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art by Betty Jiang ( my edits )

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“KNOW THYSELF” - one of the most influential aphorisms from the Oracle of Delphi. this mosaic is inscribed into the pronaos of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.

the temple itself is carved from Pythos, the stone that Rhea had tricked Conus into swallowing instead of his own son, Zeus. when Zeus forced Cronus to regurgitate his siblings that had been gobbled up prior to his birth  (Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades and Poseidon), the stone Pythos joined them. Zeus then hurled this stone into the distant horizon.

where it landed became the sacred place we know as the Temple of Apollo, also referred to as “The Navel of the World.” this is where the priestess would take Oracle in a cave, seated upon a three pronged stool, chewing a switch of intoxicating laurel, breathing in the noxious fumes coming from a cleft in the earth below her, where the body of Python slain by Apollo lay decomposing.

THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO SAY. THIS IS ONLY A VERY SMALL BIT OF MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRIESTESS AND HER MYSTICAL POWERS AND THE STORY THAT SURROUNDS THE ORACLE. i just can’t get enough!!!!!!!

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                                      www.esotericaromas.etsy.com

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BloodMilk home base 🌑⚰🕷

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Abolaji Oshun | Drop Dead ‘Deaducation’ Collection

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Dolce and Gabbana F/W 2014 Menswear Milan Fashion Week

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Aloe polyphylla plant is well known for its strikingly symmetrical, five-pointed spiral growth habit.

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In the woods by Mientsje

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Kris Kuksi

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No Bake Chocolate Berry Cheesecake (recipe in Polish)

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