Beyond The Wand

thiscrookedcrown:

Do you think the reason we reach for the sky and explore the stars more than the murky depths of the ocean below is because we evolved from the ocean and somehow it feels known?

Do others become marine biologists or dream of being merpeople because it feels like home?

(Post reblogged from thiscrookedcrown)
I love how Jack Chick’s God/Jesus is such an unabashed dick.

I love how Jack Chick’s God/Jesus is such an unabashed dick.

(Photo reblogged from ohnojackchick)

Wickedly Witchy Audio or Text Survey Part… Sec is too lazy to number these again…

asksecularwitch:

Secular Witch: As always, this is specifically a wickedly witchy survey, meaning it’s for witches. But if you aren’t a witch, and you’d totes love to do it. Feel free. Also, feel free to adjust things around to make it a better question. But seriously, don’t lose my header or you’ll drop ten thousand dimes this year and the next. No one likes their money running out of their pockets.
Prompt: How you would respond to this….
1. “But where did the rule, harm none, go?”
Down the terlet, where it belongs.
The rede was a bit of advice created by an adherent of a specific religion.  I don’t follow that religion, so I don’t see any particular need to follow the Rede.  Personally, I feel Wheaton’s Law - “Don’t Be A Dick” - works just as well.
2. “My, my, .. you must be new here if you think curses are real.”
Dunning-Kruger effect, much?
Yeh, uh, you agree that magic does stuff, right?  And that stuff can be good or bad?  And that a curse is basically bad stuff?
3. “You’re just wearing that outfit because you want to pretend to be a witch. Real witches don’t need you demonizing them.” 
No, I’m wearing this outfit because I’m Iron Man.
I dunno, no non-snarky answer to that because I don’t actually dress “oddly.”
4. “You must have only just started practicing because I’ve been doing this, this way for years.”
Naw man, I just found this way that works and didn’t see any reason to change it.
5. “Spells are only powerful if you make them yourself.”
I expect you have empirical data to back that up.
6. “All you need to do to learn how to be a witch is read a book.”
You can learn scads from reading, but you’re not likely to find everything you need in one book, especially since many books are just awful.
7. “Who is your matron deity, again?”
Deadpool.
I don’t have one, thanks for asking.
8. “You can’t worship a cartoon or a celebrity, I mean, oh my (pagan) gods, they aren’t gods.”
Oh yes I can and there ain’t nuttin’ you girls can do about it.
9. “Oh I know about the fact the burning times weren’t like that at all, but you can’t say there weren’t some witches being burned at the stake - like in Massachusetts.”
Oh yes I can.  Nobody was burned in Salem.  Furthermore, the religious beliefs that people claim were persecuted back in the day did not exist at that point, period.
10. “Wait, you do cast a circle, right?”
Only when I feel it’s necessary.  Which I don’t recall when the last time even was…
11. “My religion, where we worship nature and love everyone, came totally before Christianity. I mean, obviously it’s better.”
Are you implying that older = better?  Because then I’ll happily trade you a 486 for your shiny new lappy.
12. “Pagans aren’t devil worshipers. *eye roll*”
While most pagans do not worship the devil, you can’t overlook those who worship Satan in one form or another.  Granted, no, you don’t really find people who worship the horned pitchfork-wielding boogeyman guy…
13. ‘Um, the real magick is over here.’
DAMMIT REAL MAGIC I TOLD YOU TO STAY PUT.
14. “I don’t understand what you’re talking about. There isn’t a way someone can target you with an item that you used - years ago.”
…That you know of.
15. “What do you mean that I should stop posting these images to facebook, but they are lovely and have glittery fonts and tell meaningful things like about how we aren’t satanists. duh.”
No amount of glitter can make inaccurate information okay.
Bonusssssssss: “Homg, I am so sorry, I forgot you weren’t out of the broom closet with your parents or your grand parents or all of your cousins and the rest of your family. Whoops! But they’re family they have to love you.”

Oh heheheheh, they do, but sometimes their form of love isn’t exactly nice or fair.

(Post reblogged from asksecularwitch)
(Link reblogged from crankykitten27-deactivated20130)

I’m starting to feel like Neopaganism is largely some kind of arts ‘n crafts and/or COLLECT ALL THE THINGS fest.

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Please help me prove a point. Reblog this if you love Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor.

(Source: onioncologist)

(Post reblogged from thiscrookedcrown)

…It’s nice to see an Arthur C. Clarke quote that isn’t about science and magic.

(Photo reblogged from deconversionmovement)

So, I have observed that…

…”Magical” results and strange things are far more likely to happen to me if the results will tickle my funny bone.

Yup.

There is nothing I can add to this that can possibly make it any funnier.  Nothing.

There is nothing I can add to this that can possibly make it any funnier.  Nothing.

(Photo reblogged from ohnojackchick)
Just 500 years ago Atheists were setting fire to churches, and killing priests, claiming allegiance to various hethan lords pagans or witches.
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