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Out of curiosity, how many folks who worship Thor and the related pantheon really seem to be taken in by the neo-Nazi rhetoric? I feel like those drawn towards that wouldn't be particularly devout and that those who are would usually know better. Would you say that's accurate? (In reference to the post directed to "Heathens.")
Because they see them as the ‘pure white Aryan’ pantheon, which is fuckin ridiculous. They don’t know a goddamn thing about the actual lore, just assume that they’re all white and manly and warlike and shit.
Bring up Odin’s crossdressing and living as a woman and all the gender bending, mixed race marriages, ect, and they get all angry, which is extremely good.
Odinists tend to not be very sincere in their faith. They view Heathenry as more of a cultural touchstone harkening back to some fictitious Great White Homeland(tm) and a prescribed set of conservative values and unifying rituals than as a vibrant and living tradition, and they thumb their noses at any kind of gnosis or ecstasy (i.e. the stuff that makes religion bearable). They usually claim to be "hard polytheists" not out of belief in the gods as knowable individuals, but because any other interpretation smells like the ecstasy and mysticism they're so pissy about. And they make a big huge deal about "historical accuracy" even though all their claims are demonstrably false and patently absurd because the point isn't to know the gods, but to preserve the apparent legitimacy of some unifying "worldview."
You see the exact same shit with neo-theosophists and Thelemites and esoteric Hitlerites over on the ritual occult science side of things. In addition to the pervasive theft of Jewish sacred tradition, which is a fascinating contradiction you could write a whole book on, the rituals and esoteric formulae they come up with are all bone-dry and lacking in anything that feels like magic because the point isn't to know oneself or change the world or anything else that you might call "Great Work," the point is to establish a prescribed set of pantomimes in order to unify a base of followers.
Nail, head.
Anyway, daily reminder from a culturally isolated Romani person.
Gypsy does not mean wanderer.
It literally means ‘people from egypt’ or similar, as europeans believed Romani people were from Egypt. It has become known similar to nomad due to how our ancestors have been forced to be nomadic due to racism and ostracization, but it is a SLUR.
Romani people are STILL being forcibly sterilized.
Romani people are STILL being forced into ghettos.
Romani people are still facing violence and danger in countless European countries- and recently, I’ve seen the beginnings of the extremes in the United States.
Have a little fucking respect and DON’T USE A SLUR THAT’S BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES AGAINST US.
And for the love of whatever’s up there, ESPECIALLY do not use it to describe your witchcraft. It is playing on the ‘magic gypsy’ trope, and is EXTREMELY insulting.
non romani people, please reblog this.
I CONTINUE TO BE TITS DEEP IN DEMONOLOGY RESEARCH:
IF YOU ARE A NOBLE THAT RUNS A COUNTY YOU ARE A COUNT OR A COUNTESS
NOW IF YOUR COUNTY IS ON THE BORDERS OF THE REALM YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DEAL WITH WAR SO YOULL HAVE SOLDIERS MARCHING THROUGH YOUR COUNTY SO MUCH IT BECOMES A MARCH AKA A MARK AND YOU GET UPGRADED TO BEING A MARQUIS
SIMPLY PUT A MARQUIS IS A COUNT THAT OWNS A BORDER TERRITORY
HELL HAS SEVERAL MARQUIS
WHICH MEANS HELL HAS BORDER TERRITORIES
MY QUESTION IS WHO TF IS INVADING HELL
Maybe they're the invaders and Hell was already occupied when they arrived?
DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON RAGNAROK THEORY
THERE ARE SOME DEMONOLOGISTS IN THE 7TH CENTURY WHO IMPLY THAT DEMONS ACTUALLY COLONIZED HELL TAKING IT FROM ITS UNNAMED INDIGENOUS INHABITANTS
THEY DRAW CLEAR ALLUSIONS TO THE THE ISLAMIC/CHRISTIAN COLONIZATION OF THE OLD EGYPTIAN FAITHS AND IMPLY THAT THE CURRENT HELL IS ACTUALLY THE COLONIZED DUAT
THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS IS FUCKIN WILD
ACCORDING TO IT SATAN IS A JØTUNN
ACCORDING TO EVERY DEMONOLOGY TEXT I HAVE READ THERE IS LITTLE EVIDENCE FOR CIVIL WAR AMONG DEMONS
WHILE HELL HAS MULTIPLE "KINGS" (ONLY FOUR OF WHOM ARE EXPLICITLY MALE) THEY ALL SERVE UNDER LUCIFER
THERE IS ACTUALLY SUBSTANTIALLY MORE EVIDENCE FOR THE TITLE OF "KING" BEING AKIN TO A CABINET POSITION
CASE IN POINT IS THE INFERNAL DUKE ABRIGOR WHO SERVES UNDER KING BAAL BUT FUNCTIONS AS QUARTERMASTER FOR ALL OF HELL
THIS IMPLIES THAT BAAL'S ROLE IN HELL IS AKIN TO SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
LE DICTIONAIRRE INFERNALE REFERS TO THE DUKE FOCALOR AS "LUCIFERGE" AND DESCRIBES HIS ROLE AS BEING AKIN TO THE INFERNAL PRESS SECRETARY (HOWEVER EVERYTHING ELPHIAS LEVI WROTE SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH A HEAP OF SALT)
EVERY CREDIBLE DESCRIPTION OF HELL PORTRAYS IT AS:
- HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL
- BIODIVERSE WITH ALIEN LIFE SEEMINGLY BASED AROUND BLOOD AND SOULS
- CONTAINING TWO MAJOR CITIES
- CONTAINING FIVE LARGE BODIES OF A WATERLIKE SUBSTANCE
- CONTAINING AN UNCERTAIN NUMBER OF MINOR CITIES
- SHAPED LIKE A BELL BURIED UPSIDE DOWN IN THE EARTH
HELL HAS A TREASURER HELL HAS A NATIONAL BANK HELL IS ON THE GOLD STANDARD
HELL HAS A DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THE DEMON VINE IS THE MINISTER OF ROADS
Hmm.. all this is just conjuring an image of Baal and Lucifer in a coffee shop wearing casual business wear, comically small spectacles with a strap and they wanted to talk about hells budget of the fiscal year in a less constrictive environment, cause for hells sake, beauracracy can be a bitch
ACTUALLY ZAGAN IS THE TREASURER AND THEY LIKELY WOULDNT TALK TO LUCIFER DIRECTLY (AS HE IS STUCK IN LAKE COCYTUS) THEY WOULD LIKELY REPORT TO EITHER BELETH, THE INFERNAL MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, OR BAEL, AKA THE "LUCIFERGE" OR MOUTH OF HELL
Yeah you gotta follow procedure or everything comes apart!
LITERALLY NOTHING MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME THAN HELL COMPLICATED A COMPLICATED BUREAUCRACY THAT WORKS WELL FOR THE DEMONS AND ONLY THE DEMONS
wait is this eldritch demonology or what
im hearing a lot of long words thrown around, and frankly im too tired to make sense of them
NO THIS IS JUST NORMAL DEMONOLOGY
@normal-horoscopes
So C.S. Lewis was right? Hell’s a place of eternal paperwork, done up by undersecretaries of undersecretaries, all the way up to the top?
IT IS VERY POSSIBLE
I need this for a project, thank you
y'all will circlejerk yourself to the mysticisms of faeries and elves in european countries for centuries and take it as fact but the second native americans ask you to respect our spirituality and culture suddenly you're all aetheists
white people can, should, and will reblog this.
happy thursday let’s make uhhhhhhhhh daggers
A moon worship ritual.
just in case:
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I will always reblog warnings about this book. I've seen way too many people post pics of this book because it's "aesthetically pleasing" or whatever. Lister is a fucking terf and doesn't deserve the revenue from people buying her book.
Instead, consider checking out this website for a list of lgbtq+ positive/inclusive works. Here's a sneak preview of a few of the books mentioned above.
I know I recently reblogged the original post about Witch, but these resources were too great to pass up
I’m not even trans but I bought that book thinking it was gonna give me some cool insight , just to open it and read about fucking pussy powers and I -
^^ This! Witchcraft in general has heavily gendered language, mostly IDing with femininity, wombs, and so on that I've always found disturbing and alienating.
Yeah, y’all remember what I was saying the other day? About how we still need to weed this “Only Cis-Women Can Be Witches” bullshit out of the pagan community? Because it’s still a thing that some people are trying to insist upon?
-expansive Ta-Da gesture- There you have it.
Thanks for the queer-friendly book recommendations!
This is something I came up with, mostly for fun, but also to help myself remember certain Ozark folk beliefs. A is for Asafetida, hung around the neck. B is for Booger Dog, stalking through the night. C is for Caul, a sign of the “gift” D is for Dishrag, milked by a witch. E is for Egg, sucks out the hex. F is for Feather-Crown, an omen of death. G is for Granny, a midwife and healer. H is for Haint, a spirit that lingers. I is for Ironwood, planted by the Devil. J is for Jaundice, cured with cooked worms. K is for Katydid, to bite off a wart. L is for Luck, a horseshoe above the door. M is for Madstone, a treatment for rabies. N is for Needle, means death if it’s broken. O is for Old Christmas, celebrated January the 6th. P is for Pawpaw, a witch-tree for sure. Q is for Quilting, a shaken up cat. R is for Rattlesnake, king of the holler. S is for Screech Owl, burns down your cabin. T is for Thunder, never called by that name. U is for Urine, boiled as a remedy. V is for Vinegar, a cure for sore throat. W is for Wraith, someone’s double in spirit. X is for X, encircled for protection. Y is for Yarb, plants used for medicine. Z is for Zodiac, for planting and healing.
What's the real thing the 3am text/creepy grandma at your door prompt is based on!?!? Please, I need details!!! 💙
A friend got a text from an unknown number that said “do NOT answer the door” during a sleepover, which was instantly followed by someone knocking at the door and an elderly woman calling out, asking if any of us had any honey to spare. Given the fact they lived up a crazy long driveway, surrounded by forest, and it was 3 am, it was pretty sus.
Our small group kind of freaked out, and naturally I was delighted.
It was at this point that I remembered we had gone shopping for sleepover provisions earlier in the day, and had mistakenly bought honey instead of syrup, and no one liked honey (there was much complaining). So I did a dash for the kitchen and snatched the honey, then rather gleefully bounded over to the door, much to my friends horror.
Sure enough, very old lady is standing at the door, looking like every grandma stereotype you’ve ever heard of. I looked rather manic myself, with what my friends called, “That freaky unhinged grin you do.”, and handed her the whole thing of honey, and told her she could have it.
She looked genuinely surprised and kind of straightened a bit, then got this glint in her eyes and started fighting a grin.
We stood there and bantered for a while as my friends freaked the fuck out inside, before she finally said goodbye, told me to “Keep making mischief” and then strode off down the drive with a walk that was very much at odds with her hunched “feeble” appearance from a few moments earlier.
None of my friends slept that night, and I took particular glee in making strange noises whenever they would start to calm down. I was always a little shit like that.
Never saw her again, but I was gifted a rather beaten looking metal (Brass maybe?) flute the next evening on the doorstep with a simple “Thank you” written on a leaf of all things. None of my friends wanted to go anywhere near it, and I still have it to this day.
Bruh…You met a faerie.
YOU ABSOLUTELY MET ONE OF THE GENTRY
THE FACT THAT THAT HAD THE BALLS TO ACTUALLY APPROACH THE THRESHOLD OF YOUR HOME IMPLIES A FAIRLY OLD OR HIGH RANKING ONE AS WELL
YOU HANDLED THE SITUATION PERFECTLY YOU DID THEM THEIR FAVOR WITH NO QUESTIONS OR IMPOLITENESS AND WITH UTTER SINCERITY YOU DIDNT GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED AND THUS THEY WERE LEFT INDEBTED TO YOU
DONT LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO THE FLUTE
Sometimes, when it’s 11:30 at night and I’m up to my wrists in mayonnaise slathering it onto a nutria hide in the bathtub to ‘brain’ tan it, I realize that I have weird hobbies.
On the plus side my hands are super moisturized now.
can you uh…. give us the results of this? did it work? bc I’ve been putting off vulturing bc I thought you needed specific tools
Well I’ll be drying and working it today so I’ll let ya know!
So what exactly is the procedure for this? *Sits with notebook*
1. Take fur. If dried, soak in warm salt water until pliable.
2. Flesh any membrane or bits off if any are left.
3. Smear with mayo. Work it in there. Both sides. Should be a good thick coat, like you’re making a BLT. (The traditional fatty solution used for this is brains, but I didn’t have any. You can also mix egg yolks with oil yourself, but hey Aldi has jars of mayo, aka egg yolks already mixed with oil, for like, $2.)
4. Roll in wet towel and let sit. How long? Depends on the hide. Thicker it is the longer you let it sit. I left it for 12 hours. If it was a larger thicker fur I’d have left it for a day or two.
5. Rinse in warm water to get mayo off.
6. Let dry, breaking in as it does. Do NOT use heat. If you find some stiff bits that won’t go white as they break in, it needs more time in the fat. Go back to step 3.
7. Once dry and broken in, smoke it to waterproof it and preserve the flexibility. Sorta fold it in half, sew the edges together to make a sack with an open end, jam a couple sticks in there to prop the sack open, and suspend over some coals with punky damp stuff on top to make lotsa smoke. Smoke until an even golden color.
8. Cut threads you used to sew it into a sack. Wash fur with shampoo to get any grease out, and let dry. If properly smoked, it’ll stay soft and nice as it dries.
9. U done good job!
“Systlin how the fuck do you know this”
I was a weird kid with a library card
@systlin can I come out and learn this stuff?
I can teach you uh… Art and Paperwork things?
hey everybody, check out these lesbian witch cats at my local rescue
A family can be you, your wife, and your 11 children
Jewelry worn by Jewish brides from Herat, Afghanistan and Bukhara, Uzbekistan, respectively
Beautiful 😍😍😍
Researching Kyphi ingredients of the time is a wonderful puzzle, that will at times lead to informative details: the ancients associated minerals, resins and plants to the divine sphere - not only frankincense and myrrh, but also coniferous resins, which were considered to originate in the blood of Geb (Papyrus Salt 825 II).
Lebanon cedars spring immediately to mind, because their wood is so present in ancient objects, because their oil was important in funerary context - although taking a closer look at the way in which they did associate products, the species of a tree or the botanical origin of a resin are usually secondary in importance. The primary way of sorting them in a theological way corresponds to trees with similar attributes and resins that behave/smell in a similar way. This is the reason for the use of few names concerning incense (nenib, ‘ntw, sntr) - they are group names for products with shared properties, although different ones from each other in the detail.
Thus, not only cedar can be meant, but also resins from pine trees, spruce trees or fir trees - they fall under the category of ‘ntw and appear in the Edfu temple list of resins described as being of a similar red like Asian lands, of soft consistence and appealing scent. When pressing a pouch full of it one quarter will flow out.
So I decided to check. I had during the summer access to a spruce tree that exuded enough resin for me to harvest it. I harvested liquid resin and some that had already solidified a bit on its cones. The liquid resin took weeks to reach enough solidity to be scraped off and added to the drier one. It was a mess of a sticky job which I would not repeat anytime soon.
I hoped it would dry in the same way frankincense and myrrh dry and waited for 2 months.
Well, all the resin is now dry enough to handle it, but the bigger chunks are still very soft. Even the small droplets can still be squished a bit. So I put them into a glass pot, closed it and thought I had the perfect storage.
Well - no. The next day sticky and very soft contents greeted me. I had to take it out and place it again on the earthernware dishes I had used for drying. A few days later it was “solid” again. So now I will store it in an porous earthernware open jar as I will with all further fresh resins I may harvest.
The result speaks for itself. The ancients were pretty descriptive. The agreeable scent here is dominantly citrus as head with a warm wooden base. Looking forward to this Kyphi batch :D
at some point you’ve got to STOP reading the entrails and go out and LIVE that which was portented by them, because you WILL run out of doves
I’m never not thinking about this post
