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This blog has just been sitting without any posts so I’m just gonna ramble about something I thought about recently

An issue I’ve noticed in a lot of Hellenic Pagan spaces is this like mild fear of the gods, the idea that they’re easy to upset and will punish over a mistake, I’ve also noticed the same thing in Christianity but to a slightly lesser extent. I know it comes from mythology and how it sometimes can give that perspective accidentally and I know this has been said a lot but I don’t think it can possibly said enough, the myths are stories, vessels to teach a lesson and give an idea about a god’s role or nature. Speaking from personal experience it can be a genuine hindrance to a relationship with a god if you have a fear of upsetting them in the back of your mind. The only time a god would actually be seriously upset is if you did something horrible. Using my own experience as an example I used to just give general thanks and praise in prayer maybe ask for something but eventually I found the most fulfilling type of prayer was thanks, praise and also just talking about my day, the good things that happened and the issues I maybe faced. Though I will acknowledge that not everyone is down for that kind of prayer or just doesn’t feel close enough to a god to be doing that yet and that’s completely fine. The main thing is, do not fear the Devine. As likely they will only really be stern with you, never angry.

For whoever actually read this through thank you for reading my little ramble.

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i'm just now seeing all this stuff about labubus

my only comment is that collecting is a very natural thing that humans do. i don't care about the rest of the argument i just keep seeing people trying to condemn overconsumption and they get collecting all caught up in there. don't get them confused.

like let's not act like labubus are inherently the root of all evil for being popular and plastic. did you not collect trading cards or plastic figurines or silly bandz or whatever?

stay focused. labubus are not the enemy. the enemy is Big Capitalism. labubus are just a symptom. collecting is fun. you can hold these truths in your mind at the same time.

anyways what do y'all collect i collect bottle caps and tarot decks and those plastic hand fans you know with the fabric fan part and the plastic spines. and i also collect bread tags and nice pretty boxes that used to hold jewelry or soap and things like that. i used to collect plants but that's been on pause lately. technically i collect rosaries that i've made. i collect cool jars and bottles like glass ones but also jars like those cunty little vanilla extract jars i love those. i guess you could say i collect books but i'm picky about which books i want to keep forever. and i collect tin containers like altoid boxes👍and i collect mildliners. and notebooks.

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me: it's happening again that celebrity (male) does everything i find crush-worthy but for some reason i just don't like seeing it this time??? like why am i disgusted i thought i liked those traits. why do i do that

my deities: u r lesbian. remember?

me:

me: OHHHH RIGHT

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one trait i have that i have enjoyed carrying over into witchcraft is not doing things until it feels significant for me. everyone at church lifts their hands, but for most people it's just because it looks more "holy"? hmm. well i don't have any urge to lift mine. so i won't

everyone at the party seems compelled by the music to sing and dance but i'm in the corner sitting quietly? well do i want to dance? no? okay then i won't. i'm not gonna listen to people telling me to "just do it" or i'm "not being any fun"

the way this translates to witchcraft is books saying to do an incantation or that every witch puts selenite over their door or that a certain holiday is a Witchy Holiday, and i simply will not do it unless i care. i love the concept of a daily ritual or a yearly celebration with a certain tradition tied to it, but i need to care first. i don't want to put things places bc that's just what people do. i don't want it to feel unnatural. that's how i felt in christianity as a kid.

like there's (i'm making this up) a holiday on september 15th to celebrate peace and friendship and traditionally we eat bread and honey and we sing the September Song? okay. i feel no way about this. i love peace and friendship. i love a Special Day to eat Special Food. but i don't feel anything about This Particular Day. so i won't celebrate that one bc it'll feel more like i'm following the September 15th Rules

HOWEVER. if there was a day. say. June 1st. to celebrate freedom from academic stress. to celebrate relief and warm weather and swimming. and it was tradition to eat popsicles and sandwiches with chips in them and sing a popular summer song i like/a meme-y summer song. okay well now i kinda care. these words mean something to me. that day means something to me. i don't have to force it because i was naturally going to do these things anyway, now there's just a formal time. there's a combination of it fitting into my life instead of me fitting into it, and a reason and personal pull for me to celebrate.

it's the same with other things. i tried black salt in my practice when i first started because i felt a bit of interest. it was alright and it worked for the time. but the idea of charcoal didn't have any sort of pull for me. i didn't particularly reach for black salt often.

however. straight salt?? that's my baby girl. i see salt everyday. i cook and bake with it. i take it on it's own for my POTS. i know it's pros and cons. i have personal opinions on different salt types. i've been to the beach. i've tasted my tears. i had a working relationship with salt before i even got into witchcraft bc i've worked with salt. i know salt. i care about salt. when i use salt in a witchy way it means something. i'm not just using it bc a book gave me a list of properties.

anyways im

actually lemme bold this part so i don't get yelled at by people who didn't read the whole thing

im not saying this to say that following someone else's guidelines or an old tradition or a list of properties is bad. following is still a very good way to learn and often it guarantees safety and efficiency bc a bunch of people have followed those rules before without dying and got the results they wanted

i actually say this just because sometimes i see either 1) rampant cultural appropriation or 2) people getting down on themselves for not following a holiday right when it's supposed to be a celebration or 3) people thinking pagan and witch aren't extremely extremely diverse groups of people. (think "_____ is stolen from a pagan tradition" which ones?????????? "here's some pagan holidays to celebrate" which pagans??? pagan does not just mean ancient generic europeans. and even if it did you can't even generalize old european traditions like that😭)

i think these things happen bc people want to care about a ritual or tradition or practice. they want it to feel sacred. and they hope copying the traditions of marginalized people or following old traditions will do that for them if they do the right song and dance for long enough. this is often not the case.

and being black i know a thing or two about having my history and traditions ripped from me before i even got to see them. i know how it feels to watch people care about their practice and understand the importance of even little things and wish i had that. but if you want a ritual or tradition to really mean something you have to look at your own history. including. your own lived life, for starters.

you try to celebrate the full moon but you keep missing days and you just don't really care about it? that's fine. what about the last day of your period. 👀you might care about that a bit more. that's worth celebrating

harvest holidays don't mean anything to you? no problem. what about the day you get your adhd meds refilled? what about when the grocery store finally stocked up on that snack you like again? what about bringing home homemade bread from a friends house?

you keep celebrating the summer solstice/spring equinox/idk but you just can never really get into it? whatever. what about the first day of the year when it stops snowing. what about the day of the first brisk breeze after a hot ass summer. the last day of your classes. the season you start seeing less mosquitoes out.

like, tumblr holidays can feel more sacred than following a holiday you don't feel connected to. i don't care about eating bread and honey on september 15. i do care about reblogging the Out Of Touch Thursday video on thursday every now and then. do i reblog on the wrong day sometimes? sure. do i ever miss a thursday? yes most of the time. but i don't feel like i did something wrong or broke a rule. and it still feels special reblogging it on thursday.

casting a circle doesn't feel important to you? alright. cast a "force field times 100" like you did when you were a kid.

so basically tldr do you want your craft to feel special and intentional and sacred but following the "witchy/pagan holidays" and doing the rituals everyone does just doesn't seem to give you that? try looking at your own life and make traditions and rituals and habits that matter to you. use a silly band in your witchcraft for luck or fun or to enhance a spell that involves exchange or something. celebrate the end of your period (if u have one) instead of the moon phases. things like that👍 and don't force yourself to do things a certain way if they don't feel important or valuable to you. or do. i'm not ur mom and that's still a way to learn (just be wary of cultural appropriation and bigotry)

i am once again asking everyone to be silly and cringe in their magic if they want it to feel special and personal. use your anime figurines and stuffed animals nail polish and memes and bandaids and otter pops and kpop photocards in your craft. it's FUN and it WORKS and most importantly it's FUNNY. say RANDY YOUR STICKS as an incantation to spells you want to work quickly🙏pleas

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dodie what r we talking about rn

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she is dropping "dodie the series the musical the movie 2: 2 doddle 2 oddle ". ™️

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traditional family values are actually a conspiracy by Big Abuser to make more abusive parents

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“how did you get into writing” girl nobody gets into writing. writing shows up one day at your door and gets into you

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downside: going to have to include a picture of the Giza pyramids in the slides for the lecture upside: i get to give people a crash course in why perspective matters in two frames, because

followed by

is such a funny sequence

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tiktok teen lgbts would not survive in the 80s and 90s when lesbians called gay guys fags lovingly and gay guys would call us dykes lovingly

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no yeah thanks for welcoming me to womanhood again but like yeah this man is in fact currently following me home can we maybe address that aspect

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Happy pride month with finally become your true self 🫂🏳️‍⚧️💕

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That elderly couple who volunteers at the soup kitchen after church on Sundays and attends every town hall meeting has done more community direct action than 99% of internet leftists 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Second reporter intentionally shot by cops in LA

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I know people aren't here for the news, but trans folks, I'm thinking of you tonight and how you deserve better.

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why did you people come up with russian names for what is supposed to be a movie set in italy. what was the thought process here. why does she sound like she walked out of a tolstoy novel

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I guess a more general version of the point is that in the last 50-ish years, everyday language has borrowed more and more of both the terminology and structural features of technical language. This happens for a lot of reasons. But I think it's mostly not a good thing. For one, being abstract and technical is not actually very useful in the messy real world, where concepts are fuzzy and vague and most things of importance are not quantifiable. For another, if natural language borrows too much of the authority of science and the law, it might find that there's not enough left afterwards for science and the law to do what we need them to do.