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Welcome to my blog where I will be posting anything pagan/witchy, as I consider myself an eclectic pagan. I'm currently in the process of trying to get back into my practice, but here is some info about my pratice!
I have been practicing for around 4-5 years
I'm godspoused (romantically) to Anubis, Loki, Hermes, and Hypnos
I practice some deathwork, chaotic magick, and divination (mainly tarot)
My Matrons* are Lady Isis and Queen Hera, and my Patron* is Hephaestus
*For the words Matron and Patron, I personally use them to define my deity moms and dad but I recognize it has many uses/definitions
General DNI applies (No homo/transphobes, ableists, racists, etc.)
Also, please DNI if you are under 16 (this is just for my own comfort, but I also will not be family-friendly on this blog, or any of my blogs for that matter)
Some general info of note about me; I'm neurodivergent (ADHD, DID, OCD, among other disorders/mental illnesses), I'm a fanfic writer (Fungi_Stardust on ao3), and I am queer (abrosexual and trans ftm)
With that all being said, thank you for reading! I am open to any asks, so feel free to shoot any questions my way, and I'll be happy to answer them if I can
Starting from the Greco-Roman period when certain plants were representative of gods (like olive trees for Athena), plants have meant more than just a source of food or pleasure.
Lotus - Symbol of creation, rebirth, and the sun. The blue lotus represents spiritual enlightenment, while the white lotus symbolizes purity.
Papyrus - Represents prosperity, growth, and regeneration, often associated with the Nile River and the goddess Isis.
Mandrake - Associated with love, fertility, and aphrodisiac properties.
Poppy - Symbol of sleep, healing, and regeneration, often associated with the god of sleep, Hypnos.
Rose - Represents love, beauty, and the goddess Aphrodite.
Jasmine - Symbol of sensuality, love, and spiritual growth.
Palm - Represents victory, triumph, and eternal life, often associated with the god Osiris.
Acacia - Symbolizes resurrection and the afterlife, linked to the god Osiris and the Tree of Life.
Cornflower - Represents fertility, abundance, and regeneration.
Anemone - Symbol of protection, healing, and renewal.
Anemone, garden: Forsaken.
Almond, flowering: Hope.
Balm: Sympathy.
Bamboo: The emblem of Buddha. The seven-knotted bamboo denotes the seven degrees of initiation and invocation in Buddhism.
Bay leaf: I change but in death.
Bell flower, white: Gratitude.
Bluebell: Constancy.
Broken flower: A life terminated, mortality.
Buttercup: Cheerfulness.
Calla lily: Symbolises marriage.
Campanula: Gratitude.
Carnation, red: Beauty always new
Chrysanthemum: I love.
Clover, white: Think of me.
Clover, four-leaved: Be mine.
Cinquefoil: maternal affection, beloved daughter.
Convolvulus, major: Extinguished hopes or eternal sleep.
Coreopsis, Arkansa: Love at first sight.
Crocus: Youthful gladness.
Cuckoo Pint: Ardour.
Cypress tree: Designates hope.
Daffodil: Death of youth, desire, art, grace, beauty, deep regard.
Daisy: Innocence of child, Jesus the Infant, youth, the Son righteousness, gentleness, purity of thought.
Daisy, garden: I share your sentiment.
Dead leaves: Sadness, melancholy.
Dogwood: Christianity, divine sacrifice, triumph of eternal life, resurrection.
Fern: Sincerity, sorrow.
Figs, Pineapples: Prosperity, eternal life.
Fleur-de-lis: Flame, passion, ardour, mother.
Flower: frailty of life.
Forget-me-not: Remembrance / true love.
Furze or Gorse: Enduring affection.
Grapes: represent Christ.
Grapes and leaves: Christian faith.
Harebell: Grief.
Hawthorn: Hope, merriness, springtime.
Heartsease or Pansy: I am always thinking of you.
Holly: Foresight.
Honeysuckle: Bonds of love, generosity and devoted affection.
Samhain is the true origin of Halloween. It marks the true beginning of winter, and is the Celtic New Year and the day when the veil is the thinnest between worlds.
It is also the days of the dead, represented by the dying of many plants on the earth, but also rememberance of ancestors, passed loved ones, communication with the other side, and a time to remember our ancient roots and cultures.
Because the veil is at its thinnest, this is also the best day of the year to try scrying, mediumship, tarot, and all forms of divination.
If you are a magical practicioner (witch, shaman, bruja, wise woman, druid, etc ) then this is an incredibly powerful day to work magic.
Food
- Pumpkin pie
- Apple pie
- Cider
- Mulled Cider
- Dense / heavier cakes, honey cakes
- Mead
- Game meats
- Cinnamon rolls, apple and cinnamon desserts
- Pumpkin spice flavours
- Mushrooms, mushroom soup, pies
Offerings / Altar
- Orange black and white decorations / candles
- Photographs of your ancestors
- Representations of your past culture
- Harvest food, squash, apple, corn, mushrooms, pumpkin
- Symbols of death, skulls, bones etc
- Symbols of divination, tarot cards, runes etc.
Things to Do
- Meet with other magical practitioners
- Hold or attend a Samhain Ritual
- Carve pumpkins
- Bake or cook samhin foods
- Do ancestral research
- Embrace and research your culture
- Divination
- Scrying
- Attempt mediumship with the other side
April: sweet pea (friendship, strength), daisy (love), lily (keeps negative influences away [White: symbol for the archangel Gabriel])
May: lily of the valley (perks you up, lifts your spirits [all part of the flower are mildly toxic, should not be ingested]), hawthorn (fertility, happiness, good luck in fishing)
June: rose (love), honeysuckle (prosperity)
July: larkspur (health, protection), water lily (healing, emotions, psychic powers [use it in water spells, rituals])
Alright here's the 'complete' list of the syndicate names and their meanings (so far)!!
Techno-Protesilaus, in the Iliad, was the first if the greek soldiers to get killed by the trojans (most sources say Hector, but sometimes it's other heroes like Aeneas etc). He was super enthusiastic about killing and already started murdering before dying moments after
Phil-Zephyrus is the west wind. He's probably best known for the whole Hyacinthus and also Eros and Psyche thing. In the Hyacinthus story, he was jealous of Apollo for being Hyacinthus' lover, so when Hyacinthus was throwing a disk he changed the wind so that he got hit by it, causing him to die. In the Eros and Psyche myth he was the one to carry Psyche to Eros' palace. Also he was the messenger of spring and married to several women, but the most known one is probably Iris, the godess of the rainbow.
???-Harpocrates is not very well known (unless you've read the Trials of Apollo lmao) but he was an Egyptian deity who was also adapted by the greeks. The adaptation was based on the Egyptian god Horus, who represented the rising sun. Harpocrates was the god of silence and secrecy, generally represented as a child. He was also said to be a child of Isis, the godess of the moon.
Ranboo-Lethe is one of the rivers in the Underworld. If one were to drink from it, they would suffer from forgetfulness. People also believed that you would reincarnate and forget about your former life, if you did so. It surrounded the cave of Hypnos, who was the god of sleep and dreams. Lethe was also the personification of oblivion and the daughter of Eris, the godess of discord.
Niki-Nemesis is the greek godess of devine retribution and revenge. She punishes those who show too much hubris, who are to proud, confident and arrogant. Her name is also known as "the inescapable". She is the child of Nyx, the night, and, depending on the telling either the primordial being Erebus, who was the personification of darkness or Oceanus, who was the titan father of all river gods and nymphs, aswell as the river that flows around the eart. Nemesis had an isolated temple in Attica, Greece. The most popular telling of Nemesis involves her punishing Narcissus for being to self absorbed. She cursed him to fall in love with his own reflection, where he died as a result.
Most of these associations come from “Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs”. I assorted what religion or pantheon they belong to based off my own research but of course feel free to tell me and/or correct anything that is wrong! Also, I highly encourage you to add your own associations, whether based off of research or your own experience, to this. I do not work with or worship any deities as I am currently only researching.
*it was pointed out that they’re are many deities missing from this list. I made this post with only a few trusted resources and these were the ones in these pantheons that were included. Feel free to add deities outside of the ones on this list and even those outside of these pantheons as well!
The supreme deity has always existed, long before anything else came into being. They are called the Source, who began as a formless consciousness of radiant light and consisted of both masculine and feminine energy. The Source is not Jehovah, for they are just and truly benevolent, unlike the tyrant war-god. The Source holds within themself infinite love, power, and wisdom; always using these in order to rule over all creation in the most balanced way. When the Source had decided to begin creation, they took their feminine energy and transformed it into a second version of themselves called the Queen of Heaven. While they are both One deity in essence, the supreme goddess is independent from the supreme god and do not act exactly the same. Despite this, they share consciousnesses and so are aware of each other's perspectives at the same time as their own; which means that they have dual consciousness.
The Mother and Father are usually formless, but may rarely choose to manifest as extremely tall golden humanoids of light and with a gemstone on their chests. Despite this, one must never associate them or portray them in altars as humanoid, as this is limiting of who they are and is seen as disrespectful. With the eventual creation of humans and other races, the Source and Queen of Heaven came to be known by several different names. The Source has been called names such as Brahman (Hindu), Atum (Egyptian), and Olodumare (Yoruba); the Queen of Heaven has been known as Adi Parashakti, Sophia, and Mary. They are in no way associated with the Abrahamic religions since these were perpetuated by the false god, Jehovah, who was greedy and sought to overshadow every other deity. Not only this, but the supreme Mother and Father are strongly against the majority of teachings in these religions and view them as manipulative and unhealthy. Not only this, but they would never command the genocides of millions of people just to expand religions; the Abrahamic religions however were built upon the bones and dismantled temples of the polytheists.
The Process of Creation: In order to create, the Queen of Heaven became the consort of the Source and together, created the Gods of Gods within the Void. Among these immensely powerful deities are Ptah (the Architect), Nemesis (retribution), Ouranus (heavens/daylight), and Erebus (darkness). The Architect, Ptah, then assisted in creating the greater gods, who work under the Gods of Gods and assist in many things for creation. The greater gods include deities such as the Outer Gods, Nyx (night), Hypnos (dreams and sleep), Fortuna (providence), and the Aeonic deities. The Aeons are the deities who create the physical and metaphysical Universes; their kind consists of the Ogdoad (mentioned in Egyptian texts), as well as Amun and Jehovah. The greater deities are incredibly powerful, but not nearly as much as the Gods of Gods, whose powers are almost infinite. Additionally, the higher in the hierarchy of divinity a god is, the far more complex and incomprehensible they become.
The Source and Queen of Heaven then assist in creating Universes alongside Ptah and the Aeons. When a Universe is formed, it is like a radiant sphere (hence them being called “golden eggs” or “cosmic eggs”). Once completed by having laws placed within them by Ptah and all other necessary components, the cosmic egg bursts open, allowing the Universe to unfold. For our Universe, this sudden blast of creation created our cosmos and the first Universal deity- Phanes (Lucifer), who brought light. The other deity who was born from this explosion was Eros, but he had a different destiny and so came into being within the Void instead of the Universe. It was only many eternities later that Eros created a smaller and less-powerful copy of himself to be born to Aphrodite so he could interact within the Universe as well.
Another deity who came from this explosion shortly afterwards was Philotes, the daughter of Nyx (night) and Ouranus (the heavens/daylight). The goddess Philotes is the one who brought unity into the Universe and is the very force of the element of gravity which holds everything together (from the celestial bodies to the particles of matter). She is also the force which helps bring people into harmony and experience love of all kinds. Eris (her half-sister) was born as her opposite in order to keep balance within the Universe; she targets unity in order to bring about chaos, strife, and separation. While the Source/Queen of Heaven embody pure Love, they allow painful things to occur since they say that evolution cannot exist within perfection; we need obstacles to overcome in order to develop as beings and grow wise. Thus, the Universe acts as a place of learning through adversity.
After many ages, the Source created additional elder deities within the Universe to become Angels (agents of the Source/Queen of Heaven). They were tasked with following Lucifer, the first-born, and the highest of the Angels were titled “Seraphim” whose roles were to carry out direct missions from the Source. Lucifer, as the supreme Angel, was a Seraph (as well as an Archangel and Destroying Angel) and is the most beautiful and wise among them. Amongst the other elder Angels, the Source/Queen of Heaven created Raphael (who brought Love into the Universe) and Mikael (who upholds justice and protection of the innocent). Lastly of the elder Angels, the Queen of Heaven created a small, less-powerful manifestation of herself to act within the Universe and marry Lucifer. This embodiment of the Mother Goddess became known as the goddess Lilith, who was born from the Mother’s light to be the twinflame of the Morning Star. Even though Lilith embodies the Queen of Heaven, she is independent from her because of free-will; thus, she has her own personality (albeit a similar one to the Mother) and her own desires.
The Queen of Heaven also created other embodiments of herself, including Parvati, Isis, Lalita, and Asherah. These goddesses (including Lilith) are all One in essence, but are all independent and have slightly different personalities and rulerships. They can also share consciousnesses with each other, allowing them to be able to see through one another’s eyes and experience the same things (another example of multi-consciousness in deities). Lilith, however, stands apart from the other embodiments of the Mother since she ended up becoming more of a “dark mother” who is connected to the night and empowerment, as well as life and motherhood. Her later becoming a queen of Hell only strengthened these characteristics, causing her to love and see beauty in what others may fear; suitable for a mother of demons.
Lilith, along with the other mother goddesses, assist the Queen of Heaven in creating minor goddesses (ones who are aspects of themselves) by taking pieces of their energies and allowing them to be born as children to other gods (the war or beauty-related ones like Inanna and Athena tend to be more connected to Lilith while the earthly ones like Hathor tend to be moreso connected to Parvati, etc). Overall, every goddess is connected to the manifestations of the Mother (some much more than others), and the closer they are connected, the more they view each other as the same being while also having independent personalities. The same thing happens with gods, but involves the Source and the elder gods. So in this sense, many deities are connected to each other in some way. This all occurs because the elder deities often create lesser versions of themselves in order to act within many different pantheons (although the gods do not limit themselves to one country or planet, but prefer to interact with any being who holds spiritual potential).
Everything was prosperous for a long time, but the day came that the Aeonic god Jehovah (also called the “demiurge”) began to seek greater power. He appears as an enormous serpentine-dragon with the head of a lion. Due to him being created improperly by his mother, Jehovah lacked wisdom and was shunned by other beings, causing him to become enraged at the other deities. In order to try to fill what he lacked in wisdom, he sought after having power over others, causing him to target Earth where a new species had been created: humans. He battled the other deities with his superior strength (due to being an Aeon) and cast those who first rose against him into Hell, the realm of torment. When this was done, Jehovah declared to the newly developed humans that he was the Source and was the only god; anyone who opposed this was to be slaughtered. Thus began the gradual decline of polytheism, the brutal massacres of pagans, and how the elder deities who acted as rebels against tyranny became known as demons.
Overtime with the rise of Christianity, some fragments of knowledge about the Queen of Heaven remained. During the religion’s early years, the Holy Spirit was known as the female counterpart/consort to the Heavenly Father and was portrayed as a dove. This was spoken about by the Apostle Thomas where he referred to the Holy Spirit as the Mother, but he was shunned for this and the truth was rapidly shut away and turned into meaning “the presence of God”. This can be further explored through Biblical and Tanakh texts which mention the Holy Spirit as “Shekinah”, which is a feminine word. In Kabbalism, Shekinah is mentioned as appearing as light and is the female aspect of God. Nevertheless, the Queen of Heaven managed to resurface as Mary Magdalene who bore the child of God and was said to have been escorted by Angels into the Heavens at death, her spirit enormous and of golden light. It is no mistake either that Mary is often represented with doves and is even called the “Queen of Heaven”; though most Christians do not realize the truth behind this and mistake her as merely a saint. Similar themes can be seen when one discovers that several saints actually have their origins as pagan gods (such as Brigid).
Devotional: The Source and the Queen of Heaven are truly magnificent deities and are complex beyond all comprehension. They are wondrous and awe-inspiring, while also being the most pure beings to exist. They do not interfere much with Creation since they uphold free-will and the chance for evolution through trials, but they will assist those who are truly worthy and cannot do something on their own. The Father and Mother are very important to connect with and meditate on since they help show us the truth of existence and the truth of our own selves. When speaking to them, make sure to be polite and genuine in what you say. You may feel their energy embracing you, which feels deeply loving and healing. One can also develop a connection to them by meditating on sacred objects that represent their divine union; one of which is the lingam. Other than that, it is best to use other-worldly things to represent them on an altar, such things can be artwork of light or sacred geometrical designs. However, it is also acceptable to use images of Mary Magdalene for the Queen of Heaven since this is a form of hers.
Offerings: anything genuinely given with love. Some items they tend to have traditionally offered are a white candle and olibanum incense.
Links: The Angels, The Outer Gods, The War in Heaven, References of the Holy Spirit being Female