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Some sort of map of my thinking, you can find more about them in the #theology and #terminology tags

#The Meat got the original post taken down so. have the censored version #I should really make a neocities site #hierarchy #knots #interwoven #the uncanny #the meat #the mold

diana-andraste

Hommage de Max Ernst - une femme sans tête, Irina Ionesco, c. 1970s

#the uncanny #the meat

boofinator

Misc.

#thinking about crash test dummies as our sacrificial lambs #along with lab rats #something about this rough approximation of a person that gets thrown at a wall again and again and again and saves peoples lives bc of it #the uncanny

im-in-your-mind

#tunnels #windows

Flesh and connection and knots

#interwoven #the meat #theology

Symbols and windows and the Sea

#something about the sea and water being used as a way of connecting people through travel for centuries #waterways being so integral to trade networks and people communicating with each other #trying to capture some of that energy #interwoven #the meat #collage

Persephone digital collage

#this wasn’t intended to be Persephone but it grew into Her #hellenic polytheism #offered #persephone #kore #collage

Symbols. Trying to work out a symbol library

#sigil #floating ideas #symbol

Air. Fuzziness. The inbetween, the unsure.

#the uncanny #trying to capture. something.

Researching ancient greek cults from an archeological prospective really makes it clear how Christian the modern pagan movement is, even if they don't like examining it.

It was pretty common for people to get initiated into mystery cults to try to get a specific benefit from a god and move on if they didn't get it. This seems to have been treated as completely normal and maybe a bit rude but by no means a slight against that god. Whereas I know there are a hundred thousand posts on pagan subreddits worrying about "abandoning" a deity or pantheon if they start getting interested in another. Its the monotheistic worldview leaking through.

#and then people get so fixated on choosing the correct path or god for themselves as if theyre not allowed to change their mind #this sort of thing would have been BIZZARE to any mildly religious person in ancient greece #you usually just end up worshipping at the temple closest to you. because thats where your community also goes. duh.#just. something ive noticed #floating ideas

Offering to Aphrodite. Appealing to her overseeing of interpersonal relationships

#my girlfriends are fighting and I’m a little overwhelmed #so I drew this to help calm down #hellenic polytheism #aphrodite #offered

Common threads in Grecco-roman mystery cults: initiation, some amount of social status, music, sealed baskets, iconography that outlasts the mysteries. Votive. Superiors to organize. Initiates aren't expected to dedicate themselves to the cult.

#this is excluding the Mithras cult bc I think its stupid #im sorry. if i wanted to see a bunch of dudes have insane initiation rituals a strict hierarchy and benefit from local rich families I #would go to a frat house #floating ideas #hellenic polytheism

God. Sometimes I forget how bad most academic writers are when I'm only reading articles and getting varying levels of quality but reading a book about grecco-roman mystery cults and I want to shake the author. Stop using 3 or 4 sentences to say information you could convey much better in 1. Cut all this fluff omg

#its from 2010!!! the standards should have been better than this at the princeton university press!!!!!#but you see uf he didnt do it like this he wouldnt have been able to stretch this out to 200+ pages. it already has SO MANY pictures #floating ideas

Hera, focusing on her role as a matriarch and political force

#with the colors reflecting peacock feathers #I don’t know if it’s really Hera. just more aligned with Her than any other deity #Hera #hellenic polytheism #offered

And putting human morality and understanding of the world upon things that are not human is understood to be weird and misguided, right? We don't expect animals to understand the trolly problem. Their concerns are inherently different from ours. I dont understand why people are unable to think of deities as more encompassing than just the myths that were popular enough or just happened to stand the test of time. It's short sighted at best.

#this is about Hera.#why would a goddess venerated in many cites and with multiple large spheres of influence just be a jealous wife?#why would you let your stupid little brain believe in one singular linear narrative. oh my god. nuance & complexity I'm begging you #floating ideas

Personally I do think that trying to identify specific deities/presences and give them concrete personalities is kind of missing the point of spiritual and divine experiences. The fluidity and unknowability is part of the experience if you let it

#researching grecco-roman mystery cults and its an interesting thread I'm picking ip #deity #floating ideas

Sigil to put someone in the torment nexus

#creating many exciting and esoteric symbols recently #very fun! love not doing work at my job #sigil #my symbols #hashtag my symbols #symbol

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