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I think the reason I enjoy Ghibli so much is it romanticizes the little things. It makes me want to bake, study, clean the house, garden, and more while listening to happy music and occasionally picking wildflowers and lying in the grass. It helps me find joy in day-to-day life and that’s honestly sooo important for my mental health.

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To clarify, I’ve been studying witchcraft and the general world of the occult for about five years, on and off. I know the basis and background of Wicca, but get frustrated easily with how many rabbit trails there are from the “beginner’s path”...

To some, I’m sure that’s refreshing, so many choices...

To me, it’s infuriating...

Sorry guys, I’m anger posting right now, I just need to let out a few years of steam and confusion...

I’m so torn...

The question of validity.

What makes magic valid? Results, right?

But what are “results”? Does it vary from person to person, or is it as scientific law that has strict formulas? Can we separate the magic from the culture, or are they one in the same? Is witchcraft based off of willpower and the individual’s associations and desire, or is it something that could arguably be taught in a school setting by and to those who innately understood magic? If Wicca is a New Age spin-off of witchcraft, do they still have a solid basis for magic, or is it all appropriation? Does one have to be initiated into an unbroken line of magic, or is it something that can be honed by feeling alone? If you have a lineage linking back to Britain, can you claim a British tradition validly, even if no one in your family has ever practiced? Is witchcraft actually open? Is it something I can find if I fight hard enough to find it?…

For the longest time I felt like I knew magic. I felt the sensation of… whatever it was… flowing through my arms into my hands, and then into my fingertips, my whole body if I focused enough… a vibrating, warm sensation that I could focus at certain “centers” in my body… that I thought was magic. Feeling this is step one, yes? Everyone can agree that that feeling is step one for any path of magic… so the big question is, where do I go from here?

Even the books I read seem to have wildly different opinions of what “valid” magic is, and what’s “all in your head”.

I’ve heard about this legendary witchcraft community drama on tumblr, but this is crazy. 

I just want answers… and god knows this is the one thing I’m willing to keep searching for, even if it means digging past what’s seemingly bedrock.

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I’m so torn...

The question of validity.

What makes magic valid? Results, right?

But what are “results”? Does it vary from person to person, or is it as scientific law that has strict formulas? Can we separate the magic from the culture, or are they one in the same? Is witchcraft based off of willpower and the individual’s associations and desire, or is it something that could arguably be taught in a school setting by and to those who innately understood magic? If Wicca is a New Age spin-off of witchcraft, do they still have a solid basis for magic, or is it all appropriation? Does one have to be initiated into an unbroken line of magic, or is it something that can be honed by feeling alone? If you have a lineage linking back to Britain, can you claim a British tradition validly, even if no one in your family has ever practiced? Is witchcraft actually open? Is it something I can find if I fight hard enough to find it?...

For the longest time I felt like I knew magic. I felt the sensation of... whatever it was... flowing through my arms into my hands, and then into my fingertips, my whole body if I focused enough... a vibrating, warm sensation that I could focus at certain “centers” in my body... that I thought was magic. Feeling this is step one, yes? Everyone can agree that that feeling is step one for any path of magic... so the big question is, where do I go from here?

Even the books I read seem to have wildly different opinions of what “valid” magic is, and what’s “all in your head”.

I’ve heard about this legendary witchcraft community drama on tumblr, but this is crazy. 

I just want answers... and god knows this is the one thing I’m willing to keep searching for, even if it means digging past what’s seemingly bedrock.

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Hearth 2 Heart Is Now Open

Honestly, I’m a little shocked this happened. And a huuuuge shout out to my covenmates who put up with me over the last while as I prepared items and constantly pestered them for feedback.

To celebrate the opening of the shop, I’ll be hosting a giveaway, and there’s a sale! Everything is 10% off until April 3rd. Use the coupon code EQUINOX18 or follow the link.

Giveaway - March 20. 2018- April 3, 2018 @ 6pm PST

*** this giveaway is not associated with Tumblr in any way ***

all images are copyright Hearth2Heart and may not be used without permission

All items in the giveaway are now available in my shop, Hearth 2 Heart

1 Grand Prize

Premium Kit

3 handknit cotton dishcloths (you pick the color combination!) bottle of infused vinegar spell jar - for clean and bright energy in the home

Calming Incense

A blend of herbs taught to me by my teacher who learned it from her teacher, an Irish herbalist.

(sage, lavender, blue vervain)

3 Runners Up

Infused Cleaning Vinegar

a 6ox bottle of cedar, lemon, cloves infused into a concentrated vinegar

Calming Incense

A 90cc bottle of the incense blend.

Beeswax Candles

Pair of hand-dipped candles. 

Not available for purchase outside of the kits.

How to Enter

Reblog or like this post!

You can reblog more than once, but DO NOT spam your followers.

The Rules

You need to be 18+

Must be following me (if you reblog with a sideblog, leave your main in the tags)

Live or have a mailing address in the USA

No giveaway blogs. 

No terfs, racists, or bigots of other stripes

You must contact me within 24hrs of the winners being announced with your full name and address.

Do not tag this post as a giveaway

subject to change, be sure to follow me for any updates (unlikely to be needed, but I’ve never done this before!)

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Adding to the bucket list of places I’d like to visit...

Installed in the year 1410, this 600 year old clock in the city of Prague is the World’s oldest astronomical clock still in operation.

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Bovine appreciation post!

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I think about this every. single. day.

It’s bizarrely (and disturbingly) myopic how certain occult/witchcraft blogs on here get off on belittling other people’s practices.

Certainly there are aspects of other people’s practices that I don’t believe myself, and maybe I think they’re a little silly, but that’s not my concern. I’m busy working on my own practice and I don’t need to put anyone down to feel better about myself. If I ever have in the past, I apologize.

I think we tend to forget that there is a world outside of our little occult bubble, a world that operates in an entirely different paradigm - one of science, rational explanation, and everything ‘normal’ and mundane - and outside our bubble, we are all considered silly, superstitious, and backwards.

So, if you ever start feeling superior because you’ve belittled another person’s view of the world of witchcraft, or because you think you’re more enlightened because you’ve read this or that grimoire, just remember that many intelligent scientists, psychologists, doctors, philosophers, and average nobodies think YOUR beliefs are stupid.

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Whoever said baking bread is easy

Is a terrible liar!

But, that’s okay! I will not be beaten! No matter how many loaves I salt with my tears of failure! I will make fluffy yeasty goodness and you can’t stop me!

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You can discover your favourite band when you’re in your late twenties. You can meet your best friend when you’re in your thirties. You can finally accomplish a life goal when you’re in your fifties. Your youth isn’t the only time frame where amazing, life-changing things can happen.

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I drew the Hanged Man for my daily advice today, but I feel that I was meant to see this as well.

My greatest struggle is being present. I have terrible, unmedicated anxiety mixed with ADD, so my mind is always off somewhere else, while my body is on autopilot. It’s the strangest sensation... but it makes me revel in those moments when my mind and body are one...

If anyone has any advice regarding practices to keep your mind from running off and preventing you from being present, it would be much appreciated.

Two of Swords.

Do not concern yourself with the problems of tomorrow. Allow yourself to be completely present within all that you do. Face only the challenges of today.

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I miss knitting so much... I have so much yarn just sitting there sadly in it’s little basket...

Whoops, I stayed up until nearly 2:30am knitting.

But I have three different gifts on the go, plus a lovely Tumblr follower asked me to knit them a shawl, so I ordered wool for that today and would love to try and clear out at least one of these gifts before it comes in cuz paid work always comes first.

And it’s just… really relaxing? I have really nice needles, and the wool I’m using is so friggen soft, and I have nice brass stitch markers… the cats are curled up around me, there’s a snake around my neck… and everything is right with the world.

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Ya know what’s magic? Being outside after a summer storm. The shimmer off the concrete, the way the trees look greener, the simple silence in the air, and how everything literally smells brand new and refreshed. It’s unlike anything else

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In undergraduate, I was a history/anthropology double major with a concentration in museum studies, with an archaeology minor.

In graduate school, I’m studying archaeology generally, I’ll refine it more once I start in the fall.

Personally, I find myself drawn to a nameless god and goddess of nature, just sort of a formless presence that I just... recognize the feeling of when they’re present. No names really, just... a spiritual tingle? I know them, but... I can’t nuance them. I do, however, have statues of Cernunnos and Druantia on my altar, just to have some sort of representation of them, but... I can see there being conflict there, personally and otherwise.

Maybe the correlation here is a love of mystery and a love of being outside, and certainly a fascination with the human spirit. :) Religious anthropology and archaeology is my FAVORITE.

Let’s do a small game:

What’s (was) your favorite subject at school/uni/college?

And, who do you worship?

I’d like to know if there’s a connection between the two!

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Teach boys about periods

My mother also talked about periods to my brothers.

When I first got mine I had terrible cramps. Crippling cramps. I once was camping with my family and a few of my big brother’s friends when my period came. My cramps were so bad that my mom gave me a full pain killer ( I was 13 and before that she only gave me pills cut in half).

I literally laid down on my parents’ air mattress and cried in pain for an hour before the pill kicked in.

My brothers friend came in to the big tent and I was just curled up and sobbing. Now, I was quite the tomboy and was known to rough house with my brothers and their friends and made sure I wasnt seen as just “a little girl.” So my brother’s friend was confused to see me openly weeping in the fetal position (seriously, these were the worst cramps I have had in my life. My vision went white). He asked what was wrong with me.

My big brother stood up immediately and suggested a nice long hike. During this hike I am sure he had a pretty awkward conversation with his friend explaining menstrual cramps, because when they got back the pain pill had (mostly) kicked in and I was sitting up at a table when my brother’s friend sheepishly asked me if I was feeling better. I said I was better, and he said good.

When we made s'mores that night my brother and his friend kept me well supplied with chocolate.

Making sure sons know as much about periods and menstruation as daughters makes them better brothers, better sons better fathers, and better men. A man that understands a period will not lightly accuse a woman of “being on her period” if the woman is in an argument.

Raise better sons Teach them about normal bodily functions.

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Useful!

repotting plants things:

don’t fill up the pot the whole way, leave about an inch of rim so you can actually water

but don’t plant way too deep either, this could lead to air flow issues which can lead to rot

don’t use really big pots for small plants. it makes it very hard to know when to water.

only go up an inch or so in diameter every time you repot. if you get a new plant and find it has almost no roots you can sometimes even go down a size. I’ve found many common houseplants like Philodendrons especially like this.

remove plants from plastic pots by gently squeezing, not always by pulling on the plant

remove plants from terracotta or ceramic/glazed pots by being gentleeee and maybe by running a knife or other utensil around the diameter of the pot if it’s really stuck and also by praying

loosen the roots by squeezing or gently untangling the root ball

it’s ok if you break some roots i promise

sometimes you’ll want to remove as much of the old soil as you can, other times just remove enough to leave some loose roots

throw small amount dirt in bottom of pot first, then place plant in. the base of the plant should ideally be level with where you want it when fully planted. if not, lift up and add more dirt and repeat

some plants you can plant deeper than they originally were, others you can’t

add dirt around the plant, packing gently. don’t pack it super duper tight but don’t just toss it in there loosely either

add one handful at a time. rotating the pot is easiest

rotate and gently pack, rotate and gently pack until dirt level is where you want it

water your plant in when finished. water deeply until the water runs out of the bottom. this is important to prevent air pockets (roots can’t grow in air). with succulents you may want to wait a few days to water in to prevent rot but most times they’ll be ok.

if you did have air pockets, your dirt might settle a bit. add some more and water again.

ta da, repotting

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I know this week’s going to be long (last week of this current job, but it’s going to be busy and overwhelming), so I made a quick spell bottle to keep in my pocket today. Lavender and chamomile for peace. Butterfly Pea Flower for feminine strength. Crushed snail shell for the comfort of home. (I only pick up empty shells out of my garden, no tiny friends were harmed!) Sealed with purple wax for personal strength (it’s my favorite color... and it’s also the only sealing wax I have right now!).

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