Devotee Vs Deity! With Brigid

devotee vs deity! with brigid

saw someone else do this and thought it would be cute <33 i don't necessarily know if devotee is the right word but i feel what i do is more than just work. ✴️

Friendly reminder that it is not your job to determine whether or not another witch is experienced enough to do something. I don't care if you've had 57 years of experience, you have no right to try and enforce a timeline on others.

"You need at least 2 years of experience before reaching out to a deity-" Wrong. Shut up.

"You should be doing baneful work by the time you've been practicing for 3 years-" Nope. Go at your own pace.

"You're still a beginner witch until you've been practicing for 2 years and can answer all of my arbritary questions and fit my specific idea of witchcraft-" I am exploding you with my brain.

If someone asks for advice, give your opinion and share resources. If they don't, mind your business. And even if they do ask and ignore your advice, it doesn't matter. It's their practice. Let them explore and make mistakes and work on their own timeline.

I don’t have the willpower for a real post at the moment but if you’re trying to deepen your connection to the spirits of the land on which you live, I recommend visiting the following locations:

Nearby bodies of water

Nature trails and forested areas

The highest and lowest points, both natural and otherwise

Community cemeteries and memorials

Places of worship

Other prominent landmarks and characteristic sites

Bring field guides, maps, and brochures if you can find them. Study the topography of the area, note how they relate to other parts of the town, how they are accessed by travelers. Can you get there by car, or did you have to approach on foot? Is it within walking distance of your home? What plants do you recognize? Critters? What’s the history of each site, who lived here before?

Visit each place at different points in the year. The sun slants through the trees differently in spring than in fall, this trail is inaccessible in the winter, the river always floods when it rains, if I cut through the graveyard on my way home I can grab a couple fallen branches from that cyprus by the gate. Leave offerings, say prayers, speak to the spirits.

-Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses-

New Moon in Leo tonight! 🌚🧡

Time to tap into that fiery Leo energy and set some fearless intentions. New beginnings are on the horizon!

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To best embrace the Leo energy, try these:

1. Be Confident: Leo energy is all about self-assurance. Believe in yourself and your abilities.

2. Express Creativity: Engage in activities that let your creativity shine, like painting, writing, or even redecorating.

3. Take the Lead: Leos are natural leaders. Step up in situations where you can take charge and inspire others.

4. Self-Care: Treat yourself like royalty. Pamper yourself with things that make you feel special and appreciated.

5. Be Generous: Leos have big hearts. Spread kindness and generosity to those around you.

Beginner Witch Things to Research

So many older - more experienced - witches tell beginner - baby - witches to start with researching things like protection spells, grounding, cleansing and warding but what do you research afterward? These are just a few things that I would recommend every individual to research, regardless of how experienced you may think you are.

Carl Jung's Map of the Soul This is where the archetypes stem from, a what a lot of witches dread doing - Shadow Work. Shadow Work is uncovering not just traumatic ventures of our pasts but also revealing what made and makes us who we are today. Studying where it all started makes working through your own shadow a lot less stressful and a lot hammering on the soul, it also leads to a lot less martyrdom in the spiritual community.

Honing in on your psychic abilities and Intuition Gaining the ability is easy, everyone has these abilities, you just have to work to get them to where you want them to be. Remember a spiritual practice is still a practice, you have to put in the effort to get better, just as you would a physical sport or an instrument.

Egregores and Amalgamations vs. Deitys vs. Pop Culture Deitys Egregores and amalgamations exist solely in the astral plane and can (and will) mimic, imitate, and parody deities. Being able to decern these, especially with your intuition will always provide useful. Learning that Lucifer from Dantes' Inferno is reaching out to you versus aspected, epithetic source Lucifer will give you a much better relationship and outcome in your practice.

Deity Work vs. Deity Worship Offering play a key role when learning to decern these from each other. You can in fact, do both, but be warned deities get jealous of each other.

Find what you love and surround yourself with it Incorporating things that you love into your practice and not actually doing what you love about your practice is one of the key differences I saw in my practice when I learned how to differentiate them. I found incoporating pop culture media into my practice made me get burnout from both that piece of pop culture and my spiritual practices.

Finding a form of divination that you are most comfortable with Everyone likes using cartomancy, divination using cards or pieces of paper, is the most common form of divination, but learning your favorite form of divination will help avoid burnout and creating tension for yourself in your practice.