#author: priest

[thekansta]

Wooden sword

[theannypetite]

Guardian Vol 1

Time to Read: 1 minute Guo Changcheng’s first day at the Special Investigations Department of the Public Security Bureau was certainly not what he expected; it started late at night when he had to go to HR, and later in the day he joined Director Zhao Yunlan for an investigation. During the investigation, while Zhao Yunlan had to drag around his useless nepotism intern, he meets with Shen Wei,…

[lilianhuas]

Looked up “unrequited yearning” in the dictionary and it said “see Luo WenZhou for details”

[and-bone-appetit]

Would anyone like to confess their sins to hot priest Edge??? /silly

Here's some fanart for @blueanonymouse's fic!!!

Fic below ⬇️

[khaire-traveler]

Let me make this very clear:

When it comes to Hellenic Polytheism, there is no human religious authority, especially not one that stands before or speaks for the gods.

It does not matter what someone tells you. It does not matter if they claim to be a priestess/priest of X deity or a messenger for Y deity. It does not matter what their supposed past life was like. It does not matter if they claim to be the literal fucking Oracle of Apollo.

No one has the right to tell you how to worship the gods. No one has the right to assert their authority over your religion.

And most of all, remember that people can and do lie.

[dialalagirl]

i just discovered that literally ALL the parents are completely fucked in DL

my man Seiji just straight married Yui in Subaru's brute ending in Lost Eden. not that he was winning 'father of the year' awards in MDB and MB, but.

just wtf, why did he turn into Cordelia, why Rejet

make it make sense. someone. plz 😭😭😭😭

[lipglossanon]

12 Days of Smutmas

hello there! @ao3-rex1223 and I are collabing this month for Smutmas! 💜

starting 14 December, there will be a new fic from one of us! each fic will be clearly labeled, but just to reiterate it’s 18+ so MDNI if you don’t like the material, don’t read it! Hope you all enjoy! Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! 😘 <List will be updated as we go along!>

🎄14 December

ao3 rex - Turn Me On To Turn Me On || Android!Leon x fem!reader

🎄15 December

Breeding Kink || Subby Stepbro!Leon x fem!reader

🎄 16 December

ao3 rex - 3 Of A Kind || Leon x fem!reader x Chris

🎄17 December

Cock Worship || Shape Shifter/Wendigo!Leon x fem!reader

🎄 18 December

ao3 rex - Tell Me How You Feel || Psychiatrist!Leon x fem!reader

🎄19 December

Thigh Riding || Priest!Leon x fem!reader

🎄 20 December

ao3 rex - True Friends || Best Friend!Leon x fem!reader

🎄21 December

Period Sex || Puppy!Leon x fem!reader

🎄 22 December

ao3 rex - Twist My Words || Professor!Leon x fem!reader

🎄23 December

Have To Be Quiet/Not Get Caught || Stepdad!Leon x fem!reader

🎄 24 December

ao3 rex - ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas || Ex Husband!Leon x fem!reader

🎄25 December

Biting/Marking || Vampire!Leon x fem!reader

dividers: firefly-graphics

[serpentface]

How widespread are the odonii? Do they only live in the capital or does every town have its own temple?

The cult center is in the city Wardin, this is where THE temple to Odomache is, where the Odomache permanently resides, and where the majority of the priesthood in general is based. The priesthood is overwhelmingly centered in this capital and the vast majority of its public rites occur here, but does have branches throughout the state.

There's another major temple in Odkoto which has almost as many members and has a pretty major sway on local government (and has been in a cold war with some of the merchant guilds that Also have a pretty major sway on local government, this is where most of the 'assassinations suspected to have been ordered by Odonii' have taken place). Odkoto was the departure point for the ultimately failed colonization of Finnerich and the currently successful colonization of the Lleniwir island, and also gets the 'most frequently besieged and sacked Wardi city in history' award. So concepts of Sovereignty and Dominion and Military Might are especially important there on a cultural level and God-As-Odomache is effectively a patron deity(-form) of the city. The temple complex there is massive (built in part on remains of very old Imperial Burri temples) and holds the biggest semi-domesticated lion population. One holiday public rite to Odomache is performed only here.

Every other provincial capital has at least A temple and some local Odonii, which is because (aside from political and pragmatic reasons) their presence is considered to be a metaphysical bastion for the health of the state and all its major divisions of government. Every local jurisdiction outside of Wardin is run by an internally appointed high priestess, selected out of the body of 'senior priestesses' (the Odomache effectively fills this role in the Wardin cult center). Temples to Odomache are near-exclusively a mega-urban thing (with a the exception of a small temple in Lobera a ways down the Kannetod river, which is part of the state cult/priesthood but is the assimilated remnants of an unrelated cult and kinda still doing their own thing to some extent).

The CULT to Odomache is wider than the Odonii and there are other centers of practice and worship (though they still tend to be pretty urban, and small). The most notable is the outdoor temple to Odomache Ebada ('patriarch/father Odomache') in Ephennos, in which the Odomache godform is venerated specifically in Its aspect as a guardian/father to the collective people. It's maintained by a small lesser priesthood of exclusively men and a bunch of lay followers, though the Odonii do have a hand in this (the Ephenni high priestess directs public rites here on a yearly local holiday).

Most of the priesthoods and major temples in general are an urban phenomena and people living far from major cities generally want to be able to participate in their own religion. So you'll won't find many Temples but will find community-made shrines in many villages/towns (though the agricultural Faces (Ganmache Mitlamache Anaemache Inyamache) are typically the focus of these). This is generally considered acceptable as long as it's an extension of lay practice and no one involved is 'playing priest' and attempting rites they shouldn't. These shrines are usually just places to their communities perform more focused veneration, celebrate holidays, and leave offerings to aspects of God.

The villages on the pilgrimage route between the city Wardin and the Sons of Creation tend to have the most lavish community shrines to Odomache. This is because some Odonii and usually the Odomache are usually accompanying the pilgrimage, and will often oblige their hosts with blessings of their shrines or gifts of cult objects (statuettes, amulets, etc). The village Waenatlan Hehaë on the northern Briya river has a particularly lavish and proudly kept shrine. When they hosted the inner pilgrimage party 21 years ago, the community provided them a feast and slaughtered two oxen and three horses and several ducks for the occasion. The Odomache in attendance declared that they should be gifted with a real kagnoma odo headdress (helmet with a full sacrificial temple lion pelt, this is considered a holy object) for their shrine in return for their exceptional generosity as hosts, and lay pilgrims have been leaving an abundance of little handmade statues and the like for the village shrine ever since. (This sort of thing is typical under normal new year pilgrimage conditions, its expected that host villages Act like hosts and provide for their guests within reason and capability, and they can usually expect (but should NEVER verbalize or demand) to be gifted to in return).

[sweetestflow3rs]

reading lapvona by ottessa moshfegh and i had to share this scene with the class

[theannypetite]

Guardian Vol. 2

Time to Read: 1 minute With the Lunar New Year around the corner, people are suddenly collapsing and then writhing in pain at the hospital. Not understanding what sort of poison is causing this, SID is brought in to investigate. It’s not long before Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei find themselves in the middle of conspiracies and battles of wits. Continue reading Guardian Vol. 2

[cath-lic]

How To Begin Worship In The Catholic Faith???

my first step was being born to catholic parents

[conscbgb]

Thanks to Priest for writing the novel adapted into this beautiful series, thanks to Chris and Xuan for givin' life to these 2 characters in the most perfect way, thanks to all the team who worked on it and as Chris once said "Unknown is not just a BL, it's the story of all of us"

[br1ghtestlight]

why was bob in CHURCH arguing with a PRIEST. he doesn't even go to church. he's not a christian????

[smokietaylor]

New fic alert!!!

Caught in the rain (The priest x Reader)

Description: After a rainy evening and another failed date, you find yourself at the entrance of a church. Trying to find shelter from the rain, you walk into the empty church to wait out the wait; you thought you were alone until a man comes up behind you. This man happens to be the priest who runs the church, and you confide in him about all the things that have gone wrong in your life. The priest is determined to show you that you are worth so much more. NSFW Content 18+ only Minors DNI

READ MORE HERE!!!

[crunkmouse]

Feeling the need to share this book even though it shattered me. I stumbled upon it at my local library while doing a special interest search.

Like This Afternoon Forever, by Jaime Manrique

Two Catholic priests fall in love amid deadly conflicts in the Amazon between the Colombian government, insurgent groups, and drug cartels.

Publisher: (with a link to an excerpt)

Libby:

And don’t forget to check your local library for a possible physical copy.

[lilac-hecox]

Title: Wrap Your Roots Around My Bones

Pairing: Ian/Anthony - ianthony

Rating: Mature

Summary:

In all the years he’s known Anthony Ian has learned he’s willing to follow Anthony as closely as he’s supposed to follow God. He and Anthony repeat vows and prayers to The Lord and yet, Ian has long since vowed himself to someone else, to Anthony, long before he really understood God.

Could he ever truly be holy and pious when all along he’s made Anthony his religion?

Notes: This was written as a birthday present for the amazingly wonderful @sheisaquarius-blog and set within her Funeral AU which is so, so good and I re-read it a lot! Do yourself a favor and read it too!

*There is mention of character death but it is not permanent