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After three months I finally have an altar again 😭

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I had to go through a workplace shooting video/training type thing and youre supposed to run if you can, hide if you can't run, ambush if you can't do either, I know it's not the same but it's sound advice, stay safe

Tips for Surviving a Theater Shooting

I know it sucks we have to talk about this but in light of the fact that Black Panther is coming out this weekend I think it needs to be addressed. The possibility of a shooting happening at a Black Panther screening is very real, seeing as there will be very high populations of people of color going to see this movie. 

Here are some tips I learned in school for surviving a shooting, modified a bit to match the setting.

1. TAKE NOTE OF YOUR EXITS. Your first instinct should be to GET OUT if at all possible. If you are near an exit, GET TO IT and run. Call the police and get somewhere safe. Remember, shooters have tunnel vision. If you are lucky enough to be within a shooter’s peripheral vision, you have a good chance of being able to escape. 

2. If you are unable to exit the theater, HIDE. Get down under your seats, crawl underneath chairs to get to an exit, whatever. If necessary, smear yourself with blood and cover yourself with a dead body and play dead. I know it’s gross and horrible, but this is something that can save lives. Many shooters are not going to go around shooting dead bodies; their goal is to kill as many people as possible. If you look dead, there’s a chance they won’t shoot you.

3. If you cannot hide and you cannot escape, AMBUSH THE SHOOTER. You need to get a group of people to do this, and I’m not sure how that would work–if you’re going with a group of people you could all agree to jump the shooter if you were near him, or someone could shout “JUMP HIM” in the theater and a group of people would jump him. 

This is very effective. A single person WILL NOT be able to withstand a group of four or more people bringing him down, especially if you distract him beforehand by throwing WHATEVER YOU CAN at him. 

That means food, popcorn buckets, sodas, purses, bags, WHATEVER. Like I mentioned before, shooters have tunnel vision and will not be expecting objects being thrown at them. 

It takes a shooter a certain amount of time to go through the mental process of finding a person, locking that person as a target, aiming, and shooting. Anything you can do to disrupt that process causes that person to start it all over again. DISRUPT THAT PROCESS BY THROWING WHATEVER SHIT YOU CAN FIND AT HIM. In the seconds he has to go through that mental process again, ambush him, get him on the ground, kick his weapon away, and call 911. 

If you have any more tips, please feel free to add on. Keep your friends and family close. Stay smart. Stay safe.

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Thank u for not taking shit

Lmao thanks I'm just sick of people like that

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witchy asks

how did you discover witchcraft?

how long have you been a witch for?

where did you start in your craft?

how has your craft evolved since then?

what is that one thing that happened that convinced you that magic is real?

what is one area you are completely convinced that is real? what are you more skeptic about?

what celestial object do you feel most connected to?

do you have a favourite crystal? favourite herb?

what is your favourite divination method?

are there any less known areas that you practice?

how open are you about your craft?

do you know any witches in real life?

any areas you wish you were better at?

any areas you have always been interested in but never got around to trying?

any areas you have been interested in and know a lot about but are too scared to try?

do you have a familiar?

do you have a spirit guide?

do you have any spirit companions?

what is your favourite thing about your craft?

what is some advice that you would give baby witches? or your past self when you were just starting out?

post a picture of your favourite page of your grimoire/book of shadows/witchy journal!

how important are tools in your practice?

do you prefer to buy or make your tools?

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Are you a candle, crystal, or incense witch

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Unfollow me bro. I really don't care that you think we don't have privilege bcuz we do and that's the cold hard truth babe

So you support every witch under the sun but exclude white witches and straight witches who also might not feel welcomed in this community?🤔I’ve seen it plenty of times where if you’re straight, white, or both you’re immediately shat on for being that way. I’m sorry but if the witch community wants to include as many people as possible then why do they exclude straight white people? And no, not everyone with white skin colour is ~ privileged ~ like Tumblr makes us believe so that doesn’t count.

I’m white dude stop playing this shit, acting like you’re oppressed because minorities don’t include you in their lists. I think it goes without saying that white and straight people are included and that’s why I don’t name them. Straight and white are defaults and inherently included.

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I wanna make a masterlist of lgbt+ witches on tumblr

so reblog this if you are a witch and are lgbt+ pls!

alsoi wanna follow all of you

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Even after the holiday season! Maybe put sigils for a good day on your money so the person handling it will have a bit of magic in their day 🌈🌱

if you’re looking for fun ways to incorporate witchcraft into the holiday season, try casting hexes on everyone who is an asshole to overworked retail employees

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Emoji spell for money to make its way into your pockets 😉😉

💲💚🕯💵💰💵🕯💚💲

likes charge, reblogs cast✨

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Also, poor people are allowed to treat themselves!

if you have money for mface masks and skin stuff you have money for groceries

99% of my face and skin products are/were gifts but nice try.

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So you support every witch under the sun but exclude white witches and straight witches who also might not feel welcomed in this community?🤔I’ve seen it plenty of times where if you’re straight, white, or both you’re immediately shat on for being that way. I’m sorry but if the witch community wants to include as many people as possible then why do they exclude straight white people? And no, not everyone with white skin colour is ~ privileged ~ like Tumblr makes us believe so that doesn’t count.

I'm white dude stop playing this shit, acting like you're oppressed because minorities don't include you in their lists. I think it goes without saying that white and straight people are included and that's why I don't name them. Straight and white are defaults and inherently included.

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My first few attempts at pixel art!

Please give credit & reblog if you decide to use them on your blog. 

(inspiration from @leafsea!)

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I don't think neo nazis care about being disabled? They tried to recruit my uncle and he's a little person who uses a cane and wheelchair

Yet more proof Nazis are idiots

1. They appropriate ᛏ (the Tiwaz rune) as a symbol, which is named after the god Týr. 

Týr’s biggest claim to fame: He’s disabled. He’s only got one hand because the other was bitten off by Fenrir the Great Wolf (one of Loki’s Monstrous Children).

2. They appropriate Mjölnir (Thor’s hammer) as a symbol.

Thor Odinson is mixed-race. His father is Odin, who the Vikings considered to be an Ás, and his mother is Earth, who is a Jötunn.

3. They claim to ascribe to a religion called “Odinism”.

Odin Borson the Allfather is the mixed-race disabled leader of the Æsir and any other deities residing in Asgard (Vanir like Njörd, Jotnar like Loki, etc). 

His father, Bor, was an Ás and his mother was a Jötunn (aka Giant), meaning he’s part Æsir and part Jotnar, or mixed-race. 

Odin gave up one of his eyes as the price for drinking from Mimir’s Well to gain wisdom, making him disabled.

3. a) Asgard is multicultural.

Uneducated people think Asgard is where the Viking gods came from. It’s not. The Viking gods hailed from many worlds, Asgard being just one of them. 

They also hailed from Vanaheim, Helheim, and Jotunheim. There were also extremely powerful beings which came from Alfheim and Svartalfheim. Then there’s the Norns, who live at the Well of Urd by the roots of Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life. And there are, of course, the many creatures who live on Yggdrasil’s branches (my all-time favourite hands down being Ratatosk, the chipmunk who runs up and down Yggdrasil “spreading slanderous gossip”).

Slightly more educated people think Asgard is the home of the Æsir. That’s not entirely correct. 

People who have actually read the Eddas and other Viking lore know that Asgard was the homeland of the Æsir, but that it wasn’t just populated by Æsir.

Njörd, Freyja, and Freyr were Vanir. 

Skaði (Njörd’s wife), Járnsaxa (Magni’s mother), and Loki were Jotnar. 

Odin, Thor, Þrúðr, Móði, Magni, and Baldr were mixed-race (Æsir-Jötunn). 

Dark Elves were super good friends with the Æsir and made and cared for their weapons, so it’s not unreasonable to assume some might have settled in Asgard. 

Hel undoubtedly would stop by for visits from Helheim to visit her dad (Loki). 

The Dwarves would presumably be coming and going all the time (the only reason they couldn’t permanently settle there being the whole turns-into-stone-if-touched-by-sunlight thing).

3. b) There were plenty of women in power in Asgard.

Frigg could see the future and was highly respected for her abilities.

Freyja was so badass Loki and Thor once spent a good deal of time arguing about which of them was going to ask her for help because neither wanted to be the one she got mad at when she said no.

Hel ruled one of the lands of the dead and during Ragnarök commanded an army of all the dead souls in Helheim.

Idun was charged with one of the most important jobs in all of Asgard: Guarding the golden apples which granted the gods immortality.

Gefjun created the Danish island of Zealand.

The Valkyries were warriors and were charged with taking the souls of the chosen up to Valhalla, one of the underworlds (it’s possible they’d also take the chosen to Gimlí as well, though there’s very little known about the third underworld).

3. c) Loki was either intersex or nonbinary.

Loki once turned himself into a mare and gave birth to Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir. He’s also known to cross-dress and use seiðr magic (which was considered “unmanly" and was used almost exclusively by women).

3. d) Thor has been known to crossdress convincingly enough to pass as a gorgeous babe.

No, really. He dressed as a bride to steal back Mjölnir when it was stolen from him by Thrym, king of the Jotnar. He was dressed convincingly enough that no one in the wedding party realized he wasn’t Freyja (who’s renown for her beauty) until it was too late.

Oh, and Loki went along as Thor’s serving maid to have his nephew’s back just in case.

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Reblog this if you are a witchcraft account that posts/reblogs sigils, spells, rituals etc, needs more blogs like this to follow

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2018 New Year’s Tarot Spread

1. Where you are now.

2. The first step you need to take into the new year.

3. What sort of obstacles you will face this year. 

4. Where you are going, or who you’ll be at the end of the year. 

This spread is meant to help you start your personal growth in the new year. It is not a prediction but a possible forecast with how things are for you right now. This is also the first spread I’ve made myself and I used it earlier and it worked really well! I hope you have luck with this one too, and if you want a reading send me a message!

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Another one from my old blog 🎉

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A spread for the new year! Enjoy <3