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Avalon K. Norton
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A vaguely pagan, eclectic discordian, nerdy chaote rambling into the void and trying to build a practice.
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Hello there, St. Gulik
A cockroach laying on its back, holding a clear glass marble in the palm of a hand. The caption reads "Whatever man *ponders my comically oversized orb*" Originally posted to Xitter by Shadoo (@ShadooCreature).
April 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I did, at least, spruce up my patron's corner of my altar and doodled a label for a mini novena candle for them.

It's a start.
A pink and blue idol of Baphomet, with an offering plate covered in herbs (chamomile and lavender), three crystals (plain quartz, labradorite, and black tourmaline), and a tiny jar half full of an amber liquid (honey liquor). To the left, an unlit white votive candle, to the right a half-size white novena candle jar with a hand-drawn label depicting baphomet's face, a labradorite serpent, and a resin crow skull. The background has a pitted thyme plant, a pitted bear paw cactus, and a window partially open to a blue sky with wispy clouds.
March 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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A fairly rustic black forest cake I made for my Aunt's birthday. #kitchenwitch #madewithlove
A whole cake, frosted in white and topped with a ring of halved cherries. A slice of cake on a light blue plate. Two layers of chocolate cake with a layer of whipped cream and cherries in between, frosted with more whipped cream.
January 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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A collage: Top left: Sandy's and Danny frome Grease. Top right: Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Bottom left: Serendipity from Dogma. Bottom right: Cordelia from Angel.
January 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Extremely accurate.
January 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Great turnout, great energy, no violence afaik.
A crowd of protestors marching, with colorful paper garlands strung over the street.
January 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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I finished Diana Helmuth's "The Witching Year." It is about a year spent exploring witchcraft.

I loved it. Diana's journey resonates with my own, and seeing my struggles with magic through someone else's eyes was very valuable.

If you read it, what did you think?

#witchsky #booksky #occultsky
Cover of "The Witching Year" by Diana Helmuth. A beige background with gold lines encircling a review quote, the title, a subtitle ("A memoir of earnest fumbling through modern witchcraft"), a gold depiction of the moon phases, and Diana's name. A red candle lays across the center, with wax dripping, and burn marks starting at the wick making it look like the cover is burnt away to reveal red paper underneath.
January 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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BookSky Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 20!

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A book cover with an almost black dark green background broken up by a blue V and 4 beige bars that read "Kurt Vonnegut" and "Breakfast of Champions" at the top center, a box contains a pyramid with the top segment detached and floating above itself, with a crying eye. The box's background is a series of red and yellow concentric circles.
January 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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BookSky Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 19

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The cover of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, boasting that it is the original 1818 edition and depicting a darkened still life of a skull, flowers, books, a candle, and some other objects I cannot identify.
January 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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BookSky Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 18

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A black and blue galaxy colored book cover reading "Five Novels in One Outrageous Volume, Douglas Adam's, The Ultimate Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in the center there is a green sphere with a smiling mouth, lounge hanging out, no eyes, wearing a camera around itself, with one arm/hand holding a tan fedora atop itself and the other holding an overflowing brown suitcase.
January 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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BookSky Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 17

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The cover of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. A braided bunch of sweetgrass crosses the cover horizontally on a cream background.
January 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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BookSky Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 16

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The cover of a comic anthology titled "Japan." 17 creators are listed in red print and the cover depicts a young Japanese girl with a pigeon on her head, playing with her hair, a calico cat is jumping to the left and behind the girl, and a family looks on from the right background.
January 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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I love a shiny crystal as much as the next witch, but I feel like plain ol' rocks don't get discussed enough in witchy contexts.

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A dark grey smooth, round, palm-sized, rock with brown flecks resting in the poster's palm.
January 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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My tiny monster is being especially cuddly and making it especially hard to get up and ready for work.
January 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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BookSky Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 15

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January 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I'm always a little wary about putting that label on a living creature, but my small monster does like to snuggle while I'm studying and see what I'm up to when I'm working at my altar. I have a feeling that when her time comes, some echo of her will stick around and take up the role.
A small grey cat sits on a notebook and looks off camera to the viewer's right. Next to her is a copy of The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall. The computer monitor behind the cat has a vaguely witchy motif.
January 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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BookSky Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 14

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January 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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BookSky Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 13

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January 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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BookSky Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 12

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A crumbling, water damaged copy of "Ariel," by Sylvia Plath. The cover advertises an introduction by Robert Lowell.
January 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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A watercolor painting of faeries emerging from two round chimneys, with the following text: My favourite thing about wonder, whimsy, and magick is that they are not things to "believe in" ... ...they're things to notice. May 2025 be a year of Noticing. @leilamadeline___
January 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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January 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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BookSky Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 11

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The 1991 edition of The Principia Discordia by Malaclypse the Younger. It has a pink cover and features a gold Holy Chao (similar to a yin-yang, but both sides have a gradient of black and blank (magenta, matching the cover, in this case) and instead of dots a pentagon and the golden apple of discord adorn each side. The text is heavily tabbed with multi-colored flags, and a flag with a cartoon cat's face peeks over the top of the cover.
January 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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BookSky Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 10

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January 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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January 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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I just finished going through my year-ahead tarot from last NYE to see what I did and didn't pick up on.

I feel like this was a valuable exercise as far as finding my intuitive blind spots and processing my '24.

Here's to closing things out and following the path to 2025.

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A pathway cutting through a forest, disappearing at the horizon and flanked by redwood trees and ferns.
January 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM