#celtic witch

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Bonus points if your blog has anything to do with the following topics: the Fae folk, Celtic/Welsh/Scottish witchcraft and/or mythology and history, deity and spirit work, all forms of divination. Oh and dreamwork also. Oh and Appalachian folk magic and history/lore but that's a reach maybe idk how popular that would be here nowadays

brigid — celtic goddess of healing, smithing, poetry, fertility, divination, fire and water.

brigid bless this hearth and home, keep us safe from harm. no matter how far we might roam, guide us safe and sound. heal me with your sacred water, shield me with your flame. your love is my sword and shield and so it shall remain.

"if you do / don't do _, you're not a real witch"

"you must do _ in this specific way or it won't work"

hey so who exactly are you to tell someone else what their craft should look like? or what is / isn't welcome within a pagan space? unless it is your own private circle, you have absolutely zero authority to dictate another pagan's path or how they choose to practice. that is between them and the gods, not you. what a narcissistic thing it is to believe that you hold power or control over another person's capacity for magick. how ignorant it is to believe that your way is the only "correct" way to cast or manifest.

as someone who was born and raised within a large coven of pagans & witches of many different cultures, i will confidently say that there really aren't any strict "rules" for most pagan practices. true magick comes from within the individual, not from a textbook or an internet article or (gods forbid) a tiktok video. personally, i would encourage my fellow witches to create their own unique methods for spellwork, deity worship, manifestaion, etc because when it comes from a place of creativity and authenticity, it truly is so much more powerful. that power is not diluted just because it looks a bit different from one person to another.

also, as pagans of the modern age, we eventually must accept the fact that the times have changed, and are still currently changing quite rapidly. it is okay for our traditions to evolve as we do, as both a species and as a society. the gods do not expect us to live in the exact same way as we did centuries ago, nor should we expect ourselves to. open-mindedness is key.