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Ugh. I just want to be a mermaid T^T

#mermaid

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Jakub Rozalski

#Jakub Rozalski #art #witchy #painting

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Halloween Haiku IV

#haiku

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“I understand I missed out on ten years but my brain is fried, do I really need to read all of these journals on foreign policies tonight?

Most of this is new to me too but we still have three more left we had planned for today.

…  I’d much rather just study you..

mhmm… likewise dear…

but first we finish this at least!”

Belle would definitely make sure Adam’s all up to date and prepared to rule his kingdom.

#beauty and the beast #soft #most ardently

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if your calls for nonviolence are directed at the oppressed, you perpetuate the violence of the oppressor. To end the cycles of violence, it must be stopped at its root.

#important

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holisticallygrace ~ Instagram

#important #relationships

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Halloween Haiku (3/4)

#haiku #my poetry #autumn #halloween

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"I would never-"

You would if you were tired enough. You would if you were hungry enough. You would if your mind and body had been worn down enough, through pain or disease or toil or violent struggle. You might if you were put on the wrong medicine, or you got the wrong kind of head injury, or you were forced to choose between someone else and yourself. You might if your livelihood was staked on it, or all your hopes and dreams. You might if you didn't know what else to do, if it's what you were taught or if nobody taught you anything else.

I have not been worn down in most of these ways. I have lived a remarkably privileged life. But I have been worn down in some ways. And they were enough to teach me that in the wrong circumstances, any of us can become someone we don't want to be. It's worth keeping that in mind.

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Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

#autumn #witch #autumn witch

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The Issue with Witchy Business

Allow me to preface this by stating that I, in no way shape or form, disagree with profiting off of your abilities. This statement is also applicable to knowingly fake fortune tellers.

False psychics may not possess the ability to see the future, they do, however, possess people skills. The adept ones have a keen understanding of human psychology, as well as employing subtle tactics in order to get answers out of a person.

False fortune tellers are most certainly selling their skills, and it's typically for entertainment purposes anyhow; they're entertainers. Albeit, their intentions are not to aid their clients with metaphysical advice to do good by them. But the individual working at Subway isn't working there with the intention of nourishing every customer's body with good and healthy food (despite its advertising). They're working there to get paid.

I also hold very little disdain towards the individual slinging cut cocaine at frat parties. Those college kids are often from wealthy families (that's why they're blowing money on blow from a dealer who they themselves and everyone else at the party don't know), they can afford to get ripped off.

Fake psychics have as much a right to run a fortune telling business as a "real" psychic does. Because, for starters, there is no substantial evidence that fortune telling is even legitimate to begin with.

I believe in fortune telling. I've made many accurate readings through meditation alone for multiple people throughout my life. But I'm willing to admit that an experiment between myself and a performative psychic would likely yield little results. Essentially, it's going to be very difficult to prove to a judge that you are indeed providing legitimate psychic readings, and not simply "scamming" people.

I mentioned a judge, because I've noticed a strange amount of pretentious reactions from practicing witches regarding the owner of the Serpent's Key metaphysical shop in Hanover, Pennsylvania being approached by police for "practicing witchcraft".

So the law, apparently, is specifically against false fortune tellers, which has led some witches online to speak out against performative readings for money as being "awful". They only feel that the law is bad because there are "real" psychics who genuinely want to help people.

In a way, I agree with them. People should not have to pretend to have mystical powers simply so that they can afford to survive. Quite frankly, it's almost shameful for someone who claims to have a genuine interest in helping people to be offering life changing work for a price. But in this society, we're forced to sell ourselves to survive.

Tarot readers with no psychic abilities are no different from sex workers. They're offering a nice release of hormones in exchange for the means of their survival. But there is no genuine connection, and little truth.

Their business may be reducing the metaphysical down to a commodity, but the "real" witchy entrepreneurs are doing the same as well.

#witchy #witchcraft #commodification #fucking #capitalism #i guess

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Halloween Haiku (2/4)

#halloween #haiku

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source

#reminder

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Natalie Ina - Autumn coming, Cold feelings

#autumn #witchy

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#mine #poetry #haiku #drawing #cat #train #fog #autumn #october #pennsylvania #railroad

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Souls are permeable-> The more you interact with a person the more it changes you. This is obvious when it's in friendship, and or it is a chosen change. But even if you don't want to change, knowing others will change you will regardless, in ways you may not be able to predict. That is the nature of all relationships, we are not static things. Yeah. That's it, just gonna think about this one all day

#reminder #lovely

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Melancholy and Missing Lighters Zine II

#zine #traditional art #poetry #poem #autumn #october #melancholy

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I dream of the moon because this world has no other escape, when you aren't cut out, too awkward for the social norms and energy of this world.

When every breath you take, feels unnatural in your lungs, your heart beating against the ribs in your chest trying to break free from its prison, like you don't belong, but just force yourself to adapt.

I wonder if I climbed to her as close as I could get, reached out my arms, splayed my fingers and jumped as high as I could as I call to her, would she cradle me in her power, or let me land back down and touch defeat?

#moon #mood