Selene Firewolf - The Weaver Witch

09/03/2026

Sometimes you gotta "shield" like this...spikes mother effer. 😈

09/03/2026

This one's a bit long... 😁

I was having a conversation tonight about well a lot of things and it led us to the topic of manifesting...

Manifest

How the f**k did we get to this New Age woo-woo bu****it meaning of manifest?

Seriously.

“Think about what you want hard enough, visualize it, stay positive, and manifest it into reality.”

No.

Because that's not where this word started. And this is one of those places where I wish people would occasionally open a f**king dictionary as I did. Because ya know what. Your girl didn’t know some of this.

Let's start with the word manifest.

According to Merriam-Webster, manifest as a verb means:

“to make evident or certain by showing or displaying.”

Its synonyms include reveal, display, show, and demonstrate. So when something manifests, traditionally, it becomes evident.

Your anger manifests in your behavior. An illness manifests through symptoms. Someone's intentions manifest through their actions. Something that was hidden or internal becomes apparent or perceptible.

And the history of the word goes back a hell of a lot further than the current TikTok version.

Etymonline dates the adjective manifest to the late 14th century, meaning:

“clearly revealed to the eye or the understanding, open to view or comprehension.”

It came through Old French manifest, meaning “evident, palpable,” or directly from Latin manifestus, meaning “plainly apprehensible, clear, apparent, evident.”

The verb developed with meanings including “to show plainly” and later “to display by actions.”

And then there's manifestation. Which I feel needs to be discussed here also.

Etymonline dates that word to the early 15th century, originally meaning:

“action of disclosing what is secret, obscure, or unseen; exhibition, demonstration.”

Read that again. Disclosing. Revealing. Demonstrating.

Not “wish for a Lamborghini.” Not “raise your vibration.” Not “make a vision board and the universe will deliver your soulmate.”

Reveal.

Even Merriam-Webster's current definition of manifestation still centers on an outward or perceptible expression—and it separately includes an occult sense meaning materialization.

So how the f**k did we get from “make evident” to “make reality happen through thought”?

Well...

Enter New Age woo-woo and, because apparently she has fingerprints on f**king everything, Helena Blavatsky.

In 1877, Blavatsky used the phrase “law of attraction” in Isis Unveiled. Historical scholarship identifies this as the earliest known use of the phrase in a theological/philosophical sense, although what Blavatsky meant by the term wasn't necessarily identical to the modern manifestation movement. Some say no one really knows what she meant.

From there, the idea develops through the New Thought movement.

By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, authors such as Prentice Mulford, Ralph Waldo Trine, and William Walker Atkinson were using and popularizing ideas about thought, attraction, prosperity, and the power of the mind.

Then you've got the 20th-century self-help machine.

Napoleon Hill. Norman Vincent Peale.

Positive thinking becomes increasingly tied to success, wealth, ambition, and personal achievement. And eventually the occult and metaphysical ideas get stripped down into something much easier to sell:

Think it. Believe it. Visualize it. Receive it.

And then came Rhonda Byrne's The Secret in 2006.

That s**t took the Law of Attraction and launched it straight into mainstream pop culture.

The modern manifestation movement is essentially a descendant of this New Thought/Law of Attraction lineage—not some unchanged ancient magical practice that witches have been calling “manifestation” for thousands of years. Contemporary scholarship describes today's manifestation culture as a modernized form of these New Thought ideas.

And somewhere along the way...we stopped caring what the f**king word meant.

Because look at the difference:

OLD MEANING:
Something exists → it becomes evident → it manifests.

MODERN MANIFESTATION:
I want something → I think about it → I visualize it → I manifest it → therefore it supposedly becomes reality.

Those aren't the same thing. And here's where this gets especially f**king annoying in the witchcraft community. Because “manifest your desires” has become standard witchy vocabulary.

People use manifest as though it means “bring something forth from the universe through intention.” But that's a modern metaphysical usage, not the historical meaning of the word.

And again—I'm not saying words aren't allowed to develop new meanings. Of course they are.

I'm saying stop presenting the modern meaning as though it's the original meaning. It isn't. It's a relatively modern spiritual concept with a traceable history.

So the next time somebody tells me:

“I'm manifesting it.”

I'm going to need to know:

Did you make something that already exists evident—or are you claiming you created something through intention alone?

Because apparently those became the same thing somewhere between the 19th century and TikTok.

09/02/2026

Y'all I'm rolling!

Apparently, my advertisement at a localish restaurant has really upset some folks. 😂

This was brought to my attention recently, and I honestly cannot stop laughing about it.

Apparently, someone went out to dinner and saw my advertisement hanging above or near their booth. If you’re familiar with these restaurants, you know there are advertisements hanging above pretty much every booth.

And, seeing “Selene Firewolf — Author and Occultist” was so shocking that they almost got up and walked out.

Someone else even implied that they don’t want to go eat at the restaurant because of my advertisement.

Y’all. 😂

MY FU***NG ADVERTISEMENT.

Not me. NOT. EVEN. MY. PRESENCE!

I didn't approach them.
I didn't talk to them.
I didn't try to convert them
I didn't interrupt their dinner.

They literally sat down, looked up, saw the word “Occultist,” and apparently thought, “Well, I guess dinner is ruined.” 😂

Can you imagine being so bothered by someone's existence that their advertisement hanging on a wall makes you consider leaving a restaurant?

And here's the thing: I'm unapologetically who I am.
I'm an occultist.
I'm a witch.
I'm a medium.
I'm clergy.
I'm an author.

Hell, I'm Satan's little helper if that's what you want to call me. 😂

And being unapologetically me is something I should be ashamed of.....

Apparently, my mere existence and a little advertisement are enough to hurt somebody's feelings that badly.

Honestly? I can't even be mad.

I can only laugh at that mindless behavior.

Imagine letting a stranger's existence ruin your dinner. Meanwhile, I'm over here like...

Did y'all at least enjoy the rolls?

09/02/2026

When your mate wants cheese cake muffins for his birthday you find a recipe, you put on your favorite apron, and you start working some kitchen Witchery!

Until......you realize you don't have brown sugar and have to go back to the store... 🤦🏻‍♀️

09/02/2026

09/02/2026

Here we go again.

According to Whom? 🧵

I came across this little “Witchy Tip”:

“Place a single strand of red thread across your doorstep to block hexes or harmful intentions from entering your home-an old folk charm of quiet power.”

And my immediate response was: According to f**king whom?

Now, before someone gets defensive—yes, red thread absolutely has protective associations in various cultural and folk traditions. That's not the issue.

The issue is taking a practice, stripping away its cultural and historical context, turning it into a cute little “witchy tip,” and passing it around like it's some generic rule of witchcraft. And these things get shared around like f**king hot cakes.

This is part of why people get pi**ed when others take practices from their cultures without even knowing where they came from.

If you're going to incorporate something into your practice, know WHY you're doing it.

Why red?
Why thread?
Why one strand?
Why the doorway?
Where does this specific practice come from?

Or did someone just decide red = protection + thread = magic + doorway = boundary and call it an old folk charm?

And if you created the practice yourself? Just bloody say that.

There's nothing wrong with creating your own correspondences. Just don't present your personal practice as an ancient tradition.

Context matters. Research matters.

Before you hit share on the next pretty little witchy graphic, ask some bloody questions.

09/02/2026

Shadow work isn't light, fluffy, aesthetic, or fun. It's not just bubble baths, candles, and pretending everything happens for a reason.

And to be clear, there is nothing wrong with a bubble bath, lighting a candle, or doing something comforting while you're doing shadow work. You're not supposed to make yourself suffer to prove you're doing the work.

Shadow work is different for everyone. For some people, it may be extremely difficult. For others, it may look very different. It isn't one-size-fits-all.

But it is still work.

It's sitting with the parts of yourself you've spent years avoiding.
It's admitting when you were wrong.
It's confronting old wounds instead of blaming everyone else.
It's recognizing toxic patterns you've repeated.
It's grieving the person you thought you'd be.
It's facing fears, shame, anger, guilt, jealousy, and trauma without running from them.

Some days it will p**s you off.
Some days it'll break your heart.
Some days you'll want to quit.

That's why it's called shadow work—not shadow entertainment.

Healing isn't always gentle. Growth isn't always pretty. Sometimes the most magical thing you can do is stop lying to yourself.

If you're a magical practitioner looking to take that work a step further. I wrote 113 Magical Questions to Ask Your Shadow Self. This isn't a general self-help shadow work journal. It's written specifically with witches and other magical practitioners in mind, exploring the parts of yourself that can influence your intuition, your spellwork, your spirit work, and your overall practice.

Because knowing your shadows doesn't just make you a healthier person—it can make you a stronger practitioner.

09/02/2026

Our September Raffle Items: 113 Magical Questions by Local Witch Author Selene Firewolf & Embrace The Shadow Bath and Simmer Pot Blend from Local Witchy Rootworker Caroline Binz. With just $1 donated (in cash or coin) you get the chance to win this Shadow Work care package valued over $45! Proceeds go directly to our local SPCA with the winner picked and called on 10/1/2026.

09/01/2026

This should be fun 😁

09/01/2026

Y'all check out Dancing moons September table! My mirrors and books made it onto it! 🖤🎃🖤