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(And I am looking mostly at you, Hozier fandom.) I am very happy to see so many of you pop up here lately after the release of UU. After all this time of sitting here unvisited, my fics finally receive some attention and — as little as I can tell — some love too.

Still it breaks my heart as a writer to see so many of you binging my stories without ever even considering to reblog or leave a comment.

So, just in case you did not know: I am a hobby writer. Meaning I was not paid for anything you find on here, neither do I receive any form of feedback unless you leave it in the comments for me.

Also, as lovely as it is to see all these red hearts, they do nothing at all in terms of helping me spread my work. Unfortunately, this platform does not work like the others you may frequent. Reblogs are the only way we have on here to bring content to other people’s dashes. And the only way to bring a smile to a writer’s face that helps us pull through the times we consider leaving tumblr because we feel like nobody gives a f*ck about our work anyway.

So, please, (for the love of Andrew,) show a little kindness and bring some warmth to this writer’s heart. Otherwise I am not sure I can handle the constant silence and what it does to my confidence in my writing abilities any longer.

Involuntary clairvoyance: an illustration from The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception by Max Heindel,  1911.

Here are all the vintage images I’ve so far encountered that, for one esoteric reason or other, are categorized as “occult.”

I was and am one of those witches; those feral, wild women who turned to powers higher than themselves and beyond the realm of understanding of many because I had nowhere else to go. I sought solace in magic, and I found it in the witchcraft I have been practising for a decade.

hi everyone! i created this spread last year, but i’m sharing it again as i have a lot of fun doing it!

i’d also like to do these readings for others! special price of £6/$7.72 via paypal, and will be delivered either on Samhain night of the 1st of November, demand permitting!

please send your initials or preferred name, your DOB, and the email you’d like it to be sent to. readings will be done with the Wild Unknown tarot (or the Santa Muerte one if it comes tomorrow!)

Okay so I’ve seen a fair amount of misinformation about witch ladders floating around and it’s time to set things straight!

[Image description: a long piece of rope, looped at one end, with many feathers woven into it] [Image source]

A witch ladder, or witches’ ladder, is a long piece of rope or yarn with feathers tied or woven into it. Thing is, no one knows that they are for.

The first witch ladder was discovered in Wellington, Somerset (UK) in the late 19th century. It was discovered in the late 19th century when an old house was due to be demolished. In the attic was found several brooms, a chair, and a witch ladder. The workmen declared that the witch ladder was used by witches to help them magically cross the roof.

Other folklorists claimed it might have been used as a rope to steal milk from neighbours’ cows, something that features heavily in historical and folkloric witchcraft.

Other theories are that the witch ladder is similar to an Italian form of cursing using a ‘ghirlanda’, or garland. The garland is a curse, with each of the feathers representing an illness that will be inflicted upon the victim. The witch ladder would be filled with ill intent and then hidden, either under the victim’s bed or in their attic. This would typically result in death of the victim.

However, no other old witch ladders have been found, and so its use in historical magic remains doubtful. Some scholars have compared the Wellington witch ladder to a ‘sewel’, used to turn back deer when hunting, so it may not be a magical object at all.

Despite the fact that witch ladders are unlikely to have been a part of historical witchcraft, they have been brought into modern witchcraft as a beautiful form of knot magic, and so are worth talking about. These modern witch ladders are commonly used as a house protection charm or blessing, and my favourite tutorials on how to make your own are here and here.

Sources: 

“Witches’ Ladder: the hidden history”, Chris Wingfield***

“A Witches’ Ladder”, Abraham Colles***

“A Witches’ Ladder”, J.G. Frazer and W.H. Ashby

hey yall this is the 4th annual samhain giveaway!! winner will be decided October 30th, 2019, Samhain. 12:00 EST. i’ll message/inbox you, will ship international!

must be 18+ to enter!

need to be following this blog to win!

please don’t reblog to giveaway blogs please! (nor tag it as one)

winners will be chosen randomly by an online number generator

please answer within 24hrs or a new winner will be picked 

peggy is only 2 years old and she is my world i have never loved an animal like i love her. ive had her since she was basically a newborn and yesterday she didn’t eat drink or poop all day. she still hasnt eaten or drank. we took her to the vet which was 174, and they gave her injections and hydration, but said if she doesn’t improve overnight she would need to be tested for more serious things.

the total they gave me was 384... i have 30 dollars left as this happened JUST after rent. my mom might give me 100 but my and my roommate’s family are tapped out from the hurricane draining my funds and my roommate’s family’s funds.

peggy has not yet improved at all. im starting to doubt she will without figuring out what’s causing this.

if anyone can donate anything just so we can be prepared for the worst tomorrow, i would really appreciate it. i will pay everyone back if nothing happens. hell if you want i will pay you back when i get paid on the 10th. please help my baby