Month: January 2013

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crackerhell:

shartonnay:

“FUCK I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO NICE BEFORE GODDAMMIT!!!”

PUSSY GAME ON POINT

I have this book, called The Story of V, with a massive section on ladyparts being used across time and cultures for things like warding off danger, saving the village from lion attack, repelling evil spirits, and also accidentally causing sea deaths for sailors of Portuguese origin. Vaginas for warding from harm MIGHT have influenced my witchcraft just a little…

When you recognize that there is a voice in your head that pretends to be you and never stops speaking, you are awakening out of your unconscious identification with the stream of thinking.

Eckhart Tolle (via ashramof1)

Air correspondence list from the Elemental Study Group

Direction: East
Colors: Blue, Yellow, Whites, Clear/Translucent
Animals: all flying creatures, Wolves ( command wind by howling), Man(Aquarius)
Magickal Weapons: Sword/Dagger/Knife or Staff/Wand/Crook-depending on tradition, Fan, Voice, All wind instruments and depending on opinions all musical instruments. All things that amplify sounds.
Air its also associated with the Spirt/Soul in Hellenistic spirituality, and in Kabbala as the father of time -fire and the great mother -water have the holy son-air, who is in Tipherath, the highest human sphere – lowest god sphere. It is ruled by both air and the sun. The home of all sacrifice gods and said to be the birth place of the soul. Which makes sense, as the occultist usually believes we are all apart of The One, and will all return to it. So there has to be a place where we divide from it to become individuals.
(Source: Douglas Kyle Johnston)

Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.

Vincent Van Gogh (via mirroir)

dianaandpansson:

The Crow

The crow through culture and time; from “the Mythology of the Crow.”

  • Celts
    For the Celts, the crow was sacred and meant the flesh torn by fighting. As he eats carrion, the welsh poetry uses the metaphor “the crow pierced you” to say “you have died”. They thought crows escorted the sun during his nocturnal path, that is to say in Hell. So they were sometimes a symbol of evil, contrary to swans, symbolizing purity, and sometimes a symbol of the Morrigan Goddess.
  • Babylon
    In Babylon, the crow was the name of the 13th month of the calendar, and he had a very negative value.
  • Greeks
    For the Greeks, the crow was too gossipy. That’s why Athena replaced him with the owl, to stay with her. The crow was also devoted to Apollo. The god sent him to the aquatic world, to bring back water. The crow discovered a fig tree whose fruits were not ripe yet, so he waited near the tree to eat ripe figs instead of accomplishing his task . He was punished for his disobediance and egotism : Apollo placed him in the constellations, but the hydra prevented him from drinking the cup : he is condemned to thirst.
  • Bible
    In the Bible, the crow is sent by Noah to search earth after the flood. But the crow didn’t told Noé that the flood was finished. So he is considered selfish. Saint Golowin thought that in Paradise, the crows had multicoloured wings. But after Adam and Eve were driven away from the Paradise, the crows started to eat carrion. So they became black-feathered. At the end of time, the crows will find their beauty again and sing harmoniously to praise God.
  • Middle-Ages
    In the Middle-Ages, it was said that crows neglect their young; as he eats carrions, he is seen as a bad omen.
  • India
    In India, in the Mahâbhârata, the messengers of death are compared to crows. In Laos, the water soiled by crows can’t be used for ritual purification.

  • Tlingit Indians
    For Tlingit Indians (North-West of the Pacific), the crow is the main divine character. He organises the world, gives civilisation and culture, creates and freeze the sun.
  • Haïda Indians
    For Haïda indians (North-western coast of the Canada), the crow will steal the sun from the sky’s master, to give it to the earth’s people. Raven has also a magic canoe : he can make it change its size, from the pine needle size, to big enough to contain the whole universe.
  • North America
    In North America, he is the personnification of the Supreme Being. When he flaps his wings he creates the wind, the thunder and the lightning.
  • Mithra’s Cult
    In Mithra’s cult, he can fight evil spells.
  • Scandinavians Legends
    Scandinavians legends show two crows, perched on Odin’s seat : Hugi, the Spirit, and Munnin, the Memory. They symbolize the principle of creation. In the same way, these birds are the companions of Wotan (“the God with the crows”).
  • Celts
    The crow was sacred for the Celts. He was associated to the creation of Lugdunum (Lyon), city of the God Lug. Lug is the great solar god. He has the form of a crow and is assimilated to Apollo.
  • Bible
    The crow is also in the Bible: he brings bead to man, alone in the desert.Prophet Elie, Saint Paul hermit, Saint Antoine… Saint Vincent had been defended by crows against the attack of carnivores; the crow is also seen at Saint Benoît’s feet and in Saint Oswald’s hands. Here, he symbolizes divine providence. He is also linked to Saints Boniface and Meinrad : their two tame crows allowed to find their corpses.
  • Asiatic Mythology
    The crow has also a role in the asiatic mythology : in China and in Japan, he shows love and filial gratitude.According to chinese legends, ten red crows with three paws flew away from the East Blackberry Tree to bring light to the world. But they brought an unbearable heat to the Earth. Yi The Good Archer killed nine of them, and saved the world. The last Crow is now in the Sun.

    So the crow is a solar symbol. He represents the creative principle.

  • Black Africa
    In Black Africa, the crow warns men that dangers are menacing them. The crow is their guide and a protector spirit.
  • Mayas
    For Mayas, he is the messenger of the God of lightning and thunder.
  • Celtic Civilisation
    In Celtic civilisation, he has prophetic functions. Bodb, Goddess of the war, takes the form of a raven to observe the battlefields. The crows’ fly and cawings told the future. The crow was also linked to Bran, God of the sailors (bran means crow in gaelic) : the sailors had crows on their boats. They released them at sea. They flied in the direction of the earth. The same idea is in the Bible (after the flood Noah released first a crow),in India and in Norway. Greece>
    In Greece the crow foretold the future : a raven stood near the Pythie of Delphes during her prediction. It is generally said in Greece that the white crow guides messengers. This function of messenger of the Gods (especially Apollo’s messenger), may have its origin in a greek legend. Coronis was unfaithful to Apollo, and a crow informed him. According to Ovide, the crow was originally white. Apollo made him become black to punish him for bringing bad news. Apollo even took a form of crow to guide Santorin’s people to Cyrena. And two crows showed Alexander the Great the road to Amon’s sanctuary.
  • Scandinavian Mythology
    Hugi and Munnin (Thought and Memory), are Odin’s companions. In scandinavian mythology, they travel all over the world and come back to tell Odin all the events that happens on earth.
  • Mithraic
    In the mithraic cult, Sol(the God Sun) entrust the crow with telling Mithra to sacrifice the bull.
  • Japan
    In Japan, crows are also divine messengers, and in China they are the faerie queen Hsi-Wang-Mu’s messengers. They also bring her food and are a good omen.