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lailoken · 1 month

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The Gloaming Tethers

The Gloaming tethers are a pair of ritual fetishes that hold great significance in my personal tradition.

The first of the two pictured here (from left to right) serves a talismanic link to my Witch-Queen—who I often call Bone Mother—and to the Chthonic Realm of the Underworld that she oversees. It was fashioned from a Black Basalt Hagstone, secured by a cord strung with 13 bone beads, including six beads made from Prehistoric Horse Bone, six beads made from Prehistoric Deer Bone, and one bead made from Antique Whale Bone that I inherited. The end-piece is a token of 6,000 year old Bog Yew, carved with a triskelion, and glazed with a wood varnish made using Storax resin. I utilize this Talisman when working with Ancestral Spirits, or with Chthonic Wights, such as psychopomps.

The second of these serves a talismanic link to my Witch-Father—who I often call Wilding King—and to the Upper Realm of the Elemental World that he oversees. It was fashioned from a White Quartz Hagstone, secured by a cord strung with 13 handmade wood beads of alternating Elder, Hazel, Hawthorn, and Rowan. The end-piece is a token of local Elk shed-horn, carved to resembled a great tree, and glazed with a wood varnish made using Amber resin. I utilize this Talisman when working with Animistic Spirits or Elemental Wights.

Each of these Ritual Tethers are sacred to me. They each rest in places of power, pertinent to their respective magical nature, when not in use.

#gloaming tethers #ritual implements #ritual tools #wending way #hagstone #quartz #basalt #spirit work #Wilding King #Bone Mother #Witch-father #witch-queen #witching gods

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musingmelsuinesmelancholy · 4 months

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I don’t think there’s anything wrong with working with a pair of witching gods, that’s something I’ve been called to do myself. However I think it’s important to remember that witch queen/mother and witch father/king are titles and archetypes- not gods in and of themselves.

The devil wears many masks. He’s many spirits with a “common core”. Liminal, impossible to pin down or box.

Yet I don’t think it’s fair to smush every witch king into one entity. There’s many devils. Not every devil, not every witchfather is a dying and resurrecting agrarian spirit- as much as I enjoy that motif. Not every witch mother is a stellar and terrestrial spirit. Some are, a lot are. However more than anything I think erases the identities of local spirits/“witching gods” to insist every witch king/queen is THE witch king/queen. How does The Abess fit the archetype of a stellar/earthy goddess? Herodias? How does Harlequin fit the agrarian motifs?

My spirits aren’t consorts. My devil is a local one and has no dying/resurrecting mythology. There’s nothing wrong with working with a “witching couple” or utilizing the concepts of a cyclical agrarian spirit or a stellar goddess. My devil isn’t a disguised pagan god.

Again I don’t have an issue with witches who do work this way. I see no problem with Traditional witches venerating star goddess and an agricultural devil. It’s just I don’t want people to think they HAVE to work that way.

#traditional witchcraft #Melusine’s musings #opinions #tradcraft #traditional witches #magic #witching gods #witch mother #witch father #witchcraft #witch

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khajiithaswitchywares · 6 months

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Go hiking. Fake your death. Become one with the forest. Elevate to forest god. The simple things.

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aquisces-arts · 1 month

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AU where Arlecchino is an immortal witch living in a mansion in the spooky woods and takes in 3 orphans who wandered in...

#arlecchino #house of the hearth #freminet #lyney #lynette #genshin fanart #genshin impact #genshin #digital illustration #illustration #witch au #genshin witch au #god I love found family so much #honestly I have a feeling I am very wrong about their dynamic but it’s ok I like being delulu

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themodernwitchsguide · 5 months

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altars for greek gods

this post includes hades, persephone, artemis, apollo, aphrodite, hermes, and hekate. for part 2 including zeus, hera, poseidon, hestia, hephaestus, dionysus, ares, demeter, and athena click here.

keep in mind that typical offerings to any god includes meat, wine, grain (specifically barley), honey, and incense (myrrh and frankincense would be period appropriate), but i'm listing some specific offerings that can be given if you'd like

colors can be used for candles, banners, decor, whatever you want

HADES

Colors: black, red, and white for association with death. purple and metallics for association with riches/wealth

Offerings: mint, asphodel, white poplar, pomegranate, coffee, cinnamon, elm, money, chocolate

Crystals: gemstones, black crystals (obsidian, black tourmaline, smokey quartz, etc.), pyrite, hematite, labradorite

Animals: black ram, owl, serpent, Cerberus

PERSEPHONE

Colors: purple, pink, yellow, green for association with springtime. black and metallics for association with Hades. white for purity.

Offerings: pomegranate, flowers, grains, asphodel, lavender, rosemary

Crystals: amethyst, gemstones, moss/tree agate, milk quartz, jade, lepidolite

Animals: deer, ram, bat, talking birds (including parrots)

APHRODITE

Colors: red and pink for love/sexuality. white and blue for association with the ocean. gold for association with, well, gold.

Offerings: roses, chocolate, shells, myrrh, gold

Crystals: rose quartz, pearl, emerald, opal, aquamarine, rhodonite, rhodochrosite, ocean jasper, morganite

Animals: swan, dove, hare

ARTEMIS

Colors: white, blue, black, and grey for association with the heavens. brown and green for association with nature/the hunt.

Offerings: moon shaped foods, frankincense, cypress, mugwort, amaranth

Crystals: morganite, moonstone, aventurine, selenite, celestite, moss/tree agate, amethyst, quartz (specific dendritic), labradorite

Animals: deer, wolf, wild boar

APOLLO

Colors: yellow, white, and blue for association with the heavens. red, orange, and pink for healing. purple and green for the Oracle

Offerings: sun shaped foods, bay leaves, laurel, cypress, playing music, poetry

Crystals: sunstone, amber, calcite (specifically honey and yellow), quartz (specifically rutilated or clear), rose quartz

Animals: cow, snake, hawk, crow/raven, cicada, swan

HERMES

Colors: green and gold for money/luck. white and brown for travels.

Offerings: money, crocus/saffron, strawberries

Crystals: jade, malachite, fluorite, pyrite, lapis lazuli, citrine, alexandrite

Animals: tortoise, ram

HEKATE

Colors: purple, blue, and green for magic. red and black for association with underworld

Offerings: garlic, saffron, crossroad dirt, black salt, ashes, sage, cedar, yew

Crystals: labradorite, obsidian, hematite, black tourmaline, amethyst, bloodstone, serpentine, lepidolite

Animals: wolf, boar, serpent, lion, horse, cow

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puppetmaster13u · 5 months

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Prompt 95

Captain Marvel, new Den-Mother (despite the fact he himself is a child even if the league isn’t aware of that fact) for the Young Justice team blinks. Klarion, so-called chaos lord, blinks back in the middle of a spell.

He tilts his head. The other baby realms-being mirrors him. His own magic-fueled core pulses, and a chaos-core vibrates back. Oh. Ah. So that’s what’s happening.

“They can’t play right now,” he explains to the barely-younger ancient-in-training, ignoring the team’s incredulous looks at his words with the practice of someone who had to deal with the voices of gods all the time. And Batman’s narrowing eyes. Scary.

The chaos-core thrums in a distinct pouting-sensation, alongside a whine unique to young ghostlings. A whine that he replied with, even if only they could hear. Come play later, busy now, he insisted again, even if Klarion’s pouting was turning visible before it shifted to a scowl.

“Fiiine…” And then the chaosling was gone, his familiar with him. Billy really wished he could join in disappearing, seeing the info-hungry look in the others’ eyes.

#dcxdp #dpxdc #prompts #Look Danny's halfa transformation is rings because he died in a portal #Billy's is fuckin lightning- thank you wizard (not)#Billy: I am 10 and you are 6 therefor you are baby #klarion the witch boy #billy batson #young justice #Marvel: Well would you look at the time I need to go feed my tiger YEP-#The YJ & JL want ANSWERS Marvel #All the gods are cackling in his head #It's implied but yes #He has the divine twitch chat #captain marvel

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ts-witchy-archive · 5 months

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16 Ways to Connect with the Gods when you don't have an Altar

So I'm currently away from home for 10 days (pet/house sitting) and I don't have an altar space with me. I have my tarot deck and that's it. I decided to write this list incase it might help someone else who is away from home or is just in the pagan closet. Enjoy!

Read your Deity's myths or listen to people read myths on youtube

Sit outside and just think about them

Set your phone background to something that reminds you of them

Wear their colours or symbols

Make or listen to a playlist dedicated to your Deity/Deities

Do a digital offering on tumblr or another site

Just talk to them about your day

Write some poetry for them. Anything can be poetry, it doesn't have to be good

Scroll through their tags on social media

If you have coloured shoelaces wear their corresponding colours on your shoes!! (I can't believe i didn't think about this earlier)

Do your make up to honour them

Talk about them in a (dedicated witchy/pagan) discord server

Do something nice for someone. I know it's cheesy but it's cliche for a reason. For me it definitely makes me feel closer to my Gods

Draw/make art of them or one of their symbols

Youtube ambiance videos are great! If your Deity has an association with fire, water, birds, communal spaces or music there are heaps of videos on Youtube that you can play. Think coffee shop ambiance (communal space), waterfall/rain/water ambiance, nature/bird chirping ambiance, fire place ambiance, studying at the library ambiance, etc. endless possibilities

Draw their sigils/symbols on your face with skin care

I hope this helps!! Feel free to add any other tips. I tried to keep these relatively accessible for everyone.

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basicallyanotherwitchesthing · 6 months

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Bernard Shaw - The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search for God - Constable & Company Limited - 1932 (designed and engraved by John Farleigh)

#witches #black girls #occult #vintage #the adventure of the black girl in her search for god #adventures #black girl #search for god #bernard shaw #constable & company limited #george bernard shaw #1932 #john farleigh

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one-time-i-dreamt · 5 months

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George Washington was chasing me down main street with a sword yelling at me that he was God's warrior and I was going to Hell and I was a witch.

#dream #george washington tw #sword #yelling #God #Hell #witch

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apolloslyrics · 1 month

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☀️Deities☀️

I see so many people criticizing others over their relationships, or lack thereof, with their deities, so here are some reminders:

Not having deities is okay.

Having just a devotional relationship with your deities is okay.

Having a working relationship with your deities is okay.

Playing games with your deities is okay.

Harmless jokes with your deities are okay.

Doing fun things with your deities is okay.

Doing devotional offerings for your deities is okay.

Giving physical offerings to your deities is okay.

Not being able to do certain offerings for deities is okay.

Having an altar for your deities is okay, no matter the size.

Not having an altar for your deities is okay.

Laughing with your deities is okay.

Crying with your deities is okay.

Having genuine conversations with your deities is okay.

Being unable to hear/see deities is okay.

Being able to hear/see deities is okay.

Not being able to communicate through divination is okay.

Using divination as a key element in communication is okay.

Not calling on deities during spellwork is okay.

Asking deities to help during spellwork is okay.

Asking deities for help in general is okay.

This is your relationship with your deities in your practice. Don't let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. 🫶

It's 2am, please forgive me if there are any mistakes!

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queenoftheantz · 6 months

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HEY EVERYONE do you remember my story I'm making?? With my own little blorbos?? No?

Well let me remind you!

At a crossroads in small town Sweden, there's a hot dog stand with a unique business model: If you can guess the Vendor's name, you get your food for free! BUT. If you fail, you owe him your soul. Yes, he is the literal devil.

A mid/late 20's guy called Tobbe stumbles into the stand, and immediately decides that that is the eaxct type of guy you want to be best friends (or more) with.

Above, we see Vendor and Tobbe, the stand, one of the customers (a high school music teacher/man killing water spirit)(Näcken), and an old friend of the vendor (a local activist/guardian spirit)(Huldra).

#Hi i love them your honor #soul for a hot dog #varmkorv #tobbe #vendor #yes tobbe is trans #god i really want to introduce the lesbian biker witches but i havent drawn them enough #art

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divinecouture · 5 months

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#girlblogging #coquette #lana del rey #dolette #it girl #born to die #honeymoon #lana del slay #lana is god #blue banisters #lizzy grant #lana del ray aka lizzy grant #manic pixie dream girl #im just a girl #the virgin suicides #the love witch #divine femenine #electra heart

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undeadmagick · 16 days

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a tip for beginners since it worried me when i first started: its important to note that while there are deities that are heavily connected to each other, you’re not obligated to work with both of them.

many people speak on specifically married deities (ex: hades & persephone, zeus & hera, odin & frigg). a lot of people refer to them as a “package deal” since they are heavily entwined. but it’s important for those just starting out, this does not mean you have to work with both.

as someone who works with hades, some of my offerings to him are related to persephone but i don’t worship her. in fact, when i had the opportunity to meet her and ask, she smiled and said, “you’re not mine”. we both mutually understood that we didn’t have a connection to one another but we have mutual respect and kindness for one another.

the “package deal” part is where i offer my coffee that is too sweet for hades so he said he’ll hand it to persephone instead. which is the cutest fucking thing btw omg

this is all just in an effort to say, please do not worry about having to work with two deities rather than one. don’t get overwhelmed.

#as a side note: persephone is so unbelievably gorgeous good god she’s beautiful #paganism #deity worship #deity work #norse paganism #hellenic pagan #hellenic polytheism #hades deity #persephone deity #hera deity #zeus deity #odin deity #frigg deity #baby witch

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liztheoceanfaerie · 7 months

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starsthewitch · 1 month

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I'm an Aphrodite devotee, of course I get tongue tied whenever I try to pray to her

I'm an Aphrodite devotee, of course I'm obsessed with sea life

I'm an Aphrodite devotee, of course I collect seashells whenever I go to the beach

I'm an Aphrodite devotee, of course I get the urge to put on makeup for no reason whatsoever

I'm an Aphrodite devotee, of course I used to be a pink hater and now am finally embracing it

I'm an Aphrodite devotee, of course I find swans gorgeous

I'm an Aphrodite devotee, of course I'm worshipping the goddess of love and sex even though I'm asexual

I'm an Aphrodite devotee, of course I love the smell of vanilla

#aphrodite #aphrodite deity #lady aphrodite #greek gods #gods #deity #deity work #deity worship #deities #aphrodite devotee #aphrodite devotion #pagan #paganblr #paganism #pagan witch #witchcraft #witch #witchy #witchblr

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puppetmaster13u · 5 months

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Who wants a prompt entirely in memes.

#dcxdp #dpxdc #prompts #danny fenton #klarion the witch boy #billy batson #would they be called chaos trio or feral trio lol #they're all realm denizens #lil baby godlings of chaos space and magic respectively #Danny and Billy are halfas but Klarion is a Neverborn #Fawcett just shrugs whenever they see Billy run around #He's that feral child they've seen ride a tiger before #Though it's nice he's got a friend even if they're all riding tigers now #Oh well #Danny: Why am I the youngest >:/#Billy: Because you're tinier than us #Danny: Having an adult form is cheating #Klarion: You're baby tho #Klarion: Omg we should go play with the justice league babies!#Danny: Omg friends yes!#Billy with the gods chanting Do It in his ears: This surely cannot go wrong #Billy: Let's bring them all kitties too so they have friends to snuggle with after playing #They might have run into Jason on the way and omg it's another undead bby who is older than them #Which isn't fair but also omg he should join them in their playing #Jason seeing glowing eyes in the shadows after reading several horror stories: NopeNopeNopeNopeNope #memes #meme

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