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Um balanço

Estou fazendo esse quadro a 2 semanas, ele têm uma história relativamente boa. . . Mas não acho q estejam interessados nela

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Maika Monroe and Longlegs director, Osgood Perkins, interview for BlackTree TV

[doolallymagpie]

ah, so warlord is losing the doctor who license

don’t care who gets it as long as it’s someone who actually cares about making good minis

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Nicole Beharie: interview with Black Tree TV for “Breaking”

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Besom, Stang & Sword Book Review

This is the book that first introduced me to Traditional Witchcraft. I read it in the Pagan & Witches Amino Book Club (which no longer exists to my knowledge), and it talked about all the things I was looking for. I'll try not to be biased in this review (it's why I have a section on both what I like and don't like). Let's get into it

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Content:

Synopsis

What I Liked

What I Don't Like

Overall Thoughts

Conclusion

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Published 2018

"Traditional Witchcraft is not about where you are from but where you are. Regional traditional witchcraft teaches people to find their craft in their own backyards, in the uncultivated land, the wild unknown, and in their ancestors rather than in ancient foreign deities or a Neo-Pagan-styled religious form of witchcraft.

The authors founded the Blacktree Coven in 2014 and set out to forge a modern approach to traditional witchcraft for a new era of praxis. Besom, Stang & Sword is a landmark book that presents their introduction to regional traditional witchcraft and a fresh, spirit-based, nonreligious guide to the spiritual practice of witchcraft in a modern context. The material presented in this book is adaptable to any region in which the practitioner lives."

-from the back of the book

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What I Liked

The book starts off with a good rundown of what traditional witchcraft is, the main players and traditions, the types of spirits worked with (such as the folkloric devil), and what the book will be focusing on. The ritual for "Becoming a Witch" is more of an introduction to the spirits; I've done the ritual myself a couple of times and it's really worth doing if you're interested.

The book is from the perspective of the authors' own tradition, which really we can only talk from our own perspectives when talking about witchcraft. So here they give us a few different altars that they set up for their own rituals. One is Genius Loci altar (an altar for the spirit of the land), an ancestor altar, and what they call a sacrificial altar (where they leave their offerings). This is great for getting ideas for your own altars if that is something that interests you.

The same chapter that talks about the altars and tools, talks about a traditional witchcraft ritual called The Witches' Compass. It does a great job of explaining where the magic circle most people are familiar with comes from, as well as what makes the compass different from that. It also gives instructions on how to lay your own compass. A lot of traditional witches will have a shorter version of this ritual as well. Here we get the crossroads rite. I personally still use this in my craft for smaller rituals when necessary.

The book also talks about trance states, with explanations of brain waves and how these help us create magic. There's an explanation of the Alpha state in the chapter on spells, and explanations for Delta, Theta, and Gamma in the chapter on hedgecraft. These come with exercises to help you utilize each state with practice.

There is a decent amount of spells in this book to get you started. The variety is wide with things such as binding, banishing and hexing as well as blessing and cleansing among others. This goes for the section on divination as well. They give some examples of different types of divination practices such as seership and scrying, and talk about theories of divination as well.

The book talks about the three worlds briefly, but also the Witch Queen as a keeper of the gates to them. There is a lot of focus in traditional witchcraft books on the Witch Lord/King/Father as the folkloric devil, but we don't get a lot on the Witch Queen. So it's nice to see even a short discussion on her (they say she is a hard one to pin down), and a ritual to contact her.

One of my favorite chapters is the one the hidden landscape. Connecting to the land, the different spirits (plants, trees, fungi, insects, etc.), as well as land wights. Plus a discussion of how living locally can help you connect more with these spirits is just *chefs kiss*. This chapter also discusses using local lore in your craft, such as their coven working with the Jersey Devil as Witch Lord (they are from New Jersey, USA). They give a list of similar monsters that you could look into if they are local to you.

This book has a great breakdown of the different types of ancestors in witchcraft traditions such as the Mighty Dead (great people from human history), the Forgotten Dead, the Hidden Company, etc. It then gives you different ways to connect with them. In the same vein, it has two different necromancy ritual, one of them being a dream ritual.

The book also talks about soulflight, but one of my favorite sections is where it talks about shapeshifting during. it gives you a couple different methods to try, such as mimicry and trance. It also speaks of familiars, what they are and how to gain one. It goes into great detail about familiars historically and their purpose. There's a ritual for finding a familiar and one for petitioning.

The book also talks about what a "sabbat" is in traditional witchcraft. Not one of the wheel of the year holidays from Wicca, this is a meeting of witches. There's a lot of historical detail here, including a discussion of the "blood libel" against Jewish people and that being where the word "sabbat" comes from. Sabbat being the Jewish day of worship.

The chapter on the lunar year is great! It's what inspired me to create my own names for the different lunar cycles. Here the authors use their own names and activities as examples to help give inspiration for you to create your own and really think about what's going on around you in nature.

Lastly, each chapter has a recommended reading list at the end dedicated to each topic. This really helped me to build my own reading list initially. I have yet to read all the books they recommend, but I do believe I've read most of the important ones.

creating your own lunar calendar

recommended reading at the end of each chapter

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What I Didn't Like

Because the book is written from the perspective of the authors' own tradition, there are items that you don't necessarily need. Such as a token of the land or a message box. I think these are cool ideas to play with and there are definitely tools explained that are common throughout many traditional witchcraft traditions, I just think maybe they could have made a section for ones that are specific to their own tradition. Though this is not a huge deal.

We are first introduced to the crossroads rite in the first chapter during their ritual for "Becoming a Witch." It's at the end of chapter two that we learn more about it. I wish these two things had been together for easier reference, but I can also understand why they organized it the way they did.

It always bothers me when people spell magic with a k. It comes from Aleister Crowley, with the argument that it's so people know you're talking about "real" magic as opposed to stage magic. I think that's crap. Context will tell people if you're talking about stage magic. I admit I am also a bit biased as I am not a huge fan of Crowley.

Within the spells sections there are a few that are inspired by hoodoo. I have mixed feelings about this. First, we all have heard that hoodoo is closed and I don't necessarily know the authors' background with the practice. However, these are not true hoodoo workings and the authors acknowledge this. They explain they are inspired by hoodoo workings. I want to give them credit for that at least. Maybe I would feel a bit better about it if they gave an actual explanation of hoodoo but that would feel outside the scope of this book.

Lastly, the chapter on herbalism focuses on baneful herbs. I'm not mad about that necessarily, it's just that the book is meant to be geared towards people who are relatively new to trad craft and witchcraft. It's a weird place to start people. On top of that, most of the plants are poisonous. There's a lot of considerations to take when working with poisonous plants for your own mundane safety. If you're curious, The Poison Path Herbal by Coby Michael is a great place to learn more about working with poisonous plants in witchcraft.

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Overall Thoughts

This book isn't perfect, but I love it just the same (and that's probably partly nostalgia). I think it does a great job of explaining some of the finer points of traditional witchcraft. Though it does feel a bit more like an introduction to their own tradition and a book made to give to their own initiates. I reference certain sections here and there and not every chapter is important if I'm honest. I do think it's one of the better books on the topic that I've read so far.

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Conclusion

This book won't be for everyone, and that's ok. I hope this review gave you something to chew on or helped you decide if you want to get the book. The authors also have a podcast called Down at the Crossroads. You can find Besom, Stang, and Sword on amazon, Google Books, their publisher Weiser Books, The Crooked Path, and Books-a-Million. You can also check with your local witchy bookstore.

*All images from the book*

Other reviews:

Blog Post 212 - Book Review: Besom, Stang and Sword

Review: Besom, Stang & Sword

[dailyskullgirls]

Parasoul Blacktree

[allthemurders]

i found your sarah barnaby whump posts and I'm desperate for more do u have any more ideas or thoughts ahdjsj

HELLO HI I AM ALWAYS DOWN TO TALK ABOUT SARAH BARNABY WHUMP!! i have So Many thoughts and ideas hehehehehe

ngl it’s been A While since i last watched midsomer tho, so my memories of it are all a bit hazy and i’ve probably misremembered some plot points / timings / etc. this is also why some of these ideas are Extremely Vague hgkfjdjfhf

(i’m gonna put it all under the cut bc the post got fairly long, wHoOpS)

ep-specific whump:

s19 ep5 - death by persuasion : the aim is a little off with the warning shot during the ball, and sarah gets hit. or she gets hit by a mirror shard. either way, she’s in a regency era ball gown and she is bleeding out while john frantically tries to help her. (this naturally gives her ideas for her book, much to john’s concern)

s20 ep2 - death of the small coppers : i was So sure sarah was gonna end up getting caught helping birgitte with her investigation and that some sort of whump would play out with that. i have no real thoughts of what or how or why exactly, but i Need it. possibly could have birgitte & sarah being caught snooping and subsequently getting whumped together??? helping each other stay strong throughout it, then working out an escape plan and getting themselves out before john & jamie can even attempt to rescue them??? also unrelated but sarah should’ve been there for the jamie whump scene at the end i stg

s21 ep2 - the miniature murders : THE MURDERER WAS LITERALLY IN JOHN & SARAH’S HOUSE WITH SARAH & BETTY. WHY DID NOTHING HAPPEN WITH THIS?????? MIDSOMER WRITERS HATE ME I STG 😭😭 anyways what if john & jamie rush in, john telling sarah to take betty to play in her room, but sarah doesn’t get the opportunity to leave?? the murderer grabs her in a panic and pulls a knife (or possibly a dangerous improvised weapon of some kind, i’m hazy on the details of this ep) and takes her hostage. jamie hurries betty upstairs on john’s orders, trying his best to console her and answer her questions while also massively worrying about his adoptive mum sarah. john is left to talk the murderer down on his own

s22 ep5 - for death prepare : things go massively wrong when sarah is on stage. i’m talking “murderer walks on stage in full costume with an actual extremely lethal sword or a period-accurate gun” kind of massively wrong. “the last guy he wants to kill is also on stage” kind of massively wrong. “sarah just gets in the way of his revenge and ends up with a severe wound” kind of massively wrong. (john and jamie get there in time to see it happen but too late to actually stop it. they both blame themselves for not getting there sooner)

s23 ep1 - the blacktrees prophecy : so many vague and depressing thoughts about sarah having a Bad Childhood™ with far too much pressure on her to always be perfect, because nothing was ever good enough for her mum no matter how hard she tried. (*literally looks so upset by the thought of her mum coming to stay that john thinks she’s straight up died* / “oh, i’m just touching up a few patches [of paint on the walls]. you know how my mother likes to point out every little imperfection” / “the house is, er… looking lovely” “well, i’m sure she’ll find fault somewhere”). HER SCENES IN THIS EP PHYSICALLY HURT ME HONESTLY. SHE IS SO STRESSED AND TENSE,,,,,,,,, and then basically as soon as she finds out her mum’s going to her sister’s instead you can See this massive weight has been lifted off her. like ik there’s a couple hours between her finding out and the actual scene at the end, bUT STILL. IT’S LIKE FLICKING A SWITCH???? SHE’S SUDDENLY HAPPY AND JOKING WITH JOHN AGAIN??????? sorry this was basically just me repeating canon but i have too many Feelings about it 😭😭

s23 ep3 - a grain of truth : look honestly i don’t really remember anything about this ep other than that sarah was at the place where a murder happened or smth and iirc exactly zero whump came out of this. some whump should’ve come out of this. also weren’t ppl being poisoned with ergot or smth?? why was sarah not poisoned with ergot??

non-ep whump:

john gets a call from betty’s school saying that it’s getting pretty late, will he or sarah be picking her up soon? and he’s a little confused, because it’s meant to be sarah’s day to do the school pickup and it’s not like her to forget, but he figures she must’ve been waylaid by something. he calls her, but it just goes to voicemail. he calls again; still nothing. he’s concerned now, wondering why she isn’t answering, but he knows she sometimes gets stuck in unplanned meetings for ages, so it’s like a low-level concern as he leaves work early to pick betty up. his worry absolutely skyrockets when he finds the front door kicked in, the living room trashed, and the house empty despite sarah’s car being parked up outside. a ransom note and proof of life photos arrive the following morning

john & sarah are held captive together for some reason. john’s being Extremely Annoying in order to get the captors to keep their focus on him, because he’s willing to take all the consequences of their anger if it keeps sarah out of harm’s way. one of the captors eventually hurts sarah to try and keep him in line, and he just goes absolutely feral

sarah should get to watch someone being killed. as a treat (..ok probably not for her, but it would be for me ✌️😎)

tbh most of the rest of my misc ideas are just various other forms of “sarah gets Beaten Up!!” or “sarah gets held hostage to get john to cooperate!!” s o o o yea that is basically all i can think of atm 👀

tysm for the ask, and i really really hope you enjoyed this whump as much as i enjoyed thinking about it!! ✨✨✨