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“This is the chemical formula for love: C8H11NO2+C10H12N2O+C43H66N12O12S2 dopamine, seratonin, oxytocin. It can be easily manufactured in a lab, but overdosing on any of them can cause schizophrenia, extreme paranoia, and insanity. Let that sink in.”

— (via misschelly19)

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Demon Lord, Haagenti

Image © Paizo Publishing, by Sally Gottschalk. Accessed at her website here

[Commissioned by @tar-baphon. This may be the single longest monster I’ve written. Part of the problem was that I had my own ideas for Haagenti’s abilities, but I also needed to incorporate the canon Pathfinder material from Book of the Damned. So if this Haagenti is too lengthy or complicated for your tastes, cut the extracts and the internal alchemy ability. If you do, bump his AC to a more respectable-for-the-CR AC 47. I gave him a lower AC with the assumption that he would boost it on the first round of combat with shield, barkskin or both.]

Demon Lord, Haagenti CR 29 CE Outsider This creature is the epitome of a fiend, appearing as a massive bull-like humanoid with leathery wings and golden horns. Wisps of foul vapor emerge from his nose and mouth.

Haagenti, The Whisper Within CE male demon lord of alchemy, invention and transformation Domains Artifice, Chaos, Evil, Strength Subdomains Construct, Demon, Resolve, Toil Favored Weapon battleaxe Unholy Symbol image of the philosopher’s stone Worshipers alchemists, drow, transmuters Minions fleshwarped creatures, golems, retrievers For information on his Obedience and boons for his worshipers, see Book of the Damned

Haagenti, the Whisper Within, seems on first glance to be among the more enlightened and beneficial demon lords. He is patron of alchemy and invention, and by his tutelage many wondrous inventions have entered the world. But Haagenti chooses his battles carefully, and bestows his knowledge and devices to people he knows will use them to harm others, destabilize societies and overall spread misery and ruin. He is the originator of the philosopher’s stone, and by its use has ruined economies and returned villains from the grave.

Haagenti is a master of disguise, and enjoys experimenting with new shapes as a debutante tries on clothing. He always includes some clue to his true identity by incorporating some monstrous feature, although he may hide these or “accidentally” reveal them as he sees fit. This mastery of shapes applies to his battle tactics as well. Not only does he frequently change form in order to use new abilities, he also delights in transforming his opponents. He has mastered various types of transmutation magic, and his very breath turns creatures into warped parodies of themselves, in excruciating pain unless they obey his commands. Haagenti can transform his own blood, bile and bones into alchemical extracts, enhancing his own abilities or decanting them as boons to his minions and servitors.

The layer of the Abyss in which Haagenti dwells is known as Cerebulim. It is a seemingly endless laboratory, filled with libraries, menageries, workshops and galleries. It is also filled with secret passages and traps, and Haagenti can reshape its corridors and rooms at will from several carefully hidden control centers. Those that seek knowledge or a powerful tool here are subject to Haagenti’s cruel whims, and few of them escape unchanged in mind and body.

Ring of Haagenti Minor Artifact Slot ring; Aura strong (no school) CL 20th. Weight -; This plain brass ring is inscribed with a single rune representing Haagenti. An alchemist, or creature capable of preparing alchemical extracts, that wears this ring may prepare one additional extract of every level it has access to. 

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Demon Lord, Haagenti

Image © Paizo Publishing, by Sally Gottschalk. Accessed at her website here

[Commissioned by @tar-baphon. This may be the single longest monster I’ve written. Part of the problem was that I had my own ideas for Haagenti’s abilities, but I also needed to incorporate the canon Pathfinder material from Book of the Damned. So if this Haagenti is too lengthy or complicated for your tastes, cut the extracts and the internal alchemy ability. If you do, bump his AC to a more respectable-for-the-CR AC 47. I gave him a lower AC with the assumption that he would boost it on the first round of combat with shield, barkskin or both.]

Demon Lord, Haagenti CR 29 CE Outsider This creature is the epitome of a fiend, appearing as a massive bull-like humanoid with leathery wings and golden horns. Wisps of foul vapor emerge from his nose and mouth.

Haagenti, The Whisper Within CE male demon lord of alchemy, invention and transformation Domains Artifice, Chaos, Evil, Strength Subdomains Construct, Demon, Resolve, Toil Favored Weapon battleaxe Unholy Symbol image of the philosopher’s stone Worshipers alchemists, drow, transmuters Minions fleshwarped creatures, golems, retrievers For information on his Obedience and boons for his worshipers, see Book of the Damned

Haagenti, the Whisper Within, seems on first glance to be among the more enlightened and beneficial demon lords. He is patron of alchemy and invention, and by his tutelage many wondrous inventions have entered the world. But Haagenti chooses his battles carefully, and bestows his knowledge and devices to people he knows will use them to harm others, destabilize societies and overall spread misery and ruin. He is the originator of the philosopher’s stone, and by its use has ruined economies and returned villains from the grave.

Haagenti is a master of disguise, and enjoys experimenting with new shapes as a debutante tries on clothing. He always includes some clue to his true identity by incorporating some monstrous feature, although he may hide these or “accidentally” reveal them as he sees fit. This mastery of shapes applies to his battle tactics as well. Not only does he frequently change form in order to use new abilities, he also delights in transforming his opponents. He has mastered various types of transmutation magic, and his very breath turns creatures into warped parodies of themselves, in excruciating pain unless they obey his commands. Haagenti can transform his own blood, bile and bones into alchemical extracts, enhancing his own abilities or decanting them as boons to his minions and servitors.

The layer of the Abyss in which Haagenti dwells is known as Cerebulim. It is a seemingly endless laboratory, filled with libraries, menageries, workshops and galleries. It is also filled with secret passages and traps, and Haagenti can reshape its corridors and rooms at will from several carefully hidden control centers. Those that seek knowledge or a powerful tool here are subject to Haagenti’s cruel whims, and few of them escape unchanged in mind and body.

Ring of Haagenti Minor Artifact Slot ring; Aura strong (no school) CL 20th. Weight -; This plain brass ring is inscribed with a single rune representing Haagenti. An alchemist, or creature capable of preparing alchemical extracts, that wears this ring may prepare one additional extract of every level it has access to. 

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No matter how dark People think their minds can get I've probably already been in that pit And used it for power rather than pain

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Kali is the Goddess of time, change, and destruction. She is the energy current inside of you that is wild, empowered and all loving. This energy is deeply involved in the life/death / life cycle to keep you growing and transforming, as does the rich practice of yoga.

The Dark Mother in all her love and ferocity will guide you through transformation by dissolving all forms and time. She will tear things up to help you see what is needing to die inside of you, such as self limiting beliefs or attachments to the past that prevent you from moving forward. These deaths then create a fertile field for growth and creation of the new.

She’s the darkness most of us fear. She is fierce. She is loving. She will transform you.

Mahakali by Talon Abraxas

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The Magnum Opus: An Alchemists Guide to Dealing with your own Bullshit

The Magnum Opus, or the Great Work, is the process by which an Alchemist creates a Philosopher’s Stone, capable of turning Lead into Gold.

First, a Philosopher’s Stone is not an object that is made, but a person that you become. Alchemical Lead is not black toxic metal in our pipes but the heavy and the toxic that weighs down your heart and your spirit. Alchemical Lead is the old emotional scars that refuse to heal, and the old habits that used to keep us alive, but now keep us hurt.Conversely, Alchemical Gold is not the shiny metal in coins and jewelry, but completeness. It is wholeness. It is well developed and healthy traits that come out of deliberate and careful response to life’s challenges. Alchemical Gold is Growth. The Magnum Opus is the process by which an Alchemist finds and transforms their Lead into their Gold. There are three, four, twelve, and fourteen step processes, but I prefer the Seven Step process, often called the Planetary Metallic process. Each step has a laboratory process associated with it, as well as a Metal, Planet/ Roman God, and Chakra(this one is a little rough, but whatever helps you understand). 

You could look at this as a magical process of developing and refining your spirit, allowing it to become its most divine self. You could also look at it as a psychological roadmap for processing trauma. I prefer to think of it as both.

Process: Calcination

Metal: Lead

Planet:Saturn

Chakra: Root

Symbol: ♄

Calcination is the process of burning until ash. It is fiery, it is angry, it is the beginning. If you do not yet know your Lead, you find it here. Functionally, Calcination is figuring out What’s the Matter, and throwing everything you have at it. This is the time for screaming and stomping. This should leave you feeling drained and hollow, but also invigorated. This is activation energy for what is yet to come.

“I was wronged” “I’ll show them” “Burn it down”

Process: Dissolution

Metal: Tin

Planet: Jupiter

Chakra: Sacral

Symbol: ♃

Dissolution is the process of mixing with water until dissolved. It’s a sharp contrast with Calcination, and is a time to cool down after all the hot emotion previously. It is primarily a process of sorrow and mourning. Mourning of who you could have been. Mourning the loss of the part of you that you fed to the fire. Mourning what has, and what has not. It also serves as a buffer between Calcination and Separation, allowing some time to cool off between feeling your hurt and making boundaries to prevent that hurt. You will probably cry. You might cry a lot. This is ok, and means it is working. Not crying is ok too. 

Process: Separation

Metal: Iron

Planet: Mars

Chakra: Solar Plexus

Symbol: ♂

“Separate earth from fire, the subtle from the gross, with great care and ingenuity”- The Emerald Tablet. 

This is where we start to peel away at our lead. We have burnt it to ash, washed it clean, and now it is time to separate the superfluous from the heart of the Matter and figure out what’s REALLY going on. This is also the time for drawing boundaries.  What must stay, and what must go. Now that you’ve emotionally processed your Lead, It’s decision making time. 

Process: Conjunction

Metal: Copper

Planet: Venus

Chakra: Heart

Symbol: ♀

In conjunction, we take the disparate parts that were previously separated and put them back together, this time with love and compassion. This is also where the process starts to turn outward, and it’s a great time to reach out to those who you care for most for validation and compassion. It’s not uncommon for folks in this stage to sound “I love you, man” drunk, or horny drunk, despite not having consumed any alcohol. I urge you not to act on that horny drunk feeling, not out of a desire to keep sex out of Alchemy (no way am I gonna do that) but to hold onto that energy and carry it through to the next process.

Process: Fermentation

Metal: Mercury

Planet: Mercury

Chakra: Throat

Symbol: ☿

Fermentation is… odd, to say the least. In this step we take everything we’ve worked on, bottled it up, and shoved it in a closet somewhere. It  doesn’t feel like anything is happening. You’re just… maybe a little bubbly. Maybe not. If you’re doing an alchemical fire circle, we go from dancing in circles around the fire chanting our feelings out to… the Time Warp? “Slap Happy” is a pretty good description of the phenomenon. I always have trouble here, because I feel like I should do something, but the thing to do is nothing.

Process: Distillation

Metal: Silver

Planet: Luna

Chakra: Third Eye

Symbol: ☾

Distillation is the process of getting the essence of the Matter. It’s a reflective process, often looking back at all the previous processes for themes and patterns, and putting it all together into a coherent picture. Look back. See where you’ve been. See how far you’ve come. Where does that road point? 

Process: Coagulation

Metal: Gold

Planet: Sol

Chakra: Crown

Symbol: ☉

Coagulation is sometimes called Crystallization. This is the manifestation of the entire process. You are complete. You are whole. Your Matter has been reintegrated into you, and you are now stronger for it. You know what to do. You know how to do it, or at least how to get started. You’ve processed your trauma, and you can move on with your life.

Now do it again. Maybe you have something else you need to work on. Often, one year’s gold becomes the next year’s lead, and it’s fed back into the fire. However you do it, the Magnum Opus is a cyclical process. You are never finished, you have only completed another cycle.

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common outdoor items & their uses

a guide to common outdoor items and their magickal uses.

acorns- luck, protection, wisdom, power

walnuts- healing, protection, self care

pinecones- fertility, masculinity, growth, nature

pine needles- cleansing, healing, strength, banishment

pecans- employment, protection, success, abundance, prosperity

grass- growth, learning, healing, new beginning, grief, recovery

maple leaves- feminine, travel, change, decisions, healing

oak leaves- truth, justice, knowledge, steadfastness, protection, guidance

birch leaves- protection, cleansing, fertility, purification

dandelions- calling spirits, divination, healing

dandelion seeds- divination, wishes, manifestation, dreams, luck

dandelion leaves- defeating negativity, steadfastness, growth, purification

2 leaf clovers- love, luck, courage, cleansing

3 leaf clovers- protection, luck, fidelity, divination

4 leaf clovers- spirit work, luck, psychic ability, attraction

5+ leaf clovers- wealth, luck, attracting money, sanity

wild clover flowers- animal magick, blessings, breaking curses, luck, love

apple seeds- love, secrets, knowledge, gateways, divination, prosperity

tree bark- protection, binding, banishment, cleansing, purification

rocks- many rocks have crystals hidden inside, the most common is quartz types. if unsure, rockcs can represent strength, stability, protection and banishing. if you suspect its a crystal, look it up and discover the correspondences that matter to you!

will add more as i can, feel free to add your own!!

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Luciferian Prayer Before Studying

Lucifer, Serpent of Old, Prince of the power of the air, Oh, Morningstar, the one who Sparks the bright flames of intellect!

You are the Bringer of Knowledge And the Guide of those who seek it. Be with me as I study.

Bless my mind - may it be free of distractions. Bless my thoughts - may I understand. Bless my memory - may I remember.

Photo by Peter Neumann on Unsplash, cropped.

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The Thing with Two Heads | 1972

My favorite Rick Baker movie. Everyone involved deserved an Oscar.

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13 Ghosts (1960) dir. William Castle

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Akuma-kun | S1.E3 | The Curse of Mummy | 1966

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Can you tell something about: "Ouroboros"?

Ouroboros usually is depicted as a snake eating it’s own tail. Sometimes it’s a dragon, but mostly serpentine in most sources.

It is a symbol of the cycle of life, death and rebirth, something that is constantly destroying and remaking itself.

So sometimes it looks like this:

The symbol of infinity, the eternal return in which everything has been existing, reoccurring forever in a cycle.

It’s also associated with alchemy, where it represents “One is all” which is everything above, eternity. (Fullmetal Alchemist did their research.)

I hope that this is the info you were looking for. I don’t really know anything else about the symbol in other media.