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Remember that not all spirits are interested in humans. Don't fall into the hubristic trap of thinking they exist just to serve and work with people; many spirits were here long before us, and many will be here long after we are gone. Reducing them to a catalog of magical pets and servants is genuinely blasphemous.

ebrithilbowser

If I had any saying in the matters of the catholic church, I’d canonize not only the book of Enoch and the Acts of Philipp, but also Dante’s Divine Comedy and Milton’s Paradise Lost. I think they had enough influence on christian worldview for them to be canon.

ebrithilbowser

That’s the spirit

a-book-of-creatures

I want to canonize the Acts of Paul and Thecla for the most unhinged execution by beasts scene known to Christendom.

creature-wizard

Hey folks, dunno who needs to hear it, but all of this stuff about mind control and creating alters via gemstone programming, metal programming, theta programming, and whatnot comes from a woman who calls herself Svali, who apparently started putting this stuff out there back around 2000 or so - it's archived on bibliotecapleyades.net:

Svali is yet another fraudster in the vein of people like Mike Warnke, Lauren Stratford, and Bill Schnoebelen. She claims to be a former Illuminati programmer, and pushes the same "Satanists are running the world, only the power of Conservative Jesus can stop them" narrative as all the rest. These days she's running a blog where, in addition to her global Satanic conspiracy garbage, she's also pushing stuff like antivax conspiracy theories.

hungwy

envy is such a green word (theres no reason why anyone might think this)

what-even-is-thiss

I had a dream last night that I put a curse on Jon Arbuckle. You know. From the Garfield comic strip. And the curse showed up in my breath of the wild inventory for some reason.

The label read “curse on Jon Arbuckle. Curses Jon Arbuckle to -1 happiness”

(The curse was that he’d never feel full unfiltered joy ever again and that all of his happiness for the rest of his life would be slightly unsatisfying, which is just really a dick move on my dream self I’ve got to say that is a really bad curse)

what-even-is-thiss

I don’t know why I was so mad at a comic strip character or why the curse showed up in my video game inventory but if anyone wants to steal this as a writing prompt be my guest

what-even-is-thiss

I can’t undo dream curses, man. It is what it is.

postingtreyf

Note: the bulk of this thread was posed on 11/5/2020 and was added to sporadically thru 8/13/2021. This is Part 1 because apparently it's too long for tumblr? Part 2 Part 3

So you want to know more about antisemitism outside the context of Nazis ...

99.99999% of conspiracy theories are either rooted in antisemitism or antisemitism is a key component

An anonymous columnist calls out conspiracy theories for their hidden anti-Semitism

Yad Vashem has a bunch of things, here’s a free online course about antisemitism:

Poke around the National Museum of American Jewish History’s site (it’s The Best Jewish museum in the US, IMO).

Handy guide with examples from social media:

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg is great and has a number of informational threads.

On Antisemitism:

On Judeo-Christian and why you should delete it from your vocabulary:

On why you should stop using “Pharisees” as a pejorative:

Here’s an essay on why “fake Christian” and “not a real Christian” are harmful rhetoric:

How will progressive Christians react to rising anti-Semitism in this pandemic?

(Look, I get the impulse. Ben Shapiro is shitbag. So are Laura Loomer, Stephen Miller, Mort Klein, etc. but No True Scotsman-ing isn’t actually helpful.)

“But Israel!” Nope. Stop right there. Explainers:

https://newjewishagenda.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/the-past.pdf

(My main critique of both of these is that they’re pretty Ashkenormative and gloss over the effect Israel’s creation had on Mizrahi Jews living in other MENA countries.)

Short thread/statement from a Palestinian activist that succinctly summarizes his distaste with folks using Palestinians to legitimize their antisemitism:

https://twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi/status/980015842460016640?s=21

Thread from a Black Jew about how Jews are often perceived by Gentiles of Color, which is a helpful perspective on how positive stereotypes and proximity to whiteness can put marginalized communities in conflict. These conflicts doubly hurt those who belong to both:

https://twitter.com/thespinsterymc/status/1189266271923257349?s=21

mapsontheweb

8 Celtic Nations

catchymemes

bogleech

People saying this is genuinely mean are missing an important fact:

Genuinely believing that another person's personality was determined by a distant planet is essentially believing they're a mindless robot programmed by something else instead of a unique and special being whose character traits were molded by their entire personal experience on earth. Astrology can be kitschy fun but if you actually believe it's real then you're being pretty disrespectful of other people's humanity and totally asking to be pranked

elderravenfire

Witches and Pagans have been here since the dawn of time. We at one point were the masters of medicine, science, philosophy and all things under and above the stars. We were healers, teachers and doctors. People would come to us for advice in all things. From crops and when to plant and harvest to childbearing and to know their future. We cured illnesses and blessed homes families and lifted any curses that were put on by evil spirits and devils. We protected all life and always did our best to cause as little harm. We value nature animals all life and even things that humans have forgotten and ignored. We cared for them protected them. Many of us still do. We could have ruled the world if we had so desired. We have the knowledge and the power to do so. What we lacked was the desire. We believe that everyone and every being deserves freedom and Liberty. We had this concept long before America had it. We were content with helping and protecting people and creatures. Then the church came along and then decided that we had to go. They went on crusades to make us evil and turn the world against us. Now we could have fought back and yes at first we did. However, too many innocent people were being killed. We couldn’t have that. So we let the church believe they had killed us all off. I will be telling these stores later. I will tell you how many of us hid in plain site. How we became the children of the night and how we became masters of all things hidden and secrets. Our knowledge survived the dark ages and burning times. With the church gaining power and control over the world we still had our numbers and strength. Now in modern times we have once again surfaced. People know we walk among them. Many think that this is a resurgence of the old ways. When in fact we have always been here. Never gone but hidden. I believe that those many years ago we made a mistake. Our brothers and sisters of old thought that they were doing the right thing by stepping away and going underground. This was wrong and short sighted. They believed that like all other religions and cults that the church would have died out. But instead grew stronger. By the time we realized our mistake it was too late. The state of the world and everything that has happened is the result of our failure. To quote uncle Ben here, “With great power comes great responsibility.” And we failed. The church has since killed millions of people. Oppressed millions more. And to this day still does so. The church has caused so much harm to billions of people. It ruins families and destroys friendships. They are bigots and fanatics that still to this day try to force their will upon others. This needs to end. The truth needs to come out. So what I will be doing to talking about the terrible history of the church the crimes that the church was committed and the truth about the devil that they call god. I will also be teaching a better way of life. The old ways are the best ways. They teach and practice love kindness and compassion. With no money required to learn it and practice it. Unlike the church where the more money you have the better you are. If you want to come with me on this journey and learn and become something better than you though possible, the welcome.

crxptid-teeth-deactivated202312

They are bigots and fanatics that still to this day try to force their will upon others. This needs to end. The truth needs to come out. So what I will be doing to talking about the terrible history of the church the crimes that the church was committed and the truth about the devil that they call god.

I will let you know, Pagans are also horrible. The Viking age. Slaughtering, slave trade, literal human sacrifice. Pagans are too devil worshipers.

The old ways are the best ways. They teach and practice love kindness and compassion.

Abrahamic religions also practice and teach love, kindness, and compassion. Frankly in any other religion you can find the same thing - love, kindness and compassion.

crazycatsiren

Gotta give it to OP. What a grand sensationalization of bullshit plus advertisement for a potential cult.

The Burning Times™️, y'all.

@pondering-the-kaiju I think you might get a kick out of this one.

creature-wizard

Whoo boy. Where to even begin? The implication that pagans were a cultural monolith? The implication that non-pagans didn't know how to do any of the stuff he mentions? The antisemitism and Islamophobia in claiming that the Crusades targeted pagans rather than Jews and Muslims? The long-discredited witch cult hypothesis narrative? The blaming of Christianity for environmental destruction instead of imperialism and capitalism? The implicit assumption that Christianity = the Catholic Church? The failure to comprehend that Catholicism was a product of Roman Imperialism, and pagan/polytheistic Rome also sucked, because it was also an empire that went and fucked around with people's religious practices?

Like damn, OP's post is an absolute fucking mess. An utter field of red flags. Definitely the last person I'd ever go to for learning ancient wisdom, that's for sure.

thekeymonster

Flower Gathering 🌼 2021

engineofhelll

[Image description: An illustration of a possum wearing a purple wizard hat and holding a bouquet of yellow, pink, and purple flowers. The possum is smiling.]

creature-wizard

How conspiracy peddlers and cult recruiters make you *feel* like you're "thinking for yourself" when you're actually not.

I run into a lot of people who proudly insist that they didn't get into conspiratorial or woo belief through brainwashing, but through thinking for themselves!

Yeah, yeah, it sure felt that way, didn't it?

But is that really what happened, though? People who are really good at indoctrination and brainwashing won't tell you what to believe. Instead, they'll tell you that they're just going to show you the evidence and let you make up your own mind. And then, they show you the "evidence" they want you to see, curated and presented in a way so that the only conclusion you can make is the one they wanted you to make all along.

Let's say, for example, you have someone trying to convince you that ancient mythologies describe extraterrestrial beings visiting Earth. They might tell you that many ancient mythologies and texts describe beings coming down from the sky, and try to claim these beings are extraterrestrial aliens.

You might not notice that they're pulling a rhetorical slight-of-hand if you're unaware that:

"Sky god" can mean a lot of things, from a god of rain to a personification of the sun or even the very sky itself.

Not all gods are sky gods in any sense; EG, vegetation deities are very much associated with the earth.

Ancient beliefs were often rooted in animist worldviews and many deities actually embody aspects of nature, including the many of the gods they're trying to pass off as extraterrestrial aliens.

Myths and beliefs were constantly evolving and changing; just because some people believed things a certain way 2000 years ago, doesn't mean people believed the same things 5000 years ago, let alone 10,000 years ago. (Look up the differences between the gods of Classical Greece and the gods of Mycenaean Greece, for example.)

A text they're referencing reflects a very specific set of beliefs that have nothing to do with aliens, genetic engineering, or whatever they're on about. (The Book of Enoch has angels being horny, not conducting genetic experiments.)

Next, they might tell you that certain feats of engineering (for example, the pyramids) would have been impossible for "primitive" people to accomplish, and therefore must have required alien assistance. This might seem compelling if you don't know a lot about ancient construction methods, let alone how the ancient Egyptians were quite good at math, and how they experimented with and refined the designs of pyramids over the years. (The step pyramid and the bent pyramid are pretty much always left out by ancient alien theorists.) "Aliens built it" also sounds a lot more believable when you aren't aware that archaeologists actually found the villages the workers lived in while they were building the pyramids, and found actual graffiti left by workers inside the pyramids. At some point they might show you a set of hieroglyphs that supposedly depict flying aircraft. What they aren't telling you is that these are literally just two sets of normal hieroglyphs superimposed over each other because they filled in the original hieroglyphs and carved over them, and then the fillings fell out. Yep, it's really that simple. So this whole time, you feel like you're thinking for yourself when what you're actually doing is thinking on the rails they set out for you. You don't even realize you're being railroaded toward a specific conclusion because you're only seeing what they want you to see, the way they want you to see it. There are, of course, other tactics to make you feel like you're thinking for yourself when your thoughts are actually being railroaded. For example, you might be presented with a slurry of assertions, cryptic statements, and questions that are all designed to guide you toward a pre-determined conclusion. Here's an example I thought up off the cuff: Ancient pagans worshiped the sun. Secret societies know ancient truths. Why does Grandma Helen plant yellow marigolds? Just a coincidence? What does the name "Helen" mean? What other "coincidences" are there? Look for yourself. Think for yourself. Yellow. Where else can you find yellow? Grandma Helen could be the most run-of-the-mill Christian ever, but this rhetoric encourages people to see Grandma Helen, plus anyone who ever does anything with yellow ever, as some kind of cryptopagan. You aren't being directly told that Grandma Helen is a cryptopagan. Instead, you're being conditioned to perceive her as one by being presented with a limited set of assertions (some with actual truth behind them!), plus a means of continually reinforcing this perception if you accept the premise. The piece I wrote was inspired by QAnon, whose MO has been compared to an alternate reality game and noted to be that of a fictional plot device rather than a real whistleblower. This is an extremely good article on the mechanics of QAnon and how it tricks people into believing they're thinking for themselves when they're actually thinking exactly what Q wants them to think; I really recommend giving it look. So yeah, people who are genuinely competent at brainwashing or indoctrination won't make you feel indoctrinated or brainwashed - they'll make you feel as if you came to these conclusions on your own by simply manipulating what you're allowed to see and how you see it.

blairstales

Waulking Songs and the Loireag | Scottish Folklore

A waulking song is a traditional song that was sung for a group to keep in sync while rhythmically beating newly-woven fabric on a surface. This motion shrinks the fibers of the fabric, which makes it better at repelling water.

“There would often be 24 of them at one table, singing songs for four to five hours at a time, during which 300-400 yards of cloth would be waulked.” Audio Recording Transcript: “WAULKING THE CLOTH, ” Track ID: 65191, Date: 1961. Source: tobarandualchais.co.uk

This could be done sitting around a table and moving the fabric with your hands, but in some places the fabric was waulked using feet.

As they sing, they both beat and move the fabric a clockwise direction.

Related to this practice is a water fairy called Loireag(lorryack). She was a rather mischievous fairy that is often described as having an obsession with tradition.

“The ‘loireag’ presided over the warping, weaving, waulking, and washing of the web, and if the women omitted any of the traditional usages and ceremonies of these occasions she resented their neglect in various ways.” Carmina Gadelica, Volume 2, by Alexander Carmicheal, [1900]

Not only did she make sure things were done in the right order, but she also disliked people singing out of tune, and hated hearing the same waulking song twice.

” If a song were sung twice at the waulking, the ‘loireag’ would come and render the web as thin as before, and all the work of the women of no avail. They had to begin anew and waulk the web over again, taking special care not to repeat the offence. “ Carmina Gadelica, Volume 2, by Alexander Carmicheal, [1900]

The loireag had such a great love of milk that people would leave out offerings of it for her. If this was forgotten, she would take matters into her own hands by enchanting the milking animals to be as still as a statue while she drank her fill.

In one story where this occurred, a girl in Benmore discovered a loireag sucking a cow. The girl tried to drive the fairy away, but nothing worked so she went to fetch her father. It turns out her father was a Carle. Carle can be a derogatory term for a commoner man, but it can also be an alternative name for the "Bodach," which they may be intending in this case.

“The little Carle leapt out at the door in sparks of red fire, swearing at the impudent ‘loireag,’ and at the cow. He threw a boulder at the ‘loireag,’ wishing to kill her, but struck the cow instead and nearly killed her!” Carmina Gadelica, Volume 2, by Alexander Carmicheal, [1900]

He then grabbed the very point of one of the cows horns in the name of “Columba the kindly,” who was “the best leech of man and beast in Alban in his day.” With those words, the cow broke from the enchantment and leapt away. At the same time, the loireag took off running while singing back insults.

“Little carle of Corrie-foot, Little carle of the short coat, Little carle of the foot of the Pass Much I praise your aim.” Highland Mythology by Watson, E. C. (1908)

WAULKINGS SONG EXAMPLES:

(link) In this waulking song a man mourns the fact that another is courting his beloved while he sails the seven seas.

(link) This is a short fragment from a waulking song with a love theme.

(link) The composer describes going through the strath and seeing a herd of hinds. A man was driving them down the hill. He had a bow and arrow and a gun.

(link) This is a waulking song of the type found at the start of a waulking. The chorus refers directly to waulking the tweed, which is unusual in waulking songs.

(link) In this waulking song a sailor tells of his feelings, as the girl he loves is unfaithful. He expresses the hope that his beloved will not take the tailor, the shoemaker, the shepherd or the herdsman.

(link) In this waulking song, the composer lists by their occupation the men who are unsuitable, and then gives details of the one she would accept.

(link) In this waulking song, a woman longs for the man she loves, but his family disapprove of the relationship.

what-even-is-thiss

Poseidon just keeps making horses by accident

what-even-is-thiss

I mean you hook up with a snake woman in a meadow one time and all of a sudden you’ve got a winged horse son to deal with. You just wanna create a spring for this new city you’re trying to impress but the spring has saltwater in it and a horse falls out. Like that’s just embarrassing.

janusfnc14

Must be terrible, to randomly spawn Horses.

what-even-is-thiss

He is the god of horses so it’s to be expected but still kind of annoying.

He’s fathered several horses over the years, leading to many hero demigods riding their half brothers or cousins into battle.

aussieroborous

Loki and Poseidon finding that they have an unexpected amount in common. "One of my kids is a horse with wings. You?" "No wings, but eight legs." "Huh." "Yup."

what-even-is-thiss

They start making out immediately after this and possibly make yet another horse in the process

aussieroborous

Perfectly in character for both. At least one of the resultant equine offspring is instrumental in killing several of the others.

what-even-is-thiss

¿Por qué no los dos?

sar-kalu

Loki was the the Mum the first time...?

what-even-is-thiss

Gods are shapeshifters and there was a horse that needed distracting use your imagination

what-even-is-thiss

It’s also worth noting that at least once Poseidon loves a guy (Nerites) so much that they just spontaneously poof the god of reciprocal love into existence, no birthing involved. He just exists now

So also knowing that Poseidon Neptune can just poof people into existence out of pure vibes it’s possible that Poseidon and Loki standing in the same room would just cause horses to start popping into existence all around them.

It’s not entirely accurate to assume that they could never come into contact either. The Romans at least tended to assume that all local gods were real and needed to be respected when you were in their area. So considering that both the Romans and the Norse sailed a whole lot and the two cultures traded with each other frequently, worshipers of both Loki and Neptune likely came into contact with each other at least a few times historically.

Cue spontaneous immortal horse spawning.

what-even-is-thiss

It’s kind of impossible sometimes to fully interpret the relationships between gods and mortals or nature spirits in the original sources. At least when reading certain translations.

Reason being, a lot of times mortals or nymphs or satyrs or other semi-earthly characters are described as being “beloved” or “loved by” a god. You might very well think, oh. They just think the mortal is neat and likes them. And sometimes it does mean that.

Other times in mythology, a person being “beloved” or “loved by” someone is a euphemism for them being the passive or lower status person in a sexual relationship. And especially in Ancient Greece and Rome where rampant bisexuality was the assumed norm, a lot of these relationships are difficult to interpret.

Were they friends or “friends”? I dunno. In pederasty, the thing the Greeks did where teen boys would be tutored by an older guy in exchange for sexual favors, the eromenos, is often translated to “the beloved” in English when in Greek it means something closer to “the sexually desirable one”. But I can’t read Ancient Greek. So I’m at the mercy of the translators. Many of whom seem squeamish about certain topics.

creature-wizard

On skepticism in spirituality, mysticism, and magic.

If you ever find yourself feeling guilt and shame over skeptical thoughts and feelings, you should sit down and think about why that is. Who put that guilt and shame into you? Skepticism is not bad. Skepticism is your instincts telling you that something isn't adding up. Your skepticism may be wrong sometimes, but that's okay, because what it's fundamentally telling you to do is slow down and investigate further before committing. Have you ever noticed that people who demonize skepticism don't want you to do that? They don't want you to take the time to critically examine things. They want you to buy their product or accept their worldview now. Can you see how that serves their wants and needs more than it serves yours? "You need to believe what I believe right now!" is always about the other person's ego, no matter how they frame it. Even if they claim that they just want to keep you safe and prevent you from making mistakes that could hurt you, it's all about their ego.

"Refusing to believe in X is pure arrogance!" is speculation on their part. If they've got themselves convinced that people who don't believe the same way they do are just arrogant, that's their problem. That's an insecurity they need to work through.

If you ever investigate cult leaders closely, you will often find that they are highly insecure people who try to cope with their insecurity by surrounding themselves with people who will accept whatever they tell them to believe. This is highly damaging to the people they surround themselves with, and it's not good for the cult leader because they're not working through their insecurities. Personally, I find a much greater peace of mind in knowing that the people I associate with believe differently from me and it won't tear up our relationships, than I find in knowing that the only reason things are working out is because we all currently believe the exact same things. You can't expect people to believe the same things forever - we learn and have new experiences that force us to change our beliefs. You also can't expect people to just believe things just because you say so - they need a compelling reason to see things that way. So, I acknowledge that I have my own reasons for believing the way I do, and I accept that they have their reasons for believing the way they do. And I don't expect them to change their minds if I can't demonstrate a solid reason they should. So again, skepticism isn't bad. In fact, skepticism can be extremely good if it motivates you to actually take a closer look at things and do more research. I personally know a lot about cults, history, religion, and magic because I was skeptical about a lot of the things people were telling me, and I chose to go and actually do some research on it. And that means I'm equipped to explain why some strains of belief are incredibly harmful. So if you ever feel skeptical, I suggest using it to motivate you into doing more research. Do deep dives. Collect and compare anecdotes. Whatever. And always, always know that you shouldn't have to feel shame or guilt over feeling skepticism.