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[teawitch]

Types of Ancestors

We're approaching Samhain so a good time to resurface this one because every year people ask - but what if my ancestors were terrible people?

So a quick rundown of other types of ancestors that we can work with. (The terms aren't mine but rather used in the community. They should help if you want to find more info on a specific type to work with.)

Ancestors of Flesh and Blood are biological ancestors (shared DNA)

Ancestors of Milk and Honey are those who nourish us (adoptive ancestors)

Ancestors of Bone are the ancestors of the land (bones of the earth connection)

Ancestors of Breath and Bread are those we share a vocation, craft or interest with.

Ancestors of Spirit and Soul are those who we share a spiritual path with.

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[breelandwalker]

Saving the Warren post to read at my leisure. The "ex's" mother was a friend of the Warrens. "Mom" was going through religious deliusions, which didn't help.

Was up visiting one year for Christmas when Lorraine called with a story about how demons lifted Ed's car up and spun it around on the highway to keep him from doing an exorcism or some such thing.

The next day "Mom" came back early when she was supposed to be going to a religious healing session because demons kept making the car's oil light go on. Because it's really difficult to convince a demon to lift the car in the air and spin it around. (But she'd stopped to put oil in the car so any "evidence" was gone.)

(The "ex" part makes this a bit trickier because we weren't married as he was busy being a Catholic priest at the time. And, of course, believed in the Warrens. Look, I don't mind people beliving in God but the Warrens was too much of a stretch.)

This entire ask was a JOURNEY.

#teawitch #i'm WHEEZING XD #fuck the warrens #Bree answers your inquiries

[tea-the-art-witch]

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Started with gesture drawing and it's so rewarding to see it physically get better with practice 😭👌 God bless the practice God!

#digital art #digital illustration #digital painting #digital drawing #art blog #art on tumblr #artwork #beginner artist #drawing #original art #small artist #artistsupport #illustrators on tumblr #teaWitch

[notebookwitch]

Lemon Ginger Turmeric Decaf Tea Latte with fresh lemon juice, turmeric powder, decaf @tetleyusa, honey, cinnamon, coconut oil (for the frothy foam), oat milk, and—the piece de resistance—several pieces of candied ginger. Blended in the bullet blender. Served in my "Unicorn spewing rainbows" mug 🦄🌈☕️ It's got a KICK let me tell you, but it's perfect on this cold snowy/rainy grey day with a tummy that needs the ginger and joints that need the turmeric 🤩😋😌 #tea #tealatte #bulletblender #turmeric #ginger #tearecipes #teawitch #teablends #teadrinks #teasofinstagram #tealover #tealovers #tealoversofinstagram #tealoversunite #tealoversclub #turmeric #ginger #turmerictea #witchtea #teawitches #teagram #ilovetea https://www.instagram.com/p/CpONMFMOsHU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#tea #tealatte #bulletblender #turmeric #ginger #tearecipes #teawitch #teablends #teadrinks #teasofinstagram #tealover #tealovers #tealoversofinstagram #tealoversunite #tealoversclub #turmerictea #witchtea #teawitches #teagram #ilovetea

[acorntops]

Starting the morning off with some Vanilla Caramel Chai!!! Vanilla Spice scented mug huggers would pair beautifully with just this morning cuppa!! But which one should I pick? * TFIOS (part of the proceeds goes to support @tswgo! Also make sure to check their Shine Under the Stars Gala & their upcoming online auction, which I will also be posting about later today)! * Bees * Witchy All of these mug huggers can be found in my Etsy Shop!!! To top of my vanilla spice chai morning, I also lit a chai spice scented tea light candle by @ekp_creations!!! One of their Dragon's Blood candles & one of my cinnamon scented bookmarks also would compliment this lovely scented morning!!! #chaitea #teaofinstagram #teaandbooks #teacozy #teaofinstagram #tealover #tfios #tswgo #ekpcreations #scentedcandles #scentedmughuggers #scentedofinstagram #aromatherapyofinstagram #beesofinstagram #teawitch #witchesofinstagram #vanillaspice #craftbizparty #etsyoclock #etsyofinstagram #mjnwvip #handmadehour #handmadeofinstagram #morningcuppa #morningtea #vanillachai #tazovanillacaramelchai #teaandcandles #chailovers #teaaccessories https://www.instagram.com/p/CgM7kh4pOQM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#chaitea #teaofinstagram #teaandbooks #teacozy #tealover #tfios #tswgo #ekpcreations #scentedcandles #scentedmughuggers #scentedofinstagram #aromatherapyofinstagram #beesofinstagram #teawitch #witchesofinstagram #vanillaspice #craftbizparty #etsyoclock #etsyofinstagram #mjnwvip #handmadehour #handmadeofinstagram #morningcuppa #morningtea #vanillachai #tazovanillacaramelchai #teaandcandles #chailovers #teaaccessories

[themilkiemooth]

Evanora and her familiars Dimitri and Goliath (Dimitri belongs to @countnightshade )

Evanora is a character that lives within Essentre. She's the daughter of a elf and fairy. Unfortunate things happened in her childhood that led her and her two friends Comet and roya to seek safety and peace.

The three of them ended up finding their way to Apple tea, a town secluded from the rest of the world, a town that was created the god Essentre herself.

Evanora resides in apple tea as a tea witch and shop owner

Her house and Shop is located close to the gate of AppleTea so it can't be missed.

Because of the situation that happened in her past evanora has struggled with sleep constant nightmares plague the poor girl's mind and lack of sleep has affected her deeply.

But things seem to start to change after she summoned her to familiars. Dimitri and Goliath have known each other since childhood. They once were good friends but unfortunately due to the issues between hellhounds and how cats Goliath's parents didn't want him near Dimitri. As the two of them grew they became Rivals fighting almost all the time.

But in one of their fights the both of them got summoned to the surface world meeting their witch the master their lover Evanora.

Having Dimitri and Goliath in her life had changed the flow of her daily routines for health and her happiness.

#myart #digitalart #myoc #oc #friendsoc #witch #teawitch #familiars #hellhound #hellcat #elves #fantasy #my original story #more soon #sorryformyspelling #sorry for my grammer

[dcreedartaccount]

Witchtober Week 1 - Tea Witch

#witchtober #witchtober2022 #teawitch #witch #witchcharacter

[mxdmagic]

For those that carry stress and excess energy in their neck and shoulders ~ here's a little tea magick for you. 🖤 #mxdmagick #herbalteablend #herbaltea #headacherelief #herbalmagick #apothecary #apothecaryjars #apothecaryshop #witchtips #teawitch #herbshop (at mxdmagic) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpxbMNku2_7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[windvexer]

do you have any advice on finding active people on here who aren't wiccan? so far i'm just seeing you and a handful of other big accounts

Tbh I don't really use Tumblr search features, I just hang out on the dashboard with my friends.

Here are some active people from my follow list who I'm pretty sure aren't Wiccan (but I could be wrong):

(I set it to no reblog, let me know if you're tagged and you don't prefer your name on this list)

@serpentandthreads

@stormwaterwitch

@snowy-equinox

@cottageshadowwitch

@cauldron-chatter

@battythewitch

@maddiviner

@will-o-the-witch

@powderandclay

@lailoken

@river-in-the-woods

@lazywitchling

@samwisethewitch

@crazycatsiren

@graveyarddirt / @msgraveyarddirt

@luc3

@zarya-zaryanitsa

@pagan-stitches

@wildwood-faun

@asksecularwitch

@stagkingswife

@elminx

@sewceress

@buddyblanc

@fernthewhimsical

@crimsonsongbird

@christowitch

@friend-crow

@orriculum

@teawiththegods

@pinkiewitchcraft

@afrocentric-divination

@fair-is-foul

@trollkatt

@coinandcandle

@jasper-pagan-witch

@satsuti

@rose-colored-tarot

@nightshade-storms

@teawitch

@mamaangiwine

@liminalwings

@cu-taibhseil

@neon-slime

(I got half way through the list and quit so yeah here you go)

#answered

[teawitch]

USA Witchcraft Reminder

(probably applies elsewhere)

If you made money from your witchcraft in 2023, you may need to declare it on your taxes!

Now, I know this is tumblr and people seldom make enough to shift them into another tax bracket, but this is something you need to think about (and perhaps talk with a tax professional) if you use witchcraft as part of your income.

#witchcraft #teawitch #wicca #witchblr #witch community #baby witch #beginner witch

[breelandwalker]

With all this talk of knot magic - have you read Stitches in Time by Barbara Michaels? Probably not because it's an older romance novel. But Micheals aka Elizabeth Peters aka Barbara Mertz had a PhD in archeology / Egyptology (though this series is set in the DC / Maryland area) so there have to be sources for the magic somewhere. I'm currently rereading the series starting with Ammie, Come Home which is darn good spooking ghost story. (note: there are some outdated phrases and thoughts in the books those are acurate to the time periods.) But the embroidery magic is Stitches has always fascinated me.

I haven't! But I'll add it to my TBR! 😁

There have been a few different fantasy series that have pretty profoundly affected my understanding of How Magic Works, and I think there's definitely something to seeing reflections of either existing magical theory or one person's interpretation of magical mechanics in fiction that makes it easier to grasp.

#teawitch #Bree answers your inquiries

[the-welsh-witch]

Nine People I'd Like To Know Better (tag)

Thanks @raining-tulips for tagging me!!

Last Song: Riot - Three Days Grace

Favourite Colour: I really like reds, oranges, and greens!

Last Movie/TV Show: I've recently been watching Taskmaster UK with my boyfriend, and I really love it!!

Sweet/Spicy/Savoury: Sweet and Salty babeyyy!

Relationship Status: dating

Last thing I Googled: 'How tall is Richard Osman?', and 'Paris Catacombs People Living'

Current Obsession: Honestly...patterns....

Tagging fellow journalers, but also other tumblr favorites:

@teawitch @snapdragonsandwhiptails @leowitching @skaianbruja

#witchcraft #witchblr #baby witch #witch

[finnglas]

Hello! I have gotten my partner a cool 4-compartment tarot etc storage box and I would like to include some flashy but small crystals in one of the compartments for max panache lol--do you know any places one could buy online that are more sustainable and ethical, to your knowledge?

Ooh, I don't know off the top of my head - I tend to buy mine from the local Rock Shop, as it calls itself - but @teawitch seems pretty great at sourcing things so I'm going to use my phone a friend on this one. ❤️

[superstjarnasvass2171]

☀️ I'll be doing free readings! ☀️

If anyone wants a reading feel free to either send me an ask or message! The divination options are tarot, pendulum, and oracle.

Rules:

No health readings.

If you want a relationship reading make sure that It's not one sided and you have consent from the individual and/or individuals you want a reading with/about.

Leave feedback after having a reading.

Optional: Like, follow, and/or reblog.

@childrenoflokiblog @cherishthechaos @calliope-posts @devoted-to-the-gods @dandthegods @dandthegods-notreligiousblog @finngualart @goldenlyre @heatherwitch @honeyedawn @hellenicrisis @hellenic-norse-kemet @karlywithbirds @kookychow @lokeanwelcomingcommittee @lucasthewiccan @live-by-the-word-of-apollo @luminarycanary @loemius @onlinealtar-apollo @of-lightandlyric @piristephes @royal-wren @teawitch @verdantlyviolet @vesperestellae @windvexer

#general reading #free readings #divination #polytheism

[tea-the-art-witch]

Intro post✨

hello~ this is Tea and i'm a beginner artist here on tumblr and welcome to my blog! Here are a few things about me:

I'm Tea and I'm relearning everything about art from scratch after a long break.

I'll be posting mostly about what I learned that day, so you can expect posts mostly relating to my sketchbook.

I joined tumblr to connect with artists here and motivate others and myself about the things we love :))

I will track my posts with #teaWitch

If you're an active art blog, please reblog this and i hope we become friends <3

#artists on tumblr #drawing #original art #digital art #art on tumblr #artwork #small art blog #small artist #beginner artist #art blog #artblr #traditional art #honeymilk

[wolverinesorcery]

I posted 3,820 times in 2022

That's 981 more posts than 2021!

100 posts created (3%)

3,720 posts reblogged (97%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@springfey

@zarya-zaryanitsa

@dionysiandrama

@oleanderandsalt

@teawitch

I tagged 2,371 of my posts in 2022

Only 38% of my posts had no tags

#art - 431 posts

#scheduled - 392 posts

#fauna - 248 posts

#homes - 154 posts

#q - 130 posts

#flora - 82 posts

#landscapes - 76 posts

#heddwyn post - 67 posts

#politics - 66 posts

#about me - 55 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#im considering writing a review but i think half of it would be being unhinged over the entire book talking about sex and not mentioning the

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

If you're going to bat for regions and nations called celtic, take a second and remember that's MORE than just gaelic nations, lol, brythonic groups (cornish, Welsh, breton) need as much support and solidarity.

33 notes - Posted November 8, 2022

#4

The way some people on witchblr talk about psychosis/schizophrenia, delusions, etc. is so degrading.

"We're not like those CRAZY people" yeah? say the wrong words to the wrong person and you too can experience the humiliation and lack of agency given to psychotic/schizophrenic people. Undo your own sanism.

42 notes - Posted February 3, 2022

#3

Cornish Witchcraft by Kelvin I Jones

Pamphlet of Cornish witchcraft, posted here because mostly falls under folklore vs hard and fast witchcraft resources. Has some 'celtic soup' - author uses Irish holidays (that're put through Wiccan-ification) rather than the Cornish holidays he's referencing, along with mislabelling of piskeys as fairies/fairy folklore, speculates heavily on a triple goddess type figure (though doesn't outright call it that, references mother/crone aspects) and pre-Christian deities. Mentions Bucca by name for once! Generally pretty fun read though! Delves into a lot of niche Cornish traditions that're largely unrecorded.

Google Drive link (PDF)

Not Exhaustive Content warnings under the cut

Bodily fluids (including blood + urine), animal death| + hunting, human death, drowning, immolation, use of human remains in witchcraft, mentions of various illnesses & parasites, some ableist outdated language

53 notes - Posted March 22, 2022

#2

What is a commonplace book

Commonplace books are a method of compiling knowledge into one place, traditionally by handwriting but more recently with computers/word processors. They’re different from journals in that rather than containing exclusively personal thoughts or feelings, they’re a collection of external writings, informations, or other snippets of things recorded whenever it is encountered + usually organised.

To simplify – a commonplace book contains anything that captured it’s owners attention! Poems, extracts of fiction & non fiction writings, remarks or comments by others, anecdotes, observations, pertinent images, or other things along the same lines are all things that belong in a commonplace book!

Commonplace books have quite the history – their uses range between reading logs, reference books for students, and historically they were required by young women to demonstrate their upbringing.

How do they work

The exact system you use in your commonplace book is entirely up to you and what you will remember to use. Usually information is organised under themed/topic-based headings, but this can be as flexible or stiff as the keeper desires. My personal commonplace book is organised by source material – all of my book extracts & notes are kept together and demarcated by paperclips.

A commonplace book has no requirements in terms of physical format, size, page type, etc. As long as it is something you will be able to keep using happily! There is also no rules around decorating any pages with stickers or washi tape, or any rules around using sticky notes to add information on the go.

A commonplace book can also be as expansive or restricted as possible in terms of subject matter. For example, I keep a specific commonplace book for Babalon & Sekhmet. Nothing else enters this book.

What’s their use in religious practice or witchcraft?

A commonplace book can function as an in-between for a Grimoire (a book of magical knowledge and instruction, usually written by someone else and usually for transmitting knowledge within a specific tradition or branch of religion/witchcraft) & a Witchbook/Book of Shadows (more akin to a magical/religious journal for recordkeeping). They’re also exceptionally useful if you read a lot of metaphysical, occult or spiritual/religious books and want to keep organised notes in a hard copy form!

Commonplace books can be used to record interesting information from other, non-metaphysical but useful sources too, foraging notes and recipes are an obvious choice to keep a record of, along with notes about celestial events from astronomy sources.

In some cases, a commonplace book can also be a devotional activity, or a shrine of sorts. Commonplace books as a devotional activity is easy to parse – collecting and mindfully recording information about an entity, deity, divinity or other spirit is a good means to show care and interest.

A commonplace book as a shrine has a similar function to an e-shrine on tumblr, by collecting things that remind or represent an entity, deity, divinity or other spirit, a notebook can be made into a shrine or sacred object. This can also be a useful way to have a sacred touchpoint with an entity and keep it relatively out of sight, for those who are not open about their practice.

Examples

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139 notes - Posted November 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Paleoancestor veneration

Paleoancestors (also called deep time ancestors) are a collection of Ancestors I’ve not often seen talked about. There is a lot of overlap between paleoancestor veneration and paleoanimism/deep time spirit work – it is important to establish a firm connection with the paleoancestors you’re interested in venerating so they have a link to you as well. It’s also something I’ve found to be far more research-heavy than ancestor work involving humans and both more enjoyable and more challenging (palaeontology talks are enlightening but can also be an information overwhelm).

There are two main branches of paleoancestor work that I’ve found, that being paleoancestor archetypes and paleoancestor individuals (there are many mammoths, but only one Mammoth). I have a preference for the archetypes over individuals currently so the majority of this post will be from that perspective. Paleoancestor veneration is a practice I’ve found to be incredibly meaningful and a way to connect to the world around me.

There are a few methods I’ve used to contact paleoancestors, the main one being ‘walking back’ (a meditative exercise posted below). My second favourite option is connecting via the land and taking into consideration what megafauna + other extinct beings would have inhabited it before me - it’s easy to find what fossils have been discovered in your area and what more recently extinct animals called it home. 

‘Walking back’

A technique I’ve found fantastic for initially contacting paleo-ancestors is ‘walking back through time.’ It’s a meditative exercise that roughly follows this structure:

Find yourself at the mouth of a cave through whichever sense you find best – smell the damp cave walls, touch the rough rock, or look down into the depths.

Enter the tunnel, feel the ridges of rock layers on the wall and the fossils embedded within, feel the history of the rock and look at the striations of time.  

Walk deeper into the tunnel, find yourself travelling back through the ages, past the industrialisation of the world, past the spreading of agriculture. With each major mark of an extinction event, find a branching passage.      

When you find a passage that feels ‘right’, explore it – walk down it, feel and look at the fossils extruding from the walls. At the end, there is a light and fresh air – perhaps it has a peculiar taste to it if you are in the Cambrian era, or maybe it is heavy with moisture from a Cretaceous polar forest.  

Emerge from the tunnel into a new, exciting, unexplored place. Venture into the environment and see what approaches you. If at any point you are afraid, or in danger, there is an easy out – look down at your feet for a hole, crevice or chasm into the ground below and slip into it, back into the tunnel, and walk home.    

Communication

Ancestors communicate in different ways, depending on the era they are from. Pikaia has a much more basal version of communicating with me, a human, than Cave Lion does. Pikaia only communicates with the most basic essence of a sentence or message: it resembles talking with ‘feeling words’ only but has no bearing on the depth or complexity of the messages 

An example of this is, when seeking advice on a situation regarding anxiety for the summer, Pikaia’s advice was “warmth, joy, blue (colour)” and I roughly interpreted as the summer will be joyful and warm if I make it that way, but not to forget my needs (the blue colour’s meaning in my personal practice). 

Cave Lion’s communication style is much more familiar to me and uses full sentences (though, he is reserved with how much he speaks).

Something that has been invaluable with paleoancestor work is keeping a constant record of communication, advice, and lessons. This is especially important if engaging with them on a personal level outside of asking for general advice and favours at an ancestor altar. This has been most helpful with learning Pikaia’s communication style!

Not all deep time ancestors are receptive to human contact (at least initially), especially if they are a relatively recently extinct animal whorse distruction humans may have played a part in. I’ve found that giving them gifts and allowing them to dictate the terms of communication (within reason) is deeply helpful and even gives them space to grieve their loss. The most recent experience of mine that has made this necessary is Aurochs, who expressed grief and rage over her own species fate as well as the fate of her descendants (domesticated cows).

Outside of direct communication through meditation, it is entirely dependent on the ancestor what they’d prefer as an intermediary. Cave Lion talks through my animal tarot, Aurochs prefers only direct astral communication, and Pikaia works in mysterious ways and will only occasionally talk through specific decks, tools, or will sometimes appear through my intuition.

Altars and gifts

This is entirely dependent on the ancestor – Pikaia has not asked for anything beyond that I swim in the ocean regularly, while Cave Lion asked for a hand-drawn charcoal art piece reminiscent of cave art and an object so I can carry him with me regularly. Aurochs has asked of me that I don’t consume beef at all and dairy as rarely as possible (which is something I am okay with doing for her), because of her grief over the loss of her species. Altar-wise, I’ve given all of them the option of space on my main working place side by side with the deities I connect with. This is where Cave Lion’s art lives, along with a dish for any food gifts they may request or receive as a surprise.

As a semi-gift for my paleo-ancestors I follow rewilding projects closely and involve myself with the land & sea – it’s something that has been fairly continuous throughout time after all. Keeping the environment free of litter, well cared for and 'understood' has also helped strengthen my connections to them. This has extended into the political too – trespass and rewilding are political issues that I’ve thrown my weight behind (along with various others).

Paleoancestor veneration is a practice I’ve found to be incredibly meaningful and a way to connect to the world around me and something I am always excited to talk about and share with other folks that might not realise it's an option! My askbox is open for any questions about any of the above post.

Links

Dinosaurs in your locale (website, global)

DIY Animism (animism & spirit work text that has been foundational in how I interact with animal spirits, book, global)

The Missing Lynx (book about UK extinctions from oldest to most recent, book, UK)

Royal Tyrrel Museum (posts paleontology talks for free, YouTube, Global)

Paleoancestors mentioned

Cave Lion, Panthera Spelaea (wikipedia) / Pikaia (wikipedia) / Aurochs, Bos Primigenius (wikipedia)

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151 notes - Posted April 18, 2022

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