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I found a document from 1652 that’s just a guy talking about how women are better than men and wow he’s a little confused but he got the spirit.

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Nightshade Network

My past friend, @lbds137, has recently come under fire for speaking out on her ban from Nightshade Network, or NN; it is a witchcraft Discord server, and not one of small population.

While I by-and-large enjoyed my time there, I feel the need to stand by her and speak on my experiences, as well-because I, also, was banned.

I had been present for some time there, and I’ll admit, I raised controversy with my brash and blunt opinions; I did not do so on purpose, and I did not do so with any intent to hurt anyone (and nor did I). However, at one point, the owner and leader of NN (whose name shall be unmentioned for reasons of professionalism) needed to take a break of some days, the amount indeterminate. Their life was getting in the way and stressing them, and that’s fair; it happens to everyone.

My sticking point was their decision to, while they were gone, shut down the server. Just close it, for however long they decided to be gone. I add that the staff team was always present, kept up with the rules and their breakages (however much or little I agree with them, and the style of moderation present), and were a fairly large team. They were fully prepared to be able to handle the server while the owner was away.

Instead, the owner, for whatever reason (though I assume to retain final say and control) decided to just shut it all down for a time.

I don’t know if this happened, because I was banned shortly after.

I brought up the points above in their #general-that there were mods, the community would be disenfranchised, that it was unfair to deprive their server members their community, etc.-and, shortly after, was ridiculed and attacked by the owner, the mod team, and various community members because my points made the owner feel bad.

I shut up as requested, though was attacked and berated repeatedly even after I stopped bringing up my points, and then summarily banned a short time later.

TL;DR: The owner of NN wanted to close the server for however long they took a break for, despite a competent mod team in place, I rose a point about why this was bad, got harassed and banned.

Thank you for reading.

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NN has pretty wild ideas about "cultural appropriation"

I really tried to like NN despite the onerous mile-long trigger list, but then someone got butthurt about my Discord nickname (Linah bat Lilit) because I am not Jewish. That degenerated into me being dog piled in their “ethics in magic” channel for refusing to stop working with Lilith (who is allegedly closed to non-Jews, a claim that I find ridiculous given that Lilith predates Judaism and also appears in Christianity, albeit with less backstory), and then after a heated and unsolicited conversation in DMs with Willo I was abruptly banned from the server without any notification. I’ve gotten multiple energy and divination readings from quite a few people who have confirmed that Lilith is in fact interested in me, so who is NN to say that I can’t work with Her? Are they really so arrogant as to claim that they have authority to intrude into my personal practice and override the wishes of the Goddess I worship? Apparently they are, lol. 

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I barely understood the OP, but let me elaborate:

No, what you put out does not necessarily return to you via some cosmic Rule of Three or Karma or Rebalancing or anything.

What you put out can affect the overall balance of things, however.

So, yes, I am against humans going around cursing things like their morality objectively makes it fine for them to, because frankly, I don’t want messed with the balance of the existence in which I reside.

Thank you for your time.

I literally do not understand the concept of people on here being like “don’t do magic that’s going to impede on another person’s free will” and pretend that’s not the same thing if not just as stupid as the “do what ye want an ye harm none” “law of three” bullbull

How are y'all roasting Wiccans like “don’t curse shame!1!!” but you keep telling people “mmmmmm do ur magic but not like that bc it doesn’t align with my morality specifically cater to me and what I think is justified or not”

These the same people who will then bind people bc they think it’s not “impeding on free will” like are you high???

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The World Health Organization has declared anti-vaxxers as one of the top 10 health risks of 2019.

Vaccinate your damn kids.

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Designer and artist Heidi Lee crafts surreal wearable art, garnering a reputation for her “Endless Echo Hat” that features a cast, repeating version of her face. See more of her work here.

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[OS] King Tut’s iron dagger. Recent work using non-invasive, portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, a team of Italian and Egyptian researchers confirmed that the iron of the dagger placed on the right thigh of King Tut’s mummified body a has meteoric origin. [1200x600]

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this is in my history book about prohibition in the 1920s and i’m laughing so hard oh my gooooood

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This is good news guys but keep fighting, this thing could still go ahead.

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Help?

I did something magic and I’m unsure what it is.

I was watching a YouTube video on Star Wars, and they were talking about the Light Side and Dark Side, and suddenly I drew conclusions about much I’d been thinking about; a rush of energy tingled my back, and from it, I drew out a kind of energy I’m completely unsure of.

I imagine it pitch black, but dotted with or ringed in deep light, like a solar eclipse, melding like paint or burning like a flame. I put some into a raw clear quartz crystal, and the tested reactions by noted sensitive individuals were:

Pain in the arm holding the crystal; heaviness, lightness, and deepness, all at once; buzzing, like electricity; and nothing abnormal.

(These reactions are listed by most to least sensitive individuals.)

Of note, the energy itself does tense and tingle my body, and I’ve learned to draw it from my back, though I’m not sure if these reactions are purely psychological or not. When channeling it, focusing on a clarity of empty emotion and envisioning, feeling it as a wave of something-not-there feels to solidify and enhance it.

If anyone has further tips about what this might be or tests I might conduct with it, please do reply, either by reblog, DMs, or on Discord (kai’s ass#0598; don’t... don’t ask). Thank you.

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Ahem, nor do psychopaths or sociopaths actively murder people, they simply lack empathy and the vast majority of emotions. As is being stated in this thread... that does not make someone inherently bad, nor does it mean someone is going to, as said, murder anyone or torture animals.

your intelligence means fucking nothing if youre devoid of empathy

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I was sitting in a beige room, but outside of my body. As I looked at myself sitting on a dark red sofa, my body began to talk about all the struggles I had been having. I turned around to see that my boyfriend was listening to me talk, but he was never looking at me, always at my body. As it revealed more and more about the problems, he broke more and more. I panicked, was this really what he has to put up with? He then got down on one knee, and while shaking asked me to marry him. In cold sweat he finally noticed the ghost of me and said, “Well, I have no choice any more, I must ask her.”

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Update: Not Homeless!

I’ve moved into a place! Expect updates to definitely continue. (At some point. I’m definitely not lazy. Nooooo)

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reblog if you’re a witchblr

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Homeless

Hi, everyone. As of just recently, I’ve lost a place to live. I apologize at the lack of details, I’m just very devastated right now. Updates will likely come to a standstill or worse, so just a heads-up; any monetary donations to help buy food and keep going to try and find work would be appreciated in the extreme.

Thank you all for your incredible support, and may you be blessed by all you cherish.

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The lord giveth and the lord taketh it back now y’all. Two hops this time.