A Tip For Beginners Since It Worried Me When I First Started: Its Important To Note That While There

a tip for beginners since it worried me when i first started: its important to note that while there are deities that are heavily connected to each other, you’re not obligated to work with both of them.

many people speak on specifically married deities (ex: hades & persephone, zeus & hera, odin & frigg). a lot of people refer to them as a “package deal” since they are heavily entwined. but it’s important for those just starting out, this does not mean you have to work with both.

as someone who works with hades, some of my offerings to him are related to persephone but i don’t worship her. in fact, when i had the opportunity to meet her and ask, she smiled and said, “you’re not mine”. we both mutually understood that we didn’t have a connection to one another but we have mutual respect and kindness for one another.

the “package deal” part is where i offer my coffee that is too sweet for hades so he said he’ll hand it to persephone instead. which is the cutest fucking thing btw omg

this is all just in an effort to say, please do not worry about having to work with two deities rather than one. don’t get overwhelmed.

I can attest to this. He really is a loving infernal Lord that wants what is best for his worshippers. I love every side of him ❤️

Lucifer's loving aspect isn't talked about enough.

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I associate him a lot with pink, white and golden. And with beauty, self-love, love in general. Maybe his Infernal aspects are more famous or some people think that this loving Lucifer cannot coexist with the King Lucifer, gatekeeper of the abyss. But he does. He's a multifaceted deity.

He's got more in common with Venus than Pluto.

I picture him as a very feminine/androgynous god. He's got such a beautiful masculinity.

Yes, I can testify that his anger is fucking terrifying but even then, getting on that side of him is HARD. He's a negotiator, a pacifist before a warrior. His intelligence is one of his greatest virtues. Now, that doesn't mean he can't be violent or even cruel, I've seen that part of him, but that's not the point.

The point is that Love is one of his more prominent domains and devotees of him should know that they can seek that kind of aid within him. He teaches you how to love and how to coexist with the world through love. Love is so complex, it comes in many ways. It doesn't have to be romantic, sometimes love is watching birds drinking the flowers' wine.

And, sometimes, defying life itself in order to live freely.

Lucifer is love.

I wish I could find a witchy girlfriend to do rituals with but talking to people is so hard ;-;

I don't think I've ever posted this, but this comic I've been commissioned rotates in my head every so often

Recently I've been doing a deep dive into red flags that one may run into while in occult spaces. It's best to be educated so that in the instance you come across one of these red flags, you know when take the information you're receiving with a grain of salt. The following is a list of some red flags I've come across in my time as a Pagan. Some are pretty obvious, others not so much.

• Claiming St. Peter's cross is Satanic, or that Ankh is Christian

• Thelema, Aleister Crowley, or Magic with a K

• "Qabala" rather than actual Kabbalah

• Talking about Atlantis as if it's real

• Saying "real Satanists" don't believe in Satan or refusing to acknowledge the difference between theist and non-theist Satanists

•Claiming a crystal, incense, oil, herb or whatever else can be used in place of medicine

• The use of lightning bolt symbols, the Black Sun, etc

• Saying aliens built the Egyptian pyramids or that humans bred with aliens

• Saying the Illuminati controls everything or talks of a "New World Order"

• Weird fear-mongering or out-there conspiracies about Freemasonry

• Vaguely alluding to an all-powerful group that's only ever referred to as "the elites" or "they"

• Doing closed practices they aren't apart of

• Refusing to cite sources, or if they do cite sources, it's a TikTok or something

• Referring to ANYTHING the Nazis did

• Tribal tattoos from a tribe one isn't apart of

• Claiming they'll provide you forbidden knowledge or that if you follow their way of life you'll reach God or whatever

• Any mention of Aryans or some superior race in a non-critical/historical explanatory context

• Joy of Satan or The Order of Nine Angels

• Claiming "you were meant to see this video!" when it's a video that is showed to hundreds (or thousands) of people based on an algorithm

• Gatekeeping practices, worship, tools, etc, from a sex. IE, "only women can do this spell!"

• Recommending any work from scammers (ex: Joe Dispenza)

• Discouraging learning the history of a practice

• Claiming deities from different pantheons are the exact same. (Ex: Aphrodite and Venus)

• Using AI in place of real art, imagery, people, etc. (Seriously, I've seen shops on Etsy try to sell me tarot readings with a photo of an AI generated old lady claiming to do the readings, marketing it as if it's a real person.)

If you have ANYTHING else to add, please feel free to do so.

* I'd also like to add that these bullet points are not ranked at all and in no way am I comparing any of the things on this list. It is just a list. + Many of the things on this list are nuanced. And everything has exceptions.

I don't think I've ever posted this, but this comic I've been commissioned rotates in my head every so often