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Serious sky tonight

“Illustrations From A Gay Fantasia” - Joe Eason 2023

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Individual posts:

“The Mage & The Knight”, “The Paladin & Her Sorceress”, “The Rogue & The Bard”, “The Knight & The Ranger”

I just wanna play a consistent d&d campaign I know it would cure me

New cosmic family member: Void

Moth and Weeds by mrokat

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Actually useful shit to have as a witch

You really don't need all the fancy bullshit every tumblr influencer will ever tell you to use. Here's my countdown ofaxtually useful shit.

A pocket knife, preferably with a wood handle. Use that bitch for everything, enchant it, carve symbols in it. It will absolutely be your best friend.

A good bag or backpack with a couple of plastic or ziploc bags in it. If you ever run off into the woods to find minerals, bones, plants, etc. A set aside bag and some things to store your treasures in becomes a necessity.

Basic divinatory sets. You don't have to buy fancy shit, learn to divine with playing cards and dice, or learn geomancy, lithomancy, or rune casting with homemade sets. A tarot deck is nice, but it isn't necessary when you've got so many other divinatory aids available.

A nice sized chunk of scrap cloth. When you process dried plants or sort new ones, that shit can and will get everywhere. A scrap piece of muslin or linen can help contain all of that mess and make clean up way easier.

A stash of good rocks. Draw sigils or symbols on those babies and leave them in the garden, the windowsill,property boundaries, under the stoop, etc. You can never have too many good rocks.

A pendulum, for fucks sake. The cards are going to be vague as hell when you're trying to figure out yes or no questions, and using a candle to communicate with spirits is really fucking hard outside. If you can't afford one, find a nice chunk of pointy quartz and learn to macrame.

A workspace. Everyone talks about having big fancy altars, but no one mentions that you need a good surface to do all your work on.

Storage, so much storage. I'm not talking about mason jars and pill bottles, I'm talking about where you put all the things you put in those jars. Having a workspace with drawers is immeasurably helpful.

A broom and water source. You're going to be cleaning up after yourself a lot, it's helpful to have a jug of water and a broom that stays by your workspace.

A mode of cleansing. I make a salt concoction to scatter around my workspace on short notice and store it close by.

On that note: SOMETHING TO CANCEL SPELLS WITH. Eventually, something will go wrong. You'll want to end that spell immediately. Have something to do it with.

A strainer. If you don't have a blender, rub dried plants across it to get a powder. If you do have a blender, you can strain that powder with it. Either way, if you intend to powder shit, get a strainer.

Small trays. It makes drying flowers so much easier if you have a small metal surface to contain them with- then just stick those suckers in a southern window and let em go.

Yarn/string scraps. Having a box or drawer of scraps makes trying this up to dry easier and a bit less wasteful.

A stash of offerings for whatever you work with. Honey for fae, coins for graveyard gatekeepers, alcohol for ancestors, etc.

Protective talismans or charms. Once you're into all of this stuff, you'll likely stick your nose in something you shouldn't. Having basic protection with you or in your workspace is incredibly important. A key and hagstone with red string is simple and effective.

A lighter- so many people forget the most basic shit. You're going to want to light shit on fire if you're a witch.

And a last tip- if something is too hard for a mortar and pestle, a plastic bag and hammer works too.

Artist: kirokaze

Cold Winter Sky - submitted by @lightgriffinsect

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Fairy’s are real ✨

So, this is strange. I had forgotten this account ever existed and it’s tempting to deactivate it for good. But then again, it’s been two years. I don’t think anyone even follows me and I find that a little cathartic. It’s like a clean slate but without the factory reset. So I may stick around for a bit and see how I like it.

*gayly psychoanalyzes you, but you're me*

Apollo trying to get me to do literally anything:

the forest king is passing by.

October 2020 Illustrations ヽ(• ‿ •)ノ

Hereditary (2018) dir. Ari Aster

Lisbon, Portugal.

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I hear you singin’ in the wire, I can hear you through the whine

At 1am last week I saw a Litwick silhouette on my Pokemon GO radar; jumped in my car to drive there, only to find the stop was inside a gated cemetery that was closed for the night. :U

The crystal ball never lies 🔮✨

rainy day ⛈️

your house smells of leather and lavender and cinnamon. your fingers are ink-smudged and weary from a long day of writing, and when you step outside the evening air touches your cheek like a kiss, and you lift your face to the darkling sky, letting the gloaming breeze tousle your hair. you stretch deliciously from the tips of your fingers to the rock of your heels, and the evening swaddles you in tender light. 

‘Turquoise Crescent’, Portugal, The Alrgarve, Lagos, Praia Dona Ana

By Chris Ford

a cup of sunshine

Here is a recipe for liquid positivity to help you all through these days.

You’ll need: chamomile fresh ginger (just a little!) fresh lemon honey

optional: homemade cinnamon buns (will heal your heart with immediate effect)

Brew your tea with a bit of ginger and add a squeeze of lemon. Add the honey with a spoon and use it to stir clockwise while thinking of a happy memory. (I might have had a chant for this, but I forgot it already, and it was probably in multiple languages - pardon me, I’m a bit of mess after not leaving the house for two weeks. You can make your own chant if you’want.)

Put on a song that makes you feel good. I chose Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles.

Sit by a window and open it if possible. Breathe.

Drink up. You’re alright.