Hound Of Heaven

Sal. hound of Mother. 28.

[rose1water]

“If there is anywhere on earth a lover of God who is protected from life's difficulties, I know nothing of it, for it was not shown to me. But this was shown: that in falling and rising again, we are always embraced in God's precious love.”

— Julian of Norwich

[lockedroompuzzle]

This one is the best in a while

[spitblossoms]

[whiteshuck]

Lindwurm, shed a skin.

[ghostnight]

The Black Dog (1987)

[goddamnitlopori]

Felt like experimenting with the idea of a spectrum to describe the phenomena of nonhumanity or related things, as only having labels to work off of has its pitfalls when so many overlap. And so, the KINsey scale was born. Intended to be used per each identity/kintype. Feel free to reply or reblog with your own personal codes! My bonobo type is 3E-F5orange (tho that does fluctuate a bunch). Further explanation of my reasoning behind this....

I can't help but notice there are millions of new terms being coined every week, because what we already have is clearly unsatisfactory for many. And the differences between a of the popular labels are very blurred and overlap a bunch, sometimes to the point of being functionally the same! For example the element of choice for otherkin however small, especially for the psychologically inclined, means you could be fretting about whether you're kin or otherhearted or otherlink or something else entirely. When it shouldn't matter that much. And with the more popular labels comes an implied hierarchy with classic otherkin/therian being at the top, and its cousins being lower down.

Classic otherkin especially, need to adhere to a particular narrative. Or else they're "delegated" to being hearted or something. To fit in. So increasingly I and some others have been thinking of ourselves as being "animal people", just animal people (replace animal with anything else that fits, fairy etc), a species first approach if you will. There are endless backstories and reasonings for why we are the way we are, but the result is the same. It allows for greater personalisation when you're like "I'm an x-person, and this is how". If your identity straddles the line between involuntary and voluntary, or if it was a sudden thing in your 30s rather than childhood, there's no pressure to pick a term and adhere to its norms. You're an individual and no less a real x-person than someone who has been struggling with something they've had no say in since toddlerhood. I'm a bonobo person, therian is the most convenient wordage but my backstory doesn't really tell you whether I really mean it, only how I got here. I don't always conform to the expected narrative.

Of course, I understand people also enjoy having labels, so I'm not hinting at removing them altogether. But spectrums supplementing those could be a viable compromise imo. I'm kinda dubious that we really need so many microlabels and umbrellas when it's already so muddy. It means you need to study what all of these are and have the memory of a computer in order to know wtf someone is talking about. If we prune that a little bit, it may allow for more legible communication.

[godsopenwound]

I ask god to send a swordsman / and god says ‘look at your hands’

— Melissa Broder in “Problem Area” from Last Sext

[formyths]

for the new/old year

site / newsletter / other links

[lmaonade]

if we’re mutuals feel free to use me as a powerful summon during a tough battle 

[girlwithouthands]

“I looked back at you and you were crying. The hound swallows stars in his tongue, you said. The hound carved the cage from the hill. The hound chewed the key like meat. The hound harrows all.”

— Mabel, Episode Twelve: Asterion written by Becca de la Rosa and Mabel Martin

[thefugitivesaint]

Disney Studio artist, Fantasia, 'The Pastoral Symphony', (1940) from ''Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series - Design''

[whiteshuck]

The cosmic monkeys paw curls, friends.

I've met someone like me. Shockingly so. And they're as afraid of me as I am of them. I've had to pull up receipts to show I have in fact been on my bullshit forever and I didn't just make it up on the spot. And I've asked the same of them.

Mother is writing me a fascinating story. Curious to see where this twist takes us.

[whiteshuck]

in dreams I have watched it spin

Seen a violent crack of atoms where all light comes in

[whiteshuck]

Just passing by to say I’m someone who’s been following for a while. It’s always so nice to see you on my dash and hear you’re doing well. Best wishes to you!

Thank you ♥️♥️♥️

[whiteshuck]

For those following the journey thus far ... I have 5 beasts now. We live on a farm in the woods as of one year now.

Not so worried about me anymore. Now to dive deep into the work Mother has for me. I'm truly blessed to serve her creation.

[zegalba]

Nine pillars of light appeared over a coastal town in Japan last night.

[shisasan]

Novalis, Heinrich von Ofterdingen: A Romance [originally published 1802]