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iolitegrimoire · 10 months
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✨Welcome to the Iolite Grimoire✨
Everything you see here is just a collection of info I use for my research on my path as a witch. If anything is helpful in your path too, you're welcome to reblog it! Nothing in the reblogs are mine, so don't forget to give credit where it's due.
A little bit about me...
My name is Ezra Iolite and I'm a Hellenic Witch.
Been practicing witchcraft for nearly 5 years now, going on 6. I'm still something of an intermediate than an expert with all these years under my belt, but I'm comfortable at the pace I'm at right now in my craft, so it works for me.
This grimoire blog is for everyone to enjoy!
(All boxes below were made by Aterios/messywitch here on Tumblr)
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iolitegrimoire · 10 months
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okay i actually finished some other user boxes (that i still don't know if they're a thing anymore) but! you're free to use them, just say Aterios made them.
i'm open to making these under request, just send me an ask with the deity you'd like a box for!! please be nice, too.
gods in this post: Hades, Persephone, Thanatos, Hypnos, Hekate, Helios, Selene, Asteria, Eros & Nyx.
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iolitegrimoire · 10 months
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are user boxes still a thing? no idea. but i made user boxes as my contribution to the community. they're matchy, too!! you're free to use them- just say Aterios made it.
i'm open to making these under request, just send me an ask with the deity you'd like a box for!! please be nice, too.
gods in this post: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Athena, Hermes & Dionysus.
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iolitegrimoire · 10 months
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Teenage witch
Forest walks during break, glamour magic while getting ready, tarot cards in pockets, witchy shop visits, crystal jewelry, Tasseography, and cats following you on your way home
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iolitegrimoire · 11 months
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Athens, Greece
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iolitegrimoire · 1 year
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The Eight Sabbats and The Wheel of the Year: My Digital Grimoire Series
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iolitegrimoire · 1 year
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iolitegrimoire · 1 year
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Fun and easy habits to develop as a pagan!
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Or, a few ideas of routine pagan stuff I personally engage in, or wish to start engaging in.
Opening the curtains and taking a quick moment to appreciate the daylight (or the darkness) of the outside. Draw from it the energy you will need for the day!
After waking up, saying a short prayer to a deity of your choice (you could very well change it up based on your intent, or always pray to the same if you are devoted to one in particular). A simple “Good morning. I will try to honor you today” shows that you’re thinking of them!
Taking a little time every once in a while to learn about local plants, trees or fauna! Little by little, you’ll learn to recognize them when out in nature. Nothing more rewarding!
Playing a song, or simply instrumental music that reminds you of your spirituality when doing chores, preparing for the day or the night, etc.  Useful if the day-to-day makes you feel disconnected from your spirituality! 
Every once in a while, cleansing a spiritual space by simply cleaning it out before lighting a fragant candle or incense. Always makes me feel refreshed!
Focusing on a picture of a deity/deities (or spirit/spirits, or ancestor/ancestors) of your choice in adoration. What can they teach you today? How can you honor them? If a new and inspiring idea comes to your mind, why not note it down!
Diffuse a smell (either by candle, incense, essential oil diffuser or else) while getting prepared for the day! If such a topic interests you, you could learn about how different smells affect us, and how you can use that in this specific ritual. With what intent do you wish to start your day?
If you have a book/books on mythology that pertains to your deity/deities or their related culture, why not read a few pages every once in a while, just for fun! Like the song/music I mentioned before, this an easy way to start your day thinking of your spirituality.
Looking up art: depictions of deities, or if you worship nature spirits, pictures of the animal or plant the form of which it takes.
Adopting a deity’s symbol for the day! You can do that by wearing a piece of devotional jewelry, or even drawing a rune/sigil/symbol on your skin so as to keep the deity in mind.
If you’re reading this, it means you use tumblr! Why not use such social networks to talk to other pagans who share your practices? There’s lots to learn from each other! Plus, you may make good friends this way. 
Look outside, observe the weather. What color’s the sky? How strong is the wind blowing? In what direction are the clouds being blown? Stay in tune with nature! You may even become able to tell which signs foretell which weather events! 
Make stuff you find in nature into amulets. For example, if a leaf, rock, acorn, fallen branch or else catches your attention, why not bring it home as a lucky charm? If you possess such a skill, you could even make it into jewelry!
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iolitegrimoire · 1 year
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iolitegrimoire · 1 year
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Hekate Correspondences According to Hekate Liminal Rites by Sorite d'Este
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Goddess of: Crossroads, thresholds, boundaries, transitions, dreams and nightmares, oracles and divination, life and death, the restless dead, witchcraft and herbalism/poisons, protection, childbirth, the heavens, sea and earth.
Epithets: Chthonia (earthly one), Dadouchos (torch-bearer), Enodia ('of the wayside' or 'of the crossroad'), Kleidouchos (key-bearer), Kourotrophos (child's nurse), Phosphorus (light-bearer), Propolos (companion), Propylaia (the one before the gate), Soteira (savior), Triformis (three bodied), Trioditis (of the three ways), Brimo (angry/terrifying), Nexichthon (she who breaks open the earth), Prytania (invincible queen).
Symbols: Keys, torches, the moon, lunar crescent diadem, bronze/brass (her sacred metal), iron (particularly nails), bronze or golden sandals, virgin, garland/wreath, scorge, whips, sickles, swords, knives, wands, things done in threes, the strophalos, white, black, red, and saffron yellow.
Animal Associations: Lions, (black) dogs, horses, cows/bulls, hydras, snakes, bats, and dragons.
Plant Associations: Rue, laurel, cumin, sesame seeds, cornels, asphodel, maidenhair, rushes, galangal, verbena, sage, hedge-mustard, purple honeysuckle, cassidony, field basil. mandrake, hulwort, dittany, saffron, nose-smart, lion-foot, greenbriar, camomile, black poppy, alcua, all-heal, white hellebore, aconite, oak, ebony, garlic, and cypress.
Deities She's Worshiped With: Demeter and Kore (Eleusinian mysteries), Poseidon, and Hermes.
Deities She Absorbed: Brimo, Despoina, Enodia, Genetyllis, Kotys, Kratais, and Kourotrophos.
Deities She's Syncretised With: Artemis, Selene, Mene, Persephone, Physis, Bendis, Bona Dea, Diana, Ereschigal, and Isis.
Offerings: Dogs, goats, lizards (this can be something in their shape), incense and fragrances, resins like frankincense, myrrh, and storax, wafers and cakes, barley cakes, honey, vegetables, first fruits, flowers, fish like sprat and mullet, wine, milk, blood, oil, water, raw eggs, bread, cheese, and cheesecakes.
Types of Magic Historically Attributed to Her: Rejuvenation of the old, control over weather, necromancy/raising the dead, purification, love/binding/relationship destroying magic, invisibility/to move unseen, shapeshifting, control over animals, herbal/poison magic, and divination.
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iolitegrimoire · 1 year
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S K Y R I M + night sky
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iolitegrimoire · 1 year
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APOLLO; god of the sun
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iolitegrimoire · 1 year
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Silly Symphony - The Goddess of Spring (1934)
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iolitegrimoire · 1 year
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iolitegrimoire · 1 year
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I’m not a classicist, but I suspect one of the reasons so many of the Greek gods are portrayed so unflatteringly was less because they were seen as villains than because they represented their domains.  Of course Zeus sometimes misuses his power, that’s what a king does.  Of course Artemis’s wrath is wild and painful, that’s what nature can be.  Of course Hades snatched away a young girl from her mother’s arms, that’s what death does.  This is one of the reasons callout posts for some gods comparing them negatively to ‘nicer’ gods are kind of missing the point.
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iolitegrimoire · 1 year
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🌷🐸Ostara🐰🌿
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I love this time of year! Spring is one of my favorite seasons. Life if returning to the earth and my birthday is a few days after the equinox. Here’s how I’m celebrating this extra special time of year🌱🥚
Colors🌈
All pastel colors! I like to emphasize yellow for daffodils, blue and green for new life, and pink for the other spring flowers
Altar decorations🐰
🐣Animal figurines/stuffed animals lambs, chicks, deer, frog, and bunnies are great choices for this time of year. You can even make clay figurines of the animals you see around you.
🥚 painted or plastic eggs
💐Flowers/Plants/Seeds/Sprouts
🌷A vision board/representations of things you wish to get done
☀️Solar symbols
Spell themes🐸
🌱 Renewal
💫Cycles
🌳Balance
🍃Getting rid of negative thoughts, cycles and patterns
Plants 🌱
🌼Daffodils (my favorite)
🌷Tulips
🌱Crocuses
🌺Hyacinth
🌿Thyme
💜Lavender
🌳Rododendron
🌸Hellebore
Food 🥘
🍳 Eggs
🥛 Milk
🥐Baked goods
🥖Bread
🍵Peas
🥕Carrots
🍋Lemons
🥦Any in season vegetables where you live
Ways to celebrate 💐
🎨Paint eggs with friends
🌳Go for a walk, taking notice of the new spring plants and animals
🌅Wake up at sunrise and hear the birds chirping
🍰Bake and cook while putting your intentions into the food
🌱Start your garden by filling an eggshell with dirt and planting the seed in the eggshell. Say your intention while planting so it manifests as the seed grows
🖌Make Ostara themed art, doodles, and crafts
🧺Have a picnic or tea party
🎵Sing, dance, and make music
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I hope everyone has a wonderful Ostara and let me know if you try any of these🐣
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iolitegrimoire · 1 year
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The Eight Sabbats and The Wheel of the Year: My Digital Grimoire Series
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