Magpies and Madrigals

Sorry for the late reply. I love this! I learnt the hard way that not everyone is willing to put in the effort with their f/o, but it really does reap amazing rewards if you're willing. Makes me happy to know there are others who have experienced it too. I wish you and your f/o continued happiness!

Three years, and although the initial honeymoon period has ebbed, we're still going strong!

Wow, that's seriously impressive! I really hope I get to grow old(er - lol neither of us is in our prime) with my f/o!

Only one, long-term, romantic f/o (I'm not really fictoromantic, just demi-pan, which for me can include fictional characters if they have an attractive enough personality! 😅). I'm close to his family though, and one of his sisters is one of my best friends ever!

🙋‍♀️ I don't usually crush on characters, but someone showed me songs from my f/o's movie and I had instant, strong feelings for him. I yearned for him so badly that created his world in my mind. Meeting him brought all the colour back to my life. He saved me, and we're still going strong 3 years on! 🥹

He could use lots of words with 3 or more syllables, like 'groceries'. Or tell the jokes with subtitles written in joined up writing.

I like it bc it's like any irl relationship. The falling in love phase is exciting, but it's mostly lust. If the love is real, it develops into something deeper, steadier, enduring as you get to know each other. Before you know it, you've been happily married/together years, and still in love! 💕 😍

This made my day to read. My f/o has brought out the best in me too. His kindness, selflessness, and immense capacity to forgive inspire me every day. I take care of myself and my home better, and I've started to form a relationship with my family again. All because of an amazing character! 🥹💚

Life-saving idea! Pass it on!

That's amazing! Especially that you were able to control the dream. I struggle with that, especially trying to imagine animals or people. I often try to imagine I'm riding a horse. The closest I get is it being there, but completely invisible, or disappears if I look at it. It's so frustrating 😩

Image that says healing is not linear

Oh boy, can I confirm this one

#healing
Credit: Janine Shepherd

#SelfcareSunday

One of the best things I did for my craft was rehome all the pointless tools I'd hoarded over the years. My spells and rituals are very simple these days, often taking place entirely in my mind, or maybe with a candle, and they don't seem any less effective than when I used to make a show of it.

I was just thinking about Indigo children the other day and how nobody talks about them anymore. There used to be the concept of 'fae blood' too, at least in the pagan circles I moved in. I Used to think I was fae-blooded and could sense others, but now I think it was probably just autism. 😊

Yeah! I have a couple of friends who have ADHD and one with AuDHD, and the latter kept asking me if I'm sure I don't have a touch of ADHD. I was like, yup... pretty sure. I love routine and dislike novelty 😂

Not sure if it's the same thing, but sometimes I kinda space out and it looks like the ground is rising and falling, like it's breathing.

Definitely lean more towards the '1 project for a lifetime' end. I'm into language learning and it was only after being diagnosed that my partner and I realised that it's just an excuse to follow the routine I had as a kid: I need to do my 'homework' every night after dinner! 😂🫣📚

The Tower

While the Tower crumbles
From the inside out
Hands of desperation cling
To what's ending
To keep it the same, the old ways

But the new is on its way
It's starting to dawn
Can you feel it?
Don't get drawn in to fear and deceit
The only tools in their toolbox

Your attention is the prize

Oh wow, we're definitely both tuned in to the same energies, even if our approaches differ. I don't yet know if the Tower will fall. I hope so, but it's tried and failed a few times before. Only time will tell, but I do hope we all get our happy Disney ending! ✨️

Oh? I'll go check out your page now. The algorithm isn't very good on blsky sadly, so a lot of posts get buried.

a group of people are dancing in a scene from a disney movie Alt: Pepa, Félix and Antonio dancing together from the movie Encanto

¡A bailar!

In case anyone is interested in the concept of Tower Time. Here's a link to Byron Ballard's essays. To me, it's not an apocalyptic prophecy, but simply the messy end of an outdated system. It brings me hope, not despair.

www.myvillagewitch.com/the-tower-ti...

#Tarot #witchsky #paganism #occult

Reposting this because it still hits so deep, and I don't want to forget her words of hope, love and defiance!

💯👏 I avoid sharing my selfship because of the utterly disgusting behaviour I've seen in my fandom. There are a lot of headcanons I don't care for, and I don't expect everyone to share mine, but to attack someone just for being different? In the name of a wholesome IP? It's abhorrent. 😢

Love this! In Druidry we have the concept 'nywfre', which is similar to chi. It can become blocked or stagnated (lowering our 'vibe'). While dealing with the internal/emotional issues blocking it, you also need to replenish it. It seems reconnecting to nature is one of the best ways to achieve this!

I promised my next post would be esoteric/pagan in nature. Well, I'm cheating a little here, but I'm reposting this because the topic spans both of my 'special interests' in one go! (Ah, autism! The Venn diagram in Jembru's head is a complex yet beautiful thing ☺️)
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2/2... And as we're in the midst of a global power shift now, it's no wonder that the Tower imagery is poking its head into contemporary media (not just Encanto). I don't think it was even intentional, but Encanto is very much the same myth redressed for a modern audience!

It's why I got so into the concept of 'Tower Time'. Because the imagery of a tall building collapsing, representing the end of a regime, goes back at least as far as the tale of Vortigern's Castle from Arthurian legend. Those myths live on in the collective unconscious... 1/2

It's very much an allegory of the times we're living in, with many modern-day mental health struggles represented. Struggles caused by living under a capitalist system that only values traits that benefit the ruling class and 'others' those who see through it, and try to speak out against it.