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The neurodivergent urge to do this

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This is Charles. He wants to go on a journey around tumblr. could you show him around?

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these tags are so funnyyyy

#dieselffunk

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I don't have a dream job. I want to be a fairy and sleep in a tulip

#aesthetic #cottagecore #goblincore #nature #fairycore

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fascinated by the kind of people who actually wear pyjamas to sleep

#taurus scorpio #oversized tshirt #or no sleep

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my favorite thing that’s ever come out of those dumb “gender reveal” parties, you know the ones, is that people make cakes and other baked goods for them right?

and since everything in this hellscape has to be gendered including colors, they gotta use both pink and blue frosting when they decorate to keep the prospective parents guessing before they cut the cake open and reveal how they’re gonna color-code their babies, but that also means:

people are out here making blue and white and pink baby cakes and just, unintentionally throwing the trans flag all over their pointless “gender” celebration and i think that’s just superb

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oh so it’s your first week of school do you think its time to watch this entire series again

#back to school #betta fish

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I’m a beevening gown enjoyer

 Doucet evening dress,  Paris, 1900-1905

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Litha

a.k.a Midsummer

What is Litha?

Litha is the summer solstice, which is the longest day of the year. Typically, the summer solstice is on or around the 21st of June, although in 2021 it is on June 20th. This day marks the beginning of summer. It is a bittersweet moment (mostly sweet), because we know that the days are at their longest, but soon the darkness will rejoin us. Litha celebrates the Sun (and any Sun gods/deities), joy, and fertility. For some, depending on your traditions and beliefs, this is when the Oak King is at his peak. Litha is another fire festival, where we celebrate life and all that comes with it

Correspondences

Colours: Yellow, green, gold, blue, pink

Food: Seasonal fruits and vegetables, honey, bread, cake, sunflower seeds

Herbs: Chamomile, elder, fennel, lavender, mugwort, verbena, St. John’s Wort

Flowers: Sunflower, rose, lily, elder

Crystals: Citrine, sunstone, moonstone, tiger’s eye, amber, jade, emerald

Incense: Lemon, rose, lavender, frankincense, pine, sage, cedar, myrrh

Animals: Bees, butterfly, robins, wrens, horses, cattle

God(desse)s: Sun gods (Apollo, Ra, Helios, Horus, etc.), Freya, Brigid, Aphrodite, Hathor, Gaia, Bast, Flora, The Oak King

Tarot: The Sun

Spells: Healing, growth, joy, purification, personal care/growth, protection

Activities

Have a fire

Pick berries, such as strawberries

Make berry/honey/citrus themed things

Pick wildflowers or flowers from a garden

Have a picnic

Light Litha coloured candles

Altar Ideas

Sunflowers

Sun objects

Oak leaves

Lemon/berries/honey

Cauldron

Sun catcher

Sun tea

Other flowers and in season produce

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angry boi needs water

Your vibe is oddly bitter and reeks of insecurity

sounds like someone needs to go in the water

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The Graphic, England, December 27, 1930

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green magick for the home

an apple can be used for a simple house blessing; cut an apple in half, and eat one half in your home. place the other outside, in the backyard or front porch, as an offering to good spirits for protection and warm energy.

bay leaves can be placed in the corners of a room to banish evil from it and protect those within it.

a cactus can be grown near a house to offer strong protection; even stronger protection is gained by planting cacti at all for corners of the home.

planting catnip in the garden, or hanging it above your door, will attract good spirits and good luck.

chamomile can be sprinkled about in the home to break curses and unwanted spells cast on or in the home.

cilantro brings peace and harmony to a home.

clover can be sprinkled around a home to banish unwanted spirits.

garlic can be hung in a home to bring its inhabitants closer together.

ivy plants can be hung to deter unwanted guests.

lavender can be burned and its ashes sprinkled about to cultivate rest and tranquility within the home.

orange peel can be placed in windowsills to bless the house with angel and sun energy.

peppermint can be burned as a smoke cleanser to remove illness and negative energy from a new home.

a sprig of pine can be hung in the home to bless it and its inhabitants.

sachets of saffron can bring happiness to the home.

thyme burned or hung inside brings good health to its residents.

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The reason Nazis, white supremacists, and other far-right groups have to resort to revisionism (often including the appropriation of pagan symbols, myths, and practices) to provide “historical support” for their ideals is because those ideals have no actual ancient counterparts. Fascism is a product of the modern era. There were no fascists in the ancient world, and there has never been a religion that genuinely supported fascist values. 

For the most part, humans have always cared about each other. We have always had a strong sense of community, and we have always been willing to go out of our way to help other people. These are fundamental parts of human nature, and they are reflected in our religions. They are also, incidentally, totally incompatible with a fascist worldview, because fascism goes against human nature. 

Fascists want you to believe that fascism is in your best interest. They want you to believe that the world is inherently cruel, that people have always been at each others’ throats, and that hatred is natural – because if you don’t believe these things, then fascism is of no use to you. They know that the easiest way to convince you to adopt fascist values is to infiltrate your religious community, to convince you that fascism is what the gods intend for us. To do that, they have to make you believe that your religion is inherently fascist – even though we know, based on copious written and archaeological evidence, that this is not true. 

This is how we get Nazi revisions of Norse myths. This is how we get domestic terrorists storming government buildings while wearing Norse iconography. This is how we get the image in pop culture of the white, blond, blue-eyed, hyper-masculine Viking, a figure that did not exist in actual Old Norse society.

This isn’t just me talking out of my ass. This isn’t speculation. This is a documented tactic used by fascists to give their movements the appearance of legitimacy. Nazi Germany is largely responsible for our modern idea of the Vikings as a hyper-masculine, hyper-militant group of white dudes. Fascist Italy is a large part of why Ancient Rome is remembered for their military might rather than for their incredible infrastructure or their populist government. (Even the word “fascism” comes from an appropriation of Roman political symbols.) Irish American white nationalists are responsible for perpetuating the “Irish slave” myth (which is used to devalue the impact of the transatlantic slave trade and its effect on Black people), and for the popularity of Irish and Celtic symbols among modern fascists. 

What all of these fascist revisionist histories have in common is that they are almost entirely baseless and have little-to-no connection to any genuine historic sources. There is no evidence for them beyond “because I say so” arguments from fascist authors. These histories are false, and their falsehood is very easily provable. The ONLY reason they are as widely accepted as they are is because fascist sources are very good at being louder and more aggressive than legitimate, objective historians. 

If we want to reclaim paganism from fascists, the first step MUST be to set the historical record straight. Read good sources. Share resources with your community. Correct people who are unknowingly spreading fascist propaganda. Tell people who the ancient pagans really were, and what they really stood for.

Fascism is a weed. It is an invasive species that has forced its way into our religious spaces and is choking out the warm, loving communities the gods intended for us. Pull it up, burn the roots, salt the earth if you have to – if it is left unchecked, it will kill every other interpretation of our myths, until the truth is forever lost to the void.