Happy Autumn equinox

This time is also when the hours of light and dark are at parallels, and another similar event occurs during the Spring equinox. The Autumn equinox is when there is a shift and the changes in the Earth, and Summer has become Autumn and Autumn will evolve in stages before Winter. It's a time that is given the name of Mabon, who traditionally follow Wicca paths, Oktoberfest in southern German lands such as in Bavaria, and also Ing Gathering, Harvest Home, Alban Elfed and Harvest Festival. This is customary to celebrate with apples. Have a lovely Autumn equinox. 

Here are ways to celebrate the season of Autumn equinox: https://www.pagangrimoire.com/what-is-mabon-how-to-celebrate/ 

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Moon magic

The best time for spells is during a certain moon phase. Full moons are well known to inspire feelings and emotions. Crescent moons are associated with youth and wisdom. New moons are seen as dark beginnings or ends. So what exactly does each phase do? I shall begin with the full moon in a clockwise cycle to the waning and the New Moon and then the waxing.

Image of the different moon phases at Witchcraft Wiki HERE

Full moon is the best to learn, gather reading materials, study, begin to read a book. It's when to do cleansing and clearing. Clean the spaces, rooms, declutter. Inner knowledge, clarity, insight and confirmation of all things that interest you. It's when to build relationships, begin ventures, romance, love rituals. Getting healing and resting, making way for fresh and full energy.

Waning gibbous, is the best to step away and withdraw from difficulties. Leave aside tough work for the moment and pause. The most interesting time to work on mistakes, by patching up broken places, whether it's material or emotional, and fixing problems, untying knots or undoing connections. Also cleansing rituals can happen. Removing dark entities, get rid of unpleasant rumours, break curses.

Last quarter, a special time to finish negative dramas, cease any harmful and unhealthy activities, give up bad habits. Step down from toxic circles or bad crowds. Remove a sour bitter idea. Break ties with unpleasant situations. Send away intrusive thoughts, curses and misery such as curses, bad habits, ill luck, misfortune and hopelessness. 

Waning crescent is a phase to find calm, peace, balance and stillness, even look for a state of tranquillity. Spells for fortune, good luck and success. Learning deeper more esoteric wisdom, finding your own inner knowledge and locate the true meaning of your dreams. Making amends, soothing, apologising, forgiving and redeeming. Illnesses that begin here, and can be healed here.

New moon, a phase of the dark moon, is a strong time to undo wrongs.

Waxing crescent is a phase to start new adventures, create fresh beginnings, making new pacts, creativity and expression. It's when to meet others, meet new, build relationships. Attracting the energy, getting hope, pulling vibrant and loving situations, joining and sex magic. Creation of energy, wealth and happiness. Friendships and lovers. 

First quarter phase is more vivid creatively, as it helps divination and psychic abilities. Willpower and determination can be earned and made. A time for being calm, at peace, meditation, visualisation and inspiration. Physical and emotional stamina, vigour, motivation and strength. Develop goal setting, make positive dreams come true, work on those pleasant ideas.

Waxing gibbous is when to feel the urge to start new things. The law of attraction, health and healing. Achieving ones dreams and being successful and yet helpful and kind. Spells and rituals for better health and healing. 

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Snow White remake

 This has been on my feeds and it's about the new upcoming live action remake of the animated "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". The remake is going to be released next year and soon there will be an official teaser. Snow White was Disney's first princess, and my favourite story as a kid. However, I'm not feeling good about this new film because of what's been said about it. This new 2024 Snow White is going to be changed so much that it will resemble nothing of the original film, let alone the traditional story that many children have loved for generations.

One of the drastic changes is Snow White herself. She's not going to be the same in the new film, as her character will be aggressive and power driven. While some may like the idea of a tougher Snow White, she won't be Snow White. There's other ways that Snow White could become a stronger character, as opposed to a gentle damsel in distress, but she should always have a heart of gold, full of love, warmth and innocence. As from the source, based on the story by the Brothers Grimm, she's a daughter born from magic.

Next is Snow White is going to reject love, and the prince won't even be in the remake at all. The prince won't be waking her up from a deep state of death. Also the prince isn't a character anymore with this film, but he's been replaced by an ordinary man called Jonathon, who might be simply cut entirely from the film. There isn't going to be romance or happy ever after. The reason that Disney is doing this is vague but they've been ignoring romantic elements from other remade films. It's as if the concept of romantic love is being eroded in Hollywood, in favour of something sterile. So sorry but I can't imagine Snow White without her prince.

There won't be a poisonous apple. While apples will be used, it isn't going to be the same. It's believed that it's not even going to happen. This is exactly what should happen, since the story is not Snow White otherwise. And most of all, there isn't going to be any seven dwarfs, who are friends and protectors of Snow White, who helped her since she escaped to their house after fleeing the evil queen. Snow White without the seven dwarfs is unthinkable and even a bad idea. A little bird told me that there's going to be a gruesome death scene in this remake. It feels that the story has been botched far too much. The original 1930's film was a delicious pie that has been dissected for the 2024 remake and then filled with foam stuffing.

What I hope would be in this Snow White 2024 remake is: A magical fairy tale of a film, following Snow White (played by Rachel Zegler) who finds herself fleeing from the evil queen (played by Gal Gadot) after the huntsman let her go, only to end up in a scary forest, and eventually discovers the home of seven dwarfs (Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Dopey, Grumpy, Doc and Sneezy), who lives there and hunts food if need be, trains in combat if she needs to, for self defence, but still is trusting and kind, who loves all the forest animals and they love her. Then the queen disguises herself and gives Snow White an apple full of poison, which she eats, becomes dead, and laid to rest in a glass coffin. Then her true love the prince arrives to wake her with either a kiss, or by knocking over the coffin by accident (as happened in an old story version), but Snow White and the prince do fall in love. This is the version that many including myself needs in this stressful, worrying world. 

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Toothache remedies and bygone strangeness

 Besides modern medicine, old traditional remedies for toothache really works. These include the following herbs and they must be take carefully, and not to be overdone. They have to be take individually and not all at once.

Ginger root, cloves, peppermint leaves, thyme, yarrow, garlic, chamomile, onions, turmeric and cabbages. Other natural remedies include a saltwater rinse of the mouth, a small amount of vanilla extract. Now for the next part, about WHAT NOT to do with a toothache.

PLEASE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME: 

In times past, there were some strange methods of easing a toothache. This includes smearing honey over teeth, which has a gruesome meaning in the way people believed what toothaches were. In the Middle Ages, people really thought toothaches were caused by tiny burrowing worms, so the reason honey was put on teeth was to draw them out! Bruxism or grinding teeth was once thought to be caused by ghosts or demonic possession so a human skull would be put nearby the patient as they slept. Ancient Romans used bodily fluids as a mouthwash. Also this was so common to get rid of teeth pains that there was a tax imposed on bottles of urine! Could this explain why the Romans had perfect teeth? More grotesque ways of caring for teeth in ancient times was crushed mice and also ground hooves, eggshells, ashes and seashells.  

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