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[ccthegoddessblog]

Rituals vs. Spell work: Understanding the Difference

When delving into the mystical realms of magick, it’s essential to grasp the distinctions between rituals and spell work. Let me illuminate these concepts:

Magical Practices (Spell work):

Definition: These are simple workings—everyday magics that don’t necessarily involve elaborate rituals.

Duration: They can take seconds to a couple of hours.

Intent: They have an intention, an end goal, and a magical act.

Examples: Taking a magical bath, divination (like tarot), reciting a spell, meditating, or lighting a candle.

Ritualistic Level: Not very ritualistic; no casting of circles or complex spells.

Rituals:

Definition: More elaborate magical works with structure and specific components.

Duration: Longer than practices due to their complexity.

Purpose: Assist in walking between worlds, raising significant energy.

Components: Often involve casting a circle, calling quarters/elements, and invoking spirits or deities.

Examples: Full moon rituals, spell bottles, transformative magics, protection spells.

Spells:

Definition: Spells consist of words or phrases with a specific intention.

Components: Usually involve words (or emojis) and focus on a desired outcome.

Purpose: To signify, relate, or talk—directing energy toward a goal.

#spellwork #magick #tarot cards #alchemy #spiritualawareness #spiritualhealing #youtube #mary sibley #altar #vegaslocals #spells #witch #witchblr #spellcasting #witchcraft #rituals #folk magic #paganism #pagan #easter

[lvpvs-tenebris]

PAGAN WINTER (GER) - INFEROS - FULL ALBUM 1998

#pagan winter #inferos #raw black metal #raw black metal from Germany #Youtube

[tears-of-amber]

Beltane Activities List:

(These are the things I’ll be doing on May 1st, these are simply ideas, obviously adapt them to your craft and belief system)

🌼Buy some fresh yellow flowers

🌼Play my Beltane playlist

🌼Research Fairies

🌼 Go Outside and meditate

🌼Wear Ribbons or flowers in my hair

🌼Light a candle

🌼Put a log on the fireplace

🌼Do some flower picking (With Jörd’s permission)

🌼Eat fresh fruit like strawberries

🌼Dance to music (like my playlist or this YouTube video that I link here) https://youtu.be/JjbV0wvGVDA

🌼Have my study ambience be the dead of night’s Beltane ambience altar (linked) https://youtu.be/Q18JUCVWOV8

🌼Take a ritual shower

🌼Do a meditation that is specifically for Beltane

🌼Do divination using a Beltane spread

🌼Display a Beltane vibes Oracle or tarot card on your altar

🌼Be childlike and enjoy everything!

🌼Work with stones like

-Carnelian for enjoyment & creativity

-Citrine for sunshine positivity

-Garnet for love and grounded abundance

-Staurolite for working with the faeries or Alfr as well as lucky attributes

-Unakite for connecting with nature spirits and the energy of spring

🌼Drink lemon water!

🌼Make art inspired by this pagan festival (draw faeries, flowers, bonfires, maypoles, etc)

🌼Have chamomile tea with honey before bed!

That’s it! 🌱🌼🌾🔥

#beltaine #beltane #Beltane ideas #pagan #witchcraft #witch #witchblr #witchy #wiccan sabbat #eclectic pagan #paganism #fire festival #festival #faerie #spirituality #ideas #Youtube #velvetrosewitchery

[g-witchsulettaneedsahug]

Been wanting to scream about this for a while now, figured now is a good as ever time to do so.

So Gundam: Witch From Mercury really leans heavily into the whole witches and witchcraft theme, which is interesting for a sci-fi show. Not to say that they don't do it gloriously tho and in this post I will be pointing towards some of the symbolism that I noticed in the show.

The series starts with the first witch we see inside a Gundam Mobile Suit, none other then our dearest Elnora Samaya, also now known as Prospera Mercury. During the prologue, before anything else, we see her and once she exists the dark of the cockpit its revealed that she has fiery, blood red hair.

(Source: prologue G-witch)

Historically, witchcraft has been associated with red heads because of the many prejeduces against them. Red heads are a minority who have been associated with a lot interesting figure, from Judas who betrayed Jesus to the depictions of Lilith. This has given redheads a negative connotations in the Western World.

Next we see that the head researcher leading this project on GUND-format is also a woman, an older woman at that. Dr Cardo Nabo is the visionary leading this project, dedicated to the cause of making the GUND-format work in conjunction with humanity, in order to improve their lives and perserve their future. She knows that humanity, if it wishes to expand further into space and continuenits next steps into exploration and living outside of Earth, will need technology in order to aid their bodies in order to survive and thrive.

Older women involved in a form of medicine is an other motif in witchcraft and witch stereotypes. Witches were often involved in medicine and care. Cardo is the italian way of refering to a thistle, a purple green prickly flower that was said tp have medicinal properties in the middle ages.

(Source: Prologue G-witch)

During this prologue and later in the show it is revealed that the reason why the Vanadis Institute, of which Dr. Nabo was the head of, was doing resesrch into the GUND-format in conjunction with Mobile Suits because that was the primary way to get access to money for further research. Military funding through Ochs-Earth, an Earthian military company, would allow the Institute to further their goals and to show the viability of the GUND-format.

However, they encountered difficulties during their research. Mobile Suits are far larger and more difficult to control then prostethic limbs. The higher the permet score used by an individual to control more of the suit, the more the chance of death grows. Anything higher then score 3 caused deaths to the user because of, presumably, a data overload caused by the Permet link.

This caused a lot of ethical debates and strife, presumably, where the GUND-format was cast into a dangerous and even inhuman light because of its potential to not just kill others but also the users themselves. This led to the eventual forceful suspension of the project by the council, during which Cathedra used the Dominicus Forces to attack and kill all those present on Fólkvangr, the asteroid where the Vanadis Institute was located. Those present on Fólkvangr were both staff of the institute as well as their family. Everyone who was involved or related to the development of the GUND-format were killed in what is essentially a witch hunt.

Fólkvangr is an other reference to witchcraft, as in Norse Mythology this is a heavenly field in the afterlife ruled over by Freyja, a goddess of many things including magic (to see and influence the future). An other name for Freyja is Vanadís. Once again, this is a reference to paganism and witchcraft within the G-Witch universe thats quite obvious. Ochs also may or may not be a reference to the Old English word for "Oak" (not too sure about that one), if this is indeed true then this may be a reference to Thor, god of Thunder and Lightening as well as a warrior. I considered connecting oaks to Yggdrasil, the world tree, but that is an Ash tree, not an oak.

During the discussion in which the Mobile Suit council werebdeciding the fate of further development of Gundam Mobile Suits, Delling came forth and said that they had to "Wield the hammer of witches" in order to put a stop to the development of Gundams. The "hammer of the witches" is a reference to the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th century guide on hunting and persecuting witches.

During his speech at the conference, he also calls the fact that gundams kill not only other soldiers but also their wielders a curse, once again a reference to witches. Prior to saying this he also says however that humans should kill humans, instead of humans being killed by just technology (really simplifying this) but essentially what he is saying is that the Gundams killing their wielders is unnatural and goes against the normal way of things.

(Source: Prologue G-witch)

The irony of this is also the name of these organisations. Cathedra is a literal reference to the throne upon which a bishop sits, Dominicus means "of the Lord/Lord's". Both are a reference towards christianity and its opposition to both withcraft and paganism.

Now we have established whom exactly this show calls "Witches", these are the people involved in the manufacturing, research, development and piloting of the GUND-format and Mobile Suits using said format, be it for medicinal or war uses. If you are associated or sympathize with the use of this technology, you are considered "a witch".

Putting this into context, we can now also look at the name "Witch From Mercury". Who does this refer to? I've seen people argue that this might be Aerial or Prospera, but I sincerely disagree. As of the knowledge we have come to learn of in both the short novel as well as everything from episode 16/season 2 episode 4 onwards, we can assume that Suletta was the only one actually raised on Mercury and who feels any connection to the planet at all. Suletta, as both a pilot of a Mobile Suit using the GUND-format as well as the daughter of a witch (Elnora/Prospera), is a witch.

(Source: G-witch teaser announcement)

Now onto my FAVOURITE part: the 2nd ED Red Birthmark. Oh boi this baby has some of the more blatant witch references, I absolutely love it ngl. Starting with the name itself, historically one of the methods to hunt for witches was to check for birthmarks/skin marks. Having strange birthmarkings or an insensitive patch of skin was basically proof enough of you being a witch, again a part of the witch hunt theme.

The song, which I am convinced is from Miorine's perspective (tho maybe/perhaps Aerial, tho thats a small maybe), makes references to seeing into the future, not liking whats in it and changing destiny yourself. Once again, these are themes of clairvoyance, the sort of magic Freyja is associated with (aka Vanadís). Witches were often said to be able to look into the future and change things as well.

Next we have the visual parts if the ED. I'm sure we all ate utterly in love with.

From 0:44 to 1:00 we have this beautiful sequence of Suletta dancing and conducting GUN-bits.

First Suletta creates a stylized version of the Triple Goddess Symbol, a well known pagan icon amongst both witchcraft practitioners as well as wiccans. The symbol contains 3 moons in different phases; waxing, full and waning. The symbol represents the 3 phases of the goddess; the maiden, the mother and the crone. This is both the life lifecycle of a girl as well as the eay that wisdom is often bestowed upon a person, from the elderly to the adults to the children. You could even argue that this could represent Dr. Nabo, Elnora/Prospera and Suletta.

(Source: G-witch 2nd ED)

Following this we have 5 Suletta's dancing together in which one can assume is a circle dance. Circle dances bave historically been associated with both witches, pagans and cultists. Something ritualistic.

Anyway I'm tired now but there are like way more witchcraft references in the whole show that I can't get into right now cause I'm tired lmao. Anyway have fun with the above, peace.

#Youtube #g witch #gundam: the witch from mercury #suletta mercury #cardo nabo #lady prospera #prospera mercury #elnora samaya #witchcraft #paganism #norse mythology #witch hunt #anime analysis #red heads

[tengritexas]

Dorodango Ball: the Art, the Hobby, (the Sacred Practice?)

Hello everyone! So fun fact! These "marbles" in the picture above are actually made ENTIRELY OF DIRT!

I will break this down into 3 segments for ya and provide a youtube video if you are interested in making one yourself!

The Hobby

Dorodango balls are a japanese pastime that helped people learn multiple skills related to soil quality, patience, clay working and making, and mindfulness!

As it turns out you can make these out of just about any soil/dirt found in your local area/backyard!!! Hobbiests collect dirt from all around the world to produce unique colors as well as to tell a story!

The Art

Dorodango is a unique skill that is mostly recognized by the amount of time it takes! The video I provided is a ball made in 37 hours total! Youll see this reflect if you attempt to order one online, you will find they are $80 USD! This is because to make it well and by hand it is a rather large amount of labor hours.

The Sacred!

Although Dorodango is not used within paganism to my knowledge, they are very crystal/marble like after the finished product and couls be used for things like grounding and meditation!

Youll also find just about any fine powder that is water solluable can be made into a durodango ball (as far as I can tell) this includes sand+cornstarch and even ash!

Youll find many people online who have made them with the ashes of deceased pets to keep as a sort of "urn" in a sense, which can make the ball very sacred to the individual/pet owner!

It also seems to teach people a lot about what you can do to create meaning and value out of... well... dirt! As most dirt per pound is merely a few dollars or right at home, but as a dorodango is very valuable! All that changed was the effort to make it beautiful!

I am currenlty building one now! And I will be sure to update you all aswell!

Video:

#durodango #japan #japanese #hobby #art #pagan #witchcraft #magick #witchy #shaman #witchblr #paganism #tengri #witch #shamanism #Youtube

[lillyli-74]

#youtube #music #moonsorrow #pagan metal #finland

[apenitentialprayer]

When your favorite influencer says that the Christmas tree originates from pre-Christian Germanic paganism, they're inadvertently parroting ideas ideas invented without evidence by nineteenth century German nationalist writers […] In fourteenth century Alsace, peasants were apparently gathering branches from the forests around Christmas time; possibly to decorate their houses. By the fifteenth century, people in this region were setting up and decorating Christmas trees and maypoles. This much is firmly established; but it's a huge leap to call this a pre-Christian folk custom. Our earliest Christmas tree is 1419, hundreds of years after the Christianization of the region, and the practice appears somewhat suddenly in history. There is no chain of evidence that could link this practice to ancient or late ancient practice. Rather, it seems to emerge from Christian communities to celebrate a Christian holiday.

#Christianity #Christmas #Christmas tree #folk religion #Neopagan #paganism #history #Youtube

[creature-wizard]

Found this podcast episode featuring Matthew Remski talking about the New Age to Alt Right pipeline, which is a thing that everybody in witchy, pagan, and occult communities needs to know about. I also doubly recommend that baby/beginner witches give this one a watch, because it's way too easy to fall into this stuff when you're still figuring out your beliefs and practices.

#new age #new age to alt right pipeline #radicalization #witchblr #pagan community #conspirituality #baby witch #beginner witch #matthew remski #suburban witchery #witchcraft community #Youtube

[thrashkink-coven]

We go down as she goes down

We follow her underground.

Hail to Inanna!

Who dies to become whole.

Sing, dance, be merry and well! Love recklessly and ferociously! We say “HAIL!” to the mighty Priestess of the Gods! Protector of whores and mother of queers! Mighty Lady of War and Love and Wisdom! Give love and joy to the Queen of Heaven! Venus, morning and evening star, bringer of light and knowledge, your temple is built in our minds and hearts. We speak your will into the world, we admire thee and embody your power and beauty in our lives. Inanna! May all the spirits of Inanna be blessed as they have blessed us! Glory to Venus! Hail to Inanna!

🔱✴️🔱

#inanna #ishtar #aphrodite #lucifer #witchcraft #magick #occultism #witch community #demonology #pagan #paganism #witch aesthetic #witchblr #grimoire #Youtube

[servantofthefates]

I feel like my Sacred Space Tour didn't do justice to my book collection, since it mostly included those that I don't care to display in my living room. 😄

So here you go. 🤍 I hope it helps you find the right books to accompany your own spiritual journey. 🥰

#Witch tips #Witchcraft #Paganism #Witchblr #servantofthefates #Pagan tips #Book collection #All About Me #Youtube

[traegorn]

Hey! Just a reminder BS-Free Witchcraft episodes also come in video form now! With the video version this month you can tell that I recorded the episode as an unshaven mess from my truck's driver's seat while on vacation!

Bonus points if you can find the timecode when Dennis (one of the resort owners) walks across the frame in the distant background!

(And you can obviously still listen to the audio version with apps like Spotify or Apple Podcasts too)

#Witchcraft #Wicca #witch #witchblr #podcast #witchcraft podcast #pagan #Youtube

[magickpumpkin]

I have a new video out! This is for the New Moon in Aries Total Solar Eclipse on April 8th! I would be so grateful for any support on my videos 🧡🤎🧡🤎🧡🤎

#New Moon in Aries Total Solar Eclipse #new moon #new moon in aries #new moon tarot reading #pick a card #youtube tarot #witchy #magick #witch #witchcraft #witchblr #witches #pagan #witch community #tarot #tarotblr #witch life #witch cottagecore

[to-hypnos-we-dream]

I love deftones, our system feels very connected to it. But sometimes their flow and tone feels so..Hypnos. Just the dream-like sound of this song! Do you see the vision?

#hypnos worship #hellenic polytheism #hypnos deity #hellenic pagan #hellenic deities #pagan #deity worship #helpol #hypnos devotee #hypnos devotion #Youtube

[999lcf]

Real Witchcraft in the Practical Magic Movie║Black Shuck, Necromancy, Lo...

#witch #witchcraft #witches #paganism #wiccan #wicca #witchblr #beginner witch #witchcraft 101 #witchyvibes #witchcore #witchy #witches of tumblr #witchery #dark aesthetic #spells #magick #Youtube

[aphrodite-lilac]

Background music dedicated to Aprhodite

i am the typical person that when i am doing tarot cards, reading, doing things in general, i need to play music in the background. therefore, i have been looking for videos on youtube that have an atmosphere that reminds me of Aphrodite. i think this is also a form of devotion to her, since you are listening in a passive way to something that you know she might like. i hope it can help you in your devotional journey.

#aphrodite witchcraft #aphrodite worship #lady aphrodite #aphrodite devotee #aphrodite goddess #hellenic community #hellenic pagan #hellenic pantheon #hellenic polytheism #hellenic polythiest #Youtube

[matriarca-inodora]

Invoking Demeter

As part of my ongoing project of composing singable versions of invocations and hymns, I just published the Invocation to Demeter.

My idea is to write short, easy to memorise songs in Ancient Greek.

This is a fully amateur project, one I'm doing out of love for my gods. Please support the project by reblogging it and spreading these songs with hellenics and pagans you know!

#helpol #hellenic polytheism #pagan #paganism #hellenic paganism #demeter #goddess #goddess Demeter #devotional art #pagan art #paganismo #politeismo helenico #helenismo #deusa #deuses gregos #greek gods #Youtube