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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 20h

New book day! (Like so many other days, but still!) I’m impressed by the design on the edges of the pages. So lovely! Looking forward to reading it. #witchsky #booksky

A copy of the book Hekate: The Witch, by Nikita Gill. Book cover design is black with gold and white illustrations of a woman in triple aspect, holding torches

Hard bound book with page edges that are black, illustrated in gold with folkloric dogs

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Thorn Mooney @thornthewitch.bsky.social · 22h

Every time I post videos or am interviewed about witchcraft, people comment that I didn‘t do enough to explain what witches *believe.* Good thing I wrote a short, accessible book all about why that’s sort of a weird question: bookshop.org/p/books/witc...

Witches Among Us: Understanding Contemporary Witchcraft and Wicca

Understanding Contemporary Witchcraft and Wicca

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 1d

Being ready means that I've seen to the mundane things related to preparing for winter and can turn my attention to inner work. I don't have any formal ritual traditions until the solstice, but do more journaling, trance & shadow work from Nov-Feb. Much more interior practices than anything.

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Queer Witch @queerwitch.bsky.social · 2d

This year's astrological date of Samhain is Thursday, November 6, 2025. I prefer to celebrate Sabbats on their fixed date, which is October 31 for Samhain, but it's still good to know alternative days.

#Witchsky

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 1d

Not quite, but I will be after Samhain. After that, it's full-on cozy mode and tucking in for the Big Dark here in the PNW, which really feeds into my spiritual awareness of winter.

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The Lavender Witch @thelavenderwitch.bsky.social · 1d

Let me the first to warn you that sometimes witchcraft looks like cooking meth #witchsky

Or you look like you're on meth.

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Pandora Darkmoon @pandoradarkmoon.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 Some days you’ll spark. Some days you’ll smoulder. Both are sacred forms of keeping the flame alive. ✨

#WitchSky

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 4d

He sounds like a keeper. 😉 Happy anniversary!

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 4d

Woke up to someone saying my name, then went back to sleep and had misty, nostalgic dreams of people and places from my past. I might need to go walk around in nature for a while today. #witchsky

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Sorcha Bhuidhe @bhuidhe.bsky.social · 5d

#MagicalBazaar #WitchSky #MagicStuff #WitchMadness #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky #BookSky #SelfPublished #PromotingIsHard #DoTheThing

My husband published a book on Lulu, check it out if you are so inclined.

It's a book on Magic, that can double as an Oracle.

www.lulu.com/shop/taion-o...

Aphorisms in magic

This is a book to assist the reader in finding magical answers even in the mundane. It is geared towards magical practitioners of every skill level and tradition, including none at all. This book is a...

www.lulu.com

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𓆣WanderingSorcerer𓆣 @wanderingsorcerer.bsky.social · 5d

✨You're so vain, you probably think this curse I'm casting at 3am covered in blood and tears is about you, dont you?✨
#WitchMadness #WitchSky #PaganSky

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NotABeneGesserit @notabenegesserit.bsky.social · 5d

Just in time for spooky season! Dr. Justin Sledge offers his input on the Origins of Western Ghosts! 👻

#Paranormal #WitchSky #OccultSky #ChaosSky #Ghosts

youtu.be/5W6njGbe9MQ?...

The Evolution of Ghosts

YouTube video by ESOTERICA

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Author. Witch. Dowser. 🏳️‍🌈🇹🇷🇻🇪 @elhoimleafar.bsky.social · 5d

Embrace your craft, make it yours, and be grateful when it does not make any sense to others, cause secrecy and mysteries are the core of the craft, not the external overrated opinion of any stranger.

Be that WITCH 🐈‍⬛
Xxo, Elo 🐺🐻🐍

#witches #witchsky #occultsky

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Mother Moonlight @mothermoonlight.bsky.social · 6d

If you had to pick one reason you practice magick, what would it be? #WitchSky #PaganSky #OccultSky

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 6d

I could come up with some intellectual answer but the truth is that it’s just deeply part of who I am. When I’m not practicing I feel untethered, like something is missing. When I stand at my altar I come into alignment with myself.

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 6d

I struggle with it too. What a beautiful way to represent the Emperor! Much more approachable (IMO) than a stern dude on a throne.

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 7d

This year we have accidentally broken more dishes in my house than in my entire life, ever. I’ve had to replace a full dinnerware set, and now some of them have broken too! I’m choosing to see it as an omen of breaking old patterns that no longer serve. Maybe I’ll break another! 😏 #witchsky

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 7d

That’s interesting, I’ve never heard that advice. I’ve had my altar in my bedroom in the past because of space issues, and don’t remember having any issues with it. Currently my working altar is in my home office, and a spirit shrine is in my living room.

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 7d

It really WOULD make a good chant! I love this idea.

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you! I appreciate hearing your experience of it!

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 8d

Jason Miller’s 2-hour Hekate class just wrapped up a little while ago and I’m thinking that this is going to be the year I do his full Sorcery of Hekate course. Next cycle starts on Halloween. Anyone else done it? If so, what did you think? #witchsky #magicksky #occultsky

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 8d

That sounds like a much calmer place to be, I’m glad to hear it!

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 8d

Ancestor work is not a way to change the past. It is not a way to dismiss the past.

Ancestor work is a way for us to take responsibility for the actions of our ancestors so that the energetic effects of their actions no longer continue to play out through our actions. 🧵
#WitchSky #PaganSky

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 8d

Totally valid! One reason I'm asking is because my attempts to connect in such situations feel so awkward. 😂

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Juniper the Joyful @juniperthejoyful.bsky.social · 8d

The situation: You are in public, and you see someone wearing a pentacle or other symbol that identifies them as a member of the magical community.

The question: Do you say something to connect with them? If so, how do you typically go about it?

#witchsky #magicksky #occultsky

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