An Import of my Tumblr Blog
My friend @holy-mountaineering did a cool thing where he re-posted his first tumblr post. I remember mine concisely. Here it is, from Universal’s The Mummy 1932. Very appropriate for someone raised on monster movies as a kid. Posted on June 27th, 2011.
I would love to see other folks do this.
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Shrines in the underground cemetery and catacombs at Tuna el-Gebel dedicated to Egyptian God Thoth in form of Baboon. Khemenu Hermopolis, Thoth cult city.
Statue of the Ibis-headed god Thoth,
patron of scribes,
god of writing, magic, wisdom, and the moon
(gilded wood and bronze). Late Period, ca. 600 BC. Schultz Collection, New York.
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the Northern Circumpolar Constellations (the imperishable stars that never rest), from the ceiling of the “House of Gold wherein one rests” (the burial chamber) of the “House of Eternity” of King Sethi I, Valley of the Kings (KV17), west ‘Uaset’-Thebes.
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Feast of Saint Cyprian.
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Hail, holy Saint Cyprian of Antioch!
Theurge and thaumaturge, sorcerer and saint, mage and martyr and mystic, pray for us, now and at the hour of our deaths. May we come to honor and help the least among us, those deprived of good and those oppressed by the depraved, and lift them up to aid and shelter them as we look after ourselves. May we come to love our neighbors as ourselves, regardless of appearance, origin, faith, or habit, and thereby come to honor and love all mankind as children and brethren of Almighty God. In Christ Jesus, please intercede for us, Saint Cyprian of Antioch, and help us help each other. Keep us safe from all harm, those who live comfortably in houses and those who walk homeless in streets, those who have plenty to eat and those who haven’t eaten in days, those who pray assiduously and those who lack all faith, those who make curses and those who break curses, those who heal and those who need healing, those who invade and those who defend. We are all human and subject to the afflictions of humanity; help us, Saint Cyprian of Antioch, that we may tend to each other in a spirit of brotherhood and love that you show for us who cry out to you. By lifting our eyes up in praise of God, help us rise to holiness we desire that we may honor the Lord; by casting our eyes down in humility to God, help us acknowledge the crimes we commit that we may rectify them. Open our minds and hearts to the light of truth shining in eternal darkness, and show to our souls and spirits the darkness of wisdom hiding in blinding light. As you worked with both hands to attain the will of God, help us to work with both our hands may we strive ever towards the salvation of ourselves, all mankind, the world, the universe, and the cosmos. Through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, redeemer of humanity, amen.
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Prayer by Sam Block (Polyphanes)My thanks to all who made donations to disaster relief non-profits and had their petitions included the novena performed leading up to the feast. Together we raised over $300 in the name of our Good Saint in order to help those in need.
Dziady / kolędnicy in remote villages of Poland.
The custom is rooted in pre-Christian rites of evoking the nature after winter solstice (after ‘New Sun’ when the days start growing longer), and is still practiced in Poland throughout January and beginning of February each year – during the whole carnival season.
In these rites groups of people dressed in symbolic costumes with musicians are wandering from house to house in a joyful parade, creating noise (e.g. ringing bells and singing loudly) and pulling harmless pranks, all in order to put the community in a festive mood. The popular costumes included on the pictures are for example ‘bears’ (which symbolize waking up from the winter hibernation), ‘death’ (beginning of something new), ‘devils’ (winter darkness and evil forces in nature) and the most important ‘dziady’ (symbolic ‘ancestors’ – souls of the deceased wandering on the Earth).
It’s observed under many different local names in Poland, and the term of the general custom – kolędowanie – comes from the word kolęda, which is associated with Christmas carols nowadays but originally meant simply a joyful New Year’s song in old-Polish.
Images © Robert Wierzbicki via GOK Milówka.
Wow, this post is amazing. It makes me feel sad in many ways that I know so little about the traditions of my people. Like why does that guy have a photo of a naked porn star on his hat? Is she is a representation of the Spring Maiden? That’s fucking awesome. Chaos Magick alive and well in the Polish countryside.
