the reason why i can’t let anyone see the photos on my phone is bc i have an embarrassing amount of screenshots of things that you’ve said that make me happy

The concept of squishes/platonic crushes is something I found immensely helpful when discovering my asexuality and aromanticism. It’s however also something I sadly don’t see discussed much these days. There’s always a lot of talk about romantic and sexual crushes in our culture (At least the English speaking one. Fun fact: Czech has no word for romantic/sexual crushes, resulting in a whole range of experiences going undiscussed.), but nobody ever really talks about platonic ones. Some aspec people experience crushes, but not all of them do. And it’s way easier to figure yourself out based on the things you do feel rather than the ones you don’t.

Squishes are the platonic equivalent of crushes. An intense desire to be platonically close with someone. For me having a squish on someone is an urge to become better friends with them. They become almost like a puzzle I need to figure out and solve. I feel the need to come to know them better and to understand them. To learn who they truly are. Talking to them calms me down and makes me happy. The prospect of getting to interact with them sometime during the day is what makes waking up in the morning bearable. I want to be there for them, be helpful, make their day better the same way they make my day better just by talking to me.

You might get emotionally focused on just one person or you might have multiple squishes at once. Sometimes squishes eventually go away, sometimes they last for years. Sometimes you learn a lot about the person and realise you don’t actually like them that much, sometimes you reach the perfect level of friendship you’re comfortable at. Squishes are complicated and varied just like romantic/sexual crushes and they’re not mutually exclusive with them.

Experiencing squishes makes me happy and is an important part of my aro/ace experience and I wish we spent more time talking about what being aspec is like rather than what it’s not and pointing out the things we do not experience compared to other people.

Y’all ever complement your squish(platonic crush) and they read it but don’t reply and your anxiety’s all: “fuck you!” and you’re left panicking for the next two days? ‘Cause honestly, same.

Here are some magickal tips for people who, like me, stim for whatever reason. 

Originally posted by impartialsparkle

• Charge your stim toys and slime in moonlight to cleanse
  
• When playing with kinetic sand or slime focus on putting your negative feelings and energies into it as you squeeze and twist them in your fingers. Be sure to cleanse afterwards
• Play with different toys, slime, sand, etc based off of their colors for easy color magick such as orange slime for motivation, green squishy for learning/education, yellow sand for inspiration, etc
• Enchant your squishies, fidget cubes, spinners, tangles, etc to bring you peace of mind, relaxation, focus, motivation, or whatever else you may need it for
• Use Glitter bottles for meditation and scrying
• Drag sigils on your fidget spinners, so every time you use it, you activate the sigil on it
• Draw sigils in kinetic sand or slime then to activate squish and squeeze it
• Use plushies based off of their appearances such as what animal, food, or fruit they are based off of
• When making slime, stir clockwise to focus on putting intent into the slime you are making such as for it to bring you peace of mind or focus when playing with it. Or stir it counter-clockwise for intents like banishing negative thoughts or anxiety when using the slime
• I love deco slime so add in items that relate to your intent like bead color and shape, glitter color, confetti, etc
• For those of us with wandering minds, use fidget toys or stim toys to help you focus when chanting, working on a spell or meditating
• After an exhausting spell, ritual or curse use your stimming toy or object of choice to help relax and rest after a spell well done.
• Use glitter bottles, orbs, and wands/sticks to represent the stars in the sky or other cosmic bodies for cosmic witchcraft
• Glitter wands also make wonderful wands! Especially for spells related to motion, water or wind, the sky or stars and anything related to the colors in the wand
• For those who love paint mixing, choose your colors based off of intent and mix them together as the spell itself 
• Use gifs and videos of stimming to help you during spells and keep you calm if needed or to just add added intent from the things in the videos
• Chewing stim toys are great for anger relief, think about all of your frustrations and anger going into the chew stim or anythign else you wish to banish from yourself, then soak in water or cleanse in the sun/moonlight
• Orbeez are great for color magic and mixing them with your fingers and hands to charge and activate the spell. Just do not ingest

Hope this helps all of my fellow stimming witches! Stimming toys, slime, sand, etc etc are all great to use in witchcraft. I personally love slime and deco-slime. I always use it after or during a spell to help me keep my focus. 

Hope you all have a wonderful day dears!!! ^0^

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✨"When moon is out, and the energy is high

The time for night witchcraft is nigh"✨

Hey Witches of Tumblr!

Night is a very powerful time. For night owls, it is our time to shine. There are many ways to work your magick at night. Today id like to share that with you so without further ado…

🌙Here is some night magick you can do alone or with your friends! ⭐

✨ Curate your atmosphere ✨

👗 Dress for the occasion. This can range from fancy, to comfy! Even casual clothes are fine! 👚

💍 Adorn yourself with amulets, talismans and crystals for the occasion. 💍

🕯Light candles and turn off the other lights, Use string lights and other things to light up your area.🕯

🌫Burn incense and burn sage to cleanse and create an atmosphere of neutrality and tranquility which is optimal for doing spells.🌫

🎼 Play atmospheric music for the evening. Play some cheery upbeat Celtic or some ambient tones, depending on what mood you are trying to achieve 🎼

🌙Set up a ritual area under the night sky with candles, lamps and all your spell materials. ✨

👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 Gather your friends and family to join you! 👯

✨ Night activities ✨

🔥 Have a bonfire at night. Cast spells using the fire, make smores and other treats. Give your nature offerings to the fire such as left over wood, and dried plant matter.🔥

⭐ Stargaze with friends or your partner. Pull out a telescope if you have one, record your observations and the constellations you see. ⭐

☕ Snuggle up with a hot drink and a Witchcraft book. 📚

🕯Create something witchy. Decorate a candle, make a potion or create a talisman. There are so many things you can make!✨

🛀 Wind down by taking a lovely bath with flower petals, crystals and essential oils.🌸

✨ Cast an intricate spell on your altar and use all your tools. Annoint and cleanse your altar and tools. ✨

🍱 Take your travel altar to your friends house and do a small nightly spell or ritual 👭

🌑 Observe what phase the moon is in and see if it’s visible where you are. 🌕

📅 Do specific spells for the day of the week! Or weather magick. I would call this situational magick! 🌧️

🛠 Work your tools! Season your pestle and mortar, use your tarot cards you haven’t touched and that pendulum that hasn’t seen the moonlight in months! 🌙

📚 Do some work in your Grimoire and make a special entry for the evening. Write about the experience of your day. 📚

🍂 Observe nature outside. What season is it? What insects and animals do I see or hear at this time of night? This is a great form of meditation! 🍂

🌫Cleanse your entire home. This is a very peaceful time to remove negative energy from your space. 🌫

🔮 Practice divination in the dark with only candle light. Gaze into your crystal ball or mirror. There are many ways you can practice divination. 🔮

☠Use a spirit board with proper protection. Have a seance with other Witches you know, the more the merrier when using Ouija or a spirit board.☠

🌞Have a great summer this year! I hope you practice night magick!🌞

How do you do magick when the sun goes down?

Thank you so much for reading,

🐝 Blessed be and Stay Radiant! ✨