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channeling celestial energy

channeling celestial energy is useful for performing cosmic magic and charging objects. channeling energy in the most basic sense involves harnessing energy from an external source to use in spellwork. in this case, you’d be harnessing energy from planets, stars, constellations, comets, nebulae, or a variety of other celestial bodies. 

to accomplish this, i would suggest the following:

focus on whatever celestial body you want to harness energy from

imagine a trail of stardust, a string, a beam of light, whatever you want, acting as a tether from yourself to the source of energy you’ve chosen - think of it as a charger with a cord powering the battery of [insert thing here]

after you’ve filled up your battery, you can either store it for later or use it right then - up to you

you can do this wherever you want! if visualization isn't your jam, you could maybe use some imagery or music to inspire you - i like using ambient music or even rain sounds depending on the situation.

good luck! ✧

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An Alternate Look at Correspondences

I see a lot of people speaking about correspondences in a way that doesn’t line up with my study and experience at all, so I figured I’d put something out there and see where discussion leads.

There’s a big narrative on Witchblr that correspondences are an entirely personal phenomenon: that the same herb may be used in entirely different ways by two people within the same practice, and that anything can be substituted for almost anything else with the right mindset. I’m going to challenge that some. 

Personal Correspondences can absolutely exist but I think it’s false to say it’s because of the ingredient itself. Let’s take chamomile: if it’s been used for very similar goals across traditions and cultures for generations, there’s probably a reason chamomile is associated with sleep. Our ancestors didn’t pull correspondences from nowhere, they were pulling what worked. (Now we have some science to break down ingredients and explain where some of that effectiveness came from, but we can’t do that with things like luck or love. I think it’s safe to assume the same trust in logic should be applied.) So if you want to use chamomile to add energy and it works, that says “My personal energy prompted by this ingredient is enough to override the energies of the ingredient itself and still be effective.” Which is awesome and totally a thing! But that’s you being a good energy worker, not chamomile being good for energy.  Substitutions absolutely can be made, magic is designed to be workable with what you have around you. That said, you need to understand the role that ingredient plays and substitute accordingly. You would never substitute sugar with salt in the kitchen just because they look the same, you’d substitute the sugar with something designed to add sweetness! Lemon juice and cream of tartar are wildly different ingredients, but both will work as stabilizers in sweets and can easily be substituted in that context. But I wouldn’t sprinkle cream of tartar over my salmon when I don’t have a lemon. Spells are recipes and the ingredient is there for a reason to play a role; substitute for that role just like you would in a kitchen.

and of course, Different Traditions are going to have different ways they believe ingredients and correspondences work, certain associations based on folklore, etc. which all plays a factor in variation as well. With so much variation and conflicting information, I think setting personal rules for ourselves about how we believe correspondences do (and don’t!) work is an important part in establishing a solid practice. If the ingredients can equally mean whatever, then why would we bother mentioning specific ingredients at all, you know? 

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One of my personal ways of thinking about and relating to the minor arcana suites is mind (swords), heart (cups), body (pentacles), soul (wands).

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17 years a tarot reader now and I think my one piece of advice for beginners is to simply spend time with your cards.

Play with them, flip through them, make games out of them, take them places with you, know them and love them, do readings for your friends for fun.

Don't stress yourself out over memorizing every single card in the beginning. It'll come with time and practice.

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e-offering to Lord Apollo 𖤓

Paeon Apollon, deliver us from ill health. Pray that your healing light protect us and our loved ones. May you and your son, Asklepios, guide the hands of skilled health professionals to cure all ailments, mental and physical, so that in our good health we may appreciate your greatness and worship you, Apollo Aegle'tes. I ask that you bring light to the families suffering with uncertainty and hopelessness.

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Some simple folk magic I've picked up here and there is "bad juju absorption".

Like, you take an egg, or a sponge, or a bowl of salt, and put it where you want nasty vibes absorbed.

Energy direct, like you would sweeping dust into a dust pan, sweep into the vessel, or instruct the vessel to suck it all in like a vacuum cleaner.

Then throw it all into the garage bin.

I just think this is pretty neat! 🧹

Cleaning is cleansing, after all. 🪣

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If you can't practice your spirituality without always buying a bunch of stuff, you got hoodwinked by capitalism somewhere on the way.

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I get the temptation to try and revive the hardcore atheist/skeptic movement of the 2010s, but like, the political situation we're in right now is literal proof that their methods don't work. If they did, things would look a lot different right now. Today's atheists and skeptics need to learn from the mistakes made back then and try to do better.

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Eugenicist and bioessentialist beliefs about magic

Like New Age, modern witchcraft developed at a time period when eugenics and so-called race science were highly popular ideas - and consequentially, some of these ideas influenced people’s beliefs about magic. These beliefs also influenced modern conspiracy theories about the occult, which in turn influenced perceptions of magic in general. Here’s some of these beliefs:

People are either born with magical gifts, or they’ll never have them at all.

People born with magical gifts are meant to be spiritual leaders and guide the world into a new age.

There are special bloodlines whose members are more capable of performing magic than others.

People who can perform magic are able to do so only because they have special ancestry.

Some racial groups are more capable of performing magic than others.

Some bloodlines or racial groups are more capable of performing certain kinds of magic than others (EG, so-called “light magic” or “dark magic”).

The traditions of your genetic ancestors will always come to you easily and intuitively, with little to no study required. (And if they don’t, you aren’t a “true witch.”)

Modern witchcraft was also hit by the gender essentialism stick, and claims that come from this line of thinking include:

Magic requires or at least massively benefits from some performance or symbolic representation of heterosexuality or heteronormativity; other forms of magic will be inherently weaker.

Literally all magic is a recreation of heterosexual reproduction.

The womb is a woman’s most potent source of magic.

There are only two important deities: the god and the goddess.

All goddesses represent the divine mother archetype, all gods represent the divine father archetype.

Feminine energies are soft and nurturing, masculine entities are aggressive and bold.

Masculine energies are too strong in the world, and are the reason for imperialism, violence, etc. The imbalance can be corrected by focusing on feminine energies.

So yeah, always watch out for claims like this because they don’t come from a good place.

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Types of Divination

🌙Aeromancy

A means of divination through the interpretation of atmospheric phenomena such as cloud formations, wind currents, rain, fog, lightning, thunder, cosmological events, and positions favorable or unfavorable to the planet.

🌙Cartomancy

A form of divination where you use cards to get the answer to your questions. There are different forms of cartomancy like playing cards, tarot, lenormand and oracle cards.

🌙Osteomancy

Or bone throwing. It's an ancient form of divination used by many cultures. This method consist of throwing the bones and then interpret the results and pattern.

🌙Pendulum

This method consist of observing the subtle movements of the pendulum to gain information about a question, object, or situation.

🌙Scrying

Scrying is divination by seeking a vision while gazing into a transparent, translucent, or reflective object and it's often done by crystal ball gazing, fire scrying, water scrying, mirror scrying, etc.

🌙Astrology

This type of divination interpret movements and relative positions of celestial bodies, and how they influence us. Astrology gives an understanding of situations in our lives, based on our individual astrological birth chart.

🌙Lithomancy

Also known as stone divination, is a form of divination that uses stones or crystals to gain insight into an individual’s future or to provide guidance on a specific issue.

🌙Necromancy

Necromancy is divination through communication with the dead. In this method the practitioner summons or communicate with spirits of the dead in order to gain wisdom.

🌙Ceromancy

The practice of reading the flames and wax of a candle. The candle is lit and the flame examined for clues to the mood and energy surrounding the situation and then the wax is allowed to drip into a bowl of cold water or sometimes onto a piece of paper. The practitioner examines the shapes formed by the melted wax and makes predictions based on his or her interpretation of the shapes.

🌙Tasseography

Is a method of divination where you read pattern and symbols from tea leaves or coffee grounds sediments.

🌙Arithmancy/Numerology

Arithmancy is known as divination using numbers, while numerology is divination through using dates and words turned to numbers. Numerology doesn't require any psychic abilities, instead the method use calculations involving name and birth date numbers.

🌙Palmistry

Palmistry is also referred to as palm reading and is divination through reading and interpreting the lines and structure of the hand. It is common to read the dominant hand as a characterization and also predicting the future.

🌙Bibliomancy

is the divination by randomly chosen passages in books, often religious books or Grimoires. This method consist of picking a random passage from a book to answer a question.

🌙Conchomancy

is a form of divination using sea shells. Placing a seashell on your ear and analyzing the sound counts as Conchomancy. You can also use seashells in Casting divination.

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You can just let the Wiccan god and goddess be their own god and goddess. It's really ok to not turn them into other pre existing deities.

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Annual Witchblr reminder that Hecate's origin is ancient Greece, not Wicca.

Hecate being three formed (Trimorphis) represents her domain of the crossroads, not the maiden/mother/crone triple moon goddess. Hecate predates Wicca and its triple goddess by at least couple thousand years.

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hellenic polytheism: good resource posts from tumblr

tumblr should not be a one stop shop for information about hellenic polytheism! however, these are some amazing posts i've found that come with a wealth resources from across the site.

hellenic witch and magic reading list

ancient greek religion and hellenic polytheism: a reading guide

hellenism resources

hermes google drive

hellenic polytheism - free (and reliable) resources

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hellenic polytheism - free (and reliable) resources: updated

hellenic polytheism grimoire

would love to see if others have posts they suggest as well.