Made this because of yet another Tumblr fiasco! Im a queer witch trying to find a new home that offers the same quirkyness as tumblr. But without the problems :)
You have been accepted into a school for supernatural creatures. You decide to let your teachers and classmates try to figure out what you are.
Someone puts blood in your orange juice, no doubt hoping to trigger fangs or claws. You know that the vampires often take their meals this way, that they don’t speak until after the meal is done for fear of lisping, but you’re not a vampire.
“It’s not that I can’t drink blood,” you tell your friends, pushing the juice away from you. “It’s just that–well, where did this blood even come from? It might not be clean.”
“Hey,” Amanda says, offended. Her glittery wings twitch behind her and the delicate feathers that serve as her eyebrows furrow. “That’s my blood you’re talking about.”
You grimace and push the glass towards her. “You should hold onto it then. i think chemistry is moving onto blood studies next and you do not want that getting to them.”
Amanda’s strange, light green eyes gleam for a second. In the next moment, the glass is empty, no trace of blood or juice. As one of the fae, she has access to dimensions the rest of them could only dream of. As far as you’re concerned, that glass of blood no longer exists.
Sam groans and slumps forward, his scales scraping against the table. He looks human but, you know, it’s only a glamour. Underneath, Sam is just as inhuman as Amanda, maybe even more so. Were-lizards are an odd bunch. “Come on! If you tell us I promise to split the money with you!”
“Well, I don’t,” Lexi says. She’s reading over the history notes from yesterday, long dark hair falling around the heavy frames of her prescription sunglasses. You know that she’s going to have to join the night classes soon if her vampiric powers get any stronger. You’ll miss her but you’ve never been a fan of the smell of burning flesh so you’d rather she switch classes sooner rather than later. “I plan to collect in full when I finally figure it out.”
🌿Basic concepts (Banish, bind, cleanse, ground, etc)
🌿The correspondences of herbs
🌿The correspondences of crystals
🌿The Wheel of the year (if you choose to follow it)
🌿The Moon’s phases
🌿Some constellations
🌿Tea! (What each tea is good for)
🌿Mythologies you’re interested in
🌿Candle Magic
🌿Color correspondences
🌿Soap magic
🌿Essential oils
🌿Write down your dreams
🌿Stargazing events of that year
🌿Info about spirits
🌿Moon water
🌿Sun water
🌿Chakras
🌿The elements
🌿Basic divination
🌿The goals of your path
🌿Your belief system
🌿Your daily rituals
This is one method of inducing dreams or visions. Highly necessary to the success of this method is personal sacrifice.
The Spirit World, Higher Self, subconscious, or any number of sources may deliver powerful dreams and visions. To receive one, you need to take several steps to show your serious dedication to the process. In addition, practicing having visions in the first place is a good idea!
If you have been practicing dreamwork and trance, you may be a bit like me: generally unsatisfied with the intensity of the experience. I don’t want to have casual induced daydreams; I want some Real Fuccin Shit to go down. In such a situation, I may use something like the following technique:
Write your goals down and make sure you know what you are asking for. Potential goals for an induced vision may be one of your life’s purpose; your past lives; your hidden abilities; a healing dream or journey, to have a greater bond with a certain spirit, to learn about a topic, or to help another, as a few examples. The magic I am talking about here is serious and not to be played with, so make sure you understand what you are asking for.
Research allies who will help you. Hekate, the Fates, Norns, Freyja, Odin, and other Gods and Demigods of fates and divination will be powerful allies. Spirits such as mermaids and sirens are powerful diviners who can deliver dreams and messages. Animal spirits include bees and owls; plant spirits include star anise and bay laurel. Research your own traditional cultural way of approaching these entities in respectful manner (fun challenge: if your culture has no traditional way of approaching that spirit, choose another spirit). If you are having trouble finding your cultural methods, you are free to borrow mine.
Discover what you need to sacrificein order to have the experience you want. For me this will be giving up sweets (but not full fasting), prayer, meditation, offerings. You will have your own methods of sacrifice.
Formalize your petition. It may look something like this: “Spirit World, I, Thicket Moyers, wish to receive a vision of my future. I pray to the great Snowy Owl to send me a vision of the Winter to come. I will pray and meditate for three days; upon the Third Day, if I have shown myself to be worthy, let further instruction come.” Yeppers, showing myself to be worthy. If you want something from the Otherworld, it pays to be humble.
Announce your petition. Announce it the moment you are ready to begin your process of sacrifice, and no sooner. Announce it with knowledge that failure to show your worth is possible, and that you need to work hard to show the Otherworld that you really want what you are asking for. Announce it with a heart of dedication to begin immediately and forge ahead until you are done.
Show your dedication to the Otherworld and the spirits you have petitioned by engaging in the sacrifice you have offered. For me, this is extended periods of prayer and meditation.
But if your sacrifice isn’t meditation, you still kinda gotta. I mean, if you’re praying for a vision you need to actually sit down and make some room and time to have a vision. When petitioning the Otherworld for dreams, journeys, and visions, set aside a little time each morning and night to receive the experience you are looking for. This should come as no problem compared to the strenuous sacrifice you are offering to simply receive the experience itself.
Follow the instructions you are given. Sometimes before I will receive a journey or vision, I will be told I need to do certain things. For example I may need to take a cleansing shower, or eat a healthy meal of I am not taking care of myself. I may need to clean my room or lay out extra offerings before a spirit will arrive to deliver my experience. I may need to go on other journeys or have other visions first, if my request is significant enough. Your intuition, divination, and regular trance will help deliver instructions to you.
Await your experience. As teachers like to say, you get the grade you earn. If you work hard, show the Otherworld your true dedication, practice remembering your visions, make time for the Otherworld, and offer true sacrifice, you may receive a powerful experience to further your path.
This is a decidedly unfriendly reminder that I don’t want you following me or liking/reblogging my posts if you are a Trump supporter, neo-Confederate, TERF, neo-Nazi, or a supporter of any other sort of white supremacist or fascist movement. Get the fuck out. I don’t want you here.
Yess! Already 25 people unfollowed me. Feels so good to take the garbage out.
Whether you use the spoon theory, are disabled, or are just looking for some low energy magical practices, here are somethings to get you going!
DISCLAIMER:
Do not EVER replace professional help (doctors, psychiatrists, therapy) or medication with witchcraft. If using herbs, always make sure they won’t counteract with medication you’re already on. Witchcraft and magic are NOT a replacement for medical help!
sit in the sun without anything to do, feel the heat of the rays hit your skin, realize that this sunlight has travelled a very long way to reach you
walk around barefoot and try to feel as much of the ground under your feet as you can, notice every rock and blade of grass
sit quietly for a while and notice the touch of breath in your nostrils, feel how the air gets cooler as you inhale and warmer as you exhale
drive around aimlessly and blast some of your favorite songs, scream/sing along to them and feel the vibrations of your favorite lyrics as they change the air in your throat and around you, feel that the music is healing you from the inside out
stay away from alcohol or drugs for a few days, try to be as aware and present as you can in every moment, stop trying to numb or dull your senses
eat a few meals without any distractions, notice every bite and taste every flavor that covers your tongue, be grateful for it all
look up at the stars and the moon, understand how small we all are and how immense the universe is, realize what a miracle everything is, let your heart swell with amazement and admiration for life itself
Under A Violet Moon or The Circle by Blackmore’s NIght
All Souls Night and The Mummer’s Dance (single version) by Loreena McKennitt
Witch’s Rune and Song of the Witches by S.J. Tucker
Beltane Fires and The Ballad of Grace Sherwood by Coyote Run
Green and Grey and On Midwinter’s Day and The Cauldron Born by Damh the Bard
Mists of Avalon and Serpent Mound and The Directions Song by Kellianna
“Bottom of the River” and “Dance in the Graveyard” by Delta Rae “Falling” by First State “Like a Stone” by Audioslave “Milk and Cookies” by Melanie Martinez “The Railway House” by Patrick Wolf “Black Velvet” by Alannah Myles
Just a few off the top of my head
Anything by Stevie Nicks
Seven Devils – Florence + The Machine O Death – Jen Titus I Will Never Die – Delta Rae The Host of Seraphim – Dead Can Dance The Humbling River – Puscifer
I agree with I Will Never Die by Delta Rae and everything by Stevie Nicks! My additions:
Colour of Moonlight (Antiochus) by Grimes, Doldrums Moon by Omnia Xtatica by Omnia Wild Horses by Bishop Briggs Pyre by Son Lux
Belispeak by Purity Ring.
Witchy Woman by The Eagles and Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac!
Rhiannon by Stevie Nicks Silently Conjure by Unwoman Voodoo by Godsmack The Mystic’s Dream by Loreena Mckennitt Witchy Night by Nico Vega Which Witch by Florence and the Machine
Witches by Inkubus Sukkubus The Mystic’s Dream by Loreena McKennitt The Gates of Istanbul by Loreena McKennitt Bjarkan by Wardruna Solringen by Wardruna Daemonos by Daemonia Nymphe How Soon is Now by Love Spit Love If I had a heart by Fever Ray Wolf by First Aid Kit
All of mine are already up there!
Gold – Imagine Dragons Just One Yesterday – Fall Out Boy Come Away to the Water – Maroon 5 Control – Halsey The Other Side – Woodkid
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