#gray witch

Been a long time since I reset my altar with such intention.

Started With: Chapter outlines, 15,865 words in old Word document

Ended with: All chapter documents created with their blurb included. 1492 of reworked/rewritten chapters in the new and improved document.

This isn't a real cult, it's just a page where I talk about my religious beliefs. If you follow, congratulations, you just joined the "cult".

Main commandments and beliefs of the cult:

Do not harm unless absolutely necessary, such as in the defense of yourself or others.

There is a duality to everyone and everything. Nothing is black and white. No person, action or phenomenon is inherently and fully good or bad.

All gods of all faiths are equally real in the spiritual spaces they inhabit and they call to those who are meant to connect to them.

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, and this includes karma. Everything negative you do brings you negativity and everything positive you do brings you positivity.

We have more in common with each other than we do differences, and open communication and understanding is the key to compromise.

Bodily autonomy is a naturally given human right, and that includes gender transition and termination of pregnancies. People who are pregnant but do not want to be pregnant or do not want to be parents should be encouraged and supported if they choose termination.

Human sexuality, so long as it is consensual, legal, and private, is beautiful and sacred and should never be shamed.

To be resilient when faced with turmoil is just as brave as actively fighting back. Resist oppression and injustice however you can.

The Earth is sacred and should be respected. Do whatever you can to help keep it habitable and safe.

People with disabilities and neurodivergencies are important, meaningful members of society and deserve to be helped, protected, respected, and cared for.

Children are innocent and are learning how to be people. They deserve to be treated with care, respect, patience, and protection.

All genders, sexualities, races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions and cultures are beautiful and interesting, and you should respect them and learn about them as much as possible, even if you don't believe what they do.

All magic and spiritual experiences are simply scientific phenomena that we don't yet understand. (Example: I theorize that reincarnation, spirituality, soul mates and many other phenomena are due to quantum entanglement. Essentially, atoms never die, "we are star dust", so it could be theorized that matter that was close to a higher power during the big bang, upon breaking down into multiple parts and eventually becoming molecules in the brains of people, would be drawn to other people, places, and higher powers whose molecules were originally close to ours. And when they die, and break down, those molecules eventually end up in another being who does it all again. I also believe that higher powers like Gods exist in a higher dimension than us which is why they can't directly interact with people but can influence us and our world, and that our consciousness is able to access their dimensions during dreams, spiritual experiences and after death.)

I will add more as things come up.

About your cult leader:

If you want to be formal with the cult thing, you can call me Father or Priest.

Otherwise you can call me Rayner.

I'm 29, 30 in May

♉☀️, ♎🌕,♊🌅

I'm an intersex, non-birary Trans man

I'm Algonquin, Ojibwe, Melungeon, Welsh and Irish. I'm white passing and self identify as both white and native American/indigenous.

I was raised by the native side of my family and I've been pagan my whole life. I've been actively practicing witchcraft since I was about 10.

I consider myself to be a gray, eclectic, chaos witch. I'm not wiccan and I highly dislike wicca as a movement.

I draw heavily from Hellenic, Roman, and Norse paganism but I also draw influences from Celtic and native American religions, Taoism, Buddhism, and general occultism.

I sometimes participate in Voodoo, Hoodoo, and Santa Muerta when invited by people who practice regularly but I don't delve into these by myself due to cultural reasons.

I respect closed practices because I am not part of the culture those higher powers call to.

Most of what I do falls under circle magic, rituals, herbal magick, charms and poppits, crystal magic, dream magic, card reading, bone/charm reading, and meditation.

Hi everyone! So here's a couple photos of one of my most recent rituals. If I'm being honest, it should have been done right about now during the New Moon in Aries, but we live and we learn!

Since my altar/offering idea list seemed to get a good response, here’s another list on the opposite end of the spectrum.

Be warned, some of this stuff is dangerous to handle, like, physically, not just magically. Don’t leave a curse jar full of anything that might rot in or near your house. I’m not responsible for the results of whatever you do with this information, or the results of any hexes you cast.

cemetery dirt

maceration water (if you’re not familiar with taxidermy terminology, it’s the water leftover after you let animal parts sit in it for a while to clean flesh off of bones)

labyrinth dirt

animal claws/teeth (pick an animal that corresponds with your intention)

rotten flesh/meat/eggs (be sure to bury the damn thing outside as far away from you as possible if you go this route)

the cheapest, nastiest vodka you can find, or malt liquor (good for spells targeting an abusive alcoholic)

vinegar

dead insects (especially spiders)

thunderstorm water

urine

cat shit

bullets

thorns

wasps nest

barbed wire

rusty nails/coffin nails

needles

spanish moss

bloodstone

iron filings

broken glass

razor blades

goofer dust (this one might be a bit controversial; depending on your views, this might be best to skip and leave for hoodoo practitioners to use)

mars water (especially if made on the day of mars, hour of mars)

crushed ants, wasps, and scorpions

blood root

black snake root

deerstongue

asafoetida

high john root

whole chili pepper

dragon’s blood

blackthorn bark

masterwort

Probably the last witch and art piece in general I will be drawing this month, this being Artemis, a cosmic and gray witch~

Just like their mama Shadow, Artemis has taken to witchcraft in their teen years, studying both cosmic/celestial magic and gray magic. They are not as big into the craft as their mom or grandparents, but they still enjoy practicing their magic and all the different spells and such they can learn. Influenced by their other mama Suzie, they are very fashionable and a little extra when it comes to their witch outfits, going all-out with the cosmic/starry aesthetic~ ✨️