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graveyarddirt · 1 year
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Hagging Out: April [🧹]
Thinking about taking part? Reply to this entry - or send me a DM - and I'll add you to the list of April Hags. 💀
and if you have a favour to request, upon walpurgis night just mention it. -- mephistopheles, 'faust'
WHO: To join this challenge you must 1.) identify as a hag (trans, non-binary, and dude Hags welcome!), and 2.) be 30 years or older. While not mandatory, all former participants have been some flavor of pagan or witch or Christian, so incorporating the challenge into your practice or devotional schedule isn't just tolerated, it's encouraged!
WHAT: This month we're going for a 'Choose Your Own Adventure' theme, with a focus on the rituals, workings, customs, festivities, and/or sabbat spectacles of Witches' Night [aka Walpurgisnacht & Hexennacht], Beltane, May Day, and International Workers' Day.
WHERE: In the convenience of your home! Unless, of course, you want to be a bit extra. Whatever you decide to do, and wherever you decide to do it, be sure to tag your posts with #Hagging Out so fellow crones can follow along. (Over the past few years we've essentially strong-armed everyone else out of the tag and claimed it as our middle-aged Hag fort, LMFAO.)
WHEN: April 30th-May 4th! Participating Hags are encouraged to complete their challenge and write their entry when it suits their schedule, then pick one of the five "open" days - April 30th, May 1st, May 2nd, May 3rd, or May 4th - to post it.
WHY: To consolidate our strengthening crone powers and exchange tips on the best way of covering stubborn greys. And because it's occasionally nice to be social in the comfort of your own home without actually having people over.
HOW: However the eff you want! Planning on getting totally witch-faced at sabbat, or using the evening's abundant vibes to provide some ooomph to a working or project? Tell us about it! Dusting off the broom and brushing through that second skin to get 'em squeaky for Brocken? Building a bonfire? Constructing a maypole or a May garland? Enjoying a special, seasonal meal? We want the deets, yo!
PLAYLIST: A Hagging Out sabbat social needs a sabbat social playlist! If you're participating in this month's challenge comment with a song you'd like to add to our Witches' Night and May Day themed playlist: https://youtube.com/Hagging Out Hexennacht.
...and remember: what happens at Brocken, stays at Brocken. 😈
💀 April Hags: @msgraveyarddirt @lupinelace @moeder-geit @satsekhem @hrusewif @friend-crow @goddess29 @vine-black @goadthings @aircea @stormcrow513 @relikdigitali @coaleyed @wildwood-faun @crazycatsiren @heathird @thedosianexplorer @buddyblanc @casa_de_cadejo @aquatixwitch
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prairiefirewitch · 1 year
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Mugwort Rose Elixir - Hagging Out
Packing up to head to my last ever Dead & Co. show but have a few minutes for a mini hag out.
My mugwort is having its most prolific season ever so I want to use it in everything, and the roses are old fashioned tea roses so they actually smell rosy. I’m infusing them in brandy, and later I’ll add honey, which is what makes this an elixir and not just a tincture.
Besides being a very effective dream herb, mugwort has some analgesic qualities, and is especially good for period cramps and to bring on menses. It’s not an herb for pregnant folks, because it’s also an abortifacient.
I paired it with roses just on intuition; rose is soft and sensual; sort of the Aphrodite of the plant world. Mugwort is hidden knowledge and liminal spaces, maybe akin to Hekate, though of course it’s an herb of Artemis. I just liked the juxtaposition.
Thank you again to @graveyarddirt for pulling these collective exercises together. 🖤
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pagan-stitches · 1 year
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Hagging Out May — Dandelion Salve
Disclaimer: some of the pictures are from a couple years ago.
Well, after several infusion experiments didn’t turn out I turned to a trusty recipe that I’ve done before but hadn’t ever published for hagging out.
Luckily, though dandelions aren’t as plentiful as they are earlier in the spring, I found enough for the recipe.
I infused the dandelions in oil for about a week and a half and then followed the above recipe.
I love the feel of this salve on my chapped lips and dry skin and also use it for anointments in Kupala rituals.
Happy hagging out everyone, and thanks as always to @graveyarddirt for hosting!
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friend-crow · 1 year
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Hagging Out, May 2023: Infusions pt. 2
My first idea was to make Four Thieves Vinegar, which I find historically fascinating, and I thought might be fun to experiment with in spell crafting.
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This infusion of herbs in vinegar was thought to prevent plague when worn on the hands, ears and temples. While this is unlikely, there is some thought that the use of wormwood could have acted as a flea repellent, which might have offered some limited protection.* I am doubtful, yet intrigued.
Originally I had planned on making a traditional recipe for it. Then I looked at the ingredient list for one and went, "I'm not tracking all of that down."
Instead I made a more modern version, using rosemary, sage, thyme, and mint (I considered throwing some wormwood in, since I have it, but decided I might prefer the version without for salads).
Due to lack of organization and time management skills, I failed to take my own recently stated advice on drying herbs for infusions, and given the time crunch, just wilted some for a few days. With the exception of the thyme, which my mom grew (my plant didn't survive last winter), I grew all of the herbs.
The traditional recipe called for white wine vinegar, but I didn't want to go buy that, so continuing in the spirit of just using what's on hand, I used apple cider vinegar, which I buy by the gallon. I'm lowkey obsessed with vinegar, so this is not the only type I have been known to buy by the gallon.
*source: wikipedia on the subject, which includes a recipe
I also wanted to try making rose water, since I have a rose bush in bloom. There's a couple of different methods, but I went with a simple one, in which you simmer clean rose petals in water until they lose their color, then strain.
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I thought it would look nice in bubble tea, with the multicolored tapioca pearls I have. While the rosewater did turn out a beautiful color, it's basically flavorless, which is unfortunate as I have two jars of it. The vinegar, on the other hand, is already delicious, despite needing to infuse for another week or so.
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wildwood-faun · 1 year
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Hagging out May 2023 - Infusions
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Staying extremely topical, this month I developed a small obsession with the hagberry, or Prunus padus. In Sweden, the time between the flowering of the hagberry and the lilac is known as the most beautiful time of the year and this time around I felt it with a passion. Spring was very cool over here, which meant it became more drawn out and this magical time where every meadow looks like my understanding of Paradise extended into a couple of glorious weeks.
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This was around the time when @graveyarddirt let us know the theme for this month's Hagging Out, and I knew immediately that I needed to do something with the hagberry flowers. May is always super busy so I was worried I wouldn't have time to collect the flowers before they were gone, but luckily I found a perfect tree on my way home from work (gonna revisit said tree for berries later in the year I hope!) and another one on my way to an appointment - this is why it's good to always carry some kind of receptacle by the way.
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I spent two evenings removing blossoms from stems in a blissful state and infused half of them in vinegar for I believe 10-14 days, and the other half in wine for about a week. I think I might have overdone it with the wine as my entire fridge smelled of bitter almonds for a while, but I haven't had occasion to try it yet. I'm figuring if the flavour is too strong I might dilute it with more wine. I haven't tried the vinegar yet either but it's got a wonderful smell and I believe it'll do very well as a way of bottling this beautiful time of year.
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The bottle on the left is my third project: bear garlic oil. This I've already used in a couple of salads and it's fantastic. Previous years I've mostly used the bear garlic for pesto and it's delicious but it's gone before you know it. This is an attempt to enjoy it for longer!
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woolandcoffee · 1 year
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My very first Hagging Out. I've been watching friends and mutuals participate in Hagging Out for a couple of years, and after turning 30 in mid-May, am thrilled to finally be joining in.
This May has actual been rather hectic for me. It started with a work trip to the West coast where I took a few extra days to go visit family. Then I had my 30th birthday celebration back in Arkansas with my partner and our friends. Then, over Memorial Day weekend, I went back out West to visit some school friends I haven't seen since we all took the Bar Exam in 2019. Add work craziness on top of that, and you start to understand why the last month has been a bit of a blur.
Suffice to say, I was glad to see that this month's Hagging Out was all about infusions. I may not have had a lot of free time this month, but I did have enough time to put together a gin infusion with strawberry and basil that will serve as the communion wine at my Midsummer celebration next month. What better way to toast a King than with some strawberry-basil gin, hmm?
Thank you very much to @msgraveyarddirt for hosting this fun series! I'm looking forward to many, many more.
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thedosianexplorer · 1 year
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HAGGING OUT: MAY
I spent the festivities enjoying decadence that was gone too quickly to photograph but some highlights:
Spiked ice tea (hibiscus/cherry/rosehip/berry tea and Queen Charlotte rum)
Chocolate croissants and cream puffs
Brioche French toast
Bread drizzled with hot honey and spices
Basically if it was a rare treat, an indulgence, or intoxicating in some way, we partook and delighted in the transition to a new season. It coincided with some truly lovely weather, some of the first we've had this extremely fickle year.
April is a hard month for us here between the inevitable (taxes) and difficult anniversaries, so we cut loose on the 30th and put it behind us for another year. Thanks to springcleaning I had time to create a new devotional piece:
This is for Freyja's shrine and is the box lid for containing objects offered or dedicated to Her. I painted it to look like an amber gem bordered with amber beads. Everyone at my altar gets a themed box and I'm working my way through all of them. Painted with Arteza acrylic paints (highly recommend, great pigmentation, blends well, and dilutes without being grainy).
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rootandrock · 1 year
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Much Belated Hagging Out
Wormwood is a powerful vermifuge. At least, that’s what they say. Some say that it is a poison that kills the parasites and others suggest that it’s more about cramping so hard you do the expelling manually.
It ejects, it scours, it cleanses. Not so “scorched and salted earth” as some herbs, but it uproots violently and throws [whatever] out in its face. Green Lady isn’t strictly a “wormwood”, though her Southernwood family is known for keeping out pests through their pungent lemon-camphor scent. Magically, however, she shares in that empire of purgation.
I should have expected that doing this Work would have side-effects. 
I did not. Because I’m kinda dumb.
I have told Green Lady’s story before. Over, and over, and over. There’s not much new to say. Our paths are probably too entangled to untangle. When I felt a call to do a specific Work I knew it would be with her. There is no other candidate for this intimate exploration except her. This is like trying a new sex act, or traveling to an unknown country: You do it with someone you trust implicitly, explicitly, and completely.
I’m not going to spell out what The Work is - it’s not quite ready to describe, if it ever is - but it begins with an infusion of plenty of Southernwood into pure grain alcohol. 
I trimmed a ton of her bitter, feathery, bits in the appropriate day and hour (she’s damned near doubled in size since then), and I lovingly air-dried them on the top of my altar, turning daily until they were crispy enough to crumble with my fingertips. And infuse I did. 
What I expected was a slow batch that took days or weeks to darken. What I got was an instantaneous flush of green so intense that it looked like ink. I didn’t realize it was possible for chlorophyll to just… do that. I’ve paid for watercolor paints less intense.
(She won’t let me take a photo, but I want you to imagine a small sample of Moldavite-green liquid in a large vintage glass canning jar.)
In a previous “infusing” Hagging Out, the one where I re-batched my altar oil, I explained how she holds an untarnished moment for me. She’s got a little piece of the parts of me from Before. She kept it for me, the way I kept a bit of her.
It was then that I started this Work without even realizing it. I hadn’t quite kicked the hornet’s nest yet, but I was certainly lining up the punt. I began to kick up the Weird just to see if-… see what-… 
Okay, let’s be brutally honest: To see if I was still me. If the woo was still there. If the connections I’d worked so hard to establish were still alive. I’d been in a fallow period with my practice since my mother died.  I kicked things up to see what was left in the smoking crater. And if the crater was as bad as I thought and, well…
It wasn’t bad at all, really. The crater was me, not around me. The destruction was upstairs, not out there. They had all been patiently waiting for me to perk up. 
But then (because I am me) I went “You know what’d be a great idea? If I didn’t ease back into things at all, and instead walked directly up to the most monumental Work possible, and started a hockey brawl with it.” And then I intentionally, willfully, wantonly, attempted to throw hands with the Numinous. Within a day the synchronicities started to happen. The weird ones. The ones where you can’t be shocked or skeptical you just sort of go “Well, that’s… a thing that happened.” And it kept happening. People I hadn’t thought of or spoken to in literally 20+ years started sliding across my Tumblr dashboard or showing up as moderators on facebook groups being suggested to me. But did I stop? God no, why would I do that?
Buy the ticket and take the ride. And the ride has been intense. Better I avoid toeing up to that topic, honestly.
Since this has been two years in a row of revisiting this particular relationship in this particular way, I’ve decided to enshrine it. Whatever moon is full earliest in June is Green Lady’s Moon. The new moon begins the process of reconnection with the plant world, strengthening of ties, etc. The full moon will be for re-establishing connection with myself and my personal ties in Ritual. And the waning moon… Purgation. Heaving whatever isn't working, and is just "taking" out the door, kicking it in the ass for good measure. 
This entry is heavily redacted. If the tone seems weird that’s because it’s been edited, edited, and edited again.
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crazycatsiren · 1 year
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Hagging Out: May [🍵]
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"Infusions"
Not so much an infusion, more of a base: my newly collected rain plus storm water of this spring season.
Moon water can be added for charging, vinegar can be added for cleansing, rusted nails can be added to make war water for cursing, herbs, dirt, and rocks can be added for protection, other types of water can be added for various spell work, the possibilities are really endless.
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Cacao to warm your Heart prior to getting witchfaced 🍁✨🫖
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I've hopped on the Hagging Out train and joined in.
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I like to keep things simple, and infusions are fairly easy. Food offerings are a nope because of ants, but tea works great. In this case, I have a sweet herbal infusion for Frigg and Freyja on the left, and both seem to favor sweet fruity flavors. On the right is a black tea for The Morrigan and Hel, and both seem to favor bitter and savory flavors. I would include some mead for Thor and Cernunnos to share, but today I'm working on a quilt. When painting, those two get involved whether I like it or not.
The green mug was made by a local potter, and it immediately felt right to have in my collection. Yes, I collect mugs...among the various other things I collect. Today, I got a nudge to use the new mugs.
I'm fond of tea being used as offerings. No ants to concern myself with, and I can then pour the tea into one of my potted plants without harming them. My begonia has sort of...exploded since receiving caffeinated tea (namely green tea) on a near weekly basis. In fact, all my plants seem to be thriving on whatever tea I give them. None of it gets sweetened unless it's being poured outside. Again, ants.
This isn't as fancy or big like a few of the other Hagging Out posts, but that's just fine. I haven't the energy nor means for making things from scratch, but this works and the offerings satisfy those I give them to. That's good enough.
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graveyarddirt · 1 year
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Hagging Out: May [🍵]
Thinking about taking part? Reply to this entry - or send me a DM - and I'll add you to the list of May Hags. 💀
too cruel? did i choose them what they are? or change them from themselves by poisonous charms? but any draught, pure water, natural wine, out of my cup, revealed them to themselves and to each other. change? there was no change; only disguise gone from them unawares -- augusta davies webster, 'circe'
WHO: To join this challenge you must 1.) identify as a hag (trans, non-binary, and dude Hags welcome!), and 2.) be 30 years or older. While not mandatory, all former participants have been some flavor of pagan or witch or Christian, so incorporating the challenge into your practice or devotional schedule isn't just tolerated, it's encouraged!
WHAT: This month we’re sticking shit in a (thoroughly sterilized!) jar, bottle, and/or teapot, then pouring something over the materia to create an infusion. Honey, water, alcohol, vinegar, fruit juice, oil, salt, and sugar are all terrific mediums to infuse using fresh or dried ingredients. Start an infusion, finish an infusion, or simply brag about a recently created infusion that you're feeling rather chuffed with.
WHERE: In the convenience of your home! Unless, of course, you want to be a bit extra. Whatever you decide to do, and wherever you decide to do it, be sure to tag your posts with #Hagging Out so fellow crones can follow along. (Over the past few years we've essentially strong-armed everyone else out of the tag and claimed it as our middle-aged Hag fort, LMFAO.)
WHEN: May 29th-May 31st! Participating Hags are encouraged to complete their challenge and write their entry when it suits their schedule, then pick one of the three "open" days - May 29th, May 30th, or May 31st - to post it.
WHY: To consolidate our strengthening crone powers and exchange tips on the best way of covering stubborn greys. And because it's occasionally nice to be social in the comfort of your own home without actually having people over.
HOW: Create something for the kitchen cupboard, start or finally finish a more serious project for workings, or even use the theme as an excuse for a tea party in the garden (or getting witch-faced next to a roaring fire). Don’t get too hung up on the idea that participation needs to be food-based - this challenge is all about appreciating the season, creating something for future use, and working with what’s available (and maybe learning some new skills along the way). Feel free to riff and push boundaries, that’s what this is all about!
💀 May Hags: @msgraveyarddirt @pagan-stitches @satsekhem @moeder-geit @wildwood-faun @woolandcoffee @rootandrock @friend-crow @thedosianexplorer @liminalblessings @furmity @prairiefirewitch @crazycatsiren @buddyblanc @inbacchaegloriam @passifloramoonlight @anotherdayforchaosfay @rose-colored-tarot
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prairiefirewitch · 1 year
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I’m hagging out a day early because I’m headed out of town for a couple of days, but I was not about to miss this month’s hag party. I love making infusions and have managed to turn infused witch things into my full time job, so this is my strawberry jam. Strawberry vanilla hibiscus infused mead, specifically.
I try to make at least 2 batches of mead a year; one at Yule to be shared at Midsommar, and the other made at Midsommar to be shared at Yule. It’s a nice way for me to slow down and apply patience (I’ve got zero) to a project, and eventually reap the delicious benefits of waiting for the mead to mature. And it’s very sweet to taste the labors of summer in the middle of winter, and then to taste the warm spices of winter in summer. It’s alcohol-fueled time travel.
This mead is my favorite of all the batches I’ve made, so I made 3 gallons instead of the usual 1 gallon batches I make.
Mead is incredibly easy to make; once you toss everything together, it’s just a waiting game. Here’s the down and dirty but there are many good recipes online if you want something more complex. Sanitizing your equipment is the most important step and you can use San-star from a homebrew supplier, or make your own with a gallon of cool water and about an ounce of household bleach. Everything you use here needs to be sanitized.
You need all this stuff to make a gallon:
2.5 - 3 lbs honey
1/2 pack sweet or dry yeast mead (I used champagne yeast because I like it bone dry)
1 gallon spring or purified water
2 cups berries
Vanilla bean, split and scraped
10 raisins
1/2 cup dried hibiscus flowers
You’ll also want a gallon sized glass carboy, a big funnel, a large cooking pot, a small cooking pot, an airlock, a sieve, a rubber stopper that fits your carboy, and a big spoon to stir with.
Put your honey in your large pot and add about half a gallon of water. Warm it on low just until the honey dissolves. Watch the heat, honey scorches quickly. While it warms, put your clean chopped strawberries into the small pot with about 2 cups of water. Bring it to a low simmer and use a potato masher or an immersion blender to make a purée. Add your hibiscus flowers, heat for a few minutes to let them soften and turn off the heat. When it’s just barely warm, use your sieve to filter out the seeds and flowers.
Once your honey water cools to about 100 degrees, pour it into your clean carboy. Add the other half gallon of water, and your sieved strawberry purée. Top up with additional water if needed, leaving about 3 inches of head room. Add your vanilla beans and raisins. Raisins provide nutrients for the yeast. Sprinkle the yeast on top, but be sure your mixture is 90 degrees or cooler or your yeast will die.
Pop your rubber stopper into the carboy and insert the water filled airlock. Now you wait. Let it ferment for 2 weeks. Most of the activity will have stopped.
Now you need to filter the mead into a second carboy. If you don’t have one, use a sanitized pot or bucket while you wash your carboy for the secondary fermentation. You want to pour or siphon slowly and carefully, using a fine mesh strainer, so you leave most of the settled yeast and bits of strawberry out. Once it’s carefully filtered, add it back to the carboy, put the stopper and airlock back in. Now wait for a long time. This mead should be ready to drink in 6 months, but it’ll be a bit rough and unrefined. You can bottle it at this point, which is what I do, but lots of people just let it age in the carboy. I like heavy duty swing top glass bottles, but wine bottles work too.
If you’re patient, save a few bottles to age for a full year. This is when your mead becomes a nectar fit for gods, with all the roughness gone, and the delicate honey flavor gets complex. Keep your bottles in a cool dark place.
Thank you @msgraveyarddirt for hosting!
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coaleyed · 1 year
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Hagging Out
Hexxennacht was part of a whirlwind weekend of gardening and getting sun-drunk and I'm nowhere near done. I got my wife a cherry tree on sale and gave it a new home in one of the spaces where I've been killing grass.
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We had dinner outside next to a ritual bonfire that got oddly star-shaped toward the end.
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Then it was flying ointment time and I eventually had the most incoherent visions of my life, including a grotesque reminder that capitalism intentionally rots the brain. Thanks, Datura. Sorry if I used too much of you, babe.
For Beltane/May Day, I fucked off of work early to make us a gorgeous spring potion: Honey Lavender Lemonade.
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The blue above is cold water that I turned blue with some butterfly pea flower, my usual springtime obsession. When combined with citrus or other things that change the pH, it turns purple or pink.
The honey-lemon part looks creepy on its own but I swear it's delicious.
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Anyway, we gulped it like loopy spirits and loved every minute.
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stormcrow513 · 1 year
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Hagging Out April/May Hexennacht/May Day/Beltane 2023
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So I actually managed to celebrate both Hexennacht AND May Day/Beltane this year! Go me!
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So I spent the 29th 30th and 1st completely Witch faced high, lol
I got a shit load done, I did some cleaning, smacking out a lot of dead/shitty energy,
Combining that with a road opening and shit ton of blessing work,
I also thoroughly gave Offerings, April was such a fuck awful month I wanted to forcibly shove it out the door and lock the door behind it, I was so tired I was actually dreading Hexennacht this year cause I hadn't had time or energy to really plan anything or set things up well,
But somehow *cough* cannabis *cough* I became a fucking whirlwind and got everything done, and had a fucking blast,
I have to make do with a candle on my bedroom floor as a fire, but frankly it works just as well as when I was able to do outdoor rituals when we first moved here,
This was my second year with my Mighty Steed and Snakey Wand,
Though I've had that Steed since I was a little girl, you ever have something from before you started a magic path and one day go 'oh hey', that was me with that horse head cane,
See as a kiddling I fucking love collecting two things, rocks and sticks, I had a whole area in my basement 'playroom' (it was half done fucking dungeon, cause my father never finished shit, and it creeped me the holy hell out, but it was where I kept my sticks,) I had em all nicely sorted,
Anyway this gave me an appreciation for walking sticks and canes, my ma had her uncle's old cane I was always trying to play with, but dude was a big fucker, and cane was good deal bigger then me and ma knew I'd never grow into it like I'd been hoping, she found this horse head cane the head snapped and therefore adorable for her, she grabbed it up and brought it home to me, with plans to fix it up I was delighted I spent hours sitting in her closet rubbing my little hands over it,
Ma never was able to fix it up, but surprisingly through all the moves, and that time we asked my sister if she could store some of our stuff and she agreed and then went through it all and tossed and sold most of it,
Horse somehow made it, and I'd been keeping it in my closet,
Also funny enough I grew into it almost perfectly,
I realized a couple years ago while trying to come up with a Sabbat Steed that uh hello I had a perfect one sitting patiently waiting for me to get my shit together, lol,
So I before even fixing the head, started working it, cleaned it up nice, put the pieces near me while sleeping on Sabbat nights, bring it into circle, ect. Last year I finally put the dear together enchanted and Named horse, and off to the Sabbat we went, with my new snake wand tagging along,
And so we flew again this year!
May 1st is also my great aunt who raised my ma's birthday, I never got to meet her but I owe her my existence so I went to put a Coke can (her fav) out for her when I got a shock of a 'welo don't put the whole damn can down' so instead I shared a can with my great aunt for her birthday,
After that I did some work with The Spirit Of The Land, to bridge a better connection between us, that went extremely well
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rose-colored-tarot · 1 year
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Hagging Out in May
Woo! Welcome to my first hagging out participation. Hagging out has been on my radar since I turned 30 in October. I had actually first heard of it only after I was eligible to participate. But I wasn’t really feeling the prompt, and then it wasn’t on the forefront of my mind so I completely forgot about it (thanks ADHD). Anyhoo, I get home on Friday, already planning on making an infused gin and what is the first post I see on tumblr? This month’s prompt of throwing shit in a jar for an infusion. Well that’s a few too many stars aligning to ignore. So please enjoy the pictures of my Strawberry Gin!
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he ingredients, super simple. Just some fresh strawberries and a midtier gin. I almost did blueberries instead, but strawberries were a bit cheaper.
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Cut those suckers up. I did quarters because reasons.
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The berries came up higher than I intended but whatever. Just cover them up, seal it up and wait.
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I’m probably going to let them sit for at least a week, but haven’t gotten that far yet. After just a day, the strawberries lost most of their color and are this lovely blush pink. I love the bleaching effect that happens. I’ll take a picture when I get home.
Was this made to be magical? Nope, I just wanted a tasty drink. BUT both strawberries and gin have magical correspondences that I can’t begin to remember right now. So maybe down the line this will have a purpose. Or maybe it’ll just be a cocktail.
Special thank you to @graveyarddirt for including me, this was a lot of fun :)
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