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No offense to wiccans or pagans but you can't even cast chain lightning

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cat was going nuts and jumping on our altar that I haven't cleaned up in over a year so I let him pull some cards for the solstice and now he's chilling

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getting this card, in this deck, in the "course of action" spot in a spread is so funny. just stab. murder. that will solve your problems. happy halloween.

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“…the dread goddess came from the furthest depths to accept the sacrifices of the son of Aison. Around her head was a garland of terrible snakes entwined with oak branches, and her torches flashed out a blinding brightness; all around her was the piercing bark of hellish dogs. All the fields trembled at her approach; the marsh-dwelling nymphs of the river who dance around that meadow of the Amarantian Phasis screamed aloud.” 

-The Argonautica. Apollonius of Rhodes

Happy Halloween my ghouls! We’re going out with a bang for Classicstober

I’ve drawn Hekate so many times, I wanted to do something new. Then I remembered this chilling passage from the Argonautica where Jason summons the goddess in one of her chthonic incarnations Hekate Brimo (Terrifying Hekate). It kind of reads straight out of a horror movie, so that’s the vibe I went with. 

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Having negative thoughts, intrusive thoughts, violent thoughts, or any kind of urges when doing magic will not make these bad things happen.

The manifestation crowd lied you. Having uncontrolled mental processes does not make things you think about appear in your life.

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Capitalism really has people asking "where can I buy sage for cleansing?" instead of "what else can I use for cleansing that is easier to find?"

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Every single year, without fail, we deal with the fact that the internet is obsessed with promoting the misinformation that Ostara must have been stolen from Easter.

People will argue until they’re blue in the face…But they won’t provide citations or evidence to the contrary and the reason why is simple: there isn’t any.

If you find that celebrating Ostara brings you joy: we aren’t here to rain on your parade or stop you in the slightest.

But misinformation, even misinformation that sounds cool and serves to further rhetorical goals, is still wrong and harmful.

So, after years of promising it, we’ve finally delivered: Easter isn’t stolen from Ostara.

Have questions? We’re happy to answer!

Make sure to follow our Instagram @jewitches for the ongoing discussion!

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Happy Halloween from Portland Button Works, The Spiral House Shop, and Cat Boss Jackie!

It's our favorite season, let's celebrate!

• Use coupon code: WITCHSEASON22 for 15% off everything on our webite.

• We have discounted some zines, books, and even tarot decks!

All orders come with a free gift: a button with an illustration of the intrepid Cat Boss Jackie.

Portland Button Works and the Spiral House Shop are many things:

At Portland Button Works we make custom pin-back buttons with your designs in 4 sizes.

The Spiral House Shop has hundreds of our own button designs, plus, zines books, music, and more!

Within the Spiral House shop is the PBW Witch Shop, a thoughtfully curated selection of witchcraft, magic, and occult related zines, books, divination cards, pin-back buttons, magnets & magical supplies.

Use coupon code: WITCHSEASON22 for 15% off at PortlandButtonWorks.com until November 1, 2022 AND get a free button with an illustration of Cat Boss Jackie (who totally tried to boot me out of this chair last night)

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Something I wish I was told as a young witch:

Correspondences are the most potent when it resonates with your meaning and your reality.

Yes, every old dusty grimoire says that we use the new moon for manifestation.

Every popular new age author since the 80′s says that rose quartz is used for love magic.

A lot of witchcraft bloggers say to use green candles for money magic.

But:

If your spirit tells you that the new moon is going to benefit your divination rituals that night? Trust your intuition.

If you pick up a rose quartz, and that stone tells you that it wants to help you feel protected? Listen to it.

If you associate other colors with money because your country’s paper currency isn’t green? Use the red, blue, yellow, or other color candles.

Collective correspondences are useful and have weight to them, but nothing is more effective than your own instincts.

Learn to trust your intuitive gifts, babes.

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the great neopagan schism between edgy teenagers trying to summon satan or whatever and haphazardly doing blood rituals and stuff and making shit up as they go along and trying to curse anything that moves etc, and the trembling whimpering online ones who are like "noo dont curse the moon artemis will be so upset omg.. mercury is in gatorade so my life is hell right now. dont look at the trees at night dont even acknowledge the trees there are Things in the trees..." and getting scared by common north american fauna

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Advice to witches and Pagans who wish to be allies

Here are some personal words of advice to those in the witch/Pagan communities who wish to be allies to witches and Pagans of colors/marginalized groups, sincerely from a Pagan witch who is a member of an ethnic minority.

Do Not:

Post/repost those lists of what are/are not cultural appropriation. Many of them are inaccurate and incorrect. Some of them are downright stereotypical and racist.

Use us as an excuse to attack people. Some people genuinely don't know better and mean no harm. Innocent mistakes happen. Publicly humiliating people and/or ruining their businesses doesn't help us at all. We've seen enough bullying in this world already without you adding more to it in our names. If you wish to educate someone on what you know/have learned from us, please at least do so in a tactful manner for a start.

Assume cultural appropriation at face value. Looks can be deceiving. The person who has a dreamcatcher hanging above their bed might have received it as a gift from a friend who's Native American. The person with a fresh henna tattoo might have just attended an Indian friend's wedding. The person who appears to have a light complexion might in fact, be a part of a closed culture and/or belong to a closed practice.

Take what you read on the internet as gospels. A handful of people whose online posts have gone viral might not actually represent the voice of the group from which they claim heritage. And guess what? People online can and do lie.

Support mass marketing that exploits native cultures for profits.

Go around preaching about a culture that you're not a part of. This includes what is/is not cultural appropriation from that culture.

Repeat what you've heard/think you know about a culture without having actually taken any time to talk with the people from that culture in real life or done any research to educate yourself about that culture.

Talk over us and speak for us. And this includes making the rounds on social media telling people what our cultures are/are not, what we allow/do not allow, what can/cannot be done with/from our cultures.

Do:

Listen to the native people of a culture. Take the time to get to know them. Spend time with them, if you can. And I don't mean on the internet. As much as possible, try to actually go places, explore different cultures, and learn by experiences.

Be a part of a culture's celebrations/special occasions if you're invited by the people of that culture.

Support local/small businesses run by ethnic minorities.

Appreciate different cultures. Enjoy and promote different cultures' arts, music, cuisine, and traditions in respectful manners. Celebrate diversities. Embrace differences.

Ask questions. If you're not sure about something, it's perfectly fine to just ask. Most of us are cool with sharing our thoughts on matters related to our cultures.

Understand that cultures are not monoliths. Even within a culture, there are going to be differences of opinions, across generations and geographical regions.

Actually be an ally instead of a mouthpiece. What we really want is for our voices to be heard and not drowned out. We would like to be able to speak our minds, without anyone talking over us, without anyone making it more about them than about us.

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here are some pics people posted from our wedding today. That cake man.... sooooo good... and so pretty!! 👰💗👰

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i love spring bc persephone gets to leave the underworld and be with her mom

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Just lazy pagan things: cleaning your alter after like a year and finding a candle holder full of dirt and having absolutely no recollection of where it is from or what significance it holds.

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Just got the most intense tarot reading of my life from my cat

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temporary sort of altar at the coast

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I'm such a casual pagan. I do like 3 rituals a year.