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Witchy Library!

PSA to any of my occult darlings! Here's an e-library archive I found while cleaning out my likes

Subjects range from hermeticism and alchemy, to yoga, mythology, hypnosis, witchcraft, enochian magick and more. Go nuts 🔮

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Phil Legard & Alexander Cummins. An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke: The Magical Works of Humphrey Gilbert & John Davis from the British Library Additional Manuscript 26674. London: Scarlet Imprint, 2020. Paperback edition. 343 pages.

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Owen Davies. Art of the Grimoire: An Illustrated History of Magic Books and Spells. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2023. Hardcover. 256 pages.

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"Crafting the Art of Magic Book I. A History of Modern Witchcraft, 1939-1964" By Aidan A. Kelly, 1991.

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Found this second edition Dion Fortune book in a second hand bookshop today… I am well happy!

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Here’s some 1970’s occult books my Dad gave me a while back. This stuff is gold!

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logged in vs logged out.

the owner of tumblr has blocked me for starting a kung pow penis chain on one of his recent posts

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The universe has a funny sense of humor. I cast a spell to summon pizza at a low cost. It had to be delicious and it had to be accessible to me given my limited resources. Magic, as always takes the path of least resistance, and helpfully reminded me after I cast the spell that I had frozen pizza in my freezer that I've been ignoring for months. Obviously, I cooked the pizza and it was delicious. I would consider this spell a success. I'm expecting it to keep working though. I did say that I also wanted other italian take out food too... and wings. We'll see if that works any further haha!

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Nebula 💫

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Raymond Buckland: Sensory deprivation is a useful tool for producing extrasensory perception

Me: ok, cool! I think so too! you're probably going to suggest putting earplugs in and wearing a sleep mask or something right? I can see how that works!

raymond buckland:...

me: right?

raymond buckland: behold... the witches cradle :)

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Online Diary | November 17, 2024

Something hasn't been working for me when it comes to the God and the Goddess lately. I couldn't put my finger on it at first. It wasn't until after I'd done a determined makeover of the Goddess statue I have that I realized what the issue was. I don't connect with any of the popular conceptions of her floating around. This was a hard pill to swallow and something I've been avoiding for a while. The same goes for the God. I like the ritual structure of Wicca, I like the concept of worshipping two deities, a God and a Goddess, and I quite enjoyed learning about other people's favorite conception of the two-- but none of them really resonated with me.

This realization came around the time that I realized that I don't want to join a coven right now. In fact, these two things are deeply tied. I did find faces for the Goddess and the God, but they are not what other people use. Indeed, it might look like I made them entirely wholecloth to some folks, but they work for me. Call it divine inspiration. Due to this I really don't want to join any existing traditions because I'm honestly having so much fun with my solitary tradition now! It's weird because I was so stressed about finding the right coven, getting initiated, fitting in and devoting myself to the way they practice. But I think if I did that at this point in my life, I'd be miserable, and I don't see myself successfully convincing a bunch of people to start calling the Goddess a random name that came from the seedy depths of my brain, or indeed, believing that she's some eldritch creature representing the very fabric of our reality (I'm having a lot of fun with this conception of the Goddess, like lots of fun).

I seem to be doing fine now chugging along with the basic ritual structure provided by Wiccan classics, like Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft. Today, I was practicing casting a circle and creating sacred space. It was nice and I actually found myself getting into that mysterious state of flow where everything goes right and feels properly occult-y. It was also my first time using the names I have for the God and the Goddess. And it was the first time in a long time that I felt... I don't know... connected. It's sort of like I've been doing things wrong for a while, talking to a brick wall, experiencing very not enough satisfaction and feeling deeply frustrated by the whole ordeal. Then suddenly, I get the formula right, turn down the right path, and holy-shit-I'm-actually-feeling-the-presence-of-a-higher-power-right-now-it's-been-so-long. It's funny to imagine the gods watching me stubbornly muddle through my practice for the last few years, grumpy and obtuse, and then finally, finally getting it.

I also still like learning about how traditional Wiccan covens operate. I think it's interesting and cool, even if I myself do not resonate so much with all of their practices. I still do want to find a coven one day, but maybe not a traditional kind. I had a very non traditional one with my friends for a while that was more like a generalized pagan meet-up. We met by video chat every month and talked about magic and whatever we'd done with our various hodge podge of gods that month. It was nice and intimate! I'd be happy with that again-- maybe I can get those friends to revive our little group. That's an idea!

I've also found that Hekate has slowly rolled into my new concept of the Goddess. I've been devoted to her specifically for many years now, and I found myself getting pulled past her. In many ways, she's been subsumed into this Goddess in my head, but she's still there and I still treasure her guidance and her frankly dizzying number of roles in my life so far. I was afraid of this change for a long time. I felt that it was going against my commitments to Hekate. I've come to see things differently though! Change is a natural and normal part of life and I should not be afraid to let it happen.

Pictured: the Goddess in all her eldritch glory (and yes I was a fan of H.P. Lovecraft growing up). The statue's details are a bit hard to define in this photograph, but it's a black statue with a black, tentacle shaped cloak with eyes on it. It also has a black headdress on. I added the cloak and headdress. It kinda reminds me of a nun's habit, which was unintentional but fun.

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Hekáte's Night

Mother, I honor You,

Mother, I thank You,

Mother, I praise You,

Please accept my offerings, blessed Goddess,

Hekáte, I worship You,

Hekáte, I magnify You,

Hekáte, I revere You,

Please accept my devotion, mysterious Goddess.

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If you come to a point in your practice where it changes radically, don't be afraid to embrace the change. Change is the only constant and a part of the initiation process that you'll inevitably go through as you advance on your path. Never cling to the old.

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Committing piracy as a devotional act to Hermes