greeknatty:

dodekatheisms:

the ancient greeks both treated their gods with the utmost respect and dignity, built them grand temples, dedicated beautiful art and poetry to them, and made sculptures of them that have survived as icons in the western artistic tradition

they also painted them fucking on pottery

embrace the contradiction

the Greeks did not have problems with sex for them was not disrespectful … what happens is that we are very sensitive today

✨Displaying Elements On Your Altar✨

theblessedbee:


🍁 Good Day, Witches! 🍂

Today I would like to talk about some ideas related to displaying the elements on your altar. It’s almost time for the heat of the summer, so let’s give your altar an energetic and visual lift shall we? 🦉

As practitioners of magick, we must recognize the importance of having the elements present, because magick is essentially working with the elements. It is essential that we have the element which we want to work with present, or preferably the main 4 earth elements in order to achieve what we want.

I came up with some things you can use to 🌲spruce🌲 up your sacred space and infuse it with the energy of all the elements. This helps your magick be more balanced because you will have the elements present. We work with these energies along with our own to produce desired results.

First off, let’s discuss the elements we may like to include and what items are associated with them…

The main elements worked with in witchcraft but aren’t limited to;

🌬 S P I R I T 💫

•Direction: Center

•Materials: Light Sources, bones and teeth

•Provides: Transformation, Oneness

•Beings: Snakes, Spiders, Spirits

•Crystals: Celestite, Amethyst

•Tool: Drum, Cauldron, Crystal Ball

🍃E A R T H🌾

•Direction: North

•Colour: Brown, Black, Green

•Materials: Dirt, Leaves, Wood, Rocks

•Provides: Wealth, Grounding

•Beings: Ox, Centaur, Faerie

•Crystals: Fossil Leaves, Emerald

•Tool: Pentacle, Rock, Hammer

💨 A I R ☁️

•Direction: East

•Materials: Feathers, Bells, Flutes

•Provides: New Starts, New Ideas

•Beings: Gryphon, Pegasus, Eagle

•Crystals: Fluorite, Pumice

•Tools: Wand, Broom, Athame

🔥 F I R E 🔥

•Direction: South

•Colour: Red, Gold, Orange

•Materials: Flames and Sparks

•Provides: Unity, Loyalty

•Beings: Dragon, Salamander, Lion

•Crystals: Carnelian, Ruby

•Tools: Sword, Candle, Staff

🌊W A T E R 💦

•Direction: West

•Colour: Turquoise, Sea Green, Azure

•Materials: Shells, Ocean/Lake Water

•Provides: Experience, Enjoyment

•Beings: Fish, Merfolk, Dolphin

•Crystals: Aquamarine, Pearl

•Tools: Chalice, Bowl, Sickle

Alchemists may include Elemental states;

🌨C O L D ❄️

•Direction: North East

•Colour: Snow White, Cyan, Silver

•Materials: Snow, Frost, Ice

•Provides: Rest, Bravery

•Beings: Polar Bear, Artic Fox, Hare

•Crystals: Snow Quartz, Rose Quartz

•Tools: Freezer, Ice pick, Arrow

☀️D R Y N E S S 🦂

•Direction: South East

•Colour: Yellow, Beige, Brown

•Materials: Sand, Limestone

•Provides: Desired Results, Safety

•Beings: Sphinx, Scorpion, Fox

•Crystals: Cobalt, Citrine

•Tools: Scourge, Looking glass, Ankh

🌧M O I S T U R E ☔️

•Direction: North West

•Colour: Grey, Olive Green, Navy

•Materials: Rainwater, Condensation

•Provides: Reflection, Stability

•Beings: Toad, Otter, Snail

•Crystals: Lapis Lazuli, Sodalite

•Tools: Sponge, Damp Cloth, Pipette

💥 H E A T 🔥

•Direction: South West

•Colour: Burgundy, Orange, Gold

•Materials: Electricity, Ashes, Coals

•Provides: Evolution, Change

•Beings: Phoenix, Tiger, Coyote

•Crystals: Garnet, Tigers Eye

•Tools: Lamp, Censer, Thurible

as well as the other 5 elements mentioned above.

✨Here are some different modes in which you can display the elements✨;

🔮✨Magick Tools✨🔮

You can try using your magick tools to represent elements as well. For example, I use a genie lamp to represent fire, a chalice for water, a bell and a feather for air and my lucky charms such as my acorn and oak spoon to represent earth. Try to figure out what elements the tool itself comes in contact with, this may help you determine where it goes and what it represents.

🎨✨Displaying Colors ✨🎨

Use colours to your advantage when setting up or working with your altar. Ribbons, dishes, candleholders, jars, scarves and cloths are perfect to use as representation of the elements through colour correspondence.

💎✨Crystals and Rocks✨💎

You can have crystals organized by their elements or use a crystal to represent it. You can do this by figuring out the elemental correspondences of your crystals. The internet is very helpful for this! It helps you easily find all your correspondences in a simple search.

🌿✨Herbs and Spices✨🌿

Sprinkle herbs and spices on your altar that pertain to each element. You can even use these to dress your candles with! For example hibiscus and cinnamon correspond with the element of fire.

🕯✨Coloured Candles✨🕯

Using coloured candles is of course another fantastic way of easily displaying the elements, as they can easily be assigned a colour. I.e. Red for Fire, Green for Earth, Blue for Water, Yellow for Air ect.

You may also dress the candles with specific oils that correspond to the desired element.

💐✨Various Objects & Nature Elements✨💐

You can use a variety of items found in nature such as leaves, pinecones or even plants to use as representations on your altar. Different plants actually correspond to different things, so get creative in this process by discovering the magickal correspondences of trees and plants.

⚗✨Tarot, Oracle & Alchemy Cards✨⚗

Use a card from one of your decks that symbolize an element. Can be from any type of card deck as long as it has the appropriate symbolism or meaning to represent your element.

🔭✨Zodiac and Astrological Signs✨🔭

You can display zodiac signs, symbols and even planets or planetary signs to represent an element! You can even create drawings or other visual representations of these to use. You don’t always have to go out and buy all of this stuff.

🐝✨Animal and Spirit Totems✨🐝

Each animal has its own elemental correspondence, so feel free to use this to your advantage! Use images, statues, sculptures, jewelry boxes of animals or spirits to be used on your altar. This includes but isn’t limited to fae, merfolk or any other entities.

🌬✨Dieties and Mythical Creatures✨🌬

Statues or representations of Dieties can also represent elements as well. some people may not like the idea, but it’s all up to you and what you make of your craft. I keep a Bastet statue on my altar, which I associate with Egypt and Dryness.

💍✨Amulets and Talismans✨💍

Do you have any amulets or talismans that have been enchanted with a certain element? You can certainly display or work with these as its element on your altar! I keep a talisman for each element on my altar.

I hope you found this post helpful in some way!

✨🌾Thanks so much for reading, Blessed be! 🐝💫

The internet could change next week, and not in a good way

arawynn:

staff:

You may have heard about the efforts in Europe to reform copyright law. The debate has been ongoing in the European Parliament for months. If approved next week, these new regulations would require us to automatically filter and block content that you upload without meaningful consideration of your right to free expression. 

We respect the copyrights and trademarks of others, and we take all reports seriously to ensure that your creative expression is protected. We make this clear in our Community Guidelines. There’s already a legal framework that works and is fair: Today we take down posts and media that contain allegedly infringing content when we receive a valid DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown request. We also provide clear-cut ways for people to fight back if they believe their removed content was not a true violation. These instances are monitored and reported and live in our biannual transparency report. 

The suggestion to use automated filters for issues of copyright is short-sighted at best and harmful at worst. Automated filters are unable to determine whether a use should be considered “fair use” under the law and are unable to determine whether a use is authorized by a license agreement. They are unable to distinguish legitimate parody, satire, or even your own personal pictures that could be matched with similar photographs that have been protected by someone else. We don’t believe that technology should replace human judgment.

Tumblr is and always has been a place for creative expression, and these new regulations would only make it harder for you to express yourself with the freedom and clarity you do so now. 

If you access Tumblr from Europe and want to act, you can find more information on saveyourinternet.eu. 

Please reblog this as much as you reblogged the posts about Net Neutrality. 

If Article 13 is approved, European People might be basically banned from uploading any fan content. 

You won’t get new fanfics from people in Europe.

You won’t get new gifs from people in Europe.

You won’t get new fanart from people in Europe.

Because they’ll be automatically filtered and blocked!

We might leave Tumblr and other fandom pages.

And if we’re getting all our content blocked? 

You might lose some of your favourite followers/mutuals.

You might not get to read the rest of that fic you’re dying to read – simply because the writer lives in the wrong country.

So do whatever you can to help us stop this.

Reblog this.

CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO TELL THEM YOU DON’T WANT ARTICLE 13 TO BE APPROVED IF YOU’RE EUROPEAN! DO IT VIA THE HOMEPAGE

thatwaterwitch:

Simple offerings to the Greek Gods (for broke witches)

Zeus: play storm sounds in your room.

Poseidon: take good care of your fish children. Talk to them.

Hades: visit graves. Don’t let the dead be forgotten.

Apollo: stand in the sun. Sing an off key tune.

Hermes: write a letter to a friend. Pull a prank.

Hepheastus: make something! Light a fire!

Dionysus: pour it up pour it up! (Only grape juice kiddos!)

Hera: take your siblings out for lunch. Hug your mom.

Athena: read a book. Do some brain teasers.

Aphrodite: love thyself! Admire that mirror!

Demeter: eat cereal. Praise the bread!

Artemis: support your local aroace. Wave hello to any deer you see.

Persephone: keep some pretty flowers on your desk.

Hestia: cuddle up by the fire. Drink some nice tea.

Hecate: acknowledge the magic within you. Praise it.

Nike: rock some kickass Nike’s. Go struttin.

Hypnos: take a nap. Or two. Or three…

Iris: say hi to the little rainbows you find on your walls.

Part two- https://thatwaterwitch.tumblr.com/post/169156294044/offerings-to-the-greek-gods-for-broke-witches

foxfled:

  • Witchcraft isn’t a religion – you’re all making it into this weird culty thing and Tumblr has turned it into something stale and conformed
  • Wiccan and witch are not synonymous – there are witches of all religions
  • There’s not a right or wrong way to practice – do whatever feels right in every situation
  • You don’t need to believe in any gods, worship anything at all, have crystals or buy things from Instagram witch shops (most of the time they’re just capitalists anyway)
  • You don’t need to declare what specific type of witch you are – you can strive to be balanced
  • You create your own rules no matter what – it’s a deeply personalized way of life or thought process to each culture and each person
  • if someone tries to dictate how you do what you do, they’re gatekeeping pricks and should be throat slapped
  • Be true to yourself – this is only about harnessing your own strength and emotions and figuring out what parts you play in the world, not about an aesthetic or a fashion or trying to be the best witchling for other people’s admiration
  • Try to have fun and stop taking it so seriously, you uptight nerds