iscariotapologist:

Faith is nothing else but a right understanding (with true belief and certain trust) of our being - that we are in God, and God in us - which we do not see.

Julian of Norwich, trans. Fr. John-Julian, OJN

the-lost-kemetic:

To Kemetic Devotees!

(And anyone else who’d like to chime in!)

How did your relationship with your deities start out? How has it evolved since then?

For myself, I started out pretty insecure in my practice. I was still in the broom closet, so there wasn’t much I could do in way of worship and offerings at first.

As time went on, I started to grow a lot more confident in my skills, and also became more open with my practice when I finally started to open up with my deities as well.

Originally, I was mostly interested in witchcraft. I grew up atheist and had gone to the UU church so I had always seen myself as spiritual and not religious. Learning witchcraft was a way I could take action in my life for things that I couldn’t do much else about.

One day, I was contemplating deity work because of tiktok (I know I know) and I couldn’t stop thinking the name “Thoth.” I eventually investigated this, set up a little candle for him and began to do magic with him. It felt so real, I couldn’t deny it anymore and converted to polytheism. Now, my practice is much much more religious and I only do magic from time to time.

Kemeticism is a religion of constant study. When I first began, I absorbed a ton of books and was constantly writing new rituals and spells. Now, I know kind of what works for me and stick to that. I’m more focused on my fiction writing and as a result, I’ve been reading mostly fiction too. I’ve been requesting help from Tehuti for that and my studies for religion have been kind of put on hold. I want to continue researching once I finish my book but for now I’m doing what I know! I have time to explore even more later.

asksecularwitch:

friend-crow:

People talk about how urban witchcraft can be hard because you have no access to nature, which I don’t agree with. There are animals and plants everywhere, even though people tend to scorn the ones that thrive in an urban environment. Like yeah it would be nice to have easy access to some woods, but you’ve got weeds, you’ve got rats and raccoons – you can make do.

The real problem with urban witchcraft is the lack of damn privacy. I can’t even get ecstatic around a bonfire because my neighbors are ten feet away and I still have to face them every day.

Honestly, I think it comes back to the “what does witchcraft look like if not a (nature based / farming worshiping [religion])?” And I know that’s not your discussion point here, but I’m just saying I’d deal with the person who is out here talking about urban witchcraft differently.

And the answer to what does witchcraft look like (without nature based foundation) is: “Something that helps the individual (accomplish something).”

The fact that we’re pivoting the conversation around “weeds/rats/raccoons” (or in my case, spirits that appear on sidewalks in need of assistance to return to the earth) - fundamentally shows how hard it is to separate the stereotype of witchcraft being fundamentally “nature based” let alone [religious].

Right what does a plant in the sidewalk matter to someone who works directly with the consequences of a building? Because buildings have their own spirits that I routinely work with. What does a crow at the window matter if I’m watching on the edge of my vision two ancestor spirits from someone else haunt them as they work on their computer at the starbuckies?

What a quartz care for as I’m writing and folding a charm into a paper? What does a piece of lettuce care if I take a paper cup, cut it, and turn it into a shaking jar in the middle of the work place?

And of course, in b4 we have a thousand people talking about “BUT THEN ENVIRONMENT-” because I’m both not talking about the physical location of a place and also talking about the physical location of the place being something that is not necessary what we mean when we say Nature. And of course, we can always make the argument that…… ready for it? Ready?

“Humans are never separated from nature as they are a part of nature. We are animals - and what ever we do is part of nature.”

But again that’s not. that’s not what people mean when they talk about “no access to nature” right? Like they are talking about an idealism that is beyond, beyond, beyond civilization. They aren’t talking about the rain that comes down as you walk across a school parking lot in the middle of downtown and hits your head just as it would in the middle of a forest. There’s something /else/ about what they are talking about in that ideal that they are wrapping up in a secret little bow. A little hint - if you will - of some shit that I just got the “warning don’t post that” bell because sometimes tumblr can’t handle shit.

Like, you gotta believe that magic fundamentally cannot exist in “civilization” if you’re over there saying “no access to nature” makes witchcraft difficult. That the /magic/ exists somewhere else instead of right here *slaps the palms of her hands*. Right? It’s a paradigm. It’s a world view. It’s a thought process around spells, magic, etc etc, witchcraft.

Gotta think more and think more, and think more, to really grasp what someone’s fucking S A Y I N G when they say shit like that.

And maybe yall are like “sec it ain’t that deep” and I’m here to say, sometimes that shit matters. The fact you can’t see spells or magic on a flickering street light or at the corners of stone and brick laid together is a fundamental core value of a practice. The fact if I drop you in a middle of a food desert and you would not be able to work a spell or feel unable to do so? is a fundamental core value of a practice.

ALSO, ECHOING this:
The real problem with urban witchcraft is the lack of damn privacy.

Because sometimes I desperately WANT to practice a very large spell and cannot because I lack the space.

ALSO in b4 folks be like “BUT SEC You’ve always lived in a city-” Bruv. Pls. I worked magic in the deep forest for over 10 years prior to me leaving it. I will slap u right in the middle ur forehead and send a wave of lego stepping on curses right down to ur favorite bestie three houses over. Don’t test me. lololol. I’m kidding. :D I’m too lazy. But that was a good threat right?

friend-crow:

People talk about how urban witchcraft can be hard because you have no access to nature, which I don’t agree with. There are animals and plants everywhere, even though people tend to scorn the ones that thrive in an urban environment. Like yeah it would be nice to have easy access to some woods, but you’ve got weeds, you’ve got rats and raccoons – you can make do.

The real problem with urban witchcraft is the lack of damn privacy. I can’t even get ecstatic around a bonfire because my neighbors are ten feet away and I still have to face them every day.

divinefemmefatalexo:

Tarot Tips ❤️💋

bl00dveil:

the prerogative of the privileged is to share with and provide for those who have not been so fortunate. those who have never been denied ought not to deny him who would ask for help.

as a devotee and child of Ra, i look to the aspect of Him which is infinitely provident, who “provideth bread for all,” who “made every man like his fellow,” and who comes to those who call. my offerings of Ma’at to Him take the form of my mutual aid efforts and humanizing those who have been pushed into the shadow of the city i live in. Ma’at is an active and practical principle that flourishes when embodied in our day-to-day interpersonal interactions.

flaroh:

ALT

Hathor Amongst the Papyri 🐮🌾𓁥𓃒

Thank you Megan for the commission!🧡

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