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  • “Come sit, heathen. At long last, I’ve solved the most vexing riddle, and I can see by the ache behind your eyes that you wonder about the darkest cosmic jokes, too. Forgive me if you’ve already untied this knot, but I’ve been long burdened by the tangled complexities of a witch’s life. For all my tired pursuits and obsessive learning, I’ve never been able to answer this question: Why does the witch cackle? The witch sees much on these longer nights when stubborn ghosts refuse the ground, after all. Her sagging skin thins, unfed by the sweeter dreams and softer memories. Her visions are marked and haunted by shredded angel wings, wailing banshees awash in blood, and those mystic pre-dawn skies that mock our arrogant clocks and call the hooded, knowing ones to bow low to the exquisite unseen. So why does she cackle? If you listen, the world hums during that hallowed and violet hour before sunrise. The frozen dirt sings, and the naked trees tell you their most ghastly and grotesque stories. Just when that ginger glow snakes along the horizon, you just can’t help but stretch your arms moonward and be swallowed whole by the eternal infinite. Just then, you feel your bones already underground deep in some not-so-distant salt-riddled earth where your wandering soul is already roaming and whispering love poetry into the ears of the broken-hearted, where the whole of your life was but a single indigo thread in the grand and beauteous tapestry called time.” - @wolfwomanwitch #queenmebpdx #thehouseoftwigs #thot #heathen #witchesoinstagram #crone #cackle #howl #wildwoman #heathensofinstagram
  • “For the past week, I have been fixated on the idea of activating my throat chakra. I did anything I could think of—I sought out lapis lazuli, I listened to vibrations attuned to this chakra point, I sang octaves to myself in my car or in my room when no one else was home, I practiced breathing techniques that filled my lungs and reminded me that my throat contained blood and muscle and air. Feeling that resonance of sound in my chest became crucial, and any route to its activation appealed to me. If you sing loud enough, you feel it not only in your vocal cords in your throat, you feel it in your chest, as well. Sound has a way of perforating rib and muscle, setting ablaze the space around your heart, as though there was a hallway or door in the chest from which sound can pour out. I thought if I sang loud enough, I could awaken myself, or wipe a metaphysical slate clean. This obsession started after Samhain, as the Moon grew toward fullness in the sign Taurus. Yesterday, after listening to my thousandth throat chakra sound bath, I remembered that Taurus rules the throat and the heart chakra.” Full moon writing out now by @eighthhouseastro on #thehouseoftwigs #thot #fullmoon #taurus #astrology #moonreport #witchesofinstagram #witchschool #witchshop #throatchakra #mercuryretrograde
  • “ @nightflarecreative is a small, boutique company that is based in Portland, OR but has creative partners is Los Angeles, San Francisco, Canada and the UK. The first time I met Drew and Nick they let me know that they had a background in both media and art. We all got along instantly and you can tell we all follow and appreciate the same makers and witchy designers out there. We discussed a previous project that was very personal to them. It was their own drop dead gorgeous wedding you can see here. We have since done a collaboration for my retail business and a series of still images, and cinemegraphs. The images and videos in this article are the result of that collaboration. ——- Q. Can you tell us a bit about your creative backgrounds, both Drew and Nick Night? We have been creating work together for over a decade, both artistically and commercially. Starting young, Drew commenced a passion for photography at the age of 10, while Nick began his film practice at 13. We both attended arts high schools, where we got together and started collaborating, then went to art university. We are lucky enough to have similar core aesthetics and the fringes of our differences prevent the work from becoming homogeneous. Our key inspirations developed early on, drawing from nature and overgrowth, dreams and hypnotic states. We have other practices that inform our work as well, from botanical design and staging to cooking and recipe development.” #witchesofinstagram #portlandoregon #mediahouse #thehouseoftwigs #witchcraft #witchmarketing #cinemegraph #darkfashion #gothicstyle
  • Thanks to everyone who came out to our Fet Gede event, Sacred Ancestor Blessing, and Sendoff with Ziona. The Veves have faded from the rain but the energy stays imprinted out front. #queenmebpdx #portlandoregon #voudou #mamanbrigitte #veve #pocwitches #inclusivemagick #ancestorritual #witchesofinstagram #conjure
  • “The starkness of light, the blanket of darkness and the slow creeping cold temperatures outside collide with the lightness of laughter, warm misted windows and connecting with ancestors both living and dead. November is a time of release, reminiscing, remembering and relaxation. We release to let go of what we can’t bring with us into the new year. We reminisce about the warmer weather and summer adventures. We remember our loved ones both near and far. We relax knowing that we did our best. We have two months left in the year and we’ve just entered a mercury retrograde; allow and flow instead of pushing and striving. Pick up the projects you put down along the way and see which ones are worth the energy to take into the new year of 2020. This is a potent time for realizing where our energies can be used most effectively and with love. We welcome the goddesses of November as we make our way through the change and transformation… Isis… I am the goddess of magic and transformation. I am strongest in the transitional times (Spring and Autumn) for this is when a special kind of alchemy takes place. The endurance, the perseverance and the trust that is needed to make it through, is what separates those who grow and those who stay stuck in the cycle of the spiral. Are you ready to ascend? Are you ready to go deeper? I’m the one for your process. Tiamat… I am a dragon. Yet I am also a goddess. From the times of Babylon I come forth and represent the waters from which life is created. I may represent chaos but I also represent heaven and earth. The challenges that come from creation are many but the magic that comes from creating is powerful! Call upon my energy when you are readying for a new journey and need assistance with navigating the unknown waters.” ~ Channeled #goddess messages by Winter of @source.and.stone out now on #thehouseoftwigs #thot #eset #goddessisis #tiamat #witchcraft #witchesofinstagram #pocgoddesses #pocwitches
  • “With Scorpio, we find ourselves in the realm of Dis, Hades, the underworld. Ancient Romans described the place where souls go as a vast forest of pine, encircled by a deep river. Here we can find a metaphor for the power of intuitive exploration (water) that helps us enter our deepest, most fertile realm (psyche as forest). With the Moon New in Scorpio, we find a moment of intention setting, as we do with all New Moons. The conjunction of the Sun and Moon bring together the energies of self (Sun) and emotion (Moon), blending them together in the sign of the phoenix. This is potent magic in and of itself, but we have other astrological weather to contend with as well. The Moon will form a bright sextile to Jupiter, planet of expansion, luck, and excess. This happens at 1:22am PST. Perhaps you’ll be sleeping, or perhaps you’ll be out enjoying a night of scorpionic revelry. Either way, this aspect encourages us to continue to reach out in warmth, in joy, and in compassion to others. Perhaps this is a message that expanding into our sense of shadow brings messages, insight, or other wisdom at this time. Mars will square off with Saturn at 7:30am PST, and this aspect is no fooling around. A sense of limitation or frustration of action is possible, as the planet of conquest (Mars) is put on the defensive by Saturn, the planet of restriction. Keeping our guard up is advised, as is watching our tempers. We may feel pressurized to a point of reaction, so keep your heart protected at this time. “ - #NewMoon and #mercuryretrograde report by @eighthhouseastro On #thehouseoftwigs #thot #scorpio #Jupiter #saturn #uranus #astrology #moonreport
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