#ancient practice

[thepanvelite]

Yoga promotes harmony and well-being; celebrate International Yoga Day!

[mamaindia]

Ancient Indian Worship and Healing Ritual of Shakti with Fire and Mantras

In the heart of ancient Indian spirituality lies a profound reverence for the Feminine Shakti, the divine energy that animates the universe in all its forms. Rooted in a rich tapestry of ritual, and devotion, the worship of Shakti is a vibrant celebration of the feminine principle and its transformative power. At the heart of this worship lies a sacred ritual that has been passed down through…

[scipunk]

Stargate (1994)

[mintaikk]

I'm calling it. They're gonna have a toxic yuri.

[gallalctyka]

i love this thing. the he/him brain

[cintiri]

Have you heard of the concept of a sin eater?

For those who haven't, a sin eater is an idea that cropped up in Welsh practice as a way to absolve the dead of sins post mortem. Someone would be hired, generally someone destitute who had little other options, to take the sins of the deceased upon themselves by consuming a ritual meal. To be a sin eater, you had to be desperate enough to take someone else's sins upon yourself to survive.

Stupid author, Stupid novel.

While Shen Yuan wasn't given a choice in his transmigration, he was given the choice to continue living. In order to do so, he would have to take up the mantle of the Scum Villain, a man near universally loathed. A sin eater takes the sins the deceased has committed, in order to purify them and let them be forgiven. And later on, they take the sinners punishment in their stead.

Which is exactly what Shen Yuan thought was coming for him. He spent so long repairing Shen Jiu's reputation, and still believed he would be torn apart for another man's crimes.

Shen Yuan gave Shen Jiu forgiveness, even if that forgiveness was due to the actions of another. Shen Jiu gave Shen Yuan a second chance at life. Or did they really? Neither of them asked for this.

Shen Jiu never wanted to die, or be forgiven. And Shen Yuan never wanted his fate.

Isn't that the inherent cruelty of a sin eater?

[kizzer55555]

DP x DC: The Most Dangerous Card Game

Ok so Danny has essentially claimed earth as his. And he is fully aware that there are constant threats to the planet. Now he can’t stop a threat that originates on earth (that’s something he’ll leave to the Justice league) but he can do something about outside threats. Doing some research on ancient spells, rituals, and artifacts, he cast a world wide barrier on the planet to protect it from hostile threats so they cannot enter. This will prevent another Pariah Dark incident. However, barriers like this come at a price. You see, there are two ways to make a barrier. Either make one powered up by your own energy and power (which would be constantly draining) or set up a barrier with rules. The way magic works is that nothing can be absolutely indestructible. It must have a weakness. The most powerful barriers weren’t the ones reinforced with layer after layer of protective charms and buffed up with power. Those could eventually be destroyed either by being overpowered, wearing them down, or by cutting off the original power source. No, the most powerful barriers were the ones with a deliberate weakness. A barrier indestructible except for one spot. A cage that can only be opened from the outside. Or that can only be passed with a key or by solving a riddle. So Danny chooses this type of barrier and does the necessary ritual and pours in enough power to make it. And he adds his condition for anyone to enter. 

Now the Justice league? Find out about the barrier when Trigon attempts to attack, they were preparing after he threatened what he would do once he got to earth. How he would destroy them. The Justice league tried to take the fight to him first but were utterly destroyed, so they retreated home to tend to their injuries, and fortify earth for one. Last. Stand. Only when Trigon makes his big entrance…he’s stopped.

The Justice league watch in awe as this thin see-through barrier with beautiful green swirls and speckled white lights like stars apears blocking Trigon and his army’s advance. The barrier looks so thin and fragile yet no matter how hard the warlord hits, none of his attacks can get through and neither can he damage said barrier. That’s when Constantine and Zatanna recognizes what this barrier is. Something only a powerful entity could create. For a moment, the league is filled with hope that Trigon can’t get through yet Constantine also explains that it’s not impenetrable. And clearly Trigon knows this too for he calls out a challenge. 

And that’s when, in a flash of light, a tiny glowing teenager appears. He looked absolutly minuscule compared to Trigon and yet practically glowed with power (this isn’t a King Danny AU though).

And that is when the conditions for passing the barrier are revealed. And the Justice realize that the only thing stopping Trigon and his army from decimating earth. The only way he can get through….is by beating this glowing teenager in a card game. 

Not just any card game though. The most convoluted game Sam, Danny, and Tucker invented themselves. It’s like the infinite realms version of magic the gathering, combined with Pokémon, and chess. And Danny is the master. So sit down Trigon and let’s play.

(The most intense card game of the Justice league’s life).

After Danny wins, this happens a few more times with outer word beings and possibly even demons attempting to invade earth, yet none have been able to beat the mysterious teenager in a card game. Constantine might even take a crack at it and try to figure out how to play. He’s really bad though. Every time this happens, the Justice league worry that this might be the time the teenager looses. Yet every time, he wins (even if only barely). 

Meanwhile, Danny, Sam, and Tucker have gotten addicted to the game and play it almost daily. Some teachers might seem them playing the game are are like ‘awww how cute’ not realizing this game is literally saving the world. Jazz is just happy they aren’t spending as much time on their screens playing Doomed.

[cookies-after-dark]

additional tags: explicit content, beast x ancient, gender neutral reader, not proofread

ships: transfem!white lily cookie x transmasc!pure vanilla cookie x reader x shadow milk cookie

Chat, I'm imagining a poly ship between PV, WL, SM and Reader where the Reader being stuffed and lovingly fucked by White Lily Cookie while Pure Vanilla and Shadow Milk are watching them and feeling up each other's naked bodies and passionately making out next to them.

Chat, I'm imagining Pure Vanilla helping you stroke White Lily's cock with one hand, his hand gently clasped over yours, while Shadow Milk Cookie helps you finger Pure Vanilla's pussy simultaneously with your other hand. White Lily and Pure Vanilla are both praising you while Shadow Milk is degrading you at the same time, their voices overlapping and creating a noisy, lustful mess.

Chat I'm imagining they have you practice sucking on White Lily's cock and taking it as far as it can comfortably go, feeling her hot prick throb and pulse on your tounge while her hand is tangled in your hair. And then they have you practice eating out Pure Vanilla's pussy next, feeling his clit twitch against your nose and his sodt velvet lips flutter with every swipe of your tongue.

Chat, I'm imagining White Lily having Pure Vanilla on his knees and noisily fucking him while Shadow Milk is grabbing your hips and noisily fucking you, Pure Vanilla smashes his face into yours and moans in your mouth, passionately making out with you.

[smile-files]

there's nobody nerdier than an archeologist... except for a jewish archeologist

[thepanvelite]

Yoga promotes harmony and well-being; celebrate International Yoga Day!

[crisantei]

Augustus Study

Im not done but I sure do love the progress I have made on it also sorry I love classics as much as I love sonic and I WILL draw the Roman emperors kissing as well as sonadow

[son-of-avraham]

People often assume that a person is primarily religious because they believe their religion is The Most Correct. However, I am a very strict believer in judaism and I love arguing for other religions.

I just got done outlining how exactly polytheism is advantageous over monotheism and it was incredibly fun. I love people and I love g-d and these two things coexist in perfect harmony

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

Prehistoric Figurine from Egypt, c.4000-3500 BCE: this figurine shows a body curled into a fetal position, which was a common burial pose in predynastic Egypt, and it's cradled in a vessel that may represent a boat, a burial pit, and/or a womb

This clay sculpture was created nearly 6,000 years ago, and it's attributed to the Amratian (Naqada I) culture of Egypt, which lasted from about 4000 BCE to 3500 BCE. It predates the Great Pyramid at Giza by more than 1,000 years.

According to this museum entry:

The ancient Egyptians gave their deceased relatives simple utensils for a new life after death, such as this model of a ship-shaped bowl containing a naked man with a pointed beard. Just like the real dead, he lies folded on his side, in a sleeping or embryonic position, as if he will awaken again or be reborn for a new existence in the afterlife.

The bowl (25.3 centimetres long) probably comes from a burial ground in Middle Egypt, probably in the vicinity of Asyut. It comes from the so-called Negada I culture, so named after the village of Negada, about twenty-five kilometres north of Luxor. It has been suggested that the model represents the womb that encloses an embryo. However, two broken cylindrical protrusions at the front and back indicate more of a ship with an elongated bow and stern.

The protrusions at each end of the vessel are also sculpted in the form of a frog:

The forepart is modelled with the forebody of a frog. Later, during the pharaonic period, the frog was known as the animal of the goddess of birth, Heqet. A kind of tail can still be seen at the back. The bowl therefore also forms the body of a frog.

Various ideas that we know from later religious texts could play a clarifying role here. First of all, a ship was often needed to sail the deceased to the other side, to the west bank of the Nile, where many burial grounds are located. That is where the entrance to the realm of the dead was conceived. Later texts also mention the pilgrimages that the deceased had to make. During funeral rituals, in theory, a number of the central sanctuaries of Egypt had to be visited.

Moreover, the ship may have been intended for use in the afterlife, just like other gifts. The earthenware model would then be a magical substitute, just as the sleeping figure had to guarantee the physical survival of the deceased.

Those interpretations are all speculative, of course. There are no written records from the early predynastic era, and very little is known about the beliefs and practices of Egyptian cultures during that period.

Sources & More Info:

Dutch National Museum of Antiquities: Ship for the Afterlife

Egypt Museum: Model Boat with Figurine in a Fetal Position

Database of Religious History: Early Naqada Culture (PDF)

The Past: Beliefs and Narratives: Images from Predynastic Egypt

[scipunk]

Stargate (1994)

[toxooz]

omgggggg 1st Ollie in tux like 10 years ago vs now 😭

[falsehydra101]

Thetis if Mythology was based (She is also my OC now I suppose✨)