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The Untold Fairytale

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Me: I don’t want kids

Also me: *Reads x reader fics where the reader is pregnant with her seventh child and nine on the way.*

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lionhearted13

i am BEGGING fanfic writers to start using the "keep reading" button when they post their fics on tumblr. It's not always necessary for short stuff like drabbles/blurbs/headcannons but if you post a full-fledged one-shot or fic chapter PLEASE slap a keep reading on that shit. If I do a search for fics and don't want to read yours please don't make me scroll past all 3000+ words of your story in order to get to the next post. for the love of god

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heavenhatesme

As an Iranian girl, I want to tell you, Mahsa Amini's hijab was much more decent than my own everyday outfit. It might've been me, my mother, my sister, my friend or anyone.

Then they kill 100 more to prove they didn't kill 1? Where is the justice in that? Who can we go to when the police is the murderer?

As a feminist, as a human, send our voice across the world. We're fighting, and this time, we are not giving up!🇮🇷🕊

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boethiah

no such thing as wasting your 20s your 20s are for recovering from whatever the fuck happened to you as a kid so that youre ready to get weird with it in your 30s

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shelbys-advice-blog
Anonymous asked:

I want to live by myself when I move out of my parent's place but I'm really afraid of money problems? I'm afraid that the only place I can afford will be in the ghetto and it'll all be torn apart and I'll only be allowed to eat one granola bar a week. I'm really stressing out about this. I don't know anything about after school life. I don't know anything about paying bills or how to buy an apartment and it's really scaring me. is there anything you know that can help me?

shelbys-advice-blog answered:

HI darling,

I’ve actually got a super wonderful masterpost for you to check out:

Home

Money

Health

Emergency

Job

Travel

Better You

Apartments/Houses/Moving

Education

Finances

Job Hunting

Life Skills

Miscellaneous

Relationships

Travel & Vehicles

Other Blog Features

Asks I’ll Probably Need to Refer People to Later

Adult Cheat Sheet:

Once you’ve looked over all those cool links, I have some general advice for you on how you can have some sort of support system going for you:

Reasons to move out of home

You may decide to leave home for many different reasons, including:

  • wishing to live independently
  • location difficulties – for example, the need to move closer to university
  • conflict with your parents
  • being asked to leave by your parents.

Issues to consider when moving out of home

It’s common to be a little unsure when you make a decision like leaving home. You may choose to move, but find that you face problems you didn’t anticipate, such as:

  • Unreadiness – you may find you are not quite ready to handle all the responsibilities.
  • Money worries – bills including rent, utilities like gas and electricity and the cost of groceries may catch you by surprise, especially if you are used to your parents providing for everything. Debt may become an issue.
  • Flatmate problems – issues such as paying bills on time, sharing housework equally, friends who never pay board, but stay anyway, and lifestyle incompatibilities (such as a non-drug-user flatting with a drug user) may result in hostilities and arguments.

Your parents may be worried

Think about how your parents may be feeling and talk with them if they are worried about you. Most parents want their children to be happy and independent, but they might be concerned about a lot of different things. For example:

  • They may worry that you are not ready.
  • They may be sad because they will miss you.
  • They may think you shouldn’t leave home until you are married or have bought a house.
  • They may be concerned about the people you have chosen to live with.

Reassure your parents that you will keep in touch and visit regularly. Try to leave on a positive note. Hopefully, they are happy about your plans and support your decision.

Tips for a successful move

Tips include:

  • Don’t make a rash decision – consider the situation carefully. Are you ready to live independently? Do you make enough money to support yourself? Are you moving out for the right reasons?
  • Draw up a realistic budget – don’t forget to include ‘hidden’ expenses such as the property’s security deposit or bond (usually four weeks’ rent), connection fees for utilities, and home and contents insurance.
  • Communicate – avoid misunderstandings, hostilities and arguments by talking openly and respectfully about your concerns with flatmates and parents. Make sure you’re open to their point of view too – getting along is a two-way street.
  • Keep in touch – talk to your parents about regular home visits: for example, having Sunday night dinner together every week.
  • Work out acceptable behaviour – if your parents don’t like your flatmate(s), find out why. It is usually the behaviour rather than the person that causes offence (for example, swearing or smoking). Out of respect for your parents, ask your flatmate(s) to be on their best behaviour when your parents visit and do the same for them.
  • Ask for help – if things are becoming difficult, don’t be too proud to ask your parents for help. They have a lot of life experience.

If your family home does not provide support

Not everyone who leaves home can return home or ask their parents for help in times of trouble. If you have been thrown out of home or left home to escape abuse or conflict, you may be too young or unprepared to cope.

If you are a fostered child, you will have to leave the state-care system when you turn 18, but you may not be ready to make the sudden transition to independence.

If you need support, help is available from a range of community and government organisations. Assistance includes emergency accommodation and food vouchers. If you can’t call your parents or foster parents, call one of the associations below for information, advice and assistance.

Where to get help

  • Your doctor
  • Kids Helpline Tel. 1800 55 1800
  • Lifeline Tel. 13 11 44
  • Home Ground Services Tel. 1800 048 325
  • Relationships Australia Tel. 1300 364 277
  • Centrelink Crisis or Special Help Tel. 13 28 50
  • Tenants Union of Victoria Tel. (03) 9416 2577

Things to remember

  • Try to solve any problems before you leave home. Don’t leave because of a fight or other family difficulty if you can possibly avoid it.
  • Draw up a realistic budget that includes ‘hidden’ expenses, such as bond, connection fees for utilities, and home and contents insurance.
  • Remember that you can get help from a range of community and government organizations. 

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Keep me updated? xx

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queerpontmercy

less “if you see a man and woman together at pride be nice! they could be bi/pan/trans/ace/aro” and more “stop gendering strangers to harass them anywhere, but especially at pride holy shit”

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queerpontmercy

you know what? i want this to reach the people who do this– especially the ones claiming to support trans folk (usually in really hollow ways lol i’m not bitter). keep reblogging– i want this sentiment to be widespread and for people to stop gendering strangers! especially in explicitly LGBTQ+ spaces!

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breelandwalker
Witchcraft Books
A collection of free-use texts on witchcraft, magic, and related topics. Shared with Dropbox
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Hello, witches! Since I’m always harping on about learning your history and checking your sources, I thought I’d help folks get a head start by compiling some source material.

To that end, I’ve started a Dropbox folder with a stash of historical texts on witchcraft, magic, and related topics. Nearly everything I’ve managed to find so far is public domain (thank you Project Gutenberg), with the exception of a very thorough herbal grimoire I found online some years ago and a book of witchcraft from the 1970s that appears to be out of print.

I will be continuing in this vein with future texts that I find. Everything will be public domain or cited to the source that it came from, in PDF format. I will NOT be including PDFs of any book currently in circulation with a copyright linked to a living author or estate. The point of this folder is that everything in it should be free for sharing and open use as research materials.

Below is the initial list of titles. I tried to include as many as I could find, with a focus on some oft-cited classics. I will be adding new texts as I find them.

  • A Collection of Rare and Curious Tracts on Witchcraft and the Second Sight, by David Webster (1820)
  • A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718, by Wallace Notestein (1909)
  • British Goblins, Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions, by Wirt Sikes (1880)
  • Curiosities of Superstition, by W. H. Davenport Adams (1882)
  • Daemonologie, by King James I/VI (1597)
  • Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, Edited and Selected by W. B. Yeats (1888)
  • Irish Witchcraft and Demonology, by St. John Drelincourt Seymour (1913)
  • La Sorcière, or The Witch of the Middle Ages, by Jules Michelet (1863)
  • Lives of the Necromancers, by William Godwin (1834)
  • Magic and Fetishism, by Alfred C. Haddon (1906)
  • Magic and Witchcraft, by Anonymous (1852)
  • Modern Magic, by M. Schele de Vere (1873)
  • Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics, by Richard Folkard (1884)
  • Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing, by William Walker Atkinson (1908)
  • The Devil in Britain and America, by John Ashton (1896)
  • The Discoverie of Witchcraft, by Reginald Scot (1594, 1886 reprint)
  • The Extremely Large Herbal Grimoire (date unknown, internet publication)
  • The Golden Bough : A Study of Magic and Religion, by Sir James George Frazer (1890)
  • The Illustrated Key to the Tarot, by L.W. de Laurence (1918)
  • The Magic of the Horse-shoe, by Robert Means Lawrence (1898)
  • The Mysteries of All Nations, by James Grant (1880)
  • The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy, by Charles John Samuel Thompson (1897)
  • The Superstitions of Witchcraft, by Howard Williams (1865)
  • The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut by John M. Taylor (1908)
  • The Wonders of the Invisible World, by Cotton Mather and A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches, by Increase Mather (1693, 1862 reprint)
  • Witch Stories, by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton (1861)
  • Witch, Warlock, And Magician, by W. H. Davenport Adams (1889)
  • Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland, by John Gregorson Campbell (1902)
  • Witches’ Potions & Spells, ed. by Kathryn Paulsen (1971)

Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that these texts are (with few exceptions) more than a century old, and may contain depictions, references, or language that are outdated and inappropriate. The point of including these documents is to provide access to historical texts for research and reference. Inclusion in the collection does not equal unconditional agreement with or wholesale approval of the contents.

Take everything with a grain of salt and remember to do your due diligence!

Happy Witching!   -Bree

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Additional texts added 12/31/20:

  • A Compleat History of Magick, Sorcery, and Witchcraft, by Anonymous (1715)
  • A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Yeers Between Dr. John Dee and some Spirits, by John Dee (1659)
  • Crystal Gazing, by Northcote W. Thomas
  • Malleus Maleficarum, or Hammer of the Witches, trans. Montague Summers (1486, 1928 translation)
  • Occult Science in Medicine, by Franz Hartmann (1893)
  • The Book of Ceremonial Magic, by A.E. Waite (1913)
  • The Complete Herbal, by Nicholas Culpeper (1652, 1850 reprint)
  • The Devils of Loudun, by Edmund Goldsmid (1887)
  • The History of Witchcraft and Demonology, by Montague Summers (1926)
  • The Old English Herbals, by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde (1922)

Many of these were retrieved from Global Grey Ebooks, which I suggest visiting for more information.

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Additional texts added 01/20/2021:

  • Devil-Worship in France, by A.E. Waite (1896)
  • Magic and Husbandry: The Folk-Lore of Agriculture, by Lewis Dayton Burdick (1905)
  • Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas, by Hamilton Wright Mabie (1902)
  • The Book of Black Magic, by A.E. Waite (1910)
  • The Book of Were-Wolves, by Sabine Baring-Gould (1865)
  • The Encyclopaedia of Gardening, by T.W. Sanders (1822)
  • The Folk-Lore of Plants, by T.F. Thiselton-Dyer (1889, facsimile copy)
  • The Greater Key of Solomon, Vol. I & II, trans. S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1999 from the 1916 deLaurence edition)
  • The Handbook of Palmistry, by Rosa Baughan (1885, facsimile from the Bodleian Library)
  • The Prose Edda, intro and notes by Rasmus B. Anderson (1897)
  • The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Books 1-3, trans. S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1998 from the 1900 Watkins edition)
  • The Vampire, His Kith and Kin, by Montague Summers (1928)

I’m always looking for more titles. Stay tuned for periodic updates!

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Additional texts added 01/31/2021:

  • A Manual of Cartomancy and Occult Divination, by Grand Orient (1909, facsimile)
  • A Manual of Occultism, by Sepharial (1914)
  • An Encyclopaedia of Occultism, by Lewis Spence (1920)
  • Demonology And Devil-Lore, Volumes 1 & 2, by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
  • Demons and Tongues, by Alma White (1910)
  • Fortunes and Dreams, by Astra Cielo (1917)
  • General Book of the Tarot, by A.E. Thierens (1930)
  • Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, by Sir Walter Scott (1884)
  • Magic and Religion, by Andrew Lang (1901)
  • Magic and Mystery, A Popular History, by Alfred Thompson (1894)
  • Magic, Black and White, Charms and Counter Charms, by T. Witton Davies (1910)
  • Numbers, Their Occult Powers and Mystical Virtues, by William Wynn Westcott (1911)
  • Occultism and Common Sense, by Beckles Wilson (1908)
  • Practical Astrology, by Edgar De Valcourt-Vermont (1901, facsimile from The Library of Brigham Young University)
  • Psychic Self-Defense, by Dion Fortune (1930) 
  • Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, by John Gregorson Campbell (1900)
  • Telling Fortunes by Tea Leaves, by Cicely Kent (1922)
  • The Black Pullet, by Anonymous (18th Century)
  • The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, By George Frederick Kunz (1913)
  • The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-Teller, by Felix Fontaine (1862)
  • The History of Magic, by Eliphas Levi, trans. by A.E. Waite (1922)
  • The Lesser Key of Solomon, trans. by S. L. McGregor Matthews (1904)
  • The Leyden Papyrus, trans. by F.L. Griffith and Herbert Thompson (1904)
  • The Mysteries of Astrology and the Wonders of Magic, by Charles W. Roback (1854, facsimile)
  • The Place of Magic in the Intellectual History of Europe, by Lynn Thorndike (1905, facsimile)
  • The Secret Book of the Black Arts, by Unknown (1878, facsimile)
  • The Symbolism of the Tarot, trans. by P.D. Ouspensky (1913)
  • The Witches’ Dream Book and Fortune Teller, by A.H. Noe (1885)
  • The Witches’ Pharmacopoeia, by Robert Fletcher (1896)
  • Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland, by J. Maxwell Wood (1911)

I’m very pleased to include The Lesser Key of Solomon and The Black Pullet in this latest update. I’ve been mining the depths of Project Gutenberg and Global Grey Ebooks, and today I hit paydirt. I’ll keep digging, so stay tuned for more updates.

Enjoy!

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Additional texts added 05/03/2021:

  • Aradia Or the Gospel of the Witches, by Charles G. Leland (1899) [Please note that this title has been updated since publication and newer editions are available in print.]
  • Clairvoyance and Occult Powers, by William Walker Atkinson (1914)
  • Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, by Thomas Crofton Croker (1827)
  • Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters, by H. Addington Bruce (1909)
  • Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles MacKay (1841)
  • Practical Occultism, by J.J. Morse (1888)
  • Signs, Omens and Superstitions, by Astra Cielo (1918)
  • The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries, by W.Y. Evans-Wentz (1911)
  • The Fairy Mythology, by Thomas Keightley (1870)
  • The Gardnerian Book of Shadows, by Gerald B. Gardner (1949-1961)
  • The Human Aura, by William Walker Atkinson (1912)
  • The Origins of Popular Superstitions and Customs, by T. Sharper Knowlson (1910)
  • The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies, by Robert Kirk (written 1691, pub. in print 1893)

If you can, please donate to Global Grey Ebooks to thank the archivist for all their hard work!

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Additional texts added 1/20/2022:

  • Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans, by Franz Cumont (1912)
  • Christian Mysticism, by William Ralph Inge (1899)
  • Cultus Arborum: A Description of Phallic Tree Worship, by Anonymous (poss. Hargave Jennings, 1890)
  • Gleanings of a Mystic, by Max Heindell (1922)
  • Myths of the Norsemen, by H.A. Grueber (1909)
  • Pagan Regeneration: A Study of Mystery Initiations in the Graeco-Roman World, by Harold R. W‎illoughby (1929)
  • Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather, by Charles W. Upham (1869)
  • Telepathy, or The Science of Thought Transference, by J.C.F. Grumbine (1910)
  • The Book of Forbidden Knowledge, by Unknown Author (1910)
  • The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries, by Thomas Taylor (1891)
  • The Hermetic Museum, by Arthur Edward Waite (1893 translation)
  • The Magic of the Middle Ages, by Viktor Rydberg (1865)
  • The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism, by Franz Cumont (1911)
  • The Secret Teachings of All Ages, by Manly P. Hall (1928)
  • West Irish Folk-Tales and Romances, by William Larminie (1893)
  • Witch, Warlock, and Magician, by W.H. Davenport Adams (1889)

Please read the disclaimer on the original post. If you can, please donate to Global Grey Ebooks to thank the archivist for all their hard work!

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