Month: April 2013

climbing-the-holy-mountain:

Happy First day of the Writing of the Book of the Law!

“But to love me is better than all things: if under the night stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein, thou shalt come a little to lie in my bosom. For one kiss wilt thou then be willing to give all; but whoso gives one particle of dust shall lose all in that hour. Ye shall gather goods and store of women and spices; ye shall wear rich jewels; ye shall exceed the nations of the earth in spendour & pride; but always in the love of me, and so shall ye come to my joy. I charge you earnestly to come before me in a single robe, and covered with a rich headdress. I love you! I yearn to you! Pale or purple, veiled or voluptuous, I who am all pleasure and purple, and drunkenness of the innermost sense, desire you. Put on the wings, and arouse the coiled splendour within you: come unto me!”

scrollofthoth:

The Ankh of the New Aeon

Emanations of Eschaton

That special feeling when something you created months ago makes its way back to your dash.

I was just thinking about going back and expanding on this.

Ah, the life of a magus.

If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.

Carl Jung (via randomglory)

30+ Examples of Christian Privilege

30+ Examples of Christian Privilege

this-is-not-jewish:

This is specifically about the United States, but may apply to other countries as well. Some examples I would add:

  • You don’t have to be familiar with another faith’s scripture in order to “get” the allusions and references in the literature taught in high school English classes.
  • Your faith is used in advertisements and common parlance as a synonym for “good” or “trustworthy.”
  • You don’t have to constantly explain your religious beliefs, rituals, and holidays to others—and when you do explain, you don’t hear your faith and practices called “weird,” “exotic,” or “barbaric” in response.

These are all spot on. But I think it’s important with any kind of “privilege” that it not be used against people. Most never asked for it. What you can do is ask them to admit that it does exist.

nudityandnerdery:

welcome-to-sunnydale:

You’re not friends. You’ll never be friends. You’ll be in love ‘til it kills you both. You’ll fight, and you’ll shag, and you’ll hate each other ‘til it makes you quiver, but you’ll never be friends.

When I was in high school, I always saw myself as Xander. As I got older, I realized I had more traits in common with Spike than I thought.

Relevant because this is a topic I’m writing about. And its one of the best lines ever.