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Magical superiority and the designation of practices as boring contingent upon the breadth of scale they encompass is the basis of a paradigm that wrests for control amidst a flailing sense of self. Wholly Western, it's been odd from both what Earthen traditions I do follow and non-Earthern, that within any structure there was a "hierarchy"- it seemed as though people's self-imposed separation from the natural world was in some ill-conceived attempt at feeding an ego amidst an unpacked existence.

Hierarchies ignore the context in which practices evolved within. To avoid a critical failing of magic, it is crucial that practitioners remain mindful of the 'connective' directions in which they cast within. Internal vs external, sympathetic or not, to use Spirits or to have a medium one is linked to. 'Magic' does not exist in a vacuum, and what form it takes is not a competition. A given form is not lesser if it produces meaningful results to the pursuant. Saying for example that witchcraft is a lesser form of magic ignores those who's spiritual needs are intrinsically adaptational and are reliant on their surrounding environment to be able to produce any notable effect. When for much of human history, the Spiritual was and still is physical and present, defining magic by its impossibilities is demeaning to those with lived experiences and to those of who's faiths coincide heavily with the Earth.

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flowers at the grave dark earth underfoot

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got so high I got scared and had to get out of the car to calm down and a coyote immediately sprinted out of the underbrush and stalked towards me

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Hades Resource List

Informational

Ancestral Altars - Ritual for Hades

Britannica 

Greek Gods and Goddesses

Greek Mythology

Mythology Source

Mythopedia

Terravara - Offerings, Herbs, Crystals, and More

Theoi

Wikipedia

World History Encyclopedia

Playlists

Ash and Bone

Devotional Lord Hades

Hades

Hades devotion

Hades Devotional Playlist

Hades devotional playlist

Hades devotional playlist

King of Gold, Sword of Silver

King Hades Devotional

Podcasts

Ghost Whisperer - My Journey as a High Priestess

Mythology - Lord of the Shades

Mythology - Out of Tartarus 

Mythology Part One

Mythology Part Two

Styx and Bones

Tumblr Posts

Altar Ideas

Low Energy Devotional Acts

Offerings and Devotions

Personal Experience

Subtle Worship

Youtube

How to Work with Hades

Messed-Up Origins of Hades

My Deities - Hades

My Relationship with Hades

Other

Greek Underworld

Hades Subreddit

Underworld Rivers in Greek Mythology

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i made a silly thing for father hades : )

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Due to popular request, here are some dividers inspired by Greek gods:

Zeus

Poseidon

Hades

Hermes

Apollo

Dionysus

Hephaestus

Ares

Hypnos

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silly dragons

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I dreamed about this last night, and it was based on season 1 rex and i farted whilst thinking about it when i woke up. I HAD to draw it

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i love when people get so online that they start talking about how you shouldnt call yourself a pervert if youre only into normie shit like petplay and erotic hypnosis

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UNMASKING THE BLUEBOTTLE REVEALING FOUR DISTINCT SPECIES THROUGH GLOBAL CITIZEN SCIENCE

For over two centuries, the Portuguese man o’ war (Physalia spp) was considered a single, cosmopolitan species, drifting across the world’s oceans and stinging unsuspecting swimmers. But new genomic research has overturned this long-held view, revealing that Physalia is not one species, but at least four: P. physalis, P. megalista, P. utriculus, and a newly described species, P. minuta. Researchers sequenced the genomes of 151 specimens from around the globe and found strong reproductive isolation between genetic lineages, even when their distributions overlap. This evidence aligns with historical descriptions from the 18th and 19th centuries, which proposed several species that were later dismissed due to limited data.

Crucially, the study integrated over 4,000 photographs from iNaturalist, using citizen science to match distinct morphologies with genetic lineages. These images, contributed by amateur naturalists, swimmers, and lifeguards, allowed researchers to confirm physical differences that earlier taxonomists could not consistently observe due to preservation challenges. The result is a rare success story in which modern genomics, historical records, and participatory science come together to clarify the taxonomy of one of the ocean’s most recognisable creatures.

The discovery not only rewrites the story of Physalia but also challenges assumptions about biodiversity in the open ocean, reminding us that even the most visible marine life can hold hidden complexity, and that everyone, from sailors of the past to today’s citizen scientists, has a role to play in uncovering it.

Reference: Church et al., 2025. Population genomics of a sailing siphonophore reveals genetic structure in the open ocean. Current Biology.

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this started as a tweet of my karkat plushie where the hell am i

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Common livestock in northern Optera, the antill is a domesticated species of antelope. The antill has also been referred to as the modern saiga, on account of their long snouts.

Here, two antill drink from a pool in the scrubland. Both colors shown are quite common; overo and aard.

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I just saw a gifset that split the word "beautiful" into 3 gifs and I think this one may be the new t hanos

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your aversion to anything earnest or sincere has affected us in the following ways 1. youre annoyinggggggg