"Magic is the practice of moving natural (though little-understood) energies to effect needed change."

Wicca by Scott Cunningham (via theprettylittlefaerie)

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maskdontmindifido:

waltdisneyismyhero:

growing up

*tear*

Mask? Don't mind if I do...: My first strong female role model.

caylsbo:

this show would be put into time out sometimes as i would get too aggressive. I would be suddenly jumping off of various furniture and would get really wild. so i wouldn’t be allowed to watch the show for a while.

xena is awesome. if anyone knows where i can purchase episodes…

I don’t know if you want Netflix, but 135 (I’m assuming that’s all there are) episodes are on Netflix Instant. Just sayin’.

Vagabond Snap: EPIC SELF CARE POST

vanillaandlavender:

youarenotyou:

Self care according to the senses:

Scent. Burn scented candles or incense. Pick some fresh flowers or herbs for your home (basil = heaven). Fry onions or garlic if it’s your thing (it’s definitely mine). If you can afford to, buy some essential oils…

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loldemort:

It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something. -Samwise Gamgee

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Necessary Beauty

My new blog dedicated to my photography =]

maskdontmindifido:

complexication:

couryielle:

myadamantiumheart:

tonys-boypussy:

sassysharpshooter:

amazingfanblog:

I don’t even know anymore. Just read the fucking article.

Guess what guys.

I’m pregnant.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT WE ARE ALL PREGNANT

I’m not ready to be pregnant, though…

so does this mean if you’re already “pregnant” but don’t actually procreate and therefore don’t actually produce the child that was supposedly already alive, you are actually “killing” the baby and committing a crime???

Guys, reading between the lines here…but given how this is worded, we’re all murderers each month when we have our period.

So I’m a baby killer, eh? I HAVEN’T EVEN HAD SEX YET.
So when girls get their first periods it’s like BAM! You’re a women. Oh, and a murderer by the way. Why are you crying? Must be because you kill babies. What? Periods make you horomonal and thereby emotional? Man, I wish there was a way that I could call you a baby killer without you breaking down and sobbing about it. What was that? Oh, birth control does that? You say it helps balance hormones and mood swings? And it alleviates extreme menstrual pain? Riiight. Uh huh. Suuuuure. You just wanna sleep around and kill babies, don’t you? You little murderous slut. 

Annnnnnnnnnnnnd this little rant on abortion turned to birth control pretty quickly. 

So I read the comments on the article. Many people, some stating that they are doctors, pointed out that the gestational age of a fetus is always measured from the end of the woman’s last period (I had always assumed – though I never actively thought about it – that it was the last time the couple had sex in a given time range, but I understand that for some couples it would be hard to judge when that time was). But I think the issue - the outrage - stems from two points:

1. Though the law states that abortions become illegal at the 20 week mark, it could very well mean the 18 week mark in the case that conception occurred the full two weeks after the woman’s last period. According to the article, this would affect what disorders/diseases the fetus (is it a fetus by then? Health class was a while ago…) could be tested for in time.

2. The most frightening thing is the potential extrapolation of this law to say that all woman of reproductive age are potentially pregnant after the end of each menstrual cycle. Which sounds absurd but with the way things are going right now, any amount of insanity seems possible.

So on a related note, does anyone know how the horticulture/nursery trade is in Canada?

(Source: the-unpopular-opinions, via livingwitchy)

one day

I will have a beautiful and lush herb garden that makes me feel as if I’m in another world when I enter. Each plant will have a purpose, whether it be mundane (though I feel that no plant is truly mundane) or magical. And each plant will be loved and happy, with plenty of sunshine and water. This garden will be the closest thing to an expression of my soul.

Right now I have four plants, none of them technically herbs. Two orchids; two succulents. They sit under my desk lamp all day because the outside temperatures and sunlight are questionable. But they are loved, and seeing them everyday reminds me why I want to work with plants. Their simple beauty, the beauty that comes from life, inspires me each day and lifts me up when all I want to do is lie down and give in to the harshness of the world.

May my Lord and Lady look after them as I am parted from them this week. I know they don’t really need me, but I need them.

So mote it be.

"It is good to dress in fair clothes to dine with friends… It honors your host, if you are a guest; and your guest, if you are a host. And both adorn the feast, and so celebrate the gifts of the world."

The Naming by Alison Croggon, page 109