jordan 🌛

it/its. my main is arc-angel-o. this is my side blog for everything religion! i have another, characters-veiling. i'm an omnist most interested in (quaker) paganism and islam. culturally wiccan. pfp is andrey shishkin's yarilo, header is by chris cook.

[alongingforgod]

“Better heresy of doctrine than heresy of heart.”

— John Whittier (1807–1892), American Quaker poet and abolitionist  (via theinwardlight)

[thechaoticgingers]

Whitetail Antler Ogham and Rune sets coming to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire this weekend 🌙🦌🍂

Available on our webstore 👀

[nature-travel-photography]

Beneath the Cenote - Quintana Roo, México - Author: StevieFilmShots

[portalibis]

Sol, Lead votive plaque, Roman, probably 3rd century CE

[speakthewordonly]

[aroace-omnist]

I gasped when I saw this, I don't think I've ever seen t4t Lovers in a deck

Thank you Fyodor Pavlov 🙏 this whole deck is so gorgeous

[frankies-apothecary]

Fyodor Pavlov's Tarot

[bobemajses]

Jewish prayer book from the Burgenland region, Austria, 1770

[wandering-jana]

The Ancient Roman House of the Birds, named for its mosaic with 33 different bird species.

Italica, Spain

Dec. 2019

[jay-wasreblogging]

a video by qtmcenter, themasgd and bayareaqm

[hijabi-detected]

HIJABI DETECTED!

[diana-andraste]

Zuleika Ponsen as Medusa, Pierre et Gilles, 1990

[theartofmadeline]

happy pride to the gay people in my computer <3

[radianthour]

“Saint John the Apostle” by Jacques Bellange (c. 1575–1616)

[radianthour]

“In Medieval works of painting, sculpture and literature, Saint John is often presented in an androgynous or femininized manner. Historians have related such portrayals to the circumstances of the believers for whom they were intended. For instance, John’s feminine features are argued to have helped to make him more relatable to women. Likewise, Sarah McNamer argues that because of his status as an androgynous saint, John could function as an ‘image of a third or mixed gender’ and ‘a crucial figure with whom to identify’ for male believers who sought to cultivate an attitude of affective piety, a highly emotional style of devotion that, in late-medieval culture, was thought to be poorly compatible with masculinity. After the Middle Ages, feminizing portrayals of Saint John continued to be made; a case in point is an etching by Jacques Bellange, shown to the right, described by art critic Richard Dorment as depicting 'a softly androgynous creature with a corona of frizzy hair, small breasts like a teenage girl, and the round belly of a mature woman.'”

[zenwannabe]

“When Christians hear the word “incarnation,” most think about the birth of Jesus, who personally demonstrated God’s radical unity with humanity. I want to suggest that the first incarnation was the moment described in Genesis 1, when God joined in unity with the physical universe and became the light inside of everything.” —Richard Rohr 

[kexytimes]

i'm back on my "paris trying to hide Helen's beauty from other men" bullshit

[malefixium]

the trees you grew up with have not forgotten you. their branches still whisper your name in the breeze and their roots remember the paths your feet once traced through their shade.

[vintagenatgeographic]

Buddhist statue in Kyoto, Japan

National Geographic | June 1976

[rosary-enthusiast]

Today I love Saint Dymphna, patron of those with anxiety & mental illness, as well as victims of incest, & sexual abuse.

As a person who struggles with profound OCD, I consider Dymphna my patron saint, & I find her story remarkably comforting. She was born in Ireland, to the Petty King of Oriel, & a Christian mother. She took a vow of chastity at 14, shortly before her mother passed away.

Her father began to consider forcing her to become his wife, due to her resemblance to her mother. She learned of this, & fled to Belgium, with a small group of trusted servants.

When there, in Geel, she established a hospice for the poor & sick. Through this action, her father learned of her whereabouts, & when she would not return to Ireland with him, he beheaded her.

A church built in her honor later became so full with pilgrims who were seeking treatment, that a tradition was established where local people would take in those suffering from mental illness or disability, in order to allow them to live in the community. A tradition that still exists today, in honor of Saint Dymphna.

Being such a young girl when she suffered such terror, & when she offered her wealth to those in need, she surely hears the petitions of those who struggle in kind. She is known as the Lily of Geel, for her impact on the city.