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tiredwitchplant · 6 months

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It's Time for Samhain! (Oct 31- Nov 1)

What is Samhain? In the Celtic calendar, Samhain marks the end of summer and the harvest season, and the beginning of the dark, cold winter months. It falls opposite Beltane on May 1, which represents the beginning of spring and the life-filled growing season.

It’s believed that the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest on Samhain. Historically, people were worried that they would encounter ornery spirits if they ventured outside on Samhain night, so they dressed as ghosts or wore masks to disguise themselves. Folks would leave treats on their front porch or place an extra setting at the table to welcome any friendly spirits who stopped by. You can see how these Samhain rituals easily morphed into our modern-day version of trick-or-treating in costume.

Nighttime bonfires were another of the long-standing Samhain rituals - this one was thought to help combat the impending darkness of winter and the fearful chill that accompanied the idea of roaming spirits. Because the veil between living and dead is believed to be the thinnest on this night, Samhain is also a powerful night for divination and spellcasting by candlelight.

Usual Symbols of Samhain:

Ale or Mead

Pumpkins

Skulls

Besom or Broom

Beans

Cauldron

Bats

Keys

Squash

Pomegranate

Nuts

Apples and Cider

Bones

Herbs and Plants for Samhain:

Rosemary – Associated with remembrance and is needed during this season in taking time to honor the memories of our ancestors and other lost loved ones. Can be used in an incense blend and at ancestor altar

Fall Flowers – Includes flowers like marigolds and chrysanthemums. Are associated with protection and chrysanthemums come in handy with connecting to the spirit world

Apples (the fruit, branches and blossoms) – Is considered sacred to a lot of gods. A good apple harvest means that the gods have shown the community their favor. You can use apples in different rituals, especially divination

Pomegranates – Is associated with the realm of the underworld and helps with communication with the dead. It is also associated with fertility of the fall.

Squashes, Pumpkins and Gourds – Is associated with abundance and provides sustenance for your family when the fields become bare and covered in snow. Is linked to psychic awareness and development and protection.

Mugwort – Is associated with divination and dreaming. Using Mugwort baths or incenses in the rituals can focus on treating depression, especially with the seasons changing

Rowan Trees – The branches and berries are a way to keep evil spirits out of your house and are associated with good health. If you plant a tree near a grave, it will prevent the dead from rising.

Sage – Is associated with cleansing and grounding. Is a great incense to cleanse your home to bring in the new and out with the old

Hawthorn – Has been associated with the gateway between humans and the spirit world. Is also rumored to an area where you can see fairies.

Crystals for Samhain:

Amethyst – Aids in opening one’s third eye and is valuable to be able to see Samhain’s spirits around

Black Obsidian – Is great for grounding and protect from evil spirits. Can be used in scrying when speaking to deities and spirits of Samhain

Citrine – Is used to honor the sun. Aids in prosperity spells and carries joy

Black Tourmaline – Wards off unwanted spirits from your property and can be buried into the ground to protect from psychic attacks and spirit intrusion

Orange Calcite – Orange is a sacred color to Samhain. This stone is associated with one’s sacral chakra and can cleanse and align reproductive organs, sexuality and get creativity flowing

Bloodstone – Known to heal cardiovascular illness and disease. Can help with ancestry links and work

Spirit Quartz – Is great in helping communicate with the spirits of Samhain and releasing old and toxic habits

Lepidolite – Used to appease the fairies that roam during Samhain

Serpentine – Is associated with snakes and aids in remembering past lives. Loki seems to like this stone and may be great to use for him if you work with him during this season

Dragonstone – Dragons are guardians of the earth, spirits of place, and connect us to Mother Nature. Helps say goodbye to the old years and our old selves

Skull shaped Stones – Since skulls are symbols of Samhain, skull shaped stone can help with symbolism during this holiday. They represent the life-death-rebirth cycle, wisdom and our ancestors

Spells and Rituals:

A Samhain Tea (Apple and Hawthorn Berry)

1 apple, sliced

2 Tablespoon dried hawthorn berries (or 4 Tablespoons fresh)

1 cinnamon stick

A pinch of cloves

4 cups water

Honey, to taste (optional)

Combine all ingredients in a small stockpot.

Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.

Strain the plant material from the tea, then transfer the tea into two mugs.

Enjoy one for yourself, and leave the other on your table or front porch to nourish any wandering spirits who may pass while the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest.

A Pumpkin Spell for Prosperity

A pumpkin

Some paint

Go to the pumpkin patch (or local store) and select a pumpkin. Or let the pumpkin choose you.

Bring it home and paint prosperity symbols on it – money signs, runes for prosperity or harvest glyphs (whatever means prosperity to you).

Then place by your front door to invite prosperous vibes into your home this Samhain season.

Bonfire Release Purification Spell

Paper

Pen

Source of fire (bonfire, fireplace, candle flame)

Gather your materials and sit by the fire.

Take a few minutes to just listen to the fire crackling.

Gaze into the flames and connect with this powerful element.

Next begin to think about what habit or person you are releasing this Samhain. Think about why you’re purifying your life from this thing or person.

Then write the habit or person down on the piece of paper.

Fold it away from you 3 times.

Hold it in your hands and allow all of the negative thoughts and energies inside of you to “drain” out of you and into the paper.

Then throw it in the fire and say,

“After this Samhain, never again. Never again. I release _________ from my life by the power of the Samhain fire. So, mote it be.”

How to Make a Samhain Altar

Beautiful autumn leaves or flowers that you collect on a nature walk

A candle

A mugwort bundle

A string of rowan beads

A bowl of apples or a small pumpkin

A hawthorn wand or bowl of freshly picked hawthorn berries

A picture of your ancestors

To make an altar, first find a corner of your home or a table surface where you can arrange a few treasures. You don’t need a ton of space. You could use the top of a dresser, the corner of your desk, an unused side table, etc.

After you’ve assembled your altar, spend some time sitting quietly in the space. Light the candle and/or mugwort wand, sip on a cup of Apple & Hawthorn Berry Tea and meditate on this energetically powerful day.

I could find specific written instructions for a crystal grid but I found a video!

Crystal Grid for Samhain

Let's get ready for Samhain and have a great and safe time!

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chirpsythismorning · 3 months

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Byler is a slow burn y’all!

While it’s possible milkvan could break up in early s5, or maybe they consider their fallout in s4 their breakup and are only now addressing it and how they’ve realized they’ve been better off as friends over the last year, it’s still gonna take some time for byler to confront everything over the last few years and both get to a point where they have clarity about their own feelings and finally accept that the other one feels the same.

I don’t think there’s enough time to explore all of that before Mike and El have that talk on the roof, or even shortly after that, even if it’s post-time jump.

It will still be interesting to see where Mike and Will are at in their relationship by the time the time jump rolls around.

It’s unlikely the painting will have been addressed without us witnessing it, unless they decide to throw in a flashback at some point if it happened during the time jump.

Which means there is still a lot they need to talk about, let alone for them be literally dating.

I think it’s also possible Will won’t know Mike and El are over for real, not until Mike or El tell him and the others.

What this might result in is an episode or two of Mike pining for Will (single 😁) while Will is none the wiser and maybe even trying to keep his distance, now under the assumption that Mike wants space to be alone with El since they’ve finally reconciled once and for all.

There’s gonna need to be episodes exploring their dynamic as friends that can be something more if they want to be and how they navigate that and how obvious it is that, in contrast to Mike and El, while they are indeed friends, they work even better as being something more too.

They’ve invested the entire series to building this up, in a way that most of the audience missed. They need to spend some time now making it obvious so that people can rewatch a lot of their scenes for what they truly are (romantic) now that they know the truth, as opposed to just being ambushed with them being together.

I need people that didn’t even want it to happen to have to endure the tension all season long, to the point where they’re screaming at their screen JUST KISS ALREADY! GET IT OVER WITH! JESUS CHRIST!

#byler #stranger things #I could see the tension being insane #leading up to an almost kiss #then maybe a final boss fight for old times sake #then ending all that tension with a kiss #cementing the fact that they’ve wanted to kiss all those tension filled arguments before #that their complicated (romantic) feelings has been the crux of a lot of their problems in the first place #and them finally confronting it being what allows them to both evolve by being true to themselves #and then dealing with the aftermath #I could see them being ‘dating’ at least in a vague sense #after they kiss and are aware of each others feelings #landing us somewhere around episode 5x06-5x07 #but reminder 7 is the episode from the blurry grid that ended with a bunch of green marker…#it’s possible we the audience could be aware of mike’s feelings for will as early on as 5x01 even #but I don’t see them having will be outright aware of it until a little bit later #the angst of witnessing mike pine while will pines simultaneously #asssuming he’s going crazy alone…#😏#I understand the duality of wanting all of this AND established byler #but byler is already established…#once they realize their feelings and get together #it will re-contextualize all their previous moments in a way that literally establishes they been something more for a long time #even if they didn’t realize it until now

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ecozoic-futuresaur · 9 days

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#ecofriendly #green anarchism #anarchism #solarpunk #garden #off grid #environmental justice #enviornment #environmentalism #revolutionary #revolution

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cusaqphotos · 3 months

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#night photography #windows #grid #green #liminal

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lunarskye · 1 year

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💚🤍 R.I.P. Jason David Frank (September 4th, 1973 - November 19th, 2022) ❤️🖤

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obsessedbythegrid · 1 year

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Gabetti & Isola, ENI office building, San Donato Milanese, 1991.

#Architecture #facade #glass #green #Grid

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thelibraryofsylphide · 2 months

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Loki, the Weapon

Loki Moodboard trilogy: 1 | 2 | 3

Special mentions of shit I really wanted to add but didn't know how:

#loki #avengers loki #I'm gonna get severed for this title XD #marvel #the avengers movie #the avengers 2012 #I uhhhhhhh someone get me an automatic tagger XD #moodboard #my moodboards #moodboards #my moodboard #I thought of adding water stuff bc drowning + loss of control + etc but I can't make a 12by12 fucking grid of this so I thought maybe not #I like how the 'bad' editing on the eye words kinda symbolizes where they come from #like I was trying to drag the green out and then I pulled back adn went wait a minute #symbolism???? and u know what sure symbolism #I don't like how the top ones are smaller but it won't let me make them tall unless I cut the left one and I Refuse so eh

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sports-on-sundays · 15 days

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boulevard of broken dreams / LN4 / Part 3

Summary: Lando x girlfriend!reader - Being a couple doesn't automatically make everything better.

Warnings: stressing, screaming, head ache, censored cursing, use of nickname 'Lan' for 'Lando', crying, me being obsessed with Lando's curls (same old, same old), blood, I think this might be shorter than the other parts

Requested?: No.

Author's Note: Link to part 2, which has a link to part 1.

You slip, and stumble down, your knees and palms being shredded against the slippery surface. You gasp, knowing far, far ahead, your sunshine lies. But you know you can't reach him. The icy fingers wrapping around your ankles, pulling you back down- they're too strong. You gasp a little.

You've fallen over the edge, once again.

You cry out, but your mouth produces no sound. Where is your savior now? Where is your sunshine.

You slam your head on the cold, wet stones. You don't know if the puddle around your head is rain water or blood.

The moment the screaming in your head took over, and doubt clouded your mind was the moment the grip on your heart came back and tugged you back over the edge.

The moment you let them tell you your sunshine isn't real. It's all a feverish figment of your imagination. And if he were there, he would have no love for you.

He would be getting ready to break your heart, just like everyone else.

And you spiraling into the black hole of panic and confusion.

Back here, in this familiar spot, on this familiar road, it's not numb. The pain is screaming, streaming, and terrible. Like getting hit by a heavy, blowing force.

You scream out.

For a second, you wonder why no one answers.

You have been gone from this road too long, apparently.

You forgot that no one is on this road to hear you. Because the reason anyone would ever be here is because someone didn't care. Someone didn't care to keep them away. To save them.

Why?

You rest your throbbing head on the ground, defeated.

Defeat. You're letting it take you. Hold you, and destroy you. It hurts, but it's not unfamiliar.

You press your head against this road.

Here you are again, on this boulevard, with yet another broken dream.

"Y/n! Y/n! Come on! It's just a nightmare!" Lando is yelling as he intensely shakes your body.

But as you wake up, the shaking just makes you more panicked, and you grip onto his shirt, looking up at him, eyes wild and forehead sweating.

He wraps you in his arms and soothes, rubbing his hand over your hair, "You're okay... It's okay... I'm here."

"But- you weren't-" you gasp.

"Shhh," he pulls you closer, holding you with gentle arms. "You can tell me once you've calmed down more, okay? Right now, just feel me. Just be. I'm here. It's okay. Can you feel my body heat? My heart beating? I'm here. You're okay."

You lean against him, in his arms for a while longer, before you're calmed down enough, and lean away. You say with a shaky breath, "Where- where have you been?"

He blinks in surprise. "Just out on a training trip-." He breaks off kind of suddenly.

"How long has it been?" you breathe. "Alone, here... everything blurs into one, staying here all day... I don't know... I just..." You rub your head, feeling a little dazed.

"Oh, Y/n," he says, pulling you back to him. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. So sorry..." But then he asks, softer, "Did my baby miss me?"

You nod slowly. "I thought... I was scared... You just left, and I... Do you ever get tired of me?"

"No!" he exclaims firmly, which makes you flinch. "Y/n, you need something else, though... you need something more than just me to keep you happy."

A pit in your stomach drops. "Is that what this is all about? You keeping me happy?"

"No!" he exclaims once more. "I want you to be happy, but that's not the only reason why I date you, muppet. Obviously. I need you just as much as you need me."

"Then how come you leave? How come I'm always the one crying in your arms? Clearly, I need you more than you need me. And I hate feeling like that."

He frowns. "You would be surprised if you knew how better my life has gotten since you. Now- why don't you come on, and we can have some breakfast?"

You nod slowly, getting up. There are emotions, problems, stirring within you, but you can't talk about them, because you can't lay your finger on what they even are.

And then your questions come. Because Lando is gone a lot, and it doesn't feel right.

You can't shake the feeling that he's avoiding you, and it's terrible.

Because the moment your sunshine leaves, you fall again, into the rain.

Back onto your road.

That boulevard.

He just seems to be keeping secrets. He's hiding things from you. And if anything is important enough to hide from you, that means it's also important enough for you to know.

"You like spending time with me, right?"

"You wouldn't even lie to me? Right?"

"Have you stopped loving me? I'd rather you be honest than not."

"Are you cheating? If you're cheating, just tell me."

"If I'm too much for you, say it. Am I too much for you?"

"Am I too much of a burden?"

And other questions like this. Every time, he assures you of his love and loyalty, but his actions aren't exactly lining up with his words.

And it's crushing you.

Or maybe you're just overly sensitive.

But finally, one day, you're done. You corner Lando and snap, your voice unexpectedly cracking, "I know you're hiding things and if you don't tell me, I can't live with you any longer in this anxiety!"

At this threat, his eyebrows crease together, and he exhales, nodding hesitantly. "Why don't we sit down? I've been thinking over a lot of things."

A lump forms in your throat as you follow him to the couch. "What are you hiding from me?" you demand.

He lets out a shaky sigh, staring down at his fiddling, folding and unfolding hands. "I haven't cheated. Of course I haven't. I love you; of course I do. And I definitely don't want you leaving."

"So? What is it, then? What are you hiding?" You feel some relief to hear him say honestly that he's not cheating.

"My own pain, Y/n," he practically whispers.

You freeze, and immediately feel a tinge of guilt deep down in your chest. "Oh, God, Lando... Lando, what have I been missing? Have I been hurting you? Did something happen? Is it my fault?"

"No!" he suddenly snaps, looking up. "Of course not! And this is why I didn't want to tell you!"

"What is?"

"I didn't want to tell you because I knew it would just stress you out. You're too fragile and perfect and delicate and untouchable and f*cking gorgeous and- and- if I tell you my problems- I just don't want to hurt you. You have enough to stress about. I don't want you to have to worry about me, too, on top of it all."

You stare, open your mouth. Close it. Sigh shakily. "Oh, Lando..." you gasp, wrapping your quivering arms around his body, pulling his body to yours. "Why do you think you're any less fragile than I am?"

"I'm lucky! I was born with practically a silver spoon in my mouth! I could follow my dreams; it was provided for me! I had enough money and resources to chase them. You didn't, and it's not fair, and there's not reason for it. But you've been broken. You have too many f*cking broken dreams and it's not f*cking fair and I wish I could just fix it and make it all better for you because-" he inhales, and you think he might be crying a little as he wraps his arms tightly back around you, burying his eyes in your shoulder, "Because I love you."

You nod slowly, holding tightly back onto him, but whisper, "So because your life has always been good, and you always had more freedom and opportunities than me- that means you aren't allowed to hurt, too?"

"It feels obnoxious for me to complain to you! I had it all given to me! You had nothing!"

"But now I have something. I have you. We have us. And the only way I'm going to have all of you- all your love- is if you talk to me. Don't pretend it's all okay when it's not. You don't need to do everything to make me happy. You've done enough. Ultimately, it's up to me, in the end, and you've just given me a boost up, to make it easier. But you shouldn't feel so responsible of me. I do hurt when you're gone, but that's something I need to work through, because I know you love me, and if you didn't leave sometimes for work, we wouldn't be living in f*cking Monte Carlo right now! Lando, no matter how much of a better hand you were given in life than me- that doesn't mean you're not human like the rest of us."

He nods into you, and now you're sure he's crying. You rock him slightly, pulling him even closer to you, as you run your fingers through his curls and whisper, "Now, let's try this being open with each other. What's been bothering you, Lan?"

He sighs and finally leans away. You wipe a stray tear on his cheek and look deep into his eyes as he murmurs, "I've just been feeling down. My performances should be better, and I know I have so much support, but it doesn't feel like it. I've just been holding in all my emotions and tiredness and anger at myself, and it's getting harder and harder to do that without breaking and showing it."

"Oh, baby," you sigh, pulling him to you again. He sighs, resting his head on your chest, staring out across the room. "Lando, just talk to me. I'm here. If you listen to my struggles, I'm here to listen to yours."

He nods, and his lips move. He speaks softly, and you listen. After your sunshine coming to save you, sometimes when his fire starts to burn out, shouldn't it be your job to give it the extra spark when he needs it?

Consider this repayment, huh?

You smile softly, looking down at him, stroking his soft curls, feeling them through your fingers, as his voice finally silences, and all the words he needed to get out have gotten out.

But he adds three more soft words at the end: "I love you."

"You love me?" you chuckle as he sits up to look at you. "I bet I love you more, after all you do for me."

He smiles softly at you. You don't mind that his eyes are a little red and puffy. He's still as handsome as ever.

Then he gently tugs you onto his lap, and a soft giggle escapes you as he presses his lips into your forehead, before whispering into your skin, "Now, what about you, baby? How was your day?"

You smile, close your eyes, and start speaking, all in the comforting rays of the sun himself shining on your cheeks.

The end.

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ephemeral-antiquities · 9 months

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Sitcom Sinclairs headcanons…

I’m coming down from an anxious day, so here is some content for Bo, Vincent and Lester in my little universe with an s/o with anxiety. Self projecting? Perhaps, we shall see.

Bo…

• His gut instinct is to laugh directly in your face at first, or tell you to “grow a pair”.

•But he’s in therapy now! The man is plus one green flag (because any man who goes to therapy has a green flag, in my mind).

•So now he stops himself before it comes out.

•He’s not great at the whole “soft, mushy, comforting” deal, but he’ll go easier on you if you’re having one of your days.

•If he finds you having an attack, thats an entirely different story. His therapist taught him some grounding techniques which he will gladly walk through with you.

•Once you’ve calmed down he’ll leave, only to return with ice cream or some home cooked Southern comfort food. Please be nice, he put his whole heart into those fried green tomatoes. That gumbo is made with his blood, sweat and tears.

•As you both eat, he’ll put one of your favorite movies on the working TV.

•One armed side hug the whole time. Tightens his grip if he feels you begin to shake or breathe a little heavier.

•Anxious s/o? Slap some affirmations on that human and give them food.

Vincent…

•Again, plus one green flag.

•While he might not always understand your specific cause of anxiety, he will try. He understands what anxiety is like.

•If you’re in the middle of an attack, he’ll ask (in his own special and unique way) if you’d like him to stay or to give you space.

•Also not the best at standard means of comfort.

•Will disappear before joining you, only to return with a cup of tea and a weighted blanket. Will request that you don’t ask how he obtained the blanket. Don’t worry about it. Also don’t worry about putting it on, he’s already wrapping it around you like a cocoon.

•Will listen as long as you need, will let you wait out the waves of nerves resting on his lap as he sketches or plays with your hair (only if you agree, but he knows firsthand how relaxing and comforting it can be to have your hair played with). Don’t look at his sketches, they’re definitely not you. Totally.

•If you don’t want to talk about it, he’ll try to find another way for you to get it out. He has suggestions, but if you have other ideas he’s all ears and ready to get whatever you need.

•Speaking of getting whatever you need.. Southern comfort food makes it’s not-so-surprising return! Made with love by the twins. He will watch you and make sure you eat until you are comfortably full.

•Overall, he’s comforting by just being there, in silent support. He might not speak much, but he will make sure you know that you are safe, that you are loved dearly, and that he is always there for you.

Lester…

•His s/o is having a rough day? Hold the phone, he’s on his way. Will undoubtedly enter and announce his presence with “have no fear, Lester is here!”

•To be frank, if you’re having anxiety he’s probably anxious for a split second just because you are.

•Will make sure you are as comfortable as humanly possible while he sets to getting your mind off of your anxiety.

•If you need to talk it out, he’s there in a minute. Don’t want to talk and just need comfort and a redirection of the mind? Bam, he’s there with it.

•I think Lester would have a small house, meaning a small kitchen, you can see and smell the food he’s cooking. Oh, whats this? Southern comfort food? Wow, what a surprise.. (he’s a good chef, but he’s still nervous you wont like it. Please reassure him).

•Will put on old cassettes to watch to help distract you.

•Bonus: Jonesy snuggles.

•He’ll tell you stories to help distract you and make you laugh, like funny anecdotes about his brothers (don’t tell them he told you).

•You don’t have to do anything for the rest of the day. Just kick back and relax, Lester has it all under control. He just wants you to feel comfortable and to rest so you can feel better, in whatever way that means for you.

#it is 4 a.m.#any man who goes to therapy gets a green flag in my opinion #slashers #slasher x s/o #slasher x reader #bo sinclare x s/o #vincent sinclair x s/o #lester sinclair x s/o #house of wax #house of wax 2005 #vincent sinclair #bo sinclair #lester sinclair #house of wax but the sinclairs discovered therapy #ephemeral antiquities #not so slashers anymore huh #just traumatized off the grid men #this is not the direction I had pictured this account going in but thats ok I suppose.

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