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Help a Trapped Family in Gaza Survive

Hello, my name is Falestine , and I am from Gaza Palestine 🇵🇸. I write to you today with a heavy heart💔, seeking hope and help. The ongoing conflict has put my family's life in grave danger🙏.

Since the latest escalation,, we have been living in constant fear. All the necessities of life have become non-existent. My son, Youssef, was born in the war, and I moved from the hospital to the tent, where there is no clean environment. We've lost our home, safety, and hope for a better future🌹.

We urgently need your support to escape this nightmare and find safety. Your donation will help cover travel, accommodation, food, and healthcare costs. Every contribution brings us closer to safety and stability🥹.

Thank you for your kindness and generosity❤️.

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Your gods are listening to you. Yes, even when your tears are falling and you think you are alone. You are not.

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Hi everyone! Here's your Daily Reminder to Click for Palestine!

And if you can spare a dollar, donate to ANERA!

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I know a lot of us have seen discourse on Lilith, whether or not anyone can worship her, whether or not she is a part of any closed practices, so on and so forth. It is very important to understand that she is, in fact, a part of a closed practice that closed practice being Judaism. You have to be invited or convert through an official process to call yourself Jewish if you weren't born into it.

This is not up for debate. This is not an opinion piece. If you worship Lilith but are not Jewish in any way, you are partaking in cultural appropriation. I will not tolerate that on my page in any way, shape, or form. It is antisemitic, point blank, period.

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𒀭𒈹, The Queen of Heaven

"She stirs confusion and chaos against those who are disobedient to her, speeding carnage and inciting the devastating flood, clothed in terrifying radiance. It is her game to speed conflict and battle, untiring, strapping on her sandals."

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There she was, and eye burned eye, as amber fell on sunlit honey. Her complexion was that of jafran doodh¹, and her hair was black and messily braided, like Golden-wreathed Bengal's daughters whose benis² came undone as they filled their pails with water. Her smile was warm and soft, but it stung into the pilgrim's skin. Draped with the finest jamdani³, a shadow of the river-woven cloth whom the Greeks, Romans and Syrians all loved dearly. Pearl and gold rested on her collar, slenderly carved to perfection. The jewels dangled from her ears too, yet she did not have the nak-ful⁴ of bengali wives. She was unmarried, unrestrained by any man. She wore the heavier nak-dul⁵, whose purpose was merely ornamention.

Her face was gentle, yet strong. There was no mistaking the regal nose, from which the gaze from her amber eyes slid from Heaven's throne as worshippers raised pyramid-like temples to Ishtar-Inanna. The nose mirrored the pilgrim's, almost. Her eyes were folded carefully under her brow, thick clouds bearing rain over the amber-tinted sunset, paving way to nightfall. A sliver of the war goddess she could be slipped through under her battle-hardened jaw, yet the smile of a mother did not waver. She had the face who ghotoks⁶ would sell their own sons to, firm and intelligent, gentle and caring.

This was Aphrodite, who had sailed unto the shores of Cyprus on her heavenly woven foam-adorned boat. This was Inanna who had braved the wrath of Ereshkigal for the sake of her dearest love. This was Durga-Kāli, whose rage could raze entire worlds if harm came her children's way. This was Venus, who bore Rome in her womb. This was the goddess to whom all men and gods bent, whom even fate could turn its will for. Then readily you shall praise her name too, Reader, for the Lady of the Heavens Eternal would smilingly send her badshahi⁷ blessing to you.

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1- lit. saffron milk

2- lit. braid (I didn't want to use the same word twice in a sentence)

3- Jamdani is a fabric exclusively woven in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Particularly near the Shitolokkha river bank. It is the closest thing we have to muslin in the modern age. More here.

4- lit. nose flower. There's a belief among Bengali women that wearing a nak-ful prolongs your husband's life. It is also commonly a sign of a married/engaged woman in rural areas. Though nowadays it's commonly a sign of a girl who has had her first period.

5- lit. dangling from the nose. A bigger and heavier version of the nak-ful. Theoretically the same and nowadays synonymous, I wanted to stick with the traditional differentiation I learnt from my grandmother.

6- matchmakers

7- royal

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so do yall see ishtar and aphrodite as the same?

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The Raven Academy of Mystical Arts UPDATES

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Forgive yourself for every single time you thought of yourself as unworthy of love.

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whats it like being dedicated to aphrodite?

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The Raven Academy of Mystical Arts UPDATES

Want to keep updated on when the school reopens (Oct 29) or if we have a new area of study (yes, House Loshon) or new classes (so many)? Join the RAMA Hiatus Lounge!

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You're conducting an absorbing research.

Remember to go to sleep.

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Marian Seldes, referring to Anne Sexton featured in “Anne Sexton: A Biography,”

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cow types

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— Frank Bidart, from “Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016; ‘In The Ruin."