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"Once there are no further questions or instructions, the time arrives for the spirit's dismissal. It is interesting that this is expressed as a 'license', that is a permission to depart, rather than a banishing... Having conjured, threatened, and bound the spirit successfully, it is downright rude to then banish it. If you want to develop a relationship in which the spirit will come willingly next time, the appropriate tool to use is the License to Depart." "Allow it that license and it will depart rapidly to its own abode. Stories of spirits not departing upon being licensed to so do, are sure indications that the earlier steps, particularly the Ligatio, have not been correctly performed. The spirit will go as if attached to an elastic band which has just been released. Or to use another analogy, the spirit will return to its own abode like a swimmer will return to the surface, after holding his breath for more than three minutes in the alien environment of water. For the demon or spirit, a physical manifestation is a very alien place, and he will be more keen that you return [him] to his own world." The Goetia of Dr Rudd Stephen Skinner & David Rankine

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Tiwanaku, The Gateway of the Sun

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Year Long Hex

An onion

12 Needles

Black and Red Thread

Chili Peppers

Spit

Bittersweet Nightshade berries

Select a large onion and slice it down the center. Pull out a good amount of the center, it should be about the size of a half dollar. 

Fill the middle with the chili peppers and the nightshade*.

Close the onion and wrap a good amount of black thread right around the middle until its sturdy and closed.

Stab the needles in the onion in a circle diagonally around the entire onion. Repeat crossing the circles, they should look like a giant “X” that circles around the onion. (6 for one circle and 6 the other).

Thread one of the circles with black thread, and the other with red. One thread should go through each needle. When you’ve finish tie it off with a simple knot.

Place it in a bag (plastic trash bag is fine) or a box (cardboard is fine).

“You crossed a line, that much is true, So now I’ll send my spite to you. A wicked core will burn and ache You crossed a line, your own mistake. Needles sharp and eyes of thread Sleep now as you’ve made this bed Many layers deep it will delve A year of bitterness, these months of twelve.”

Before you seal off the container (bag or box) spit into it if you want them to know somehow, somehow all these bad things are your handiwork.

Seal the container and dispose of the onion.

Enjoy your year.

*(Be very careful when handling Bittersweet Nightshade as it is poisonous and dangerous. Gloves are recommended as is washing your hands after touching).

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An important lesson we can learn from plants, especially those considered "weeds", is that if a system does not work for you, grow around it.

Dandelions cannot thrive trapped under a concrete roof, so they twist and spread and sprout between the cracks.

Tree roots will find their way through foundations and bricks to feed the tree.

Brambles will climb up and over fences designed to keep them out, if what's beyond let's them grow.

A sunflower in a pot will face the sun, not the room it's owner so desperately wants it to decorate.

Do what you need to do to thrive, irregardless of what others think you should do.

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What Natalie Wynn said in her video about how conspiracy theories about satanic sexual abuse are essentially porn for puritans is something I very much agree with based on the way a lot of conspiracy literature I've read was written. And I think we'd be pretty damned naive if we didn't raise an eyebrow at how the recovered memory fad within the Satanic Panic empowered numerous therapists to extract all manner of sexually explicit stories from the numerous women they wrongly diagnosed with MPD.

But it's not just that, in my experience. Something I've noticed is that conspiracy theories are a pretext and justification to engage with anything that's supposed to be off-limits to the puritanical.

As most of you probably already know, one of the big objects of contention during the Satanic Panic was Dungeons & Dragons. And back when I was reading Fritz Springmeier and Cisco Wheeler's books, I couldn't help but develop the distinct impression that somebody here really just wanted to play D&D. All the talk about programmed systems' inner structures filled with monsters and traps, all this talk of jewels and precious metals - it's as if whatever Springmeier couldn't get out of a game of D&D, he extracted from Wheeler's mind.

Puritanical Christians aren't technically allowed to practice divination. But the methods they use to supposedly unravel the occult meanings behind every major world event allows them to functionally sidestep this. They aren't practicing numerology, they're revealing how the bad guys are practicing numerology!

They aren't supposed to engage with sinful media that depicts occult ideas. They can't get into something like Star Wars and obsess over its deep lore because to them, the Force is demonic and obviously God only created life on Earth. But they can get into conspiracy theories and obsess over its deep lore because well, they're just figuring out the plans of Satan and his followers!

Puritanical Christianity was designed to be boring, based on beliefs that anything that aroused the senses too much would lead to licentiousness, that anything that doesn't glorify God is sinful, that art and aesthetics are expressions of corruption and greed, and that if you just removed all distractions people would be able to put all of their focus on God. But what all of this does is emotionally and intellectually starve people, and they have to find a way to fill these needs somehow. And conspiracy theories provide a permissible way to fill these needs.

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My girlfriend's going on a trip to Japan so I made her a passport sleeve with one of the pentacles of the Moon from the Veritable Key of Solomon etched on it for safe travel. This is the first wallet-shaped thing I've made, the first time I've tried using dye, and the first time I've tried gluing along stitch lines. The stitches came out wobblier than they did on my last project but GF says she likes it and who am I to argue?

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A practice is something you built, it’s very organic like an ecosystem of rituals, knowledge, words, material objects, ressources. Like the branches of a tree it sometimes dies and sometimes branches out, you builds more in one direction or choose to work more in another one. Even if you feel like you are stagnating in your practice, or you don’t know what direction to choose, you have to start somewhere. And with time you build your practice like the gardener maintains their garden.

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In L. Ron Hubbard's unreleased 1974 manuscript "The Porcine Revelation," he claimed that wild hogs possess a unique ability to detect and disperse negative thetans through their grunting. According to the document, Hubbard maintained a secret farm of "spiritual cleansing hogs" in rural California, where advanced OT-level Scientologists would conduct "swine auditing sessions" - lying in mud pits while specially trained pigs rooted around them to clear away spiritual blockages.

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Binding a Malefactor

Create a figure with likeness to the one you seek to bind. A wax figure shaped into a human figure is best suited, otherwise, a cloth doll would suffice. Set it down on a table before a burning candle and incense.

To strengthen the connection between the subject and the doll, bind to it a piece of object belonging to person to be bound, using a length of twine. Anoint the eyes, the lips, the hands and feet of the doll with an oil made from bitter herbs, speaking the following:

“I bind thine eyes; I bind thine lips; I bind thine hands and feet; I bind thee to work harm no more.”

The figure must be wrapped in black cloth, tied about by a length of black ribbon and hidden at a secret place. It may be locked away in a drawer, cupboard, inside a box of wood or buried in earth far from your home.

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excuse my complaining but

i wish the witchcraft tags on here weren't clogged up with tarot asks and selfies and AI generated crap

bring back spells and rituals and masterposts and tarot deck reviews and people learning how to do magic for more than the aesthetic and views

please im begging at this point lmao

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Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

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question about animism, because its always confused me: since you (or, other animists, i cant say i know YOUR exact beliefs and practices on everything) want to respect all the ingredients you use in a spell because you believe in them all having spirits, like lets say lavender, you might ask for its permission to be used in the spellwork in a certain way, right? and that sometimes you may even give the lavender an offering, to build your relationship with lavender, and like as thanks/giving back after their help in your spell. but, my question is about that offering you might give lavender. if an animist believe everything has a spirit, doesnt that also include the things theyre offering? so, youd give an offering of, say, water, to lavender for helping you out, but then wouldnt you have to give your appreciation to water for being an offering/helping you improve your relationship with lavender? wouldnt that get you caught in, like, a loop of offerings and respect and stuff? just trying to get clarification on this idea, ive been wondering for a while and havent been able to find the answer on my own 😭💀

The act of offering water and the act of asking Lavender to do a work of sorcery for me are not equal acts that carry equal debt.

The reason I work to evoke Lavender into lavender is because the great spirit of Lavender is not already present. He is far away; he is attending to his many important concerns.

I work to call him, and when I have the sights of that powerful god on me, I thank him for his efforts and attention with the offering.

The reason I give Lavender an offering is because he has exerted energy to come to me and to help me, and that energy could be otherwise spent on tending to his personal affairs.

Where is the 'spirit' of the offering?

Well it's not there looking at me, because I never called it. Something can have spiritual presence without being an active vessel for a living spirit.

Something that shapes Witchcraft is the reality that spiritual power is not ubiquitous and evenly distributed! I think it's even fair to argue that the fundamental act of the Witch is learning how to find this power and bring it back and forth across the worlds, because it often isn't already here.

Just because I see a peacock at the zoo doesn't mean I'm in the presence of Lucifer. Just because I see a deer doesn't mean I'm in the presence of Artemis. And just because I offer a cup of water does not mean Water is with me in the room.

But even so: Water is an element. Elements are not Plants. They do not behave the same, not at all; they do not have the same concerns. Water and Lavender are not two members of the same species, they are as alike as a hydrogen atom is to an elephant.

Water is not Oceans, Streams, or Rain; Water is also not the Gray Toad, the King of Water, the Gatekeeper of the West (which is where I place water), or even an undine or a water elemental by any name.

Water is Water, which is a fundamental metaphysical building-block; it is not living in the common sense. Lavender is a living god that governs its living children in the middle world, and while it may be eternally accessible through the mystical, it could actually be killed in the physical; it is possible for this genetic strain to be eliminated and its children born no more. The same cannot be said for Water.

I belabor the point to say: just because Lavender and Water both have an essence beyond their mere physical bodies does not mean they want or need to be treated the same ways.

And just because I use an object in magic does not mean I am requesting favors from a spirit that should be rightfully repaid.

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In the garden, I wait in fear

For the conquest which does draw near

Within the luscious green valleys of old

Plagued in the favor of death and of gold

The fruits and their juices squeezed dry

In their results the kings shall dine

The meal is not of meat or of cream

But rather the blood of which they deem

Invaders, evil, disgusting and foul

So outside of the garden they now do prowl

They prowl for that which they wish to bleed

In the name of their shriveling creed

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Jacques Linard - Les Cinq Sens et les quatre éléments {The Five Senses and the Four Elements} (c.1627) I shared this work here, a long time ago though, but back then I only had a very poor copy. I’m glad to see that more and more museums are making - and sharing - high-res copies of artworks, for us to study and admire them online, too. Even the Louvre, otherwise notoriously famous for doing this poorly, has joined the ranks. Kudos!

P.S. I still haven’t solved the puzzle of the white dots the artist depicted along the edges of the mirror. Is is an attempt to show the beveled edges of the glass? A fashionable mirror design of the time? Something else?

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“One day the sadness will end.

But I don’t think today’s the day.”

David Lynch

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The Witch of the Woodlands, 1655

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Got any super duper cleansing magical tips?

hell yeah I do brother (nongendered)!

this is just kinda how I do things and people definitely have different opinions but here we go, in no particular order:

If at all possible, physical cleaning is going to go a lonnnnng way towards magical cleansing. Even a little cleaning helps. If we're discussing cleansing something big (like, an entire person, a room, or an entire home), there may also be "key points" which deliver the most cleansing returns if physically cleaned. For example, a human person may find that their spiritual cleansing is very much aided by washing of hands, feet, and face - even if they can't fit in a whole body scrub.

Likewise, certain areas within a room may hold more influence than expected. A certain shelf, bookcase, or corner may alleviate the room of much badness if they alone are tidied and dusted.

In the home overall, look for major thoroughfare areas (perhaps near the front door or kitchen) which have little corners that have gone too far untidied, perhaps sticky with dust.

When it comes to objects, even a little wash, rinse under soapy water, wiping down with a damp cloth, and so forth, can go a long way towards magical cleansing. Often I do not magically "cleanse" at all, as a normal clean suffices for me in most situations.

I don't find physical cleaning to be totally necessary for magical cleansing, but it can be very helpful both as a first step, and to tackle stubborn cleansing problems.

Speaking of physical cleaning, home cleaning recipes also tend to work well for magical cleansing. A little vinegar is a very strong cleansing agent. Steep some lemon and rosemary in that vinegar for a few weeks, and forget about it - that's both a general household cleaner, and it'll cleanse the shit out of your magic stuff, too.

Ammonia is regarded to be an immensely powerful magical cleanser - one that must be heavily diluted, and tends to strip not only negative influences, but positive ones too.

Early on in my education, I was advised that a bit of bleach can go a long way towards destroying magical bonds. So, don't discount the household chemical cabinet.

For the own self, applying bleach or ammonia directly to the skin simply doesn't do - but a very gentle shower scrub containing a bit of salt, plus various kitchen herbs (dealer's choice - try sage and rosemary to start with) goes a long way. Wash from top of head to bottom of feet, and don't forget the back of the neck.

Other mundane things, like filling a space with fresh air or good vibes, are useful in cleansing in general, but may not suffice in heavy-duty situations.

A very fine cleansing charm is created with saltwater, this being from Paul Huson's rhyme in Mastering Witchcraft:

Water and Earth Where you are cast Let no spell, nor ill intention last Not in complete accord with me As my word, so shall it be

My personal lazy modification for the use of incense:

Fire and Air Where you flare Let no spell, nor ill intention last Not in complete accord with me As my word, so shall it be

Speak this over a little bit of salt water (after mixing) or incense (after lighting) and then sprinkle/wave it all about the thing to be cleansed. To be done when physically cleaning did not suffice, or when physical cleaning is not possible, or when feeling a bit fancy, or when preferring to just do magic.

In cases of emergency, or when it's desired to strip all magic and influence away from a thing, put it inside a plastic bag and bury it completely in salt. Seal this entire thing up (ziplocks are under the purview of true magicians) and then cover it up in a black cloth (or inside-out black graphic t-shirt, or oatmeal gray pillowcase, or whatever's on hand - doesn't matter really) in the back of the closet for 3 days and 3 nights, or until you feel like dealing with it.

When retrieved, the object should have no magical influence on it whatsoever.

In cases of confusing or unsatisfying results, consider if "cleansing" is really the action you should take. For example, if a tool is acting up and producing bad results, it might not be because it's "dirty." It could be that the tool needs to be fed. It could be interference from an ancestor looking for attention. It could be because your technique needs an adjustment.

Cleansing is a fine first step, and it's probably not going to hurt anything, but it's kind of like the "have you tried turning it off and on again" of magic. A lot of the times it fixes a lot of problems, but it's not going to fix actual issues that require a mechanic. (The good news is, the mechanic is you, so you're going to save a lot on repair fees)

In advanced cases, consider why things cleanse the way they do, and employ this to your advantage. Rosemary and frankincense may be considered to be "cleansing" because they "raise the vibes" and create an atmosphere incompatible with a lot of heavy bullshit. But, neither of these Allies are really attack dogs (at least, not in my experience).

Clove and Jalapeno are "cleansing" in that they will take the offending energy out behind the woodshed and teach it a lesson, and tell it not to come back to town or else. But, in my experience, neither of these allies really elevate a space with the heavenly touch of more celestial Allies.

So while I would say the average "cleansing formula" (whether it be a vinegar, an incense, and so forth) works in most situations, from time to time a more nuanced approach is helpful. Like a stubborn little stain, difficult-to-cleanse energies aren't necessarily powerful or bad - they're just nonreactive with whatever formula you're trying to use.