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BEKKATHYST 8 YEAR ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY ~ 2021

~This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Tumblr.~

Please read thoroughly before entering!

Hello lovely Tumblr folk! It’s that time again- I have a giveaway for you all. This time we're celebrating the 8th birthday of my little shop! 💜

We have both an online store and a physical location that could use your support!

My business is just a small, family run establishment that I started here on tumblr in 2013. I’ve been lucky enough to grow to the point where my husband and I opened a brick and mortar store and I’ve been able to employ my mother and several of my siblings! I’ve been supporting my mom and younger siblings since 2016 💜 I’ve always put compassion and ethics above all else in my business!

This giveaway will have one winner.

What the winner receives:

The large assortment of crystals pictured above! There are 25 crystals in total. Their full retail value is about $450

Rules:

You must be 16 or older. (If under 18 you MUST have parent’s permission)

You don’t have to live in the US to join!

Shipping is entirely free, I will cover it. But if you live outside the US and for whatever reasons your country wants to charge you import tax, you are responsible for it. If it gets sent back to me, you will need to pay shipping to have it sent again.

You must be following me, so you can get updates if anything about the giveaway changes.

Please check out our online shop!

DO NOT tag this post as giveaway. That will risk the notes getting messed up, and this will be ruined for everyone.

Reblog this post to enter. Likes count, too. No giveaway or spam blogs. If you reblog on a side blog, let me know in the tags what the name of your blog is that you’re following me with.

Please don’t spam people with reblogs- limit 2 reblogs per blog per day.  

At the end, each entry will be assigned a number and the winner will be chosen by a random number generator.

The giveaway ends Monday, May 17th, 2021 at 6 pm Pacific time.

The winner will be messaged and must respond with their full name and address within 24 hours, or a new winner will be chosen.

Please respect me and my rules, and have fun!

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Credit to the og artist

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Insect/Bug Correspondents

Ants - community. curses. industry. strength. power. teamwork. sacrifice.

Beetles - beauty. glamour. self esteem. 

Bees - bounty. communication. community. family. hidden wisdoms. luck. messages. spirits. success. teamwork. travel. 

Butterflies - beauty. change. death. grace. growth. humble beginnings. rebirth. spirit work. transformation.

Caterpillars - change. new paths. new possibilities. preparation. transformation. transition. youth.

Cockroaches - curses. determination. dirt. fighting. filth. motivation. neglect. stubbornness. survival. 

Cricket - abundance. blessings. joy. luck. meditation. music.

Dragonflies - acceleration. air. change. energy. learning. truth. water. wisdom. 

Earthworms - fertility. growth. life. underworld.

Fleas -  bad luck. blood. curses. greed. hunger. illness. 

Flies - curses. flight. greed. hunger. satisfaction. travel.

Fireflies - ancestors. fire. freedom. guidance. illuminating problems. inner self. love. passion. self discovery. spirits. the moon. 

Gnats - curses. death. rot. waste.

Grasshoppers - air. freedom. music. travel. 

Ladybirds - blessings. charity. dreams. friendliness joy. kindness. luck. wishes.

Mosquitoes - bad luck. blood. greed. hunger. illness. reliance. self sufficiency. curses. 

Moths - dreams. fire. joy. light. the moon. truth. passion. wonder.

Praying Mantis - direction. finding your way. fulfillment. new beginnings. new journeys. patience. peace. spirits. stillness. travel. 

Scarabs - astral travel. creation. creativity. eternal life. immortality. rebirth. reincarnation. 

Scorpions - aggression. battle. competition. curses. intuition. protection. reflexes. survival.

Snails - birth. determination. development. divination. luck. meditation. peace. protection. slow growth.

Spiders - creation. communication. connections. creativity. dream work. fate. life. luck. nightmare prevention. raised awareness.

Wasps - adaptability. curses. independence. pain. strength. warning.

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Fae Offerings🌼

Milk

Honey

Beads

Jewelry

Alcohol

Coins

Pressed flowers

Unwrapped candy

Bread

Fresh water

Ribbons

Poetry

Music

Art

Seeds

Where to put them

Window sills

Your garden

Literally anywhere with plants

Important notes on leaving offerings for the fae

They only take the glamour, make sure to take the offerings back when you think they've taken what they need

If you're unable to take the offerings back, make sure that they are safe to leave there with nothing harmed

When leaving offerings at home only invite the fae with good intent and not include the ones with ill intent

Keep an iron something with you just in case they decide to take advantage of your kindness

Stay safe!

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Protection pouches for doorways + Windows of my bedroom.

Plus, this kitty is named Hazel. She just moved in temporarily, due to a family emergency. She is my step-sisters cat!

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I bought a snake plant today, and named him Anakin!

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A beginners guide to herbs

Hey witches, here's a great image I found a while ago for understanding the basics of some herbs and plants! This is a great, really beautiful guide to print out and frame for your kitchen, or have it hanging on the wall!

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Yet another reminder that faking is a conscious choice that you make.

It is not something you can do accidentally, regards of what you're talking about.

You can't accidentally fake depression, or anxiety, or bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia, or any other mental illness.

You can't accidentally fake Borderline Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder, personality disorders.

You can't accidentally fake ADHD, autism, Tourette's Syndrome, auditory processing disorder, aphasia or any other neurodivergence

You can't accidentally fake being trans or ace-spec or aro-spec or any other LGBTQIA+ identity.

You can't accidentally fake chronic illnesses like CFS, fibromyalgia or any chronic illness.

You also can't accidentally fake being good/intelligent at something. You didn't fool your peers into reaching your position.

You can't accidentally fake trauma, PTSD/cPTSD, DID/OSDD/DDNOS or any other trauma-based disorder.

Tldr:

Faking is a conscious choice.

You cannot do it by accident.

If you are worried that you are faking, that in itself is proof that you are not.

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Listen. Read. Educate yourselves. If you are unaware, fix that. Do not be complicit in the societal and legal oppression of transgender Americans.

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What Native people say about the use of sage: you can use sage, but you cannot smudge as nothing you are doing (waving sage around) is actually smudging. Smudging is a ceremony and you are, we promise, not smudging. Please buy sage from either us, or someone who sources the sage from us. White sage may not be considered endangered by the US government but corperate sourcing is making it difficult for us to source sage for our own religious purposes. Let alone to sell it.

What white people hear: never use sage ever, don’t ever buy it, don’t own it, don’t even look at it.

Look, y’all. There’s a couple of facets to my talk today.

1) Yes! You can buy sage! You really, truly can! Buy it from either native sellers (go to a powwow! Eat our food, buy our stuff, watch some dancing!) Or buy it from a seller who sources the sage from native people. Pick one. And no, buying it from 5 Below doesn’t count.

2) you CANNOT smudge. This isn’t just you “shouldn’t”— this is a YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF SMUDGING. Waving a sage stick around your doorways IS NOT SMUDGING. It is smoke clensing. Smudging, depending on the tradition and tribe, could easily have dancing and drums involved. You, as a white person, do not have the cultural BACKGROUND to even know how it works. At all. Period.

3) please, for FUCKS SAKE, stop making posts here on tumblr where you tell other white people about cultural appropriation and what they can and cannot do. Please stop, your license has been revoked because none of you bother to get the facts right. We native people are FULLY CAPABLE OF DOING IT OURSELVES. Consider instead: a) reblogging our posts where we talk about it! We’re here! We have made posts!! b) Making a post that states what we said and then LINKS BACK TO US. Screenshot with a link if you must. Stop centering your own voices in these conversations. You are already centered in everything, stop centering yourselves in a native space.

I’m tired of this nonsense, y’all.

Thanks for coming to my TedTalk ™

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Science is important.

I love spirituality, I love witchcraft, but we need to make something very clear. 

Science and medicine cannot and will not ever be something that witchcraft can replace. 

You still need to get vaccinated.

You still need to go to your therapist.

You still need to get antibiotics.

You still need your cancer treatments.

You still need your check ups.

You still need to believe scientists.

Do not fall into the trap that witchcraft will cure physical illnesses like Covid, diabetes, fibromyalgia, or anything else like that. It will not, and you need to take care of yourself.

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Me looking for my childhood memories like

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I will be removing myself from situations

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me, gently pulling my consciousness back into my body: please keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times