#LabradoriteFae

[shuilebhride]

Hello fellow Lokean! Your blog is a wonderfully hospitable place. I'm looking forward to your divination event you're holding later this month! I'm curious, how did Loki first get your attention? If you're comfortable sharing of course :)

Thank you for your kind words. 

I’m looking forward to running the event and I know Loki is super excited about it as well. He told me it was a wonderful way to celebrate him sneaking his way into my life eight years ago. 

Yeah, I’m more than happy to share how Loki caught my attention and how he came into my life. Well, without giving away too many details, as I’m working on a more detailed post for my Wordpress blog, as well as a video for my Youtube channel as part of my series on how I met various deities. 

Anyway, how he caught my attention is literally through hospitality. He saw me trying to perform a blot to Thor in my apartment and decided he wanted in on the action. He asked me for something to drink, as I was gifting Thor beer at the time, but didn’t care at all for the beer I had ready to go for Thor. So, being the hospitable bastard that I try to be like how my dad taught me when I was only knee high to a grasshopper, I went out at night looking for a beer store that was still open so Loki could pick a drink more to his liking.

As people tend to say, the rest was history. He took that as an invitation to stick around and slowlw, ever so slowly, become reliable, trustworthy, friendly, and vital to my life over the years.

[upthewitchypunx]

labradoritefae replied to your photo “Used part of my mom's hanging art from the 70s to add decoration with...”

Excuse me, hi, thats a gorgeous besom and I was wondering how it is staying up??? I have a staff I need to mount but I have no idea how!

I have a ribbon tied around the broom and around the herbs and I made a loop around the back. Some of the herb are sewn into the broom to say in place. I hung the ribbon off a screw I put in my wall. There a hole in the top of the broom handle and I thought I was also going to have to put another screw in the wall but the broom handle is resting on the ceiling.

For a staff I would make some interesting loops of fabric of woven material that you fix to the wall in two places and slide the staff through those.

[teawiththegods]

Hello, I hope you are doing well during this quarantine! I was hoping you might be able to spare some advice. I was raised Christian, but now I am a polytheistic witch and I have heard that in order to practice Hellenic polytheism correctly you are supposed to worship all the gods, not just the ones you feel closest to. This seems very overwhelming to me as a spoonie witch. Is it disrespectful or improper to only worship a couple deities I feel close to?

Okay so I think the problem is that people get mistaken by what the concept of “worship” means. 

There’s a lot of different ways to go about worshiping and honoring the gods that doesn’t include daily and regular worship. 

Traditionally, the Greeks didn’t worship each god every single day. They had specific ones that they made regular offerings to and the other deities they either made offerings when they needed something or during the holy days and/or festivals. 

So to answer your question, no, you don’t need to worship all the gods in order to practice Hellenic Polytheism “correctly” (don’t listen to anyone who uses that language btw. There is really no right or wrong way to practice). You can worship whoever you want and no one else if you so choose. It’s up to you. 

[valkyriesquad]

Hello! I wanted to say thank you for doing all this, it is so unfortunately necessary, but it helps a lot! I was also hoping you could vet my blog when you have a chance. I hope you are staying safe and healthy in these crazy times.

Thank you, and you’re quite welcome!

Your blog has been vetted and added.

--mod gwwh

[pomegranatesanddevotions]

Heyyyyy we have the same sun, moon, and rising signs! That's pretty cool!

Hey! I never saw this until now but that’s super cool! When’s your birthday?

[crappe-my-dude]

@labradoritefae​ asked for “recommendations for songs that inspire you in your craft” and I guess this technically falls under that so here we are 

Giles Corey - Giles Corey

While its actually a whole album I still think more people should listen to it because oh boy its one of the most hauntingly beautiful albums I have listened to. It sounds kinda like a Haunted House? Not in a spooky scary way but more a house with really active spirits trying to communicate their life story to you?? Lots of acoustic guitar, distant vocals, echoed distortion, some really loud bits and some bits that are quite nuanced and quiet. Overall I definitely recommend listening to it with noise cancelling headphones on a train/bus/car ride around sunset cause it creates a really interesting atmosphere. 

It was written by Dan Barret, a member of the experimental band Have a Nice Life while in the middle of a depressive episode and trying to pull himself out of it. 

But the other big reason I want to recommend it is that it was inspired and named after a farmer who, along with his wife, was accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. He denied being a witch but refused to plead either guilty or not guilty, which left the sheriff with a bit of a problem because according to laws at the time a person could not be tried for a crime if they refused to plead. The process of extracting a plea the sheriff decided on was pressing (laying the person naked on their back and placing a board over their body on top of which rocks or weights would be placed until a confession or death), however every time they asked him for his plea right up til his death, he only replied with “More weight”. Accounts of his last words vary wildly with most being a variation on “More rocks”, but there is a theory that his last words were cursing the sheriff, who would die suddenly 4 years after from a heart attack at only 30 years of age. This theory gained traction when in 1978 (about 300 years after the trials) Robert Cahill was forced to retire as Sheriff or Essex County due to a rare blood disease, heart attack and stroke, as he noted that ass far back as he could trace the men holding that position had all died or been forced into retirement due to heart attacks and other heart problems. Once the Sheriffs office moved from Salem to Middleton (one county over) in 1991 the curse was apparently broken as since that time sheriffs haven’t had the same number of heart problems.

So yeah I hope you give it a listen and let me know what you think of it!!

(p.s. my favourite songs on here are Blackest Bile and Spectral Bride)

[atlaculture]

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Thank Yous

Just wanted to say thank you to my Ko-Fi supporters from 4/5, 4/6, 4/9 & 4/18. I really appreciate everyone’s generosity, especially during these difficult times! ; w ; If any of you would like me to analyze a particular subject or shout out your Tumblr, please feel free to reach out to me.

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@daeva92 I know what you’re referring to:

Green bandana guy appears to be a fisherman, while the apron guy appears to be a grocer. It’s ambiguous whether they’re residents/refugees or just passing by with their wares; Kyoshi Island isn’t that far off from the mainland so I could see either being an option. The guy buying the fish is actually one of Zuko’s crew, hence why he’s wearing red.

When I do my expansive character line-up posts, I’m drawing from https://atla-lore-archive.tumblr.com/ and the Avatar artbooks. These character models all vary a lot in size, so some are scaled up and some are scaled down. I mostly try to resize them to be to be comparable to one another, meaning that their heads should be of relatively similar sizes to each other. ATLA Lore Archive is also where I get most concept and supplementary art.

labradoritefae

<whisper> it’s the great divide </whisper>

@atarahderek @neanderthyall

You could really make the argument either way. Piandao doesn’t strike me as a snob, so I could totally see him mastering and teaching the niuweidao regardless of its low-class status. Teaching it to the Prince of the Fire Nation as an exercise in humility definitely fits with his strong principles and unconventional teaching methods.

On the other hand, Zuko spent three years around a crew of rowdy naval men. He also probably interacted with his fair share of foul-mouthed sailors and aggressive merchants at ports so he probably saw niuweidaos being whipped out all the time.

I think it would be funny if Piandao were like the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter but for weapons. Like he walks by, takes one look at Katara and matter-of-factly states, “Nunchucks.” then wanders off. And Katara just stands there bewildered.

@picaresquerogue​ That’s very true, Zuko’s swords are specifically designed with guards and hilts that are half-moon shaped to fit into one scabbard, much like shuangdao. I’ll reblog my “Zuko’s Swords” post at a later date to include additional details about his swords being shuangniuweidao (double oxtail sabers). I’ll credit you, of course.

As always, thank you all for your continued support through likes, reblogs, donations, and endlessly kind comments.

Like what I’m doing? Tips always appreciated, never expected. ^_^

https://ko-fi.com/atlaculture

[lunarpunkmoth]

tagged by @serkonans ! 💖💖

-> rules: you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to! put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people. no skipping

1. lights up - harry styles

2. fuck tha police - n.w.a

3. dirty computer - janelle monae ft. brian wilson

4. often - the weeknd

5. science/visions - chvrches

6. the bright side - deem spencer

7. mushaboom - feist

8. everything is ending - chameleon circuit

9. feul to fire - agnes obel

10. she’s got you - patsy cline

surprisingly decent sample but i can’t believe this game outed me as having doctor who fan music on my phone in the year 2020,,,

anyway!! tagging @queeridiotcore @elfinboyfriend @juliet-til-death @labradoritefae @bookwyrmbran and @merrigold if y’all wanna do this

[babywitchofthesouth]

2020 Witchblr Awards

hi everyone! id like to thank you for voting for me in this year’s Witchblr Awards and im super excited to say that ive won under the Top Witchling Award!

congrats to all the other candidates, i’ll be tagging them so everyone can check them out because theyre all amazing and they deserve so many followers!

@sageandstudies @scroll-of-thought @gingersguide @risenritual @crown-of-starlight @little-celtic-wiccin  @0pal-persphone @labradoritefae @asthecrowcasts @puffballwitchery @noweyesee @skotadi-kai-nychta

also a special thanks to @nightshadeandroses​ for putting this entire thing together, youre amazing!!

[orriculum]

def glad ive got a whole jar of it, should last a while @labradoritefae​

its like my eye can taste that spicy sensation you get on your tongue. except its my eye so its weird. didnt last too long tho

[shuilebhride]

Hello! I hope you are doing alright in these crazy times. Thank you so much for taking the time and energy to do these readings. My birthday is April 24, 1997 and I would love an Ogham reading.

My question is, what message is Loki trying to send me that I've been struggling to receive and understand?

Thank you for your kind wishes. I'm doing very well actually, just extremely busy, which has been hindering this little shindig I started, much to my chagrin. Regardless of that though, let's see what I can do for you in the way of a reading with Ogham.

For your reading, I shuffled my Rowan set and pulled the following feda for you:

Luis, Ruis, Huath, Nuin, Gort, Ngetal

Ultimately I feel like Loki is trying to tell you that there's something in your life that you need to get up, get moving, get busy to take care of or otherwise it is going to cause you problems. It could be a person, a thing, or a simple situation that causing the problems. I'm not getting a specific feeling about if it's a person, being, object, or situation, so anything could be the reason why things are going or will become the way they are or about to be.

I also feel like that it could be something that it happening right now and you are already in the thick of things, but it could easily be something that is starting to creep up, fester, grow, develop without your awareness. I don't know if you are completely unaware of what's going on or what's starting to happen around you, or if it's something you are aware of, but can't fully express to yourself. Either is just as likely the case, and once again I'm not picking up on anything that gives me some sort of clue  about which is more likely the case out of those two options.

Either way, Loki is both disapointed and irritated with you regarding the state of things and the lack progress on taking care of them before they either become a problem at all or become such a problem that it ends up feeling like something that imsurpassable to deal with. I also get the feeling that he's been trying to get your attention about this for a little while now. I asked Loki if he could give me some kind of time period and he says he's been trying to pass the warning and information to you about this since at least June, maybe even before then.

This problem, whatever it may end up being, is or at least can become a true threat to you. It is something that can either harm you or disrupt your life in a major way for a long period of time. The feeling I'm getting from thissituation is that it's the kind of disruption and havoc that could cause you to start over from scratch in a lot of ways.

However, taking care of this being, person, situation, or thing, will bring you peace and harmony in your life, along with causing things to go much more smoothly for you for a good long period of time. In fact, taking care of this, whatever it may end up being, will bring you some major satsfaction for you while Fixing and setting right the road you are currently on in life.

Okay, let me break things down a little bit with how I got to this point with your reading. When it comes to Ogham, I primarily focus on Word Ogham for the majority of the meanings, along with the depth of meaning, for each of the fedas or letter characters from the alphabet. Sometimes I'll grab some inspiration from how the letter characters mean for the other varients of Ogham such as Tree Ogham, Color Ogham, etc, but prefer to rely on Word Ogham most of the time. 

Also, I have translated the names and kennings for the letter characters for myself and tend to work with the specific meanings I came up with, which may differ slightly from other translations in some ways.

First and foremost, let's start with Luis. Luis or Lus, as it also comes up as, can be commonly translated as Herb, plant, etc, though some people also translate it as flame. I have personally not seen enough evidence to agree with the flame translation, so rarely use it for this fid.  

The three kennings for Luis can be translated as Luster of the Eye, Friend or Relative of Cattle, or the Sustance of Cattle. Right away the feeling I was getting for this fid in regards to your reading is the sustance of Cattle.

Keeping in mind that one of the main translations for the name of this fid is herb, plant, it's refering specifically to the sustance that fuels us, gives us energy, power, etc. When I translate the word that commonly means sustance in this particular kenning, other words come up, words like motion, vigor, movement, power, joy, or rejoyacing.

Hence Loki is trying to get across to you that you need to get moving, go in motion, find the power or vigor to get things done.

Next, Ruis, can be translated as Red, Redness, or Reddening. It's kennings, in turn, can be translated as Brighest of Blushes,Reddening Face, Brightest Fury.

With at least one of the kennings mentioned here, one of the words means more than just angery, but also shame. I tend to read this fid's general meaning to encompass more than just anger and shame, but all emotions that cause one's skin to flush and once's face to blush, including lust or passion.

Taking a moment from the actual reading and checking in with Loki, the feeling I got from him wasn't intense enough to be anger or shame, but more along the lines of annoyance and disapointment. The feelings felt very much like he thought the situation, person, etc was easy enough to be reckonized for what it is, and hoped he wouldn't need to step in and try to catch your attention about this as much as he has as of late. Not that he minds aiding and helping you, from what he shared with me, but that the fact that it came to this, and more so that there has been problems getting the message across to you at all has been causing some of those feelings to manifest.

After Ruis is Huath, which can be translated as Fear, Horror, Terror, Phantom, and Spectre among other things. It's kennings can be translated as Gathering of a pack of Hounds, the Paling of one's face, and Hard at Night.

Like I said, the problem can either be a person, thing, being, or situation. Usually I tend to get a strong feeling about what it actually is when this fid comes up in a reading, but not this time, and there could be any reason why that might be the case.

Regardless of the identity of what is causing the problem or what is the identity of the problem, it's an actual and honest threat.Like I said before, it has the power to undo, unraval, and harass your life if steps aren't taken to deal with it while also working on yourself and the things in your life that you are cwishing to currently progress, improve, prosper.

After Huath comes Nin, which translates into English from Irish as things such as letter, forked letter, and part of a weaver's loom.It's kennings can be translated as establishing of peace, Boast of Women, and Boast of Beauty.

So yeah, this one is interesting. Among other things, I occasionally read this fid as a feminine letter character with feminine energy. Sometimes when I do this, it is because someone involved in the reading, being it the person I'm reading for or someone else that's being brought up in the reading itself, happens to be female. I see that you aren't female from taking a quick gander at your blog, so obviously that aspect isn't focused on or refering to you.

Of course, just because a large portion of the energy and meaning behind this fid is feminine by nature, doesn't mean a woman or feminine energy has to be involved at all. There has been occasions where men or non binary people were involved or being read to or for, and the focus on the reading with this letter character involved more of other aspects of the meanings and energies that make up Nin.

And while that could be what's happening here, I don't think so. I think that the first of the three kennings is what is being refered to here, what is showing up for you instead. While this kenning is commonly translated as Establishing of Peace, the word that translates as Establishing also can translate in kind to words such as checking, maintaining, keeping, etc. Also, the word that translates specifically as peace in this kenning specifically refers to the sí mounds and those folks who dwell there. I'm of the opinion that the core essence of this kenning is all about the building and maintaining of right relationships with otherworldly folks through hospitality, offerings, etc.

I think often of Daghda and his harassing with the descendants of Mil until they formed the pact with him, the Tuatha De Danann, and the Aos Sí, etc.

Of course, I read this one, when the first kenning comes up, as much as regarding mundane peace and relationships as it does spiritually.

So it could be that it's peace that you will have when you deal with and set right what's causing you and your life problems. It could also be that the problem itself, that threat that wishes to unraval your life like so much spun thread, is due to a relationship that you started to build but didn't properly maintain or manage along the way.  

If the source of the problem Loki has been trying to warn and alert you to happens to be a person, it could be that this person is female and that's a strong reason why this fid showed up for you as well. I'm not sure if this is the case, however, as I'm still unable to get a certain lock on the identity of this thing or person or situation at all. The details are very cloudy for sure.

Next is Gort. Gort translates as field, paster land, farmland, or even battlefield. It's kennings can be commonly translated asSweetest of Grasses, Suitble Places for Cattle, and the sating of Multitudes.

This fid showing up next to Nin goes a long way to make me feel and think that Nin is refering to the fight, the effort, the journey to create and maintain peace, especially in relationships. This letter character is telling you what you will receive once you are able to set things right, accomplish things to the best of your ability. Things will be set back to rights and you will have the resources you need to keep growing and thriving, especially spiritually, but in general as well. You will not have to hunger for understanding, for connection, especially with Loki.

Of course, he too will be sated by this. By working through this, dealing with and accomplishing things and settling or even dispursing the threat that's been developing and growing, will sate Loki and cause both his disapointment and irritation that he currently has leveled towards you to disapate altogether.

Last, but certainly not least, is Ngetal. It commonly translates as slaying or killing. It's kennings can commonly be translated as sustance of a Leech, Clothing of a Healer, and the Beginning of Slaying.

Yeah, this fid all but screams and crys out that the best way to fix things, restore things as they should be, is to excise the threat that is or will be causing you problems. The more it is allowed to grow and fester, the more harm it will do to you and your life.

This letter character is quite interesting as there's a strange dual nature to it's meanings. It's kennings can refer to healing or to fighting. What translates as healing or dealing with a healer, can also be translated as belonging to or part of a warrior. It's an interesting balance for sure. Even the beginning of slaying can be the slaying of an enemy or the operating upon a wound or injury that threatens to kill or destroy.

Operating upon, slaying, excising the problems that surround you will sate both you and Loki in the end.

I apologize that this reading took me so long to complete for you. The past week or so has been super busy, I'm still behind on finishing and posting or sending out readings, but I'm trying to get through them when I am able to. I hope this reading helps you in some way and thank you for giving me the oppertunity to read for you like this. Please let me know if there's any thing else I may be able to help you with.

[runamuckrevels]

Tagged by @labradoritefae

1. Name: Larissa but friends and family call me L

2. Nickname: Oh. My nickname is L.

3. Zodiac sign: Capricorn ♑️

4. Height: 5’7

5. Languages spoken: English (plus some Tolkien elvish, some Spanish, and some French)

6. Nationality: American

7. Favorite season: Autumn for sure

8. Favorite flower: Sunflowers 🌻 I have always loved them. I have a sunflower tattoo that I love (it’s in front of my shoulder/chest area and the symbolism is projecting love and happiness wherever I go as well as heading towards happy things)

9. Favorite scent: Maybe warm bread? Maybe spinach artichoke dip? Maybe I’m just hungry

10. Favorite color: Purple (but I love all the cool tones really- periwinkle and teal and blue and oh my)

11. Favorite animal: Barn owl

12. Favorite fictional character: Oh come on, how???

13. Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: All of them! Most often coffee, but currently drinking green tea

14. Average sleep hours: It could be 4 or 11, there’s no in between

15. Dog or cat person: I currently have a cat but I’ve had lots of dogs throughout my life. I’m an animal person

16. Number of blankets you sleep with: 2 but I often wake up in the night several times to throw off that top one when it’s hot and then scramble for it again when it’s cold

17. Dream trip: Tour of Europe! I love history. Also my name is a city in Greece so it would be cool to go there just for kicks

18. Blog established: idk like two months ago? But I started out with an astrology blog that I ran for like 3 years

19. Followers: 98 haha

20. Random fact: One time I was bitten by this spider on my ankle in Hawaii and I was unable to physically move for like 4 hours and I was in so much pain and legitimately thought I was going to die but then I miraculously got 100% better in the space of like 5 min and I’m pretty sure I fought off a terrible poison and survived. Also the fang marks left two little white dot scars on my ankle. They’re still there and that was like 10 years ago

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@twelfthremedy @serenthebarren @canitreallygetworse @thingsthatbreakandshatter @looking-for-the-great-unknown

[burnedbard]

for @labradoritefae

a moodboard/aesthetic based on their blog

[theowlandfox]

@labradoritefae

It is! It doesn’t have a very strong throw but it is made with cinnamon scented oil and when the herbs heat up they kind of amplify it as well.

New product in my shop!

After much trial and error I think I finally figured out how to pour candles just right and who else to try on but Loki?

This is the first of many candles to be made. I’m very excited.

[slapdash-witchery]

@labradoritefae It’s a Legend of Zelda deck!!

Pop-culture themed decks aren’t usually my thing, but I know the games well enough — I can’t help but feel it’d be really fun to try and read with!

I’m super excited!!

There’s this tarot deck I’ve been wanting for YEARS and I finally went and ordered it

But it won’t get here for another week or two and I can’t freakin wait