I've been a bit busy lmao. All this, plus a rose bush, 2 blueberry bushes, 2 raspberry bushes, and 3 mammoth sunflowers out in the garden. I'm so happy 🥰
There’s a theory that early Europeans started saying “brown one” or “honey-eater” instead of “bear” to avoid summoning them, and similarly my friend has started calling Alexa “the faceless woman” because saying her true name awakens her from her slumber
English has an avoidance register used in the presence of certain respected animals, which sounds fancy until you realize it’s spelling out w-a-l-k and t-r-e-a-t in front of the dog.
Iceland does! They are the illhveli, literally “evil whales”, and they live to kill you. They love nothing more than killing and eating humans and sinking their ships. Their greatest enemy is the steypireydur (that’s blue whale to you), which is the greatest of the good whales and the protector of sailors.
All evil whales are, well, evil. So evil that if you speak their name at sea, they will hear it and home in on you. So instead you use all sorts of euphemisms for their names. Also if you try to cook their meat it literally disappears from the pot. That’s right, they’re so evil, you can’t even eat them.
They include such types as the hrosshvalur (horsewhale), with big eyes and a red mane and tail. This is probably the best known and most feared of the lot.
The raudkembingur (redcomb) is especially cruel and bloodthirsty even by illhveli standards. If you manage to escape it, it will die of frustration.
Good luck escaping the mushveli (mousewhale) though, it has legs! And will clamber onto the beach in pursuit!
Or what about death from above? The stökkull (jumper) leaps high into the air and pile-drives boats to pieces.
Meanwhile the skeljungur (shellwhale) sits in the path of boats and lets them get wrecked on its shelly hide…
… while the sverdhvalur (swordwhale) slices through boats with its dorsal fin.
The katthveli (catwhale) is relatively harmless though. It meows.
The same can’t be said of the lyngbakur (heatherback), a classic island fish that lets sailors get on its back and then dives, taking them to a watery grave.
The nauthveli (oxwhale) on the other hand specially targets cattle, attracting them into the sea with its bellow before tearing them apart.
How can you avoid all these murderous whales, like the taumafiskur (bridlefish) here? Any of a number of ways, including getting a steypireydur to help. There are substances, ranging from angelica to sheep dung and chopped fox testicles, that they find abhorrent. And you can distract them with loud noises and barrels.
For more, I assure you this link will answer all your questions.
Keeping in mind the last frost here is around April 16th, druidic traditions, and celtic holidays, I'm trying to decide when I should start repotting my plants and planting my first indoor herb garden. Anyone have advice? I will also be starting some flowers that will be moved outside whenever is best
I had a long talk with irl friends yesterday about reversals in tarot.
Generally I don’t read reversals. Personally, I feel like there are enough cards in the deck that the reversed meaning of a card is going to come up in an upright card if its really the message you need. Or at least something close to it.
My friend yesterday said: “what about the major arcana?” like..there’s no minor card that has the same gravity as the Tower reversed. It’s one of the differences between the major and minors, the gravity they hold.
So my question is this: What about doing a mix of reversals and not? Like I keep my thoughts on not doing reversals for the minor arcana, but allow reversals in major arcana?
Just in general, what are your thoughts on reading reversals?
I personally read reversals when I feel like it makes sense, and only read upright most of the time. I don’t know why, I wish I had a set system, but occaisionally I’ll be like “yes this only makes sense reversed”.
I like that though. I’m working on being more intuitive as a reader. I feel like preach intuition a lot, but when I read (especially the deck I use for public readings) I’m very much by the book based on memorization. Trying to move past that, so I like the idea of feeling out whether or not it fits being reversed or not
I read reversals both ways tbh. I feel like I should keep both meanings in mind, cuz they usually both end up being important. That's just my personal experience though
1 - It is around 40 AD, you are the greco-babylonian Occultist Hermes Trismegistus, you read some early vedic philosophy and write some fun mystic stuff about how oftentimes things are created when opposites combine. You use a lot of imagery related to male and female organs. You have just invented what will eventually be called Hermeticism.
2 - It's 2017, someone on 4chan reads that soy products have plant estrogen in them. People are not plants and it has no effect on people, but suddenly soy products are responsible for the feminization of the western male and therefore the downfall of civilization. This is the birthplace of the transphobic epithet soyboy.
3 - If soy products are feminine, what are some products with say, plant testosterone in them? 4chan fixates on onions. Queue months worth of posts of channers chugging onion juice to own the libs.
4 - You are Jordan Peterson, you're a self help writer down on his luck. You've got an audience of angry young men who feel emasculated by the failures of late capitalism, and you've read a lot of hermetic philosophy. It's time to cache in.
5 - You create what will become the foundation of neofascist metaphysics. You take the hermetic idea of male and female energies literally, positing that all things in their essence are either inherently male or inherently female, with no in-between. This allows said young men to blame bad things on their inherent spiritual feminity, rather than say, capitalism.
6 - Hence, onions are a channel for the inherent masculine energy of the universe.
Don't think are if someone says you use too many spices, they just like bland food. Enjoy your food however you like it. Be a witch mixing potions, throw shit in that sounds good till it tastes good lol. If it tastes bad, try again and keep in mind what seasons didn't mix with what.
Basic food like ramen, canned pasta, hamburger helped, etc. Can be made really good with just a bit more flavor. Italian seasoning does wonders for any pasta or pizza.
Don't mistake salty for delicious. Your blood pressure will hate you before you're even 30. Salty sometimes is okay, too often is very bad.
actually you will not enjoy hearing this but you literally have to abandon your self deprecating humor. besides the fact that it can drive people away you literally are only hurting yourself by constantly making jokes that further cement the idea in your head that you are not good enough. I do not care that you think its a good coping mechanism it is absolutely not and you need to start challenging negative thoughts instead of feeding into them.
In case anyone who follows me isn’t aware, because I’ve seen a good number of very well read and experienced occultists and magic practitioners draw a blank when this group is mentioned, the Joy of Satan/JoS group is a bunch of literal neo-nazis who use watered down Ars Goetia, Gnosticism and Theistic Satanism as a thin veil for pushing their ideology. This isn’t a Godwin’s Law situation or me saying people with a problematic take on Satanism are automatically fascists; its founder (Maxine Dietrich aka Andrea Herrington) is the wife of the American National Socialist’s Movement co-founder and former leader Clifford Herrington.
If you are someone who is interested in exploring a theistic belief set that involves Lucifer or Satan or any spirits from the Ars Goetia, they are quite possibly the worst source you could find. Some of their members seem to be putting out feelers on Tumblr through blogs or by sending people anon ask to people about whether or not they’ve heard of the group, and I strongly encourage anyone who encounters them to block accounts as you would any other fascist and be mindful of uninformed friends or followers who aren’t aware. They are unfortunately very easy to come across if you’re new to researching these subjects and aren’t yet aware of their background or intentions.
4 Radical Indie Bookstores to support instead of Amazon
The pandemic is hitting indie bookstores hard! If you want these places to survive then buy books, donate to fundraisers and follow them on social media.
Bluestocking Bookstore (New York, New York)
This queer, trans, disabled and sex worker collectively run bookstore is a haven for the queer and trans community in NYC. You can find Bluestockings on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Bookshop. Check them out for an amazing selection of books on queer, trans, and sex worker history, as well as feminist fiction and comics.
Left Bank Books Collective (Seattle, Washington)
Collectively owned and operated by its workers, this radical community space specializes in “anti-authoritarian, anarchist, independent, radical and small-press titles.” You can find them on Instagram and Facebook.
Firestorm Co-op (Asheville, North Carolina)
Firestorm is a queer, feminist “collectively-owned radical bookstore and community event space” dedicated to supporting “grassroots movements in Southern Appalachia.You can find Firestorm on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Red Emma’s (Baltimore, Maryland)
Named for 19th-century anarchist Emma Goldman, who dedicated her life to “the struggle against state tyranny, capitalist exploitation, and patriarchal oppression,” Red Emma’s is a “worker-owned, cooperatively-managed bookstore, community events space, and restaurant in Baltimore.” You can connect with Red Emma’s on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Bookshop.
Would anyone like me to upload pics of my plants some time? Like each one with a little info, of what I've learned about it, some magick info if I found any, what I named it, etc. I kinda wanna but idk if anyone would be interested lol
It features a voiceover (I apologise in advance for my voice!) to hopefully help further with the pronunciations of holidays commonly celebrated within the pagan world!
yousharknotpass
romaincrisis
jbbartram-illu
areudirty
janainaart
germansingergirl
2087
annaxmalina
