The way you feel when you kiss him for the first time. Like fire within your bones. Like your soul has returned to the water. Like every part of you that came from a dead star is alive again.

all our kisses feel like first ones :)))))

I love you, my dear

same, darling

i can’t want to have you home

An exhaustive list of books for the advanced witch.

Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions: Essays in Comparative Religions by Mircea Eliade

Evolutionary Witchcraft by T. Thorn Coyle

Advanced Witchcraft: Go Deeper, Reach Further, Fly Higher by Edain McCoy

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English

The Veil’s Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic by Willow Polson

Deepening Witchcraft: Advancing Skills & Knowledge by Grey Cat

Kissing the Limitless by Thorn Coyle

The Sea Priestess by Dion Fortune

The Training & Work of an Initiate by Dion Fortune

The Second Circle: Tools for the Advancing Pagan by Venecia Rauls

The Otherside of Virtue by Brendan Myers

Psychic Self-Defense by Dion Fortune

Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World by John G. Gager

Wicca 333: Advanced Topics in Wiccan Belief by Kaatryn MacMorgan

The Elements of Ritual: Air, Fire, Water & Earth in the Wiccan Circle by Deborah Lipp

777 And Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley: Including Gematria & Sepher Sephiroth by Aleister Crowley

Treading the Mill: Practical Craft Working in Modern Traditional Witchcraft by Nigel G. Pearson

Mastering Witchcraft by Paul Huson

The Call of the Horned Piper by Nigel Aldcroft Jackson

Masks of Misrule: The Horned God & His Cult in Europe by Nigel Jackson

The Pillars of Tubal Cain by Nigel Jackson

The Roebuck in the Thicket: An Anthology of the Robert Cochrane Witchcraft Tradition by Evan John Jones

The Robert Cochrane Letters: An Insight into Modern Traditional Witchcraft by Robert Cochrane

Secrets of East Anglian Magic by Nigel Pennick

Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals by Luisah Teish

The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells: The Ultimate Reference Book for the Magical Arts by Judika Illes

HEKATE: Keys to the Crossroads – A collection of personal essays, invocations, rituals, recipes and artwork from modern Witches, Priestesses and Priests by Sorita D’Este

The Satanic Witch by Anton Szandor LAVey

Advanced Wicca: Exploring Deeper Levels of Spiritual Skills and Masterful Magick by Patricia Telesco

The Meaning of Witchcraft by Gerald Brosseau Gardner

The Study of Witchcraft: A Guidebook to Advanced Wicca by Deborah Lipp

Progressive Witchcraft by Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone * The Crossroads in Folklore and Myth by Martin Puhvel

When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm by Layne Redmond

The Night Battles: Witchcraft & Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries by Anne Tedeschi

A Razor for a Goat: Problems in the History of Witchcraft and Diabolism by Elliot Rose

Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches’ Sabbath by Carlo Ginzburg

Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context by Karen Louise Jolly

The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind by Claude Lecouteux

Contemporary Paganism: Listening People, Speaking Earth by Graham Harvey

Athenian Popular Religion by Jon D. Mikalson

Greek Folk Religion by Martin P. Nilsson

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth by Walter Burkert

The Greek Way of Death by Robert Garland

The Odyssey by Homer

The Iliad by Homer

Theogony, Works and Days by Hesiod

The Histories, Revised by Herodotus

Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History by Owen Davies

Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions by Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson

The Well and the Tree: World and Time in Early Germanic Culture by Paul C. Bauschatz

Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmichael

Greek and Roman Necromancy by Daniel Ogden

Rotting Goddess: The Origins of the Witch in Classical Antiquity by Jacob Rabinowitz

The Silver Bough by F. Marian MacNeil

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James Frazer

The White Goddess by Robert Graves

Myth and Sexuality by Jamake Highwater

The Homeric Hymns by Homer

The Wisdom of the Outlaw by Joseph Falaky Nagy

Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon

Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain by Rachel Bromwich

Lady With A Mead Cup by Michael Enright

Women’s Religions in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook by Ross Shepard Kraemer

Auraicept na n-Éces: The Scholars Primer by George Calder, ed.

A Guide to Early Irish Law by Fergus Kelly

The Tain by tr. by Thomas Kinsella

The Banshee: The Irish Death Messenger by Patricia Lysaght

Sex and Marriage in Ancient Ireland by Patrick C. Power

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans Wentz

The Secret Commonwealth and the Fairy Belief Complex by Brian Walsh

Beyond Celts, Germans, and Scythians by Peter S. Wells

Tales of the Elders of Ireland by Ann Dooley and Harry Roe, trans.

The Celtic Heroic Age by John T. Koch and John Carey, eds.

The Poetic Edda

The Prose Edda

Society and Politics in Snorri Sturluson’s Heimskringla by Sverre Bagge

Feud in the Icelandic Saga by Jesse L. Byock

The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies by Andrew Lang

The Way of Wyrd by Brian Bates

The Real Middle-Earth: Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages by Brian Bates

Gods of Love and Ecstasy: The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus by Alain Danielou

Pagan Dream Of Rennaissance by Joscelyn Godwin * Spiritual Mentoring: A Pagan Guide by Judy Harrow

Loneliness & Revelation by Brendan Myers

The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over by Starhawk

A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry into Polytheism by John Michael Greer

Exploring the Pagan Path: Wisdom from the Elders by Kristin Madden, Starhawk, Raven Grimassi, and Dorothy Morrison

Between the Worlds edited by Sian Reid * The Gaelic Otherworld by John Gregorson Campbell, ed. by Ronald Black

The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Shamanism and Witchcraft in Seventeenth-century Scotland by Emma Wilby

Dreamtime: Concerning the Boundary Between Wilderness and Civilization by Hans Peter Duerr

The Underworld Initiation: A journey towards psychic transformation by R. J. Stewart

Power Within the Land: The Roots of Celtic and Underworld Traditions Awakening the Sleepers and Regenerating the Earth by R. J. Stewart

The Tree of Enchantment: Ancient Wisdom and Magic Practices of the Faery Tradition by Orion Foxwood

The Woman in the Shaman’s Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine by Barbara Tedlock

Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade

Walkers Between the Worlds: The Western Mysteries from Shaman to Magus by Caitlin Matthews

Plant Spirit Wisdom: Shamans and Sin eaters, Celtic Techniques for Healing the Soul by Ross Heaven

The Wiccan Mystic by Ben Gruagach

To Fly by Night edited by Veronica Cummer

Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism by Jenny Blain

Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic by Emma Wilby

Sacred Mask Sacred Dance by Evan John Jones * Circles, Groves and Sanctuaries by Dan and Pauline Campanelli

Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic: A Materia Magica of African-American Conjure by Catherine Yronwode

Sticks, Stones, Roots & Bones: Hoodoo, Mojo & Conjuring with Herbs by Stephanie Rose Bird

Mastering Herbalism: A Practical Guide by Paul Huson

Encyclopedia of Natural Magic by John Michael Greer

The Tree of Meaning: Language, Mind and Ecology by Robert Bringhurst

Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore and Healingby Stephen Pollington

Learning Their Language: Intuitive Communication with Animals and Nature by Marta Williams

The Meaning of Herbs: Myth, Language & Lore by G. & Field, A. Scoble

The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth by Stephen Buhner

The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety by Simon Mills, Kerry Bone * By Standing Stone and Elder Tree: Ritual and the Unconscious by William G. Gray also known as Rollright Stone and Elder Tree

Magical Ritual Methods by William G. Gray

The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion by Mircea Eliade

Hekate Liminal Rites: A Study of the rituals, magic and symbols of the torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads by David Rankine

Circles of Power: Ritual Magic in the Western Tradition by John Michael Greer

Tumblr: *rolls out “best stuff first”*

My blog:

on the one hand this is a joke post because lol i have never made a good post in my life, but also, if i hadn’t made the connection between this update and my sudden nosedive in activity, i would have been really fucking discouraged about all the shit i’ve been working on lately. i guarantee there are people on tumblr right now who haven’t made that connection, and who are trying to figure out why suddenly no one likes anything they’ve made. and that fucking sucks.

Reminder to go into your settings and turn off ‘Best Stuff First’ because my activity’s tanked a couple days ago for no reason so this stuff IS happening.

You WILL miss content with that setting on.

i ain’t joking when i say that my activity looks JUST like this too and i wasn’t sure why

I can only find the option on the app under Settings > Dashboard Preferences.

To support content creators do us a favour and turn off “Best stuff first”. Open the tumblr app (Android or iOs) and go to “Settings > Dashboard Preferences. And please reblog this post, so that everybody will see this. Thank you very much!

I assumed I just wasn’t writing very well, but maybe it’s not just me.

Am I supposed to pay to get my writing in front of followers now?

We interrupt your regularly-scheduled sci-fi content because this is important for app users, and it sucks. We all follow blogs because we want to see their content, not to have a crappy algorithm decide what’s best.

This blog is down approximately 80%, which doesn’t affect me other than as an annoyance (as this is a hobby and @okayto is small-ish) but the issue undoubtedly hurts others.

Below are instructions for turning it off. You have to do it individually–it doesn’t matter if a blog you follow turns it off, you’ll still be affected unless you do the same.

We don’t normally reblog PSAs, but this is very clearly affecting us, too! If you haven’t been getting your daily dose of RPG humor, this setting is probably why. Turn it off so you can see all the silly shit players say!

Trying to reblog the versions of these instructions with the most notes, so they’ll actually show up for the people afflicted by this update.

I want one!

if you weren’t part of the select group who grew up watching Aqua Teen Hunger Force at 1 AM during the summer when you were 13 I don’t think you could… watch it ever

I’m not saying you wouldn’t get the humor, I mean like, you would experience some form of culture shock and possibly have some kind of allergic reaction… you need to be immersed in ATHF slowly when you’re young

every single person that was immersed in ATHF culture as a young teen has at least one thing they held onto from the show that is absolutely complete garbage gibberish but they can’t flush it from their mind

these are the things people like me are plagued by every waking moment

#i would kill a man, in front of his own momma, for a ten speed

Pokémon Go Zoo Animal Signs - Yes I Made Them and Other Clarifications

Hi all! I am a bit overwhelmed with all of the attention my signs have gotten. So I wanted to come on here and answer some of the questions I’ve gotten:

I just wanted to say thank you for all the positive attention these have gotten. My unique position as an Interpretive Zookeeper means I get to focus both on animal care and on interpreting to the public in ways like these. This is my job and my passion and I am very happy that it has been so well received. 

Reminder

Monthly reminder that this is not my main blog! If this blog followed you, go follow tothepointoftears, where my main at 😊

love love

So this is one of those fund my top surgery thingies, yes, but my insurance from Starbucks approved my surgery today and I finally got it scheduled for February 8th (!!!!!). Although they will cover the surgery itself, I hadn’t met my deductible yet AND I will be out of work for at least two weeks. My gf and I also signed a lease on a house and are in the middle of moving. Needless to say, I could really use your help. Any donations given towards my surgery that I don’t use will be donated to another trans person in need.

It finally happened! We are so overjoyed to finally know that my boyfriend’s surgery will be covered by his insurance (thanks, Starbucks!). What we once thought was impossible is finally within reach, but even after the coverage there are a lot of costs we are preparing for.

We join those who have come before us in this plea, all the links we’ve shared and donations we’ve made, in this phenomenally supportive community on tumblr. Now we take our turn and send so much gratitude to anyone who can donate. Even if it’s just $1, we like to see that we’ve been heard and that you’re out there.

(I’ll be making some cool artwork to send out as thank you’s to anyone who donates!)

And if you yourself are awaiting this surgery, let me tell you to stay strong and stay hopeful. And we fully plan to pay it forward to your own fundraiser one day :)

We’re all in this fight together, and we’re together every step of the process. Here’s to seeing you all on the other side!!

Typography Creation Kit 2: Thousands of Items worth $3,250 (99% off 1 week)

The guys from Inkydeals have released one of the most huge bundle of templates oriented to typography/lettering. If you want to armour yourself with a lot (by a lot I really mean a HUGE amount) of templates of lettering and typography resources this is the bundle for you.

This entire collection comes with an extended royalty license,allowing you to use it in unlimited commercial projects. You can get not only fonts but a lot of more resources like photoshop brushes, illustrations and more.

You can get:

You can get all this for $34 or $69 for only 1 week

A photoset will never be enought to show you the amount of resources included so I strongly encourage you to check by yourself.

Check it here: bit.ly/typographykit

Pretty into my beard lately. And this lovely thingy on Instagram that let’s me put my face in a bunch of boxes

tbh my boyfriend is hella cute

#loveyourtummytoday #whyineedfeminism

I realized something very strange and disheartening about myself yesterday.

I’d like to first say that I am the person who did not know how steeped I was in a patriarchal and misogynistic society until I had it pointed out to me several times. My mother is a beautiful, powerful feminist, but mostly I saw the more outward examples of misogyny: women’s opinions being taken less seriously, women being talked down to, gender roles, sexual assault & rape culture, etc.

But I thought catcalling was a compliment. I thought being called ‘sweetheart’ by my therapist who didn’t believe my self-assessments was because I was stupid. I thought I didn’t get as many graphic design jobs as my male colleagues was because I wasn’t as good.

When these things started getting pointed out to me, and I read more and I got older and I had more and more conversations I learned a lot. I saw things differently. I was the fish who learned about water.

But there are still ways that this world has power over me that I can’t always see. And last week, when I thought I had pulled a muscle during a workout, I went to the doctor and it turned out to be pain from ovulation. I had had a small cyst rupture at some point which was causing inflammation and some seriously nerve-sizzling pain to my abdominal wall, so every time I tensed my ab muscles (like you do when you’re doing a crunch) I got a sharp pain. So I stuck to doing upper-body work only and I took it easy for the rest of the week.

But the pain wouldn’t go away. I couldn’t get comfortable sitting or standing. I tried walking around or bending over, but nothing was working. I was getting really frustrated. Then, while my boyfriend was sitting on my couch tipping another pain pill out of the Rx bottle, I was bending over to touch my toes to help relieve the pain and all of a sudden WHOOSH, it was gone. The pain disappeared. And I realized something.

I had been holding in my stomach.

Every hour of every day since I had been to the doctor, whether I had been sitting or standing or walking or bending over, I had been sucking in my stomach, which was therefore engaging my ab muscles and still causing pain. I had absolutely no idea I was doing it at all, and I looked down at my now round belly, and ran my hands over it like some women do when they are pregnant, and sort of said a little prayer in my head to my big tummy. I said I was sorry to it. I said I was sorry to my ovaries and my abs and my nerves that I had been assaulting because I wanted to look thinner and I didn’t even know it. For years upon years upon years I had been clenching my abs to hold in my pudge, and it was so ingrained in me that I continued to do it even when it was causing my pain.

So now for two days I’ve been walking around with my stomach relaxed- and it’s been eye-opening. I did not even fathom how much that little action dictated so much of my life. Letting that little muscle relax (and let me tell you it is hard to do, I have had to remind myself to relax it twice since starting to write this) has changed the way that I walk, sit, stand, talk, type, think, drive, even see. It has been completely weird and completely freeing.

If you are a woman sitting at a computer right now, or standing with your phone in front of you, or reading this on a bus seat, or whatever you may be doing, I want you to slouch. Let your stomach hang out. Don’t give yourself bad posture or anything, but let your abs relax. Ask yourself if you are holding it in. And if you are, don’t. Let go. Then push it out even more. Look at your tummy and love it for a minute. Give yourself permission to look fat. Love the way you look fat. Let your belly hang over the waistband of your jeans or your leggings, let it tug the sides of your shirt, let your love handles puff out of your sides like marshmallows. Look at it and smile. Now do it more. Do it every day. Maybe not all day every day, I know I’m not that powerful yet, but let yourself relax sometimes. Let the guy in the checkout line at Target think you’re fat- that has no power over you.

Do it right now. It might change everything.

Year Three, Day Two Hundred and Twenty Five.

Follow l33tdpunk for inspiring photos every single day. He’s been posting a photo every day now for almost 4 years, and they get more incredible every time. I have some pretty talented friends :)

Year Three, Day Two Hundred and Twenty Four.

How even do people get pictures like this??!?!?!1?!?

And here is your monthly reminder that though “textravert” followed you, my actual blog is “tothepointoftears”, which can’t follow people because tumblr is stupid.

Love love!

tothepointoftears

“big boobs don’t count if you’re fat”

neither does a big dick if half of it is your personality