Rose's Forest

Hiya loves! It's the dreaded intro post!

My name is Rose and I'm a 20 year old Disabled (POTs, CFS, Fibro, AuDHD), Helpol, Eclectic Practitioner and art student. I'm a Pisces sun♓, Aries Moon♈ and Virgo Rising♍. This blog was created to act as an altar space as well as somewhere to practice technomancy. I may create dedicated side-blogs for specific deities at some point, and if I do, they will be linked.

Although I worship and respect all the Theoi, my main focuses of worship are: Athena, Ares, Aphrodite and Nyctimene.

Classic DNI criteria apply, as well as:

The Phobias and Isms

Right-wing politics and ideologies

Starseed believers

Those who disrespect the Theoi

Those who are anti-religion or anti-helpol

Questioning practitioners as well as atheists and members of other religions are welcome, as long as you aren't disrespectful towards helpol or witchcraft. Minors may interact at their own discretion, but please remember that I am 20 years old and this blog may include references to sex, violence and alcohol consumption (all of which will be preluded with trigger warnings). Practice internet safety and don't interact with people you're uncomfortable with, including me. This blog is likely not suitable for those under 15.

I am a member of a questioning DID/OSDD system, the Rosebush System, but this account is run by the host, and this topic will likely not come up. I/me pronouns will be used. System hate has no place here.

Hello lovelies! Today I wanna talk about digital spell jars.Technomancy– a form of witchcraft that relates to or utilises technology– is a passion of mine and I've found myself turning to digital spell jars more and more often lately, so I thought I'd post this little guide just to share how amazing this form of casting can be. I, as some of you may know, am a housebound and periodically bedbound witch due to my disabilities, and I’m always looking for new ways to make my practice more accessible and it is a great joy to be in a position that allows me to share my accessible practices with all my fellow chronically-ill witches out there. Now, you don’t have to be disabled, chronically ill or bedbound to practice technomancy or to create digital spell jars, of course, but I do find it to be a cheap, low-spoons way of casting various jar spells. I tend to use my digital jar spells for the smaller spells in life, as a hands-on, physical approach more easily allows me direct my personal energy and intention into my spells, particularly as I am only recently getting acquainted with technomancy, and my power in the field isn’t as strong yet as it is in some other areas of the craft. It’s true what they say, practice does make perfect. 

Now, I tend to utilize Pinterest for my digital spell jars, although I can imagine that any moodboard-creating software would allow for you to follow the same method as the one I use. I began initially by creating a board on Pinterest called ‘Spell shelf,’ which I have broken down into various sections. Think of each of these sections as their own ‘jar,’ into which you place the ingredients of the spell in the same way that one does in a typical spell jar. I title these sections with the intention for the spell in question. For example, I may title a luck spell ‘luck’ or ‘luck at work’ or ‘luck in exams’ depending on the specific purpose of the spell. I recommend keeping these titles short, clear and to avoid using phrases such as “spell for [purpose]," or “I wish for [purpose],” and instead to keep the titles informational, serving as a basic label of your spell’s function. The first thing I add to this ‘jar’ is a sigil. I typically use Sigil Engine to create and add a custom sigil to my board, containing the intention for my spell, as well as connecting the spell to the person/object I want it to effect, serving as both an intention and a taglock. For example, for a general luck spell I might type: ‘I am lucky in all I do’ or ‘[friend’s name] attracts luck and success.’ I then save the image generated by Sigil Engine to my board. You can, of course, use traditional sigil creating methods and draw out your end result on paper that you photograph and save to your board, or draw your sigil digitally if you prefer. Finally, it’s time to add ingredients– to do this I use pictures of traditional ingredients, as well as using certain images as unique ingredients that aren’t typically found in a spell jar. For example, for our luck jar I might add an image of mint plants where I would typically add a real mint leaf. I may also add a picture of a four leafed clover– which would be a wonderful addition to a physical spell jar, but might be a difficult to find and rare ingredient in real life, far easier to add to our digital jar. I sometimes will add a digital ingredient that can’t translate directly to a physical ingredient. For example, if this luck jar is for academic success, I might add an image of a test with an ‘A’ grade or a picture of an aesthetic study desk.

 When we draw power from physical herbs, we don’t just draw power from its meaning or what it represents, we also draw power from the object itself and its physical qualities, and in some practices such as animism, from the spirit of the object. This is less possible when we use images in a digital spell, and I tend to focus on drawing power solely from the meaning of the image, the emotions that are created from the viewing of the image, not from physical properties. Ending your spell can be as simple as deleting the board– although if you want to make more of a ritual of it, or say a prayer over it as you dispel it, that’s absolutely fine! 

Book annotation has been a hobby of mine for quite some time- and when I do have the time to partake in it, I always feel as the Lady Athena is watching over my shoulder, encouraging me to learn, and to be critical of all that I read.

Ares Khalkokorustês- Clad in Bronze.