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The tarot idea I really like , I’ve been trying to find a way to represent one of my deities, without statues cause non of them really vit the image I had in my mind, plus I don’t like using statues , so I’m defiantly gonna pull the tarot card that represents them and use that on my altar !
This will date me, but years ago I was in a bar with a group where Janet Farrar explained she'd once seen Alex Sanders cast a circle marking ritual tools only as a salty pretzel (earth) a lit cigarette (air) his lighter (fire) and a pint of beer (water.) and that was all.
@@Indifferenceful please im sure all those experiences you had are just embellished for the sake of making a point and can be explained away logically. Witches and pagans aren't above logical explanations . Im sure what ever"hauntings" you experienced Its just your own religious extremism mixed with YOUR ignorance. Don't push your agenda in to ppl saying they'll burn in hell , cause most pll dont even think if it as a real place.. and why why would u even care about somone elses soul and where its going, worry about your own, causs if you're gonna degrade ppl like this, I dont think your God is letting you in the pearly gates anytime soon.
Hello Magus I also love music especially the one who honour mother earth she is the one who gives us life I talk to her daily and thank for her gifts me also talks to Lilith at night even if I can not see the moon. Do You know the Magus Dale Phoenix, cause You are only the second magus I met are there so few magus under us? Blessed be love and light 🔥🧙♀️❤💛💚
This! As pagans, we must realize that part of our journey of connecting closer with Earth is taking into account the ways in which we are affecting her. It kind of makes me cringe a bit when I see people buying large bulk amounts of unethical items for their practice on sketch websites just because they’re “cheap”. It might be cheap for us but it comes with a greater price to our Mother Earth when all of that ends up in the landfill. Thank you for highlighting this important topic. It had such great tips. Some other ideas I like are crafting your own things for your practice! And also I have found plenty of things for my altar at second hand stores, which is such a nice option if you’re someone who likes a lot of things on your altar.
This video was extremely helpful as I am new to my journey and yes, I agree social media is more about showing the aesthetic instead of the reality of it 😂. Thank you for all your information!
@@ScarletRavenswood my mother taught me that. I love learning from you & her. She goes by "Lady Star". Well, this mage is going to get back to brewing my money potion. Blessed be, sister.
Something that I think really livens up my room and altar are glass bottles (of small to middle size) holding plants. I especially like finding plants that grow lots of roots in water easily, since that reminds me of the Roman Goddess Ops, but it can really stand as a symbol for any sort of earth-y deity or spirit you have a connection with.
Make a junk journal! Plenty of how-to guides on RU-vid that teach you how to use random paper and other materials around your house, plus its the perfect marriage of affordability, aesthetics, and recycling! Win/win!
Dear Scarlet... just a swift note to thank you for your videos. I am a person seeking some sort of reason/propose. I was brought up religious... Church of England... where the linguistic and architectural lines are very close to the old gods. I don't know enough about paganism, but what I do know helps the world make sense to me. I hope to learn more. Kindest regards, Matt
As I like to draw and colpur, I like to draw my Gods and Goddesses. I drew a small drawing of Brighid. I suck it into an old tin and put a candle in the tin as a mini altar. Practically free!
My favorite tools are definitely the natural items I gather from outside. Honestly gathering things on my nature walks is what made me into a pagan (lol). I realized I was making crafts with the pine needles, mushrooms, flowers, etc I collected and basically made mojo trinkets for my apartment. Three years later and I'm still rocking the natural supplies! THANK YOU for this video and for being a community innovator Scarlet. you mean so much to so many! hugs!!
Thanks so much for this. It is an important topic that does not get enough attention. Personally I was also trained to use the tarot deck as a meditation aid. This was coupled with the idea of "building the astral temple" which can make anyplace you have set aside work for ritual. A friend of mine who teaches meditation once told me that when learning she focused on breath meditation since "it was free and no one could take it from me".
I particularly find using things such as tarot cards, oracle cards, loose pictures (from photo albums or cut out from magazines), drawings, crystals, and items from nature as correspondences for "tools" I do not have or cannot use. I can't tell you how difficult it was in the beginning for me to practice witchcraft as someone who has birds! I have to be very vigilant of my environment because of their delicate respiratory systems so I cannot use candles, or burn sage or anything inside my home, not even diffusers or anything that emits scent as it is harmful to my babies. Their safety comes first. I do enjoy burning sage and candles outside though, so occasionally I will perform spellwork out there under a full moon, which I LOVE doing. However, in terms of convenience and living situation I really depend on using these aforementioned inexpensive items as correspondences. And I save a lot of money. :-)
I didn't think about how tricky it must be to have an altar when you have pet birds. For me I have two cats and they are always knocking things off my altar. 😓😼😼
I use sage smudge to clear the air and tealight candles and essential oils for making my home smell nice. Mainly I work with intention in cooking and cleaning and my arts and crafts that I make. I listen to Faun and Skáld a lot my whole family love them now 😏 I haven’t tried divination yet I’m not sure which route to take for divination or even if it’s for me. I need to learn more.
There are so many great divination techniques to choose from! I mostly work with tarot, though recently I've started to learn more about using the runes for divination.
@@ScarletRavenswood I love your Tarot deck as an artist I appreciate the work that’s gone into producing those! I will probably treat myself to a deck this coming Yule 😊
@@LilacWolfArt Thanks so much! It's so wonderful to hear that you appreciate the work that goes into creating a deck. It's been quite a long journey creating the deck and I'm so happy with how it all turned out. :)
I'm new to this. I've felt like I belonged here since I was a teen and now I'm 24. You have helped me understand more, and want to learn more, I will definetly sub. I only want to say. I'm not doing this because it's cool, I doing this because I want to connect, and it feels right to me. Maybe there's somewhere I can talk to people more etc. !
Amino! It's an app which is basically for blogs. On there you can find alot of different communities for various types of paganism, wicca and witchcraft!
I use my living plants for the elements representation (they are nice as decoration, cleaning the air, companions, but also for rituals). And no, I don’t chop or burn them. 😅
Poker cards are a great divination tool as well, as long as you make sure you use the cartomancy meanings not the tarot ones. They're cheaper, easier to find, and inconspicuous if you live in a Christian household like me.
I agree with everything except the use of non-colored candles. I consider color as essential in magick and specifically spellwork. Nice video Scarlet and I am going to check your tarot deck right now.
I listen to a lot of Enigma and Delerium to set the mood. I get a lot of my tools like candles and bottoms from the Dollar Tree. I collect a lot of stuff from the parks and my own yard. I also made a wand from a fallen branch from my tree.
I remember when you start out and you read books and you want to go out and buy stuff and either you can't afford it and feel let down or you over load and, meh. I've found it can take a while to find the right pieces and when they're supposed to come along, they do. It took me *years* trying different things before i found just the right bowl for 'water' on my personal alter and it was a small almost cup like thing my sister in law gave me because she thought I'd like the pattern.
i feel like if you have alot of magical items and shit they care about the brand and shit about that shit that don't matter your items can be from scrap i feel like your a more saintish type witch if you have a lot of items its like they just a get money and buy there way into this world of knowledge a lot of them probably don't study and looks at every little thing like we do it might just be my opinion i feel they are really dark those people
i feel there just doing it because of the picture of being witch like its cool being a witch but they dont have a passion it makes me feel a type of way inside when shit seems too profesnoail i wonder if they re fake pagans and witches or are real
Do you think that astrology is valid or is it just a bunch of nonsense? I've had issues with the idea that our personalities are based our star charts and are not unique to us as individuals.
Great question! I don't think our personalities are based on our star charts. I think it's more like the planets and the cosmos 'rhymes' with our existence here on Earth. It's like the 'As above, so below' concept. What's happing here is mirrored in the heavens and what's happening with the planets is mirrored in what's happening here in our lives. I would recommend the book Cosmos and Psyche by Richard Tarnas that goes into this idea much deeper. :)
I came to say this. I know you've been talking about WoO recently, but I wouldn't recommend him at all. He's a Folkist, racist, nazi and Suris and Alaikai just recently made a video about him that I think you need to check out and reach out to them. I would hate to see one of my favorite RU-vidrs become friends or work with a nazi Folkist. Please please do research on WoO
