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Crystals don't have any extraordinary amounts of power or anything. Your folk magic practitioner types got on for centuries without 'em. If somebody's insisting that you need to have crystals or that they'll give whatever you're doing some ultra mega super boost, that's a scam.

It's also a scam if they're telling you that the crystals will cure whatever ails you. Crystals definitely aren't going to cure cancer.

You can get a boost by asking the right Deity, but, by Gods, do not replace actual work, taking care of yourself, getting medical care, or seeking psychological treatment by Gods alone.

This one goes out to every1 who was praised as a kid for reading so much but now looks at a book with dread;

yes hello i would like to emphasize this

I searched Google for "firing all the billionaires into the sun comic", found the image ---> used it to search for a nicer one and lo and behold found a link to their own Twitter. This took about 5 minutes. Slower than a 5 second reblog but still fast - and also much more important.

The creator is First Dog on The Moon and what makes this version^ so much worse to spread around is that the original HAD the author's handle on it but it was cropped out.

Anyway. If anyone would like to follow the artist here's their Twitter.

If you reblogged the uncredited version I recommend taking 5 seconds to edit your post with their link and handle. It helps artists IMMENSELY.

"hey, bobby, ginger's kid came out to her as non-binerary! can you believe it?"

"non-binary."

"huh? wha? what'd i say?"

"you said 'non-binerary.' the word is non-binary."

"right. non-byrony."

"ginger's gonna march with her kid in the parade next year! she's so excited!"

"she'll get to make signs... chant slogans..."

"you sound kind of jealous, lin."

"well, maybe i *am* jealous. maybe *i* wanna be a PFLAG mom."

"pee flag!!"

"...kids, are any of you non-binary?"

"i respond to both 'attaboy' and 'you go, girl!'"

do you guys prefer minimalist altars or over crowded ones?

i just saw a video on youtube from a witch who's altar was very minimal, tidy, expensive looking (they had around 3/4 of those statues of the Gods that cost like $80 each and also a huge deer skull), and overall aesthetically pleasing altar.

it made me kind of insecure about mine because i don't have the money for all those things, and also, my altar contains all the stuff i use the most, not only devotional / worship related things.

what means more to you?

If clutter and knicknacks and memories, dozens of candles, ticket stubs, and candy are what make your altar feel alive, thats the right answer.

If one single statue of a god on a white linen tablecloth is what makes your heart sing, that’s the answer. 

WARNING: THIS POST IS LONG AND EXCEEDS THE IMAGE LIMIT TUMBLR HAS, THEREFORE THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE LABELED SECTIONS AND A REBLOG TO KEEP THE POST ORGANIZED TL;DR the staff members of the below servers have displayed a historic and present behavior of bullying, abusing power, making absurd claims of priesthood, seership, and godspousal that can be easily debunked, anti semitic behavior, and tone policing of BIPOC when they discuss serious issues such as blood quantum. They also permit art and content thieves to post in their servers. Some screenshots will be from Flowers of Hellenism, a server that was deleted due to its original owner recognizing the cesspool the staff had made it. However the behaviors in Flowers of Hellenism have shown to be continued. Server Names and Purposes: Olympus Peaks - a Hellenism focused witchcraft and religious server Keepers of Kemeticism - a Kemetic focused witchcraft and religious server

Godly Galaxies - a 17+ interfaith server focused on godspousal, priesthood, paganism, and witchcraft Comfort Hollows - a private access priesthood server only accessible by approved members of the above servers Server IDs: Olympus Peaks - 909719311306866689 Keepers of Kemeticism - 908441420686315540 Godly Galaxies - 937865249418256456 Comfort Hollows - 907187922686595085 Users Responsible for the Communities: Olympus Peaks Owners: LiteralMochi#0635 (697152938438688848), liliflwrs#4891 (660206756546478136), olliebutanxious#8258 (625853397899411496) Moderators: jaybird#7056 (758832979794722846), AuroraNoctifer#6969 (435917258913742849), aspis#7638(315956449631141889), yairo#9699 (539123876765106178), Laramie#5655 (729109174079848519), Artiosun#9014 (731426325730164779), kafun#2376 (468272825455869952) Keepers of Kemeticism Owners: Huntress#5176 (292843897548439553), Artiosun#9014 (731426325730164779), dinosocks#1018 (848966473611345961), r/1#4534 (829133673529737246) Administrators: clowns.#3654 (750436259985489985), liliflwrs#4891 (660206756546478136), Confused Mia#2474 (580999971906650132), AuroraNoctifer#6969 (435917258913742849) Moderators: bathtub#2222 (567628126717214720), BadBitch_Rehz#9340(507617058574434316), LiteralMochi#0635 (697152938438688848), bunny#0658 (196615634526666752) Godly Galaxies Owners: AuroraNoctifer#6969 (435917258913742849), Laramie#5655 (729109174079848519) Moderators: LiteralMochi#0635 (697152938438688848), liliflwrs#4891 (660206756546478136), kafun#2376 (468272825455869952), aexists#1969 (553276015837839370) Comfort Hollows Owners: LiteralMochi#0635 (697152938438688848), liliflwrs#4891 (660206756546478136), yairo#9699 (539123876765106178) Moderators: AceitunaOscura#7810 (693267446597025854), AuroraNoctifer#6969 (435917258913742849), Laramie#5655 (729109174079848519)

BEHAVIOR 1: ANTISEMITISM AND RACISM

A Flowers of Hellenism Staff member who claims to be Jewish created a quiz entitled "What Jew Lizard Are You?" and encouraged other staff members to take the quiz, which they did, with no questioning from staff as a whole or the other Jewish person on the team despite the team having issues with antisemitism in the past with a former owner.

When an Indigenous member of the server made a post in the appropriate channel (see below) with regard to their issues with blood quantum, a staff member discussed discomfort with their "anti-white rhetoric" with no major retribution and another complained that it sounded "venty". The members post was this:

This message instigated a discussion where Native members brought up their issues with blood quantum and behind the scenes was met with this:

While these comments did start an argument, nothing definitive was done discipline wise to the staff members who made these comments and they were allowed to dodge accountability and remain on staff with no issue.

When a member of Godly Galaxies who is a POC displayed interest in wanting to research/understand Voodou, the owner, AuroraNoctifier who is a white woman responded by gatekeeping and policing how Black a person had to be to partake in Voodou despite admitting she knows next to nothing about the practice.

SEERSHIP, PRIESTHOOD, AND GODSPOUSAL CLAIMS While any of these titles hold general controversy within the pagan community due to difficulty verifying, scammers, and differing beliefs, the claims of these individuals are expansive, power-hungry, and break either their own rules or the rules of the communities they claim to be a part of. AuroraNoctifier, for example, claims to be a Norse Gothi of Tyr despite only working with Tyr for a short period and not greatly participating in the Norse Pagan or Heathen community. She deleted her own Flowers of Heathenry server shortly after Flowers of Hellenism was deleted and hasn't participated in the norse sections of the servers she is a part of very heavily.

The majority of the staff in these servers make priesthood, seer, and godspouse claims to one or more gods.

Even members who aren't beyond the pail when it comes to priesthood or godspousal claims ("particularly close with" is how they phrase godspousal as not to break their own rule on not discussing godspousal) will condescend to members about their interest in priesthood for research purposes or other reasons. If you aren't in the club, its unlikely you'll get verified as a priest or the like easily. The person in the below screenshot addressing a notable portion of a now-defunct offshoot server called Florum Campis as "kiddos" was only 14 or 15 when they made this message and they claim to be a priest of Zeus and have shown interest in godspousal as a minor.

There is also a generalized ego problem when it comes to the idea of the group being priests:

A current member of their priesthood chats and server discussed with us how easy it was to get into this portion of the community by lying:

I honestly can’t believe it was that simple. I am not a priest, never had a desire to be a priest, and never had a calling to be one. I am a solitary practitioner and have been so for years. It was very easy to waltz in and once I got them to respond to the ticket I opened. I asked about priesthood for a deity I worshipped briefly and one I’ve never interacted with at all. I got yes for both from their “verified diviners”, the majority of which were staff or “priests” themselves. I’ve been sitting in the community, even spouted some bullshit about what a modern priest of the pantheon I practice with would do and I haven’t been questioned, pushed, or been a concern at all. In reality, modern priests seldom exist in this pantheon and those that do have to go through an ordainment process with a group. You can’t just claim it. They’re not as well-rounded in their understanding of varying spiritual practices as they’d like to think. I ran into more issues with becoming a “verified diviner” where staff would ask me inane questions such as “what is the weather like where I am” to verify my divining abilities despite my saying that my divining skills lie with emotional matters and deity communication.

As visible above, gossip channel eventually leaked over into main chats for staff where memes and comments were made. This also caused issue when Flowers of Hellenism was closing due to Olympus Peaks being placed on a pedestal as the replacement community despite several members of Flowers of Hellenism being banned from Olympus Peaks simply because the owners or staff disliked them. This would be fine if staff of both of these servers didn't present an obsession with upholding Xenia and mocked the people who were confused about their lack of access behind the scenes

This behavior continued in Olympus Peaks with a similar gossip chat being made.

After another server ended its partnership with Keepers of Kemeticism due to becoming aware of the abusive behavior committed by its staff member, one of the moderators of that server was shadowbanned from Keepers of Kemeticism despite not having anything to do with the conflict or the decision.

CONTENT THEFT This is an individual issue rather than a group-wide one, however the group is aware of this and enables it. Laramie traces art and sells commissions of traced art. They allow her to post about her commissions despite the obvious tracing being discussed behind her back.

This behavior was also performed by Moss (LiteralMochi) with resources provided by a former staff member of Flowers of Hellenism.

PROMOTION OF CREATORS WITH ISSUES Finally, Keepers of Kemeticism has a channel for promoting popular, large scale spiritual YouTubers. They formerly promoted Da’at darling and continue to promote Aliakai (https://at.tumblr.com/hellenic-reconstructionism/addressing-aliakais-response/ekxbk1c8bcrj ) Wolf the Red (https://twitter.com/dgpromedia/status/1270477374744924160?s=46&t=rLXdpEdLZjWejVFQ8m3Qbg) and Ocean Keltoi (https://at.tumblr.com/paganbigotscringecomp/ocean-shut-up/mfeiy027llbq). Members of their staff was aware of the major issue with the promotion and presence of members of white supremacist groups in The Hold and continued to promote them anyways. Posts displaying issues with these three creators have been hyperlinked, full blown posts detailing their issues will be made and linked to this post as well (updates will be made note of)

yuki-chan meets her plushie counterpart