#wizardcouncil

[celestial-witchposter]

Little Everyday Offerings: Aphrodite Edition 🐚✨️

A lock of hair. (I cut my own, so that makes it easier, but after your next haircut, try taking a piece home and leaving it on your altar. It's a powerful piece of yourself, your femininity, and your beauty.)

A spray of perfume/drop of perfume oil. (This one is super easy if you have a statue/idol or medal you can anoint. It's quick and easy and is easily incorporated into morning routines, rituals, or devotionals.)

A flower (Particularly roses, *especially* red ones - RIP Adonis. Myrtle and apple blossom are also symbolic of Aphrodite. Whether you find them on a walk, buy them for yourself, or receive them as a gift, leave one for the goddess!)

Fruit or berries (Quinces have become her symbol due to the "golden apple" myth of Paris, but any fruit you happen to be eating, a slice can be offered to Aphrodite. Especially figs and apples.)

Water/Moon water (With intention!! Intention is everything. Remember, Aphrodite was born from the sea foam, gifts of the water and the sea are precious to her.)

Seashells (Especially abalone shells, but anything you find along the shores will hold its own power. I have heard stories of worshipers of Aphrodite being asked for specific shells by the goddess/getting a sense that one in particular will be appreciated, so listen to your intuition when choosing which one to leave her, or simply offer the prettiest one you find back to the sea!)

A kiss, with or without lipstick (I think this one speaks for itself. Very good for medals and pendants especially, when on the go. For a statue or idol, I would place them at the base of the statue, near the feet. Above all be respectful, this is a goddess you're speaking to. If you get a sense that you should not offer a kiss, DON'T.)

A sentimental piece of jewelry (It's best if this is a piece you dont intend on wearing. Perhaps something that belonged to a loved one, or something from your childhood that was special to you - I left her freshwater pearls from my very first pearl necklace that is now much too small. 💔)

Milk, honey, or sweets (Make sure to only leave these for a short time, to avoid spoilage. If milk sours, flies are attracted, or honey crystallizes within a few hours on your altar - well first check the milk jug 😄 - but otherwise you may want to take special care to honor the goddess soon, and consider cleansing and protecting yourself and your space.)

Hope this helps! I've been actively honoring and worshiping Aphrodite for about a year now, so I'm not a priestess or anything of that ilk, but the goddess has blessed me and seems pleased enough with my work. If anyone has anything to add, feel free, and feel free to correct me if it seems I'm misinformed. This is just what works and has worked for me. The most important thing really is just to be respectful, Aphrodite isn't all love and light, and can be quite temperamental and even vengeful, which makes her a powerful patron. Best of luck and blessed be!

[barely-living-wizard-apprentice]

every time I look into what's going on with the all wizard councils I'm greatful that I'm not them it really does seem like some new goofy conflict every week

also glad their collective reaches haven't really touched my city I don't think I could afford fines for banned spells or whatever they're doing

[battlemageserioth]

Serioth's Orb of Transcription

Logs of the 10th of Azure.

[The Orb has been activated.]

S: This is Council member Serioth. I am currently investigating Council member Werill's suspicious activity. Recently, I have seen him use the Council Meeting Room's mana reserve to cast an encrypted spell of Open Way. I also have reasons to believe that he is linked to a memory eating entity that has been afflicting me recently. Because of that, I suspect Werill of treason against the Council, and will track his spell back to the gate. I plan on using this Orb as proof, and give my consent to have my words be subjected to a spell of Reveal Intent. Everything I will see there shall be described to the best of my abilities. As for the gate, it seems to be concealed. It appears as an ordinary wall, in the Upper Gardens of the Council's Tower. I will now cast the spell.

Wrtyening dpcny,

Piehirg ueoa memory,

Lll aheit vesirn rluy,

Aetve rhiio tsath to me.

[Sounds of grinding stones.]

It works. The wall has opened, and reveals a dimly lit corridor. There are torches on the walls, on each side. I can't see the end of it. I'm going to enter.

[Serioth walking on stone.]

There is moss in the ground and on the walls. The iron of the torches is rusting. I suspect that this place is older than Werill's membership in the Council. He might not be alone. I can also see a door. It is made of wood, and it is rotting. I'm preparing a spell, just in case, and openning it...

It's an office, it seems. This place is cleaner than the corridor. There are candles on the desk, and some letters. ...they're either encrypted, or written in a language I don't know. I will leave them here, and take them once I'll get out. I can also see an ink pot. I need to try something.

[Sound of a flame being lit up.]

As I feared, this is arcane ink. Werill has been making unbreakable pacts. They don't seem to be here, since the ink on the letters is mundane. Too bad. I would have burned them if I could. Oh well. I must press on, I don't know how much time I have, and there's another door. Maybe I'll find more evidence.

What the...

[Serioth carefully stepping into the room.]

The difference in size between this place and the office is jarring. There are huge collumns going up, higher than I can see. There's a bridge in front of me, and below, on both sides.

...oh.

Those are... Some form of stasis sigils. Hundreds of them, probably more. I can see the runes glowing the dark, each circle illuminating... Something. They look like silvery spiders, with runes across their main body. They have eight, extremely long limbs, six of them staying behind the creatures, and two extended forward, like hooks. I'm afraid that those are memetophage, like the one afflicting me. There are more than I bel-

W: Fancy seeing you here.

S: Werill! Stay back!

[Mana sizzling.]

W: Jeez, old crow, no need to get angry. You're the one intruding, you know.

S: Don't play dumb. What is the meaning of this? Answer!

W: This? Well, this is my... Latest project. Do you like it? The one on your neck's just a prototype, but it's been doing wonders. You've been a lot more agreeable lately. A real ray of sunshine.

S: We haven't talked in the last few days.

W: Oh. Are you sure?

S: ...it doesn't matter. I've got more than enough proof to get you out of the Council. This is prohibited research, and a major project done in the City of Towers without the Council's approval! And I'll stop you myself if I must.

W: [Sigh.] Do you even have a plan? Do you think you can just rush in and destroy everything, like you usually do? Please. The whole place will collapse if you try. Then you'll be targeted by the City's defense system. I wonder how long you'd last. Or maybe you plan on just killing me. Cutting off the snake's head. Except that wouldn't do it. You know there's no way I could have done this alone. So you need the information I have. Just wanted to clarify that, in case you were about to do something... Stupid.

S: What you said is true. But I'll get the rest of the Council on this case and... What is that ?

[Paper shuffling.]

W: The reason why you won't. When they latch on to an host, those little beauties put them in a transe. They become half aware of their surroundings and easily... Convinced. I must admit, you're resillent. Very resilient. You even tried to negociate. But you signed, in the end.

S: Signed what?!

W: An arcane contract. If you ever tell anyone about what you saw here, or about anything incriminating that involves me, you will then leave the Council, leave your grimoire behind, and never go back to the City of Towers. Terribly sorry about that.

S: What..?

W: Yyyyyyeah. You might want to consider your options carefully. You could try to stop me, of course, but that would cost you your seat at the Council.

S: You're a fool if you think I won't do what I must, regardless of the cost.

W: Except you won't be able to do what you must without your job. And you've been around long enough to know that there are way bigger threats than this.

S: I have the power to do things myself. I'm a battle mage.

W: Oh, old crow, you know nothing of power. Magic isn't power. Not really. Not when basically anyone can shoot fireballs out of their hands or turn into smoke. True power is the power you hold over the people who can do that. True power is the power to have them work together to achieve your goals. Tell me, what would you do, to keep doing your job without the Council's support? Where would you get the mana potions? The location of the Council's ennemies? The equipment to cast siege-tier battle spells? Without the Council, you're just another brute, Serioth. A brute without purpose, without a Council to serve. A scared child, giving his life to what he thinks is the institution who can solve every problem in the world. A child who believes that if he does everything it demands, he will be able to sleep at night without smelling the ashes of his home.

A child with a lot of enemies. A brute who is all alone, hated by almost any wizard worth their salt.

[Werill chuckling.]

W: Oh, you did not like the sound of that, did you?

S: ...out of my way, Werill. I'm going to report this to the Council, and burn this place to the ground myself.

W: [Sigh.] How dissapointing. Oh well.

[Werill taking something out of his pocket, and placing his hand over his amulet.]

[A metallic object, falling somewhere.]

[A magic shield activating.]

W: Wakey wakey...

S: Wh- No!

ᚹᛁᛚᛚ ᛟᚠ ᚠᛚᚨᛗᛖ!

[Fire crackling.]

W: Burn as many as you like, little mage. There's thousands of them here. Maybe millions. I lost count, and they breed quickly, when they're not restrained. They'll keep coming as long as they sense magic in you.

[Sound of an explosion.]

S: Why aren't they coming after you then?! Stay right here! Answer me you bastard!

W: Why would I bother?

You won't remember the answer, once they're done with you.

___________________________________

<—

[greywizard-reporter-jim]

Lichdom

Jim's Journal

Necromancy, in its broadest definition, is the use of magic to control entropy, but also what once was. Skeletons, for example, can't move by themselves, but they represent the idea of a body that once could. Of course, death is a big part of this. It is the frontier between what is and what isn't, and clever uses of this frontier make a huge part of most necromancy spells. It is, however, interesting to note that actual death is not a necessity. Wraiths, for example, can be summoned even without the death of the original creature. If the creature in question went through enough of a change, its previous state has "died", and thus, can be summoned. Some people can even be haunted by themselves, as the wraith believes that a doppleganger has invaded their home.

Liches function on a similar principle. At first glance, Lichdom might seem like an outlier. A ritual of Lichdom is cast to preserve a body, not destroy or raise it. However, this is ignoring the fact that the ritual demands the death of the subject. The simpler (but not easiest) way to achieve this is to just that. The future lich kills themself, usually using poison, and raises their own body under their control. This, however, requires tremendous quantities of mana. A post mortem spell is extremely difficult to cast, to fail such a spell means actual death.

One way to circumvent this is to have someone complete the ritual for you. This option, however, also has its caveats. First, you need someone you trust completely, of course. The person can do anything to the would-be lich, including raising them in their service. Second, it is a huge strain on the person completing the ritual. Messing with death is no trivial matter, and if they aren't careful, the ritual can rend their very soul apart. Even if they are, the spell has consequences on the body, sometimes permanent ones, and can hinder the caster's ability to use magic.

Finally, the third option is to kill a part of oneself. The killing part is as not difficult as it sounds, and does not have to be a moral sacrifice. Parts of a person die all the time, mainly when we take decisions. The part of ourself that vouched for the other option dies, if we are certain enough, and that is enough for the ritual. However, the hard part is knowing exactly when it dies, and casting the ritual at this exact moment. Usually, it is easier when one is confronted with a moral conendrum, as they are ready to cast the ritual.

This is the option I will take.

First, because I cannot ask anyone to risk themselves to get me to Lichdom. There are people I would trust with my life, but the risk for them is to great. Second, I do have a moral conendrum to solve.

Do I want to be a lich?

Despite what I said to Serioth, I'm still unsure. The Council's members are a permanent danger to me and my loved ones, and I don't want to live on fear of the day they'll catch up, but immortality is often a curse. A painful one. I don't know if I'll ever be ready to see the world wither around me as I remain.

So the plan is simple. I'll go to @ratazom 's tower (thank you for proposing your help, by the way), and use one of the artifacts I stole. Jaress the Pink's Orb will allow me to "store" the ritual. Once my decision is taken, I'll use it, and become a lich.

Or I won't.

[funkylittledemon]

WIZARDS SUCK SKELETONS ARE BETTER

☠️🔥🔥☠️☠️☠️🔥🔥🔥☠️🔥🔥☠️☠️🔥🔥☠️☠️☠️🔥

[concoctionboy]

Okay, so, question for the Wizard Council, are the annual banned spell lists cumulative? I mean, when the next year's list comes out, does it add to the lists from previous years, or replace them?

Because there are a couple of spells on the 2021 banned spell list I'd be kind of curious to see cast...

WIZARD COUNCIL 2021 BANNED SPELL LIST:

Unending penis barrage

Summon Ketamine Ape

Greater Baja Blast

Transmute Idaho

Homoerotic Vortex

[celestial-witchposter]

See how I buy my witchcraft supplies secondhand? Very mindful, very demure.

I'm not like the SHEIN advertisers want me to be, I don't buy 500 new journals for every subject.

See how I use the decor I already have to freshen up my altar? Very cutesy. Very classic. 💕

[evilwizard]

yet another year of beautiful fashion at the #wizardcouncil gala! Cowl the Unseen was absolutely stunning (we assume) in a beautiful floral(?) number (who can say) and Izerion the Infinite’s infinite hat spiraled off into every conceivable dimension, impaling many good apprentices and homunculi. another rousing success!

[concoctionboy]

Or heck, maybe for all I know the Wizard Council already meets there. I interact a lot with wizards, but I'm not a wizard myself, so I don't really know much about the council.

Or… I guess there are multiple competing wizard councils now? Being a wizard must get really confusing.

tumblr is really sleeping on wizard island. an island in the middle of a volcanic caldera lake named for the fact that it looks like a WIZARD HAT. and yes you can go there.

[battlemageserioth]

Serioth's Journal

11th of Azure

11th... I've been keeping this journal for barely more than a week. Feels like a year. Everything happened so fast...

Everything hurts. There are bite marks everywhere on my body, and burns from fire spells I cast whenever one of those things got a grip on me. I lived, somehow, and I told the Council everything. Hummbirb, at first, then Lepriss. Even Sophia, though she's not a Council member. I guess I wanted to be sure it would not be forgotten. In any case, I must follow the contract, and... I have left the City of Towers. It is done, I am no longer on the Council.

That means that I am going to die. Well, fade away is a more suitable term, I suppose.

As a revenant, my existence was held together only by the driving force behind my actions. I always said that this driving force was the greatness of the Council but... That's a lie. My driving force was to be the best Council member I could be. So that I could stop those that use magic to harm others. Now, I can't do that. And so, I don't think I have long.

It's for the best. One life, in exchange of the Council's... Relative safety. I don't know how long I would have survived anyway. Doesn't matter now. I told everyone I was leaving the City, and I'm looking for a place to die, now. I... Think I remember the path to somewhere that's dear to me. Lost the memory of it in the battle with the memetophages, though. I was... Angry, about losing it. Furious, even. I am slowly getting all of my memories back, though. Lepriss managed to get the thing that latched on to me removed. I hope I'll reach this place and remember it before I disappear.

11th of Azure, 9PM

I've been walking for a while now. Still can't remember. It was a peaceful, beautiful place. The air was pure, and I felt calm. A place where I was stress-free. It's funny, now that I think of it, I almost always had some kind of pressure on me. I gave my life to the Council, long before I made the choice of exposing Werill. Long before the Great Worm, even. I pushed away everything that was a threat to my work... For what, in the end? I've been protecting the interests of people like Werill. Sure, I did good things, but... How much of it was actually good? What changes did I do to the world? Did it change at all?

11th of Azure, 9:12PM

You've got to be kidding me. This... Is Jim's tower. Gods damn it, I'm pathetic.

11th of Azure, 9:15PM

Not Jim's Tower. I remember, now. There a little hill, surrounded by trees, next to it. We watched the stars there. I liked it. We used to talk here. He told me his woes, and sometimes, I told him mine. We reassured each other, tried to help. I was always more vulnerable in those moments, even though I tried not to be. It always went well, though. I wonder... Could have things be different? Did we actually have something? Did I blow it all away..? Probably. He's right. I was scared. I couldn't understand why he would love me without ulterior motives and... I pushed him away. But that's not all. I didn't want to love him. It was too much of a vulnerability, of a... Weakness.

...like having attachments, or taking vacations to rest, or... Gods. I never hated myself for being weak. I hated myself for being... Human.

Hummbirb said he could get him to visit me. And the Paper-grey Council said I could get shelter in their office, in case there were more creatures. I could spend my last hours watching the stars with him...

11th of Azure, 9:23PM

No. I'm being selfish. I can't do this to him. I can't say I'm sorry then slowly die in front of him. This is too horrible. And I know him. He's... Well, he's a dork. He might just forgive me. He would get hurt. I fucked it up, it's my burden to carry. I can watch the stars, though. Doesn't feel the same, but I can. Fading away is... Peculiar.

I feel like I'm looking at the world through a glass pane. I feel things like I was touching them through a glove, or some kind of fabric. The air isn't cold or warm, I barely feel myself breathing. Still, this place is nice.

11th of Azure, 9:32

Well, this is it. I can sense it. I don't have long now. I'm going to die, and my body will completely dissapear shortly after. I'll only leave this journal behind. It's something, I guess.

It feels weird to sit here, watching the stars, and not be able to hold Jim's hand.

____

<— | —>

[greywizard-reporter-jim]

...I've been studying Necromancy.

I just learned that Revenants fade away when their driving force becomes unnateignable.

They die. They fucking fade way. Shit. Serioth.

I'm sure he took something like the Council.

If he ever gets fired or framed... Shit shit shit shit. I have to convince him to change his driving force while he can.

I have to get to my old tower and find a way to contact him.

[wizardoftheisles]

Wizard island taxes are

An absolute bitch

I've had to sacrifice 16 of my newborns, and I'm in a low tax bracket!

Possible improvements-

The option to sacrifice other peoples newborns (more accepting)

Less tax (fuck the @wizardcouncil)

Less stringent punishment (I just got testicle tortioned for swearing at the wizard council)

Remove the voices

Get that darn gnome out of my spine

[mangoes-and-mothman]

on my wizard behavior ✨

#spells #wizardmoneygang #spellcasting #ponderingmyorblike #magic #wizardcouncil

[lizardwizard3000]

i smocked @weed and they kicked me out of @wizardcouncil

[celestial-witchposter]

Home Protections: Methods and Magick that Guard a Witch's Home

Normally, I make a point not to share the exact protections I've made around my home. However, in the interest of keeping this community open and communicative, I think it's best to show how I keep my home safe from negative people and energies.

This will be focused on what I do for my *apartment*, not my altar or my person, which I may feature in a later post.

Smudging/Smoke cleansing - I feel like this is one of the most basic skills in a witch's arsenal, as it were. For smudge sticks, I recommend plants that grow in your area. For me that's garden sage, lavender, cedar, mugwort, and rose petals. You can make your own smudge sticks by binding stalks of these herbs together with pure cotton string. You can even collect and dry your own herbs for this purpose. As for incense, my favorite overall is jasmine but for smoke cleansing and protection I opt for Wild Berry Sage and Santo or Ispalla Palo Santo & Rue incense sticks. I tend to avoid buying whole palo santo sticks or white sage smudge bundles, though I do inevitably end up with them as gifts.

Protection oils - its ridiculously easy to make your own blends, though it can get expensive. My favorite at the moment is a blend of cedar, juniper, clove, mugwort, and bergamot in a base of olive oil so I can wear it as well as anoint with it. Be careful the surface you use these on - I wouldn't recommend finished hardwoods, for instance, unless you've diluted it in a spray or cleaner. Diluted vinegar is my favorite for non-porous surfaces (like linoleum, tile, or tabletops), with one part each of vinegar and water, and a few drops of oil.

Sound cleansing - whether you prefer singing bowls, a bell, singing, or playing music or chants on a speaker, sound has a powerful impact on the energy in a space. Just think of the difference music makes in the energy of a cafe versus a club. Sanctify and purify your space with sacred sound and music, or simply get your house spirits dancing while you clean! There is so much to choose from with this option.

Charms and amulets - There are. So many different ways to protect your home. A partial list of my favorites include: Witch bells, railroad spikes, hagstones, pentacles, spell bags, spell bottles, most black or white crystals (onyx, black tourmaline, obsidian, selenite, clear quartz), and of course the evil eye. More specific charms include dream catchers to catch and prevent nightmares, and horseshoes turned in the shape of a 'u' to catch the good luck entering your home.

Runes, bindrunes, and rune staves - my personal favorite being the Elder Futhark rune Algiz ᛉ, which you can either use on its own, or combine with other runes to create a bind rune (where the different runes share a single base line and you draw each rune onto it), or what is known as a rune stave, which is a sigil of your own making consisting of multiple runes. There's no exact science to this, many different types of staves have been found that were used for many different purposes, both lingual and magickal, over the centuries. For example, I seal many of my spell bottles with a simple, even cross (like a crossroads) with the end of each line forking three ways like an Algiz. Here is a more complicated stave that protects the entrance to my home, which I drew in white candle wax on the bottom of my door mat.

In the center, I bring the focus to Jera ᛃ, the year, to represent each season and a full cycle, good harvests, restful winters, bountiful springs, etc. To protect and bring prosperity year round.

The middle cross represents the values the rune protects in my home: Algiz ᛉ, is for protection, Pertho ᛈ is for play, joy, and laughter, Othila ᛟ, for home and family, and Kenaz ᚲ, for the torch or hearth.

The outermost circle is the protective ring in envisioning around the house. I invoke Isa I, or the ice, to freeze out and make unwelcome any who would wish to do us harm. Gebo X is a symbol of giving and taking. Reciprocity is important in any relationship, whether with the earth or with friends, and any who pass through our doors and receive our generosity as hosts I want to instill with this giving spirit.

Salt - This one is the simplest. So simple in fact it ought to have been first. Salt has such rich history and folklore from all around the world, I won't even begin to touch on all of it. But its essential role in our bodies and lives is undeniable. Not only is it nutritionally necessary, and a wonderful preservative, but it is also the earth's most powerfully protective mineral. You don't need anything special, in fact it's best to just buy the cheapest you can because if you're getting into spellwork, you're going to be using a lot of it. It can be mixed with ashes from your spells and incense, herb blends, and blessings to make different witches salts. Aunt Lucinda from The Spiderwick Chronicles wasn't as crazy as she seemed for having a line of salt in each doorway and windowsill. Be careful using salt outdoors, as too much kills any plant, and too much around small children and pets simply because they'll eat anything.

Prayers, affirmations, and incantations - these will of course be extremely personal. They can be as simple as saying "I am protected" or "I am guarded" etc., as you walk your house. You can make symbols or sigils with the movement of your hands. You can pray to a deity if you choose. A personal favorite of mine is to incant as I smoke cleanse, rotating my incense or smudge stick counterclockwise (to release, dispel, or banish - clockwise to attract) and say "I release that which does not serve me. I banish that which would do me harm."

For all of these, *intention* is going to be your best friend. Visualize a white, protective light filling your home, pushing the shadows from every crevice, and let your power and the powers you trust to call on shield you from any harmful energy that may come your way. Some of these will have to be redone yearly, or monthly, some I only do when I feel the need for something particularly strong, like when an evil eye breaks or a string of ill fortune strikes, and sickness or an unwanted person has been in the house. Let your intuition guide you.

Hope you enjoyed, let me know what I should share next!

[anti-anti-anti-anti-wiz-council]

Ah, right-o. Sounds wise to keep an eye on the blighter. I agree, @anti-wizard-council is likely planning some skullduggery.

In the meantime, though, I don't trust that @anti-anti-anti-wizard-council either. Just because they haven't been seen lately doesn't mean they're not up to something. And after all, it's them I'm supposed to be most directly opposing, innit. Perhaps I'll have a look see, see if I can find where they've been lurking, what? Seems more useful to the cause than needlepointing, anyway. Although I am working on a needlepoint that I think will look sharp hanging in the Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti-Wizard Council Headquarters.

Carry on.

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