#questions to ponder

[nabi-unveiled]

Inquiring minds want to know:

Is Kyung-Jae wearing the sunglasses because he thinks it helps disguise him as a celebrity? or just because they're a whole vibe? Because it's definitely dark enough outside that they're not needed.

Never mind - I don't actually care. This whole scene is a mood, and I'm here for it. Put that toad in his place Kyung-Jae! He's making Ji-woo uncomfortable, and that makes him persona non grata to me.

[s33th1ngg]

is this blog too cringe? Should I go jump into Niagara Falls????

[bearandhoney-com]

sometimes i like to think about how the way to/back from the dollhouse was through two domains that they normally can't interact with as ghosts

the food of gluttony, when everything tastes like ash to ghosts

the pleasure of lust, when ghosts can't feel touch (very well/at all)

[livlaurren]

Spend as long or as little as you feel, with whichever questions you feel, when you're feeling up to it. :) Kindest, Liv.

[spiraldancer]

Ariadne's Thread: A Workbook on Goddess Magic ( Shekhinah Mountain Water).

Cycle 1: Questions to Ponder

To Kick off This Blog I've decided to Answer the questions within Cycle one:

First one is: What is a Witch?

If I am to look at the English word, it's derived from the Germanic word, Witch, as in Wise woman and essentially that is what a witch is to me, a Wise woman that knows herself intimately and therefore knows the world around her as she can be guided by her intuition.

The Word "Bruxa" is derived from the Word Bricta, Likely the root word that "Bridget" or " Brigid" was derived from and it means enchantment or magic or spell if you will. I see this word then relating Bruxa deeply with the Goddess, namely the Bruxa being a worker for The Goddess in all her forms.

The Witch/ Bruxa therefore becomes a symbol of Woman's myths and deep inner wisdom but also becomes a symbol of the wild untamed spirit of women that Patriarchy has repressed and demonized and her resurgence spells to me the beginning of the end of the Repression of Her and of her Daughters.

The second question that was posed by the book is whenever or not I see myself as a witch and short answer is: Yes. Long answer is that I see my ease with identifying with the term as me coming home after trying to squeeze myself so hard in patriarchal institution and thoughts; from being overly skeptical to trying to become a Christian girl; none fit like being a witch and a follower of my goddesses nearly as well and blends my love of Mythology, beauty, nature and reverence to The Female form that I did not find in overly ascetic religions and spirituality and in overly rigid atheism and In Phallocentric thinking.

Third question is what Makes a woman a witch?

I suppose in other times just a woman claiming to be a witch would be enough, but as both witch and women become shredded beyond compression as terms ( including males in the definition of women for example and regressive gender roles in New age spiritualities with a poor understanding of what constitutes as Divine Feminine), I suppose I am somewhat of a gatekeeper of a term. I suppose the closest people to embody the witch are those willing to help their fellow sisters when comes the need and that becoming one's Proper witch self comes with time, effort, trial and error and the general wisdom gained from the passage of time and deep immersion in the Self and Of The Goddess. I suppose it's why witches have been associated with Crones or the elderly woman in general; it may indicate that a Woman or Witch Woman is at her most powerful when aged or aging. I do think we all have innate magical qualities, some more developed then others and that a magical path is a girl and woman's best friend into developing such skills.

From the 4th question, I actually did grow up in a culture that suspected of the witch and saw her as a force of spite and evil even if many relied on witches to heal themselves. I've always been uncomfortable with this stories but am reclaiming this role for myself as even the negative connotations I feel strip the witch of her moral complexities I think. I'm sadden by those burned and killed to this day when accused of witchcraft, even if they weren't actually "witches" in the proper term; it does show that everyone is seemigly afraid of a woman's power and will burn her for it. I'm mixed on the idea of Goddess religion becoming even more mainstream and accepted, in a sense I have plenty to thank to many groups of outrageous women that helped pave the way for current Pagan thought, but I suppose I'm sadden how little traditions are 100% female focus or don't try to insert some heterocentric form of duality in it.

I elucidated my religious background further above, but yes I did go through a period of catechism thanks to my abusive mom but I was deeply uncomfortable by the idea of God and of a male God and was critical of male religion as the tool of social coercion that it was, winch my father tried to stir me into Atheism; but rather then fully indulging in that I became Agnostic for a bit until I decided to research into Wicca and had many of my thoughts and feelings affirmed by dozens of pieces of Pagan thought and never looked back. As I delved deeper into feminism and female spiritual thought, it has led to my goddess focused lean right now. Needless to say and to answer the 6th question my spiritual background has little to do with the Goddess and is actual opposite of it in many regards.

7th question asks me if I believe in a conscious being that can create life and the universe and how this being is; I like the idea of a Creatix instead of a Creator and see much of everything as tending to be female. Even many "male energies" I see as being Her all along. I suppose I believe in Passive energies and Active ones, Offensive vs Defensive, Kind Vs Harsh rather the n a strictly male-female polarity, male and female meant for each other way.

The 8th question asks how The concept of Goddess affects me; and needless to say I've always been enamored by Goddeses of Greek myth and much to no one's shock im a Greek hellenic devotee.

The final Question asks who or what is the Goddess; even if I believe in her as an actual creative energy, I feel we relate to her through powerful symbology to embody her power and to better worship her. We feel naturally attuned to Her and recognize her as a primordial mother that we as her daughters do things to please and she in turn helps us and our lives by giving guidance and meaning to.

And thus I'm closing off Cycle 1 of the book. Thanks for reading.

[piltover-sharpshooter]

Since Arcane is canon now, I wonder if they will retcon some champions from Zaun into being high on shimmer/ being shimmer factories like Jinx/using shimmer as a weapon. Most likely Warwick, Mundo and Renata.

The much more interesting question is if the tease of Shimmer being caused by Void corruption (probably by the void portal under P&Z) then does that technically mean that every shimmer user is void infected? Like is Jinx at the same level as Malzahar or Kassadin?

[gillian007]

Has anyone watched Island K-Drama? Has anyone wandered these:

What actually is Yohan (Cha Eun Woo)? A human doesn’t just have glowing blue eyes and able to do all the things he did right?

2. And the high school girl (I forgot the name), who is she? How can she follow Guangtan all these years? And the granny that take care of her, she supposedly knew a lot of things right? Did she know the girl has being by Guangtan side all these years? How some she didn't say anything?

3. And the group of ppl in white who dressed like monks, who are they?

Can someone give me answers if they figured it out?😩😩

[thatcrazybookwyrm]

Is this the day that I realize, probably not even for the first time, that these two aren't siblings?

Like was this something I thought when I was a kid or was it something I decided on later, when did my brain solidify this idea and why has it lasted this long

[nabi-unveiled]

I still can't figure out how I'd fill in this blank.

[shadedshadowlight]

How many people have I lived with?

How many best friends have I let go?

How many lives have I lived?

Where can you find me in times of distress?

Where would I live if no responsibilities held me?

Where do I feel most at home?

What are my physical must haves in my home?

What do I desire most in a love?

What is the loudest I’ve been for?

Who do I trust to turn to for help?

Who do I want to be when I grow up?

Who holds my heart?

When will I listen?

When will I compromise?

When do I make love?

Why have I guarded my heart?

Why do I create art?

Why am I asking these questions?

[zorbakpants]

WELL

I might have just accidentally-d an entire company's accounts software because I didn't have the correct information when a ticket was raised.

We'll see if second line can un-fuck my fuck up, and then see if I still have a job in a month's time 🙃

As if I wasn't an anxious wreck before

[pokeybananas]

The older I have gotten, the more messed up my gaydar has become. Maybe because it was pointing at me the whole time?

[aurora-313]

Gorgeous.

Hex goes Gala!

feat. Lettie hoisiting her skirt up to kick ass when nice gala evening eventually turns into a mission

[hauntedellie]

How did cavemen names become what they are today, like who looked at a neanderthal skeleton and went? Thagbar.

[velociheroviridi]

Question for my Deaf/Hoh weebs who mainly communicate via sign language: do y'all ever sign the word "nani" and if so is it done through fingerspelling or a special sign?

[hyunpic]