israel: (forcefully sterilizes ethiopian jews)
america: (silence)
israel: (demolishes the homes of palestinians on a huge scale)
america: (silence)
israel: (segregates buses so that palestinians have to ride separate buses from israelis)
america: (silence)
israel: (forcibly makes it so palestinians cannot visit parts of their own homeland)
america: (silence)
israel: (kills and oppresses the palestinian people in the name of a pure jewish homeland)
america: (silence)
palestinian civilian: (throws a rock)
america: OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG VIOLENCE!
Month: July 2013
Amazon.com: On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft eBook: Stephen King: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft eBook: Stephen King: Kindle Store
TO MY FELLOW WRITERS
If you write you NEED this book. Seriously. You NEED this book. I don’t care if you hate Stephen King. YOU NEED this book, especially the second half of it.
If you can’t afford it, steal it. I’m sure Steve won’t care.
I’m probably going to get in trouble for linking a torrent. I don’t care.
Please, for the love of the gods, read this book. Especially before you ask me to critique or review your work.
The My Babylon virtual tour makes another stop today at the blog of Mathew Reuther author of the Dire Crimes series. Go there to read my thoughts on how the law is portrayed in urban fantasy.
Also today, My Babylon – Book One: Body is now FREE on Kobo. Get a copy there or on Smashwords.
You can purchase My Babylon Complete, the entire series of novellas, on Amazon for Kindle or in print.
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My Story
An obsessed magician will do anything it takes to satisfy his perverse needs.
My Myth
He turns to forbidden arts to manifest his will.
My Revelation
In doing so, he will bring about the end of everything.
A serial novel about the paranormal and dark desires. The story of a cursed young man who has an intimate view of the Apocalypse. My Babylon weaves elements of urban fantasy, erotic horror, and real-world occult practices to form a unique personal tale that thrills, terrifies, and even enlightens.
In My Babylon, the magus, consumed with longing, seeks to create a replacement for his lost love using a grisly ritual that requires the theft of a body. Through her creation, he learns that he has a much bigger role to play, and that she may be a form of salvation not only for him but for others.
The Complete edition contains all five books of the My Babylon story.
The collective unconscious surrounds us on all sides… it is more like an atmosphere in which we live than something that is found in us… Also, it does not by any means behave merely psychologically; in the cases of so-called synchronicity it proves to be a universal substrate present in the environment rather than a psychological premise. Wherever we come into contact with an archetype we enter into relationship with transconscious, metaphysic factors.
Carl Jung (via atiron)
I just did a reading about this job because I couldn’t take it anymore.
First Card: Seven of Swords
In this situation this card represents uncertainty. Obviously my uncertainty about the whole situation and about getting this job. Myt uncertainty of what I’m going to do if I don’t get this job.
Second Card: Page of Cups
This card was a little confusing. The words that stood out to me were “sympathetic", “understanding", and “intuition". This could mean that following my gut could be correct. Or I could already have a concrete understanding of whats going to happen. Potentially a combination of both. This is one of those times where I can’t pinpoint a specific meaning.
Third Card: Six of Wands
This card could have two meanings. The word that stood out was “triumph". Though I have to take into consideration that sometimes when you do readings for yourself, the cards can come out skewed. It’s happened before. The other meaning is arrogance or self importance. This could mean that I was overconfident when applying and it may affect me negatively.
If anyone wants to give me their own input I welcome it.
The Shango shrine of the Timi of Ede, Ede, Nigeria.
A carving in a Shango shrine is not worshipped. Shango himself is practically never represented. The carvings are mostly identified as the gods’ wives, priests, followers and initiates. In the case of the Ede shrine the original identity of the twenty-four figures has been lost and they are now vaguely described by the aged priestess as people killed by lightening.
The purpose of the carvings is difficult to define. They are more than mere decoration. They are intended to create an atmosphere, a feeling of heightened reality which is conductive to worship. The purpose of worshipping Shango is not to become a perfect human being but to live a fuller, intensified live.
During his trip to Nigeria, Elisofon visited Ede, one of oldest towns of Yoruba people; founded by Timi Agbale to establish a settlement to protect the Oyo caravan route to Benin. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.
