witches and pagans: there is so much we can do for Palestine
even if we don’t share the same faith- our prayer, rituals, and spells are powerful. our gods and spirits and ancestors have the power to intervene on our behalf, all we have to do is ask. they don’t take kindly to oppression, or politicians propping up genocidal regimes.
especially right now on Samhain, the veil is thin, and it’s the best time of the year to connect with the spiritual realm and the divine, and ask them for help. or take it into your hands- spells, hexes, prayers, and divinations, any and all of the above.
witches have done it before, we’ve helped to change the course of history. we can do it again.
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Jasper's Five-Color Protection Jar
I'm only ripping off @strixhaven-biblioplex's 5 Color Binding Spell a little bit. (Hi Faust, love you!)
This post requires reading the other stuff in my Magic The Gathering Pop Culture Magic/Paganism masterpost for information on the logic, theories, and tips and tricks used here.
I'm a big fan of spell jars, protection spells, and especially protection spell jars. Much to the aggravation of a particular deity who's trying to help me branch out.
The Components
This spell is quite simple in terms of tools. All you need is a jar of any shape, size, or material with a lid or other covering (though you can replace this with almost any sealing container if you so please, I'm just gonna use a jar for this spell because I love jars and have a hoarding problem), and then a protection component for each color for a total of five different ingredients.
Figuring out what tools match each color will often be the most difficult part, however, there are people like myself, @kaosmage aka @strixhaven-biblioplex aka Faust, and @highpriestness who have figured some stuff out and shared it with you. I'll link a few particularly helpful posts at the end, but you can always come to ask me (and undoubtedly Faust as well) for our thoughts on the color alignments of particular tools.
Here's a quick guide in case you just wanna get this fucker cast and don't need to fall down a research rabbit hole:
White: howlite, selenite, sage, moonstone, table salt
Blue: sodalite, turquentine (a fancy term for howlite dyed blue), blueberry, amethyst, moon water, protective metals broadly
Black: obsidian, onyx, thorns, needles, blackberry, hematite
Red: chili, cactus (especially the needles), cinnamon, protective stones broadly
Green: table salt, thorns, protective stones broadly, protective plants broadly
The Spell
Prepare your tools however you usually do.
Put the ingredients (stones, plant matter, or anything else) in the container one at a time, starting with your White protection object or objects. As you do, say "for protection in White". Then do Blue, Black, Red, and finally Green.
Close up the jar as normal, whether that's just sealing the lid, dripping wax on it (if you're doing that, opt for grey or brown wax for some nice Colorless and Multicolored spins, respectively), or some alternative sealing method that I've never heard of before.
The Resources
My aforementioned MTG masterpost and the MTG section of my online grimoire, @jasper-grimoire
The MTG wiki pages on White, Blue, Black, Red, and Green so you have a better understanding of the personalities of each color
Highpriestness' posts on White, Blue, Black, Red, and Green
Seraphsweetie's post on correspondences, spirits, and spells for all five colors
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spell stop transphobic hate
astral project then evoke Nahiri and slowly, respectfully inform her of transphobic hate and firmly and projecting authority order her to stop it after saying this say to Nahiri that she can go away and to remember to eradicate transphobic hate utterly
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FPG Samhain 2023 Recap
After a day spent outdoors with your closest spiritual family, you decide to zip up your sleeping bag and turn in for the night. The rhythmic sound of nearby drums lulls you into a deep, restful sleep. Tomorrow, you’ll do it all over again.
If that scenario sounds familiar, it means you’ve probably been to festival.
FPG (Florida Pagan Gathering), which took place from October 25 – 29, is over…
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Crystal Carapace
Crystal Carapace is an Aura Enchantment card from March of the Machine. It costs one Green and three generic to cast and goes on a creature. The enchanted creature gets a plus three boost to power, a plus three boost to toughness, and ward for two generic. Ward is an ability that automatically counters a spell an opponent controls targeting something unless the ward cost is paid. Crystal Carapace also has cycling for two generic, so you can pay two of any color and discard Crystal Carapace from your hand to draw a card. The flavor text is a quote from the compleated planeswalker Lukka, reading "Why won't you die, wretched flesh-beast?"
Yes, yes, I'm back with another protection spell. No one is surprised, least of all me. I just happen to enjoy protection magic.
I started building this spell on May 1st, deciding immediately that I was going to use crystals for it. I pulled out my correspondence binder and started flipping through, marking down every stone associated with protection and strength. My "final" list was amethyst, blue calcite, howlite, hemimorphite, and jasper.
I went back and forth on the format - since this is an Enchantment, aka a long-lasting spell, I wanted the spellcasting method to reflect that. My initial thought was a spell bag, as I have a lot of bags. But I had just finished building a spell jar, and I wanted an alternative. So I turned to other mages I know to discuss other forms of long-lasting spells.
Today, I settled on an enchanted bracelet. I pulled out my box of crystal beads and examined my options. None of the stones I wanted, other than jasper, were available to me immediately in stone form. I revisited my list of options and my binder and settled instead on bloodstone, hematite, howlite, and malachite.
Then I did some research. I knew that this card took place on the plane of Ikoria, as that's where Lukka had been dispatched to take over, but Ikoria is dominated by triomes which are dominated by particular monsters which are dominated by an apex monster. Anyway, I came to the conclusion that this was in the Zagoth triome, which is the Black-Green-Blue (though primarily Green) land of Beasts ruled by Brokkos the Forever-Beast, Apex of Forever. Since this is a monoGreen card featuring a loosely-defined Beast, I figured this was a safe bet. So I wrote a jaunty little activation phrase for notes.
Having figured out all this and still holding onto braincells (though I appear to have misplaced them now), I grabbed a new, loose-leaf paper to write the final spell down on. I barely remembered to add the accoutrements required to turn it into a bracelet instead of just rocks on a string. I added a "charge the thing" step and left a note to myself to remember to recharge and reactivate it as needed. Then I added my keywords in the upper corner for quick search in the filing system I have for spells in my spell binder.
I haven't yet created my own Crystal Carapace, but I wanted to share the process instead of the finished result. What do you think? Would you have adapted the card differently? How would you convey the key parts of the card?
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