Mooncrafter

Eight months after taking office, the mayor of a small town in Texas has come out as transgender.

“As your Mayor I must tell you about something that has been with me since my earliest memories,” New Hope Mayor Jess Herbst wrote in an open letter on the town’s website. “I am Transgender.”

She is believed to be the first openly transgender mayor in Texas, The Dallas Observer reported.

Grovedaughter Witchery by Bree NicGarran

For the witch whose town is devoid of occult shops and covens, learning the craft can be a daunting task indeed. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways for a budding practitioner to make a start

Stroll down the forest path with Bree NicGarran, co-author of “The Sisters Grimmoire” and “The Witches’ Cupboard,” and discover the surprising ways you can practice your craft with commonplace items from the supermarket and the craft store. Build a travel kit for on-the-go magic. Create your own spells from scratch with a step-by-step guide. Learn how to make your own witch webs and magical powders. Uncover the secrets of walnut charms and witchballs and much, much more. Every page carries tricks of the trade and homegrown charms from the files of the Grovedaughter herself.

From besoms to banishings to a bit of good advice, Grovedaughter Witchery is the ideal book for any witch with an inclination toward a practical, no-frills approach to witchcraft.

Kindle Edition $8.99

In light of a couple of posts about witches who are suffering from mental illness(es), I’ve decided to add on the this conversation which really needed to happen. 

Here is a list of witchcraft practices you can do on low spoons, and a little discussion on how you can use your illness to fuel your craft. 

What can you do with low spoons?

Infuse intentions into food

Wear stones already charged with energy

Meditate

Use a pendulum

Infuse intention into water and drink it

Wear charms that are already charged and ready to be worn

Draw on magickal energy from other sources

Ground and center

Anything else that requires little to no spoons. 

How can you use your illness to fuel your craft? A lot of it has to do with your illness, but here are a few:

Use your inner turmoil to fuel a spell.

Use the deep sadness inside for an “opposite effect” spell.

(I don’t do curses personally, but) Use the all the negative emotions in you to power your curses.

Use those same emotions in warding spells. 

Use them in hexes. 

Use them in binding spells. 

I could be really specific about other uses, but those would have to be tailored to a specific illness and that would make this list way too long. Be creative with it, or send me an ask about it. 

Your craft is still valid whether you don’t have enough spoons for even the littlest things or not. 

My coworkers complain that our Muslim students get to leave class to pray Salat at noon. Like, we have maybe one Muslim student every two or three years - thus far, all extraordinarily respectful and lovely kids! - and they slip quietly out of class to pray.

My coworkers find all this infuriating. “Imagine,” they cry, “If a Christian kid asked to do that.”

I calmly explain, every single time, that a Christian kid would never HAVE to do that, because every single Christian holy day is a day off school. Good Friday. Easter Sunday. Christmas day. Our entire country interrupts its financial and educational systems - schedules its WEEKS - around the Christian prayer customs and seasons.