Thank you so much to everyone who supported me along the way and the patience you guys have had with me while setting up a new shop! It’s a tad different from my old store aside from name change because everything is now based on stock and I’m much more focused on hearth and village craft.✨
stick a pencil behind your ear — pencils are usually made of cedar wood (juniperus virginiana) which is said to carry spiritual and visionary energies, but can also help with self-mastery; pencil can be enchanted!
moon phases + zodiac signs — use new moon water for starting new painting projects and full moon water for finishing them; use the zodiac of the current moon for your creativity (fire sign: creative and passionate energy; water sign: emotional expression;
air sign: planning and mental work; earth sign: hand-made material items like arts and crafts);
planetary rulers of creative days — monday is ruled by the moon (emotions, inspiration); wednesday is ruled by mercury (expression, communication); friday is ruled by venus (love, beauty, art) sunday is ruled by the sun (personality, creativity, expression of self);
surround yourself with crystals — yellow fluorite, carnelian, chrysoberyl, citrine, orange calcite, tangerine quartz, mookaite jasper, fire agate, tiger’s eye, garnet, bloodstone, rhodochrosite, moonstone, pink kunzite, amethyst, ametrine, (herkimer) diamonds, chrysoprase, blue apatite, blue chalcedony, blue fluorite, blue kyanite, lapis lazuli, celestite, blue lace agate, larimar, azurite, opal; …
create your own color meanings — there are traditional and common meanings for colors but it also really helps to think about the colors and feel into the colors yourself. what do you associate with each color and what do different color combinations make you feel? then pin down which color makes you creative and surround yourself with it;
ask the Archangels for help — Archangel Gabriel can help with creativity and dissolving fear; Archangel Jophiel can help with wisdom and communication; Archangel Raphael helps with intuition and creative visualization, also brings healing and harmony; Archangel Haniel can help with expression of self and soul, also helps us to expand our spiritual horizon and therefore our art;
use essential oils while working — tangerine for joy and creativity; lavender for relaxation; clary sage for clarity and vision; jasmine for optimism and confidence; frankincense to calm; rosemary for mental clarity; eucalyptus for enthusiasm and creativity; peppermint for concentration; …
They’re finally here – made to order pride socks, straight from my Etsy shop! Link below or in bio; if you have any questions feel free to comment or message me 🤟
Gotta stop fuckin wit muhfuckas who comfortable w/ a mediocre life..I got big goals and need to surround myself wit ppl tryna get it like me
Anonymous said: I'm not necessarily a baby witch I've been doing witchcraft for ages it seems but I'm still having immense difficulty identifying stones and gems. Do you mayhaps have any tips and or tricks?
I’ve been having some trouble getting to sleep lately, so here’s one of the late night concoctions I’ve used to get me ready for bed
🍄materials
lavender
chamomile
lemongrass
valerian root
honey
(lemon balm or lemon juice can be used as a substitute for lemongrass, whatever you have on hand!)
🍃process
brew it however you’d like, I use empty tea filter bags, but there’s no shame in making your tea completely loose leaf
🌙health benefits
A good nights sleep is extremely necessary for you to be at your functional peak. Getting optimal sleep time in makes you way more alert, coordinated, happy and clear minded than you would be without it. It’s also is useful for loosing weight, reducing stress and decreasing risk of illness (both mental and physical)
Thanks @staff for reminding me that I made a self-harm post years ago by flagging it and bringing up a trigger again 🙃 I didn’t need to see that and have a reminder of where I was; that was unnecessary
Mmm good ‘ol starving for affection mood settling quite damn nice
i have been fucked up ever since i took a mythology class in college and learned that the greek mythology we know today is not only deliberately patriarchal (i mean duh) but was put in place specifically to abolish the matriarchal religion that came before it, nearly all traces of which were systematically erased. AND, the reason the modern west is so obsessed with greek mythology specifically is that it aligns so closely with our own patriarchal values. like we are literally taught greek mythology IN SCHOOL, that’s how hugely important it is in our culture. (i mean think about it… there is no real benefit to placing that much emphasis on greek mythology specifically over any other part of history)
learning this literally ruined greek mythology for me lmao
artemis and aphrodite are the classic madonna (virgin) and the whore
athena is deliberately stripped of her femininity in order to be goddess of wisdom, springing fully formed from zeus’ head instead of being born from a woman
hera is the jealous, vindictive ball and chain, etc etc.
and the kicker? pandora was a revamped character from an older myth, in which she created every single thing in the universe, good and bad. she didn’t just open a box and ruin everything by not being able to follow orders. pandora literally means “all-giving”. and in the greek mythology we know today, she’s the first woman on earth and manages to fuck things up for everyone. sound familiar? like eve, maybe?
i don’t have sources because i learned this in a college class like 3 years ago but if anyone has access to their college’s academic database and wants to source this for me that’d be awesome. i haven’t tried but i’m guessing you’d be hard pressed to find info about it on google.
here’s a book i’m reading abt it that i picked up at a half-price bookstore. it’s a bittersweet read. there’s references inside the front cover, too, for further reading.
Thank you for adding this! Reblogging so y’all can see it
This book is the bomb diggety. Bittersweet read indeed.
This reminds me of how figures in Chinese folk religion were changed and tamed when Confucianism became popular!!!
