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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Bit late sharing, but I had the most amazing experience on Jan 3rd (which was the 1st in my inner-world because I'm weird 😅). It started snowing as I left the house, and lay around me as I walked to work. Felt so magical so I spoke a soft spell of hope and blessings into the wind! /|\ #WitchyWalks

A street just as the snow was starting to settle

I walk by this building all the time, but it looked so different to me that morning, like I was seeing it with fresh eyes.

A junction by a roundabout showing a build up of snow. The snow had become quite heavy at this point and the wind was blowing it in my face. I'm quite sensitive to rain/snow on my face and usually this would stress me out, but I felt so calm. So peaceful.

This is a quiet suburban street that I pass about 20 minutes into my 40 minute commute (or 20 minutes if I cycle, but I walked this day). The snow was already about an inch deep at this point, and as nobody else was around, every step I took was the first.

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Already had a Sips call. Hoping for plenty c-c-c-coffee m-m-machine, but while I love a good demon win, I hope the good team win the BotC Christmas Special... It's Christmas after all!! #Yogscast #JingleJam

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Soul Inquiries @soulinquiries.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Oh boy, can I confirm this one #healing Credit: Janine Shepherd

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Soul Inquiries @soulinquiries.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The Tower While the Tower crumbles From the inside out Hands of desperation cling To what's ending To keep it the same, the old ways But the new is on its way It's starting to dawn Can you feel it? Don't get drawn in to fear and deceit The only tools in their toolbox Your attention is the prize

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

In case anyone is interested in the concept of Tower Time. Here's a link to Byron Ballard's essays. To me, it's not an apocalyptic prophecy, but simply the messy end of an outdated system. It brings me hope, not despair. www.myvillagewitch.com/the-tower-ti... #Tarot #witchsky #paganism #occult

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Reposting this because it still hits so deep, and I don't want to forget her words of hope, love and defiance!

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I promised my next post would be esoteric/pagan in nature. Well, I'm cheating a little here, but I'm reposting this because the topic spans both of my 'special interests' in one go! (Ah, autism! The Venn diagram in Jembru's head is a complex yet beautiful thing ☺️) 🌛🌝🌜 🦋🕯️🦋

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Hmm... Just realised I've been a bit more 'and Madrigals' and a lot less 'Magpies' in my recent posts. Promise I'll post something more spiritual/esoteric next (I'd argue Encanto IS spiritual and esoteric to me, but I'll spare you the over-share and info-dump that would lead to 😂). )O(

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Alt: An animated magpie is hovering, flapping their wings against a sky that is shades of orange, reminiscent of sunset.

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

She even made him glow in the dark! Omg 😊 (but there's no way I'd be able to eat this even if I wasn't vegan. Leave that lovely face alone! I don't care if he's delicious. Grrrrr 😂⏳️) www.facebook.com/zoesfancycak... #Encanto #Cake

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11K views · 393 reactions | Yes, we’re breaking the rules – because THIS Bruno cake deserves to be talked about! 🎥✨ | Zoe's Fancy Cakes

Yes, we’re breaking the rules – because THIS Bruno cake deserves to be talked about! 🎥✨.

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

So I don't forget..... 😀🦋🕯️💫🥰⏳

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Not sure if it was due to the mugwort tea I had before bed, but I had a very cool dream this morning. Not lucid, but something I haven't dreamed about in ages. Cat woke me from it (grrr) but I'm still happy. Gonna be needing more mugwort methinks! 😊 ☕️

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

If anyone does see this and has experience, how do I become lucid for real? My trigger was flying, but now flying only makes my dream-self 'realise' I'm dreaming. So it's broken now 😂 #WitchSky #DruidSky #PaganSky #OccultSky #WitchMadness #ChaoSky

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I keep having 'lucid' dreams where I know I'm #dreaming in the dream but I'm still dreaming. Kinda like I'm dreaming about lucid dreaming while not actually lucid dreaming (and annoyingly, I'm better at it in those dreams 😂). Anyone else experience this? #lucidDreams

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Larisa A. White @larisa-a-white.com · 18/07/2025

Article I recently wrote for the AODA's New Candidate's Guide, which might also be inspiring and encouraging to new Druids outside the AODA. About crafting a personal path of Druidry: "Permission to Practice Freely" larisa-a-white.com/articles/Per... Enjoy! /|\ #druidsky #pagansky

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

It did! It DID make my day 100x better!

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Ashley Esqueda @ashleyesqueda.com · 11/07/2025

It really is mind blowing that these hateful clowns keep stepping on the same "you made my superhero woke" rake over and over. They didn't make your favorite superhero "woke," my dudes. Y'all became the bad guys.

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

"Most people think their head is inside the universe. But the universe is inside our head: our head is outside the universe." -Robert Anton Wilson Oh, I totally agree, Robert. But... you only have the one universe in yours? Pfft... I've managed to cram a couple into mine! 😂😂😂

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

It's easy to think ANY belief system is meaningless once you embrace the idea of reality tunnels, but I don't think that's the point. I think the success of a witch, druid (etc) comes from how good we are at constructing a reality tunnel that allows us to believe in what we do. #pagan #occultsky

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

"The question then becomes, does it work? Is it useful? Does your reality tunnel give you a good quality of life, or does it leave you in a terrible state, hating everything?" - John Higgs (Quote from Adventures in Nutopia)

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Sophie's Friends @aurawellnesscenter.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Image Credit: Enlighten Your Mind, Body And Soul

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Irish @constitution7.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

“...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases. ” ― Robert Anton Wilson

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Pyrrho Noya, Seer of Stars @perry-noya.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

“There are periods of history when the visions of madmen and dope fiends are a better guide to reality than the common-sense interpretation of data available to the so-called normal mind. This is one such period, if you haven't noticed already.” ― Robert Anton Wilson

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

His family has their own dice game related to Generala called 'The Mad Hatter's Tea Party' that's played in pairs. It forces you to keep changing seats but you score higher when sat with your teammate so you're constantly trying to get back to them. We almost always come last but it's so much fun!

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a cartoon of a rabbit holding a knife and a teapot with a cup on it

Alt: Gif of the March Hare conducting the teapots at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party in the Disney animated movie.

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Literally just watched the full video of this yesterday and then saw this on a new follower's profile. Apophenia? Manifestation? Sign from the universe that I'm on the right track? Dangerously close to falling into the trap of "believing my own B.S."? Pretty cool either way! 💫

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🇨🇦🔮🔥Fiery Goddess🔥🔮🇨🇦 @fierygoddess.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Happy Full buck moon!🦌🌕 Release regret, fear, greed and anger and replace it with optimism, bravery, generosity and love. So mote it be! #witchsky #halisky

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

As someone who can get carried away by my unverified personal gnosis, the concept of reality tunnels is exactly the grounding I need before I go any deeper into my druid training. It's definitely been a shift in consciousness for me and something I'm taking my time to explore and sit with. /|\

A quote by Robert Anton Wilson who popularised the idea of reality tunnels and that featured in episode two of Adventures in Nutopia. It is written over a stock image of a long, strip light lit subway tunnel and reads: If we tried to be conscious of all the signals from our environment, we couldn't do it. So we throw out all the information that seems unimportant, which means we also throw out all the information that seems threatening to our belief system or to our dogma and our brain constructs a model out of all the information coming up from the rest of the nervous system and we project the model outward and consider it reality. It's not reality. It's our reality tunnel."

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I feel I've had a good grasp of the middleworld for a while now, but struggle with the others. With the context of reality tunnels, I've realised no one experiences them objectively. You pick a 'best fit' then experience it through that lense. #witchsky #occultsky #paganism

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Finally back on the Adventures in Nutopia kick and currently exploring episode 2, 'The Map is not the Territory' about 'belief tunnels'. I think recognising our own belief tunnels, and those of others, is more important than ever as we navigate the turbulent times we're in right now.

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Caroline B @vegancb.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Trees are life 🌲🌳

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I'm so amused by this. I once dabbled in #Encanto fanfic in an attempt to share the Madrigals in my head with folks in the real world. I wrote a scene where they were playing Uno (well, Crazy 8s, bc Uno wouldn't exist in the Encanto 😁). Seeing them on their favourite card game made my day! 😂😂😂

I can't copy/paste the text because I lost the original manuscript when my laptop died, but it describes a scene where Camilo, Mirabel and Bruno are playing Crazy Eights. Bruno complains that the suit keeps changing (because he's holding a bunch of diamonds). Pepa interrupts to bring her brother a cup of her sister's 'special tea' just as Camilo takes the victory. She then asks to be dealt in. An awkward moment follows when Camilo mentions his mom said she hated the game (it was really that it brought back uncomfortable memories of a happier time).

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I've been in #OBOD 7 years and I STILL haven't completed the bardic grade. It's not a lack of motivation. It's that the second I pick it up my guides/intuition take me down various rabbit holes that may or may not be related to the work, and these 'side-quests' sometimes last a year or more. 😆/|\

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

More horrific news today, so here is José again. This was last September when we went to Paris for a work trip (my colleague and client loved him! Or, I think so anyway -nonverbal communication was never my strong point 😂😂😂)

José the toy rat is shown sitting on a lilac suitcase-shaped box holding a mini passport in his paws and there's tiny little card suitcase beside him with his name on the tag.

José is shown with his head peeking out of my carry on bag as it hangs on the hook of the plane seat in front of me. Ready for take off!

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Two years ago, I found this adorable little toy rat in a department store and couldn't resist him. I called him José (long story 😅). José and I have had so many adventures since, so I think I'll share pics of him sometimes when I need cheering up! 😁🐀✨️

A collage I made of photos of a little toy rat (it's meant to be an elephant mouse but looks like a grey rat with a pointed snout). He's quite realistic and rests on his hind legs with his head looking upwards.

The middle image shows him sitting in my hand in the store I found him in, then it is surrounded by images of him in various locations: a table in a bar, poking out of a side pocket of my rucksack, sitting on a railing and posed to look like he's washing his face with his 'hands'.

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Caroline B @vegancb.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Remember ~ everything that glitters is not gold. Use your intuition to steer you to what is real, truthful and genuine 🤍✨💫

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

They say "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear," and for me this often comes as a podcast. This interview spoke to so many of the messages I've been receiving from spirit, adding new depth to my understanding, and whispering, "See, it's not just you, Jem!" /|\ youtu.be/6XVLpr92J6E?...

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Interview with Frank McEowen / Celtic Bards, Chinese Hermit Poets & Politics in America Today

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Reposting this because although it seems my type of imagination isn't as common as I once thought, I DO hope to find more folk like me. The text is too long to post in a reply though, so reposting to add alt text.

A screen shot of a post I wrote on Facebook which reads:

"Those who've known me since childhood, or have met me drunk enough that I gave you a whistle-stop tour of 'Rotokia' will know how vivid and complex my imagination is. As I grew, I learnt to mostly keep it confined to what I call my 'inner world' although my mum will recount times that a discarded carrier bag has grown bunny ears and began to hop down the road, and I once saw a tiny little pig with dragonfly wings crawl out from the curb on a rainy street-lit suburban road, freezing for a moment when it saw me, before quickly flying off!

But then I read articles like this one: https://www.self.com/story/hyperphantasia and think, no, it's not like that. It's not loud or disruptive. It's not video-perfect either, and I can tell the difference between what I'm seeing with my mind's eye and what's 'real'. They're not hallucinations, and although I get exceptionally vivid hypnagogic hallucinations in bed sometimes, the events I witness in my inner world are rarely THAT clear. It's more that I'm so wrapped up in the 'story' that I forget I can't really see unless I'm actively focusing on something, and my brain fills in the details afterwards so when I recall the events it's just as vivid as a memory of what I'd done at work that day.

So I really don't know. Am I one of the rare 3%? Or am I just blessed with an overactive imagination? Either way, this is surely one of the few positives that have come from 'living life on hard mode'!"

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

So... I've done the thing! Is there a way to go back and add alt text to old posts, or should I just repost any I'm particularly fond of? I know I'm a tiny profile but that's no reason not to be as inclusive as possible!

Image shows a screen shot of the settings page in which the 'require alt text before posting' option can be enabled so this feature can't be accidentally forgotten.

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

This beautiful painting makes me think of The Star #tarot card. Due to my own hubris, I felt the full force of The Tower last year. After The Tower, comes The Star. So here I am, in my 'Star Time', reaching for the light I'd let myself lose. Trying to do better. To fix what I broke. To heal. 💫 🥹✨️

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Magpies and Madrigals @jembru.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

I was sick yesterday so didn't have coffee or do my usual morning #meditation. The coffee tasted so good after the break this morning, and my meditation was deeply restorative. Maybe I should purposely take breaks sometimes? Maybe we need to miss the good things in life to appreciate them? 🤔

A close-up of my favourite coffee mug that reads, "Life is a mixture of magic and coffee." I took it while outside on the swing seat where I like to meditate if the weather allows, and my favourite blanket is over my legs. It's a bright pink Encanto blanket.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

why did this make me laugh

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Caroline B @vegancb.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

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