#think critically

[hypfden]

Seberitus

Inspired by alot of severitus art ive been seen on twt. I absolutely fell in love with the concept of severus taking (kidnapping) harry away and to not get recognized severus dresses up like a woman. Its so funny to imagine it.

Then i started toying with the terminology of “mother” and how from harry’s perspective of mother changes as he finds out his past and how it has led up to the present. My mind has created a story. Should i say it?

[meisterburger25]

“It’s a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without a thought for speaking the truth.”

-Benoit Blanc, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”

[crimson-revelation]

in my opinion, it is very likely that such topics (manifest, spirituality, laws, etc.) are things that people create in order not to lose their mental health. Just as they form religions, myths and gods. Humanity is always looking for something to take refuge in because it is afraid of meaninglessness and loneliness. I think the modern belief system of the 21st century is spirituality. Ofc, there are many things that have not yet been explained, researched, and expressed in numbers, but I think that the things they call the universe and the soul are still human inventions. What you think of this? i think you have a logical way of thinking.

I think that is a very valid perspective.

Humans have always created frameworks to make sense of uncertainty, meaning, and existence itself. Religion, philosophy, spirituality, and even certain scientific models all attempt to answer questions we do not yet fully understand.

So yes, it is entirely possible that some spiritual concepts are human attempts to create structure around things we cannot yet explain.

At the same time, I do not think lack of full explanation automatically makes something false. It simply means it has not been fully understood or articulated.

Personally, I think the healthiest approach is remaining open enough to explore, while logical enough not to accept everything uncritically.

[yourlocalzydratedealer]

Just so it’s on the record,

I feel the need to clarify that @pavi-largo-realofficial and I are NOT in any sort of relationship that is intimately involved, and what the “Evening Slice” decided to headline in their most recent print is all bullshit. 🤦🏻

[the-spooky-aroace-potatochonkcat]

WOAH

For a second there I thought about Gangle x Ribbit

Lost my abstradgedy for a second there

hahahe

[thekimspoblog]

Every once in a while, I'll just pick a fight with witchblr cus I'm bored. Women have a really complex history with founding scientific theory then being muscled out of it by patriarchal institutions, and I have mixed feelings about witchcraft's ability to reclaim that history. Some practices have provable basis in reality, and until extremely recently have been overlooked by western medicine because the practice was from a political minority's culture. It's important to keep an open mind, and I think women should care about the natural world for its own sake rather than measuring their success by their ability to get a good job in an established STEM field... But at the same time, the scientific method is a pretty unbiased and universal tool, and don't you feel infantilized being told to dance in circles and play with crystals while the tech bros get the toys that actually DO SHIT? Witchcraft is liberating in that it encourages femmes to take more responsibility for their own power than the major organized religions do, but I can't shake the feeling that so much of New Age culture is a trap to distract women specifically from actually understanding the world.

Sage has antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, and it's cool that people in the middle ages clearly understood that on some level. But herbs are useful for their chemical properties; they can't banish evil spirits because evil spirits aren't real! I've had so many hippy friends over the years, and when you talk to them long enough you realize that they literally think brain waves can travel yards or even miles outside a person's skull and affect things. And oh... honey... no. Just no! Do you have any idea the amazing things people are doing these days with EEG caps? I'm sorry but I can't respect you when you say you can change the course of events by just "sending your intent" real hard; it's childish. Yes, it would be cool if a person could fly by just flapping their arms, but they can't, and whether you realize it or not what you're actually upset about is the way commercial air travel has taken all the magic out of planes. There are plenty of invisible "energies" that can be channeled for human benefit, but most of the ones that WORK like electromagnetism have already been discovered and folded into the control of the owning class, and rather than be content with the pseudoscientific scraps, you should be trying to take that understanding and control back. The moon cannot hear you; it is a rock. And you start hanging out with people who tell you it's more than a rock, next thing you know they're going to be saying we never landed there.

Don't get me wrong; I love the theater of paganism. Certainly usually a lot less sterile and flavorless than the modern scientific research, for better or worse. It's fun, and as long as you understand that - like any sort of prayer - this is just performance art for your own psychological benefit, there's no real harm to it. But even as an art project, witchcraft is often a lot of work (and money!) with not much to show for it after clean-up. I've dabbled multiple times throughout my life, and there are always problems I immediately run into which make the whole exercise look silly: "I don't have a ceremonial athame; this website says it's ok to use a butter knife. There are two different sigils for this deity and sources can't agree on whether to draw it in sand or chalk; can't I just make a prayer mat with paper and pencil? Supposedly it doesn't matter what language I chant in as long as my intent is clear... but English doesn't feel very spooky so I guess I'll just translate it to Latin and it doesn't matter if I mispronounce it. I don't have colored prayer candles or an oak goblet so tealights and a glass of water are going to have to do. Wait, so that's it? I just sit quietly and meditate for half an hour? How is that different from the other 23 hours a day I spend thinking about wanting good things to happen? Well... I didn't feel a change in the wind or anything but I've been sitting in the circle and chanting for minutes on end now so I guess I'm done... I get that I'm supposed to throw this egg away because I put my evil energies into it, but considering it's all pretend it seems wasteful not to put it back in the fridge"

To me, the importance of witchcraft is the CRAFT aspect of it: It's good for a person's self-esteem if they have passion for a trade for its own sake rather than just a means to earn a living. There's a million things in this world to become an expert on, so pick one and make that your domain, do work you can take pride in. But most of that work isn't going to be in your own literal back yard, and most importantly if you're not getting testable, repeatable results the mature thing to do is admit you were mistaken and try something else. Most of my wishes involve wanting vengeance against men who abuse their power, and language is one of the few things I'm even remotely good at, so I decided to go into law and military science. But that bitter work of turning words into justice is going to be done by walking the streets, not by chanting Latin standing in some sandy circle by myself. Hands folded in prayer are totally idle. Hell, chanting the right words in the magic circle of the courthouse barely does anything anymore either.

[wichu127]

I JUST GOT RAGE BAITED SOOO BAD ‼️‼️

I asked some guy in my class if he watched the supergirl trailer cuz I had just seen the google feature if u search it up and he says, “no but have you watched the doomsday trailer?” i’m like fuck no, i’m not interested in that, supergirl is better, mcu has gone to shit, I don’t give a fuck about doomsday. he’s like, “bro no way you think supergirl is gonna be better than doomsday.” i’m like: “uhh yeah??? james gunn who directed gotg and superman is the lead of this universe now, i’m hyped he’s awesome.” this man proceeds to say: “superman was bad, tf?” IM LIKE BAFFLED LIKE WTF??? he calls over some other guys to back his debate and i’m like restating my argument (cause i’m right) and they are like, “uh, no, you’re wrong. superman sucks and doomsday is gonna be awesome.” THENN one of them throughs in a shit argument about “historically, superheroes were white first and then they added inclusivity later and supergirl is just some shit girl power.” HOW ABOUT YOU THINK CRITICALLY??? LIKE TALK ABOUT A RED HERRING OR YOU TOO LOGICAL FALLACIES CUZ THATS NOT WHAT WE WERE TB???? anyways no, I just got rage baited bad— even worse because they actually believe they are correct. because be so fuckin for real with me, after endgame the mcu has had no direction of where they were gonna go next (the tv shows were amazing don’t get me wrong- except for secret invasion) so for the past, what, 5 years? they’ve been throwing out cash grabs