#mageia

[eldenfnord]

"For all my skills or insights, nothing could spare me from one of life's most important lessons: healers cannot heal themselves. When you're down, when you're stuck, when you're sick- you're disempowered. You need someone from outside of your system of stuckness, to come in and do for you what you cannot do from inside your trap. You need a new pair of eyes to gaze upon things, to see what you cannot. Our world doesn't allow for isolation. Everything connects, and something outside of your everyday life is eventually going to be needed by you. However clever you are, someone else's cleverness is going to be required for you to move forward one day. This is a natural law, ancient and inexhaustible."

Robin Artisson, An Carow Gwyn

#healer #healing #witch #witchblr #love #mysticism #animism #fae #magick #mageia

[linuxiarzepl]

TOP 10 Mandriva 2024

TOP 10 dystrybucji zbudowanych na projekcie Mandriva Linux. Weź pod uwagę, iż ranking zawiera również projekty nierozwijane, lecz wciąż wzbudzające zainteresowanie naszych... https://linuxiarze.pl/top-10-mandriva-2024/

#linux #mandriva #rosa #mageia

[femme-malewife]

Wow, high school latin class is actually coming in handy right now lmao

#for context rn im coming up with a series name for my prince/witch nagihiyo au #(honeyworks. not enstars. sorry nagihiyo enstarries) #and i finally came up with an aesthetic sounding series name that really fits in with the times of when the series takes place #see my school had various language courses to take and to avoid speaking in front of pople #i chose latin class (bc that class we write #not speak it) #and in latin we learn of greek culture and greek myths and such #and as well as roman history and roman ... things #emperors and such #we also learn greek and roman words derived from latin #as such we learned the four different words for ''love'' #i onyl vaguely remember the lessons but i do remember that Eros #which comes from the greek god of the same name #basically translates to ''being in love (with a spouse)'' #so mixing my witch au with the whole concept the series can be called ''Mageia tou Eros'' #which literally just translates as ''The Magic of (Being in) Love'' #it sounds aesthetic. it fits the whole prince/witch theme. #i think i got a winner #btw if anyone knows greek and wants to correct me on anything please do lmfao #its been 6 years since i was in latin class (but i was in latin all 4 years of high school...) #so i only remember bits n pieces of everything

[alephskoteinos]

Just found out there's a myth about Jesus of Nazareth and Judas Iscariot recorded in the Toledot Yeshu, an ancient Jewish biographical text about Jesus, in which they both fight over the Tetragrammaton (the Ineffable Name of God), which Jesus smuggles from the Temple by cramming it into his thigh, and then Judas and Jesus fight in the sky, both powered by the name of God, and then Judas literally masturbates (or at least urinates) all over Jesus and causes him to fall to the ground like Simon Magus.

In context, there is an interesting angle where Jesus is alleged to have attained the signifiers of Messiah status through deceit or illicit means, or, like for Roman polytheist critics such as Celsus, he was essentially a magician in the classically perjorative sense; a practitioner of goeteia or mageia, acting not in the name of the "highest divine good" (God, in this case) but instead for his own self-interested goals. Apparently using the name of God to cure illness and banish demons was proof of that, at least insofar as the Toledot Yeshu takes this as being with the aim of establishing himself as the Messiah, and therefore the spiritual leader of Judaea. But of course, if the accusation is mageia or goeteia, then the only meaning this has is the moral designation of the terrain of magic in itself: in other words, it only matters insofar as someone says this brand of magic is wrong, because your goals are somehow incorrect or corrupt.

Judas' act of coitus occupies a strange dual poistion, wherein even though it aims to challenge and negate Jesus' claim to messianic power and stature, which is implied to be illegitimate and ill-gotten, it is still itself a blasphemy, a transgression, a "wrongful" intermingling of the sacred and profane - in this case, God with the activity of coitus and therefore the body at its basest. The legitimation and delegitimisation of divine authority, these are both contained within the human body and its activity in some way. The flipside of that is that from there we're to take this episode as evidence that, at least for a certain tradition of Judaism expressed within the Toledot Yeshu, the God-principle or sacredness is not supposed to merge with the "profane" world of corporeality or body, and that therefore to unite those two worlds is a sacrilege, a religious and moral transgression, and in a sense blasphemy.

There is also a strange similarity or at least a shared theme with the Orphic myth of the rebirth of Dionysus. You know the myth: Dionysus is born, he is supposed to inherit Zeus' throne, but Hera, hating this arrangement, had Dionysus killed by the Titans, and then Zeus discovers that the Titans had dismembered, cooked, and ate Dionysus' flesh and destroyed them, but, seeing that Dionysus' heart was still there, saved his heart and smuggled it in his thigh, and then Dionysus is born a second time. In Orphic terms Dionysus is frequently likened to spirit, or the spiritual nature of humans, which is tragically stuck in the corporeal form of the human body and the vice that it inherits from the Titans, whose ashes were used to make the human body. Whether tragically or blasphemously, the spirit-principle finds itself passing into the human body in a very similar way: through the thigh.

But anyway, props to Judas Isacriot, the world-class coomer whose seed caused Jesus to fall to the ground, thereby proving that cooming dispels the authority of God and is therefore based.

Catch the fever, Jesus of Nazareth!

#the life of jesus #toledot yeshu #judaism #judas isacriot #coomer pride #cooming #magic #blasphemy

[dionysianfreak]

I have a question if hecate is a goddess of witchcraft and Circe is a goddess of sorcery what’s the difference between those two things? I’m having a hard time finding information on the difference between those. so if you know anything or could direct me in the right direction that would be lovely. 😊

(I’m not too familiar with the two goddess but the two different titles had me a bit curious)

hello friend ! i don't think I can put it more clear than this excerpt from this research paper published in 2019 on Greek Magic:

The term magic, from its earliest roots, indicates something out of the ordinary, since the Greek terms, magikē or mageia, refer to the activity of magoi, the Greek word for certain Persian priests. The terms first appear in Greek texts around the time of the PERSIAN WAR, but although some sources (such as HERODOTUS) seem to be referring to actual Persians, many of the earliest witnesses use the term to describe a Greek ritual practitioner whose extravagant claims to extraordinary power are viewed with suspicion....Other terms are applied in Greek in similar ways and often to the same phenomena (pg. 1).

Goētia, the work of the goēs, refers to extraordinary thaumaturgical power but usually has a negative connotation. Epaoidē is an incantation, a song or spell with performative efficacy. The word pharmakon is used to mean drug or poison, but also magic spell or incantation (that is, something that creates a powerful effect in an unknown way), and the masculine pharmakeus and (even more often) feminine pharmakis are terms for those who use magic spells to harm others. All these terms are used in Greek to label people and actions that fall, in the opinion of the speaker, outside the normal order. Such people and actions, whether explicitly so labelled or not, may thus fall under the modern rubric of magic (pg. 2)

— Magic, Greek, Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, Bryn Mawr College. please let me know if I linked it wrong, it's a pdf so i did my best.

the word sorcery first appeared around 1200-1300 AD. wayyyy after the ancient practicing helpols. you see people refer to Kirke and Hekate as a goddess of sorcery/witchcraft just because those words now carry the definition of the old words the Hellas used. or at least, they're close enough. so, there is no difference besides in terminology. pharmakon and some baneful curse tablets are about as close as the Hellas got to what we now see as witchcraft.

Hekate, historically, is very rarely a Goddess of witchcraft as we know it today. She was known to be invoked in the aforementioned curse tablets occasionally, and as a Kthonic psychopomp She would have been associated with the oracles of the dead and the art of nekromankia/necromancy or the summoning of the ghosts from the underworld. She was also a Goddess of spirits and was one of two main Gods to lead the dead to the underworld (this is where many of Her torch-bearing epithets come from in my experience).

the idea that She's a Goddess of modern witchcraft, i believe, comes from the conflation of the modern definition of "witchcraft" and Hellenic pharmakon. we see this in this excerpt which Theoi.com lists under Her "witchcraft" associations:

"[The following is a rationalisation of the Hekate myth :] We are told that Helios (the Sun) had two sons, Aeetes and Perses...and that both of them were exceedingly cruel. And Perses had a daughter Hekate, who surpassed her father in boldness and lawlessness...Being likewise ingenious in the mixing of deadly poisons she discovered the drug called aconite and tired out the strength of each poison by mixing it with food given to the strangers. And since she possessed great experience in such matters she first of all poisoned her father, and so succeeded to the throne, and then, founding a temple of Artemis and commanding that strangers who landed there should be sacrificed to the goddess, she became know far and wide for her cruelty. After this she married Aeetes and bore two daughters, Kirke (Circe) and Medea, and a son Aigialeus (Aegialeus). Although Kirke also, it is said devoted herself to the devising of all kinds of drugs and discovered roots of all manner of natures and potencies such as are difficult to credit, yet, notwithstanding that she was taught by her mother Hekate about not a few drugs."

— Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 45. 1 ff (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.)

and we see this emphasis on herbal brew again here in Maeda's play:

"There is a girl [Medea] living in Aeetes' palace whom the goddess Hekate has taught to handle with extraordinary skill all the magic herbs that grow on dry land or in running water. With these she can put out a raging fire, she can stop rivers as they roar in spate, arrest a star, and check the movement of the sacred moon.’"

— Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3. 529 ff

so it isn't wrong to call Hekate a Goddess of craft, but its important to understand what "witchcraft" even was to the Hellas. it was very herbally focused, at least in Hekate's more common association. I'd never rule out that some polis may have indulged these associations more heavily, but we still have to look at it through a critical lense. to understand Hekate's associations we have to understand how the Hellas saw and used them.

it bothers me a bit that She's so conflated with the modern definition of witchcraft, but that's me. I think new associations are fine, but many times this is taken out of context and spread as complete historical fact, which isn't really the case. at least, not for a majority of the historic Hellenic world. I hope this helps, and if anyone has anything to add please do !

#hekate #hecate #helpol #hellenic polytheism #hellenic pagan #polytheist #hekate goddess #theoi #witchcraft #pharmakon #maeda #kirke #circe

[valkyrie-of-the-rising-sun]

Okay, the official list of aura wielder characters (excluding OCs) in the chroniclerverse, categorised by the fangame they appeared in. But before I begin, a quick rundown on the terminologies used in this AU and what they meant.

Mageia: the most common subtype of Aura Wielders. They derive their powers through a deep spiritual bond with their partner Pokemon, known as a Bond Partner. Appearance-wise they are virtually identical to ordinary humans, and can easily blend in among human society.

Bond Partner: a Pokemon that is bonded to an Aura Wielder. For Mageia, finding a Pokemon willing to Bond with them is a rite of passage and a proof of their character.

Anima: a rarer subtype of Aura Wielder, having the ability to assume the form of a Pokemon. Unlike Mageia, they have some physical characteristics which distinguish themselves from ordinary humans, namely their pointed ears, clawed feet and their tendency to walk on their toes. For this reason, they tend to shy away from human contact and preferred to keep to their own kind.

Eikon: a variant of Anima, referring to specific Anima with the form of a Legendary or Mythical Pokemon. They are the rarest and arguably the most powerful subtype, and only one Eikon may exist for each Legendary at any given time. They typically are seen as leaders in Aura Wielder communities.

Sidhe: the term Aura Wielders use to refer to their own kind. In their language, it roughly translates to "people of the stars".

And with that out of the way, let's dive into the list!

Reborn Taka - Mageia. Bonded to Chatot Solaris - Mageia. Bonded to Garchomp Anna - Mageia. Bonded to Nostra (Jirachi) Noel - Mageia. Bonded to Xerneas Luna - Mageia. Bonded to Cheshire (Umbreon) Elias - Mageia. Bonded to Noivern Taube - Mageia. Bonded to Lucario Zina - Mageia. Bonded to Lunala

Rejuvenation Crescent - Eikon. True form: Cresselia Saki - Mageia. Bonded to Genesect Aelita - Mageia. Bonded to Aevian Lurantis Anju/Angie - Mageia. Bonded to Aevian Ampharos Kreiss - Mageia. Bonded to Froslass Alexandra - Eikon. True form: Xerneas Odessa - Mageia. Bonded to Manaphy Damien - Mageia. Bonded to Hydreigon Vivian - Mageia. Bonded to Tyranitar Taelia - Mageia. Bonded to Gallade Hazuki - Mageia. Bonded to Aegislash Nymiera - Eikon. True form: Xerneas Kailani - Eikon. True form: Suicune Celine - Anima. True form: Aevian Flygon

Desolation Shiv - Mageia. Currently Bonded to Darkrai (formerly Charizard) Aurora - Mageia. Currently Bonded to Darkrai (formerly Mightyena) Lilith - Mageia. Bonded to Perfection Umbreon Waldenhall - Mageia. Bonded to Luxray

#chroniclerverse #really need to go into more depth here since there's probably a few people who haven't heard of this au before kjsdhfsd

[incorrectmlpstudentsixquotes]

Smolder: Okay, Swift, there is something about Thracians that has been bugging the shit out of me.

Swift Foot: No, my father is not our ancestor King Thrace reincarnated, immortal, or otherwise. The men in my family just have really strong genetics.

Smolder: Don’t believe that for a second and I don’t think you do either, but that’s not my question.

Smolder: My question is, if Thracians are supposed to be the super-secret fourth tribe of ponies that nobody knows exists… What exactly separates you from Earth Ponies?

Swift Foot: Pardon?

Smolder: I mean, the other three tribes, their differences are clear as day. Pegasi have wings, Unicorns have horns, and Earth Ponies have a distinct lack of either. But at first glance, Thracians look indistinguishable from Earth Ponies aside from the menacing aura of evil. No offense.

Swift Foot: None taken, I’m fully aware I’ve cultivated my resting bitch face into an art form.

Smolder: So, what exactly makes a Thracian a Thracian and not an Earth Pony? Is it that you guys can do magic?

Swift Foot: No, Thracian mageia is an external witchcraft. Honestly, not too dissimilar from, say, Zebrican voodoo. It’s not an innate ability like Unicorn magic.

Smolder: So what is it then?

Swift Foot: …… (smiles, revealing razor-sharp teeth)

Smolder: What the fu-?!

#Submitted by: Admin #source: original #Smolder #Swift Foot #student six #mlp fim #mlp friendship is magic #my little pony #incorrect quotes

[witchbrasil]

Ⅳ-Tipos de magia

Nesse post trago a divisão clássica de alta e baixa magia, suas definições não necessariamente refletem minhas opiniões pessoais.

É muito importante que você siga a ordem de estudo para que compreenda os assuntos mais básicos enquanto eu aumento a complexidade do conteúdo, portanto tenha certeza que leu os posts anteriores - que estão devidamente numerados.

Como sempre, minha DM está aberta para sanar qualquer dúvida.

Alta magia

A alta magia, também chamada de "teurgia" ("operar coisas que pertencem aos deuses") é geralmente associada à religião e se refere ao uso de magia para provocar mudanças no universo interno do próprio feiticeiro, muitas vezes voltada à iluminação pessoal e auto realização.

Foi desenvolvida no século II d.C. em Alexandria, Egito, pelos neoplatônicos como uma mistura das filosofias de Platão, outros filósofos gregos, misticismo oriental, judaísmo e cristianismo.

Baixa magia

Chamada de "taumaturgia" ("operar milagres"), é o uso da magia para provocar mudanças no mundo exterior e/ou praticada a serviço dos outros (por isso, também é conhecida como "magia prática").

Em 5000 a.C. na Grécia, a mageia adquiriu reputação desfavorável de fraude pois pessoas fora do sacerdócio operavam milagres em troca de dinheiro.

Feitiçaria

Xamãs: são os especialistas em adivinhação, cura, ervas, feitiçaria, interpretação de sonhos e encantamentos das culturas tradicionais tribais. Em algumas tribos celtas os xamãs eram conhecidos como Wicce ("aquele que dá forma"), de onde se origina o termo witch.

Gerald Gardner e a Wicca: Importante comentar que existe uma diferença entre a bruxaria (que é o que eu falo sobre aqui no blog) e a Wicca, que é uma religião criada por Gerald Gardner em 1954. Ambas compartilham algumas práticas, mas não vou ensinar os conhecimentos específicos da Wicca, visto que não participo da religião.

Tipos de práticas codificadas por cor

Meditação -> Aqua, verde-água. É a base de muitas disciplinas de Magia e Feitiçaria, importante para crescimento individual e progresso pessoal.

Cura -> Azul. São todas as formas de práticas voltadas a cura de doenças, aliviar dores, restaurar vitalidade, etc.

Magia verde -> Conhecer e usar as propriedades mágicas e medicinais das plantas.

Adivinhação -> Amarelo. Arte de prever o futuro e descobrir coisas escondidas. Também chamadas de artes mânticas (mantis significa "adivinho").

Alquimia -> Vermelho. É a ciência da transformação e transmutação, criada em Alexandria (Egito) no séc. I d.C., precursora da química moderna. Misturando metalurgia egípcia, filosofia grega e misticismo do oriente médio, os alquimistas possuíam três objetivos: a transmutação de metais básicos em ouro e prata; o elixir da vida, que curaria todas as doenças (o que resultaria em imortalidade); e a criação do homunculus, um homem artificial.

Domínio dos animais -> Marrom. Diz sobre todo tipo de magia relacionada aos animais, sobretudo a comunicação com animais. Também inclui conhecimentos de zoologia e sabedoria dos totens.

Numerologia-> Claro. Segundo Pitágoras, "tudo é número": todas as coisas do Universo são baseadas em padrões geométricos que se repetem, formando uma matriz energética.

Magia cerimonial -> Branco. Originadas no séc. XVII e XVIII, baseadas na Cabala, no Hermetismo, neoplatonismo e doutrinas orientais. Promete despertar o mago para o seu Deus interior, o Eu superior.

Domínio dos ensinamentos -> Cinza. Conhecer segredos arcanos e mistérios esotéricos.

Bruxaria, demonologia e necromancia -> Preto. A bruxaria forma a maior parte da magia popular. Já a demonologia, popular na Idade Média e na Renascença, os demônios são recrutados pelo mago para o ajudar. Na necromancia os espíritos dos mortos são conjurados.

Última edição: 28/11/2022

#bruxaria #bruxa #feitiço #feitiçaria #witchblr #witchcraft #witchblr brasil #magia #magica #wicca #spell #brujeria #magick #paganismo #pagão

[eldenfnord]

"At the depths of the Under World, the experience is overwhelming because we can't see anything. We can't breathe because the air is too heavy. At the heights of the Upper World, we are overwhelmed because we can perceive everything... Thus, in our human form, we must remain in or near the Middle World, although we can experience brief sojourns into the fringes of the other two realms... [Hekate's] dark, destructive, and deadly side is only one part of Her. She is equally, if not more so, an Upper World deity. Here in the Middle World, Her energy creates our life's journey and She lights the way... These currents combine synergistically to create the World Soul. Using the three worlds and the epithets provide us with tools to better understand Her."

-Keeping Her Keys; an Introduction to Hekate's Modern Witchcraft by Cyndi Brannen (pp35-36)

The past few years I've been fascinated with goddesses. As an aspiring magos/witch/shaman I naturally gravitate towards the ones that are associated with mageia. (I like the Greek term for magick.) Hekate is one of those dark, mysterious, and undeniably powerful ones who has a lot more going for her if you look closer. The more I look into her history, I find she has wider-spanning roles then many people would think.

Dr. Brannen speaks of her many attributes in Keeping Her Keys. Fierce and fiery at times, and others loving, forgiving, and rejuvenating. She can be a guide through our most difficult times. She reminds me of the goddess Tara, who acts in many of the same roles.

I haven't been studying Tara for very long but I think she fits in with the same archetype as Hekate. They're probably not historically related but that doesn't bother me. I might combine Tara and Hekate devotion in my practice. The more I read about religions, the more I see just how much people have mixed bits and pieces of them together throughout history.

I like Chaos magic, which encourages creating and destroying belief systems at one's leisure. I'm glad that people can be devout followers of specific religions, but that's not really my jam. I think as long as I'm aware of what parts I'm connecting and where they came from it's okay. Anyway, those are just some thoughts late on a Wednesday evening.

Thanks for reading. You're beautiful. I love you. I hope all your dreams come true.

#hekate #hecate #magick #tara bodhisattva #mageia #mysticism #wild speculation #rambling #deipnon #new moon

[linuxiarzepl]

Mageia 9

Została wydana nowa wersja dystrybucji Linux Mageia 9 https://linuxiarze.pl/mageia-9/

#linux #mandriva #mageia

[mandrivaone07]

Instalación por red “network install“ Linux

En mi experiencia, si desea instalar Linux a través de Internet, solo le recomendaría hacerlo con una distribución como Mageia. Porque: 🟡 El proceso de instalación siempre arranca 🟡 La instalación es sencilla 🟡 La instalación es mínima 🟡 La instalación nunca falla, aunque puede tener algún problema menor a la hora de instalar el Grub. Después, hay por ejemplo, un archivo pequeño mini, para instalar Debian:

amd64 👉 netboot 👉 mini.iso

, que la última vez, no me permitió dejar la cosas tal como las quería; sin nada adicional como el navegador o el Libre Office que me instala automáticamente -cosa que no hizo antes al seleccionar los paquetes-.

#netinstall #Linux #Debian #Mageia

[dhr-ao3]

Kairos: Mageia

Kairos: Mageia https://ift.tt/sVMKf4U by FrostedGemstones22 A collection of gifts for reviewers and others that take place in the 'Harry Potter' universe. Check out the table of contents for ratings and summaries of each one-shot. Will be continually added as reviewer gifts are written. Words: 10887, Chapters: 5/?, Language: English Series: Part 4 of Drabbles/Gifts Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, Charlie Weasley Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom/Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger/Charlie Weasley Additional Tags: Time Turners (Harry Potter), Time Travel, Post-War, Healing, Mirror of Erised (Harry Potter), Denial of Feelings, Pre-War, Hogwarts Era, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence via AO3 works tagged 'Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy' https://ift.tt/4IA8cB0 August 22, 2023 at 07:21AM

#IFTTT #Dramione #Draco x Hermione

[femme-malewife]

I know I haven’t given much attention to my Mageia tou Eros nagihiyo series since Part 1, but I wholly encourage everyone to imagine Hiyori wearing this dress thanks

#its perfect for her #actually in tears

[alephskoteinos]

I'd like to share some fascinating insights about the ancient Egyptian concept of Heka, which refers both to basically the concept of "magic" in Egyptian terms and to the deity who personified that concept, derived from The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice by Robert Kriech Ritner. I do not doubt it will have a certain relevance to the broad milieu of Left Hand Path occultism, though in a larger sense I figure it has important things to say about magic in paganism. What follows is an overview of how Ritner covers the concept of heka.

Heka is an Egyptian word that was selected by Coptic scribes to translate the Greek terms "mageia", and therefore magic. Magic is often defined in opposition to traditional religion, and this understanding was sadly, to varying degrees, reflected in pre-Christian Roman and Greek cultures almost as much as it was across Christianity (remember, the Greek word "mageia" was typically derogatory), but this was just not the case for ancient Egyptians. In fact, if by magic we mean heka and by heka we mean magic, magic was seen by ancient Egyptians as an important part of religious life and the life of the cosmos itself. Egyptian texts such as the Pyramid Texts treated magic or heka as something that someone could possess and work over the cosmos or the world around them. That being said, understanding what heka means also depends on understanding the god Heka.

Heka is a deity who is first attested to in visual form at the funerary temple of the Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Sahure, where Heka is depicted leading a procession of gods bearing offerings to the pharoah. In the Coffin Texts, there is a spell meant to allow a magician to become Heka, which also serves as the longest theological exposition on the concept of heka or magic. In this text, the god Heka is shown as the first being to have been created by Re-Atum, who was created before the emanation of Hu (the first word) and before the emergence of duality, gave rise to the Ennead, and thus preceded almost all of the other Egyptian deities. In this sense, however, Ritner argues that the god Heka is really a hypostasis of the creative power of Re-Atum which is the source of the order of the cosmos itself. Further, in the Coffin Texts, Heka is also said to inspire fear in all the gods who came into being after him through his powers, and came into being of himself. Heka's creative power is not limited to a single event but is instead re-enacted daily. In fact, Heka is depicted as taking his place on the solar barque of Ra as a protector of Ra.

Heka, as magic, was understood as a power that could be used defensively, both by the gods and by humans, to destroy their enemies or preserve existence. In fact, according to the Instructions for King Merikare, magic was divinely created as a "weapon" for human beings to use for their own defense. Heka was thus, on its own, perfectly religiously legitimate, not to mention perfectly legal, but in a sense it was also basically "morally" neutral. It could be used to defend or create things, but it could also be used for "evil", presumably usually meaning hostile or "criminal" acts. "Sorcery" in itself was not illegal in ancient Egypt, but it was illegal to use magic against the king. In that context, though, one might assume that the crime was not magic itself but rather was understood simply as a form of sedition or seditious conspiracy. In fact, there is only one trial in the whole of Egyptian history for sorcery: the crime was using wax figures for magic in a plot against the throne, and even so the magic itself came from books that belonged to the king himself. Otherwise, the Coffin Texts also apparently mention an "evil magic", a form of heka used by spirits of the underworld and sorcerers that the deceased does not obey, but this is in the sense of meaning "hostile" magic - as in "hostile" from the perspective of deceased souls, and Ritner stresses this is nothing like the concept of "black magic" taken for granted in our Western Christocentric culture. Even Apep, who is daily destroyed by Heka, has his own heka and spells that he wields ineffectually against Ra.

Even so, Heka has an interestingly ambiguous stature, even in relationship to the cosmic order. On the one hand, the god Heka is depicted as the generator and protector of cosmic order. On the other hand, heka is something that can be used to threaten other gods and the order of the cosmos. In the Book of the Heavenly Cow, Ra flees into the heavens from magicians who act as they please using the magic that is in their bodies. In Egyptian myth, Ra refuses to share his divine name with Isis on the grounds that he doesnt want magicians knowing it and therefore being able to threaten him with it. Egyptian theologians sometimes responded to this idea by declaring that at least some gods (for example, Shu and the divine bull of Medamud) were immune to the effects of magic. Despite this, there are numerous magical texts and spells in which magic had the power to threaten gods, the solar barque, and even the existence of the cosmos. According to Ritner, this reflects a widely held Egyptian belief in the power of heka as something all beings are subject to. You can see this clearly in the Greek Magical Papyri, in which lots and lots of spells featured compulsion rites or "threats" made to various gods by magicians, often assimilating into the identity of other gods.

Incidentally, the god Heka was also sometimes seen as having the power to threaten the souls of the deceased: in the Book of Coming Forth by Day (or "The Book of the Dead"), Heka can be threatening to the deceased soul along with a thousand violent divine guardians who stand beside him, and this threat has to be overcome by the deceased (though, again, this isn't necessarily supposed to mean something demonic).

Interestingly, the Egyptians did not see heka as something "supernatural" in the sense that we think of it today, and neither was it seen as "prenatural" as such, but rather as something present within "nature", or at least within the order of the cosmos itself, and as something that gives life to the cosmos itself. It was thought to reside in the bodies of gods and humans as well as in the plants and stones of the earth. This is actually very much in line with the concept of sunthemata as presented by "Neoplatonist" philosophers such as Iamblichus and Proclus, in which The One and/or the divine is diffused across all things in the cosmos, even plants and stones. In the Book of the Heavenly Cow, Ra is also depicted as being immanent in heka or Heka, which in turn is imminent in everything else. This is very interesting because it's as if Ra sees himself as being threatened by that which he himself is immanent in. Even more interesting is the text's ba-theology, in which heka is established as the ba-spirit of Ra himself, who created and established the heavens to house the ba-spirits of the other gods in. So heka is the ba-spirit of Ra, who is immanent in heka, which in turn is immanent in the bodies of the magicians who now threaten Ra. On the other hand, a separate hymn currently housed in Berlin depicts heka or magic as the ba-spirit of the god Ptah. In later papyri, heka is describe as the ka of Ra.

Ritner suggests that Heka's association with ka is linked to the power of heka to enter or penetrate the ka of anything in creation and invest it with either generative or destructive power. Power itself becomes the emblem of Heka's name. In Ptolemaic hieroglyphs, the image of Heka featured a phty-sign on his head, which Ritner suggests is a way of writing the word "ntr", or neteru, meaning "god" or "deity", thus reflecting the notion of the gods as being sources of heka or magical power. In another payprus, Re-Atum says "magic (heka) is my name".

Heka (magic) is to be understood as a power immanent throughout the cosmos, which both underwrites the very existence of the cosmos and might potentially destroy it, and can both support the order of the cosmos and subvert and shatter it; divine power that also threatens gods. That last part is in the sense that heka (magic) comes from the gods, is immanent in gods and at least one god is immanent in it, but it is also capable of threatening gods and spirits, or allowing magicians to do so. The way that works runs along lines similar to the theurgical logic of sunthemata, but also runs along the lines of Egyptian theology concerning ka. From that very standpoint, you can see the true extent to which the magic of the PGM is underwritten by Egyptian theology.

Those who align with a "Left Hand Path" magical orientation can clearly derive something useful from this conception, especially when seeking a link to paganism that might break them from what they see as the confines of the Christocentric religious imaginary. It seems then that those who want a pagan magical worldview that also allows the same kind of Promethean conceit so present in modern Satanism and similar systems would do well to explore the subject of ancient Egyptian magic and theology.

#heka #kemetic polytheism #paganism #magic #ancient egypt #egyptian magic #left hand path

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oh, nice to hear! i’ve personally been using it for about 4(?) years. started with mint, and now im running arch. gotta say, i just prefer it this point

oh that's super cool!! i started on Mageia just because that's what my uni physics department set me up with for some reason lol. i've been all over the place with linux distros mostly because i just work with what i'm given for school/work. but for personal stuff i'm the most boring kind of linux user, usually pretty loyal to debian/ubuntu ^^;

#i set up arch on a netbook but did not have the patience to stick with it ahaha #i'm pretty pragmatic when i'm not playing i just want something to work easily & reliably #but i'm always super impressed when people like. build their environment from scratch #ask #anon #linux

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Well, gonna put up a new masterpost now that I’ve shared a lot of info about my OCs.

Chroniclerverse A rebornverse AU where certain characters, known as the Sidhe amongst their own kind or Aura Wielders by the general populace, can wield the supernatural abilities of Pokemon either through a spiritual entity residing in their souls since birth (Anima, or Eikons for those with Legendary/Mythical forms) or via forging a Pact with their partner Pokemon (Mageia). There are several canon characters who are Aura Wielders in this AU, being:

Reborn - Taube, Solaris, Taka, Elias, Luna, Zina, Anna, Noel Rejuvenation (v13) - Anju/Angie, Hazuki, Vivian, Taelia, Aelita, Nora, Saki, Kreiss Rejuvenation (v13.5 additions) - Crescent, Nymiera, Alexandra, Damien, Kailani, Odessa Desolation - Nova, Lilith, Shiv, Aurora, Waldenhall

OCs Rejuvenation Artemis “Hauyne” Viator (female; she/her, but uses they/them): The Interceptor and the main protagonist of the Chroniclerverse. A skilled competitive player who was transported to Aevium to fulfill the role of Interceptor, and has been through a total of fourteen major cycles to date (synonymous to each of the game’s major updates). She’s a girl of few words with an exterior frostier than Never-Melt Ice, but conceals a tender heart underneath her cold front and is supremely devoted towards those she considers family/friends. The last true heir to her clan. Her other form is an unknown draconic legendary Pokemon.

Reborn Orion Viator (libramasc; they/he): Artemis’s long-lost older brother. They’re the protagonist of Reborn, and the region’s current reigning Champion. They were brought to Reborn via forging a contract with Nostra, who beseeched them to become the region’s saviour and save them from their grim fates. They are a gentle, empathetic and kind-hearted soul who despises violence, but will take up arms to protect those they hold dear should the need arises. Their other form is the Original Dragon of Unova.

Desolation Iseult Rayos (transfem demigirl; she/they): An Aura Wielder bonded to a Cresselia, and older sister to Kisaragi. Formerly a wandering mercenary exiled from her clan due to her seeming inability to Bond with a Pokemon, she eventually came to the Ayrith region together with her friends Ava and Scarlett to take on the League Challenge. Despite their cynical outlook and gruff demeanour coupled with an insatiable thirst for battle, Iseult is a noble soul who abhors needless cruelty and would refrain from harming others even if it hinders her from achieving her goals.    

Main Tags #chroniclerverse - any posts relating to the chroniclerverse au #valkyrie draws some things - my art posts #ramblings - random stuff that has nothing to do with my other main tags #fanfiction - fanfiction I’ve written and posted here #interceptor oc: hauyne - posts related to my Interceptor OC, Hauyne #reborn oc: orion - posts related to my Reborn OC, Orion #deso oc: iseult - posts related to my Desolation OC, Iseult 

#pokemon rejuvenation #pokemon reborn #interceptor oc: hauyne #reborn oc: orion #chroniclerverse #valkyrie draws some things #ramblings #fanfiction #deso oc: iseult