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agnosticmystic.bsky.social
The Willow Wisp
@agnosticmystic.bsky.social
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An agnostic mystic. Still trying to sort out what that is. Pagan-adjacent. Trying to restore some semblance of a spiritual path after a long hiatus. In Jewish community but not of Jewish community. Epistemologically Neo-Kantian sensibilities.
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charliejane.bsky.social
"This is a wonderful book for freaks and perverts, for scared and tired academics, and for Witches who like to see Witchcraft done in new and interesting ways... my Witchy read of the fall." - Meg Elison

😳😻🥰

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"Lessons in Magic and Disaster" is this fall's must-read Witchy book - Arts & Culture, Book Reviews, Culture, Paganism, Politics, TWH Features, Witchcraft
Witchcraft & Pagan News - "Lessons in Magic and Disaster deals better with what it is to be a Witch than almost any of the how-to manuals that have come out since the ‘90s renaissance," writes Meg Eli...
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September 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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vashtimedia.bsky.social
Originally published in @derspekter.bsky.social , this week's Pickle lets @jewitches.bsky.social imploring of the Left to claim back Judaism from the far right, resonate across the Atlantic in time for the High Holidays.

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Why the Left should embrace Jewish tradition
We cannot cede religion to the far right.
vashtimedia.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
agnosticmystic.bsky.social
The Women Who Threw Corn:
Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico

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The Women Who Threw Corn
Cambridge Core - Latin American History - The Women Who Threw Corn
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September 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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medievalists.bsky.social
Trees in the Middle Ages: The Good and The Bad www.medievalists.net/2025/08/tree... #trees #medievalsky
Trees in the Middle Ages: The Good and The Bad - Medievalists.net
Explore the symbolic world of medieval trees—sacred lindens, deadly yews, and feared walnuts—in faith, folklore, and daily life
www.medievalists.net
August 31, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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thewildhunt.bsky.social
As 2025 sets global heat records, Indigenous wisdom remains sidelined. New scholarship shows that Sámi & Aboriginal knowledge, rooted in generations of lived experience, still struggles to shape climate policy & land use decisions worldwide.

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#climatechange #science
Listening to the Land: Indigenous Wisdom Still Struggles for Recognition - Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Indigenous Land, News, Paganism, The Wild Hunt, U.S., World
Witchcraft & Pagan News - As 2025 sets global heat records, Indigenous wisdom remains sidelined. New scholarship shows that Sámi and Aboriginal knowledge, rooted in generations of lived experience, st...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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connerhabib.bsky.social
AGAINST EVERYONE WITH CONNER HABIB 300: GRANT MORRISON on MAGIC & APOCALYPSE
Friends, on the 300th ep of AEWCH I talk with one of the greatest artists of our time, GRANT MORRISON, on magic, comics, art, and our madly brilliant kaleidoscopic future.
🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/12wF...
September 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
agnosticmystic.bsky.social
"To destroy a revered tree is to metaphorically sever a limb from the body of our cultural memory."

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#Trees
An Untimely Death at Sycamore Gap - JSTOR Daily
The outcry over the violent felling of a beloved tree in 2023 affirms the power trees hold in our cultural memory.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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viewsproject.bsky.social
"So when you say Thoth is ibis-headed, does that mean he has a head like an ibis, or an ibis coming out of his face?"

"Ibis coming out of his face, definitely."

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Statuette of Thoth with an ibis coming out of his face.
July 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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thewildhunt.bsky.social
New research supports the health benefits of forest bathing, showing real forests reduce stress, improve sleep, and boost immunity, offering evidence for nature’s role in mental and physical well-being.

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#shinrinyoku #forests #mentalhealth #pagan #witchcraft #pagansky
Healing Trees: New Research Shows Benefits of Shinrin-yoku - Asia, News, Paganism, Religion, Science, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft, World
Witchcraft & Pagan News - New research supports the health benefits of forest bathing, showing real forests reduce stress, improve sleep, and boost immunity, offering evidence for nature’s role in men...
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July 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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forbiddenhistories.bsky.social
4 episodes (each in English & German) already available. Would be keen to hear what you lovely people think! 🥹
forbiddenhistories.bsky.social Forbidden Histories @forbiddenhistories.bsky.social · Jul 29
The latest addition to the FH multimedia universe: The podcast, where contents are discussed in an entertaining dialogue format.

Each episode can be streamed & downloaded in English & German. Here is the introduction (in English): forbiddenhistories.podbean.com/e/introducti...

Enjoy!
Introduction: From Magic to Science? | Forbidden Histories
Introduction to Forbidden Histories - evidence-based history of science & magic that will boggle your mind. :) Also make sure to visit the Forbidden Histories Website.
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July 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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lastpositivist.bsky.social
Actually -- I, an intellectual, already knew this because of (hbomberguy's review of) Pathologique.
We are so used to commonplaces about the history of “Christian Europe” that it comes as a bit of a surprise to realise that the widespread persistence of collective pre-Christian religious practice was still a live issue for governments as well as churches in Scandinavia and Russia well into the 19th century.
July 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
Gundestruposting
theduncanmackay.bsky.social Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · Jul 13
I think I’m just going to keep posting pictures of the Gundestrup cauldron until people start blocking me.
Have some.

National Museum, Copenhagen.
Ritual scenes depicting warriors being plunged into a vessel or cauldron, Gundestrup cauldron. Scene depicting real and mythical creatures, Gundestrup cauldron. Cross legged figure with antlers holding a torc and snake, Gundestrup cauldron. Carnyx players, Gundestrup Cauldron.
July 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
agnosticmystic.bsky.social
Silence of the Gods: The Untold History of Europe's Last Pagan Peoples

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Silence of the Gods | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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June 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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dannykorcz.bsky.social
If you want to educate yourself on antisemitism (and I highly recommend you do so) and you don't want to be fed imperialist and pro-genocidal talking points from the ADL, I highly recommend @rudaleh.bsky.social's website. jewitches.com/pages/antise...
Antisemitism Education
As antisemitism is rising globally. And as a result, it is swelling online. It is a duty for not just the Jewish community, but for the people who claim to be our allies, to know this information. It ...
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January 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
agnosticmystic.bsky.social
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Liberation is Possible // Pesach 5785
Playlist · Let My People Sing! · 45 items · 115 saves
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April 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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drtimrideout.bsky.social
GOTHIC PRECARITY

Very pleased to announce that my book, ‘Gothic Precarity: Fear and Anxiety in Twenty-First-Century Fiction’, will be published late this summer by @uniwalespress.bsky.social

More details to follow…

#Gothic #climatecrisis #migration #war #precarity #neoliberal
January 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
agnosticmystic.bsky.social
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Giant
YouTube video by Stan Rogers - Topic
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January 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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cathamclarke.bsky.social
Our *other* favourite #SusanCooper reading for #midwinter. #TheShortestDay #Solstice
The Shortest Day, a picture book written by Susan Cooper and illustrated by Carson Ellis
December 21, 2024 at 4:24 PM
agnosticmystic.bsky.social
"May your demons slumber and your wine glass be full" by @wolfskulljack.bsky.social
An image my WolfSkullJack. The image is dominated by a skull faced stag standing in front of a full moon. Two robins hold a waving banner that spirals along the top right of the image all along the right hand side that reads: "May your demons slumber and your wine glass be full." Below the stag there is another more torn banner by two bells that reads "Season's Greetings." A faint watermark of the artist can be seen on the bottom right that reads Wolfskulljack.
December 21, 2024 at 2:24 PM
agnosticmystic.bsky.social
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The Moon's Daughter Hardcover Collection
The new, complete collection of the Moon's Daughter contains all five beloved short stories and more than 36 illustrations under one hardcover.  Proceeds of sales fund the humanitarian projects of the...
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December 19, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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witchykallestrup.bsky.social
Extremely proud of this work with the wonderful Stephen Mitchell. Available for pre-order: A Cultural History of Magic, 6 vols. 🔮🧿🧙‍♀️ #bloomsburyacademics #magic #witchcraft www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
A Cultural History of Magic
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December 19, 2024 at 6:51 AM
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wolfskulljack.bsky.social
A Fox born of light illuminates the heavens on this cold winters night.
An enormous Fox god sits behind a cabin, he illuminates with stars and green lights, similar to that of the Northern Lights. In front are two huge wolves, possibly gods themselves, running in the snow. Digital illustration by me
December 18, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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mattpope.bsky.social
As we approach Midwinter, here's The Black Stag from the cave of Lascaux. Considered to be either a creature of Ice Age myth, or a rendering of an extinct Megaloceros.
Deep in the ground it was drawn above geometric symbols, including 13 circles, the meaning of which is now lost.
#AncientSky
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Black rendering on white limestone of a stag with a very delicate face, pin-point eye and elegant outstretched neck extending back to a long back sketched in feathered strokes. On the head is a set of extremely ornate antlers, with many tines and palmate lobes. Around the muzzle of the deer is red ochre. Below is a clear square and 13 dots. Also in black
December 16, 2024 at 7:28 AM
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odavies9.bsky.social
The "Witch" of Endor. Occasional reminder of my free open access journal article on this extraordinary figure.

"The Witch of Endor in History and Folklore"

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December 16, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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December 14, 2024 at 8:01 PM