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lailoken · 2 years

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"The Swedish language contains many words specific to the practice of folk magic, for which there are no precise English equivalents. These terms can be literally rendered into conventional English, but a great deal of the cultural basis of the tradition is lost by doing so. Just as African American hoodoo practitioners speak in their own culturally-mediated dialect when they use words like fixed, dressed, goofered, jinxed, and tricked, so do Swedish trolldom practitioners have a culture-specific context for words like förgjord, tyda, gnidträd, tomte, and makt. Because literal translations do not convey these magical meanings, Swedish words are retained throughout this book, resulting in an intentionally "Swede-lish" text similar to the spoken English of old-time Swedish-Americans.

• Älvaeld (elf-fire): Skin diseases and rashes said to be caused by älvor burning a person. See also Älvablåst.

• Älvablåst (wind from the elves): Skin rashes and diseases said to be caused by älvor blowing on a person. See also Älvaeld.

• Älvakvarn, älvkvarnar (elven quern, elven mills): Huge blocks of stone into which small pits have been carved. These have been in use as sacrificial spots from the Stone Age up until modern days. The most common sacrifice is a doll. The small pits are usually anointed with butter before anything is placed in them. In Sweden prior to the mid-1800s it was recorded that when times were hard and the crops failed people used to have sex on these stones and leave the semen in the pits as a sacrifice.

• Alver, alv, älvor (elf): A spiritual ancestor; also a species of small nature spirit almost identical to the fairies of the British Isles, if those were also considered to be ancestral spirits. Alver make their homes in ancient Scandinavian burial mounds. The smallest of them are amused by playing with young children and are reputed to suck their blood.

• Ångerstål (steel of regret): A murder weapon or a sharp metal tool that has accidentally broken. It is generally used to make magical tools but also occurs in spells for protection.

• Aning (hunches, suspicions): Vague feelings of spiritual distress, often associated with worry or nervousness. A tyda of the inner senses.

• Återställa (recovering, restoring): Bringing an item that has been förgjord (destroyed) back to normal. See also Bota.

• Besvärja (to speak about something): The recitation of troll formulas, also the process of conjuring spirits.

• Besvärjelseformen, maning (the incantation formula; exhortation, command, conjuration): An adjuration at the end of a troll formula.

• Bjära, bese (carrier spirit): A spirit in the form of a ball or a doll.

• Bot, bota (cure, healing or curing): The process of restoring something that has been förgjord (destroyed). See also Återställa.

• Brännvin (burnt wine): Clear, strong grain or potato vodka; it is used as a scrying medium in some forms of spådom.

• Cyprianus (Saint Cyprian book): See Svartkonstbok.

• Djävulen (the Devil): Other names for him are Den Onde, Fan, Pocker, Skam, Hin Håle, Gamle Erik, and Hornpelle.

• Döva (to deafen, to make still): A method used to render weapons harmless, to quell love, to make something numb and still.

• Drömsyner (dream visions): Dreaming true does not only refer to sleeping visions; in trolldom, daydreams or vakendrömmar (waking dreams) are also considered to be tydor of the inner senses.

• Dyfvelsträck (devil's dung): Ferula asafoetida; devil's dung is a common English name given to this foul-smelling plant.

• Fassna (stuck): A condition in which something is magically fastened to a person; usually considered a harmful situation.

• Fegljus (death light): A very small light appearing close to a person who is about to die. A tyda of the inner senses.

• Femudd, femhörning (pentagram star drawn in one stroke): A sign of protection used to bind spirits; symbol of the Virgin Mary.

• Flygrönn (flying rowan): A rowan tree that has grown in another tree and never touched ground.

• Förgjord (un-made, destroyed): Unable to function; bewitched; rendered useless due to curses, hostile trolldom, the evil eye, or spiritual attack. Restoration is via Återställa or Bota. See also Skämma.

• Förtrollad (enchanted, en-trolled): Often used as a synonym to Förgjord (destroyed), it can also mean enchanted in general.

• Fylgia (monitors): Personal guardian spirits. See also Vard.

• Gand (airborne spell): A spell cast into air and sent a great distance.

• Gast (ghost): A visible spirit of the dead; it may occur as a prefix in the names of negative conditions like gastkramad (squeezed by a ghost).

• Gnideld (rubbing fire): See Vrideld.

• Gnidträd (rubbing tree): A tree with two branches or trunks that rub against one another. Such a tree makes a squeaking sound when the wind blows, and is therefore also known as a knarrträd (creaking tree).

• Göra före (to do before): To place something in another's future.

• Hambel, hamn (one's appearance): This refers to the physical appearance as a shroud around the spirit or vålne.

• Hård (hard): The result of a spell to make oneself invulnerable.

• Håg (hag): In English, a hag is a witch who rides people or animals at night, but in trolldom, the håg of a person consists of their desire and mind. To change someone's mind is called hågvända (turning the håg).

• Hågvända (turning the håg): See Håg.

• Ingivelse (spirit-sent impulse): An impulse to act that has been sent by a person's vard or fylgia (guardian spirits) or by other benevolent spirits. As tydor of the inner senses, ingivelser can occur suddenly, without conscious thought or action.

• Jätta (threaten) - Jätta för ont (threaten for evil): To threaten with a curse, which is regarded as a method of cursing a person in itself.

• Jordfast sten (earthbound rock): A rock too large to lift from the soil.

• Kasta ut (cast out): To remove evil by throwing it out, usually at a crossroads or cemetery. Other than speaking a troll formula, the work is silent, and it is not mentioned to others until one night's sleep has passed.

• Klok, kloke (clever): Wise and intelligent; in a magical context it also means well-versed in trolldom.

• Knarrträd, knarrtall, knarrgran (creaking tree, creaking pine, creaking fir): See Gnidträd.

• Kusad (quelled): This dialect term derives from a synonym for trolldom - kuschleri - and means quelled or quenched by trolldom.

• Likfassna (corpse stuck): A negative condition in which the spirit of a dead person is afflicting a living person. See also Likkrosa.

• Likkrosa (corpse crushed): The negative condition of being held down by a spirit of the dead. See also Likfassna.

• Lövjeri (leaf-craft): The use of herbs to cure and remove evil.

• Makt (power): Might, power, and force, in a magical sense.

• Maktstjäla (to steal power) - Maktstulen (robbed of power): The act of stealing another's magical power and the condition of one whose power has been stolen. See also Modstjäla.

• Maning (exhortation): See Besvärjelseformen.

• Mara (night-gaunt): A spirit who torments people at night or in their dreams. The same root appears as "mare" in the English word nightmare.

• Mäta, mätning (measure, measuring): A category of spells using measured strings and tied knots. Magical measuring can be traced back

• Modstjäla (to steal courage) - Modstulen (robbed of courage): Stealing one's courage is a sorcerous act. The term also describes one who suffers from depression or feels low in spirits. See also Maktstjäla.

• Motskott (countershot): A counter-remedy against trollskott.

• Näcken (Nix): A naked spiritual being who resides in streams, rivers, or lakes. He is a shape-shifter and he drowns people, but he also teaches magic and music. In Scandinavia there is only one Nix, who can appear in any body of water, but among the Germans and English, there are many nixes, and the females are called nixies.

• Namnlösa fingret (the nameless finger): The ring finger on the left hand; it is believed to have a direct link to the heart and therefore to a person's power, might, courage, and håg, which reside in the heart.

• Natur (nature): A person's sexuality and capability for procreation.

• Nedsätta (to reduce, to set down) - sätta ned (to put down): The magical destruction of a person's love life or chances to get married. The term may also refer to the destruction of other areas of a person's life.

• Nisse (brownie): See Tomte.

• Ofärdsspådom (oppressive divination): The act of predicting or foretelling harmful events in the future. See Spå.

• Offring (sacrifice, offering): To cure problems through sacrifice, to appease elves, or to offer a spirit something and get something in return.

• Rå, rådare (spiritual ruler): Spirits who act as caretakers and guardians. of a place. They are named after the locations where they reside, such as skogsrå (forest rå), sjörå (lake rå), havsrå (sea rå), bergrå (mountain rå) gruvrå (mining rå), skatters rå (treasure rå), vägrå (road rå), kyrkogårdsrå (cemetery rå), and kyrkrå (church rå). See also Tomte.

• Runa, runor, runkafle (rune, runes, a stick carved with runes): The letters of the Old Norse alphabet are called runes. The same word also refers to charms written in runes or other alphabetic or non-alphabetic characters. To rune can also mean to cast a spell. See also Trollformel.

• Sänningar (sendings): This refers to things by magic or cast upon someone from a distance.

• Sedel (ticket): A slip of paper used for written runes and talismans.

• Sejd, seiðr (sorcery): Used in the Nordic sagas to signify trolldom, this obsolete word has recently been revived by adherents of Asatru.

• Signeri (signs, symbols, marks): To read or speak troll formulas aloud or silently, or to sign or mark something with the cross. The latter may be done "in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" or silently. See also Välsigna.

• Skämma (shame, taint), skämd (having been shamed): A magical method to render someone powerless and cursed. See also Förgjord.

• Skärsel (garden riddle, flour sifter): A divinatory method using a sieve, sifter, or riddle.

• Smörjning (anointing): The use of ointments to cure and remove evil.

• Solv (string heddle eyes of a loom): There is a very old belief that the world and all the events in it were created by weavers. Therefore, string healds or heddle eyes that are cut off the heddle frame of a loom are magically dangerous because they are outside the world of the weavers. It should be noted that to cut these from the loom can be regarded as a transgressive act.

• Söm (horseshoe nail): a square iron horseshoe nail.

• Sortebog (black arts book): See Svartkonstbok.

• Spå (to predict, to foretell), spådom (divination): The art of foretelling the future, also used as a general synonym for trolldom. The word spå survives in the Scottish term spaewife, meaning a fortune-telling woman. See also Ofärdsspådom and Tyda.

• Spiritus, spertus (spirit): A spirit, often kept in a box, bottle, or pouch.

• Ställa (to stall, to stand still): The method of making a thief or anyone else stand still and be unable to move from a location. It can also be used to stop game animals from moving, when hunting.

• Stämma (to staunch, to summon, to command): This word meansvto staunch, as in staunching blood, but also to summon people or animals to a place. In the old days, the stämning was announced in the powerful trinity of bedpost, threshold, and ting or court. When someone was stämd to the ting, the messenger first read the summons by the bedpost of the person being called, then a second time at his threshold, and finally at the ting.

• Skogsfru (female forest guardian spirit): Rådare means caretaker or guardian spirit. In the case of the forests, the guardians are usually described as female and may go by names such as the Skogsfru (Forest. Lady) or Skogsrå (Rå of the forest).

• Stöpa (steeping, melting, reshaping): The method of pouring melted lead, tin, wax, or a similar melted liquid into a container of water while holding the water over a person, to cure and remove evil. Stöpa is used for divinatory purposes as well, in which case the various forms and shapes made by the coagulated material are read as signs.

• Svartebog (black book): See Svartkonstbok.

• Svartkonstbok (black arts book): A grimoire or book of sorcery. Other names for this type of book are svartebog (black book), sortebog (black book in Danish), and Cyprianus (a book attributed to Saint Cyprian, the patron saint of occultists and necromancers).

• Svärdsbrev (sword-letter): A written talisman carried on the person for protection from harm. See also Trollbrev.

• Syn (vision), synsk (a visionary): A person who has the ability to see visions (syn) is said to be a synsk or visionary. The word synsk is synonymous with clairvoyant or second-sighted, but in casual conversation, the work synsk is often used to describe those with related abilities who would be known in English as clairsentient, clairaudient, claircognizant, or just plain psychic. An inherited ability, it is a tyda of the inner senses.

• Ting (legislative assembly, court): The word ting is used in this book to describe these assemblies as they were constituted in the old days in Sweden, before Christianity arrived, circa the 9th century. The tings were often held at crossroads or where three borders crossed.These meeting places were commonly the locations of old burial sites and grave mounds. The spirits of the ancestors took part in the procedures of the ting by determining the outcome of various ordeals set before two opponents in a court proceeding.

• Tomte, nisse, gårdsrå, bol-vatte (brownie, land-spirit, house-elf, house-wight): Tomte is the title for, or position given to, a spirit who takes care of a household. The tomte is responsible for the luck in the house and the work done around the home. Originally a spirit of the dead, in modern times the tomte has been popularized as a cute kind of nature spirit. Other names for this spirit are gårdsrå (rå of a farm), nisse (brownie), or bol-vätte (land-wight).

• Torvigg (the lightning bolt of Thor): This name refers to a flint axe of the kind that was made in the Stone Age and was used for cutting and hunting. In Swedish folklore it was said that these ancient axes appeared when lightning bolts from the Norse thunder god Thor struck the ground and that they were his weapons against evil. The torvigg is highly valued in trolldom. It is used to protect oneself from harm and from sorcery and to prevent one from being overpowered by other people or spirits.

• Tránsjuka (obsessive love-sickness): This condition renders one unable to let go of a lover, either due to mental obsession or because one has been förgjord (destroyed through sorcery).

• Troll (troll, goblin, ogre): A class of ancient magical spirits, their sorcery, and the magic performed with their aid. As a prefix, it may be roughly translated as "magical" but in this book the Swedish word is retained in terms like troll-bundle, troll-letter, and troll formula.

• Trolldom (trolldom): folk magic, the Scandinavian equivalent to the folk magic of other nations, such as sorcery, hexerei, braucherei, brujeria, stregoneria, hechicería, hoodoo, conjure, witchcraft, or rootwork.

• Trollaktig (troll-like): A person who behaves as if he or she is wise or knowledgeable in trolldom; a practitioner; someone who is trollkunnig.

• Trollbrev (troll-letter): The generic name for a written talisman for any purpose. A trollbrev may be rolled up and worn in a cylinder hanging around the neck, sewn into clothes so that the symbol is facing outwards, or carried in the inner pocket of a jacket. In modern times it may be worn in a woman's bra. Sewing a trollbrev not meant for curing into your clothes is pointless unless it is for a single occasion, since the paper disintegrates during laundering. See also Svärdsbrev and Värnebrev.

• Trollformel (troll formula): A spoken spell or incantation, either rhyming or in free verse. The wording of each troll formula is kept as a closely guarded secret that is transmitted only to those who inherit an elder practitioner's power and craft. Teaching a troll formula to a student has traditionally meant that the teacher loses the power to use the formula successfully. This is still true today, although, due to the publication of so many troll formulas in books during the past hundred years, contemporary teachers never need give away the specific incantations that they themselves use; instead they can teach their students alternative versions. This is not difficult, as there are more than 50,000 collected troll formulas in Swedish folklore archives alone, and many thousands more in the archives of Norway, Denmark, and the Swedish-speaking part of Finland. The word runa (rune), meaning a written spell, may be used as a synonym for trollformel.

• Trollhare (troll hare): A hare-spirit that is used to draw material goods to a specific place or to steal milk or butter. See also Trollkatt.

• Trollkatt (troll cat): A cat-spirit that is used to draw material goods to a specific place or to steal milk or butter. See also Trollhare.

• Trollknyte (troll bundle): A magical bundle wrapped in cloth and tied shut; knyte is cognate to the English word knotted. See also Trollpåse.

• Trollkunnig (troll-skilled): A person who is skilled in magic; one who is knowledgeable, well-versed, or cunning in trolldom.

• Trollpåse (troll pouch, troll bag): A small pouch made of cloth or chamois skin in which magical articles are contained. See also Trollknyte.

• Trollskott (troll shot): A magical shot to cause harm. It can be done by humans, various spirits, or even forces of nature.

• Tyda, tydor (omen, meanings): Magical indications, decipherments, readings, interpretations, or visions. The word is cognate to the English tidings, meaning messages. Tydor are messages from the world of spirit.

• Utesittning, utiseita (sitting outside): A vision-quest to awaken trolls.

• Våd-eld (accidental fire): A fire resulting from human carelessness.

• Vålne, vålnad (wraith): The spiritual part of a person that survives the death of the physical body.

• Välsigna (signs or marks for well-being): Blessings. See also Signeri.

• Vard (ward): Personal guardian spirit.

• Värnebrev (shielding letter, guardian letter): A written talisman used to protect the wearer from harm. See also Trollbrev.

• Varsel (warning spirits), varsla (forewarning): Tydor that predict evil or tell of evil at another location are called varsel. A dying person's vard or vålnad may carry the forewarning or a tomte may tell of it.

• Vättar (gnomes): An old word meaning spirits in general or spirits who reside in and are a part of nature and the elements.

• Vigt silver (dedicated silver): A piece of jewelry or a coin that has been worn at a wedding.

• Vite (penalty) - Vita (trolldom): Vite, a court-ordered punishment, gave rise to the words vita (a term describing trolldom as a way to magically mete out justice) and han vitar (he casts a justified curse).

• Vrideld (twisted fire): Fire-drilling with a twisting motion. A wooden pole is held horizontally against a vertical wooden surface such as a door, and twisted until the heat of friction produces fire. This fire is used to drive off evil spirits and to remove curses and the evil eye. Also called Gnideld.

• Wittenberg: A German town in which Scandinavian priests studied theology. It is associated with magic, the Jewish kabbalah, and folkloric legends connected to trolldom, magical words, and black arts books."

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Trolldom:

Spells and Methods of the Norse Folk Magic Tradition

'GLOSSARY

by Johannes Gårdbäck

#trolldom #troll magic #Johannes Gårdbäck #glossary

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hapalopus · 4 months

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This thing keeps showing up in folklore anecdotes about priests battling the Devil.

In Danish folklore, it seems to be a way for priests to practice magic/ occultism without getting tied to the Devil, but I've only read a handful of anecdotes so far, so don't take my word for it.

If you use a Cyprianus (the Nordic equivalent of a Grimoire), you tie yourself to the Devil, but the Sixth Book of Moses isn't devilish as far as I can tell. It's still forbidden, though.

#danish folklore

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witchcraftingboop · 7 months

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St. Cyprian's feast day is upon us! Ave Cyprianus

#feast day #no pics tho because I'm only taking a half day to prepare a farrr better meal than last year #last year I ended up doing the offerings and novenas twice because it was just such a bad time lmao #st cyprian

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troybeecham · 8 months

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Today the Church remembers St. Cyprian of Carthage, Bishop and Martyr.

Ora pro nobis.

Cyprian (Thaschus Cæcilius Cyprianus; c. 200 – September 14, 258 AD) was bishop of Carthage and a notable Early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He is also recognised as a saint in the Christian churches. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century AD in North Africa, perhaps at Carthage, where he received a classical education. Soon after converting to Christianity, he became a bishop in AD 249. A controversial figure during his lifetime, his strong pastoral skills, firm conduct during the Novatianist heresy and outbreak of the Plague of Cyprian (named after him due to his description of it), and eventual martyrdom at Carthage established his reputation and proved his sanctity in the eyes of the Church. His skillful Latin rhetoric led to his being considered the pre-eminent Latin writer of Western Christianity until Jerome and Augustine.

Cyprian was born into a rich, pagan, Berber (Roman African), Carthage family sometime during the early third century. His original name was Thascius; he took the additional name Caecilius in memory of the priest to whom he owed his conversion. Before his conversion, he was a leading member of a legal fraternity in Carthage, an orator, a "pleader in the courts", and a teacher of rhetoric. After a "dissipated youth", Cyprian was baptised when he was thirty-five years old, c. 245 AD. After his baptism, he gave away a portion of his wealth to the poor of Carthage, as befitted a man of his status.

In the early days of his conversion he wrote an Epistola ad Donatum de gratia Dei and the Testimoniorum Libri III that adhere closely to the models of Tertullian, who influenced his style and thinking. Cyprian described his own conversion and baptism in the following words:

“When I was still lying in darkness and gloomy night, I used to regard it as extremely difficult and demanding to do what God's mercy was suggesting to me... I myself was held in bonds by the innumerable errors of my previous life, from which I did not believe I could possibly be delivered, so I was disposed to acquiesce in my clinging vices and to indulge my sins... But after that, by the help of the water of new birth, the stain of my former life was washed away, and a light from above, serene and pure, was infused into my reconciled heart... a second birth restored me to a new man. Then, in a wondrous manner every doubt began to fade.... I clearly understood that what had first lived within me, enslaved by the vices of the flesh, was earthly and that what, instead, the Holy Spirit had wrought within me was divine and heavenly.”

Contested election as bishop of Carthage

Not long after his baptism he was ordained a deacon, and soon afterwards a priest. Some time between AD July 248 and April 249 he was elected bishop of Carthage, a popular choice among the poor who remembered his patronage as demonstrating good equestrian style. However his rapid rise did not meet with the approval of senior members of the clergy in Carthage, an opposition which did not disappear during his episcopate.

Not long afterward, the entire community was put to an unwanted test. Christians in North Africa had not suffered persecution for many years; the Church was assured and lax. Early in AD 250 the "Decian persecution" began. The Emperor Decius issued an edict, the text of which is lost, ordering sacrifices to the gods to be made throughout the Empire. Jews were specifically exempted from this requirement. Cyprian chose to go into hiding rather than face potential execution. While some clergy saw this decision as a sign of cowardice, Cyprian defended himself saying he had fled in order not to leave the faithful without a shepherd during the persecution, and that his decision to continue to lead them, although from a distance, was in accordance with divine will. Moreover, he pointed to the actions of the Apostles and Jesus himself: "And therefore the Lord commanded us in the persecution to depart and to flee; and both taught that this should be done, and Himself did it. For as the crown is given by the condescension of God, and cannot be received unless the hour comes for accepting it, whoever abiding in Christ departs for a while does not deny his faith, but waits for the time..."

Persecution under Valerian

At the end of AD 256 a new persecution of the Christians broke out under Emperor Valerian, and Pope Sixtus II was executed in Rome.

In Africa, Cyprian prepared his people for the expected edict of persecution by his De exhortatione martyrii, and himself set an example when he was brought before the Roman proconsul Aspasius Paternus (AD August 30, 257). He refused to sacrifice to the pagan deities and firmly professed Christ.

The proconsul banished him to Curubis, modern Korba, whence, to the best of his ability, he comforted his flock and his banished clergy. In a vision he believed he saw his approaching fate. When a year had passed he was recalled and kept practically a prisoner in his own villa, in expectation of severe measures after a new and more stringent imperial edict arrived, and which Christian writers subsequently claimed demanded the execution of all Christian clerics.

On AD September 13, 258, Cyprian was imprisoned on the orders of the new proconsul, Galerius Maximus. The public examination of Cyprian by Galerius Maximus, on AD 14 September 258 has been preserved:

Galerius Maximus: "Are you Thascius Cyprianus?" Cyprian: "I am." Galerius: "The most sacred Emperors have commanded you to conform to the Roman rites." Cyprian: "I refuse." Galerius: "Take heed for yourself." Cyprian: "Do as you are bid; in so clear a case I may not take heed." Galerius, after briefly conferring with his judicial council, with much reluctance pronounced the following sentence: "You have long lived an irreligious life, and have drawn together a number of men bound by an unlawful association, and professed yourself an open enemy to the gods and the religion of Rome; and the pious, most sacred and august Emperors ... have endeavoured in vain to bring you back to conformity with their religious observances; whereas therefore you have been apprehended as principal and ringleader in these infamous crimes, you shall be made an example to those whom you have wickedly associated with you; the authority of law shall be ratified in your blood." He then read the sentence of the court from a written tablet: "It is the sentence of this court that Thascius Cyprianus be executed with the sword." Cyprian: "Thanks be to God.”

The execution was carried out at once in an open place near the city. A vast multitude followed Cyprian on his last journey. He removed his garments without assistance, knelt down, and prayed. After he blindfolded himself, he was beheaded by the sword. The body was interred by Christians near the place of execution.

Almighty God, who gave to your servant Cyprian boldness to confess the Name of our Savior Jesus Christ before the rulers of this world, and courage to die for this faith: Grant that we may always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in us, and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

#father troy beecham #christianity #jesus #god #saints #salvation #peace #martyrs #faith #early church

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jakattax · 2 years

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happy Cyprian day Jack! Ave Cyprianus 🕯📿

(idk if you still work with him but I know you have posts from the past about it so I just wanted to say “happy feast day” in case you did! If not then have just a happy-normal day lol)

Hey! Happy feast day to you too!

I did indeed just like everything else in my practise these days I keep it private and intimate to only myself.

But it was a good one, made one of my best alters, are good, drank well and continued my dedication. Was a good night indeed!

Ave Cyprianus friend! Ave Justina!

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charleshaddonspurgeon · 7 months

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Voor Iedere Dag | Ochtend Overdenking Dit zegt de HEERE. (Ezechiël 11:5) Lees verder Markus 7:1—13. Echte dienaren van God verlangen in alle kerkelijke instellingen en in elk onderwijs naar het uitdrukkelijke gezag van de enige Leraar en Heere. Ze herinneren zich dat de Heere Jezus Zijn discipelen opdroeg de gelovigen te leren alles te onderhouden wat Hij hen geboden had. De Heilige Geest heeft veel kostbare waarheden en heilige voorschriften geopenbaard aan de apostelen, en naar Zijn onderwijs luisteren wij graag. Maar, als mensen zich beroepen op het gezag van vaders, vergaderingen en bischoppen, dan onderwerpen wij ons geen seconde. Ook al halen ze Irenaeus, Cyprianus, Augustinus of Chrysostomus aan. Ook al herinneren ze ons aan het onderwijs van Luther of Calvijn en vinden ze gezag in Simeon, Wesley of Gill. We luisteren naar de gedachten van deze belangrijke mensen met de respect die ze als mensen verdienen, maar vervolgens ontkennen we dat deze mensen gezag hebben in de gemeente van God, want niets heeft daar gezag behalve, “Dit zegt de HEERE van de legermachten.” Wanneer je met de gezamenlijke instemming van de hele traditie komt, wanneer je je beroept op de traditie, verbranden we het allemaal als waardeloos hout, tenzij je je vinger legt op een gedeelte uit de Heilige Schrift waardoor het zeker is dat het van God is. Aanvullend op dit eerbiedwaardige gezag kun je pleiten op het mooie van de ceremonie en het nut van hen die daaraan deelnemen, maar dit maakt allemaal niets uit, want voor de echte gemeente van God is dit de enige vraag, is er een “Dit zegt de Heere” voor? En als Gods gezag niet aanwezig is, laten trouwe mensen zien dat de indringer een sluwe menselijke listigheid is Ter overdenking Traditie kan goed of slecht zijn. Is jou onderwijs en uitoefening daarvan gebaseerd op de woorden van mensen of op het Woord van God (Markus 7:7–9; Kolossenzen 2:8)? Toen de apostel Paulus zich had afgekeerd van menselijke tradities en zich gericht had tot de openbaring van Jezus Christus (Galaten 1:11–14) gaf hij door aan anderen wat hij van de Heere ontvangen had (1 Korinthe 11:23; 15:3). Gods Woord is het enige aanvaardbare gezag voor ons onderwijs en de uitoefening daarvan (2 Thessalonicenzen 2:15; 3:6). Preek 591, 25 september 1864

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nobrashfestivity · 4 months

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The Clavis Inferni ("The Key of Hell") by Cyprianus, is a late-18th-century book on black magic. Written in a mixture of Latin, Hebrew, and a cipher alphabet (namely that of Cornelius Agrippa's Transitus Fluvii or "Passing through the River" from the Third Book of Occult Philosophy written around 1510) the book has remained rather mysterious due to its unknown origin and context. It is said to be a textbook of the Black School at Wittenburg, a supposed school somewhere in Germany where one could learn the dark arts. As for the name of the author, it seems to have become a common name for people practicing magic. Benjamin Breen writes in The Appendix of how the existence throughout history of various magically-inclined Cyprianuses - from "a Dane […] who was so evil that Satan cast him out of hell" to the Greek wizard St. Cyprian of Antioch (who later converted to Christianity) - led to the name becoming a popular pseudonym for "people at the edges of society who were trying to do real black magic".

welcome collection/ PDR

#Cyprianus #black magic #books #illustration

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bullgirldick · 1 year

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Cyprianus (the Nordic Black Book) apparently has a spell to make your enemy fart relentlessly

"To make someone fart. Take 6 white winged ants and put them in a fresh glass of beer, then they [whoever drank the beer] will fart day and night."

#hekseri

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mercuriicultores · 1 year

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Cyprianus Huerguensis – In Librum Beati Iob, Caput VIII

Nam est vita mortalium similis umbrae, quae celerrime transit et nullam habet stabilitatem. In tanta ergo vitae brevitate fieri non potest, ut nos proprio ingenio et industria multa cognoscamus. Ob eamque rem opus erit semper memoriam antiquitatis repetere et ad maiores nostros recurrere.

[HIS] Pues la vida de los mortales es semejante a la sombra que pasa rápidamente y no tiene consistencia alguna. Así pues, en una brevedad tan grande de vida no podemos conocer por nuestro propio ingenio e inteligencia muchas cosas. Por esta razón será siempre necesario avivar el recuerdo de la antigüedad y recurrir a nuestros antepasados.

#Cyprianus Huerguensis #Cipriano de la Huerga #In Librum Beati Iob #saec. XVI #1581 #scriptum #philosophia #theologia

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tradizioni-barcellona · 2 years

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VENERDÌ 16 SETTEMBRE 2022 - ♦️ SANTI CIPRIANO E CORNELIO ♦️ Papa Cornelio (Roma, 180 circa – Centumcellae, giugno 253) è stato il 21º papa della Chiesa cattolica, che lo venera come santo. Fu papa dal marzo 251 alla sua morte. Tascio Cecilio Cipriano (in latino: Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus; Cartagine, 210 – Sesti, 14 settembre 258) è stato un vescovo e scrittore romano, vescovo di Cartagine e martire, venerato come santo e Padre della Chiesa dalla Chiesa cristiana. La commemorazione di questi due martiri è antica, Cornelio, 21º papa della Chiesa cattolica, fu eletto papa nel 251 e governò la Chiesa solo per due anni; fu difeso da san Cipriano nello scisma rigorista di Novaziano, prete romano che lo accusava di cedimenti nella questione dei lapsi, cioè degli apostati caduti che ritornavano alla Chiesa senza però volersi sottoporre alla penitenza, accontentandosi di “certificati” di riconciliazione loro concessi dai “confessori” della fede. Non si sa nulla delle sue origini, ma SANT’Oggi. Lunedì 16 settembre la chiesa celebra i santi Cornelio e Cipriano, sant’Eufemia e san Giovanni Macíasforse apparteneva alla grande famiglia dei Cornelii. Dopo la peste che si abbatté sull’impero romano nel 252-254 e di cui furono accusati i cristiani per aver provocato la collera degli dèi, l’imperatore Gallo scatenò una persecuzione, che però fu benigna, perché Cornelio fu esiliato a Civitavecchia (Centumcellae, il porto di Roma) dove morì nel giugno del 253. Fu sepolto nelle catacombe di san Callisto a Roma. Cipriano, nato a Cartagine verso il 210, fino ai 25 anni aveva esercitato la professione di retore e di avvocato, poi si convertì e fu battezzato nella Pasqua del 246. Morto il vescovo Donato, egli fu eletto a succedergli nella sede metropolitana di Cartagine, che aveva il primato su circa 150 vescovi. Fu coinvolto anch’egli nella disputa sui lapsi e dovette lottare contro il prete Novato (sostenitore dell’antipapa Novaziano) e contro il diacono Felicissimo (che aveva eletto come antivescovo Fortunato), i quali avevano consumato lo scisma. Cipriano riunì nel 252 il concilio di Cartagine che condannò i due, e papa Cornelio ne approvò la scomunica. Link in bio 🔴 (presso Barcellona-Pozzo Di Gotto, Sicilia, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CikzcYPMm7i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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brookston · 2 years

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Holidays 9.13

Holidays

Bald is Beautiful Day

Be Different Day

Blame Someone Else Day

Day of the Children Heroes (Mexico)

Defender’s Day (everywhere except Maryland)

Defy Superstition Day

Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)

Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 3: Environment

Engineer’s Day (Mauritius)

Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day

National Celiac Awareness Day

National Twilighters Day

National Urban Eden Day

Positive Thinking Day

Programmers' Day (a.k.a. Day of the Programmer) [256th day]

Roald Dahl Day

Scooby Doo Day

Soap Day

Supernatural Day

Uncle Sam Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Fortune Cookie Day

Gluten Free Beer Day

International Chocolate Day

National Chocolate Day

National Peanut Day

Snack-A-Pickle Day

2nd Tuesday in September

National Ants on a Log Day [2nd Tuesday]

Independence Days

Venda (from South Africa, 1979) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Aimé (a.k.a. Amatus; Christian; Saint)

Ame (Christian; Saint)

Barry Fell Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Dave the Human (Muppetism)

Epulum Jovis (Old Roman) [Ides of September]

Eulogius of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Feast of the Cross (Assyrian Church of the East)

Ides of September (Ancient Rome)

John Chrysostom (Christian; Saint)

Lictisternia (Old Roman festival to Jupiter, Juno & Minerva)

Livia Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Marcellinus of Carthage (Christian; Saint)

Maurilius (a.k.a. Maurille) of Angers (Christian; Saint)

Mosquito Avoidance Day (Pastafarian)

Nectarius of Autun (Christian; Saint)

Otway (Positivist; Saint)

Venerius the Hermit (Christian; Saint)

Wulfthryth (a.k.a. Wilfrida) of Wilton (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Martes (Unlucky Tuesday; Spanish culture) [Tuesday the 13th] (1 of 2 for 2022)

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Triti (Unlucky Day; Greece) [Tuesday the 13th] (1 of 2 for 2022)

Premieres

Almost Famous (Film; 2000)

Barbershop (Film; 2002)

Benson (TV Series; 1979)

Bones (TV Series; 2005)

Clerks III (Film; 2022)

Come Dancing (UK Musical Show; 2008)

Crime of the Century, by Supertramp (Album; 1974)

The Dreaming, by Kate Bush (Album; 1982)

The Drew Carey Show (TV Series; 1995)

Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series; 1996)

The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood (Novel; 1985)

Hard Rain, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1976)

In Utero, by Nirvana (Album; 1993)

Law & Order (TV Series; 1990)

The Muppet Show (TV Series; 1976)

Pee-Wee’s Playhouse (TV Series; 1986)

Ready to Die, by The Notorious B.I.G. (Album; 1994)

Scooby-Doo Where Are You (Animated TV Series; 1969)

Solid Gold (TV Series; 1980)

The Spectacular Now (Film; 2013)

Supernatural (TV Series; 2005)

Take Me to Church, by Hozier (Song; 2013)

Thud!, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2005) [Discworld #34]

Undone (Animated TV Series; 2019)

Yesterday, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

Today’s Name Days

Tobias (Austria)

Ivan, Ljubo, Zlatko (Croatia)

Lubor (Czech Republic)

Cyprianus (Denmark)

Ervi, Ervin, Ervo (Estonia)

Orvo (Finland)

Aimé (France)

Johann, Notburga, Tobias (Germany)

Aristeides, Aristeidis, Cornelius, Kornelios (Greece)

Kornél (Hungary)

Crisostomo, Giovanni, Maurilio, Regina (Italy)

Iza, Izabella, Izanda, Izīda (Latvia)

Barmantas, Barvydė, Mangailis (Lithuania)

Stian, Stig (Norway)

Aleksander, Aureliusz, Eugenia, Filip, Lubor, Materna, Morzysław, Szeliga (Poland)

Ctibor (Slovakia)

Amado, Crisóstomo, Juan (Spain)

Ambjörn, Sture (Sweden)

Arlando, Milton, Orlando, Roland, Rolanda, Rolando, Stone, Stoney (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 256 of 2022; 109 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 37 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guìyuè), Day 18 (Ji-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 17 ʼĔlūl 5782

Islamic: 16 Ṣafar 1444

J Cal: 16 Aki; Oneday [16 of 30]

Julian: 31 August 2022

Moon: 88%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Otway]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 84 of 90)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 21 of 31)

#Holidays #calendar

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hapalopus · 1 year

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I have no idea what animal shape to give my hamløber OC.... A hamløber shape is supposed to sorta reflect ones personality, but not to the same degree as a Pullman-daemon. Your varedyr (similar to a fylgja) seems to be the same shape as your hamløber shape. Traditionally, hamløbere tend to have take the shape of mice. In recent folklore (17-1800s) they don't shapeshift, per se, - that is, their bodies don't change. Instead, they go to sleep and their soul exits their body through the mouth and materializes as an animal. Hamløber stories are closely related to the much older berserker/hamrammr stories. The word, 'ham+løber', literally translates to 'hide/skin+runner'. And they don't have to take the shape of mice. A varedyr can have any shape, from whale to horse to eagle to louse. And my OC's shape needs to be 1) useful to the plot and 2) a native animal.

I haven't worked with this character for very long, so I can't tell you much about their personality. They're a good listener (by which I mean they've repressed their feelings to the point that they never talk about themself unless they have to). Their dad was psychologically abusive and they're currently struggling with the "at least he wasn't as bad as he could've been" mentality. They chose to name themself Thorn after realizing they were nonbinary. They ran away from home at the first opportunity to join the main cast of the book (i.e., they fled from relative safety/stability to join up with 3 complete strangers who had broken into their house). They're very good at keeping secrets and at sneaking around in the shadows - they memorized their dad's entire Cyprianus without the dad finding out. They are, however, chronically unlucky, breaking their phone screen, dropping their ceramics, stepping in puddles, and so on, all the time. Currently I'm considering a fox, goat, falcon, sparrow, cat, eagle, spider, deer, marten, adder, grass snake, or otter shape.

#vætteland #my ocs

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brookstonalmanac · 2 years

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Holidays 9.13

Holidays

Bald is Beautiful Day

Be Different Day

Blame Someone Else Day

Day of the Children Heroes (Mexico)

Defender’s Day (everywhere except Maryland)

Defy Superstition Day

Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)

Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 3: Environment

Engineer’s Day (Mauritius)

Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day

National Celiac Awareness Day

National Twilighters Day

National Urban Eden Day

Positive Thinking Day

Programmers' Day (a.k.a. Day of the Programmer) [256th day]

Roald Dahl Day

Scooby Doo Day

Soap Day

Supernatural Day

Uncle Sam Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Fortune Cookie Day

Gluten Free Beer Day

International Chocolate Day

National Chocolate Day

National Peanut Day

Snack-A-Pickle Day

2nd Tuesday in September

National Ants on a Log Day [2nd Tuesday]

Independence Days

Venda (from South Africa, 1979) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Aimé (a.k.a. Amatus; Christian; Saint)

Ame (Christian; Saint)

Barry Fell Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Dave the Human (Muppetism)

Epulum Jovis (Old Roman) [Ides of September]

Eulogius of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Feast of the Cross (Assyrian Church of the East)

Ides of September (Ancient Rome)

John Chrysostom (Christian; Saint)

Lictisternia (Old Roman festival to Jupiter, Juno & Minerva)

Livia Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Marcellinus of Carthage (Christian; Saint)

Maurilius (a.k.a. Maurille) of Angers (Christian; Saint)

Mosquito Avoidance Day (Pastafarian)

Nectarius of Autun (Christian; Saint)

Otway (Positivist; Saint)

Venerius the Hermit (Christian; Saint)

Wulfthryth (a.k.a. Wilfrida) of Wilton (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Martes (Unlucky Tuesday; Spanish culture) [Tuesday the 13th] (1 of 2 for 2022)

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Triti (Unlucky Day; Greece) [Tuesday the 13th] (1 of 2 for 2022)

Premieres

Almost Famous (Film; 2000)

Barbershop (Film; 2002)

Benson (TV Series; 1979)

Bones (TV Series; 2005)

Clerks III (Film; 2022)

Come Dancing (UK Musical Show; 2008)

Crime of the Century, by Supertramp (Album; 1974)

The Dreaming, by Kate Bush (Album; 1982)

The Drew Carey Show (TV Series; 1995)

Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series; 1996)

The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood (Novel; 1985)

Hard Rain, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1976)

In Utero, by Nirvana (Album; 1993)

Law & Order (TV Series; 1990)

The Muppet Show (TV Series; 1976)

Pee-Wee’s Playhouse (TV Series; 1986)

Ready to Die, by The Notorious B.I.G. (Album; 1994)

Scooby-Doo Where Are You (Animated TV Series; 1969)

Solid Gold (TV Series; 1980)

The Spectacular Now (Film; 2013)

Supernatural (TV Series; 2005)

Take Me to Church, by Hozier (Song; 2013)

Thud!, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2005) [Discworld #34]

Undone (Animated TV Series; 2019)

Yesterday, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

Today’s Name Days

Tobias (Austria)

Ivan, Ljubo, Zlatko (Croatia)

Lubor (Czech Republic)

Cyprianus (Denmark)

Ervi, Ervin, Ervo (Estonia)

Orvo (Finland)

Aimé (France)

Johann, Notburga, Tobias (Germany)

Aristeides, Aristeidis, Cornelius, Kornelios (Greece)

Kornél (Hungary)

Crisostomo, Giovanni, Maurilio, Regina (Italy)

Iza, Izabella, Izanda, Izīda (Latvia)

Barmantas, Barvydė, Mangailis (Lithuania)

Stian, Stig (Norway)

Aleksander, Aureliusz, Eugenia, Filip, Lubor, Materna, Morzysław, Szeliga (Poland)

Ctibor (Slovakia)

Amado, Crisóstomo, Juan (Spain)

Ambjörn, Sture (Sweden)

Arlando, Milton, Orlando, Roland, Rolanda, Rolando, Stone, Stoney (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 256 of 2022; 109 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 37 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guìyuè), Day 18 (Ji-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 17 ʼĔlūl 5782

Islamic: 16 Ṣafar 1444

J Cal: 16 Aki; Oneday [16 of 30]

Julian: 31 August 2022

Moon: 88%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Otway]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 84 of 90)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 21 of 31)

#Holidays

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