Lovely, Dark, and Deep

Beth | 30 | Kentucky | Pisces | bibliophile | witchy woman

[rosiethorns88]

So a bit of a laugh here, as the only remedy that worked to sedate my panic earlier this month of having to wait 36 hours on the 12th floor in a 50+ year old hotel through a tornado-prone hurricane at the start of the first vacation I’ve had in several years is: comic relief doodling.

And the one that has been sitting on the backest of back burners has been to showcase one of Rhysand’s greatest and unrivaled abilities. No one has come close to the proficiency and technique this high lord has honed for hundreds of years, the accuracy and precision never faltering, even while simultaneously throwing insults disguised beneath witty retorts, or gate-crashing weddings to keep very important appointments.

Nay, you all may fawn over the wings, the winnowing, the darkness, but I will whip out my foam finger and clap my hands each time a spec of invisible lint is vanquished on the page. ☝️😤

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This has been licensed, so disclaimer time: The art depicted on the products listed for sale is wholly original to me and has been approved by Sarah J. Maas for use on the products. Notwithstanding such approval, Sarah J. Maas has not collaborated with me in any way in the creation of the art, and the traits of any characters depicted in the art is in no way based on any foreknowledge by me of the traits of any characters in future books by Sarah J. Maas.

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[sinnahsaint]

[elizabethemerald]

Gods I gasped and my jaw dropped. Oh my god.

[randomslasher]

FOUND IT

[sosuperawesome]

Suncatchers

Planted Self Care on Etsy

[locusimperium]

[swan-archive]

locusimperium:

A few years ago, when I was living in the housing co-op and looking for a quick cookie recipe, I came across a blog post for something called “Norwegian Christmas butter squares.” I’d never found anything like it before: it created rich, buttery and chewy cookies, like a vastly superior version of the holiday sugar cookies I’d eaten growing up. About a year ago I went looking for the recipe again, and failed to find it. The blog had been taken down, and it sent me into momentary panic. 

Luckily, I remembered enough to find it on the Wayback Machine, and quickly copied it into a file that I’ve saved ever since. I probably make these cookies about once a month, and they last about five days around my voracious husband - they’re fantastic with a cup of bitter coffee or tea. I’m skeptical that there is something distinctively Norwegian about these cookies, but they do seem like the perfect thing to eat on a cold day. 

Norwegian Christmas Butter Squares

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 egg 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour 1 tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt Turbinado/ Raw Sugar for dusting

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Chill a 9x13″ baking pan in the freezer. Do not grease the pan.

Using a mixer, blend the butter, egg, sugar, and salt together until it is creamy.  Add the flour and vanilla and mix using your hands until the mixture holds together in large clumps. If it seems overly soft, add a little extra flour. 

Using your hands, press the dough out onto the chilled and ungreased baking sheet until it is even and ¼ inch thick.  Dust the top of the cookies evenly with raw sugar.

Bake at 400 degrees until the edges turn a golden brown, about 12-15 minutes. Remove from the oven. Let cool for about five minutes before cutting the cooked dough into squares. Remove the squares from the warm pan using a spatula.

[brawltogethernow]

So I tried this recipe.

And it is GREAT.

It basically makes the platonic ideal of commercial sugar cookies, only in bar form. When I give them to people (which I do a lot, because this is one of those simple recipes where the results seem very impressive), I just tell them they’re sugar cookie bars.

[davetheshady]

Life hack: add white chocolate chips and sea salt

[mxxnlit-witch]

I made these today for the equinox with sea salt caramel chips and they are simply amazing. Let’s see how long they last with six people in the house!

[dduane]

Noting for later (as we need more butter for this, and probably won’t do a grocery shopping till the weekend).

[amyamychan]

The OP version of this has become my go-to cookie for basically all things and I have a whole cohort of friends and colleagues who would murder each other to get them. Haven’t tried any add ons yet, since the base recipe is SO GOOD.

[sosuperawesome]

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[annwn]

[reina-morada]

“In the Deep South, God is a cotton king, Trussed up in plantation whites and powdered over smooth with a little bit of talcum from Momma’s compact. He’s the Georgia dust that gets on everything, in everything, Caking the soles of bare feet sifting through cracks in church pews, and catching in your lover’s eyelashes. In the Deep South, the Devil is a beautiful boy who swears and cheats at billiards on Sunday. He is the one who reaches up your skirt, pulls out the prayers your were saving for someday and lights them on fire with his tongue. He will sing hymns while feasting on your forfeit heart, call you blessed while peeling away dignity like stockings, then drag you out in front of the church to be stoned. In the Deep South, the Holy Spirit is an old woman with hands brown and gnarled as the nuts she boils and a voice soft and dark as the Appalachian sky. She is the swamp kingdom matriarch children are sent to when sins need to be wished away like warts, the presence of whom straightens the spines of wayward souls and coaxes a “Yes Ma’am” from the devil’s own. In the Deep South, Jesus is a mixed-race child with drops of destiny mingled into his blood and the names of the saints tattooed along his spine. He has his mother’s bearing, one that wears suffering nobly, and baleful eyes that speak of the sins of his forefathers. The word of God flutters from his mouth like butterflies with bodies baptized in tears and wings dipped in steel. In the Deep South, angels drink too much. They sashay and guffaw and forget to return calls. They tell white lies and agonize over what to wear. In the Deep South, angels look very much like you and I, and they cling to each other with dustbowl desperation and replenish their failing reserves of grace with ritual in the hopes of remembering what they once were, what wonders they once were capable of performing.”

— Hossana Americana by S.T. Gibson (via sarahtaylorgibson)

[mystiicwinter-deactivated202207]

Numbers in Tarot

Hello! I decided to make a post and talk about numbers tarot. When doing a reading, a number might pop up a lot (example: three of swords, three of cups) or simply stand out. That number could mean something on its own (example : a date, 8 march) or have a deeper meaning. In this post, I will write a little about every number.

☽︎ Major Arcana ☾︎

What I usually like to do is combine both digits instead of using a number above 10.

Example : Temperance is number 14th

Instead of using the meaning of the 14th number, I combine 1 + 4 = 5 and I use the meaning of number five (which is found under in the "minor arcana" part).

This is a personal preferance and I know many readers who use the meanings of the numbers like to do it. You can always look up the other numbers or use this method instead!

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ Minor Arcana ˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗

☮︎ Ace (1) - new beginnings, inspiration, potential, opportunity

☮︎ Two - balance, choices, duality, decisions, partnership

☮︎ Three - creation, growth, expression, fruits of labor, synergy

☮︎ Four - structure, foundation, organisation, stability

☮︎ Five - chaos, change, conflict, uncertainty, instability

☮︎ Six - harmony, communication, progress, healing

☮︎ Seven - reflection, assesment, strategy, wisdom, knowledge

☮︎ Eight - progress, evolution, mastery, action

☮︎ Nine - fulfillment, attainment, fruition, end of a goal

☮︎ Ten - renewal, end of a cycle, transformation, completion

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[jamesusilljournal]

Caterpillar of the Saturniidae Moth

[artrefineries]

“extremely dont eat me”

[anthropwashere]

caterpillar (bass boosted)

[131-di]

#i’m in love with this eldritch scene kid

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@mosscoveredking

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[deckerstarbabey]

lucifer screencaps + textposts (2/?)

[ruletogether]

Dr. Linda after the 78th time Lucifer comes close to losing Chloe by withholding his true feelings for her: So, are you going to tell Chloe now? ( ͡º ͜ʖ ͡º)

Lucifer Morningstar, biblical moron: Tell her what?

Dr. Linda:

[solar-rae-deactivated20201105]

Lucifer + tumblr text posts

[deliriumbubbles]

Devil Emoji Rating

devious friend/fiend. i do not trust them, but i would protect them. Looks a little like they’re wearing purple cat ears, though. 8/10

someone scribbled on a paper plate with sharpies to create this devil. looks like they’re up to something, but probably doesn’t know what they’re doing. 4/10

the red is a bonus, but this devil clearly got run over by a truck. 2/10

this is not a devil. it’s a purple robot on drugs. 0/10

This guy looks a lot like the Apple devil, but he’s floating free. No outlines. No definition between his head and his horns. Naked. 6/10

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Okay, you got me. Actually separated horns, glowing eyes, furrowed brow. THIS IS THE DEBIL. 10/10

sweet baby devil. she plays pranks on you during sleepovers and nibbles your toes on the end of your bed 9/10

good smirk, but this devil looks like an asshole. plus, the outline is too hard, and the horns look like what happens when you wiggle your fingers over your head as horns. 3/10

OH LAWD HE COMIN. This devil is an absolute unit, but he’s got your back, and he knows his bidness well 9/10

this asshole will kill your parents and try to make you eat them. don’t trust him or his painted on eyebrows. 3/10

this teeny beany is no devil but a mere imp. cute, tho 4/10

big red boy. type A-personality. plans for the future. 6/10

this guy looks like he’s in therapy and plays the same mopey song on the piano every day. self-sabatoging jackass. absolute self-whumping slutboy. 10mil/10 would walk though the gates of hell to give him a hug

[temples-wreathed-in-laurel-deac]

Hellenic Polytheism Start Pack

Pillars of Hellenismos

Hellenismos in Application Post #1

Xenia

Miasma

Khernips

Veiling & Binding

Giving Offerings to Cthonic Theoi

Giving Offerings to the Ouranic Theoi

Offering Ideas

How I Deal With Being a Secret Hellenist Post #1

How I Deal With Being a Secret Hellenist Post #2

How I Deal With Being a Secret Hellenist Post #3

Festivals and How to Start

Hekate’s Deipnon, Noumenia, and Agathos Daimon

How to Make a Kathiskos

Hestia in Hellenismos

How to Pray, Praise, and Worship the Theoi

The Titanomachy Post #1

The Titanomachy Post #2

The Ages of Mankind

How to Make a Shrine { @modernhellenismos }

Ritual in Hellenismos { @mythologyrules }

Pillars of Hellenismos   { @mythologyrules }

Pillars of Hellenismos { @soloontherocks }

Finding Your Ritual Calendar { @hearthfirehandworks }

Hellenic Terminology Page { baringtheaegis }

What Even is Hellenic Polytheism? What are Some Good Links to Read When First Getting Started? { Royalautumnfrost }

Building Your Worship { @pomegranateandivy }

Pomegranateandivy’s Hellenic FAQ { @pomegranateandivy }

What’s Miasma? { Royalautumnfrost }

Household Shrines { @baringtheaegis }

Household Gods {@hearthfirehandworks } 

Difference Between Hellenic and Hellenistic { @soloontherocks }

Delphic Maxims (Printable PDF) { Hellenicgods.org }

Example of Daily Rituals { baringtheaegis }

Ritual Formula { @mythologyrules }

Relationships with the Theoi { @baringtheaegis }

How to Pray and Praise (Hymn and Prayer Formula) { @baringtheaegis }