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inf-infor-information · 1 year

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#wicca culture

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isvoc · 3 months

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A small personal piece to begin 2024 🌿 Just a joyful puzzle of species that I either own, worked with or simply like. Print and sticker are up during january on my patreon.

#art #witchy #vulture culture #wicca #illustration #nature #dark #sketchblog post

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999lcf · 6 months

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Laurie Cabot (born March 6, 1933) is an American Witchcraft high priestess, and the author of several books. She founded the Cabot Tradition of the Science of Witchcraft and the Witches' League for Public Awareness to defend the civil rights of witches everywhere. She lives in Salem, where she owned a shop. Cabot claims to be related to the prominent Boston Brahmin Cabot family.The Power of the Witch: The Earth, the Moon, and the Magical Path to Enlightenment (1990)

Love Magic (with Tim Cowan) (1992)

Celebrate the Earth: A Year of Holidays in the Pagan Tradition (1994).

The Witch in Every Woman: Reawakening the Magical Nature of the Feminine to Heal, Protect, Create, and Empower (1997)

Laurie Cabot's Book of Shadows by Laurie Cabot (Author), Penny Cabot (Author), Christopher Penczak (Author) (October 29, 2015)

Laurie Cabot's Book of Spells & Enchantments by Laurie Cabot (Author), Penny Cabot (Author), Christopher Penczak (Author)

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ternovye · 5 months

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возвышение

#illustration #digital art #witchcraft #artists on tumblr #artwork #slavic folklore #slavic culture #illustrator #moon phases #nature #witch stuff #witchblr #wicca #darkness

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theantarwitch · 8 months

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A gently reminder to any on this community that even when books and other medias bring a lot of new info as beginner, in some point you will need to stop.

Not because learn is bad, but because you also need to grow your own mind. Sit, question what you learn, compare it with different point of views, be critic, listen, specially to the ones who tell you that you are wrong, be creative, keep thinking and learning, made up things, keep questioning everything. Be skeptical, but don't be cynical.

Don't focus too much on how pretty it looks, in copy exactly the recipe of the spell. Don't hoard culture that you don't belong, look for alternatives, learn to resign and say "I don't belong to this, I can't use this". Accept, evolve. Make a path of cobblestones implies bend your head, clean the weed, get dirty, work hard, and put one cobblestone at time. There is no shame in walk back and remake your path better. Is not a race, you don't need to rush to reach a goal, the path must be right, not fancy or fast.

If you just focus in read and puke exactly what you read in a book, you didn't discover anything new, you didn't grow a better understanding, you are not doing what a witch must do.

As a friend said: You just replace the Cross with the Pentacle.

#witchcraft #witch #pagan #paganism #witchy #new witch #baby witch #witch beginner #cultural appropiation #wicca #wizard #witches #witchblr #wiccan

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crazycatsiren · 11 months

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I think the biggest issue I have with "blessed be" is that it's just, cultural Christianity repackaged, pagan edition.

White gentile witches who are like, "it's just a form of greeting and well wishing", except it's not. "It's just like people who say 'merry Christmas' to everyone and they mean well", except that's actually not cool with a lot of people, for good and valid reasons. "Why are you so sensitive over nothing? It's not that big a deal", except it's not nothing and it's a big deal for a lot of us, and where have we heard exactly this before. "I have no problem with it, why should you? I'm a witch and I'm ok with it, so you should be, too", my sibling in Christ do you really not realize how cultural Christian and colonialist you sound here.

#witchblr #witch community #cultural christianity #wicca #blessed be enough already #witches of color #witches of the world

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alatismeni-theitsa · 1 year

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This is a very good read. Please read it. I know that shouting "cultural appropriation!" over nothing is vexing and pretentious, but this isn't "nothing". And it's a phenomenon that continues for centuries at this point.

#hellenism #hellenismos #helpol #greek gods #theoi #cultural appropriation #article #paganism #neopaganism #pagan #neopagan #wicca #wiccan #witch

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fettfleisch · 1 year

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the forest starts where the village ends

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3ternalreal1ty · 2 years

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Stranger Things shifting method!

this method can be used for awake or sleep.

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Firstly, find a good song that gets you worked up or excited (preferably an 80s song- I chose Footloose by Kenny Loggins) and put that on loop somehow. If you want to be extra, you can add affs on top of it. If desired, you could also use a song that reminds you of a certain character! (Or a playlist)

Ok so if you want to before you shift, do some breathing exercises. I like to inhale for 3, hold for 3, then exhale for 3. Try to release all the stress and tension in your body. Keep breathing on beat, at this point it’s ok if you wanna move around a little (or dance-)

This is where the actual method begins. (I took some inspiration from the official stranger things Rockin Robin book-) Try your best to visualize you either

A) Running through the halls of Hawkins High with your favorite character(s)

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B) The song you chose comes on at homecoming or some type of dance and you dance with your favorite character(s)

If you want to make up your own scenario do that, these are just ideas!! Also it doesn’t have to be a romantic character, you could be Nancy’s age and dance with Dustin platonically like they do in the earlier season. Anyway-

You’re just going to want to really listen to the song. Push the visualizing until it’s realistic (if possible oFc) Really pay attention in the visualization how you are your characters feet and hands move, and what’s happening. What do you hear? Who are you running from, or what’s your thoughts while dancing?

Now you’re gonna affirm like hell while still visualizing as much as humanly possible. Are you singing the song in this scenario? If so, what does your voice sound like? Once again, just try and be there, realistic as possible.

It’s okay if you get distracted during this process, nuerodivergency makes it difficult sometimes -.-

“I am dancing with ____ and it’s ____ (fun, boring, etc.)”

“I am running from ___ with ___ and it’s ___ (exhilarating, impulsive, etc.)”

“My name is ___ and (another feature)”

Non Visualizing Option:

Basically what you’re gonna wanna do is complete the first and second paragraphs, then we’re gonna listen to the song for a second. Clear your thoughts as best you can, and get ready to affirm like crazy. (I hope this doesn’t require too much visuals) Next, we’re gonna affirm about either a friend or a partner- the main character (or one of them) you want to shift for. Describe them. What’s their hair like? Their smell, clothing, music taste, anything? Next, describe yourself. What do you look like or feel like when you’re with them? What makes you guys so good together?

I wann make it very clear that you can forget steps and change stuff. Everyone shifts different bro, stop worrying. It’s okay if you have to repeat a visual or if you want to stop visualizing. Please be safe while shifting and take care of yourself. I love you 💗

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cruelsister-moved2 · 1 year

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im sooooo sick of neopagans thinking they invented stuff that literally every religion thats not modern american evangelicalism already has 💀 i dont care if u want to light candles in ur bedroom or whatever, but even when youre swinging at “normie” religions ur still missing like okay catholics LOVE altars. jewish liturgy celebrates moon cycles. whatever youre trying to articulate about an all encompassing divinity of universal love was probably said in verse by a persian muslim centuries ago. your american christian/atheist background is a huge outlier in the global history of religion: it’s not even that you’re missing some niche exception, it’s literally that your entire perspective on “organised religion” is based on an outlier 💀

#this woman being like wicca is awesome because it doesnt teach fire and brimstone to children.#okay. good news about how many religions believe in the fire and brimstone concept.#and wicca is a funny example because its so infamously like. culturally appropriative and downright racist #like i agree it does less harm than evangelicalism but thats just because it does less of anything......#it's more of a hobby than a religion #+ belief in the supernatural is both subjective + literally only one of like 8 markers of religiosity that sociologists study #fixation on that in particular ltierally stems from the UNIQUELY faith-based and exclusive model of xtianity #anyway this is why i believe in religious educationand w the additional benefit of learning abt other religions might help xtians of certain #stripes to realise how like abnormally fucked up their communities are #also most neopaganism is literally xtianity-jesus like the underlying concepts are so christian but theyll still be like fuck those #abrahamic religions. like okay you honestly are just an xtian holding an incense stick what does this have to do with me

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nile-the-empathy-cleric · 2 years

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Putting my anthropology degree to good use and compiling a bunch of credible sources documenting real life Balkan folk magic traditions in one easy, convenient article!

I know so many sources about witchcraft are inaccessible and or culturally appropriative, so I did a lot of research and wrote this easy to digest article covering some basics of South Eastern European folk belief. I’m thinking of writing more articles about various European folk traditions (when I have time!) so this will be an ongoing project. I hope you learn something new and meaningful to incorporate into your craft 💗

An Introduction to Balkan Folk Magic

Like many old world practices, traditional Balkan magic has historically been carried out by cunning folk, healers and seers who were gifted in communicating with the “other world”. These community healers practiced generational family knowledge, remedies and prayers passed down from elders. It is important to note that most cunning folk did not view themselves as witches, rather they were seen as conduits for god’s miracles. Within a historical context, these practitioners very much considered themselves Christian, Muslim, or Jewish. Elements of paganism lingered in many rural regions, though they were absorbed into the social-religious fabric of the day. Rituals performed by cunning folk were typically protective, either preventative or as a treatment for supernatural maladies. Spells shielded people from harm, physically or spiritually.

Many of these traditional healers and diviners were women. They passed down knowledge to their daughters, granddaughters, and nieces. Men weren’t barred from practicing, it was just rarer for them to perform these rituals. These traditions are often tied to the family, home, or the community. Many magical rituals shared common themes, but were often specific to a singular family. The women who performed these rituals and divined their neighbors’ futures are known as bajalica, bajanje, basmara, bajarica, or bajaluša — or “conjurers that heal with words.” Bajalica and those they helped held the belief that spirits have the power to afflict illness, charms, and hexes. Bajalica are the mediators between the spirit and human worlds.

In Serbian folk belief, each family has their own protective spirit or slava. Families would celebrate them with dedicated rituals in which they made offerings of bread, sacred water, wine, and oil, as well as lighting incense and sacred candles. These spirits or saints are associated with the hearth, the heart of the home, which is considered the most sacred ritual space. During healing rituals bajalica call upon the slava, drawing and channeling their power to strengthen spells. These spells typically involve a verbal component, whispered incantations that call upon saints and spirits for help in casting evil away. These verbal formulas are highly specific to each bajalica, often times mumbling well remembered words to rid patients of their misfortune.

Spiritual afflictions are found through various means of divination, digging for the root cause. Divination has long been used to predict the fates of those who seek out the conjurers. These methods include reading tarot, casting beans and interpreting patterns (also known as favomancy), molybdomancy (casting and reading molten lead), reading tea leaves and coffee grounds, and gazing into copper bowls filled with water beneath the moonlight and interpreting patterns in the reflection. Divination was and is, the main way to discover the root of “spiritual sickness”, who hexed whom, if one was afflicted with the evil eye, the urok. Much of Balkan folk belief centers around protection from the evil eye, with the majority of spells dedicated to banishing or warding.

Various regions and countries have their own means of protecting oneself from the evil eye. In Albania people use dordolec, house dolls, that are elaborately dressed and displayed in gardens or atop homes to protect against the malicious urok. In modern times most dordolec are stylized scarecrows or stuffed animals, but the intent is the same. It is believed that the doll reflects the covetous gaze back on the perpetrator and shields the home’s inhabitants. Other amulets in Albania, Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, and various Balkan countries are dried snake heads between two holy medals made of silver, objects made of iron, cloves of garlic, the hand of Fatima or hamsa, and the nazar.

Again, most rituals heavily focus on protection magic — not just from the evil eye, but malevolent spirits as well. Bajalica will employ the ritual use of knives, broom whisks, sickles, and axes in healing and warding spells. Though these are physical implements, they are tokenistic, a form of sympathetic magic. Knives and other sharp implements are used symbolically, cutting away illness and curses from the spiritual self by slashing bowls of water or the air around the afflicted person in increments of 3 or 9. These are considered sacred numbers. After the symbolic cuts are made, the water is spilled at a crossroads away from the home. This leads the evil away from the community.

Healing rituals have many intricate components. Conjurers often employ various herbs in healing and blessing water such as basil, thyme, oregano, Saint John’s-wort, sage, and mugwort. Other healers might cleanse spaces and energies with a smoke bath made of similar herbal blends. Not only do healers use ritual tools, they often perform physical acts, such as performing knot magic and binding spells using colorful yarn. The yarn is typically red, black, or white. White yarn is used in healing rituals, red in binding magic and love spells, and black is used in binding as well — though it is sometimes used for darker, malicious purposes.

The folk practices of South Eastern Europe are heavily entrenched in doing acts of good. Healers serve their communities, curing ailments and casting protective spells. Many of these traditions still exist in some capacity and are practiced equally among Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Balkans. Though many of the rituals have a religious faith based element, they can be adapted to secular, agnostic, or polytheistic belief systems. These practices date back hundreds of years and by choosing to incorporate them into your craft, you are helping keep rich and beautiful traditions alive.

(sources available at the end of linked article)

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wizard-irl · 10 months

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Things That Are Not Closed

Spiritual energy in the body

Smoke used to cleanse

Spirits as companions, mentors, or guides

Poppets

Things That Are Closed

Chakras

Smudging

Spirit/totem animals

Voodoo dolls

No culture owns a concept, but they do own how they interpret and execute that concept. If you're drawn to a closed practice, there's likely a non-closed alternative you can pursue instead.

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999lcf · 6 months

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fliegenengel · 1 year

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People sometimes think living as a mistress is easy. But it is not

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cosmicsolapothecary · 11 months

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Handmade Spell Candles

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crazycatsiren · 11 months

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Like, really, you can just, you know, respect people's boundaries and not "bless" them for any reason once they tell you they'd rather you not do that.

#religious ramblings #witchblr #paganblr #boundaries #respect #wicca #cultural christianity #it's not hard #who raised y'all

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