Alina Ashcroft
@ashalina.bsky.social
Lover, writer, witch. 🌕
Following the will of wyrd
Following the will of wyrd
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Calling on my ancestors for guidance but the only one who answers is a weird eutherian rodent-mammal from the early cretaceous period. "EAT BERRY SLEEP UNDER ROCK" it says. Pretty good advice
July 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Calling on my ancestors for guidance but the only one who answers is a weird eutherian rodent-mammal from the early cretaceous period. "EAT BERRY SLEEP UNDER ROCK" it says. Pretty good advice
Reposted by Alina Ashcroft
“…the thing with October is, I think, it somehow gets in your very blood. Unapologetically. Almost ruthlessly.”
Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
October 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“…the thing with October is, I think, it somehow gets in your very blood. Unapologetically. Almost ruthlessly.”
Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
it’s time
for pear preserves
🍐🍐🍐
and mushroom strings
🍄🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫
and autumn things
🍂🍁🎃🍁🍂
for pear preserves
🍐🍐🍐
and mushroom strings
🍄🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫
and autumn things
🍂🍁🎃🍁🍂
October 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
it’s time
for pear preserves
🍐🍐🍐
and mushroom strings
🍄🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫
and autumn things
🍂🍁🎃🍁🍂
for pear preserves
🍐🍐🍐
and mushroom strings
🍄🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫
and autumn things
🍂🍁🎃🍁🍂
Reposted by Alina Ashcroft
Reposted by Alina Ashcroft
Reposted by Alina Ashcroft
Reposted by Alina Ashcroft
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Art Nouveau evening purse — Lacloche Frs., ca. 1905 leather, gold, banded agate-eyes within a ruby surround and diamond-set beak
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Art Nouveau evening purse — Lacloche Frs., ca. 1905 leather, gold, banded agate-eyes within a ruby surround and diamond-set beak
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April 1, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Art Nouveau evening purse — Lacloche Frs., ca. 1905 leather, gold, banded agate-eyes within a ruby surround and diamond-set beak
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Art Nouveau evening purse — Lacloche Frs., ca. 1905 leather, gold, banded agate-eyes within a ruby surround and diamond-set beak
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i get my news from a reliable source
March 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
i get my news from a reliable source
“Belief needs reality as a partner, not a victim… So, can we meme things into existence? Yes – but not effortlessly, not permanently, and not always in the way intended.”
March 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“Belief needs reality as a partner, not a victim… So, can we meme things into existence? Yes – but not effortlessly, not permanently, and not always in the way intended.”
i took a posting break because i got really into rocks. crystals, minerals, worry stones, stone henges — i just fucking love rocks. stones. they were here long before us and will be here long after us.
March 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
i took a posting break because i got really into rocks. crystals, minerals, worry stones, stone henges — i just fucking love rocks. stones. they were here long before us and will be here long after us.
Reposted by Alina Ashcroft
I'm also naturally skeptical or doubtful. I am drawn to models that allow for belief as a temporary, at-need state. I like the idea of "enthusiasm" in its Greek roots - being filled by god(dess) in concert with the English sense of the word. The ability to suspend skepticism comes with inspiration.
#Witchmadness Day 11: How do you handle skepticism from others?
Unfortunately, I’m usually the skeptic in the room. My favorite thing is hearing the gasps from other pagans & witches when I explain I don’t believe in ghosts or spirits or that anything happens after we die.
#witchsky
Unfortunately, I’m usually the skeptic in the room. My favorite thing is hearing the gasps from other pagans & witches when I explain I don’t believe in ghosts or spirits or that anything happens after we die.
#witchsky
March 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'm also naturally skeptical or doubtful. I am drawn to models that allow for belief as a temporary, at-need state. I like the idea of "enthusiasm" in its Greek roots - being filled by god(dess) in concert with the English sense of the word. The ability to suspend skepticism comes with inspiration.
i’ve accumulated so many worry stones i could make a little hedgerow of them
March 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
i’ve accumulated so many worry stones i could make a little hedgerow of them
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and yes, Sauron was defeated by two little guys slipping in under his nose, but those two little guys could not have succeeded without friendship and armies. Sam’s little box of salt uplifted their spirits; Aragorn’s sword defended their backs.
we need salt and the sword. bring whichever you have
we need salt and the sword. bring whichever you have
January 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
and yes, Sauron was defeated by two little guys slipping in under his nose, but those two little guys could not have succeeded without friendship and armies. Sam’s little box of salt uplifted their spirits; Aragorn’s sword defended their backs.
we need salt and the sword. bring whichever you have
we need salt and the sword. bring whichever you have
the gods need us. we mortals, the first to fade. for everything we do echoes through eternity
March 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
the gods need us. we mortals, the first to fade. for everything we do echoes through eternity
in times like these, it is comforting to look at the water, the rocks, and the trees, and remember that the world, alive in all of its totality, has been here long before us and will go on long after us.
March 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
in times like these, it is comforting to look at the water, the rocks, and the trees, and remember that the world, alive in all of its totality, has been here long before us and will go on long after us.
Umm does someone want to say it
Utroba Cave, located in the Rhodope Mountains near Ilinitsa, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria, was likely carved by hand more than 3,000 years ago during the early Thracian period, around 1,100 BC
March 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Umm does someone want to say it
there is nothing like eating raspberries from the summer in february. freezers are a miracle
March 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
there is nothing like eating raspberries from the summer in february. freezers are a miracle
i am actually spending so much on beeswax candles help
but will an ancient goddess whose priestesses were literally called bees really deign to entertain your prayers over paraffin
gtfo
but will an ancient goddess whose priestesses were literally called bees really deign to entertain your prayers over paraffin
gtfo
January 31, 2025 at 5:44 AM
i am actually spending so much on beeswax candles help
but will an ancient goddess whose priestesses were literally called bees really deign to entertain your prayers over paraffin
gtfo
but will an ancient goddess whose priestesses were literally called bees really deign to entertain your prayers over paraffin
gtfo
what if we kissed in the bramble thicket
January 31, 2025 at 5:38 AM
what if we kissed in the bramble thicket
modern witches be like “my magical name is Artemisia Isis” when every historical witch was named something like Verity Prudence Goodwife
January 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
modern witches be like “my magical name is Artemisia Isis” when every historical witch was named something like Verity Prudence Goodwife
do i really need to be lectured on the negative valence of my words in dreams? this man was up there telling me i use the word “pain” too often and need to be better at manifesting positive intent
January 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
do i really need to be lectured on the negative valence of my words in dreams? this man was up there telling me i use the word “pain” too often and need to be better at manifesting positive intent
on a clear day, i can see forever
January 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
on a clear day, i can see forever
You love lost causes — life itself is a losing battle.
January 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
You love lost causes — life itself is a losing battle.
i’m going to go walk around under the darkening trees, the year’s hopes and regrets my only company along with a cup of tea
December 28, 2024 at 12:13 AM
i’m going to go walk around under the darkening trees, the year’s hopes and regrets my only company along with a cup of tea
christmas, but the Tree is the Living God
December 25, 2024 at 5:22 PM
christmas, but the Tree is the Living God