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We've been doing some journaling Related to our domino divination system. This was inspired by Dani Mystic on youtube. We figured this would be a good way to get to figure out the card meanings. -V

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This is a prototype of a domino card deck we've designed to go along with a divination system we're on making. This system is called The Rainbow Magpie system, hence the design. Hopefully one day we'll be able to get these professionally printed, but for now we're ✨poor✨ -Aaron

More Pictures below-

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We just finished painting the cover of our 4th book of shadows! We've been using this Persian Grove Journal by Peter Pauper Press pretty much since we've started our witchcraft practice. -Aaron

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Here's a pic of the meditation beads we made!

We designed these specifically to help us communicate with spirits through meditation. We have a dissociative disorder (DID) which makes it hard for us to stay grounded while meditating, so we figured having something to hold on to while in meditation might help.

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Yes, this! I've got nothing against individuals who choose to label themselves as baby witches, but I feel it often comes across as infantilizing. Like this person said, I feel that this tends to be reflective of the community coddling new practitioners and spoon-feeding them information instead of teaching them how to properly do their own research. I feel that this is also a reflection of younger people in the witchraft community assuming everyone just starting their path is a teen to young adult. Like I could not imagine coming to the craft in my 50s only to be called a "baby witch" by someone in their 20s. 🫠 -Aaron

It's anyone's preference to use or not use the term "baby witch," but I cannot stand people infantilizing young or inexperienced witches, with or without the term. Young people should be cared for, and inexperienced people should be supported. Coddling does nothing but set the expectation that either:

A) Someone else will always be around to do their critical thinking for them; or

B) The witching world outside their curated bubble is Extremely Dangerous, and they must be So Careful All The Time to not fuck up.

Danger exists; ignoring it and/or shielding others from it entirely on their behalf does that person a disservice, in my opinion. Exposure is often the best teacher. You can prepare all you like, but hands-on experience will teach more than a thousand hand-wrung warnings ever will.

Young, inexperienced, and/or "baby" witches have the right to make mistakes and get into trouble. It's good for them. Don't take learning opportunities out of their hands just because you are afraid. Perhaps they won't be.

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Here's a picture of our horseshoe witches bells! I won't go through all the details of it but we made this one for cleansing, protection, and luck. -Max/V

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Max: I've been practicing combining oracle cards with Lenormand. I'm defiantly enjoying it! (Also, yes, I did put my lenormand deck in Pokémon card covers, its funny! Also they're the perfect size and it helps protect them so its a win-win.)

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V: Front and back of the dream journal cover we decorated. The front has a sigil we made to represent our "dream self".

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V: Here's a picture of the cleansing besom/chimes we made! We made it to be used as a mix of broom and sound cleansing.

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Aaron: Happy Ostara! This I just did my spring equinox Lenormand reading. My cat was curious lol.

The deck is by Wildera Art if anyone is curious.

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V: Abundance manifestation scythe we made to hand above our alter!

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Max: Here's pictures of 2 of our alters we feel comfortable sharing! We've decided to take pictures of all our alters/shrines at the end of every year so that we can see how they change over time.

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Max: I've been doing Lenormand divination for a while but recently I've been doing a bit more of a deep dive.

(the deck shown is by Wildera art on etsy)

I'm also just starting to make my own Lenormand deck so I'll be posting about that soon!

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Kitchen witch poppet we made!

the base is a mini cinnamon broom. -V

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Protection Charm we designed! -V8

We often incorporate Ogham into our art both to work with them, as well as it helps us to learn their meanings and energy.

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Cord Cutting Ritual Knife we designed -V

(not made for physical cutting)

We designed this knife so that there can be multiple varieties of situations in which it can be utilized. For example, this could both be used for cutting away stress from a long day out, as well as be used for cutting away distractions while you are wanting to focus on some kind of work or ritual. 

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V8: Here's a look at Max's wand! None of us really use wands much any more, but he said he still wanted to make one to represent himself, as well as his personal practice.

(Can you tell we like to use recycled materials in our craft lol!) since the interior of the wand is made of a tun of metal chips, it conducts energy in a really fascinating way compared to some of our other wands, which is fun.