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Saad Irfan • Discordia

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La Moreneta

La Moreneta, the Catalonian 'Rose of April', on her recent feast day.

She's adorned with a rosary strand I made last year using scented geranium leaves & wild rose petals, and is seated upon holy earth.

see also: #black madonna, #la moreneta

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The Graces Crowning Venus, late 19th century

Antonio Frilli, after a design by Antonio Canova

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The Solar-Osirian Union, one of the most enigmatic moments in Egyptian myth. At midnight, each night, Ra and Osiris are united - "Ra is within Osiris and Osiris is within Ra". At this moment, the world is renewed and reborn in readiness for a new day. In the Underworld, the dead are revived. At the same time, the new sun is conceived, ready to be born from the body of Nut at dawn.

Ra, as the creator-god, can be seen as a father to Osiris. At the same time, Osiris is the father of Horus, another solar deity. As such, both are the other's father and both the other's son, both are the one who conceives and the one who is conceived, creator and created. It's from this logic-defying circularity that time itself is born, ensuring that, for both mankind and the gods, another day will dawn and with it, a new solar cycle will begin.

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Giant Spined Star (Pisaster giganteus) on a sponge, Monterey, California, 2009. Photo: Ed Bierman

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''Gold is his cloak, and the clasp also; gold the Lycian lyre and bow, and the quiver; gold also the sandals. Apollo is all gold and all wealth; we see this clearly through Pythô. God always beautiful, God always young; no down ever covered her tender cheeks. Her hair spreads the perfumed oil that she distills onto the ground; but the drops are not greasy; no, it is the panacea itself; there, in the city where the dew slides to the ground, there everything is salvation.''

Callimaque - Hymns

Rɪᴊᴋsᴍᴜsᴇᴜᴍ ᴠᴀɴ Oᴜᴅʜᴇᴅᴇɴ • Aᴘᴏʟʟᴏ (ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ᴍᴀʀʙʟᴇ, Rᴏᴍᴀɴ (50-350 AD)

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A prayer to Romanticize life

Oh heavenly Aphrodite,

You who who oversees the beauty in small things,

Whether in a child's laugh, in a good friend or somewhere in a field of flowers; We can see thy face everywhere.

Oh heavenly Aphrodite,

You who created our bodies along the sweet roses and the tranquility of holy starlight, I praise thee!

May you grant me to see thy beauty not only around me but to see the one you have created within me.

Oh heavenly Aphrodite,

May you grant me to see thy peace and grace in the small things so that I can appreciate the beauty of the deathless Gods.

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I had an extremely special experience recently.

Not long ago, I met a pagan from our local area—which is decently rare with how rural and evangelical this region is—and ended up making plans with my husband to visit the commune she lives on further into the woods from us.

The commune itself was pretty amazing and unusual, and it's hard for me to do it justice without writing up a whole story about it, but suffice it to say that it's a very powerful and fascinating place. One especially striking aspect of this commune is the fact that there is a singular pioneer grave from 1901 hidden in the forest, not too far from them, which has been visited and propitiated by member of this commune for decades.

The man buried there was said to be an Irish immigrant who lived in a homestead nearby with his "close male companion of many years" before being buried alone there. Though, now, he is a beloved figure to this queer punk collective in the woods, and they sometimes bring him things like tobacco, beer, and coins as offerings.

It was such a joy and an honor to be shown this sacred place by the people who have watched over it for years, as well as being given leave to visit it. When I met him initially, I left a naturally round and smooth green jasper stone that I found by the sea upon his headstone. These pictures were taken on my second visit, wherein I brought him tobacco and rum, and received a clear omen shortly thereafter that it was alright for me to photograph.

What a truly wonderful place.

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• The Neophyte •

• Witch of the Sun •

• candle magic •

A few recent works for a new project I’ve been working on 🧙🏻

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Mounykhia 2024. 🌖🦌