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I can't donate but I can second this- your reading for me back when you were doing free readings for practice was absolutely on point. Looking back on it, some things in your reading apply even more now than they did then! I fully recommend, whether for the reading or just to support.

Heyyy look who's joining the "I need money, I will read runes for you" club. Sorry, I feel weird about all this, but hey, I gotta do something.

My wife is having bottom surgery later this year and we need money. More so for the expenses we'll have to pay while she's out of work for 3 months to recover, but gods know any kind of shit can happen. So I set up this gofundme for support.

I'm offering rune readings to people who donate. When you go to the gofundme page, there is a link in the description to fill out a form for you to receive your reading. You will need to include a screenshot that you donated. The amount of runes pulled is based on how much you donate. Up to $5 is a one rune pull $5-$15 is a three rune past/present/future spread $16-$40 is a four rune spread (past, future, subconscious insights, and message from spirit allies) Over $40 is a seven rune spread (for either/or questions) for eight rune spread (like the four rune spread with extra past/future insights) depending on your question/choice

Even if you can't donate, please reblog and share the link anywhere you can. We truly appreciate any amount of help or support you can give. <3

#boost #rune reading #seriously I hope you get the money you need

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I love seeing people’s passion for their deities

I love seeing people’s eyes light up when their deities come up in conversation

I LOVE SEEING PEOPLE LOVING THEIR DEITIES 💞

#YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #love this it's everything to me

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saying good morning and goodnight to your deities >>>>

#I mentally shriek “GOODNIIIIIIGHT” at all of them whenever I remember #bc I think it's funny #helpol #deities #deity work #paganism #polytheist #hellenism #hellenic gods #hellenic paganism #hellenic #hellenic community #hellenic polytheism #deity worship #hellenic deities #hellenismos #greek gods #gods #hellenic pagan #hellenic devotion #hellenic worship #hellenic polythiest

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making sure to take my medication on time and not letting myself skip it for Lord Apollon

#helpol #paganism #hellenic community #polytheist #hellenic gods #deity work #deities #deity worship #hellenic paganism #hellenism #hellenic polytheism #hellenic #hellenic deities #hellenic devotion #hellenic pagan #hellenic polythiest #hellenic worship #hellenismos

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how it feels rn with THREE separate deities attempting to reach me to tell me about my car’s extended warranty

#witchcraft #witchblr #paganism #pagan #pagan witch #witch community #paganblr #deity work #eclectic pagan #witch blog

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Just for funny I asked Loki, not expecting a response, and immediately got back a deadpan "gay."

Ah, correction, "gay CROWS." They are simply gay birds, your honor.

This is all a joke and UPG I swear Loki is just severely unhelpful for the sake of being mildly entertaining XD

why are Loki and Apollo such a duo? literally I feel like more often than not I see devotees of Loki or Apollo have the other one as a deity, too LOL

#witchblr #lokean #hellenic witch #heathenry #norse pagan #eclectic pagan #pagan community #pagan witch #paganism #loki #apollo #loki devotee #apollo devotee

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Me, opening a crystal order with my mom: "What's this one?"

My mom: "Black kyanite. Really intense grounding. You said you wanted one."

Me, picking it up: sudden pause as I am aggressively plunked into my body and realize that I feel terrible but haven't noticed because I was disassociated as hell "Oh shit, I haven't eaten today-"

This was at like nine PM.

#witchy quote posts #<- that tag is for my dumb funny quotes not serious ones #I have a ton of these saved up I keep forgetting to post them #witch blog #paganblr #witch community #pagan witch #witchblr #paganism #witchcraft #eclectic pagan #pagan

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I feel like the witch equivalent of IT department advice is “Have you tried cleansing and grounding again?”

#AAAAAAAAAA not me remembering I need to cleanse my room #I ground myself enough bc I actively struggle with it so I remember to do that #bc otherwise I get weird and feel terrible #but the “get weird and feel terrible” is less noticable when my room isn't cleansed #bonus ick points if it's actually also dirty #witchcraft #witchblr #pagan witch #witches #witch community

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My current altar for Apollo consists of

a little rainbow nightlight

a rock that I personally think is just kinda gross but he likes it

a carrot eraser

a pride flag

and my first offering to Persephone was a little peanut butter cup. So y'know what? Hell yeah, offerings that don't correspond with the deity but are instead just something you're eating/some random trinket you've got lying around are absolutely valid and should be considered as such more often. Loki gets Mt. dew code red whenever I drink some. Right now I have M&M's sitting in my fancy-ass snake box that should definitely not be a candy bowl, because they wanted some.

I know Loki is known for "weird offerings" but I think we should just normalize offering whatever the fuck your deities want, including things that make no sense whatsoever.

I've started getting into witchcraft recently, and I've decided to start worshiping and working with Apollo. And I don't have an altar yet, but I jokingly asked him if he wanted some dried banana chips, because I was eating them. And I felt him guiding me, and my hand, which I took as yes. The vibe I got, he seemed excited about it.

So yeah, my first offering to Apollo, is dried bananas. Just some banana chips on a shelf. That's Apollo's altar right now

#hellenism #hellenic pagan #hellenic deities #hellenic polytheism #witches #paganism #pagan witch #apollo altar #witchcraft #apollo #diety worship

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do yall ever get that tingly pressure feeling on top of your head and think "is this god petting me like a dog" cus yeah me too

#witchcraft #paganism #witchblr #pagan #pagan witch #witch community #deity work #eclectic pagan #paganblr #witch blog

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I don't think I ever had imaginary friends that now I believe were-

.... Actually, scratch that, Loki just reminded me that they're a shapeshifter and can be whatever the fuck they wanna be. My childhood memories are fuzzy at best but now I am left wondering if the only imaginary friend I remember was fucking Loki. Loki is greatly amused and incredibly unhelpful, currently laughing maniacally while I mutter "surely fucking not" at my phone.

ANYWAY what I was trying to say was that Loki, and many of my deities/guides have been around my whole life. Even if I didn't see them. So many of my interests turned out to be things my deities rule over or are associated with. So many things I've loved turned out to be a little "hello" from them before we truly met.

Question for those who work with deities. Did any of you have imaginary friends growing up that you would talk to on a regular basis that now seem oddly similar to the deities you work with? I remember I had a couple imaginary friends while growing up and now I'm seeing interesting similarities between them and the deities I work with (I will admit, I had imaginary friends until I was about 16.).

That got me thinking, that maybe they had been there the whole time, but didn't make themselves known yet until I was a grown up. Maybe they knew at that time that I wasn't ready for full fledged deity work, and that I needed time to discover myself first and work through things.

Has anyone else thought of this or have this happen? Just curious.

#mainly birds #loki came to me when i was drawn to a bird necklace that just hit different #I'll tell that story sometime #but so many interests were signs looking back #witchcraft #witchblr #witch #paganblr #witchy #pagan #pagan witch #paganism #deities #deity work #deity #witchlife #witches #witchcore #witchythings #loki deity #loki devotee

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I have SO MANY feelings about this, most of which I cannot put into words or already have put into words on my blog. I'm just so glad I've seen this point of view because it's so much easier to work and feel safe.

I didn't realize that my perspective on these sort of things had been so limited in the beginning of my craft until I started going to other witchy spaces, and suddenly I was seeing people tell me... Basically anything other than "you're doing it wrong."

Today's Take

The idea that:

practicing witchcraft

putting up protection spells

not putting up protection spells

communicating with spirits in any capacity

makes you:

more visible

more vulnerable

more prone

to:

potential attack

intrusion by baneful magics

malicious practitioners

evil spirits

demons

is an idea:

rooted in cultural religious bias

heavily influenced by pop culture

born of rhetoric meant to warn people away from witchcraft

This is a list of concurrent points, not an either/or or a multiple choice selection.

Discuss.

#witchblr #witchcraft #pagan witch #witchy #eclectic pagan #eclectic witch

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Me: "I know I need to learn how to ask for things, that's something I'm working on. Self-esteem and confidence in my craft too, trusting my intuition of experience of reality and all that."

Loki: "yeah mhm."

Me: "I just don't want to get TOO confident and start missing times I'm wrong, or start asking for too much-"

Loki: "thiS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM MY GUY-"

#witchcraft #paganism #witchblr #pagan #pagan witch #witch community #paganblr #deity work #eclectic pagan #witch blog #loki deity #loki devotee #witchy quotes

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YES all of this, I remember being so stressed in my early craft because my socially anxious autistic self knew that typically "respectful" = "formal." Or atleast, to me it does. I used to get told all the time that I was being disrespectful to adults, when I was just being comfortable.

(ESPECIALLY when people saw how I acted with my mom... who I regularly call "asshole" and squawk at and generally have fun with because "bullying" is a part of our love language.)

so when I was told to be respectful to the gods, I was so fucking stressed about it. Because if they mean "formal" when talking about being respectful to humans, that has to apply times like twenty for gods. I had a very awkward period in which I sort of just went between "Persephone called me the fuck out, oh ow you motherfucker-" to "SHIT SORRY NOT LIKE THAT."

Now I just recognize that my deities work with me because I'm me, and if they wanted someone who didn't cuss and stay up until 6 AM and ask them for good video game luck and all the other ridiculous shit I do, they would just... not have shown up. They wouldn't have come to me, because that's who I am.

I remember when I started practicing and praying, and I used 'babe' without realizing to some deities like 'good morning babe' because I just use 'babe' (platonicaly) with EVERYONE I'm comfortable with.

And I started panicking and saying sorry before realizing that it's not a crime omg

It's just that I'm comfortable with them, they won't be mad at you if you treat them as your friend, you can joke with your deities, as long as your respectful its fine!

Don't overthink, if it sounds okay with YOUR practice then it's okay

If being formal with your Deities is better from you then it is 🫶🏻

Don't feel bad about how you're practicing, you're doing well, be respectful and everything will be fine 🫶🏻

#witchcraft #witchblr #paganism #pagan #pagan witch #deity work #eclectic pagan #witch community #paganblr #witch blog #deity worship #deities #hellenic paganism #helpol #persephone deity #persephone devotee #no wonder persephone was the first one to show up #she was the least scary #if loki had shown up to say hello to little baby witch me #i would've run screaming

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wait no exactly, like I feel a little less sibling-y towards Loki but thank you for putting into words my dynamic with them. Hades and Persephone took parental roles towards me, and Medusa is badass older sister vibes, but with Loki.... I was so used to having my deities take parental roles that honestly I've been sort of confused when that didn't happen.

But you're entirely right, they're the weird kid who I bonded with over being weird and now we're inseparable and will talk about The HorrorsTM at three AM. Whether this conversation is about trauma or my special interest in cults, however, depends on the night.

Dionysus is my dad, Eir and Aphrodite are my cool older sisters, and Loki is the weird kid at school I became best friends with and call my brother. but also when I walk into my room with all my candles going I just say "hi girlies *gay hand*" as a greeting. these things can and should coexist

(idk how persephone relates to the deity found family dynamic we have going on yet but I will update)

#in case anyone was wondering #so far apollo is giving like #camp counselor who's cool and will let you get away with shit #not even gonna lie to you he thought me saying camp counselor was really funny #because i was a percy jackson kid #so immediately I he's got an orange shirt on and I was like “NO THAT CANNOT STICK” #apollo no #paganism #pagan #deity work #deity worship #hellenic polytheism #norse pagan #hellenism #norse paganism #norse polytheism #hellenic pagan #eir #hellenic paganism #loki #dionysus #aphrodite

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Please reblog and share around. The higher the sample size, the better! I want to know who's working with the queer bois the most lol

#boost #have actively asked loki for protection from transphobes #tbh should ask loki about working on my relationship with gender and exploring that some more sometime #I feel like gender talks with loki would be fun

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Violently on brand, Loki all but kicked down the door right in the middle of the biggest changes of my life like "HEYOOOOO I CAN FINALLY SAY HI :D" it was wild.

They showed up and within two weeks had completely changed my outlook on trickster energy and basically gave my renewed interest in my craft steroids. Absolute madlad, love them.

of fucking course loki wants my ass during final exam season i’m living in chaos right now

#loki deity #witchcraft #witchblr #pagan witch #norse loki