The Irritable Witch

(in case you wanted to know because i fucking love this language) 

ad astra per aspera - to the stars through difficulties 

alis volat propriis - he flies by his own wings 

amantium irae amoris integratio est - the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love 

ars longa, vita brevis - art is long, life is short 

aut insanity homo, aut versus facit - the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses 

dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope 

ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty 

exigo a me non ut optimus par sim sed ut malis melior - I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad

experiential docet - experience teaches 

helluo librorum - a glutton for books (bookworm) 

in libras libertas - in books, freedom 

littera scripta manet - the written letter lasts 

mens regnum bona possidet - an honest heart is a kingdom in itself 

mirabile dictu - wonderful to say 

nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part 

omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now 

poeta nascitur, non fit - the poet is born, not made 

qui dedit benificium taceat; narrat qui accepit - let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it 

saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit - often, it is not advantageous to know what will be 

sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - he who feared he would not succeed sat still 

si vis pacem, para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war 

struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat - when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears 

sub rosa - under the rose 

trahimir omnes laudis studio - we are led on by our eagerness for praise

urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit - he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble 

Chapter 1: This Chapter has No Real Value Unless You Want to Know My Life Story, which, Let’s Be Real, You Don’t

Chapter 2: For Some Reason I Feel the Need to Justify this To Someone Who’s Already Literally Bought In

Chapter 3: Oh, Did You Want Actual Material? Here it is… Psyche! ANOTHER Introduction with a Far Too Personal Anecdote

Chapter 4: Vague Gesticulations as to Why I Think Magic Is Real feat. Shitty Metaphysics that Would Make Even Descartes Roll in His Grave

Chapter 5: Candle Magic, Because It’s Basic As Shit and the Only Magic I’m Actually Good At

Chapter 6: Did Someone Say, “Sixth Grade Understanding of Classical Mythological Figures?”

Chapter 7: The Turning of the Wheel: Time’s a Bitch and Took My Youth, Here’s Another Personal Anecdote About It

Chapter 8: We’re the Victims Here: My Pisspoor Understanding of the History of Witchcraft that I Take As Fact

Chapter 9: It’s Not Cultural Appropriation!!!!! Okay??!!??!

Chapter 10: Incomplete Charts. We Got… Colors… We Got… Moons… Here’s Some… Gendered Days of the Week…

Chapter 11: How to Craft Spells with No Skills In Poetry at a Mere $500 a Pop! You’re Welcome! Buy My T-shirt!

Chapter 12: Advanced Magikck: Fuck Some Ghosts or Some Shit

Chapter 13: Fuck I Forgot the Tarot and How to Swing a Pendulum

Chapter 14: Rituals and Circle-Casting: In Which I Deny Satan’s Existence but Put the Fear of Him in You Anyway