Aspen Galbanum (@aspengalbanum) — Bluesky Profile

6 months ago

Dispensaries are weird, man:

"Would you like Cheetah Piss, or Girl Scout Cookies?"

"I'm not sure, what's the difference?"

#cannabis

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6 months ago

Asking the Powers That Be that better days head your way soon, Lady

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6 months ago

Wiccan Values in Political Resistance: The Texas Walkout On August 3, 2025, over fifty Texas House Democrats left the state to block a vote on a mid-decade redistricting plan. By crossing state lines, they denied the two-thirds quorum needed to pass the new maps—turning their absence into a powerful act of resistance. In Wiccan terms, they momentarily stepped outside the circle to protect the larger sacred space of fair representation.

The Texas Walkout, seen as an Underworld Journey or Pilgrimage. Good Trouble protecting the balance of power.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #TexasWalkout #QuorumDenied

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7 months ago

Some of my Rock Band names:

AA Bottom
Sighted Cucumber
Contemplate Terrasques
Panacea
Make Haste
Vulcan Neck Pinch
Water. Just Water.
Chi Penitentiary
Bothways
"The Weak, Weak, Submissive Whisper"
The Lingonberries
Blue Cold Nopales
Imperfect Rhombus
Enzugiri O'Leeries
Some Reservation

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7 months ago

Drawing Down the Moon Drawing Down the Moon is a Wiccan rite in which the practitioner becomes a living vessel for the Goddess’s lunar essence. Under the light of the Full Moon, the celebrant intentionally enters a deeply receptive state, inviting divine guidance, healing, and inspiration to flow through mind, body, and spirit. This ritual bridges the mundane and the sacred by opening a…

On this Sturgeon Moon, we invite Goddess energy to fill us as water fills a chalice as we Draw Down the Moon.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky, #SturgeonMoon #DrawingDownTheMoon #Esbat #Wicca #GoddessEnergy

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7 months ago

Principles and Beliefs > “Eight Words the Wiccan Rede Fulfill: An Ye Harm None, Do as Ye Will.” The Wiccan Rede—sometimes called the Witches’ Creed—is the guiding ethical principle of Wicca. At its core, it is simple …

The Guiding Principles of Wicca - Our beliefs and ethics.

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7 months ago

Initiation, Degrees, and Ordination Are you interested in formally becoming Wiccan or joining the Aspen Tradition? Would you like to become a legally recognized minister or a High Priest? Perhaps you even dream of starting your own T…

A look at typical Wiccan titles and ranks, and how the Aspen Tradition differs with its two-tiered approach and the emphasis on training the next generation.

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7 months ago

Celebrating the Sturgeon Full Moon: Honoring Water and Indigenous Culture Next week, the Sturgeon Full Moon peaks on August 9th at 3:55 a.m. Eastern Time. It's a perfect moment to honor water’s bounty and stand in solidarity with Indigenous peoples who have long protected our waters. What Is the Sturgeon Full Moon? Long before our Lughnasadh celebrations of grain and harvest, Native American communities marked late summer by the abundance of freshwater sturgeon.

Honoring the Sturgeon Moon and the bounty of pristine water.

Let us affirm that #WaterIsLife and be mindful of our duty of environmental stewardship.

#AspenTradition #WaterIsLife #SturgeonMoon #Conservation #WaterConservation

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7 months ago

Casting a Circle: A Guide to Wiccan Ritual A Wiccan Circle is a sacred space where energy is raised, magic is woven, and divine forces are honored. While tradition offers many approaches, the most important principle is intent—do what reson…

How to cast a circle, including The Great Rite, a symbolic re-enactment of the Creation of the cosmos through the uniting of sacred male and female energies.

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7 months ago

A Clash of Liberty and Proselytizing: Religious Protections in the Federal Workplace On July 28, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management issued sweeping guidance clarifying federal employees’ rights to display religious items, hold prayer groups during breaks, and engage in voluntary religious conversations aimed at persuading co-workers of the correctness of their beliefs. ( Part of the broader “Project 2025,” this move claims to defend faith in government—but it’s really about stoking a narrative of Christian persecution that doesn’t hold water.

A look at the recent clarifying guidance issued July 28 2025 on federal employees' religious rights in the federal workplace.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #Project2025 #WorkplaceEquity

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7 months ago

Celebrating the First Harvest: Unity and Resistance I. Morning Light and Silver Scythe Awake to the sun’s first gilded kiss, Fields ripple like laughter under sky— Wheat waves in gratitude, seeds dreaming of bread, Our hands entwined with earth’s promise. II. The Feast of First Harvest We gather at tables hewn from fallen oak, Bowls brimming with berries, fresh milk, and grain, Feet dusty with days of labor and love, …

Celebrating Lughnasadh with a poetic expression of gratitude and joy-as-resistance.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #Lughnasadh #Lammas #Poetry #Sabbat

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7 months ago

Lughnasadh: Embracing the First Harvest Through Mutual Aid Lughnasadh—Lúnasa in modern Gaelic—falls on August 1, marking the first grain harvest of the Wheel of the Year. Rooted in the myth of Lugh’s pact with his foster-mother Tailtiu, this festival blends ritual, communal feasting, and agrarian rites to honor the reciprocity between land and people. As the Sun courses through early Leo, the season invites us to step into communal adulthood by sharing abundance through mutual aid and charitable action.

The first of the harvests, Lughnasadh is a sort of Wiccan Thanksgiving, and a time for sharing your gifts with those in need.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #Lughnasadh #Lammas #MutualAid

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7 months ago

🕯️ Sheep, Wolves, and the Cloaks We Wear Two legends passed this week. Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan. The so-called Prince of Darkness., and the so-called Real American. But reputations are often cloaks — and today we take a look under the veil. 🖤 Ozzy Osbourne: A Black Cloak, a Gentle Heart Ozzy was tragically misunderstood. People called him satanic, evil, dangerous — and he played into the aesthetic.

Taking a look at two icons who both recently passed and separating the persona from the real person behind it.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #OzzyOsbourne #HulkHogan #wicca

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7 months ago

🧿 “Charm, Talisman, Amulet: What’s the Difference—and Do They Work?” In the world of spiritual tools, few items are as misunderstood—or as quietly powerful—as charms, talismans, and amulets. These aren’t just trinkets. They’re ritual technologies: ways of shaping experience, anchoring intention, and inviting transformation. 🔍 What’s the Difference? Term Purpose Energy Type Typical Use Charm Personal luck or connection Sentimental, symbolic Carried or worn Amulet

A quick read on the differences and similarities between charms, amulets, and talismans. Learn how to make one, and how to use one.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #Charms #Talismans #Amulets

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7 months ago

MSN

Crazy, but that's how it goes
Millions of people living as foes
Maybe it's not too late
To learn how to love, and forget how to hate
- Ozzy Osbourne, Crazy Train
We just don't get evil, hardcore, death-metal lyrics like these anymore. We'll miss you, Prince of Darkness.

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7 months ago

📺 The Silence Spell: When Laughter Gets Censored and Truth Gets Rewritten 🧭 Context Something strange is happening on America’s screens. Jon Stewart's Daily Show just hit its highest ratings in a decade, yet Paramount may cancel it. Stephen Colbert’s Late Show dominated late-night television—until it was dropped without warning. The official explanation? “Budgetary reasons.” But if the show is thriving, what kind of budgetary reasons could we be talking about? Behind the scenes:

The Silence Spell - The Daily Show and more cancelled as part of a broad campaign to curate the American mind - what we watch, and how we think.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #MediaFreedom #FreePress
#TruthMatters

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7 months ago

🌒 Truth-Tending in the Age of Spectacle: Holding Power to Ethical Account As Venus journeys retrograde through the radiant halls of Leo, we are invited into deep contemplation on love, value, and the dynamics of power and truth. This cycle opens pathways for spiritual reflection on how charisma is wielded, how truth is protected, and how integrity is cultivated across public and private spheres. Mercury also resides in Leo, amplifying our call to courageous speech and sacred storytelling.

Holding Power to Ethical Account. The Epstein Case, and the strategic paradox of convenient accountability.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #wicca #Epstein #SpiritualDiscernment #TruthIsSacred #VisibilityIsProtection

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7 months ago

🎶 Witchy Waves & Pagan Pop: Music That Moves the Heart & Spirit At The Aspen Tradition, we believe that magic speaks through more than just ritual — it hums through our headphones, dances through melodies, and whispers through the lyrics that linger in our minds. Music is memory. Music is myth. And music can be a spell. This post explores artists who infuse their songs with Wiccan, Pagan, and mystical themes — not through chant or traditional invocations, but through pop, folk, rock, and the wild in-between.

Looking for Mystical Music for a Pagan Playlist? Here's some picks, tell us some of your favorites!

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #MysitcalMusic #PaganPlaylist

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8 months ago

Priesthood Without Pedestals: Ethics of Leadership in Decentralized Traditions 🔮 Opening Invocation When we enter the circle, we do so to align our energies, our intent, and our purpose. The circle has no beginning and no ending. Like the round table, no one sits at the head—we are all equal. So where do we turn for leadership? In Wicca, leadership must be cultivated, chosen, and voluntarily offered. It is not imposed, inherited, or demanded.

"If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else" - Toni Morrison

We look at cultivating leadership and empowering others, and what decentralized leadership requires and looks like.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #wicca #Leadership

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8 months ago

🌈 Beyond the Binary: A Wiccan Reflection on Nonbinary Sacredness Since 2012, July 14th is International Nonbinary Day, and since 2020, July8-14th is Nonbinary Awareness Week. As an agender witch myself, I walk between — and beyond — the poles of gender. I am neither man nor woman, I am something else entirely. And in that liminal space, I have found my magic. Wicca — and The Aspen Tradition — teaches that we are all…

As we celebrate Nonbinary Awareness Week and International Nonbinary Day, we affirm that both masculine and feminine energies flow through each and every one of us. We each decide how to present ourselves, and who we are at our core.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #Nonbinary #Enby #LGBT

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8 months ago

🌪️ Radiance, and Resilience: A Spell for the Storm As floodwaters rise in Texas and FEMA’s response stirs both hope and frustration, the stars above shift in quiet revolution. Uranus, the cosmic disruptor, has entered Gemini—a transit that historically heralds upheaval in how we speak, connect, and organize. And soon, the New Moon in Leo will blaze a path for heart-led leadership and creative sovereignty. We stand at a crossroads: between chaos and clarity, grief and growth, silence and song.

Collectively Grieving with others during the Texas Floods.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #Wicca #Texas #Floods #TexasFloods

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8 months ago

🕯️ The Sacred Pulse of July: Grief, Retrogrades, and the Politics of Renewal As the Buck Moon waxes full in Capricorn, we find ourselves standing at a threshold—not just of the lunar cycle, but of a nation in flux. The Wheel of the Year turns toward Lammas, the first harvest, and yet the fruits of our collective labor feel bruised. In the United States, the signing of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” has gutted social programs, slashed Medicaid, and intensified deportations.

Taking stock of our commitments - what have we built and what must we dismantle?

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #wicca #astrology #Lammas #USpolitics

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8 months ago

Tending the Sacred Wound Rituals for Grief, Repair, and Spiritual Holding 🌘 Opening Invocation Before you read, take a moment. Settle your breath. If you wish, light a candle, close your eyes, or place a hand over your heart. “This space welcomes all that you are. Your truth, your tenderness, your courage. Spirit is here, ready to walk with you. Not to erase your pain—but to accompany you toward healing.”

Tending our wounds through rites and rituals.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #Healing

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8 months ago

Re-enchantment of Ethics: Empathy Beyond Tribalism David Brooks, writing for The Atlantic, asks a startling question: “Why do so many people think that Donald Trump is a good guy?” His reflection isn’t about politics alone—it’s about our collective ability to recognize goodness in an age where moral clarity seems elusive. From within the Aspen Tradition, we respond with curiosity. We seek ways to build bridges and bring people together again.

Why do so many in America see Donald Trump as a good guy? How has our morality gotten so polarized and how do we build empathy again?

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #USPolitics #Ethics #Empathy

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8 months ago

Neptune Retrograde and the Unmasking of Illusion “Illusion is the first mask of revelation.” — Traditional Aphorism I. Introduction: The Spiral Pull of Seeing Differently On July 4, 2025, Neptune—the planet traditionally associated with mysticism, illusion, dreams, and spiritual longing—turned retrograde in the sign of Pisces, initiating a months-long transit that will last through December 7. In astrological terms, a retrograde occurs when a planet appears to reverse its motion across the sky from our vantage point on Earth.

A more scholarly post today, digging a little bit deeper into astrology as we explore Neptune Retrograde and question mystery, illusion, and the post-truth landscape.

Tell me your thoughts, please.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #Astrology #Wicca

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8 months ago

🌿 Independence, Interdependence, and the Circle of Power On this Fourth of July, the Aspen Tradition honors not only the historical declaration of independence from monarchy—but the deeper, ongoing call to cultivate a truly democratic society. American democracy was born from a bold rejection of kingship—an affirmation that no one rules by divine right, and that liberty is best safeguarded when power is shared. Wicca, too, walks this path.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #Wicca #NoKings #DemocracyIsSacred

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8 months ago

🌱 What Makes a Tradition? Not every tradition begins with a thunderclap. Sometimes it starts with a need. A noticing. A pattern of practices stitched together with intention and care. The Aspen Tradition wasn’t born in a stone circle or ancient grove. It emerged from lived experience—of marginality and magic, of longing and liberation. It is a tradition not because it has elders in long robes or dusty tomes (though robes are lovely if you want them)—but because it offers a way of seeing, making, and remembering together.

No ritual is more potent than casting a vote with informed intention.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #Wicca #Progressive #ProgressiveSpirituality

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8 months ago

What Is Sacred Space? (And How Do You Know You’re In It?) There’s a moment—quiet, humming, unmistakable—when the world shifts. The light grows softer. The breath deepens. Whether you're casting a circle, lighting a candle, or just standing barefoot in your backyard at dusk, there comes a time when it feels like the world is listening back. That’s sacred space. It’s not just a place you set up. It’s something you enter into…

What Is Sacred Space? (And How Do You Know You’re In It?)

There’s a moment—quiet, humming, unmistakable—when the world shifts. The light grows softer. The breath deepens. Whether you're casting a circle, lighting a candle, or just standing barefoot in your backyard at dusk, there comes a time when…

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8 months ago

102 Degrees in Boston: A Wiccan Call to Elemental Stewardship The Wheel turns—and the heat rises. This week, Boston reached 102°F, breaking its all-time June record and marking only the third time in recorded history that the city has hit triple digits in June. And summer has only just begun. This isn’t just weather. It’s a warning. As witches, we honor the four sacred elements—Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. But today, each of them is suffering:

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #Wicca #Ecology #ClimateChange #Eco-spirituality

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8 months ago

Walking the Gray Path: A Wiccan Reflection on the Crisis in Iran and Gaza In the Aspen Tradition of Wicca, we are taught to seek wisdom not in absolutes, but in the liminal spaces—between light and shadow, between certainty and doubt. As the world watches the escalating violence between Israel, Gaza, and Iran, I feel compelled to speak—not because I have all the answers, but because silence, too, is a choice. And silence often serves the aggressor, not the victim.

#AspenTradition #WitchSky #Gaza #Iran #Wicca

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