The Inherent Cultism Of Wealthy New England Towns In Autumn

reblog for a perfect second semester

the universe knows you will learn from your first semester mistakes

second semester is when we all get 4.0s

we got this. 

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Bill Hader as Richie Tozier in It: Chapter Two being iconic™ [ 1 / 2 ]

and gay af

bonus:

me hitting the submit button on an essay, knowing that it’s nonsensical garbage, to an academic who has dedicated his life to this field

🌱The Basics of Witchcraft🌱

This is a small excerpt from my coven’s lessons. I’ll continue to post these so witchlings, or witches, can have this information! I hope it helps.

Witchcraft is, in my opinion, the practice of manipulating energy forces into your intent. This can also be simplified as the practice of magick. You can aid it by tools and materials, but no matter what, you are manipulating energy. That is why energy work can be very important.

The Craft started wayy back, from the start of human civilization. Before we started to get scientifically advanced and didn’t know that much, we would believe in the supernatural, that a god or spirit did this and that. Witches were the mediators between humans and the higher powers. Religion and Witchcraft may have gone hand to hand back then, but it isn’t always the case. You can practice witchcraft without believing in a higher power or deity. Here are just some things to know before stepping into the Craft:

Witchcraft ≠ Religion

It isn’t a game(To specify, don’t half-ass a spell. It either might not work, or worse, create chaos. We can learn about this next lesson when we learn about Energy work).

Witchcraft can be used for anything and everything you want it to be, It’s really flexible.

There are morals and ethics to learn about in the craft you should pay attention to

It is an enhancement, not a replacement to your life.

To elaborate on the last point, here is a document by Brian Windvexer that should be looked at:

Don’t Let Witchcraft Erase Who You Are:

Don’t become dependent on Tarot readings to make decisions

Don’t feel like the day is ruined if you left the house without drawing your card for the day

Don’t feel helpless if you can’t figure out a spell to help

Don’t rely on witchcraft alone to improve your relationships

Don’t forget how to speak out because you can hex at home

Don’t forget how to be confident without a candle spell

Don’t forget to discover for yourself because there are so many free resources online

Don’t get panicky if you can’t explain it with your new beliefs

Don’t lose your friends because they don’t understand the new you

Don’t avoid going out with friends so you can buy more herbs and candles instead

Don’t give up your other hobbies to practice endless energy work or Divination

Don’t neglect your job or studies to read witchcraft books instead

Don’t ask yourself ‘what would a witch do’. Ask yourself, ‘What would I do.’

Witchcraft is an enhancement to life, not a replacement for life.

There are different types of witchcraft and I’d say they are all valid. But with every practice, there are certain basics to them.

They are:

Protection

Grounding

Centering

Meditation

Visualization

Protection - To guard and prevent harmful energies to an area/being, especially in Magick practice.

There are 3 types:

Wards: protection of an area (ie. House or room)

Shields: protection of a being (ie. You, someone else, maybe a pet)

Circles: Temporary protection ground for rituals

Here’s the best part of protection, you can think of protection in so many ways, may it be a ring of fire, a giant bubble, a castle wall, whatever your heart desires! You can even more than But, I suggest putting up protection that is similar to a membrane, so things still flow freely, letting the good things in and the bad things out.

There are plenty of techniques to set up protection, starting with visualization. Imagination is a powerful tool, and is very important in practicing energy work and the craft. Some added protection is made by adding protection-associated materials, like Salt for example.

Grounding - To stabilize your energies and stay down to earth

Grounding is a great recommendation to keeping your energies in control and staying connected to the earth. It can help recharge you with energies.

One technique to help ground yourself is to visualize a root shooting from the bottom of your spine and digging into the earth like a Tree. Gather the energies from the earth, and give off all of the negative energies you feel. Cycle the energies until you feel refreshed. You can make 2 roots and have one give the good energy and the other giving to the earth the negative energies.

It can also be as simple as shaking off and stretching!

Centering - Getting your shit together (shit as in energy).

Centering is great as it can help make a state of mindfulness and gets you to stay present in the present. It’s great mentally. It helps get scattered energy into one. Literally, getting your shit together. Centering can help as well in controlling your energies and gathering yourself up so you stay together. How energy works is that you tend to throw bits and pieces of your energy all around different areas(sometimes you may not even know it), and sometimes you just need to recharge. Most of the time you should ground after a centering.

Here’s one technique to practice centering: visualize scattered energy, making you less bright and more dull, very dim as a person. Then, imagine the pieces of energy flying back at you, morphing around you into one bubble, like a puzzle piece. You start to glow brightly again.

Meditation - Being one with the thoughts/self, calming yourself down and staying mindful and aware.

Meditation can do soooo much. It helps you mentally, physically, and spiritually. It can help your energies stay in check, and It can do so much more than that. Before you astral travel, you must fall into a state of meditation. There are two types of meditation, Concentrated and Mindful. Concentrated is when you focus on one object, sound, or mantra. Mindful doesn’t focus on anything specific, just being aware of everything that passes by in your mind. In witchcraft, if it used to help discover who you are, as well as communicate to others(spirits/deities/etc).

Now, the number one thing to focus on when meditating is to breathe. Long, regular breaths help calm down. Get into a quiet area. Now get into a comfortable position, either cross-legged or laying down. Breathe. 4 counts in, 4 counts out. Clear your mind. Now, be aware of your mind.

Disclaimer: Now not everyone has to follow these things, It’s just a suggestion. Experiences vastly differ from mine.

Homeschooler Culture:

The Top 7 Lies About Homeschoolers Video

Literally every lie from The Top 7 Lies About Homeschoolers Video

Shakespeare

The Iliad/The Odyssey

Getting to sleep in

Watching High School movies and thinking “Thank God I missed that”

Doing homework at the Library

Online Classes

That one classic book you will defend to the death

That other classic book you would rather burn in hell than read again

Minecraft

That feeling you get when an adult asks you “Why aren’t you in school?”

This might not be a universal experience, but one time my sister told someone she was homeschooled and he said, “Oh, Home School, that sounds nice, where is that?” and everyone in my family died inside

When a fictional character is homeschooled and they’re portrayed as having no friends/no socialization/overly-strict parents and also probably brainwashed and you just… why

idk if Life of Fred is homeschooler culture, but it should be

Calling vacations “field trips”

“What school do you go to?” uuuuuuugh

Studio Ghibli tributes by Bill Mudron.

William Shakespeare — Macbeth

Homeschooler aesthetics:

-Everyone is so fucking weirdly competitive. If you think public schoolers are competitive, just wait until you see homeschoolers play capture the flag.

-Everyone is either Vegan, Christian, Conservative, and will yell at anyone who doesn’t follow social norms or they’re some form of LGBT+, cool with fucking everything, and have dyed hair and Mohawks and shit. I’ve literally never seen an in between in my entire fucking life.

-You forget that everyone you know isn’t also homeschooled. You’re just so used to it that people being in public school seems odd and surreal.

-“WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PUBLIC SCHOOLERS”

-“What school do you go to?”

-“What grade are you in?”

-most of your day is taken up by waiting for all your public schoolers friends to come home. Its extremely boring.

-You sleep in until like 1 pm and die every time you have to get up before like 11 am because that’s early for you.

-“oh my God so do you like, do school in your pajamas?”

-“oh my god so do you like, eat lunch whenever you want?”

-“oh my god how you like, make any friends?”

-co-ops

-the list goes fucking on

Klaus :: Pitchbook illustrations by Marcin Jakubowski