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It’s time! Alchemy in the Dark Earth, a zine about change, struggle, and the painstaking claw towards the light, is available now on itch.io! You can find it here! The zine will be pay what you want– I’ve set a suggested donation of £5, but as ever, the content I make here is available to everyone! 

I hope all of you enjoy this piece; it’s given me a lot to think about as I’ve worked on it, and it feels like some of the most honest work I’ve done in the last few years. I hope you can find something in it too!

As a special promotional event for the day, if you read the zine and send me an ask with your favorite page + your name, I’ll write a little piece just for you! Let me know what you think, what you feel, what stuck out to you as weird or relatable or awful, whatever!

Have fun!

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*missing the charging port on my phone* don’t think about it don’t think about it don’t think about it

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Hey guys! If you have a minute, I would love it if you guys checked out this piece of interactive fiction I’ve written from the point of view of the sun. Let me know what you think! 

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Rainy Autumntide

When sunlight filters through Those bright, rustling leaves Who fall to lay listless In the wet muck,

One is reminded: That no longer can they provide Support for their fellows, growth for their tree, shaded homes in its boughs By taking in the light and crafting sustenance From vapid glow.

No, these bright and varied colors: A mere final triumphant display. The leaves’ glory moment only as they themselves, Are forever spent.

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When you see the moon and say ‘lovely’, your words find company with those who came before. Find comfort in the shared stardust between your words, your legacy of wonder. When you pause in the sun, arms slack and hands cupped towards the sky like you could pool light in your palms, don’t you feel the tug of memory? Your sister, your father, your cousins a hundred times over have known the same bone-deep comfort of the sun’s healing touch. When you hear the night’s gentle song, sit still, and listen for the echo of a bated breaths and stilling steps, the thousand laughs and cries andh whispers of your ancestors, saying look up, look up, look up at the stars. Smile as you mouth along. 

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when ppl act like leaving gifts for fairies is to get the fairies’ attention so they’ll be kind to you~~ when really leaving gifts for fairies is the supernatural equivalent of a mafia protection racket

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I love that feeling I get when it’s about to rain and the wind is rising and there’s some sort of peace in that. I swear I can hear the plants whispering

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the earth waits. breathe in, breathe out. live today. exercise patience

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I found this adorable little kettle at the thrift shop and it struck me as perfect for a miniature shrine to Hestia for my kitchen. I cleaned off a shelf next to the stove and gave it a place of honor between my essential and carrier oils and my wax-melting supplies. I’ve been filling it with sprigs of oregano and thyme that have gone to flower.

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My love for crystals is ever growing 💜

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Artist: Algirdas Javtokas Title: VXXXXVXV Technique: oil on canvas, texture Size: 12 x 12 in (30 x 30 cm) Year: 2014

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Trixie was hanging out with the plants ☺️

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What to do when you fell out with your practice

Because I sure as hell needed this post when I did.

1. Realize that it‘s okay. Accept that it happened. Forgive yourself for it.

Maybe life got in the way and you just didn‘t have the time or energy or possibility. Maybe something happened on your path that got you scared, frightened, panicked, or even disgusted so that you had to take a step back and retreat. Maybe your focus simply shifted. Maybe you got bored. Maybe everything just got overwhelming and you weren‘t able to juggle magick and the mundane at the same time. Maybe mental illness got in the way. No matter what the reason for your fall out was, accept that it happened, forgive yourself for it. Because it‘s okay, life happens in phases, and no matter the reason, how big or how small, it‘s part of your journey and totally fine. These things happen to the best of us, so don‘t blame yourself for it. It really is okay. Pinky promise.

2. Reconnect with your god(s) and/or non-physical friends, if needed.

If you‘re a spirit companion/have spirit friends like me or are devoted to a god or certain deity/ies, your time with them/devotion to them probably fell under the brick as well. If it did, reconnect. I promise chances are they‘ll understand. As I said, life happens, and they know that too. They probably saw what you were going through. Explain what happened to them, apologize, and move on, if they allow it. Just spend more time with them again, greet them good morning and wish them good night again, invite them to join you throughout your day again. I promise, any good relationship will hold, just show that you really are sorry and put in effort to show that you care again. I’m sure they missed you as well so it’s time to make up for the time you lost!

3. Don’t overwhelm and overestimate yourself.

Chances are the longer your fall-out was, the more your “psychic muscles” lost in strength. Your intuition may be a bit more out-of-tune, you may have more trouble hearing/seeing/feeling/sensing spirits and energies. Maybe you have more trouble programing things or adding energy to objects than before. That’s okay! It’s totally fine and normal, just don’t be surprised if it happens and know that with practice you’ll be back to old strength in no time! Until then, start small and work with what you have.

4. Start small, don’t rush it, one step at a time.

Start drawing a daily or weekly card again. Start carrying crystals with you again. Start laying them out under the moon to charge again. Do small rituals like maybe doing some bath magic before you rush head-first into a huge complicated thing again! Again, you don’t want to overwhelm yourself. Also, you want to build a routine again to not risk falling out again. Some ideas on what to do when building your practice up again:

lay crystals, items, water, anything out under the moon/sun to charge 

talk to plants

draw a daily/weekly card

pick a crystal to carry with you throughout the day in the morning

say mantras in the morning

infuse your tea/coffee with intent

send out your energetic sensers when comfortable and at home. slowly but surely

meditate. 5 minutes in the evening, 5 minutes in the morning. at least.

go for a daily walk at a certain time 

look through your grimoire/bos if you have one. write in it again

doodle little sigils in your free time

and many, many more

5. If needed, make a schedule.

As I said, you may want to build a routine. If those work for you, make a daily or weekly plan. Look up transits and check when you have time, then create your own magical schedule. If need be, set some reminders on your phone. Just try to be disciplined about it for a while so that you get back into your practice smoothly!

6. Reinvent your craft.

You probably changed since you last practiced, or maybe there was a reason IN your practice that caused the fall-out. If so, identify what it was. Reflect on yourself, your practice, your life. How can you make everything run together more smoothly? Maybe you want to focus more on the mundane than the spiritual, and if so that’s totally fine. Adapt your practice in a way that fits and feels good, it’s all yours so feel free to do whatever you want! Maybe you want to shift the focus IN your practice, or maybe you want to stop doing something, maybe start doing something else (instead). 

(Optional) 7. Talk to others. 

Sometimes it is so, so hard to not feel incredibly bad and like you fucked yourself or your life or your relationships up when this happens (and not just in relation to magic but other things as well). Please know that you’re not alone on this and if your own up-lifting thoughts and words are not enough, seek validation outside. I promise that’s not a selfish or vain thing to do, it’s natural and human and you deserve to be told that you’re doing just fine. Go to a trusted friend, family member, maybe blogger, anyone. If you want, you can always come to me. Talk to someone about how things are going now, talk to them about the things you just did to make yourself feel good about doing this. 

💗 No matter what, it’s all good. I promise. These things just happen and there is no reason to blame yourself - please take good care of yourself and know that you come first - magic and everything else second.  I hope this was useful to some, I know it helped me as I’m just getting out of a fall-out, too. I hope you all have a magical day~! 💗

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