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sometimes doing tasks in honour of the gods helps you get through the day and thats ok. take your meds just for apollo. shower just because you know hestia would want you to. it doesnt need to be big

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This ghostly silk moth and red eyed crocodile skink are the Patreon rewards this month! Sign up by November 30th to get one or both of these 💖 (psst, new members get a Patreon exclusive freebie depending which club they sign up for!)

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Phases of the isopod 🌒🌓🌕🌗🌘

I wanna do some witchy vibes designs so lmk if you have some ideas you’d wanna see!

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💸money & prosperity jar💸

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You can write down as many correspondences as you want, memorize entire lists from someone else's blog or book or whatever, but none of it will matter if you do not understand those correspondences. It's so critically important to ask "Why?"

Why is spirit purple? Why is love red? Why is chamomile calm? Why is quartz "all purpose"? Why does cinnamon speed up a spell?

Why, why, why?

What do you actually believe? And why?

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Drinks for Greek Deities

This is a mash of different greek deities and utilizing their offerings into drinks. At least stuff one can make either at home or grab at a coffee shop/cafe.

Note: These are for 12 oz cups, so the amounts of syrup will vary depending on how much one consumes.

Amphirite: Hot Chocolate with honey*, ½ oz dark chocolate and ¼ oz blueberry. Topped with sea salt and sea shell shaped marshmallows.

Aphrodite: Hot Chocolate with honey*, 1 oz dark chocolate, 1 oz rose. Topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Apollo: Hot Chocolate with ½ oz dark chocolate, ¼ oz white chocolate, and 2 oz orange syrup.

Ares: Latte with ¼ oz of cinnamon, 1/8 oz of toffee nut, 1/8 oz of spiced brown sugar. Topped with nutmeg.

Aristaeus: Hot Chocolate with honey* and ½ oz of white chocolate.

Artemis: Milk Steamer with honey*, ¼ oz of blackberry, ¼ pump of toasted marshmallow.

Asklepios: Ginger Pu-erh Tea Latte with ½ oz of lavender.

Asteria: Hot Chocolate with honey*, ¼ oz of dark chocolate, ¼ oz white chocolate. Topped with star sprinkles or marshmallows.

Athena: Milk Steamer with honey*, ¼ oz of blueberry, ¼ oz of hazelnut.

Chloris: Jasmine Green Tea Latte with ½ oz of lavender.

Demeter: Iced Green Tea or Maté Lemon Tea Latte with honey*. Topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Dionysus: Cold Brew with honey*, ¼ oz of rose, ¼ oz of strawberry and 1~2 oz of milk.

Eileithyia: Milk Steamer or Latte with honey*, ¼ oz of lemon**. Topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon. 

Elpis: Milk Steamer or Latte with ¼ oz of french vanilla, ¼ oz of lavender.

Eos: Latte with honey* and ½ oz of french vanilla.

Gaea: Mint Tea Latte with ½ oz dark chocolate, ¼ oz of strawberry, ¼ oz of hazelnut.

Haides: Mocha with 1 oz dark chocolate and ¼ oz of lemon**. Topped with a sprinkle of cocoa.

Helios: Orange Spice Tea Latte with ½ oz of french vanilla.

Hekate: Hot Chocolate or Mocha with 1 oz dark chocolate, ¼ oz of lavender, and ¼ oz of hazelnut. Topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Hephaestus: Milk Steamer or Latte with ¼ oz of cinnamon, and ¼ oz irish cream. Topped with a sprinkle of nutmeg.

Hera: Hot Chocolate or Mocha with honey* 1 oz chocolate, ¼~½ oz of pomegranate**

Hermes: Milk Steamer or Latte with ½ oz of strawberry.

Hestia: Milk Steamer or Latte with ¼ oz of spiced brown sugar, and ¼ oz of french vanilla. Topped with a sprinkle of nutmeg.

Hypnos: Milk Steamer or Decaf Latte with honey*, ¼ oz of lavender, and ¼ oz of french vanilla.

Nyx: Mint Tea Latte or Mocha with ½ oz dark chocolate, and ½ oz of blackberry (¼ oz of blackberry/¼ oz of green mint for mocha). Topped with a sprinkle of cocoa.

Pan: Milk Steamer or Latte with honey*, ¼ oz cherry, ¼ oz blackberry. Topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Persephone: Latte with ¼ oz pomegranate**, 1/8 oz of rose, 1/8 oz of peppermint or spearmint.

Poseidon: Mocha with 1 oz dark chocolate, ¼ oz of blueberry, ¼ oz of mint. Topped with sea salt.

Selene: Milk Steamer with honey* and ½ oz of french vanilla.

Zeus: Milk Steamer or Latte with ¼ oz of cinnamon, ¼ oz of toffee nut. Topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

*barely cover bottom of cup

**may make the milk curdle due to citrus aspect.

Edited: 11/18/18 included Helios

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💀Unusual Death Witchcraft💀

Visiting natural history and art museum. Not only for the spirit work (museums are surprisingly rife with spirits) but also the reflection on the objects themselves that are imbued with death energy due to their age.

Kitchen witchcraft with fermentation. I’m talking both home starters/yeasts and drink based fermenting! The process of encouraging fermentation is literally a controlled necromancy if you think about it! Also your own fermented product will be excellent to use in spellwork!

Upcycle crafting! The process of reusing items in a new way that you already had or seeking out items to use instead of letting them become trash is also working with death energy!

Playing death related games or watching movies with friends and family. Death witchcraft tasks and energy work doesn’t have to look witchy! If you have a weekly or monthly hangout where you play tabletops like Betrayal at House on the Hill or even online games. Or watch documentaries or movies with loved ones that related that totally counts! Especially as a lower spoon option.

Drawing or photographing abandoned buildings/architecture. So often people forgot that the decay of manmade objects and places do hold death energy and weight. Tapping into this side of death witchcraft can be an interesting experience.

Visiting a 24 hour store or restaurant in the middle of the night. This is a personal experience of mine but that quiet low level liminal space energy is such a similar transitional energy as to help you grow your experience and sensing of death energy. Also walking through a store at 3am is a good time to practice a walking meditation or some simple spirit communication without too much trouble. Just have your headphones in for an excuse!

Learning to maintain your own compost! I’m hopeless with the green thumb side of things myself but I still have composting I do for my yard in general. My wildflowers and natural growth is lovely because of it! The cycle of your kitchen supplies life and decay is such a simple and deep way to access that death energy and maybe even work your way up to having that green thumb! Also using this compost in spellwork will pack a punch!

What are some unusual ways you experience death witchcraft and energy?

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Superstitions!

The following list are some of the superstitions that I’ve heard or learned about over the years, in no particular order: • Throw rice in the air to make it rain • Carry a potato during winter to ward against colds • Smell dill to get rid of hiccups • Lay thorn branches by your doorstep to keep evil away • Place chips of cedarwood in a box with coins do draw money to you • Hang seaweed in the kitchen to ward off evil spirits • Burn allspice to draw money, luck, and healing • Place a piece of cotton in a sugar bowl to draw good luck to your home • Scatter chili flakes around your house to break a curse • Scatter salt/sugar to purify a room • Put a pine branch above your bed to ward off illness • Carry a chunk of dried pineapple to draw luck • Ask an orange a question before you eat it, then count the seeds. Even # = no. Odd # = yes • Toss oats outside your back door to ensure beautiful crops/plants • Place lilacs around the house to rid unwanted spirits • Add salt to bath for purification • Write your sigils on stones and carry them with you • Put sigils on medication bottles to help quicken their efficiency or for added healing benefits • When guests come over, light a white candle by the door; it will take their negative energy and purify the home. • To get rid of guests overstaying their welcome, turn any broom in your house upside down (bristles up) • Toss salt on the front porch every Friday for good luck and prosperity • Carry a blade of grass to increase psychic power • If something or someone is bugging you, write it on toilet paper, wipe, and flush it down the toilet

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2024 vs 2014!

I think it's safe to say I've improved ✨️ I'm debating doing a little series of witches, and even though human art isn't currently in my etsy I am thinking of making some stickers and/or keyrings of them!

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It's that time of year again where Mari Lwyd starts to be talked about and shared around and an INCREDIBLY misleading post gets shared a lot. As someone who grew up with Mari Lwyd I wanted to clear some things up.

Also hello, if you are unaware who Mari Lwyd is. This is about the Welsh tradition of the horse skull who visits houses during the Christmas to New Years period in Wales asking for alcohol.

First off and probably the most important one:

Mari Lwyd is not a cryptid!

I can not emphasise this enough. She. Is. Not. A. Cryptid. There is no story or mystery about a ghost or zombie horse roaming the Welsh valleys. She's not even supposed to be a ghost or a zombie. It's just a horse skull on a stick with a guy under a sheet. She's a hobbyhorse and a folk character used to tell Welsh stories and keep songs alive. When people spread the misinformation that she's a cryptid, it's the equivalent of saying Kermit the Frog is a cryptid.

She is actually only one character in a wider cast of characters who go door to door or, in more modern times, pub to pub. The cast of characters can change town to town and village to village but there are some common ones I see time and time again. The Leader, the Merryman, The Jester and The Lady are just some I see regularly. Punch and Judy used to be more popular a few years ago but I haven't seen them in a while as their tradition has mostly fallen out of popularity. In most cases, almost the whole cast will be played by men. Even the characters are considered and referred to as female. Though this again depends and varies by which group is partaking in the Mari Lwyd tradition.

This point also goes onto my second point,

Mari Lwyd does not rap.

I think this comes from a very common misunderstanding of what rap is vs spoken word. Rap is a very specific style of music originating from the African American communities of the USA and has it's own structure and motifs unique to it. It's a lot more complex than people give it credit for as a style of music and just flippantly assign anything similar to it as being rap. If someone is talking fast or reciting poetry, it is not rap. Or anything that is an exchange of words between two people is not a rap battle. Mari Lwyd does not do rap, actually something that gets left out of these posts is the fact Mari Lwyd does not even speak. It's actually the Leader, who does all the speaking and song based banter between the house/pub owner for entry. Mari Lwyd just clicks her mouth, bites people and bobs her head around.

I think Mari Lwyd is a really beautiful and unique part of Welsh culture. She's not actually as wildly celebrated as a lot of the posts make her out to be. Actually, I think most Welsh people themselves learn about Mari Lwyd through the internet as well. Her popularity is increasing thanks to the drive of local groups wanting to keep the traditions alive and a renewed desire to document Welsh traditions before they're gone. Which is why it's such a shame that she's turned into something she's not to earn horror points on the internet. I think this is why it bothers me so much to see the misunderstandings of the culture and the folk tradition. Mari Lwyd's origin is very hot debated as well as how long it's been going on for. But I think it's thanks to a lot of traditions like this that the Welsh language and our stories weren't lost forever. Welsh culture is recovering as is the language. But it's still in a very fragile place. I think it's why it's important to document and correct information when it's spread.

Anyway, if you want to see the tradition in action, here's a lovely video from the Cwmafan RFC going to one of the pubs for charity. It includes the song exchange with the pub owner for entry and the whole pub singing and joining in once Mari Lwyd and the rest are inside.

As well with another video from St Fagan's showcasing the more traditional and door to door form with the larger cast.

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🕯Broke witch tip🔮

Can’t afford crystals, crystal wraps, & fancy pendants? Enchant jewelry you do own! Use your favorite jewelry, something meaningful & sentimental. Intent is the most powerful tool a witch can have. Focus your energy and intent on the item. Keep in mind, you may want to cleanse the jewelry from time to time. Be safe about cleaning & cleansing jewelry. :)

🌊sea star witch🌟 my witch tips

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Some of the new products up on Etsy!

Get 15% off until Friday January 5th!

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And, if you feel comfortable, why did you started practicing or how you started your practice. Have a wonderful day.

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✨ MODERN WITCHES DAILY - SIGIL MASTERPOST  ✨

Inner Peace / Protection / Inspiration / Courage / Self-Confidence / Health

I’m working on a project with my sigils and I thought it would be nice to put them all together somewhere! You can use them in your daily life! Lots of love and positive vibes to you my fellow witches ♥

Please, just don’t repost! 

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✨ MODERN WITCHES DAILY - SIGIL MASTERPOST  ✨

Inner Peace / Protection / Inspiration / Courage / Self-Confidence / Health

I’m working on a project with my sigils and I thought it would be nice to put them all together somewhere! You can use them in your daily life! Lots of love and positive vibes to you my fellow witches ♥

Please, just don’t repost! 

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Witchcraft Exercises

Just a quick compilation of the posts I've made about exercises to help improve your craft. These can be used as journaling prompts, inspiration for activities, or as methods for pulling yourself out of a slump and recharging your witchy inspiration.

Witchcraft Exercise - Quantifying Your Craft

Witchcraft Exercise - Dig Through The Ditches

Witchcraft Exercise - The Book of Lessons

Witchcraft Exercise - Home Brews

Witchcraft Exercise - Witchy Inspo Journal

Witchcraft Exercise - Spring Cleaning

Witchcraft Exercise - Creating Correspondences

Witchcraft Exercise - Creating Your Own Runes

Witchcraft Exercise - Shakespearean Witchcraft

Witchcraft Exercise - Music To Witch By

Related Prompt - Music to Witch By

Most of these are also available in the May 2021 bonus episode of Hex Positive (check your favorite podcatcher).

Happy Witching!

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Hello folks I'm Airy and I make these bottle necklaces on my Etsy!

https://heulevescant.etsy.com

(I'm disabled and due to health issues I'm in debt and pretty broke, any orders help and are super appreciated! If you want a sold out design just let me know!)

They make excellent gifts as the holidays come up too!