Nikau Isn't Breaking the Law

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Advice From a Non-Criminal #3

You know that thing about the rat in the mountain dew? Yeah imagine what it can do to a body ;)

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Advice From a Non-Criminal #2

Reminder that VPNs don’t cover all your tracks, newby browskis. Do the research and hide the research ;)

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Advice From a Non-Criminal #1

Because of the way the U.S. justice system works, it really sucks but spending less time on crime prevention and more time on catching something you can predict will happen is more beneficial in court. Of course, keeping yourself safe is the priority, but make sure they can’t cover their tracks when the crime is committed. Keeping objects in doors or windows that shatter is also a good idea. AKA less window locks and more measures to catch finger prints ;)

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Gate-keeping in the Witchcraft/Pagan Community

Hi, ‘yall! Just a friendly reminder that while some forms (specifically modern forms) of witchcraft are pretty open, a lot of witchcraft needs research, consideration, and in some situations, mentoring to be able to accomplish things accurately and in specification with pagan religions. There are rules for everything, even if there aren’t many! Breaking rules is dangerous, and warnings are not gate-keeping. Similarly, some pagan religions are a no-no and are closed if you aren’t descended from an ethnicity related to them, like Maori religion. For example, Maori religion is specific to genealogical lines and blood-ties with their pantheon. Instances were gate-keeping isn’t acceptable is when you’re correcting an open form of witchcraft, not allowing certain races/genders/sexualities to be involved in non-race/gender/sexuality specified practices (such as Greek or Norse paganism), correcting someone’s beliefs, or correcting an individual’s definition of their own religion. Be respectful and keep safe! :3

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The Origins of Astronomy

You may have heard that the Greeks invented astronomy. Even Wikipedia says this. This isn’t accurate. While the Greeks were the first we have evidence of in writing, astronomy was necessary to navigate the Sahara from as far back as the Egyptian Old Kingdom (starting about 3,000 BCE), thousands of years before the Greeks started using it! Around the same time, Polynesian peoples were using astronomy to sail around the Pacific. The Egyptians knew that the world was round, and it’s Greek philosophers who are responsible for starting flat-earth theories that caught on during Christian supremacy in Europe. Let’s give credit to ethnic people where it is due. You could say that Europeans have set back science multiple times in Earth’s history :3

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Basics in Art History

I was recently in a drawing class were the instructor declared a widely believed misconception about linear point perception. A lot of people think that linear perception was invented with the Italian renaissance (which, I might add, was when Europe decided to catch up with everyone else, not the other way around). This is not true: it would have been impossible for the Greeks to build the Athenian Parthenon without linear point perception. Similarly, it would have been very difficult for the Egyptians to build the pyramids without it, let alone a lot of their statues and obelisks. It is very likely the Egyptians didn’t use point perspective in their art because it was believed religiously that their art could kill them if they did (which is why they almost always painted their depictions of people sideways). Just because they didn’t implement it into art, doesn’t mean they didn’t have it! Italian artists just used it on a wider scale where culturally applicable in pieces like the Sistine Chapel ceiling. 

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PSA: Witchcraft vs Paganism

Something I’ve seen a lot on main is people practicing any kind of paganism and calling it witchcraft. Not all paganism is created equal! Witchcraft falls under a sub category of paganism, and usually is related to black magic. Similarly, not all magic is witchcraft. Each pagan religion has it’s own definition of witchcraft that is separate to the religion itself. Witchcraft in reference to paganism is a derogatory Christian term, and used to reference any religion other than Christianity (with the exception of Satanism). Not all pantheons practice witchcraft. Some pantheons or religions have separate sects of witchcraft that are evil, so you don’t want to say you practice Maori witchcraft (or another similar religion) when you just mean the religion! Just because you worship differently or use magic doesn’t mean that it’s witchcraft. Don’t define yourself in Christian terms! Use your religion’s. Exceptions to this are if your sponsors are gods like Loki or Hecate, but overall, pagan is NOT synonymous with witch :3