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The Lord's Supper [2024]

this is my blood you drink this is my body you eat if you would remember me when you eat and drink… – jesus christ superstar, ’the last supper’

Some Lenten vows are relaxed for Maundy Thursday’s [Strastney Chetver] evening meal.

Aspects of the sacrificial god-king that have been given up for Lent - his blood (alcohol), his bones (grain), his flesh (red meat) - return to the dinner table for the one night to enact a communal Last Supper.

Last Supper [2024]: * collops of venison w/hedgerow fruit sauce * grilled asparagus * baby potatoes w/beef marrow butter & garden herbs * buttermilk buckwheat muffins * dates * red wine

Traditionally all of Holy Week’s spent observing a strict vegetarian fast, but last year I amended the rules to include red meat as part of our communal Last Supper meal since bread and wine wouldn’t have been the only things consumed that fateful evening.

see also: #holy thursday, #last supper

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The Host of Seraphim

Dead Can Dance: The Host of Seraphim

The Three Hours’ Agony (also known as the Tre Ore, The Great Three Hours, or Three Hours’ Devotion) is a Christian service held in some Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Methodist churches on Good Friday from noon till 3 o'clock to commemorate the three hours of Christ’s hanging at the cross. [x]

see also: #dead can dance, #music

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Sacrificial God-King Funeral [2023]

how shall i bury thee, o my god? how can i wrap thee with winding sheets? how can i touch thy most pure body with my hands? what songs shall i hymn thy departure, o compassionate one? i magnify thy passion. i glorify thy burial and thy holy resurrection, crying: o lord, glory to thee! – arabic holy friday hymn

Funeral of the sacrificial god-king. 👑

Stone Cock’s one of several physical representations of the sacrificial god-king in my DIY/Choose Your Own Adventure practice. Inherently tied to the strength of the sun he’s “raised” from the dead by resurrective maypole rites on his summer feast [St. George’s Eve, May 5th] and is venerated throughout the agrarian year until his winter feast [St. George’s Day, Dec 9th].

Upon his seasonal death - which I observe between November 23rd and December 9th - Stone Cock is ritually dethroned, prepared for funeral rites (washed, anointed, etc.), shrouded in sabbatic maypole ribbons, and ceremonially interred in a coffin until ecstatic celebrations resurrect him again on his May feast the following year.

see also: #king, #stone cock

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gardening is fun bc it fullfills the human need to be a little creature digging in dirt

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Today He is Hung Upon the Tree

Boston Byzantine Choir: Today He is Hung Upon the Tree

today he who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the cross he who is king of the angels is arrayed in a crown of thorns he who wraps the heavens in clouds is wrapped in the purple of mockery he who in jordan set adam free receives blows upon his face the bridegroom of the church is transfixed with nails the son of the virgin is pierced with a spear we venerate thy passion, o christ show us also thy glorious resurrection

see also: #good friday, #music

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“Esoterically, the Hanged Man is the human spirit which is suspended from heaven by a single thread. Wisdom, not death, is the reward for this voluntary sacrifice during which the human soul, suspended above the world of illusion, and meditating upon its unreality, is rewarded by the achievement of self-realization.“ Manly P. Hall Uranus as neutralization and inversion, Neptun as spirit of sacrifice, the 12. house as a symbol for metamorphosis through isolation and knowledge Tree of life: From Geburah to Hod Element: Water Number: 12 - the perfect number, symbol of the zodiac XII. The Hanged Man Talon Abraxas

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Iris (Japan, 1900 - 1930) by Ohara Koson.

Woodblock print.

Rijksmuseum.

Wikimedia. Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication

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Indeed

He will be risen, indeed. 🌿

see also: #cherry, #king, #stone cock

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HEY i've updated my print shop at Inprnt, which is a level of tedium that may actually be worse than taxes, AND they're doing a sale for idk how long, so go get you some art

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All Parties Involved

All parties involved have an intense dislike of this Holy Week custom.

see also: #altar, #cow, #holy thursday

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Gethsemane (I Only Wanted To Say)

Jesus Christ Superstar: Gethsemane (I Only Wanted To Say)

why, why should i die?

see also: #jesus christ superstar, #music

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Friday of Sorrows [2024]

"O LORD in whose Passion, according to the prophecy of Simeon, the sword of sorrow did pierce the most loving soul of thy glorious Virgin Mother Mary: mercifully grant that we, who devoutly call to mind the suffering whereby she was pierced, may, by the glorious merits and prayers of all the Saints who have stood beneath the Cross, obtain with gladness the benefits of thy Passion; who livest and reignest with the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen."

Our Lady in Passiontide.

see also: #friday of sorrows, #mary

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02 V 2024: an evening at the Acropolis

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This pattern is where I found the insects I used in my midsummer/Kupala piece.

'Bugs Sampler' by MaryHickmottDesigns available on Etsy for download

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Anything but Down [May]

Sheryl Crow: Anything but Down

you say, "won't you come find me" and "yes" is what i say

see also: #2024, #music

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Hexennacht [2024]

there is no rest to-night for any one: when one dance ends, another is begun. come, let us to it; we shall have rare fun. – mephistopheles, ‘faust’

A Holy Week Hexennacht [Witches' Night, aka Walpurgisnacht]. 🧹

Lent vows still applied, but Holy Tuesday's Sinful Woman found a clever way into her homemade bottle of THC-infused Liquore Strega.

(Potato vodka isn't derived from grain or grapes. 😉)

see also: #hexennacht