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You are, to an extent, responsible for creating the magic in your own life. You have to create some to see some, you have to act on the faith that magic is not just something that happens to you, but something you build through what you do. Itâs not always just chance, It is something that you have to actively participate in. Thatâs how you make loving and living life something you do, not something you wait for.
It can be frustrating to feel oneself working less, casting less, reading less, etc in one's practice. But it's important to remember that there is more than working, casting, reading, etc. Sometimes we cast less because we are connecting more, creating more, crafting more. Sometimes we read less because we are researching more, reflecting more, resting more. Sometimes we work less because there are other things to our crafts than the actual workings.
For some people, the workings are constant and big and performed in meticulously drawn out circles with the correct seals on the correct candles all placed in the correct spot within the space. And that's fine. But, for some people, witchcraft ebbs and flows with life, workings are done in the kitchen, and much of the grimoire is in our noggins. Magic can look as much like connection as it can candles and workings and bells. Magic can look as much like cross-stitching and blessing in doorframes and folk art and walking in the woods as it can creating the right circle in the right hour on the appropriate day. All that to say, you're not "less witchy" because you went a week without lighting a candle or shuffling cards; you're probably just focused on another area of your magical/spiritual life.
Fourth from my 2023 Pride line is the image of Kybele, the Great Mother, Mother of the Gods.
Cybele / Kybele is the Phrygian Mother of the Gods, syncretized and identified with the Greek Titan Rhea, and worshiped in Rome as Magna Mater. It is her cult into which Dionysos was initiated to cure him of the madness inflicted by Hera. She is famous for the frenzied dancing and drumming of her rites, and for her gender-deviant priesthood â who may have included transwomen and/or eunuchs.
On the front of the talisman the goddess is shown on her throne, flanked by lions. She holds a pomegranate in one hand and a frame drum in the other. On the back is an image of two pine trees, like that found at her shrine in a temple of Aesclepius.
This talisman was commissioned by author Ariana Serpentine as a part of her personal devotional work, made available to the public by her astounding generosity, and included in this yearâs Pride line at her particular request. You can find Arianaâs book, Sacred Gender, wherever fine books are sold.
* Talisman is one inch in diameter with an image on each side.
* Available as a pendant with an upeye suitable for a 3mm chain or with three rings suitable for stringing as a rosary piece.
* Available in sterling silver or red bronze.
This piece is not consecrated. That is your responsibility to do in accordance with your tradition or gnosis.
free to download/print, just don't redistribute to other places/websites. this is a general summary (or masterlist?) of how i personally guide myself through the week.
includes deities, theme keywords, and a small list of suggested activities (it doesn't mean those are the only days you can do those activities in, it just means they best align with the themes of that day).
initially, i was going to make a summary post of what i have written on my personal grimoire. but i realized that i must attempt to include as much as i could. this isn't even the full list, i may add more or create a .pdf guide when i decide to get my mind on it. or, you could add this to your own grimoire/studies!
i recently made a lesson about "daily things we use but not understand," where i covered the origins of our calendar system (e.g., why "september" means "seventh" but it's the ninth month) and weekly system.
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May you find a pocket of magical community that requires you to suppress neither your discernment nor your belief. May you be surrounded by magical peers who require only that you believe what you believe, and that you practice what you practice. May you find a space that holds respect for your experiences even when they don't align with the practices of the others in that space.
So I've been very lazy with my studying toward witch craft and therefore I'm going back to the beginning~ lol. Any advice for a little witch?
Some Advice for Getting Started:
*Start with things that interest you!*Â
I know i get terribly bored very quickly (gemini curse lmao) so i find that if i dive into stuff iâm interested in learning about, that it will tend to hold my attention longer and help me get back into the swing of things! So in my example one of my first things i researched when i was starting out was about Crystals and their properties/uses in magic! From there i was able to use that as a sort of base jumping off point for my magical practice! And if you find something you were learning about doesnât seem like it fits you/your style/ your practice then drop it and move on to the next thing!Â
*Ask Questions!*
No Questions Are Stupid Questions No Questions Are Stupid Questions No Questions Are Stupid Questions!!!! Questions mean you care enough to try and learn more about something! Iâm pretty much always here and will try my best to answer as best as i am able And if I canât i will do my best to help direct you to someone more knowledgeable!
*TAKE YOUR TIME!*
This one is important because most of the time i feel like i see baby/beginner witches try really REALLY hard to âreach the same levelâ as other witches as quickly as possible when in reality that just hurts THEIR path in the long run. Your path is your own, take it at your own pace. Enjoy the little bumps along the way and find the âRoses of your Pathâ (the things that make you want to stop and appreciate them: the satisfaction of calling your first Storm, the chill of the night air when you set out your first Full Moon Water, the spark when you find that one crystal.) Enjoy it. Enjoy your path, Enjoy your Craft.Â
*Use the Things you Already Own!*
Another thing i see beginners getting hung up on (myself included, i was/am extremely guilty of this lol) is wanting to go out and buy a ton of supplies. try looking around your house for things that can be re purposed. Old Spaghetti Sauce Jars can be cleaned and used as spell jars, deity altars/shrines, or ingredient storage! Take pictures from old magazines and make a collage Altar on paper! Use a composition notebook as your Book Of Shadows! Your old broken glasses case can be used as a case for your portable altar! Dig around and see if there are extra candles you havenât used in a while! Wash out and save those eggshells from your cooking to use as spell ingredients! It takes some creative thinking but you can reclaim pretty much anything for your craft!
*Look for Bargains!*For one thing prices can be outrageous for actual craft materials: like Crystals and Gems? Truly truly truly outrageous. So keep your eyes peeled for bargains and deals! Some of the best places to look for things on the cheap would be Dollar Stores, Flea Markets, Thrift Shops, Garage/Estate Sales! Most of the time in those places you can try haggling to get things at a cheaper price (or get more for less.) It really just depends on the place but you can find the most interesting assortments of things! Keep your eyes peeled in your general day to day life as well see if there are sales at your local grocery store for seed packets, seasonal items/holiday items (look for the sales afterwords to really save haha) The internet is a great place to look, i know Ebay has sellers who sell raw crystals/ crystal chunks by the pound. Thereâs also places to buy spices in bulk too . *Donât Compare Your Path to Others!*Your Path is Your Path, Their Path is Their Path. Being online and part of the witchy community in tumblr means that there are a lot of ideas being shared from peopleâs paths and their views on how they think magic should be practiced. What works for them might not work for you and vice versa. Only YOU can decide what is best for you and your path. and on that note:*Figure Out What YOU Want Out of Your Path!*When you get some time, sit down and write out all the things you want to get from your path and think critically about how you want magic to work in your daily life. Do you want it to be Super Formal or more casual? perhaps a mix of the two?  Test the waters! Try things once and if you donât like it then you know and can move on to the things that work better for your lifestyle/craft/path!Some examples from my list that i can think of right now would be:-Better knowledge of Crystals/ Crystal remedies and their healing properties-Daily research -aka tumblr--Appreciating Nature more (Whenever i go on walks with my dog i try to pick up some litter if/when i see it)-Daily Deity appreciation  -aka deity aesthetic reblogs to @theemeraldgod & Pintrest-
Helpful Links for Beginners:Sww Master List of Tags- Hereâs my main hub of things that i tag feel free to look and see if something interests you!Altars/ Altar set up Advice- My long winded post about what to put on your Altar.My Beginner Tag// My Beginner 101 Tag- There are two tags because they have similar information, the 101 tag is for more âHey I just started today what do I need to knowâ
Anyways thanks for sending this in! Iâve been meaning to make one of these for a while and this finally gave me the excuse ^^
Marks of growth as a person and practitioner in witchcraft spaces:
-not feeling the need to constantly correct others
-knowing when and how to offer a dissenting viewpoint
-being content to disagree without engaging in debate
-fact-checking information before passing it along or incorporating it into your practice
-questioning your assumptions and decolonizing your thinking
-understanding that no two practices are the same and that the experiences and opinions of others do not need to govern your path
-understanding that practices not your own or contrary to your own can still be valid
-being able to describe your current beliefs without putting down others or defaulting to discussions about religious trauma
-focusing on comprehension, learning, and exploration rather than consumption
-understanding that "witch" is a gender neutral term and that anyone can be a witch if they choose to
-understanding that safety is more important than visibility
-understanding that magical practice does not have to be constant
-Developing personal beliefs and practices that may align with existing traditions but may not match them precisely
-Developing a reliable bullshit detector and employing it regularly
-Diminished desire for constant validation from outside sources as to whether you're "doing it right"
-diminished desire to overshare or aestheticize your practices, instead focusing on what works for you rather than what looks pretty enough for social media
-diminished desire to Do All The Things At Once and instead focusing on the areas where you are comfortable / interested and taking things at a reasonable pace
-being aware of the problems in the community and doing your best to not contribute to them
-being aware of the New Age pipeline and staying out of it as much as possible
-embracing science and history and common sense alongside magical learning and spiritual beliefs (if you have them)
There are lots of others, but these are some of the ones I've noted in my own journey. Just some things to consider.
 Eyes on You, Blackout, Negativity absorption jar
Hereâs my Eyes on You and my Blackout spell jars before I dedicated them.
I also affixed a cheap chime candle holder on the top for ease of use. I just toss things in here and fire it up at will. Something needs my attention, throw it in the jar! need other people to watch someone so they donât get away with shit? Throw it in the jar! Someone has a rad project that needs more support? Toss it in the jar! Someone needs some love and attention? toss it in the jar!
The blackout spell jar pretty much works in the opposite way. Its just spray painted black. Want someone to leave you alone? Place a representation of you OR them in the jar. Got some negative thought? place them in the jar! Got a secret that is hard to keep? Put it in the jar!
The last in my negativity absorbing jar. Itâs filled with war water, ink, mirrors, and some other nasty stuff to absorb shit that flies my way.
This is my finished miniature oracle deck! Itâs made purely from sigils, and that was a very purposeful decision. I wanted something small and easily referenced; just one card to pull every morning to see what the day will bring, or if pulled upside down, what it will be missing. It can tell me what sigil to wear that day or what to be on the lookout for. So itâs nothing fancy, just a fun idea I had and went for it.
Sigilwork is by far my favourite way to do magick other than kitchen witchcraft and it brings me a lot of joy. I didnât use any of my personal sigils on these cards just because I wanted something I could throw together within the last two days, but in the future I plan to remake this deck or make a normal sized one complete with all personalised sigils.
I absolutely love art and I always have so that will be a joy to do. and if any of yâall have been considering making your own oracle decks or means of divination, I say go for it! I had a great time and I feel like Iâve made something that iâll get some true use out of and something that iâm proud of.
But yeah! I just wanted to share it and since I didnât use any of my personal sigils, iâm not afraid to share the full pictures of each card. the backs are nothing special, just some swirls to represent each cardâs energy. Let me know what you think and I might be occasionally sharing what card I pull each day.
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Grave offerings and burying the dead with tools and goods is actually such a deeply human thing to do. It's not really even necessarily about how much you believe in a literal afterlife or them taking the tools with them. It's also just going Wait, I'm Not Done Taking Care Of You, let me make you one more pair of socks so your feet won't be cold when you go wherever it is where I can't follow.
The reason people are told "mundane before magic" is so they remember to do things like check whether they've got mold or carbon monoxide in their house before they decide the problem is a malevolent spirit, find out whether their health problems have a treatable medical cause before deciding they're cursed, and make sure they have a mechanic check their car once they hear funny noises instead of just casting a safety spell on it and calling it good. People get hurt if they neglect the mundane.
Wind Chimes, Witch Ladders / the Evil in Stillness
A folk grimoire of destagnation.
Those of us with European parents are undoubtedly familiar with the feeling of coming home from some trip, where your parents urge you to run through the house and open all the windows: "air out the house!" You speed around, kicking up dust, moving the air, slowly washing away the strange feeling of stillness that has contaminated your home. Air out the house. "Don't catch the draft," your parent yells up the stairs at you. The draft, of course, is never explicitly acknowledged to contain some ill-wishing spirit that will give you the flu, but everybody knows it does. And the same can be said for that stagnant air in the house, the silence permeating the walls.
The Evil in Stillness
Stillness is not good. Stillness has never been good - we have feared it since before we knew how to make fire. The land going silent, going motionless, going truly still; that spells disaster. Even now, with flashlights and the safety of our home, we are not spared the fear of stillness. None of us are comfortable in quiet forests. But even under our own roof we are not safe: when all is dark and everybody is motionless in their beds, ill-wishes, scary spirits and night-mares roam. And it would seem we can invite them into our homes, purely by leaving it unattended for long enough.
The stillness that comes about a home when it has been without inhabitants for long enough can only be solved by one thing: the return of the living. Whether that is people or animals coming by, or the house falling into decay and plants finding their way in. This seems inherent human knowledge - we feel more comfortable in houses that are or were recently occupied. Abandoned houses covered in ivy or inhabited by rodents are far less eerie than abandoned urban structures still perfectly as they were when they were left. Horror movies show little creatures scuttling about in still places when they want to give us a break from the terror.
So, it seems we all know the terrible feeling of stuffy air, stagnant energy, stillness, however you may know it. We all know the vulnerability of being motionless in the dark. To some of us it may seem more relevant than others: those of us who get goosebumps from silence, those of us who experience the fear of stillness in our cultures every day. But we all feel it. To those who fear it as much as I, I dedicate the following magic to alleviate and prevent stillness.
Preventing Stillness / Keeping the Evil at Bay
The universal key to life in a house seems to be moving air. Airing out the house is a great remedy, but it can also be your preventative measure - if safe, keep a window cracked and let the air flow through your house while you are gone. However, sometimes the air moving is just not possible. Sometimes you have to close up the whole house, and trap all the air inside of it. What then?
A popular method that appears across cultures is to have charms in and around the house that are very prone to moving. The movement would scare off the evils and spirits, because it would disrupt the stillness they are trying to inhabit. And the kicker about these charms is that they do not need air to move when they're being used against stillness, because the spirits who come to inhabit the stillness will also make the charms move as they invite themselves in. Silly trolls.
One charm I personally very much enjoy is an adaptation of the Cornish witch ladder. I like to make them as is traditional, but with only feathers going in opposite directions, no stones.
In my home region of Low Saxony it was also common to use both snail shells and egg shells, which are light but associated with magic and protection, in charms. Whether you used them on a string, made a garland, or any other type of charm that moves easy and can be suspended from the ceiling.
Other materials that would lend themselves incredibly well to such charms, the type you hang from the ceiling and let sway in the wind, would be sea shells, small twigs, hollowed sticks and straw, origami pieces, paper spirit crafts, sea sponge, dried flowers, etc.
Houseplants and flowers are another excellent method to keep some of the living present. Especially plants that move throughout the day: those that follow the sun, or whose flowers open and close depending on the light. But any living plants will really do. They will not completely spare you from the stuffy air, but they will certainly lessen the effects of stillness.
A different way to cut through stagnant air is sound. Something that is always producing sound (or only silent when you're not there to see it being silent... supposedly...) is a great way to stop the spirits of silence creeping into your dwelling. That is where a wind chime of any sort may often come in, but there are different ways to do this, such as pipes fastened to catch the wind, so that they howl, or even always leaving the radio softly playing in the background, set to a classical station, like was often done by the richer families I knew in my childhood. This sort of precaution, an auditory one, lends itself extremely well to being outside the house, where the wind enables them to be in near perpetual function. A house that has music coming from it, that appears almost as though it were truly fully alive of its own right, independent of having residents, will always scare away the stillness.
Remedying the Stillness / Scaring Away the Evil
For the most part, chasing away the scary things in the stillness comes naturally to us. We even chase it away, though less effectively, purely by coming home and making our house our own again. But if you are sensitive to it, you don't like it, and you want to get rid of that stagnant feeling as fast as possible, here's some effective methods, to combine or use separately.
Open all the windows, or enough windows/doors to allow air to flow through your house effectively. Both doors on opposite ends of the house are a great option, but so are more-or-less opposite windows, or windows that are directly connected through hallways and open doors.
Play sounds, out loud. Not necessarily loudly, but loud enough that it carries through the house and makes it feel alive again. Music from a speaker, the TV, a laptop with a YouTube video. Even just your own voice singing or talking. If you have no neighbors to annoy you can even bang pots or play an instrument.
Run around, dance, frolic. Visit every room, see how it's doing, move some things around. Shake up pillows and duvets. Fill all the spaces with your presence again.
Make a meal. Cooking will fill the air with the busyness of food preparation and the smell of inhabitants and labor.
Light incense or smoke cleanse your house. Smoke always moves through the air and gives it life back. Smoke is also a great indicator of stagnant air, as in rooms with stagnant air, smoke hangs around, suspended almost motionlessly.
Clean. Sweeping, especially, is a very effective manner of removing stagnation. Some people also like to sprinkle salt and then sweep that from the furthest point of the door, going toward the door, until they have swept all the salt out. A common folk spell to chase spirits off and not have them come back is to sweep toward the door, making sure to get every room, and when you have swept a room and are in the door, say: 'shoo! I'm cleaning here, out of my way! And you had better not track dirt in here!'
There are also those things that you may want to do for safety. Some houses with less modern running water should have the faucets on for a while so the stagnant water is out of the system before you consume it. Things like that often also double as great ways to bring some life back.
However you do it, the life will always come back to a place as long as there are people there. And let us never learn to loathe the stillness: as scary as it is, we can also learn a lot from the spirits contained in it. For some people, a completely still space may be just what they need to talk to spirits, to do divination, to decompress for just a bit. Eerie does not mean inherently bad; 'eerie' is only a symptom of our survival instinct.
I hope you feel inspired to think about the spirits around you, and the role they play both when you can sense them and when you cannot.
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This piece is a tribute to the witches of FlorianĂłpolis, a place also known as the âIsland of Magicâ. In some stories, fishermen recounted that witches danced inside their fishing nets.
Watercolor, pencils and ink on A4 paper.
Artwork made for the âFables of Timeâ exhibition by Poetic Tiger Gallery. Original available for sale.
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