#eceltic

[irish-dress-history]

Should this Celt be blue?

An irish-dress-history game.

I've been researching the actual historical evidence behind the idea that ancient Insular Celts painted or tattooed themselves blue, and I thought it would be fun to make a game out of it. Below are various depictions of this idea along with the culture and date they are supposed to be depicting. The game is to guess whether each use of body paint or tattoos is supported by actual historical evidence. Answers are in the image descriptions.

(Note: This game is not intended to mock or criticize the artists and costume designers of any of these works. Good information on this topic is hard to find, and movie creators and artists frequently have goals other than historical accuracy. I am mocking Mel Gibson though, because f*** that guy.)

1 A 'Woad' (ie Pict) from 5th c. Britain. 2. Tattooed Irish warrior in 1170

3. A Medieval Scottish lord 4. Iceni Queen Boudica c. 60 CE

5. Ancient? Ireland 6. Britons during the time of Julius Cesar

7. Picts in 149 CE 8. Scots in 1297

Bibliography:

Hoecherl, M. (2016). Controlling Colours: Function and Meaning of Colour in the British Iron Age. Archaeopress Publishing LTD, Oxford. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Controlling_Colours/WRteEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

MacQuarrie, Charles. (1997). Insular Celtic tattooing: History, myth and metaphor. Etudes Celtiques, 33, 159-189. https://doi.org/10.3406/ecelt.1997.2117

[styylees]

Anax by eceltic

[sun-tzu-says-youre-a-bitch]

Hey! You said you wanted to recommend music? Well I'm always looking for more music. Do you have anything that's like a 90s bowling alley carpet with some funky electric sounds?

hmmmmm

im not as good at this as i thought i was SORRY LOL

anything cat ryan makes- so like lost my connection, mannerism, rex mundi (super cool smaller band to gatekeep!)

dev lemons- ceo of my ass. not the exact type but very loud, brash, eceltic just like those carpets

[reel-clips-blog]

Get up and get out this long weekend! But stay safe 💯👊🏽 ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Just wanna say safe travels to my big bro @exclusivelydre as he is now in JA for 3months putting in work at @utechjamaica! Living limitless is the only choice 🙏🏾🌍 @liveinfinitus ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° # # #agameofportraits # #portraithfx #moodyportraits #serialshooters #portrait_mood #visualambassador #depthobsessed #agameoftones #wholesomevisuals #moodygrams #doports # #gramslayer #visuals #eceltic #halifaxlookbook #halifaxnow (at Halifax, Nova Scotia)

[awakened-tarot]

Imbolc

• Midpoint between Yule & Ostara, welcome the rebirth of the sun

• Date(s): January 31st to February 2nd

• Altar Decorations: Brigid’s cross, candle wheels, dish of snow, evergreens, grain dollies, ploughs, sun wheels, white flowers

• Activities: Cleanse & redecorate your space, plan your spring garden, review your intentions for the year, light candles to welcome the sun, make room for new beginnings, make candles

• Animals: Cow, dragon, groundhog, hibernating animals (bears), deer, lark, robin, lamb, sheep, snake, swan, vulture, wolf

• Spellwork: Fire scrying, blessing your tools, enhance creativity, take a purifying bath

• Colors: Gold, gray, light green, white, yellow, pink, spring green

• Crystals: Red stones (garnet, bloodstone, ruby), amethyst, calcite, moonstone, turquoise, carnelian, chrysocolla

• Deities:

Greek: Athena, Gaia, Selene, Eros, Pan

Celtic: Artio, Brigid

Welsh: Bronwen

Roman: Aradia, Diana, Februa, Lucina, Venus, Vesta, Februus, Pax

Sumerian: Inanna

Semitic: Dagon

• Flowers: Crocus, daffodil, iris, snowdrop

• Foods: Breads, onions, leeks, shallots, garlic, olives, dairy, egg dishes, pork dishes, scones, muffins, peppers, bread pudding, poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, apple cider, spiced/white wine, herbal teas

• Herbs/Incense: Rosemary, basil, cinnamon, frankincense, myrrh, wormwood, heather, hay, blackberry, Angelica, bay laurel, celandine, reed, straw

• Trees: Birch, blackthorn, rowan, sycamore, evergreen, willows

[glamour-witch-bitch]

♡My Grimoire♡

♡Glamour♡

https://glamour-witch-bitch.tumblr.com/post/679198733812072448/glamour-witch-tips

♡Abundance and Prosperity ♡

https://glamour-witch-bitch.tumblr.com/post/679356890278494208/my-money-jar-how-i-did-it-and-interpretations

♡Seasonal♡

https://glamour-witch-bitch.tumblr.com/post/679265694091722752/happy-ostaraspring-equinox

♡Protection/Safety♡

Black Salt Recipe:

https://glamour-witch-bitch.tumblr.com/post/679196412924297216/hello-this-is-my-first-post-so-id-thought-id

♡Baneful♡

♡Miscellaneous♡

♡Tarot/Divination♡

https://glamour-witch-bitch.tumblr.com/post/679793235539935232/pendulum-readings

♥︎Celebrity Tarot♥︎

Lana Del Ray

https://glamour-witch-bitch.tumblr.com/post/680008733680713728/celebrity-tarot-1-lana-de-ray

[broomhildasbitchyneice-blog]

Protection ward honoring Hel

So i, a wee bab of a witch told myself: Ok fucker. Let's get this protection shit up before we do anything stupid.

As one should

And I've been researching up and down for the perfect warding technique that both honors my main deity Hel, and safely protects my shit. As one would think....

I only got 1 out of the 2 I needed. So I adapted from many different techniques from different people and came up with this

Beforehand

Make sure to take time and get the current spirits out of your hair. If you cast this without cleaning em out you're basically trapping them with no way of escape.

My method of cleansing is sitting in the middle of the house and imagining a divine bubble wraps my house as a breathe out. Also burning sage helps because modern beliefs got me fucked up.

Ingredients:

A representation of your sign's element. (I'm a gemini, which is an air sign. So u chose to wave my hand to guide air)

Salt

Water

Onyx (for protection/banish negativity)

Starting steps

You're gonna want to mix your water and salt together. Stir clockwise with your intentions in mind.

Set your onyx into the mixture, and channel the energy into the water. Imagine it merging with the water, becoming one.

Time for shit to get freaky

Walk along the outsides of your house clockwise. If you live in an apartment, just walk the indoor perimeters

As you walk clockwise, call out and chant the following:

I call upon my mother Hel

To protect my home, and my craft

To throw out any evil entities in my home

To throw out any evil thoughts in my being

With this ward, not only do I seal my house, but I seal my craft, and my being in her light

And so all energies may only pass through my consent

Once done, sprinkle the water on the inside looking outside of every door and say

With this I banish all spirits and unwelcome entities out of my dwelling and out of my being

Ok what now

Sit your ass and meditate cuz that took alot of power tr u st m e

Also a good thing to mention is that this is completely custom. You can replace Odin with any deity you desire so don't be shy!

[witchyyelyy]

Everlasting love can be found in the deepest roots of a evergreen tree where it's roots have made love with the ground to aspire a new beginning.

[vilaspatelvlogs]

एक ही समय होंगे बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव, 65 लंबित उपचुनाव: चुनाव आयोग

एक ही समय होंगे बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव, 65 लंबित उपचुनाव: चुनाव आयोग

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नई दिल्लीःचुनाव आयोग ने शुक्रवार (4 सिंतबर) को कहा कि लोकसभा की एक सीट और 15 राज्यों में विधानसभाओं की 64 सीटों पर लंबित उपचुनाव और बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव ‘‘लगभग एक ही समय’’ पर होंगे. आयोग ने कहा कि बिहार में 243 सदस्यीय विधानसभा का कार्यकाल 29 नवंबर को समाप्त हो रहा है और चुनाव इस तारीख से पहले कराये जाने की जरूरत है. राज्य में वाल्मीकि नगर लोकसभा सीट पर भी उपचुनाव होना है. वहीं, कुछ…

[maxdemianfangirl]

The inherent love of being part of a small religion.

I literally can already see the impact the etruscan pantheon can have on my life. And I just began! Not kidding, I see the signs and I just began yesterday. I can't blame my deities however– if I was largely unrecognized after I got beat by Rome and here comes along some kids I would be ecstatic too! I know overall I am very eceltic in my practice (I'm Hellenic, Norse, Celtic, Jewish, and now Etruscan with my religion in some way, aka a LOT) so this new addition should be very nice!

[magickbabi-blog]

{ 1 } Intro.

First post; so let's do it the right way. You can call me Kaden or Quinn, my birthday is April 17th. I live in the United States, currently in school, and studying to be a psychologist. This will be my blog about witchcraft and my practice, as a Wiccan. I do have some satanic beliefs and worship Lucifer alongside the Lord and Ladies. I practice as a Hedge and Eceltic witch.

I have been practicing for about a year and a half, and have already found two spirits I work with. My spirit guide is a fae elf; and my aura is gold / blue (according to some friends.)

I practice black magick in the sense of harming none, and white magick. I also practice voodoo.

If you have any questions for me, feel free to ask.

[dwedgecreations]

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[sulpher]

mental witch note

i know for a fact i am eceltic witch and although i dont quite understand it i see chaos magic being appealing being that my life is always in chaos but only after researching will i truly know if that is accurate basically i feel my craft will fall between spells potions cleansing and sigls , tarots and herblogy. what it is jsut a thought

[modronlotus]

I need to get something off my chest.

I've been thinking about how my family officially found out (well, somewhat) about my practice and it's clinging to me. All of the emotions are latched on to me.

I've been wanting to tell you guys about what happened. That way you can learn from my experience. Because I'm honestly no different than any of you who haven't officially said your spirituality out loud. 

So let's get this going:

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First I want to say I don't officially know what I am. 

I know my beliefs; I love the idea as everything is energy and manipulating it creates magic. That belief is reinforced every time I do a tarot reading or practice with my pendulum. I believe in the power of chakras, meditation, and balancing your body. I believe in your right to choose what you want out of your practice and not dictate what others should and shouldn't do. I like the ideas of Buddhism and reaching a state of enlightenment. I'm an eceltic cottage witch who likes tarot, green tarot, everything that has to do with Taurus, and five-hour baths.

But I don't know what I am religiously.

I don't dabble with deities, although I have thought of working with Hecate, Chang-E, or Nox.

But I don't know what I am religiously.

This is completely the opposite of how I grew up. I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, I was even an Unbaptized Publisher (which is pretty much a fancy title for nothing) when I was nine. 

But I remember a few things being wrong with that belief system. And I remember having a hard time with the smallest things growing up this way:

I wasn't allowed to say the Pledge of Allegiance in school. It was considered worshiping an idol. I had a teacher who refused to believe this and gave me the hardest time about it.

I remember sitting in class reading a "Young People Ask" book. Its a publication that's supposed to help explain puberty and going to school among those who aren't Witnesses to teens. There was a picture of a girl and boy kissing in a car. My grandmother came to school and whooped me because the teacher (same one as I previously mentioned) told her I was sneak reading it and being disgusting with the pictures.

I wasn't allowed to watch Scooby Doo, Harry Potter, or anything to do with ghosts, witches, demons, or anything magic. That's So Raven was off limits, especially.

I remember having a hard time explaining after Christmas break that I didn't have a Christmas. My grandparents did celebrate their wedding anniversary around that time and everyone received gifts from that, but no Christmas.

I wasn't allowed to go to Halloween parties or participate in them in school. I went trick or treating once when I was four or five; I was Blossom from PowerPuff Girls.

Birthdays aren't celebrated at all, as the two birthdays mentioned in the New Testament of Jehovah's Witnesses had someone killed. I kind of know how old my mother is and I definitely don't know how old my grandmother is because of this. It's awkward telling that to people.

I remember hearing a talk at a convention once when I had a crush on a boy who wasn't in "The Truth". We were in fourth grade, he was the son of the Vice-Principal, and was incredibly smart and sweet. A good kid. But that doesn't matter to Witnesses; you're not allowed to marry or date anyone outside of "The Truth". I remember crying my heart out during the meeting, my grandmother holding my head to her side to keep me quiet. I never told her why I was upset.

You see, growing up a Witness wasn't that bad. I didn't go anywhere really and stayed home, but I just was used to it. We weren't supposed to have friends outside the Kingdom Hall anyway.

But the problem was I felt dirty being there. I felt like an outsider. I remember looking at the two other people there that were my age and thinking about how different we were. I didn't want to be a missionary. I didn't want to give talks. I didn't want to go out in Field Service and go door-to-door. I didn't want to sit in that meeting three times a week; I constantly got in trouble for falling asleep. 

The biggest wakeup call I had was when my mother tried to kill herself. I was nine, my sister was a few months old, and my mother had just gotten back into the congregation. 

I still went to meetings with my grandmother, did everything the same, but didn't say anything about my mother. You see, my family doesn't like to talk about anything negative. Depression is a bad topic. Leaving the Kingdom Hall was worse.

My mother wasn't ever the same after that, but that's an entirely different discussion. But she plays apart in this story:

My mother has always prided herself on being "a friend to the friendless". She wears everything she does with a badge, even if it's not good. Like going to jail, being in a mental institution, or leaving her kids. She tries to make it sound like an amazing experience for her to have. 

She has friends upon friends who are some of the lowest individuals you can think of. Thieves, drunks, druggies, etc. She helps them anyway. She considers herself their friend.

I never saw it that way. I just laid in my room, quietly cried and blasted music with a million candles lit. I read books I personally bought, like Vampire Diaries or Wolf at the Door. I loved Twilight, I'm not ashamed of it. It was an escape, especially with vampires.

One day, I received a gift from an ex-boyfriend: a pentacle necklace. I thought it was beautiful. I didn't have an association with the symbol, I just thought it was gorgeous.

I wore it everyday. My grandmother saw it, called me a demon lover and possessed, and my mother had me throw away all the books I bought. Over sixty. Twilight was spared because I was letting someone borrow them at the time and I told my mother I'd give them to him. His dog tore them to pieces. 

Now, even though my family doesn't talk about and tends to forget negative things, if it's something bad that they don't like they'll never forget. Like me getting that necklace.

In December of 2015 I got married. We didn't have the money for a big ceremony, but we did our best. Bought a cake, made reservations for 15 people at a local Chinese place, and had a handfastening ceremony in the park. I made my dress from red velvet and leftover white fur from a Christmas show I was working on in college. My husband wore his interview clothes and a new cardigan. It was perfect for us.

Now, my husband wanted us to get married in winter. He hates the heat and I love the cooler time of year anyway. He chose December 21st for the first day of winter. Coincidentally that's also the winter solstice.

I got call after call, even the morning of the wedding, from my grandmother and mother about how I was being sneakily Pagan behind their back. They tried to back out of coming a good dozen times, but showed up anyway. They were the only ones from my side that did, along with my sister and my cousins under the age of seven.

I won't go into details, but my mother pretty much ruined my wedding day for my husband. I knew something bad was going to happen; I even asked my tarot cards the night before how it would go. It didn't end well.

They didnt know it, but the week before my husband and I found out we were pregnant with our daughter. I sent a letter to my mom, tried clearing the air, but before the baby was even mentioned I was pretty much disowned.

However, now that my daughter's here, my family felt a sense of entitlement. They wanted to see her. Everyone does when there's a baby. But dealing with birth and postpartum issues, I didn't want that.

So I decided a few weeks ago to call my mother and explain that I wasn't comfortable with the demanding nature of everything around my daughter. I'm still not. But she's my daughter, my decision.

She understood that, in her talking-over-me way.

Then I decided now was the time to tell her about my tarot business.

This is why: we're moving back up to where she lives soon. With how nosy everyone is, they were going to find out anyway. It's better to give a warning to avoid bigger issues down the line.

Plus my mother has a track record with hiding things like this from my grandmother. You know, to help me out and cause less drama. She'd do the same thing here, right?

Wrong.

She called me a demon, again. Didn't understand why I wanted to tell her about my business, about my spirituality. The same woman who says she'll always be there for my daughter in one sentence and then demonizes me, literally, in the next. And then she brought up my wedding day, saying I lied about getting married on the first day of winter. 

How am I supposed to take that? I'm expected to lay down, agree, say I'm sorry, and forget about it. I'm expected to let her berate me and then demand to be near my child. I'm expected to agree to being a liar when I'm not.

So I cut her off. Her and everyone else.

I've dealt with the abuse my entire life. I've dealt with the toxicity my entire life. But this conversation, this hypocrisy, is not happening to my child. I don't want her to feel support and love and then complete dismissal from a family that's been there her whole life. 

Not ever.

I wanted to share this because it's a constant conversation in the magical community about whether to stay quiet about your practice or expose it. 

I do agree with some teachings; that you need to be like the Earth; silent and speaking when it's necessary.

I agree with keeping your craft from those who would cause harm or problems.

But I also believe in putting your foot down and nipping problems in the bud.

Should I have said anything? I think so. It was going to happen sooner or later.

I was tired of the constant battle over child care and if my business really matters and when I was going to make something of myself.

I was tired of not feeling any support.

I was tired of being told I was loved by the people who said they only cared about my baby.

I was tired of my husband being excluded from everything, and in turn me.

I was tired of being seen as less than a person by the people who raised me.

And I was tired of constantly being told, "You can always go to the Kingdom Hall".

No. I can't. And I won't.

I took some to sit down and talk with Karyn from The Lost Lemurian about my experience with coming out of the broom closet.

We also talked about how difficult it is to have an ongoing practice while living at home with religious restriction.

Take a look at our conversation here; lots of tips and tricks are given for practicing in everyday subtle ways.

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Bit of a personal post today, but I hope I was able to help you in some way. Talking about your spirituality is such a sensitive topic. I just wanted to be open and honest with you guys about my own.

I also want to say if you guys ever need someone to rant to about things like this, feel free to email me. I'll listen. I'll help in any way I can. No matter what you believe, I promise that.

[awakened-tarot]

Ostara

Spring Equinox, the celebration of equal day & equal night. Renewal & rebirth along with the fertility of spring

Date(s): March 20th or March 21st

Altar Decorations: Baskets, budding twigs, bunnies, cauldron of spring water, chicks, colored ribbons, eggs, four-leaf clovers, spring flowers, sprouting bulbs

Activities: Plant bulbs or flowers, give seed-bombs, give back to the Earth, plan your garden, Spring cleaning, put out bird feeders, dye eggs, think about how you’ve blossomed as a person, make flower crowns, spend time outside in the sun

Animals: Butterflies, chicks, hares, lambs, rabbits, robins

Spell work: Balancing, cleansing, fertility, new beginnings, abundance, communication, manifesting plans, incorporate burying/planting into rituals, meditate, cleansing your tools

Colors: Pastels, gold, light green & yellow, pale pink, robin’s egg blue, silver, white, violet

Crystals: Amethyst, aquamarine, bloodstone, clear quartz, green moss agate, jasper, moonstone, rose quartz

Deities:

Greek: Aphrodite, Adonis, Artemis, Pan, Gaia, Eros, Eos, Persephone, Maia, Amalthea

Roman: Diana, Flora, Venus, Libera, Cupid, Cybele

Norse: Freya, Thor

Welsh: Blodewedd, Guinevere, Mabon

Celtic: Epona, Aengus MacOg, Cernunnos, the Dagda, 

Germanic: Eostre

Egyptian: Osiris, Renpet

Slavic: Vila

Russian: Umaj

Hindu: Rati, Kama, Saraswati

Ashanti: Asase Yaa

Wiccan: The Green Man, The Goddess

Flowers: Rose, iris, lilies, daffodils, dandelion, tulips, honeysuckle, lilac, narcissus, peonies, violet, orange blossom, primrose, apple blossom, crocus, daisy, jasmine, jonquil, columbine

Foods: Eggs, honey, bread, Spring veggies, herbal teas, milk, honey cakes, sprouts, seeds, lemon cake, hot cross bun

Herbs/Incense: Flowery scents (rose, lily, jasmine, lavender, etc.), sage, cedar, geranium, grapefruit, strawberry, lemon, patchouli, chamomile, vetiver, sandalwood, tangerine, clover, lemongrass, ylang-ylang, mint, Irish moss, high john root

Trees: Acorn, dogwood, elder, olive, pine, willow, apple, hawthorn, birch, ash, alder

[glamour-witch-bitch]

Sup guys. It’s been a minute. Mostly because I moved to the other side of my home country about a month ago for school and I’ve been taking my sweet time settling in. Anyways I stole this from Reddit and I thought y’all enjoy.

Brb I’m gonna go drop some money on a salt lamp.