Author: starlingwitch

nightshadeandroses:

Decolonize Witchcraft and Spirituality!

That means:

  • Respect closed practices! Either go through the proper channels to be initiated or leave them alone!
  • Respect indigenous and diasporic cultural traditions! Many of these cultures were nearly wiped out by colonization. Respect the boundaries of what you can and can’t practice as an outsider.
  • Purchase crystals from reputable sources! Some crystals are mined unethically and through minimally-paid or slave labor.
  • Stop supporting shops and authors who appropriate from closed cultures! It should be obvious, but don’t buy dreamcatchers from a non-Native person and avoid metaphysical authors who perpetuate racist stereotypes about marginalized religions and magical traditions.
  • Listen to and prioritize witches of color/practitioners of color in dialogues about racism, cultural appropriation, and exotification in the magical communities.
  • Examine your own craft and see if you are unintentionally appropriating any cultures
  • Educate yourself on practices outside of your own so you don’t unintentionally invalidate or appropriation marginalized religions and spiritual practices.

scraphim:

“the winter cold blowing in through a crack,
blowing out every candle turning the house to black,
nothing can be seen nor heard

” (x)

Hel, daughter of Loki, the goddess who presides over the realm of Helheim

for @penumbralluminance  , from your ◜@femmefatalenet secret santa◞  ♥

explicitlywitchy:

Sanctuary Spell

To protect your home/room sacred space and protect you from harm or ill intent rub any of the following or a mixture of the following essential oils on your door jamb;

Cinnamon

Clover

Cypress

Dragons blood

Frankeincense

Walk through the door and close it securely. Take the remaining essential oil and anoint every other access point to your house/room. At the witching hour light white candles at every access point and say:

‘My home is my temple, and here I will live and love and be healed and so by magic it is sealed’