Marcus Ward
@marqsward.bsky.social
Mental health meets magick.
Harnessing spirituality for personal growth, to help recover from burnout, tend old trauma wounds, and manage ADHD symptoms.
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Caution: Loki hangs around me
Harnessing spirituality for personal growth, to help recover from burnout, tend old trauma wounds, and manage ADHD symptoms.
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Caution: Loki hangs around me
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Marcus Ward
@marqsward.bsky.social
· Mar 3
If you or someone you know is feeling unsafe and thinking about where to go or who to talk it out with:
My DMs are Open.
Especially queer folks and anyone being targeted due to their religion or skin tone/status.
#lgbt #lamigra #pagan #safespace #brainstorm #vent #expat
My DMs are Open.
Especially queer folks and anyone being targeted due to their religion or skin tone/status.
#lgbt #lamigra #pagan #safespace #brainstorm #vent #expat
Send your intentions then let life or the universe or the divine (whatever you call it) have its way in response to your choices and requests.
It's like a massage - sometimes painful or tense in places, but always healing once you relax into the work.
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#witchsky #pagan #karma
It's like a massage - sometimes painful or tense in places, but always healing once you relax into the work.
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#witchsky #pagan #karma
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Sometimes we don't do the big ritual.
We are tired or struggling, so we don't light the candle and draw a circle, we just sit in the dark and reach out towards the divine with our hearts before falling asleep.
Sometimes that is the most potent magick. /|\
#pagan #witchsky #SelfCare
We are tired or struggling, so we don't light the candle and draw a circle, we just sit in the dark and reach out towards the divine with our hearts before falling asleep.
Sometimes that is the most potent magick. /|\
#pagan #witchsky #SelfCare
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Reposted by Marcus Ward
Before your next decision, pause. Ask your body: does this feel open or closed?
#witchcraft #witchsky #witch #intuitivewitch #intuition #intuitivewitchcraft
#witchcraft #witchsky #witch #intuitivewitch #intuition #intuitivewitchcraft
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Before your next decision, pause. Ask your body: does this feel open or closed?
#witchcraft #witchsky #witch #intuitivewitch #intuition #intuitivewitchcraft
#witchcraft #witchsky #witch #intuitivewitch #intuition #intuitivewitchcraft
"Life is an unending series of complications, so it doesn't make any sense to be surprised by the arrival of the next one."
- Sam Harris
The trick is to lean in, learn to ride the waves and go with the chaotic storm of life's problems and challenges.
- Sam Harris
The trick is to lean in, learn to ride the waves and go with the chaotic storm of life's problems and challenges.
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"Life is an unending series of complications, so it doesn't make any sense to be surprised by the arrival of the next one."
- Sam Harris
The trick is to lean in, learn to ride the waves and go with the chaotic storm of life's problems and challenges.
- Sam Harris
The trick is to lean in, learn to ride the waves and go with the chaotic storm of life's problems and challenges.
One of the most powerful lessons I have learned from grief and Shadow Work (IFS) has been to embrace endings. Combining that with recapitulation has made for potent and empowering transformations. buff.ly/IjqM8k6
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#witchy #pagan #grief #hekate #themorrigan #loki #MentalHealth #Autumn #ShadowWork
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#witchy #pagan #grief #hekate #themorrigan #loki #MentalHealth #Autumn #ShadowWork
Endings and Empowerment
Endings (failure, death, hopeless states, etc.) create fertile ground - harvest and plant carefully.
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
One of the most powerful lessons I have learned from grief and Shadow Work (IFS) has been to embrace endings. Combining that with recapitulation has made for potent and empowering transformations. buff.ly/IjqM8k6
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#witchy #pagan #grief #hekate #themorrigan #loki #MentalHealth #Autumn #ShadowWork
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#witchy #pagan #grief #hekate #themorrigan #loki #MentalHealth #Autumn #ShadowWork
Everything that happens is a message; everything you do is a choice.
Exploring these two concepts has empowered me on so many levels and got me through the worst of my disability and mental health struggles.
#MentalHealth #WitchSky #Empower #Mindful #Meditation #HealingJourney #Awakening
Exploring these two concepts has empowered me on so many levels and got me through the worst of my disability and mental health struggles.
#MentalHealth #WitchSky #Empower #Mindful #Meditation #HealingJourney #Awakening
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Everything that happens is a message; everything you do is a choice.
Exploring these two concepts has empowered me on so many levels and got me through the worst of my disability and mental health struggles.
#MentalHealth #WitchSky #Empower #Mindful #Meditation #HealingJourney #Awakening
Exploring these two concepts has empowered me on so many levels and got me through the worst of my disability and mental health struggles.
#MentalHealth #WitchSky #Empower #Mindful #Meditation #HealingJourney #Awakening
Courage is being afraid and doing it anyway. It's Latin roots also point to courage as a form heart work or getting in touch with your inner truth and speaking it. To find that courage myself, I had to do a lot of sitting with fear. buff.ly/vIfjP8I
#MentalHealth #HealingJourney #courage #InnerWork
#MentalHealth #HealingJourney #courage #InnerWork
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Courage is being afraid and doing it anyway. It's Latin roots also point to courage as a form heart work or getting in touch with your inner truth and speaking it. To find that courage myself, I had to do a lot of sitting with fear. buff.ly/vIfjP8I
#MentalHealth #HealingJourney #courage #InnerWork
#MentalHealth #HealingJourney #courage #InnerWork
Years ago, inspired by the Day of the Dead, I dedicated today to honoring my ancestors and quietly reflecting as a rested post Samhain.
Now that I've said goodbye to loved ones, it has also become a time for remembering, self-care, and grief work.
#Samhain #Mourning #Grief #Healing #Ancestors
Now that I've said goodbye to loved ones, it has also become a time for remembering, self-care, and grief work.
#Samhain #Mourning #Grief #Healing #Ancestors
November 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Years ago, inspired by the Day of the Dead, I dedicated today to honoring my ancestors and quietly reflecting as a rested post Samhain.
Now that I've said goodbye to loved ones, it has also become a time for remembering, self-care, and grief work.
#Samhain #Mourning #Grief #Healing #Ancestors
Now that I've said goodbye to loved ones, it has also become a time for remembering, self-care, and grief work.
#Samhain #Mourning #Grief #Healing #Ancestors
Samhain at last!
Around midnight, I'll shift into remembrance and grief work, but today I find myself reflecting on the gifts of fear work: buff.ly/vIfjP8I
It was extremely challenging, but the insights made it seriously worth the work.
#MentalHealth #Halloween #HealingJourney #Samhain #courage
Around midnight, I'll shift into remembrance and grief work, but today I find myself reflecting on the gifts of fear work: buff.ly/vIfjP8I
It was extremely challenging, but the insights made it seriously worth the work.
#MentalHealth #Halloween #HealingJourney #Samhain #courage
October 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Samhain at last!
Around midnight, I'll shift into remembrance and grief work, but today I find myself reflecting on the gifts of fear work: buff.ly/vIfjP8I
It was extremely challenging, but the insights made it seriously worth the work.
#MentalHealth #Halloween #HealingJourney #Samhain #courage
Around midnight, I'll shift into remembrance and grief work, but today I find myself reflecting on the gifts of fear work: buff.ly/vIfjP8I
It was extremely challenging, but the insights made it seriously worth the work.
#MentalHealth #Halloween #HealingJourney #Samhain #courage
Tiz the season for introspection and grief work or connecting with and honoring what has come before, so it only feels right to share one of my most used rituals; a mental magick style spell outline you can customize and reuse:
buff.ly/wgQcoPd
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#WitchSky #Pagan #MentalHealth #Samhain
buff.ly/wgQcoPd
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#WitchSky #Pagan #MentalHealth #Samhain
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Tiz the season for introspection and grief work or connecting with and honoring what has come before, so it only feels right to share one of my most used rituals; a mental magick style spell outline you can customize and reuse:
buff.ly/wgQcoPd
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#WitchSky #Pagan #MentalHealth #Samhain
buff.ly/wgQcoPd
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#WitchSky #Pagan #MentalHealth #Samhain
"Shame is basically the fear of being unlovable."
- Brené Brown
Accepting yourself fully, flaws and all and owning your power ward of shame and unworthiness.
Connecting in an honest and vulnerable way to a trustworthy loved one combats it.
#MentalHealth #Challenging #Powerful #WitchSky #Healing
- Brené Brown
Accepting yourself fully, flaws and all and owning your power ward of shame and unworthiness.
Connecting in an honest and vulnerable way to a trustworthy loved one combats it.
#MentalHealth #Challenging #Powerful #WitchSky #Healing
October 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"Shame is basically the fear of being unlovable."
- Brené Brown
Accepting yourself fully, flaws and all and owning your power ward of shame and unworthiness.
Connecting in an honest and vulnerable way to a trustworthy loved one combats it.
#MentalHealth #Challenging #Powerful #WitchSky #Healing
- Brené Brown
Accepting yourself fully, flaws and all and owning your power ward of shame and unworthiness.
Connecting in an honest and vulnerable way to a trustworthy loved one combats it.
#MentalHealth #Challenging #Powerful #WitchSky #Healing
Some days inspiration and generosity burst at the seams with insights that demand to be shared.
Other days, empty or wounded feelings drag the day down and suppress even basic activity.
It takes both kinds of days to fully appreciate life and the beautiful mystery that is you.
#MentalHealth
Other days, empty or wounded feelings drag the day down and suppress even basic activity.
It takes both kinds of days to fully appreciate life and the beautiful mystery that is you.
#MentalHealth
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Some days inspiration and generosity burst at the seams with insights that demand to be shared.
Other days, empty or wounded feelings drag the day down and suppress even basic activity.
It takes both kinds of days to fully appreciate life and the beautiful mystery that is you.
#MentalHealth
Other days, empty or wounded feelings drag the day down and suppress even basic activity.
It takes both kinds of days to fully appreciate life and the beautiful mystery that is you.
#MentalHealth
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October 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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I don't really do curses so much as blessings that kick serious ass until they teach the necessary truth or transformation... so maybe that is worse than a curse?
Basically, upset me and you may meet your own inner demons or just find your karma unleashed at full force.
#WitchSky #Loki #Hekate
Basically, upset me and you may meet your own inner demons or just find your karma unleashed at full force.
#WitchSky #Loki #Hekate
October 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Each of us has the power to sanctify.
Simply set the intention and apply your will in a mindful and disciplined way.
If it bothers you when someone else does not see the sanctified, you may need to reclaim your power or recognize how you've given it away.
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#Pagan #WitchSky #Mindful
Simply set the intention and apply your will in a mindful and disciplined way.
If it bothers you when someone else does not see the sanctified, you may need to reclaim your power or recognize how you've given it away.
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#Pagan #WitchSky #Mindful
October 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Humans have such strange ideas. Perhaps the most baffling to me is the concept of garbage.
Why did we invent this strange notion?
How do we believe it?
I guess it feels nice to pretend we can just "throw away" a thing, and it's gone, but... wow.
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#Pagan #WitchSky #Druid #Hekate
Why did we invent this strange notion?
How do we believe it?
I guess it feels nice to pretend we can just "throw away" a thing, and it's gone, but... wow.
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#Pagan #WitchSky #Druid #Hekate
October 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Reposted by Marcus Ward
You can enjoy nature in the city. Mushrooms, birds, rivers, trees.... You just have to pay attention. #mushroomphotography #witchsky #occultsky #heathenry
September 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
You can enjoy nature in the city. Mushrooms, birds, rivers, trees.... You just have to pay attention. #mushroomphotography #witchsky #occultsky #heathenry
Equinoxes are an invitation to reassess and re-balance; the Autumn Equinox especially prompts us to let go of what no longer works. My addiction to productivity led to a "crash" which made this deeply important truth clear to me.
buff.ly/T5lT3Yi
#Pagan #MentalHealth #WitchSky
buff.ly/T5lT3Yi
#Pagan #MentalHealth #WitchSky
September 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Equinoxes are an invitation to reassess and re-balance; the Autumn Equinox especially prompts us to let go of what no longer works. My addiction to productivity led to a "crash" which made this deeply important truth clear to me.
buff.ly/T5lT3Yi
#Pagan #MentalHealth #WitchSky
buff.ly/T5lT3Yi
#Pagan #MentalHealth #WitchSky
Sometimes the act of harvesting is also a form of sowing.
What you release can become a fertilizing soil to nurture future harvests.
What you reap (consequences and successes alike) can transform into baggage you must release.
Letting go is an act of faith and courage.
#Mabon #WitchSky #Pagan
What you release can become a fertilizing soil to nurture future harvests.
What you reap (consequences and successes alike) can transform into baggage you must release.
Letting go is an act of faith and courage.
#Mabon #WitchSky #Pagan
September 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is why it is so important to be a visible example (where and when safe) of what we are truly like.
Why unpacking and processing your own wounds (esp. religious) is so impactful.
And why community building is critical right now.
Fight back with light.
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#Pagan #WitchSky #EndHate
Why unpacking and processing your own wounds (esp. religious) is so impactful.
And why community building is critical right now.
Fight back with light.
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#Pagan #WitchSky #EndHate
Introduced by Charlie Kirk shortly before he was killed, "The Pagan Threat" is a specific and deliberate attack on my community of faith. Manny Moreno does an exemplary job outlining this threat in his review of the book for "The Wild Hunt." #Pagan #Heathen #Druidry #Wicca
“The Pagan Threat” is talking about us
Lucas Miles’s The Pagan Threat leaves no ambiguity: it catalogues modern Pagan traditions in detail, framing them as enemies of church and nation. By casting Pagans as conspirators and parasites, the book transforms theological polemic into real-world danger for our communities.
wildhunt.org
September 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In so many ways, I have sought control over understanding.
Even the way I sit is a battle against myself to do it "right" or somehow perfectly.
Burnout was clearly inevitable.
Letting this go is a challenge. For now I will watch and be curious.
#Burnout #Healing #ChronicFatigue #MentalHealth
Even the way I sit is a battle against myself to do it "right" or somehow perfectly.
Burnout was clearly inevitable.
Letting this go is a challenge. For now I will watch and be curious.
#Burnout #Healing #ChronicFatigue #MentalHealth
September 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
In so many ways, I have sought control over understanding.
Even the way I sit is a battle against myself to do it "right" or somehow perfectly.
Burnout was clearly inevitable.
Letting this go is a challenge. For now I will watch and be curious.
#Burnout #Healing #ChronicFatigue #MentalHealth
Even the way I sit is a battle against myself to do it "right" or somehow perfectly.
Burnout was clearly inevitable.
Letting this go is a challenge. For now I will watch and be curious.
#Burnout #Healing #ChronicFatigue #MentalHealth
"Perhaps you could do better–but “better” isn’t objective. It should be measured by your own yardstick of what you truly value."
- Frank James
#quotes #wisdom #MentalHealth
- Frank James
#quotes #wisdom #MentalHealth
September 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"Perhaps you could do better–but “better” isn’t objective. It should be measured by your own yardstick of what you truly value."
- Frank James
#quotes #wisdom #MentalHealth
- Frank James
#quotes #wisdom #MentalHealth
We always have a choice. It may be small or the potential outcomes may seem all bad, but there is still a choice.
Our POVs, our actions, and even our reactions can all be chosen. Taking the reins is as challenging as it is rewarding. buff.ly/ObYwq5w
#WitchSky #MentalHealth #Mindful #Healing
Our POVs, our actions, and even our reactions can all be chosen. Taking the reins is as challenging as it is rewarding. buff.ly/ObYwq5w
#WitchSky #MentalHealth #Mindful #Healing
September 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We always have a choice. It may be small or the potential outcomes may seem all bad, but there is still a choice.
Our POVs, our actions, and even our reactions can all be chosen. Taking the reins is as challenging as it is rewarding. buff.ly/ObYwq5w
#WitchSky #MentalHealth #Mindful #Healing
Our POVs, our actions, and even our reactions can all be chosen. Taking the reins is as challenging as it is rewarding. buff.ly/ObYwq5w
#WitchSky #MentalHealth #Mindful #Healing