I am going back and making sure my posts are well structured and in fact factual, and its for my own benefit and for the benefit of my followers cause i dont want them to get themselves hurt or harm anyone. And if i am wrong in anything i always repost with the correction making sure my followers know about the truth, which is in fact why i haven’t posted in a while, i’ve just been going back and re reading and making sure everything is correct.

I really only intend to post basic stuff on here, but the only problems i’ve had, had been with crowley and thelema i believe which have been hard to gather because of the different information that sometimes contradicts each other so i’m trying to be as accurate as possible, but i know for the most part besides those two topics my info is truthful.

so yeah!! i hope this answers your question i am going back with more sources to double check and thank you so much for your concern!!

-Z

🌻G’Morning🌻

Just a daily reminder to drink water, eat food, take your meds and go drink some tea💕

G’morning A reminder that,

you chose this wondrous path, child

that you drifted off in the boundless arms of mother nyx

and woke up in the illuminated sky of apollo and helios

you, are blessed

and you, are gifted

take one step forward in your journey today

and may Hermes, protector of travelers, guide you

and as above, so below, so ‘mote it be.

it’s a day off, go do something you enjoy my angels *mwah*

G’Morning

- Z

🐝Witchcraft Server + Linktree🐝

Just to let you guys know, I opened a witchcraft server on discord, if any of you are interested in joining, you can find like minded witches and talk to me personally and find all the help you need on your paths. As well as other forms of media like TikTok and instagram that can be found in my link tree:

https://linktr.ee/ZaniahStarling

🍎Question for my followers🍎

So now that we’ve grown a bit as a community and as a family (again im still freakin out thank you so much!!) what do y’all think I should focus on moving forward? any ideas or suggestions im completely open to! I heard of deity reveals which I can also do if y’all would want that(?) But its all completely up to you!! I’d love to hear from y’all❤️

❤️THANK YOU SO MUCH!!❤️

GUYS OMG A 1000 NOTES AND 100 FOLLOWERS??

I JUST FOUND OUT THIS MORNING AND ALMOST SCREAMED🥺 THANK YOU SO SO MUCH I DIDNT KNOW Y’ALL WOULD’VE BEEN THIS INTERESTED IN WHAT I HAVE TO SHARE BUT I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH THANK YOU ALL!!

🌇The Clairs🌇

The Clairs are physic abilities that we have, now we don’t have all of them although it’s possible to train them, it is hard though.

Clairvoyance means clear seeing. This is when visions past, present and future flash through our mind's eye, or third eye, much like a daydream. Many of us are highly visual and able to understand an idea best when we see it written or sketched out as an image on a computer screen or on a canvas. Visual people often choose to be artists, builders, photographers, decorators, designers and so forth. If this sounds familiar, your clairvoyance is most likely a dominant sense. Clairaudience means clear hearing. This is when we hear words, sounds or music in our own mind's voice. On rare occasions, spirit may be able to create audible sound, though this takes a tremendous amount of focused energy. Some of us best retain and comprehend information when we hear it spoken aloud. Our natural talents tend to lie in our auditory faculties, often making us gifted musicians, singers, writers and public speakers. If this feels right to you, clairaudience may be a leading sense for you. Clairsentience means clear feeling. This entails feeling a person's or spirit's emotions or feeling another's physical pain. Many of us are clairsentient without consciously being aware of it. When we get a strong "gut" feeling, positive or negative, about someone we just met or when we get the "chills" for no apparent reason, we may be tuning into the emotional energy of a person or a spirit around us. When we are highly sensitive and are in tune with not only our own feelings, but also the feelings of others, this makes us natural healers and caregivers. We often feel inspired to pursue careers as doctors, therapists, counselors, nannies and teachers. If this is you, clairsentience is at the top of your senses list. Clairalience means clear smelling. This is being able to smell odors that don't have any kind of physical source. Instances of this could include smelling the perfume or the cigarette smoke of a deceased relative, used as a sign of their presence around us. When our sense of smell is strong and distinct, we may find that certain smells connect us to past memories or we may be drawn to working as a florist, a wine taster or a perfume fragrance creator. Clairgustance means clear tasting. This is the ability to taste something that isn't actually there. This experience oftentimes comes from out of the blue when a deceased loved one is attempting to communicate a memory or association we have with a particular food or beverage that reminds us of them. If we have a heightened sense of taste, this would make us natural chefs, bakers or food critics. Claircognizance means clear knowing. This is when we have knowledge of people or events that we would not normally have knowledge about. Spirit impresses us with truths that simply pop into our minds from out of nowhere. An example of this would be a premonition: a forewarning of something that will happen in the future. Claircognizance requires tremendous faith because there's often no practical explanation for why we suddenly "know" something. Many philosophers, professors, doctors, scientists, religious and spiritual leaders and powerful sales and business leaders tend to be highly intuitive and seem to just know the facts with a sense of certainty. If this is you, consider claircognizance as one of your dominant senses. Sources: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/developing-your-5-clair-senses-rebecca-rosen/all#ixzz6h08tHGrd

🏛Deity of the Day🏛

Erebus: The Darkness

Erebus was one of the oldest ancient Greek gods. He was one of the sons of the first goddess Chaos or Khaos. In mythology, his most common mistress was the goddess Nyx.

Erebus was the father of many gods and goddesses, including Aether, Hypnos (Sleep,) and Thanatos (Death).

Erebus was the Greek god of the Underworld and his name meant “place of darkness between earth and Hades.” His name was often used to refer to part of the Greek Underworld where the spirits of the dead pass after the leave the living bodies. This place was also sometimes called Tartarus.

Erebus was credited with finishing the Underworld after the gods created Earth. He did this by filling in the empty places with dark mists. Nyx used Erebus’ dark mists to bring night to earth. The Greek poets referred to this as the “Veil of Night.” In some stories, Erebus, Nyx, and Hemera are referred to as spirits rather than gods.

👻Shadow Work Prompt Day #4:

What emotion do you need to feel? What emotion do you try to keep controlled and hidden? Why? Do you believe all emotions need to be felt? Why? Are you afraid of feeling those certain emotions? Why?

🌻G’Morning Loves!🌻

Just a daily reminder to drink water, eat food, take your meds and go drink some tea💕

G’morning

It’s time to start the day

maybe with some tea

or coffee

as you stir clockwise thrice

and counter-clockwise thrice

and tap your spoon thrice more

and enjoy your coffee

as you whisper “so mote it be”

sorry I haven’t been on my sister took up more time than I thought she would but regardless I LOVE YOU *mwah*

G’Morning

-Z

punkylilwitch

The Eye is a website dedicated towards archiving and serving publicly available information. #opendirectory #archive #digitalhistory

Here’s a good place for Occult books, including religions and witchcraft! :)

It has a section on new age magic, can help educate you on open, closed, and partially open religions and practices, and has a full section on grimoires that contains information on tons of subjects! It is adaptable for many different languages!

🌻Good Morning Loves🌻

Just a daily reminder to drink water, eat food, take your meds and go drink some tea💕

Open your eyes darling

To wake up

and to realize the truth:

None of this is real

and is all within your control

you, maker of your own reality

controller of your own destiny

hand in hand with the fates

now get up,

and write your own story...

its the new year and its what you make of it, i’m rooting for ya *mwah*

G’Morning

- Z

❤️Postponing til tomorrow❤️

Hey all!! some shit happened with my sister (she has a bit of health issues) and i had to take her to the hospital, regularly scheduled shit continues tomorrow much love!!

zaniahs-witching-hour

🌙Magick vs. Magic🌙

And why witches spell it ‘magick’ Or don’t.

The word was created by the controversial occultist Alister Crowley (1875-1947) who founded the religion Thelema which later became known as Wicca.

One reason he added a ‘k’ was to separate between entertainment magic and witchcraft magick.

Many thing the distinction isn’t necessary but there are other reasons Crowley did this.

Crowley’s philosophy of Thelema meant that he also used the word magick to describe any act that brings someone closer to what he called their ‘True Will’; their purpose in life.

Will is different than want

I can make a post about Crowley and True Will in the future

EDIT: I have made a post about True Will, just click the link.

In 1886 (about 11 years from 1875) Crowley’s father, a devout Christian and preacher, passed. Crowley, a formerly devoted follower of Christianity out of respect for his father, began to turn his back on the Christian religion, pointing out irregularities in the Bible. His mother, also a Christian, because of this called him “The Beast.”

When Crowley created the word ‘magick’ he lengthened a five letter word to six letters, the number six being sacred in many beliefs. Interestingly, according to Genesis, God created man on the 6th day. In the Bible, Revelation 13:18, God assigned the number 666 to man and to the Beast.

Revelation 13:18

“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”

The letter K is also the 11th number of the alphabet. This number has huge significance to Crowley and he often wrote about its importance: “Firstly”, 11 is the number of Magick in itself” along with his well-known phrase “Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law” which has eleven words and eleven syllables.

Some people refrain from using ‘magick’ due to Crowleys reputation and the several stories surrounding his life, others use ‘magik’ or ‘majick’ or variations of said word. But there is no right or wrong here and you can use ‘magick’ or not, it’s all up to the witch at hand. I just use it to differentiate magick and magic.

Sources:

https://www.worldofmagick.com/post/magic-or-magick

https://www.learnreligions.com/magic-and-magick-95856

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Thelema isn’t the same thing as Wicca.

Gerald Gardner (founder of Wicca) was briefly involved in Thelema via the Ordo Templi Orientis but Wicca and Thelema are actually quite different. I don’t believe one can say that Thelema later became known as Wicca - the two both still exist and separate, to this day.

Of course, there may be Thelemites who also identify as Wiccan and vice versa, but one isn’t the same thing as the other. I’m neither Wiccan nor Thelemite, but I spent some time studying Thelema in the early 2010s. There’s a lot of controversy about Crowley’s connection to Wicca, I know. I also realize Gardner borrowed parts of Crowley’s poetry for certain Wiccan rituals he wrote. Still, they’re not the same religion and one didn’t turn into the other.

I guess you could argue though that Wicca wouldn’t have existed without Thelema and the Golden Dawn (another source Gardner used), but these are still three distinct magical traditions, and arguably Thelema and Wicca are each their own religion. There’s a post about some of the connections here. I also have an old #thelema tag on my blog that goes back to when I was studying it and explains why I left and am not a Thelemite.

zaniahs-witching-hour

Just wanted to let y’all know of this correction^^ i didnt know and im still learning myself but this is the difference thank you to OP for pointing it out i try to have the most accurate info on here

🏛Deity of the Day🏛

Nyx: The Night

Nyx is the Greek Goddess of the night, and the daughter of Chaos. Her birthplace was not on Earth but in Gaia. She is Primordial God. It is said that she was created near the beginning of time. Her home is in the depths of Hades’ underworld. Nyx has a shadowy figure, which makes her the perfect personification of the night.

Nyx is a very unique goddess. She can impact mankind in a good or bad way. Her ability to bring sleep or death unto to the human race. Zeus even feared Nyx because she was older and stronger than him. That speaks volumes of her power. The moonstone is used to honor her to this day. It reflects it’s owner and should be used during the full moon.

Nyx lived in Tartarus. However, Nyx is not exactly the personification of evil in greek mythology. She’s never spoken of having done anything more ‘evil’ than Zeus himself does in any mythology. Yet, many see her as more of a villain figure than she ever appears to be.

Nyx married Erebus, the God of darkness. Nyx and Erebus produced Hemera (Day) and Aither (Light). Hemera is Nyx’s opposite. Nyx brought the dark veil over the night, while Hemera chased the dark mists away each morning. Interestingly so, Nyx was able to create her own dark spirits including Fates, Sleep, Death, Strife, and Pain. More of Nyx’s children include, Geras, Moros, Nemesis, the Keres, and the Oneiroi.

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