The Seeker's Mist

"The internet, especially Tumblr is not a safe place for Hindus. My religion gets worn on t-shirts..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:12:54 +0100

“The internet, especially Tumblr is not a safe place for Hindus. My religion gets worn on t-shirts and now theres a ‘network’ named after Shiva for ‘urban street-work’ reblogging. PoC get attacked all the time for their beliefs in different God. We’re ridiculed and eaten alive because of our differences. I don’t understand when ‘Hinduism’ became a trend.
If you look at history, IF YOU READ HISTORY PROPERLY, Hindus were beheaded, our women were raped and our children and men were murdered if we continued to follow our faith.
And now our God(s) are being worn on t-shirts and our bindis are being completely misused by hipster white girls.
What is this? Reverse history? It’s cool to be Hindu for a couple months because we’re trying to tick off our white-Christian parents?
It’s ignorance.”

- (via lifeofnikhil)

Read.

(via glittergeek)

Beltane Altar Bit late posting these. A nice shot where you can...

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:02:33 +0100

Beltane Altar

Bit late posting these. A nice shot where you can see everything, the obligatory candlelit shot, and a shot of my mother’s engagement and wedding rings from her marriage to my father. Yes, it was a crappy marriage, yes it only lasted 9 years, but it produced my sister and I, so fuck it, they’re on my Beltane altar.

The bow thing on top of the maypole was my OH’s contribution. I felt he deserved something after he helped me with the plaiting.

Two days of hell left and then I am freeeeee!! I’m umm-ing and ahhh-ing over whether to curse...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:52:44 +0100

Two days of hell left and then I am freeeeee!!

I’m umm-ing and ahhh-ing over whether to curse the whole damn building, or just the twats on the bank of desks I was on, and the one bitch behind us.

Funny story, I was hoping and wishing that Bitch A wouldn’t be in this week.

Bitch A is currently in hospital recovering from appendicitis. She had her appendix out on Monday. Not expected to be in for a while.

Hahahahahahahaha.

soloontherocks: i-heart-hawkguy: This is an Agent Phil...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:16:02 +0100

soloontherocks:

i-heart-hawkguy:

This is an Agent Phil Coulson appreciation post.

Always reblog Phil

I will judge you if you don’t reblog Phil.

Um, his first name is Agent.

Public Service Announcement

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:03:37 +0100

dythetiern:

soloontherocks:

Hellenic means Greek, especially but not exclusively in regards to Greece before the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC.

Hellenistic refers to a specific time period in European history between the death of Alexander in 323 BC to the rise of ancient Rome around 140-40 BC, depending on what you’re using to determine an end date.

This is an important distinction because Hellenistic culture incorporates elements from not just Greece, but also Egypt, Macedon, Persia, and Asia, and is therefore quite different from what you would generally mean by Hellenic culture. This is because of the empire formed by Alexander the Great, who spread Greek culture into Asia and northern Africa as he conquered those lands.

An easy way to remember this is to remember that Hellenistic culture is like Hellenic culture but isn’t it.

As a final illustration of this:

A Hellenic polytheist worships the Greek Gods.

A Hellenistic polytheist worships the Greek, Egyptian, Persian, or certain Asian Gods, specifically from the time period in history when those cultures blended together.

I was looking for this last night.

scorpysue: nudiemuse: woodelvish: I’m sorry I had to This...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:04 +0100

scorpysue:

nudiemuse:

woodelvish:

I’m sorry I had to

This made me almost spit water everywhere.

omg he looks so sad

and no one cares

ROFLMAO

Pretty much literally.

This is perfect.

From the Lips of a Witch: soloontherocks: paranerdia said: Yeah, not in the UK at that point....

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:15:17 +0100

From the Lips of a Witch: soloontherocks: paranerdia said: Yeah, not in the UK at that point....:

soloontherocks:

paranerdia said: Yeah, not in the UK at that point. Though I believe (not 100% certain) you can still be executed for high treason. Murdering a member of the royal family would do it.

Of course you can still be executed— (wait a second are you telling me the UK…

Um, sorry, but the UK doesn’t have the death penalty for ANYTHING, including high treason. Most you’ll get here is life in prison (which probably is more likely to be around 25 years.) Our justice system is shocking.

wintermeudwy: Does anyone have a digital copy of Green Witchcraft I, Ann Moura’s first book about...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:27:01 +0100

wintermeudwy:

Does anyone have a digital copy of Green Witchcraft I, Ann Moura’s first book about Folk Magic? If someone could share I would be very appreciative.

Also any book on or containing info on the witch’s runes :)

I have a hard copy and it’s not really folk magic, that book’s more about her particular take on neo-wicca. Even her book “Green Magic” is less folklore, more (magical) herb-lore.

If you’re after folk magic, could I suggest Doreen Valiente’s “Natural Magic”? That’s a lot more folk-y than Ann Moura’s stuff.

eairtysblogofshadows: amber-skies-with-dragons: This is just...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:31:58 +0100

eairtysblogofshadows:

amber-skies-with-dragons:

This is just what’s in front of my TV.

*flails* i wish my collection was as beautiful <3

Is…is that a malachite heart? *drools*

Gorgeous collection!

Can I just?

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:15:30 +0100

pagangirl:

Believing/practicing magic does not mean that science and common sense are no longer valid.

Thanks.

duskenpath: Michaels is having a bottle sale. $1.50.

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:15:20 +0100

duskenpath:

Michaels is having a bottle sale. $1.50.

Personal Sacred/Religious/Otherwise Useful Calendars

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:12:00 +0100

WIP post about me constructing my calendar, what I’m including on it and why, ditto anything I’m not particularly fussed about.

Starting Point:

Anyone who’s been following me over the past few months has probably realised that the sabbats of the Wheel of the Year are very important to me. They’re also relevant, since I’m in England and I have lived in the country and been able to observe the agricultural cycles in a way you just can’t do in the city. They’re pretty close to the Wheel. The solar sabbats (the solstices and equinoxes, for those who don’t know) are also important to me because… Well, without being able to define my Gods I can’t really explain it very well. But they are. The Wheel as a whole is important to me, and it’s the basis of my Sacred Calendar.

Working from that, I worship a lunar goddess - currently I call Her either simply “Lady” or “Goddess”, or “Silver Lady” if the mood takes me or I need to be more specific. I have no idea if She’s the same Goddess the Wica worship - and I’m never likely to find out, so Silver Lady is fine for us just now. Because of Her, and the way that the astrological bodies feature in my more ritualistic magic, I include the lunar phases on my calendar.

Making it Personal

I have added feasts of Bast - currently just the ones on Her Wepwawet Wiki page, using their estimated dates until the KO calendar for those months comes out.

The 8th of October is also an important day for Bast and I - it was the day I built Her a shrine for the first time. So that’s a marked date on my Sacred Calendar - the Day of the Lady of the Shrine. Bit of a crap name at the moment. Kemetic language is on my list of things to study, ok?

There are three dates on my calendar at the moment that are highly personal to me. Two are for ancestor veneration: the dates of my maternal grandmother’s birth and death. The date of her death is my Day of Mourning. Because the whole damn family gets depressed as hell on that date, and I am NO exception. So that date is set aside to remember, and admit I still miss her, and mourn her and the rest of my deceased family. The date of her birth is the Day of Ancestor Celebration. A time to remember and celebrate where I’m from, who made me, and who brought me up to be the person I am. Less crying and more laughing on this date. Samhain remains a time to remember all those who have passed - including non-relations and pets.

Speaking of pets, that brings me to my third highly personal date. Since I can’t remember when she was born, I hold the date my first cat died as a sacred day; one to remember her spirit, as well as those of all my other pets who have passed on. It’s a day to specifically focus on the animals and their spirits who have joined me on my path. They were all a huge part of my life - none more so than Red - and I feel I need to honour them, and show them I still miss them all and - especially with Red - really wish they were still around.

There are some more dates I’m contemplating adding - the date of the first entry in my BOS, for example. Also, the dates I build shrines to each God - because by that point, They mean quite a lot to me.

Fleshing It Out

My calendar still looks pretty sparse. So far my busiest month is December - the moons, Yule, and two feasts of Bast. Three ritual observances, and two I should really mark in more ways than just “Oh, is it [x moon phase] tonight? Do I have magic to do? No? Ahh well, isn’t it pretty.” But, in a flash of inspiration worthy of…. an inspired person, it occurred to me that a calendar doesn’t need to just mark ritual observances and personal sacred days. Astrological tides, reminders for spell renewals, events and holidays of interest - I need to adapt the calendar every year anyway for the moon phases, sabbats and equinoxes, so why not add all of those too? Even dates that are important to me personally but have no bearing on my practice.

So yeah. That’s my calendar; a combination of observances, tides, important dates and just things I want to remember.

shadowstep-of-bast: bastcatgoddess: Mm: a beautiful statue of...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:18:11 +0100

shadowstep-of-bast:

bastcatgoddess:

Mm: a beautiful statue of Bast. I purchased it down in Galveston, TX. I think Bast will be pleased.

i got a similar one in Hawaii courtesy of a vendor in a flea market :3

she gave it to me for fifteen dollars less than it was because my name was Kat XD

Oooooooh pretty!

dythetiern: jecoreyholder: dythetiern: althara: JECOREYHOLDER SAID: *INSERT SCOLDING MIN-RANT...

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:51:21 +0100

dythetiern:

jecoreyholder:

dythetiern:

althara:

JECOREYHOLDER SAID: *INSERT SCOLDING MIN-RANT ABOUT THE THREEFOLD RULE*

*Hopes you’re being sarcastic because I’m not Wiccan and don’t follow or believe in that rule.*

Maybe he was being sarcastic, if not FUCK YOU dude. Take your fucking 3-fold rule and shove it!

First of all, *your. (Or do not all Pagans believe in proper grammar?)

Second: Whoa. Eeeasy there, sparky. I WAS being sarcastic. But if you’re really that desperate for a throat to jump down…

Thanks for the correction. Sometimes I don’t pay attention to my “your you’re.”
Glad you were being sarcastic. I do jump down throats because some of us get a lot of 3-Fold Law messages. It’s not all that funny.

*throws a party for the wonders of sarcasm and relief at not actually having a crazy person following me*

Party ring, anyone? Jammie Dodger? Free cat?

Warning: If you want the cat, she thinks duvets are an extension of her litter tray.

JECOREYHOLDER SAID: INSERT SCOLDING MIN-RANT ABOUT THE THREEFOLD RULE *Hopes you’re being...

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:08:51 +0100

JECOREYHOLDER SAID: *INSERT SCOLDING MIN-RANT ABOUT THE THREEFOLD RULE*

*Hopes you’re being sarcastic because I’m not Wiccan and don’t follow or believe in that rule.*

Hmmm…. Having just been guilt tripped by my mother, I’m not gonna curse her new...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:27:57 +0100

Hmmm…. Having just been guilt tripped by my mother, I’m not gonna curse her new boyfriend any more. Probably best, since I couldn’t work out a way to hit him without affecting her.

Instead, I am plotting some spells against the gossipmongering that’s currently floating around, as well as protection spells for my sun and stars and I to keep us the heck out of it. You’d think living 200 miles away from the rest of them would help, but no. It just means I don’t hear about it when they’re making shit up that I’ve apparently said and claiming I back their side.

I quote Treebeard:
“Side? I am on nobody’s side, because nobody is on my side, little orc.”

Productive day :)

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:13:19 +0100

Got my new pendulum cleansed.

Researched and wrote up the properties of a couple of new crystals

Sorted the damn “temple” room, decided it’s still way too fucking small and when we buy a damn house, I am having a proper-sized dedicated Temple room again because I miss it. A lot. Followed this with grumbling about having to have a guest room for people who never come and visit.

Bought flea stuff, plotted with my sun and stars how to apply it since Rogue’s still not letting us touch her. (it involves OH hanging off the edge of the sofa, me distracting her, and ninja-like application of the spot on treatment.)

Cleaned up liquid cat poop. Gagged. Swore loudly about the damn cat that does that literally a foot away from her litter tray. Resolved to move the washing airer upstairs so she can’t hide under it to do that again.

Still trying to figure out how to fit four shrines into that tiny space with no spare suitable furniture.

Built the Beltane altar, just needs some final touches and I’ll post pics. (Yes, I’m horribly late. Leave me be.)

Now to figure out exactly how behind I am with PBP, send my CV off for that insurance job in York, and start counting down til the end of my current contract. (3 weeks and a day to goooo!)

soloontherocks: the fact remains if you go into a religion that states as religious fact that their...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:01:22 +0100

soloontherocks:

the fact remains

if you go into a religion that states as religious fact that their specific religion’s deities are not man-made, and you try to tell them that that religion’s deities in that religion’s context are man-made

you are a dick

and you make it really hard for me to give a shit when you complain about people going into your religion and telling you where your deities came from

don’t fucking do it to other people while complaining about it being done to you. If it’s inappropriate behavior, it’s inappropriate for everyone, yourself included.

changingpelts: thesacredcircle: angryqueershakespeare: teratom...

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:52:39 +0100

changingpelts:

thesacredcircle:

angryqueershakespeare:

teratomarty:

slashseeker:

pagebranson:

I started a company with Phil Coulson.

Fucking shit I love my birthday.

I saved the world with the Hulk…

I am good with this.

Went to prom with Loki!

This would have kicked infinitely more ass than my actual prom. The theme of that romantic evening was “tear the roof off.” Loki would have shown the prom committee how to be careful what they asked for.

being stalked by Bruce Banner

THAT CAN’T BE GOOD

Swapped personalities with Thor
Oh lord have mercy

I got in a fight with Bruce Banner.

I’m isolated on an island with the Hulk.

I’m fucked.

Heyhey, guess what? I learnt the lesson, Bast’s back. I kinda wanna throw a party. Work is...

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:58:49 +0100

Heyhey, guess what? I learnt the lesson, Bast’s back. I kinda wanna throw a party. Work is still getting me down a lot though, so no long posts today. Will try for one tomorrow but no promises… I mean ffs, I’ve not even built the Beltane altar and that’s been and gone and I’ve been being attacked by blossom from every tree I walk under.

These last couple of months, I’ve sucked.

But hey, you know what? That’s absolutely fine. We’re all allowed down time. We’re all allowed time to wallow in self-pity as we struggle to be civil to colleagues who are driving us completely batshit crazy. We’re all allowed times where we can hardly drag ourselves out of bed and have no energy left at the end of the day for ourselves, let alone the Gods.

The Seeker's Mist

"The internet, especially Tumblr is not a safe place for Hindus. My religion gets worn on t-shirts..."

Beltane Altar Bit late posting these. A nice shot where you can...

Two days of hell left and then I am freeeeee!! I’m umm-ing and ahhh-ing over whether to curse...

soloontherocks: i-heart-hawkguy: This is an Agent Phil...

Public Service Announcement

scorpysue: nudiemuse: woodelvish: I’m sorry I had to This...

From the Lips of a Witch: soloontherocks: paranerdia said: Yeah, not in the UK at that point....

wintermeudwy: Does anyone have a digital copy of Green Witchcraft I, Ann Moura’s first book about...

eairtysblogofshadows: amber-skies-with-dragons: This is just...

Can I just?

duskenpath: Michaels is having a bottle sale. $1.50.

Personal Sacred/Religious/Otherwise Useful Calendars

shadowstep-of-bast: bastcatgoddess: Mm: a beautiful statue of...

dythetiern: jecoreyholder: dythetiern: althara: JECOREYHOLDER SAID: *INSERT SCOLDING MIN-RANT...

JECOREYHOLDER SAID: *INSERT SCOLDING MIN-RANT ABOUT THE THREEFOLD RULE* *Hopes you’re being...

Hmmm…. Having just been guilt tripped by my mother, I’m not gonna curse her new...

Productive day :)

soloontherocks: the fact remains if you go into a religion that states as religious fact that their...

changingpelts: thesacredcircle: angryqueershakespeare: teratom...

Heyhey, guess what? I learnt the lesson, Bast’s back. I kinda wanna throw a party. Work is...

JECOREYHOLDER SAID: INSERT SCOLDING MIN-RANT ABOUT THE THREEFOLD RULE *Hopes you’re being...