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Alphonse Mucha ֍ Study for Poetry, The Arts (1898)

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An e-offering for Hades

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'Moonlight' Alphonse Mucha, 1902

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Flower (and vine) hair collection~

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Okami Amaterasu inspired by Mucha's style

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I’m back 👋🏻

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Definitely do a deep dive into botany, ornithology, silviculture (all that lives must die, that includes trees), geology, all of it! look into natural history because it’s truly the gates to truly understanding so much.

Then you’re gonna buckle up and read stuff like Techniques of Solomonic Magic and Techniques of Graeco-Egyptian Magic and you’re gonna learn that a lot of our modern occult traditions are based on stuff that’s survived a very long time *dodges burning times quotes* . Deep diving into deities / thought-forms that you feel called to can also help break the ice of “where do I start?” There are classics like Power of the Witch that you may “dnf - did not finish” because you can smell the hot made up garbage eeking up through the pages, but at the very least you tried and now can understand that everything influences everything. Trust your gut, when something you read makes you question why the author wrote it, or gives you a “that’s wrong” feeling make note of it.

There are so many 'witchcraft' books available nowadays!

Now I know this is gonna make me sound old as shit but I gotta say it:

When I was started learning about witchcraft around 15 years ago, all 'witchcraft' books were wiccan books and they were all fucking awful. You might find 3 books in the back corner of a bookstore and they were all misinformation and blatant lies about history. You might also find a couple books about tarot, dream interpretation, healing crystals and natural remedies but that was IT. To find out any real information you had to do extensive research in historical and anthropological texts and academic journals.

So while there are thousands of 'witchcraft' books available nowadays (I saw 6 sitting on the same shelf as popular self-help books in KMART today)... they're all watered down and 'socially acceptable' spells for love, money and self acceptance....

Dont get me wrong, I'm thrilled that I dont have to hide my practice as much as I had to years ago but... a lot of the witches I meet now are swimming in the shallow part of the pool while thinking they're delving in the deep seas. This lack of understanding isn't their fault though, just as it wasn't mine when all I had was books that only shared personal gnosis and misinformation.

The problem with flooding the market with shallow 'witchcraft' books, is that these books don't really help new witches and they don't help experienced practitioners either. For newbies these books can touch on some of the basics while simultaneously giving the reader the impression that this book will tell them EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO KNOW. The majority of these books also don't help experienced practitioners because they either share a rehash of 'common knowledge' or they make witchcraft out to be this fluffy-bunny, white-washed, appropriating crap.

Now, I know that this post will likely offend people, and for that I apologise. This was simply a frustrated rant by a witch who has seen too many terrible 'witchcraft' books.

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Whatever happens, two things remain true: 1. Trump might be distancing himself from Project 2025, but his Agenda 47, which is on his website, is basically the same thing. 2. Third party voting is useless without ranked choice voting; it's mathematically impossible to elect a third party candidate. DO NOT SPLIT THE VOTE.

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Hades and Persephone 🌸

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Pride month is upon us! Huzzah! Include intersex people in your pride celebrations! We are so very invisible, even in queer spaces, do what you can to boost intersex voices this pride month!

We love seeing representation & we love seeing our flag alongside the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, etc flags!

Do not listen to TERFs on issues of intersex terminology, largely speaking, we do NOT like the term DSD.

Try not to use 'AFAB' or 'AMAB' incorrectly. These terms should be used to describe your own personal experiences, not to describe groups of people. Avoid phrases like 'AFAB anatomy' or 'AMAB socialization' when speaking on trans issues, as this excludes intersex experiences & bodies from the conversation. And note, there is no such thing as AIAB! Intersex people are always forced to be either male or female, often with surgery and harmful medicalization, this is a form of intersexist violence.

Use the word perisex (or endosex/dyadic) when you speak about people who are not intersex! The same way you use the word cisgender to speak about people who are not trans. It's important in denoting that intersex people are normal, just different.

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bisexual flag! 🩷💜💙

yeahh i've been slacking lol.. (sorry about that)

(oh and here's the new progress flag :D)

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