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shes having a big adventure on my pee wee cause im #HERMAN

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if she’s your girl why am I wearing her favour at the tournament

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A Chinese Water Deer taking a swim with her fawn 

Photograph by  Hans Watson

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if you want to materially aid palestinians undergoing genocide, please consider donating to the zahrat alhanun mutual aid fund. i personally am in contact with some of the organizers and can attest to the work they do. they're currently low on resources for the palestinian students and families that rely on them. you can learn more about ZAMA here! please share widely!!!!!

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Photographs taken in Macon County, Alabama and South Carolina — including Edisto Island, South Carolina by Walter Sanders (circa 1957) via the LIFE Photo Collection

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i don’t think people understand how much of life is grief. not just people dying, but losing the version of yourself you thought you’d become. grieving the city you had to leave. the friends you lost not in argument, but in silence. the summer that will never come back. the feeling that maybe you peaked at 12 when you were reading books under the covers and believing in forever

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George Harrison during the recording session for It's Only Love at EMI Studios in London, England | 15 June 1965 © Koh Hasebe

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moon and willow by harry k shigata

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Glamour Magic: The Art of Becoming Who You Already Are

The Witchy Intention Blog | A Trusted Grimoire for the Modern Magical Path

Glamour magic isn’t just about beauty. It’s not about being the “hottest witch in the room” (though you absolutely can be).

It’s about transformation. Not into someone else—but into a more intentional, visible, and powerful version of yourself.

It’s the spell of perception. The ritual of self-reclamation. The quiet shimmer of knowing exactly who you are and letting the world feel it before you even speak.

It’s walking through the veil with lipstick, perfume, or none of the above—and still casting a spell that changes the room.

🪞 What Is Glamour Magic, Really?

Glamour is not just how you look. It’s how you’re received.

It’s the feeling someone gets when they meet your eyes and suddenly can’t look away. It’s the shift in the air when you enter a space, whether dressed like a goddess or cloaked like smoke.

It’s not just costume. It’s intention woven through presentation.

Glamour magic is:

Speaking with power in your voice and silk in your cadence

Enchanting your reflection until it reflects truth, not insecurity

Casting visibility spells with red lipstick or a veil of fog

Wearing colors, stones, scents, or sigils that say something without needing to explain

Think of it like magical theater, but the mask reveals more than it hides. You’re not becoming something false. You’re amplifying the frequency of your magic so others can feel it—and you can believe it.

🧙‍♀️ Where Did Glamour Magic Come From?

The word glamour comes from old Scottish lore, where it meant a magical illusion—a fae trick of the eye. Something beautiful, beguiling, a little dangerous.

Witches in myth enchanted their appearances to seduce, vanish, or protect. Spirits appeared cloaked in grandeur or terror depending on who they needed to impress.

In ancient rites, kings and queens wore symbolic regalia not to flaunt status—but to embody power.

In folk magic and Hoodoo, glamour lives in mirror spells, confidence oils, attraction charms, and sugar jars full of intention.

Glamour has always been a sacred tool. A spell of presence, not pretense.

❌ What Glamour Magic Is Not

Let’s bust some myths while we’re here:

🚫 It’s not just for femme witches 🚫 It’s not shallow or vain 🚫 It’s not about pretending to be someone you’re not 🚫 It’s definitely not just about looking “hot” (though, again—you might)

✨ Glamour magic is energy work.

It’s charisma sorcery. Aura architecture. It’s putting on your power like armor—or slipping through shadows like mist.

It can be loud or quiet, soft or sharp, golden or ghostly.

Sometimes it says, “See me.” Sometimes it whispers, “Forget I was ever here.”

Both are valid. Both are magic.

💄 Everyday Glamour Magic (That You’re Probably Already Doing)

You’re more magical than you think. Glamour’s already in your bones. Here’s what it looks like in real life:

Putting on enchanted perfume and whispering your intention at your pulse points

Wearing a ring you’ve charged to make you feel bold, beautiful, or untouchable

Stirring honey into your tea before a date and saying, “May I be sweet and remembered”

Dressing like your higher self—even if it’s just a different pair of socks

Drawing a sigil in your mirror fog that makes you feel seen

Walking with your shoulders back like the energy behind you is a crown

It doesn’t have to be dramatic. But it should be intentional.

💋 Quick Spell: Lip Gloss of Command

A fast enchantment for clarity, confidence, and charm when speaking

You’ll need:

Your favorite lip gloss, lipstick, or balm

A mirror

Your voice

Chant while applying:

“On lips I place this velvet charm, Let my words enchant, disarm. Power flows through tone and grace, My truth is heard in every space.”

Hold your gaze in the mirror. Speak your name like a spell. Then go out and speak like you mean it.

🌙 Who Are You Becoming Today?

Every glamour spell begins with a question: What version of me do I need to embody right now?

Choose your archetype. Dress the part. Cast the spell.

🪞 Glamour Archetypes:

The Siren – magnetic, sultry, unreachable

The Oracle – wise, mysterious, cloaked in insight

The Healer – soft-spoken, grounded, luminous

The Shadow – veiled, invisible, protected

The Warrior – direct, bold, unshakeable

The Star – radiant, unforgettable, center-stage

The Mirror – clear, reflective, impossible to pin down

Each one is real. Each one is you. You’re not faking anything. You’re summoning it.

🕯️ Final Thoughts: Glamour Is a Spell of Self-Love

Let’s make this clear:

✨ Glamour magic is for you first.

Before anyone else sees it, you should feel it. Before it enchants the room, it should anchor you in your body.

To choose how you are perceived is an act of sovereignty. To reclaim your image is radical magic. To look in the mirror and see not a flaw to fix, but a spell to cast? That’s everything.

Whether you sparkle or hide, strut or slink— If you’re doing it with intention?

That’s glamour. And baby, it’s working.

🔮 Stay radiant. Stay mysterious. Stay magic.

Blessed be the mask. Blessed be the mirror. Blessed be the truth beneath them both. 🌕

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5/27/25 lightning in Santa Rosa Beach, FL

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June 10, 1913 Letters to Felice by Franz Kafka First published : 1973

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Palacio de Cristal, Parque de El Retiro, Madrid, España

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Odilon Redon (1840-1916) Fighting skeletons

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They say that the way you should view disagreements in relationships is “us vs the problem” and not “me vs them” and I think that to a certain extent that mindset can also be helpful when engaging in political or ideological movements