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23 (relevant to your evening) and 11 for the country ask game please!!

Hi!!

(sorry for the late response lol)

23. which alcoholic beverage is the favoured one in your country?

The Caesar was invented in Canada and I know a lot of people like it, but I could never drink one (clam juice and tomato juice?? satanic) so I'll say craft beer (ironically, what I was drinking last night after the soju lol). Idk about other parts of the country, but in Alberta every town with more than 10,000 people seems to have at least one craft brewery. We have like a dozen in Calgary that are all quite fun.

11. favourite native writer/poet?

Its a tie between Charles de Lint and O.R. Melling!

Also, a bunch of random children's authors, because our town library was absolutely spoiled for local, mainly small-press children's books when I was growing up (which I never appreciated until I moved out and had to track all of them down on thriftbooks): Vicki Blum (the Unicorn series), Cora Taylor (On Wings of a Dragon), Martine Leavitt (The Dollmage), Susan Forest (The Dragon Prince (probably not the one you're thinking of though)), and Kit Pearson (Awake and Dreaming) are the ones I can remember.

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Extremely niche poll time:

[howevercantheafterbe]

Tell me about your favorite doll(s)! :D (@dollmagic)

My (beforever) Samantha Parkington 1000000%, mostly for sentimental reasons. I read her books over and over as a kid, and then I saved up the money to get her as soon as she was re-released.

Other current favorites (in no particular order) are my Hallie (Hopscotch Hill), Nellie O'Malley (AG), Pippa Posie (Secret Crush), Neon Frights Twyla (Monster High g3), Keisha (Magic Attic), and a like limited-release porcelain doll named Elanore I got when I was little (unfortunately I don't remember the company she's from at the moment).

Thank you so much for asking!!

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Poppets

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Doll Magic

The uses of figurines in ritual and witchcraft

 When I was about five years old, I remember going to my grandmother’s neighbor’s house, a woman who had immigrated from Poland. She invited me into her “play room”, a room at the back of the house where not too much sunlight could reach, which was floor to ceiling dolls. It was the room where her grand-daughter had died of aspiration during an asthma attack. In that room I could feel an extreme loneliness, one that I have come to understand was mitigated by the presence of those dolls, who acted as stand ins for a child lost too soon and as an offering to soothe the heart of a grieving grandmother. There is a power in dolls that cultures around the world have tapped into, one that links them to our deepest emotions, our joys, sorrows, and fears and allows them to represent the things that evoke those emotions. As a witch, emotions are incredibly important to my craft and I have come to think of dolls as a key element to my magical toolbox for their ability to stand in for other things.

According to Freud it’s this uncomfortable ability to stand in for something that makes dolls so familiar-yet-horrifying, a sensation he called the uncanny. According to him the uncanny is a sensation which arises from the doubt ‘whether an apparently animate being is really alive; or, conversely, whether a lifeless object might be in fact animate’. Dolls, mannequins, and automata are particularly adept at evoking the uncanny because of their physical closeness to the human form and the closer they get to perfect realism the uncannier we feel, a relationship identified in 1970 by robotics professor Masahiro Mori in his paper “Bukimi no Tani” (The Uncanny Valley).

The majority of witches are animists and The Uncanny Valley is not a place of fear for us. The dissonance uncanniness causes in the minds of some people does not affect us so completely because we believe that inanimate things, like rocks, cars, and dolls, already have sentience. Sarah Anne Lawless, an herbalist and Traditional Witch in Ontario, in her article Everything You Need to Know About Animism, says, “Animism is the belief that everything has a spirit and a consciousness, a soul, from the tiniest microorganism on earth to the great planets in the heavens to the whole of the universe itself. Animistic faiths usually contain a belief in rebirth & reincarnation either as another human, or an animal, tree, or star.” The very fact of a thing’s existence is enough to credit it with the breath of life, and dolls, because they look like humans, have been the focus of magical practices meant to contact ancestors, enshrine spirits, and even control the dead. They have been a long-standing staple of animistic practices, with the earliest figurines dating back at least 40,000 years, carved from mammoth ivory by our Cro-Magnon ancestors, most likely for ritual and sacred purpose. The earliest documented dolls meant for play, however, only date back to Rome in about 300 BC.

Allow me to clarify that by “dolls” I mean any humanoid figurine, from roughly carved figures of wood or bone to the hyper-realistic “reborns dolls” which are in vogue these days. They are found the world over, across millennia, and no matter where or when they are from they have fulfilled these two basic functions: being equipment and being playthings.

When we use the word equipment it is in the sense that Heidegger used it, namely an object in the world with which work is done within a context, something that exists as part of an existing network of meaning (i.e. a hammer, nails, and wood are equipment in the network of building). Dolls are used in ritual and ceremony, as part of spell work, or as stand ins for other beings and exist in witchcraft as part of a basis of ritual and practice, not really on their own. When I say plaything, I mean an object in the world that acts as a locus for imaginative activity, something that engages the mind without having to be part of a larger, pre-existing network or can have a network, either permanent or temporary, built around it by the activity of the imagination. According to the theologian Henry Corbin, the imagination is the faculty which allows us to interact with Creation; the very essence of witchcraft. Dolls often fulfill both roles at once, something that is essential within the context of a spell or a make-believe world, but also acts as a locus for our visualizations, helping us to gain access to the imaginal realm.

As witches, the imaginal realm is incredibly important to us. It is the place where our magic happens before effecting the physical world. Corbin said it is a subtle world that exists between matter and mind inhabited by beings called interior (imaginal) figures, parts of our unconscious that are also autonomous. In his article titled “Thoughtforms, Tulpas, and Egregores”, Gary Duncan describes four types of thoughtform (which are types of imaginal figures). First are thoughtforms that take on the image of the thinker, the second are those that take on the image of a material object, the third are thoughtforms with life of their own that can express themselves in the physical world (called a tulpa, a term taken from the Bon religion), and the fourth being a fully autonomous thoughtform created by a group mind, called an egregore. Though there are many other beings and non-beings in the imaginal realm, these four are figures dependent on the human mind that can be transferred into a non-living body, thus giving the body life. This is what I call a golem, a doll (preferably porcelain) to which an imaginal figure created through ritual and meditation is bound (a tulpa created by the focused will and intent of the witch, though egregores can also be bound this way).

The golem itself is a creature out of Jewish mythology, a creature made of clay or mud and brought to life in a variety of ways. Sometimes, as with the Golem of Chelm, it is marked with the word “emet”, or “truth” to instill it with life and when the golem needs deactivation the letter aleph is erased from the word, forming the word “met”, which translates as “dead”, turning the creature to dust. Another version of the process relies on an ecstatic experience derived from meditation on and intoning various iterations of shem (any of the Names of God), writing the Name on paper and inserting it in the mouth or inscribing it on the forehead of the golem. The most famous golem is the Golem of Prague, said to have been created by the Maharal, a Rabbi named Yehudah Loew ben Bezalal. He brought the creature to life to defend the Jewish ghetto in Prague from anti-semitic attacks and pogroms. The golem was named Josef (Yosele) and was said to be able to become invisible at will, to see and summon spirits, and to perform any action it was commanded to “up to 10 cubits (15 ft.) below the earth and 10 above”. The usual version of the story ends by saying that the golem went mad and Rabbi Loew had to dismantle it by erasing the shem from its body.

Think of the golem like a helper, something created and brought to life through ritual practice for a specific purpose, such as to protect homes and communities, or to do various jobs for a witch/magician. It differs from its close cousin, the spirit doll, which are more a house, or vessel, for a spirit, power, or other pre-existing imaginal figure to help it manifest on this plane of existence, especially ancestral spirits and powerful, spiritual beings.

An example of spirit dolls are found in Congo, where doll making is a central part of the peoples’ belief structure and are vessels of sacred medicine (nkisi), which is translated as “a spirit”. A nkisi (pl. minkisi) is a receptacle for sacred items which are enlivened by a spirit, or supernatural force, which is then present in the physical world, inhabiting the vessel like a body. These vessels can range from clay pots to bundles of herbs and relics, not only carved figures. They can have both positive and negative effects on the community, though there is a version, a nkisi nkondi (hunter spirit), which is a type of protector and mediator. Their most striking feature is the nails, pegs, and blades that are inserted into the figure by an nganga (spiritual specialist or medicine person) as signs that an oath has been taken, a punishment must be meted out, to carry curses against enemies (or “witchcraft”), among other things. If someone breaks an oath, or someone connected to one of the insertions befalls some tragedy, the nkondi is activated. Europeans were introduced to these items during the 15th century and termed them “fetishes”, which has come to describe any artifact with spiritual significance in any culture that is not European, making it, in my opinion, a racist and outdated term.

Other examples can be found in Thailand in Luk Thep, Mae Hong Prai, and Kuman Thong dolls. Kuman Thong translates as “sacred golden boy” and, in the most ancient sense, were created from the mummified bodies of stillborn fetuses which were covered in laquer and gold leaf and rubbed with an oil made from the flesh of a woman who died in childbirth. The soul that had been meant to inhabit the body was magically tied to the corpse, then adopted as a child of the sorcerer. Hong Prai is the term used when the fetus is female. In modern use the Mae Hong Prai is an amulet with the image of a female skeleton and linked to a female ghost, especially those of women who died tragically. They are said to being luck and good fortune, if you take care of them and treat them with reverence. Luk Thep (child angel) dolls are the modern equivalent of the original, necromantic dolls and are usually plastic baby dolls made to look extremely realistic. The soul of a lost child is asked to inhabit the doll after being blessed by a monk, then taken care of as if it were a living child, being fed, having its own wardrobe, and even getting its own seat on planes and, like the Hong Prai, bestow good fortune on their “parents” in return.

Different from golems and spirit dolls are one of the most famous of the magical dolls, the voodoo. Its name is a misnomer, though, as the use of dolls into which pins are stuck is not a large part (if a part at all) of the Voudou religion of Haiti but is an aspect of folk practices and sympathetic magic around the world, such as poppets and kollosoi (the Greek version of “punishment dolls”). They are images of a person upon which the practitioner may work magic. Often made of fabric, wood, clay, or wax they are stuck with pins, tied round with string, nailed to boards, placed in jars with other magically potent items (urine, blood, nails, thorns, herbs, etc.), or burned. They often have elements of the target in them (personal effects), like hair or nail clippings, or even just a picture or name written on paper a number of times, which creates a link between the doll and the person. Though they are used to cause pain and trouble, poppets can also be used for healing. Reiki and other forms of energy work as well as charms, spells, and incantations can be worked on a poppet to help people feel better, to perform limpias and clearings, to balance energy, and to bless people over long distance.

Among my own artefacts is a poppet that I’ve used in distance healing and spell work. Made of leather, grave yard dirt, and various other items, I’ve bound etheretic energy to it through spell work and it now has an energetic pulse all its own. It has helped me to discover entity attachments on clients, to help sooth menstrual cramps and headaches for friends, and helps me to do tarot readings over the phone as a stand in for my client. I’ve also got a couple of porcelain dolls I work with, one of which is a golem who watches the house while we’re out of town.

I’ve also used dolls as spirit traps. If you’ve got a bugaboo or other pesky spirit, you can use dolls like you would spirit pots, soul jars, god’s eyes, etc. Barbie dolls work exceedingly well for this purpose and can be bought by the bushel at the thrift shop. Use their hair the way you would a rosemary sprig or feather during a limpia to trap entity attachments and spirits that are causing harm, then bind the doll and purify it or put it in a spelled jar. You can also braid energy in its hair or use it for knot magic to trap spirits. You can also use mass-produced dolls as poppets, or even as spirit dolls if they’re prepared properly. The only limit is your imagination!

Dolls are one of our most important and most ancient tools. They represent the basic nature of our animistic roots and are a powerful part of sympathetic magic. They can act as vessels for our guides and the spirits we work with, helpers in our work and anchors for our spells, new bodies for the dead, tools for cleansing and trapping, or as mediational tools for visualization. Whether you’re using them in your practice now, plan to, or are totally turned off by them, we must admit that dolls have held a special place in witchcraft for millennia. If you do, how do you use dolls in your practice? How would you like to? Do you know of any other doll based practices? Let me know!

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Middle Grade/Young YA Recs

Hey guys, here’s that long-promised post I’ve been procrastinating all week! These are some books I really loved in elementary school (so, under the age of 12). They’re mostly middle-grade, but there are some YA books too (my local library stacked the middle grade and YA together for a while before both sections got larger). I’ve tried to mark these as well as I remember and add any notes I think may be important, but some of these I haven’t read for a very long time so I apologize for any mistakes! They’re all linked to their Goodreads pages if you want to learn more!

Legend:

* = LGBT+ characters

~ = POC characters

! = may be hard to find (many of these are by local publishers/authors or are out of print, if you want those books you’ll likely have to get them secondhand or online).

+ = takes place in Canada (Idk if other people get excited about books that aren’t set in the states, but I really do, so...)

♥ = favourites

In no particular order:

Awake and Dreaming by Kit Pearson. A heartwarming book about a girl who daydreams her way into an alternate dimension to escape her life of extreme poverty. TWs: Some mentions of child abuse, extreme poverty, irresponsible/bad parenting. Middle-grade. +♥

A Handful of Time by Kit Pearson. A girl discovers a pocket watch that lets her travel back in time to her mother’s youth. Middle-grade. +

The Guests of War trilogy by Kit Pearson. Siblings Norah and Gavin are sent to Canada from England to escape the worst of World War II. Middle-grade. +

On Wings of a Dragon by Cora Taylor. An imprisoned warrior and an ancient huntsman work to take down an evil queen who has captured and enslaved all the girls in the kingdom. YA. !

The Dragon Prince by Vicki Blum. Two dragons risk everything to save the life of a child, and their own future. Middle-grade. !

The Mermaid Secret by Vicki Blum. Twin sisters Kallie and Danya discover they’re mermaids from the world of Ayralon, now they must recover their people’s stolen magic. Middle-grade. !+♥

The Unicorn series by Vicki Blum. Arica falls through a crack in her grandmother’s kitchen floor and discovers she’s a fairy princess from the world of Bundelag, and also the True One who can communicate with unicorns. She and her unicorn friend Wish must complete a number of dangerous missions to help Bundelag fight back against the humans who are trying to conquer it and destroy all magic. Middle-grade. !+♥

The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley. Sophie is getting tired of playing her role as the princess in a storybook, but everything is about to change. Middle-grade. ♥

Undercover Girl by Christine Harris. Jesse Sharpe is an orphan being raised as a  child spy by the mysterious agency C2. As she embarks on her first missions, she’s also on the lookout for any information on her past, and her family. Middle-grade. !♥

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell. When her tribe is removed from their Island by Aleuts, Won-a-pa-lei (Karana) jumps ship to search for her missing brother. As time passes, it becomes clear that the Aleuts will not be returning for her, and she must learn to fend for herself. YA. ~♥

Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde. Giannine is trapped in the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, where she must complete a series of near-impossible tasks to save the crown prince. Her only way out is to beat the game, and if she can’t beat it in time, it’ll kill her. YA. ♥

The Dollmage by Martine Leavitt. Annakey and Renoa are both prophesied to be the next Dollmage, but it is Renoa who is chosen to be trained for the position. Annakey is left to deal with her village’s hate for her and her own budding powers, as well as find a way to save the village from impending doom. TW: there is one non-explicit fade-to-black sexual assault scene. YA. !♥

Young Warriors: Stories of Strength edited by Tamora Pierce and Josepha Sherman. An anthology of stories about children and teens who show bravery and strength under extraordinary circumstances. Lots of diversity! ~

The Time Quintet by Madeleine L’Engle. Siblings Meg and Charles Wallace help the greatest forces in the universe defeat an evil that threatens to overwhelm them all. ♥

Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage. Septimus Heap is pronounced dead and taken from his parents at his birth, but is he really dead? And who is the abandoned baby girl his parents adopted?

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale. When word comes that the future princess will come from Miri’s village, a school is set up to teach all the young girls to prepare for royal life. Miri isn’t too sure she wants to be a princess and loathes the competition between the girls, but when danger looms over the town, she must find a way to save them all. Middle-grade.

Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine. When her brave sister Meryl falls ill, Addie must summon all her courage and set out on a journey to find a cure. Middle-grade.

Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney. Anaxandra is taken from her home at six to be the companion to a crippled princess, and that’s just the beginning of her adventures. When her new home is sacked by pirates, she assumes the identity of the princess Callisto to survive. TWs: There are a few gory battle scenes. YA. ~

Freeze Tag by Caroline B. Cooney. Meghan and West have a perfect relationship, but jealous Lannie wants West for her own, and if Meghan won’t give him up, Lannie will literally freeze her to death. YA.

A Rumor of Dragons by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The first book in the DragonLance chronicles. A group of friends reunite to save all they hold dear. YA.

The Dragon Prince by Susan Forest. Kathleen and Callum, the strange young man raised by a witch, set out to find the dragon that terrorizes their town, but the dragon isn’t what he seems to be. YA. !♥

The Land of Elyon series by Patrick Carman. Alexa Daley’s favourite activity is sneaking about the Renny Lodge, looking for secrets. However, when she encounters a secret passageway that leads beyond the town’s walls, she may get more adventure than she bargained for. Middle-grade. ♥

The Hunter’s Moon by O.R. Melling. Gwen and her cousin Findabhair are excited for their adventurous summer hitchhiking across Ireland, but when Findabhair is kidnapped by faeries, it’s up to Gwen to save her...and stop Faerie from being destroyed by an ancient evil. YA. ♥

Circle of Magic quartet by Tamora Pierce. Sandry, Tris, Daja, and Briar are four outcasts who are sent to live at Discipline cottage. There, they find out they’re mages, whose powers are worked through thread, weather, metal, and plants respectively. Along with their teachers, they must learn to use their powers and survive earthquakes, pirate attacks, forest fires, and epidemics. *~♥

Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce. Alanna disguises herself as her twin brother in order to become a knight, but will the training prove to be more than she can handle? And can she protect Prince Jon from the Duke of Conte, an evil mage after the throne? ~♥

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