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I’ve been working on a series of esoteric Shi’a Muslim portrait illustrations called “The Fourteen Masoomeen,” (Masoomeen meaning “infallibles”) based on the central figures of Twelver Shi’a Islam, where rather than showing the face of the figures, different designs and symbols allude to important moments in their lives. I’ve finished thirteen–The Prophet Muhammad, Imam Ali, Fatima Zahra, Imam Hasan, Hussein, Zayn al-Abideen, al-Baqir, as-Sadiq, al-Kadhim, al-Rida, al-Jawad, al-Hadi, and al-Askari–and the last one is Imam Mahdi, who is believed to be alive but hidden from the eyes of man until his time of reappearance occurs. I’m stumped on how to approach his illustration and it might take even years for the correct inspiration to hit me, so have these of his beloved thirteen first… :’)
Earth signs are annoying cuz they focus so much on the details that they miss the point
Water signs are annoying cuz theyd rather dwell on the negative than work on creating positivity
Air signs are just annoying
this is a fire signs only event, the rest of y’all go tf home
Earth and Water stayed home, Air was given a fake address
Tibetan Carved Skull
A 300-year-old carved skull from Tibet. According to a Tibetan Khenpo, skulls like this were often carved to take a curse off a family or to guide the mislead soul onto the right path. The depiction on the forehead is the deity Citipati, a vajrayana Buddhist deity having the form of two dancing skeletons. Citipati is associated with cemereries.
Full offense but I would rather just fallow in my practice for a month or two than do some bullshit that isn’t magic just to make myself feel better. I’ve done it before and I don’t regret it because my intense bipolar periods needed sorted out. Lame as fuck to brush your hair and teeth and just say you’re doing a great job in your practice. There’s no shame in stepping away for a while. It’s less pathetic honestly.
Sometimes it is hard to shower and keep a clean house and brush your hair when you’re depressed and forcing yourself to power through those things count as basic self care and something to be proud of but don’t fucking kid yourself that you’re honing your magical skills. Just man the fuck up and realize you gotta stop and take care of yourself and remember to take your meds and go to therapy bc that will go farther than some bullshit ~intention spell~ anyway.
I remember when the vast majority of discourse actually leaned towards not doing magic at all when having a mental health flareup. In fact, I remember some people even arguing that those with mental health issues should never do magic (specifically ceremonial, chaos, thelema, enochian, goetic, etc. I don’t think anyone ever gave a shit what the neopagans were doing)… which, of course, I disagree with. Having depression, anxiety, bpd, or whatever else doesn’t prevent you forever from functioning in society (for some it requires the addition of therapy or medication and that’s just fine).
But I think as we evolved more towards this “fuck ableism” attitude, we lost some nuance to this conversation. Having any sort of mental illness is OK and doesn’t prevent you from practicing magic… but taking a break from magic FOR your mental health is also OK. And seriously, doing magic when you’re in a bad headspace can be a very bad thing.
To present an extreme analogy: would you recommend that a neurosurgeon perform a complicated surgery while grieving the death of a loved one? Like I get that sometimes we don’t have a choice (maybe it’s a spell that needs done before a certain deadline), and it’s admirable when people can pull their shit together to accomplish something difficult that requires concentration and focus while undergoing great adversity, but it’s irresponsible to recommend it.
And while I don’t necessarily have issue with people infusing “magic” into every mundane thing they do (as that kind of paradigm shifting can actually be useful in some cases), I agree with thedesertgod that you are kidding yourself if you equate that to honing your magical skills. Like if you really need to pretend for the extra motivation, fine; But I prefer not to delude myself that it’s magic. Magic, the kind that gets results and not just feel-good energy, is a discipline that can take a lot out of your body, both physically and mentally.
And honestly, if your defenses aren’t that good (or even if they are), the last fucking thing you need during a mental illness relapse is to attract every fucking leeching spirit in a 50 mile radius.
If you have any kind of obsessive/perfectionist persona, then you probably also know how all-consuming magic and the paranormal can be. Sometimes you seriously do need to step back so you can focus on your job or school, your mental health, and basic needs. And I’ll end this by echoing thedesertgod once again and saying please just take your meds, see your therapist, and take care of yourselves instead of acting like some magic bubble bath is going to solve your mental illness flareups.
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“Metageometrie” , pen and acrylic on paper; click on image for larger view Art by me
Signs as Bugs:
♈️Aries- Fire Ant ♉️Taurus- Lady Bug ♊️Gemini- Praying Mantis ♋️Cancer- Pill Bug ♌️Leo- Bee ♍️Virgo- Butterfly ♎️Libra- Mosquito ♏️Scorpio- Scorpion (lol) or Black Widow ♐️Sagittarius- Dragon Fly ♑️Capricorn- Dung Beetle ♒️Aquarius- Centipede ♓️Pisces- Water Skipper
Continuing The Ars Goetia. The Ars Goetia is the first section of the Lesser Key of Solomon, containing descriptions of seventy-two demons. These are an eclectic bunch made up of demons/pre abrahamic faith deities in demon form. Buer is a Great President of Hell and the commander of 50 legions. Buer appears either as a centaur or more commonly a lion headed beast with multiple goat legs to walk in all directions. He is a teacher of natural and moral philosophy, logic and all virtues of plants and herbs. I kept it pretty close to the Ars Goetia depiction because a flaming lion head with legs is pretty bizarre to begin with.
Our ‘Spirituality’ is the transcendental science of Self-Realisation!
Through these Santana-Dharma practices yogi’s realise their true Self and original nature, and thereby transcend the illusionary (Maya) and empty realm of Samsara, attaining Moksha (Liberation) and Nirvana.
“Life is just a dream,
Everything is illusion and emptiness,
Only God is real.
I am God dreaming,
Wake up!”
by Lobsang Melendez Ahuanari
Magic Mushroom Spirit
by Andrei Verner
Meditation
by Fractalika
“The whole and sole object of all true Magical and Mystical training is to become free from every kind of limitation.”
— Aleister Crowley