VOID STATE APPRECIATION.

Meeting Apollo

Deity Doodles

(My experience working with the Gods. UPG)

2021 was a strange year with even stranger occurrences.

I found a lot of information in person of what magic in real life actually looks like. My parents were witches but very rarely practiced.

A friend who was a Lokean helped me with something that happened (which I will go in depth another day). Loki and his presence was very strong. I can’t remember exactly what I asked but the way he answered (through my friend) was “you’re definitely Apollo’s.” (Which I should have noticed because he sent me dreams constantly with signs but…)

Not long after I welcomed him in my life, I began to feel, hear, and see Apollo. It was weird (then again a lot of things were weird at this time), but it was also lots of fun.

Apollo was incredibly excited to be able to communicate and share information. His excitement I could feel like a full body buzz that made me giggle. I was obsessed (and a bit fearful) with being proper and worshiping him the “right way”, but he slowed me down and made me realize that it’s supposed to be fun. My practice was an adventure, something that will evolve with time, just embrace this beginning with him.

He taught me about the modernization of the Gods and how they are capable of not only understanding but enjoying modern things. It’s important to respect their root likes, but also… “That dodgeball meme is the funniest fucking thing.”

I still have a wonderful bond with Apollo. We have had our miscommunications and discussions on how to prevent them, which only made our bond stronger.

I offer him Wine and Peach Crown Royal Whisky. I play him classical music and Ke$ha. We love watching documentaries and Labyrinth. I pray to his accomplishments in mythology and our accomplishments together.

I honor you Phoebus Apollo, I thank you for our incredible bond. I am grateful for everything that you’ve taught me and I can’t wait to continue!

Love, Sunspot

To those who are still reading I share my favorite advice. Learn about them like a friend, what’s written down years ago is important, but there’s been a lot of new things in that time.

Lastly have fun. Just enjoy what you’re doing. It’s such a wonderful gift that we’ve found our path. We could have never discovered this and yet here we are!!! Love your practice, it’s an evolving gift.

𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑳𝑶𝑨 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒔

“Reverse” changelings are rarely addressed on tumblr, but it’s actually something that I discuss with others in the craft frequently offline. So I thought I would compile it into a comic for witchblr!

commissions | ko-fi

you can always start over. you can always catch up. you can still be who you dream of being. it’s not too late for you.

angels ancestors and spirit guides : 

[ a basic introduction ] 

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while our human selves define these energies radically different beings , they are all intigraly tied to one another and , dare i say , the exact same thing . 

through many hours of meditation , i have come to recount my many past lives as one of these beings as well as much of the methods i would use to guide different types of souls through their own unique situations . 

here are the definitions of each of these three beings , according to human beings :

angels 

humans regard angels as higher beings or messengers from their god . 

i regard angels as beings who do not possess physical bodies at the moment they make their efforts to guide or relay messages to you . very similar to how i’ve come to recognize spirit guides , but angels have had anywhere from one to five lifetimes in a physical body and either don’t wish to go back , or don’t wish to go back for several mellinia , so they spend their remaining / time inbetween helping humans and other souls along their journey’s . 

ancestors

physical ancestors are the spirits that previously inhabited bodies your current physical body is related to by blood . 

spiritual ancestors are the remnants or invocations of the different spirits you’ve been before numerous soul splits . 

spirit guides 

any being who does not possess a physical body at the moment they make their efforts to guide you . more often than not , these will be beings who have yet to possess a physical body of any kind and choose to help guide you along your way out of the goodness of their nature . 

some of these spirits are newly formed and some of them are incredibly old , however they are all so divinely connected with source they are half a step away from merging with them again. 

i’ve seen people lump angels and ancestors into the spirit guide category as well . technically , if we’re going off of commonly used human definitions , everything from fae to deities and spirit animals can count as spirit guides . 

although , the first paragraph is how i choose to define spirit guides as it is the best way i’ve been able to put into words information shared with me through meditation and channeling source . 

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basically though , all of these beings possesses the same type of protective , loving , directive archetypal energy that gives you exactly what you need at the exact moment you need it . 

while the human mind might have been trained to prefer labels and pretty boxes , all these beings and their energy trancends labels and categorizations of any kind . 

you cannot take their job description or presumed identifiers and stick them into different groups . they are inquantifiable and it is futile to try , but perhaps that’s why we do it . 

I reason not.

Reason is the trickster of inner self's freedom. It temps you to trade your desire for comfort and new over the old.

Throughout our lives we've accepted that reason is a sort of currency in the world of imagination, you want to convince someone of something in return for the feeling of having their trust and do so through language. But words have no place in the world of imagination, they build roads that limit the inner man from going where he wishes to go. We've accepted that to convince self, or be convinced, has to be through words of logical reason.

It's only when we truly go within and feel around that we realize how limiting words themselves can be. Realize this, trying to reason yourself into why and how you are what you want to be will also be how you reason yourself out of it. As the inner man you don't have explain why u are who you want to be, why you have your desire through words and then hope it works.

Are you trying to convince the 3D or yourself?

Because then after the acceptance of doubtful event, your inner self feels " I don't have it" and is met with you saying "no i do have it now, look" then you proceed to imagine different things in an attempt at changing things in the 3D bc you believe satisfaction lies there, only to spiral further and panic.

Do not trust in my advice to be the full proof answer that will finally make u manifest but trust in your ability to understand and guide yourself through it, you can take my words and make them your own.

If creation is finished, then to desire is to have because it exists, you desire it because it exists and how could u want sth beyond your comprehension or its existence? you reason yourself into why you should go into the kitchen if you're hungry? Do you reason why you are in your bed right now?

Trying to reason or explain why you have what you want is the outer man trying to find a logical way things would happen through his limited sight, because he does not see what you, the inner man feels.

I know it can be incredibly difficult for some of you to silence the thoughts of reason, but the point is not to silence thoughts. It's about choosing not to deal with them.

I remember a time after I decided to let go of my negative thoughts, it was only because I cared only about what I wanted to feel, rather than what I should. Reason tried to argue with me but I would always shut it down with "but I really do not care" because I didn't, I didn't care how real it was or even I'd it was real, if I was doing it right. I only cared about feeling it for myself.

If you have to use words and reason yourself into it, you'll find yourself stuck bc words can be limiting to the inner man who feels beyond man made language. We put our feelings into words, but we know that what we feel is far greater than what we say. In a change of state you won't have to explain how you have what you want when you're met with doubt.

You don't reason with your thoughts,you don't reason against objects, you're going against yourself and trying to convince yourself at the same time. It is the same as " well I can't make it happen in the 3D but I have to find a way to materialize it by imagining and if I convince myself then I'll finally have it "

The feeling (acceptance) of self is all that matters and the core of Neville's laws. Neville never imagined to "get out" of a situation or "make something happen" he did it to change himself. He imagined being in Barbatos-the complete opposite environment where he was- to convince himself he was already there, not to forcefully feel happy or greatful, but to show himself proof he was there, and the outer world followed.

Instead of using words as your way to get by in imagination, bring life to it through feeling. Reason might be your currency but belief is your fortune.

ASKING FOR YOUR OPINION

guys let me know if I should do other reality shifting related pick a card readings like my 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 one !!

Or should I do something loa/void state related? I know there are many in the Loa community who struggle from time to time, so I thought some tarot advice would be nice idk

Feel free to send me your ideas 🫂✨

*edit:

Loa (law of assumption) talks about being able to manifest your desires in the 3D and the void state is one of the methods where u can manifest anything you want overnight or some use it to shift to their desired realities (u can find lot's of useful information on tumblr regarding Loa and void state)

Deity Disconnect Got You Down?

Disclaimer: This is a more personal post and involves a bit of UPG.

I didn't start witchcraft by doing deity work, in fact, I just started actively working with deities in the last two years! Before that, the only experience I've had with a god was the Christian God, but even then I only interacted with him* in the way that I was taught to: You pray to him but he probably won't respond. I was even told when I asked why God doesn't answer me, "That's just not how God works"...

This is no slight towards Christian witches, as I know they interact with the Christian God differently than non-witchy Christians and I would never claim to know their relationships with him.

However, due to this upbringing, I didn't know how to interact with deities. I had to unlearn what I had been taught about interacting with a god.

One of the things I had to unlearn is that, unlike how I was taught growing up, many deities aren't always going to be there to talk to you, they're a lot more human-like than we think. They aren't like how the Christian God is said to be: always there, always watching. w

I got scared when the interactions with my deities started to wane/ I wasn't feeling them or hearing from them as often and I started to worry that they'd abandoned me. That's not true! As with any relationship, there are times when you can't always be with someone, it's totally normal to go days, weeks, and even months without hearing from your deities. That doesn't mean that you've been left behind!!

So if you're feeling disconnected from your deities here are some things to keep in mind:

Just because they aren't always around doesn't mean they aren't always there for you.

Call them when you need them if you don't feel like they're around at the moment. Gods are used to being called to by humans, it won't offend them.

They may not show up right away sometimes. They are feeling, thinking beings, they have their own will and generally act accordingly to said will.

Deities are allowed to step back. If they feel the need to take a break from your relationship, or simply not interact with you as much, then that's just fine!

It's not always a reflection of you, your character, or your craft. Sometimes they just want to take a break and that's perfectly fine!

Sometimes, the problem is that we are too busy and we put our relationships with our deities on the back burner. In this case, most of the time, in my experience, they understand and if they need to reach out to you they will find a way.

If you feel like you've been disconnected from your deities and would like to take some actions to reconnect, here are some ideas:

Read up on their mythology. Even if you've read it all before, give yourself a bit of a refresher!

Do some divination. I use tarot but you can use whichever form works best for you. Use tsk the deity what you can do to reconnect with them.

Talk to them. Even if you feel like they aren't around, just talk to them. Tell them how you feel, how your day went, and tell them you want to reconnect. You can also write to them.

Give them an offering. Since this post is focused on reconnecting with deities, you probably already know which offerings your patrons prefer. So give them an offering and let them know you're thinking of them!

Do something that makes you feel more connected to that deity. This could be going on a walk, making a certain food item, creating art, playing a movie, and so on. Just do something that makes you feel closer to them.

All in all, everyone's experiences with Deities and Deity work is going to be unique to the person, as with any relationship in life. Do what works best for you, this is just a post to help remind people that deity work isn't always having your life fully devoted to a deity. Most of us aren't able to put that much of our time or energy into deity work. If you can and want to, that's perfectly okay, too!

*I was raised using he/him pronouns for the Christian God as that was how he manifested in my life and upbringing. However, I am aware that there are folks who choose to use other pronouns for the Christian God and I'm not disregarding nor disrespecting that. Use whatever pronouns for your chosen deities as you want, Christian God or otherwise. <3