#eostre
Ostara page redo
I, for one, am very tired of seeing antisemitic pseudo-history passed along as fact, so let’s take this Easter Sunday to remember that Jesus was Jewish, Christianity and Western occultism both wouldn’t exist without Judaism, and the goddess Eostre appears in very few ancient sources and is largely a vessel for white supremacist propaganda.
The comments on this post are proof of the need for more like it. Eostre is mentioned in one source (Bede) from Northumbria, and Jakob Grimm took that and ran with it under the argument of “these people worshiped her, so all Germanic peoples must have” (aka the heavily debunked Pan-Germanic theory), even though in most places even throughout the Germanic speaking world the name for “Easter” is derived from Paschal, which is the Hebrew name for Passover. Hares and eggs aren’t even mentioned in any capacity as being connected to her, but painted eggs are featured in Persian Nowruz celebrations and may have similar origins.
Even is she were worshiped in Northumbria during the pre-Christian period, that has nothing inherently to do with Norse or even other Germanic practices because things evolve and change over time. The only event mentioned as occurring around the same time in Scandinavia is Dísablót, specifically in Sweden, which was later moved into February in order to not conflict with Easter (and Lent, I imagine). This is especially due to the fact that there was a large assembly and market connected to it there (Dísaþing or Disting). The fact that they moved an entire holiday to make room for Easter pretty well suggests that it wasn’t a pre-Christian feature there.
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Ostara altar ✨
#ostara #altar #paganaltar #pagan #paganism #sabbat #wheeloftheyear #eostre #spring #springtime #springequinox #vernalequinox #witch #witchcraft #celebration #springseason #slavic #slavicgods #norse #norsegods #skulls #roedeerskull #goatskull #vultureculture #nest #birdnest #eggs #march #marchhare #candles
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Oh, how I longed for you, spring time
#spring #springtime #springequinox #springday #springishere #springvibes #springcolours #afternoontea #teatime #tea #tealover #ostara #eostre #tarotdeck #magic #cosy #teaparty #flowers #springflowers #financiers #financiersauthématcha #matcha #matchacake #matchacookies #rosecakes #rosecookies #bake #bakery #kitchenwitchery #springlover
Petit précis de cuisine elfique, Yannig Germain
Ostara tarot, Molly Applejohn, Eden Cooke, Krista Gibbard &
Financiers à la rose (roses) et au thé matcha (verts : recette dans le numéro 26 d’Une année en Magie, Mars 2021)
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Hello March
#march #ostara #eostre #ostaraiscoming #springiscoming #nest #birdnest #oracle #oraclecard #oracledeck #fossil #ammonite #crystal #quartz #magic #witch #witchcraft #pagan #paganism #mars #hellomarch #marchhare #easterbunny #selenite #selenitesphere #thorshammer #wheeloftheyear #witchytreasures #oddities #arabosargsyan
Oracle deck : викканский оракул теней by Arabo Sargsyan
L’elféméride, Pierre Dubois & René Hausman
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Œufs du Lièvre de Mars
Pour le numéro de Mars d’Une année en Magie, Régine l’Aubergine nous a concocté une salade multicolores pour déguster les œufs du Lièvre de Mars. Vous ignoriez que les Lièvres cosmiques pondaient des œufs à Ostara ?
#ostara #eostre #ostaraiscoming #spring #springtime #springequinox #printemps #ostararecipe #recipe #saladecomposée #egg #ostaraeggs #eastereggs #easteregg #easter #easterrecipe #salad #veggie #veggierecipes #veggiefood #vegetables #vegetablesalad #colorfood #colourfood #eattherainbow #springcolours #healthy #healthyfood #healthyrecipes #colouredeggs
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Happy spring equinox!
#pathoftheoldones #pagansofinstagram #pagano #ostara #witchreligion #witchesofinstagram #hoodoo #pagan #witch #traditionalwitchcraft #hexen #hexennacht #eostre #irishwitch #Scottishwitch #druidsofinstagram #backtotheroots #witchblood #ezoterika #pohon #norsewitch #noituus #wiccansofinstagram #paganismo #vykladkaret #doanevis #vještica #springequinox #hedgewitch #greenwitch
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Real Easter Meaning
I hadn’t cleaned nor updated my altar since Samhain, but these troubling times gave me the strength, determination, knowledge, and clarity to do some spring cleaning. Just like my ancestors, I, too, will fare this storm just fine, and the growing strength of Sunna will vanquish the darkness.
May Thor protect all of you folx, and may his Mjölnir smite disease, depression, unemployment, anxiety, stress, and financial worries on this Ostara. Hail the Æsir, and hail the beginning of spring. #ostara #easter #ostaraaltar #eostre #heathen #neopagan #pagan #norse #odin #thor #frey #asatru #blót #spring #printemps #wiosna #春 #mjolnir (at Edgewater, Chicago)
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Our Ostara feast ❤
Devilled eggs, lemon roast, spring sprout salad, then for dessert Ostara honey cakes and ambrosia (+ cocktails and mocktails)
ROYAL BUTTERFLY TEA COCKTAIL/MOCKTAIL
This is a cocktail I designed for Ostara based around some gorgeous local products:
Goanna Hut Tea, a company founded by australian indigenous woman and chef Jo-Anne Wolles, Eclipse blend (I bought this from t2tea) and,
McHenry Butterfly Gin, brewed in Tasmania’s Port Arthur.
Both contain native Blue Pea Flower, which releases a deep blue colour that is a universal pH indicator so the addition of lemon juice turns it purple.
The predominant flavour is the teas lavendar creating an amazingly floral lemonade.
8 serves, ~16 standard drinks
Ingredients:
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup lemon juice (approx. 5 lemons)
- McHenry Butterfly Pea Gin
- ½ cup Goanna Hut Eclipse Tea
- 2 cups tonic water
- Ice
For the tea you can substitute 2.5tbs of each green tea, blue pea flowers, and lavendar. Both options provide plenty of blue so you can also use any gin of choice.
Method:
- In a pot combine sugar, water, and tea.
- Bring to a boil and the remove from heat, allow to sit covered for 10 minutes.
- Combine lemon juice and tonic water.
- Strain tea mixture through a fine mesh sieve, reserving the blue sugar syrup and throwing out the solids. Chill in fridge.
- Fill glasses with ice. For each glass pour a shot of gin over the ice, then pour in the sugar syrup until the glass is half full.
- Get ready to watch the amazing colour change: slowly pour the lemon mix over a spoon into the glasses to fill. The idea is to reduce mixing with the sugar syrup so a nice ombre is created.
For a mocktail, don’t add the gin.
For a lemonade, replace tonic water with water (and… ditch the gin).
Look after yourselves when drinking alcohol. Have plenty of water too! Xo
Alcomohol worthy of Ēostre!
Riesling for Ostara Honey Cakes and Butterfly Gin for my own floral cocktail. The latter I will post a recipe for… soon. I’m making it tomorrow night so I’ll grab photos then :) Sorry I dont have it available before spring equinox ♀️
Alcomohol worthy of Ēostre!
Riesling for Ostara Honey Cakes and Butterfly Gin for my own floral cocktail. The latter I will post a recipe for… soon. I’m making it tomorrow night so I’ll grab photos then :) Sorry I dont have it available before spring equinox ♀️
