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the most frustrating thing about AI Art from a Discourse perspective is that the actual violation involved is pretty nebulous

like, the guys "laundering" specific artists' styles through AI models to mimic them for profit know exactly what they're doing, and it's extremely gross

but we cannot establish "my work was scraped from the public internet and used as part of a dataset for teaching a program what a painting of a tree looks like, without anyone asking or paying me" as, legally, Theft with a capital T. not only is this DMCA Logic which would be a nightmare for 99% of artists if enforced to its conclusion, it's not the right word for what's happening

the actual Violation here is that previously, "I can post my artwork to share with others for free, with minimal risk" was a safe assumption, which created a pretty generous culture of sharing artwork online. most (noteworthy) potential abuses of this digital commons were straightforwardly plagiarism in a way anyone could understand

but the way that generative AI uses its training data is significantly more complicated - there is a clear violation of trust involved, and often malicious intent, but most of the common arguments used to describe this fall short and end up in worse territory

by which I mean, it's hard to put forward an actual moral/legal solution unless you're willing to argue:

Potential sales "lost" count as Theft (so you should in fact stop sharing your Netflix password)

No amount of alteration makes it acceptable to use someone else's art in the production of other art without permission and/or compensation (this would kill entire artistic mediums and benefit nobody but Disney)

Art Styles should be considered Intellectual Property in an enforceable way (impossibly bad, are you kidding me)

it's extremely annoying to talk about, because you'll see people straight up gloating about their Intent To Plagiarize, but it's hard to stick them with any specific crime beyond Generally Scummy Behavior unless you want to create some truly horrible precedents and usher in The Thousand Year Reign of Intellectual Property Law

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angeloracle

✨Upcoming transits and predictions✨

Next week is going to be intense when it comes to astrology. I expect possible world changing events happening or heavy changes being put into motion which will manifest later on.

These are just my interpretations of the current transits. It’s not meant to make you anxious in any way!! Remember that you have the power over your own reality. If you do it right, this energy can change your life for the better.

🌙 Sun square Pluto - this is at its strongest today, 17th Oct. Sun squaring Pluto is increasing the desire to be in control and have a greater power over others. This could mean people playing dirty to get what they want.

🌙 Mars square Pluto - It’ll be exact on Oct 22nd, after the Full Moon. This aspect brings a different sort of tensions - more aggressive, raw and confrontational. It’s very disruptive and heavy. I could actually see some attacks on people in power/politicians happening or there being some big confrontation.

🌙 Pluto in Capricorn - I’d mostly say that the struggles might be related to economics, people in power, the general structure of our society

I can see politicians being exposed for their dirty schemes. Major changes in global economics in some ways - even possible break-downs in some places.

🌙 With the Aries Full Moon happening, I can also see fires, explosions and erruptions. Could be anywhere in the world, but I had to share it with you. Mars and Pluto will be aspecting the moon and like I mentioned, there’s just so much tension that it might be released in this way as well.

When I was channeling, I kept seeing a bright white light of just raw power, that can destroy or create, depending on how it’s used. So it is up to you how to use it.

I felt called to tell you that ANYONE can tap into this power during these transits and use it to their advantage. So don’t let fear consume you and use it to better your life.

✨What to watch out for:

Self-destructive behavior - whatever that may be for you, could be related to finances and relationships tho

Desire to manipulate and control

Other people manipulating you

Toxic relationships - you might not be able to see it, so listen to your friends!! Let them help you

Check your natal chart for Sun, Mars and Pluto transits. The houses these 3 are currently in will tell you where you might experience tension and disruptions.

I wish you the best✨

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Darkest of Lights Herbal Series

the-darkest-of-lights has a fantastic four-part Herbal Information series. These are most definitely worth checking out, and bookmarking for future reference!

A Witches Herbal pt 1 - Basic Herbal

A Witches Herbal pt 2 - Advanced Herbal

A Witches Herbal pt 3 - Baneful Herbs

A Witches Herbal pt 4 - Resins

the-clumsywitch

Witchy Tip #5

If you use birthday candles in your practice for candle magick and you use salt to stand them up, color your salt with food coloring! Colors amplify intention, add the color to your salt that matches your candle. And stir the salt around to mix the color. This is really great too if you only have white candles but want something that matches the color of your intention for a spell.

- Erika, The Clumsy Witch

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Learn the Most Accurate and Important Tarot Spread There Is

Anyone serious about tarot needs to master the Celtic Cross. Here is why as well as how.

Why It is Superior

There are a myriad tarot spreads. You can make your own, or use none. Just pull as many cards as you like and read them as you want. As with food and fashion, we each have a preference. But there are reasons the Celtic Cross deserves so much reverence.

1) It respects you and your question.

The Celtic Cross is not designed to give rushed, biting and abrupt answers. It recognizes that your question is important to you. So it takes the time to explore every detail of your situation before giving you advice and a prediction.

2) It kindly proves itself to you.

Fortunetelling involves powers beyond the natural. Powers that only a few can truly harness. To minimize the trickiness of the business, the Celtic Cross states what you already know: your past, hopes, fears, pains, secrets, goals. If it accurately describes these things, you can trust its promise of what tomorrow will bring.

3) It allows for great interaction.

When interpreting a spread, it is crucial to look at how the cards are connecting. Is the Page of Cups offering his chalice to The Magician? Is the Knight of Swords on his way to attack the King of Wands? The way the Celtic Cross is laid out lets many interactions come about.

How to Perform It

It has dozens of variations. Each reader has a fancied version. Below is what my elders taught me. I use it faithfully.

1) The Hierophant (reversed) – The Present

What is happening at the moment?

2) Three of Wands – The Problem

What needs to be remedied?

3) Two of Pentacles – The Past

What led you to where you are?

4) Seven of Pentacles – The Near Future

What happens next?

5) Seven of Swords – The Conscious Goal

What does your mind want?

6) Four of Wands – The Buried Truth

What lies in your subconscious?

7) Eight of Swords – The Advice

What will the Fates have you do?

8) Six of Swords – The Environment

Where are you in the broad view?

9) King of Pentacles – The Hope or Fear

What does your soul crave or dread?

10) Queen of Wands, Nine of Wands, The Sun – The Ultimate Outcome

What does the future hold, after all is said and done?

11) The World – The Underworld

What lies beneath that can help or hinder?

How to Interpret It

STEP 1: Read the cards in the above order, one by one.

Then read the Ultimate Outcome cards as one: The Queen of Wands is reprimanding the man in the Nine of Wands. But he is supported by The Sun. All will be well for the querent in the end.

STEP 2: Compare the Near Future with the Ultimate Outcome.

The man in the Seven of Pentacles has put life on pause, anxiously awaiting what is next. Then it comes: first, it will be bad (Nine of Wands), then he will be glad (The Sun).

STEP 3: Compare the Buried Truth with the Hope or Fear.

If it is a positive card, it is the hope. Otherwise, it is the fear.

The two positions are aligned. A buried need for stability (Four of Wands) and a desire to be solid and steady (King of Pentacles). The querent is clear about his wishes.

STEP 4: Compare the Conscious Goal with the Ultimate Outcome.

It all happens as hoped for. The querent wishes to get away with something (Seven of Swords). And after a bit of scuffle (Nine of Wands), he does (The Sun).

STEP 5: Compare the Advice with the Ultimate Outcome.

The querent needs to stop acting the victim (Eight of Swords). Once he moves forward, he will face the punishment he fears, yes (Queen of Wands and Nine of Wands). But it will all work out (The Sun). No rainbow without rain.

STEP 6: Close the reading.

For this, you have ten more things to do. All the best to you.

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#20+40=60+8=68+2=70+5=75

queencamden

Count by 10’s, (eg 37, 47, etc) then add a bunch of ones till there’s 8

cazort

27 is near 25 and 48 is near 50. oh look, lucky coincidence they’re both off by 2 but in opposite directions! score!!!

I subtract 2 from the 27 and add it to the 48!

problem becomes 25+50 which is easy, 75. heck freaking yeah!!!

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Methods of Spiritual Cleansing 🦄🌸🌷

As we (hopefully) cleanse our physical bodies routinely with care, our energetic bodies need just as much attention. According to the first law of thermodynamics, energy cannot be created nor destroyed, but it can be transformed. Cleansing is the act of converting existing stagnant or negative energy into harmonious, good vibes.

Soul Scrubbing 🧼🧿

Generally, cleansing is recommended at least weekly. Of course, the frequency is flexible and dependent on your spiritual practice. Here’s a list of special circumstances that would benefit from cleansing.

When you feel unbalanced or “off”

Before and after spell work

After having an argument

When feeling low vibrational emotions such as sadness, resentment, anger, guilt, or shame

When experiencing a lack of abundance

Before a deep meditation

Now, let’s dive into how exactly to cleanse the energetic bodies!

Body By Spirit 🌍

The first energetic body that needs spiritual cleansing is your physical one. The element of Earth rules this energy field.

Smoke Cleansing 🌱💨

This practice involves burning any plant (except sage) via incense sticks, herb bundles, or a censer. In whichever method you choose, after the herbs are well-lit and smoking consistently, envelop the object or person in the smoke. To purify a room or house, walk through the area letting the smoke seep into the air and pour into the space. You can visualize a white light around the object, person, or place transmuting anything dormant into balanced energy. It’s usually a good idea to have a window open during this process.

Please note that smudging, a ceremonial practice burning sage, is a closed practice reserved for people indigenous to America only. It’s important to help preserve beautiful, unique cultures by respectfully keeping their practices out of our spiritual path if we do not share their cultural background.

Music 🎶🌈

This method is pretty simple. Use any type of music you like and allow the vibrations to overtake your surroundings! Bonus points for playing an instrument or creating your own music. As long as you have the intention set to cleanse, you can’t really go wrong. While you’re at it, go ahead and dance the bad vibes away. 🩰

Emotion of the Ocean 🌊

This energetic body is known as the emotional, astral, or dream body. It’s the field where we’re able to receive and interpret psychic information and is connected to the element of Water.

Bathing 🛀🔮

Creating a bath spell or ritual bath is a relaxing and effective method to cleanse the emotional body, not to mention self-care. Run the bath with care and infuse it with the intention to deeply cleanse your astral body. Use any bath bombs, essential oils, crystals, or candles you want! I suggest adding sea salt to draw out and neutralize any negative energy. Apple cider vinegar is recommended for similar properties. The rest is up to you!

Blessed Water 🧊🙏

Water designated for energetic cleansing has many uses. You can create this by simply mixing sea salt with water and blessing it in whatever way aligns with your spiritual practice. You can add any herbs or crystals to this water, but make sure the crystals aren’t damaged by water or salt before using them. You can use this to brush door frames, touch chakra points, or spray rooms.

Mellow Mind 🧠

The mental body can be difficult to cleanse, but it can lead to the insight of awareness if we take the time to journey within. What we think creates what we feel which creates what we say and do. The mental body is linked with the element of Air.

Routine Meditation 👑🌹

Establishing a meditation routine is key to becoming aware of your thoughts and being open to receive Divine Guidance. There are many studies showing the benefits of regular meditation such as decreased blood pressure, improved sleep, increased attention, and decreased symptoms of depression and anxiety. You can start with ten minutes a day and notice any changes you experience. It’s worth it.

These are just some of the ways you can spiritually cleanse your physical, emotional, and mental energetic bodies. There are many other methods out there if none of these resonated with you. Remember to be creative and have fun with it!

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CIRCUMSTANCES DON’T MATTER!

90% of asks i get goes like this : “yadda yadda yadda, how am i supposed to manifest when–” and then they basically tell me all the reasons why they can’t manifest what they have.

let me tell you this so y’all can finally understand.

CIRCUMSTANCES. DON’T. MATTER.

they really don’t. i don’t care whether if you’re unqualified for the job, or if your SP hates your guts, whether you have 42 cents in your bank account or if your desire is literally logically impossible.

CIRCUMSTANCES. DON’T. MATTER.

why? because you’re god. yup, you are the god of your reality. and i don’t mean this in a way to boost your ego or anything, IT IS A LITERALLY FACT. before this life, you were an infinite, all powerful being who chose to come into this life to encounter the human experience, and you forgot everything, especially who you are. believe it or not. so when i say “you are god, you can do anything” I’M BEING SERIOUS.

and some of y’all who think you are gods and ask me for reassurance, YOU DON’T. what are the characteristics of god? all knowing, all powerful, literally perfect beyond human understanding. well, guess what? YOU ARE ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

you think when when god created light he was like, “b-b-b-but .. how can there be light when-” NO. HE SAID, “LET THERE BE LIGHT!” AND THERE WAS LIGHT.

THE SAME WAY GOD COMMANDS THE WORLD TO ACT UPON HIS DESIRES, IS THE SAME WAY YOU MUST DO SO! YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO SO. YOU. ARE. GOD.

god transcends time, beauty, and all the man-made concepts in the world. he is above it. his word is LAW. just like YOUR WORD IS LAW. nothing impossible through god. the second you remember that you are GOD, your whole world changes. no need to affirm, visualise or do some technique. i talk about this concept in detail here.

the same way jesus turned water into wine, YOU CAN MANIFEST BEAUTY. the same way moses parted the red sea, YOU CAN MANIFEST YOUR SP.

you already are a master manifestor, whether you know about it or not. just like how you manifested your breakfast this morning, is just like how you manifested seeing this very post, is the exact same way to manifest your SP.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS KNOW.

know that things are working out for you. know that you manifested your sp. know you manifested your desired face. know that you manifested that scholarship.

..and you wanna know how you know your desire is going to manifest?

BECAUSE YOU ARE THE GOD OF YOUR REALITY AND YOU FUCKING SAID SO.

don’t seek validation that it’s working, or look for me to pat you in the back.

TRUST IN YOUR GODSELF. TRUST IN YOUR DIVINITY, AND SEE YOUR MANIFESTATIONS MATERIALIIZE!

now, i’m to tell you one of the most personal success story i have ever shared. i haven’t actually told this to ANYONE, not even my lovely manifestation friends on here. so, this is a first.

oh, and this is a trigger warning for mentions of sickness and death. if that topic triggers you, i recommend scrolling away. now – unto the story!

it all started when my mother became very sick. she became so weak, i remember seeing her just lie on the bed, emotionless, almost like a corpse. she was so weak that my brother and i had to take care of her, at the ripe ae of 13. i gave her food to eat, cleaned the house and helped her with whatever she needed.

one day, she visited the hospital and when she came back, she told us everything. apparently, she had a disease that has a very low survival rate, and to survive she’d have to be on machines for the rest of her life. i remember seeing her face and seeing nothing but despair.

in the next following weeks, she became worse. all the doctors and nurses told use she was literally going to die. i remember crying myself that night.

however, my mom being a christian (and being extremely stubborn) told the doctor she was fine and she was healed. she told me the doctor thought she was batshit fucking insane because most people don’t survive the illness she had.

during those few weeks, she told me she had prayed and that god was going to cure her. that she was fine. she felt a sense of relief. she persisted in the assumption that god was going to heal her and i shouldn’t worry. she KNEW she would survive. i was extremely confused. when she first heard the news she will die shortly by everyone in the hospital, she was filled with despair. now she’s relieved that she’ll be fine after when the doctor told her she was literally going to die? what kind of insanity is that?

long story short, she started to feel better, gained strength and became herself again in a matter of weeks. the doctor said he’d never seen anything like that in his entire career. and when the nurse asked what was her secret, my mother simply replied, “God.” and now my mother is moving out and about!

so take this as a lesson: circumstances don’t matter. my mother’s health was failing her, she was strapped to machines and her doctor told her she’s literally going to die. and guess fucking what? SHE DIDN’T TAKE NO FOR ANSWER, EVEN THOUGH THE ODDS SEEMED TO BE AGAINST HER.

my mom always tells me that through god, anything is possible. and even though i’m not a christian, shes 100% right.

so the next time you ever doubt your ability, think “hey. if angel’s mom can literally escape death, i can manifest my fucking sp.” oh, and i’m a literally god. so, my loves, thats why you know why…

CIRCUMSTANCES. DON’T. MATTER.

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hayakumallah

If you hear of my death, make dua for me. Ask Allāh to forgive and pardon me for all my sins. Ask Him to have mercy on me and to protect me from the torments of the grave. Ask Him to grant me Jannahtul firdows. Give in charity on my behalf and I ask you to forgive me if I have ever wronged you intentionally or not.

theskepticalwitch

You can't manifest everything

There is an idea you can manifest anything, and while I understand why that initially might sound nice, it's just not true. What I mean is that there are limits:

You can't manifest cures for physical illness, mental illness, chronic illness, or disorders. It's really, really insulting to claim that people can because it makes it sound like people like me, who do have some of those illnesses, just "aren't trying hard enough".

You can't manifest things that go against the natural laws of the universe. Meaning, you're not going to manifest the ability to fly, teleport, become invisible, etc.

You can't manifest physical materials. You will never be able to manifest money, I'm sorry. If you could, don't you think everyone would be doing this? There wouldn't be poverty if we could do this. You aren't going to get a car, or a new bike, or anything like that. This again can be really insulting because it makes it sound like poverty can be solved with "the right mindset".

You DO have limits. This is not a bad thing, we all have limitations. I will never be able to summon fire with my magic, that sucks, but acknowledging your limitations allows you to figure out what you CAN do!

breelandwalker

A Brief History of Tarot

I'm seeing a lot of questions about the origins of tarot going around again, so I suppose it's time to make a Post With Sources. Because from what I'm seeing, a lot of y'all are pulling from some bad information.

I've seen some of the discourse on tarot with regard to the decolonization discussion, but unfortunately, it often veers in the wrong direction. The discourse seems to focus on whether it should be a closed practice because of the Romani/Roma connection, but the origins of this idea are a misnomer.

Tarot cards originated in 15th-century Italy as perfectly mundane playing cards for a game called tarrocchi appropriati. Players would draw cards and use the thematic associations of the artwork to write short poems about each other. The cards were also used to play a trionfi or trumps style game similar to bridge.

The cards later became popular as fortune-telling devices in the 1780s. At this time, standard-suit playing cards (hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades) were already being used for playful divinatory party games that were taken about as seriously as a middle school game of M.A.S.H.

Mystical origins for the pictures on the cards were first suggested by Antoine Court de Gébelin in 1781. The first official divinatory meanings were assigned to tarot cards by Jean-Baptiste Alliette in 1783. The deck was later revised by Mlle Marie-Anne Adelaide Lenormand, Jean-Baptiste Pitois, and Arthur Edward Waite of Rider-Waite fame to become the version we know today. The suit cards became the Minor Arcana and the trumps or wild cards became the Major Arcana.

From there, card-reading became a popular party game and tarot decks were indeed used by Romani/Roma people to tell fortunes. Since most people wouldn't hire them for "honest" work, they had to make money by busking, doing odd jobs, and trading on whatever skills they had, including knowledge of tarot cards and their "mystical" reputation. As mysticism and tarot decks faded from popular mundane use, the Romani/Roma people carried on using them. Eventually, this was the strongest...and only...association that remained in people's minds.

(And if you need an example of how quickly this can happen, just look at how long it's been since Rick Astley's biggest hit has been associated with anything other than internet memes.)

This supposition was only strengthened by the writings of modern occultists such as Éliphas Lévi (who reinforced Gebelin's claim of an Egyptian origin and introduced the idea of Hermetic Qabalistic associations; both ideas rooted in colonial exoticizing of other cultures), Raymond Buckland, and two of the three founding members of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Aleister Crowley also wrote extensively about tarot and it's "ancient" mystical associations in his works and texts related to his self-created system Thelema, including the creation of the Thoth deck.

All of these ideas filtered down through modern pagan and New Age practices as part of the literature on the modern witchcraft movement, but so few authors bothered to look into the mundane history of the cards that their proper historical origins were often overlooked in favor of more mystical explanations. Yes, including their supposed genesis among the Romani/Roma, and all the superstitions pertaining thereto, i.e. your first deck must be a gift, and so on.

In short, cartomancy through tarot is an open practice, the tarot cards themselves are mundane objects that originated on gaming tables, it was never exclusive to one group or tradition, and the only reason we think it first came from some secret sacred practice of the Romani/Roma is because the scholarship that the New Age movement pulled from for their ideas on tarot was done by a whole lot of Western White Guys with imperialist mindsets. (The reductive/racist thought process of the day was basically, "Well, the Romani/Roma allegedly come from Egypt, and Gebelin said the card designs do too, so there it is!")

I also encourage reading of the Wikipedia articles on Tarot and Tarot-Reading, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica article on the same. I know these aren't the end-all-be-all of resources, but they do trace the history of the cards and the parties involved with the changing conversation on their design, origins, and deeper meaning. It's worth noting that many texts discussing late 19th-century occultism are now in the public domain and can be found on Project Gutenberg, if you're interested in seeing how ideas and views about tarot progressed over time in the words of the occult scholars themselves.

It's also worth noting that scholarly speculation on the supposed origins of a practice do not always constitute historical fact, no matter how often they're repeated. (See also: Bede and Eostre.)

So what does this mean for modern tarot users?

It means if you like a deck, you don't have to wait for someone to gift it to you. It means you're not stealing anything if you read tarot, even if you ask to be paid for your readings. It means bad information disseminates faster and more easily than good information, largely because it's shorter and easier to fit into performative agendas. And it means we still need to do our homework when it comes to the history of witchcraft.