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May the Great God Pan bless you. Take your Hero's Journey into the Imaginal. A Pagan Guide to Ecology, Conservation, Ethics and the Ecstatic

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“I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.”

— Joshua Graham

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned (1934)

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Conservative men are addicted to sexism and rape culture.

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Hannah Flowers

I Raise My Eyes to the Fathomless Glare

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Art by John Pound 'The Wizard' (1978)

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Here’s a collection of vintage prayers and praying imagery.

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Head of Polyphemus. Greek or Roman, Hellenistic or Imperial Period, 150 B.C. or later. Dolomitic marble. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 

From MFA Boston: 

This is the head of the one-eyed, man-eating Cyclops whom Odysseus finally outwitted and blinded. Here the monster is in a peaceful mood, either waiting to receive the cup of wine offered him by Odysseus, or, more likely, gazing love-struck at the indifferent sea nymph Galatea. The head comes from a sculptural group that might have adorned a public fountain or a luxurious seaside villa. The type originated in the second century B.C., yet the lively and direct style of this piece makes difficult to judge whether it is a contemporary variant or a Roman copy.

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Cat of the day @hello-furry-one

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Terracotta Bust of Isis-Aphrodite Ptolemaic Egypt, c. 300-30 B.C.

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Orphic Hymn to Hekate

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The Hymn to Pan (Aleister Crowley)

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Pan Altar Card

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Gordon White was the quintessential Renaissance man of the Occult and related disciplines. It feels hackneyed to frame his legacy this way, and I will stand by the truth of this framing anyway.  I’ve learned a lot from his books and his podcasts. The Chaos Protocols is my go-to these days. It appeals to my bargain basement magician’s heart. Pieces of Eight is a close second. It was through Gordon that I stopped feeling guilty when my ritual workings were not always concerned with lofty spiritual goals. Day-to-day, there is an economic reality to life that I need to attend to. The game is rigged against everyone. Finally, I have the right to self-determination and self-defense. I must look after my well-being at all levels, as in this Archonic world, justice and fairness often feel like fantasy rather than realities.  This world is like a prison that charges inmates a confinement fee. We have no choice but to live here, and we get the privilege of paying for it.

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