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Sudden Job Loss

i just lost my job due to extreme stress causing a mental collapse, I'm beginning my job search tomorrow but I expect it to take a bit. I made a go fund me, If you're able to help great great, If not please suggest some jobs that aren't too bad with sensory issues. Thankyou!

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Well fucks? Get to it!

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i love you green. i love you forests. i love you smell of damp earth. i love you feeling before the storm breaks. i love you moss. i love you rivers. i love you streams. i love you thunderstorms. i love you sunlight shining through leaves.

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[grabs your shirt] listen. listen to me. the practical is holy. the everyday is sacred. the simple act of surviving is divine. do you get it? sanctity begins at home, in the hands that build and the lives we live and the deaths we die and the worms that eat our bodies. if making something by hand is not worthy of veneration then nothing is.

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imagine hating on me and it’s just me on a tuesday night

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witches who support modern medicine & scientific evidence 2024 ✨️🩺💉

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how are you as a witch not political? if you think you can practice something as radical as witchcraft and have it not be political in every sense, please go back to introduction to witchcraft 101.

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Hi 👋, My name is Mohammad, and I’m reaching out in a moment of desperate need. I’m a father of three young children living in Gaza, and we are caught in the midst of a catastrophic war. Our home is no longer a safe haven, and the future here seems increasingly uncertain. 💔

I’ve launched a fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $40,000 to relocate my family to a safer place where my children can grow up in peace and have a chance at a brighter future.

Unfortunately, my previous fundraising efforts were abruptly halted when my account was terminated without explanation. However, I remain determined to keep fighting for my family’s safety and well-being. 🫶

If you could take a moment to read our story, consider donating, or simply share our campaign with others, it would make an incredible difference. Every act of kindness, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to safety and a new beginning. 🙏

Thank you for your time, compassion, and support. ❤️‍🩹

https://gofund.me/fd1faea2 🔗

They are 88% done with their goal (35k), please share and help if you can.

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study witch tip!

consecrate a candle for grounding and draw a sigil for focus and concentration Right below that before anointing it with rosemary (for good memory and protection)

thank me later <3

happy witching!

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need an astrology witchy to tell me what the fuck is going on because it has been far too long of this.

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I totally agree!

It is one of the biggest ways I have been able to not just connect with my spirit team but also with other entities that have come across. There is only so much time I can spend with them doing divination, spellwork, or rituals. The time spent is ultimately limited, alongside its frequency being lesser.

Lighting a candle, maybe some incense, leaving a cup of tea or coffee or even, hell, water for the impromptu hangout session, can do so much to build a spirit relationship simply by virtue of spending more time. Mindful time, where you are doing things in the same space, aware of their presence.

(Literally have a candle and some tea set out right now as I body double for studying!)

Spirit Work: The Power of Hanging Out

Elaborate rituals, intense meditations, and huge gestures have their places in spirit work. There's value in putting a massive effort into something for the spirits you venerate or work with. And sometimes, you need to do these big things for a particular outcome or as part of your tradition.

I have a bias against big, elaborate rituals for this purpose, though. In my practice, it's just unnecessary. All of the relationships I have and maintain with spirits are, at their cores, friendships. They're not working relationships, they're not worshiper-worshiped relationships, they're not transactional relationships. My spirits are my friends.

So I approach working with them like friendship. I'll light a candle and set a cup of coffee or tea on their altar in the same way I'd offer a friend a cup of tea when they visit. If I'm working on something, I'm accustomed to body doubling as someone with ADHD, and I like to invite my friends to work alongside me. In the same way, I'll invite my spirit friends to participate or just hang around while I work.

Heck, they hang out while I write these posts sometimes!

Not everything in spirit work has to be intense and serious. Yes, you should be respectful -- in the same way that you should be respectful to your neighbors and your friends. And yeah, not all spirits can or should be treated this way.

But I would like to posit the humble power of Hanging Out.

What I Mean By That

Literally. Hanging out.

Whatever you normally do to "call" your spirit(s), do that. My method is lighting a candle of some sort. Sometimes, I'll choose a scented candle if I'm trying to lure a particular spirit to the area, but an unscented taper candle will do just fine.

And then, you hang out. That's it.

If you're watching YouTube, invite the spirit to watch with you. Ask their opinions on what to watch, if you have an easy way to communicate with them. (One of my spirits loves Ghost Hunting TV Shows. He thinks it's hilarious.)

If you're playing a video game, leave space on the couch for the spirit to settle next to you to watch.

Make dinner, chat about your days. Set aside a little plate for them if you want. Eat together.

The Value in Hanging Out

The idea here is that time is valuable​. Time spent with someone else is valuable on its own, even if that time is spent doing little to nothing "productive."

Think about your friends and the people you enjoy spending time with. It isn't always clubs, parties, exploring, hiking, running, traveling, or whatever else you do. Even if that's how you met or your main activity together, there are always casual moments. Easy breakfasts, simple conversations, sleepovers in your PJs, watching movies.

Quality time is powerful. Choosing to spend your time with someone sends a clear message: "I value your presence."

Not everything has to be an elaborate party. Sometimes, all you want is to sit down and hang out.

Why can't it be the same with spirits? The answer is that it can. In my practice, I rarely do anything that elaborate. I'll put extra effort in for special occasions like holidays, but usually, it's a simple act of lighting a candle, saying hello, and then sitting down with the spirit to just hang out.

Not every relationship requires constant, intense focus. Especially if you're looking to befriend​ your spirits, rather than just work with them, the Power of Hanging Out is a valuable asset to keep in mind.

It doesn't have to be every day, either. I have a sort of open, standing invitation for whichever spirits to hang out whenever they like. They're welcome to chill anytime, unless I ask to be left alone. Because of our relationship, they respect that. (Usually -- the only time they don't is if something urgent has come up or they need something.)

I developed the theory of Hanging Out years ago. Spirit work was where I started, and it's always been Home to me. But it's intense sometimes, and a lot of what I was doing was burning me out very, very fast. So I adapted on the fly, as one does, and it ended up working really well.

Now, Hanging Out is my primary method of doing spirit work. Even with spirits I don't know or in new locations, there's value in projecting an aura of "I'm just here to chill. Feel free to talk to me, or don't. It's cool." Spirits, shockingly, respond to that. I end up with a lot of interesting, casual conversations, light taps on the shoulder to let me know I've been acknowledged by something that doesn't want to talk, and various visual anomalies from shy critters in the shadows.

Think of it like slow blinking at a cat or offering the back of your hand to a dog. Approaching respectfully and calmly in a very casual way attracts things that otherwise wouldn't show themselves. The Power of Hanging Out is alluring to even the shyest spirits.

Again, obviously, this won't work for all spirits. Do what works for what you work with. I've found Hanging Out works best with ancestors, house spirits, land spirits, and assorted ghosties over the years. It's not so good with, say, the Good Neighbors. But hey, maybe your experience will differ.

Extra Benefits of Hanging Out

Aside from the relationship benefits of casually sitting and hanging out, there are even more practical benefits. As a side-effect of adapting spirit work in this way to work for me, my senses for spiritual energy shot through the roof.

I've always been pretty sensitive. I'm that weird kid at the next table over in the restaurant who clocked the spirit of your recently-deceased aunt who left you her necklace which you're wearing under your shirt and which I couldn't have possibly seen. But when I started Hanging Out and just existing in a space with spirits, everything sort of... exploded.

It's like recognizing your family's footsteps coming down the hallway. When I stopped trying to force myself to understand and recognize every scrap of energy, it all washed over me instead. And in the Energy Soup, I started to recognize more signs and signals without effort.

This is, in my opinion, the greatest benefit of Hanging Out, even for people who don't do spirit work at all. There's no meditative aspect to it, really (though you can certainly meditate to enhance it, if that's something you do). It's just sitting and being receptive.

I don't think this method will work for everyone. People who have zero sensitivity to spirits may not see any results. But I think it has value even for those people.

At its core, Hanging Out is a mindfulness exercise. If you can't be with spirits, be with yourself. Put the call out to whoever or whatever you work with, venerate, sense -- or things you'd like to get to know better. See what answers.

​Light a candle.

Say, "If you want to come sit with me and watch TV, feel free. I have popcorn."

Hang Out.

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“I Observe Witchy Holidays. Observe them as they pass by me because I forgot. Again.”

— Stormwaterwitch (via stormwaterwitch)

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Me, A Witch, On Every Major Holiday: Oh hey yeah there’s a thing today

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feeding the spirits of samhain and diwali in the same breath because we in the clurb we all fam

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Witchcraft Practice & Disability

I have often struggled and grappled a lot with the concept of my practice being able to co-exist with my disabilities. I have been practising witchcraft since before I was made aware of my disability, but my disability sure themselves aware throughout my practice.

From being unable to get up, plan or do Anything for major events and days, to the simple mundane task of going up to my altar and saying thanks to all my spirits. Every single task was dictated or rather, negated by my disability and my being unable to function or do anything.

The only discourse for the same is a persistent reminder of, "meditate everyday only then are you a witch," "you cannot be a witch unless you have a daily routine and do something everyday" and the list just goes on.

When will we are a collective talk about how such ideas are rooted in sheer ableism and the capitalistic idea of constantly working and being active? Rest is objectively a part of the cycle of nature, periods where we flourish and are active and others when we rest.

Why are we not allowed to extend the same to our bodies and our spirit?

And this is not to say that all spirits and deities you will be working with, will be okay with you vanishing for months on end. Unfortunately promises and oaths made to the spirits do not follow the same rules for disabilites. THere are deities and your spirit team that might excuse you and give you that time, but not every spirit you make a contract or contact with are obligared for the same. They are not obligated to stay or do anything in the period that they are not being fed or given something in return. And that is okay. That is why we bite how much we can chew.

But that is in very specific situations, with very specific spirits. you are not ruining yourself or your practice by not being active for a week or for months.

Your disability does not make your practice "armchair witchcraft" (i really bloody hate that phrase).

You are allowed to take breaks. You are allowed to come back later. You are allowed to mourn being unable to practice when you wanted to. And you are allowed to ask for grace and time from your spirit team and deities.

You practice is your own and it is horrifying the policing other, non-disabled, able-bodied and neurotypical witches feel entitled to.

If you are one of them, clearly, this space and post are not for you. If you do not understand how people go months and years away from their practice, then this is also clearly not for you.

I want to talk more about what can be done during the major periods of breaks, and what not to do. This is not to throw shade at the posts that talk about - pulling 1 card from your bed because sometimes even the energy for that is lacking. (and that is for future posts)

We are disabled. We have needs. We will take up space.

And a special fuck you for the people who believe that taking medications will "hamper" your intuition.

I would love for other disabled witches to also share about their experiences and how they navigate these periods <3

Happy witching to you and a protective period of Samhain for your loved ones ✨🎃🍂

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Samhain, Ancestors and Strange Occurrences (storytime)

A personal story time ahead of something that happened just the day before Samhain/ Halloween with a friend.

For context, I do not work with ancestors due to the sheer lack of connection, being queer, trans and in general not having good ancestors who I think can add much to my life (where at a point I ended up throwing their candle in their trash - yeah, i know - but that is a story for another time. If you have absolutely hateful and horrible ancestors that you have had altercations with, you Know).

I was on a call with my friend, who is also a witch when I told her that I kept hearing sniffling at my back, even though there was nobody there, I could feel a strong presence.

She simply asked me to throw some salt over my shoulder (a typical witch remedy, of course), and I said, "Maybe, or it could just be the veil thinning since Samhain is arriving in less than a day."

And at the same time we both ended up saying,

"it feels like an old man"

"maybe an old man ancestor who is proud of you"

Both of us paused and looked at each other as - okay if we are both saying that something is going on. She immediately stopped everything, got in the zone to channel and started describing this old man to me, and lo and behold, she was literally describing my great-grandfather.

I had never spoken to her about him, nor did she know of my relation with my great-grandfather. Yet, she got the specifics of the type of glasses he wore the exact type of cane, his favourite food, his favourite flavours, objects he carried around with himself, and specific things he had said to me.

Safe to say, we both were shocked, and she kept saying I don't know how this is happening, and how it is never this specific.

There was a lot more shared that I will not be sharing here for very obvious reasons.

Turns out that even if you put your back on your ancestors, they are still very much there, something which, if I had read in the past, I would have scoffed and moved on, and that is the power of personal experience.

(Reminder -This is not me saying that you too will have this moment, nor is this me trying to say that yes working with your ancestors is something you need to or should do. Hell had not even dabbled into the idea of working with them for 5 years until I did, which did not go well. This is a personal experience, sharing about my interactions and experience. You do not have to ever work with an ancestor, regardless of whether them reaching out or not. It is your practice and you get to choose what remains a part of it and what does not)

In my head, he would have been the last person I would ever expect to reach out to, yet he is the one who has been there, looking after me, present, only wanting for me to talk to him and share things with him like old times.

Here is to the veil thinning, and the ancestral energy of Samhain which I had always hated. There is now something to look forward to.

Things can change even after 8 years of being in this practice. And this is why I love being a witch with all my heart.

Happy witching and Merry Samhain to you and your loved ones.

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