#spirit workers

[creature-wizard]

"I'm an experienced spirit worker, I know how to tell the difference between an ancient spirit and a thoughtform!" Yeah uh a substantial amount of your lore can be traced back to World of Darkness and adjacent pop culture of the 20th century, maybe be a little less sure of yourself here.

[elysianmadness]

Happy lesbian visibility week/day to every lesbian around the world! I hope you're going to have a wonderful week, wherever you are. Your lesbianism is perfect and needed in the world. In this household, we love and appreciate the diversity of the lesbian experience <3

[beckyts]

In a world full of people who couldn’t care less, be someone who cares more.

[crazycatsiren]

If there's a ghost in your house and it's someone who died before electricity and running water were a thing, of course they're going to flip light switches, turn on faucets, flush the toilets, unscrew light bulbs. None of this had existed when they were alive. All of this is magical to them!

[eikichi-supremacy]

If nothing else Koenma is a Kuwabara stan and I'm right there with him o7 (I need to write the kuwameshi fic that goes with this fr)

[weepingtalecowboy]

Fanfic prompt: I thought about it and Hyrule's curse only ever mentioned the blood of a hero so could ganon be revived by any hero

The monster grab the youngest one who is like the one who doesn’t have hero blood but everyone is freaking out because they can’t stop the ritual from happening

And Wind's hands are already cut and they just stand there and watch in fear especially Hyrule is freaking out about it

And when the blood falls onto the ashes the ashes start to come together

But only for a second before ganon literally falls apart and liquifies

And that convinced the monster that the blood can’t bring him back anymore because he was revived for exactly four seconds before dying again

Wind always hated how he was the only one without the hero spirit but that butchered ritual would have had consequences if he had it

And form that moment he was fine with it because they would have been in deep trouble if anyone else was used for it

Also because he has no hero spirit he is the only one who can simply stay at home and do nothing because hylians can’t ask him for his hero lives extended warranty if he has nothing to contact him

But he stayed with the chain anyway

Like Wind is probably the most powerful link because he is not really a link and hylia can only ask him very nicely if he would join the group while everyone else is dragged into the mess without any consent

Like hylia probably would be forced to be extra polite to him because he can simply leave

He is a worker who has to be treated nicely while the others are slaves with no choice but to do what hylia says

Like not having a hero spirit is probably better than having it

[crown-of-light-shadows-and-love]

Pagan Tumblr user.

In front of you is a tag about a form of devotion you do not practice. The tag is filled with people who *do* practice that form of devotion, who are quietly doing their own thing.

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to either research the topic on your own, or to stay in your own lane and not make the millionth "I don't do (devotion), but..." post that talks over actual people who are on that path.

[millidew]

rip lucy and mina you would’ve loved farcille. rip marcille you would’ve loved westenray (falin lost interest and fell asleep before finishing the book)

[222shivoham]

looking for some advice/insight

does leaving milk specifically, out as an offering for passing spirits, have any symbolism/meaning/spiritual significance?

please let me know your thoughts and opinions on this and possible interpretations

[a-path-by-the-moon]

[myremnantarmy]

"𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯."

[biophonies]

been thinking a lot lately on what it takes to really sustain a movement. I think USAians expect protests, boycotts, and letters to be met with instant results, and when this doesn't happen, there's helplessness, burnout, and the movement is quietly dropped...

as we approach the year of the dragon, the hydra comes to mind.

over 30,000 innocent Palestinians are now gone, on our tax dollars, with no end in sight. now more people than ever realize that our representatives do not represent us, or care to. we are financing our own destruction, and we are running out of time.

so what does it really take to build a new world? who do we need? drawing on those who did it best (the global south truly has all the answers), these were my conclusions, but please tell me if you have any notes.

all I know is that our feelings of helplessness are by design. we cannot do it alone. it will not happen overnight. when one head tires, there must be two others to take it's place. happy early new year. we all have a role to play. which one are you?

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[crazycatsiren]

Ouija boards are not dangerous.

Ouija boards do not summon demons.

Ouija boards are not evil.

Ouija boards do not communicate with the devil or have a direct line to hell.

The Warrens were full of shit.

There is literally no reason, whatsoever, to be afraid of ouija boards.

They are a tool, like tarot cards and crystal balls, no more and no less.

They cannot hurt you.

The chances of anything "bad" happening from using a ouija board are slim to none.

Yes, you can use one when you are alone.

There are no "rules".

Horror movies are fiction. They are meant to scare you for fun. That is why they are called horror movies. They are not real. They are just Hollywood.

[is-there-a-filipino-legend-yet]

Sighs

With September around the corner, that meme is coming up soon...

It's time to remind everyone that Jose Mari Chan is a union buster [ x, x]

[epickiya722]

I feel everyone who jumped on the "Deku becomes a fast food worker because he's Quirkless" thing owes him and fast food workers an apology.

[onyxandemerald]

The Intro To The Intro to Spirit Work

I have some anecdotes and some advice. When I was a kid, I could not figure out for the life of me why this kept happening. If I was, for example, wrestling with a really stuck jar lid. I could be fighting with it, and fighting with it, trying all the tricks, cold water, tapping it on the counter -- anything. And then the moment I hit defeat, still arguing with the jar in my hands, I would waddle over to my mom and as it was in the process of coming out of my mouth; "Can you open this ja-"

The seal would break. Holding the jar in one hand and the lid in the other, my mom would just stare at me. And that was it and I'd be like oh okay sick, thanks, the universe? This was a regular occurrence for me. It came to the point where I started asking for help out loud even if no one was home to hear me, and usually it was well received.

This is how I have been working with spirits since I was like 10 years old. I genuinely believe it's this easy, and while proclivity naturally varies person to person, I do think this is something most people experience and just don't even realize. When spirit workers complain about how vague and subtle the spirit world can be, this is what we mean. Its like if you asked someone to interact with light. Light rays are just here! Sometimes you get a a glorious view of rays beaming through a part in the clouds on a gloomy day, but for the most part it's just here doing its thing not even taking mind in what I am doing.

Working with spirits is like asking a fish about water. Water is an integral facet of being a fish. A fish struggles to identify water because its all he knows! A fish knows nothing of land as he cannot survive there. Interacting with spirits is similar to feeling your emotions while also being aware of them. They're here all the time and most people do not even realize that it's spirits they are interacting with. This is the bright side, but this is also the bad news at the same time lol. It means that without a doubt, if you're considering working with spirits, its because a spirit asked you to and something in the spirit world wants your attention. Congratulations, you are already working with spirits.

The practice, now, becomes noticing and translating what spirits have to say to you. This is where most people take a wrong turn. This is not something you can force. Think of it as a bird friend. If you move too quickly or too abruptly, you'll scare her. If your emotional world is too tumultuous and you struggle to keep it still and gentle, it will interrupt your connection. Mindfulness, self-awareness, and meditation are the bread and butter of spirit work. If you are self-aware, you can discern, "is this message coming from inside the house? Is my empathy activating? Or is this something outside myself making itself known?" The better you understand your own inner workings, the easier it is to filter out that noise.

Sometimes its helpful to imagine a spirit as a virus in your prediction. Its probably not going to be malicious like a virus but bear with me. Due to previous experience, I had no expectation that an 8 year old would be able to open this jar, but when I reached out with my voice for assistance, it didn't even need to reach another alive person before that call was received. My entire childhood, every time this happened I would freeze in shock and awe. It was weird. According to what I know of physics, it seems unlikely that this would be the course of events. But something different happened that I was not able to anticipate.

I was on vacation with a friend and we were visiting a historical Civil War cemetery in Virginia. As is customary, I brought them to greet what I understood to be the eldest grave, one of a young Black girl born a slave during the very early 1800s. The grave marker was unique, as in it seemed haphazard and makeshift. As we were taking it in, my friend pulled out their phone to take a picture. Immediately something in me turned sour, and they couldn't see me how we were standing, but I kind of grimaced. I wasn't intending on stopping them, I was content with observing. Then I watched them start to put their phone down.

The feeling I had gotten, I can only describe as, seen. The thought came into my head that, "Wait a minute, did they hear me? Does she get it?" My grimace fell and I was left almost puzzled instead. I did not feel personally attached to this thought. It did not feel like it came from inside the house. It carried the same tone as if I was standing in line eavesdropping on the people around me. Their phone came back up and she took the picture and we left.

I am completely convinced that, while unconfirmed because I didn't have any tools with me, we heard to a spirit for sure, possibly the spirit of that little girl. I genuinely felt like I had overheard two people having a conversation.

"Can I take a picture?" "No! This is my home! Be respectful!" "Oh, okay sorry." "Wait you can hear me? Well I didn't know you were cool. Maybe in that case, its okay."

I spoke to my friend about this and they said when they took their phone out, they had felt something along the lines of, "Well maybe I don't have to take a photo of everything we come across," and that's when they lowered their camera. But then they said something changed. I felt a spirit changed their mind and gave them permission. This stands out to me because we both experienced it. We both felt that energy shift. I was not upset at my friend for taking a million pictures, even if I don't relate, so I don't feel this emotion was mine. I didn't feel my friend change their mind mid-thought because, well to be honest they don't do that lol. They are not exactly the mindful type, and they don't really love having original thoughts or using their intuition.

TLDR; This is the part that I am trying to drive home. When you're first beginning, its hard to notice spirits. And then there's the phase where everything feels like it could be a spirit or a sign. Which is entirely possible! But also not every spirit is trying to get your attention or has something to say to you just like not everybody at the grocery store is immediately your best friend. Sometimes you'll bump into a spirit just long enough for you both to diverge paths without even noticing. When you don't yet know what to look for, spirits sometimes can manifest similarly to your own emotions (I'm convinced that's because this is how we interact with our own spirits on the daily, but that's another post). A feeling. The difference to look out for is it's source. If you're feeling angry and upset or sad and hopeless seemingly out of nowhere with little to no prompting, consider if its a spirit. If you suddenly feel warm compassion lying motionlessly on your bed, consider if it's an ancestor's spirit touching you. If you violently get the urge to acquire a ukulele when you've never played an instrument before in your life, maybe that's Apollo reaching out to you. If the source is murky, dig deeper.

My other take away for you is to ask. Literally ask your question out loud. "Are there any spirits here? Who are you? What's your name? Do you have a message for me? Is this tarot card even or odd? Can I take a picture? Will you help me open this jar?"