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You can write down as many correspondences as you want, memorize entire lists from someone else's blog or book or whatever, but none of it will matter if you do not understand those correspondences. It's so critically important to ask "Why?"

Why is spirit purple? Why is love red? Why is chamomile calm? Why is quartz "all purpose"? Why does cinnamon speed up a spell?

Why, why, why?

What do you actually believe? And why?

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paganism pro tip: don't have, or want, a date for valentines day? ask aphrodite to be your valentine! honor her by making it a day of devotion and self love. get yourself your favorite chocolates and treats, and set some aside for aphrodite. grab a bathbomb or some bubble bath, and take a long warm bath as a devotional act. make some valentines inspired arts and crafts, and put them on your altar. wind down by watching your favorite romcoms, no matter how outdated and campy they are (or whatever genre you like, if romance isn't your thing!)

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What I was actually coming here to blog about…

I was reading my witch book on break at work, and it told me to keep black obsidian with me to absorb negativity.

And I laughed because I literally have a small potato in my pocket right now for exactly that.

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Witchy holiday correspondence tip

Historically, foods, decorations, and so on depended on what was available around certain holidays. If you got something like dried peppers because you grew 'em, you can put those on your Samhain altar if you want! If you want to grind your dry peppers and use them in your Yule foods, go for it!

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it's yuletide and you know what that means..... a bunch of witches and pagans spread misinformation that a bunch of christmas traditions are from yule. sigh

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my tip to befriending nature spirits is to just like Go There and be around them. maybe sprinkle a few native seeds for the birds, give a squirrel a little pile of nuts, clean up a bit, sing a little, etc. they'll get used to you being around and be like "oh!!! the human who sings to us is back!!" its literally that easy. just do nice things and spend time with them, they'll warm up to you.

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*for purposes of this poll I will be referring to any and all magic users as “mage” because it’s 4 letters and there are too many different magical identities. No t no shade no pink lemonade 💅🏻

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yesterday i looked at some beautiful tarot cards, but they were sadly out of my price range...

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Tbh it's fucked up that dreamcatchers are more often associated with a particular flavor of white woman as opposed to...like, the ojibwe people?

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Introduction to traditional playing card fortune-telling

Naughty children, today I shall be your good Ukrainian grandmother teaching you how to read playing cards - or, this is your introduction post to this list of meanings.

Begin with taking a new deck of cards; once selected for telling fortunes, it must not be used for games. It has to contain thirty-six cards, thus, if a full deck, take out the Jokers and cards two to five.

While every card has its own meaning, they follow certain general guidelines. Cards are to be read in groupings, modifying each other’s meanings, so start your practice with pairs and groups of three. Traditionally, the King and the Queen of the suit of Hearts are used as significators.

♥️ Love, emotions, relationships, joy, family; air; timing: springtime, morning, hours to days

♦️ Money, material possessions, physical health; fire; timing: summer, daytime, days to weeks; people young, unmarried, wealthy, in good health

♣️ Legal matters, social status, achievements, learning; earth; timing: autumn, evening, weeks to months; people middle-aged, married, benevolent

♠️ Sorrow, selfishness, cruelty, vice and loud, drunken festivities; water; timing: winter, nighttime, years; people over 55, with power or status, hostile or selfish

Ace - initiation, sudden happening, a place or an item

6 - a path, a time frame

7 - conversation, first steps of a process

8 - meetings, development of the process

9 - an event, first results, difficulties can be resolved

10 - full development of a process, something of interest

Jacks - accidents, news, lack of expertise

Queens and Kings - people or states

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You may think it cruel but when a white witch pisses me off I go through her etsy listings for native bird feathers and forward it to fish and wildlife services

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hey hi hello can you reblog this if you’re a trans-inclusive witchcraft or paganism blog i am fighting for my LIFE out here

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Disabled people pointing out ableism by the wider queer community is not "ruining the vibes" of pride month

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This is lovely-- I love the incorporation of your native environment and the experimentation of it all!

Currently working on little plant cards for my book of shadows

All the plants are local in my area because we always have the basic cinnamon, rosemary, lavender and the such but i think it be more fun to use things that are unique to my area also I'm including holistic uses or if it can be side effects Yada Yada

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There are three major types of spiritual practice: first, reaching the spirit by rewarding the body, through ritual feasting, drug-taking and sex; second, reaching the spirit by denying the body, through fasting, cleansing and purification; and third, by abandoning the physical entirely and attempting to reach the numinous entirely via the life of the mind.   In this essay, entitled “Bed, Bath and Beyond”, I will

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new tarot card Zero of Cups. no cups

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I understand the opposition to gendered language in magic, but when Trismegistus says shit like "all liquids and gases are inherently female, whereas all solids and plasmas are male" consider that perhaps a legendary Egyptian from 400bce may have a different understanding of gender than we do.