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be the person you needed when you were younger.

(via daisy-do)

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needs no words….

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me: 🎃🎃🎃 it's almost halloween 🎃🎃🎃

people around me: halloween is at the end of october, not the beginning

me: 🎃🎃🎃 it's almost halloween 🎃🎃🎃

people around me: it isn't a month-long holiday

me: 🎃🎃🎃 it's almost halloween 🎃🎃🎃

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If you're reading this...

Then it's been a pleasure "meeting" you here. I've had so many wonderful people added to my life because of this blog. It means a lot to me. This has been my safe space for the past five years, and it's seen a lot. Unfortunately, this little corner of the internet I've occupied all these years is no longer safe. I've been informed that my ex is still stalking my blog. I'm not comfortable with such a toxic person from my past digging around in my new life and personal thoughts. So, I think it's finally come time to start fresh. I'm a new me in a new place irl, so it seems fitting to do the same here. If anyone wants to continue following me, please message me privately and I'll give you my new URL! Until then, it's been an absolute honor and a wonderful ride. <3

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Basic Witchcraft Substitutions

“I’m a secret Witch and don’t have access to herbs. What can I use instead of ____?”

“I can’t afford a cauldron, what can I use instead?”

“I can’t get ______, can I use _______?”

So I get this kind of question a lot. Witchcraft in the modern day, especially Witchcraft as it’s practiced by younger people and/or people on social media Witchcraft groups, has a certain aesthetic around it that tends to popularise expensive cauldrons, gem-studded wands, expensive black velvet shawls, and all the other trappings of a field that has become caught, like so many things, in the web of materialism and a desire to be identifiably “Witchy”. Now, please understand that this is not an inherently bad thing - common aesthetic or cosmetic themes are a trope common to many cultures and subcultures around the world and through history. They serve as common binding elements, giving people a much-needed sense of community, a sense of belonging, and a certain amount of morale boosting that might otherwise be hard for a person in a somewhat shunned subculture to achieve. 

However, for those who are unable to make this kind of subculture connection apparent for whatever reason be it societal, financial or otherwise, or for those who wish an alternative presentation and practice of the Craft, this can sometimes be problematic. Many Witchcraft resources online assume that a Witch has free and open access to certain things, such as a metal cauldron, a ceremonial athame, a certain number of expensive herbs or crystals, or other such tools or components. Since this isn’t always practical, here is a simple substitution guide for you, giving a non-exhaustive list of potential, basic substitutions. 

Please bear in mind, this list only gives example substitutions - other options are also potentially possible! 

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Athame Most knives, especially things like letter-openers that are not used for eating. It doesn’t have to be sharp, as athames should never be used for cutting - that’s a boline’s job

Boline A boline is simply a sharp knife that is used for cutting spell ingredients and the like. Any sharp knife will do, just cleanse it appropriately before and after.

Cauldron Most bowls, though metal or fired and glazed clay is best as these materials are both fireproof and waterproof. Flowerpots or ceramic mugs can work if nothing else is available!

Chalice Any glass will work, however something special and with a stem, like a decorative or ornate wine glass, would be most suitable. You could also use a special or ornate mug, but one either without a handle or with two handles would be better than one with a single handle.

Coloured candles If you don’t mind the lack of colour, white is a good “general” colour. However, if the colour is essential, consider tying coloured ribbons around the base. Do not melt crayons into the wax, however - this can clog the candle-wick and cause it to explode, potentially violently.

Crystals Look up the associations for that stone, and see if any more common ones would do. In a pinch, consider instead writing the intentions on paper and burning it, or using stones from around your area that you feel have an appropriate energy.

Deity statues If your deities would find it appropriate, it may be possible to simply write their name on a candle, or inscribe a basic god or goddess figure into one, and burn that in place of using a statue or idol of your deities.

Grimmoiré A grimmoiré is really just a book that’s written in. Any notebook will work, no matter if it’s bound in singed leather or in a plastic spiral-bound homework book.

Herbs Again, consider possible alternatives - if sage isn’t available, rosemary is a good protective. If you don’t have feverfew for a headache charm, consider willow leaves or bark.

Pentacle table top A pentacle drawn on a piece of paper will work well as an alternative, or you could consider using something like water daubed into a pentagram on the table top.

Ritual or altar cloth Cleanse and bless any clean, appropriately coloured fabric and it will work well. A bedsheet is an ideal altar cloth. Black cloth is reserved for Samhain or funerary altars.

Wands A wand is simply a channelling device for your own innate energies and abilities, so anything that channels will work. Something like a stick that’s been blessed will do, as will any rod made out of metal. 

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Blessed be,

– Juniper

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Reflections of Fall… Tea Lake Dam, Algonquin Park, ON. Canada

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reblog to add +10 haunting power to your ghost when you die

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Daaaaawww... Thank you <3

Red fox aesthetic for anon!

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Someday you’re gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. You’ll see that you were in mourning and your heart was broken, but your life was changing.

Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love. (via wnq-writers)

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Wait, so in Gryffindor Tower, if a boy tries to go up the girl’s staircase, it turns into a slide, right? What if one day a kid sets foot on it, but it remains stairs, all the way to the top, and at the top the kid whispers “I knew I was a real girl”

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How to say "I like cats" in 7 different languages

English - I like cats

Spanish - Me gustan los gatos

French - J'aime les chats

German - Ich mag Katzen

Mandarin Chinese - 我喜欢猫 (Wǒ xǐhuān māo)

Arabic - (‘ana ‘uhibb alqatat) أنا أحب القطط

Russian - Мне нравится коты (Мnye nravitsya koty)

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I definitely need this for my garden