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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 2h

Wow. We're so fragile. I'm on my second wife who has larger hands than I do, and in both cases I just thought it was helpful with pickle jars. Of course, my first wife may have left me ... because of my small hands.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 7h

I think you should make mini figurines of you and the two kids that people can use in their nativity scenes. I sense an income stream selling them to people to bring their nativity things up to date.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 7h

I wonder if his story is similar to Mercy Brown's.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 9h

Is it weird that I see a blissful surrender in this? It looks (to me) like how I felt in the first months of my spiritual awakening.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 10h

The book was better than the movie. I know that's sacrilage, but there you have it. Schindler was far more flawed and human in Keneally's book, and it felt more true to life.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

SMH. I spent so much time trying to figure out how to get the string around the cork, trying to cut a goove in the cork, etc. Brilliant. Thank you!

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I would love to know how you were able to secure the charm inside.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In Darmstadt, Germany, in 1985/6, I was with my Scottish girlfriend and saw this in a museum. It was so amazing and fascinating.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For more decades than you can count on one hand, I disbelieved everything. You folks with crystals and deities, you were inferior. I laughed at you. You BELIEVED. Than I puffed on a DMT vape, and three weeks later had a magic rock. I'm a witch. I have Hecate as my Goddess. The God Molecule is real.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When I was 5, in the 60s, my dad took me to a B&W movie about a test pilot whose plane explodes. His hand fell to the ground and began crawling around killing people. For many years I was terrified of hands, and what might be crawling up the headboard of my bed.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Very interested in reading this. DMT (5-MEO) led to my awakening, and is still important on my overall journey.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Always the most desirable, and always destroyed by desperate retrieval efforts. Life, in a bean can.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This has been an incredible journey. It started a few weeks after our own girl, who was pretty old, left us. I've been watching with hope, cheering her progress. I'm so happy you get more time and joy with Lola!

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm sorry if I'm missing something obvious, but I could not find a newsletter subscription on the site.

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SpellFire @spellfire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sooooooo excited! Our London supplier has a new U.S. Distribution avenue! Here comes the cozy & unique mugs! www.spellfiregifts.com today

Iridescent mug that says live by the sun, love by the moon

A crow holding a coffee mug, mug. It reads a fresh cup of cawfee

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The only thing better than a cow is a human! Unless you need milk. Then you really need a cow. " --Walter Bishop

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Holy shit I did not know this Incredible insight into Western Higher Education, going back to Oxford and Cambridge and still seen today from @harikondabolu.bsky.social

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Peppermint Goddess @peppermintgoddess.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ooo! Sorita d'Este's book Circle for Hecate is free on Kindle today! #witchsky

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I feel a rant brewing inside about essentialism and it is UPSETTING because I don’t even fully understand essentialism enough to fully rant about it AND YET

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So, this list of prompts is enthralling, but I cannot draw. I'm going to use it as writing prompts.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Needs some straps and buckles, and a ring at the feet for hanging from the ceiling.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'd say she deserved the pension.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Taking shit seriously is hard. I've spent a lifetime watching tv witches pick a weed, throw it in a cauldron, and presto. Now I've got books and a table covered in herbs, candles, and crystals. The basement smells of burnt mugwort. My dog sniffs suspiciously when we go down there. I'm so happy.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My Hecate talisman came! This is my first real piece of jewelry ever, and was made by @satyrmagos.bsky.social. I love it, and, once it is consecrated and I have an appropriate cord or chain, I'm going to be wearing it a lot.

Two sides of a pendant to be used as a Hecate Talisman. One has two crossed torches and a key. The other is a spiral.

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m off to gig at Camden School for Girls! We’re fundraising to help save Ancient Greek there - they’re an amazing example of classical education in the state sector. If you’d like to help, I’ll put the donation link below (and in my bio). And look - a good omen! 💛

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Thorn Mooney @thornthewitch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Whatever witches are, we are collectively insecure about our identities. It’s why we never stop arguing about what a witch is and who really is one.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've written a butt-ton of headlines, and I refuse to read any post that has 'This one trick' or 'here's why' in the head.

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Katie Howland @katiehowland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sneak peak: video of this one coming tomorrow, so you all can join in. I'm particularly excited about this bit of magick that calls on Hekate Brimo, because as soon as I finished it I had a mini key apport and fall onto the floor. 🗝️👀 So I'd say this one has teeth. #witchsky #pagansky #occultsky

A grimoire spread entitled "fuck the rapists hex", covered with herb jars and spell ingredients

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

my colleague: I have a question me: MC: yk period blood & stem cells? is it true no one has researched it because it is icky? me: OK WELL, Menstrual-blood stromal cells were first found in 2007, but the science way to say "icky" is "research is limited due to gender bias & sociocultural stigma"

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Creative Crone @runatroy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I love a good opossum joke. Also, remain ungovernable.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I really don't want to read your anti-fascist post on Substack, which makes money off hosting fascist content.

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John Beckett @utaodruid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For the first time in all my years of being a public Pagan, I have to concede that I may have been hexed. I do not say this lightly – on numerous occasions I’ve told other people that while such things are real they’re also rare. But “rare” doesn’t mean “impossible.” www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbe...

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I Think I’ve Been Hexed

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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"One who raises demons must deal with them." ~ Shirley Jackson, The Bird's Nest Photo illustration by Andrea Heiss #Booksky

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Time to start signing these gorgeous endpages for the special edition! Look at those beautiful CLAWS!

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

But the shag run interior and foot-shaped accelerator are still in, right? Right?

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Thorn Mooney @thornthewitch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s still wild to me that after like thirty years people’s big critique of Teen Witch is that it ”encourages kids to lie to their parents.” Like…what kinds of kids do you think were seeking out witchcraft in 1999 (and now). You think witchcraft is the only thing we needed to lie about? #witchsky

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

While I go back to Pong, the video games that hooked me were Sam & Max Hit the Road and Myst.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The evil spirit that possesses this is going to have a really good time.

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm interested. Can you provide details?

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I love the page previews on bn.com. This is going on my wishlist!

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The Wild Hunt News @thewildhunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pagan Voices: At the September equinox, the Wheel turns once again. Selena Fox, Belladonna LaVeau, Lilith Wolf, Jim Sayers, Macha NightMare, & Manny Tejeda y Moreno share reflections on harvest, gratitude, death, renewal, and balance. wildhunt.org/2026/09/the-... #pagan #witchcraft #wicca #harvest

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The Wheel Turns: Pagan Voices for the September Equinox - Pagan Voices, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, TWH Features, Witchcraft

Witchcraft & Pagan News - At the September equinox, the Wheel turns once again. Selena Fox, Belladonna LaVeau, Lilith Wolf, Jim Sayers, Macha NightMare, and Manny Tejeda y Moreno share reflections on ...

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Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This excellent book by Andrew Sneddon on witchcraft accusations and disability is free to view and download until 15th October - it’s in the CUP Elements in Magic series that I used to edit: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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Magic and Disability in the Early Modern World

Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Magic and Disability in the Early Modern World

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John Beckett @utaodruid.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Maybe the Halloween silly season is starting early this year. Maybe it’s the publicity around Practical Magic 2. I’m seeing a lot of hand-wringing and pearl-clutching from certain kinds of Christians concerning witchcraft. They’re afraid of it. www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbe...

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The Fear Of Witchcraft

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Rookie Pagan @alterednomad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Is that supposed to be Christopher Walken? It is, I'm sure it is.

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