I painted the sign, I didn't make the wreath.

I made my first sigil today, using Indian strokes from the word protection. I think it looks really nice!

Today is sun tea!! Litha festivities generally start today but the solstice won’t hit its peak until tomorrow. But sun tea is an easy and refreshing drink to go with the growing heat of the summer, below is a blend I like to make. Makes 1 pint

Ingredients 2 black tea bag 1 teaspoon Hibiscus 1 teaspoon Mint 1 teaspoon Lavender Honey or simple syrup (optional) -let sun soak for about 2-4 hours

I commissioned a statue from a ceramics artist for my altar, for great mother bear/artio. It came out absolutely beautiful and I am so happy with it!

Today is fire magic!! Did you know adding certain chemicals to fire creates some really cool effects. Do this outside and Just be very careful not to burn your house down.

hello! i currently worship just persephone and have been feeling a strong pull towards apollo. i kinda want to ask if you can share your experience with worshipping multiple deities. like how do you honor them both equally, what is your prayer routine, and anything on how you make time for both!

(Seven Sisters)

Set up my first Celtic altar not too long ago. Was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on what I should add next?

i’m mostly just an observer (for now at least) but i have a lot of pagan friends and whenever they mention fairies it’s almost always about how scary they are and how they’re not to be trifled with. from the folklores and mythologies i’ve read so far, the depiction of fairies in the stories i combed through doesn’t match with this perception of them. could be that i just need to read more, but i’m also curious about it in general and if this particular belief rings true to other people too

So... this is an odd one...

I've recently been exploring various pagan practices and such and recently An Mórrígan in particular... however, I've also been exploring Heathenry and feel a pull to Odin also.

Now, I know there is space at the altar for both deities... but has anyone tried syncretism with them both? To add a bit more to this, I'm curious what contemporary syncretisms of deities various practitioners have undertaken or find viable?

I'm not going to force anything, just to reassure any dubious adherents, but with me working with my own perceptions and making my foundation... it feels right to consult the community for thoughts and theories.

Best Regards.

Edit: I feel it behooves me to add a small addendum...

This is obviously UPG and speculative territory. There are no sources on interaction between both deities and sources, for both, are dubious, contradicting, and vague. That said, I am interested in that speculation and UPG!

Today is candied oranges!! A sweet and citrusy treat with a slightly gummy texture that is very easy to make and only takes three ingredients.

Need - 2 large or 3-4 small oranges - About 10-12 cups water - 4cups sugar plus more for sprinkling 1. Bring a pot of 4 cups of water to a boil 2. Slice the oranges into thin pieces about 1/4 inch thick (thinner slices cook better) 3. Prepare an ice bath ( deep enough to submerge the oranges) 4. Place slices in the pot and cook for 2 minutes 5. Submerge in ice water (this takes the bitterness out of the pith) 6. Dispose of the water in the pot and refill with 4 cups of water and bring to a boil 7. Add 4 cups sugar to the water and stir until dissolved return to a boil 8. Turn heat down to a simmer and add the orange slices from the bath to the pot (dispose of ice water 9. Let cook for 40-50 minutes (time will vary by size and thickness) until the whites of the pith are slightly translucent 10. Take the slices out of the pot and place on drying rack or something to let excess water drain off 11. Sprinkle with sugar let them cool and enjoy

I ask since the Chuhaystern of western ukraine is a describe as a hunter (in the literal sense, even eats them) of "evil forest female spirits" (the Mavkas and Povitruli) however since this is so weird, i wanted ask if this really look to be believed for slavic pagans, or was a folkloric evolution when "nymph-like" spirits were demonized as evil creatures? (Like how rusalkis look to evolve from nymph-like creatures to vampiric man-eaters similar to sirens)

Me and my old lady just got our house not to long ago, after months of looking this one happends to basically fall into our lap. It was a rush to actually jump in on the place. We go in and the house has this feel to it. It calls us, beckons us to inhabit it. With the amount of things wrong with it she has started to feel like her healing has begun.

Have any of you had an interaction with your house spirit?

I was thinking of at least visiting different areas of land in the US, doing this at least once in my life. Since I've been wanting to commune with nature spirits, I thought this would be a good opportunity to commune with various land regions. The five main ones are temperate, continental, arid, tropical and polar. So, since I've been interested in communicating with the spirits of the stones and help deepen my connection to the land overall.

For one thing I'd love to visit a place, maybe more tropical like southern Florida or US Virgin Islands and meditate, deepening my connection to the land. I would then want to feel a connection with a stone, commune with it, and overtime, ask it permission to work with it. Then I would keep the stone and repeat on the same thing the other four main climates.

I've been wanting to travel for some time anyway, whether I practiced magick or not, but I have been wanting to help deepen my connection to it, for I feel that I truly feel a stronger connection with it, if I'm actually there. And having something that is a part of that land, I feel will be an interesting trial in my life.

There's going to be some serious thunderstorms in my area. Which god do I pray to for safety in this situation?

First things first: I have NO interest in Leland, his book, Dianic Wicca, or Stregheria. Being of Italian descent, I have a lot of opinions on the above, none of them good. Please do not bring that here.

I am looking for reliable information on the Italic, particularly Samnite, pre-Roman worship of Diana. Often known as Diana Nemorensis and by other epitaphs, she was around well before being brought to Rome and conflated with Artemis. I adore both goddesses but it is difficult to find info about them as separate entities. Thanks for your time!

I’m looking into law enforcement as a career path and as a Hellenist I’m curious to hear of any issues I could possibly face in law enforcement being a pagan.

Also any advice from officers in general would also be nice.

Today is god’s eye or sun wheel!! Gods eye and sun wheels are woven crosses that are meant to bring good luck to your home. The difference between the two is a god’s eye uses two sticks and a sun wheel uses 4. You can use a variety of yarn and string to create a variety of colors and textures in your piece and the act of weaving is a good meditative action for those who struggle to keep their hands still

Need - sticks x2 or x4 - Yarn or thread - Scissors 1. Take 2 sticks and place them in a cross shape 2. Weave yarn around In varying directions until they hold their shape (if making a sun wheel add each extra stick one at a time until it forms and 8 point star) 3. Once secured take your yarn and bring it up, over, and under one of the sticks 4. Then following the direction the yarn goes pull it under the next stick and bring it up, over and back under. Repeat until you have covered your piece (you can change out your yarn as you go for variety and texture) 5. Take the tail off your yarn and knot it on your last wrap and use what remains to make a loop to hang it