Sharing again. I’m in a really tough spot and I’m trying to stay positive.
01.03.2026 07:11
👍 2
🔁 4
💬 0
📌 0
Sharing again. I’m in a really tough spot and I’m trying to stay positive.
It was 70° Monday, it's snowing now.
Happy birthday, Rick.💜
Oh, that sounds fascinating!
These words come from my book “Alive with Spirits: The Path and Practice of Animistic Witchcraft” yet their point is woven throughout the way I approach and teach witchcraft.
Courses: www.ladyalthaea.com/courses.html
The Winding Way (community & massive resource library): www.patreon.com/c/Althaea
And so, the work we do (and the work—the doing of witchcraft—is the point of it all) serves to further anchor us within physicality, allowing us to meet an incredibly variety of spirits on equal terms and to achieve inscendence—where we entangle ourselves with the Land, with life, with living.
4/
What is the obsession with love spells but a human need for connection and support? What is the relevance of prosperity magick but an effort to make our lives easier so that we are better able to appreciate the joy of living and being physically incarnate?
3/
We can see this entanglement directly translate to a focus on common aspects of human life and ways that we can make our lives better for ourselves.
2/
The goal of the witch is not to escape life, to attain godhead, or to transcend the physical world. It is inscendence, to become entangled with the Land and thoroughly embroiled in witchcraft.
1/
#WitchSky #PaganSky
Yeah, that is very much not a white man. 😅 He's Turkic and we're originally from Northern Mongolia.
Oh, that's fun! It makes sense to me that bells would be used, due to how prevalent they are throughout Asia and that there was some cultural sharing. We use them for protection against spirits.
Photo of a Kazakh shaman in typical Turkic shamanic dress. He holds a large drum on one hand, the beater in the other. He wears a tall feathered hat.
Just me, a cup of tea, and the ancestors helping me work through this stack of pdf's.
What are you studying/researching lately?
#WitchSky #PaganSky
Photo of a large ceramic mug filled with tea sitting on a heavily weathered wooden deck in the slanty warm morning sunshine.
Good morning from tea.
(it's supposed to be nearly 70° today. It was 50° at 6:30am)
Screenshot of the sales listing for the book "Shamanism and Islam."
If anyone would like to buy *me* a book, I would like this one. 🥹👉👈
It's International Woman's Day: buy a woman a book.
+10 points if you buy a woman a book written by another woman.
Intro to Ancestor Work is a self-faced course designed with those newer to witchcraft in mind. Hands-on exercises guide you through actual practice, teaching you through the firsthand experiences you have. Gentle, supportive, yours for life.
Learn more here:
www.ladyalthaea.com/ancestor-wor...
However you come to this work, whatever your reasons for seeking your ancestors, know that your efforts are supported and that connection with your ancestors is there for you.
Connection to family, to community, is your birthright.
5/
The abuse done to you and your family, that continues to be done for the sake of fracturing your family line, cannot take away your right to know the strength of your ancestors.
4/
You have a right to seek your ancestors.
Regardless of your family history and quality of relationships you have with living family, you have the right & ability to seek and know your ancestors.
The abuse of living family does not take away your right to know your ancestors, to know their love.
3/
A bond of connection persists. Our ancestors exist, conscious and aware, and they are able to take actions that affect the quality of our lives. They can aid us in our struggles, they can celebrate our success, they can guide us through challenges, they can support us in our pain.
2/
Ancestor work is the continuity of community. It is the acknowledgment that the dead are not gone but continue to exist, impacting us and being impacted by us.
1/
#WitchSky #PaganSky
Inside the witch is a library of feral spirits, a hundred books that need not be written for their knowledge is best told by tree root and hedge blossom. Her living practice is a curation of wonders and wild wisdom. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
That is so great. A very deserved feeling!
We talk about school, their families, their dating lives, their mental health. They all have my number. They text me. They call me mom.
So when one of them fucks up and there's nothing I can do, my heart feels nothing but pain.
I spent yesterday grieving.
I have a lot of kids. My kids have a lot of friends. And all of those babies are my babies when they're here.
They know they're safe. They will be fed. They have access to the washing machine, showers, a bed, quiet space; whatever they need.
Graphic shows green grass peeking out from amidst crystalline snow. White text atop this image reads, “WitchCRAFT not WitchTHINK: 03/28. Because witchcraft can only be learned by doing. A hands-on workshop practicing witchcraft in a live group setting! Every month, we’ll focus on a number of different activities to develop and hone skills—and experiment with new techniques. Gain valuable experience and get feedback. All experience levels welcome.”
Graphic shows a closeup of a slender branch with bright green buds on long stems growing out of it. Over top this image is white text that reads, “Witch Chat: 03/31. A super casual end of the month chat for us to get together and laugh, rant, catch up, and bask in the warmth of community. No topic or theme, just witches being in community with each other.”
Graphic shows a slender branch with soft fuzzy buds. Over top this image, and on the left, is white text that reads, “The Winding Way. A nurtured community of animists and polytheists, learning and sharing together in the spirit of reciprocity and right relationship. Thriving Community, Weekly Events, Peer Support Groups, Anti-Racist, Disability Informed, Queer Inclusive, Resource Library of 50+ Workshops. Join Now. patreon.com/Althaea Link in Bio.”
●resource library of 50+ skill-building workshops, Tarot spreads, discernment prompts, & exercises
●group mentorship plus spiritual support & guidance from me
●nurtured community embracing radical inclusivity & accessibility
Membership starts at just fifteen buckaroonies.
www.patreon.com/c/Althaea
Graphic shows a close up of a catkin. Over laid upon this image is white text that reads, “Book Club: 03/12. A casual day long event to talk about what we’re currently reading, what we want to read next, and commiserate on how judgmental our TBR piles can be!”
Graphic shows a closeup of moss growing on rough rocks. Bright golden orange morning sunlight falls slanted across the moss. White text overlaid upon this image reads, “Divination Swap: 03/18. A day long event to exchange readings, get practice, and find clarity. All experience levels—and divination methods—welcome.”
Graphic shows a closeup of bright blue spring ephemeral flowers, delicate and small. White text atop this image reads, “Polytheist & Animist Support Group: 03/20. A peer support space for help with unpacking religious baggage, navigating the challenges of holding these worldviews, and the less talked about aspects of devotion to the Gods. Guided discussions, inclusive space, new resources each month.”
Centered on strong values of community & right relationship, The Winding Way is packed with resources & community-based support:
●peer support groups to help strengthen the foundation of your practice & explore the parts of this craft that don’t fit social media discourse
2/
Graphic shows a close up of a the end of a twig, fat buds beginning to open and green. White text over top this image reads, “March Events in The Winding Way Community. Devotional Arts Challenge: All Month Long. Monthly Q&A and Group Mentorship: March 03. Book Club: March 12. Divination Swap: March 18. Polytheist & Animist Support Group: March 20. WitchCRAFT not WitchTHINK: March 28. Witch Chat: March 31. patreon.com/Althaea”
Graphic shows a close up of a purple crocus growing out of the leaf strewn ground. White text over top this image reads, “Devotional Arts Challenge: All Month Long! A month long challenge to encourage and promote devotion, to support each other in embodied devotion, and to encourage creativity and creative expression in These Times. Weekly themes to help guide our creativity and inspire us!”
Graphic shows a close up of tiny red blossoms just bursting out of their buds. Heavy wet snow clings to the blossoms and the spindly branch they grow from. Black text atop this image reads, “Monthly Q&A and Group Mentorship: 03/03. A question led chat on witchcraft theory and practice, divination, beginning Pagan practice, building relationships with the Gods, spirit work, and more!”
Check out everything happening this month in The Winding Way Community—including the return of the Devotional Arts Challenge! 👀
1/
#WitchSky #PaganSky
Of course. 💜
Photo of three whitetail deer browsing in a mixed forest
Good afternoon from browsing deer.