#spellbinding

[kuemmernis]

Altar Guardian (Making of)

Some time ago, I posted about the North German practice of the Bannkorb ((Spell)Binding Hive), a beehive adorned with a human face, which is supposed to keep evil spirits and honey thieves from a group of beehives.

While researching, I came across a publication by Aladin Borioli, who took some stunning photos of extant examples in German museum collections. I cut some of these out from a brochure of his publishing house (spector books), which I plan to frame and hang in my flat.

I’ve been thinking a lot about binding practices and how in different spiritual practices figurines and statues guard holy and sacred places. Since I felt such a resonance with these hive-figures, I wanted to create a miniature Spellbinding Hive for my Altar Space.

I collected a whole bunch of dandelion stems, that had already gone to seed and hung them up to dry. Once they were nice and crispy, I began braiding them into one long braid and startet sewing it to itself.

I’m currently in the process of forming the basket-structure. The next step will be to form the face/mask and attach it to the finished miniature hive.

[succulentsiren]

Little Miss Siren Affirmations

🤎 I am a walking Spell

🌹My presence is hypnotic

🤎 I feel delicious in my skin

🌹My sensuality has everyone obsessed

🤎I indulge in my dark, naughty, playful side which makes me irresistible

🌹Speaking my mind is a sexy turn on

🤎I am the reincarnation of a Goddess

The Art of Being the Siren

[silentmagi]

BNHA AU where Midoriya figures out Actual Magic, and is tasked with returning Actual Magic to the world in order to prevent a great catastrophe. Becoming a hero along the way is a nice bonus.

Series: Boku no Hero Academia AU Criteria: Izuku finds out magic is real, and somehow saves the world. AU title (optional): Spellbinding

Izuku Midoriya does not have a quirk, however he's always felt something burning around him, a tingling sensation of energy

It isn't until after his 14th birthday when the slime villain attacks him that he realizes he has a power that is not a quirk it is something rarer and much more powerful. Now he just has to explain to All Might why lightning struck him and the villain three times from clear blue skies.

He and his mom go to a quirk training range on her next day off, and find that he can… do much more than lightning. Fire, spears of ice, lightning, vines from the ground (really need to train them), and so many other effects. He channels the energy he's felt all his life and lets it do as it will, tinged green.

Finally, he found himself focusing on wanting to understand this strange power and have a friend to share it with. Suddenly he has a three foot tiny woman floating in front of his face saying that it was magic, and she was a familiar. Yeah, meet Prynn the faerie.

Oh by the way? Magic's at a critical juncture, and if it doesn't get used in a hurry, it will oversaturate the world, killing off all life or twisting and warping it into a perverted mockery of itself, not sure, but it's bad. No, you alone aren't enough Izuku, you will need to find others with the spark in them. You are the herald, the seeker and teacher of magic.

So All Might apparently has been looking for a replacement, and talks with nezu about it. Knowing his habit of tracking everything in the city, All Might asks about the boy he felt had the electrifying boy with green hair. Curiously, Nezu never met him, but he would like to from what he heard of the notes in the pages All Might autographed.

[tirednbossy]

Just saw sonic 3

Do I know anything abt sonic? No

Have I seen the other 2? No of course not

Was that a masterful piece of cinema the likes of wich I had thought lost to time in this new age of shit live action and ai???

Did I laugh? Did I almost cry?? Do I now ship characters I’ve never seen before???

Yes. Yes. Y e s

[gwynedd-chronicles]

spellbinding witch boy

@starboycosmic

[indarlingarmor]

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[nalyra-dreaming]

Hi, Nalyra! After all season 2 trailers and teasers, do you think it will turns out, Louis is really schizophrenic or Hallustat is here for just his feel of shame, guilty and regret? Bc Hallustat's bird in his throat and that Paul also mentioned birds when he hallucinated.

Hey!

I... don't think it's schizophrenia per se.

Then again:

"Any of a group of psychiatric disorders associated with dopamine imbalance in the brain and usually characterized by psychotic behavior including delusions, hallucinations, withdrawal from reality, and disorganized patterns of thinking and speech."

That... would fit, I guess. It certainly matches some displayed (and yet to be displayed) behaviors.

However, these vampires... are not mortal. Their bodies do not quite function as ours, and their brains have to deal with a constant influx of data, while at the same time trying to keep the body (and brain) at peak performance. And with more abilities, too.

I always felt it very ... logical almost that they would withdraw, for examples (or most of them do), go to earth. A timeout. A time to process. A time to reset and "clean up" the clutter in their brains.

This is what happens when we sleep as well, our brains clean up. Without it, we get hallucinations as well. For example.

Of course in Louis' case... I think they are hinting at some kind of connection to Paul, maybe, with the birds, as you said. The one coming out of Lestat's throat, too, of course.

The probably latent and dormant afflictions that exist would of course be heightened by their life style. Killing to live weighs on the soul, Louis' personal grapple with guilt and shame would only be heightened by that as well.

Louis comes to the realization in the second half of IWTV that he wants Lestat alive... and so I think "Hallustat" will be a mix of all these things.

It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if he would be there in Dubai as well, not just in the Paris era.

Of course Daniel would recognize the patterns, it is just logical for him to worry the point... but I don't think a vampire can be narrowed down to a (single) mental disorder, because living with the monster you are is a process - coming to accept the monster you are is the overlaying arc of the chronicles.

So no, I don't think Louis is really schizophrenic. I think he, like Armand when he disassociates in the cult (for example), or others when they go to ground... tries to cope with his life in the way his brain can.

And our brains can do a lot :)) - and vampire brains even more, given the possibilities of the (spell) gift.

Armand notes in his book that Louis spellbinds "inadvertently" (and that this can be hilarious to witness), so Louis does have some capabilities in the spell gift... I personally figure that if you can conjure visions and spells for others, then that tendency can be directed towards your own mind, too. So "Hallustat" can also be a conjured vision, maybe invited consciously... maybe not.

I think for Louis... all these things come together.

[ariellewm]

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[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Emile C. Schurmacher - True Tales of Terror - Warner - 1975

[lucifersgurl444]

“Cast out Evil”Incense 💨

Blend together:

•Camphor

•Cinnamon

•Frankincense

•Myrrh

•Sandalwood

Into a fine powder

Sprinkle a little bit onto charcoal and burn.

[succulentsiren]

[silentmagi]

Spellbinding:

1: Is Izuku mistaken for being a front for AFO by All Might's group since he's 'distributing' 'quirks'?

2: Since Izuku doesn't have a quirk for Aizawa to erase in an emergency, is he placed into 1B instead?

3: What UA students do you think take to magic the best?

Spellbinding

It is mentioned once, and then Gran starts laughing at the joke, All Might is ready to defend the kid, and they also observe him teaching, not giving, magic. Very clearly states it's magic, you know.

That's a great question, I'm tempted to say yes. However, I think that given that he's caught Nezu's attention, he is the sole student of 1-N and floats between multiple classes for the core lessons/heroics/quirk theory/whatever else Nezu wants his personal student to learn, in exchange, if you could teach Nezu some magic Izuku...

So far I'm thinking that Jirou and Denki would be among the first, possibly with Ochako getting in before them. Momo would be fascinated and want to learn as well. I could see Koji learning along a druidic vein, Yu and Reiko are the first 1-B students to ask. Honestly, I'd say that most learn some, but only a few really get into it.

[andreai04]

The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.

[not-so-basic-witch]

Simple Revenge Spell

Materials:

Photo of the person or a piece of paper and black pen, Jar, Vinegar, Black peper, Black candle

Either write the person's name on a piece of paper or have a photo of the person and place it in a jar and fill the jar with vinegar and black peppers. Close the jar.

Light a black candle and say:

"The evil you have done to me

I return to you back times three.

O goddess, Nemesis, return their misdeeds

As I will it, so mote it be."

[indarlingarmor]

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