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I think a lot of the time the online talk about protection is overdone and fear-mongering. I don’t mean that protection in itself is overrated, it is a good tool to have. But oftentimes online discourse feels as if witches have to build this castle to protect themselves from baneful energies. I’d argue that most of us will never be hexed in our lives. And to argue online that this will 100% happen and protection is the only form of help against that is fear-mongering for new practitioners. I wish we would instead talk about how seldom one gets hexed.
#that time i layered protections so often for years that i essentially created a lead box around myself and only after i stripped it all#and went back to a few basic staple protections did my spellwork and communication start working again#I know for some people that isnt really a Thing but for me it was#they werent even particularly powerful there was just like five years of caked up gunk all over me
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I came across a graphic from a witchy page that has me asking... questions.

So like its clear that its advocating for natural fibers, which im all for. Like if my wardrobe could be 100% natural fibers i would be so happy- they breathe better and dont trap sweat, take less time to break down in a landfill- which are reasons enough to advocate for natural fibers where applicable.
The... 'frequency' angle is uhhh... new.
I have questions.
1. How is this being tested?
2. Why is 'high-frequency' more valuable than 'low-frequency?' Like, I feel like a zero-hz item would be like... neutral, unless its implied that a 0hz item would like... leech your own hz.
3. On that note, are we using all of these terms properly? Is 'toxic' really the word?
4. Is this hz/sqft or some other measurement? What if i covered myself head to toe in linen, would I max out on frequency and become a being of pure light?
I find the 'vibrational frequency' aspect of new age stuff very frustrating because its not really explained to me in a way that makes much sense to me other than "high good, low bad" and its often tied up in angels, aliens, and atlantis- which i dont find to be... productive conversations in my practice.
Like for context, my experience with 'high vibe/ low vibe' people is theyre using it to either insult you subtly or get you to buy their books or oils or a chunk of resin disguised as a rock. I rarely encounter people who have like... thoughts about it.
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Oh my god is this fucking "witch wound" thing just repackaged starseed/indigo child bullshit with a fake-ass Burning Times veneer over top. Is that what this is. I keep seeing it on Etsy during ADversary stuff, selling readings about the Mystical Witch Wound and offering remedies and other extremely generic shit you don't need.
Listen to me. I am taking your hands so so gently and speaking softly but firmly. This is bullshit designed to sell you the idea that you are Special and Unique and ohhh if you just Try Harder, you'll be okay!! But also Buy This Product To Heal Your Witch Wound, $500 but on sale for you right now because it's Meant To Be.
Feeling as though you're an outcast by nature, trampled upon by the very fabric of our existence, different than everyone around you, a true misfit on planet earth... is fucking normal. It's not a sign, it's capitalism and neglect and abuse and psychological illness. It's becoming an adult in an age where the old markers of success don't apply anymore. It's growing up to realize the world isn't what you were promised and that fucking sucks, but it isn't just you.
Do not take the bait. These people want money, attention, and power. Give them none of it.
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As I gear up to move, I think I'm most excited to prune the altar. There's something about running a fine-toothed comb over my practice and keeping only the bits that really, truly matter that makes me so excited. Clearing space for my practice to grow, and all that
#i already know my altar in the new place is going to look so insanely different#the dream is to have a nice piece of deer hide/pelt as the central cloth#but for now table runners will have to do
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Mhara Starling - The Welsh Witch
#MHARA STARLING ON THE DASH#hi mhara delightful to see you#this is also smth thats echoed in The Crooked Path by Kelden#antiquity is not automatically authenticity or power#which is a sentiment i love
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I am exhausted and sick, and I can't do much but lay water on the altars and wish everyone a happy Calan Awst. May our harvests be bountiful, and may they sustain us through the approaching period of darkness
#ive been sick for a few days now and i cannot muster the energybto do anything#i hope everyone has a kind august
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"The eyes of the forest watch over all who enter its depths."
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does anyone ever feel a little disappointed sometimes by the witchcraft content we have, across all platforms? like there are so few people actually posting unique or interesting things, it feels to me like 95% of witch posts are the same 5 beginner concepts, tutorials, and psas over and over again. tumblr is definitely where ive found the most amount of unique posters who give insight into their own unique practices and theories or make actually good witchy shitposts, but still, how many posts about “how to make moon water” or whatever do we need…? i mean it is GREAT if you ever wanna look up beginner stuff, but its gotten so repetitive.
its also sooooo annoying how fake most of these posts are, or offensive, like “take this quiz to find out your spirit animal!” or “how to figure out if youre a born witch” or any other problematic clickbaity thing. also there so many aesthetic posts in the witchy tags everywhere, and tbf i do love witchy aesthetic things, but even then if you look closer so many of those posts are ai (FUCK ai) or the same 30 pinterest photos over and over again… theres also just a lot of spam and bots and people trying to sell you stuff in witchy spaces, which is annoying too 💔
#while i dont know ill ever consider myself 'advanced' im certainly not a beginner anymore#and as ive grown with my practice ive grown more private with it because its very niche and specific to me#there are aspects of it that i dont have permission to share from the spirits involved#and there are aspects of it i know nobody else gives a shit about bc its My practice#so the things i do are Mine and fit my one specific paradigm and are not broadly applicable
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Melanistic fallow deer filmed by Jakub Wencek in the forests of Barycz Valley.
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Young people who want to be leaders in witchcraft and pagan spaces, I support you. I want to tell you some things that I think are pretty important.
Here is what I really think is true.
If you want to create digital spaces for discussion in witch and pagan spaces, that is never accomplished by just creating the Discord server or the anonymous submissions blog.
The "space" does not refer to the URL or the invite link.
Of course it doesn't! Everyone who can possibly interact with your group by necessity already has their own URL, or profiles, or can make a server as easily as you, to say whatever the heck they want. Being able to program the Discord bots is not what it takes to make "space."
When people talk about making space for discussion, what they actually mean is probably something like:
"I want to create a hub where people feel protected enough to be vulnerable with their real opinions and feelings, energizing enough that people want to share those ideas, intellectual and creative enough that new ideas are generated, and kind enough that when people interact with it they feel expanded and uplifted."
Therefore if you want to create space, your goal is actually to create culture.
And when you take the responsibility of creating space in larger witch and pagan communities, you are picking up a mantle of leadership.
Yes, you are. You're saying, "I am the right person to lead this group."
Why are you the leader? It's because you're in control of the mechanics of the space (admin functions), so:
You're in control of the content that is allowed to appear in the space
You're in control of what behaviors are allowed in the space
If your group grows in size this also ends up meaning:
You're in control of who is allowed to moderate the group on your behalf
Together, all of this means:
You're in control of the culture in that space.
There is no way to accept the responsibility of creating 'community space' and not also be the leader of that space.
Social groups with a shared goal require leadership. They require leadership. They just do. It doesn't matter how chill you want the vibes to be, it doesn't matter that everyone in your discussion space is your very good bestie of 5+ years. If there is a culture you want to maintain in that group, IT REQUIRES LEADERSHIP.
And because everyone knows that you are the group leader, they know that the ways you behave are condoned behavior within the group.
Please let me emphasize this for you:
It doesn't matter that the group 'isn't about you' and you're not in it for the attention. I believe you. I believe you're not in it for the attention.
Everyone will be paying attention to your behaviors, and they will find guidance in those behaviors whether you want them to or not.
When you're the server/page owner and you make disrespectful jokes, people who observe your space will remember what kind of behavior is encouraged there. Is your goal for the group respectful discussion, or not?
When your first response to any criticism is to tell people to "just block me," which is a great response for a personal page but not that great a response when you're trying to run a community page, you're setting a group example for how to respond to criticism of ideas. Is your goal for the group a back and forth exchange of ideas, or not?
You can't create a social space for respectful debate which requires members to be vulnerable, but lead by refusing to share your own opinions.
You can't create a space that requires thoughtful contributions from members in order to stay active, but lead by refusing to contribute your own thoughts.
You can't create a space that requires a reasonable level-headed approach to topics in order to attract thoughtful members, but lead by trying to provoke or taunt people into discussions.
When it's under your control, your behaviors within that group (or on that blog) are always meaningful.
And one of the most meaningful leadership decisions you make is what content you allow to be present in that space.
Even if you didn't start the harmful discussion, even if you didn't write the offensive post, even if you don't agree with the edgy meme:
If you allow it to be in your space, you are condoning it.
We know you are condoning it because we know you are in control of what goes there.
"But according to the rules, people can't be kicked unless-"
So we know you condone this behavior because you wrote rules that allow it, and although you are the admin, you choose to abide by those rules even as you watch this behavior run rampant in your community. You are okay with this: you are accepting it and allowing it to continue.
"I didn't write that, it was submitted to my blog-"
We know you support that content, because you had the choice whether or not to share it, and you wanted to share it. You gave it your stamp of approval to be shared on your page.
"But it's not my page, it's a community-"
It's your page. Take responsibility.
You are not the faceless CEO of a global organization, humbly working behind the scenes, beholden to the board and labyrinthine labor laws. You are a person inside of a community. Take a stand. Take a stand.
In my opinion, a major problem occurs when leaders try to remove themselves from the equation as much as possible. As if they've been convinced that if they take a stand, assert their goals for the group, share their real opinions, and lead by example, then they're being selfish or attention-seeking!
For these people, who have been duped about what it means to be a leader, their idea of leadership is to never share their own opinions, never take sides, let in bigots and trolls who make everyone miserable as long as those members don't explicitly break rules, condone offensive behavior by allowing it under the premise that it's their job as a "faceless non-leading non-moderating page-owner" to give all sides an equal voice, and so on.
The way some groups operate, you'd think it was #rules leading the server, instead of the person who wrote the rules!
If someone calls you attention-seeking for wanting to lead a group, so what.
So what. Groups need leaders. The leaders have extra attention.
Do not stop leading. When people in control of groups stop leading, Nazis arrive like two seconds later.
Do you see a need for your group? Do you want a kind of space, but you can't find it anywhere? Do you want a certain kind of space and you’re pretty sure you can do it better than the next leading brand?
Make the group, accept responsibility for it, and lead it.
Lead it by example. Lead it by taking a stand. Lead it by asserting what is okay in that space, and what is not okay.
It's not easy. Leadership is a skill, it's a complex skill, and it's a skill that requires a lot of personal growth to advance in.
You have to learn to take a lot of criticism. You have to learn how to have difficult discussions with people. You have to be able to say to your friend, "I'm sorry, but this isn't working out, and for the good of this community space you have to go."
You have to put aside a lot of your own discomfort, not because you're dedicated to allowing harm in your space in the name of "neutrality," but because you recognize that things which are good for your community might be bad for you.
Stand up for what you believe in. Put some skin in the game. Show people who you are, and let them decide if they want to be in your group or not.
But I'm telling you. Eyes will be on you. They always will be. So please let me encourage you:
Rise to the occasion.
You are the captain of that ship. You are not neutral, you are not faceless. Where the ship goes is not an accident. Who is allowed on the ship is not an accident. The rules do not make the decisions, you make the decisions.
Get people around you that you trust. Find mentors who you trust. Take responsibility for what you're trying to build.
Grow with intention and lead with direction. The direction is always a community culture, and your actions lead towards it or away from it.
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Witches need to stop throwing the words "delusional" and "spiritual psychosis" around when you see a practice or opinion you disagree with.
It's ableist and shitty.
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Every once in a while, something will happen that doesn't feel particularly significant, but does feel quite meaningful. Tonight as I'm getting ready for bed, I noticed my necklaces twisted together in an odd way. It isn't impossible that they wound themselves together over the course of the day -- I wear them both under my uniform shirt, and their chains rub together on my neck. But still, it felt... intentional. When I went to take them off it genuinely took a minute to untangle them, and I had to unclasp both to get them freed. What makes this feel more meaningful is the necklaces are both, in a way, pieces of devotional jewelry. One is for Gwyn ap Nudd, and the other for my Familiar, who Gwyn gifted me a little over a year ago.
This doesn't feel Significant in the sense that it changed anything or brought about new beliefs, but it does feel Meaningful. Like the two of them were reminding me of something, of their links to each other and to me. It felt like being embraced by two incredibly important figures in my craft after a long period of stagnation and guilt over said stagnation (my work takes a lot out of me and leaves very little left for witchcraft or devotion). It was quite a nice moment to have
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Didn’t you also try to convince us that microwave was some ludicrous thing in Welsh?
EXCUSE ME. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, ARE YOU INSINTUATING THAT I WAS PRO-POPTY PING?
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I WAS DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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user chicken this has been driving me crazy. if the east is air then SURELY the west is earth. right. *right*???
I place fire in the east, earth in the south, water in the west, and air in the north.
It doesn't matter what path you take to find these elemental heartlands, because they are fairy roads.
Elemental Earth is not in any direction. You can't access it by traveling physically east. Yet it is true that it can be accessed if you search for it in any one direction for long enough. The key is finding how to get there for yourself.
The fairy road to Elemental Earth does not lead to a destination that is south of anyone. Or west, or north, or east of anyone.
It is a road that may begin no matter where you are standing, and no matter which direction you travel in, you may arrive at Elemental Earth.
The trick of it is that you are the one who has got to traverse it, and learn to open it up, and to call things up and down it. You are the cartographer exploring the roads. They are not *unique* to you, you do not make them up, they are not dependent on your whims: but it will be true nonetheless that if you are unable to discover Elemental Earth by traveling West, then you may arrive at your desired destination by traveling East.
If a group or tradition have already explored and documented these roads, do as they advise: if you are on your own, follow your heart.
The pacific ocean is to the west of me. That made a lot of sense. The sun rises in the east. I went from there. I was nice to every old woman I met and I saved ants nests from stones and rescued fish from reeds, and then one day no matter where I was standing a road started at my feet, and no matter where Elemental Earth was I found it by going South.
Now I'm so good at finding Elemental Earth to the south that I think if I tried to find it by going North, I'd learn a lot of new lessons and the spirits and powers and lessons would change. So it's not whims, it's not dependent on you, they are outside of you:
But they're fairy roads. So they can go in any direction and lead to the same destination.
If you can't find them where you're standing, they intersect as crossroads in the center of every Circle. Call the Circle first and it makes calling the roads much easier.
#in my mental map earth is west and water is east#bc theres a massive mountain range to the west and a massive river to the east#so it just. makes sense. i think West and I go “theres nothing but Earth for miles and miles”#and i think East and i to “there is an endless expanse of river over there”#it just Makes Sense in my head
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So, like, why are witches having such a hard time with this.
Shadow work was invented by Carl Jung, a psychologist.
Carl Jung was not a witch.
Shadow work was not created by witches. It was not created for witches. It is not witchcraft. It is psychology. It is a form of psychotherapy.
There are like, witches who are taking plain old facts as a personal attack here.
Witchcraft doesn't equal therapy and it shouldn't either. There's a reason why people have to go to school and get licensed to be therapists.
#genuinely had the thought 'surely it isnt the time of year for this discourse' lol#op is correct. ive said it once ill say it again: shadow work is not and has never been a requirement to practice and should be done#with the assistance of a licensed professional because it is part of a modality of therapy#its also more than just like. journalling
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