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Set but like. Tiny.

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https://www.archaeology.org/issues/552-2405/digs/12301-dd-egypt-luxor-women-stela

Interesting article on the appearance of women in Egyptian art, specifically on stelae.

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Another devotional piece! This time for my divine Father Set :]

Hope you enjoy!

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It’s that time of year again. Courtesy of digitalhammurabi.com

Addition about the image, courtesy of Twitter user @lui_log: wrt the background image, which is a stone plaque showing a winged goddess flanked by owls: “Also, we don't know whether this is a depiction of Ishtar, as the piece has been looted, thus has no archaeological context that could point us to whom it shows. Nor does it bear an inscription. The owls could mean that it is Ishtar's sister Ereshkigal, Goddess of the Underworld.”

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I wish that people who post about lazy witchcraft or low energy witchcraft would keep in mind that some people can't even do their "low energy" rituals. As someone who's neurodivergent and struggles a lot with executive dysfunction, I can't do low energy spells like making tea or taking a shower. Normally the most I can do is scroll through witch related posts on social media, somthimes I can't even do that.

It sucks because so often I want to practice my craft or get more connected to it, but I simply can't. They're so many things that I want to do, like daily dividation or offerings, but I worry about the disappointment I'll feel when I can't manage it. I try to take a positive outlook, say the reblogs or saved posts are me adding to my grimoire, since my actual one remains blank.

I try my best, but I just wish there was more suggestions that would actually work for me, you know?

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Magic For The Disabled

A few things that I do when I’m at my lowest. Made specifically for disabled people, but anyone can do these! See this post for low energy witchcraft ideas not directly related to disabilities.

Enchant your blanket for a good night’s rest

Enchant your coffee/juice/water/NyQuil/whatever you’re drinking to aid in recovery

Enchant food to aid in recovery

Place sigils around to aid in recovery, memory, etc.

Keep relaxing herbs/stones/etc. around

Cast a sleep aid spell (I have a bag with lavender and amethyst hanging on a bedpost)

Cast a recovery spell (I have another bag with a variety of protection and rest herbs and crystals)

Enchant fidgets or objects used to stim to calm you and to never break

Use energy magic instead of physical spells.

Use art/writing/etc. magic! Draw sigils, deities, write spells, recipes, shopping lists, etc.

Stir and infuse good energy/banishing into teas or coffees.

Keep some supplies nearby (i.e. tea lights, a lighter, grimoire, oils, etc.).

Use showers, washing of face/hands, etc. for cleansing.

Brush out the bad energy when brushing your hair.

Ward health aids or mobility aids against breaking and bless them to work quickly and well.

Use apps or websites for sigils, spells, etc. (VirtualCandleSpell for digital candle spells, Craiyon for sigils).

Keep room sprays near you and bless them to serve a certain purpose.

Make emoji/song spells! Use corresponding emojis and charge them with intent. Use corresponding songs, put them on a playlist, charge them, and listen to it whenever you want to cast it.

Use makeup/skincare as glamours.

Use sunscreen as protection!

Use wax warmers and melts instead of candles.

Use oils in diffusers instead of candles or incense.

Enchant anything you use daily.

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Getting Back Into Your Practice

Sometimes life is shitty and your spiritual practice doesn't take priority. Thats okay. Here are some tips for how to get back into your practice once you're feeling up for it.

Cleanse and Clean Your Space This is defiantly the first think you should focus your energy on. This can take as long as needed and as intensive as you want or feel is needed. Spiritual and physically cleanse your space. Pick up items, open windows and start your cleansing method of choice.

Redo Wards and Protections Once you've cleansed its important to redo your protection. Cleanse to get rid of, protect to keep it away. Even if nothing has *hit* your protections and wards, its important to keep up to date on them being energized.

Keep Actives Low on Spoons Now that you've done the basics, stick to low spoon actives and slowly build from there. Even if you feel super energized and ready to get into it- you want to take things slow. This'll help you from losing steam..

Slowly Add Back In Your Daily Practice This is totally unique person to person, but dont expect to be back into your multi step daily routine right away. Add in each step one at a time, or slowly so you wont feel overwhelmed.

Come Up with a Ritual Youre EXCITED About You want to focus on the parts of witchcraft you love. Do something you've always wanted to try, something you always love doing, or anything that will make you excited for the working.

Pick a New Topic, Not an Older One Getting into your practice and going to an older topic might feel disheartening. Pick a new topic like astrology, plants, or an aspect of witchcraft you havent gotten too into before. Then go back to the older topic you left on.

Do Some Divination on What You Need Right Now Spend time with your spirit team, deities or ancestors and figure out what you should be focusing in on right now. Maybe you need more rest, maybe theres a ritual they want you to work on.

Remember You Dont Have To Do Magic Daily Dont put too much stress into doing something every single day. Take breaks. Youre still a witch.

I hope these helped. Remember to take things slow and dont let the pressure of getting back into it weigh you down. Magic is suppose to help not hinder.

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Low Energy Witchcraft - Chronic Fatigue Edition

Making a post such as this is something I find absolutely vital. Many of us deal with fatigue. Many of us deal with chronic fatigue and don't know it. This comes in tiredness, drowsiness, exhaustion, lethargy, brain fog, memory issues, slurring of words and muscle weakness.

I deal with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). My Fibromyalgia accompanies that which is a chronic pain condition.

Sometimes you feel stuck in your own body. Bedridden for hours, days, weeks and sometimes life in extreme cases of ME/CFS. Weather can affect this, environment and pushing yourself past your limits. Rest is important.

Now how does this tie into witchcraft? Simple. We use our energy for spellwork, raising energy, energy work, devotion, basically everything. So much of our practice requires personal energy being manipulated and used, leaving us exhausted after in a lot of cases.

I'm going to share some helpful tips with you today.

Now remember, witchcraft is an aid. Nota cure or a replacement for medical aid. Please still take any and all medication and go to the doctors when needed.

Now let's get into it

Sustaining and drawing energy:

Borrowing energy from elements, crystals, tendrils (I'll go into this), space. It's limitless.

Tendrils. Tendrils are a form of vampiric magic I learned. Where you can borrow energy from another person. I will not go into the ethics of consent. I believe you need to do what's right for you at the moment. However, consent is something vital and needs to be practiced. How do you do it? Visualize or focus on feeling these energy tendrils coming out of your fingers. They can suck up the energy from the space or from another person with contact and focus. If not immediately needed, you can store this excess energy in a crystal or an amulet for later use. Always try to ground after so you don't feel overcharged. Being overcharged can cause shakiness, anxiety and sometimes manic-like states.

Sigils

Sigils are a great form of aid. You can make them for lifting brain fog, fatigue, memory, etc. I will link some when I make a few.

Spells

You can do mini spell workings on higher energy days to aid in many ways. I will link some when I make a few.

Deities Worship

If you work with certain deities they may aid you in health. Honouring and working with Apollon (Greek), Apollo (Roman), Sekhmet (Egyptian), Eir (Norse), Airmed (Irish) and many more are associated with healing. A simple prayer can do.

What can I practice when I have little/no energy?

You can practice mindfulness or elemental box breathing. How I do that is breathe in Earth, Fire, Water, Air. Hold Earth, Fire, Water, Air. Breathe out Earth, Fire, Water, Air. and Hold Earth, Fire, Water, Air. Repeat as needed. You will feel more connected to the elements that way.

Take any medication you have with intention. Drawing the sun symbol on your bottles, the planet sun is great for healing.

Prayer to any deities, guardians or ancestors you are currently working with.

Grounding your energy may help you feel better with brain fog. It tends to help me on heavy days.

Doing something as simple as opening a window on a windy day to connect to the air element. Helps cycle air in a stuffy environment as well.

Opening your curtains and basking in the sun's rays can feel very soothing. Alternatively, if you have a sun lamp for SAD, you can bask in its glow and envision the sun's rays on your skin to connect with solar energy.

I will add to this post as time goes on.

Do you want to see more posts I have? Check out the Masterpost.

Updated 2/6/24

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His name is 🌱Root🌱

A sweet little poppet I made, named Root. He is perfect for protection, for being your defense in both the spirit realm and dream state. He offers comfort and grounding; peace, love, laughter, and ease. Cleansed, blessed; called, anointed, and consecrated. Stuffed with a sachet of lavender, sage, and roses; along with a spell jar with— elderberry, sage, lavender, and some other herbs I can’t remember. Protection oil, banishing oil, go away evil oil; patchouli, lavender, cedar, and Florida water. Sacred ritual oil, sacred space spray. The sweetest companion. 💕

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god tells me I am flawed,

and so does the devil.

god tells me I need him to be whole–

I need to be fixed, saved, mended.

the devil tells me,

“Embrace your flaws.

Do not push yourself into dark corners.

Do not hide who you are.”

god tells me to smile wide,

even when I am dying.

god says be sweet like sugar, scrub at your skin til it’s white.

the devil tells me to see myself,

to know myself,

to acknowledge all my parts.

“Not just the ones you’re proud of

not just the bright and shiny things,

not just the pretty thoughts.”

When I greet him at midnight and offer up my faults on a silver platter, he tells me

“These are not mine to take.

You must own all of ou,

you must love yourself to the core.”

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Spirit work requires consent and that means from both sides.

You can say "no" to a spirit, and a spirit can say "no" to you.

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cannot recommend enough just walking around your neighbourhood, noticing the plants, trees, birds, creepy-crawlies, mammals, rocks, watercourses, etc that are around you. looking them up and learning about them, how they behave, their seasonal rhythms and changes. learning about their presence in folklore and mythology and culture.

these are your neighbours. if you take a few minutes to learn about them, if you make the small effort to notice them, be mindful of them on a regular basis, honour them and respect them - this is animism. this is re-enchantment.

we all live alongside and in community with a myriad of spirits. it is truly so beautiful and life-affirming and sacred to appreciate that and the unique character of your neighbour-spirits.

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probably my one big piece of advice to new demon workers is prepare to be frightened. that does not immediately mean the demon is malicious, it's just how the body usually responds to things it's not used to or hasn't experienced before.

it does not need to be this huge conclusion of "demon bad and needs to be banished immediately", sometimes you will just be scared, and it says nothing about you nor the demon in question.

and to be frank this could be extended towards other spirits as well. when you're new, everything has the potential to be frightening. that does not mean you're immediately dealing with something that wants to hurt you. take a breath.

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Spirit Identification Tarot Spread

A friend of mine recently asked me to do a reading for them based on a spirit that’s been hanging around them lately, so I came up with this spread to help! If you’ve got a spirit (or spirits) hanging around you and you’re not 100% sure what they’re up to, I recommend giving this one a shot!

1. What is the spirit’s intent? 2. How long has this spirit been around? 3. Is there anything specific that this spirit wants me to know? 4. Does this spirit want to work together in the long-term? 5. If they do want to work together, what do I need to do/how can I make this relationship happen?

Of course, feel free to play around with the questions and tweak them as needed. Hopefully this helps some of you! 

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Content Thieves PSA

If you write spirit work posts or witchy posts in general I seriously suggest you check out this blog and it’s discord for potentially stolen content.

They have stolen from a lot of prominent bloggers trying to pass off their info as written by their mod team. 3 of my posts were stolen and one was even posted on their tumblr as if they wrote it themselves. When I confronted them they claimed being neurodivergent as the reason they are plagiarizing posts. They deleted my stolen content from their blog but them sharing my resource as their own was blatant plagiarism.

Their discord is here https://href.li/?https://discord.gg/6cgfB7rV3g where they have posted 100s of stolen blog posts with NO sources. This is one of multiple discord servers they have. They also have servers for pagan spaces, crystal, herb magic and others.

According to other mods I have spoken to they have done this a lot and are banned in other spaces for plagiarism and stealing content.

No where on their discord does it say the content is not theirs and they do not link the original posters or give credit anymore.

Check for your content as there was a lot of common posts that float around on there without any sources.

Link to my plagiarized post.

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Ouija boards, tarot cards, pendulums, scrying mirrors, do not summon demons unless you actually, specifically, use them to summon demons.

It's absolutely tradcath fearmongering, that you can somehow open portals to evil unless that's actually what you're actively trying to do.

I hate the Warrens so much.

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Fun and easy habits to develop as a pagan!

Or, a few ideas of routine pagan stuff I personally engage in, or wish to start engaging in.

Opening the curtains and taking a quick moment to appreciate the daylight (or the darkness) of the outside. Draw from it the energy you will need for the day!

After waking up, saying a short prayer to a deity of your choice (you could very well change it up based on your intent, or always pray to the same if you are devoted to one in particular). A simple “Good morning. I will try to honor you today” shows that you’re thinking of them!

Taking a little time every once in a while to learn about local plants, trees or fauna! Little by little, you’ll learn to recognize them when out in nature. Nothing more rewarding!

Playing a song, or simply instrumental music that reminds you of your spirituality when doing chores, preparing for the day or the night, etc.  Useful if the day-to-day makes you feel disconnected from your spirituality! 

Every once in a while, cleansing a spiritual space by simply cleaning it out before lighting a fragant candle or incense. Always makes me feel refreshed!

Focusing on a picture of a deity/deities (or spirit/spirits, or ancestor/ancestors) of your choice in adoration. What can they teach you today? How can you honor them? If a new and inspiring idea comes to your mind, why not note it down!

Diffuse a smell (either by candle, incense, essential oil diffuser or else) while getting prepared for the day! If such a topic interests you, you could learn about how different smells affect us, and how you can use that in this specific ritual. With what intent do you wish to start your day?

If you have a book/books on mythology that pertains to your deity/deities or their related culture, why not read a few pages every once in a while, just for fun! Like the song/music I mentioned before, this an easy way to start your day thinking of your spirituality.

Looking up art: depictions of deities, or if you worship nature spirits, pictures of the animal or plant the form of which it takes.

Adopting a deity’s symbol for the day! You can do that by wearing a piece of devotional jewelry, or even drawing a rune/sigil/symbol on your skin so as to keep the deity in mind.

If you’re reading this, it means you use tumblr! Why not use such social networks to talk to other pagans who share your practices? There’s lots to learn from each other! Plus, you may make good friends this way. 

Look outside, observe the weather. What color’s the sky? How strong is the wind blowing? In what direction are the clouds being blown? Stay in tune with nature! You may even become able to tell which signs foretell which weather events! 

Make stuff you find in nature into amulets. For example, if a leaf, rock, acorn, fallen branch or else catches your attention, why not bring it home as a lucky charm? If you possess such a skill, you could even make it into jewelry!