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Taurus sun, Pisces moon, hufflepuff, apollo daughter, who loves cities, video games and music for anon. Hope you like it! Let me know if you need anything changed.

Nonbinary Space Lesbian

“Now we’re lost somewhere in outer space In a hotel room where demons play They run around beneath our feet We roll around beneath these sheets“

me: *expresses my emotions and how something is bothering me*

my parents: okay but have you considered how this is making US feel

Symbols Chart.

🌟 cosmic witch starter pack 🌟

some resources to get you started with cosmic witchcraft:

what is a cosmic witch?

cosmic witchcraft 101

cosmic altar & room ideas

must haves for the cosmic witch

astrology: brief zodiac overview

planetary correspondences

star grounding

celestial warding

spiral meditation

celestial music

black hole spell

black hole decoy spell

starlight charm

planetary charm jars

planetary tarot spread

zodiac essential oil blends

cosmic witch vibes

cosmic witchcraft masterpost

cosmic deities:

nyx

hecate

hathor

nut

sopdet

sah

crystals:

amethyst

astrophyllite

celestite

copper

moonstone

aura quartz

crystals associated with planets

plants to grow/use in your craft:

cabbage & red romaine lettuce (nasa is growing some on the international space station!)

starflower

chickweed

star anise

juniper

fruits & vegetables associated with planets

a good blog that posts about cosmic witchcraft: @lunaesteria

and a cosmic witchcraft playlist.

Twitter made the Jewish lady that posted this delete it for “threatening violence.”

Her followers spent the rest of the day tweeting this. Trolls couldn’t keep up.

Thought of another way to explain dissociation to people who don’t dissociate and are fans of Doctor Who.

Imagine a person is the Tardis. To the outside viewer, it’s pretty much human sized. Small and very obviously in one physical location. From the inside, it’s actually a bit bigger than the outsiders can see. This is a typical person’s inner world. If the person (or the camera, if you want to go down that route) is in the inner world, and someone knocks at the door, or shouts your name from outside, you can definitely hear it, and it takes next to no time for you to get to the door, open it, and deal with whatever you need to deal with.

As we know, the Tardis is actually much deeper than the viewer ever actually sees (let’s call the unseen parts the unconscious mind to add to the metaphor). Now imagine you’re in a super deep part. Someone knocks at the door. Someone calls your name from the outside. It takes a lot of time and effort to get to the door, if you even heard the person in the first place. And you now have to explain to this other person that you were literally miles away, when from their perspective, you must have only walked two feet, because that’s how deep the outside of the Tardis looks.

A lot of the time, it feels like I’m trapped in one of the deeper places, and I can barely hear people at the door. I can interact with people if I shout loud enough, but it gets tiring a lot. From my perspective, it feels like they are hundreds of feet away, but from theirs, I’m barely one foot away.

Some thoughts on Self DX-ing

If you go to the doctor for a physical illness you google it ahead of time. You walk into the doctor and say "I've been having chest pains, headaches, and a runny nose. I think I might have the flu." (Disclaimer, I do not know the symptoms of the flu off the top of my head. This is an example.) Now the doctor might look at you and these symptoms and say "You're right. I think you do have the flu." Or they might not think you have the flu and use the symptoms you gave them as well as their medical knowledge to give you a real diagnosis.

Think of all those times you stayed home from school because you were sick and you didn't go to the doctor. And so you have an excused absence note that says "Step Throat, Flu, Ear Infection, Pink Eye" for example. You probably did have those things because your parents did research on it before hand and went "Yep the kid has _____"

When people self diagnose they do a ton of research on their symptoms. They look at websites, the DSM, read other people's experiences. Sure not everybody does that but a lot of people do. They might not be able to afford a therapist but they can afford the internet. And all the research they do on it can help guide them. Just like the research people do to see if they have the flu.

Now when that person goes to the psychiatrist with all the information and says "Hey I experience impulsitivity, hyper fixations, lack of focus ect. I think I have ADHD." The psychiatrist can test them specifically for those things and in some cases can go straight to treating them. There's some cases where people do self dx wrong. But people do get it right too. And sure if they get it wrong the psychiatrist still knows what symptoms they're treating and can use it to guide them to a new diagnosis.

The moral of all of this is that self diagnosis is valid. You know you best so long as you do some research first. Mental health is a chaotic world.

Historically Accurate Offerings to the Theoi

Zeus

Oak

Carnations

Olive branches

Styrax incense

Eagle, bull, swan images

Hera

Lilies

Peacock feathers or images

Pomegranate

Incenses

Cuckoo images

Athena

Olive branch/oil/fruit

Weavings

Myrrh incense

Perfume

Owl images

Apollon

Laurel

Red roses, sunflowers

Frankincense (manna) incense

Palm tree

Raven, swan, wolf, mouse, dolphin images

Artemis

Cedar, palm and cypress trees

Tokens of deer

Jasmine

Myrtle, white flowers

Frankincense (manna) incense

Amaranthus

Peanut

Wormwood

Deer, dog, bear, partidge, quail images

Hestia

Incenses

Chaste-tree

Pig images

Poseidon

Sea anemone

Myrrh incense

Pine

Bull, dolphin, horse images

Dionysos

Ivy

Grape vine

Pine

Styrax incense

Leopard, panther, donkey, bull images

Hermes

Tongue-shaped tokens

Rosemary, saffron

Almond tree and pine tree

Frankincense and styrax incense

Mint (for Kthonios epithet)

Cow, ram, hawk, turtle, hare images

Wild strawberry (purslane)

Ares

Bronze weapons

Frankincense (manna) incense

Swan, vulture, dragon/poisonous snake, owl images

Aphrodite

Roses, myrtle, anemone (poppy)

Quince

Apple, pomegranate

Perfumes and fragrances as incense

Dove, goose, sparrow, turtle images

Hephaistos

Daisies

Frankincense (manna) incense

Donkey, dog, crane images

Asklepios

Frankincense (manna) incense

Bread

Serpent, dog, goose, rooster images

Pan

Pine, beech trees

Fern

Wild flowers

Herbs burnt as incense and the smell of perfumes

Reeds

Goat, turtle images

Demeter

Poppy

Tokens of pigs

Styrax incense

Mint (for Kthonia epithet)

Wheat

Dove, bee, pig images

Persephone

Asphodel

Wheat

Hades

Pitchfork

Pomegranate

Daffodil

Styrax incense

Dried laurel leaves

Poplar, cypress trees

Mint

Daffodil

Hekate

Saffron

Rosemary

Garlic

Red Mullet

Amphiphon (candy)

Styrax incense

Dry laurel leaves

Oak

Ferret, dog, bull, lioness images

Source: LABRYS’ Hellenic Polytheism: Household Worship and Theoi.com

Grief as an Offering

One of the goddesses I’ve been getting to know of late is Hela, the Norse Goddess of death.  She rules over Helheim which is the Norse realm of the Dead which the Valkyries did not take to Valhalla to fight at Ragnarok. 

She is different than other Dark Goddess archetypes. She is quiet, somewhat reserved, and gentle. She isn’t so much the bringer of death, as the relief afterwards. She is who will reunite you with your clan, your kindred and your ancestors after your long journey and your last breath.  

I had never considered that Grief could be an offering until tonight.  When I realized that of course, of course she would take grief.  No one else wants grief, Hel does. Give Her your grief, and your pain, and your fight to the last breath. She will take it gently from you. 

Working through Grief is messy.  Most of the feelings and thoughts don’t make a lot of sense, and we keep it so closely.  But eventually, we must let it go, and now we have someone who wants it. Once you are done with it, once it has done everything it needs to do for you, give your Grief away. And to someone who sees the beauty in being able to let it go.