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The Fool has a name but no number (0)

XII has a number but no name (Death)

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Actually useful shit to have as a witch

You really don't need all the fancy bullshit every tumblr influencer will ever tell you to use. Here's my countdown ofaxtually useful shit.

A pocket knife, preferably with a wood handle. Use that bitch for everything, enchant it, carve symbols in it. It will absolutely be your best friend.

A good bag or backpack with a couple of plastic or ziploc bags in it. If you ever run off into the woods to find minerals, bones, plants, etc. A set aside bag and some things to store your treasures in becomes a necessity.

Basic divinatory sets. You don't have to buy fancy shit, learn to divine with playing cards and dice, or learn geomancy, lithomancy, or rune casting with homemade sets. A tarot deck is nice, but it isn't necessary when you've got so many other divinatory aids available.

A nice sized chunk of scrap cloth. When you process dried plants or sort new ones, that shit can and will get everywhere. A scrap piece of muslin or linen can help contain all of that mess and make clean up way easier.

A stash of good rocks. Draw sigils or symbols on those babies and leave them in the garden, the windowsill,property boundaries, under the stoop, etc. You can never have too many good rocks.

A pendulum, for fucks sake. The cards are going to be vague as hell when you're trying to figure out yes or no questions, and using a candle to communicate with spirits is really fucking hard outside. If you can't afford one, find a nice chunk of pointy quartz and learn to macrame.

A workspace. Everyone talks about having big fancy altars, but no one mentions that you need a good surface to do all your work on.

Storage, so much storage. I'm not talking about mason jars and pill bottles, I'm talking about where you put all the things you put in those jars. Having a workspace with drawers is immeasurably helpful.

A broom and water source. You're going to be cleaning up after yourself a lot, it's helpful to have a jug of water and a broom that stays by your workspace.

A mode of cleansing. I make a salt concoction to scatter around my workspace on short notice and store it close by.

On that note: SOMETHING TO CANCEL SPELLS WITH. Eventually, something will go wrong. You'll want to end that spell immediately. Have something to do it with.

A strainer. If you don't have a blender, rub dried plants across it to get a powder. If you do have a blender, you can strain that powder with it. Either way, if you intend to powder shit, get a strainer.

Small trays. It makes drying flowers so much easier if you have a small metal surface to contain them with- then just stick those suckers in a southern window and let em go.

Yarn/string scraps. Having a box or drawer of scraps makes trying this up to dry easier and a bit less wasteful.

A stash of offerings for whatever you work with. Honey for fae, coins for graveyard gatekeepers, alcohol for ancestors, etc.

Protective talismans or charms. Once you're into all of this stuff, you'll likely stick your nose in something you shouldn't. Having basic protection with you or in your workspace is incredibly important. A key and hagstone with red string is simple and effective.

A lighter- so many people forget the most basic shit. You're going to want to light shit on fire if you're a witch.

And a last tip- if something is too hard for a mortar and pestle, a plastic bag and hammer works too.

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Mushroom Medley 

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A worn forest pathway for a magical forest~

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got a few requests for these, so brown and pink recolours of the spring paths now uploaded at my creator ID: MA-6352-6078-6250 :)

each recolour includes all 10 tiles!! (the original paths are still up, you just have to scroll a bit further down on my creator page to find them all!)

note: i changed the colour of the flowers in the brown recolour to match the darker bricks better. the pink paths look a little lighter when you place them down than they do in the kiosk view - like the photo at the top! 

find them with all with my creator ID: MA-6352-6078-6250 

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Flying Ointment Recipe from the 1400s

“For such travels both men and women, namely the witches use an ointment called “unguentum pharelis”. They make it from seven plants and pick each plant on the day belonging to that plant. So on Sunday they pick Solsequium, on Monday Lunaria, on Tuesday Verbena, on Wednesday Mercurialis, on Thursday Barbam Iovis, on Friday Capillos Veneris.  From that they make ointment by adding to it blood of birds and fat from animals whose names I will not write so that no one is angered by it. Then, when they want, they spread it on benches or chairs, rakes or ofengabeln (big oven forks) and fly on them. This is a real Nigramancia and is strictly forbidden.”

from the Book of a All Forbidden Arts. Translated by Occult Center

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Alphonsus de Spina, La Forteresse de la foi. France, 15th century.

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Sunlight After Dark

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The Christian concept of sainthood is a person who is particularly holy, and shares a special closeness with God due to their actions in life. Each saint is associated with one or several patronages. If you are so inclined, you may want to try working with saints in magic, whether it be directly appealing to them or using their associations symbolically in spells.

This post focuses on Saint Cecilia. Saint Cecilia had vowed her virginity to God, but was arranged to be married by her parents. It is said that while musicians at her wedding played music, Cecilia drew away and was instead focused on singing to God in her heart, giving her an association with music. To see more posts like these as they are posted, you can check the tag here!

Patronages of Saint Cecilia:

Music

Musicians

Composers

Singers

Poets

Possible Spells to Call on Saint Cecilia for:

Better performance in playing music or singing

Staying true to yourself in a difficult situation

Warding off/keeping yourself safe from unwanted attention

In any music related magic, such as shufflemancy

For guidance/company in meditation

Symbols to Represent Saint Cecilia in Spells:

Instruments, specifically the viola and the organ

Roses

Lillies

Flower crowns

Music that is important to you, or devotional music

Playing an instrument or singing during the spell

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jazz-induced psychosis

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Hopefully these are viewable at a large size. if not, here is a link to where they are

Set of drawings by Clifford Harper imagining an alternative future. Published in a book called Radical Technology in 1976.

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A guide to making herb and edible flower Pasta

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The four Archangels repelling the Demon Kings of the four directions, Robert Fludd, Integrum morborum mysterium: Sive medicinae catholicae, Frankfurt,1631, Wellcome Collection, London.

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The Witch (1952) ‘Noita palaa elämään’ directed by Roland af Hällström

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The Musica Universalis (Harmony of the Spheres) - Ratios of Orbital Distance and Orbital Periods. Musica Universalis (Music of the Spheres) is an Ancient Philosophical concept that regards Proportions in the movements of Celestial bodies of the Sun and Planets as a Form of Musica (the Medieval Latin name for Music). This “Music” is not literally Audible, but a Harmonic and Mathematical relationship between our Star and it’s Satellites. This design is inspired by theory and writings taken from Johannes Kepler’s “Mysterium Cosmographicum” (The Secret of the Universe) where he explored the relationships of Harmonies in our Solar System and sought to uncover the “Music” therein. In this graphic, the Circles represent Orbital Resonance, which occurs when two Planets have an Orbit that are a simple Integer Ratio of each other. For example, consider the Orbits of Earth and Venus (8 : 13), which means the two Planets arrive at almost the same position after 8 Earth Orbits and 13 Venus Orbits. The underlying Circles represent relationships of Orbital Distance as calculated from each Planets semi-minor Axis - which is the shortest length in a Planets elliptical Orbit around the Sun. What is most striking, is that the mirrored structure that arises in the semi-minor Axis between: - the first and last for Planets (both 4:1) - the last and first Planets (both 25 : 1) - and the fourth Planets as counted in from the 1st and last (25 : 4) - Mars from Mercury, and Saturn from Pluto In this view of the semi-minor and Orbital Resonaces overlaid, the whole Solar System takes on the appearance of a carefully Mathematically Balanced ballet of Harmonic Relationships and shared Proportions. In some instances the Ratios and Relationships depicted here are reputed to be very accurate (in terms of Cosmological distances which are vast) coming close to 99.8%.

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