February 2012
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SQUEE! First paycheck deposited into Ally Bank! Switching banks can now commence! So. Insanely. Happy. Just switched all my accounts over.
Feb 29th
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Feb 29th
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“May the cord bind you To all you hold dear. May the fibers enrapture you,...”
– Shivian Balaris, an excerpt poem from “Spinning the Witching Cord”
Feb 29th
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Anonymous asked: Speaking of ritual clothing, what about ritual nudity (i.e. "skyclad")?
Feb 28th
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Ritual Clothing
Sharing: this post is free to be shared anywhere, and in any way, so long as it’s noncommercial and maintains proper attribution (ie: by Shivian Balaris). Learn more about this work’s Creative Common’s license. Often the question of magickal clothing rears it’s head in the neopagan community. Should it be done? How ‘different’ should the clothing be from your...
Feb 28th
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Line just written into the Handfasting (Wedding) ceremony: “Pause here for applause / cheers / wilting family members”
Feb 28th
Line just written into the Handfasting (Wedding) ceremony: “Pause here for applause / cheers / wilting family members” Follow more on our Handfasting at: kaiheartshivian
Feb 28th
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Welp… Kai and I just watched ‘Iron Lady’ - we really wanted to like it…. yet, we didn’t.
Feb 28th
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Spinning the Witching Cord
Sharing: this post is free to be shared anywhere, and in any way, so long as it’s noncommercial and maintains proper attribution (ie: by Shivian Balaris). Learn more about this work’s Creative Common’s license. Spinning one’s own yarn for witchcraft can take the traditional act of cord magick from simple to sublime. Learning to spin (on a drop spindle) does not take a...
Feb 27th
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YOUR IDEAS ARE INTRIGUING AND I WISH TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR NEWSLETTER.
Feb 27th
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Self Reblog: The Functional Grimoire →
In case people missed it: a post I made this weekend to help others get over a problem I had for quite a while: a grimoire that I never actually used!
Feb 27th
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Crafting our upcoming Handfasting (Wedding) Rite, weaving elements of manifest love, cunning craft, and spirits most holy; all to take place within the circle of arte among family and friends.
Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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It’s a glorious 50° in Chicago right now. Makes me want to go drum up some spirits as I dance the Sabbat round with stang and spirit tongue
Feb 26th
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“The definition of a revolution: it destroys the perfect and enables the...”
– Seth Godin
Feb 26th
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May Z Budapest Crumble
Looking forward to watching Z Budapest step down from her role as a close minded, transphobic, hateful bigot leading women to be just like her. Holding one transphobic ritual could have been a “mistake” - holding more shows that Z Budapest is a disgustingly bigoted “spiritual leader.” In the past, Z Budapest might have helped change the world… but that doesn’t...
Feb 26th
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“Received the sigil. It’s beautiful!! and already a flood of emotions,...”
– Frater M. - two comments regarding a spirit-tongue sigilic talisman I crafted and shipped to him
Feb 26th
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It’s interesting how difficult it can be to step out from someone’s shadow, and freakishly empowering to do as such.
Feb 26th
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The Functional Grimoire
Sharing: this post is free to be shared anywhere, and in any way, so long as it’s noncommercial and maintains proper attribution (ie: by Shivian Balaris). Learn more about this work’s Creative Common’s license. A grimoire is a tool a magician or witch often uses for every single working they do; to pull content out of, to write things into, or both. It is, one might argue, the...
Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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I love that I’ve was breathing Sarf Ruth (land dragon) energies into holy fires YEARS before I knew anything about Traditional Craft praxis. Well, to be accurate: using ecstatic breath techniques to awaken a holy fire as a Sarf Ruth point to which it’s energy could then arise from. It was a very powerful, spirit taught technique I was using at events for years (amongst but not...
Feb 23rd
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Today was 3 years since I asked Kai if he’d be my boyfriend. It’s been beautiful, amazing, and powerful - I look forward to many more!
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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“[Your sigil is] a complex sigil & I feel it operates in many worlds...”
– a friend remarking about a sigilic talisman I sent to them
Feb 22nd
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“Just opened a sorcerous package in from Shivian Thank you, Sir! :) Sigil from...”
– @TheVeles on Twitter - http://shvn.co/x0Dwed and http://shvn.co/y40xSJ
Feb 22nd
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“Let’s see,I’m on an upstate bus armed w/ bronze dagger, sigil by Shivian,...”
– @revertstar on Twitter - http://shvn.co/wvukly
Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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“Someone on here called Shivian the Prince of Witches once, I’d have to agree.”
– @thecolorblu on Twitter - http://shvn.co/yZJzu0
Feb 22nd
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“Every time I open up to the sigil made by Shivian I feel like I’m going to...”
– @TheVeles on Twitter - http://shvn.co/AgzwFJ
Feb 22nd
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Ugh, I have around 10 half-written articles / blog posts on witchcraft that I really need to finish writing and just hit the damn “publish” button on…
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Oh me? Just getting ready to go meet the devil at the crossroads and hand over the bones of Adam’s brood… What about you?
Feb 21st
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All but 1 US President Are Related →
Great, now I feel even more like I’m living in a monarchy
Feb 20th
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Okay, so I *maybe* I DID watch all of Season 1 of Damages this past weekend. So what?! Sheesh! What should I have watched? Big Bang Theory?!
Feb 20th
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 DAMN! Another witchy friend IMMEDIATELY perceived, with depth & accuracy, a sigilum I sent. This AGAIN confirms the path that I’m on! Praise be to the 7 Thrones in their Majesty and Wisdom! Praise be to the Spirits for the Guidance and Compassion! Praise be to the Crooked Path!
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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I think I’d like Solomonic magick (Goetic stuff, etc) much more were I actually Christian / Jewish…
Feb 20th
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Ahh, just finished consolidating my Formulary into my grimoire. All my witchy info in (almost) one place. This feels good :-) 
Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
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Off to go call up some spirits then descend into the prophetic sleep of a madman, see you all again in the hidden twilight sabbatic dance
Feb 19th
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Feb 19th
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Last night: up until 6:30am! Tonight: ???
Feb 19th
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Sent a sigil to a friend without sharing the meaning. They dreamt upon it & both dreams spoke very clearly towards the sigil’s meaning. YAY!
Feb 19th
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Oh me? Just waiting for the waning crescent moon to enter the 24th Mansion to do a working… what are the rest of my witchy friends up to?
Feb 19th
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It’s official, I’m a terrible son. I forgot to call my mom to thank her for saving my ass recently. Ugh, I suck. :-(
Feb 19th
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Today on the Witchcraft Docket: transcribing the 2nd third of the spirit sigilum received, transferring from my book onto the notecards
Feb 18th