#like....i like to think about the every day aspects of worshipping a higher power on nirn

[drunk-on-dk]

U requested hard thots I'm delivering 🫡

The thoughts i have ab seokmin these days will eat me alive so let me share: in my opinion he's a soft dom....so i was thinking and thinking about having raw sex for the first time together and he's so so whipped for you but also has to prep u really well because MAN'S HUGE and he's all lovely u know praising u etc but when he gets u stuffed and relaxed for him you're in for a looong looong night just him going at it until u both cant take it anymore and manhandling u however he wants cuz he just wants his baby full u know 👀

afakfjdlksajfdlks YES..... yes yes yes.... i completely agree this man is a soft dom, like he's just so sweet and only cares about your pleasure, but i know he can't bear to not be in control, like he 100% gets off on watching you lose yourself beneath him and can't hold himself back sometimes. therefore, i can't help myself and wrote a lil smutty smut... please ENJOY my good anon friend <3

✦pairing/genre warnings: bf!seokmin x fem!reader, smut (minors DNI), established relationship, NSFW content warnings under the cut

✦wc: ~1.3k 

content warnings: soft dom!seokmin, begging, overstimulation, seokmin calls reader baby, praise, fem reader but no specific pronouns, unprotected sex (established relationship, but still stay safe friends), creampie, oral (female receiving), big dick seokmin agenda, not too filthy but he loves to manhandle reader and it is v much enjoyed

Your boyfriend always makes sure to take his time with you, Seokmin’s satisfaction fueled by watching you tremble beneath him every time he thoroughly takes care of his baby. He knows your body like the back of his hand at this point; Seokmin always being so devoted to delving into your body to worship every part of you, methodically working you through each orgasm until you are sopping wet at the core and begging for him, not caring if he’s overstimulated you before finally being inside you himself.

Seokmin swears he’s in heaven when he’s with you, forever thanking the higher powers for giving him someone who becomes putty in his hands. Seokmin loves the way your thighs grip the sides of his face, cooing in adoration between each lick of your clit, sharp nose nuzzled tightly against the swollen bud as he ferociously laves at your core. He doesn’t waste a single drop of you, lapping up your juices and pushing his face and tongue even deeper into you when you arch into the bed, hands tangled in his hair to keep him close to you as you writhe against his mouth.

He’ll drag it on as long as possible, hours even, coaxing multiple orgasms from you with his tongue and fingers until you can no longer keep your legs tightly wrapped around him. Seokmin knows you’re ready for him when you begin to shake, muscles finally relaxing as incoherent pleas slipping past your lips begging for him to give you his cock finally. He loves feeling appreciated and needed, chest swelling in pride whilst he pebbles a trail of hot kisses from your cunt all the way to your lips.

Your body so easily molds against his, toothy smile breaking your kiss after tasting yourself on his tongue. He’s got you so worked up at this point that any contact against your clit has you convulsing in his arms, making you buck your hips towards him when the tip of his cock runs through your folds.

Today was extra special, as you had both finally agreed to fucking each other raw, being in a relationship for long enough now warranting you to enjoy each other to the fullest. This is all Seokmin needed to know you in every way possible, wanting to feel the warmth of you without a barrier, and wanting to please you by letting you feel every ridge of his ever-so-large cock.

That was the other important aspect of why Seokmin took his time preparing you, he was massive, his cock much larger than any other partner you’ve ever had. It still took time for you to take him in, his length always so hot and heavy, brooding leaky tip pushing past your folds and making you feel impossibly full each time.

The way you quiver beneath him as he pushes inside of you only makes his heart grow fonder, each time burned into his memory as your jaw falls slack, pornographic moan escaping you as he gets closer to bottoming out with inches to spare. He’s deliciously thick too, the stretch making you hiss out and grip his cock in a way that has his hips stuttering for a second.  

Just when he thought that your begging earlier was pitiful, you always shock him with how cock drunk you get from the second he fills you up. Oh god, how sweet his little baby is, and oh god does he want to ruin you.

Seokmin is always so sweet to you until this point, up until he can pull his cock out just to slam it back inside of you and indulging in the way you scream in pleasure.  He’s sickeningly sweet, hips ramming slow with precision into yours as he mocks you, “does that feel good, baby? Tell me with words, how do I feel? Let me know what this sweet pussy wants.”

He’s almost teasing, smiling against your skin as he buries his face into your neck, light chuckles making you dizzy as he presses his body against yours. “S’good, Minnie, stuff me nice n’full, won’t ever get enough,” it almost comes out like a slur, but he understands you enough to be satisfied by your response.

He tries to drag it out as long as possible, his long, thick cock dragging agonizingly slow as you lift your hips towards his, begging for him to pick up the pace as you feel the overwhelming pressure building at the apex of your core.

Even though Seokmin is determined, he can only hold out for so long until the pleasure starts to become unavoidable, knowing when to really fuck you before he’s long gone and cumming inside of you prematurely.

This is what you love the most, Seokmin handling you a bit more harshly before railing you deep into the mattress. All the painstaking foreplay always leads up to him needily fucking you, needing to fill you to the brim with his cock as you scream from under him. Crying out from the loss of fullness, Seokmin flips you to your stomach before grabbing your hips and pulling you back to him, hastily filling you back up until his hips slam into your ass.

The pleasure has you clawing at the bed sheets, back arching with your chest and face buried in the mattress while he fucks you from behind, your cunt well adjusted for his size now. You can hear him panting behind you, knowing that he is watching the way your walls suck him back in each thrust, your boyfriend losing himself as he uses his grip on your hips to bounce you back on his cock.

Once again, he’s proud of how overstimulated he’s got you when he wraps a hand around your body to play with your swollen clit.

“Taking me so well, baby,” he’s praising you as you’re moaning out, body shooting up to press your back against him whilst his thumb rubs circles harshly against the bud. “So proud of you, I love you so much.”

“Love you so much,” you’re moaning in response, his cock still thrusting deep within you and his thumb working at your clit as your head falls back onto his shoulder, lips hungrily reconnecting with his before he’s shoving you back into the mattress.

“So perfect,” he’s breathing heavily now, lips trailing over the back of your neck and to your back as he relentlessly pounds you into his bed. His hips are stuttering at the way your cunt clamps around him, the fit still tight even after all his efforts to prep you. “Finish with me, want to feel you squeeze my cock even more, beautiful.”

Both of you are moaning together as your walls flutter around him, the loud squeal that sounds from you indicating your orgasm as you clamp around him, seeing stars for the nth time tonight as he brings you to yet another high.

Seokmin is filling you up actually for the first time, the warmth of his cum filling you making your orgasm more intense. You can feel him throbbing inside of you as he groans, filling you with his seed and pulling out to watch it seep out of you.

He can’t help but chuckle in disbelief at the sight, unable to stop himself from diving right back down to your cunt, wanting to taste the mix of you and him before fucking his cum right back into you with his tongue and making you squirm.

You’re in for a long, long night as per usual. You can’t complain though, not when you have a determined boyfriend who focuses on treating you this well.

#svthub #dk smut #dokyeom smut #lee dokyeom smut #lee seokmin smut #seokmin smut #thank you anon ily for your hards thots #svt smut #seventeen smut #asks 🌙

[smolsaltypan]

Google says one of Talos' realms of importance is war and like. If that's true,,,shouldn't the stormcloaks have an advantage? Prayers to talos before battle. The one time they skip it due to time like 2/3 of the soldiers on their side present die. The imperial soldiers loyal to the empire but still worshiping talos in secret seem to come out of battles ridiculously lucky, surviving wounds no human should be able to. I just think the concept is neat ya know?

#divines and gods and daedra and just the supernatural are proven to influence nirn #like....i like to think about the every day aspects of worshipping a higher power on nirn #skyrim #of course take this with a grain of salt literally one source said smth about talos being the god of governance war and smth else #im back on my skyrim bullshit dont touch me

[pet-genius]

The Death Eaters as a Cult - Part 1

This is a very lightly edited old Reddit post, that I'll publish in parts because the whole thing is like 7000 words. Analyzing Voldemort, the DE and their dynamics, Dumbledore and Harry in comparison, and individual Death Eaters. Hope you like it!

Some say Voldemort is a cartoon villain, or wizard Hitler. I think he is very realistic, and that the focus on his political aspirations ignores interesting aspects of him. I cannot prove that JKR had cults in mind when she wrote Voldemort and his followers, but this is how I read them. It’s nearly impossible to define a cult, so, for the purpose hereof, I’m going with “a group dedicated to the worship of a person”. Many cult leaders in real life present themselves merely as “god’s voice” or “the messiah”, but Voldemort specifically didn’t bother to hide behind a power higher than himself.

Tom Riddle comes from humble beginnings, like many cult leaders - he’s raised in an orphanage. He already has delusions of grandeur, only in this case they’re not delusions, because he really is magic, which makes it all the more dangerous. Look how he reacted to discovering he was a wizard, and how Harry did.

Immediately following the revelation that Lily and James did not die in a car crash, and that Harry is famous, and that he survived an attempt at his life by the worst wizard in history:

Hagrid looked at Harry with warmth and respect blazing in his eyes, but Harry, instead of feeling pleased and proud, felt quite sure there had been a horrible mistake. A wizard? Him? How could he possibly be? He’d spent his life being clouted by Dudley, and bullied by Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon; if he was really a wizard, why hadn’t they been turned into warty toads every time they’d tried to lock him in his cupboard? If he’d once defeated the greatest sorcerer in the world, how come Dudley had always been able to kick him around like a football?

“Hagrid,” he said quietly, “I think you must have made a mistake. I don’t think I can be a wizard.”

Heart-breaking. Harry doesn’t believe he can be special, he blames himself for the way he’s treated.

This is Tom Riddle:

“I know that you are not mad. Hogwarts is not a school for mad people. It is a school of magic.”

There was silence. Riddle had frozen, his face expressionless, but his eyes were flickering back and forth between each of Dumbledore’s, as though trying to catch one of them lying. “Magic?” he repeated in a whisper.

“That’s right,” said Dumbledore.

“It’s... it’s magic, what I can do?”

“What is it that you can do?”

“All sorts,” breathed Riddle. A flush of excitement was rising up his neck into his hollow cheeks; he looked fevered. “I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want them to do, without training them. I can make bad things happen to people who annoy me. I can make them hurt if I want to.”

His legs were trembling. He stumbled forward and sat down on the bed again, staring at his hands, his head bowed as though in prayer.

“I knew I was different,” he whispered to his own quivering fingers. “I knew I was special. Always, I knew there was something.”

His megalomania and violent nature are already apparent, as is his preternatural control of his magic. It also hints at rudimentary legilimency.

Dumbledore spells out that young Tom Riddle equated magic with immortality and liked to collect trophies, and that Tom Riddle liked being special, as he resents the name Tom for being too common; he already lives behind a mask and only shows his true face in shock. This, and not Dumbledore’s magical prowess, is what always scared Tom. Voldemort knew Dumbledore knew what he was. That was the only tactical advantage Dumbledore had.

It’s also one of JKR’s strokes of brilliance: Dumbledore saw Tom for what Tom was, and others never did until it was too late, not because he was that clever, but because he knew from experience. Dumbledore had allowed himself to fall for a charismatic but heartless man before, and it took Ariana dying to slap him awake. Dumbledore knows good people can be led astray: It happened to him. It has nothing to do with intelligence or “goodness”. Gellert was able to give Albus exactly what Albus lacked, stuck at home taking care of Ariana: the promise of freedom and a bright future, and the companionship of an equal. Albus fell for it, despite warning signs that should have been obvious.

Later, we know Tom is chosen by a wand of yew and phoenix feather. Both yew and phoenix are associated with immortality; yew trees are very long-lived. Compare this to Harry’s wand, holly and phoenix feather: both these characters will experience death and rebirth, except Tom Riddle’s wand tree is yew, and Harry’s is holly.

From Wikipedia: “The Christian church commonly found it expedient to take over existing pre-Christian sacred sites for churches. It has also been suggested that yews were planted at religious sites as their long life was suggestive of eternity, or because, being toxic when ingested, they were seen as trees of death.” Also from Wikipedia: “Christians have identified a wealth of symbolism in the holly tree’s form. The sharpness of the leaves help to recall the crown of thorns worn by Jesus; the red berries serve as a reminder of the drops of blood that were shed for salvation; and the shape of the leaves, which resemble flames, can serve to reveal God's burning love for His people.”

The two orphans’ wildly different views of death are also apparent in their wand trees. Voldemort will murder to attain his goals; Harry will sacrifice himself. That the phoenix feather came from Fawkes is also meaningful - Dumbledore taught both magic in some capacity, but he never could defeat Voldemort, because they’re too alike. One of Harry’s advantages in this battle is the integrity of his soul, which cannot be compromised.

Next, Tom Riddle is sorted into Slytherin. For a child who is already prone to megalomania, the house values bring out the worst in him, and under Slughorn, he grows into a manipulative, cunning, ruthless young man. I’m not blaming Horace for Tom being a psychopath, but some of the particular ways his psychopathy manifested in seem to have been directly due to Slughorn’s influence. Slughorn is a blood-supremacist, who was convinced Tom must come from fine stock. Slughorn tests drinks for poison using house elves; Tom Riddle tests the effectiveness of his Horcrux’s protection on Kreacher. Slughorn emphasizes the importance of connections and outright praises Tom for knowing more than he needs to, and encourages an attitude of “it’s only wrong if you get caught.” But Slughorn, prejudiced and cunning as he is, is not violent - he is academically curious about Horcruxes, but he finds them repugnant. Tom’s heart is not so faint - at the point of asking Slughorn about Horcruxes, the diary is already a horcrux, and Tom has already murdered his father. This is how Dumbledore describes Tom’s original gang, who were the proto-Death Eaters:

As he moved up the school, he gathered about him a group of dedicated friends; I call them that, for want of a better term, although as I have already indicated, Riddle undoubtedly felt no affection for any of them. This group had a kind of dark glamour within the castle. They were a motley collection; a mixture of the weak seeking protection, the ambitious seeking some shared glory, and the thuggish gravitating toward a leader who could show them more refined forms of cruelty. In other words, they were the forerunners of the Death Eaters, and indeed some of them became the first Death Eaters after leaving Hogwarts. Rigidly controlled by Riddle, they were never detected in open wrongdoing, although their seven years at Hogwarts were marked by a number of nasty incidents to which they were never satisfactorily linked, the most serious of which was, of course, the opening of the Chamber of Secrets, which resulted in the death of a girl. As you know, Hagrid was wrongly accused of that crime.

Dumbledore explains what motivated people to join Tom: some were afraid, some ambitious, some cruel. He controlled his so-called friends, and already started framing others for his own crimes (Hagrid’s framing was followed by Morfin’s and Hokey the house elf’s).

This is followed by Tom’s attempt to become a teacher (Dumbledore spells out his motivations: He is attached to the school, he wants to study its magic, and he already wants to build himself an army). He is denied, oddly chooses to work for Borgin and Burkes, a choice fueled by the desire to trace down more items to make into Horcruxes. Through the memory of the meeting with Heptzibah Smith, we see that Tom was definitely charming when he needed to be, and knew how to make people feel good. He did not use magic to trick her into showing him her precious locket and cup: he used muggle manipulation - flattery, making an old and forlorn lady feel valuable, perhaps even flirting with her (she’s certainly flirting with him). He was pleasant enough that Ms. Smith eagerly looked forward to his visits - but as she showed him her treasures, he was caught off guard by hearing about his mother and how she sold the locket, and she saw him for what he was, although she quickly fell into denial. Sadly, she was murdered two days later.

Why rely on Horcruxes to gain immortality? Tom must have known about Nicholas Flamel and the Philosopher’s Stone, and the Horcruxes require someone else to perform the resurrection ritual. Either making the Stone is so hard that it would deter Tom (unlikely), or he already expected to rely on followers who would find him and revive him - he certainly seems to have expected his followers to have searched for him earlier. Maybe Horcruxes were appealing because they require murder. In any case, this is followed by the memory of Tom asking Dumbledore for the DADA job again, a decade later. Tom has spent a decade gathering followers, and he has already changed his name to Lord Voldemort. This is reminiscent of real life cult leader David Koresh, and the leaders of the Children of God, Aum Shinrikyo, etc. The meeting between Voldemort and Albus is interesting, because it’s clear that Dumbledore had tried to teach Tom about the power of love:

“The old argument,” he said softly. “But nothing I have seen in the world has supported your famous pronouncements that love is more powerful than my kind of magic, Dumbledore.”

“Perhaps you have been looking in the wrong places,” suggested Dumbledore.

This did not help. Tom never learned - how could he? At 16, he was already a murderer - who could love him now for who he was? He could never be truly loved, and he could never truly love another, and he underestimated the power of love for his entire life, leading to his downfall - twice (were that it was so simple in real life).

Voldemort is trying to obfuscate the nature of the relationship, like all cults - they never admit this is what they are.

“I am glad to hear that you consider them friends,” said Dumbledore. “I was under the impression that they are more in the order of servants.”

“You are mistaken,” said Voldemort.

But LV can’t lie to Dumbledore, who changes the subject. He denies him the DADA job again, and the curse is placed on the job. LV’s ascent is due to begin in a few years. Hagrid tells the story:

Anyway, this — this wizard, about twenty years ago now, started lookin’ fer followers. Got ’em, too — some were afraid, some just wanted a bit o’ his power, ’cause he was gettin’ himself power, all right. Dark days, Harry. Didn’t know who ter trust, didn’t dare get friendly with strange wizards or witches...

Voldemort isn’t just interested in immortality. He wants complete control. He wants everyone fearing him - even fearing his name. He has people isolated and distrustful, fearing for their lives.

But we know his reign of terror was dreadful - what I’m interested in is the way he treated his own followers. We know little about how he treated them in the first war, but we do have what Sirius had to say about Regulus’s fate:

From what I found out after he died, he got in so far, then panicked about what he was being asked to do and tried to back out. Well, you don’t just hand in your resignation to Voldemort. It’s a lifetime of service or death.

We know the real story of Regulus’s disappearance, and it’s different. Kreacher tells us that Regulus died in the Horcrux cave - but more telling is that Regulus forbade Kreacher from telling his parents what had happened to him. Why did he feel the need to do that? This suggests that Regulus knew LV destroyed traitors’ families, which is a tactic used in cults and other abusive dynamics. We know LV would leverage Draco’s welfare against Lucius for his failure in the Department of Mysteries, too. We know also that instead of going to Dumbledore, or to his own brother, Regulus chose death – unless he was really dumb, and I don’t think he was, he must have been manipulated into believing that was his only option, or his world made no sense after his faith had shattered. So many people never readjust to life outside the cult.

Voldemort “dies” about two years after that, having successfully recruited about 400 followers (“the death eaters outnumbered us the Order 20:1” - Lupin). We can’t say if all these people were genuine Death Eaters or people who had been Imperiused or otherwise coerced, or allies like Narcissa, but that coercion is used to recruit shows that Voldemort did not take his own followers’ ambitions and wishes into account. People who use outright coercion don't suddenly draw the line at manipulation.

#death eaters #cult #death eater meta #voldemort #voldemort meta #harry potter #meta

[thed4rkhand]

So today we’re doing Yoongi’s chart and my analysis of it. Let me make it clear right off the bat, that since I’m not a professional astrologer, some things may not match up, further since we’re not super sure of his birth time, it’ll definitely affect the reading. What I can be sure of is that I’ll do my best and I’m completely open to constructive criticism from you all!

Now lets get on with some basic stuff, for those who have not yet read the post with Namjoon’s moon analysis, I’ll again reiterate some principles of Vedic astrology! In the scenario that you’re still confused with all this jargon, feel free to reach out and I’ll be more than happy to help you out.

Starting out, we have to note that while western astrology is usually more advisory in nature, Vedic astrology’s main purpose is to predict. Also, we usually go a sign back from western astrology (24’ back to be more precise) in Vedic astrology, so according to that for example, if you’re a libra rising, you become a virgo rising in Vedic astrology and so on and so forth. All planets will also shift back a sign, so a Capricorn Mercury will become a Sagittarius Mercury.

Now let’s be aware that the chart may be a bit different, but given the main d1 (Lagna) chart remains the same for about 2 hours, let’s focus on that and the moon chart (rashi chart) for this reading. We can also just look at d9 for strength but not house placements as that can be time sensitive. So, we can take a two hour margin of time discrepancy and still predict accurately.

For this reading, we have taken 9th March 1993 as the day and 7:30am as the time of birth, with the location set to Daegu.

OTHER THAN THIS, LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO DO A BIRTH TIME RECTIFICATION FOR YOONGI LATER ON SO WE CAN GET MORE ACCURATE PREDICTIONS.

Since this is a general chart analysis, we shall be covering topics briefly and discussing the moon, ascendant and sun. For an in depth reading, do pick a smaller and focussed topic as we can honestly keep going on and on about a chart.

THIS READING WILL BE DONE IN SEVERAL 4 PARTS, FOLLOWING THE ASCENDANT, MOON, SUN AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Lets get started then-

Right off the bat, we can see that Yoongi is born into Pisces, with his ascendant at 10’35’, within the Nakshatra of Uttarabhadprada, within the 3rd quadrant or pada. He has venus situated in the lagna itself, in Pisces, thus exalted. His lagna lord, Jupiter, is in the 7th house, conjuct with the Moon, in the sign of virgo, where jupiter gains the upper hand despite mercury (lord of virgo) being enemies. The lord is directly aspected by mars in the fourth house. The lord of the birth Nakshatra is Saturn here, which sits in the 12th house, conjunct sun and mercury (dispositer of the ascendant lord). Lastly, moon, jupiter and rahu aspect the lagna of this chart. Of course there is so so much more here, but we’ve got a whole chart to cover!

(p.s I can already see this is such a fun chart to read)

Getting on with the reading, we firstly see that he’s born under Pisces lagna, this makes the native calm and collected, as well as fond of philosophy and psychology. What we often forget is, people born under Pisces are said to have been born under all the other signs in their past life, and cumulatively they use their skills and knowledge from those lives in their current one. Remember how on Bon Voyage trips and just about every RunBts, saga seems like the ‘dad’ of the bunch? cooking, cleaning, fixing stuff Joon broke, producing music and the stuff? And all those times that he is so very understanding of other? He doesn’t scold Jungkook, let alone anyone else? These are typical Pisces traits. They’re very domestic and understanding by nature, because they’ve been there before in a past life, and enjoy taking care of people.

The downside to this? They can be extremely manipulative if they want to be, they know exactly what to say, when to say, to whom to say and so on. They have an alarming grip on people’s emotions, and have a magnetic quality to them. Further, this is mostly an observation, you’ll often notice that most pisces natives are fond of alcohol (could be because they exist in a water sign? Could be because its the natural 12th house ruler of addictions too?)

Coming to the Nakshatra here, we have UttaraBhadrapada, the second last Nakshatra of the series. This Nakshatra is ruled by Saturn, and the presiding deity being Ananta or Ahir Budhyana, the deep ocean serpent in hindu mythology. The deity Ananta represents boundless expansion, be it of fortune, goodwill or knowledge. Ahir Budhyana, is a sattvic (sacred or untainted) form of lord Shiv, and resides at he bottom of the ocean. He represents the liberation from illusions and attainment of spiritual enlightenment and knowledge. The natives of this Nakshatra here embody these qualities of their deities. We see them as philanthropic and reserved beings, who enjoy learning about a variety of subjects and spirituality. Such people are extremely progressive in their thinking patterns, and often a magnetic pull like the deep ocean serpent has.

They’re extremely controlled and calculating in their approach, and think more than speak. This by no means is to say that they don’t speak, because such people are great orators by nature. They stand up for the underdogs and have a unique approach to topics. They are extremely interested in occult and metaphysical practices and theories. They however commonly don’t obtain higher education or do well in fields of fine arts, even their primary education is not something they excel at. (i once read that yoongi really likes reading about a variety of subjects, and also Paulo Coelho, definitely his UttaraBhadrapada here)

The bad side to this Nakshatra? They’re very critical and over-analyze everything and everyone. Sometimes, even unconsciously, they manipulate people to suit their needs and whims. They get side tracked too often and have difficulty focussing on one task at hand, often amounting to laziness in other people’s eyes, even if the native is extremely hardworking in reality. However when in comes to personal care, they tend to do things in a very half-hearted manner. These people are also prone to isolating themselves from others, especially when things get hard. Due to the sign falling in pisces here, people also tend to have many different mental burdens and disorders, which arise from their constant scatter-brained self and inability to make out between the spiritual and real realms.

They can also be heavy drinkers and abuse substances in such a Nakshatra, or enjoy partaking in occult practices while under influences. They might’ve also faced a very rough childhood with such a Nakshatra, neglected and misunderstood by people around him. The natives could also have moved away from their parents during their early adulthood for education or job purposes. Such people can have health issues like hemorrhoids, stomach ailments and hernias. Usually they lead a stable period full of health and success in the latter part of life, say about after 48 years(since the south node Ketu matures as 48).

Since Suga’s Nakshatra falls into the third pada or quadrant, its ruled by libra here. Libra here focusses on balance and cooperation. Such people may make a living working with other people, or in industries related to entertainment. They may make great debaters, and think excessively about what other think of them as. They’re very conscious of other’s opinion, even if they don’t show it, so we often find such people wearing extremely covered up and baggy clothes for example, or keeping a low profile. They may have a very practical and unbiased approach to most things in life. Such people are intensely into spiritual practices and often times fully devote themselves at hours at a time to worship of gods, angel or other beings. They may be the type to attract people very easily, or even be the kind to fall in love extremely easily.

The second placement we come to, is Venus in the first house, in Pisces. Venus here is naturally exalted (most powerful). Sure ill give you the generic explanation in a bit but, do you know which type of people usually have this placement? Actual saints and famed occultists. Sure many people within the entertainment industry too, but this placement can hands down be one of the most spiritual and divine placements of Venus in the chart. First ill go ahead and give the normal meaning and effect, and then lets dive into the crazy stuff (istg his chart is so goooood). Such people usually have really magnetic personalities, and given Venus is in Uttarabhadrapa, these are the people who you don’t notice at first, but then its like a whirlpool of being invested in them, as opposed to being in Revati Nakshatra (another Piscean nakshatra) which would be a more dramatic pull, based off an extroverted personality. These people can be very good looking, more feminine looking, could definitely look like their mothers with this position. Brilliant luck in fields of arts and entertainment and also genius level of creativity and talent. Here, people can have brilliant luck too, like god’s hand on their head kind. Accumulation of wealth and property can also be seen here.

Now onto the really fun stuff. These people are actually rarely concerned with someone’s exterior, because often times such people have such good intuition and spiritual powers (some are literally called mystics because of this), they can literally see through someone. For this reason, they actually don’t like associating with too many people, despite having a very charming personality. These are the kind of people that keep searching for ‘the one’. These people often give up everything and go ahead and become priests. The calling to god with such a placement is very strong. They also don’t like collecting too many material possessions, as they feel its redundancy in this very changing world. These people hold the few people they’re close to, very very tightly to themselves. These people also may have a very low sexual drive actually, (i know, I know, how can a strong Venus do this?) because an exalted Venus is about devotion to god, to one person, and leaving sensory pleasures behind in life. A debilitated Venus on the other hand (eg. Jungkook has one) might make someone very invested in worldly matters. These people are happy with being alone and single for a long time, they’re very satisfied with their own company. Such placements can make someone practice magick or astral projection too. (Venus in 12th sign of liberation, liberation from physical body)

Given that in this chart, Venus is his 3rd and 8th lord, we can make further deductions. Firstly, since 3rd lord is going 11 houses away, its an extremely auspicious placement here. Self made person, making wealth through communication, can also have very witty and intelligent responses to things. Since the third house also represents courage and valor, this can make someone very fearless and say whats on their mind bluntly. Since the 3rd house is part of the Kama Trikon houses (houses of desire), this going into the 1st house, which is a part of the Dharma Trikon houses (houses of morality), gives interesting results here. Firstly, such people are fiercely independent, and hate to be disrupted when there pursuing their goals and working towards them. They hate to take help from anyone, and as a result are extremely competent. secondly, such people have a moral high ground, to which they religiously abide. They’re extremely righteous and stand up for those who wouldn’t be able to for themselves. Since from here, it aspects the 7th house of agreements, such people are great at understanding and signing contracts for work.

Now with the 8th house, we have a bit of a conundrum here honestly. It belongs to 2 types of houses, the moksha trikona houses (houses of salvation) as well as the Dushtana houses (evil houses). While this placement isn’t all that bad, it isn’t he best either. firstly though, this is a placement where the native always wins over their enemies (8th lord 6 houses away from itself), be it enemies as in people, or simply obstacles in their life. This also confers a long lifespan to people, given that his 8th lord is also exalted here. However such people are prone to accidents, given that the 1st house is the body, 8th house is sudden events and the natural 8th ruler mars is a karka or signifactor of vehicles. Such people are also against organized forms of religions, since the Dushtana lord is sitting in a dharma house. The native is also extremely private and secretive given the 1st house of self has the 8th lord of secrets sitting in it. Since it also aspects the 7th house of other people, this person has that aura of mystery about them because of this. Such people are deeply critical in nature but can have extreme wisdom in cases of hidden objects or matters of the occult.

Now coming to his aspects. His Venus is aspected by moon, Jupiter and Rahu. The first two are benefic in nature and the latter is malefic. Moon-Venus and Jupiter-Venus are also mutually aspecting each other in pairs here. Moon here gives Venus the property of being constantly cynical of themselves regards to what others may perceive them as, given moon is emotion and the 7th house here is other people. Their thoughts here are deeply influenced by other people, they may always keep serving other people too, through acts of service. This also makes someone who falls in love very easily, but it is important to engage this person’s mind in a relationship, they just cant do without an emotional bond here. Since Moon also represents fame in a chart, this makes a person very famous, as they receive attention from many people, and people want to analyze them, and enjoy their work and presence.

Jupiter here, makes the person level headed and practical. The person wouldn’t be all touchy feely with people they like, because they would like to remain more in control of the situation here. They’d rather engage in a full blown debate with someone, than hold hands. This also makes them very worldly and teacher like, while also being attracted to very worldly people themselves.

Rahu’s aspect on the other hand, makes someone stand out in a crowd (Rahu signifies an outcast), they may have a rough and cold exterior due to this. They may also have had issues with body image (1st house is self), or mental health here. These people are enamored by all things foreign, and love exploring the other cultures. They may have issues identifying with their own community at large, and may identify with the downtrodden of the society.

Now going to Jupiter and moon conjunction in the 7th house. I wont go very deep into this, as its a super interesting concept, and it’ll be better covered in the second part of the reading regarding the moon itself, so ill keep it short and related to the ascendant. Also the mutual aspect part will be explained in more detail in the miscellaneous section later. Plus this is getting far too long for even me now.

Getting on with the reading for now, moon and Jupiter here are in virgo, in a loose conjunction (one is at approximately 2’ and the other at 18’). This is actually one of the not very yogas (combinations)in a chart, about 15% of people have these. Its called the Gaj-Kesari yoga (the elephant and lion combination), because people with this are so extremely lucky, its like the kings of the jungle are together to support it. They have the wisdom of the elephant and the courage of a lion. This is a raj yoga (royal combination). a native born with Gaj-Kesari Yoga is intelligent, strong, and prosperous. Gaj or Elephant possesses immense strength and is devoid of pride and the Lion is known for his foresight and skillful intelligence as well as his strength, quickness, skillful leadership, ability and courage. Thus, when Gaj-Kesari Yoga is formed then that person is extremely successful. They will be a kind and philanthropic person, who will always have sympathy for others. They will be quite humble regarding work, would like to talk nicely to people and aim to attain spiritual progress in life. Many people will recognize them as their mentor or guide and will act according to their instructions or advice. They may have a tendency attracting people and people being magnetized by them. They will be blessed with abundant wealth and become the owner of movable and immovable property(cars as well as homes). They will establish relationships with rich and reputed people of the society and enjoy all kinds of material pleasures in life.

Since this occurs in virgo, it makes a person intelligent, sharp and gifts them with amazing memory power. Such a person is knowledgeable and can become the head of a large educational institution. He may own incomparable wealth and can earn a good name and money from business as well. Often such people earn a high reputation in the Stock Market and make progress in life by working in any financial institution or insurance sectors.

Here jupiter in particular makes someone extremely cynical in nature, and their mind is always, and I mean always, thinking about romantic relationships or platonic ones. However given that jupiter is also the 10th lord here, they could be extremely focused on work too. Their life is surrounded by contracts, and may work with others for a living(7th house is house of courts and partnership). They could be very interested in the financial sector here, they could be extremely money minded and money means stability to them. Moon here on the other hand makes the person very moody, and extremely dependent on their spouse or colleagues. Since it rules the fifth house here, it signifies that such people are extremely creative in their work, may work for children or young adults, have a lot of past life karma related to work, and also that they’re extremely devoted lovers. They tend to criticize their close friends and loved ones, just because they’re so cynical and blunt, and want the absolute best for people. They may hurt people’s feeling without realizing it sometimes. (this was very brief but refer to point 12)

Now coming to Saturn in 12th, as the lord of the birth nakshatra. Saturn over here signifies working in the fields of music, but given saturn represents electronics, it could mean a producer too. Since its in Aquarius here, a sign of dual lordship, this resents a constant up and down of mood and life spirit. The person with such a placement is confused with what truly makes them happy in life, the spiritual realm or the materialistic realm. They keep going up and down the path of being spiritual, till 36 years (saturn matters at 36). They may face a lot of mental disorders here. They may have trouble sleeping at night. Given saturn is also work, they may earn through foreign sources in life. Such a person invests money into properties (saturn is houses) and lacks liquid cash. The person may have a weak left eye (12th house is left eye). They may earn from multiple sources in life, and have multiple talents. Such people have low sex drives as saturn is a dry eunuch planet, and in the 12th house of bed pleasures, it may not allow native to enjoy it. They may not be interested in worldly pleasures with such placements.

Lastly (finally?), we have to discuss the looks! Pisces ascendents usually have the short to medium height, and tend to appear a little fuller even when they’re very scrawny. (its because jupiter is the largest planet). Uttarabhadrapada natives tend to have a very innocent look to them, a very calming nature and vibe. however, like the deep sea serpant, they have very deep and magnetic eyes, and a very expressive face (yoongi memes). They usually have a very beautiful smile, and can literally attract people with it (again the snake like quality). They tend to have a very blank look usually, and if you ever notice, they’ll have the most stunning eyelashes actually, given the yoni is the female cow. They might also have the habit of moving their mouth around when their thinking, quite like ruminating.

Given venus sits here, is gives the person very attractive, effeminate features. Think extremely renaissance type of soft features. It can give them very delicate hands and feet with such a placement. The moon aspect here, gives them a rounded face and pale skin. They might have sparkly eyes and a roundish appearance here, also the tendency to gain weight around their face, with short necks. They make also look much younger than their actual age.The jupiter aspect again makes the native very other worldly looking, almost like you can imagine them in a dark robe literally performing rituals. It gives people a calm and teacher type of vibe to them. The rahu aspect usually just blows qualities out of proportion. Have you seen how small and angelic suga looks compared to the other? (not saying they’re not angelic but still), thats the rahu aspect. Again, rahu aspects only get better with time.

So this was my analysis! If anyone has any questions or doubts, hit me up! Let me know if you enjoyed it!

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[five-rivers]

I saw that gods usually rank about 6-7, but what qualifies as a god in the eyes of the edge institute? Are gods just very powerful supernatural entities? If so, are there any requirements an entity has to meet to qualify as a god? (Age, origin, power level, are they worshipped, etc) Or are gods a more or less distinct species? Do you think Danny could take on a god in a fight? Does Danny qualify as a god?

What about demigods? Are they a hybrid species between gods and another, weaker species like in Greek mythology? Are they a subspecies of gods? What’s the difference between a god and a demigod?

I spent the last two or three days staring at this in my inbox and sweating because it turns out I don’t have a super solid definition of what a god is for the Edge Institute universe.  

I kind of started.  I decided that a got had to be:

Sentient and sapient

Derive power from worship or belief

Be capable of hearing and answering prayers

I didn’t want to nail down any specific powerset, because of how diverse gods tend to be, but I thought this was good, until I realized-

This could literally just be some guy.  Like, a normal baseline human could fill any of those requirements.  Even if two generally would require some sketchy sketchy ethics.

I thought about it some more.  And all I got was:

Immortal

Which is in level four right now, and I don’t want just any immortal dude to be a god.  

Another day got me:

Has great power over some aspect of reality, either physically or metaphysically

Which is better, but still... not really enough in a setting with a lot of supernatural beings hanging around all the time.  

Plus I realized that I don’t really like gods being entirely dependent on worship or belief for their powers, which was another problem.

So, instead of fixing the problem, I have decided that the Institute itself doesn’t have a rigorous definition of godhood.  They operate on a ‘you know it when you see it’ basis.  This usually works, and most things that would generally be called gods in mythology based on their abilities would ping as sixes or sevens as far as entity levels go.  

Of course, this would probably bother some people.  So I bulleted out a new character, because that’s how I deal with any and every plot issue.  

Latisha Cray

·       Department: Research

·       Entity level: 0

·       Primarily interested in questions of divinity and how it holds up in a world with the supernatural, etc.

·       Is trying to form a comprehensive theory of godhood or find some quantitative means of determining whether or not something is a god.

·       Has degrees in theology, comparative mythology, and religious history

·       Is avoided by all gods at all times.  No one knows why.  

·       Has never directly interacted with an entity higher than a level four.  That singular level four is Mark.  

·       Mark also avoids her.

Depending on the god, Danny could fight on even footing and win.  As to whether or not Danny is a god... canon Danny isn’t, but the Danny expy I’m filing the serial numbers off of and changing enough to avoid copyright issues is. 

#edge institute #danny phantom #ask #answer #yes this is how I make new characters #what of it?

[veryvincible]

Hey! 👋🏼 I was looking at Tonys panel with Carol and his AA panels. It got me thinking how can a person like Tony .. who is an atheist, a believer of science and a confident engineer rely on AA which has a religious foundation (the 12 steps) and place so power on God. I know secular AA have different takes on it and encourage a personal definition of God as any higher power the person may choose. But doesn’t that defeat Tonys belief? Because I don’t think he believes in a higher power regardless if it’s a deity or not.

This is a wonderful question. There’s a lot of nuance to the answer, in my opinion, because I think there are some things called into question here that Tony (very realistically) treats with a lot of complexity.

Firstly, Tony’s atheism is kind of... I don’t want to say it’s up in the air, because at this point, I think it’s kind of made its place in canon and fanon both. But, most likely as a result of the times in which he was created, he has been shown in canon (at least in the early stages of his life) to follow some sort of organized religion. This is from Iron Man Vol. 1 #164, and it’s... not strong evidence for him being a spiritual man, as most people who call themselves “not that religious” tend to be religious by way of traditions, but. You know. It is what it is.

Of course, we could dismiss this as yet another thing that early canon imposed on a character who wouldn’t be like that at this point in time, but I think it brings up interesting beats in the way Tony’s character has progressed over the years.

Considering him as someone who may have been raised as traditionally religious makes sense in the context of defining events, as well, given that we watch him pray the Lord’s prayer in #14 of Iron Man Vol. 4, one of his Civil War tie-ins.

Given the proximity to the alcohol (and the point he’s at in the timeline, here), one could also easily assume that even if he had no religious background, the very presence of the Lord’s prayer in AA meetings could have formed a connection in his head between this “worship” and sobriety-- at the very least, enough of one that the prayer strengthens the effectiveness of his willpower. It seems the little push he needs to pour a drink down the drain is borderline Pavlovian.

There’s actually a lot of religious imagery in Tony comics in general. He’s a man with a suit facing conundrums of cosmic proportions. It’s difficult for him to keep rationale exclusively within the range of earthly probabilities.

Point is, his atheism doesn’t come from his disbelief in a higher power. It’s quite the contrary, actually. His atheism comes from a belief that there’s no single entity that could claim the title of God, that any being willing to try has, just by being, already forfeited the title.

Which is a fair assessment to make, given that he’s fought many people claiming to be Gods, and they’ve all bled. He’s also watched people worship Gods that turned out to not... really be Gods, whether they were otherworldly beings, his buddy Thor, or, uh, himself. The idea of him, at least. In space.

Because of course that happened.

But Tony actually does have a higher power to give himself up to in these meetings. In Civil War II #1, he very explicitly states it:

“I respect the future. I believe in the future. I worship at its feet.”

“The Future” to him is something he can affect, certainly, but he’s aware of just how massive it is, just how massive all of time is compared to the few decades he’ll spend on earth. This is his higher power, his cosmic deity of choice.

It can’t bleed. It can’t falter. It’s inevitable.

And this mindset is... pretty in line with everything else he’s done. He’s referred to himself as a “necessary monster.” He’s implied many times over that he thinks he’s rotten and potentially dangerous, but he’s also intelligent and capable and he wants to do the right thing, even if he doesn’t always know what that is. 

If you’ve ever been in a religious environment, you’ll probably recognize his mindset going into any problem: there’s always a solution, always information he’s missing, always a “right choice” he’s looking for with a domino effect that’ll be as favorable as possible for future generations. He trusts in the future the way people trust in God, with an awareness that he’ll never have all the pieces to make sense of everything, but he can have enough information to act. And he must act, or else his worth, his right to be alive, even, is at stake.

So, needless to say, he’s not praying to a mainstream God. But religious imagery isn’t and has never been off-putting to him, and though he certainly could seek out unreligious (is that a word?) alternatives to AA, I find it hard to believe that he would, given just how influential his higher power of choice is as it guides him through life. He puts everything at stake for it, going so far as to make choices that will destroy not only himself, but also his relationships with his loved ones if it means he’s doing what he perceives to be the right thing.

Secondly, even if he were a man who had no belief in any form of higher power, not even a stand-in for it, AA still might not be something he’d discard in favor of an alternative.

Religion serves as a guide. Most often, it has “do”s and “do not”s, certain beliefs it supports, and a kind of... basic explanation of what human life is and how it should be treated. One of the more common threads among most religions that I’m aware of (I am not an expert in religious studies; please don’t @ me) is the idea that human life is generally sacred, and as such, people should treat each other with respect. Yes, some texts can contradict this, but the general rule is “be nice to each other!” when you really look at the basics of what people are trying to teach. At its core, religion is linked to what we as humans already tend to for the sake of survival: compassion.

As such, though we might not always identify with religion as a concept, it’s not difficult to identify with some religious morals and teachings. Some people take to certain teachings better than others-- it’s super case-by-case-- but if you’re stuck in a religious environment listening to some preaching or anything, there’s probably going to be something you can relate to, and some way you can morph and adopt the message. This isn’t, like, all-encompassing, by the way. Of course there are some things that atheists and religious folk will never be able to relate to within each other, but.

You get what I mean.

I’m an atheist myself. I spent a chunk of my schooling at a religious institution. At best, there were messages that affected me deeply (as they were hard-hitting even when I stripped them of the God-worshipping aspects). At worst, I had to grit my teeth through some assignments, though I felt mostly indifferent (if slightly resentful at times, more out of frustration with the closed-mindedness of the administration than with the concept of religion itself). My experience isn’t universal, of course-- some people in my shoes were more frustrated and angry than I was, and I can see why. But my point is, being an atheist in and of itself (even one as strict as Tony) doesn’t render religious imagery useless.

For example, if you happen to pass by a pastor preaching about struggles with guilt, you might not identify with the sentiment of “Give your worries to God and know He’ll take care of you.” However, you could identify with the sentiment of, “Those little things, those side effects of decisions you’ve made? They’re here. Those decisions have been made. You’re allowed to swallow past the reality of what it is that’s passed and move on. You’re allowed to let go of it, so long as you’re better today than you were yesterday.”

It’s especially easy to do this if you’re listening to or being exposed to content from a religion you’re already familiar with; in Tony’s case, if we assume he was a Christian at one point or was raised with Christian ideals (not unbelievable in the slightest, given his circumstances and upbringing), then he wouldn’t have to do a lot of heavy lifting in order to get to “core messages” of certain Christian teachings that he could still identify with. Couple that with the higher power mentioned before, and... it’s not hard to see what might be appealing to him about AA, and it’s not hard to see why it was so effective at sticking in his mind all the way through his darkest periods in life.

Now comes the less healthy part.

There’s also an aspect of self-flagellation to it that I feel Tony might identify with on a deeper level. We’ve seen him hate himself openly, and we know how he regards himself. Even if he managed to find himself in a courthouse-like environment where the religious undertones were more about judgment than recovery, I don’t know that that would necessarily... push him away? He’s already told himself there’s something rotting and evil at his core many times over. He’s already committed himself to a lifestyle of atonement and progress, punishing himself when he fails to accomplish things no human reasonably could and barely praising himself when he doesn’t fail. Do I think these kinds of meetings would be totally sustainable for him, given that he clearly needs to feel pride or relief on some level for conquering his demons? No, not really, but. I don’t think he’d abandon them straight away.

Besides, every healing environment he’s been shown in has been more on the welcoming, open side, even if we only get to see a bare bones interpretation of AA (with deeper exploration happening more with Tony’s response to it, or his and Carol’s responses to each other) in canon. He’s in a good place with it, and it’s very nice to see.

Tl;dr: Again, great question. At the end of the day, I think the combination of self-loathing, his desire for progress, and his conceptualization of “the future” as his higher power makes AA a good fit for him despite his lack of a belief in "God” as an entity.

#cassks #religion #alcohol tw #the day has come where my quasi-religious background has become useful #if there are parts of this that are illegible... that is my bad #i have. a killer headache right now #and i hurt all over #but thank you for the ask it was very nice

[alatismeni-theitsa]

Hi theitsa! There has been something on my mind for quite a while, pertaining to PJO. I've always wanted to rewrite it with my own interpretation of the text and with due respect to the gods, but I've also been worried about doing the same thing that Rick did badly in regards to Greek people and Greek culture. Do you have any tips for how to strike the balance between writing things like Hades/Persephone's story and being respectful in the process? Like things to avoid and such?

hello! I am happy you want to do this and that you are asking for info! As a general rule, if you are writing a culture you are not familiar with, you can’t assume that something happens there unless you research it. There are things you don’t know that you don’t know.

And the research must take quite a few hours if you want to do solid work and give off the “feel” of the culture. That being said, you don't have to be an encyclopedia and get absolutely everything correct. There is always some room for ambiguity and small mistakes are human.

As you know, the gods are still important figures for the Greeks are symbols of many of our national teams and services. What is more, many ancient customs have kept on to this day. If your story takes place in the modern world, Hermes could be happy that he is the face of the postal office of Greece. Demeter is not the only one named “Demeter”. Many Greek women and men have that name. And is better to use Greek diminutives for names (#diminutives ) rather than their English ones.

Again, if you are writing in a modern-day setting, take into consideration the existence of the Hellenic nation and its history. I’d say dare write the story in Greece. But if you want to put the gods somewhere else, make them care about the place where they were worshiped the most. If you leave your home country as an immigrant, you still care what happens to it, right?

Not to mention that Greeks made sure the names of the gods, their stories, and depictions were preserved (and as I said, they are still important symbols). Dionysiac festivals still take place in many regions and sometimes Greeks dress up like the gods to embody them or reenact their stories.

Modern Greece is a continuity of “ancient Greece” and there is a strong chance the gods feel at home there for cultural reasons. Therefore, it won't make sense if you jump 2.000 years from antiquity to today, because that will erase the impact of previous triumphs and catastrophes. (Search an overview of Greek history - even in Wikipedia - to get some context.)  

You must also decide if you want your story to be light or a bit deeper. You may address some “problematic” aspects if you like, bringing some old habits of the gods to the modern day. I would, though, advise following the pattern of the myths. I mean, Zeus is not leaving women pregnant because he is a dick. He does it because he is a fertility god and from him great Hellenic heroes are born. He doesn't fuck around to create random peasants. He is divine power in the mortal world. 

Remember the gods are grand, powerful, wrathful when you underestimate them, helpful when you need them, wise, and (above all) worthy of worship. Sure, they are not “perfect” like the Abrahamic god is said to be, but that doesn't change their importance and influence. The ancient societies saw something in them if they worshiped them for eons.

Humans can’t judge them. The problems of the gods (created by their own “imperfections”) are only theirs. They are on another level.

Those are some “boundaries” that are likely to keep the depiction respectful.

To return again to the Greek culture, as you have probably guess and plan to do, I’d say include people of Greek heritage. Those can be Greeks living in Greece or Greeks of diaspora. If your story takes place in Argentina, there will be some Greeks there. If you want to showcase the culture you can do it through them, as well.

As a broad description of the Greek culture, I see it as a bittersweet dipole. It is ridiculous and austere, loud and bitter, friendly and envious, traumatized and ambitious. It’s like a person with PTSD who still laughs but sometimes relapses and their coping mechanisms are... questionable. Yet, they get through every day (and perhaps, many times they feel they won’t make it).

We are fucking up our own country but when we get into pressing situations we excel. The higher the stakes, the better we’ll behave and produce. The culture is also family-oriented and very personal (too close for comfort, at times).

Those are not exclusive to the Greek culture, of course. It’s just a set of behaviors, ideas and values that might be more specific to this culture.

There are some movies you can see to catch the tone of the Greek society. In my tag #greek movies  I have some who have English and Spanish subs. If you want to see interactions and dialogues there are my tags #greek youtubers and #podcast. And #greek memes (why not)

Unrelated: one or two “opa” in the proper moments (stumbling, remembering that you forgot something, “hold on!”, realizing you fucked up, uplifting a dancer or a dancing group) might give some realism xD

For some social issues you may want to search my tags #race in Greece and #race in Europe although for greeks of diaspora things might be a bit different. You can also take a look at #greek speaks. You may send me an ask if you don't know what happens in a specific country and I will try to get info (or rely on the asks of greeks of diaspora). 

I have a #writing tag, I think you will find many posts there that will help you. You may also want to see #greek customs  #greek traditions , #greek dances #greek history, #greek people. If you type anything in my search bar or search for tags I use, you will find many more things. 

If I didn't exactly answer your question, feel free to send another ask :) If you have more questions you can drop by, as well. Or send a PM.

#writing #answered #writing tag

[daikini-in-the-twilyhtmist]

Oracle of the White Rabbit

I was recently quite excited to learn about the newest Matrix movie, which was kind of weird for me, as I haven't been much into tv & movies for quite a while now. To my surprise, it was the soundtrack to the preview that immediately captured my attention - almost more then the preview itself... and then it got stuck in my head - for DAYS, on repeat. 

**Cue the Morpheus voiceover: "What you know you can't explain, but you feel it.... You don't know WHAT it is, but it's there - like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad."** Yeah, that song was dead set on getting my attention.

When I finally got rid of it, I started realizing a few days later that I understood it beyond the surface meaning; and basically, I decoded the story that it was telling - it turns out to be all about right NOW. Is it prophetic? Subconscious social engineering? Quantum entanglement between the life and the art, so that they mirror and reflect each other? Who knows...  

It appears to me to be a sort of trigger, or a reminder of what to do when the time comes, of what you NEED to do - and yes, I realize that this sounds very MK ultra secret agent-y; but it is what it is. I assumed it was probably just a message for me, but then I had 2 separate YouTuber's basically confirm the message in their own unique way, and then supplied additional info that is... quite compelling and pertinent to keep in mind, and utilize. So I'll link those two vids below the song decoding portion, but please watch them as they have some VERY helpful info in them - especially the 2nd half of Naughty Beav's vid, the Alba Weinman part. Anyways, here's the song with lyrics, and the decode I got for it:

https://youtu.be/YE3ZXm92CJ0

Preface: The story overall is describing the multidimensional aspects of the human being, and how certain "controllers" have manipulated the general population into thinking that we are only ONE SINGLE aspect (i.e. this linear 3D realm template of a human) of our various extended selves - and have waged war (and still are) to maintain that control over us to keep their positions power.

Song: White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane

ONE PILL MAKES YOU LARGER AND ONE PILL MAKES YOU SMALL These “pills” are alternate dimensional perspectives - the actual embodiment of them from a larger and smaller POV - Annunaki are generally around 10-16 feet tall, and the Fae are considered to be tiny little elemental beings; BOTH sizes make you visit WONDERLAND though! You can SEE & FEEL that there is MORE beyond just this vessel and life viewpoint, more to YOU that goes on to other places where this particular body-ego cannot. AND THE ONES (pills) THAT MOTHER GIVES YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING AT ALL The world perspectives and programs installed in our parents are for a different agenda, time and place - they've since expired and are therefore useless to us... those POV's just don't do anything, except stagnate you. GO ASK ALICE (<your inner child, direct connection to Source Creator) WHEN SHE'S 10 FEET TALL (<in her Annunaki 5th dimensional or above form) Oh yeah, I'd LOVE to see you try and argue those belief systems with THAT version of her/YOU, that'll be fun! Good luck with that, BwahahaaHaahaaa!!!

AND IF YOU GO CHASING RABBITS This "You" ISN'T YOU - it's a hypothetical scenario. As in: If YOU were part of a group of dark, nefarious beings, who CAN'T timeline jump to higher realms on their own, but wanted to... wouldn't YOU chase those 'rabbits', to sneak in after them, (or somehow piggyback on them) to go thru the (portals) tunnels that they naturally create? Well... wouldn't you?!!! AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO FALL These beings know their time is limited; as the energetic  frequencies of the earth raises - LITERALLY - we have to ELEVATE with Earth (or die, as it’s not compatible); but they can only FALL since they cannot follow us - their heavier energies & choices aligned with that vibe basically anchor them down. When the Earth sheds those lower energies, they appear to “fall’ - Earth rides a sine wave up and down in a continuous cycle; right now the rollercoaster is ascending. TELL 'EM A HOOKAH SMOKING CATERPILLER HAS GIVEN YOU THE CALL Say it with me: COVER STORY!!! So just tell them that you've contacted extraterrestrials, or "Ashtar Command" in a higher dimension, who relays "guidance" to you while you're in a channeling state of mind... exchange your religious/guru worship programming (it’s SO last year) for an unvetted channeled source to worship and obey blindly instead. Pick your poison, ‘cuz dying is fun (whether that be literal, spiritual or otherwise).FYI: I am anti-establishment regarding religions; your connection to Source Creator is meant to be direct & personal, always growing - those outside things are GUIDEPOSTS for consideration and participation when you deem it useful. Not necessary, though, and CERTAINLY not mandatory... they can be helpful though, nevertheless. CALL ALICE WHEN SHE WAS JUST SMALL No doubt they WOULD try to contact you while you were young and vulnerable (and they might have already) - train a child up in the way they should go, and all that. It applies whether it be physically done or in the astral/dream state - it's also prime alien abduction time, in both cases, too: it happens most often around the 3-10 years old timeframe, generally. **Alternatively, this could mean that YOU need to recall your inner child/younger self, when you were more pure - and RECONNECT to (the true you, prior to life’s enforced programming) yourself from there, as a means of counteracting and recognizing any false “messages of light”.**

WHEN THE MEN ON THE CHESSBOARD This is the Masonic, Illuminati and other controller group factions (alphabet agencies included) - The chessboard is primarily associated with the Masonic lodges, though, like the ladder - it's their way of bypassing the middle path (opening the 3rd eye, spiritually evolving through kundalini awakening and such), but still attempting to climb up to 'higher planes'... through magickal rituals and workings of one sort or another, I think. The Sun and Moon pillars are on either side, the battle of fire and Ice. THEY are the ones that "play the game" with humanity, as it were, and “set the stage” on the gameboard in many ways.

It’s like this in their art and iconography...

But it’s like THIS in the physical body structure, see:

Side Note: I learned this and wrote it down/drew it up by watching and following Lavette's channel on YouTube - her channel is under this (her real) name, so if you want to understand & decode the esoteric symbology and all that, check her out, she has a wealth of knowledge to share...  it's great stuff!!!

Anyways, moving on with the decode...

>> when the men on the chessboard << GET UP AND TELL YOU WHERE TO GO Or where you CAN'T go, or things you can’t go DO - lockdowns, anyone? AND YOU'VE JUST EATEN SOME KIND OF MUSHROOM Or taken some kind of drug, to check out (with alcohol, pharmaceuticals) as a means of coping; or perhaps just a medically coerced and/or forced untested injectable... that shall remain unnamed. (a la Voldemorte)  AND YOUR MIND IS MOVING LOW Because your consciousness and/or interdimensional capacities are capped, having been anchored down into lower frequencies due to your choices. ASK ALICE I THINK SHE'LL KNOW Ask your inner child/spiritual connection WHAT TO DO

WHEN LOGIC AND PROPORTION HAVE FALLEN SLOPPY DEAD That's RIGHT NOW, with the media, the actions of the government, corporations & the alphabet agencies - everything from them is WAY out of proportion, (they're self contradicting) and illogical...  it's “fallen sloppy dead” is about as literal of a description as you can get. AND THE WHITE KNIGHT IS TALKING BACKWARDS Is this Biden? Maybe Trump? Could be whomever you deem to be our hero, or fixate on as a knight "in shining armor" charging to our rescue, I suppose. AND THE RED QUEEN'S "OFF WITH HER (THEIR) HEAD!!!" The red queen is the sentient A.I. computer located under the airport in Colorado from what I understand... so this could be indicating the weather warfare or DEW, the internet consciousness battlefront, or a whole host of other things that could be directed by that (besides the jabs), which seeks to kill off a great swath of humanity. The Red Queen could also be a means to direct the jib-jabbed peoples like zombies when they're "turned on" like antennas, once the graphene in the injectables does its work. It would certainly explain all the “zombie apocalypse” protocols and policies that have been made by certain corporations and agencies - all of which was done in a serious manner... so here’s that.

So, now THIS is where it gets interesting (for me, anyways).

Every. Single. Time. That I hear this next verse, I hear it spoken a DIFFERENT way, like a glitch that simultaneously layers a different version on top of the other one, so that they are both communicated at once. This is the 'secret key', the ANSWER - remember, this part of the song says: When this & that happens, and when this person and that ‘person’ are acting THIS WAY - THEN:

REMEMBER WHAT THE DORMOUSE SAYS Dormouse - a tiny squirrel-like mouse, that is rather famous for being able to HIBERNATE for EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME - sometimes 6 months of the year, or more, if the temperatures stay cold enough. The lower the frequency, the cooler the temperature, usually. (The Sleeper MUST Awaken! ~ Dune) << This word - Dormouse - transforms into DHARMA. So the verse: "Remember what the Dormouse said" turns into "Remember what the DHARMA SAYS". For more on dharma, see here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma

The dormouse speaks of the head - waking up and remembering mentally; but when it morphs into dharma, it speaks of the heart waking up; and returning to it’s inherent wisdom, returning to the spirit-soul self. So that is the key message that keeps coming thru on this:

Remember what the dormouse/dharma Says: FEED YOUR HEAD-HEART CONNECTION (and stack your dharma)!!! Spiritual GAINS, baby!

The final verse is repeated twice; I believe this indicates that the areas to apply it to are your outward actions here in the outer world, and your inner realm locals: your thoughts and feelings. FEED the CONNECTION on each level, to be and do good, and to stand up in integrity and defend that sacred space on EACH LEVEL whenever it's needed. The mind-heart connection and coherence part is actually mentioned specifically in The Naughty Beaver video linked below, too... but there will undoubtedly be internal emotional and mental attacks that only you can recognize and shield against, or fight back against to maintain your inner calm and wholeness of spirit. The stronger the mind-heart coherence is, though, the higher you vibe naturally; so it grants you a certain level of protection automatically - I feel that's why they push the jab-berwocky so hard through social/economic pressure, and emotional guilt and gaslighting; to block that potential before you ever reach it, so you can still be "hacked", or locked down, energetically. 

Feed your head = higher mind = higher perspective. Maintain THAT, then ACT FROM THERE. (Faith without works is dead, yo) See the other two vids below, and thank you for reading thus far. You/We’ve got this - Be Excellent to (yourself and) Each Other... and Party On!

The “Naughty Beaver” confirmation, perspective & guidance on this: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHeDnhc8Jfg

The “YellowRoseforTexas” standpoint and confirmation:

https://youtu.be/tmYdSFj3WYE

As a final thought... look how unbelievably FREAKING CUTE dormice are IRL! ! ! ! KAWAII ! ! !

#matrix ressurections #naughty beaver #yellowrosefortexas #white rabbit #spiritual gains #highermind #jefferson airplane #dormouse

[huihuiheart]

In Bed - Wen Junhui

Good god, someone help me please.....

Requests: Open, for this.

 I really apologise cause I don't like this it's not the way I want it, but it's late and I have a boarder line migraine and this is the second time I wrote this now. I also rewrote the whole thing in an hour. Hopefully you all think it's okay. Also not that I really edit any of my stuff but this really isn't edited cause I'm tired and not feeling up to it, but it's okay! So yeah! Hopefully it's at least acceptable according to all of your standards!

NFSW Description Below:

BDSM Test: Results:

100% Exhibitionist 100% Voyeur 100% Rigger 100% Experimentalist 99% Sadist 87% Owner 86% Master/Mistress 86% Dominant 75% Pet 75% Daddy/Mommy 74% Switch 72% Degrader 69% Non-monogamist 64% Primal (Hunter) 64% Masochist 64% Degradee 61% Submissive 57% Rope bunny 51% Brat tamer 44% Ageplayer 41% Slave 39% Primal (Prey) 38% Brat 35% Boy/Girl 17% Vanilla

Description:

Exhibitionist/Voyeur: Let me just say that Junhui is hella sexual okay? Like he's got stamina and he has confidence in both his looks and his abilities. So he WILL NOT hesitate to shoot porn, even stuff that other people will see. He loves to show off! He also likes watching others though he likes the aesthetic of it and if he's not committed then it's something to get off too. He'll also be more than willing to teach people how to do different things in bed, so he'll show off kinks with you to teach them.

Rigger: This has some what to do with his love of showing off and because of that this'll only show up more if he's in a relationship. He loves to show everyone what is all his and what he can do to you that absolutely no one else can do. He also gets off on having control and power, so being able to control how you're tired up and your movement really gets him going.

Experimentalist: He's already pretty fucking freaky, but he's always willing to find something new to try out in bed. Which is yet another reason why he'll watch others fuck, maybe he'll see something he wants to try. I don't see him as having any hard nos really. Some things he might be a little hesitant about, but you know as long as it's eased into he'll probably be okay with trying it out. Might not mean he's into it but as long as you don't get pushy with anything it probably won't become a hard no.

Sadist: Okay, so let me say this. It's not that it's the pain per say that he gets off on. We're going to go back to how he gets off on control and power. Seeing the look in your eyes when you know what's coming and the marks he leaves behind claiming you work him up so much. Not going to lie the first few times he completely let out his sadistic nature the weak sounds, the marks blooming on your skin, and tears lining your eyes was enough to have him cumming untouched even domming. Jun had no shame about that either, in fact he was a cocky little shit about it. Even after he gets more control his cock still twitches and he has to bite back sounds every so often. (If he's giving you some pain while he's fucking you, then you can bet money he'll be cumming faster than normal.)

Owner/Master/Dominant/Daddy: So a little background, even though he's usually the dominant one he worships his S/O and has so much respect for them. So when you respect and love his body in return he's in heaven. That being said he's not going to let you just call him by his name when he's domming. I don't think he'll care too too much what you call him in bed. He does prefer owner with master as a very close second because of how "respectful" they are, but he definitely wouldn't be opposed to daddy. So whatever you're into he's probably okay with.

Pet: So as you can see this is just slightly above switch and I'll explain why. Because he's a Dom lean you'll have to work a bit more to get him to switch, but he's a little bit more willing to give in to be your pet. Not actually cause he's wanting to give into being your sub easier, but because he knows the way you react when he's your pet and this fucker wants to have something to mess with you about.

Switch: This one is pretty self explanatory I feel. But submissive is a little lower and that's cause I have a feeling that Jun has like this in-between mode. Where it's more like vanilla sex, but very passionate vanilla (sometimes boarder line Dom if some of his primal aspects come out). It just depends on his mood honestly.

Degrader: Now I feel like he's going to like this to a certain extent. However, I feel like when he degrades you it's blended so beautifully with praise. Since he worships you wants to make you feel like his dirty little sinner bit also his god/goddess. He's so good at dirty talk though, everything that leaves his mouth is so filthy and flirty, he's seductive and tempting but also passionate and make you feel like the most beautiful thing on the planet. His voice and words make you think he's a siren at times.

Non-monogamist: Okay so of you're like me then you probably expected this to be higher. I thought about it though and here's the thing, I feel like he'd feel kinda like I do about this, so hopefully I can explain it in a way that makes sense. He's okay with poly and open relationships, I'm not saying he's not. However, if that's something you think you might want then be open with him about that from the start of your relationship please. Because if you bring it up "suddenly" later his confidence will suddenly vanish. He'll be worried that you're simply asking because he's not satisfying you whether it be sexually or otherwise. Which will make him jealous and possessive until you convince him that it's not the case.

Primal (Hunter): There are certain things about Jun that are primal and you can definitely expect to show up. Like totally expect teeth, nails, and growls. However, I feel like you're not gonna get more primal than than too often. He has to lose control to get more primal and he loves his control (and is super fucking patient). Though sometimes he'll corner you or really let loose, but he's gotta be really worked up for that and that's not something that you're going to want to draw out. Unless you can go quite a few rounds cause once he gets started like that it's going to take A LOT to satisfy him.

Masochist: So lets be real here, Junhui 100% has a marking kink and he'll put up with whatever pain it takes to get your mark on his skin. CLAIM HIM! Even if he's domming just tat his skin up please, leave your mark EVERYWHERE!!! PLEASE!!!! However, the pain itself isn't his thing and the reason why is because he has a high pain tolerance I feel. And to him instead of that meaning he can take it longer and get more pleasure from it he just feels like it takes too long to get that pleasuring tingle from the pain to show up. As a sub he's not patient enough for that and as a dom it just isn't gonna happen sorry boo. If you're really a sadist though I'd say work him up with the marks first and see if you can get that to build him up first and you might be able to get him to the pleasuring pain point easier.

Degradee: So the type of degredation he's okay with is probably going to be similar to what he gives. He's always so in awe that someone as beautiful and perfect as you is around (and underneath that confidence he's soft). So basically it's very easily to go from it being dirty talk to him taking it seriously and thinking you actually mean what you're saying and he's not going to be okay then. He'll be genuinely hurt and his self worth could be damaged as well so just be careful.

Submissive/Rope Bunny: So his Dom side and his sub side are night and day let me tell you! As a dom he's sadistic, deep voiced, marking, and growling; but as a sub his voice is high pitched, he's whining so easy, putty in your hands, and he's going to like being a good little prince. He's open to being tied up but he doesn't usually see the need for it and that's because he's usually so good. You want a certain position? He's already there and ready. You want him to stay still or quite? Done. He takes pride in being good for you.

Brat tamer: So not that he won't take brats, but he's really fucking patient and he's got a lot of self control. So you really gotta get him to snap. Though if you're hoping for that then you're in luck. He's kept a mental list of everything you've done that was worthy of a decent punishment (not just his smaller everyday punishments) since the last time you got him to snap. And you're going to get what you truly deserved as punishment for each and everyone of those.

Ageplayer: Honestly would probably only so that if his S/O wanted it. He's not going to judge at all he's just not super into it I don't think. More willing to deal with an S/O who had the tendencies of a little than the other way around honestly. If that's what you need than he's not going to keep it from you. (Like I said, secretly a softie.)

Slave: Probably similar to why he doesn't see the need for being a rope bunny. He's your good sweet prince as a sub. Also he loves when you worship him like he does you, so this is kinda like degredation where you'd have to be careful not to make him think that's how you really view him. Though that's not to say he won't do it. (like I said I don't see him having any hard now unless he has a bad experience with something)

Primal(Prey): He's just not going to have a lot of these tendencies. Even if you're being primal (hunter) around him he's not going to shrink back or be easily intimidated. He just thinks your biting and scratching is kinky af. 🤷‍♀️ Sorry boo, but it's probably just not gonna happen unless you get the conditions perfect to get him to give in.

Brat: He might be a little bratty every so often to either 1. See your reaction. 2. He knows you like it. He prefers to be a good boy though. When he makes you work to get him subby it's not that he's being bratty. It's that you have to work to get that switch to flip and actually get him as a sub.

Boy: Kinda already went over this in ageplay. It's not impossible, but he's not gonna really be into it. (It would literally be 100% for you.) Though he is a kinky motherfucker so he'll experiment with it multiple times before he'll admit that with absolutely no problems and he'll be entirely open with you about what he thinks.

Vanilla: So not that is won't happen, but there will be a very specific reason why vanilla sex is happening. 1. His S/O is inexperienced (aka first time) and wants to take it slow. 2. His S/O wants vanilla that time. 3. He's in that in-between that I talked about earlier. I'm not going to get too into first time with Jun cause that could be a whole other smut deal (that I'm looking for an excuse to write anyways someone please give it to me). Anyways if his S/O wants vanilla then it could literally be anywhere from passionate to soft, even giggly loving morning vanilla. I swear Jun can do it all in bed (kinky ass hoe). The in-between shows up when you're both trying to see who's gonna dom/sub (for that round anyways) for whatever reason and his patience just runs out, like he needs you and he needs you right fucking now, in his mind you're gonna go multiple rounds anyways and he needs it now so 🤷‍♀️ it'll probably be filthy and passionate in this case though.

#wen junhui #junhui smut #junhui #seventeen smut #seventeen jun

[thewahookid]

ENTER INTO MY IMMACULATE HEART

(Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary)

#154 The Whole Church in My refuge - Nagasaki, Japan June 3, 1978

"What happened in this place could soon happen in every part of the world if my children do not accept my invitation to return to God…

…Enter into my Immaculate Heart: it is the refuge which the Mother gives you. In it you will find all that I have prepared for you in order to pass through the terrible hours of purification through which you are now living.

The whole Church must now enter into my refuge: with the Pope, the bishops, the priests, and all the faithful. It is for this reason that I am leading you to all parts of the world. The time has come when the small remnant, who will remain faithful and with whom Jesus will bring about the realization of His reign, must enter, in its entirety, into my Immaculate Heart. Whoever does not enter into this refuge will be carried away by the great tempest which has already begun to rage." MESSAGE #6 - JULY 21, 1973 AND MESSAGE #22 - OCT. 20, 1973

"To be consecrated to me means to let yourself be led by me. It means to entrust yourself to me, like a child who lets itself be led by its mother. "You must therefore accustom yourself to a new way of thinking, to a new way of acting. It is not your place to think of what is best for you; do not be making plans of building your tomorrow..." "…it is enough for you to say just as a little child: 'Mother, I trust you, I let myself be led by you. Tell me: what must I do?' " (6abc) "When a thing is consecrated, it is removed from all uses other than the sacred one to which it has been assigned, and so it is with an object designated for the divine worship. But this can also be the case with a person, when such a one is called by God to render Him perfect worship. Understand then how your true act of consecration is that of baptism. By this sacrament, instituted by Jesus, grace is communicated to you, placing you in an order of life higher than your own, namely the supernatural life. Through this you participate in the divine nature, you enter into a communion of love with God, and your actions, accordingly, have a new value exceeding that of your nature, because they have a value which is truly divine. After baptism you are then destined for the perfect glorification of the Most Holy Trinity and consecrated to live in the love of the Father, in the imitation of the Son, and in full communion with the Holy Spirit. The fact that characterizes the act of consecration is its totality: when you are consecrated you are then wholly so, and forever! When I ask you for the consecration to my Immaculate Heart, it is to make you understand that you must completely entrust yourselves to me, in a total and everlasting way, that I may dispose of you according to the Will of God. You must entrust yourselves in a manner that is complete, giving me everything; you should not give me one thing and hold on to another, for yourselves; you should truly be wholly mine. And then you should entrust yourselves to me not on one day yes and on another day no, or for a period of time as you would have it, but forever. It is to emphasize this important aspect of a complete and lasting dedication to me, your heavenly Mother, that I ask for the consecration to my Immaculate Heart."

ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

(For Religious & Laity mmp version)

*By the act of consecration for priests and the act of consecration for the laity, which is the first commitment for belonging to the Marian Movement of Priests we put our life completely in her hands so that she may take possession of it and transform it according to her will. Once we are consecrated to her, we cannot dispose of ourselves freely - our life is given over to her completely. She orders everything in our life so that we may be led to live perfectly the Will of God.* Virgin of Fatima, Mother of Mercy, Queen of Heaven and Earth, Refuge of Sinners, we who belong to the Marian Movement of Priests consecrate ourselves in a very special way to your Immaculate Heart. By this act of consecration we intend to live, with you and through you, all the obligations assumed by our baptismal consecration. We further pledge to bring about in ourselves that interior conversion so urgently demanded by the Gospel, a conversion that will free us of every attachment to ourselves and to easy compromises with the world so that, like you, we may be available only to do always the Will of the Father. And as we resolve to entrust to you, O Mother most sweet and merciful, our life and vocation as Christians, that you may dispose of it according to your designs of salvation in this hour of decision that weighs upon the world, we pledge to live it according to your desires, especially as it pertains to a renewed spirit of prayer and penance, the fervent participation in the celebration of the Eucharist and in the works of the apostolate, the daily recitation of the holy rosary, and an austere manner of life in keeping with the Gospel, that shall be to all a good example of the observance of the Law of God and the practice of the Christian virtues, especially that of purity. We further promise you to be united with the Holy Father, with the hierarchy and with our priests, in order thus to set up a barrier to the growing confrontation directed against the Magisterium, that threatens the very foundation of the Church. Under your protection, we want moreover to be apostles of this sorely needed unity of prayer and love for the Pope, on whom we invoke your special protection. And lastly, insofar as is possible, we promise to lead those souls with whom we come in contact to a renewed devotion to you. 1 Mindful that atheism has caused shipwreck in the faith to a great number of the faithful, that desecration has entered into the holy temple of God, and that evil and sin are spreading more and more throughout the world, we make so bold as to lift our eyes trustingly to you, O Mother of Jesus and our merciful and powerful Mother, and we invoke again today and await from you the salvation of all your children, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. (with ecclesiastical approval)

source:The "Blue Book"

The book, "To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons," contains 604 messages (interior locutions) which Fr. Gobbi received from Our Blessed Mother between 1973 and 1997. It is the instrument chosen by Our Lady to carry her voice to the hearts and souls of her beloved children, a guide for helping them to live the consecration to her Immaculate Heart. In it, she manifests her maternal plan to lead all souls back to Jesus.

#blue book #bvm #our lady of fatima

[minnesotadruids]

What are the basic values of a druid? Trying to understand what exactly druidry is.

Druidry has no universally defined set of values, which makes it tricky to pin down. In terms of basic values, I can start with what druids might have in common.

Reverence for Nature: I find it hard to believe that there could ever be a druid who does not have some degree of appreciation for the natural world. This could range from a deep respect to all-out worship, depending on the individual. Many druids seek to establish a connection with the Earth and with Nature. We’re not here to conquer it, but to acknowledge that we are part of it. The Earth is a deity that we can prove exists.

Subcategory - Trees: I often meet up with people who have an interest in druidry around the Minneapolis area, and one thing that almost all of us mention is a love of trees that (at least in part) drew us in. After all, even the ancient Romans observed that the druids had something to do with trees and were the knowers of the oak.

Subcategory - Environmentalism: Stewardship, using our natural resources wisely, seeking balance, and taking care of our only home planet are important to modern druids. The Industrial Revolution in part led to the increase in popularity of the Druidry Revival Movement. Many druids promoted getting back to nature in a world where mills, factories, and machines began to dominate the landscape and take its toll. With deforestation, mining, and waste, we also have a concern for the animals that we should be sharing the world with.

Peace: According to Roman historian Strabo in his writing Geographica, the ancient druids “…prevented armies from engaging when drawn up in battle array against each other.” In the Druidry Revival Movement, many members were liberal Christians and Unitarians. The English Civil War and the Jacobite Rebellions, carrying overtones of religious superiority (Protestant vs Catholic) were ongoing or still fresh in the memory of the people. Many of these Revival Druids wanted a more peaceful existence and spirituality. Naturally, they liked the notion that the ancient druids had the power to halt warfare. Pacifism stuck around as a popular druid value in just about every modern druid order.

Balance: Many druids strive to practice mindfulness and moderation, while understanding that nature is about giving and taking. Even as there is day, so must there be night. There are many druids who embrace the dark and the light equally, while other druids see that the world is already saturated in darkness and try to balance that out, and that takes its toll on us. That brings us to the importance of self care. When we have too much of one thing that wears away at the heart, we need to give some balance to our own lives on a personal level.

Creativity: Many druids have some form of creative expression. The bardic arts aren’t limited to just poetry and song. We are also artisans, hobbyists, and craftspeople. We create sacred artwork, ritual tools, jewelry, supplies, and more. We may be in varying states of skill, but hey, everyone starts somewhere.

This is where I go out on a limb (oh the pun!) and cover additional values that I would hope most (if not all) druids have.

If there’s any single modern druidic writing that encompasses values, it’s the Druid’s Prayer, originally written by the bard Iolo Morganwg and has since been adapted into numerous versions. OBOD has an excellent page on the Druid’s Prayer [here] with their choice of verse. The next eight values below are right out of the prayer.

Protection: Okay, so who doesn’t want to be safe? Protection is universally important, particularly for people with fringe beliefs and practices. This is not limited to only physical protection; it can certainly also mean magical and spiritual protection as well.

Strength: I’m willing to bet this is primarily in the sense of nonphysical strength. This can mean emotional strength, courage, integrity, dedication, perseverance, and more. And yes, there are probably some body-builder druids who mean strength literally.

Knowledge: The ancient druids would take up to 19 years (vaguely like achieving a Master’s Degree today) to commit everything to memory. That included history, lore, law, medicine, astronomy/astrology, magic, theology, philosophy, logic, sacred geometry, and others. Of course with modern literacy, we can learn things much faster with the written word. That doesn’t mean we’re committing it all to memory, but we have the added ability to conduct research in the modern era and access knowledge almost instantaneously. We have a thirst for learning, which fosters a path to Awareness. Many of us are also on a quest for truth and discerning correct knowledge from the incorrect. There is a lot of misleading information out there and we feel it is important to get it right.

Understanding: I personally interpret this as wisdom. Wisdom is applied knowledge, which first requires us to understand what we know on a deeper level. Wisdom is often achieved through experiences. For many, druidry is an experiential lifestyle, not just merely a nature-based spirituality.

Justice: The ancient druids served many purposes, and some were looked up to as judges and interpreters of the law. Unfortunately we can’t all be judges, but perhaps not all ancient druids were judges anyway. Through logic and reason we can think and act justly. Living beings are deserving of fairness and a balance of equality.

Love: Concern and compassion for our fellow beings comes to us through the most powerful emotion. Sure, Nature can be cold and emotionless, yet druids still feel a driving force to gaze out at her beauty in love, wonder, and awe. (Regarding wonder and awe for Earth, see also [this video] on the Overview Effect.) For many, love is just part of the deal.

Divinity: Not all druids believe in a higher power, but many do. Some druids are hard polytheists, believing in many deities. Some druids are soft polytheists, believing that the gods are aspects of one divine source. Some druids are pantheists, believing that everything is divine, and deity is everything. Some druids are panentheists, believing everything is divine, yet deity is also a separate being. Some druids are monotheists and liberal Christians. Some druids are spiritual but not religious. Many druids, in addition to some of the above categories, are animists, believing that everything has its own spirit, even rocks and plants. Because of the flexibility in this category, it really doesn’t make a difference how you perceive divinity to be a druid. Write that down.

Goodness: Above I mentioned balance. To avoid contradictions, I should mention that balance is good in most situations. We certainly don’t need Evil to balance out Good. We don’t want half the world population to be racists, for example… zero racists is a good balance. Humility is also important. Druidry is not about egoism, nor power struggles, nor conceitedness. 

Community: The ancient druids were the spiritual leaders of their communities. Strabo mentions in Geographica  that the Gaulish Celts “…would not sacrifice without the presence of the Druids.” (Side note: most modern druid orders condemn animal or human sacrifice, but I digress.) We advance faster when we work together, such as in study groups, organizing events, or completing projects.

Leadership: Whether we are leaders of our communities, of our Groves, or how we lead our lives by example, leadership is important. There are many solo druids out there, and that’s perfectly fine. Solo druids are their own clergy, and leaders of their own spirit. Many solo druids feel they can get more accomplished if they follow their own guidance at their own pace.

There are certainly many more values that druids have that might not be listed here, but this is a good start. I am grateful with special thanks to my friends in Northern Roots Grove & Druid Order of North America (DONA) who helped ensure that I have a well-rounded list.

#druidry #values #druid #nature #paganism #pagan #trees #environmentalism #peace #pacifism #balance #creativity #bard #bardic #ovate #OBOD #ADF #RDNA #protection #strength #knowledge #understanding #justice #social justice #love #compassion #celtic polytheism #polytheism #pantheism #panentheism

[missbecky]

Okay, time for another long post about a cool weird thing that happened with my cards last night. I still don't know how I feel about deities, I don't know that I'll ever worship one, as that's just not me to worship. But I have felt as though there was an entity, goddess, force, something trying to reach me. Any time I've tried to glean information on who it was, I kept getting a door slammed in my face. I kept getting messages that I wasn't ready. And I was totally fine with that.

I'm unemployed right now, I'm a single mom, and I live with my disabled mother to help take care of her. With COVID-19, we don't take chances as my mom is in the high risk category. What that all means is that I've had way too much time on my hands. So I've been like a sponge, soaking up all the knowledge I can when it comes to witchcraft. Not being ready wasn't that big of a deal, because it just meant I got to do more research and keep putting off stuff I didn't really want to do.

Yesterday, I did my daily card draw, and the message was suddenly way different. Change has always been in the messages, but also the stopping in order to be ready for the changes. Yesterday morning I drew the the star, the chariot, and the hanged man reversed. I took that as a go for it.

Later that day I was prowling all the research servers, and the went to Google something about deities, and found an article/blog post someone had written about wishing people would stop using a very specific tarot spread for deity identification. Naturally, I decide to do that very spread. It was a five card spread, I wrote down what I wanted to know, and started shuffling. I shuffled for what felt like forever, and then when I laid the cards out, without thinking, I laid out 7. At first I was going to put the last two back, but decided to leave them. And the cards were all over the place. But I looked at it, and thought, "whoa, whoever this is, is not messing around.

So this is what I laid out.

Before I get into breaking down what these cards meant and how each one directly correlates to one specific deity, I want to point out where my head was at going into this.

I basically really actually got started with everything like 2 weeks ago. I'm basically still a newborn, right? Anyway, as soon as I start researching, I keep getting drawn to Deities. That's weird because I'm an agnostic and basically have no interest in higher powers. If they're there cool, if not cool. I have always believed that if there is some kind of being that could mold and shape the world, then my puny human brain can't comprehend them anyway, and it's really none of my concern. So, it's been really strange that this repeatedly keeps sticking out for me. I get the distinct impression that whatever energy is reaching out to me is female, a tie to the moon, the feeling of 3 was there, I knew it had to be associated with motherhood, and just a general overall feel of the empowerment of women. Naturally, I just kind of assumed Hecate, but that never actually felt correct to me.

So the 3 of cups being the first card just kind of reinforced the sense of 3 to me, and the whole sisterhood aspects of women empowering women. I wrote down 3, sisterhood, and good times. In the spread that was supposed to be 5 cards (and I did 7), the first card was supposed to sum up who the deity was.

I love my tarot deck for the strength card the most, I think. Strength is a mama bear. Again, this confirms my feeling of being tied to motherhood. The second card was supposed to represent the deities weakness. I wrote mama bear, power, and overly protective.

The third card was the chariot, and according to the spread this was their strength, their power. I wrote down action, strength, determination, will-power.

Then I get to the 4th card, the lovers. This is supposed to be what they rule. This one had me scratching my head. Now the author said this one will be harder to figure out, because the deities could even try to be snarky with this. I didn't even know what to do with this card, but like it made sense later. As I was going through each card individually, however, I came up with nothing, and in turn wrote nothing.

Card 5 was to be their symbol or association, and I had drawn 7 card. Anyway, I began analyzing the reversed hierophant, and the reversed 2 of cups. By that point I'm feeling personally attacked. And then the King of swords felt like a slap in the face. Words like logical, smart, level headed came up, which is honestly the person I've always prided myself on being. What was that person doing trying to contact a deity? I basically had to stop and ask myself wtf I was doing.

Like all shadow work, I decided to go browse the internet to distract myself from having to think about it too much. So I start googling triple Goddess and love, even though the lovers definitely didn't feel right, I'm like what the hell? Why not? Hecate and Diana come up, well that's not right. So I decide to take away the triple deciding I could just be way off base with the whole 3 thing. So I Google goddess of female empowerment and found a list of badass goddesses, and Artemis stuck out to me. But I'm like, no, that can't be right. This peace loving hippie couldn't possibly identify with the goddess of the hunt (which was the extent of my knowledge about Artemis). I then Google goddess of sisterhood, envisioning a woman running with a girl gang fucking shit up. What the fuck do you know, but that is Artemis.

After that Google search, I decide I clearly don't know enough about Artemis, and had recently downloaded some Greek mythology books, have never had the slightest interest in Greek mythology, but I saved them in my Google drive just in case. After finding out a bit about Artemis from Google, I turned to the digital books I had.

It was crazy how each of the cards began actually tying into the mythology of Artemis. She traveled with like a gang of nymphs, which I'm sure there was some sisterhood there. She helped her mother deliver her twin brother, and became like the patron God of childbirth. She defended babies and Young girls. She only ever wanted to belong to herself and so she requested everlasting virginity. From what I read she was very protective, straight up murdered rapists, and she was strong to a fault, which made sense why the strength card was listed as weakness. Apollo challenged her to hit a target way out in the ocean that she couldn't see, telling her she couldn't do it, she did it to prove she could and there was no better sharpshooter than her. The target was Orion, the only person she ever loved. So the reversed two of cards made sense. The reversed hierophant made sense because she was not traditional, she went against the grain. Her story is far from ordinary, even by mythological standards. She was a straight up badass that lived life on her terms and no one else's. There's nothing more rebellious than a woman with such control of her own life and destiny. And of course the chariot would be her strength identification, she was nothing but action oriented. The lovers could be interpreted several ways, but I take it as a woman who loves herself so fiercely she had no need for any other kind. But also when I think of love, I don't think of romantic love, I think of the bond i share with my daughter. She fiercely loved her brother, and maybe because she helped with his birth it connected her to him similar to that of a mother and child? That of course speculation. But the lovers card could also be a jab at her eternal virginity. And the King of swords sounded exactly like Artemis.

So I'm convinced this spread is talking about Artemis, but I can't shake the aspect of 3. Can't let that one go. Don't know why. So I'm looking through the l The Greek Myths by Robert Graves, and in it he speculated that Artemis was in fact a triad/triple Goddess!!!

Needless to say, I lost my fucking shit after reading that one. I was right in what I felt about what traits I felt the energy having, and the fucking spread related with every gd card.

Oh, and apparently Artemis chose to spend most of her time in the mountains. One of my favorite thing in all of the things is the mountains of Colorado, second only to my daughter, and I even identify as connected with earth elements the most because of my love for mountains. Makes me wonder how long Artemis has been trying to get my attention 😉

Anyway, I don't know what this all means to me personally yet. I've been ridiculously drained today, it's already 11 pm, and I only just now felt like I had enough energy and focus to write this out. So haven't had much time to sit with everything I experienced and felt last night.

However, it was very exciting! And I had to share my experience!

#witchcraft #witch community #tarot #witchblr #magick #Artemis #deity #deity work

[lexiklecksi]

The fairy Queendom

(wip ”dragon girl on fire”)

I want to introduce you to another magical species in my story: the fairies 🧚

They look beautiful with pointed ears, snub noses and differently coloured eyes and wings. If they are too tired to fly, they ride on wasps in the day or bats in the night. 🦇 Wasps are their allies and the fairies can communicate with them through dance movements. They can also communicate with bats through ultrasound.

Their enemies are enormous centipedes and big hedgehogs🦔 and other big animals, who eat them; in fact they are of usual size, but the fairies are as small as a coin.

Fairies often live near circles of mushrooms. They are kinda organized like a beehive and either live in knotholes or build a hive. Their Queen Yoni holds all the power and is worshipped as a sex Goddess by her subjects.

The fairy Queendom has been in a war with the elves for many years. This war goes mostly unnoticed by other magical creatures and animals because both species are so small.

After they lost or won a fight against the elves, they have a sex orgy. The practical aspect is, that their following offspring replaces the lives lost in the war. The emotional aspect is, that the subjects don't get tired of war, because they know every fight is followed by much fun. Sex is seen as a state-approved act that doesn't have to involve love, just attraction and affection. Whenever they celebrate, there's a lot of sex involved.

The fairies believe in polygamy and therefore have a higher population rate than the elves, who believe in finding the one true love and live monogamously. Of course, there are also fairies who believe that and want to live with just one partner, but their Queen Yoni won't allow that, so they have to leave the Queendom and its protection to live and love how they want.

Now the most important question is: what kind of magic do they practice? The fairies are known to have the power of lust. That means they can curse other beings to either become addicted to sex or never have sex again. They can also use defence magic on their enemies and magically heal each other. Female fairies are born with more magical power than their male relatives. Their magic is intuitive and doesn't need spells, therefore it can't be learned.

So what do you think about my fairies so far? Tell me your ideas in the comments!

#fairy #Queendom #species #Yoni #fairies #🧚 #magic #magical creatures #wip: drachenbrut

[ladyshilya]

2020 January Witch Challenge Part 1

Finally getting around to doing this had a pretty bad case of winter blues. Legalized weed has been helping with it.  

Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome & Ancient Egypt

I decided to do three of the societies since they are the ones, I love the most. I know there are a lot of similarities in their societies especially from conquering each other.  I have never really done in an in-depth study about magic during these times.  I know they were all Polytheistic societies who prayed and gave offerings to their Gods. I know Oracles existed especially in Ancient Greece and were often considered to be blessed by Apollo. The Greeks and Romans had the Goddess Hecate who was Goddess of moon and witchcraft.  These are societies where religion, science, and politics were all merged.

I skipped really doing the daily life sections mostly because I love Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt.  I know a good amount of their daily life since I am planning on writing a novel or novels set in these times.  They mostly have 3 class structures of the upper class, merchant class, and poor. Upper class has the most money, most political influence and most of the power. There were a lot of marriages done for politics and power.  Members of the merchant class can be wealthy but not all of them were.  The upper class often did what they could to limit the power of the middle class. The poor usually the one with the small homes or the not the best land for farming.  There were the poor that lived by each other in something like a community.  They would help each other as best they could.

Slavery was as a thing usually people who were conquest of war or kidnapped. Purchasing of slaves did happen as well.  As will most all cases of slavery, they were considered to inferior and treated horribly. There is a very consistent history in how slaves are treated throughout history spanning all the way back to BC. They would have the chance the to buy their freedom which was usually easier for those who worked in a merchant trade. Sometimes some could be given freedom after serving in the army. Ancient Egypt did give their slaves more rights such as letting them inherit land.  They were able to marry and own personal belongings.  

Women barely had rights and often had to deal with whatever their husbands wanted.  In Ancient Rome a man could keep his mistress in the same house where his family lived.  Most often if there was a divorce then the husband had to give back the woman’s dowry.  If she was a widow, then she was often expected to marry within the family so they could keep the land and money.  In Sparta in Ancient Greece women there had more right as in they could own land and do physical training. Women did have some better rights in Ancient Egypt where they were able to own and inherit land. They were even allowed to learn a skilled trade and they could divorce their husbands.  Which is not really something women were able to do in Ancient Greece or Rome.  There are some rare cases where it happened, but they were few and far between.  Women who were prostitutes where often divided by the ones in a brothel which was the lowest.  They also had the higher-level ones who were educated in music, culture and even some politics.  They resembled more of what someone would consider an escort.  

For these lessons I was most curious about the role magic played and if it differed from what I have been thinking this whole time.  I find the history of magic to be rather fascinating especially way people treat magic and those who practiced it.  

Ancient Greece:

When: 12th – 9th BC

Where: Greece and various colonies around the Middle East, Europe and Africa which includes Egypt. What role did magic play? Magic was practiced by people who specialized in magic.  They had the Goddess Hecate was the Goddess of Moon and Witchcraft.  Circe was a sorceress mentioned in fiction who was proficient in herbalism and could turn people into animals.  Usually practiced by both men and women.  It was something separate from religion.   What was the most used form of magic (e.g. curses, weather magick)? They did spells, enhanced drugs, love potions, binding spells and cursed items.  They created amulets which contained the spell that was cast.  Like the Ancient Egyptians they kept a record of spells on papyri but this was done more by those who were Graeco- Egyptian then Graeco-Roman.  Graeco-Egyptian were considered Hellenistic and they would add Egyptian elements to their religious practices.   What was the public perception of magic? Was it endorsed? Hated?  Magic did have an association with death and evil mostly to separate it from religious practices. Magic was trying to achieve more selfishness and power while religion was uses for the benefit of society.  Religious rituals were used to give favor to the Gods and asks them for divine help.  Magic did not always have a religious or scientific base.  There were spells cast that did evoke Gods or ask for their favor.   There were the Oracles of Dephi who were priestess of Apollo who where gift with the powers to translated messages from the Gods and prophecy.  

People in every class level would seek out help from those who practiced magic for various aspects in their life. There were many people who would wear amulets for good luck or protection.  There has also be cases of finding curses with the death because people believed they could take the request with them. Also binding dolls have been found buried with the dead.

There were cases of people who were killed because they practiced harmful magic. They did have laws against those who killed with magic.  Plato advocated punishing those who sold spells and cursed tablets.  While there were other philosophers who thought magic should be eradicated.  Necromancy was illegal but people would still practice it in secret.  They would often build temples where they thought an entrance to the Underworld was.  They temples were often dedicated to Hades and Persephone.  People often sought the dead because they believed they had the ability to tell the future. What was the public perception of those who practiced magic? There were the Magi were more than just magical practitioners but were also considered to be masters in mathematics and science.  Since magic did carry a slight stigma to is often those who practiced where members of the poor class.   What similarities do you see between their magic and modern witchcraft? What differences?  There are some similarities to modern timed where people are still casing spells and curses.  There are people who still fear magic believing it was evil even today.  Necromancy still has stigmas to this very day. There are still people who seek out those who know magic or divination for help and guidance. There is a lot more acceptance of magic and divination in modern day so there are some making a living with their gifts. Magic is often associated with specific religions unlike before where they were seperate.  People who practice today even worship the Greek Gods.  There are a lot of ways that are still similar because people often pass down ideas of superstition and fear.  

Ancient Rome

When: 8th century BC – 5th century AD

Where: Italy, much of Europe including Greece and the United Kingdom, most of the Middle East and Africa including Egypt. What role did magic play? Magic was practiced by actual practitioners, but it was also done by everyday people.  Magic was usually used for political, legal or economic gain. It was also used for protection, all children wore amulets to protect against death.  They did blend magic with their religion. They also worshiped the Goddess Hecate like the Greeks. What was the most used form of magic (e.g. curses, weather magick)? They created amulets which were imbued with the spell casted. People would pay to have political rivals killed by those who knew magic. They would also use magic in the cases of love, chariot races, legal cases, health and fertility.  There has been evidence found of binding spells, magical gems and cursed objects being used.  People would as seek protection from the supernatural elements such as the evil eye.  It was common for parents to get amulets for children to protect them from death.  Some magic was used in rituals that would evoke the Gods Incantation were performed for various reasons often written down on papyri and found in various inscriptions. Exorcisms where also performed as was weather magic and sex magic. There would also practice divination of animal entrails and with using animals in general. What was the public perception of magic? Was it endorsed? Hated? The Romans took over the Greek Gods and renamed them when they conquered Greece. There were laws against magic that killed.  

Most people regardless of social class used magic.  They would often get items form magical practitioners who would set up a stand outside a temple.  Magic was often found in medicine, alchemy, astrology and divination.  It was a major part of daily life.  

The Roman government did have concerns about magic in 510 BC – 476 AD there were laws in place banning the practice of magic.  Often anyone found practicing would be persecuted.  It did not stop people from practicing magic. What was the public perception of those who practiced magic?  I was not able to find much on how people felt about those who practiced magic. Some people were skeptical about those who performed magic.  Since it was used for so many reasons in everyday society.  It would stand to reason that people had a favorable outlook.  It is also human nature to fear what they do not know so I am sure there were people who feared it.  Practitioners of magic could be found in all class levels. What similarities do you see between their magic and modern witchcraft? What differences? Shops where people can buy magical items is similar today.  It was more widely used during Ancient Rome. In this day an age people do not have amulets done for their children to prevent death. This was a very common practice against everyone.  It is very rare to see people call on magical practitioners for spells and talismans for various aspects on their life. It is similar that the practice of magic can be found with any social class.  People still perform certain rituals and spells for various aspects in their life.

Ancient Egypt

When: 3050 BC – 30 BC and Roman occupation from 30 BC – 641 AD

Where: Egypt and most of western Africa as well as small area of the Middle East located nearby. What role did magic play? Magic was called by two names Heka which was used by everyone.  Akhu which was used by stars and deities.  It was through heka that symbolic actions could have some effects.  People drew Heka as a person since it was not uncommon for the Egyptians to personify things.  Heka might also be the name of a God, there was conflicting information.  Priests were the main practitioners; they were the only ones who could read the ancient tomes, so they were the guardians of the knowledge.  For a long time lector priests were the ones who protected the Pharaoh and would help lead the dead to be reborn. The priest who served Sekhmet were known for healing magic.  There were the scorpion charmers who would get rid of poisonous reptiles and insects. Midwives and the wise women were also known to incorporate magic in their skills.  Protection-makers were the ones who usually created magical amulets.  Most rituals were done in the temple without an audience.  There is evidence to suggest that people practiced their own style of magic at home. What was the most used form of magic (e.g. curses, weather magick)? The Ancient Egyptians were known for casting curses. There are many well known cases of curses on the entrances to tombs.  Magic rituals often accompanied their funeral process.  It was not uncommon to people to be mummified with amulets. They would create amulet which were covered in symbolism.  Members of all the classes could be found wearing amulets.  Magic was used for healing, protection and potion making. The Ancient Egyptians were among the first to record spells and incantations on papyri. It was not uncommon to sure those who practiced magic to use wands. What was the public perception of magic? Was it endorsed? Hated?  Magic was approved by the state and only foreigners were usually accused of using evil magic.  Since most of the people were not very literate all written spells were considered prized possessions handed down in families.  Magic was performed in the temples every day.   What was the public perception of those who practiced magic? Magic was a very much a huge aspect of daily life with everyone practicing some form of it.  The perception was positive until the Roman’s took over which caused things to change more to their views of magic. What similarities do you see between their magic and modern witchcraft? What differences? The biggest difference is that everyone believed in magic. All people were practicing it from royalty to slaves.  It was done in the temples every day.  Fear was used to keep people relying on magic.  While we have priest and priestess that perform magic in religions its not to extent it was in Ancient Egypt. This was a world that completely believed in the power of magic.  Like today they had people who practiced in their homes which is probably the most common way people practice now.  They too handed down spells within families which is also something that happens today within some families.  The use of magical talismans for luck and protection can still be found today.  

This was fun to do because I learned a lot. Ancient Egypt was closest to what I had been expecting its culture to be based on everything I already knew.  While Ancient Greece surprised me because I had not realized that separated religion and magic. They were less accepting about magic then I had previously thought.  Ancient Rome had been more accepting of magic then I had originally thought. I had not been expecting the selling of magical items and making sure all children had a talisman. It was interesting to look at three cultures that were relatively similar in how their societies were run to view magic so differently.  At the end of the day it will often come down what those in charge believe.  If the individuals are willing to go against those power and believe something different.

#2020witch #2020witchchallenge-jan #janwitch #Solitary witch #ecletic witch #beginner witch #2020witchchallenge

[the-church-of-murdoc]

Isn't it bad enough that you bow to the Enemy? You also take pride in being a Jezebel? Is this the legacy we've left behind? A child of Satan, the Anti-Christ? Do you really want to destroy us so badly?

My personal life, no matter how public I make it, isn’t a reflection on you. The way I live now isn’t an attack on you. I live the way I do, because it makes me happy. But you never cared what made me happy. But we’ll get to that. I sell MYSELF, not you. I give MYSELF to people of all genders for fun. I don’t do it to spit on your “image”. Who and what I am has got SHIT to do with you and your ilk. I’ve got a naturally high libido. I’m naturally pansexual. I’m naturally polyamorous. I didn’t choose any of these things. It’s just who and what I am by NATURE. To ignore those aspects of myself would destroy me...Not that you care. Not that you EVER cared. Even my relationship with Murdoc isn’t your fault. I saw those hips thrusting in the Rock The House music video, on TV at a friend’s house(in fact...I think it was Levi’s...Funny how that works) when I was 11, and I fell in love then and there...That moment saved my life...And then, he just happened to actually walk into my life when I was 27, and that’s that. But I don’t even worship Lucifer because of him....No...THAT particular ‘quirk’ of mine IS your fault...Without the shit you did to me, I’d be an atheist, or possibly a progressive Christian...I don’t know. But I KNOW I wouldn’t be a Satanist. No...It’s because of YOU, that I saw the evil underbelly of what following Christ REALLY offers. I couldn’t see the good in it after suffering what you did to me, what you allowed to happen to me. You ARE the reason I’m a Luciferian, so...Do take credit for that.

All that out of the way...While my life and personal choices aren’t (mostly) a reflection on you, the things you did to me ABSOLUTELY are. First of all, I had virtually no freedoms because you just wanted a future Stepford Wife for some guy in the church. You had my whole life planned out FOR me, with no consideration for who I was, who I liked, or what I wanted to be. I was to be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, ready to protest essentially anyone at a moment’s notice for the simple crime of not being mindless drones like the people in our church. Sure, you gave me a bike, and I had rare breaks where I was allowed at friends’ houses...But all my friends were kids from the church. I didn’t go to public school. I wasn’t allowed to watch TV, or use a computer...I didn’t even have a phone. The single source of happiness I had when I was at home, other than Eve(who really was my saving grace until she died), was that fucking kaleidoscope...which you smashed in front of me, just because I asked too many uncomfortable questions...I would spend HOURS looking through that thing to escape your bullshit, and it was such an important part of my life, I wrote a goddamn rock ballad about it. And when I was 16, you got me a car...and tracked my every fucking move. Did you know I’d leave it in the church parking lot while I went around back to smoke before dousing myself in perfume? I know you didn’t want me to die like Eve did, but you also knew I was more rebellious than her. I know you’d have tracked me anyway. But I saw that device the first day I had that car. I just let it be. Why not? It worked in my favor. I could park at church, or at the grocery store, and do anything...I’d have probably slept around just to spite you, if I hadn’t been so damaged...but we’ll get to that.

Speaking of Eve, though...You should know, she would HATE what you’ve turned her legacy into. I don’t know how to start this delicately, so I’ll just get it out of the way...She was a lesbian. She even had a girlfriend...Remember Sarah? The girl who came to the funeral...? Eve met her at the grocery store on a run for you guys...They were together for a year...Of course, Sarah pretended to be her ‘friend’ for your sake, but I knew...Eve confided everything in me, and told me all about her girlfriend. Meanwhile, she never told you who she really was, because you would have rejected her...or worse. She died without you sick bastards knowing who she really was, because you taught her to hate herself. She had to hide, and she was just waiting, like me, to run and never look back. She never got that chance...But I did. She wanted to be a writer...She wanted to tell our story to the world. She wanted to expose you, and I followed her footsteps with my own style of art. I’m the one carrying her legacy. Not you.

The rest of the things you did to me are sensitive, and I’ve talked enough about it for the fans but please...Keep reading, because you fucking need to know what I went through at YOUR hands.

But before we get into the main meat of the shit you did to me...I know you didn’t know what James was like. I know you hired him to look after me, believing he was a good man, so I don’t blame you for what he did. That is PURELY his crime...But what you did to me afterword...THAT is unforgivable. Yes, I genuinely DO hate you. I have ever since you let my molester off with a slap on the wrist. Knowing he’s back in power, in a higher position than he was when he was “punished” makes me fucking sick. He should be in prison, rotting away with no chance of escape. And I’m sure you KNOW I’m not the only victim. He’s just learned to be more careful. I guarantee that. That’s the part that kills me the most...You didn’t just prove how evil you were to me...Your actions almost certainly opened multiple kids up to his grooming...But the statute of limitations is up. There shouldn’t even BE a statute of limitations on child rape, but as is, I can’t do shit about it now...Live with that. Let the guilt burn into your souls, and rot with that in your heads forever. It’s what you deserve. It eats me alive...In fact, for all the shit you did that only really affected my sister and me, the ONLY reason I’m so public about my past...is I want to destroy him. Not you...Not even the church...Just HIM. Though, hey...If more people in the church are exposed because of me, that’s cause for celebration. I do wonder, actually...Would you be among those people? I won’t go into it, because it is pure speculation, but...looking back, there are signs...

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Best Motivational Quotes to Overcome Anxiety and Depression

Moving statements and motivational quotes to overcome anxiety and depression have a stunning capacity to change the manner in which we feel about existence. This is the reason I find them so intriguing and significant on our ways to progress.

So what's their mystery?

The manner in which you contemplate yourself, including your convictions and assumptions regarding what is workable for you, decides everything that transpires.

To be successful, you have to use each day as an opportunity to grow, to find purpose in life, to be better, to get a little bit closer to your goals. It might sound like an impossible thing or a lot of work—and with a busy schedule, next to impractical. But the best part is, the more you get the results, the more you’ll want to work hard, the higher you’ll want to reach. So as long as you have the hunger for success, you will always have the power within you to achieve it.

You have full oversight over just a single thing known to mankind — your reasoning – and that is the place inspirational statements come in!

Everybody needs a little motivation now and again.

Regardless of whether you're experiencing a separation, you've recently lost your employment, or you just woke up feeling a little shaky toward the beginning of today—we've all had nowadays.

I've assembled a rundown of probably the best-overcome anxiety and depression quotes so you can begin the year by assuming responsibility for your considerations, thinking emphatically and defining new objectives.

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“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Suess

Motivational and Inspirational Quotes

“I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth.” —Doug Hutchison

"I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.” – Abraham Lincoln

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” — Dalai Lama

“Feelings don’t try to kill you, even the painful ones. Anxiety is a feeling grown too large. A feeling grown aggressive and dangerous. You’re responsible for its consequences, you’re responsible for treating it. But…you’re not responsible for causing it. You’re not morally at fault for it. No more than you would be for a tumor.”  ― Patrick Ness, The Rest of Us Just Live Here

“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” — John Lennon

“Get busy living or get busy dying.” — Stephen King

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West

“Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.” — Seneca

“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“How can a person deal with anxiety? You might try what one fellow did. He worried so much that he decided to hire someone to do his worrying for him. He found a man who agreed to be his hired worrier for a salary of $200,000 per year. After the man accepted the job, his first question to his boss was, “Where are you going to get $200,000 per year?” To which the man responded, “That’s your worry.”  ― Max Lucado

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” —Dolly Parton

“Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as you can.” — Hillary Clinton

“Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.” — Ashton Kutcher

“Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.” — Kevin Hart

“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.” — Kobe Bryant

“I like criticism. It makes you strong.” — LeBron James

“You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.” ― George Clooney

“Life imposes things on you that you can’t control, but you still have the choice of how you’re going to live through this.” — Celine Dion

“Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met – obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.” — John F. Kennedy

“Live for each second without hesitation.” — Elton John

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein

“Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.” — Confucius

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” — Helen Keller

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” — Steve Jobs

“My mama always said, life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” — Forrest Gump

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”— Lao-Tze

“When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life or the life of another.” — Helen Keller

“The healthiest response to life is joy.” — Deepak Chopra

“Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.” — Lillian Dickson

“The best portion of a good man’s life is his little nameless, unencumbered acts of kindness and of love.” — Wordsworth

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” ― Robert Frost

“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” — Charles Swindoll

“Keep calm and carry on.” — Winston Churchill

“Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.” — Jack Kerouac

“Life is a flower of which love is the honey.” — Victor Hugo

“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” — Marilyn Monroe

“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.” — Buddha

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” — Dr. Seuss

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” — Mark Twain

“Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.” — Stephen Hawking

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The greatest pleasure of life is love.” — Euripides

“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.” — Grandma Moses

“Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Life is about making an impact, not making an income.” — Kevin Kruse

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth

“I’ve spent most of my life and most of my friendships holding my breath and hoping that when people get close enough they won’t leave, and fearing that it’s a matter of time before they figure me out and go.”  ― Shauna Niequist, Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” – John Lennon

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown

“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”– Henry Ford

“In order to write about life first you must live it.”– Ernest Hemingway

“The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.”– Frank Sinatra

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”– Thomas A. Edison

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”– Albert Einstein

“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”– Babe Ruth

“Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.” — Will Smith

“Sing like no one’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” – (Attributed to various sources)

“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” – Leo Burnett

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”– Soren Kierkegaard

“To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one’s self…. And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one’s self.”   ― Søren Kierkegaard

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey

“The more you pray, the less you’ll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You’ll feel more patient and less pressured.”   ― Rick Warren, The Purpose of Christmas

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.” – Steve Jobs

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