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art books on the internet archive for you
morpho books
figure drawing for all it's worth (+ creative illustration)
framed ink
will eisner comics and sequential art
will eisner graphic storytelling and visual narrative
understanding comics (+ making comics)
folder of various animation production art
burne hogarth drawing dynamic hands
perspective for comic book artists
michael mattesi force drawing
the animator's survival kit
color and light james gurney
be free
I've recommended this one before, but for all the non-human vertebrate likers out there... the art of animal drawing
CAT-ACTING BEAST
2026 Witches' Calendar
January 3 ● Full Moon in Cancer (Wolf Moon) January 18 ● New Moon in Capricorn February 1 ● Imbolc February 1 ● Full Moon in Leo (Snow Moon) February 17 ● New Moon in Aquarius February 26 - March 20 ● Mercury Retrograde March 3 ● Full Moon in Virgo (Worm Moon) March 19 ● New Moon in Pisces March 20 ● Ostara April 2 ● Full Moon in Libra (Pink Moon) April 17 ● New Moon in Aries May 1 ● Beltane May 1 ● Full Moon in Scorpio (Flower Moon) May 16 ● New Moon in Taurus May 31 ● Full Moon in Sagittarius (Blue Moon) June 20-21 ● Litha June 15 ● New Moon in Gemini June 29 ● Full Moon in Capricorn (Strawberry Moon) June 29 - July 23 ● Mercury Retrograde July 14 ● New Moon in Cancer July 29 ● Full Moon in Aquarius (Buck Moon) August 1 ● Lammas August 12 ● New Moon in Leo August 28 ● Full Moon (Sturgeon Moon) September 11 ● New Moon in Virgo September 23 ● Mabon September 26 ● Full Moon in Aries(Harvest Moon) October 10 ● New Moon in Libra October 24 - November 13 ● Mercury in Retrograde October 26 ● Full Moon in Taurus (Hunter's Moon) October 31 ● Samhain November 9 ● New Moon in Scorpio November 24 ● Full Moon in Gemini (Beaver Moon) December 9 ● New Moon in Sagittarius December 21 ● Yule December 24 ● Full Moon in Cancer (Cold Moon)
Some people are exceedingly academic in their approach to pagan religion, and have little use for personal mysticism and modern invention. And that's ok.
Some people are exceedingly mystical and modern in their approach to pagan religion, and have little use for history or academics. And that's ok.
Many people blend personal mysticism and academic inquiry in varying degrees when it comes to pagan religion. And that's ok.
I just hope, whatever you're doing or not doing, you've put some thought into it. I hope you have examined your reasons for what you're doing, you've considered the alternatives, and you have made INFORMED CHOICES that led you to your path. This is a religion with gods, after all, and those gods deserve respect, however you go about it.
When I was on Reddit, I got the sense some of the kids hadn't put any thought into it. It wasn't a religion to them. It was some fad they saw on the Internet. Or just another subculture with an aesthetic to show off.
And while I consider myself tolerant and forgiving, one thing that I have always held in contempt are people who just mindlessly follow along in order to fit into a group.
So, be an academic-driven reconstructionist. Be a woo-seeking witch. Be a little of both, or something completely different. But don't be some unthinking, passive drone who is mindlessly aping the superficial aesthetics of a religion without any thought or feeling just because it gives you a place to belong.
If you want to be just one of the crowd, join a club, not a religion. The Theoi deserve devotees, not hangers-on.
Ares Resource List
Informational
Britannica
Homeric Hymn to Ares
Holy Theurgy
Eclectic Witchcraft
Mythology Source
Orphic Hymn to Ares
Theoi
Wikipedia
World History
Tumblr Posts
Ares Deep Dive
Ares Worship 101
Devotional Acts and Offerings
Devotional Act Ideas
Low Energy Devotional Acts
Neat Post
Subtle Worship
Podcasts
The Ancients - Ares
Tea With the Gods - Not Your God of War
Playlists
Ares
Ares (2)
Ares Devotional Playlist
Ares, God of War
Greek Gods: Ares
Videos
Ares: Violence Personified
A Case for Community SPG: Ares and Mental Health
Deity Work - Ares
Full Ritual and Offering to Ares
Messed Up Origins
an “original character” is like a kind of brain parasite
If you're fifteen or older an still sleep with a stuffed animal please reblog this.
My friend is embarrassed and thinks she’s the only one and I said id prove her wrong.
Sources for Celtic History and Paganism!
So today I was reading Ancient Fire: An Introduction to Gaulish Celtic Polytheism by Segomâros Widugeni when it struck me just how many of the sources were the type of thing that wouldn't necessarily come up on a regular search, particularly some out-of-print books, a lot of which are actually available on the Internet Archive! I took some time to take note of each listed source, and tried to see if I could find the right place to request them from (in the case of a handful of articles and theses), find PDF links where they did already exist, basically whatever I could! Some books are available to buy, most secondhand, and while most are available on Amazon, I won't be linking those here. I'd encourage anyone shopping to consider an alternative option if they can! Now, I haven't read through all of these, but the moment I found at least one of them seems to be impossible to find, I was reminded of the dangers of dying media. So I wanted to put these together so anyone could use them. Not every resource listed is in English. Anyway, on to the list~
Cernunnos: Looking a Different Way
By Ceisiwr Serith
https://ceisiwrserith.com/therest/Cernunnos/cernunnospaper.htm
Cernunnos Origin and Transformation of A Celtic Divinity
By Phyllis Fray Bober
https://www.scribd.com/document/460345187/cernunnos-origin-and-transformation-of-a-celtic-divinity-phyllis-fray-bober
Basic Celtic Deity Types
by Alexei Kondratiev
https://naomh-na-tursan.livejournal.com/5752.html
Deep Ancestors: Practicing the Religion of the Proto-Indo-Europeans
Book by Ceisiwr Serith
https://www.scribd.com/document/362472999/Deep-Ancestors-Practicing-the-Religion-of-the-Proto-Indo-Europeans
The Gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans
Book by Garrett S. Olmsted
https://www.academia.edu/38135817/The_Gods_of_the_Celts_and_the_Indo_Europeans_revised_2019_
Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend
Book by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/dictionary-of-celtic-myth-and-legend_miranda-aldhouse-green/543335/#edition=5215209&idiq=16154030
The Book of The Great Queen: The Many Faces of the Morrigan from Ancient Legends to Modern Devotions
Book by Morpheus Ravenna Further
to tongu do dia toinges mo thuath [“Mi a dyngaf dynged it”], &c.
By John Koch
https://www.academia.edu/7242277/Further_to_tongu_do_dia_toinges_mo_thuath_Mi_a_dyngaf_dynged_it_and_c
Goddesses in Celtic Religion Cult and Mythology: A Comparative Study of Ancient Ireland, Britain and Gaul
By Noémie Beck
http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/lyon2/2009/beck_n#p=0&a=title
The Integration of Mercury and Lugus: Myth and History in Late Iron Age and Early Roman Gaul
By Krista Ovist
https://archives.library.wales/index.php/integration-of-mercury-and-lugus
Lady with a Mead Cup: Ritual, Prophecy, and Lordship in the European Warband from La Tène to the Viking Age
Book by Michael J. Enright
How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics
Book by Calvert Watkins
https://ia801404.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/7/items/twain-mark-a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court/1-ptry.zip&file=How%20to%20Kill%20a%20Dragon%20-%20Aspects%20of%20Indo%20European%20Poetics.pdf
The Celtic Gauls: Gods, Rites and Sanctuaries
Book by Jean-Louis Brunaux
The Apple Branch: A Path to Celtic Ritual
Book by Alexei Kondratiev
https://archive.org/details/applebranchpatht0000kond
Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Book by James Mackillop
https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofcelt0000mack
The female deities of the Celtic religion: worship and mythology: a comparative study of ancient Ireland, Great Britain and Gaul
By Noémie Beck
https://theses.fr/2009LYO20084
Celtic Curses
Book by Bernard Mees
https://www.academia.edu/1012094/Celtic_Curses_Woodbridge_Boydell_2009
Guide to Irish Mythology
Book by Daragh Smyth
https://archive.org/details/guidetoirishmyth00smyt
The Sacred Isle
Book by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
https://archive.org/details/sacredislebelief0000ohog
The Matronae and Matres: Breathing New Life into an Old Religion
By River Devora
http://polytheist.com/the-web-of-blessings/2015/08/12/the-matronae-and-matres-breathing-new-life-into-an-old-religion/
Interpretatio Romana and Matronae Iconography
By River Devora
http://polytheist.com/the-web-of-blessings/2015/08/31/interpretatio-romana-and-matronae-iconography/#:~:text=The%20overlay%20of%20interpretatio%20Romana,and%20plaques%20and%20glean%20valuable
Celtic chiefdom, Celtic state: the evolution of complex social systems in prehistoric Europe
By Arnold, Bettina and Gibson, D. Blair
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/3086499
*butacos, *wossos, *geistlos, *ambactos. Celtic Socioeconomic Organisation in the European Iron Age. Studia Celtica 40, 2006: 23-41
By Raimund Karl
https://www.academia.edu/245239/_butacos_wossos_geistlos_ambactos_Celtic_Socioeconomic_Organisation_in_the_European_Iron_Age_Studia_Celtica_40_2006_23_41
The Ancient Celts
Book by Barry Cunliffe
https://archive.org/details/ancientcelts00cunl_0
Sengoidelc: Old Irish for Beginners
Book by David Stifter
https://archive.org/details/sengoidelcoldiri0000stif
Greek Kελτóς and Γαλάτης, Latin Gallus ‘Gaul’
By Kim McCone
https://spr.harrassowitz-library.com/article/spr/2006/1/6
Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales
Book by Alwyn and Brinley Rees
https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.36494
Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism
By Erynn Rowan Laurie, Kathryn Price NicDhàna, Aedh Rua Ó Mórríghan, Kym Lambert ní Dhoireann and John Machate, ed. by Erynn Rowan Laurie
https://web.archive.org/web/20080418025755/http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usma&c=trads&id=6645
Which witch is which? : a concise guide to Wiccan and Neo-Pagan paths and traditions
Book Compiled and Edited by Patricia Telesco
Sources for the Three Realms
By Annie Loughlin - original source link is dead, need help to locate!
Dictionnaire de la Langue Gauloise
Book by Xavier Delmarre
https://archive.org/details/dictionnairedelal00dela (referred to as “Essential for Gaulish Language study)
The Settling of the Manor of Tara
By R.I. Best
https://www.ucd.ie/tlh/trans/rib.eriu.4.001.t.text.html
The court of law in Iron Age ‚Celtic’ societies. In R. Karl & J. Leskovar (eds.), Interpretierte Eisenzeiten 3. Fallstudien, Methoden, Theorie. Tagungsbeiträge der 3. Linzer Gespräche zur interpretativen Eisenzeitarchäologie. Studien zur Kulturgeschichte von Oberösterreich Folge 22, Linz: Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum 2009: 135-60.
By Raimund Karl
https://www.academia.edu/245221/The_court_of_law_in_Iron_Age_Celtic_societies_In_R_Karl_and_J_Leskovar_eds_Interpretierte_Eisenzeiten_3_Fallstudien_Methoden_Theorie_Tagungsbeitr%C3%A4ge_der_3_Linzer_Gespr%C3%A4che_zur_interpretativen_Eisenzeitarch%C3%A4ologie_Studien_zur_Kulturgeschichte_von_Ober%C3%B6sterreich_Folge_22_Linz_Ober%C3%B6sterreichisches_Landesmuseum_2009_135_60
Matasović Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic
By Ranko Matasović
https://archive.org/details/matasovic-etymological-dictionary-of-proto-celtic
Hammer of the Gods: Anglo-Saxon Paganism in Modern Times Second Edition
Book by Swain Wodening
https://archive.org/details/hammerofgodsangl0000swai
Various Works by Christopher Scott Thompson - recommended re: honor in Gaulish society
https://cateransociety.wordpress.com/books/
A Handbook of the Scottish Gaelic World
Book by Michael Newton and Michael Steven Newton
Celtic Values
By Alexei Kondratiev
http://dagdacelt.freehostia.com/values.html
European paganism : the realities of cult from antiquity to the Middle Ages
By Ken Dowden
https://archive.org/details/europeanpaganism0000dowd
A Definitive Reconstructed Text of the Coligny Calendar
By Garrett Olmsted
https://www.academia.edu/62011364/A_Definitive_Reconstructed_Text_of_the_Coligny_Calendar
New Calendar of Gaulish Polytheism
By Jess via Nemeton Nigromanitcos
https://thebloodybones.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/new-calendar-of-gaulish-polytheism/#more-265
Calendar of Feast-Days of Deities
Via the blog Deo Mercutio
https://deomercurio.wordpress.com/calendar-of-feast-days-of-deities/
Altkeltische Sozialstrukturen
By Raimund Karl
https://homepage.univie.ac.at/Raimund.Karl/Sozialstrukturen.pdf
La Langue Gauloise
Book by Pierre-Yves Lambert
https://www.scribd.com/document/782869557/Lambert-1994-La-langue-gauloise-description-linguistique-commentaire-d-inscriptions-choisies
Death, War, and Sacrifice: Studies in Ideology & Practice
Book by Bruce Lincoln
The Gods of the Celts
Book by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
https://archive.org/details/godsofceltsar00mira
War Goddess The Morrigan And Her Germano Celtic Counterparts
Book by Angelique Gulermovich Epstein
https://archive.org/details/WarGoddessTheMorriganAndHerGermanoCelticCounterparts
Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby
- Database of “almost all inscriptions ever recorded”
https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/hinweise/hinweis-en.html
A website on Gallo-Roman religion:
http://www.deomercurio.be/en/
A scholarly website with information on Epona:
https://epona.net/
Re logged so I can remember to look some of these up ...
Low-Energy Ways to Work with Nature and her Spirits:
Look outside. That's it - just open the curtains and see the sunlight, find the trees outside your window and watch the birds.
Put on a documentary or youtube video about a cool animal, ecology, the natural world etc
Talk to nature - whisper, talk out loud, say it in your head - just talk. Compliment pretty flowers, chat about how creepy but cool you think spiders are, picture light dancing off morning dew.
Trace the shapes of leaves/flowers/animals etc on your bed sheets or skin - try to see how many different shapes make up the natural world, find the patterns and fractals within them
Learn the name of one new local plant a week! Just one a week! If you have the energy, research a little about their ecology, history or medicinal uses
Make a flower crown/daisy chain/leaf crown
Take up nature photography - you don't need a fancy camera, jsut your phone!
Collect some shells/rocks/bones etc!
Just sit outside! can be just outside your front door, next to an open window, or in the woods (whatever you can manage)
Take your daily activities outside!! Read in the garden, eat your breakfast under the sun etc
Create art from nature - paint rocks, press flowers, create patterns using feathers or leaves as paintbrushes/stamps
Cloud watching!
More High Energy Activities:
Go for a walk or hike outside and take some offerings. Introduce yourself to the trees and plants and streams and leave them a gift.
If there's one nearby, visit a local farmer's market and buy some local produce; honey, meat, vegetables, fruit, etc! Chat to the sellers and talk about their practices and produce
Do a small spell outside! Find a secluded, comfortable spot and invite the spirits to observe your spellwork - let them get used to your energy and way of working
Make a small diary of your time outside! Don't worry about filling it in regularly, just whenever you have the energy! Write down when the bees start coming out or leaves return after winter. What plants stay during the cold season?
Research local plants and come up with your own correspondences based on their ecology/medicinal use/folklore etc
Go on a walk to see what plants and animals exist in your area! Research them - are they native? Invasive? What is their ecology? Medicinal uses? Even the most urban areas tend to have some wildlife!
Join a local facebook group for birdwatching!
Research your area and figure out what plants or animals would be native, or used to live there - create artwork or something to honour and remember them
Research gardening groups nearby - some cities will have volunteer gardening projects or local groups that help maintain natural spaces! See if any would be feasible for you to join and get out there
Join a local allotment or community garden if you have the means - do some weeding, plant some tomatoes, say hello to the coal tits nesting in the old shed!
If you have the means - invest in a hardy houseplant! Name it, research its care and talk to it! Make a ritual out of watering and talking to it.
Take an online ecology course! Free courses exist and can be super interesting!
Watch youtube videos on a favourite taxa and make notes - build your own knowledge at a pace you're comfortable with on the things you're interested in!
Invite some nature spirits in for a meal - cook something you enjoy and set the table (if you can) for the spirits. Enjoy a meal with them.
Please add any suggestions you have below and I can add them! Everyone has unique energy levels and capabilities, but I hope that I've given people a quick idea of things they can do, if they want!
stolen from reddit
I’m reposting this with a link to some sources from the OP, btw; I’m sorry for not tagging them, but Tumblr won’t let me and I’m guessing it’s a privacy settings thing.
https://www.academuseducation.co.uk/post/ancient-mesopotamian-transgender-and-non-binary-identities
There is evidence of complex gender identities in Ancient Mesopotamia, particularly in the cult of the goddess Inanna and her priests.
And this article, in turn, sites even more sources. It's a good read. Makes me understand why so many people venerate Inanna these days.
Toh Axe AU Masterpost
Short summury: Caleb is alive, he has become an emperor, and Philip is his right hand, the Black Guard. They have a terrible relationship, somewhere between slavery and domestic violence. But Philip has a son, Hunter, and almost adopted daughter - Luz, and they are going to save him.
Fanfic "Where the war axe is buried":
Original text
English translation
Early access to unpublished chapters and some sneak peeks on my Boosty
Arts:
Lore posts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Refsheets: Caleb and Philip, Caleb's beard timeline, Hunter, old disigns
Comics: 1 (1,5), 2, 3, 4, 5
Arts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Memes: 1, 2, 3, 4
AUs (yes, AUs on AU, I know, we are productive): 1, 2, 3
Playlist
Ultimate Grimoire or book of shadows checklist✨📓✒️🔮
Hey beautifuls,
I’ve compiled a checklist in booklet format of pretty much anything I could think of or find online that you could include in your Grimoire/book of shadows. Please note that this is a very very broad list and you do not need to include absolutely everything listed. Pick and choose what matches your craft!
also if you would like a non-watermarked PDF print version (digital file) I’m offering this for just $3 AUD. You can direct message me here on tumblr or on my Insta account “@beautifulvalleywitch”.
Otherwise enjoy this free version lovely’s 🥰🥰
*copyrighted, please do not share without credit or claim as your own*
ok who the FUCK was going to tell me that my favorite musician ever made a demo based off my favorite movie ever AND I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT IT???
so there i was, scrolling on google through some 2010 content, and I see a song on Genius titled "ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE" and out of curiosity i click on it and get jumpscared by NEIL FUCKING CICIEREGA????? AS IN? LEMON DEMON NEIL CICIERGA? AS IN MY NO 1 SPOTIFY WRAPPED ARTIST SINCE 2021?? THAT NEIL CICEREGA???
and I hit play and ITS THE OPENING TO SPIRAL OF ANTS?????
SPIRAL OF ANTS WAS ORIGINALLY BASED OF 2010 THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT??? WHAT WHAT WHAT
(here is the youtube video the Genius site leads to: https://youtu.be/QuFv1jAo2CE?si=ceAdnsvOxEgcMBp1)
so ofc i relistened to Spiral of Ants and started digging for any hints towards its 2010 origins. i couldn't find much literal stuff since alien warnings about one of Jupiter's moons and a bunch of ants dying don't really have much in common. there is one lyric that uses the word 'odyssey' that could be referencing 2001: A Space Odyssey but idk.
but! in regards to the themes of Spiral of Ants instead of just the plot then there is plenty in common! SOA has an overarching theme of fusion and collective consciousness, since the story follows a hivemind of ants mindlessly following each other into a spiral and eventually becoming one ant and dying. i always took this song as a metaphor for mass hysteria and/or capitalism since fusion is viewed in a negative light. the ant's lack of individuality prevents them from recognizing the colony is just being led in circles since they are all only focusing on following the ant right in front of them via pheromones, and the fusion is what ultimately leads to their death.
2010 also has the theme of fusion! the scene the demo title quote appears in happens right after the scene where Hal and Dave fuse (technically. the exact time they literally fuse sort of depends on who you ask, but they definitely metaphorically fuse in this scene. cuz yk "Don't be. We'll be together.") the Europa message is basically Halman's first words. and although some out-of-context lyrics from SOA may fit Halman, 2010 overall has a more positive view on fusion. Halman doesn't count as a hivemind since he's only a fusion of two people, and because of that, he still retains all of his intelligence and memories from his past life unfused, if anything he's smarter. Instead, Halman acts as a metaphor for a functioning symbiotic, and possibly romantic, relationship between Hal and Dave. They fused because they actually wanted to be together, and not out of mindless instinct like the ants in SOA did. Fusion is the thing that saves them, instead of the thing that dooms them.
I think it's really interesting to think about how Spiral of Ants could've originally been based of Halman but then evolved into the song we know it today. And what would the song have been like if it stuck with the initial 2010 inspiration? Would it have been more hopeful and positive instead of the story of inevitable death we got in the finished project?
And am I a little pissed off that we could've gotten a Lemon Demon song based of my favorite fictional character ever but instead we got a song about ANTS? Maybe yeah. But this knowledge certainly gives me a new appreciation of the song overall.
Though I do wish this could've been an Ivanushka situation, a demo of Touch Tone Telephone that was released fully with completely different lyrics and story but the same melody. But the demo we have of Europa has no lyrics and is basically just opening of SOA with no major musical differences I can make out. If lyrics were ever written for this earlier Halman-inspired version of SOA, then it's been 10 years since the demo, I don't reckon our chances of getting the full song. But I can dream I suppose.
Also! Here's picture of Neil in Hal cosplay that I found on Pinterest. You're welcome.
Honestly knowing Neil was a space odyssey fan makes me think of what other songs could've had space odyssey influence? Ancient Aliens always gave Dawn of Man vibes to me, but even more vague stuff like Soft Fuzzy Man, Cabinet Man, No Eyed Girl or Aurora Borealis?? Who knows, the possibilities are endless!
Edit: Guys. I found a scrapped instrumental named 'Kubrick and the Beast'. As in. Stanley??? Kubrick??? Neil said this about the song:
"The albums tone ended up going in a different direction" what do you MEAN?? WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WENT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION?? WAS SPIRIT PHONE ORIGINALLY INSPIRED BY THE SPACE ODYSSEY SERIES??? OR MAYBE MORE JUST KUBRICK IN GENERAL?? EXPLAIN??