ophidian-naiad:

I celebrated the first day of the New Year with my first dip into secular magic in many years, starting with a cleansing/renewal spell on an object that’s been filled with bad energy for far too long. This object was bought for my abusive ex-partner. I bought it dreaming of an ideal life that never quite transpired. Yet two years after the breakup, I hadn’t had the heart to either throw the object away or repurpose it. But after my ritual, it’s now ready to instead embody non-sacrificial love; that is, giving of myself to my current partner in such a way that causes me to grow as well. 

I initially intended to burn an old choker as a symbol. It was an indie designer choker I’d wanted for months, yet I’d broken off an important part of it for the sake of an emotionally intimate project with my ex. I intended to burn the flowers off tonight as an intentional sacrifice for my new purpose, but they wouldn’t burn. This told me that the choker wasn’t meant to be a sacrifice, but instead a reminder not to sacrifice pieces of myself again thinking that’s how love works. I laid it atop the object as its equal and instead scattered the ashes of a written symbol across the two.

I’m grateful that instead of quietly plaguing me, this object is going into the New Year infused with love.

FUCK YES ❤