so when the average joe wears a fursuit and acts like an animal person they’re ‘a weirdo’ and ‘need to stop broadcasting their kinks’ but when Doug Jones does it he’s ‘a talented actor’ and ‘inspirationally humanizing’

westcoaststrega:

DIY Purification Spray

Lately I’ve been having trouble cleansing the areas I do my magic in and I finally finished a purification spray that I think works pretty well😊

TOOLS: A spray bottle with the color association of your choice, a permanent marker, maybe a coffee filter or funnel

INGREDIENTS: Water (preferably from a natural source), Sage (cleansing, protection, purification), Rosemary (banishment, cleansing, protection, purification, exorcism,etc.), Salt (cleansing,exorcism, protection), Pepper (protection), Lavender (protection, purification)

STEPS:

1. Get your spray bottle and draw runes/sygils for cleansing, purification, and/or protection that you deem appropriate

2. If the water you collected has sediment in it (e.g. rain water, Ocean water, etc.) Put a funnel into the opening of the water bottle, place the filter* in the mouth of the funnel and filter out the sediment while the water goes into the spray bottle

3. Put the other ingredients** into the bottle and mix it all up! To invoke a power stir or shake the bottle in a clockwise direction. If you want you can even charge your bottle with crystals, the Sun, or the moon!

4. Spray away! To banish something spray the mixture in a counterclockwise direction in the area you are trying to cleanse

*If you don’t have a coffee filter or a funnel you can always try using a paper towel or napkin in its place

**These are only some of the ingredients you can use. There is a large number of plants that have protective, purifying, or cleansing properties! If you don’t want to or can’t get the plants listed you can use several others in their place or you can use essential oils!

If you have any other questions about this please don’t be afraid to ask😊

halfmoonhead:

tropicalhomestead:

motherearthnewsmag:

Start a 1-Acre, Self-Sufficient Homestead

Expert advice on how to establish self-sufficient food production, including guidance on crop rotations, raising livestock and grazing management.

By John Seymour

Illustration by Dorling Kindersley

I love John Seymour and this little picture was one of the first to get me thinking about homesteading. Some things I’ve learned so far:

1) Don’t wait until you’ve acquired your little patch of heaven to start. Finding land is expensive and time consuming. Start where you are, even if it’s just herbs in the window sill or a patio garden. Grow where you’re planted. 🌿

2) Living in the country is cool. Driving 45 minutes to get anywhere is not. Don’t limit your search to rural areas. Empty and abandoned land in urban areas can be a good deal AND you won’t bleed out before the ambulance reaches you. A less dramatic example: forgetting the butter doesn’t mean an hour + round trip.

3) About butter…yeah, you’ll be buying it. It’s incredibly cost prohibitive to to raise large livestock on a small scale. Maybe goats? No matter what size, remember animals are a 24/7/365 responsibility.

4) You would be a god among insects if you grew a 1/10 acre of wheat, harvested it, milled it and baked your own bread. Next level for sure. Just consider: 5 lbs of organic red winter wheat for planting costs $11.75. A FIFTY pound bag of unbleached flour is $18.25. Consider trade offs for time and growing space for every thing you plant.

5) Self-sufficiency isn’t about isolation. You can’t do it alone, no matter how cute the diagrams look. Sharing knowledge and harvests increases your knowledge and builds community. Isn’t the whole point to make something better?

6) Lastly, you will fail. A lot. But the tiny victories will blot them out again and again to woo you into a false sense of confidence so you’ll try the next crazy experiment. And it will be worth it.

^^^ Great insight and as someone living off grid/farming,  I concur. 

Source: motherearthnews.com