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Always reblog

As a former zookeeper we would hear this a lot. “If you don’t study hard you’ll end up cleaning poop for a living.” It’s the one time we’re allowed to go off on the visitors. I once heard my boss rant for five minutes at a lady, in front of her kids, about how he had a Master’s degree, how people literally worked there for free, and how dare she judge people without bothering to know anything about them. Later that day his boss came by and said, roughly, “She told us what happened. Thanks for not throwing anything this time.”

I want to hear more of this

I want to know what he threw at guests before.

Source: fuckyeahmarxismleninism

pagan-aeshryver:

Local Forest Deities

One subject that I incorporate into my craft are local deities. What are local deities? Local deities are guardians and protectors of specific places such as a specific forest, mountain range, river, or even a specific city. They can come or manifest them in many different forms or none at all. Everything within the entirety of it’s domain is its eyes and ears.

But this post is specifically about local forest deities. If you’re lucky, you might be able to catch them manifested as a huge gorgeous deer, an hawk who’s gaze seems to pierce right through you or maybe even as a huge, seemingly ancient tree that you swear that you can see it breathing.

The forest deity, as the name suggests, watches over the forest and all its inhabitants. The way you treat the forest can be the difference between suffering the fate of a forever lost traveler, who can only seem to walk in circles, and having a safe voyage through to your destination.

If you go out of your way to help protect and conserve the forest, you might just gain the respect of the deity. If you’re particularly devoted and deemed trustworthy, it is possible to have a relationship with them, working together for the forest.

Here are some ways to help gain respect:

  • Pick up litter
  • Report poachers (it’s super dangerous to approach them so please don’t)
  • Organize an event to plant some NATIVE trees*. Do your research. It would be wise to contact your local conservation group
  • Meditate in the forest. Try to feel the breath and whispers of the forest
  • If you find a unnaturally injured animal (caught in trap, hit by car, shot and left to die, etc) DO NOT INTERACT WITH THEM but rather call you’re local animal rehabilitation unit**.

*I can not emphasize how it important it is to not plant non-native flora. It can seriously harm the entirety of that ecosystem and can wipe out complete species of fauna/flora there

**Touching or interacting with wild animals is really bad and sometimes illegal. It can seriously stress them out which can be deadly to them and/or you. If an animal is injured, the consequences will be much worse. 

Witchy Tip: Pumpkinseeds 🎃🌿🌙

scowlwolf:

It’s almost Halloween, and this means, pumpkin time!
Weather you carve them or you eat them..

Don’t Throw Away The Seeds!!

What to do:

  • Use them for spells
  • Plant them
  • Make little charms or pendants
  • Roast them in the oven/pan or caramelize them
  • Put them on your Samhain altar
  • Use them for grids
  • Put one in your shoe for an easygoing day
  • Throw them at people to please the Halloween spirits or for a fun Halloween activity w/ friends and family

Just a few ideas 👻

(pumpkin* fertility, femininity, immortality, resurrection, balance)

Keep witchin’ ✨

moonsworshipper:

The Witch’s Sabbats: Lughnasadh (1st August)🌾

Lughnasadh is an ancient Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest season. It was observed in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.

The story tells that the god Lugh begun this festival in order to commemorate his mother or foster-mother Tailtiu, who had died of exhaustion after clearing the plains of Ireland for agriculture. Tailtiu was a gooddess related to the Earth and she represented the dying vegetation that fed mankind.

The festival included sports contests, horse racings, music, storytelling, trading and many law-related issues, such as proclaming laws. 

From the 9th century to the 20th many things changed. What’s important is the celebration of two different gods and a new story: Crom Dubh – who generates the growth of the crops and guards this as his treasure – and Lugh – who must seize it for manking. The two competed for Eithne’s approval- she represented the grain. Lugh eventually wins the harvest.

Modern Lughnasadh in Wiccan Culture 🌙

Lughnasadh or Lamma is today celebrated by wiccans and it’s part of the three harvest festivals. 

Here are listed some ways to celebrate Lughnasadh.

Altar🕯

Decorate your altar and house with grains such as barley, oats and wheat. Fruits and veggies are well accepted too. Adorn it with summer flowers (marigolds, yarrows, peonies, daffodils etc). Light yellow, red, orange and brown candles. Adorn your wand with a golden ribbon.

This is the perfect period to gather and dry herbs, flowers, grains or seed that you will be using the following year. Make magickal oils with seasonal’s fresh herbs.

Kitchen🍴

Bake bread with olives and tomatoes

Bake bread using oat meal, corn meal and wheat.

Have a picnic in a corn or wheat field. Drink fruity red wine or cider and eat bread, cheese and olives.

Make a blackberries pie. If you want, draw on the crust an abundance sigil.

Spells✨

The perfect spell for this festival are spells related to connection, career, health, money and abundance.Make sun water and storm water with the violent storms that occur during summer.

Herbs 🌿

Goldenrod, peony, nasturtium, clover blossom, yarrow, heliotrope, boneset, vervain, Queen Anne’s lace, myrtle, rose, sunflower, poppy, milkweed, Irish moss, mushroom, wheat, corn, rye, oat, barley, rice, garlic, onion, basil, mint, aloe, acacia, meadowsweet, apple leaf, raspberry leaf, strawberry leaf, bilberry leaf, blueberry leaf, mugwort, hops, holly, comfrey, marigold, grape vine, ivy, hazelnut, blackthorn, elder, bee pollen.

Stones💎

Cat’s-eye, citrine, aventurine, golden topaz, obsidian, moss agate, rhodochrosite, clear quartz, marble, slate, granite, lodestone.

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Danu

Thalia Took

Danu, the most ancient Irish Goddess and the mother of the Irish Gods, belongs to the Tuatha Dé Danann tribe. The tribe invaded Ireland and won in a battle against the Fir Bolg. The Tuatha Dé Danann tribe were later defeated by the mortal Milesians. Upon this defeat, they went to live in hollow hills where they became the Faery Folk who are spoken of in so many legends. The Tuatha Dé Danaan, and Danu herself, were associated with craftsmanship, magic, music and poetry.

Danu is a Goddess of fertility and some believe that the Danube river was named after Her. She is close to the land and waters as she is the mother of the faeries. She is often believed to have opposing characteristics, the mother Goddess and the warrior Goddess.   

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