So I Can Roll My Rs And I Really Like Doing It Cuz It Reminds Me Of The Person Who Taught Me How To Do

Steam Cleansing ♨

Since incense makes me sneeze, I’ve been resorting to a different method of cleansing lately - steam cleansing! It’s exactly what it sounds like, using steam to cleanse your space. 

Ingredients:

A pot, to be used for boiling water

Essential oils of your choice (about 50 drops total)

Water

Instructions:

Add about 2 cups of water to your pot depending upon how large it is

Otherwise, just fill the pot about halfway with water

Add 50 drops of whichever essential oils you choose 

Turn on your stove, and let the water boil 

You should start to smell the essential oils throughout your house in very little time

When the water has almost completely evaporated, turn your stove off

Let the pot cool down and proceed to wash it as you would usually do with your dishes

The scent tends to linger all day, if not longer

Repeat as necessary :)

Essential oils for cleansing:

Anise

Camphor

Cedarwood

Citrus oils (bergamot, grapefruit, lemon, lemongrass, lime, orange, tangerine)

Dragon’s Blood

Hyssop

Lavender

Oregano

Peppermint

Pine

Rosemary

Sage

Sandalwood

Spearmint

Thyme

Some essential oils may cause respiratory irritation in both humans and animals, and many essential oils should not be used if pregnant or if you have other various medical problems. Please consult your physician if you have any questions about the use of essential oils.

Aromatherapy, Memory, & Magick

Finally someone gets me

A common attitude that I find absolutely insufferable is whenever people insist, "It's just the way things are."

"You just feel old when you're in your 30's."

"Some people are just assholes like that."

"Kids are just difficult at that age."

Like...buddy. Given all the horrors we've seen the past few years I think it's time we call a spade a spade. The only purpose these answers serve is to justify your feelings. They don't actually explain anything.

Why do we feel old in our 30's? Have we meaningfully differentiated "aging" from things like "fatigue from adult responsibilities catching up to us" or "sleep debt" or "fatigue from chronic pain"?

Why are some people assholes? Is it because they enjoy pushing others around, or is it a byproduct of something like insecurity, anger due to feeling powerless, mental health issues, stress, rebellion, trauma, fear, conditioning on how they ought to behave, etc? Have we asked people why they act like assholes sometimes?

Why are kids difficult at that age? Is it nature or nurture? Are they trying to communicate something they can't put into words? Are they bored and need enrichment? Is their behavior a symptom of a health problem? Have you asked them what's up? Do you have a history of respecting their answers, enough for them to confide you with the truth?

Sure, you don't always have to be interested in investigating the reason behind something, but that's a choice that says you're content with not knowing, rather than the reason truly being "it's just the way things are, are who are we to question it?"

Questioning things is why we have smartphones, ibuprophen, and elections, Greg. If we were fine with the way things were we wouldn't have bothered leaving the trees.

When I decided to learn weather witchcraft, I did not expect it to be this hard to find resources.

who has storm witchcraft or any other kind of weather witchcraft resources?

I’m reading a fanfic called “reaper of happy homes”. I specifically like how the author wrote Tommy, they made him unreasonably OP. He’s a supervillain in the story and he basically kidnapped the rest of the sbi. He’s an avian with the power to manipulate manner, and this one isnot his power but he’s also good at manipulating people. Now my favourite part? He the way he thinks. He sounds more confident than I could ever be!

Like “Everyone likes him. If he wants someone then he gets that someone. They’re wrapped around his finger before they know it. They’re desensitized to him. Even Dream! Dream won’t turn Tommy in because Tommy doesn’t want him too. He cares too much. Bleeding, fucking heart. It can be abused though, so it was useful.”

Or “How many times was he praised to be some sort of god? He was the future, that’s what everyone had told him. He was a bright shining star, and when he finally died he’d take the rest of them with him. When he collapsed he would turn into a black hole he’d suck everyone and everything into it with him.”

Or “He did really cool things too. Cooler than what Dream and his sidekicks did. He hacked into the CIA for fun, he collected government files as if they were pokemon cards. It wasn’t even hard. One time he released a politician's private emails, sending Essempii into total chaos. He almost started WW3 because he was bored . How was saving a cat from a tree cooler than that? How was failing to stop one villain night after night somehow cooler than what Tommy did?”

Or “Tommy wished he could keep these people alive, they might have been good pets eventually. Maybe Tommy could have conditioned them to be of some use to him, maybe they could have played fetch with Wilbur and Techno, keeping them busy when Tommy had to leave.”

Or “He took deep breaths as Tommy walked over to his bag and started packing it. All the normal stuff, his laptop, a usb stick, a charger, a notepad. A grappling hook and a few small explosives were absolutely normal.”

I fucking hate game apps. I wanted to play tetris the otherday so I figured there must be a simple tetris app out there its the most basic game. But every app is like heres your daily log in bonus of 10 gold! You get 5 free plays a day. Here's an ad. To replay a level costs 1 diamond. You can eart gold by earning points in levels. 1000 points = 1 gold. You can exchange 550 gold for one diamond but we have a sale right now that they only cost 500 gold. Heres an ad. You can buy a loot crate of diamonds for 5.99$! You leveled up! Heres 1 free diamond. Youve run out of free replays for today, would you like to buy some more diamonds? Heres your daily tasks, make sure to log in every day this month for a free reward chest. its free! Heres an ad. Would you like to sign up for this credit card to recieve 10 free diamonds? Invite a friend and you can earn points! Ding! Youve leveled up. Heres an ad. This is our special bonus play weekend, you get one free replay and a pack of diamonds only costs 4.99$. You can use your gold to purchase new skins for the tetris blocks. This ones shaped like cats! It costs 100 diamonds. You need to collect them all. Free to play, may be some in-app purchases.

Like anti police propaganda?

It’d start with “based on true stories” The whole movie would follow an officer arresting people for crimes. Then not immediately, but eventually, the officer does the exact same crimes that they arrested people for and getting away with it. Also make the officer’s crimes look more bloody or just worse, make them have no moral motive for the crime, contrast this with a moral motive and less bloody or nicer looking crime for the criminals. And the officer’s crimes should be based on true stories so that the first statement can be true, and so people can google it.

Is it a small bit of manipulation? Maybe. Do I care? No.

Discussion time. If you were to make a anti-copaganda TV show, what would it look like?

Actual Things I have studied over the years that would make me an excellent addition to your mystery-solving gang

Related to my Skill Monkey Character Trope post

Learning how to throw my voice (Ventriloquist style)

Overtone Singing

How to properly feed and care for Crows and Corvids so you can build your own guild of feathered trinket-loving thieves

Actual Witchcraft (I’m literally a follower of Apollo. Like, actual Apollo)

Lock-picking (accidentally, it’s a long story)

Playing the Didgeridoo and Ukulele

Color Theory and Lighting

The culture and biology of fictional creatures

Vampire lore

How to do the entire Thriller Dance (They made us learn it in Elementary School for some reason. We didn’t even perform it or anything, it was just a semester in gym class for no reason)

Pendulum, Tarot, Osteomancy (Bone Divination), and Bibliomancy Divination

Every Renaissance Fair skill known to man, from metalsmithing to jousting

Magical and Alchemic symbols

The Fair Folk and all the arbitrary rules for interacting with them

Geology and the science of Gemstones for some reason

Tidbits about shows and movies I’ve literally never watched

Medieval Armor from around the world

Herbalism and Home Remedies

The cultural and spiritual Symbolism for almost anything

Wayyy to much lore from my favorite series

Basic etymology, like the meaning of names and such

Strange Historical facts, like Yasuke, the first Black Samurai

And too many other things

@beenovel, @cryptichobbit, @claraofthepen, @blueberryrock

☽ Ledger of Dreams ☾

Wedding/Statement Necklace for witch or Alchemist’s Lover. Made in OOAK style, hides a secret (to be seen on my IG sadirjewelry). Bracelets on hands move, and faceted chalcedony has delicate, dusty rose pink shade. All in sterling silver. 

  Gothic lady’s dream 

Protection

Within witchcraft, protection is essential in spells. From protecting you from negative entities to protecting you from hexes, curses and jinxes, protection is a great way to keep you safe in your craft!

There are multiple types of protection here which are gonna be covered each and these are as follows; jars, warding, crystals, colours, plants, amulets, talismans, witches ladders, herbs etc.

Jars: Spell jars are a simple and quick way to get a spell done. They require a jar, herbs, a petition paper, and some way to seal the jar (usually candlewax). Heres a recipe for a jar!

Herbs: Rosemary, Sage, Lavender, Salt or black salt, thyme, apple plus a petition paper for stating the intention of protection. Place these into the jar and seal with black candle wax or with any preferred way of sealing.

Warding: Warding probably deserves it's own post but I'll add a few ways to ward and go into more detail in a separate post. Warding is a form of defensive magick which keeps any form negative energy out unless they break. Here are some ways to ward!

Crystals: place crystals above your entry ways and windows to keep negative energy out. Crystal's can also be worn as jewellery or kept upon your person as a personal ward. Scroll down for some examples.

Talismans: Talismans such as the Nazar can be added to your home to ward off the "evil eye". You can also create your own talismans to place around your home.

Salt: Salt can be placed above entry ways and windows in a similar way to crystals to keep the negativity out. Salt can also be used for banishing and cleansing.

Crystals for protection: clear quartz, obsidian, smokey quartz, black tourmaline, amethyst, labradorite, phrenite, onyx, hematite, tigers eye. (This isnt an exhaustive list, theres plenty of protection crystals out there that arent on this little list).

Protective herbs: garden sage, lavender, lemon balm, rosemary, black pepper, mugwort, belladonna, lemon, parsley, thyme, mistletoe, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice. (Again, not an exhaustive list, theres thousands of protective herbs and plants out there).

Protection is an important part of any witches practice. It keeps you safe from negative attachments, baneful magick, psychic or spiritual attack etc. Not all witches will use the same methods of protection as it differs from practice to practice. But this is just a little thing to get you started on your research into protection.

⏳Spell Timing

Weather

Lighting Storms: power, manifestation, cursing, protection Rainstorms: purification, cleansing, healing, compassion, release Snowstorms: balance, stillness, purification, transformation, letting go Dense Fog: Invisibility, stasis, mysticism, shielding. (NOTE: the veil between the living and dead is thinner when there is fog so don’t forget spirit work and divination!) Heavy Wind: travel, study, intellect, breaking bad habits Searing Hot Days: courage, protection, strength, energy Meteor Showers: power, magickal boost, wishes

Times

1am: Wholeness of self and banishing of shadows. 2am: Ridding relationships of negativity. 3am: Determination when held back. 4am: Improving luck towards an on-edge situation. 5am: Growth of the psychic self. 6am: Motivation towards something you’ve been putting off. 7am: Improved insight and hope. 8am: Personal growth within the conscious mind. 9am: Focus on concrete matters and assistance towards others. 10am: Working on personal conclusions and resolutions. 11am: Energy directed towards transformations which may have seemed impossible. 1pm: Self image and personal security. 2pm: Building relationships and encouraging understanding/love between people. 3pm: Balancing matters of the mind, body and spirit. 4pm: Harmony of elements, sticking to schedules and working to achieve goals. 5pm: Improved intuition and spiritual communication. 6pm: Matters of safety, protection and completion. 7pm: Gentle care towards others, working through differences and coming to agreeable conclusions. 8pm: Leadership, command and guidance. 9pm: Comprehension of universal truth. 10pm: Improving the rational mind, sensibility and clear mindedness. 11pm: Coping with drastic change in a positive manner.

Midnight/Noon: Positive modifications in your life and endings/beginnings. Morning: Daylight hours are best for matters of the conscious mind; including magick for leadership, intelligence and all cognitive functions. Renewal magick and detoxing is also good to do at this time to start your day fresh. Night: The intuitive, emotional self, maternal nature, healing, fertility and moon magick categories are all great for these hours. You can make wishes with stars, interpret dreams, or meditate to bring peace to the end of a stressful day. Dusk & Dawn: These times specifically perfect for new beginnings and ending cycles.

Days of the Week

Sunday- Ruling Planet: Sun Associated Colors: Gold & Yellow Intent: Success, promotion, fame, wealth & prosperity

Monday- Ruling Planet: Moon Associated Colors: Silver, Blue & White Intent: Femineity, illusion, sleep, peace, beauty, prophesy, dreams, emotions, travel, fertility, insight & wisdom

Tuesday- Ruling Planet: Mars Associated Colors: Red, Black & Orange Intent: Courage, victory, success, strength, conviction, rebellion, defense, wards & protection

Wednesday- Ruling Planet: Mercury Associated Colors: Purple & Orange Intent: Communication, creativity, transformation, change, luck, fortune & chance

Thursday- Ruling Planet: Jupiter Associated Colors: Blue, Purple & Green Intent: Abundance, protection, prosperity, strength, wealth & healing

Friday- Ruling Planet: Venus Associated Colors: Pink & Aqua Intent: Love, fertility, romance, gentleness, friendship & passion

Saturday- Ruling Planet: Saturn Associated Colors: Black & Purple Intent: Banishing, protection, wisdom, spirituality & cleansing