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Always walking the fine line between taking pretty, atmospheric pictures and setting my bedsheets ablaze.
imagine owning an independent bookstore with a cafe and bakery with a cat that sleeps on the windowsills and people like to pet her while they browse the shelves
Bill Nye for most of his career: Imma do science for kids. Science without politics. Nice, tame science for the kiddos.
Bill Nye now:
Just cleaned my bedroom and kitchen to take photos for a subletter & thought I’d post ‘em here because I haven’t posted in ages!
i just had the weirdest moment, i was feeling my front teeth with my tongue because they’re the tiniest bit crooked, and then i had the thought “i’ll check if they’re also crooked in my other mouth” and then i realized to my shock and confusion that i have only one mouth, leading me to believe that in a past life i was a terrible monster with two mouths
im in love with the concept of Las Vegas like i know in reality theres a lot of things shitty and bad about it but im in love with the idea of a capital of debauchery existing in a blisteringly hot desert 2 hours away from a nuclear weapon test site. it’s so bizarre and horrific and tacky i can’t help but loving the idea of it
you will never be too much for someone who can’t get enough of you
If you’re not amazed by the stars on a clear night then we won’t work.
Reblog this if you’re pro-receiving a brown paper package containing one (1) handwritten love letter, a small jar of strawberry jam from the farmers market, and a smattering of pressed flowers.
i love megan fox
#dedicated to the gram
Timelapse of Europa & Io orbiting Jupiter, shot from Cassini during its flyby of Jupiter
Superbloom
Diamond Valley Lake, California
Tbh im kinda pissed im not asleep in bed next to the love of my life in a cottage with no obligations other than watering my vegetable garden
The very first spell that most folks cast happens on our birthdays. Someone lovingly purchases or bakes a cake for us and candles, representing our age, are placed on top. Those candles are lit and as we close our eyes, we are told to make a silent wish and blow them out.
Many believe that this tradition dates back to ancient pagan rituals. Our birthdays were considered to be important since they marked our entry into this world. The candles on the cake held great force and power and, once blown out, the wish was carried by the smoke and sent to the gods. The gods, in turn, would receive the message and grant the wish.
Candles are integral to spell-casting and are arguably the best and most inexpensive way to get started. Most of us have a supply of candles or tealights in our homes, and some light them at night while having dinner, reading a book or writing. However, candles symbolize elements - earth, air, water and fire and, if you have a desire in mind, all you need is fire and the intent to make it happen.
One of the most important aspects of candle magic is to use the right colour candle. Some spells are rigid and need a precise colour or shade of a colour while others are more open-ended. If you are unsure of which candle to use, always use a white candle - it’s a neutral and pure colour that can be used for anything. Here are the main candle colours and their correspondences:
White
Cleansing homes
Purifying spaces
Creating harmony
Invoking spirits
Improving communication with others
Summoning guides and angels
For use in every situation
Blue
Promoting restful sleep
Finding the truth
Gaining wisdom and knowledge
Invoking psychic visions
Calming emotions
Suppressing anger
Aiding meditation
Moving your house
Becoming more patient with others
Curing a fever
Having a better understanding
Protection
Red
Promoting strength and vigor
Rejuvenating energy and stamina
Conjuring willpower
Summoning courage
Inciting passion and sexual love
Sparking enthusiasm
Prompting quick results
Warding off enemies
Becoming more attractive to others
Pink
Healing emotions
Attracting romance
Becoming more caring
Inviting peace and tranquility
Healing rifts
Banishing selfish emotions
Protecting family and friendships
Invoking spiritual healing
Being more compassionate
Green
Accumulating money and wealth
Promoting prosperity and abundance
Accomplishing goals
Growing plants
Attracting luck
Negotiating employment matters and finding new jobs
Hastening conception and solving fertility issues
Casting out greed and resentment
Yellow
Increasing activity
Resolving health matters
Nurturing creativity and imagination
Passing exams and learning
Aiding concentration
Controlling mood swings
Protecting yourself when travelling
Persuading others
Healing problems associated with the head
Orange
Increasing energy and stamina
Improving the mind and memory
Promoting success and luck
Developing business and career
Helping those with new jobs
Clarifying legal matters and justice
Selling goods or houses
Capturing a thief or recovering lost property
Removing fear
Purple
Summoning spirit help
Bringing peace and tranquility and harmony
Improving psychic ability
Aiding astral projection
Healing
Easing sadness
Improving male energy
Summoning spiritual protection
Brown
Attuning with the trees and earth
Promoting concentration
Helping with decisiveness
Protecting animals
Amplifying assertiveness
Aiding Friendships
Bringing material gain
Gaining mental stability
Connecting with Mother Nature
Studying and learning
Silver
Summoning the Mother Goddess
Drawing down the moon
Connecting with lunar animals
Purifying female energy
Improving all psychic abilities
Aiding clairvoyance and the unconscious mind
Ridding negativity
Developing intuition
Interpreting messages in dreams
Banishing bad habits
Gold
Healing and enhancing well-being
Rejuvenating yourself
Improving intelligence
Bringing financial gain and wealth
Winning competitions
Attracting love and happiness
Maintaining peace in families
Cosmic ordering
Black
Protection
Strength
Banishing
Reversal
Hex-breaking
It’s important to magically disinfect your candles before use - most are mass-produced across the world, often in less-than-ideal conditions and, because wax is a vessel for energy, every person that has come into contact with your candle has effectively deposited some of their energy into the wax.
There are many ways to cleanse candles before a spell and most folks have a ritual that works for them. Some people enjoy a prolonged ceremony of candle cleansing while others leave them in the garden to soak up moonlight. Below is a method of cleansing referred to as “anointing” and involves water and oils to prepare the candle before the ritual begins.
Step 1: Wipe Clean
Wipe the wax with a paper towel, removing all traces of debris and dust.
Step 2: Prepare a solution
Mix salt and water into a saucepan on medium heat. Once the salt dissolves, let cool.
Step 3: Intent
Standing in front of the sink, hold the candle in your left hand. Pour a small amount of the saline solution over the candle, being careful not to wet the wick. Take a fresh paper towel and dry thoroughly while saying:
“This magickal water cleanses thee,
With good intent and purity.”
Step 4: Inscribing
With a small paring knife or needle, scratch your full name and your goal into the wax. It doesn’t matter where you inscribe the words, and it’s not important that they’re particularly legible. Once the candle is lit, these words will burn away and give the spell more clout.
Step 5: Anointing
Pour some vegetable oil into a small bowl. You can feel free to mix in herbs that are associated with your spell’s intent. Hold the candle in your left hand again. Dip the first finger of your right hand into the oil and run it down the candle from top to bottom in a line. Say this invocation:
“This magickal oil anoints thee, with all things good, magickally.”
Step 6: Rhyming and Repetition
One of the ways we can add more power to a spell is by repeating the incantation over and over. Often, prewritten spells, both ancient and modern, will rhyme with some kind of poetic fluidity. Repetition will help enforce the message.
Step 7: Ending the spell
After repeating your spell the desired number of times, you will need to close the ritual. Choose one of the phrases below to say before looking upward and saying thank you.
“And so it is.”
“The spell is cast.”
“So mote it be.”
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Sources other than my grimoire:
Robbins, Shawn, and Charity Bedell. The good witchs guide: a modern-day wiccapedia of magickal ingredients and spells. New York: Sterling Ethos, 2017.
i mean yeah but does anyone wanna go on graveyard picnics at six in the morning and eat pomegranates and talk about feminism because i sure do
Kind of sucks that i am not living in an ivy-covered cottage in the pacific northwest, drinking mint tea with honey,, riding my bike into town for the groceries and spending my day writing novels on a mossy tree stump with a cool breeze making the pine needles go sssssshhhhhh,,,,,,,
Rico: How come reading tea leaves is seen as this sophisticated, witchy thing but if I slam dunk an open can of Chef Boyardee ravioli onto the pavement in the gas station parking lot to see what kind of soda the old ones think I should buy, foodstuff divination suddenly isn’t cool anymore?
Skipper: What the fuck is happening.
Rico: Why don’t you grab a can of ravioli and ask!
why is it that when i tell ppl to use my right pronouns they go ape shit and insult me or flat out tell me they can call me what ever they want but if i misgender their short bread type blood 36 Pomeranian tea cup dog they go feral
Fuck society fuck capitalism I’m gonna go full feral and live in the woods
a quick step by step guide on what to do if you come back to your apartment and find yourself locked out because your front door is frozen shut
kick the bottom of the door for 10 minutes
text your landlord
remember your landlord is on vacation and also in her mid 50′s so it takes about 36 hours to receive a response
briefly wonder why the fuck you moved the canada
remember that college tuition is significantly cheaper here than in the united states
look up and notice your cat is at the window, staring at you. he paws at the window lightly and meows. it’s devastating. his eyes are so big and imploring. decide that you have to get inside your apartment at all costs. not even god himself can stop you from feeding your cat his chicken wet food dinner. frida kahlo herself could descend from the heavens and ask “hey you wanna bang?” and you’d say “hell yeah but first let me open this door so i can feed my cat his dinner”
remember there is a starbucks 3 blocks down the street from you
enter. the barista gives you a weird look for entering a starbucks at 7pm on a tuesday
order a venti cup of hot water. you order in french because the barista just said “bonjour” instead of “bonjour, hi.” you have a strong american accent. you hit the r in merci a little too hard to compensate. you embarrass yourself.
exit the starbucks clutching the massive cup of hot water in your hands. it’s burning your fingers.
return. methodically pour the starbucks cup of water all over the the door frame. it begins moving a little but still wont open
back up
ensure your doc martens are properly gripping the sheet of ice covering the ground. many people have told you to stop wearing doc martens in the winter, despite your protests that theyre actually the ideal winter boot. also, you’re a lesbian and punk’s not dead
release a pterodactyl screech and sprint towards the door, slamming the full force of your pathetically tiny 5′2″ 110lb body into it
you dont know any of your neighbors so you dont care about maintaining your pride anyways
the door swings open
run up the stairs
open the actual door to your apartment and yell MOMMY’S HOME MY LITTLE BITCHASS BABY BOY DONT WORRY at your cat
cat flings his body to the ground and starts purring like he does every time you come home
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