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Reblogging from fb

#reblog

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Came back to Tumblr just to reboot this because I saw it on Facebook

“But if you forget to reblog Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”

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Virgo Rising

Virgo risings are quietly attractive and radiate intelligence. They’re shy in new situations and spend a lot of time analyzing and evaluating things around them before they warm up to situations and people. However once they’re comfortable, you’ll realise these individuals love to talk and have a great deal of information stored away in their mind. Sometimes Virgo risings appear cold and detached when you meet them, and you’ll assume they lack emotion. However, they’re always polite and well mannered people. Virgo is a shy, quiet sign, and one that is focused on details.  People with a Virgo rising will always notice objects in a room that others may not know are there. They need to be aware of things, and then they’ll begin to feel more comfortable in whatever social situation. Virgo risings can’t function unless everything is in it’s place, and they’re masters at making lists and being the most organized person around. Because Virgo risings always need to be in control they can appear uptight.

Virgo risings are content in analyzing a situation many times to make sure they haven’t missed anything, and are experts at working out the details of a plan. This is the sign of the workaholic and Virgo risings handle all the everyday boring, nit-picking matters that others want nothing to do with.  However this isn’t always a bad thing because they enjoy being busy, becoming more irritable and nervous if they don’t have anything to do. Virgo risings will go out of their way to help a friend out, while being reluctant to take any credit. People with this rising sign are more concerned with being useful than being recognized, and they feel the most fulfilled knowing they’ve helped someone out. They  take up roles in organizing or fixing things because they simply don’t expect other people to do it. If you want something accomplished, a Virgo rising will be the best person to turn to since they know what practical steps to take to sort an issue out.

In even the early stages of life Virgo risings see all things in an intellectual way. They’re practical in their intellectual pursuits and enjoy research and collecting data. Virgo risings are skilled when it comes to detail, objectivity and analysis but if they’re feeling really insecure they have the tendency to criticize. Their tendency in being a natural critic can get them immersed in the details of things that they forget to see the overall picture. However, this criticism is more than anything a bad habit developed  as a defence mechanism. Virgo risings are usually unaware of their ability to hurt or wound others with their words, and they may be the most surprised when others are offended towards them. They are not uncaring people, so Virgo risings need to be aware that their cool approach can come across like ice at times.

Virgo risings don’t like making mistakes and put a lot of pressure on themselves to be perfect. They seek perfection in all they do and sometimes they find it difficult for them to accept less in others.  People with this rising are connected to their body and sensitive to any discomfort, making many of them extremely alert to their health.  The symbol of Virgo is the virgin, and there is an innocence or purity about one with this rising. They care a lot about their well being and this purity can show up in their selection of food or their lifestyle. Virgo risings can often be someone who goes to the gym or yoga class regularly.  It’s also not uncommon for people with this rising sign to be vegetarian since taking care of their health is a natural outlet for them.  Some Virgo risings are big hygiene freaks, or just feel more content when everything is clean and ordered.

Virgo risings  are usually clean and neatly put together at all times. They appear younger than their actual age and there’s a gentle and conservative energy to them. The face tends to be oval-shaped with small but nicely constituted features. Virgo risings also appear to have a lot of nervous energy.

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An important flipside to naming a whole swath of Haitian Vodou as fraudulent is to recognize when we repeat over and over that the asson is always a fraud, it’s just about money, etc is that we are not really maligning who we think we are maligning. 

If we unpack this a bit, these words look like they are being used to try and shut down a conversation..which indeed they are. A closer look gives us a deeper message.

If we say ‘manbo and houngan asogwe are frauds and will initiate anyone who pays them’, what we are really saying is that Haitians are untrustworthy, are people who seek to exploit others, and that they will disregard religious ethics to make a dollar. This reinforces the caricature of Haitians as conniving, malicious folks out to harm people…which is one of those persistent and ugly dogwhistles of white supremacy.

Further, we are making sweeping, blanket statements that tell Haitians that their history is invalid and that it doesn’t matter and that we really know that their spiritual and religious beliefs are just for show or are somehow lesser. Haitian Vodou has been derided as primitive and backward for a long time, and reinforcing those stereotypes by speaking over what is a cultural hallmark is, at best, insensitive. It puts us as an individual in a position of being more important than the whole…and, if there is anything that is un-Haitian, it’s that.

If we say that ‘real Vodou’ or ‘true Haitian Vodou’ is only for XYZ class of people, period, we are stripping Haitians, both individually and as groups, of their autonomy, both personal and spiritual. Haiti and Haitians get spoken over a LOT out in the world, and it’s incumbent that non-Haitians not repeat colonial-overseer patterns. Haitians don’t need folks to gate-keep for them; they are perfectly capable of doing that for themselves.

Digging a little deeper into making broad and sweeping statements about spirits and people, we come to this fork in the road, essentially. Either we believe the spirits have the autonomy to do what they will, or we do not. Either we believe the spirits can make their own choice–even/especially when we don’t understand,or we do not. Either the lwa are capable spirits who see bigger and broader than we can, or they are not. Either Haitian Vodou is a balanced religion as dictated by the lwa, or it is a human-focused construction only where we are the center of all our actions. There is no having things both ways.

So, it’s important to think we really deeply about what we say, the attitudes we project, and what we really mean when we discuss our history and our present.

This is where the asson comes from and from what we who have the asson descend from:

The commentary is flawed at times, but this is asson lineage Haitian Vodou in Haiti. The calendar has changed, but this is unbroken–asson lineage Vodou is done the exact same way now. We sing the same songs, trace the same veve, utilize the asson in the same way to communicate that, no matter how we found our way here, nou menm la.

And, as towke asson/toke asson is utilized in the first video to ascertain that the holder is empowered to use it, towke asson is used the same way here; to prove the validity of the initiation of new priests in a temple full of houngans and manbos. This is the language of the asson, passed to assure the bonds created are thorough and valid. Anyone who passes through a djevo is taught how to make the asson ‘speak’, and anyone who claims to be a manbo or a houngan can be challenged to respond and prove that they are who they say they are.

The asson held Haitians in Diaspora together, which reflects a reason the asson lineage is so large and widespread. This is a video of a maryaj lwa ceremony from 1989, filmed in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

This is an asson lineage ceremony for Damballah Wedo and Loko in the Bronx in 1989.

This is an asson lineage ceremony in Jacmel, Haiti in 2016.

This is what is being called fake. These are the people who are being called frauds.

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I need this on something. Everything. Olive green crop top with golden yellow ink

Tbh I just want to save the world, self included. 💞

#art #creativedirector #savetheworld

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Omggggggg

Ceramics ist Krieg, Helena Hauss

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Types of water

💧Rain Water 💧 

Multipurpose, Growth, Rebirth, good for Spells that Gain Power over time

💧River Water💧

Moving on, Focusing Energy, Warding, Breaking through Rough Paths, and Good for Powering Tools

💧Storm Water💧

Emotional Strength, Confidence, Motivation, Force, Charging, Strengthens Spells, and Good for Curses

💧Snow Water💧

Purity, Endings, Change, good for Slow-moving Spells

💧Sea Water💧 

Cleansing, Healing, Banishing, and Protection

💧Dew Water💧

Love, Fertility, Delicate Magick, Fae Work

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Find out how you can become the best version of yourself! ❤️ Enjoy!! 😉🍀

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I need all of these

Who else loves these opals??! 😍💗🔮

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Take pictures of happy moments. Here’s a tired happy moment while on the phone. Finding beauty in the funniest places, who knew I was still beautiful even in my exhaustion. Not being arrogant, this newfound self love just has me in awe with myself. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1A5fbFFDbE/?igshid=1awhfpdpyop89

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Drink Magic Masterpost

Sorry, not the alcohol type drink, but you can find a masterpost for that here! This masterpost is organized by purpose/need. The ones involving coffee are bolded, since most of them are teas! 

DO NOT BLINDLY ASSUME HERBS IN TEAS ARE OKAY FOR YOU! DO YOUR RESEARCH.

Emotions + Emotional healing:

Drink your sorrows tea

Heal your heart potion

Moody Judy potion

Calm you the fuck down tea

Calming back to school tea

Calm thyself tea

Calm and happy tea

‘Give me sunshine’ potion for happiness

Rejuvenating tea

Self love latte spell

Self love and awareness coffee spell

Overall positivi-tea

Mental reboost tea spell

Quick confidence potion

Health + Healing:

Tea to relieve a sinus headache

Headache soothing tea spell

Marshmallow tea for sore throats

Tea for colds

Tiny tea spell to feel better

Feel better tea spell

Pain relieving tea

“Ew, cramps” tea

Menstrual relief tea spell

Tea infusions to soothe the stomach

Easy energy tea spell

Energy boost tea

Daily energy chant

Morning + Sleep:

Good morning potion

Morning sun cinnamon tea

What a Lovely Morning - Iced Tea Spell

Done fucking around coffee spell (productivity)

Coffee spell

Coffee spell for a good day

Honey milk for restful sleep

Simple dream tea

Lullaby tea

A bedtime tea spell

To dream of a lover potion/tea

Odds and Ends:

Good fortune tea spell

Nan’s good luck tea

Hot chocolate spell for wellbeing

“I am a Fucking Joy and Light to Behold” Tea

Magical lemon spearmint green tea

Spell to charge tea with power

Astral travel tea potion

Peachy potion to attract love

Apple cider love bringing spell

Daily coffee magic

Coffee grounding

Magical frappuccinos 

Hot chocolate magic

Coffee spell for writers

Coffee spells

Correspondences:

General tea magic

Fruit tea magic

Floral tea magic

Floral tea correspondences

Herbal tea magic

Chai spells

Coffee brew correspondences

Enchanted coffee ingredients

Infused water magic

Milkshake magic

Related posts:

Orriculum’s beverage magic/potions post

Masterpost of simple beginner friendly potions

Drink before casting

Drunk witchery

RESEARCHING HERB SAFETY

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And enough to invest in your community

May you always have enough for rent.

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#blitch #hoodoo #conjure

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#blitch #hoodoo #conjure

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I believe World Peace can be achieved if all the leaders come together after eating a huge meal( that they all enjoyed) and take a collective shit together. 10000 thread count Egyptian Cotton tissue or a moist towelette, optional bidet.

Everyone in their own stalls, unless they’re making an agreement or accusation. Then someone comes and opens the two doors and they beef it out, eye to eye.

Hell maybe the Last Supper was actually them taking a shit together. And someone was like “nay, thy must damage thy vision of truth. Nay, thou must blind thee, and cut off thy tongue, cripple thy hand. Lest the truth be revealed in a cloud of darkness

#worldpeace #peace #everybodypoops