August 2012
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This Crooked Crown: It's My Opinion... →
thiscrookedcrown:
… but I am highly irked when witches/pagans/etc make an executive decision over which complete strange is and isn’t ready for information on topics they are uncomfortable with.
How hard is it to say, “I don’t do X because I don’t like it but here’s this tumblr blog/source/wiki page that will give…
Co-signed. I actually wrote a satirical post about this subject last...
July 2012
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Question: is using Daoine Eile (Irish) appropriate...
Unless they specifically identify themselves to you as Irish, or express any preference for the Irish language, I’d say “no.” I don’t think working with our Good Neighbors necessitates using Irish words above anyone else’s…I mean, if it had to be another language, why not Welsh or Manx or Cornish? Fairy belief is no less relevant to those cultures. If...
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unnni:
Do you guys have that one mutual follower that you secretly admire and would like to talk to more but you are too afraid to do so?
Yes and her name is Miss Dirty.
Yes, Mama Dirty. And Scylla (Rootandrock).
YES! Both of them!
They are both really friendly! Don’t be shy. Friendship is magic.
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Horse Racing at Lughnasadh {Heathens and Pagans... →
A very thoughtful and interesting post. (Also, I’ve always thought car racing or motorbike racing would be an acceptable substitute for horse racing, especially considering the popularity of the latter in Ireland and the Isle of Man.)
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“As many critics have noted, Hans Christian Andersen’s method of treating...”
– Carole G. Silver, Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies in Victorian Consciousness.
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rootandrock:
Looking for blackthorn (p. spinosa) sloes/fruit. I am aware of a grand total of one Etsy seller who wild-harvests their own, and cannot find anyone selling them otherwise.
However, if there is an individual willing to sell or barter for goodies, please do let me know.
Signal boosting, because Scylla’s goodies are quality.
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RE: Fly Agaric Post
graveyarddirt:
redisthegoatgod replied to your post: I spoke to Sarah Lawless in a discussion group in Canada and she told me that I should dry the mushroom (transmutation!) in order to imbibe it safely. Not that FA grows around here….Would you agree with this?
Absolutely! Fly agarics should not be consumed raw (unless you’re a reindeer, or some other psychoactive mushroom lovin’ non-human...
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Ogham One: Layouts
spiritscraft:
“Divination by using ogham symbols is mentioned inTochmarc Étaíne, a tale in the Irish Mythological Cycle. In the story, druid Dalan takes four wands of yew, and writes ogham letters upon them. Then he uses the tools for divination. The tale doesn’t explain further how the sticks are handled or interpreted.” —http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogham
This story was written down in...
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“Asking the proper question is the central action of transformation—in fairy...”
– Clarissa Pinkola Estés (via cavesoflilith)
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“The aspect of folklore which has the greatest relevance for our understanding of...”
– Emma Wilby- ‘Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits-Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic’
(via iseesigils)
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folklore nerd problems #1
unseilie:
when it’s nearly impossible to find traditional faerie folklore and literature on the Internet because it’s been heavily diluted with weird New Age pagan stuff that never cites its sources and spews all sorts of pan-European folklore bullshit across the web
it’s nice that you’ve created a personal mythology for yourself but please do not pass it off as ‘traditional’ if you’ve based it...
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Common Faery associations:
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•The Irish made knifes of flint to protect against mischievious faeries.
•Iron protects against all types of Faeries.
•It is said that if you find a grove of Oak, Ash, and Mistletoe, that you will enconter faeries.
•Cats are a mortal enemy of all small faeries.
•Stroke - actually has its roots in faerie superstition, shortened from “faerie stroke” or “elf stroke.” It comes from an...
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This Crooked Crown: Hoodoo & Voodoo? - →
achangingaltar:
I asked earlier about the differences between Voodoo and hoodoo. Ginandjack agreed with my guesstimation that Voodoo is a religion, and hoodoo a craft. Wizardofgrand, however, had this to say:
“wizardofgrand said: Hoodoo and Voodoo are not “practice vs. religion”…
As far as I understand it, they’re simply two different regional/cultural developments. Vodoun is...
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