#book altar

[theinvitedrider]

[dragons-breathwitch]

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[borninwinter81]

Queer horror from my teens

I periodically wonder whether these books are still known and read by young goths and horror fans as they were all extremely important to me in my teenage years, so I thought I'd share them.

Though I'm cishet, during the mid 90s two of my favourite authors wrote primarily queer fiction: they were Anne Rice and another author from New Orleans who is now known as Billy Martin.

He came out as a trans man in 2011, however these books were published prior to that so unfortunately you have to search for them under his deadname. This is why I've used that name in the tags on this post. I don't believe the books were ever reprinted with his current name.

Though I loved Rice, I always felt a more immediate connection with Martin due to his vivid portrayal of subcultures like goth and punk, and how it felt to be a teenager who was part of them. I could see myself in many of his characters as I had the same interests, listened to the same music, and shared the same sense of social alienation. Remember in the 90s the Internet was still a reasonably new thing, and many of us didn't have a home Internet connection at all. There was certainly no social media, no YouTube, and no real way to meet and interact with like-minded teens unless you were lucky enough to have another "weird kid" at your school. If you were a weird kid, you likely had very few friends and were bullied.

That as much as anything else led me to seek solace in books written by an author who I felt understood me, and characters who became my friends.

Lost Souls is about vampires in a kind of Lost Boys/Near Dark way. Fans of the YouTuber OfHerbsAndAltars might be interested to know that this book is where the name of his channel comes from - it's a description of the taste of Chartreuse liqueur.

Drawing Blood is about ghosts, a "murder house", computer hacking, comic art and a very beautiful (if rather messed up) romance. This one is probably my favourite of the three.

Exquisite Corpse is about serial killers, set against the AIDS crisis of the 90s. If you like the Hannibal TV series you'll probably enjoy this one - imagine if Dennis Nilsen and Jeffrey Dahmer had somehow met.

Martin doesn't pull any punches when it comes to descriptions of blood and gore, violence, abusive parents or his portrayal of toxic romantic relationships (of which there are many in his books), but if you can deal with those things there is also a great deal of beauty, phenomenally good writing, and a somewhat unique perspective on the supernatural.

Maybe I'm biased, looking at these through the lens of my teenage self. Maybe they'd seem horribly dated to today's young audience. But I still wanted to make this post in case there's someone out there who will end up loving them as much as I did.

[andromedasdomain]

𓆩♡𓆪I made a little graph for you, guys.𓆩♡𓆪 𓆩♡𓆪You can print it and put it in your grimoire if you want.𓆩♡𓆪

[iridescent-witch-life]

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[grotesque-grimoire]

Looking for active witch blogs that post:

🕯 Altars

☠ Baneful Magic (curses, hexes, jinxes, etc.)

💸 Budget / Poverty / Struggle / DIY / Upcycling Witchcraft

📖 Magical Books (pics of grimoire pages, flip-throughs, book recs/reviews, etc.)

💲 Money, Business, & Prosperity Witchcraft

💀 Necromancy, Death Witchcraft, and/or Cthonic/Death Deities (also funerary stuff, medical examination, etc., love that stuff)

🌿 Practical & Responsible Herbalism (gardening, cultivating, harvesting, foraging, herbal remedies, recipes, salves, ointments, etc. but no anti-science, anti-medicine, anti-allopathy shit)

📝 Sigils (free to use, preferably)

👻 Spirit Work (esp. animal spirits, dryads, egregores, genus loci, gorgons, & mermaids)

🥄 Spoon-Conscious Witchcraft (for those who are disabled, exhaust easy, etc.)

✨ Things relating to: Santa Muerte, Artemis, Serket/Selqet

🦴 Vulture Culture (responsible)

Reblog or send me an ask if you think your blog might suit my taste. Disclaimer: not Wiccan, not Pagan, not Heathen; just a witch who's curse-positive, eclectic, & agnostic.

[ainsi-soit-il]

Obviously, such spaces don't preclude praying in other parts of the home or outside the home, but I was curious how common this was.

[occultesotericart]

the continuity of good and evil

[gloomyunicornstudios]

Updated my bill shrine for the book of bill!! I got two copies!!!

[selenophiliiaaa]

got a new book from a local witchy store and i am So Excited to read it - its “Secrets of Greek Mysticism; a modern guide to daily practice with the Greek gods and goddesses” by George Lizos,,, im only a couple chapters in but it seems like itll be a really good read !!

[magnoliasforyourmedic]

A wedding was scheduled for a beautiful weekend in early June 1944. What bride wouldn't want a June wedding? Vera showed up at the church with her white dress on, but Doc Roe didn't show. Their wedding date had been set for June 6, the D-day invasion, and the groom was jumping into combat. None of the men knew the exact date of the invasion, and Doc Roe wasn't able to get word back to his fiancée when he found out.

— An excerpt from A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories About the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us by Marcus Brotherton

[coven-of-genesis]

Altar Decor

Spell Jars & Bottles

Book of Shadows

Cauldron

Wands

Herbs

Crystals

Candles

amanifer

Chalice

[andromedasdomain]

Prompts for your Grimoire: About You Page.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

✦Your name.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

✰Your correspondences✰ ✦Your zodiac signs (Sun, Moon, rising, Venus, etc.!) ✦Your birth chart ✦Your Element ✦Moon phase on the day you were born. ✦Birthstones/ birth gems. ✦Tarot cards associated with your birthday ✦Your numerology ✦Crystals associated with your birthday or birth month ���Herbs associated with your sun sign or birthday/month ✦Colors ✦Symbols (example: scale for libra) ✦Runes associated with your birthday

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

✰Extra Ideas✰ ✦Deity/Deities you worship ✦Spiritual beliefs ✦Type of witch you are/want to be.

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

[mila-stardust]

Book Of Shadows

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I've been editing my Book of Shadows for a few days now and I think it's time to share some of it here. These are just a few excerpts from it. I purposely made it black&white so it looks Victorian and uses less ink when printed on parchment paper.

1. History of Paganism

2. Satanic Panic

3. The Sacred Circle & Altar

4. Lunar Transit

5. Moon Phases

6. Wheel of the Year + Imbolc

Keep in mind that these are just some of the random pages I picked so it's unorganized. I'll be sharing my Table of Contents next time to show you how I organized it all.

P.S. Almost all of the fonts are free to download from Dafont. So if you want any font from these pages let me know :) We do not gatekeep here!

[simdertalia]

💗 Animal Crossing Decor Set 3 💗

I always start feeling a little beachy at this point in the winter, so here are some Animal Crossing conversions with a vacation / travel sort of theme. Some meshes edited, with extra swatches added. I hope you like them!

19 20 items | Sims 4, Base game compatible. I have added additional swatches to many of the items.

Update (July 2th 2023): At the request of a patron I have made a version of the wreath that snaps to the wall ❤️

Set contains: -Globe | 3 swatches -Hula Doll | 6 swatches -DSLR Camera | 7 swatches -Rosetta Stone Deco | 2 swatches -Sea Globe | 7 swatches -World Map | 2 swatches -Book | 6 swatches -Tower of Pisa | 1 swatch -Sphinx | 1 swatch -Seagull Mobile | 8 swatches -Microwave | 6 swatches -Monstera Plant | 8 swatches -Seashell Wreath | 7 swatches -Clam Shell | 11 swatches -Clam Vase | 11 swatches -Ukulele Deco | 15 swatches -Ukulele Wall Deco | 15 swatches -Study Set - 2 swatches -BGC Heart of Sulani Necklace Display | 6 swatches

Always suggested: bb.objects ON, it makes placing items much easier. For further placement tweaking, check out the TOOL mod. Type “Animal Crossing Set 3” into the search query in build mode to find quickly. You can always find items like this, just begin typing the title and it will appear. Type “BGC” for the necklace display.

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[wigglys-dikrats]

the starlight theatre being a black altar makes me think it’s no coincidence pokey’s meteor crashed there in tgwdlm

sure, you could say he aimed it at the theatre or whatever

but i’m thinking it’s more like he was summoned