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new zodiac prints from “the mirror oracle” deck are now up on my shop

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Wednesday Egypt Fun Fact

In ancient Egypt, jewellery wasn't worn purely for decoration - the purpose of jewellery was specifically to provide the owner with magical protection, good luck, and health. Through sympathetic magic, jewellery was believed to attract benign forces that would protect the wearer. This doesn't mean every piece of jewellery was an amulet or contained one: specific materials also had specific magical properties, especially with regards to colour. Gold, lapis, carnelian, feldspar, faience, amethyst and turquoise, to name a few, all had their own religious and protective connotations and were thus popular in use.

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I'd argue worse, because some terfs actually think they worship the divine feminine while still discriminating against other women, so they're actively populating searches that are supposed to be about the goddess and not just appearing as an unfortunately coincidental acronym when they show up in our shit.

the worst part abt researching anything abt aset is being face-slapped by a bunch of terfs who paint w menstrual blood and cry over their wombs

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12/8/22: decomposing vertebrae harboring algal growth.

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Another day another problem posted to the pagan group that really should have been directed towards a medical professional.

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My take is that there's no blanket statement about the safety of magic for beginners that applies to all situations.

I think we can all agree that magic isn't universally and inherently dangerous, but that doesn't mean that it's universally and inherently safe and that beginners get a mystical free pass that protects them from real dangers or their own mistakes.

It's like driving. Some vehicles are safer than others. You can drive like a reckless idiot or drive safely and responsibly.

But that doesn't mean that driving through Los Angeles at rush hour and driving down a snowy mountain road in Montana carry the same risks or require the same skillsets and vehicles to safely navigate.

We all get to decide our own level of risk aversion. And it's a pros-cons thing, just like everything else.

You can ward out the ass and lock your metaphysical space down so tight that you can barely manifest a spell. But if that's the level of security you need to feel comfortable working with magic, so be it.

You can never ward or even learn protections and develop an illustrious and fulfilling magical career, and simply deal with any problems as they arise with other skills like banishing.

The thing that fucking sucks about magic is that nobody is the final authority and nobody can simply tell you how much protection you need or exactly what kind to learn. Bad things happen to some beginners that practice without protections. Nothing bad happens at all to other beginners.

IMO, educate yourself a bit, decide how much risk you're willing to accept, and go for it. Everyone makes mistakes and there are very few things that can happen which cannot be corrected.

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Hey there chicken, what would you say to witches who went off of Tumblr in the past to appeal them to come back?

I'm thinking mostly of advanced/intermediate witches with their own unique paths that might not be appealing to the masses.

Pffft. “God bless you; be free and never come back to this accursed place.”

If you’re looking for community, I find much more detailed discussions on Discord servers.

But it’s not like advanced/intermediate witches aren’t here. Their blogs just aren’t popular. Because it’s not appealing to the masses.

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The Oxyrhynchus papyrus calls Isis the Kite Goddess. When Isis and Nephthys are shown mourning for Osiris they are often referred to as kites (or screechers) and depicted as such. The kite has a shrill piercing cry and to the Egyptians this suggested the wailing of women in mourning.  “The screecher comes, the kite comes, namely Isis and Nephthys.” The kite is a scavenger and will have wandered the countryside and towns looking for carrion which will have suggested the wanderings of Isis as she searched for the body of Osiris. A 4th century BCE papyrus refers to “stanzas of the Festival of the Two Kites”. Two species of hawk have been suggested from the depictions of Isis as a kite. One is the Black Kite (Milvus migrans) while the other is the Chanting Goshawk (Melierax musicus) based on the plumage and the shape. Chanting Goshawks are often seen in pairs, thus alluding to Isis and Nephthys. As their name suggests they have a melodic piping song which may have been similar to the sound of temple singers. - Isis - the Eternal Goddess of Egypt and Rome by Lesley Jackson

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Beads of The Queen of Heaven

The second in my series of prayer beads made at the behest of a local shop-keep. Like the previously available Dionysus beads, I have decided to additionally make this particular strand available for sale here, should its true owner not be local.

Isis is a goddess tied up with many magical practices throughout the Mediterranean world, Her cult held popularity far from the reaches of it's native Egyptian context. When constructing these beads I considered how they may be implemented into practices which call upon the PGM or Egyptian Book of the Dead- though I believe they'd be an asset in other contexts which call upon Isis less formally as well.

The center of this 'rosary' is an antique ceramic scarab pendant with a beautiful sky blue glaze. This piece was part of a necklace which I was able to recover that also included the 12 pieces of ceramic fragment beads to represent the Wandering of Isis in Her search for the dismembered Osiris.

9 carnelian beads represent the cycles of the moon and the gestation period of a child, represented by a central bead to the god Horus. In many cases spells would call upon the protection of Isis over expecting mothers by ceremonially addressing the mother as Isis, her expecting child then became the embodiment of Horus.

Cow Bone separating beadings represent the headdress of Isis, a monument to Her authority over all living things. Finally, a single peach quartz represents the True-Name of Ra, which in some interpretations is the source of Isis's powers over magic. A bronze casting of a winged woman serves as the drop piece of this Prayer-Strand. Strongly resembling Isis in Her form as an expecting mother.

I am selling this piece here for $75 + Shipping. DM to purchase.

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The Temple of the Goddess Hathor, Egypt. 2300 years old melted stairs

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so long, scorpio

from the mirror oracle, coming soon to 13th Press

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I need a hymn of isis pls

Sorry, Egyptology is not my specialty! But this paper contains two hymns to Isis, in both transliteration and translation, so hopefully it'll help: Two Hymns to Isis from Philae Revisited.

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every now and then i have to think of the roman family from two thousand years ago that buried their little daughter in a boy’s athletic-themed sarcophagus and i weep a little because that’s the softest declaration of love i can possibly imagine

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Americans, vote like your life depends on it because if this bill passes it literally will. They're straight up trying to make it legal to arrest people for existing as LGBT.

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Many vegetables, most noticeably sweet corn and sugarsnap peas, are full of sugars that start turning to starch as soon as they're picked, so you will get the best and most flavorful experience if you eat them as close to harvest as possible.

Winter squash is full of starch that slowly turns to sugars once it gets picked, so you will get the best and most flavorful experience if you wait six weeks to three months (depending on the variety) after harvest before eating them.

Cold-hardy roots and brassicas are full of starch that turns to sugars after exposure to frost, so you will get the best and most flavorful eating experience if you wait to pick them until they've gone through multiple freezes.

This has been Vegetable Lore With Scribe.