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This is pure fearmongering. This never happens.
No doctor is comparing patients’ citizenship before providing care. Johnson is weaponizing hate to score political points.
Mike Johnson is gaslighting his gullible base.
Immigrants come here to live in peace. As they have for centuries. The 'rable rouser' looking to do harm and inflame emotions is little Mike Johnson.
Ancient Greek Religion & Hellenic Polytheism: A Reading Guide
I’ve been wanting to make something like this for a long while, and talking to my friend @olympianbutch today gave me the push I needed to do so. When I was starting out as a Hellenic Polytheist years ago, this is the kind of resource I needed. So I hope you all enjoy and find this helpful!
Introductory Reading:
Ancient Greek Religion by Jon D. Mikalson
Athenian Popular Religion by Jon D. Mikalson
Greek Religion by Jan N. Bremmer
On Greek Religion by Robert Parker
Hellenic Polytheism: Household Worship by LABRYS
Comprehensive Guides:
Greek Religion by Walter Burkert
Companion to Greek Religion edited by Daniel Ogden
Understanding Greek Religion by Jennifer Larson
Rethinking Greek Religion by Julia Klindt
The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion edited by Esther Eidinow and Julia Klindt
Polytheism and Society by Robert Parker
The Gods and Theology:
Ancient Greek Cults by Jennifer Larson
Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion edited by Esther Eidinow, Julia Klindt, and Robin Osborne
Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion by Ellie Mackin Roberts
Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World (Routledge Series)
Offerings and Sacrifice:
Personal Experience and Materiality in Greek Religion by K.A. Rask
Singing for the Gods by Barbara Kowalzig
Smoke Signals for the Gods by F.S. Maiden
Sharing with the Gods by Theodora Suk Fong Jim
Primary Sources:
Theogony & Works and Days by Hesiod
The Homeric Hymns
The Orphic Hymns
Sources for the Study of Greek Religion by David Rice and John Stambaugh
Greek Religion: A Sourcebook by Valerie M. Warrior
Ancient Greek Religion: A Sourcebook by Emily Kearns
So turns out…..you guys are not gonna believe this…….but it turns out. Reading real books. Is good for you actually.
Let me be completely clear - I’m not being a sarcastic ass. I’m just realizing all over again, in real time, for myself, that reading a real life published book makes your neurons feel like they’re getting a spa day. Like I can feel my brain getting juicer and wrinklier with every page I turn. This shit is no joke, this is like hard drugs if hard drugs were good for you and made your brain feel revived and alive.
@7redmoon nothing against some good fanfic, I’m a fic author myself, but there’s something very necessary and mentally nourishing about reading a published book that isn’t just a recycled version of the same cast of characters you’re already familiar with.
@911boofer I hope it’s okay I snagged these tags bc YES!!!!! This is what I’m talking about!!! Diversify your palettes, my friends, it’s so so good for you!!
It's true, though. As someone who loves to give away days to a deep dive into fic, you need a well-rounded diet. There are brilliant fic writers out there, both talented hobbyists and award-winning bestselling professionals indulging in some fun, but as stated above, we're all using pre-fab characters/worlds/plots to fiddle around with ideas that interest us. Original fiction draws inspiration from all that comes before it, but still attempts to create something new. It's all the retellings and reboots vs. a new movie.
More than that, even though people like to say "I read fic that's better than anything published!" that's... not widely true. Sometimes it is! But fic is a thing that can go up without editing, without any kind of checks. It can be bad and ungrammatical and typo-riddled and nonsensical, and that's okay! Because fic doesn't have to be in any way good! It's for pure experimentation and fun for the writer.
Traditionally published works, however, are meant to make money. They have multiple sets of trained eyes that try to make the final result the best it can be. Sometimes the final work falls short of that goal, sure, but there are steps to at least try to filter out some of the worst elements, which means you're ingesting and internalizing fewer bad habits, which is crucial when you're trying to figure out how to do this writing thing.
To reiterate, reading actual books means:
You're more likely to have solid examples to internalize during your own learning process.
You have greater scope to read original work that at least attempts to do new things you've never seen before.
You're reading works that have been vetted and refined multiple times by multiple people who do this for a living.
You're reading things made with the GOAL of being polished, deliberately crafted, enjoyable experiences (as opposed to fic, which can be dashed off and is for the writer, not the reader)
Anecdotally, reading a really good book has always made me feel creatively sated to the point that I then feel like I need to release some pressure via writing.
TL;DR: Read widely. Read voraciously. Writers do not live on fic alone.
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hey guys did we actually cancel cringe culture or did we just replace it with the slightly more elaborate ritual of ascribing objective moral value to works of fiction and making sure anyone who likes something Bad knows they should be ashamed of it
We should expect resources to have updated with the passage of time. If metaphysical shops are still centering authors that were popular in the 90’s that we have now known for decades are beyond problematic, yes that is a red flag. It’s also a red flag when it seems someone hasn’t paid attention to changes over their lifetime in a way that allows them to be critical of their own practice. No book or author or creator is infallible. It is not the 90’s anymore, you don’t have to act like the resources that were all that existed then are some pinnacle just because they were all you had growing up.
Question everything, and give yourself room to grow.
In fact, what is your favorite witchy book that’s been published more recently? Perhaps self published, or from a lesser known publisher?
Witchy PSA: Cascarilla and "Egg Cleansing"
The other day I saw a post on my dashboard about the uses of eggs in magic. The post, seemingly meant for a general audience contained two appropriative elements: the mention of cascarilla and and instructions for limpia con huevo
First, cascarilla — at least in terms of witchcraft, religion, and spirituality — is not egg shell powder. Cascarilla is the Spanish name of a sacred ritual powder originally of West African origins that found its way into Afro-Diasporic and LatAm practices via the slave trade, most notably Santería. It became known as "cascarilla" because due to a lack of access to their native plants, enslaved West Africans in what is now Cuba had to use the cascarilla plant as a replacement. Yes, some modern cascarilla powders are made from egg shells. However, to say that cascarilla = egg shell powder is similar to claiming that smudging = smoke cleansing
Egg Cleansing (or alternatively Egg Testing) was culturally appropriated from Latines. Before anyone tries arguing: Yes "Egg Cleansings" do exist in other cultures. However, the "rub an egg on yourself, crack it into a glass of water, and 'read' it method that has become the "default" over the past several years is specifically Latine. We Latines have stated countless times that our method of Egg Cleansing — limpia con huevo — is closed. Limpia con huevo is more than just rubbing an egg on yourself, cracking it into a glass of water and reading it. It is often part of a larger ritual called "limpia" involving prayers, other forms of cleansing, and even the consumption of herbal remedies and other drugs. My own mother, who is from Mexico, has memories of seeing some limpias take days to complete. Limpia con huevo has only become the "default" method of Egg Cleansing because gringos (ie non-Latine white USAmericans) appropriated it from us
tl;dr: Cascarilla is a sacred closed West African / Afro-Diasporic ritual powder, not a fancier name for eggshell powder. The "default" method of Egg Cleansing is cultural appropriation of limpia con huevo, which is for Latines only
I know the holidays are tight for everyone but to keep our vehicle we're being asked to make a good faith payment of $75. If anyone can donate even a dollar it would be a great help as I'm currently -30 in my bank account. I can't thank you enough.
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If anyone can spare it, we're short on rent again because of illness keeping us from going to work. We need at least $100 for the eviction process to not be an issue, $200 to cover what we're short. Even a dollar helps.
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do you ever form close relationships with people in your dreams and then feel a little sad when you wake up
i had a son in one of my dreams, he was 3 or 4, i loved him so much, i don’t remember his name but i remember loving him so much, and then i woke up and he was gone
Hey um what the FUCk
tldr: boy have i ever
If anyone can spare even just a dollar or something, my family needs to eat this week and we just used our entire paycheck for rent. We have a 2yo, we need food. $callmesparrow or $beatlemii. PP is .me/wtchswypnt
Worst fucking day ever
Woke up at 4:30 am just to find that we were robbed as my boyfriend was leaving for work and all of my boyfriend's tools have been stolen.
This is his job, our main source of income . How we feed our kid. There was about $3000 worth of tools in that bag that we need to replace by tomorrow so that he can at least go to work.he had to call in today bc of this. We had our electricity turned off on us at the beginning of the month. Bills are starting to pile. negative balance in my account. We're already hurting for money and this is just the icing on the cake. We're trying to remain positive for our child but shit shit shit this is the worst
I just got off the phone with insurance and they're treating it like it's our fault. Someone broke into our garage and yet it still our fault 🫠😵😵😵
Hopefully when we submit what was stolen to the police our insurance will change their tune a bit But police are saying that no one can come out to investigate for another 4 hours... So yeah they're about as useful as a spoon is to cut a steak at the moment
Ugh I just don't know what to do 😥
Please if anyone would like a paid reading or would like to purchase something from my shop, please order 🙏🙏 I'm on hands and knees at this point
If I can at least make enough to buy him a drill to get him through the week, that will be so helpful
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Stitchy readings go deep and are really accurate. I don't have a lot of followers who are into witchy things, but even just one person would help!
Thank you so much, love 🙏 your support means the world to me 💜
Idk what new witch needs to hear this but, practicing and doing spells is one of the ways you learn.
Just like how you can read up on how to do wood working, and learn all the tools and techniques, at a certain point, you need to make your hands learn to actually do the things required to apply those tools and succeed at those techniques. It's the same with spells.
Learning the theory and foundations is great, but don't let people scare you away from learning to *do* the spells too, not just the theory.
"I'm scared I might hurt someone or myself!"
DO a luck spell.
"They told me I didn't know what I was messing with and that I absolutely needed to do more studying before I can do any spellwork!"
Do a Protection Spell.
"They told me that I couldn't do magic for petty needs and it's spiritual only, mundane reasons aren't good enough for magic! It's last resort only!"
Do a Money spell.
These are just a few ways that people tear down newbies doing spells that I've seen (and some even said to me, directly, when I was a newbie!). Newbies are just that - fucking new - so let's make sure that they have the confidence to do spells successfully.
Likewise, let me also offer "doing spells" without doing them.
Get you a paper towel roll or a toilet paper roll, you know the cardboard. That one? Okay, so just on the off chance anything goes wrongly, target that fucking paper towel / toilet paper roll for any of the spells you're practicing. And then walk through the steps of the spell. If the spell is like "get you some strings and knot them." Just take the two strings and touch them and drop them in front of you. If the spell says "Walk around saying these things" - just hum the "dun dun dun" / "wom wom wom" beat of the words. Don't say them, just doot doot doot the words. And walk through the spell how it goes physically. Even if it's a visualization. I want you to talk yourself how you'd do it. Okay Imma visualize me, right here, imma visualize myself okay, what outfit am I wearing? IDK. I'm wearing this one. Okay, then Imma visualize myself being surrounded by a big ol light *gestures in the space around where I'm pretending the visualization is going* just a big ol' light, just big ol, it's getting brighter I think, I think the light will be purple I guess. maybe it'll be fine. Okay, and then I'll visualize all the bad stuff bonking off the light and on to the floor.
NO I don't like that, because bonking and it's near me. So I will visualize instead anything that bonks into my purple light will immediately be ejected into the sun. just bonk to the sun, okay, through space. Gone. Bye. See you later, to the sun. It lands and explodes pew pew pew bye bad thing to the sun with you to burn forever. Play acting / practicing the movements the motions of a spell is not casting the spell. But it helps. It helps build confidence so that when you do the spell you know how you want to do it and why.
Even to this day I do that now. So I recommend that people just slap pens on tables in pretending that you're writing something, or gesture in the air how you're gonna do something. Everything here is about getting comfortable and confident in the spells that you can work for yourself.
This meme is a MURDER ATTEMPT.
I am absolutely fucking serious. The original meme, without the big red denial, is someone's attempt to fucking kill people.
There is NO SAFE DOSAGE of pennyroyal oil. Even Mother Earth News says there's no reason to use pennyroyal essential oil for ANYTHING, even topically or as a fragrance, for fuckssake! That should give you some idea about how dangerous it is!
Pennyroyal tea, plant matter in hot water, is a traditional abortifacient. It is *incredibly* dangerous, induces abortion by bringing the body close to organ failure (and frequently pushing the system right over the edge, because dosage is impossible to meter), but I would drink a gallon of it before I took a half-teaspoon of pennyroyal essential oil.
Two teaspoons, taken across 48 hours, has successfully killed someone.
Three teaspoons taken as a single dosage killed the consumer within THREE HOURS.
There is NO SAFE DOSAGE! FOR PENNYROYAL OIL INTERNALLY! NONE!
The person who made this meme is PURPOSEFULLY, ACTIVELY, trying to get desperate people killed!
Pennyroyal oil contains pulegone, which is highly toxic, particularly to the liver. Ingestion can lead initially to gastrointestinal distress such as nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Later on, it can lead to failure of the liver and kidneys, resulting in bleeding, seizures, multiple organ failure, and death.
There is no antidote for pennyroyal oil poisoning.
- straight from poison control
In the hope that this saves someone’s life one day.
Does anyone have extra cash to spare so we can recharge our AC? It's looking like it's gonna cost us about $80 total. I don't want my 18mo to fry in the 100+ Texas heat, and I'm still three weeks from my first paycheck.
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I'm saying this from a place of genuine care: if you are seeing ghosts or shadows or having nightmares... and sageing, eggshells, Crystal's, and psychics arent cutting it..
Please.. please... check for things like gas leaks, water damage, vermin. I'm not saying your house isnt haunted, I'm just saying that carbon monoxide poisoning looks a LOT like being haunted.
I know that, you know that, but when it looks like supernatural things you look to supernatural solutions and you might not be thinking clearly.
I'm having a conversation with a pagan mom right now who thinks that dark forces are after her, so she's tried all the things that she knows... which apparently is not checking the hvac system for leaks.
Shes mad at me because I suggested getting an inspection because shes lived in the house for 14 years and she's always seen things like this and it's just gotten worse since she took over the house. Shes seeing entities, things are moving on their own, doors open and close on their own, people are being touched and scratched. 'Mold and gas dont do that!'
Drafty house. Uneven floors. Pressure changes.
Toxic mold syndrome can mimic depression and anxiety, cause listlessness. Guess what extreme anxiety can do. It can mess with your head. It can mess with your memory.
If you have scratches on you and you dont know where they came from, see a doctor. See a doctor. I dont know why you wont see a doctor. They can tell you if it comes from an animal. They can tell you if you're suffering from a mold allergy. They can tell you if you're experiencing side effects of gas exposure.
I wholeheartedly believe in ghosts. Absolutley not debating that ghosts and spirits and whatever you think you're seeing. I am posting this in a pagan facebook group. I 100% believe in ghosts.
I also believe in carbon monoxide.
Please check for gas leaks in your home. Please check for mold. Please check for critters. Like girl I believe you but please check these things.
I hate to keep asking but groceries and gas completely wiped us out. Any donation at all helps.
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We have 811 left of rent to pay. Please if you can help we desperately need it. I've applied for a loan and am hoping it goes through, but if it doesn't we face eviction. We have an 18 month old, a cat, and a dog. Please, we need the help desperately, we don't have a place to stay if we're evicted.
