Platonic love is real love and shouldnt be treated like less becuase it isnt romantic. Defining love as only romantic is a terrible concept. You should be able to love people in a platonic way as much as romantic way and not be seen as less
The Greeks were so much wiser than us modern folk, when talking about love. They believed it existed in eight different forms:
1. Eros (erotic love). This is, simply put, the sexual attraction you feel towards someone. In its best form, passion can be transformative… but it can also become destructive if not kept under control.
2. Philos (friendship). This is the love we treat as lesser in the modern world. Ironically, the Greeks considered it superior to eros as philos was considered a love between two equals and free of the animalistic pull of sexual desire. Philos is the kind of love two warriors who’ve shared a foxhole feel for one another.
3. Storge (familial love). This is the love and pride we take in our kinsmen and lifelong friends. For those who are deeply attached to their family name, who remember family members who pass on with great fondness… This is the name the Greeks, a culture based very much on accruing honour to one’s name and descendants, bestowed on this form of love, as it was so very important to them.
4. Ludus (playful love). The affection between young lovers, this is what we modern folk call “puppy love.” The flirting, teasing and childlike euphoria at being in a new relationship is all part and parcel of this form of love. The Greeks felt that love should have a sense of fun and play; it need not be serious 100% of the time.
5. Mania (obsessive love). This is what happens when love gets scary, and is the purview of stalkers and the most deluded among us. The Greeks believed that this occurs when there’s an imbalance between the presence of ludus and eros in one’s psyche. Those who experience this form of love also become codependent, and may be perpetrators of abuse of their loved ones.
6. Pragma (enduring love). This is a mature form of love, having aged like fine wine with time. It’s commonly seen in couples who have been married for decades, and is something we all secretly yearn for – the companionship that looks beyond our limitations, yet loves us for our frail humanity. A love where we are accepted unconditionally and will never stray from us. It’s hard to find, and takes a lot of time and patience to cultivate.
7. Philautia (self-love). This is where having a “positive mental attitude” and engaging in self-care comes in. The Greeks understood that, in order to care for others, we must first tend to ourselves. This is not a sense of vanity, but an awareness and acceptance of who you really are, showing yourself compassion in darker times.
8. Agape (brotherhood). This is the greatest form of love there is, and the hardest to aspire to. It demands nothing less than feeling love for all human beings, compassion for all creatures, an acceptance and forgiveness of the flaws of humanity, and the desire to ease the pain of those who suffer. To see in the eyes of every human being your brother, your sister – when humanity, in your mind, becomes your extended family. It’s not about paying lip service to religions that preach compassion, it’s about showing love for others in every word and deed.
So, if you thought romantic love (eros) was all there is to knowing and feeling love? You thought wrong. Let’s learn to love love in all its forms.
I don’t think I’ve gone over this before, but I often assign things in my home a task or a “job.” Be it the bundle of flowers, a candle, a sock, crystal—anything, really. You have power and authority in your hearth! In your space! But for now, I’ll talk about just giving crystals a task.
There’s numerous ways to do it, and as such I will ALWAYS prompt you to follow your gut; listen to your intuition. You can do exactly what I do here, or you can tweak it—its your craft, after all.
Here’s how I do it:
1. Pick a crystal according to the task/job you’re wanting. I.E–to feel confident and strong (citrine, quartz, carnelian, hematite), for self love (rose quartz, selenite, amazonite, smoky quartz), protection (amethyst, flourite, fire agate) so on and so forth. There is literally a crystal for ANYTHING.
2. Take that crystal (or crystals if you’ve chosen multiple) and set it on your altar/work space.
3. Light 4 candles (either white, or color correspondence w/what you’re wanting) in South, north, east, west.
4. Sprinkle herbs associated with your job around and on the crystal
5. Light an incense if you want.
6. On a sheet of paper, write down exactly what you want this crystal to do. Be clear, dot all your I’s and cross all your T’s.
7. As the candles burn, read aloud what your wrote down. Be firm, concise, bold, strong, and commanding. As you read you’ll most likely add some stuff.
8. When the candles burn out, take the crystal into your hands. As you hold it, charge it with your energy. Remind it of it’s job, what it’s tasked to do, and what you hold it responsible for. Charge charge chaaarrge until you feel it’s good.
9. As always, seal it with a kiss. I always kiss my crystals and tools, letting them know I love them. Thank it for it’s work.
10. Then do what you want with it. Carry it with you, put it in a sachet, on a desk, in a make up bag—whatever you had intended.
Some advice, I usually charge them under a full moon w/the herbs I did initially if I want it to continue working on it’s job.
If I want it to stop, I’ll “cleanse” it and tell it to be at ease.
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Grand prize includes:
Everything pictured here
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Harley is an abuse survivor of course she’d wreck this dude!!!
Can I just say how much I love the implications here?
Harley and Ivy are known public figures. People know who they are, and recognize them. And this kid knows that, despite being violent criminals, they’re safe enough to go to for protection.
Ivy is dead certain that the Batfamily will be okay with them intervening to protect a kid. That has some intersting implications – either she knows damn well where the lines lie and that this is overriding enough to get her a pass, or (more likely, given the first bit) this has come up before.
one of my favorite tropes is villains acting heroically not because the other villain is a threat to them or because it benefits them, but because they have standards
Just because you’re a villain doesn’t mean you have to be an asshole.
“The existence of the gods is a helpful thing; so let us believe in them. Let us offer wine and incense on ancient altars. The gods do not live in a state of quiet repose, like sleep. Divine power is all around us.”
This Fall I went out and harvested 14 pounds of blue elderberries in the mountain and now I’m making homemade elderberry syrup and selling it.
There’s a man I know who owns a local farm and I buy sausage from him. He asked to buy my biggest jar of syrup (worth $32) and I proposed a trade for $30 worth of sausage and he provides a jar for the syrup. He agreed and I don’t know what aesthetic/lifestyle I’m living right now but it’s great.
I just love the feeling of bartering and trading hardwork + specialties instead of exchanging paper made at jobs we don’t care about.
This is honestly the kind of life I wish I could currently lead.
It’s really great! I made $170 on the first day of orders alone and I get to make healing syrup for my local community (which is something I LOVE doing and now I get to share it!)
While I do enjoy the life of odd-jobs (syrup making, farmsitting, petsitting, etc.) I’m ready to be healthy enough to do a part-time job and get consistent pay!
I now have 6lbs of sausage and $508 worth of sales/orders and they keep coming! It’s only the third day of orders 😊
Heatherwitch 