Phaedra Bonewits
@phaedra-b.bsky.social
Witchy woman, tarot reader, ritualist, occult history nerd. She/her
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. #witchsky #pagansky #archeology #antiquity #Greece
Odysseus Wasn’t Real. But He Had Real Worshipers in Ancient Ithaca. (Gift Article)
The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.
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Aphrodite's Garden. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. #witchsky #pagansky #deities #aphrodite
A Sexy Garden Ruffles a Venerable British Flower Show
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Today’s ritual tip: A drum is like an additional person in your ritual. Bad drumming is as bad as a disruptive person in your ritual. The drummer should watch the rite leader and speed up, slow down, go quieter, go louder and the rite requires. #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky #RitualTips
Today’s ritual tip: After a public ritual an elder said to me, “It’s not that they couldn’t raise energy, it’s that they didn’t do anything with the energy they raised.” It just fizzled out. What do you do with ritual energy? #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky #RitualTips
I have had lucid dreams but it does not come to me easily. How about you? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. #WitchSky #PaganSky #OccultSky
Opinion | The Mind-Altering Power of Lucid Dreaming
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Today’s tip: If you expect to burn a candle completely, put an insulating layer of salt, sand, or cat litter between the candle & the dish. Go double if you're using incense charcoal. Use with metal dishes, too, so you don;t scorch the surface under it. #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
Judge Rules That R.F.K. Jr. Overstepped on Transgender Care
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Judge strikes down Arkansas law mandating schools display the Ten Commandments. Here's what to know
Judge strikes down Arkansas law mandating schools display the Ten Commandments. Here's what to know
An Arkansas law requiring that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public school classrooms was struck down by a federal judge Monday.
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If you're pagan, you may be interested to know that I'm now the maintainer of neopagan.net argothald.com/2026/03/16/n...
Neopagan.net – The Argothald Journal
The site consists of web pages written by Isaac Bonewits. He was an author, ritualist, lecturer, teacher, composer, and general “Big Name” in the Pagan community.
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Eostre: Pagan fertility goddess or complete fabrication? #WitchSky #PaganSky #OccultSky
Eostre: Pagan fertility goddess or complete fabrication?
Special Easter edition
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Today’s tip: Focus on quality work over quantity. The conundrum is, it may take a lot of so-so work before you consistently get quality work. Keep at it. But remember, practicing with bad mechanics does not make you a better tennis player. #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky
Today’s tip: It’s perfectly OK to look up Tarot card meanings in the book. Everyone starts that way. In time it’ll come together for you. Over time some cards may talk to you with different meanings; if that works for you it’s good. #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky #Tarot #divination
Today's unpopular opinion: Cord cutting should involve the active use of a sharp tool to cut an actual cord. Watching and waiting for a candle to burn a cord is passive. There are many ways to do things but some things are more effective than others. #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky
Today’s ritual tip: Before there was theater there was ritual. Theater's roots are in ritual. Don’t be afraid of being “theatrical”, theatrical is historically correct. #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky #RitualTips
Today’s ritual tip: If you need to teach a chant do it before the ritual starts. Note that most people are not going to remember more than two or three lines of something new. It can be longer if lines repeat or if some people know it already. #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky #RitualTips
Today’s ritual tip: If you want everyone to step a certain way or do hand/arm/body movements at certain times in the rite, explain and practice with the group before the ritual starts. #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky #RitualTips
Today’s tip: Ancestor reverence doesn’t mean you revere everything and anything an ancestor did. Just acknowledge that without that chain of ancestors, you would not exist. Could be producing you is the best thing any of them ever did. Say thanks for that. #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky
"The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience." -W.E.B. Du Bois, educator, activist, and writer (23 Feb 1868-1963)
Intuition check: if you already know the answer but keep pulling cards.. you’re not asking, you’re negotiating. #witchcraft #witchsky #witch #intuitivewitch #intuition #intuitivewitchcraft
Today’s tip: You can read all the books you want but you can’t ski until you strap on the skis and head down the mountain. #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky
Today’s ritual tip: If asked to take a part in a ritual, don’t say, “I’m not ready.” You’ll never be ready. Just do it. The more often you do it, the more ready you’ll be. PS: They wouldn’t have asked if they thought you weren’t ready. #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky #RitualTips
Artists and photographers of Blacksky, Bluesky, and all of the fediverse: I implore you to use alt text! Here's how, courtesy of @manningkrull.bsky.social: manningkrull.com/digital-phil... I want to share your art and photography! Let's accommodate our friends and comrades who use screen readers!
Alt text 101 for Bluesky | Digital Philosophy by Manning Krull
Hi! You may be here because I or someone else sent you this link in response to a conversation about alt text on Bluesky. Welcome! Here's some basic info about alt text, its importance, and how to wri...
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Today’s tip: Try it and see. If you want to know if something will work, try it and see. Take notes for next time. #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky
Dear freelance artists who worry about charging too much: I work on a TV show that outsources incredibly simple graphic printing because we have too much to do in house. I've seen the purchase orders - You are not charging too much.
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
Americans would be just fine “moving on” from the Epstein Files, if they’re replaced with the Epstein Trials.
