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spiritotel · 4 days

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Me: I practice secular witchcraft

Also me: in a long-term agreement with the planet Mercury

I'm legitimately unsure if that is a contradiction.

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spiritotel · 4 days

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O' Bringer of Plagues,

Lady of Medicine,

bless me with your breath,

fill my ka with your radiance,

so that my nostrils may clear,

my aches dissipate,

and my head feel whole.

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spiritotel · 7 days

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The coffin of Baketenhor, with a spectacular ram-headed falcon spreading its wings over her chest. Wings are black, green, and red, the ram's face is dark green, and it has a yellow sundisc on its head, above which sits a small figure of Maat.

Where: Natural History Society of Northumbria

When: Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty

ETA: Here's a hair-raising documentary about Baketenhor's mummy.

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spiritotel · 8 days

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One thing I think people forget about when looking at heka, or Ancient Egyptian magic, is that it wasn't just prayers and praising the Gods to convince Them to help.

Sometimes it was more forceful, in the manner of bargaining or threatening, where the magician made their intent clear and the Gods either acted upon it or accepted the results.

Obviously I do not go around threatening my Gods (no need to straddle the line between earned respect and anger), but I do bargain with Them a good amount.

For example, I found a job within my niche that I desperately wanted. When I applied, I fit most of their requirements (besides missing a strongly preferred certification). I also knew that as it was a remote position, there would be plenty of other, more well qualified candidates. Of course I focused on preparing for the interviews appropriately, but figured extra divine help couldn't hurt.

I went to my shrine, and asked the Gods, "do these offerings and paintings and statuary please you? Are you content with just what I have already given freely, or do you wish for more?"

I told Them that as it stands, I cannot afford much else with this current job. However, if They helped get a new job, I could afford more for Them. More space, more offerings, more paintings and statuary. After all, I want to please Them with this shrine and fill it with all that Their hearts desire, and yet how can I supply it with no help?

And so They provided Their strength and assistance, with the promise that should things go well, I will compensate Them. I received the offer for the position, and am slowly working on providing Them with new offerings and statuary as thanks and payment.

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spiritotel · 15 days

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one of the things I love about my religion that's so different to the one of my upbringing is the allowance for life.

I want to listen to music, and fuck, and wear crop tops, and curse and scream and dance, and feel the rain on my face and the wind in my hair, and love people deeply and unrestrained, and just live yk?

the gods are the manifestations of life in all its forms, and everything I do is an act of worship.

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spiritotel · 16 days

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May I be with you, you gods; May you be with me, you gods; May you live with me, you gods.

I love you, you gods; May you love me, you gods.

-Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Faulkner Translation

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spiritotel · 27 days

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it's so strange to me when people act weird abt folks who worship a lot of gods. like do we need to go over what polytheism means or

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spiritotel · 1 month

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I dunno if you've done this already, but maybe something for Heket/Heqet?

O' Heket,

Midwife of the Netjeru,

You reshape my souls,

birthing my ba into the afterlife,

guiding me through the passage of the tomb,

and into the wide floodplains of the Duat.

Your strengthen my ka,

giving me life again,

so that I may live for eternity.

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spiritotel · 1 month

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Tumblr Grimoire

Here is a comprehensive collection of all of the posts I've done on the occult and the spells I've done and spell resources. This will be added to over the life of the blog as well this way everyone won't have to dig for everything. And you get to learn a bit more about my practice.

Occult & Folklore Lessons

History Of Solomonic Practices

Ars Goetia 72 demons Kings

Ars Goetia 72 Demons Dukes Pt. 1

Petitioning Deities From Around The Globe

Curses: A History On The Dark Arts and How to Practice Them

The Enochian Language

Scrying, A History, and Guide

CELTIC FOLKLORE&MYTHOLOGY 101

Celtic Folklore [Fairies]

Protection From Malignant Spirits

Appalachian Folk Practices 101

Incantation Bowls

Spells and Rituals

Exorcism

Exorcism Charms

Exorcism Powder

Boundary Powder

Everlight Candles

Solarian Oil

Vincula Luna

Igni Bowls

Basic Banishment

Binding A Spirit To An Object

Malignant Spirit Binding Totem

Pseudo Moon Water

Medicinal Herbs & Remedies

Tincture For Sleep

Salve For Minor Injuries

Grimoire Reading List

this is added to periodically it's free pdfs you can download

Informational Joke Posts/Answered Asks

Greek Sacrifice Traditions

Is Mana Real?

Sonneillon The Demon Of Hate

Demonolatry for Lesser Known Demons

Do you have to be born with magic, or can anyone learn it?

Navigating the Divide Between Legitimate Academic Study and Occult Fiction

Can magic heal physical injuries or illnesses, or is that just stuff they show in movies?

Services Offered By WanderingSorcerer

Spellwork and Tarot Reading Prices Listed Here

One On One Occult Lessons With WanderingSorcerer

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spiritotel · 1 month

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Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet

Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period (305–30 BCE)

Referred to as wedjat, these amulets represent a human eye enhanced or combined with the characteristic markings of a falcon, and refer to the god Horus. Made in many variations for over 3,000 years, they convey wholeness and health.

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spiritotel · 1 month

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Dua Set, He who makes the dark sky glow.

Drawing Netjeru is always a pleasure.

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spiritotel · 1 month

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versatile tarot spreads: 9 card tableau (9 cards)

This post is part of a short series on "tarot spreads which require you to bring your own questions to the table."

This spread gives surprisingly detailed information on any situation. Use it when you need a lot of information on any topic, but you are not sure where to start asking specific questions.

Draw nine cards in a 3x3 grid. Read the cards in sets of triads - noting that there are eight triads (from left to right, there are three; from top to bottom, there are three; the final two triads are read diagonally, from top left to bottom right, and from top right to bottom left).

Due to the nature of reading multiple triads, the card at the center of the grid will be read (if I'm counting correctly) in half of all triads. This gives the center card special significance, and it may often be read as the most important card in any issue.

I find that often, the final two triads (the diagonal ones) merely reinforce the most important pieces of advice, or the most serious takeaways which must be understood.

Because of this, if I'm already feeling confident in my interpretation, I may only glance through the diagonal triads or not use them at all.

Nine cards may seem like a lot to bite off and chew, but I find that if you focus on just reading the triads, this spread is very digestible. My experience is that working through the first three triads is most difficult as theme is established, but as you progress each triad becomes more and more easy to interpret.

This spread is excellent for practicing and utilizing card linking and information flow.

#tarot

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spiritotel · 1 month

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Revisiting Rahdue's Wheel

Rahdue’s Wheel is a much-larger-than-average tarot spread that originated from Eileen Connolly’s 1987 book, Tarot: The Handbook for the Journeyman. It’s difficult to find detailed information outside of the book, as its size makes it unpopular among most tarot readers. Hell, Connolly herself needs 28 pages to explain it all. Rahdue’s Wheel shows up occasionally on Tumblr or Reddit, but its reputation has mostly become a kind of “Eat the Pig Trough and Get Your Picture on the Wall” for diviners.

It’s when you get past the size that you start to realize the spread itself has some problems.

Tackling the ‘Size’ Premise

Let’s get the premise out of the way: Rahdue’s Wheel does not use all 78 cards. When you look at the spread in detail, it’s broken down into 7 sections:

Inner Wheel - Present

Center Wheel - Future

Outer Wheel - Past

Dagim Block - Past life

Taleh Pillar (right side) - Past life relationships

Shor Pillar (left side) - Past life memories/experiences

Malkuth Block - Answers the 9 questions you are supposed to have asked before the reading

The last section, the Malkuth Block, is optional. Even if you choose to use it, you may not pull the rest of your deck. Connolly says “Any cards that have not been used are left face down and are not to be read. They do not pertain to the reading and leaving them face down retains the original energy of the spread. If you turn them over, you break the esoteric structure of the entire spread.” At most, this spread requires 69 cards, not 78.

The Popular Criticisms

While its gimmick is an exaggeration, it is still a behemoth of a spread. Many believe it is unwieldy and bogged down with too much information. This is a common criticism of larger spreads; the more information you pull, the easier it is to get lost. The continual energy drain of pulling, followed by the mental drain of interpreting, can leave you with inaccurate results.

However, this is assuming that you have to do your tarot readings in one sitting. I don’t hold with that idea. You can take on the Wheel in parts, doing a section a day for a week. Or, you can pull all the cards one day, write down what you got, and then do the interpreting the next day. Personally, I think if you have the time, dedication, and skill to parse through all the information, you should be able to get good information out of a large reading.

The Information

In my opinion, Rahdue’s Wheel’s failure is not due to its size, but the quality of information it gives you.

While I approached this spread with the assumption that most people will read it for themselves, Connolly goes back and forth on the role of her readers. In most of the section dedicated to Rahdue’s Wheel, she talks exclusively about “the client”, implying she is writing for a professional tarot reader and the reading is meant to be between two people (reader & querent). However, at one point, she advises the reader to do the Rahdue’s Wheel for themself four times a year, and there are a couple of “for yourself or the client”’s sprinkled throughout the section.

I bring this up because this spread is not very good if you’re reading for yourself. The three wheels are the exact same questions; the only thing that changes is the tense. I know what my current health concerns are, and likely I know what my past ones were. The entire past wheel is redundant, as you’re just reliving everything without added context or commentary. Pulling a Three of Swords for past relationships tells me a break-up really hurt me, but it doesn’t tell me how that’s still affecting me. There’s no new information given to the querent beyond “this is how your life and philosophies have changed”.

The redundancy cuts both ways in the reader/querent question. If you read for yourself, you’re wasting time and energy on things you already know. On the other hand, if you’re reading for someone else, you’re not giving the querent new information that can solve their problems. If anything, it’s spiritual junk food; the reader gets to come off as intuitive and knowledgeable (assuming the cards are all accurate), while not giving any real advice. The querent will leave feeling fulfilled from their amazing connection with the reader without any new ideas on how to fix their situation.

The Past Life Issue

The other issue that becomes apparent right away is the focus on past lives. The wheels total 39 cards, while the past life sections total 30. This makes the past lives sections nearly half of the spread. Connolly believes that our actions and mindsets are influenced by the hidden memories and traumas of our past lives. She rationalizes that knowing about these lives is a good way to look deeper into the querent’s psychology. This gives us context for the previous problem: The reason we’re looking at every aspect of a person’s life is to find patterns stemming from the past lives. If we find your past life was betrayed by a lover, we know the root cause of your commitment issues. The wheels and the past lives sections work together to illuminate the overarching themes of the querent’s karmic life.

This creates multiple barriers in order to make this spread work:

You must believe in past lives as a concept

You must believe you personally have at least one past life

You must believe that issues from your past life can affect your current life

If you have all three beliefs, then this spread can do amazing things for you! But many people don’t have all three. I can’t get past the third one myself; I think it’s possible to connect with and learn from your past lives, but I don’t think their traumas become ours. For many, they don’t have the necessary beliefs to bridge the gap between the two halves of the spread.

Even if you do believe past lives can affect our current lives, this spread still runs into the problem we discussed earlier: there is no advice given. At best, the reader will probably say to do “past life work” before sending you on your way. Knowing where your issues stem from can be helpful, but the knowledge itself won’t change anything. Ultimately, to see change you need a direction to go in. This spread will not give that to you.

Finally Answering the Questions

Let’s revisit the Malkuth Block, the tarot reading within the tarot reading. Once the diviner has exhausted themselves sorting through every facet of your lives (present and past), it’s time to actually answer those questions you had that brought you to a reader in the first place. Connolly leaves it up to the reader to determine how many cards should be pulled per question. As I mentioned earlier, she says not every card will be flipped over and read, but then she goes on to say that if the querent only has one question, you must read all 9 cards in the Block. She does not give an explanation for this; I assume something to do with the “esoteric structure” but who knows.

At this point, you’re doing a basic tarot reading. Surprisingly, many tarot readers are able to do “here’s the answer to your question” readings without knowing every single thing about you. If you’re just trying to get questions answered, the majority of this spread is unnecessary. It’s also incredibly damaging; by putting the questions at the end of the marathon spread, you get to the important part of the reading when the diviner is exhausted.

Conclusion

Rahdue’s Wheel works well for very specific situations, like when you want to do past life work and don’t know what to focus on. But for the average reader this spread is too bloated. Not only is the size too large for most people to read accurately in one sitting, but the information it gives you is useless. You’re better off finding a smaller spread.

While some use Rahdue’s Wheel as practice, I think most people bookmark it purely as a challenge spread to do “some day”. But this spread does work if you use it within the beliefs and framework Connolly created it for. I would bet there are a lot of people out there looking for just this kind of spread to help them with their past lives. They’ve probably heard the name before, but pass over it because no one talks about it as a past life spread or a karmic spread. They only talk about it as “The Ultimate Spread”. It’s become clickbait, in tarot form.

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spiritotel · 2 months

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hey! for todays protest, i made this little zine about palestine (holding just simple and basic information).

you can download the zine here, fold it yourself, and distribute it around.

no credit is needed. feel free to leave it around bars, protests, or wherever. simply print it (borderless) and fold it. here is a tutorial on how to do it.

dont stay silent. there is a genocide of horrendous, atrocious proportions going on. also if you are a zionist here to argue with me, i dont plan to entertain you at all, not on my art blog. fuck off, you'll be swiftly blocked. i see enough of you clowns on my main and i have no energy for you. you can skip the death threats too bc i dont give a shit.

(i'm off to get ready for a surgery now, i just wanted to post it before this. if you need anything, i might take a bit to reply)

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spiritotel · 2 months

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in this light, what have they fed you?

when you're very, very quiet, sometimes the truth of it starts glinting in the river water: all this time, and you're still choking on grief.

ironic, you are so good at taking care of others. almost second-nature; you listen carefully. you try to help, always. where did you learn that when someone else is in pain, it's your responsibility? that you must be the one to take it in, to sublimate it, to make something good from it.

it almost feels like you're just balancing a scale - you sense you are somehow guilty of something, just-for-being. you can untilt that scale, as long as you are permanently helping.

it is possible to starve for love while eating out of the hand of someone you care for. birds gorge on bread and die hungry.

other people shove their anxieties and hurt and misery down your throat, and you just. swallow it. you keep it in your belly and try to turn it into something; try to burn it like coal.

sometimes you wake up and think oh, i see. the rest of me is just smoke.

#words

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spiritotel · 2 months

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hey hi hello can you reblog this if you’re a trans-inclusive witchcraft or paganism blog i am fighting for my LIFE out here

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spiritotel · 2 months

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“I want you to remember how old this world is. I want you to think of all the times you could have been born. In the caves. Moss and dirt and spears. Amidst the gods and the demigods. The time of planets rotating around the earth. During the building of the pyramids. Hidden passages and large sphinxes. A hundred other decades / a thousand other years / a million other moments. But despite everything, we were born at the same time. We exist now, together – in the same place, breathing the same air. This is a formal thank you to the universe for allowing your birth to be the biggest miracle of my life. For letting you and I walk this earth at the same time.”

— Week 40 of 52 - Possibilities by Darshana Suresh

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