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Good evening everyone!

I’m elated to announce a spring giveaway on this blog! This is a thank you to all my followers and those who have supported my work over the past few years. I’ve grown a lot, and learned a lot, via this site and those I’ve met here. With luck, I’ll be blogging for many years to come.

As the title indicates, I’m giving away a blank grimoire! But not just any grimoire.

This grimoire will be rather unique! It’ll be handmade by @oddsouldesigns based on the winner’s preferences. Because it will be completely customized to the winner, it will be truly one of a kind!

When I choose a winner, I’ll put them in contact with the lovely and talented Afura of Odd Soul Designs. She will work to create a custom blank, bound grimoire that is exactly what the winner prefers. So, what will it be like? The winner decides!

This giveaway is for those following this blog, MadDiviner. When I choose a winner, I’ll check and see whether the person chosen is following MadDiviner.

Blogs that exist just to enter giveaways are not eligible.

Likes do not count as entries. To enter, reblog this post!

Sideblogs are eligible! But, you must be able to confirm that you’re a follower via your main blog before claiming your prize.

This giveaway is, unfortunately, not international. To enter, you must be within the United States.

To enter, reblog this post as many times as you want. Use your discretion about that and please don’t spam your followers.

On April 21th, 2018, I’ll use a random number generator to choose a winner!

I’ll contact the winner via askbox or PM, so please have yours open if you enter! You will have twenty-four hours to respond if you win.

If you win, I’ll put you in touch with Afura. You can discuss customization for your grimoire. When Afura finishes, she’ll send you the finished grimoire.

Please do not tag this as “giveaway.” It’s not affiliated with Tumblr in any way.

Thank you for helping me grow!

It’s not necessary, but I’d love to see what the winner decides for their new grimoire! Below, you can see some pictures of Afura’s previous work.

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Preparing for the Descent: Setting Clear Intentions

In their myths Inanna, Persephone and Psyche are all preparing for a visit to the Underworld. Inanna’s intent is clearly stated; she will go to the Underworld to visit her sister, Ereshkigal. She has prepared a back-up rescue and arrayed herself in her finest powers. Persephone is clearly seeking something other, without knowing what that is (and who among us has never been in that situation?) She has been prepared only by being born into the caste of Goddess and by her close alliance with her mother, the powerful Demeter. Psyche is a mortal following the directives of a Goddess in order to achieve her heart’s desire. She has received assistance from many allies and they have told her how to successfully enter and leave the Underworld.

Meredith, Jane. Journey to the Dark Goddess: How to Return to Your Soul (Kindle Locations 590-596). John Hunt Publishing. Kindle Edition.

May my Goddess Hekate hear my intentions. I have unwillingly been in a tumbling Descent into the Underworld for the better part of 15 years. For 15 years I have eke’d out an existence that anyone with decency would abhor. It was until I hit the rock bottom of my life that I realized I was lost, and I needed help to see my way out of the deepest crevices that I’d found myself in.   I intend to willingly walk the path to the Dark Goddess. To allow myself to be illuminated by her torches, and spurred on by her Will and her Word.  I intend to return here to the Upper World, reborn. Having faced my demons and insecurities in the Dark Goddess’ embrace. I intend to be devote and divine in Her eyes. I intend to be me, and Her.

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Preparing for the Descent: Learning to Listen

.Inanna has heard her sister calling. Persephone has heard – maybe the appeals of Hades, maybe the cries of dead souls, waiting to be reborn, or maybe just the ‘voice’ of a single flower, different to all other flowers. Psyche has heard Aphrodite, issuing demands. All of these calls urge them to make the perilous journey. Meredith, Jane. Journey to the Dark Goddess: How to Return to Your Soul (Kindle Locations 596-598). John Hunt Publishing. Kindle Edition. 

There’s a lot of noise in life. Family,Friends, Strangers. They all lend their voices to to your perspective of the world. Shutting all that noise out isn’t always as easy as it may seem. I have to take my time early in the morning, before the world is awake in the twilight of the morning. I create sacred space and spend time with my Goddess Hekate in the stillness. Sometimes I lie prone on the the ground and hear the earth move beneath my ears.  What do you hear when you listen to your Divine?

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Preparing for the Descent

The Underworld has been called by many different names and covers many different experiences. Perhaps you have experienced enormous helplessness at some time in your life, due to illness; poverty; abuse; depression or another factor. Perhaps you have experienced the results of severe trauma, such as prolonged shock; severe injury; post-traumatic stress syndrome; a near-death experience or the sudden death of a loved one. Perhaps you have experienced the loss of a future in the death of a child or a relationship; a career failure or a debilitating illness or condition. Perhaps you have suffered a form of anomie; feeling dislocated from everything around you due to medication, a mental illness, extreme stress or cultural dislocation. All of these things, and many other versions of them I would call Underworld Underworld experiences.  They are characterized by feelings of loss, feeling captive within the unknown and needing release. Almost always, release is set in motion (eventually) by some understanding or change that takes place within ourselves. External things also begin to change; but usually as a result of the internal changes we have made. Afterwards we can look back and see how this happened. From that point we rebuild our lives, and it seems they become fuller, deeper and richer in that rebuilding than they were prior to the Underworld experience. I believe that is because we have met the Dark Goddess while we were down there, and integrated some of her truths into our lives.

Meredith, Jane. Journey to the Dark Goddess: How to Return to Your Soul (Kindle Locations 576-586). John Hunt Publishing. Kindle Edition. 

I have thought long and hard about meeting the Dark Goddess in this way. And in many ways I have resisted Her calling to me. This has led to a profound and prolonged time living in the Underworld. I’ve been lost on the paths here for many years. Much more than I am comfortable with. And now, I have planned to surrender. To start my journey anew. But before I can go through the Seven Gates, I have to learn to listen, and really listen to the Goddess whispering in my ear. Each day, beginning with yesterday, I have spent an hour, in silence, contemplating the Voice of the Dark Goddess. What will I learn to hear? 

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Descent into the Underworld

Inspired by Inanna going into the Underworld to seek her sister Ereshkigal; by Persephone in her search of herself: And Psyche, going down the winding roads at the bidding of a Goddess. I’m going to do some Work this Dark Moon, and in conjunction with NaNoWriMo, I’m going to blog my experiences, Following the maps mythology has given to us,I’m going to meet and  I’m going to give myself over to the Dark Goddess, and allow myself to hear Her. Blog entries from now until the 17th will then chronicle my preparing myself for the Descent, both physically and mentally. The 18th through the 20th I will be silent in the Underworld. Expect my story to continue on the 21st will analysis. and summaries. 

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TODAY is the book signing! Alison {@native_apothecary} and I will be selling and signing copies of our collaborative book, The Hedge Witch’s Herbal Grimoire, today at Juju {@juju_pgh}! We’ll be set up there from 1-5pm so stop by and say hi! I’ll have a few prints for sale as well and Juju is chalk full of witchy necessities and vintage clothing to make all your Saturday shopping dreams come true! See you there! 🌿 #poisonappleprintshop #nativeapothecary #thehedgewitchsherbalgrimoire #jujupgh #pittsburghartistsunite

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The Cards Against Humanity Major Arcana Pt. 1.

The Fool - Kayne West

The Tower - Fear itself

The Devil - Being rich

The Lovers - Sexy pillow fights

Death - Smallpox Blankets

The Empress - Parting the red sea

The Hermit - Poor life choices

Strength - RoboCop

Wheel of Fortune - Free samples

The Hanged Man - Stepping on a friggin’ LEGO

The Star - Hordor

The Sun - The floor is literally made of lava

The World - The heart of a child

The Moon - David Bowie flying in on a tiger made of lightning

Judgement - Getting really high

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Walking out of a Hoodoo supplies store like

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For When Shit is All Fucked Up:

1. - 2. WHAT THE: (Center Cross) The face of my current challenge. The crux of what hounds me. 3. ACTUAL: What is real about this situation? 4. FUCK: What is wrong about this situation? 5. ?: Where do I need more information? Where do I need to ask, research, and listen? 6. !: What can I do? What first steps can I take in action?

Hang in there loves!

Full post on the blog: http://www.interrobangtarot.com/blog

And if you like this spread, you might like some of my others: http://www.interrobangtarot.com/contents

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Hekate Devotees and Followers

Let me know if you want added to the list, or if you’re on here and would like taken off. Please message me, as I get a LOT of notes every day and reblogs requesting to be added WILL get lost. I figured this would be a useful resource for helping devotees and followers find each other, and totally stole the idea from seafoambeauty​

aastraea

annabell-raven

archaicmoon 

bismuthoceans

blnkmthr 

darklingdearest

daughterofthe-gods

dreamingthedoe

hecatescaoranach

hekateanwitchcraft

keysandtorches

liadine 

lifelovelush

leafbomb

lunetalyn 

magicatthecrossroads

miikaleigh90

natural-magics 

nehetisingsforhekate

newmoon-goddess

obsidianwitch

persephology

selenaofthewillowtree

sigilborn 

skylark913 

sneakyfoxeh

sonneillonv 

synfulsinthetic 

the-torch-bearer 

thewhisperingmountain

thewitchyandtheturtle

undertheworldoverthemoon 

venomlark 

vulpes-vixen

witchofradoncanyon 

wyrdmorrish

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Hekate is one of the most diverse and complex deities out there and it really bothers me when She’s reduced to just a goddess of magic

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The next batch of altar cloths will hit the shop on Friday, June 16th at 6pm EST! Also included in this release will be two new t-shirts, unreleased prints, and a couple new patches! The altar pieces sell out fast so be sure to set an alarm! 🕷 PoisonApplePrintshop.com 🕷 #poisonappleprintshop #supporthandmade

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I love the pagan community, but sheesh you guys.

Spells and herbs and crystals and deities etc. are great. I work with all of these things. But there is a time and a place for these things. I know not everyone can afford doctors, medications, treatments, etc., but if I see one more post about how to cure cancer with turmeric and crystal therapy I am going to lose my damn mind. 

I feel like I shouldn’t have to say this. Science is not our enemy. Science is wonderful. Science helps us live longer and understand the world around us that many of us revere as an entity in itself. Denying scientific evidence doesn’t make you quirky or more of a practitioner/pagan/witch/believer than someone else. It makes the rest of us look bad. 

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Reblog if you're bisexual, or if you support bisexuals, or if you want Queen Elizabeth II to outlive Donald Trump

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I’ve created quite a number of new, one-of-a-kind altar cloths for the @deadwicks market this weekend. Some altar cloths feature brand new artwork like the Hecate one shown here! This one is extra special because the main panel is sheer! These are the first items to feature my new prints! Stop by Deadwick’s Ethereal Emporium this Saturday and Sunday to check everything out! Some amazing artists will be there like @billsafi, @soliloquyjewelry, @blackveiltattoo, @burialground, @hoganmclaughlin, @light_witch, @burkehareco, and many more! Check out @deadwicks for more information!! 🖤 #poisonappleprintshop #hecate #hekate #deadwicks #supporthandmade

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Went out into the woods for some inspiration for a new spread and the trees delivered! (Self insert much haha) 

(If you want to rebog, please don’t remove this caption)