#groves

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Minerva's Visit to the Muses by Joos de Momper

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Jamgate UPDATE: Fake it till you Make It (again)

She's moved on from filming her megflix in the cottages of San Ysidro Ranch to yet another rental property, but this $5million property comes with 8 acres of lemon & avocado groves!

"DailyMail.com can reveal Meghan is not using her own Montecito mansion, but instead using the kitchen of philanthropists Tom and Sherrie Cipolla. Production trucks and tents are seen at the property."

"On Tuesday Meghan spent the day surrounded by the blooms of Florabundance, a florist 10-minutes drive from Montecito in the coastal California town of Carpinteria"

"Here, from the comfort of somebody else's home, she will share 'the joys of cooking, gardening, entertaining and friendship,' – as well as chasing ratings."

Jamgate Blind Item $30/jar (Flamingo is $80)

[thecloneroom]

one of the first cases of contact between humans and groves

[detournementsmineurs]

"Oppenheimer" biopic de Christopher Nolan - adapté du livre "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" de Kai Bird et Martin J. Sherwin (2005) sur le "Père de la bombe atomique" J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) - avec Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Matt Damon, Josh Harnett, Robert Downey Jr., Kenneth Branagh, Rami Malek, Dane DeHaan, Benny Safdie, David Krumholtz, Casey Affleck, Dylan Arnold, David Dastmalchian, Jason Clarke et Gary Oldman, juillet 2023.

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[child-of-frigg]

Modern Druidry: An introduction to Groves.

While working on a post regarding the ushering of spring I felt it would be helpful to first write a short introduction to the subject of Groves. The concept of Groves has been a large part of the Pagan faiths all the way up to and during its current revival, and are an integral part of Druidic ritualism.

The term Grove in Druidic culture refers to a gathering, or clearing of trees, as well as rock formations that may provide natural seclusion. The space encompassed as a Grove is determined by both physical and non-physical factors such as the area's natural energy, a natural flow of energy such as a creek or pond, or conflicting energies from nearby grounds. Within each Grove there exists a Nemeton, a point of concentration that will determine the flow of energy through the grove, and act as the casting area for rituals and invocations. The Nemeton may sometimes manifest itself in a physical way which will be particular to each Grove, elder Oaks and rocks lined with various Minerals are two such indicators of a physical Nemeton.

The Grove should remain largely untouched aside from the clearing of pathways and areas of significance such as the Nemeton, which although not always located in the center will act as such, and should be decorated with the branches gathered from clearing to form a ring, and to divide the ring into fours with lines pointing North, South, East, and West. Other areas of significance may include natural idols both of the Grove and those created from the materials it offers, as well as areas of tiding meant for convening outside of ritual.

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The Lughnasadh issue of the C.O.R.D. Biquarterly druidry newsletter is now live! 

Articles in this issue:

Update of ALL active RDNA druid Groves 

Article "In Defense of Ritual" 

Seasonal photography 

List of 2022 Pagan Pride Days in US & Canada

And more!

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Scripture of the Day—March 28, 2024 Josiah, the Child King and His Reforms Part 3 of 3 from the Bible’s King James ER Version

UPON HEARING PROPHETESS HULDA’S PREDICTIONS—YOUNG KING JOSIAH MAKES MORE REFORMS: 2nd Chronicles 34:29-33 - Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem, And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small; and HE READ IN THEIR EARS ALL THE WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT THT WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.

And the king stood in his place, and MADE A COVENANT before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to KEEP his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to PERFORM the words of the covenant which are written in this book. And he CAUSED ALL THAT WERE PRESENT in Jerusalem and Benjamin TO STAND TO IT. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.   JOSIAH KEEPS PASSOVER IN THE 18TH YEAR OF HIS REIGN: 2Ki 23:21-26 - And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. Surely there was not held such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was held to the LORD in Jerusalem. 

SOME OF JOSIAH’S REFORMS 2ND Kings 23:6-11: 1 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. [the GROVES were not trees—but cubicles enclosed by curtains, wherein those who came to the temple—could adulterously worship images of the goddess Ashteroth.] And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. 

2 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. 

3 And he defiled Tophet—that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. 

4 And he took away the HORSES [Strong’s Hebrew definition # H5483 & H6571—vehicles with rapid flight; part of a cavalry] that the kings of Judah had given to the sun [H8121 & H1053 - a prison facing the east with notched battlements (parapets at the top of a wall of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced squared openings for shooting through)], at the entering in of the house of the LORD (this was in the suburbs, so it had to be at the entrance to a tunnel which led to the temple), by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was IN THE SUBURBS, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 

CONCLUSION - 2nd Kings 23:24-26: Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. 

And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. 

Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him-with. 

[love-is-normal]

If I needed an altar, would I have one by now?

What is an altar, really?

Today I walked in my altar Trees beside me in my altar Beautiful plants growing wild

I do not create my altar I listen to my altar Spirits of place lecturing

I invited her to their place She knew I had no right Place told me to be better

I met my friends near my altar When they wanted to meet me Thank you squirrel

Is either of those places my altar? Am I meant to have an altar? Really, what is an altar?

[thecloneroom]

An intelligent clonal colony. All the trees in the area are connect by the root system. The roots also function as their brain and is where their consciousness is located.

The drones act autonomously but the the tree intelligence can communicate with them through pheromones.

[cosmicculturevulture]

life in the groves

beyond the manor walls and town borders, in the groves, among the trees…contrasts…life…

[limbolanegames]

it's time to put an end to da A-POCKY-LIPS!!!

officially revealing our newest game: GREAT GOD GROVE

suck up dialogue boxes n’ use them like items to befriend gods & humans alike, and save the whole dang world!! WISHLIST NOW ON STEAM