They may be against plagiarism, but they sure aren’t against censoring! I no longer recommend that people join that group. They’re paranoid and overbearing jerks.
…Do they not realize their page is open to the public, so people don’t have to be members to be “lurkers”? People who aren’t members can still see the comments, and therefore copy and paste and then edit the copied and pasted words. Them forcing members to comment routinely isn’t going to solve the issues they’re claiming to have.
The group is ridiculous for a number of reasons, but this is just… absurd.
Lol right? I have screencaps in case they delete and deny, but they might call that copyright infringement.
backdoor-wit asked: what rule did you think was ridiculous? I haven't even heard of this group haha what's their whole spiel?
http://www.facebook.com/groups/207009979311704/ It’s the most recent post on there. I found that requiring everyone post or else risk removal to be paranoid, unnecessary, and unhelpful. They refused to see reason.
Their rule is there to stop people from harassing others, but they don’t seem to realize how sock puppets and lies work. One can very easily pretend to be someone’s best friend while using the information gained against them on another name.
But whatever. Let them be paranoid. I’m not one of their ‘stalkers’, but if they want to think that anyone who questions them is a stalker, I’ll let them drown in their paranoia. Not my problem.
They may be against plagiarism, but they sure aren’t against censoring! I no longer recommend that people join that group. They’re paranoid and overbearing jerks.
My very small, but beautiful altar! My collection will continue to grow! So calming
Beltane Altar by Liz O’Connell
Beltane Offering ~ I Chose this to show you Do not have to be overly Elaborate, Simple Also Works
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PANDORA
[noun]
Greek mythology: (ancient Greek, Πανδώρα, derived from πᾶς “all” and δῶρον “gift”, thus “all-gifted” or “all-giving”); allegedly the first woman, who was made out of clay. As Hesiod recounted, each god helped create her by giving her unique gifts. Zeus ordered Hephaestus to mould her out of earth as part of the punishment of mankind for Prometheus’ theft of the secret of fire and all the gods joined in offering her “seductive gifts”. Her other name, inscribed against her figure on a white-ground kylix in the British Museum, is Anesidora, “she who sends up gifts,” up implying “from below” within the earth. According to the myth, Pandora opened a jar (pithos), in modern accounts sometimes mistranslated as “Pandora’s box” , releasing all the evils of mankind — although the particular evils, aside from plagues and diseases, are not specified in detail by Hesiod — leaving only Hope inside once she had closed it again. She opened the jar out of simple curiosity and not as a malicious act.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m30wk5mwPK1r47bczo1_500.jpg)
PANDORA
[noun]
Greek mythology: (ancient Greek, Πανδώρα, derived from πᾶς “all” and δῶρον “gift”, thus “all-gifted” or “all-giving”); allegedly the first woman, who was made out of clay. As Hesiod recounted, each god helped create her by giving her unique gifts. Zeus ordered Hephaestus to mould her out of earth as part of the punishment of mankind for Prometheus’ theft of the secret of fire and all the gods joined in offering her “seductive gifts”. Her other name, inscribed against her figure on a white-ground kylix in the British Museum, is Anesidora, “she who sends up gifts,” up implying “from below” within the earth. According to the myth, Pandora opened a jar (pithos), in modern accounts sometimes mistranslated as “Pandora’s box” , releasing all the evils of mankind — although the particular evils, aside from plagues and diseases, are not specified in detail by Hesiod — leaving only Hope inside once she had closed it again. She opened the jar out of simple curiosity and not as a malicious act.
(via skepticalwitch)
Aphrodite, Pan, and Eros made from Parian marble.
National Archeology Museum in Athens, Greece.
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My grandmother (Mamaw) is surrounded by angels. Well…statues of angels, anyway. Resin angels, porcelain angels, ceramic angels—I think we might’ve even unpacked a crystal angel or two during the move. There are angels inscribed with blessings of home, angels guarding the preparation of food in the kitchen kitchen, an angel bedecked in glimmering seashells perched on the lapping foam of tides rolling in. There’s an angel for every possible occasion.
The angel outside in the site of Mamaw’s future garden once stood next to my grandfather’s (Pop) gravestone. It kept getting knocked over and it’s so brittle we decided to take it back home to keep it from getting ruined.
There’s a small resin statue of a farmer holding rabbits that sits by her new back door. She’s named him Dan the Man and gave him the specific task of watching over that part of the house.
A photo of Pop is hung up in the living room, and underneath it, a certificate from the military that was given to us after his death. The specially folded flag is in a shadow box near by. Mamaw dusts these lovingly each day, and—when she’s feeling emotionally strong enough—talks to Pop as she does it.
Unwittingly, my Christian grandmother—the daughter of a Baptist preacher— has filled her house with things that closely resemble fetishes as well as created a space to interact with and venerate her dead husband.
And that’s the problem.
These things make her no more pagan than my first aid kit makes me a doctor. Just like my work with (some) Saints doesn’t make me a Christian, her unknowing foray into slightly ‘mystical’ shit doesn’t change the fact that Christ is her Savior.
Which is why I get so goddamned irked when I see these lists of shit “Real Paganz” (tm) do/should do. As far as I’m concerned, the only thing that needs to be on that list is “educate yourself”.
So let’s just stop it, aigh’t? Instead of trying to paint a large, diverse group of people with a broad stroke in a color you’re comfortable with, look inwards and figure out what it is that you believe. That will be much more helpful for you to know than it is for me to know that I’m not a Real Paganz (tm) to you because I don’t work with crystals or follow the three fold law or whatever is in vogue right now.
Shove and Blight,
Zee
Bridger presents a very interesting conceptual model of deism within Contemporary Paganism. In its simplest design, Bridger presents the model of a triangle with a red, blue, and yellow side. The triangle is situated with the red side on top and the blue and yellow sides at the left and right of the base. Each of these sides represents a unique view of deism.
Red: This is the “orthodox deist position” in which the gods are personal, individual, and objectively verifiable. They exist beyond human comprehension, but communicate with us. In keeping with the orthodox position, these are people of faith who do not queston the existence of deity. “They believe the many gods are facts of the universe, impossible to question or doubt without doubting one’s own version of reality. Belief is not a question, it is a cornerstone from which all else of religion springs.”
Blue: These people posit that deity exists, but as an ineffable mystery, which we cannot comprehend. As a result, they anthropomorphize deity into “human-like metaphors and masks upon the faceless Face of the Ultimate.” This is the mystic of the group who views the universe in a holistic manner “where all things are part of one great pattern.” Life, and the individual by extension, has meaning and purpose and ritual is deigned to allow one to more consciously participate in the rhythms of the universe. “The purpose of a religion is to explore, and more actively participate in, the pattern which is the sum of these many parts.”
Yellow: These people view deity as abstractions of truth with no verifiable objective existence. The utility of the deities lies in “the valid ways of making sense of human thought and experience, personifications of abstracts that might be too slippery for the human mind to grasp. They enrich our lives and are worth believing in.” This individual is naturelyskeptical and has an innate need to know the truth. “This person cannot believe without doubting and cannot reconcile belief without doubt. They usually view deity as symbolic and as a chief metaphor in the quest for self-knowledge.
Read more at The Pagan Perspective
There’s a nice little feel-good piece from the Shreveport Times, taking a look at how a Christian and a Wiccan can still manage to find the balance required for a happy marriage. The article profiles Michael and Cindy Diaczynsky. She’s a Christian, and when they married, he was too - but eventually he began studying Wicca, and realized that his spiritual journey was leading him away from his Christian roots.
Cindy says her friends and family have come to accept that she’s married to a practicing witch - Michael is an ordained high priest in his local coven - but what I find really telling are the comments made by the couple themselves. Michael says, “I always tell people, I’ve never met a better Christian than my wife… She is what true Christianity was meant to be.”
Read more at About.com
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The full altar set up (it’s dorm room living!). I work so much with stones, that of course that is my focal point. On the other side, you can see Zach (le boyfriend) works quite heavily with runes (he now has five sets… this picture is old).
Next year, when we have a proper apartment, we’ll be getting this off the floor, and onto, at least, some counter space. :)
Leviathan
Prince (sometimes a King)
Direction: West
Element: Water
Enn: Jaden Tasa Hoet Naca Leviathan
The sigil is from a book, I have forgotten which one…not any that I use to post other Goetic Daemons. I drew it on parchment, as I do all my sigils. I cannot find a listing of Leviathan’s color, incense, metal, planet and dates…so this is just based off of another ‘Prince’ ranked daemon.
Color: Blue
Incense: Cedar
Metal: Tin
Planet: Jupiter
In demonolatry, there is a prayer to Leviathan for legal victories, so I would say that it is good to summon/invoke him for that purpose. Leviathan is also a water Daemon so, can be invoked for anything to do with water/storms as well.