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I was going to make a joke about “Lotte is the only fan who doesn’t want their fanfiction to be canonized”.
But then I realized... I probably wouldn’t, either? And she’s talking like she Can’t Write in the first place (enjoying looking up to people for doing osmething She Can’t, which is a very sweet way to contrast her from Akko by the way).
But even as an adamant writer and lover of fanfiction myself, I would be too shy and skittish about having so many fans reading (and judging and criticizing) my stories.
Even though I KNOW I put more effort into designing my Raven’s-sibling fancharacter’s backstory to be canon compliant than the people who wrote Sons of Trigon. XP And I will FOREVER be bitter about that, but Titans 2008 sucked anyways.
I won’t lie, I felt SO very delighted when I found out that fanfiction is canonically canon in A Different Earth according to DC Comics.
But the fact that it’s my OWN PRIVATE Separate Earth is part of the delight. Yeah, I wish more people read my fanfics and shared the love I have for my characters and their stories... but my stories are written to please ME, not to please a Target Demographic^tm. (I mean, they’re basically All About my OCs with Raven co-starring in most of them. Honestly the rest of the team largely falls to the wayside. And so many of them are about rather mundane things compared to canon. Hell, I think there are only Two Canonical Fight Sequences! In a SUPERHERO fanfic!)
Not to mention, the debacle that would be editorial oversight.... Finding a publisher... Deadlines...
My mother has been pestering me for YEARS to get my writings published, and for awhile I thought I wanted that. But as it is now, I really just kind of... don’t.
I’d probably have to delete my fanfics to be able to legally share my Original World Conversions with a copyright stamp. And I don’t really want to do that. /o.o\ I LIKE being a part of a fanfiction community, and I LIKE that the people reading my stories already understand Raven on a level where I don’t have to explain Why Having a Half-Sister By Father throws her off balance for a WEEK.
Maybe when I have a lot more free time and a better grasp on escalation, I’ll consider publishing. But not right now.
So yeah, I’m with Lotte on this one.
(I won’t lie, I have some CRITICISMS for my fandoms’ canons, but I know I legitimately can’t write it better myself. Trust me, I tried.)
#rhs writing#rhs lwa#little witch academia#it takes me 4-8 years to publish a chapter as an adult anyways. Granted they're BIG chapters! They have BIG plot points!#But that speed is not one that ANY publisher is going to accept from me.#Except maybe Llewellyn but I have no desire to publish through them thank you.
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A Short Witchy Gift Guide for Non-Witches
Hello! I'm a witch. I also have a partner who's... not a witch? Lol. Anyways, I was thinking about how awesome it would be if people who are supportive of their witchy partners had a guide to help them with buying gifts (and it may help some witches fill out their wishlist)!
The following information is subjective and it's going to take your knowledge of the other person's likes and dislikes to ultimately pick what they like!
Now, books can be hit or miss. You'll want to be careful because a lot of books will have the same regurgitated basic information, and it might have content the gift-receiver doesn't really care to have or might already know. For book gifts it's probably best to just ask them if they have any books they've wanted for a while, but I have some ideas on how to look for good books regardless.
1. Books
LOOK FOR. . .
- Books with exercises (even if they can't use the content they can at least use that!)
- Books that are about a topic you know they are interested in but may not have a robust knowledge in.
- "Encyclopedia" books can be really good reference guides!
- I often get books that're published by Llewellyn because I've rarely read a book published by them that I didn't like; however, it's not a die-hard rule and you can definitely look elsewhere!
AVOID. . .
- Books with reviews calling them too simple
- Reviews that point out any gaps in the material the author is speaking of
- If they're not a beginner-- books marketed towards beginners (it'll have beginner in the title, or even will have it in text on the front cover)
2. Tarot Cards / Oracle Cards
Trust me, if you're big on divination, you can never have enough cards. The nice thing about buying cards is there's a wide variety of designs, themes, and styles so you're bound to find something. I'd recommend checking out Etsy, they have some amazing creators on there that make beautiful cards.
- cards with styles your gift-receiver will like
LOOK FOR. . .
-cards based on themes they may appreciate (for example: maybe you find a self care oracle deck for them after they talk about wanting to do more self care)
- Reviews praising the quality of the cards, and the ease of understanding the cards
- sometimes you can find mini decks which are great gag-gifts or can be perfect for divination on-the-go!
AVOID. . .
- cards with a lot of reviews complaining about the cards being made with low quality materials, fuzzy images, or complaining about them being hard to read/understand
- cards that have any themes they may not like (for example: if they're uncomfortable with nudity, you might be better off looking for a deck that doesn't have it!)
- Unless they've specifically stated wanting it-- avoid getting a Raider-Waite deck... it's the 'classic' design, which can be charming, but a lot of people already have it and a lot of people would prefer a more specialized design over it.
3. Make them a Mini Altar Kit
Perfect for travel, and is easy to find ideas for on pinterest. This one is good because you can buy a lot of "applicable to all" resources and it's all easily compacted in an altoid tin. Pinterest is a great place to go for ideas!
You can buy them witchy herbs, plants they have an affinity for... so many possibilities!
4. If they have a green thumb-- Buy them plants!
AVOID. . .
- any plants that may be dangerous to pets if they have any
- if they plan on planting in the soil-- avoid invasive plants such as mint.
While not an outright witchy gift, there's something beautiful about how the glass bulbs create rainbows when in the sunlight.
4. Sun Catchers!
From the research I did, I couldn't find anything on their origins (aside from an article that didn't have any sources), and nothing suggested a connection to closed practices (if you have sources that say otherwise please correct me!), so from what I'm aware they're just a pretty decorative piece.
LOOK FOR. . .
- reviews with pictures showing the product works as intended
- I suggest checking out small creators on etsy, there's a lot of beautiful glasswork creations!
AVOID. . .
- creations with a lot of reviews talking about them coming broken
- buying similarly named dream catchers (unless supporting a native creator)
5. Crystals, Pendulums, Scrying orbs, Etc.
Trust me, you cannot go wrong with beautiful, shiny rocks!
- crystals from reputable sources
LOOK FOR. . .
- crystals you know your gift-receiver will like
- honestly if they're pretty and shiny you're probably good
- make sure you find a guide on some tells for fake crystals!
- sources known for selling fake crystals
AVOID. . .
- dyed crystals (they're all most likely quartz or dyed glass)
- if ordering online, make sure there aren't a lot of reviews talking about them coming broken/chipped/etc.
6. Witchy Candles and/or Wax melts
Etsy has a plethora of dressed candles, and I've even found wax melts! You can even diy some as a gift!
Note: please practice fire safety and watch your candles, especially if they're dressed with herbs which can easily spread fire!
LOOK FOR. . .
- colors, scents, themes they'll like
- if you're unsure about color, black and white are typically neutral colors
AVOID . . .
- getting them a candle if they're not allowed to light them
- buying them a wax melt if they don't have something to melt them with
So that's all for now, Also I'm 99% sure this isn't a new theme of post, if anyone knows a similarly done post, please reblog with it linked so people can access more ideas! Likewise, please reblog with your own ideas for gifts!
#witchcraft#witch#witchblr#magic#grimoire prompts#bos prompts#grimoire#book of shadows#witchy#witches of tumblr
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Introducing…The Cheshire House!
This is our logo, drawn by the amazing @aristidetwain!
https://thecheshirehouse.wordpress.com/
The Cheshire House is a new website which will play host to stories from across the Third Universe and beyond — prepare for adventure, mystery, and weird alien shit!
Featuring the activities of a wide range of characters across several different series, the website shall emerge with six all-new stories and one republished story.
Founded by Ostara Gale (@a-wartime-paradox), the Cheshire House will feature stories from a wide range of authors, including: Ostara, Elodie Christian (@tvmigraine), Aristide Twain, Theta Mandel (@theangelshavethephonebox), Plum Pudding, Molly Warton, L. Alves (@drleevezan), Thien Valdram (@thienvaldram), Ryan Fogarty, Xavier Llewellyn, and more!
Above is a digital artwork of Abraytha, the Unbound Scavenger, drawn by the fabulous Holly!
And here is the cover for 'A World of Pure Unimagination', drawn by the awesome Aristide!
Our first seven stories...
The First Metamorphosis is a story of The Interstellar Sleuth, written by Elodie Christian and edited by Ostara Gale & Aristide Twain. The story follows an amnesiac patient’s attempt to escape the terrible Happiness Facility, with their only real clue to their identity a mysterious lottery ticket…
The Carnage of Urmafrae features Lotto and Mae as they investigate the disappearance of a village which has never existed, and learn to live with the consequences… The third story of The Interstellar Sleuth, this story was written by Ostara Gale and edited by Theta Mandel & Aristide Twain.
A Collision of Ships marks a crossover between The Castaways of Ishiok and Zadellin, written by Ostara Gale and edited by Theta Mandel & Aristide Twain. A multiversal traveller and three Archons run into each other — literally. Their Ships collide. Unsurprisingly, tensions rise as they try to fix their respective Higher Dimensional Ships so they can continue on their adventures.
A Visit from Everywhere is a crossover story between The Castaways of Ishiok and the worlds of Jenny Everywhere, written by Ostara Gale and edited by Theta Mandel & Aristide Twain. When Jenny turns up in Katioka, Abraytha and Xiantio attempt to take her home.
My Name is SAM is a standalone sci-fi short story, penned by Elodie Christian and edited by Ostara Gale. SAM, a true AI based on Mars, sends a letter home. AI should not have a home, but SAM has memories that would beg to differ…
A World of Pure Unimagination by Xavier Llewellyn and edited by Aristide Twain follows Jenny Everywhere and her colossal chocolate craving. On the search for sweets, she finds an infamously awful Chocolate Factory knock-off. But is there something going on that’s more sinister than a simple scam? Jenny won’t leave without answers.
The Cathedral of Winter was originally published in The Book of the Snowstorm, and is Abraytha’s first story. Written by Ostara Gale and edited by Aristide Twain, this story is now available for free digitally in order to make the Unbound Scavenger’s story complete.
You can find us here on Tumblr, and also at CheshireHouseStories on Instagram, as well as Cheshire_House on X/Twitter. You can turn on notifications for this blog to always be notified when a major update occurs, or when new stories are released. We hope you enjoy our stories… Now, get to reading!
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Deborah and I are happy to introduce you to the Octopus from the upcoming Everyday Witch's Familiars Oracle published by Llewellyn Worldwide (May 2024). What you may think of as an unconventional witch's familiar, this highly intelligent sea-dweller has a lot of wisdom to share!
I illustrated this 40 card deck with ink, watercolor, and acryla gouache. Every painting is 7x10 inches and the Octopus is seeking a home.
#witchy#octopus#oracle deck#witchcraft#magic#deep sea#sea life#sea creature#ocean magic#water magic#everyday witch tarot#illustration#divination
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There was a local facebook witch group where someone posted about wondering why so many of the witchcraft books are more about internal change than external change. They wondered if the authors were afraid of putting more external direct spells in their books.
I got to bitch in a local Facebook group about the "witchcraft as self-help" book pipeline and how it seems every small publisher thinks they need a witchcraft book. I got to bitch, in a local witchcraft Facebook group and didn't start a fight! Win!
What I didn't bitch about how that was mostly on the publishers, not the authors. Then someone who had been published by Llewellyn said that they had removed their "old school" content in favor of more self-help type stuff. I do take them with a grain of salt as they suggested a book by the Frosts. maybe I do need to fight someone on the internet today.
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Good Fortune Tarot is coming out in July! I loved getting to illustrate this and can’t wait to share more. Written by the brilliant Barbara Moore and published by Llewellyn, this deck is all about inviting good fortune into your life ✨
Preorder wherever you like to get your books.
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Ten of Pentacles.
Watercolour on hot pressed paper.
∼ Tarot of the Witch's Garden
Written by Sasha Graham, published by Llewellyn; out now!
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Stewart Home - The Assault On Culture
Stewart home - Cranked Up Really high
Stewart Home is a writer, artist, cultural critic, something something, something.
Because I am lazy here is a brief description from his Wikipedia page:
Kevin Llewellyn Callan (born 24 March 1962),[1] better known as Stewart Home, is an English artist, filmmaker, writer, pamphleteer, art historian, and activist. His novels include the non-narrative 69 Things to Do with a Dead Princess (2002), and the re-imagining of the 1960s in Tainted Love (2005). Earlier parodistic pulp fictions work includes Pure Mania, Red London, No Pity, Cunt, and Defiant Pose which pastiche the work of 1970s British skinhead pulp novel writer Richard Allen and combine it with pornography, political agit-prop, and historical references to punk rock and avant-garde art.
What I have here is a couple of his books for your perusal.
The first is The Assault on Culture: Utopian currents from Lettrisme to Class War
A history of the What followed the Surrealist movements and how it affected culture.
From Stewart Home's Website where you can also read this for free:
This book was written in 1987, things have moved on since then (both for the author and in the world), so please bear that in mind....
Anyway If you want to read it you can get it from my Google Drive HERE
The Second Book is CRANKED UP REALLY HIGH: GENRE THEORY & PUNK ROCK
The title is pretty self evident but here is the blurb from Goodreads:
A lot of ink has been split on the subject of punk rock in recent years, most of it by arty-farty trendies who want to make the music intellectually respectable. Cranked Up Really High is different. It isn't published by a university press and it gives short shrift to the idea that the roots of punk rock can be traced back to 'avant garde' art movements. As well as discussing sixties garage rock and the British, American and Finnish punk scenes, Home devotes whole chapters to deconstructing Riot Grrl, Oil and the sorry saga of Nazi bonehead band Skrewdriver. This book champions the super-dumb sleazebag thud of The Ramones, The Stooges, The Vibrators, The Art Attacks, The Snivelling Shits, The Lurkers, The Queers, The Germs, The Child Molesters, The Ants and The Blaggers.
Also you can read this on his website or you can get it from my Google Drive HERE
He has his own spin on things but if you find these things worthy of reading about he is worth reading.
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Glad's Book List
I wrote a post recently about my history (normally I'd link it but I don't want to be narcissistic), and realized that I've read a fair few occult books over the years. So here's the list; I'll keep updating it as I find more books in my various libraries and book stashes.
Quick note before getting into this list--not everything I've read will make it. Just the stuff I read and recommend others parse through. For example, I have intentionally omitted my studies in Kabbalah to discourage others from unintentionally appropriating.
But by "parse through", I truly mean that. My path has meandered through several schools of thought and wandered into appropriative territory at times (I constantly strive to correct any appropriation in my practice that gets brought to my attention). Maybe about 20% of each book makes it into my current path.
Eh, so it wasn't so quick of a note. Here's the list:
CEREMONIAL MAGIC
Aleister Crowley, Book 4
Chic and Sandra Cicero, Essential Golden Dawn
Donald Kraig, Modern Magick
Henry Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy
Israel Regardie, The Golden Dawn
Lon Milo DuQuette, Llewellyn's Complete Book of Ceremonial Magick
Samuel Mathers, The Book of Abramelin
Stephen Skinner and David Rankine, Key of Solomon
CHAOS MAGIC
Archtraitor Bluefluke, The Psychonaut Field Manual
Jan Fries, Visual Magick
Lon Milo DuQuette, Low Magick
Peter Carroll, Liber Null & Psychonaut; Liber Kaos
Phil Hine, Condensed Chaos; Prime Chaos
Richard Metzger, Book of Lies
Robert Wilson, Prometheus Rising
CRYSTALS
Cassandra Eason, The Complete Crystal Handbook
Karen Frazier, An Introduction to Crystal Grids
Robert Simmons and Naisha Ahsian, The Book of Stones
Scott Cunningham, Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem, and Metal Magic
Yulia van Doren, Crystals
DIVINATION
A.E. Waite, Pictorial Key to the Tarot
Brigit Esselmont, Everyday Tarot; The Ultimate Guide to Tarot Meanings
Chic and Sandra Cicero, Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot
Diana Paxson, Taking Up the Runes
Lon Milo DuQuette, Understanding Crowley's Thoth Tarot
Melissa Cynova, Kitchen Table Tarot
Rachel Pollack, Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom
DREAMS
Carl Jung, Dreams; The Red Book
DRUIDRY
Dana O'Driscoll, Sacred Actions
John Greer, The Druidry Handbook; The Druid Magic Handbook
Philip Carr-Gomm, The Druid Way
Ross Nichols, The Book of Druidry
HELLENISM
David Mierzwicki, Hellenismos
Hesiod, Theogeny
Homer, Iliad; Odyssey
John Opsopaus, The Oracles of Apollo
LABRYS Community, Hellenic Polytheism
Orpheus, The Orphic Hymns
HERBS
Nicholas Culpeper, Culpeper's Complete Herbal
Scott Cunningham, Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
HERMETICISM
Hermes Trismegistus, Corpus Hermeticum; The Emerald Tablet
Three Initiates, The Kybalion
GENERAL MAGIC
Aleister Crowley, Magic in Theory and Practice
Christopher Dell, The Occult, Witchcraft and Magic
Manly Hall, Secret Teachings of All Ages
Owen Davies, Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic
Rock Point Publishing, Spellcraft
Sarah Lyons, How to Study Magic
MEDITATION
Diana Paxson, Trance Portation
Stephen Bodian, Meditation for Dummies
PAGANISM
Herman Slater, A Book of Pagan Rituals
Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon
Ronald Hutton, Triumph of the Moon
WICCA
Doreen Valiente, Witchcraft for Tomorrow
Gerald Gardner, The Meaning of Witchcraft; Witchcraft Today
Janet and Stewart Farrar, A Witches' Bible
Raymond Buckland, Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft; The Tree; Wicca for One
Scott Cunningham, Wicca; Living Wicca
Starhawk, The Spiral Dance
Thea Sabin, Wicca for Beginners
Thorn Mooney, Traditional Wicca
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I think royal divorces can only happen after ten years of marriage and attempts at counselling - Peter & Autumn apparently had this, so did Diana & Charles and also David Linley & Serena
It's a good theory, but when you really dig into it, it doesn't hold much weight because it assumes that everyone divorced after only 10 years of marriage, which hasn't happened.
Margaret & Antony: Married 1960, separated 1976 and divorced in 1978 (16 years of marriage and 2 years of separation). They both had affairs but it was Margaret's affair with Roddy Llewellyn being published by News of the World and the scandal it caused in 1976 that forced the separation and ultimately divorce.
Anne & Mark: Married in 1973, separated in 1989, divorced in 1992 (16 years of marriage and 3 years of separation). They didn't intend to divorce (and announced said intentions) despite both being linked to other people (Anne with the man who became her second husband) but in 1991, it was confirmed Mark had fathered a child born in 1985 and there was a lawsuit for child support. Anne filed for divorce in April 1992.
Andrew & Sarah: Married in 1986, separated in 1992, and divorced in 1996 (6 years of marriage and 4 years of separation). They didn't intend to divorce either but Sarah had a series of embarrassing scandals that forced a divorce.
Charles & Diana: Married in 1981, separated in 1992, divorced in 1996 (11 years of marriage and 4 years of separation). By all intent and purpose, everyone was fine to let them remain married by separated but then escalating scandals over Diana's behavior (affairs, tit-for-tat with Charles in the media, culminating in Panorama) forced The Queen to require divorce.
David & Serena: Married in 1993, separated in 2020, and it's unclear when/if the divorce was finalized (26 years of marriage). There's been no reason given for the divorce but a lot of articles about the Snowdons' divorce announcement suggest it might be related to finance/business issues.
Peter & Autumn: Married in 2008, separated in 2019, divorced in 2021 (11 years of marriage and 2 years of separation). No reason given for the separation and divorce. It sounds like irreconciliable differences in the press coverage.
The only thing all of these divorces have in common is that there was a separation before the actual divorce; however, it is not legally required for a couple to separate before they divorce. The only requirement in England is that the couple be married for at least one year before divorcing. So there probably isn't a minimum requirement on a royal marriage - there may have been The Queen's preference, but I'm skeptical that was even a thing because if it was, she wouldn't have allowed Andrew and Sarah to separate after 6 years; she'd have required them to wait 4 more years. (But then one could also argue that Andrew was The Queen's favorite so of course he's different.)
There also isn't really evidence of a requirement for counselling. We know that Charles and Diana were in counselling because there's irrefutable evidence of it. We don't know that any of the other couples received counselling on their marriages. It's certainly plausible there was counselling for all of them because there isn't a whole lot we know about most of the marriages, but it's not something to use as a benchmark.
What we can use as benchmark is that 4 out of these 6 marriages ended because of extramarital affairs and infidelity that embarrassed The Queen and the monarchy. In other words, it's fine for there to be cheating or "being linked to other people" (as it was phrased for Anne and Mark) but it can't be front-page news and it can't be the married-in being "exposed" for breaking vows. That's really the only common thread here.
David's and Peter's divorces are different. Their separations and divorces played out behind closed doors, which prompts a few questions: Did no one care because they're so far down in the line of succession? Maybe. Did they learn to keep their private business quiet? No, because Peter still got busted for breaking COVID lockdown rules. Did they learn to clean up after them? Maybe. Because Peter getting busted for breaking COVID lockdown to see his girlfriend means that if there had been infidelity, the press would've sussed it out. In all likelihood, both of the 2020 divorces are not the result of infidelity or extramarital affairs.
So circling it back to the Sussexes. If we go by precedent, the only way the BRF may try to force a divorce is if Meghan embarrasses Harry with a very public affair. But even then it's not a really good predictor because of how much everything has changed. Harry and Meghan are private citizens now and we have King Charles in charge instead of Queen Elizabeth. And, well, King Charles doesn't quite have the same moral standard as Queen Elizabeth so he can't really make the same kind of demands without appearing hypocritical (and usually that's where Harry tends to get a lot of grace).
So the only thing we can really say about if or whether the Sussexes divorce is that an actual divorce will be preceded by some type of separation during which everyone will be negotiating terms of the divorce, including custody.
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Book of the Day - Loki and Sigyn
Today’s Book of the Day is Loki and Sigyn: Lessons on Chaos, Laughter & Loyalty from the Norse Gods, written by Lea Svendsen in 2022 and published by Llewellyn Publications.
Lea Svendsen is a writer and expert in the Norse pantheon. She has given many presentations and led workshop-style discussions about Loki and Sigyn and their role in the Heathen practices.
Loki and Sigyn, by Lea Svendsen
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#Aesir#Allfather#Baldur#Book Of The Day#book recommendation#book review#Edda#Gylfaginning#heathen#heathenry#Lokasenna#Loki#Nari#Norse#Norse Magic#Norse mythology#Odin#Poetic Edda#Prose Edda#Raffaello Palandri#Sigyn#Skaði#Skáldskaparmál#Váli#Völuspá#Voluspa
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If you don't mind me asking. What book or resources would you recommend to the modern occult novice?
I am currently reading and following Shoemakers Living Thelema.
Shoemaker's Living Thelema is a good book, The Aleister Crowley Manual by Marco Visconti is also a good introduction to Thelema and ritual magic, there are lots of diagrams too.
Anything by Lon Milo DuQuette should be consumed by beginners, he is one of my favourite authors to recommend because 1) He's one of the oldest living Thelemites, 2) He has a great sense of humour, and 3) He has actually done the work and lived the life.
The Complete Book of Ceremonial Magick published by llewellyn edited by Shoemaker and DuQuette is essentially an overview of the Western Mystery Tradition and each section lists recommended reading for you to research further. Again, this is a good all round introduction to the subject and I would personally start here.
Those should be enough to get you started and keep you occupied for a few months.
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Jan - Jun 2024 Reading List
In Progress:
Daly, Mary. Gyn/Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism. Boston: Beacon Press, 1978.
Koedt, Anne, Ellen Levine, and Anita Rapone, eds. Radical Feminism. New York: Quadrangle Books, 1973.
Lerner, Gerda. The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-seventy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Miller, Elizabeth, ed. Spinning and Weaving: Radical Feminism for the 21st Century. Mason, MI: Tidal Time Publishing, LLC, 2021.
Raymond, Janice G. Women as Wombs: Reproductive Technologies and the Battle Over Women’s Freedom. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993.
Completed:
Atkinson, Ti-Grace. Amazon Odyssey. New York: Links Books, 1974.
Barrett, Ruth. Women’s Rites, Women’s Mysteries: Intuitive Ritual Creation. Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 2007.
Criado Perez, Caroline. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. New York: Abrams Press, 2019.
Dworkin, Andrea. Woman Hating. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1974.
Millett, Kate. Sexual Politics. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970.
Rossi, Alice S. The Feminist Papers: From Adams to De Beauvoir. New York: Columbia U.P., 1973.
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Pro Witchtips:
Use Piezoelectric materials as anchors so that you do not have to constantly recharge your spells. Bone, ceramic, and quartz are great for this! Just anchor them and put them under a little pressure by placing something on top of them. The energy involved in spellwork is so minute and subtle that even the most insignificant charge can maintain them.
Make some exercises for the gestures, incantations, rituals, etc that you use regularly. The more they are burned into muscle memory, the more potent your spellwork will be. A lot of us struggle with routines, but the more regularly they are practiced the better. That way you don’t break gnosis to try to recall something.
Always bind thoughtforms to sigils written on/with a material that is easily destroyed. Burning or destroying the sigil will unbind them, but also increase the rate in which they break down and how long they remain in your mind. The quicker they are forgotten, the faster they perish.
Knot magic is essentially functionally the same as sigil magic. You can assign your own purpose to each knot as you do them. This can be very useful for crafty witches.
Stop "manifesting". This concept is rooted in the law of attraction, which is rooted in ableism, colonialism, white supremacy, and toxic positivity. Not only that, but it is also a gateway into the new age to fascist pipeline.
Just putting herbs, crystals, oils, etc in a jar/candle isn't magic, it's superstition. This line of thinking gives the practitioner's power to their tools instead of themselves. Correspondences alone aren't enough to cause potent spellwork. In the cultures where this kind of spellwork is practiced, there are a plethora of other variables involved. Many Tradcraft sources are derived from saxon and celtic traditions, most of which were destroyed by genocide and so a lot of the cultural context has been lost. The remaining cultures have become a mono-culture that has been heavily commercialized, especially with the evolution of the internet. This is exacerbated further by publishers like Llewellyn and other Wiccan sources.
Ditch the old grimoires. These sources were written within their own cultural contexts, which aren't applicable to the modern day. Because of this, there is a huge disconnect in their understanding, unless you're a historian and can accurately reproduce the mindset of an individual in the time of their publishing. On top of that, nearly all old grimoires were written by men who didn't recognize the rights of women, queer people, and people of color. This mindset is definitely incorporated into their works.
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Today is a great day to share some work from the Everyday Witch's Familiars Oracle that will be on shelves in less than a month! I illustrated this deck written by Deborah Blake and published by Llewellyn Worldwide.
All paintings are ink, watercolor, and acryla gouache.
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10 least favorite witchy books. I wanna know what you hate most
Ask Me My Top 10/Top 5 Anything
See what I mean about this and the previous ask?
1: House Witch OR Green Witch | Arin Murphy-Hiscock: Most things by Arin Murphy-Hiscock suck. These two are just copy-pastes of each other.
2: Anything by Doreen Virtue: She's a scammer and a grifter, what more can I say?
3: Psychic Witch | Mat Auryn: A fucking dredge to get through. Painful in so many words. I have a review on it posted on my blog somewhere.
4: Rebel Witch | Kelly-Ann Maddox: I don't hate this because it's bad (it's perfectly fine), it's just that it's so fucking repetitive and Wiccan-centric. It just didn't feel nearly as rebellious as it claimed it was trying to be.
5: The Goodly Spellbook | Coven Olvenwilde: This one got a whole ass rant.
6: A Spellbook For the Seasons | Tudorbeth: The first flaming piece of garbage I ever reviewed on Tumblr. Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, also extremely repetitive despite the weird season segregation? Don't know what that was all about.
7: A Tea Witch's Grimoire: Magical recipes for your teatime. | S M Harlow: This one was...strange. You know those compilations of tea recipes you find on Tumblr? Now imagine if someone combined that into a book and sold it on Amazon for fifteen bucks. They don't even taste good and the book is somehow STILL stock full of appropriation and misuse of terminology. How the fuck.
8: Elements of Witchcraft series | various authors, published by Llewellyn Publishing: I only use these for crystal and plant correspondences, sometimes animal ones too. Every time I open it to a different page, I want to strangle the publishing house with my bare hands.
9: In fact, let's just add anything original that gets produced by Llewellyn Publishing.
10: And most books on my correspondences shelf. They're fine for correspondences, but I avoid the actual content because otherwise I'd want to bite out someone's throat like a werewolf.
Bonus: It's Witchcraft: a beginner’s guide to secular & non-secular witchcraft | Jamie Weaver: A hodgepodge mess. Difficult to read and follow. Not nearly as secular as it's trying to be.
~Jasper
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