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#I mean #getting fucked by a queer pagan is just a date with my lover 😅

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To Lady Hestia for confidence and safety when veiling

Hear me, Beloved Hestia,

Daughter of Kronos of Time and Flowing Rhea.

She who feeds the fires of Olympus and calls all hearths her home,

Eternal Hestia, the veiled goddess, and keeper of the home,

If I have ever lit your flame in your honour, please accept this prayer,

I wear this veil in honour of you and ask you to grant me the confidence to wear it in public, please sheild me from the negative thoughts and actions of others and to keep me safe outside my home,

I ask for your favour with a token of my praise, I offer to you (offering)

#hellenic polytheism #prayers

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How to curse a person or an institution

This spell has been crafted (and used) specifically as an anti-sexist/anti-patriarchal curse but may be tailored to other situations.

You will need:

a safe space

candles or incense (optional)

a piece of paper

matches or a lighter

a small fire-proof dish or bowl

something pointy and sharp (a bobby/hair pin, a nail, a thorn, a claw discarded by an animal etc.)

Find or create a sacred space. This is essentially a magical safe space. Ideally somewhere you are (and feel) safe and where you won't be interrupted. You can make the boundaries tangible by marking them out (drawing a circle, marking each cardinal point with an object, finding a space in nature which is marked out by different trees or rocks etc.)

Open the ritual by welcoming the assistance/help of something greater than yourself (your community, ancestors, a deity, a pantheon, Nature, the Earth, etc. Whatever speaks to you). If you use candles or incense, light them at this point.

Write down the name of the person/institution you want to curse, fold the paper, and place it in the bowl or dish.

Put yourself into a state of focus/concentration (meditation, music, entheogens, by staring into fire or candles, etc.). Allow yourself to feel the feelings of anger, hatred, bitterness, injustice, sadness etc. elicited by the person or institution you want to curse. Embrace these emotions, this darkness, without judgement. The rawer, the better. If tears come, don't wipe them off.

Focus your feelings into the edge of your sharp object (pin, thorn, claw, nail, etc.) Because of the nature of the curse (anti-sexist, anti-patriarchal), perhaps something which symbolises historic oppression of women would make it more powerful: a bobby/hair pin or edge of a clothes hanger, for e.g.

Place some of your spit or a tear on the edge of the object (other possibility: blood, depending on your path/on your level of comfort)

Pierce the folded piece of paper while focussing all of your emotions on the person you want to curse. Either speak your mind in stream-of-consciousness or use a pre-written formula you've come up with (I can help with that if needed). Call upon a greater power (fellow witches, a particular community, a deity, a pantheon, Nature, the Earth, etc). If a deity: favour a 'dark' or revenge deity. If the forces of nature: the wind, storms, thunder, the fires of the earth, etc. Optional: ask other trusted witches to accompany you and lend you their energy or carry out the same ritual, either at a distance or in person.

Light the paper and watch it burn in the bowl or saucer. Let your own anger simmer and boil over while you watch the paper burn.

Scatter the ashes in the wind or blow them out the window.

Thank nature/deities/ancestors etc. for guiding/helping you, blow out the candles (if you used any) and close your sacred space.

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Witchcraft and poetry are inseparable for me. What is a poem but a spell, every word woven with care and intention? A poem has the potential to craft new worlds, to open a portal into unseen realities, to rewild our hearts and souls. Poetry is spellcraft.

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I wish I could heal 

with the sí's holy waters

but the well is far

#fae

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It is never too late to learn to speak Irish.

You do not have to be Irish to speak Irish.

Once you're out of school, there is no grammar police and most people are just excited to have someone to speak Irish with.

Incorporating Irish words into your day when you're not fluent (I have to go to the leithreas, throw it in the bruscar, that's a gorgeous gúna) is an act of decolonisation.

Helping people to understand the language is an act of love.

Gaeilge go deo ❤️

#@prev: we will learn little bits at a time together a leannán #gaeilge

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#fairy witching in a nutshell haha #witchy

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Georges Fouquet, pendant in the form of a wisteria branch, 1908-10, Paris Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

#fae art

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Magnificent gold and enamel plique-à-jour pendant/brooch designed as a “Morning Glory”. It was once part of the collection of Ada Rehan, a popular actress of the late 19th century who starred in several Shakespearean plays.

Work signed Marcus & Co around 1900. Via The Newark Museum of Art collection

#fae art

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from 'a midsummer night's dream' by shakespeare

#me every night lol #fae

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Wee little cold remedy.

Juice two lemons well, and then slice the peel thinly. Set the juice aside for another purpose. It's the pith that you want.

Slice two inches of ginger and two inches of turmeric root

Add a tablespoon of whole star anise and a tablespoon of whole clove.

Add ingredients to a cheese cloth or mesh bag, and put in a very large mason jar.

Fill the jaw with cheap whiskey and leave overnight.

Take a tablespoon every two hours.

Good for respiratory colds. You can also add cayenne.

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Having even slightly popular mutuals is so cool. The king has bestowed upon me a like. Perhaps even a reblog

#agreed lol #me @ blackbearmagic

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Very important Witchy Rules should not be hidden in tags, so: GET PEER REVIEWED

Gentle reminder as we go into 2024 to please practice fire safety when giving offerings. If you have live candles and incense on your altar, never leave them unattended, and always keep a bowl of water nearby for safely extinguishing any lit matches, incense sticks, or other flammable items. You can even get fancy and have a dedicated water bowl if you must, but be safe. Fire is pretty, but dangerous.

#witchcraft #fire safety

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Remember when historian Diane Purkiss chose violence? 🤣

“In this essay, I will show that medieval and early modern witchcraft was for the most part not a pagan practice, but a dissident form of Christianity. I will also argue that modern pagans and modern witches are themselves products of the very globalized, commercial, urban and anywhere culture which they set out to resist.”

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#witchy

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The obsession with motherhood among Pagans is another Victorian era embellishment on the past but no one's ready to have that conversation.

#good post everyone #I am currently too exhausted to contribute but I appreciate y'all