#spirit shops

[creature-wizard]

Opinions on spirit selling/spirit companionship. I know you answered an anon yesterday about it, so I want to know your opinions.

I mean, most of the listings I saw in the conjure shops were impossible for me to take seriously. There was a lot of obvious influence from modern fantasy (including some alleged spirits that were straight-up D&D creatures), loads of historical inaccuracies in the bios, a lot of exotification and other weird racist stuff with spirits allegedly from non-white cultures, culturally Christian perspectives being projected onto beings allegedly from cultures and times where they shouldn't apply, spirits that are supposedly ancient but are attested nowhere else, and a general "OC made by culturally insensitive and historically ignorant white people" vibe.

Like if I want to work with a OC, I think I'll just make my own instead of buying one. At least that way I can make sure it's not made out of racist tropes or something.

#answered #spirit shops #spirit companionship

[xerxeswitch]

Read your post about spirit keeping. Thank you!!! Someone has got to say it! Buying spirits is unethical!

Buying a person/entity/spirit/any sentient pragmatically never sounds right no matter how someone tries to spin it.

I mean, the whole idea is supposedly trapping/binding someone to an object and selling them for some stranger to take interest and buy them -- leaving it up to the imagination of how bad or good it can go.

I find the whole concept sad when I also see a scenario when an up and coming "spirit keeper" say, "My demon/angel/jinn came in the mail today!" I find the whole concept just depressing if a spirit is sold to play the role as your friend/parent figure/lover, etc. I find it also creepy when someone sells a presumed spirit for wealth, power, and sex -- and it attracts a certain individual to that "product."

It can also be a parasite who sells this idea to an unsuspecting conjuror and it ends up in someone's life doing heaven knows what.

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...Or, they're talking to no one and it's all a scam.

NOW, the only thing I can agree with is helping someone introduce themselves, and helping on discerning a spirit/entity that stepped forward upon request for a companion to work with...then seeing where it goes with healthy boundaries and solid house rules.

I like to tell people: spirit work is like meetup.com -- not Ebay. (Which ironically is where a lot of them do that kind of stuff too)

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Edit:

(In response to a reply)

I would highly suggest you look into my other posts about my thoughts about spirit keeping covering more on this.

Take it with a grain of salt. ----- That is NOT what binding is. It is not simply giving someone your phone number, as it was lightly put. Binding is the practice of tethering someone's energy to an item in ties with that person or to the person directly themselves. It is King Solomon style of "connecting" with spirits. Binding can also a very intimate action that requires one-on-one consent with time and lots of effort. It's like a marriage if you want to see it that way.

I do understand that there are a few hearted conjurors who may have utilized this method to do the job of using money for the vetting process, but it is never necessary to bind a spirit to a stranger or to an item, and expect/demand complacency and a bond because you spent good money for it.

The classic spirit keeping scenario still paints as an example of someone snatching a bird from its habitat and putting it in a cage and "finding it a good home for someone."

I think of the scene of Finding Nemo where the human abducted Nemo and claimed he "saved him," and tried to give the fish away to an irresponsible owner.

I personally never seen a seller discern the person's energy whom they're giving the spirit to either. They just take the money and give it to then without a thought, and I've seen so many cases of people abusing the spirit/entity, or the person's life crumble down due to the spirit/entity enacting revenge. I always encourage people to please not bind a spirit to anything or anyone, because that's not what binding is. ... I recommend these as good starting points if you're interested, and these are just few examples. -Make offerings, but make sure you aren't being pushed to always give something and not have anything in return. -Go outside your house and see your local spirits. One or two might want to connect with you and be attracted to your energy and personality. -Ask for god(s) or a powerful entity/spirit for protection as you ask for a spirit/entity to step through and seek companionship on their own will. (You can repeat this process with different spirits that you feel that's coming through, you don't have to settle with the first spirit/entity but make sure you thank them for coming after a few moments of introduction. I recommend meditating first. --- If these sound underwhelming or less grandiose to you, then maybe reconsider and reevaluate what you really want in the connection. NOW, if a spirit wants to bind with you off the bat, exercise caution -- that'll be for your safety. Some are strong enough to wield power over your energy. ... Another thing is "matching." I hardly find that true -- so why are they still advertising the spirit on what you're getting. You want a "vampire lord?" You can just search it up on the search box and find your "best match." You want a faerie because you personally love and are hyper fixated on faeries? Filter the search box again and "find your best match." Maybe you can say you feel pinged to their energy and all that, but please, exercise pragmatic approaches too. If I see a seller who sells the service of you filling out an application and taking the time to find the right companion for you instead and see whoever comes out? I might say that's much better, but it takes a lot of vetting on your part to discern what the conjuror picks for you too and hoping it's not going to be a toxic relationship. There's also always that mentioned emphasis on what is safe for the person in question who owns a spirit, but never the context of the spirit who's also needs safety in connection with certain people. We can wield as much harm to some of these spirits/entities as they can harm us. Keep that in mind.

#spirit work #spirit companion #spirit keeping #spirit companionship #spirit companions #spirits #witchcraft #spirit shop scams #spirit shops

[io-lu-art]

A tale of Ba Sing Se.

#my spirit animal #lee #junior #tales of ba sing se #zuko #ma man #he's so sleepy #just like me #iroh is just happy his nephew is at peace #illustration #art #procreate #fanart #uncle iroh #tea shop #avatar the last airbender #avatar the last airbender fanart #atla #atla fanart

[petricorah]

zuko comic wip [id in alt]

finished comic here

#it's a zukka blue spirit comic #zuko #avatar the last airbender #avatar the last airbender fanart #atla #atla fanart #blue spirit #tea shop zuko #myart #zuko fanart

[livrere-green]

Click for better resolution.

Prince Zuko + Tumblr Posts [the pathetic wet cat edition]

+ Live Action Zuko!

#this is satire #atla #prince zuko #natla #zuko #zukka #avatar the last airbender #dallas liu #atla + tumblr posts by liv #incorrect quotes #incorrect atla #incorrect zukka #atla zuko #the blue spirit #lee from the tea shop #zukka nation

[murderofsomeone]

Happy 21st anniversary to Lemon Demon!

#lemon demon #neil cicierega #goodsie the dinosaur #view monster #hip to the javabean #i am become christmas #damn skippy #clown circus #hyakugojyuuichi 2003 #dinosaurchestra #spirit phone #live from the haunted candle shop #<- mold en mono reference

[ghostman-feefers]

almost finished the zuko piece!!!

#art #digital art #fanart #my art #atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #procreate #tea shop zuko #jasmine dragon zuko #blue spirit zuko

[teashopcrafts]

The Colorful Spirit Board Collection is growing! For all the whimsical spooky people out there.

Rainbow, 80s Cyberspace, and Notebook Doodle make up the list so far, but there are so many more ideas kicking around in my head.

What theme should I do next?

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#the tea shop #tea shop crafts #cross stitch #spirit board #ouija #ouija board #horror #halloween #spooky #goth #whimsical #whimsigoth #rainbow #80s #cyberspace #notebook #doodle #notebook paper #witch

[feral-jackdaw]

Zuko alignment chart

#atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #prince zuko #blue spirit #lee from the tea shop #fire lord zuko #atla zuko #zuko memes #alignment chart #atla meme #atla funny

[pallanophblargh]

For those who are adventurous and don't want to wait around, I've listed all Green Rider series cover arts onto my dusty old Society6.

For the rest of you, here's a fun little compilation of all the horse heads over the years.

(The last four illustrations are being done in a smaller format to save my aging hands and time, but I like them as much if not more than the original four.)

#green rider covers #illustration #traditional art #equine #horses #pegasus #feathers #crosshatching #graphite #cover art #wings #look at all these horsey mugshots #I like the cleaner more concise look of the new ones but I worry people might be thrown by the shift over the years #eh probably overthinking it #I still haven't uploaded winterlight or spirit of the wood in their entirety but you can peep them in the shop #horse spam? on my blog? It's more likely than you think

[creature-wizard]

Looking at these various spirit shops on Etsy is absolutely wild, because whenever you go searching around these places you'll inevitably find content like:

Obvious influences from tabletop RPGs like D&D or Vampire: The Masquerade (or media that was inspired by these things)

Obvious influences from other pop culture

Contemporary Christian ideas projected onto just about anything and everything, regardless of whether it has anything to do with Christianity

Spirit descriptions that read like Wattpad OC bios

Spirit types that have allegedly been around for thousands of years, but strangely enough are only attested in these people's shops

"Lemurian" and "Atlantean" spirits

Casual conflations of unrelated cultures/concepts

Casual cultural appropriation, casual colonialism

Racist exotified stereotypes

"Portals" or whatever to major deities, as if you need a trinket to get in contact with a deity from the Greek pantheon or whatever.

And so, so much more sketchy shit, like holy crap.

#sketchy shit #spirit shops #racism #cultural appropriation #spiritual colonialism #spirit work

[karinyecrafts]

🏳️‍🌈🦄🌈 I'M TIRED SALE ! • ₊°✧︡ ˗ ˏ ˋ ♡ ˎˊ ˗ 🏳️‍🌈🦄🌈

hi, y'all! i'm tired <3 i'd like to close my shop and focus on school this year, so i'm going ham with this sale through friday the 9th. i've got stickers ranging from lgbtq+ flag d20s to original art to political and meme things. all stickers are weatherproof (they work on laptops AND cars!) and waterproof. sticker shipping is $5 or less, even internationally! all stickers are 40% off, and that goes up to 50% off when you get 5 or more 😘 support your local artist today by clicking here<3

#shop small #stickers #sticker shop #d20 #dnd #dungeons and dragons #dimension 20 #dropout #lgbtq #queer #bisexual #asexual #two spirit #lesbian #gay #trans #pansexual #shakespeare #hamlet #yorick #tiger #cat #kawaii #cute #long post tw

[eredhes]

[ID Photo of a glossy painted clay sculpture of two horses leaning against one another in an embrace with their eyes closed. Both horses have long hair, and one has a feather in their mane. One horse is a tan buckskin with a black mane, and the other is a white and red pinto with a cream coloured mane. The sculpture is from the shoulders up. End ID]

Spirit and Rain Painted with Gouache and varnished. eredhes.etsy.com

#available on my etsy shop #horse art #spirit stallion of the cimarron #sculpture #I said I wanted to do a piece based on them but this is not that piece... i'll get around to it #this will be up on etsy today

[static-radio-ao3]

t4t jegulus with sex shop employee regulus and uni student james looking to buy his first strap except the employee is really cute and offers james a demo in the back

#brought to you by the fact that my faculty is right across from a sex shop AND a coffee shop #they really said mind body & spirit

[imma-ghost-bunni]

✨ the Ultimate Studio Ghibli Desktop Set ✨

I'm so excited to share this! I adore Studio Ghibli and its beautiful worlds and characters, so I created this massive desktop set that includes as many beloved movies as I could, for anyone else who wants to bring some Ghibli magic to their desktop! 🖤(there are more icons than pictured above ;) )

holds desktop set out to you like No Face giving gold

uh. uh.

^ me when I finally finished making this set. I spent four months working on it (two and a half of those were JUST the icons). But my main mindset when making this set was to really do as much as I possibly could, because there are SO MANY amazing movies and characters and everyone has their favorite and I wanted to do my best to have something for everyone! 🌿🌸🩷 This has been a LABOR for sure, but I also poured as much love as I could into it! So this was also me (and my sisters xD) when I finished:

Also, what's this? -> TOTORO4TUMBLR

hm.. maybe if you feed it to etsy checkout it does something *shrug*

#these also work great with notion #I did icons for all of these movies: #totoro #howl's moving castle #ponyo #spirited away #princess mononoke #kiki's delivery service #castle in the sky #porco rosso #nausicaa of the valley of the wind #the cat returns #the boy and the heron #grave of the fireflies #studio ghibli #myart #etsy shop #merch #desktop wallpaper organizer theme set #folders and icons

[shadeslayer]

grand opening for my online shops! check me out at

insaktalhafa designs

on bonfire for shirts, mugs, & totes on inprnt for prints and stickers on redbubble for stickers, pins, magnets, phone cases, & more

if you buy anything, id love to see it when it arrives! you can tag me here on tumblr or on instagram. its native art but anyone can wear it - show off chickasaw traditional styling with pride and keep native art alive & visible!

keep an eye out because ill probably be adding more designs regularly as possible! especially more queer ones :)

links & info all together in one spot here at insaktalhafa.carrd.co

#native artist #indigenous artist #native american art #two spirit #queer artist #gd this doesnt fit my tag system bc its my art but also me linking other stuff but also just me talkin #shop promo #ikbili #ai itatoba