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while my mind is racing in my failed attempts of letting him go

my heart finds its peace in images of his touch

the softness of his palm, and warmness of his smile

two steps backwards due to thousands of miles in between us

but there is a thin line that i believe keeps us tightly close

a line through which my kiss will find you

and on every gloomy day i will feel your hug

Astro 101

Lesson IV, Part 1, Post XXV

Planets in Houses

First House

Sun in First will give you vitality, leaderships skills, and a need to Express yourself.

Moon in First has a need to be appreciated they are intuitive and emotional.

Mercury in First has a thirst for knowledge and a need to discuss personal interests. They see everything from a logical stand point.

Venus in First tend to well liked. The have a taste for the finer things in life like beauty and art.

Mars in First have boundless energy and a need to take charge and assert oneself.

Jupiter in First tend to be elaborate and optimistic foreigne sites and topics interest them.

Saturn in First tend to be serious individuals with a quiet drive to successes. They likely have struggled with self esteem some point in their life.

Uranus in First have a need to Express there originality. They often experiences both positive and negative drastic changes.

Neptune in First have a mysterious allure. They tend to be in snyc with everything and every one around them. They can get carried anyway by their beliefs and have trouble with reality.

Pluto in First tend to go through periods of reinventing themselves.

Second House

Sun in Second is someone who is very concerned with their personal value and material world.

Moon in Second is someone who’s security is very important to them. The need to be comforted by shelter, food, and clothing.

Mercury in Second has an enterprising mind.

Venus in Second is attracted to symbols of success and partners who can provide for them.

Mars in Second are very ambitious, even if it means taking their time to get what they want.

Jupiter in Second tend to be very fortunate with high esteem.

Saturn in Second may work hard and achieve little. Success is delayed.

Uranus in Second tends to fluctuate in their values and possession.

Neptune in Second can inhance financial wealth and popularity or hinder it.

Pluto in Second can transform wealth and esteem positively or negatively. Greed can work against you.

Third House

Sun in Third House has a thirst for knowledge and communication. You have favorable relations with your relatives and community.

Moon in Third House allows their emotions to affect their mental focus and conversation. Intuition and memory are favored.

Mercury in Third House tend to be very quick minded with many intellectual and diverse interests. Travel may be common.

Venus in Third House are readers and communicators. There is favorable relations with relatives and community.

Mars in Third House are aggressive talkers that can lead to relatives and community disputes.

Jupiter in Third House has a taste for culture and travel. They absorb knowledge easily.

Saturn in Third House may struggle being heard. School or speech or socialization may have hit road blocks when young. You may have some responsibility to certain relatives and neighbors.

Uranus in Third House jumps from one focus to another. They absorb knowledge through random experience. Travel is often indicated.

Neptune in Third House has a visionary mind and memory. Some struggle communicating their vision. There is a wedge between xertain relatives and neighbors. Usually spiritual and intuitive.

Pluto in Third House is capable of transforming their environment often just my speaking their minds.

fourth House

Sun in Fourth House are very focused on their domestic lives. Their family, their home, and where they come from. They yearn to learn about themselves.

Moon in Fourth House has a deep emotion tie to their parent(s). They are often nostalgic for their childhood. Frequent change in residence is likely.

Mercury in Fourth House feels at home with intellectual pursuits. Healthy discussion was common in childhood. Frequency change in residence is likely.

Venus in Fourth House have close ties to their family and home. You abstain financial gain through family or property.

Mars in Fourth House learn independence early in childhood. Upbringing was energetic and in some cases hostile. You may have been put in a position where you were always competing or butting heads with another family member.

Jupiter in Fourth House thrive at home. Their childhood was happy and memorable. There may have been many family trips or spiritual involvement.

Saturn in Fourth House likely had too much responsibility and restriction growing up. They may of had to care for a I’ll parent or younger children. Discipline may have been harsh. Having children of their own may come late in life.

Uranus in Fourth House struggle for stability. Stability may have been hard to achieve in childhood. Home life was unusual and may of been lacking a foundation all together. This pattern may follow you into adulthood.

Neptune in Fourth House indicates a struggle to see things how they really are when growing up. You may have been sheltered from financial hardship, domestic violance, or societal upheaval. Intuition or prophetic dreams are possible.

Pluto in Fourth House indicates a need to transform the domestic experience. Upbringing may have been traumatic.

Fifth House

Sun in Fifth House requires pleasurable pursuits. Friendships, romance, hobbies, interests and arts take up a lot of your energy. Children likely bring you good fortune.

Moon in Fifth House enhances your creativity and bond with others. There is a deep need to Express your talent with others. Children is likely.

Mercury in Fifth House seek a intellectually stimulating bond. One where you can gush over common interests. Theater or script writing might be of interest.

Venus in Fifth House is happy sharing their love and joy with others. Children are often treasured and may possess a creative talent.

Mars in Fifth House need to expel energy in a relaxed setting such as a gym. Romances can be short lived.

Jupiter in Fifth House has a healthy relationship with art, romance, and children.

Saturn in Fifth House may have had to deal with too much responsibility imposed on them. The can have difficulties relaxing and expressing themselves. Child rearing may be delayed or encounter road blocks.

Uranus in Fifth House have unconventional relationships and hobbies. Your patently style is likely very progressive and modern.

Neptune in Fifth House is likely very intune with children of their generation with a deep understanding of their needs and wants. Creative gifts may be present.

Pluto in Fifth House may release some transformative art that reaches its entire generation.

Sixth House

Sun in Sixth House are hard workers that provide a service to their community at large. Often intune with our physical bodies and the impact of eastern and western medicine.

Moon in Sixth House will notice a direct relationship to their emotional state to their physical health and work performance. Their weight may fluctuate. Interaction with animals will bring you luck.

Mercury in Sixth House is mentally agile in the work setting. Work keeps you occupied from going astray. You are mentally thorough but must make sure your thoughts are going to good use. Excess stress can cause physical anomalies.

Venus in Sixth House is likely to be healthy and establish positive relationships in the work setting. One might meet their romantic partner at work.

Mars in Sixth House tend to be very physically active and require an exercise driven outlet. They are very ambitious but can stir up trouble in the work force.

Jupiter in Sixth House are usually are very healthy, though should watch their diet. There may be a interest in helping aid in underdeveloped countries.

Saturn in Sixth House may suffer a weak immune system and have to watch their health carefully or the may need to learn to establish a good work ethic.

Uranus in Sixth House goes through sporadic changes to their physical bodies and job titles. Extreme sports may be of interest.

Neptune in Sixth House maybe have weakened immune systems. They are better suited to jobs with loose guidelines and allow for creative reign.

Pluto in Sixth House your work can be transformative to its generation and to yourself. Your impact may be positive or negative, but, powerful whatever it is.

*stay tuned for house seven through twelfth!*

The Signs as Beautiful Words

Aries - Phosphenes

(n) The light and colors produced by rubbing your eyes

Taurus - Sonder

(n) The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own 

Gemini - Epiphany

(n) A moment of sudden revelation 

Cancer - Divine 

(adj) Like God or a god / very good or pleasing

Leo - Aurora 

(n) The dawn in the early morning

Virgo - Mellifluous 

(adj) Sweet or musical; pleasant to hear

Libra - Opulent

(adj) Ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish

Scorpio - Alluring

(adj) Powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive

Sagittarius - Euphoria

(n) A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness

Capricorn - Serendipity 

(n) the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way

Aquarius- Iridescent

(adj) Producing a display of rainbow-like colors

Pisces - Ethereal 

(adj) Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world

push yourself to do the hard yards. if we always listened to that sneaky part of ourselves, humans never would’ve achieved anything. stay up a little later, wake up a little earlier, turn on that website blocker a little longer and always remember that success is something you need to work for every single day, no matter how you feel or how many people tell you that you can’t do it, even if one of those people is yourself. no one is guaranteed to stay in your life, not even the people you think will be with you forever (especially those people), so how about you set up your life instead of wasting it away focusing on other people. and always remember that setbacks are a given, but you’ve gotta get out of there, for your own sake. 

“The ‘60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.” - Abbie Hoffman.

My therapist- John Lennon saying and I oop- as George squeezes passed him in the 60s isn't real, it cant hurt you

John Lennon saying and i oop- as George squeezes passed him in the 60s-

Nina Simone performing on a TV show filmed at BBC Television Centre in London, 1966. 

Photos by David Redfern

latin phrases i wish to remember:

♡ "veni, vidi, vici." - i came, i saw, i conquered.

♡ "vivamus, moriendum est." - let us live, for we must die.

♡ "ergo dum me diligis." - so long as you love me.

♡ "alis volat propriis." - she flies with her own wings.

♡ "sic mundus creatus est." - thus the world was created.

Top 10 favorite Females from the Summer 2017 anime season.

10. Ryouko Kaji (Tsurezure Children)

9. Dorothy (Princess Principal)

8. Chise (Princess Principal)

7. Yuki Minegawa (Tsurezure Children)

6. Kuga Akine (Yokai Apartments)

5. Takano Chizuru (Tsurezure Children)

4. Ange Le Carre (Princess Principal)

3. Horikita Suzune (Classroom of the Elite)

2. Hoshinomori Chiaki (Gamers!)

1. Jabami Yumeko (The Compulsive Gambler)

What if you met someone just outside the ball, a couple of hours after it had started. You had left having been sick of being passed around the ballroom, escaping through a hidden exit and wandering the corridors only to find yourself outside, where a woman in a dark suit stood against the sandstone building, smoking a cigarette in silence. The music could still be faintly heard from inside with only the candle lit hallway behind the arching windows providing you the light to see her face. She was beautiful, as she turned to you and spoke in a deep honey voice, removing the cigarette. "Hello, darling."

The concept of the secret history classics class over zoom continues to occupy all my thoughts but unfortunately julian would just hold his class in person bc he has no regard for the health and safety of his students

you’re sat in the library, there are thousands of leather-bound books surrounding you. it’s late enough that most people have already left but early enough that you’re still only on your first coffee. you’re reading an academic text on a topic you’re really interested in. you’re feeling motivated for the night ahead of you.

Academia Friendship Clique

The Leader: lavender, honey, strawberries and cream, milk tea. The light academia friend, always smells of flora. white, gold, neutrals. Natural makeup. Neatly ironed clothing. Probably has a white/beige/brown cat with its own bell collar.  The Bodyguard: roses, chocolate, grapes, energy drinks. Punk academia variant, sometimes smells of an elegant musk. Black, silver, grey. Dark makeup, red lips. Shirt untucked, uneven socks, unkempt hair. Carries a pack of cigarettes, will play classical music with electric instruments. Dog lover. Will fight if provoked. Flips off professors. The Supporter: sunflowers, raspberries, water from the mountains. The cottagecore friend. Smells of sandalwood, gold, green, beige. Unkempt hair wrapped in flowers she grew in her room. Summer evenings with a little breeze, violin player. Loves to bake for her friends. Is baby. The Quiet One: peonies, chocolates and caramel, black coffee. Dark academia, thought to be the leader’s twin but in black. thoughtful and mysterious, won’t speak more than a few sentences at a time. Black, blue, silver, brown. Almost like the baby sister of the group, adored feverishly. Daydreams a lot. Will tell you Allan Poe is her great uncle. Straight A student. The Fashionista: hibiscus, vanilla and berries, light academia’s childhood friend. The one you go to for fashion advice, fur coats, leather boots, warm sweaters. Little effort in looking beautiful, has a beret from her great grandfather. Fruit juice, sometimes gets carried away when venting but her friends love her regardless. White, gold, brown, pink. Better in fashion than in studies. 

astnomer student aesthetics

More Concept Playlists

+ You walk out of your shitty roadside motel room that you’ve been staying in since you ran away from home. It hasn’t been cleaned since the 50s but at least no one will find you out here, in the middle of the desert. You head towards the ice machine, but someone is already there. It’s the most popular girl in school, who you’ve had a crush on since 6th grade. She’s run away too.

+ You and your fed-up punk friends attempt to summon a demon at your all girls catholic boarding school, determined to wreck some wacky havoc on the oppressive staff. But the fun doesn’t last long as you realize you have unleashed something far more sinister. Something that doesn’t slam doors or break windows but drips deep into your psyche and reveals the meaning of pure evil.

+ The year is 1987, You’re part of a ragtag band of misfits that have been friends since childhood. All of you are gay, but no one has admitted it yet so rifts are forming in the gang. One summer morning you roller skate over to your best friend, the only other girl in the groups house to tell her you’re in love with her. Will it tear group apart once and for all or bring you back together?

+ You’re 17 and in love with your manic pixie dream girl of a best friend. It’s a wednesday night in early june and you can’t sleep because all you can think about is her stupid perfect crooked smile and just when you think you can’t stand it anymore you hear a tapping at your window. You open it and there she is, with that smile. She asks you if you want to go on an adventure. You’ve never wanted anything more.  

+ July is the season of rabid dogs. There’s something about the constantness of the heat that drives spikes into the head. This year there’s a new plague: the teenage girls. They are sick. The are restless. They are hungry. Their bare feet burn on the hot concrete but they won’t stop until they have tasted the blood of every abusive man in town.

+  You and your closest friends sit on the roof of your suburban house watching the sunset. The crisp, nearly-autumn breeze blows against your oversized hoodie while you sip cheap, lukewarm beer from a paper bag. No one says anything, no one has to.

+ It’s 1:30 am and you’re driving out of the city with your girlfriend asleep in the passenger seat. there are lights glowing on the highway and in the city behind you but it feels like it’s just the two of you, and you wish it could last forever

+ The year is 1975. The Russians went ahead and nuked us and well, just about everyone died. But don’t worry! There were a few survivors. You and your gang find yourselves with the entirety of west Hollywood all to yourselves and nothing keeping you from the thousands of mansions and all the goodies they might hold

+ You’re on the road with a crappy RV you bought somewhere sketchy with your best friend and her dog on the trip of a lifetime trying to make it as a bluegrass singer. You fall in love over crumpled maps, roadside lemonade, campfire sing alongs, and grimy dive bars where you pay for meals by washing dishes.

+ You walk into your room, satin gown flowing in your wake,You dramatically collapse into a dark velvet chair as if the cameras are rolling. You put on a record and pour your fourth glass of red wine. Your fifth husband has mysteriously died, good thing he left everything to you in the will.

+ You’re at a Halloween party in the basement of a seedy punk club, so wasted you can’t see straight. The ground starts shaking. More than it was before, are you imagining it? No. The bands screaming has gone from angry to terrified. The apocalypse is happening right now.

+ You stand in front of the house at the edge of town. The house with boarded up windows. The house with broken glass in the yard instead of flowers, like everyone else in your small misty mountain town. The house no one talks about. The house you only go when you have nowhere else to go. You have someone to find in there, someone you need to bring home.

+ Is there any place better to dissociate than a roller rink?

+ Everything is perfect here. It’s a nice cabin, tucked away in the depths of the Ozarks. The lake is right out back so she can swim whenever she wants. Swimming makes her happy. And all of this is to make her happy. This morning you wake up early to watch the sun rise over the water. It’s a perfect morning for a perfect place, golden light seeping through everything. Highlighting orange starting to creep into the leaves. Your breath catches in your throat. It’s almost October. Yes, this place is perfect. But it’s time to go home.

+ You’re a music producer who died overdosing on cocaine at a club in the 70s. You awaken in the exact spot you died in the year 2073. You’re hungry, thirsty, and hornier than you’ve ever been. But most importantly, you look as fly as you always have and you’re surrounded by beautiful women.

+ She’s an urban witch. A drugstore sorceress, mixing potions of Xanax and gasoline. Selling them on a street corner in the east village. No one knows her name, few know her face, But they say you’ll know her when you see her. You approach her on a chilled November night and offer a pack of cigarettes for a love potion. Hands shaking with anxiety and cold. She looks you in the eye and tells you you don’t need love potion. She’ll give you everything you want for free.

+ My boyfriend Oliver. I know this isn’t a concept but he’s super cute and i love him so let me live……DM me if you wanna see pics

+ You’re driving through the depths of the Appalachian mountains on a foggy night. You see a dark figure with glowing eyes up ahead at the edge of your headlights and your heart stops beating. No. It can’t be him…. He wasn’t supposed to be able to find you all the way up here I. You get closer and your shoulders relax, It’s just an old man. He smiles when you pass, his milky eyes reflecting back at you like stars. probably just a friendly local out for a late night stroll. You’re safe. It’s fine. Only 10 miles to go. Your engine dies the moment you realize that human eyes dont glow.

+ You’re a nerd, a nobody, the kid who sits by herself at lunch. The kid who never talks and never gets noticed by anyone. Yet here you are, dressed in your big sisters clothes, standing in the coolest girl in schools living room while a party rages around you. Tonight you’re going to be cool. Tonight you’re going to be the life of the party. Tonight she’s finally going to realize you exist. This is either the bravest thing you’ve ever done or the stupidest.

+ You’ve been climbing the mountain for three days and three nights. Out of food, out of water, and utterly, painfully alone. Just when you think you can walk no farther, you hear a waterfall in the distance. With your remaining ounce of strength you launch yourself the final few yards. You collapse to your knees and peer into the clear, cool water. But Instead of seeing your face your entire life is reflected back at you.

bindrunes!! 

Chakras & Crystals

Crown - Selenite, Crystal Quartz, Moonstone, Fluorite, Amethyst

Third Eye - Lapis Lazuli, Iolite, Sapphire, Sodalite

Throat - Agate, Angelite, Turquoise, Amazonite, Hawk Eye

Heart - Rose Quartz, Aventurine, Malachite, Unakite

Solar Plexus - Citrine, Tiger’s Eye, Amber, Yellow Calcite, Topaz

Sacral - Carnelian, Peach Moonstone, Orange Aventurine, Orange Calcite

Root - Red Jasper, Obsidian, Red Tiger’s Eye, Tourmaline

'I promise to smile at the sound of song

and to take my tea always with honey;

I promise that I will not kill a spider

and bring out sugar-water to sick bees.

I promise to part with my spare change when

I can; I vow to believe more than I doubt—

I will say compliments as often as

I think them; I will drive the rude thoughts out.

I will rebel not for rebellion's sake,

but when integrity demands a choice;

I vow to avoid severity when it is unneeded;

I vow to always use my voice.

Who do I make these promises to? Myself, and God;

because they say kindness is a virtue

of practice.'

'to be kind,' - Megan's Poetry #1001

you and me, we are easy there are no games, no hidden agendas we looked at each other on that special day when you finally kissed me and we both knew we had to risk it and jump because it just felt right nothing ever felt as natural as being with you for you are my home you make me smile as much as I’ve never did before  I never knew that it would be possible  to love someone without being hurt at the same time to find someone who actually wants to stay  someone who tells me that I deserve to be loved  I wanted to thank you for being you  for holding me at 3AM when I wake up from a nightmare and telling me that everything is alright  thank you for letting me love you in all my strange ways when I am getting overwhelmed by all those beautiful feelings inside of me  sometimes I just can’t believe how lucky I am and you know I get anxious about little things because now and then my past takes me by surprise and there are days when I can’t verbally tell you how much you mean to me  but if you look into my eyes, you will always see the truth  my whole body is filled with love for only you and if you just hold me, everything is fine  you are my remedy you are my safe haven  I love you 

- for V

oh my god this is something out of life experience

For my wife, after a near-death experience on the eve of our anniversary

When I tell you I believe in love at first at sight, I mean that every time I look you are a different person. I mean that looking’s not the same as seeing—we’re not static. It’s an hypothesis the sun will rise tomorrow. Every day I see it, and worry is the thief of so much joy, but not of this— that I don’t take it for granted. And when I say “I love you” every time you take the car, I mean not only that we almost hit a moose the other day. I mean it’s easier to write a sex scene than a make-out session. I mean I can’t describe your breath into another mouth, it’s so familiar— and the passion that could make it last forever came from novelty or desperation. So I think about meteors when we kiss. I think of supernovas, blackholes, gamma ray bursts and all the things in space that could vaporize us— every mass extinction event except the Anthropocene because that’s too depressing. I think about there being no god and no heaven and no higher purpose when I look into your eyes and I don’t need them, I just need time to slow down. I’m sorry I haven’t written you more poems, my love, they’re not marketable I think. People like to read themselves into these things and, well you know I like to write them there. But it’s not for me to say— this ‘you’ is only yours. I’ve put nothing on a pedestal that wasn’t my own. And when I ask if you can take a sick day while the kid’s at school, I mean not only that I want to ravish you in every room; I mean it doesn’t matter if we hit those moose or not— I mean that I don’t want us to grow old together, I want to be there when that meteor hits, stopping time forever— I won’t go into that light without you. And when I say “I love you” and “sleep well”, I mean I hope to see you in the morning for the first time. I mean that I would walk a thousand miles in the night to toss a pebble at your bedroom window, lift a boombox and shout: I’ve known you for a century; let me in your life. * * * Written Novemeber 2020.

It’s Not Over

I think of you at night, and when hearses drive by Their trembling vibrato cracking over the uneven pavement Like the wavering voice of a gloomy love song I see you in those mournful processions People marching with memories round their necks A hanging noose dragging like an unheld leash Oh I think of you Your absence filling my head Like the lungs of the drowned fill with water

Don’t tell me I’m too young to get it Like the words I’m speaking are just braids of sounds Devoid of meaning Of course, they’ll never be enough to make you stay Nothing I could try would keep the feeling from going sour The loss from setting in But even if you walk, it’s not over Listen, won’t you It’s not over till I say it is And my mouth is stitched closed As in those grinding dreams where I lose all my teeth I can’t say I won’t say I choke on these same words It’s not over

Oh love, oh lover It was good once, it was pure Till I asked for too much Till I went and ruined it all with my monstrous hunger You’re right that I’m too young Just a kid who demands and takes but never gives Only pitiful tokens Noodle necklaces and cardboard flowers Finger paintings, where my touch still clings to your skin My heart on a platter Those poor childish offerings

I’m orphaned without you Orphaned and unhinged But even if you’re gone, it’s not over Listen, I beg of you It’s not over even as I’m on my knees Even as I’m half a person Small enough to fit in your shadow Perhaps you’re right Perhaps I’m too young I could cry and embrace your legs Cry like children do, When they still believe that tears Can turn on the light and make people come back

But perhaps I’m too old Perhaps I’m too tired And I can no longer rest my head on you In the curve of your shoulder Oh love, you should have come over

Inspired by Lover You Should’ve Come Over by Jeff Buckley, as requested by @samaya11 

The golden gloam we can't beg to stay 

Petals are bleeding into the dirt 

Now we watch darkness swallow day

The reaper returns, a price we must pay

Writhing, wizened, woozy with hurt 

The golden gloam we can't beg to stay

Tongues shredded by what we can't say

Moonlight and tears, goodbyes so curt

Now we watch darkness swallow day

Though we'd rebel we must still obey

Our ghosts are sleeping now, inert

The golden gloam we can't beg to stay 

We all have our parts that we must play

Hope is fickle and prone to desert

Now we watch darkness swallow day

The anguish wrapped tight with dismay--

We save the confessions we'd like to blurt

The golden gloam we can't beg to stay

Now we watch darkness swallow day

This Icelandic manuscript of magic, known as the “Huld” manuscript, presumably derives its name from the word “hulda” meaning secrecy, and was compiled from three older sources by Geir Vigfússon in 1860. These ten selected pages from the manuscript feature “stafir,” or what we might call sigils today.

For the description and purpose of each sigil, click “keep reading.”

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Alchemical substances

Cadmia, which was also called Tuttia or Tutty, was probably zinc carbonate. Philosophers’ Wool, or nix alba (white snow). Zinc oxide made by burning zinc in air. Called Zinc White and used as a pigment. White vitriol. Zinc Sulphate. Described by Basil Valentine. Made by lixiviating roasted zinc blende (zinc sulphide). Calamine. Zinc carbonate. Corrosive sublimate. Mercuric chloride. first mentioned by Geber, who prepared it  by subliming mercury, calcined green vitriol, common salt and nitre. Calomel. Mercurous chloride. Purgative, made by subliming a mixture of mercuric chloride and metallic mercury, triturated in a mortar. This was heated in a iron pot and the crust of calomel formed on the lid was ground to powder and boiled with water to remove the very poisonous mercuric chloride. Cinnabar. Mercuric sulphide. Turpeth mineral. A hydrolysed form of mercuric sulphate. Yellow crystalline powder, described by Basil Valentine. Mercurius praecipitatus. Red mercuric oxide. Described by Geber. Cinnabar or Vermillion. Mercuric sulphide. Mosaic gold. Golden-yellow glistening scales of crystalline stannic sulphide, made by heating a mixture of tin filings, sulphur and salammoniac. Tin salt. Hydrated stannous chloride. Spiritus fumans. Stannic chloride, discovered by Libavius in 1605, through distilling tin with corrosive sublimate. Butter of tin. Hydrated stannic chloride. Galena. Plumbic sulphide. Chief ore of lead. Lead fume. Lead oxide obtained from the flues at lead smelters. Massicot. Yellow powder form of lead monoxide. Litharge. Reddish-yellow crystalline form of lead monoxide, formed by fusing and powdering massicot. Minium or Red Lead. Triplumbic tetroxide. Formed by roasting litharge in air. Scarlet crystalline powder. Naples yellow, or Cassel yellow. An oxychloride of lead, made by heating litharge with sal ammoniac. Chrome yellow. Lead chromate. Sugar of Lead. Lead acetate, Made by dissolving lead oxide in vinegar. White lead. Basic carbonate of lead. Used as a pigment. Venetian White. Mixture of equal parts of white lead and barium sulphate. Dutch White. Mixture of one part of white lead to three of barium sulphate. Antimony. From latin ‘antimonium’ used by Constantinius Africanus (c. 1050) to refer to Stibnite. Glass of Antimony. Impure antimony tetroxide, obtained by roasting stibnite. Used as a yellow pigment for glass and porcelain. Butter of Antimony. White crystalline antimony trichloride. Made by Basil Valentine by distilling roasted stibnite with corrosive sublimate. Glauber later prepared it by dissolving stibnite in hot concentrated hydrochloric acid and distilling. Powder of Algaroth. A white powder of antimonious oxychloride, made by by precipitation when a solution of butter of antimony in spirit of salt is poured into water. Stibnite. Antimony trisulphide. Grey mineral ore of antimony. Wismuth. Bismuth. Pearl white. Basic nitrate of bismuth, used by Lemery as a cosmetic. Chrome green.  Chromic oxide. Chrome yellow. Lead chromate. Chrome red. Basic lead chromate. Chrome orange. Mixture of chrome yellow and chrome red. Green Vitriol. Ferrous sulphate. Rouge, Crocus, Colcothar. Red varieties of ferric oxide are formed by burning green vitriol in air. Marcasite. Mineral form of Iron disulphide. Oxidises in moist air to green vitriol. Pyrites. Mineral form of iron disulphide. Stable in air. Cobalt. Named by the copper miners of the Hartz Mountains after the evil spirits the 'kobolds’ which gave a false copper ore. Zaffre. Impure cobalt arsenate, left after roasting cobalt ore. Nickel. Named by the copper miners of Westphalia the 'kupfer-nickel’ or false copper. Copper glance. Cuprous sulphide ore. Aes cyprium. Cyprian brass or copper. Cuprite. Red cuprous oxide ore. Blue vitriol or bluestone. Cupric sulphate. Verdigris. The green substance formed by the atmospheric weathering of copper. This is a complex basic carbonate of copper. In more recent times the term 'verdigris’ is more correctly applied to copper acetate, made by the action of vinegar on copper. Resin of copper. Cuprous chloride. Made by Robert Boyle in 1664 by heating copper with corrosive sublimate. Lunar caustic, lapis infernalis. Silver nitrate. Fulminating silver. Silver nitride, very explosive when dry. Made by dissolving silver oxide in ammonia. Horn silver, argentum cornu. A glass like ore of silver chloride. Luna cornea. The soft colourless tough mass of silver chloride, made by heating horn silver till it forms a dark yellow liquid and then cooling. Described by Oswald Croll in 1608. Purple of Cassius. Made  by Andreas Cassius in 1685 by precipitating a mixture of gold, stannous and stannic chlorides, with alkali. Used for colouring glass. Fulminating gold. Made by adding ammonia to the auric hydroxide formed by precipitation by potash from metallic gold dissolved in aqua regis. Highly explosive when dry. Quicklime. Calcium oxide. Slaked lime. Calcium hydroxide. Chalk. Calcium carbonate. Gypsum. Calcium sulphate. Natron. Native sodium carbonate. Soda ash. Sodium carbonate formed by burning plants growing on the sea shore. Caustic marine alkali. Caustic soda. Sodium hydroxide. Made by adding lime to natron. Common salt. Sodium chloride. Glauber’s Salt. Sodium sulphate. Wood-ash or potash. Potassium carbonate made from the ashes of burnt wood. Caustic wood alkali. Caustic potash. Potassium hydroxide. Made by adding lime to potash. Liver of sulphur. Complex of polysulphides of potassium, made by fusing potash and sulphur. Sal Ammoniac. Ammonium Chloride. Described by Geber. Sal volatile, Spirit of Hartshorn. Volatile alkali. Ammonium carbonate made from distilling bones, horns, etc. Caustic volatile alkali. Ammonium hydroxide. Nitrum flammans. Ammonium nitrate made by Glauber. Brimstone (from German Brennstein 'burning stone’). Sulphur. Flowers of sulphur. light yellow crystalline powder, made by  distilling sulphur. Thion hudor (Zosimus refers to this as the 'divine water’ or 'the bile of the serpent’). A deep reddish-yellow liquid made by boiling flowers of sulphur with slaked lime. Milk of sulphur (lac sulphuris). White colloidal sulphur.  Geber made this by adding an acid to thion hudor. Oil of Vitriol. Sulphuric acid made by distilling green vitriol. Realgar. red ore of arsenic. Arsenic disulphide. Orpiment. Auri-pigmentum. Yellow ore of arsenic. Arsenic trisulphide. White arsenic. Arsenious oxide. Made from arsenical soot from the roasting ovens, purified by sublimation. Aqua tofani. Arsenious oxide. Extremely poisonous. Used by Paracelsus. King’s Yellow. A mixture of orpiment with white arsenic.

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All About Auras

An aura could best be described as the energy given off by someone or something. Supposedly, everything has an aura, even an apple. Many people are able to either see or ‘sense’ auras, which may appear as a haze of light or colour surrounding something.

The colour an aura appears can have many correspondences, which can relate to someone’s mood or spirituality, or can be because of external factors such as light intensity. It’s even said to be possible to tell if someone is pregnant from the way their aura appears.

Common misconceptions about auras:

It is always the same colour.  - This is untrue, as auras tend to change colour when affected by many different factors. However one colour may be dominant.

It is always the same shape and texture.  - Nope, they could appear hazy, smooth, or spiky. Some could have auras spanning an inch from their bodies, but others could have auras reaching out to a metre.

There is scientific evidence for auras.  - Again, untrue. Despite many people being able to see auras, there is no way to measure them or comprehend why it is even there.

Your aura is a shield.  - Whilst it’s possible to utilise your energy to shield yourself from things through visualisation, your aura alone is by no means a barrier against spirits and vampire-like entities looking to ‘feed off’ your energy. Learn how to ward yourself.

There is only one colour at a time.  - Your visible aura can actually be a mix of colours. However, there are also seven different extents of your aura, ranging from physical to spiritual, which could all be a different colour at one time.

It is especially important to note that auras are constantly changing. This could be seen as Anicca, or impermanence, in which the Buddha taught that nothing is permanent and everything is constantly changing. The aura reflects this truth in ourselves and those around us.

Seeing Your Aura

Some people are able to see auras with ease without a whole lot of practice, whereas others might never be able to comprehend the aura. It is common for many witches to practice with seeing their aura.

Here is a simple exercise which will help you to begin seeing your aura. This is what I tend to get people to do often when starting with auras. If inexperienced, it is important to practice often in order to get better!

You may want to begin by meditating or casting a circle in order to have a better focus on your aura. Make sure you are calm and in the mindset to concentrate.

Find a blank area, such as a white wall or a sheet of paper, and hold your hand out to it. It is important that you don’t get distracted by the colour of the wall or anything on it.

Rather than focusing directly onto your hand, shift your gaze to look just past it. For instance just past your fingers, but not the space directly between your fingers.

Focus on this space. To avoid distracting yourself, practice steady breathing as you would in meditation.

Eventually, you should begin to see a haze of light surrounding your hand. At first it may appear small and even colourless, but keep practicing and you will start to see it even better.

Colour Correspondences

The colour of an aura can have many connotations, and can be dictated by thr shape and texture too. But here is a guide to help you with the typical deciption of simple aura colours.

RED -

Centred/grounded, passion, anger, energetic.

ORANGE -

Power, confidence, outgoing, good health.

YELLOW - 

Spiritual awakening/awareness, playful, happiness.

GREEN -

Healing, good communication, jealousy.

BLUE -

Intuition, calm, clairvoyance, honesty, fear of the future.

PURPLE -

Daydreaming, spirituality, artistic, psychic abilities.

WHITE -

Newness, purity, reaching enlightenment, angelic.

BLACK -

Negative feelings, blocked energy, potential illness.

BROWN -

Grounded, tied to the outdoors, afraid to let go.

PINK -

Loving, sensual, psychic gifts, dishonesty.

SILVER -

Physical and spiritual wealth, awakening of higher thought.

GOLD -

Enlightenment, protection from divine entities, guidance.

RAINBOW -

A rainbow aura can indicate a healer, a new soul, or reaching enlightenment.

Let’s talk about cleansing! 💨 ⁣

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Sage. Rosemary. Frankincense.⁣

These are my go-to cleansing tools. In terms of magic & the craft, I personally favor anything that involves fire or burning, as it seems to be most effective for me. Sage & rosemary I use for cleansing bigger areas, with a deeper impact. The Frankincense incense I use whenever I just have to do one room, cleanse myself, or when the “vibe just feels off.” Most of the time, I light these up, open my windows, and walk around like the crazy witch I am holding a smoking plant or stick above my head. ⁣

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Sage🌱 all cleansing! This not only gets rid of bad energies, but also the good! Sage cleansing creates an open space for any and everything, so I NEVER just use sage and call it a day. When using sage, always replace whatever you just clearned with good energies. This can be done by burning incense right after(that’s what I do), spraying a mist for whatever intention you want, visualizing white light, etc. I sage with the windows open, and incense fill the space with the windows closed. *** SAGE CLEANSING IS NOT SMUDGING. Smudging is a deeply sacred CLOSED practice specific to First Nation people… So the next time I see a Becky at Coachella burning sage to cover up the smell of her own sweat, if she says she’s smudging, I’m going OFF😂⁣

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Rosemary 🌿 has a ton of magical uses; however, for cleansing it’s super effective. I like to use it specifically for spaces I do any spell work in, or read cards in. It helps enhance psychic abilities, purifies negative energies, and improves mental clarity.⁣

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Frankincense🔥 as incense is my preferred method of every day cleansing, and also offerings to both my Kemetic and Norse gods. It corresponds with protection, prosperity, and specifically when burned helps relieve anxiety + stress. I find it works really well when I feel something off during a reading or when I don’t want to sage my whole house.⁣

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These are my methods of cleansing, but there’s tons of others! The next time you just want to reset the vibes, or clear out some unwanted energies, here’s some ways you can do it! ✨Witch frens, how do you cleanse???

Do you know how I could possibly cleanse my space? I'm planning to redecorate my room, but not until summer, so I need tips to cleanse my room. Thank you!

You could do lots of things, which could be simple, complicated, mundane or magical! :)

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#room cleansing