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lailoken · 6 months

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Greetings again!

I was also wondering if you had of know of any reliable resources on bone reddening/blackening/ enlivening? I know I ran across something like this a few years ago on another Tumblr, but I think it has since been deactivated.

Also, is submitting something to your inbox the same as submitting an ask? I find if I use the inbox on my desktop, I cannot make separate paragraphs and I have a character limit.

Thank you once more for your time!

~T

The Ritual Staining of bones is actually far less codified and clear as a traditional practice than many people like to make it out to be. However, in essence, it serves as a way for a practitioner to Empower, Enliven, and Enhallow bones for ritual use.

When it comes to Ceremonial Reddening, much of the practice comes down to the color's association with blood, which, itself, is a physical and symbolic link to Life Force. As such, it aids a practitioner in visualizing and ratifying the suffusion of Life Force into the Bones. This is generally done as a way to rouse the spirit of the animal still tied to those bones—often for the purpose of establishing a link with said spirit.

While these practices are, indeed, looser than many imply, one fairly conistent aspect of Reddening the Bones is the use of Ochre. In fact, humans have been using Ochre to ritually adorn bones for millenia. I do believe that part of the reason for this has to do with what I said about the color red and its cultural associations, however, I also believe that the true key behind the power of Reddening the Bones lies with the ferrous content of the Ochre. For an array of reasons, I believe Iron to be one of the most magically active materials in the world—being nearly unmatched in its ability to absorb, store, and redirect magic—which is part of why it holds such a meaningful place in a variety of occult belief systems. Accordingly, I believe that the Iron content of Ochre is one of the prime reasons that Reddening the Bones can serve as such a powerful rite of Necromantic stirring. Other common materials used in Reddening include Blood (for obvious reasons,) and Wine (for its associations with blood,) though even these are generally used in addition to Ochre.

As for Bone Blackening, I'm not particularly familiar with it, and I'm under the impression that it's less based in actual tradition. It may even have arisen as a modern response to Bone Reddening, though I can't really say.

#reddening the bones #bone reddening #anonymous #ask #traditional withcraft #folk magic #bone magic #necromancy #necromantic #ochre #spirit work

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bendiciones444 · 2 months

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set up an altar exclusively for divination, rituals, and spell work ♡

#me #mexican folk magic #folk witch #folk spellcraft #folk witchcraft #folk magic #altar #osteomancy #osteomancy reading #bone throwing #bone magic

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altargarden · 9 months

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for those who want to get into death magic/bone magic/bone throwing (if you want to use bones) but for whatever reason can't work with actual bones, replica bones are out there! and they're lovely to use.

edit: you can also use imagery of bones or make your own with clay! it's super fun and flexible.

#bun talks #i have quite a collection of replicas and they're so good #death witchcraft #death magic #bone magic #bone throwing #osteomancy

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bentcr0wbar · 9 months

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So I have a raven carcass in my backyard. His name is Howard. I was letting him decompose naturally in a contained area in order to collect his bones, talons and feathers to use in my spiritual practice. (If you’re witchy like me, dw I asked his spirit for permission first, helped him get comfortable in his decomposition area and left an offering as a thanks). But he’s nearing, if not already attained dry remains and I’m in a little bit of a predicament as some of his skin has dried and adhered to his bones and some of his feathers. Anyone know how to get that dried skin off the feathers and bones before bone bleaching?

TLDR: First time preserving animal bones, I have dry remains of a raven carcass with dried skin adhered to the bones and feathers. How do I remove the skin from the bones and feathers before continuing in preservation process?

#witchcraft #taxidermy #animal bones #bone magic #feathers #ravens

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belladonna-moon · 6 months

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I have started my research about bone magic and I made a temporary altar for my sea turtle skull with seashells, aquamarine, rose quartz, amethyst, rocks and a bowl of water

#witchcraft #witchblr #bone magic #witch community

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vanilla-cigarillos · 4 months

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Of Blood and Bones (Review)

I was really excited when I found this book in my local witch shop! Here's my personal review of all its contents, from a witch that practices Appalachian folk magic and works with a lot of bone material.

Rating: 2/5 Stars

The Good:

There was a decent focus on sanitation and ethics when it came to collecting materials

The Bad:

Written from a pretty strictly Wiccan perspective (which is something I'm coming to realize may be something dying with older generations of witches, hence why so many of those ideals get traditionally published). Due to this, it has a pretty limited scope of information. I also don't agree with the substitutes given if you don't want to work with animal products:

1) If you're vegan, and you chose this book for genuine guidance, I don't know what you were really expecting. 2) Using beet juice as a substitute for blood is *not* energetically the same

Another major issue for me is that the author discusses magical practices from closed arts such as hoodoo, but the book doesn’t tell you that’s where they are from. She’s either ill informed on the topic, or willfully leaving out information about a closed practice. The constant renaming of practices also makes it hard for new practitioners to find other sources on the topic.

Freuler contradicted herself often with her explanations and ritual recommendations. The "Dark" is described as this transformative process, but all the spells are about controlling, avoiding or getting over difficult life stages. You can't embrace the "negative" while fighting the "negative". This fundamentally flawed approach to the Dark Moon.

There's some inaccurate information in the cleaning process of the bones. It's incredibly dangerous to use a metal file on bones: Bone dust (filings) is really bad for your lungs. Do not cut, file, or shave bones/antlers/horns without proper safety equipment and ventilation! I was glad that they mentioned to never boil or bleach bones, so at least there's that, but the rest of the information seems misinformed at best.

#witch #witchcraft #dark moon #bone magic #pagan #book review #witch book review #paganism

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squeamishvulture · 11 months

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Pufferfish skeleton part 1

Last summer, I found a dead pufferfish on the New Jersey beach and brought it back to my car (wrapped in two ziploc bags). I'd been interested in vulture culture and bone collecting for a while, but this is the first animal whose skeleton I have hoped to preserve.

I was able to (imperfectly) determine that it was probably Chilomycterus Schoepfi, aka the striped burrfish. They usually live in reefs and seagrass fields in the Caribbean and Brazil, although they venture as far north as Canada.

Striped burrfish spawn in July in New Jersey, and because I found this on May 29th, I thought it was plausible that he was early to the party, but unfortunately died from natural causes. The body seemed completely unharmed after washing off the sand and examining the underside.

Decomposing:

I used the advice given in this post from @unofficialvulturecultureproblems on how to decompose small animals in pots, because I live in the city and I can't just leave a corpse out to the insects (although I have heard that is a better method in many ways). I also was not mentally strong enough to cut this poor guy open, he just looked too alive :(

I used those nets that onions are sold in to contain the body and so that the bones could be easily collected after decomposition. I buried him in a medium outdoor plant pot, watered him, and basically just left him for a year.

Cleaning:

I just uncovered the bones and they are CLEAN. No flesh at all. I think they may have even been left in the soil too long because many bones are delicate and may have been broken down by soil microbes.

I spent ~3 hours cleaning the soil off these individual bones with a toothbrush, although you may be able to see that some soil has been absorbed into the cavities where the bone marrow may have been, making the areas darker.

I left them to soak in water to degrease, but nothing seems to have come out of them after over 24 hours. According to the advice of this post, the next step is to soak in hydrogen peroxide or expose to the sun to bleach.

Neat stuff:

Check out the beak on this guy! Burrfish use their powerful jaws to crush and eat shelled invertebrates like crabs, clams, and mussels.

Here are some close ups on one of the many burr bones that make up the skeleton. They should fit together something like this (although this is a pufferfish, not burrfish skeleton):

Future plans:

I hope to assemble this skeleton like the example above, although I'm not sure exactly how to go about this. I'm thinking glue at the moment, but I'm not confident I know how all these bones fit together (see the picture earlier of them all set out on a towel).

I would appreciate any ideas for what these bones are or for ideas on a plan of assembly. Also, if anyone has any tips on how to lighten and properly clean some of these bones I would love to hear it! I am excited to join this community!

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cupofkinship · 1 year

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I started reading about quantum mechanics entirely because of the science behind bone magic in the locked tomb series

#the locked tomb #nona the ninth #tlt #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #bone magic #resonance energy #topological resonance #resonance energy transfer

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ghostvvitch · 6 months

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A new friend I found in the woods today

#bones #deer skull #deer bones #skull #bone magic #magic #witchcraft #witch #witchy vibes #witch of the wood #live deliciously #earth #bounty #love #vibes #personal diary #my post #thoughts #personal

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heademptty · 7 months

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Anyone have any ideas for an altar dedicated to animals like mice, voles, and other small mammals preyed upon by owls?

I came across a necklace containing the bones from an owl's pellet and felt really called to them. I found and purchased them at a small, witch shop near my home. Since I'm sure that was such an awful death, I want to make an altar to honor them.

Any ideas?

#witchcraft #witchy #witches #earth witch #witch community #witchblr #witchery #witchy things #witches of tumblr #witch blog #bone magic #bone witch #altar #animal bones

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house-of-slayterr · 2 years

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You know, sometimes I forget I have a jar of teeth on my purse, until I actually have to pay for something in cash and it falls out on the counter 👀 oops.

#teeth #human teeth #jar of teeth #teeth jar #baby witches #witch shit #bone magic #pagan witch #protection charm

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lailoken · 1 year

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I was recently in the forest searching out some particular bones I need for a set of linked Sentry Fetishes, when I made an odd discovery.

No sooner had I found the bone I was looking for than I spotted this strange item buried beneath the leaf litter. It appears to have been fashioned some time ago, though I have no clue why, or by whom...

#traditional withcraft #traditional witch #spirit gift #bine collector #bone magic

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bendiciones444 · 2 months

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trying osteomancy... much to consider

#me #osteomancy #bone throwing #bone magic #osteomancy reading #mexican folk magic #folk witch #folk witchcraft

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sociallyanxiousoccultist · 2 years

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So one of my rats died recently (pituitary tumor that I didn't notice the symptoms of until too late since I had fairly recently gotten her) and I have a friend who like prepares animal bones for museums as a job

So next time they're over here, they're going to do that for my rat

Anyone know of any good magical uses? Like talisman creation, bone scrying, something to put on an altar, just something where I can incorporate my late pet into my practice and keep her memory around

#jax yacks #animal death #pet death #bone magic

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dylansansarette · 3 months

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Dylan Sarette

My love for you flows out of my heart and is infused by my soul. I dream of you daily.

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belladonna-moon · 6 months

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I did a meditation with Hekate in which I saw a bunch of animal bones (one of them even had take it written on it) which I found odd, so after I “woke up” I did a reading to understand what was that and after asking a lot of things I came to the conclusion that she wants me to study bone magic. I already have a skull and these last few days I was wondering what I should do with it and well, I guess I know now

#witchy homework i guess #also if anyone has any resources or tips im all ears #witchblr #witchcraft #witch community #witches of tumblr #hekate devotee #bone magic

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