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[banefolk]

Mab’s drawlloween club day 1: self-portrait

“I’m doing my best”

[vintagetvstars]

Hot Vintage TV Women's Bracket - List of the Ladies!

As promised below is a full list of all 130 women in the Hot Vintage TV Women's Tournament! Thank you to everyone who submitted their favs!

Just a brief bit of cleanup before the list. Thank you for all the submissions. If your submission didn't make it into the bracket or some of your propaganda isn't used know that I still appreciated the submission even if we weren't able to use it. Some things got cut for being outside the bounds of the tournament, some things got cut because the links were broken, etc. Anything I wasn't sure about got brought to family and friends for a second opinion. I did my best to keep as much in as possible but some things just ended up leaning too far outside of our criteria. If you notice some stuff that seems outside the criteria slip by it's because I tried to be very generous so as long as something wasn't obviously outside of our time period or rules I usually gave it a pass.

Anyway, I am working on the bracket as we speak and apologize in advance cause I don't think there's any way to make round 1 completely painless, as you'll see we have a pretty stacked line-up so I'm excited to see how things work out! Enjoy and see you all on Monday April 15th for round one of the Hot Vintage TV Women's Bracket!

Eartha Kitt

Dawn French

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Nichelle Nichols

Loretta Swit

Joan Bennett

Mary Tyler Moore

Yvonne Craig

Barbara Stanwyck

Lara Parker

Bea Arthur

Barbara Feldon

Rue McClanahan

Lynda Carter

Kellye Nakahara

Jan Smithers

Elisabeth Sladen

Diana Rigg

Janet Hubert

Carol Burnett

Jackée Harry

Betty White

Gillian Anderson

Anne Francis

Peggy Lipton

Eliza Dushku

Joan Chen

Terry Farrell

Gina Torres

Catherine Bach

Tina Louise

Carolyn Jones

Dawn Wells

Vivica A Fox

Mariska Hargitay

Deidre Hall

Aimi MacDonald

Carol Cleveland

Valerie Harper

Lisa Hartman

Julie Newmar

Fran Drescher

Melissa Joan Hart

Mira Furlan

Nana Visitor

Claudia Black

Courteney Cox

Sarah Jessica Parker

Jane Krakowski

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sherilyn Fenn

Eve Arden

Elizabeth Montgomery

Marlo Thomas

Lucy Lawless

Joanna Lumley

Barbara Eden

Kathryn Leigh Scott

Grayson Hall

Eva Gabor

Siân Phillips

Shannen Doherty

Lisa Robin Kelly

Debbie Allen

Lisa Bonet / Lilakoi Moon

Rachel Bilson

Karyn Parsons

Jane Seymour

Jonelle Allen

Julia Duffy

Lalla Ward

Miranda Richardson

Mag Ruffman

Penelope Keith

Carole André

Amanda Tapping

Lucille Ball

Nicole de Boer

Jeri Ryan

Penny Johnson Jerald

Katy Manning

Charisma Carpenter

Morena Baccarin

Katee Sackhoff

Janine Turner

Marcia Strassman

Farrah Fawcett

Kate Jackson

Jaclyn Smith

Lily Tomlin

Melissa Leo

Sabrina Lloyd

Joan Collins

Diahann Carroll

Jennifer Aniston

Pamela Anderson

Alexandra Paul

Chloe Annett

Hattie Hayridge

Thalía

Itatí Cantoral

Connie Booth

Linda Cristal

Doris Day

Angela Lansbury

Dorothy Provine

Vivian Vance

Suzanne Pleshette

Bea Benaderet

Gracie Allen

Amanda Randolph

Anna May Wong

Sheila Kuehl

Barbara Billingsley

Barbara Mullen

Phyllis Logan

Annette Crosbie

Geraldine James

Audrey Meadows

Peggy Ashcroft

Holland Taylor

Emma Thompson

Judy Parfitt

Francesca Annis

Mädchen Amick

Joely Richardson

Alex Kingston

Cicely Tyson

Lauren Graham

Kim Cattrall

[musesofhororr]

" I'm scared to close my eyes, I'm scared to open them. "

Many spooky/horror muses.

All muses & the mun are of age.

21 +

Starter Call !

Affiliated With ; @maskedspector @will-iam-graham @vulpineobedience @illustrious-beauty @frederickchill

Rules & Muses below ;

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Rules ;

please do NOT rush me with replies as most of y'all know i have MANY accounts xD

2. all muses are 21+

3. because this is a horror/spooky rp blog there will be gore, sexual themes and other things that will be 18 + themes.

4. Yes i do write smut but I WILL NOT WRITE WITH ANYONE UNDER AGE!

5. Whenever you send in a meme please say who it's for, for i will have many muses on here. if you don't i will assume that you are leaving it up to me.

6. i am open to shipping with anyone, for i am a shipping ho. xD but please DO NOT force a ship on me.

7. we are all here because we love to write so please DO NOT cause any drama. i am well passed that age in my life && i'm not about it. xD

8. i am OC friendly! So please message me whenever! <3

9. have fun! any questions please message me !

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The muses;

AHS ; Lana Winters FC ; Sarah Paulson, Mary Eunice FC ; Lily Rabe, Cordelia Goode FC ; Sarah Paulson, Misty Day FC ; Lily Rabe

Bates Motel ; Norma Bates FC ; Vera Farmiga

Bram Stoker's Dracula ; Mina Harker FC ; Winona Ryder

Charmed ; Prue Halliwell FC ; Shannen Doherty

Dracula { 2013 } ; Dracula FC ; Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Lucy Westenra FC ; Katie McGrath, Lady Jayne Wetherby FC ; Victoria Smurfit

Doctor Who ; River Song FC ; Alex Kingston, 11th Doctor FC ; Matt Smith, 16th Doctor FC ; Cate Blanchett

The Fall of House Usher ; Verna FC ; Carla Gugino

The Fall ; Stella Gibson FC ; Gillian Anderson

The Silence of the Lambs; Hannibal Lecter FC ; Mads Mikkelsen, Bedelia Du Maurier { VERY HEAD CANON } FC ; Gillian Anderson, Clarice Starling FC ; Jodie Foster.

The Haunting of Hill House ; Olivia Crain FC ; Carla Gugino, Theo Crain FC ; Kate Siegel, Nell Crain FC ; Victoria Pedretti

The Haunting of Bly Manor ; Dani Clayton FC ; Victoria Pedretti

Merlin ; Morgana Pendragon FC ; Katie Mcgrath

Penny Dreadful ; Vanessa Ives FC ; Eva Green

Resident Evil ; Lady Dimitrescu FC ; Lana Parrilla

Silent Hill ; Lisa Garland FC ; NOT SURE YET

True Blood ; Sookie Stackhouse FC ; Anna Paquin, Pam FC ; Kristin Bauer Van Straten, Sophie-Anne FC ; Evan Rachel Wood

Van Helsing ; Anna Valerious FC ; Kate Beckinsale

The X-Files ; Dana Scully FC; Gillian Anderson, Fox Mulder FC ; David Duchovny

Xena Warrior Princess ; Xena FC ; Lucy Lawless, Gabrielle FC ; Renee O'Connor, Callisto FC ; Hudson Leick

[serpentstole]

what are some books/literature that have helped you develop your own personal style of luciferian magick?

Hello! Thanks for the question. I don't have a formal reading list yet, so this might get a little rambling as I explain how different works have influenced different parts of my magical practice.

You may already know, given how open I am about not having an interest in specifically Luciferian Grimoires, but my personal style of Luciferian magic is more accurately magic I do as a Luciferian. While it involves the three pillars of my practice (Lucifer, Azazel, and Eve) it does so in a way I suspect many eclectic practitioners could involve their own deities and/or major spirits.

I'll also be the first to admit that I don't consider myself a very advanced practitioner. I've been rebuilding my religious and magical practice from the ground up over these past few years, and while I can speak with some confidence about the things I have studied at length, I sometimes wonder if knowing when to speak on what I know and when to stay silent on what I don't gives me the illusion of knowing far more than I do. Still, I'm happy to share some of what I've drawn from so far.

My magical interests and inspirations have so far mostly come from folk magic and ceremonial magic. While I'd like to add some elements of chaos magic into my methodology after some cursory research into it and a very interesting discussion with a friend of mine about how certain aspects of it can be combined with folk magic practices, I haven't yet delved into it.

For the folk magic and animism side of my practice, the writing of Sarah Anne Lawless was very formative. Though her blog has long since been taken offline, it can still be read in internet archives. I also tried to read up on British styles of traditional witchcraft and folk magic (not to be confused with BTW Wicca). I'm sure no one will be surprised to learn that Troy Books was an early source for that. Things like Cecil Williamson’s Book of Witchcraft and Spells from the Wise Woman's Cottage provide a nice glimpse into the gathered history of traditional witchcraft and magic that the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic has gathered. I also read a few of Gemma Gary's books; though they didn't add much to my own practice, I do enjoy reading books from other practitioners' perspectives, and I know many people who've found them valuable.

From there I've been trying to read up on folklore and folk practices where I can. I don't really have a formal reading list since my backlog is pretty intense, and I'm hesitant to recommend books I haven't read all the way through. I also try to use my best judgement to build off of ideas I've encountered elsewhere, and localize the parts of my practice that have to do with flora and fauna. It's why lists of colour or plant correspondences aren't really helpful... different allies will be found in different areas, and cultural associations with these things can matter.

The ceremonial element of my practice has been to very carefully pick apart grimoire magic and see what I want to apply to my work. So far it's mostly used to help me mull over the crafting of tools, and to apply planetary hours and correspondences to my spellwork and the making of talismans, incense, oil, etc. Texts like the Greater and Lesser Key of Solomon, Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy, and Drawing Spirits into Crystals tend to be a given when making recommendations on ceremonial magic. Be warned that Western ceremonial magic as a whole can be a minefield of appropriated Jewish mysticism; my own research into it and deciding what I feel comfortable applying to my practice is seemingly never ending.

Finally there's just... working with my spirits and deities. I'm not sure I have a specific book or texts to suggest for this one, outside of how things like Paradise Lost or The Book of Enoch and the articles and papers on Ugartic and ancient Canaanite mythology have helped to build my understanding of them. The inspiration for the altar I'm working on is unquestionably inspired by Wicca, due to that being my entryway into magic and paganism in the first place, in the sense that understanding why a Wiccan altar is set up how it is helped me to then decide what I wanted and needed on my own. My offerings are influenced by planetary associations and folklore (Venusian incense for Lucifer, things relating to iron or Saturnian herbs for Azazel, etc) and things like candles, food offerings, and incense have become so second nature and obvious to me that I couldn't pinpoint for you which books helped establish that foundation for me. I will say I found writings about the Red Meal very interesting for some of the smaller rituals I have planned. If memory serves it was popularized by Robin Artisson, who I have some trouble blanket recommending due to past attitudes and actions, so this is one of those cases of "take what you need but read critically".

I want to give a special mention to learning divination. It's been the most valuable tool in my practice in recent days. I like to use a combination of tarot and futhark runes when I can. I'd recommend the Rider-Waite-Smith deck as a way to learn the symbolism that's been most widely used, and honestly an online resource like Biddy Tarot while you're first getting used to the meanings of the cards and want help understanding the images used and the meanings they carry. The Rider-Waite-Smith deck uses a lot of ideas and symbols from the Order of the Golden Dawn, so some can be less obvious to those not familiar with them if you're just staring at the cards. Information on Futhark runes is also very wide spread, though I'd avoid anything by Stephen Edred Flowers/Edred Thorsson, as he's frequently associates himself with Asatru flavoured white supremacist groups, and one of them currently has publishing rights to his books that use the Edred Thorsson pen name.

Since I didn't have anywhere else to put it, this is where I also shout out Paul Hudson's Mastering Witchcraft as one of those books a lot of people recommended when I was first starting out with magic, and Jackson Howard, Michael Howard, and Nigel Jackson's The Pillars of Tubal Cain as the book that got recommended to me a lot when people learned I was a Theistic Luciferian, including by other Luciferian authors.

Finally, I want to say that it's always good to go outside of purely occult books. They're often less expensive and very clear with where their information comes from. Articles, papers, and encyclopedias about herbalism and plant folklore, religious history, and so on, can be extremely valuable. For example, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications is both a fascinating read and has snippets of historical uses of these plants, such as an incense intended for divination made from acorns.

I hope this wall of text helped give some insight into my thought process and some of the books involve! Someday I might finally start a proper reading list, but sadly today is not yet that day...

[dalekofchaos]

Wonder Woman fancast

My Hypothetical reboot fancast in the Reevesverse!

My other DC fancasts

Superman

DCEU Recast

Batman

The Flash

Green Lantern

Aquaman

Green Arrow

Teen Titans

Justice League Dark

Batman Beyond

The Dark Knight Returns

Telltale’s Batman

Injustice

Legion Of Doom

Birds Of Prey

Few things first. 

The Greek Gods would not be killed off

Diana is not Zeus’ daughter, she is molded out of clay and empowered by the Greek Gods/Goddesses like in the original origin.

With that out of the way, here’s my fancast

Ioanna Triantafyllidou/Joanna Fyllidou as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince

Mikey Madison as Donna Troy/Troia

Emma Myers as Wonder Girl/Cassandra Sandsmark

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Steve Trevor

Aidy Bryant as Etta Candy

KJ Apa as Terry Long

Debora Nascimento  as Yara Flor

Madison Taylor Baez as Caipora

Lynda Carter as Queen Hippolyta

Renee O'Connor as Antiope

Christina Hendricks as Melanippe

Gina Torres as Nubia

Lena Headley as Penelope

Hudson Leick as Penthesilea

Lisa Berry as Philippus

Rose Leslie as Artemis

Charlize Theron as Cheetah/Barbara Ann Minerva

Lucy Lawless as Circe

Madeleine McGraw as Devastation

Joan Chen as Doctor Cyber/Cylvia Anita Cyber

Eihi Shiina as Doctor Poison

Peter Dinklage as Doctor Psycho/Doctor Edgar Cizko

Famke Janssen as Medusa

Sophie Turner as Silver Swan (Vanessa Kapatelis)

Melanie Scrofano as Giganta

Sarah Paulson as Veronica Cale

Leonardo DiCaprio as Maxwell Lord

Alexander Ludwig as Adonis

Alicia Vikander as Grail

Natalie Dormer as Aphrodite

John Boyega as Apollo

Richard Armitage as Ares

Joey King, Asa Butterfield, Jacob Lofland, Uriah Shelton and Lily-Rose Depp as The Children of Ares

Anne Hathaway as Athena

Doug Jones as Charon

Jack Black as Dionysus

Benicio Del Toro as Hades

Andy Serkis as Hephaestus

Rachel Weisz as Hera

Clive Standen as Heracles

Sam Reid as Hermes

Kaya Scodelario as Pandora

Jodie Comer as Persephone

Ryan Hurst as Poseidon

Timothy Omundson as Zeus

[poisonerspath]

Clavicula NOX- Maleficarium Nigra Issue 5 Magic and Mayhem 2014 including articles by Gemma Gary, Sarah Anne Lawless and Nikolaij de Mattos Frisvold. Part of the recent book update website link in bio. - - - #occultbooks #witchcraft #traditionalwitchcraft #occultbooks #occultpublishing #folkwitchcraft https://www.instagram.com/p/Clj7aAgL1-Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thegodwhocums]

American Nightshade Folklore & Magic

In ancient times, belladonna was used to dilate women’s pupils to enhance beauty. In fact, eye doctors use it to dilate your pupils in modern times. Belladonna, and other nightshade plants, have long been associated with poisonings and death. Legend has it that Locusta killed the emperor Claudius using belladonna given to him by Agrippina the Younger.

To witches in Medieval times, belladonna was used as an ingredient in flying ointments. Flying ointments were oils and salves anointed on the body or absorbed into the mucus membranes in order to give the witch or magician a “high” or produce hallucinations and visions. This is what some people believe gave us the image of the witch flying on a broomstick = witches “flying high”. Some professional herbalists, like Sarah Anne Lawless, still infuse salves and ointments with atropa belladonna for medicinal purposes. I have never used belladonna in ointments, nor do I plan to; however, I have used belladonna as a means of crossing the hedge.

Because American nightshade is close in relation to deadly nightshade (belladonna), we can assume it takes on much of the same magical properties with slight variations. American nightshade’s magical properties include: hedgecrossing, beauty, psychic visions, astral projection, necromancy, levitation, contact with chthonic deities. American nightshade is associated with the same deities as belladonna including: Bellona, Circe, Medea, and Hecate.

How to use American nightshade in magic (safely): use gloves when handling any parts of this potentially toxic herb. I recommend drying it naturally (away from reach of children or animals, etc) and then bottling the dried herb to wear as an amulet or use as a spirit fetiche.

text from Kitty at OtherworldlyOracle.com; photos mine

[westeroslive]

Who could work as lady Targaryen nee Lannister?

ohhhh okay so we'd previously listed jessica  chastain,   rosamund  pike,   katheryn  winnick,  diane  kruger,  evan  rachel  wood,  clemence  poesy,  charlieze  theron,  rebecca  ferguson,  amanda  seyfried,  and  emilia  clarke  -  but  I  could  also  see jenna coleman, hannah waddingham, sarah snook, mélanie laurent, alicia vikander, keira knightley, emily vancamp, deborah ann woll, keri russell, viva bianca, joanne froggatt, emma stone, lucy lawless, or elisa lasowski.

[vintagetvstars]

Hot Vintage TV Ladies Bracket - Master Poll List

Round 1 (All polls linked)

Bea Arthur Vs. Bea Benaderet

Barbara Eden Vs. Kathryn Leigh Scott

Kellye Nakahara Vs. Janine Turner

Betty White Vs. Gracie Allen

Joely Richardson Vs. Miranda Richardson

Holland Taylor Vs. Joan Collins

Joan Chen Vs. Rachel Bilson

Lucille Ball Vs. Suzanne Pleshette

Angela Lansbury Vs. Eartha Kitt

Alex Kingston Vs. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Gina Torres Vs. Sherilyn Fenn

Katee Sackhoff Vs. Geraldine James

Barbara Feldon Vs. Carol Cleveland

Amanda Tapping Vs. Nana Visitor

Amanda Randolph Vs. Barbara Mullen

Kate Jackson Vs. Kim Cattrall

Emma Thompson Vs. Penelope Keith

Rue McClanahan Vs. Barbara Stanwyck

Thalía Vs. Sheila Kuehl

Joan Bennett Vs. Grayson Hall

Julie Newmar Vs. Lalla Ward

Farrah Fawcett Vs. Catherine Bach

Diahann Carroll Vs. Siân Phillips

Mary Tyler Moore Vs. Jan Smithers

Nichelle Nichols Vs. Yvonne Craig

Carolyn Jones Vs. Lara Parker

Janet Hubert Vs. Marcia Strassman

Jackée Harry Vs. Dawn French

Tina Louise Vs. Linda Cristal

Eva Gabor Vs. Anne Francis

Lynda Carter Vs. Peggy Lipton

Courteney Cox Vs. Mädchen Amick

Vivica A Fox Vs. Julia Duffy

Valerie Harper Vs. Jaclyn Smith

Doris Day Vs. Dawn Wells

Debbie Allen Vs. Elizabeth Montgomery

Karyn Parsons Vs. Katy Manning

Deidre Hall Vs. Phyllis Logan

Jeri Ryan Vs. Mira Furlan

Lucy Lawless Vs. Claudia Black

Morena Baccarin Vs. Shannen Doherty

Jonelle Allen Vs. Francesca Annis

Jane Seymour Vs. Annette Crosbie

Diana Rigg Vs. Joanna Lumley

Melissa Joan Hart Vs. Lisa Robin Kelly

Lisa Bonet / Lilakoi Moon Vs. Lisa Hartman

Eliza Dushku Vs. Chloe Annett

Fran Drescher Vs. Mariska Hargitay

Lauren Graham Vs. Charisma Carpenter

Marlo Thomas Vs. Lily Tomlin

Connie Booth Vs. Barbara Billingsley

Gillian Anderson Vs. Alexandra Paul

Penny Johnson Jerald Vs. Mag Ruffman

Sarah Jessica Parker Vs. Judy Parfitt

Cicely Tyson Vs. Aimi MacDonald

Anna May Wong Vs. Peggy Ashcroft

Carol Burnett Vs. Elisabeth Sladen

Sarah Michelle Gellar Vs. Hattie Hayridge

Pamela Anderson Vs. Loretta Swit

Itatí Cantoral Vs. Audrey Meadows

Jane Krakowski Vs. Jennifer Aniston

Terry Farrell Vs. Nicole de Boer

Carole André Vs. Melissa Leo Vs. Sabrina Lloyd

Eve Arden Vs. Dorothy Provine Vs. Vivian Vance

[serpentstole]

wildcard- answer whichever three question still open that you'd be interested in talking about.

I'm terribly indecisive when it comes to as many options as the prompt list had, so I tried to choose a few that wouldn't turn into mini-essays.

5. Do you work with a Pantheon? I have a mini-pantheon that makes up the Luciferian and dual faith side of my practice. It's a bit of a spectrum, with Lucifer, Azazel, and the Serpent solidly on the Luciferian side of things, Eve toeing the line as someone I venerate in a Luciferian context but who is still viewed as a very Christian figure by most, and then St Expedite, St Cyprian, and St Justina as more traditional saints. While I consider my saint magic to be a step removed from my Luciferian practice, they're still essentially all from the same "pantheon" in that all figures involve come from Christianity, the folk beliefs that have come from it, or the broader apocryphal texts.

On the Dionysian side of things, he is currently the only Greek god I have any sort of relationship with. There are others I have an interest in investigating further, but for the time being I'm focusing on the spirits and deities I work with and venerate already.

13. Do you have a magical name? I have a craft name in the flavour of it being a pen name of sorts… I value my privacy online, even in occult communities, so it adds an extra layer of separation for me. When I was Wiccan I was given a magic name meant to be used in a ritual/magic setting, but for a number of reasons it doesn't really suit me anymore. Since I don't currently do anything that would require additional names beyond the aforementioned craft pen name, I haven't chosen another to replace it.

84. What real life witch most inspires your practice? I'm going to get a bit sappy here and say it's probably @tyetknot. Don't get me wrong, there are a number of incredible practitioners whose writing and work I respect deeply and find very inspiring. Honourable mentions go to Sarah Anne Lawless for how formative her old blog was to me, @graveyarddirt for the incredible glimpses into her devotional traditions that she allows and for nudging me towards investigating Amanita Muscaria as a plant ally, and @lailoken as someone who writes about their own personalized practice and makes incredible tools for both their craft and others. Still, Tyet has been a good friend since the start of my journey into magic and the occult. He helped me find my footing in Wicca, and he was supportive when it turned out to not be the right fit for my path. Though our beliefs and practices are very different these days, I have such deep respect for both his experience and his depth of knowledge about magical topics and history. I could write a long list of little things he's inspired me to pursue, from my dabbling in ceremonial magic to my interest in creating one's own incense. He has also always tried to navigate magical/pagan communities with integrity, and strives to hold bad actors accountable. This has actively damaged his place in communities where those in positions of power were far too willing to be complacent, but he went on to help create and support new ones that are thriving in ways that the stubborn old guard never will. His altars to the goddess Isis also have immeasurable drip.

[calamitousrpg]

Salutations again, SARAH & NICOLE, you have found your way into the State of Calamity; the broken plain run by the lawless and the vicious. You have been granted deeper passage to the corrupt world of Calamitous. As always, times ticking on your clock old blood…you have 48 HOURS to amass your wits and complete the CHECKLIST before what remains of your body ignites in a blistering haze of ash and smoke…

After all, it’s so easily broken…

     and even easier to get lost…

( JD Pardo, 412, Male, He/Him, Light-Faem Mechanic (secret healer on the side)) It’s been a while since we’ve seen EDUARDO “ED” FERNANDEZ. I hear they’re a FAE/LIGHT FAE and they reside on the EAST. They’re known to frequent THE BLOOM FLORIST (when they’re not busy with working at THE WORKSHOP) and have made a place at MYRE GROVE. Some may say they act BAD TEMPERED & RECLUSIVE, while others claim they are KIND HEARTED & PROTECTIVE. With that being said, they’ve found the State of Calamity.

( Anne Hathaway, 38/333, female, she/her, demon, soulbarter) It’s been a while since we’ve seen OPHELIA TARAMATH. I hear they’re a DEMON and they reside on the EASTSIDE. They’re known to frequent TAVERN OF SHADOWS (when they’re not busy as an EVENT COORDINATOR) and have made a place at ELYSIUM CIRCUS ROOM 202. Some may say they act  SPOLIT & SHALLOW, while others claim they are BUBBLY & FLIRTATIOUS. With that being said, they’ve found the State of Calamity.

[ivy-kissobryos]

I used to struggle with calling myself a Witch. I didn’t think it fit. I preferred “folk magic practitioner” because I love and eat dirty nature-based low magic for breakfast. But over the past decade or so of practicing I’ve come to admit to myself that I’m a witch in every connotation of the word both good and bad. I’m not a Witch because I work with herbs, worship gods and spirits, talk to animals and plants, or have an altar. I could just be a Pagan or an Animist with such things. I’m a Witch because I can leave my body, I can speak to spirits, I can speak to gods, I can shapeshift into animals and the elements, I can see the future and tap into the past. I’m a witch because my gods are the terrifying gods of Witchcraft and they don’t give hugs or speak sweet words to me. They like to scare me for fun and to test me. If I wallow they give me a smack and remind me I have the power to change my situation if I don’t like it. I am a necromancer and I don’t mean ancestor worshipper (though I am that too), I mean it in the ancient sense like the feared Witch Medea who wandered through graveyards harvesting bones and roots for her magic calling upon the great Hekate and the Witch Circe who summoned up shades of the dead to glean lore and prophecy.

Witchcraft and death are closely linked you see, to travel between worlds you must be half-dead. When your body is empty due to this little death, if it is not protected, other things can take it, possess it, hurt it. If your spirit travelling in those otherworlds is unprotected, guideless, it too can be harmed, trapped, collected, or destroyed. Just like our world, the otherworlds are dangerous, unpredictable, and nothing is free or easy. Summoning spirits into our world is just as dangerous as they can possess you, harm you, haunt you, or escape your circle and harm others because you let them into this realm. Sometimes inexperienced people open doors with no protections and don’t know how to banish what they summoned or how to close the door (i.e. why I hate ouija boards).

What’s the worst that could happen practicing Witchcraft? Madness, soul-theft, involuntary possession, death, or being in a permanent coma. The best thing that could happen is nothing. Somewhere in between those two extremes is the spirit worker and, trust me, it ain’t no picnic. Occasionally we get rewarded with the rush of “OMG this shit is real!” But mostly the benefits are quiet, earned, and only meaningful to the individual. Witchcraft can be very personal as a large portion of it is about personal development and getting to truly know, love, and be comfortable with oneself before going deeper into the abyss. To be honest I wouldn’t wish the abilities of the Witch upon anyone. There are things you don’t want to see or know and you cannot unsee or unlearn them once it’s happened.

- Sarah Anne Lawless