John Parry: You Can't See Your Daemon In My World

A compendium of different feather marking types that can be used for inspiration in writing and art; especially if you want to be explicitly clear on the markings and don’t want to just have “striped” or “spotted”.

Disclaimer: I am aware that some of these markings have different names when coming from different birds, and that some of these markings are more artistic than realistic, but this for the fun and benefit of others, not for science.

✨Daemonism week: Day 2✨

How would you describe your daemon's personality?

Doesn't need to be super detailed or anything - but of course course it also can be if you want to! - but can just be a few core words, or maybe an image or song or something that describes your dae's personality.

*feel free to reply to any of these prompts on any day - doesn't have to be the day it's posted. And feel free to reply to some prompts but not others*

#daemonismweek

Rereading/reading His Dark Materials can be so satisfying as a daemian because of stuff like this; because you know exactly what it's like to have them "call you silently", because you also clock their form at any given moment...seeing those experiences in print is nice.

I often wonder about the nature of daemons. What they really are, whether they are just figments of hyper-imaginative minds, simple tricks of our inner voice, or something entirely esoteric. Whether they are "true" or not, and why some people no matter how hard they try, they end up never having contact with their own. After god knows how many years I've known mine, I rarely end up surprised nor I put his reality to test (since it's pointless and it's only damaging for a healthy relationship with ourselves); but today we caught ourselves in a disagreement over the most mundane thing: he scolded me for washing a pan that he believed was already clean, while I reminded him that it was used at dinner. We stopped for a second. I was the one correcting the voice that -supposedly- had access to all my memories and my knowledge, assuming he's just my imagination talking. Has something like this ever happened to anyone else? How deep is the difference between Agathiel as a person and their daemon? Sometimes I'd like to know the scientific explanation for daemons, something to answer that little worm of doubt that occasionally bites with a "what if you're just indulging in your mental illness", a chemical reaction or brain characteristic or hormones that explains their existence. More often though I prefer believing there's still a bit of unexplained wonder in the world.

Ffs your ramblings are something.

Adept level magic: Protection of the four elements enchantment

Timing:

• New moon, preferably in an earth sign, especially Taurus

• Do not perform on a waning moon, any waxing moon will do as needed

• Perform at sunrise

Supplies:

• 4 sachet bags preferably black

• A shovel or spade

• Black yarn or twine

• Salt (1 tsp per bag)

• Cinnamon (1 tsp per bag, or 7 drops essential oil per bag)

• Obsidian (1 piece as per bag)

• 28 Rose thorns (7 thorns per bag)

• chamomile ( 1 tsp dry or 7 drops essential oil per bag)

• Lavender (1 tsp dry or 7 drops essential oil per bag)

• Patchouli (1 tsp dry or 7 drops essential oil per bag)

Preparation:

Place all components in sachet bag as described. Below,

In bag 1 place: patchouli, obsidian, salt, and 7 rose thorns

In bag 2 place: lavender, obsidian, salt, and 7 rose thorns

In bag 3 place: chamomile, obsidian, salt, and 7 rose thorns

In bag 4 place: cinnamon, salt, obsidian, and 7 rose thorns

Dig 4 holes for the bags at the 4 corners of the property. They should be deep enough that about 6 inches of dirt cover the bags after they are placed.

At sunrise,

Intuit which hole to begin with,

Go to it,

Meditate in the way which works best for you.

Place bag 1 in the hole.

As you do, say

Element of earth I call to thee, by the power of you and earthen patchouli, of protective rose and salt to halt the steps of my foes, upon this place the protection of the earth shall grow.

Cover the hole,

Move to the next hole,

Place bag 2 In the hole,

As you do say

“Element of air I call upon you, in companionship with lavender true, salt and rose that shall aid you, defend this space as if it were a sacred tomb

Move to the next hole:

Place bag 3 in the hole,

As you do say,

“Element of water i invoke thee, come and work with chamomile too maintain peace, with thorn of rose and salt of the earth, within this space let only goodness be birthed”

Move to the next hole,

Place bag 4 in the hole,

As you do say,

Element of fire come and hear my desire, along with salt and thorn, lead by cinnamon, shall you see an enemy of mine, you shall defend against them, be it spirit, mind, or flesh, by this spell you will protect me your best”

Move to the front door of the home and look up,

Say:

“By four elements joined, and the word of my spell,

No being in any form who wishes me unwell, shall enter this home, by the four elements I sit upon safety, this is my fortress and throne”.

Some witches will argue that Christians stole pagan traditions and holidays, that there is absolutely no way syncretism played a role in anything related to the topic... then go on to use the whitewashed concept of chakras, try to girlbossify the Jewish demon Lilith into a "Goddess", demonize Hoodoo (and by extension black folk) in the name of love & light, steal Indigenous traditions to remove them from their original context... and the list goes on...

when your teammate who is also your boyfriend is also a witch

Reblog if you're a part of the lgbt witch community 🔮👫👬👭 🔮

Evolution Series: The Walking Whales

Whales are perhaps the most remarkable group of animals to go back to sea, and their evolutionary journey is now quite well understood due to a variety of fossils found mostly in Pakistan. 

*The animals represented here are not to scale and don’t represent a direct line of descent, but rather plausible models for how this amazing transition happened.*

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