phrasing-ghost

[phrasing-ghost]

Verum Sine Mendacious

Certum, Et Verissiumum

Quod Est Inferius

Est Sicut Quod Est Supeiu

Et Quod Est Superius

Est Sicut Quod Est Inferius

Ad Perpetranda Miracula Rei Unius

~ Hermes Trismegistus ~

[phrasing-ghost]

Hail Lilith

[phrasing-ghost]

If your god is against homosexuality, then I’m against your god.

If you’re against homosexuality, then I’m against you.

Is your god actually homophobic or are you just projecting your homophobia onto your perception of divinity?

It doesn’t matter. Whatever you use as the justification for your bigotry, I wholeheartedly oppose.

I’m against anyone who paints the LGBTQIA+ community as inherently wrong, immoral, corrupt, or unnatural. I’m fine with being the opposer to any oppressive force, regardless of whether it’s a human, deity, institution, or otherwise. Your justifications are just excuses for your failure to be a good person.

[phrasing-ghost]

is there an equivalent organized hierarchy for demons or do they just fuck around

As far as I'm aware within Christianity, Canonically and doctrinally there's no hierarchy to demons beyond the fact that they can exist "as legion"

Folk tradition as expressed in basically every demonological grimoire seems to conceptualize hell as a complex hierarchical society riven with all sorts of offices and stations and nobility.

[phrasing-ghost]

[phrasing-ghost]

[phrasing-ghost]

Now entering my Favourite Season 🌫 

Photographed by Freddie Ardley

Get Lightroom Presets

[phrasing-ghost]

Hearth Witch Tip: Silver

I have a few silver goods (buy them at the antique store, trust me) and I do my best to maintain them. Unfortunately, even high quality silver oxidizes. That's how you can tell silver is real! Thankfully, I have a quick-ish, hands off method of getting rid of that tarnish.

You'll need

Boiling water

A large bowl

Aluminum foil

Baking soda

1+ hours

I use the old baking soda freshening my refrigerator for this.

Boil your water. Line a large bowl fully with aluminum foil. Dump in the box of baking soda. Once the water is boiling, pour it in to dissolve the baking soda. Add in the silver.

Fold down the rest of the aluminum foil over the silver.

Wait an hour or longer without disturbing the silver. Rub it with the foil and all the tarnish will come off. Dry it fully with a cloth to prevent spots and more tarnish.

[phrasing-ghost]

SIGILS, MAGIC SQUARES, AND PLANETARY SEALS

The term sigil derives from the Latin sigillum, meaning "seal."

Sigils are a symbolic representation of a practitioner's desired outcome.

In medieval ceremonial magic, a sigil was a sign to represent various angels and demons that a witch may summon. Sigils are equivalent to the true name of the spirit, giving the practitioner a measure of control over the beings. These sigils were often created by converting the names of the spirits to numbers, then locating them on a magic square, connecting them by lines, and forming an abstract figure.

"In chaos magic, sigils are most commonly created by writing out the intention, then condensing the letters of the statement down to form a sort of monogram. The chaos magician then uses the gnostic state to "launch" or "charge" the sigil – essentially bypassing the conscious mind to implant the desire in the unconscious. To quote Ray Sherwin: The magician acknowledges a desire, he lists the appropriate symbols and arranges them into an easily visualised glyph. Using any of the gnostic techniques he reifies the sigil and then, by force of will, hurls it into his subconscious from where the sigil can begin to work unencumbered by desire."

(The gnostic state is an altered state of consciousness in which a person's mind is focused on only one point, thought, or goal, and all other thoughts are thrust out. This is used to bypass the filter of the conscious mind. There are three main types of gnosis: inhibitory gnosis, in which one enters a deep state of trance through meditation, ecstatic gnosis, in which one enters mindlessness through intense arousal, whether it be through sexual excitation, emotions, dance, chanting, drumming, sensory overload, hyperventilation, drugs, or any other means, and indifferent vacuity, in which the intended spell is cast passively, such as by doodling sigils while doing something else.)

Sigils can be made any number of ways, as long as it has significance to the user. One of the most common ways involves taking a word or phrase, writing it out, crossing out vowels and repeating letters, converting them into numbers, arranging the numbers in a circle or grid, and drawing lines connecting the numbers. It is also common that once one has crossed out vowels and repeating letters to break each letter down into its shapes and create a sigil using the basic lines and curves.

However one can incorporate anything they feel is fitting to the sigil. For example, if the purpose of the sigil is to help yourself sleep, it is fitting to incorporate a moon symbol.

Sigils can also be created using various magic squares, or Kameas.

In recreational mathematics, a square array of numbers, usually positive integers, is called a magic square if the sums of the numbers in each row, each column, and both main diagonals are the same. The order of the magic square is the number of integers along one side (n), and the constant sum is called the magic constant. . One can create a magic square from their own birthday by filling in the following template

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT MAGIC SQUARES

Celestial bodies also have magic squares that are derived from their divine names. Sigils can be drawn on these squares as they can be on any magic square. Choose a planet that corresponds with your intentions and then create a sigil as you normally would. These sigils, or the squares themselves, can be used a number of ways. They are a form of petition.

Seals are also able to be constructed by drawing lines that intersect every number within the magic square. While the squares or sigils set forces in motion, the seals being them to a halt, and are used to ward off, repel, or lessen the negative influences of the energy associated with the square. For example, during a retrograde, one can draw the seal of the planet over its square and use it as a petition.

----- The Magic Square of the Sun -----

The divine names associated with The Sun all have numerological values of 6 or 36. The name of the intelligence of the Sun has a value of 111 and the spirit of the Sun has a value of 666. These values are calculated by writing out the names in Hebrew and then adding up the value of each included letter, as each Hebrew letter can represent both a sound and a numerical value. The square contains 36 numbers, ranging from 1 to 36. Each row, column, and diagonal adds up to 111, and all the numbers in the square add up to 666.

----- The Magic Square of the Moon -----

The divine names associated with the Moon all have numerological values of 9 or 81. The name of the spirit of the moon has a value of 369. The names of the intelligency of the intelligence of the Moon and the spirit of the spirits of the Moon have a value of 3321. These values are calculated by writing out the names in Hebrew and then adding up the value of each included letter, as each Hebrew letter can represent both a sound and a numerical value. The square contains 81 numbers, ranging from 1 to 81. Each row, column, and diagonal adds up to 369, and all the numbers in the square add up to 3321.

PLANETARY SEALS

I'm not going to include all the magic squares for all the planets, it would take up too much space and time and this post would feel like it doesnt fuckin end, so instead I'm just gonna skip to the part where i tell you WHY these magic squares are important when they pertain to Planetary Seals. Planetary seals are sigils created with the magic squares. Each number will have a line through it that connects each and every number together. These create planetary seals and can be used to either assist your spellwork by invoking the energy of that planet, or burning a copy of the seal to prevent the fucked up energy that planet's retrograde motion throws around. This is especially useful for Mercury Retrograde.

The Seal of the Sun

The Seal of the Moon

Seal of Mercury

Seal of Venus

Seal of Mars

Seal of Jupiter

Seal of Saturn

Only the 5 observable/traditional planets and the two luminaries have planetary seals, so, there's no more past Saturn. Sorry.

You can copy these Planetary seals and use them as you would any other sigil, these evoke the energy of the planet to assist in whatever you may need them for.

Sun - Action, self-expression, transparency, leadership Moon - emotions, intuition, empathy, quick action, sensitivity, sensuality, fertility, inspiration, compassion Mercury - communication, short distance travel, commerce, anything to do with the mind, siblings, genderqueer expression (because Mercury is considered "fluid" in astrology) Venus - Love, creativity, passions, sex, beauty, lust Mars - Passion, activity, action, drive, short term projects, energy Jupiter - Long distance travel, luck, prosperity, wisdom, arts, culture, abundance, wealth, philosophy Saturn - responsibility, work, boundaries, restriction, long-term projects, knowledge.

For more information on planetary seals, sigils, astrology, and more, check out the Cobalt Athenaeum Discord Server!

[phrasing-ghost]

Don’t use “traditional” witchcraft tools/practices if they don’t feel right to you. There’s no right or wrong way to be a witch, and things like crystals/herbs may not resonate with you. That’s totally fine.

Maybe your witchcraft is poetry. Maybe your witchcraft is music. Maybe your witchcraft is crafting, or exercise, or cooking, whatever! If something feels right to you, don’t be afraid to try it because it doesn’t seem “witchy” enough. Your power comes from within; listening to yourself will make your magic stronger.

[phrasing-ghost]

[phrasing-ghost]

Beatrix Potter

[phrasing-ghost]

Lilly of the valley and lavender tatt commish

[phrasing-ghost]

[phrasing-ghost]

Finally posting the illustration I did for the Zine “My Girlfriend From The Legend” 🎉

[phrasing-ghost]

A set of illustrations I made the other week in Procreate 🌱

[phrasing-ghost]

Art Prints

Ivy Alive on Etsy