Quenta Ainólë

Being a reflection of my thoughts and feelings of the Deep Truths and other mystical topics

[wilwheaton]

[ainolendil]

Winter Solstice

I'm a day late, but here we go anyway...

O Light, O Lady, of Wisdom!

Into the night I cry to you!

In the midst of greatest darkness, You remind us that all is not cold, and lifeless, You promise us light, and warmth, And so we can live in hope. Let us remember that there is always life, Even in the deepest dark of winter.

Let us eat, drink, and be merry, Celebrate the year behind us, And look forward to what comes ahead.

Thy will be done, Three-In-One

[thelatestkate]

Here's my favorite drawings of 2023, wooooo! It's so fun to see all the different seasons represented. I'm curious, which of these do you like most?

Thank you for following along with my art this year! I feel so lucky that anyone connects with my weird little drawings. Your attention and kindness is very much appreciated. ♥

Here's to more growth in 2024!

[ainolendil]

"Geomancy and cartomancy are ... combinations of symbols and numbers, which are at once fortuitous and necessary, bear sufficient resemblance to the chances of destiny for the imagination to perceive realities by the pretext of such emblems." -Eliphas Levi, Dogma Et Rituel De La Hauge Magie Pt II

[eglerieth]

Translating the Song of Beren and Luthien into Sindarin!

i laid nî ann, in glae nî calen

i saew-lûth tond a bain

a mi i lant - ae! - calad

o giliath mi doath silivren

Tinúviel nî lilt ennas

an linnas o thibin altirad

a galad o giliath nî mi finnathdeith

a mi hammadeith silivren

ennas Beren tùliel o ered ring

a dom ranë nu lais

a mivan i heb-edhil duin nornt

padantë air a nírol

cenë mi i saew-lais

a tírant di elven mellys

po colldeith a rainc-hammadeith

a finnadeith sui dae aphadol

elven nestant taildeid lom

han thar emyn nî amarthan an rain

a e rongantë, thalion a lim

a mabant na aglannim o ithil celair

tre-remmen glad mi Neldoreth

is colui horthant na lilthatail

a lefn Beren air eno an rain

mi i dínen tawar lastad

lhaent ennas rem i rimp law

o tail colui sui melhûn-galadh lais

egor linnas eithela nucae

mi thurin gryd potha

hi thern hoda i saew-thrimpim

a mîn-ar-mîn na fírlaw

na lhoss dannant i neldor-lais

mi i rhîw-taur potha

e cestant ín him, raun haer

mivan lais o íniath nî delch hodant

ar calad o ithil a aglann o el

mí menel sui hell potha

colldeith glînnant mîn i ithilgalad

ir bo amoncaw raud a haer

Tinúviel lilthant, a na taildeith nî hodant

hîth o celeb potha

ir rhîw lúda, ad-tolantë

a linnë leithiant i bragol ethuil

sui orthad amrent, a dannad ross

a medhiant nen gwelch

tírantë i edhellys eithela

os taildeith, a ad-cyrant

anírantë arë an lilt a linnon

or i glae algumri

adribant dîn ach lim tolantë

Tinúviel! Tinúviel!

estannenë in di edhel-enethdeith

a tass dîn darant lastad

min luig tarant dîn, a lûth

glimdeid caedant bo dîn: Beren tolant

a amarth dannant bo Tinúviel

han mi raincë hodant silivren

ir Beren cennant mî hent dîn

mîn i dúaith o fingimdeith

i potha gilgalad o i menel

tírantë ennas cenedrilant silivren

Tinúviel i edhel-bain

alfirin gwen edhel-sael

os Beren hantant gwathui fingimdeith

a rainc sui celeb silivren

annan nî i yr amarth ti colant

thar sarn emyn ring a mith

tre-rynd o ang a morn fen

a taurim o dúath alordolel

i sathantgaer mi ti hodant

a ach na vedui ti ad-govannen

a annan-ia ti gwanwen

mi i taur lindant alnaeras

[thelatestkate]

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[akboro]

[dduane]

Terry knew.

[petermorwood]

"...the kind who brushed the dog and told their children bedtime stories..."

That passage leads into this one:

Yup.

Terry knew.

[ainolendil]

"Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and likeness of a Maker." -J.R.R. Tolkien, "On Fairy-Stories"

[wilwheaton]

[ainolendil]

This.

[thelatestkate]

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[ainolendil]

Samhain Prayer

O Lady! O Light! O Wisdom

Into the darkness, I call to you!

And so the wheel turns again, As it has turned before, As it will turn again. Again we pass from Light into Darkness, Out of Autumn and into the cold of Winter. Out of withering, And into the chill stillness of death. Let us not be without hope. Let us remember the promise you have made, That this, too, shall pass. Help us to remember that Death is not eternal, That the grave is but another bed, And from it the world will rise in time. Let us enjoy the cold for what it is, The dark for what it is. Let us be warmth and light to each other. And may you be those things within us as well. Thy will be done - Three in One.

[ainolendil]

"God is visible in His works, and He requires nothing contrary to its nature from any being, for He is Himself the author of that nature. Faith is confidence; have confidence, not in men who malign reason, for they are fools or impostors, but in that eternal reason which is the Divine Word, that true light which is offered like the sun to the intuition of every human creature coming into this world." -Eliphas Levi, Dogma Et Rituel De La Haute Magie Part II

[ainolendil]

"The sky is thus the mirror of the human soul, and when we think that we are reading the stars it is in ourselves we read."

-Eliphas Levi, Dogma et Rituel de la Haute Magie Part II

[ainolendil]

"Get thee behind us, Satan! We renounce thee, with all thy pomps and works, and still more with all thy deformities, thy meanness, thy nothingness, thy deception! The Great Initiator beheld thee fall from heaven like a thunderbolt. The Christian legend changes thee, making thee set they dragon's head mildly beneath the foot of the Mother of God. Thou art for us the image of unintelligence and mystery; thou art unreason and blind fanaticism; thou art the inquisition and its hell; though art the god of Torquemada and Alexander VI; though hast become the sport of children, and thy final place is at the side of Polichinello."

-Eliphas Levi, Dogma et Rituel de la Houte Magie Part II

[middle-earth-mythopoeia]

Happy anniversary of The Silmarillion being published! (September 15, 1977)

[ainolendil]

I love this book. Maybe even better than LotR

[ainolendil]

"Man is not permitted to do violence to destiny, still less to impose bonds upon the lawful use of liberty." -Eliphas Levi, Dogma Et Rituel De La Haute Magie Part II

[ainolendil]

"Love is a dream of enchantments that transfigures the world; all becomes music and fragrance, all intoxication and felicity. The beloved being is beautiful, is good, is sublime, is infallible, is radiant, glows with health and happiness."

-Eliphas Levi, Dogma Et Rituel De La Haute Magie Part II