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Taion the Gnome

@taionthegnome.bsky.social

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Just a gnome that wanders about the upper Midwest. I love my Wife, Hekate, used book stores, coffee shops, the woods, and rivers, especially rivers. I write Haiku, make art, read esoteric books, and ponder. I strive to ever be a Student.

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 5d

#WitchTip #WitchSky #WitchMadness

Odds are you won't find anything profoundly magical on Social media.
You will however find leads, threads that you may be able to follow to profoundly magical experiences.

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 7d

I Love books, I mean love them but I always reach a point where they make more sense if I go wander a bit so to speak

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 8d

#WitchTip #WitchSky #WitchMadness

At some point you have to leave the books behind and go wander in the wilderness of magic and spirits.

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 8d

I think magic and science are the only two endeavors that always lead to more questions than answers.
Or an understanding of how much you don't actually know and as a side effect it cracks you open.
And then you/I ask yourself/myself to what purpose do I seek these answers
#WitchSky #WitchMadness

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 9d

I am extra bitey today. Then I see the full super moon is in Aries.....
Yeah ok that explains the inner fire cooking.

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 13d

What are you on about?
Flaws are generally understood to be minor imperfections. They can lead to Defective and Broken
Defective and Broken are a very different thing.
Soul is essence and some essences need to be disposed of or avoided.

Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you, I have been wanting to share it but not in a direct picture.

Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you

Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 14d

A print of our Hekataion.
This is outside our front door
#WitchSky #WitchMadness
I'm working on putting together the instructions and needed a pic, but prints are cool.

Hekataion, a post with a donkey, deer and cow skull, and a key in lino print

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 14d

In art the flaws are what give pieces soul....
Why should people be any different?

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 14d

#WitchTip #WitchSky
Type up your spells so that you can get at them from your phone.
I love hand written and paper or printed and paper. But it's really handy to have them available almost anywhere.
#WitchMadness

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 15d

I have been to, too many occult get togethers that frankly were duds or not well thought out. I have seen too many do it for the picture practitioners. It's also possible I am a little jaded and a bit of a fool.

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 15d

Most practitioners take themselves too seriously but don't take their actual practice serious enough.

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 16d

#WitchSky
In a reading rabbit hole these last several days.
Dark Man is a good balance of soul and academic.
Fairy is almost all academic light on soul, more of a primer
Sigil Witchery is good and now I get the influx of similar looking sigils on social media
Lucus is all soul and I am enjoying it.

Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 17d

#WirchSky

This is the biggest Hagstone like this I have ever found.
I gave it to my wife a bit ago and she is giving it to the Yoga studio we go to.
Also she got me a rack to dry prints on

A large Hagstone next to a cup of coffee in front of a drying rack for prints

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 18d

I'm very much looking forward to this

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 21d

#WitchSky
#WitchMadness
My adult son walks in the house.
The lad " did you know we have fairy rings in the front yard
Me " Yes pretty cool huh?"
Him " Does this have anything to do with you?"
Me "No?"

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 21d

I have, it's a good read especially after reading the Hermetica.
There are good ideas and ways of looking at things.

Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 23d

#WitchSky #WitchTip

We learned that Demeter likes beef ribs this weekend and she likes to have a plate at the table and eat with you.
My wife and I read three different translations of the Orphic Hymn to her.

Icon of Demeter in her chariot with a plate of offerings. One beef rib a glass of beer, dry beans, water and 2 candles

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 24d

I found it following a written thread. Then had to get it out of my head so to speak.

Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 24d

That was my hope.

Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 24d

It's a place I have been going to in vision for a few years now. It has always felt sacred. It's awesome to know others do as well

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 24d

I had to make the letters to small and making the clear is beyond my current skill level. I still love how this turned out.

READ THE ALT TEXT....

Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 24d

Some personal gnosis.
The well a place ofn3 Titans and 3 Egyptian God's. A place of the elements and the ancestors and elders. A place of rest and power that resides in us all.
#WitchSky #WitchMadness #WitchTip
I have seen people describe the lower cauldron and it's very similar.

The Well. Two separate Serpents of power one receiving one generating. The 4 elements in the middle. The ancestors and elders look on. Sekmhet Thoth and Ma'at inner circle. Helios Selene and Hekate outer circle. The Gods and Titans of creation and magic.
A place of rest and creation. The well of potential. Meditate while staring at the pic and find yourself in the hall at the well. Witchfire is found here but so is your true self. Be warned

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 24d

I agree, I have a few taboos that go along with it as well, but that's my deal with the birds. I don't see a lot mentioning of the odd taboos that go with magic

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