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the sun will always kiss you and make you feel warm and hopeful no matter what you are going through in life.

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you can go outside and hit things with a stick. it’s spring you can do anything

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Blessed monday witches

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Came across this fallen Chaffinch nest, fortunately fallen before any eggs laid it seems. Absolutely gorgeous nests

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i’m at like 2% energy rn and i just feel so guilty for not doing more for my deities or having some big devotional ritual for earth day but like,,,

i’m exhausted

and ik they most likely understand but i just WISH i had more energy to do something but unfortunately i must sleep or i will pass out mid divination

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“but if i’m traveling how will i feel connected to my deities?”

may i introduce the

deity sachet

i fill a little sachet with an image of the deity, some small crystals that correspond to them and a piece of devotional jewelry and WHAM! to go cup altar

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bought a hathor statue today and a new plant happy venus friday

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also wishing there were more kemetic witches or like, more kemetic pagans in general

like where can i find a solid kemetic community,,, do i make one? do i just watch the helpol community with longing? many questions

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Im very productive, I swear (Djehuty artwork by morteraphan, DeviantArt)

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me: sorry hathor, i can’t afford a statue of you rn but i’ll get one in the future!

hathor: no worries! *melts her candle to make it look more and more menacingly accurate to her headdress every day*

me: oh… kay

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part of me is confused bc i’ve always been largely connected to the egyptian pantheon over any other and yet… artemis just loves to hang with me despite the fact that i don’t work with any other greek gods ?? 😭

like how did she find me

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“idk what to offer my deities” RESEARCH

like the amount of information and symbolism i’ve learned about hathor, even a myth that connects artemis to BAST?? research your deities, you’ll discover so much more about them (even though the myths aren’t meant to be taken literally)

things like

- where was their largest cult?

- when are their festivals ?

- their epithets?

it never ends ugh i adore my deities

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me after doing a spell with artemis: ty for being here, you can linger for as long as you like :) *blows out her candle*

me: *squints*

me: *sees her candle wick is still glowing and is about to relight itself*

me: okay i didn’t mean literally

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telling the gods about my day and artemis decides to throw me an entire chunk of tarot cards to unpack,,,

me: so then i-

artemis: you should share these ideas with your community and also do that thing i’ve been telling you to do for 2 weeks

me:

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there comes a moment in every witch’s journey when she realizes that yes. facing your shadow is part of moving forward.

oh shadow work my old decrepit sealed away since i was 16 friend

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what do you know, thoth’s candle is finally bright again when i finally do shadow work with him,,, sassy bird man