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✨️🫙✨️Spells✨️🫙✨️

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eu preciso disso imediatamente

some of my favorite cards from the death note tarot set i made. which you can get here, by the way

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yall are pro mental illness until they hallucinate

yall are pro mental illness until they dissociate

yall are pro mental illness until they self-isolate

yall are pro mental illness until they're paranoid

yall are pro mental illness until they split

yall are pro mental illness until it's too Scary for your comparatively neurotypical brain to handle

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You've heard of Besties, now get ready for the next friendship tier: Bities

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I'm going to sound very old and very tired here for a second, but iIt is so dystopian to me to have ads on my computer.

Ads used to be on the internet. And that's that. The things that were installed on my computer did not show me ads.

And that goes even beyond the questionable practice that free versions of programs such as Avira now show you lil ads in the corner of your screen like once a day.

You used to have free games on your computer.

I was in the mood to play a game again, a very rare mood for me, and I opened the game center for the... first time since I had this version of Windows (as I said; very rare mood).

And there's ads. You play the "free" games that live on your computer and there are ads left and right and beneath it and between levels there is just a 20 second ad break.

You can go premium to no longer have ads.

That's dystopian to me.

When things that used to be fully free and just part of something are now riddled with ads and to get the ad free experience that, again, used to just be the experience, you have to pay.

And it's not even a one-time-payment.

Back in the day, you used to pay for something and then you owned it. You used to pay for a program or a game, and you owned a physical CD that you put in your computer to install the thing and it was just yours. It belonged to you, because you paid for it.

Now everything is a per month subscription, which is just so sinister because many look like oh, that's not that much money! Sure, I'll pay 1,99€/month to play games ad free. Every single month sums up, and it sums to a lot over the years though, for something that used to be free. (And I've complained about subscriptions before, in the context of Adobe, which isn't just dystopian anymore, it's actually plain evil to demand 25,99€/month to use a singular program, that you can now no longer buy to actually own.)

And I know - I know - you can find free games online to download or play in browser (already did that for mahjong) - but I'm talking about the principle here. The principle of getting ads on your computer, directly, and to have to pay to no longer have ads and use something that had been a part of the Windows experience since... forever.

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Dionysus Offerings/Devotional Acts

There'll be NSFW themes as he is the god of wine and ecstasy!

Offerings

Wine/Intoxication

Alcohol, specifically wine

Grapes

Wine corks

Wine glasses

Shot glasses

Goblets

Corkscrews

Sparkling cider

Grape flavored things

Cheese

Weed/hallucenigens

Nips (small alcohol bottles)

Bottle opener

Beer/soda tabs

Alcohol bottles with cool labels

Fruit/fruit seeds

Theater/Plays

Play/theater scripts

Play/movie tickets

Masks

Costumes

Nature

Pine cones

Fennel 

Wildflowers

Fig/fig newtons

Ivy

Leopard/cheetah print

Honey

Bull imagery

Donkey imagery

Bones

Antlers

Dead/preserved animals

Hiking gear

Seeds

Dolphins

Depictions of big cats

Wheat

Barley

Ecstasy

Concert/festival tickets

Various drugs (use safely!)

Sex toys

Your favorite music

Misc.

Locks of hair

Shaven beard hair 

Pride swag

Extravagant clothes/clothes that make you feel good

Devotional Acts

Wine/Intoxication

Drink alcohol/get drunk

Go to a wine tasting

Make wine

Eat grapes

Trip intentionally/spiritually

Learn about substance abuse/recovery

Destigamtize drug users

Learn about harm reduction

Use drugs safely 

Theater

Attend a play

Write a play/film/musical

Make home videos

Write poetry

Act

Dress up

Go to the movie theater

Nature

Go to the woods

Dance/sing in the woods

Meditate in the woods

Learn wilderness safety and first aid

Learn what to do when encountering a wild animal

Go off the beaten path

Explore new areas

Pick up litter

Forage

Recycle bottles

Grow fruit

Try new fruits

Ecstasy 

Attend concerts/festivals

Attend/throw parties/celebrations

Have sex

Masturbate

Have threesomes/swing/whatever your in to

Finally give into that one kink you’ve been repressing (you know the one)

Do drugs (responsibly)

Learn about consent/establish boundaries with partners

Death/Rebirth

Dionysus is a god of rebirth and resurrection. This association comes from his birth stories and has resulted in epithets like “twice-born.”

Learn how to preserve dead animals

Learn about different life cycles (plants, animals, etc)

Learn about your ancestry 

Foreigners

Dionysus is also seen as a foreign god with unknown origins. He also traveled through and invaded India.

Learn about immigration in your area

Learn about different cultures

Try foreign foods

Learn a new language

Learn about your ancestry 

Help immigrants in your area

Misc.

Grow your hair out

Manifest/Keep a manifestation journal. Sexual/creative energy is linked and can be used to manifest

Shed your old self

Self-reflection/self-exploration

Identify areas where you may overindulge (food, substances, spending, etc.)

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O Dionysos, O Bacchus!

My Lord, may I be free from all stress and worry

O Eleutheros, O Liber!

May I rise up like the mighty grapevine

And may I create a path for myself wherever I see a dead end

Hail, O Bull-Horned God!

Hail, O Thrice-Born Lord!

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Items for Lord Dionysus’ altar

Wine

Grapes

Statues and/or images of Dionysus

Apples

Goblets

Wine glasses

Ethically sourced furs

Statues of leopards, tigers, snakes, and/or bulls

Theater masks

Play programs

Phallic imagery

Fake or real plants

Pinecones

wildflowers

Wine corks, bottles, or labels

Bottle caps

Pride flags and/or pins

Condoms

Candles

Scripts

Garnet

Ruby

Amethyst

These are all suggestions and common associations of Dionysus. If you do not have some of these or don’t feel comfortable owning some of these, that is valid. We all have different practices and how you do yours will differ from mine.

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Items for Lord Dionysus’ altar

Wine

Grapes

Statues and/or images of Dionysus

Apples

Goblets

Wine glasses

Ethically sourced furs

Statues of leopards, tigers, snakes, and/or bulls

Theater masks

Play programs

Phallic imagery

Fake or real plants

Pinecones

wildflowers

Wine corks, bottles, or labels

Bottle caps

Pride flags and/or pins

Condoms

Candles

Scripts

Garnet

Ruby

Amethyst

These are all suggestions and common associations of Dionysus. If you do not have some of these or don’t feel comfortable owning some of these, that is valid. We all have different practices and how you do yours will differ from mine.

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Little prayers to Dionysus

Dionysus Psilas, grant me the freedom to be myself.

Dionysus Nyktelios, bless me with pleasant dreams.

Dionysus Intonsus, keep me forever young and beautiful.

Dionysus Boukeros, lead me through the forest.

Dionysus Lyseus, free me from my chains.

Dionysus Lampter, make my days brighter and more hopeful.

Dionysus Gynnis, alleviate my dysphoria.

Dionysus Choreotus, dance with me.

Dionysus Phleon, grant me abundance and wealth.

Dionysus Manikos, lead me in frenzy.

Dionysus Mainomenos, show me the difference between my delusions and reality.

Dionysus Kryphios, hide my secrets.

Dionysus Gethosynos, bring joy to my life.

Dionysus Bromios, give me the courage to stand up for myself.

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On the Festival of Lampteria

Lampteria: Date Unknown (Feast of Torches)

A festival dedicated to Dionysus, the ‘Feast of Torches’ (or Lampteria in Greek) was held in Pellene, Achaia. The name Lampter, which translates to ‘torch-bearer’, is the epitet by which Dionysus was worshiped in Pellene as Dionysus Lampter. Located opposite a temple to Artemis, the temple of Dionysus was named ‘Torch’, or Lampteros in Greek. Taking place at night, the festival consisted primarily of a procession of lit torches to the temple of Dionysus, though it is uncertain if this was a torch race, as was common, or simply a normal procession, due to translation inconsistencies. Likewise, kraters of wine were set out throughout the city during the festival, with the wine being diluted with water at the discretion of the mixer. Although not much else is known of the festival, due to the nature of festivals of Dionysus, one can assume elements of religious ecstasy and exaltation took place as well.

Works Cited: A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. Smith, William, Sir, ed. 1813-1893.

Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.

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Dionysus

– My Favourite Epithets

Areion - 'Warlike'

Boukeros - 'The bull-horned one'

Bromios - 'He who roars'

Choreutes - 'The dancer'

Dikerotes - 'The two-horned one'

Dithyrambos - 'Hymned by the Dithyramb'

Euanthes - 'The fair blossoming one'

Euios - 'The reveler'

Gethosynos - 'The joyful'

Intonsus - 'Unshorn', 'of eternal youth'

Kissokomes - 'The ivy-crowned one'

Kryphios - 'The hidden one'

Lampter - 'Light-bringer'

Lyseus - 'The liberator'

Mainomenos - 'The maddened one'

Manikos - 'The manic one'

Meilichios - 'The gentle one'

Melanaigis - 'He of the black goatskin'

Nyktelios - 'He of the night'

Perikionios - 'He who is entwined around the pillars'

Phleon - 'Giver of plenty'

Psilas - 'Giver of wings'

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O Dionysus;

Lampter, Euios, Gethosynos

Show me what it means to cast puppet shadows

Your light flashing with drumming heart

And sparkling with laughter

May none who hear it know if the laugh

Comes from my mouth or yours.

O Dionysus;

Boukeros, Manikos, Mainomenos

Gore me with your horns

Let my flesh and blood spill as wine

Feeding your vineyards

So that any foe who feasts upon me

Tastes the serpentine venom

But those in need

Taste ambrosia.

O Dionysus;

Meilichios, Phleon, Lyseus

And once I have bled

Fill me with nectar

and gild the threads that sew me shut

Let the echoes of the songs sung

Ease me to sweet sleep

Until the dawn's golden rays fill my lungs

And I walk without a chain to bind me.

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You can heal and still be a hater. It’s about finding yourself

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Mold x calico cats!