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[smileponeh]

Smaugust Day 3 - Magic

Oh boy! i am very late on this one-

Ive am in my minecraft phase now.

Hopefully i can finish the other 2 for tommorow.

Character featured here is my OC! The one i drew once and never again. Its FutureSeeker!

Smaugust 2024 Prompt

[lillysilvermoon]

I feel so happy and so so grateful right now. I can't express in words how happy I am, you know when you feel like you could explode of how happy you are? That's me. I am starting a whole new chapter I'm my practice, it's very clear to me me that the path I was supposed to walk ended and now a new one is starting, and I'm so thankful because I learned so much - and I will learn even more in the future - and... I just have this hunger for knowledge, and to really just know. About everything.

I'm happy that my deities are here, I'm happy new arrived here - hello Apollo and dragons 🫶🏻 - and... I'm grateful, I prayed and was asked and I have so many things to share here, places I went I'm the astral that I want to tell, things I learned and I think will be helpful.

But this is all to say: thank you, Hades, Nyx, Selene, Apollo and dragons. For be here, for help me, for teaching me. I truly love you all. Thank you, so much.

[freyja-lestrange]

Basic Dragon Flame Ritual

Say: Ruler of the Dragons of Fire I call you. Cleanse, Protect, and Empower this space with your flame. As you say this visualize a large dragon rising up from a volcano or emerging from primal fires. breathing fire into your workspace with you in the center.

Say: Ruler of the Dragons of Air I call you. Cleanse, Protect, and Empower this space with your flame. As you say this visualize a large dragon flying down from the sky breathing fire into your workspace with you in the center.

Say: Ruler of the Dragons of Water I call you. Cleanse, Protect, and Empower this space with your flame. As you say this visualize a large dragon rising up from a volcano or emerging from primal fires. breathing fire into your workspace with you in the center.

Say: Ruler of the Dragons of Water I call you. Cleanse, Protect, and Empower this space with your flame. As you say this visualize a large dragon rising up from the primal waters of a lake or ocean breathing fire into your workspace with you in the center.

Spend a few minutes breathing in and feeling the energy this ritual and call into your space.

From here you can move on to do any meditations, spellwork, or communications with the elemental rulers you would like to.

Then, politely and respectfully say farewell and thank the dragons for their help.

✨️🕯

🐉You can find this ritual on the YouTube Channel WorkingDragonMystic under the video Dragon Magick Basic Ritual of the Flames:

[liminalwings]

Greenery of the Draconic Persuasion

When you think of dragons and plants associated with them, what’s the first thing you think of? Most likely Dragon’s Blood, but what other plants out there are also associated with dragons? This is more of an overview rather than a suggestion of “use these plants”, because some of them really just… aren’t all pleasant to work with, but still have a fascinating history. 

Dragon’s Blood

Still good to go over the big one we all know. Dracaena is a genus of trees that is noted for having certain members, such as Dracaena draco and Dracaena cinnabari, that bleed a red resin when cut; this resin is referred to as ‘Dragon’s Blood’. The name of this genus comes from the Greek ‘drakaina’, which is the name for a female dragon. It has also been tied to the myth of Heracles, particularly the 11th task and the dragon Ladon, by some interpretations Ladon is the dragon guarding the tree or is the tree; by others, the Dracaena springs from Ladon’s blood when slain. 

Do note, however, that the majority of Dragon’s Blood resin on the market these days comes from a different genus of tree entirely, Calamus dracunculus (formerly Daemonorops draco and Calamus draco), while other genera of trees also exude a red resin that may also be referred to as Dragon’s Blood, all technically having different properties. The tree that was believed to be originally used and written about, Dracaena cinnabari of Socotra, is rated ‘vulnerable’ on its conservation status, while Dracaena draco is listed as ‘endangered’. Calamus draco meanwhile does not seem to be threatened. 

This collective of red resins do have a long history of use in medicine, art, and ritual in various cultures. The most frequent magical uses of the resin are as an incense for protection or cleansing, and dissolved in alcohol as a magical ink. With how many different trees act as a source of ‘dragon’s blood’, it is good to keep in mind that different species may vary in terms of magical/energetic traits, and that the attraction to Dragon’s Blood as a magical component could be considered these days to be more based on symbolism and human-given attributes. 

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus, or “Little Dragon of Artemis”, often referred to as just “dragon” in Swedish and Dutch and, in the past, German; a name that was given for the appearance of its coiled roots, or likening the shape of the leaves to dragon tongues. It is in the same genus as Mugwort, Wormwood, and Sagebrush, and French Tarragon is most frequently used for culinary purposes with a somewhat licorice-like flavor. It was believed, per Pliny the Elder, that Tarragon would ward away dragons and venomous serpents (unproven of course) and could cure snakebite (also unproven). There aren’t many historic magical uses otherwise, though some modern witchcraft practices have given it associations with protection, banishment, and healing. Scientifically, it has been proven effective at repelling insects and as a mosquito larvicidal, effectively combating the spread of malaria through less environmentally-hazardous means. 

Snapdragon

Antirrhinum majus, also referred to as ‘toadflax’, ‘dog flower’, ‘dragon flower’. It is so named because of the flower’s appearance, which is likened to a dragon’s snout that opens and closes when squeezed laterally. They come in a wonderful range of colors and, like other dragon-associated plants, are considered to be protective: in Medieval Europe, they were believed to protect from witches and ill magic, and were planted near castle gates or hung above cribs to ward off evil spirits. They were also used as a charm against falsehood, and in flower language symbolized ‘truth-telling’. The skull-like seed pods have commonly been worn to protect from curses and other bewitchments. 

Dragon Arum

Dracunculus vulgaris, also referred to as dragon lily, vampire lily, devil’s tongue, and, in its native Greece, drakondia. Like its larger cousin, the Titan arum, it is not a flower most people would be including in a nice bouquet, with respect to its fragrance being like that of rotting meat to attract flies as pollinators. Like Tarragon, not only does it share the same Latin “little dragon” name, it was also believed to ward away serpents(also also unproven), though some sources also claim that it generates serpents (flies attract other critters that snakes eat, so yeah I could see that as a conclusion). It is also one of many in the Arum family that can produce heat (thermogenesis), reaching about 65°F/18°C, which is used to lure flies to the flower for pollination. These unique physical properties can lend themselves to equally interesting potential magical associations. 

Dragon Root/Green Dragon

Arisaema dracontium is a plant native to North America. All parts of the plant are highly toxic to humans when eaten raw due to the presence of Calcium oxalate. I am including it here only to show the range of dragon-associated plants and do not necessarily advocate its use. Though historically, it has in fact been used as medicine, especially as an abortifacient and to stimulate menstrual flow. 

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This is by no means an exhaustive list of plants with dragon-inspired names, as can be seen here. But for those wanting to include draconic plants in their practice but can’t afford or can’t find a place to obtain dragon’s blood, or otherwise want to avoid using it, there are comparatively more easily-obtained alternatives at your local stores, such as Tarragon, Dragonfruit, and Snapdragons, or perhaps another native species local to you. Just make sure to do your research and know if cautions must be taken, what the physical attributes are, and if a plant is endangered or not. 

Resources

https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/tropical-biodiversity/2013/03/dracaenaceae-dragons-blood-and-the-language-of-the-birds/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_blood

https://herbsocietyblog.wordpress.com/2023/07/03/herb-of-the-month-french-tarragon-the-little-dragon-herb/

https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/roots/french-tarragon/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8076785/

https://www.gardenguides.com/126335-history-snapdragons.html

https://www.flower.style/stylewatch/discover-the-curious-origins-of-snapdragons-not-to-worry-they-dont-actually-bite

https://www.petalrepublic.com/snapdragon-flower-meaning/

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/44638/pg44638-images.html#page-153

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculus_vulgaris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arisaema_dracontium

https://ebrary.net/28107/environment/snapdragon

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/arisaema-dracontium/

https://www.yellowwood.net/post/skunk-jacks-dragons-the-curious-arum-family

[cursecuelebre]

Not me cluttering Hekate’s altar with dragon themed things lol

[alchemy-of-spirit]

Aurora Borealis Dragons

In Chinese mythology it’s said that the northern lights are the flames of the dragons fighting for the balance of good and evil.

[helgahaze]

Random Facts About Dragons

2024 is the year of the Dragon, one of the most fascinating and mesmerizing creatures ever known. So, here are some random facts about dragons, mythology and magic. Some of them you probably did not know.

1. In all cultures, dragons are embodiments of chaos, raw nature energies, and elemental power. All world mythologies have stories about giant snakes or dragons.

2. The enormous, insatiable, fire-breathing reptile is a classical western dragon depiction. Asian dragons are mostly a combination of a cat (paws and whiskers), a snake (body and jaws), and a deer (horns and ears).

3. In western culture, dragons have been traditionally seen as enemies, evil, hostile creatures. In Asia, dragons personify strength, power, wisdom, and prosperity.

4. Many medieval and heraldic drawings depict dragons with their tails tied into a knot. It was believed that dragons’ power was in their tails (like in Samson’s hair). So the knotted tail is a symbol of a hero’s victory over a dragon’s power.

5. The Mesoamerican feathered dragon Quetzalcoatl is associated with the Morning Star and the planet Venus. And bats are his children, born from stones.

6. Asian dragons can fly but do not have any wings. According to ancient texts, they do it due to the special bump on their heads. In the human body, this “bump” corresponds to the epiphysis, or the “third eye.”

7. Some legends say the dragon egg incubation period lasts 1000 years. When the dragon hatches, a storm begins to rage, thunder roars, and hail falls from the sky.

8. In the Kabbalistic left-hand path, dragons are symbolically connected to Kundalini energies and “dark” primal gods and goddesses such as Lucifer, Lilith, Hecate, Seth, Arachne, Sekhmet, Tiamat, and others alike.

[professionalmud]

Dragon Magic book cover partial redraw

og cover for reference

[artemisian-dragon]

New Tumblr but not new to Tumblr. Aiming to focus more on my craft so drop a follow or a heart if any of the following interest you:

Artemis

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I do also partake in fighting the oppressive system that is the entirety of the US

[panthera-dei]

IceWing Armor Protection Spell

This spell is inspired by the IceWing dragons from the series Wings of Fire. As such, I used dragon imagery and referenced the series when creating and casting this spell. However, it can be adapted to fit other influences.

(image credit Wings of Fire wiki)

Casting the Spell

First, create some kind of drawing or other object to represent your scale mail armor. I chose to draw a page of scales in a very small pocket notepad with my special glitter gel pen. You can use anything you like, as long as it is meaningful to you.

Breathe in and blow out, deeply, and long, like the whistling of wind through the mountains at night. Do this 3 times. Focus on raising the energy of Ice and winter as you do.

Place your armor object on your altar or enchanting board or wherever you do your magic work. Place your hand over your armor object.

Say words like this (it's your choice what/whom to invoke, so long as they're meaningful to *you.* I chose 9 as a meaningful number as well):

By the Great Ice Dragon’s teeth, I enchant this armor.

By the snow and ice of Jotunheim and Niflheim, I enchant this armor.

By the whistling of the cold North Wind, I enchant this armor.

By the glaciers of the Arctic, I enchant this armor.

By the ice caves of Antarctica, I enchant this armor.

By the frozen land of the tundra, I enchant this armor.

By the diamonds glittering in the earth, I enchant this armor.

By the cold and stone upon the mountains, I enchant this armor.

By the might of dragons, I enchant this armor.

Say words like this that clearly channel the energy into your intention: “I enchant this armor to defend me and shield me at will. I have sacrificed time, energy, and [materials you used to create the object]. So too will the armor defend me. The armor will be hard and tough as diamonds and dragon scales, and will defend me from all harm. The cold and ice will repel any intruders who would wish to do me harm. From head to toe, I will be kept safe and warm inside the scales.”

Push all of the energy you've raised into the armor object.

Try to summon your new armor and see if it works! You should be able to summon it and release it on command.

Notes: So far, the spell seems to work in my limited tests. If I were going to do it again, I would invoke Prince Arctic or Whiteout (or maybe even Darkstalker himself) during the incantation.

[skijarama]

One time, when I was DMing a campaign for my family I gave them a pet that came in the form of a red dragon child who actually had the soul of a golden retriever dog instead of the soul of the previous red dragon. So they just had this big red dragon following them around everywhere, lifting his leg to pee on trees, being a big lovable doof, and scaring ALL of the local population centers. They did not know the dog's original name, so they named the dragon Clifford.

[lillysilvermoon]

Hey guys has been a hot minute since I appeared here (really sorry about that) life happens, I have been learn a lot and doing a lot of work, internal and external. But I, like here me out, Hades told me to use my key necklace whici is actually his and he gave me for protectio literally guided me to this necklace because I dreamed about it, and is for protection here in the living world and in the underworld. He to told me to use last week. I didnt. Yeah. And just right now I was organizing my week witch to do list because I need to get back on treck and my dragon told ALSO LAST WEEK to protect myself, and I will do a cleanse bath and protection bath tomorrow, also a spell with Apollo, BUT THATS NOT THE THING. I was searching in my book (Hades, myth, magic and modern devotion in case you are curious because I know I was am) and just LOOK AT THIS: "Protect the back of your neck - stray energies love to sneak in at this vulnerable spot"....... this is literally ALWAYS the FIRST place on my body I feel weird on something is wrong. Guys, he was mad. Like as soon as I read this my mind clicked "oh, thats why he wants me to use the necklace" (for context: protect me from spiritual attacts) he just appeared "Yes. and you >didn't<...." if you work with a god you know when you did shit. And I knew I should had put it on but... i just didnt want to in that day, I apologized and he was like "uhum - imagine someone put their tong in their cheek - consecrate the necklace again. And USE-it". He was not mad like 'omg danger' he was mad like "you could have been harm........." this kind of mad. And today i even dreamed about two black and big scorpions on my bedroom (in the dream I was just like "oh, its okay they are on the floor leave them." and them my sheet ripped on my led and I literally JUMPED out of my bed lol. But yeah, right now I am working with Hades again because we werent doing anythin. gfor a couple of months, I needed to sometime to understand were I was with my practice at the moment, I am also starting to work with astral gypsies (its on folk magical from my country which is Brazil in case you guys dont know) and needs dedication and study because I am not familiar with this work and I am learning, I am also in third semester of my uni (I do biological sciences) and yeah. I am doing a lot of cleanse work, trauma healing, meditation, studying with my dragon which if you know takes a lot of time to interpret some stuff, I am focus on material stuff that I want too so thats why I haven't been so activate here and I am sorry, I love this place, i am also sorry for the people I dindt responded, truly but my life has been chaotic to say the least I went trough massive transformations that make caos internally so then the peace can appear. I hope yall are okay. I love you and I will try to bring more stuff here that I have learned. Lots of love, Lia.

[meltinha]

Trazendo pra cá o meu post da rede das fotos. Espero que gostem!

[liminalwings]

Hi! I have a question regarding witchcraft and being alterhuman, specifically dragonkin in my case. Does it change any aspects of witchcraft and would other dragons see me differently when working with them in draconic magic? Thank you in advance!

In general, it won't really change much about witchcraft unless you're specifically incorporating your draconity into your practice, at least from what I've seen: such examples can be utilizing your breath to charge things with energy (a bit more effective for dragonkin who actually have a breath weapon, which I sadly do not) or using your wings or scales for energetic/magical shielding. If you had a strong tie to an element as a dragon, you may find that element the easiest to work with in terms of witchcraft.

In terms of working with other dragons, it really depends on the individual. Some dragons may recognize your draconity, some may not acknowledge it for their own reasons. You may also find that some will show up and choose to work with you *because* of your draconity and their connection to you.

[starrydragonwitch]

What are Dragons?

So, what are dragons? Spirits? Creatures? Ghosts?

Dragons appear differently to everyone, and different dragons appear to different people. It’s like being in school or the office, there are people you know exist but hardly see, yet you are likely to at least have one closer friend or coworker.

There also isn’t a set belief about dragons. It could be that there are so many kinds of dragons, that all beliefs are true. Some believe dragons come from certain areas, some from different worlds or planes, others from here and died long ago but now are here as spirits. Some believe dragons have many levels of command, while some dragons have none. Some live in fantastical cities, others hang out on the couch. Some believe dragons of different colors have different powers, others don’t see a correlation.

What you believe could rely on your own gifts and the individual dragons that you meet.

With myself, the dragons that I know exist on their own plane of existence that is partially merged with ours. Their world affects ours, and our world affects theirs. That is why they are invested in helping protect our world and the people that they see is similar to them in some way.

The closest thing to an heirarchy among the dragons that I know is the difference between student, teacher, and experienced teacher. The most experienced dragons are called “Great” plus their name. Like, “Great Blizzard-Wing”. The students and other teachers are simply known by their names and possibly titles in their jobs. Like, “StormCaller Passion” or “MountainWatcher Rock-Column”. Commonly though, I’ll just call them by their names. Passion, Rock-column, Blizzy (Blizzard-Wing). With their permission, of course. Many will also give me nicknames to share with others, yet ask me to use a completely different name for them. So, some of the dragons I know, I also know many names for. Names I share, names I don’t, and titles.

And the dragons that I know live in cities, towns, villages, and beyond. I’ve met one that enjoyed just living among the stars and didn’t want to feel the grounding power of Earth.

There is a little bit of a color correlation to powers, with the dragons that I know. It’s not always the case, sometimes a dragon of a different color can have a different strength. Just like us human witches, people often use Red and Orange as colors of fire, but you may also see Blue, Green, and even White fire.

And finally, the dragons I know are alive. I don’t believe they died, this is just how they were born. Some people may encounter other dragons, spirits of dragons who once lived, but the dragons I know were born as they are. I’ll keep an eye out for spirits of dragons though. I know that human and other creature ghosts exist, so it makes sense there would be dragon ghosts as well.

Feel free to send me any questions about dragons, and I’ll see what I can do. Like I said, people will see them differently - maybe even because of the different individual dragons we meet. So, my answers may not be the same as what you encounter.

But that’s great!

Everyone who meets dragons can add to the information pool of what we know about them. And I love hearing others’ experiences with these fantastic beings if you have anything to share. Heck, if you have a dragon witch tumblr, feel free to let me know and I’ll give you a follow.

~Sapphire

[alchemy-of-spirit]

Looking for Draconic Witchcraft Sources?

I’m trying to grow my YouTube account where I educate people about dragon magick! It would mean a lot to see some support over there as I’m losing motivation to keep creating long form content, yet it’s the best way to share the most information about dragons, which is hard to come by. Dragon guides are rare so therefore dragon witches are rare but I see it growing with how many dragon connection readings I’ve been doing! You dragon lovers are out there, just need to find each other! 👁️🐉✨