Hi! I’m a Baby Witch who follows Hestia and I love her but I don’t quite know how to give her offerings, especially through food. Could you offer any advice?

Yeah! With food I’ll often offer the first bite, eat the first bite and savor it, set aside a small plate or burn it (I have a wood burning stove so I can do this safely). Also, I wrote this on my Hestia sideblog and think it will be helpful!

Do, I’ve been following Hades for a whule now, and all of my other friends say that I chose the wrong deity. I’ve felt very strongly towards Him for a long time, and their only reasoning is that He’s not a real God of Olympus (because He doesn’t live there) and He’s an “evil god.” Is there anything I could say to justify Him? I have no ideas and they’re beating me to death about it.

Tell your friends to fuck off? It’s none of their damn business, and it’s extremely rude of them to act like that. 

Some things they should consider:

So only the Olympians are valid gods? Is every Chthonian deity inherently evil? What about the Titans, who came before the Olympians? The Nymphs don’t live on Olympus, they’re only summoned there occasionally. What about them? Do they deserve less respect? What makes Hades more evil than any of the Olympians? 

I’d encourage them to browse through this site so they can realize that there’s far more to the Theoi than the Olympians. 

I know that some people are talking about leaving tumblr completly because of the updat. Are you staying? Is this website really made up of that many porn blogs???

I’m staying! I’m in the process of getting a WordPress in case the update completely fucks me over, but I don’t plan on leaving. 

My plan for WordPress is to keep it 100% original informative content and post it both here and there. I’m in the process of transferring my favorite original posts there. If y’all still want snippets of my personal life, you’ll likely see more of that on Insta.

For those of you who are leaving, you can find me on:

Hello! I hate to bother you but is there any way you could link to your most recent list of your bedridden witch series? Or is there somewhere I can go for it? I want to reblog them in a row but I’m never sure if the list is up to date since some of the reblogs and stuff I see are rather old. Thank you!

No problem! It’s been a little while since I’ve made any because my health has been so poor (which is fitting for the theme of my posts haha). Here’s all of the bedridden witch posts I’ve made so far, I hope to have a few more written soon! ❤

What’s your take on pagans (and/or) witches being an oppressed minority?

I think I’m not a qualified person to talk about this, as I am a cis, white, middle class, straight-passing, able-passing individual who has never experienced oppression due to who I am. Let’s look at the definition of oppression:

Oppression can refer to an authoritarian regime controlling its citizens via state control of politics, the monetary system, media, and the military; denying people any meaningful human or civil rights; and terrorizing the populace through harsh, unjust punishment, and a hidden network of obsequious informants reporting to a vicious secret police force.

Oppression also refers to a less overtly malicious pattern of subjugation, although in many ways this social oppression represents a particularly insidious and ruthlessly effective form of manipulation and control. In this instance, the subordination and injustices do not afflict everyone—instead it targets specific groups of people for restrictions, ridicule, and marginalization. No universally accepted term has yet emerged to describe this variety of oppression, although some scholars will parse the multiplicity of factors into a handful of categories, e.g., social (or sociocultural) oppression; institutional (or legal) oppression; and economic oppression.”

(Source)

And here’s a bit more on what social oppression is.

I will acknowledge one thing: Witchcraft can be controversial. I have had people become hateful or strongly opinionated about my practice and I’ve been in situations where it felt risky for me to talk about it, so I stayed quiet. There are people who won’t understand and may lash out (this is true with most things). But I feel that isn’t anywhere close to being the same thing as oppression. 

I would welcome the viewpoint of people who are part of an oppressed minority if anyone feels called to add on or share a different opinion. I don’t want my voice and opinion to be the loudest and only one seen just because I have a lot of followers!

If you’re in a place of privilege (like me) and feel strongly against what I’m saying, I’d encourage you to reflect on why that is. There is nothing glamorous about being oppressed and a common theme I see with people who experience the guilt of being more privileged than others is they will find a way to consider themselves less privileged. Privilege isn’t inherently a bad thing, it just shouldn’t exist. Where we are right now is something everyone deserves and it’s our role to fight for that, not to hide and try to convince ourselves we’re less privileged than we are.