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ART - Stuff drawn for the AU, either by me or other people, but mostly me. This includes both comics and still images.

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LORE - Information about characters, places, and plot arcs.

ASKS - Questions asked by readers! See what’s already been covered.

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FAEFOLK - Questions about faeries and magic in this AU. Non-character specific world-building stuff.

Lexicon:

TRUE FAE - A full-blooded fae, with no human ancestry. Considered more powerful and ‘pure’ than their changeling counterparts.

CHANGELING - A catch all word to describe beings that are some mixture of human and fae. Applies to both faebloods and faetouched.

FAEBLOODED - A changeling that has faerie ancestry, especially within the most recent generation. In some situations, the blood may be diluted past the point of qualifying.

FAETOUCHED - A human or earthly animal that has been significantly changed or infected with the magic of Faerie. Usually this applies to humans that have been stolen away as slaves, but can be used in other circumstances.

FAERIE QUEENS - The rulers of the Courts of Light, and the AU equivalent of the Diamond Authority.

COURTS OF LIGHT - The kingdom of Light Fae, ruled by the Empress of Light and Stone. Within this court there are three subdivisions: The Court of Thunder and Flames, the Court of Waves and Rivers, and the Court of Flowers and Thorns. Each court is ruled by its own Queen, but ultimately they all answer to the Empress.

REALM OF SHADE - A world of Faerie Shades, opposite to the Courts of Light. Generally considered to be lawless and savage, shades are sometimes uplifted to serving in the Courts of Light. Though they have no formal leadership, they bow to the Empress’s rule in most circumstances.

THE HEDGE - An endless sea of thorns and brambles that inhabits the spaces between Faerie and Earth. More or less a space between dimensions, and is typically hostile to humans and fae alike.

HEDGE WITCH - A human with high sensitivity to the Hedge and its inhabitants, giving them heightened perception of supernatural phenomenon. All humans have some potential ability to tap into magic given the right situation, but Hedge Witches are those either with natural talent or who have trained themselves to access those energies. Generally used to describe humans who have retained more humanity than faetouched.

HEDGEBEAST - One of the various creatures that manages to make its home within the Hedge. Generally considered fearsome for their ability to coexist with such an inhospitable landscape. Tend to be violent towards outsiders.

Character Tags:

STEVEN - Faeblooded prince and inheritor of the Court of Flowers and Thorns. On the run from the Court of Light. Third changeling child of the Maiden.

CONNIE - Overworked human teenager, brand new Knight of Flowers and Thorns. Swept up in this nonsense due to chance and also destiny.

PEARL - Faetouched servant of the Courts of Light. Guardian and protector of Steven. At least, she used to be.

AMETHYST - The second changeling child of the Maiden. Steven’s half sibling, has a history of getting in trouble with fae.

GARNET - Ostensible half-fae prophet and spiritualist, with mysterious properties. Location unknown.

GREG - Human hedge witch and father of Steven. Location unknown.

LARS - Faetouched weirdness magnet living in Empire City. Doing his best to avoid the supernatural and failing utterly.

ROSE QUARTZ - Referred to as “The Maiden of Flowers and Thorns” in this AU. Gifted the entire of her being to Steven and ceased to exist. 

WHITE DIAMOND - Referred to as “The Empress of Light and Stone”. The Queen of all fae and the ruler of the Courts of Light. 

Baking a brioche on a stormy afternoon. A slow living approach.

We had a stormy day last week. The weather was gloomy and it was really windy. I decided to bake a Brioche. Bread making is such a great activity to slow down, and brioche are such a decadent treat. 

Making brioche was really hard for me the first couple of times, and I wish I watched videos on how to make it. 

 Brioche makes wonderful food for any celebrations of the pagan year! You can adapt the recipe to your need and add the flavours and herbs. They are perfect for you feasts are they are the embodiment of the little luxuries, the little extra we enjoy on a celebration day! At the end, I give you some ideas to adapt the recipe to each of the sabbats!

Prep time: 40 min

Rest time: 1h30

Proving time in the fridge: a whole night

Cooking time: 25 to 30 min

Material needed:

A standing mixer with a hook or a hand mixer with hooks. If you don’t have any of those, you can mix by hand but it is going to get really messy and it is much longer.

Ingredients

2tsp dry yeast

4tbsp milk

1tbsp suger

250g plain flour

30g sugar

125g butter at room temperature

3+1 eggs at room temperature

1tbsp Cointreau or Rhum

Recipe

Activate the yeast by mixing 2 tsp of dry yeast with 4tbsp of luke warm milk and a tbsp of sugar. Mix well and let it rest for at least 15min. The yeast is activated when there is a fluffy foam on the top of the milk.

In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, salt and butter together until crumbly.

In a small bowl beat 3 eggs with a tbsp of Cointreau or Rhum.

Add the beaten eggs and the yeast to the crumbly dough.

Start mixing with the robot for at least 5 min. The dough is ready when it is smooth, silky and sticky (don’t worry about that)

First proving:

Cover the bowl with cling film and let the dough rest in a warm place. Near a radiator is really good or in the oven at minimal heat (no more than 30°C / 86°F). Let it rise for about 1h30 or when the volume has doubled. If there is a wind draft, the dough will never rise.

Second proving:

Once the first rising is done, punch the dough to remove the gaz accumulated. At this point the dough is really sticky and that’s normal, don’t be tempted to add more flour. Cover the bowl again and let it rest a full night in the fridge. The dough will rise a bit again.

The day after:

Pre heat the oven at 180°C/350°F

Sprinkle flour on your worktop and start rolling the dough in a large cylinder. Cut it in 3 equal parts.

Roll each part in a long sausage, then braid them together.

Beat one egg and spread it on the braided brioche with a brush. It will make the crust gold and shiny

Bake 25 to 30min at 180°C/350°F

A few important tips:

This dough has a lot of butter that make is very sticky. That’s why the nigh in the fridge is very important. It makes the dough hard enough to be manipulated. Try to work quickly so the dough stays cold.

If you don’t have room temperature butter, shred the butter with a cheese grater it will do just fine.

No alcohol? No problem! Try to perfume the brioche with vanilla or orange zest!

Sabbaths celebrations ideas:

Mabon - 20th-22nd September - Add some sliced apples to the dough before the first proving time

Samhain - 31st October - Add a tsp of pumpkin spices to the flour.

Yule - 20th-22nd December - Add orange zest and orange juice to the mix instead of the Cointreau

Imbolc - 1st February - Don’t change the recipe it is perfect for this celebration day!

Ostara - 20th-22nd March - CHOCOLATE! Add chocolate chips to the batter before mixing everything together

Beltane - 1st May - Use 30g of honey instead of sugar

Litha - 20th-22nd June - Again, you can use honey and also add oranges. Maybe brush a bit of orange marmalade when it is straight out of the oven

Lughnasadh - 31st July - Add Strawberries / Raspberries / Blueberries to the mix before the first proving time

“Let Only Good Energy In” Horseshoe Ward Charm

(little squeal for the first spell I have to share with Tumblr. This and all future spells of mine will be posted in the Spells page of my blog)

The thought process behind this enchantment is adding wards to an object long thought to offer protection and good luck in and of itself.

Items:

a horseshoe

a doorway to hang the horseshoe over

your magical self!

Procedure:

Think of the horseshoe as a cup, with the prongs being the mouth of the cup, kind of like a “U”

Tip the horseshoe over so that the prongs are facing down and shake the horseshoe, making as if you’re pouring something out of a cup. Here, you’re pouring the old and negative energies out, the wards that need replacing

Turning the horseshoe upright again, hold it tightly in both hands and close your eyes.

Envision good energy and the fresh wards flooding into your mouth (for some reason, I see these particular wards as fish? In my mouth? Weird, I know ^^)

Gently blow the good energy and fresh wards into the mouth of the horseshoe, as if you were filling a cup with liquid.

Being careful not to tip the horseshoe in case the wards pour out, secure the horseshoe above or near a doorway to as a protection charm!

Reasoning:

Horseshoes have long been thought to bring good luck to homes in which they’re hung. Eastern cultures were said to have hung them like crescents “C” and they offered protection against the Evil Eye. Back when they were made of iron, they were used as protection against malicious fae, evil spirits, and imps.

Note:

Refill these wards every couple of months. When you go to tip the old wards out, thank them for their protection as you release them from their enchantment.

Just some pictures I took from my vacation.

Childhood friends AU ♡

Artsy Witch Ideas 🎨

• Put sigils everywhere & anywhere  Specifically: • Put sigils for creativity in your sketchpad or behind a canvas  • Hide sigils for beauty or inspiration in your art • Use magickal waters when watercolor painting by correspondence  Additionally: Rinse brushes in magickal waters • Use markers/paints ect to draw sigils with color correspondence • Enchant your art supplies so that it improves your art, rather by making it more beautiful, appealing, eye catching, inspiring you, ect. • Recycle jars & use them for witchy ingredients, but also art supplies!  • If you’re into graffiti, have a sigil or something like it as your tag, or have a condensed version of your name in Theban Script as your artist tag. It’ll look cool and no one will know what it is or where it came from, unless they’re a witch of course!  • If you’re into crafty stuff too, use ribbons for binding spells & decorate your grimoire with washi tape (I really really love washi tape if you’ve never used it to decorate stuff go get some right this second.)  An anon asked for it.  I am by no means an art witch, but I consider myself an artist! So here’s a few of my ideas. I may try some of these myself! Enjoy 💖

Offering: Leaf Envelopes

Recently I saw a very cute post about using leaf envelopes as a vessel for offerings and prayer. So in honor of Lughnasadh, I decided to try a few!

I started with large leaves (elephant ear) cut into 10cm x 10cm squares, and folded two corners inward like so:

Then fold the bottom corner up as well, and glue in place.

For one I made it to help with my Mental Health.

Inside: Rosemary (healing)

Ginger (success)

Sage (wisdom)

Blessed Thistle (purification)

ᛇ

(stability)

ᛞ

(clarity)

This was charged with Abalone, Bloodstone and pink, blue and white candles.

Another I made for devotion to Arianrhod.

Inside: Lavendar (healing)

Sage (prosperity)

Bay leaf (protection)

Rose Petals (love, luck)

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(rebirth)

ᛉ

(growth)

This was charged with Moonstone, Selenite, Smoky Quartz and purple and white candles.

Last step is to fold down the top corner, and seal with wax. To add to the wax I used a seed on silver wax for Arianrhod and part of a pinecone on blue wax for Mental Health.

These are very customizable and pretty easy to put together! I love the way they look on my altar, and I have two more planned that I'll add when I make them.

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M Y P U R P L E S O N

HEX & CURSE IDEAS ☠️

Just a few of my ideas, all based on my research/experiences/opinion!  I’ll probably add more to this. 

DISCLAIMER:  All of these do require a taglock, see this post: • How To Collect A Taglock If you want to hex/curse someone but do not have one.  GENERAL IDEAS/FILL IN THE BLANKS:  Some of these might seem super obvious but sometimes we all need a little guidance or inspiration!  • Take a jar & fill it with your taglock + items that correspond with your intent. • Put an item near the taglock/poppet that represents your intent. • Bury your taglock at a location that corresponds with your intent. • Sew a poppet based on the victim and do to the poppet what you’d like done to the victim.                                                                       Misfortune:  • Take your taglock, and place it under a coin, preferably a big coin. Place a tiny black candle on the top and light it, as the candle burns, so will their good fortune, this will siphon it away. Blow out the candle & move the components away from each other when you’d like the spell to cease.  • Enchant an item the victim will like with misfortune, negativity, ect and gift it to them. Be sure to cleanse & ward after & be sure to counteract the effects of the spell so that it doesn’t effect you. 

Pain:  • Take your taglock, take some chili powder & burn the taglock with it. Alternatively: Let it sit in the chili powder for longer effects. • Sew a poppet based on the victim, drive needles through it & leave them in as long as you want the victim in pain.  • Alternatively, you could burn the poppet.

Bitterness:  • Take your taglock, & soak it in a jar (closed up) with some lemon juice. The victim will feel not only bitter, but alone.  Paranoia:  • Set your taglock near a drawing of some large eyes, they will feel they’re constantly being watched.  • Sew a poppet of the victim, • Take your taglock, or a poppet, & bury it at a crossroads. The victim will not know where to turn or what decisions to make & will begin to overthink their decisions, feeling stuck.  Chaos:  • Set your taglock in a large tall jar of storm water and spin it around & around, creating a whirlpool, visualize the victim panicking and being confused.  Stress/Fear:  • Set your taglock in a jar, seal it up with something that unsettles the victim. This might take a might of experimentation, perhaps seal the jar in the dark, put a spider in the jar, ect.  Claustrophobic:  • Place your taglock in a jar, cover it with dirt, bonus points if it’s dirt from near their home, place the jar in a very dark quiet place for as long as you want the spell active.  • Alternatively, you could fill the jar with black paint.  • Sew a poppet of the victim, and wrap it in something over and over, this could be thread, ribbon, string, cloth, whatever as long as it covers them repeatedly. Wrap it up tight.  To Show Someone’s True Colors:  • Take your taglock, and wrap it around a stick. Place the stick in a bottle of water & freeze it, set it out to thaw & as the ice falls away so will their outer layers, showing off their cold inner cold.  • Alternatively, you could cut a slit in an apple & place the taglock in there. Same principle, as the apple rots so will their outer layers.  • Sew a poppet based on the victim, as you’re stuffing it place a tiny black heart inside. When you want to enact the curse, cut open the poppet & turn it inside out. Showing their true colors, the small black heart inside.  More Posts: - What I’ve Learned About Curses  You guys wanted more stuff on cursing, here it is.  If I see any comments mentioning the rule of 3 and putting down others for their choices about their craft, I reserve the right to delete them!  I hope this helps you or teaches you something! Happy hexing! Have a lovely day 🖤