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This month's episode of BS-Free Witchcraft is up for early access on Patreon! This month @fivefoldlaw.bsky.social joins me to talk about how the kids seem to hate Wicca these days for the weirdest reasons... www.patreon.com/traegorn

(episode goes public Oct 25)

A cardboard box full of author copies of the book THE CHAOS APPLE.

Well, okay, then. I guess I really *did* write a book.

Me: "Hello! What can I help you find today?"

Customer: "Nothing quite yet, but very possibly something in a bit."

I mean, hey, at least it was more creative than, "Just looking."

Keeping us fully grounded & reading all day 🥹

w/ our own @seekingnumina.bsky.social @mawiyahkai.bsky.social @fivefoldlaw.bsky.social @jennycbell.bsky.social Jack Chanek & @ambersnider.bsky.social 💙

📚 @llewellynbooks.bsky.social
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#booksforwitches #witchsky #booksky

Incredible Books x Witches by Witches.

Featuring:
• Mawiyah Bomani
• @seekingnumina.bsky.social
• Jack Chanek
• @fivefoldlaw.bsky.social
• @witchofsalopia.bsky.social
• Laura Perry
• @blakemalliway.bsky.social
• @irisanyamoon.bsky.social
• @richardkaczynski.bsky.social
#booksforwitches #witchybooks

Serial Killers: [murder people]

Ryan Murphy: "Okay, but what if they were just misunderstood and also hot?"

Netflix: "GREENLIT."

So far, I've had to explain that wristbands, armbands, Sam Browne belts, harnesses, and jockstraps are not tension restraints. I remain hopeful that he will eventually believe me.

2/2

A customer asked for tension restraints. I found him a pair of tension restraints. And now he is picking up literally every other piece of leather in the store and going, "What about this? Is this a tension restraint?"

1/2

"Like, we're watching folk horror, but also, you are the folk horror"

New motto -

"Be the folk horror you wish to see in the world".

Dumpster Fired: A Chaos Witch Bottle Some witches will swear that the very first thing a new witch must learn is protection magic. While he believes that new witches must first focus on grounding and centering, The ...

A fun little article I wrote about counteracting WitchTok drama with Chaos Magic. Because sometimes we watch folk horror, and sometimes we are folk horror. 😈

New BOOKS available in your favorite local bookstore (physical & online) by our own @seekingnumina.bsky.social @fivefoldlaw.bsky.social & @mawiyahkai.bsky.social 🖤
All 📚 by @llewellynbooks.bsky.social 🌙

#Booksforwitches #WitchyBooks #esotericbooks #Booksky #Witchsky #Occultsky

Me, five years ago: "My dad's cool with me being gay and recovering from alcoholism, but I feel like telling him I'm Pagan might push him over the edge."

My dad, today: "DO *NOT* GIVE AWAY COPIES OF YOUR WITCHCRAFT BOOK. MAKE PEOPLE PAY FOR THEM."

So... I was correct. The edge was just capitalism.

Dude who almost ran over a lady in the parking lot of the grocery store just cut in front of me at self checkout.

He really did pick a singular personality trait and commit to it, and I have to admire him for that.

Race Bannon Bookshop As an author myself, and a prolific writer of newsletters and articles in which I often recommend books, I want to point readers to a bookselling site that empowers bookstores and the publishing indus...

Did you know that if you get your books from @bookshop.org they give part of the proceeds to support independent bookstores?

bookshop.org/shop/raceban...

The spine of the book THE CHAOS APPLE, which features a tiny golden apple with a green leaf on its stem.

The apple on the spine has a lil' leaf. I am obsessed with the lil' leaf.

#TheChaosApple #DiscordianWitchcraft

A bearded person wearing a black kufi with thin gold stripes and a blue-and-white checkered button-down shirt holds up a copy of the book THE CHAOS APPLE: MAGIC AND DISCORDIANISM FOR THE POSTMODERN WITCH.

LOOK WHAT OFFICIALLY EXISTS. Splattering onto shelves November 8, currently available for pre-order. (Link in the comments.) 🎉 #TheChaosApple #DiscordianWitchcraft

"Chaos is SO HOT right now! Your son hit the jackpot."

-My extremely Christian cousin, after my dad told her I wrote a book on witchcraft and Discordianism.

I fear I may have misjudged my extended family.

[the phone rings]

Me: "Good afternoon, thanks for calling [name of spicy shop]."

Telemarketer: "Hello!"

[long pause]

Me: "Hi, this is [name of spicy shop]."

Telemarketer: "... No. This is Mike."

I've gotta be honest, Mike. We're not off to a great start.

Me: "I was petty and passive-aggressive in a TikTok post, and now I'm worried about repercussions."

Employee: "Just do what I do and don't care."

Which is... really good advice tbh.

YouTube video by NewbieCanada Six Feet Under "Rapture Death". (4K AI Upscale)

The best rapture moment ever. From one of my favorite TV shows, HBO’s Six Feet Under. Only a minute, but unforgettable—do yourself a favor and watch.

Very good point. Thank you!

The directions on the side of the Tylenol package say to take two caplets every 4-6 hours.

I take three.

My autism powers increase exponentially.

I unleash a vocal stim that shatters every window in a five-block radius.

You know what would be awesome? If every service worker in the US pulled a no call, no show on Tuesday.

I relate to this so hard.

I do not know what happened in the spicy shop restroom, but it smells *amazing* in there.

I'm just going to accept it and not ask questions.

A customer is going along a wall of products, holding each item up individually, asking for my take on it, then vociferously disagreeing with whatever I say.

He's halfway done, though, so only 224 objections to go!

“Ass, grass, or gas?” I ask on my overnight shift at the ass, grass, or gas station.

Me: [coughs]

Customer: "TURN YOUR HEAD AND COUGH."

Me: [blank smile]

Customer: [maniacal laughter]

No clue, y'all. No clue.

I chose the higher ground. 😇