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February 2024 witch guide

Full moon: February 24th

New moon: February 9th

Sabbats: Imbolc-February 1st

February Snow Moon

Known as: Eagle Moon, Horning Moon, Solmonath Moon, Bear moon, Ice Moon, Wild Moon, Raccoon Moon, Big Winter Moon, Groundhog Moon, Quickening Moon, Storm Moon, Goose Moon, Hungry Moon & Red/Cleansing Moon

Element: Fire

Zodiac: Aquarius & Pisces

Nature spirits: House Faeries

Deities: Aphrodite, Brigid & Nut

Animals: Otter & Unicorn

Birds: Chickadee & Eagle

Trees: Cedar, laurel, myrtle & rowan

Herbs: Balm of Gilead, hyssop, myrrh, sage & spikenard

Flowers: Primrose

Scents: Heliotrope & wisteria

Stones: Amethyst, jasper, moonstone, obsidian, onyx , rose quartz, topaz & red zircon

Colors: Light blue & violet

Energy: Astral travel, banishing, beginnings, breaking bad habits, creativity expressiveness, empowerment, energy working to the surface, fertility, forgiveness, freedom, friendships, future plans, growth, healing, problem solving, purification, responsibility & science

February’s full Moon is a “Micromoon” this year. Think of this term as the opposite of a “Supermoon.” It simply means that the full Moon is at its farthest point from Earth (not the nearest point).

The explanation behind February’s full Moon name is a fairly straightforward one: it’s known as the Snow Moon due to the typically heavy snowfall that occurs in February. On average, February is the United States’ snowiest month, according to data from the National Weather Service. In the 1760s, Captain Jonathan Carver, who had visited with the Naudowessie(Dakota), wrote that the name used for this period was the Snow Moon, “because more snow commonly falls during this month than any other in the winter.”

Imbolc

Known as: Feast of Torches, Feast of Waxing Light, Oimele & Brigid's Day

Season: Winter

Symbols: Besoms, Brighid's crosses, candles, candle wheels, fertility symbols, fire, ploughs, priapic wands & white flowers

Colors: Black, brown, Earth tones, lavender, light green, orange, pink, red, white & yellow

Oils/Incense: Apricot, basil, bay, carnation, chamomile, cinnamon, dragon's blood, frankincense, heather, jasmine, myrrh, neroli, red sandalwood, sage, vanilla, violet & wisteria

Animals: Badger, cow, deer,groudhog, robin, sheep, snake, & swan

Mythical: Dragon

Stones: Amethyst, bloodstone, citrine, clear quartz, garnet, green tourmaline, hematite, iron, lodestone, onyx, red zircon, rose quartz, ruby, turquoise, yellow tourmaline

Food: Breads, chives, curries, dairy products, grains, garlic, herbal teas, honey cakes, lamb, muffins, onions, peppers, poppy seed cakes, pork, poultry, pumpkin seeds, raisins, scones, spiced wines & sunflower seeeds

Herbs/Plants: Angelica, ashleaf, balsam, basil, bay laurel, benzoin, blackberry, clover, coltsfoot, coriander, dragon's blood, garlic, heather, lemon, myrrh, rosemary, sage, vervain, wheat & witch hazel

Flowers: Celandine, chamomile, iris, rose hips, snowdrop, sunflower, tansy, violets, white flowers & yellow flowers

Goddesses: Anu, Aradia, Arianrhod, Artio, Athena, Branwen, Brigid, Danu, Februa, Gaia, Inanna, Juno, Selene, Sirona & Vesta

Gods: Aegus Mac Og, Bragi, Cupid, Dian Cecht, Dumuzi, Eros, Februus & Pax

Issues, Intentions & Powers: Activation/awakening, animals, beginnings, fertility, healing, hope, illumination, inspiration, light, pregnancy/childbirth, prophecy, transformation, well-being & youth

Spellwork: Air magick, banishings, candle spells, divination, fertility spells, prosperity & purification

Activities:

• Make & light white candles

• Clean/decorate your altar & consecrate your altar tools

• Go on a walk in nature & look for signs of spring

• Make a Brigid's Cross

• Have a feast with your family/friends

• Give thanks & leave offerings to the Earth

• Set intentions, reflect & look deeper into your goals for spring

• Start a bonfire

• Find Imboloc prayers & devotionals that bid farewell to the winter months, honor the goddess Brigid, as well as seasonal blessings for your meals, hearth, & home.

• Pepare plans for your upcoming garden

• Craft a priapic wand

• Spend time with children celebrating Imbolc by making crafts & or baking

• Practice divination & fire scrying

• Draw a cleansing ritual bath for yourself

• Meditate, reflect & say your farewells to winter

• Cleanse & clean your house to prepare for spring

• Create a Brídeóg: a doll of Brigid made of straw

• Make Bride's bouquet satchets & exchange as symbols of good luck and fertility

• Set aside food & or drinks as an offering to Brigid to invite her in your home

Imbolc is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring. Most commonly it is held on January 31 – February 1, or halfway between the winter solstice & the spring equinox. The holiday is a festival of the hearth, home, a celebration of the lengthening days & the early signs of spring.

The word "imbolc" means "in the belly" and refers to the pregnancy of ewes at this time of year. The term "oimelc" means ewe's milk. Around this time of year, many herd animals give birth to their first offspring of the year or are heavily pregnant & as a result, they are producing milk. This creation of life’s milk is a part of the symbolic hope for spring.

Imbolc is mentioned in some of the earliest Irish literature and it is associated with important events in Irish mythology. It has been suggested that it was originally a pagan festival associated with the goddess Brigid and that it was Christianized as a festival of Saint Brigid, who herself is thought to be a Christianization of the goddess.

Some use Imbolc to celebrate the longer days which herald the return of Spring & The Goddess's recovery from giving birth to The Sun (The God) at Yule. The God & The Goddess are children symbolizing new life, new beginnings & new resurrections.

Related festivals:

• Groundhog Day- Is a tradition observed in the United States & Canada on February 2 of every year. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day & sees its shadow, it will retreat to its den & winter will go on for six more weeks; if it does not see its shadow, spring will arrive early.

While the tradition remains popular in the 21st century, studies have found no consistent association between a groundhog seeing its shadow & the subsequent arrival time of spring-like weather.

•St. Brigid's Day- 1 February. It was originally Imbolc, the first day of spring in Irish tradition. Because Saint Brigid has been theorised as linked to the goddess Brigid, some associate the festival of Imbolc with the goddess. St. Brigid is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland. She is patroness of many things, including poetry, learning, healing, protection, blacksmithing, livestock & dairy production. In her honour, a perpetual fire was kept burning at Kildare for centuries.

A recent campaign successfully established her feast day as a national holiday in 2023.

• Chinese New Year- (February 10th) the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. In Chinese, the festival is commonly referred to as the Spring Festival,- marking the end of winter and the beginning of the spring season. Observances traditionally take place from Chinese New Year's Eve, the evening preceding the first day of the year, to the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the year. The first day of Chinese New Year begins on the new moon that appears between January 21st & February 20th.

The Chinese New Year is associated with several myths and customs. The festival was traditionally a time to honour deities as well as ancestors. Within China, regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the New Year vary widely & the evening preceding the New Year's Day is frequently regarded as an occasion for Chinese families to gather for the annual reunion dinner.

It is also a tradition for every family to thoroughly clean their house, in order to sweep away any ill fortune & to make way for incoming good luck. Another custom is the decoration of windows & doors with red paper-cuts and couplets. Popular themes among these paper-cuts and couplets include good fortune or happiness, wealth & longevity. Other activities include lighting firecrackers & giving money in red envelopes.

• Candlemas- is a Christian feast day on February 2nd commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple. It is based upon the account of the presentation of Jesus in Luke 2:22-40.

While it is customary for Christians in some countries to remove their Christmas decorations on Twelfth Night, those in other Christian countries historically remove them after Candlemas.On Candlemas, many Christians also take their candles to their local church, where they are blessed and then used for the rest of the year.

•Setsubun- (February 3rd) Is the day before the beginning of spring in the old calendar in Japan. The name literally means 'seasonal division', referring to the day just before the first day of spring.

Both Setsubun & Risshun are celebrated yearly as part of the Spring Festival (Haru matsuri ) in Japan. In its association with the Lunar New Year, Setsubun, though not the official New Year, was thought of as similar in its ritual & cultural associations of 'cleansing' the previous year as the beginning of the new season of spring. Setsubun was accompanied by a number of rituals & traditions held at various levels to drive away the previous year's bad fortunes & evil spirits for the year to come.

Other Celebrations:

• Lupercalia-

In ancient Rome, this festival was conducted annually on February 13th through 15th under the superintendence of a corporation of priests called Luperci. The origins of the festival are obscure, although the likely derivation of its name from lupus (Latin: “wolf”) has variously suggested connection with an ancient deity who protected herds from wolves and with the legendary she-wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus. As a fertility rite, the festival is also associated with the god Faunus.

to purify the city, promoting health & fertility.

Each Lupercalia began with the sacrifice by the Luperci of goats and a dog, after which two of the Luperci were led to the altar, their foreheads were touched with a bloody knife & the blood was wiped off with wool dipped in milk; the ritual required that the two young men laugh. The sacrificial feast followed, after which the Luperci cut thongs from the skins of the sacrificial animals & ran in two bands around the Palatine hill, striking with the thongs at any woman who came near them. A blow from the thong was supposed to render a woman fertile.

In 494 CE the Christian church under Pope Gelasius I forbade participation in the festival. Tradition holds that he appropriated the form of the rite as the Feast of the Purification (Candlemas), celebrated on February 2, but it is likely that the Christian feast was established in the previous century. It has also been alternately suggested that Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with St. Valentine’s Day, celebrated on February 14th, but the origin of that holiday was likely much later.

Sources:

Farmersalmanac .com

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences by Sandra Kines

Wikipedia

A Witch's Book of Correspondences by Viktorija Briggs

Encyclopedia britannica

Llewellyn 2024 magical almanac Practical magic for everyday living

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breelandwalker · 11 months

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Inspiration Salt

Intent: To increase creativity and inventiveness. Also assists with clearing creative blocks.

Ingredients:

3 pt Salt

1 pt Horehound

1 pt Jasmine

1⁄2 pt Allspice

1⁄2 pt Witch Hazel*

* - This herb should be avoided by persons who are pregnant or nursing. Exercise all proper precautions.

Materials:

Mortar & Pestle (or spice grinder)

Funnel

Mesh Strainer

Collection Dish

Container

Note: Powdered versions of most herbs are available online. I recommend Starwest Botanicals and Penn Herbs for quality products at reasonable prices. Also, if you can get your hands on a good electric spice grinder, you can make your own powder from dried herb products. If you don't have premade powdered herbs, grind each ingredient separately to produce fine powder. Sieve the material through the mesh strainer into the collection dish; this removes the larger unground pieces and gives you cleaner powdered herb. (Pro-Tip: Putting a funnel under the mesh strainer reduces lost material and makes collection much easier.)

Combine the component powders in the collection dish, mix well, and bottle immediately. Label with the name, date, and ingredients for future reference.

Use Inspiration Salt in any and all magics meant to stimulate innovative thinking or inspire new ideas. If you are a witch with a creative side or lots of term papers to finish, this salt just might be your new best friend.

Place a small bowl of Inspiration Salt in workspace to encourage new ideas. If you are inclined to candle magic, you can place a tealight candle in the center of the dish to amplify the salt's effects. (Open flame is not required to make this work; a battery-operated LED candle can provide the necessary amplification if needed.) If a candle is not available, a lodestone works well too.

Inspiration Salt makes a good additive for clay charms if you're in the mood to make salt dough clay. A small "study buddy" may be crafted to sit on your desk and lighten your work sessions.

Want more magical powders? Check out the masterpost here and visit my shop for spell kits, books, magical powders, and more!

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tiredwitchplant · 8 months

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How to Use Herbs: Basil (Sweet Basil)

Hwello again! This time we shall be talking about how to use basil in different forms. If you want more information about basil, please click this link to get to my basil post: Basil Let's get started.

Alchemist Formulas:

*Remember always try to see one part as a teaspoon before going into other measurements. Doing a smaller amount first and then trial and error is better than making too much and a mess.

Mars:

two parts red sandalwood

one part honeysuckle flowers

one part basil

one part ginger oil

one part juniper oil

Health

one part frankincense (Sun; vitality)

one part basil (Mars; energy)

one part cinnamon (Mercury; nervous system)

one part bay oil (Sun; health)

one part sandalwood oil (Moon; Inner Self)

Oils

Basil Essential Oil:

Ingredients

12 ounces olive oil

2 ounces basil, 1 packed cup

Remove basil leaves from stems.

Place olive oil in a pint sized mason jar.

Carefully stuff basil into mason jar and close the lid.

Store on a sunny windowsill for 1 day.

Use a funnel to strain oil and a spoon to smash last bits of oil out of leaves and discard the leaves.

Transfer oil to a decorative jar and refrigerate for up to 1 week.

Prosperity Oil:

1 part mint

1 part basil

1 part cinnamon

1 part pine

Carrier oil of your choice (olive oil, jojoba oil and etc)

Simply take a small mason jar and fill it a 1/4 of the way up with your chosen oil.

Add in your herbs while thinking of your intentions of prosperity and abundance and swirl the jar around clockwise.

Then add a little bit more of the oil before closing the lid.

Awakening Oil:

*This needs to crafted on a full moon

1/4 cup carrier oil

Mason jar

2 drops of basil oil

2 drops of thyme oil

Pour your carrier oil into the mason jar and then added the drops of thyme and basil

Swirl it gently in a clockwise direction so it will mix thoroughly. Say, "I awaken, I listen, I see. Enlightenment come to me. Awareness, mindfulness, clarity. Illumination come to me."

Anoint your temples on your head and pulse points with your oil before doing divination work.

Spells

Basil Growth Spell

Chop fresh basil into fine threads.

Warm honey gently over the stove. (A double boiler or bain-marie is recommended, as honey scorches easily.)

Add the basil to the honey and simmer.

Remove the basil-enhanced honey from the source of heat and murmur over it something like this: "Flies flocks to honey, Customers flock to me, Bears flock to honey, Business flocks to me, Ants flock to honey, Contracts flock to me."

Run a warm bath for yourself.

Rub the honey over your body, and then enter the bath.

Soak in the water for a while. When you emerge, before you drain the water, reserve some of the used bathwater.

Toss this on the grounds of your business.

Sex Worker’s Better Business Spell

Dress a lodestone , a magnetite rock, with essential oils of basil, bergamot, and lavender. (In theory, the lodestones' gender may be coordinated with the gender of the clientele you wish to draw.)

Sprinkle with magnetic sand and a pinch of ground cinnamon.

Carry or wear to charm up added business.

Exorcism Powder

Blend the following ingredients together and grind into a fine powder:

Dried basil

Frankincense

Rosemary

Rue

Yarrow

2. Blend this powder with arrowroot powder.

3. Sprinkle as needed.

Basil Cleansing Bath

Pour approximately one cup of boiling water over one heaped teaspoon of dried basil.

Allow this to stand until the water cools, creating a strong infusion.

Add this to your bath.

Financial Dreams (For Solutions)

Sprinkle either infused basil oil or essential oil of basil onto a lodestone, just before going to sleep.

Get into bed, turn out the lights and gently rub the scented lodestone in a sunwise direction on your forehead. (When you awake, your forehead will probably be dirty. Don’t panic; lodestone dust is lucky.)

Keep the lodestone near the bed, so that you can inhale the basil

Since two of these spells ask for lodestone, here is where you can get some and arrowroot powder. Lodestone , Arrowroot Powder

Kitchen Witch Recipe:

Wisdom Soup

Serves: 4

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes, plus a little bit until it’s just right

1 cup red lentils

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 can coconut milk

1 lime, sliced into thin wheels

Oil Options: Olive oil, toasted sesame oil

Sour Options: lemon juice, lime juice, rice vinegar

1 onion, diced

Sweet Options: Sugar, honey, agave

2 sprigs basil, de-stemmed and chopped

Salt Options: Soy sauce, sea salt, sweet miso (make a paste with miso and water before adding)

2 inches fresh ginger, minced

2 cups water

2 sprigs cilantro, de-stemmed and chopped

2 sprigs mint, de-stemmed and chopped

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

In a pot, place the lentils, coconut milk, and water, and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer.

Add the onion, garlic, ginger, cayenne.Stir. Do not cover.

Once the lentils are cooked and not firm (about 15–20 minutes), add one thing from the sour category, one from the sweet category, one from the salty, and some oil (add about a teaspoon of oil at a time). Taste. Repeat with a different item from each category.

Garnish with sliced wheels of lime and minced-up basil, mint, and cilantro.

I hope you enjoy these spells, recipes, and formulas and put them to good use. Use them wisely and bye byes~

Sources

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soapskneebrace · 11 months

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I don't know if this is an overstep so if it is feel free to ignore this but do you have any tips on how to write for Soap? I have a few things down already but i feel like I'm not getting his character right. Thank you <3 (love you work btw hoping things are better for you)

I’m kind of surprised I’m being asked this since I really haven’t written for Soap all that much! I do have a few things I think are important for writing him, which I put into practice when I consider his character and also gravitate toward in reading fic about him. This turned out to be kind of long, sorry lol.

I tend to break Soap down into certain specific traits: he is outgoing, he is provocative, he is compassionate, and he is self-sacrificing.

Outgoing—we see, constantly, that he’s the one offering his hand to shake, that he’s the one asking other people questions about themselves. He does his best to learn Spanish to talk to Rudy and Alejandro. He saves Ghost a seat on the transport in the very first mission of MW2. Soap is warm and friendly, always eager to talk to people and learn about them. He is absolutely the extroverted friend every introvert needs to feel comfortable leaving their safe space to explore the world at large, and he’s happy to be that friend too.

Provocative—Soap likes to push buttons. Nothing shows this more than his interactions with Ghost; “Actually he prefers to be called—”, “The mask…take it off,” “Are you ugly?” And so on. He is willing to say things other people might find less than tactful because of that outgoing nature of his. He isn’t shy about things other people might politely avoid. He does not, of course, cross significant lines; he doesn’t presume to actually tell Ghost what he thinks of the mask. I think this is because Soap is very good at taking the metaphorical temperature of his dynamic with other people—he can see where a boundary might be, and test how permeable that boundary is without outright violating it.

Compassionate—he does not provoke to cause trouble. Soap cares, deeply, both about his comrades and what is right. He’s the one to ask about the families driven out of the cartel compound they search through for Hassan. He’s the one to remember that Alejandro and Los Vaqueros are still on the oil rig before they blow the second missile, and he’s the one to warn them to get clear (I’m pretty sure). Soap likes people very much, and believes in their inherent worth. It’s why he manages to crack through Ghost’s armor; he is not shallow in his efforts to bond with the lieutenant. He actually cares enough to make the effort.

Self-sacrificing—because of Soap’s wealth of compassion, we see that he’s willing to put himself at risk for the greater good. He volunteers to go into Diego’s manor alone to find El Sin Nombre, and he chases after Hassan in Chicago after nearly getting blown up to stop the missile from reaching DC. He is cavalier with his own personal safety, and I think he might also be a little reckless with his own well-being in favor of getting a job done. After all, almost all of his campaign skins have him wearing a brace on one knee, and let’s not forget that he fucking GOT SHOT and kept going anyway without treatment. I think Soap doesn’t really pay great attention to his own pain, because he thinks outwardly; his main consideration is for others, not himself, even to his own detriment.

So those four things are what I’d consider foundational traits for writing Soap! I think they are excellent lodestones to return to if you get lost in trying to figure out how to characterize him. It’s easy to reduce him to bumbling comic relief (and I think that has, in part, something to do with him being Scottish, as Scot characters often suffer reductive treatment), but he can be richly complex given enough consideration.

#answered #soap #soap mactavish #john soap mactavish #johnny soap mactavish #mw2 soap #cod soap #mw soap

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conjuremanj · 9 months

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Hoodoo Fast Money Drawing Jar.

First thing you will need is a jar

Some Florida water and five finger grass for drawing money.

Piece of brown paper.

Money oil, lodestone and money. (The bill can be a low or large bill)

The type of jar doesn't matter you can even use a water bottle if that what you have on hand don't need be to glass ok, use what you have.

Starting Your Jar: First fill you jar with water about half way. Then make yourself a name paper and write your name 7 times. (name paper is a paper that you write just your name on not a petition paper) place into your jar.

Add a little bit of 5 finger grass to the jar.

Add a little money drawing oil to the jar.

A little Florida Water (just a little) then close the jar.

Wrap your bill around your lodestone, place it on top of the jar or the side and take some string and wrap it to the jar to secure it.

(if you don't have one a any magnet will do)

Pray Proverbs 10: 22. Three times.

Once it's complete take your jar and swirl it around get the liquid moving in a curlier motion and read Isaiah 5:11.

The Important Part: During the prayer there is a word 'void' after you say that world you are going to say where you want that money to come from. If you want a raise you would say that, money from gambling say that, for a job say "I want this job" then name the job.

For a job take some of the water put it on your fingers and fill out the application or online.

After place it some where dark or put it in a bag or your altar it will draw money. Or you can wear a little on yourself.

Remember this jar not oy helps you with money but keeps the money flowing. It works.with a new job, investments, a raise at work Etc keeps it working.

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lailoken · 1 year

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An example of a customized Cantrip Kit I put together for a client. It includes an Enchanted, handcrafted Bath Infusion, a consecrated Lodestone, a bag of hand-sourced Anvil Dust, a Red Pouch, a personalized Siligic Schema (the central glyph is a sigilization of the client's name, and has therefor been redacted,) and a handmade Conjuring Candle (made using an array of materials harvested under specific astronmic auspices and then suspended in wax, which was inscribed with pertinent sigils, each of which were filled with Magnet Oil and Beckoning Powder.)

This particular Cantrip Kit served to attract love into the client's life, with resoundingly successful results.

#traditional withcraft #witchcraft #personal #wending way #cantrip #wending wares

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lucifersgurl444 · 4 months

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Attraction Oil

Grated lemon zest

Lovage

Vervain

Essential oil of lemon petitgrain, Melissa, may change or lemon verbena

Rose attar

Grind the first three ingredients together in a mortar and pestle

Place them In a bottle together with a lodestone chip.

Cover with sweet almond oil

Add the essential oils, drop by drop, until you achieve scent that pleases you.

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aetherolinguist · 2 years

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FFXIV Write - Prompt #3 - Temper

Link about FFXIV Write.

Link to official prompt.

The concept of opposites attracting was very interesting to Niamh. People spoke of it as though it were some great rule that applied anything beyond magnetic forces and little charged lodestones. As though this science applied to Spoken people as well.

How could something that was true of some esoteric-yet-physical science be expected to be true of people, socially? How did that transference of principles in the collective unconscious even happen?

Oil and water did not mix and did not become something better, together. Yet it was a common assumption that children being mean to each other were doing so out of misplaced love, not common, basic hate for another person.

Niamh, then, wasn’t certain how or when she’d learned to embrace the differences in the people around her. Well, for the most part. There were some principles that it was important to stand firm on, if you could. It was a point of confusion and contention in her mind–that she had never bought into the unequivocal assumption that the wilder the difference, the greater the friend, and yet of all the people she knew, of all the Sharlayans she associated with on the island, Niamh was the one who sought out and celebrated differences the most. The same people who made knowing glandoll in her image that they were imagining with love in her heart and not simple competition on the brain– could not accept the different, the other, the outside despite the ideals they constantly espoused.

And so it was with an oblique surprise that Niamh had found herself increasingly besotted by someone so intensely different from herself. Someone she, from the outside, would not have thought she could have any common ground with.

Galvjn was foreign, even by Eorzean standards. He was quiet and reserved and private, where she was loud and exuberant and invasive. He was older and wiser and filled with an enviable, inexorable patience where she was young and inexperienced and could not sit still without something to stimulate her mind. He was–she was—

They were opposites, they were attracted.

They were oil and water in the same glass, entered in a dance not unlike those of the celestial heavens, like the way the moon and Etheryris moved in silent tandem through the aether–making space for each other, but always there. Their actions caused rippling, butterfly effects in each other. The fault of magnetic forces, no doubt.

There was a subtle difference, though, between lodestones skittering away from each other, of liquids of different viscosities refusing to truly mingle and…the two of them. Galvjn and Niamh, in Niamh’s opinion, became something better when they were together.

The outward coolness of the blue-haired viera was like a balm on Niamh’s fiery mind. And when they spoke, she could hear the warmth and gaiety that laced every carefully chosen syllable that he uttered. And when they really listened, sitting in silence together, they communicated more secrets than Niamh was willing to express aloud with look and touch alone.

Galvjn’s proximity tempered Niamh. Not like a primal, or an eidolon, but like a masterful smith. He caught her attention, drew her in, and brought balance to her mind. He assuaged her fears with quiet certainty, but was not afraid to ask questions when clarity was needed, and he never felt the need to say something to fill the silence–so he said what he meant to, when he meant to and that was of some comfort to Niamh.

When the two of them were together, Niamh was more resilient, and able to bend instead of break. Like Galvjn’s support helped sift the chaff of Niamh from the meat of who she really was, helped tune her inner flame to burn away impurities of the self, instead of consuming her from the inside.

It was Niamh’s fervent desire that she could offer the same to him.

#ffxiv #ffxivwrite #ffxivwrite2022 #hyur #midlander #sharlayan #put on your sappy pants and cry with me i love them

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neworleansvoudou · 2 years

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Found this shaman's stone this morning. A shaman's stone is a naturally occurring near perfectly round stone, also called a moqui ball or moqui marble. Shaman's stones are concretions of iron and sandstone or hematite. While not plentiful, I have found quite a few on our land. The energy these stones have is amazing. I just love them. I feel like I'm holding the secrets of the universe in a perfectly round Elder stone that has seen thousands or even millions of years of history of the earth. And in that experience, the answer to anything can be found when you open up and tune into that frequency . . . Completely connecting to Mother Earth, the eternal grandmother and grandfather, in perfect balance. 🌼 People access the stones' energies to find balance emotionally and spiritually. I find them great for divination, too. 🌼 Often they are worked with in pairs - kind of like lodestones and High John roots - they are male and female. You can anoint them with a ritual oil; rubbing them with oil is a good way to connect to them and their mysteries. 🌼 #witchqueens #shamanstones #witchesofinstagram #goddesslife #hoodoo #conjure #rootwork #rootworkersofinstagram (at Saint Johns, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdV1iHXLNRD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#witchqueens #shamanstones #witchesofinstagram #goddesslife #hoodoo #conjure #rootwork #rootworkersofinstagram

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bonesandcards · 8 months

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Lodestone oil

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hcworldofpsychics · 3 months

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Spell Candles

Your (2) Spell Candles will be inscribed, anointed, and rolled in herbs. Personalized to your Desires with Herbs and Conjuring Oils Including Intent, Prayer, and Psalms. A Spell will be included in your package to work with your spell candles.

Pick ONE Anointing Oil for both candles.

Conjuring Oils: Ancient Wisdom, Attraction, Bad Ass Bitch, Bayberry, Better Business, Come To Me, Dominacion, Dragon's Blood, Fast Money, Fiery Wall of Protection, Fire of Passion, Four Thieves Vinegar, Good Luck, Healing, High John's Conqueror, King Solomon, Lodestone, Lucky, 777, Lucky Gambler, Manifestation, Money Drawing, Negro Destructor, Protection, Psychic Power, Ritch Bitch, Road Opener, Seven African Powers, Success, Success & Eloquence, Uncrossing, Van Van, Wishing, Wishing Mojo, Witching Purse.

Anointing Oils: Cedarwood, Cinnamon, Frankincense, Myrrh, Patchouli, Rose, Sandalwood, Ylang Ylang.

Essential Oils: Bergamot, Cinnamon Leaf, Eucalyptus, Geranium, Grapefruit, Lavender, Lemon, Lemongrass, Lime, Peppermint, Pine Needle, Rosemary, Sweet Orange, Tangerine, Tea Tree.

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jaipurblog1 · 9 months

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Jaipur's Hidden Treasures Exploring lower- Known Gems with Jaipur Pink City Tour

Jaipur, the Pink City of Rajasthan, is famed for its iconic palaces, majestic castles, and bustling requests. But beyond the popular sightseer spots lies a treasure trove of retired gems staying to be discovered. Join us on the Jaipur Pink City Tour as we embark on a trip to explore the lower-known lodestones that showcase the authentic charm and artistic heritage of this vibrant megacity. Abhaneri Stepwell an Architectural Marvel Our first stop is the Abhaneri Stepwell, also known as Chand Baori. This ancient stepwell, located near Jaipur, is an architectural masterpiece, with 3,500 symmetrical ways descending into the well's depths. Its intricate busts and geometric patterns will leave you bedazzled, making it a shooter's delight. Galta Ji Temple The Monkey Temple Nestled amidst the Aravalli Hills, Galta Ji Temple is a retired oasis of serenity. Home to a large monkey population, the tabernacle complex exudes a unique spiritual air. The natural water springs and stunning views of the megacity make it an ideal spot for contemplation and soulful contemplation. Sisodia Rani Garden A Romantic Retreat Escape the megacity's hustle and bustle at Sisodia Rani Garden, a graphic theatre erected for the Queen Sisodia of Jaipur. The lush verdure, slinging cradles, and intricately designed belvederes produce a romantic air that transports callers to a defunct period of love and fineness. Jawahar Circle Garden The Largest Circular Park In the heart of Jaipur, Jawahar Circle Garden offers a tranquil respite with its extensive indirect walking track and beautiful rose theatre. The theatre’s musical root show is a pleasurable spectacle to behold, making it a favorite spot for locals and excursionists likewise. Albert Hall Museum A literal Delight While not entirely hidden, the Albert Hall Museum frequently goes unnoticed amidst the majesty of other lodestones. This splendid Indo- Saracenic style gallery houses a vast collection of vestiges, puppets, and oils that chronicle Rajasthan's rich history and artistic heritage. The Jaipur Pink City Tour goes beyond the face and delves into the retired treasures of Jaipur. Abhaneri Stepwell, Galta Ji Temple, Sisodia Rani Garden, Jawahar Circle Garden, and Albert Hall Museum reveal a side of the megacity that's frequently overlooked but inversely alluring. Embark on this odd disquisition to discover the lower-known gems that add a whole new dimension to Jaipur's charm and leave you with recollections of a trip filled with pleasurable surprises. To embark on an odd adventure and uncover Jaipur's retired treasures with the Jaipur Pink City Tour, communicate us a moment at 91- 7665732728 or [email protected]. Let our expert attendants lead you to these hidden gems and produce a diary acclimatized to your interests, icing an enriching and indelible experience in the heart of Rajasthan. Get ready to explore the lower-known side of Jaipur and immerse yourself in its dateless appeal.

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theawetist · 1 year

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One of my paintings. Painted to a repeated loop of Sufjan Steven’s “Visions of Gideon” ~ not thematically nor lyrically related ~ but the sound resonance of the song is definitely a part of this painting. After the landscape was completed, I KNEW that a red kite wanted to appear in the painting but I was uncertain of its placing and how I would manifest the kite string. I thought for a while of putting a gold thread on there for the string but that eventually was discarded when I “saw”, in my mind’s eye, the way it wanted to come through. That process required me to sit in a paused state for some months, simply gazing at the painting and letting the final version of it reveal itself to me.

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cavarno · 1 year

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How Compasses Changed the World

How Compasses Changed the World The compass was invented more than 2000 years ago. But it took more than 1000 years before it was used for finding directions and navigation. But a compass is a device that shows people where magnetic north is! So why was it invented if not for navigation? How was it first used?

Marvellous Magnets An early form of the compass was created by Chinese inventors around 250 BCE. They used the device to help them align buildings and furniture according to the environment and forces of nature. This technique is called feng shui (you say it like this: foong schway) and is still used today.

These early compasses were built using lodestone, which is a mineral that lines up with Earth’s magnetic field. Some experts believe the ancient Olmec people of Mexico might have used lodestones in a similar way to the Chinese, but 750 years earlier.

Eventually, someone realized that the lodestones were better at showing real directions, and that led to them being used as compasses. The pointing needle was a spoon-shaped piece of lodestone, set on a stone slab marked with some constellations and the points of the compass (north, south, east, west, and points between them). The handle of the spoon always pointed south.

The Compass Takes Off More than 1200 years ago, people figured out how to magnetize iron needles and these replaced the lodestone. These newer compasses were more accurate and portable, and could finally begin to be used by travellers and explorers.

Before they had compasses, people navigated by the position of the Sun during the day and the movement of the stars at night. Obviously, this did not work very well in stormy weather or when clouds filled the sky. Sailors had to keep the shore in sight so they could see landmarks, or they risked getting lost.

Compasses made it possible for explorers to sail far out into oceans and away from land—no matter what the weather was like. This led to more exploration, the discovery of new countries, and trade with other cultures. Compasses also helped ships stay on course, which was important for explorers who were trying to return home.

Compasses in Modern Times The world-famous scientist Albert Einstein often spoke about how he had been fascinated by compasses when he was a little boy. The movement of the needle amazed him, and he and other scientists investigated magnetism, which has led to many scientific discoveries.

Although many people still use compasses, in the late 1900s, people began using the Global Positioning System (GPS) to get around. It uses position and time information from satellites circling Earth to provide directions.

Fun Facts

The four main points marked on a compass—north, south, east, west—are called cardinal points.

A modern hand-held compass uses a magnetized needle inside a small container filled with fluid. The fluid is often oil, kerosene, or alcohol. The fluid helps the needle remain steady.

During World War II, British pilots carried secret tools that they could use to escape if they were captured. The tools were hidden in everyday objects. Small compasses were hidden in boots, pens, and even buttons!

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theeclecticwitchblog240 · 1 year

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TOP FIVE LOVE SPELLS

Spell One: Come My Way Orange Purpose:

To create an atmosphere around you that acts as a magnet and attracts love

For this spell, you will need the following ingredients:

Orange Rose Pins (Nine of them)

Red thread A lock of your hair

Follow Me Boy oil (see spell Five)

First, anoint the lock of your hair, the pin and the thread with the "look me over" oil.

Then insert the lock of hair into the rose petal.

Use a small carving knife to drill a hole into the orange.

Insert the rose with the lock of your hair into this hole. Use the pins to close the hole and then weave the thread between the pins in order to "lock it."

Bury this orange somewhere close to your phone and wait for love interests to begin to pour in.

Always remember to keep your intent close at heart when you are creating a spell like this.

Call Me Hand Purpose:

To make someone specific contact you Since you’ve probably attracted several love interests, it is possible that some have your phone number but have not reached out.

This spell will help initiate the next phase.

Like the previous spell, it is easy and can be done right in your kitchen.

Here is what you will need:

Licorice root

A dime (mercury dime for something more potent)

A paper with the name of the person on it

A purple cloth

Wrap the dime and the licorice root in the paper that has the name of the person you want to call you. Wrap this paper in the purple cloth.

Make your intentions known by calling out the person's name and saying,

"I want you to call me."

When you have done this, put it all on the floor and stomp on it.

Do this nine times every day for nine days.

Expect positive results.

Spell Three: Love Me Dearly Mojo Bag

Purpose: To increase the love that someone feels for you This is the perfect spell if you have a love interest whose affection you want to boost to sustain the relationship.

You will need the following items:

A lodestone

A pouch

Hair from the head of your beloved

Scraping from the sole of the shoe of your beloved

A piece of paper with a red ink pen

Write the name of your beloved on the piece of paper and put all of the items listed above into the pouch. Hold the pouch close to your heart and express your intentions clearly.

This is not the time to evoke wishful thinking.

Be clear about what you want them to feel and visualize your energy transferring to the bag in that moment.

After this visual exercise, breathe on the bag and then keep it close to you at all times.

The spell will be activated.

Spell Four: Stay on Their Mind

Purpose: To keep your beloved thinking about you constantly They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder but sometimes what you need to keep that love going is for you to be on their mind all day. You can achieve this with a very simple home spell.

You need:

Crushed lodestone (1 tbsp)

Crushed thyme (1 tbsp)

A scoop of your bathwater

Mix all of these ingredients together in a bowl and find a way to pour it at the entryway of the home of your beloved.

Obviously, if you share a home together, that is ideal. If not, you will have to think of an excuse to spill this at their door.

Bear in mind at all times the intention that you have for this spell.

You do not need to speak it into existence, but your intentions matter.

Spell Five: Follow Me Boy Oil

Purpose:

To attract luck, love, wealth, and to make you stand out

Ingredients:

Angelica root

Catnip herb

Coriander seed

Damiana herb

Fennel seed

Grapeseed oil (use almond oil for a sweetening effect)

Instructions:

Mix all of these herbs together and pour into the oil. Allow it to sit in a warm place for a few days.

Shake every now and then during that time and you are good to go.

BB!

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