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Phaedra Bonewits
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Witchy woman, tarot reader, ritualist, occult history nerd. She/her
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Today’s tip: From President Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union Address on January 6, 1941, known as the Four Freedoms Speech:

Freedom of speech
Freedom of worship
Freedom from want
Freedom from fear

Would make a nice chant, wouldn't it?

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The Four Freedoms as inscribed on the wall of the FDR Memorial in Washington DC. From President Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union Address on January 6, 1941. Freedom of speech Freedom of worship Freedom from want Freedom from fear
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Today’s tip: Do magic to reconcile yourself to the grief of loss before you do magic to replace what you lost. I mourned my pet birds but couldn’t find another bird until I let go of their spirits. Once I did, a week later a new bird came into my life.

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A young cockatiel with its head tilted in a cage on a perch with toys and food in the background.
August 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Share a book that isn't directly esoteric but has benefited your practice from reading.
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Front cover of Mind Games : The Guide to Inner Space, Classic Mind Training Exercises for Imagination, Inspiration, and Self-Exploration by Robert Masters and Jean Houston
July 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Today’s tip: The pics are what you are looking for with crystals (as opposed to other kinds of rocks). Natural points help you direct energy. Small natural points broken off from clusters can be very inexpensive, the large smoky quartz more expensive.
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Crystal cluster showing multiple points crystal cluster showing multiple points large symmetrical smoky quartz point large smoky quartz point showing inclusions
June 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
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#Occult
#EsotericBookChallenge
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Front cover of Phaedra : A Novel of Ancient Athens by June Rachuy Brindel (1985)
June 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#EsotericBookChallenge
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Basics of Magic Handbook 2 : Psychic Technology, Psychic Technology, Principles, Elements, Basic Operations for Tools by Church of Seven Arrows, Kahóte na Beinne (1980)
June 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#EsotericBookChallenge
#WitchSky
Front cover of The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (c1949, 1972)
June 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#EsotericBookChallenge
#WitchSky
Front cover of Personality, Divination and the Tarot by Carl Sargent (1988)
June 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#EsotericBookChallenge
#WitchSky
Front cover of Basics of Magic Handbook 1 : Psychic Technology : Principles, Elements, Basic Operations by Church of Seven Arrows (c1979, 1981)
June 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#EsotericBookChallenge
#WitchSky
Front cover of The Survival of the Pagan Gods : Mythological Tradition in Renaissance Humanism and Art by Jean Seznec (c1940, 1995)
June 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Recommended:
Front cover of Sex and Rockets : The Occult World of Jack Parsons by John Carter (2005)
June 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#EsotericBookChallenge
#WitchSky
Front cover of The Art and Practice of Astral Projection by Ophiel (1962)
June 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#EsotericBookChallenge
#WitchSky
Front cover of Mystical Origins of the Tarot : From Ancient Roots to Modern Usage by Paul Huson (2004)
June 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#EsotericBookChallenge
#WitchSky
Front cover of The Magical and Ritual Use of Perfumes by Richard Alan Miller and Iona Miller (1990)
June 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#EsotericBookChallenge
#WitchSky
Front cover of Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley (c1922, 1973)
May 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
Front cover of Charles Fort : The Man Who Invented the Supernatural by Jim Steinmeyer (2008)
May 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
Front cover of Egyptian Magic by Florence Farr (1896, 1982)
May 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
Front cover of The Night Battles : Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century by Carlo Ginzburg (1983)
May 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Looks familiar 😀
Front cover of Mysterious Marie Laveau Voodoo Queen and Folk Tales along the Mississippi by Raymond J. Martinez (1956)
May 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
A Celtic Miscellany : Translations from the Celtic Literature by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (1972)
May 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
Front cover of Helping Yourself with E.S.P by Al G. Manning (1966)
May 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
Front cover of Astral Love: Romance, Ecstasy & Higher Consciousness by D.J. Conway (1996)
May 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
Front cover of Professional Tarot : The Business of Reading, Consulting and Teaching by Christine Jette (2003)
May 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
Front cover of Puck 'Em All (We've Got The Magick!) by Rachel L. & Al G. Manning (1985)
May 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Bluesky esoteric book challenge. A book per day (it's okay to skip days if you're really busy), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best occult books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#Books
#Esoteric
#Occult
#esotericbookchallenge
#Witchsky
Front cover of The Tarot : History, Symbolism, and Divination by Robert Place (2005)
May 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM