#setting compass

[roaenexists]

CIRCLE TIP:

I know books from the seventies would have you believe otherwise, but you don't have to mentally hold circle for the whole ritual, and you don't have to physically mark the whole circle boundary, nor do you need a coven member to hold space. You can put regular old rocks at each of the cardinal directions along the walls of your room or along the outer perimeter of the sacred space and use those as anchor points for the energy you lay.

Start by gathering, cleansing, and sanctifying/consecrating/blessing/charging/whatever four stones of any shape and size that suits your needs. Larger stones are good if you want them to be a visible reminder of the boundaries of circle, but smaller ones are good for discretion. Anoint them with a protection oil if you'd like (I only recommend doing this if you are using them indoors with no animals around), and/or pencil protection sigils on them. Cast circle but make sure your energy hits each stone and runs through it. If you call in the quarters, invite them to reside in their respective directional stones. Boom, done, now you have an easily marked sacred space that doesn't need constant maintain.

And, fun fact, circle doesn't HAVE to be round. Round is easiest when you're using mental energy to hold the space, but if you use physical barriers like existing walls then your cast energy resides in that physical block and is held automatically. I especially love doing this as a quasi-permanent marker to sanctify an entire room because any doorways become defacto entrances/exits that spiritually open and close when physically opened and closed.

Okay but isn't this being lazy? NO you rude hypothetical, it's not. It's being resourceful. Using these physical anchors allows a solitary practitioner to put their focus towards other things. I use this method when I'm studying magic texts, or so I can hang out with my ancestors and spirit friends casually for extended periods of time, or if I am going to be attempting astral projection. And by "I use this method," I mean it is one of the permanent protections I have in place in my home.

Has anyone else tried this? Please share any experiences or circle hacks you might have!

[itspileofgoodthings]

one of the things that continues to strike me on reread is how much the character of Darcy, and Austen through him, finds Mr. Bennet dead. And how much Elizabeth, in growing and changing and discarding her past blindness, has to move past her way of seeing her father and thus of seeing reality, because the two are connected! Darcy’s letter exposes her father’s flaws to Elizabeth in a way she’d never been able to see before. Most especially the way his laziness and neglect of his own gifts have hurt his family and that ultimately he doesn’t. care. Not enough to change. It literally says that she comes home from Hunsford and tries to laugh at her sisters’ and mother’s folly (the way she used to; the way her father has taught her to by example for her whole life) and she can’t anymore! It sticks in her throat. She is grieved by the failures that she sees in him, all the more so because she IS his favorite and she loves him! And the thing about Mr. Bennet is he never changes. The Lydia/wickham situation exposes to him sharply his own conduct and the consequences and he feels it! Because he is neither stupid nor unfeeling. But he, like everyone, has free will. And he chooses not to change when the opportunity presents itself. He even jokes about how quickly his feeling bad will pass and how soon everything will go back to normal, to his laziness and his selfishness. He is set in his ways and he serves as a contrast to Elizabeth’s personal journey because he embodies a version of a person she could have become and was in danger of becoming if her only goal at all times was to laugh at and judge people from the sidelines.

[avian-misdemeanors]

hey Jewish converts and Jews-by-choice, Jew-by-birth here.

I see you, joining our Tribe despite how fucking scary it is to be Jewish right now.

I see you, joining our Tribe despite literal millennia of virulent Jew-hate

I see you, standing up and saying "shema Yisrael" even though doing so is as dangerous as ever

I see you, joining our ancient family even though this world hates us all so much

and I'm proud to have you with us

to listen to the roar in your heart and follow it, even though it's scary and dangerous and the world is full of screams of hate, to listen to your Jewish soul and make the choice to fully embrace it right now, that is courage beyond measure. that is true love and passion for am Yisrael

I'm proud to stand next to you. it's better with you here. we're stronger with you here.

from one Jew to another, welcome home💙✡️

[jakeperalta]

THE HUNGER GAMES APPRECATION WEEK → day 7: free choice

The Tributes maintaining their compassion and humanity (or, being more than just a piece in the Capitol's games)

[thepeacefulgarden]

[pinkpetalbee]

[heygangitstheo]

here, have a concept: ayda aguefort but her design is based off of the flaming duolingo owl image that appears when you've extended your streak

[fatedroses]

Zenos viator Galvus and him trying to deal with actually feeling things for once (Even if he doesn't really understand how to handle the comfort he receives from others for it)

I am also giving this man a dad that actually cares, because this brainworm have gotten me and there is no saving me from them.

[rainyfestivalsweets]

4/15/25

CW 189.

Do Not Be Discouraged.

Gentle reminder to self to continue the process.

Yes, keep making good choices with your orders when dining out.

Yes, get your steps in. Enjoy your walks and your tread & TV sessions.

Yes, check in with yourself more often and remember that a restaurant portion is likely double what you need. So check in with yourself on your fullness cues. It is a good practice.

You can order any good meal again, the food is not going away. You are not losing food, this is not your last meal. Savor, enjoy, & stop whenever you need to.

Gentle reminder to self that maintaining a weight is always a win. In a lifetime of gaining 50 and losing 50, building habits and a lifestyle you love and can maintain is the goal.

Gentle reminder that you have never had so much food freedom and that you have had many meals out. Relaxed mindset around food is the goal.

Gentle reminder that the bitch you are building is worth everything. She deserves consistency and mindfulness. She deserves health, nutrition, activity and rest.

The goal is a total lifestyle package.

The goal is you: Thin Happy Healthy & In shape.

Do it for you. Every day is a win when you don't give up. Keep going keep going keep going.

Every day is a win when you don't give up.

[moeblob]

Keaton and Ida (Famine and Pestilence)

Keaton really likes mobile gacha games and gets heavily invested in leaderboards and will sacrifice Quality Time with the group to stare at his phone (while in person with the group bc participation trophy). Ida likes food and if she wants to meet up with the other horsemen, she needs it somewhere with food. It also helps her be polite if she has food in her mouth so she can't say everything she's thinking.

Basically both of them are like "if I have to be around Delm, I need a comfort" and that comfort is either gacha games or eating/drinking.

[hammerin-hera-acm]

I’m blogging from one of these btw

Absolute cutting edge Star League tech, this thing, wireless connectivity, 500-ish megs of bubble memory, high-def (360p!) display, I can beat people to death with it in a pinch, and I’ve got a little slot in my Marauder for it, so who needs a command console?

[tennessoui]

I loved that glimpse into the in between times of Obi-WAN’s padawanship, his complete drama-mama-ness, knowing which buttons to press for his master to get what he wants, but not quite knowing how they work or how hard those buttons are being mashed. And Anakin’s ominous ending pronouncement! Thank you!

[in reference to this prompt fill snippet for the throat fic]

Omg yes tho this is a perfect description of obi-wan’s mindset during the intervening times between Melida/daan and his own mission to rescue his master in the fic!!

Like he understands that his master would maybe do anything for him and is weird about him but he also doesn’t know which exact buttons he needs to press to get the reaction he wants so he just ends up smashing some random combo (“I’ll die + you don’t love me + someone else/another alpha will look after me + I choose them over you + I don’t believe you care about me”)

and it like. Drives anakin insane. all the time. Quite literally too probably. Sidious is trying to turn him completely into an uncaring death machine but his padawan is also insinuating that he’s going to cut his hair and go for a romantic walk in the gardens of coruscant with Quinlan fucking Vos. Total evilness has got to wait.

[chiropteracupola]

ME when the LIGHT is HOUSING !!!

[thepeacefulgarden]

[beauty-funny-trippy]

🎨 artwork by Katie Daisy {animated by beauty-funny-trippy}

[cylikaart]

Saito Idle stance - NND COMPASS