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thorraborinn · 2 years

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Ngl, given it's helped you so much, what do you recommend for starting to learn Icelandic?

In my experience the best thing to do is to try lots of different things and get as much variety in learning techniques as you can, but if you can only get yourself to do one thing, do Icelandic Online: http://icelandiconline.com/. By far it's the best all-around self-contained unit of learning Icelandic that I've ever encountered. It would definitely be better to also do other stuff but don't not use this extremely good free resource.

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(There's also Faroese Online and I'm extremely glad that exists, but I've seen some heathens decide they're going to do that as their first step toward approaching Old Norse because it's "just as close to ON." My advice is: don't do that. Just do Icelandic. Learning Faroese to learn Old Norse is a much longer path with fewer resources and also it absolutely is not as "close to Old Norse" as Icelandic, subjective though that may be -- Modern Icelandic's connection to Old Icelandic has been on government-funded life support for centuries just to keep it artificially archaic).

The thing I'm a broken record about that nobody ever listens to because they think it's easy and that anyone could just do it is: learn how to use a dictionary. Icelandic (and Old Icelandic) has complicated grammar that changes the word depending on how it's being used and in order to use a dictionary you have to be able to do that in reverse. If you see the word "skildi" in text you need to be able to know to look up "skjöldur." The Icelandic Online dictionary will make it easier for you by searching through the different word forms but if it returns multiple headwords you still have to be able to figure out which is the right one. Learn how to use https://bin.arnastofnun.is/ which is just a database of inflections; if you click "Leita að beygingarmynd" it will search all of those inflections (i.e. if you put in "skildi" it will show you "skjöldur," but again it will also show you other stuff that "skildi" could be and you'll still have to figure out which is which).

If your goal is to be good at getting information out of Old Norse texts then you really don't have to do much to get started with that and you really don't need to "know" Icelandic (lots of Norse studies scholars who have lived in Iceland for years do not speak Icelandic). I was grinding through attempts to translate rune kennings in 2011 before I started learning the language formally. You'll suck at it at first but every little bit of improvement feels like an accomplishment (which it is) and that'll keep you going. If you're reading the poetic Edda and you're like "what does this really mean?" then bust out that dictionary and get to work, it will take you like two hours to do one strophe but it doesn't matter, that'll stick with you. Find someone you can ask questions to. I can do that if you want although I don't know how reliable I'll be about small stuff. But if you translate something and it doesn't look like what some other translator says, someone who's been doing this a while might be able to explain why.

It's a good idea to consume Icelandic media. There's way more of it than you would expect for the population. Too much for me to make serious recommendations without knowing what you like. I would say to start with music because you will undoubtedly find things you want to listen to whether you understand what they're saying or not. TV or books start out as more work than pleasure which is discouraging but with music even if you give up learning the language you might find stuff to listen to anyway. If you're a heathen then Skálmöld has stuff in Icelandic about stuff you're likely interested in and will tell you how to pronounce your gods' names and stuff like that. Death metal fans hate the vocals but they were great for me when I was learning because they're very understandable for growls. There's shitloads of like neofolk and black metal stuff that I find boring but I'm told it's good by people who like that sort of stuff. Lots of good old punk. I think most Icelandic rap sucks but I'm in the minority because it's hugely popular so maybe you'll like it and if you dig around you can probably find something (I like some of this stuff). Tons of folk music of course.

I used to read the Icelandic translations of Peter Madsen's Valhalla comics (called Goðheimar in Icelandic). For TV there's a lot that you can stream for free on the state channel's website: https://www.ruv.is/sjonvarp/, for the kids' channel which tends to be easier: https://www.ruv.is/krakkaruv/. Starting with kids' media might be useful, any recent big Disney movie has Icelandic audio. When you can tolerate it do both Icelandic audio and subtitles to get your ears tuned to the language. If you're just ultimately trying to do Old Norse stuff that might not matter as much but once you can absorb audio-only input it's way easier to gets lots of it than just reading.

If you're interested in folk music and fairy tales and stuff like that then lean into it, there's tons of it, just follow whatever holds your interest and keeps you going. Once you realize there's stuff you want to know that's not likely to be translated any time soon, you just figure out what you have to do to get it, and do that over and over and slowly it gets easier.

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bookclubforghosts · 3 months

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What kind of books is the ghost book club currently reading?

Idk if you mean this strictly as a joke based on my url or if you actually wanna know fhdgsjf buuuut

Last month, I read several plant books (The Unexpected Houseplant, Indoor Kitchen Gardening, The Green Dumb Guide) and one middle grade fiction novel (The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels) which was really cute and silly, it’s about a treasure hunt as well as meant to teach kids how to define who they are themselves outside of their family’s expectations.

This month, I’m on a Mary H.K. Choi kick. Right now I’m reading Emergency Contact at the recommendation of a friend and I reread Yolk earlier this month. Her writing is very nostalgic to me. While some turns of phrase were meme references and thus didn’t age great, I do still really enjoy her characters and it’s a good comfort read. I also started reading The Murderbot Diaries. I’m not always a big fan of science fiction but I am trying to challenge myself and I enjoy the premise so far (still on book one……..)

Next month, I aim to finish reading The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone which I keep starting and getting distracted and not finishing LMFAO and then either The Year I Stopped Trying by Katie Heaney, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire, or Godly Heathens by Edgmon.

#I work in the young adult section of a library hence the number of middle grade and YA books #L answers #asks

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curtklingermanposts · 11 months

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Dealing With Other People’s Sin (Part Three)

Excommunication (Church Discipline)

One subject that has been controversial and misunderstood is excommunication. The reason for this is its misuse, and lack of understanding of its purpose. In casual conversations, often people reveal they believe it’s an act of judgment, especially if a friend or family member is involved. “They are judging people.” In truth, excommunication is a form of Church discipline designed to keep people from facing the wrath of God. Let’s drill down on biblical Church discipline, and the subject of excommunication

First, the word itself is not found in the Bible. Of course, there are other words not found there either (“Trinity” for instance); however, such words serve as quick references to principles found in the Bible.

The dictionary defines excommunication as an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular those of being in communion with other members of the congregation, and of receiving the sacraments. Okay, that’s the dictionary, but what does the Bible have to say about it?

In the New Testament, Jesus is the first One to teach this principle.

Matthew 18:15-17 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church (refuses to listen to the church), let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

Before examining the process, look at the purpose: reconciliation. What does that tell us? Love has to be the motivating factor behind the action. Question, how do we treat heathens? We love and pray for them. Though it may mean not hanging out with them; it does not mean we despise them!

In this particular example, the first course of action is to talk alone with the individual -mono et mono. It does not include telling others about the incident; except perhaps, genuinely seeking counsel from another. No drama! No one else needs to know how someone wounded us, nor do we need to publicly disparage the individual. The Bible talks much about backbiting. If the person refuses to listen or have an honest discussion, then we go to step two: get one or two others involved.

Before addressing the second step, let’s talk a little more about the first. This entire process requires humility. Yes, we may have been victimized by another, but that does not mean we play the victim card. On the contrary! On the other hand, we ourselves may play a role in the incident. We have to be able to admit when we’re wrong. Maybe we didn’t instigate the problem, but we could have made things worse by mishandling it. Have you ever let anger speak for you? Has self-righteousness ever play a role in a conflict? Can you even take the wrong without retaliating? Paul talks about this very thing in relation to taking others to court.

1 Corinthians 6:1, 5-8 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren (read entire chapter for fuller context).

Even in this passage, we see that we should avoid taking a brother or sister to court. Furthermore, it is not a good idea to air things out in front non-believers. It does nothing to further the Kingdom.

Paul asks, “Why not rather take the wrong?” What does this require? Forgiveness. When dealing with other people, forgiveness is a reoccurring theme. Our relationships don’t work very well without it. Before this, he asks if there’s someone you can find to mediate, and settle the dispute.

This leads us to another point: when involving other people, it’s important to find neutral parties. Whoever it may be should not have a dog in the fight, so to speak. We’re not trying to get them to side with us; we need them to help us sort things out. We do not always see things clearly, especially when emotions are involved. We have to allow others to call us out if we’re in the wrong. Are you willing to receive correction? Sometimes repentance is necessary on our part in order to facilitate reconciliation.

If the person still refuses to listen, the next step is to take them before the Church. At which point, if he or she still refuses to repent, cease fellowship with him or her. However, leave room for repentance and reconciliation. Separating ourselves from others does not mean we cease loving them. Separation can lead them to repentance. When people feel isolated, they tend to start viewing things differently. One thing for which to pray for the other person and ourself is clarity.

We’ll continue to drill down on Church discipline in the next blog. There are too many important aspects to cover in this one.

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#PerfectFaith #excommunication #sin

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behelit-chan · 3 years

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y’all!! the chapter spoilers!! i can’t!! 😭 theres only gonna be like 17 pages of content PLEASE

#gotta stay out of the tag until i can get the english scan you heathens #dont feel like hauling out my kanji dictionary to read the raw scan :/

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kaysayshey · 3 years

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hot like summer || k. bakugou

sweet summertime was here, its arrival announced by bright blue skies and the shrill laughter of children bounding their way through local parks.

it was humid air that forced your hair against your neck in a sticky union, light breezes swaying the vivid green leaves of tall trees. it was begging your boyfriend for a weekend at the beach, complete with sandcastles and tanning and the brilliant sparkle of sunlight against the water's surface. it was a weekend tote thrown over your shoulder as you bounced down the stairs of your apartment building and out the doors towards his slick convertible coupe.

and it certainly included your handsome man with tank tops that showed off his impressive arms. thank god for summer.

"oi, quit staring and give me your bag."

the words came out grumbled, but bakugou held his arm out expectantly, palm turned skyward. you obliged him with a smile, holding over the offending bag before assuming your position in the passenger seat, comfortable leather warm against your skin.

the soft thud of the trunk closing came first. bakugou soon settled into the driver's seat, closing the door with such affection that you were often worried that his gorgeous black car was his one true love, leaving you in sorrowful second-place.

the mercedes was a hell of a car, one that bakugou kept impeccably clean inside and out. no food, drinks must be capped, preferably water. so help you god if you spill a drop of soda on his perfectly maintained floor mats. a luxurious beast made for the number two pro-hero, his convertible was the perfect summertime ride.

"shotgun gets music privileges," you chirped as you pulled out your phone, the ping of the bluetooth connection earning you an instant response.

"like hell you are. you're not going to put on that stupid fucking condiment song."

a hand pressed to your heart in faux agony, you gasped at his betrayal.

"first of all, i hope that kami-sama forgives your heathenism, because i don't know if i can. how could you say that? and secondly, butter is not a condiment, you big dork."

"hah? are you stupid or something? butter is a fucking condiment - what are you on today?" bakugou snarled, one hand on the steering wheel as he effortlessly weaved through traffic. the other leisurely rested against your thigh, every so often trailing a finger or two across your skin. despite the gruff response, you knew these types of debate would keep him entertained and significantly less pissy through the five hour drive to the rented beach house.

"it's a cooking ingredient! do you call oil a condiment?" you retorted as you scrolled through your playlists, now intent on finding the aforementioned tital.

"again, what are you on, dumbass? butter goes on toast. and vegetables. and noodles. and a bunch of other shit. what the fuck, y/n?"

although he kept his attention on the road, you could see the sparkle of amusement in those beautiful red eyes. as much as he tried to hide it, he was a sucker for you. don't tell kaminari or sero - he'd never hear the end of it.

"babe, when you think of condiments, do you really think of butter?" another quick counter, earning a groan from bakugou. "or do you think of ketchup? come on, boom, admit it. i'm totally right on this."

bakugou merely shook his head in disbelief, a sigh escaping his nose at your insistence. however, the slightest curve of his lips was enough to make your heart flutter. there it is, the rare and elusive bakugou smile. what a blessed day for the world.

"google it," he replied simply, the gruff tone of his voice combined with that damn smile sending a fleet of butterflies to your stomach. "i know i'm right, ya moron."

"pft. okay. stay mad that butter isn't a condiment," you started as you flicked to the internet browser. the following taps to the screen were quick, the pitter-patter rhythmic as you prepared yourself for the win.

unfortunately, from the macmillan dictionary to wikipedia to countless forums reddit included, the overwhelming, resounding answer was-

"this is bullshit," you muttered, nose scrunched in irritation.

"read it and weep, baby," katsuki chortled, his grin now stretched across his face in a victorious smirk. "i told you so."

"come off it," you growled in response, rolling your eyes even as bakugou gave your thigh a quick squeeze. "i will never consider butter a condiment."

"fine, fine, whatever. just put your music on, sore loser."

"really boom?!" you couldn't help but squeak in response; bakugou letting you listen to k-pop with minimal bitching was a rare occasion, and you'd be a fool to not take advantage.

"yeah, yeah, don't make me change my mind."

"thank you, boom."

leaning over the center console, you popped a wet kiss to katsuki's cheek, ignoring the scowl accompanied by brightly glowing cheeks.

and for the next two minutes and forty-four seconds, you pretended to ignore the way he would hum along and mutter the lyrics under his breath.

the upcoming hot summer may have made you sweat, but bakugou's sweet side was what would melt you throughout your favorite season.

#bakugou x reader #bakugou fluff #bakugou x y/n #bakugou imagine #bnha bakugo katsuki #bakugou katsuki #bnha x gn!reader #bnha x y/n #bnha x reader #bnha x you #kaysayshey #bnha fluff #mha fluff #butter #smooth like butter #smooth like bts

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snigepippi · 3 years

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They are Jotuns, not Giants

Ranting.

A little tired, bear over with me.

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Remember that litteral translations sometimes means the content get lost. And please try to use Jotun instead of Frost giant.

Norse neo-heathenism is different around the world. I think it's because we are raised in different cultures, so our view and interpretations differ.

I'm Scandinavian. This means that I can read several translations in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and English without problems, thereby getting a broader variation of interpretations. I also means that I have access to more texts about the Old Norse, because it's a common interest and I will often find news articles about new findings all around me, and Norse myths are a part of the school curriculum.

I also means that I grew up with the names and meanings of the gods as a integrated part of my culture and language. I live in the Town of Odin. I've climbed Frey's Hill several times. Tyr's Lake is a city I pass through by train. I live 500 metres from an old Viking ring fortress.

And several of the words we find in Norse Mythology, is still living words in my language. The idioms, the kennings, the way we spin words, are the same. This means that when idioms are used in the Norse myths, I know them... and am sometimes exasperated when they are translated directly into English without explanation, giving people a wrong picture of what's happening in the myth. ("Red Glowing" as idiom, means "glaring daggers" or "very intense/emotional" not that anything is red or actually glowing.)

And I absolutely abhor the English use of Giant and Frost Giant, when it comes to the Jotuns. It's such a bad translation that really should be changed in all new books and interpretations.

The Jotuns are not necessarily Giant. Jotun means Great or Exceptionel or Monstrous. Not giant or large. Theis size can be anything. smaller than humans, larger than mountains. They are Jotun all the same.

And why are they using 'Frost Giant' about every Jotun? Only Jotuns from the frost world Niflheim are Frost Jotuns. Those from Muspleheim are Fire Jotuns and those from Utgard are Jotuns. And in the stories we mainly met Jotuns from Utgard. We have no named Jotuns from Niflheim, and from Musplheim we only know their leader Surtr. Loki, Skadi, Gerda, Thjazi, Utgard-Loki, Skrymir, Hymir, Gunlød, Suttung and so on, are from Utgard, and therefore not Frost Jotuns.

And what in the world is Rökkatru? As far as I can see, it was invented in New Zealand. It is certainly not Scandinavian. My Old Norse dictionary tells me that it means something like Twilight-True. Maybe they wanted it to be closer to Rögva-True, (though it should be regin instread of rögva according to gramma rules), which means All-Powers-True. Regin are all the entities, including asir, vanir, local spirits and Jotun. But if you only want to use Jotuns, why not just use Jotuntru?

I also see plenty of these people invent new names. I'm fine with adding new gods to our collection. It's an old tradition to use neat gods you find on the way. But please, please please, remember to mention it's new and not something you can find in old texts. Too many people from outside Scandinavia, try to tell me that this or that modern name is definitely are a integrated part of the Norse mythology. They aren't, and please accept that, or find the reference in original Old Norse. Again, you are free to use new gods, just be aware they are new. (Space Mom is on my altar with a hand giving out bipolar medication).

#norse heathen #norse mythology #neo pagan #neo heathen #norse gods #ranting #pippis pagan particulars

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alittlebitmaybe · 4 years

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Hello hi how dare you make me pick just one of your stories as my favorite?? Because I am a lawless heathen, I pick three :p

- all cooped up: geraskefer ot3 goodness, a balm for this bonkers era we live in, just all around perfection

- another dawn: such a good time loop fic??? omg I confess I wasn’t super into the trope and then I read this and it was all I could think about. how dare you kill jaskier so many times but also thank u for my geraskier angst with a happy ending rights

- the brightest shade of sun: a masterpiece, chef’s kiss utterly incredible. If you look up the definition of fluff in the dictionary, this story is what you’ll find. “Hastily assembled muppet man and malfunctioning lite-brite” are definitely my favorite Yen insults (I’m sorry I am but a disaster bi and cannot simply pick one)

Ilu!

maize pls i am blushing!! you rulebreaker, you.

i appreciate all your comments, but especially about “all cooped up” since i hadn’t written in so long at that point <3 i wrote that in the first two weeks of my quarantine and was my first foray into any real sort of fandom in many years.

thank u <3 :*

#marvelousmaize #ask

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dailyaudiobible · 3 years

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01/18/2021 DAB Transcript

Genesis 37:1-38:30, Matthew 12:22-45, Psalms 16:1-11, Proverbs 3:27-32

Today is the 18th day of January welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian, and it is wonderful to greet the new day and move into this brand-new week, how yesterday as we began this week the Psalms and the Proverbs gave us such practical wisdom. And the way the life is to not let wisdom and understanding out of our site. And, so, let's build upon that. Let’s carry that with us into this week continually. And let’s continue this rhythm that we have started, oh, just 18 days ago…well…17 days ago. We’re just getting’ started but so much has happened and so much has already been spoken over us and into us and we’re starting to see the rhythm that the Bible in our lives each day in community brings. So, we’re reading from the New International Version this week, picking up from yesterday. Genesis chapter 37 and 38.

Commentary:

Okay. Let's catch ourselves up in the book of Genesis because we covered some ground and we’ve met a bunch of people and read a lot of different names. So, let's just revisit…revisit the story we’re telling and the family story that we’re telling. Abraham and his wife Sarah, right? Abraham had two sons, Ishmael through Hagar. And the Ishmaelites spread out and became the land or the nation of Edom. That region today is like southern Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia. And then we read of his offspring, his progeny. They’re spread forth. And we read of the different chiefs and we…we have and will read of the chiefs of Israel. So, one thing that we can say that we are clearly rooted in is a tribal time upon the earth, an earlier time, different customs, different convictions, different things that matter in different ways than they do today. So, when we try to back read 21st-century culture into something that’s thousands and thousands of years old upon the earth we can get lost. We have to read into the time and try to get ourselves into the time and just understand what was going on so that we can glean from the stories, right? It’s easy enough to look at some of these stories and go like, “ugh…I can’t imagine that they did that like that. I can’t imagine that that's in the Bible. We would never do that today.” Fair enough. We’re thousands and thousands of years…like thousands and thousands of years in the future. I mean we can look back just as century just 100 years and look at things that we would not do that way ever anymore and “why would they think that? And why would they do that?” They did what they did because that's how they did things when they did things in the time that they were in. And believe me 100 years from now or 500 years from now are a thousand years from now should the Lord tarry they will look back upon how we did things now and wonder why we did the things that we did because aren’t we wondering it? Aren’t we wondering why we do some of the things that we do? So, we just have to let the time be the time and the culture be the culture and what's going on be what's going on and look at the heart of the matter as we go forward. So, Ishmael and then the son of promise, Isaac. Isaac had his firstborn, Esau and his second born, Jacob. Jacob and all of the conniving that went on ended up having the birthright and having the father's blessing and basically everything that Isaac owned. Lots of problems happened between Jacob and Esau. In fact, Esau wanted to kill Jacob, so he had to flee, and he was gone for decades. During those decades he had 12 children. We've met all of those kids. They are pretty much all grown and now where we’re at in the story Jacob's name was changed by God to Israel making his children the…the children of Israel. That's how we have the children of Israel. And each one of these men will be tribal leaders of tribes that are named after them because it's their progeny. And over the top of all of what we just said, and all of the people there is a promise of a land. We know it as the Promised Land. God entered into a covenant with Abraham and gave the land to him, telling him that through him the nations would be blessed. So, that is the trajectory. Like that is the thing that's tying all of these people together. There’s this promise. So, God reveals this promise to Abraham then he reveals it to his son Isaac and then he reveals it to his son Jacob or Israel - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, right? We will hear them mentioned together as we continue forward into the Bible - the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. These are known as the patriarchs. So, one of these children of Israel his name is Joseph and we met him today. He's a 17-year-old kid, good-looking guy, full of all of the things that a 17-year-old guy would be full of including arrogance and fearlessness and no way to assess the risks that they might be taking with the words that they're using. And, so, he has some dreams. These dreams…actually this is very important that he is beginning to have dreams. And trying just to begin to maybe understand how to think about what these dreams might mean, that is going to play a huge role in Joseph's life and in the entire story of the Promised Land. But right now, where we are in the story, he’s…yeah…I mean his brothers just…they know their father favors him. And he's probably being a 17-year-old little punk, right, to his pig brothers, enough that they hate him anyway, enough that they grow to hate him. And when they see him coming, they hate him enough to decide to kill him. And, so, they throw him in a cistern. Now, not all the brothers are on board with killing their brother. Some of them aren't. One of them wants to get him back to his father. In the end they sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites. And we just talked about who they were. And what we see in the Bible here now, is Joseph's brothers selling Joseph into slavery. We see the first act, at least in Scriptures of deliberate human trafficking. And we will at length be spending time with Joseph and his story after he is sold by his brothers and ends up in Egypt.

Okay, and then we need to talk about Matthew because Jesus talks about something that is like unforgivable, like the unpardonable sin. That's…that's what it was…that's how it was known as I was growing up. He talks about something unforgivable and the unforgivable thing is to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. And the context of this is that Jesus now…I mean we’ve been traveling with Jesus. We've found out his family line. We…we saw His birth. We’ve seen his baptism. He's been ministering. We've seen His kind of posture of wanting to keep when He does a healing or a miraculous thing to keep it on the down low. Like, we’re just learning His personality. But Jesus keeps getting in trouble. And we’re watching what He's doing and should…we should scratch our heads and go. “why would you get in trouble? Why would He be in trouble for making the blind see? Like why would He be in trouble for throwing out the oppressive spirits that were tormenting somebody? Like why?” Why would that… and…who's getting Him in trouble? Like who is against Him? The religious people. The religious people, the Pharisees are against Him. In fact today for the first time we see them deciding to find a way to kill Jesus. So, there is an obvious disconnect. Jesus is upon the earth doing the will of God and saying, “something great is happening. Something great is among you.” He is revealing that the kingdom is already among them and with them. And He's operating in that kingdom which is how these things are happening. And all they can do is try to frame Jesus and His power as power coming from beelzebul, coming from the devil, like coming from the forces of evil, that Jesus is doing good by the forces of evil. And He almost laughed, He’s like, “how can a kingdom divided like that even exist? Like what you're saying doesn't make any sense.” Of course, when Jesus filets what they're saying, when He…when He basically calls out what's really going on, we talked about this the other day - when light shines into the darkness what is squirming into the darkness does not want to be exposed. It wants to shut out the light. And that's what we see happening here. And the irony is its not people just people trying to live their lives. It's the religious leadership that wants to do away with Jesus. And, so, it's kinda in this context of them accusing Jesus of doing what He's doing or having the power that He has because He's a disciple of evil and…and what He's doing is being done by the dark powers of evil. That's when Jesus basically says, “you can…you can say things about me. You say things about the Son of Man but if you blaspheme the Holy Spirit and hold that conviction then there’s…it’s a nonstarter.” So, what is blasphemy? Let me just read the definition out of the dictionary. Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence to a deity or sacred objects or toward something considered sacred or inviolable. So, Jesus is basically saying, “you can say bad things about me but when you begin to declare that the work of God that is coming through me and the outflow of that power that is bringing the kingdom by healing the sick, when it is clear that what God is doing is good even though it rewires your paradigm and you don't understand it when you call it of the devil you are blaspheming the Holy Spirit. You are calling God's work among God's people the works of darkness.” Where this gets close to home is when we use words like, “that is of the devil.” Now it might be…it might be but when we just sort of say it flippantly like…we don't understand how God could be working through that person who’s an obvious heathen of some sort like, or that we just don't agree with theologically, and we think that they are just deceiving people but God's good still is happening, God still is working and we say…we just dismiss them, they are of the devil. That's pretty scary stuff friends. We better think really, really clearly if we’re gonna make those kinds of declarations because that is exactly what the Pharisees were doing to Jesus and that is exactly why He said what He said. One thing that we’re going to find out, and it will be a fairly common theme, fairly relentless all the way through the Bible is that the things that we say, they matter. The power of life and death is in the tongue. And we will find that our words are the way we tell the story, right? And this is how we’re writing the story of our lives. And if our lives are full of cursing people made in the image of God or cursing the things that God is doing because we don't understand them, well that's not going anywhere.

Prayer:

Father, we enter into that. But it's not always easy to know. And this isn’t even a category we’re normally even paying attention…but You’ve brought a brand-new category that's pretty significant in the way that we live right front and center. Like we watched You Jesus do this in the time that You did Your ministry a couple of thousand years ago. But what You were bringing front and center is no less in need of being front and center now. The things that we do matter. We are all connected. And this transformative process that we are in is making us one. We will see this. We will pray this, that we would be one as You and the Father are one. So, this transformative process is knitting us together as Your body in this world. And we cannot…we cannot keep cursing parts of the body because we don't understand it. We need Your discernment. We need the voice of wisdom in our lives and we probably need to bite our tongues a whole lot more than we are. Come Holy Spirit into this we pray right here at the front part of the year because this can transform the year. Like this…if we pay attention to what we are saying and what we are blessing and what we are cursing, if we pay attention to this the whole complexion of the year's gonna change. So, come Holy Spirit we pray. In the name of Jesus we ask. Amen.

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And shout out for the app. Like if you’re not using the app, that is definitely the best community experience and that is definitely where we continue to build and develop the experience of community and moving through the rhythm of the Bible in a year. And, so, once you’ve registered for the app then you…it helps you keep track of what days you're on and how far…the progress that you're making. And as we move through different sections of the Bible it…it…it awards us. It like, it lets us know, “hey you just completed the Gospels” or “you’ve just completed the Torah.” As we continue forward then we’ll…we’ll just be able to mark the sections of the Bible as we move through them. And the Prayer Wall is there of course. It’s just a…yeah…if you don't have the app, or if you haven’t used the app in a very very very long time…yeah…come back. Come back and check out the out app. It is definitely the way to stay connected. So, check that out.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, you can do that dailyaudiobible.com on the web but you can also do it in the app by pressing the Give button in the upper right-hand corner. And I thank you. I Thank you with all my heart, truly. It's…I mean there are days that I'm just in awe that like we’re in year 16, seven days a week doing this because we've been in this journey…on this journey together for…for all these years and we’ve been in community. And, so, thank you for your partnership. So, talked about the website, talked about the Give button in the app. If you prefer mail, the mailing address is PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And, as always, if you have a prayer request or encouragement you can hit the Hotline button. That’s in the app as well no matter where you are in the world, or you can dial 877-942-4253.

And that's it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I'll be waiting for you here tomorrow.

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Hello neighbors this is Lisa the Encourager I’m calling today to wish all of our newcomers in 2021 a very happy welcome with tons and tons of virtual confetti. I’m throwing up in the air and it’s landing on your head and I hope you have a big smile on your face because this is absolutely gonna change your life from this year going forward. I never realized when I first turned on the Daily Audio Bible and made it a goal that I just wanted to read through the Bible or listen to the Bible in a year. And five years later I’ve never stopped. It is just amazing that the way that Brian presents the word of God to us. It becomes such a pattern in your life and such an amazing force that will absolutely change your life. And I’m looking forward to hearing from all of you and hearing your stories and how God has blessed and change your life. I also wanted to reach out to Radiant Rachel and just give her some kudos that last year when you were reading all those prayers over your husband and sharing them with us in different types of areas of improvement for your…for your husband. And I was saying them over my husband as well and I’ve seen such a change in his life and I just wanted to thank you so much and I believe Ben is your son and he’s just so adorable. And I also want to thank him. So, I thank you all so much. I love you all and I pray that you all have a wonderful 2021 and blessings and that the Lord will shine His face upon all of you. God bless. Lisa the Encourager.

Hi family this is Biola from Maryland. Happy new year. We want to thank God for bringing us into 2021. We want to thank God for His goodness in our lives as a family, Daily audio Bible. I have been a part of this beautiful community the year Jill was pregnant with Ezekiel. And I was there, you know, praying along while she was in labor and Brian had told us to pray and all of that. Well, over the years I’ve been faithful. And just, you know, listening to the Bible over and over and over again is addictive you know? Well, I just want to say God bless you all. Welcome to all our new members. Everyone that found Daily Audio Bible God bless you. I want to reach out to my sister, my new sister in the Lord in London Zinab. Zinab welcome. I pray in the name of Jesus that the Holy Spirit who drew you even to Christ to come to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior and then to find this app. That Holy Spirit will help you to grow. I pray Philippians 2:13 over you my dear sister, that God will continue to give you the desire and the power to walk…to…to walk in Him as His child, to learn, to hunger and thirst for Him, to learn more and more about Him so that you will grow in your faith in Jesus Christ our Lord. This is not a religion my sister this is a personal walk with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And I pray that He will delight you at every turn in Jesus’ name. The other sister who is new hat called in. She’s in her final year in college. Sister, I pray that God will help you, that He will give you the spirit of excellence and wisdom and understanding and you will not be stressed anymore in the name of Jesus. Lastly, family I want to encourage you this is a new year. Give to Daily Audio Bible through your...

Hey, my name is Karis I am me from South Carolina I am 17 both my parents listen to this. So, hey. Yeah, this is my first time calling in. I just started listening at the beginning of the year. I listened to DADB Chronological a while back but this my first time here and I am just so shocked at how…how close this family is and how vulnerable everybody is being with their prayer requests. So, I wanted to come on here and just give Alexis some encouragement. You were talking about just…you needed some prayer for fear of man and getting over that. And, so, I wanted to read you this Bible verse. It’s from Matthew 10:28. It says, “don’t be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead fear the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.” I am also in high school. I’m a senior. And I get it. I get not wanting people to talk about you, not wanting people to think bad things about you. You want to please everybody around you. I really understand that. And, so, I just want to give you encouragement and let you know that you’re not alone in that. And then I wanted to let Steve from South Carolina know that I’m praying for you and your daughter who has breast cancer. That is a really scary thing. And, so, I’m just praying for you. Thank you all so much for being so vulnerable.

Good morning this message is Yvonne from New York. I heard your message about caring for your elderly mom and I’m here to encourage you. Since then, you’ve been raised with Christ. Set your heart on things above where Christ is seated at the right hand. Set your mind on things above not on earthly things. Therefore, as God’s chosen people holy and dearly loved cloth yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgive you and bind these altogether with love. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts since as members of one body you were called to be…called to peace and be thankful. Yvonne, I’m praying for you that you will take in all of this word. You are dearly loved. You have been given a new heart and it is soft. You are not what you see. You are not what your mom is. You are what God says you are. And, so, you receive this word Yvonne and go on and read this. It’s Colossians chapter 3. Read it for yourself and take it in. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. And whatever you do whether in word or deed and in caring for your mom do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. You are blessed Yvonne. You are blessed. You are an inspiration to me and so many others. So, I’m rejoicing in the Lord for you. I love sister. Be blessed.

Hi Daily Audio Bible family. This is All the Treasures from Wyoming. I’m calling…I’ve actually been wanting to call for a while. Still don’t have my thoughts completely wrapped around what I want to share but at the end of last year just a couple weeks ago Brian challenged us when he was talking about New Year’s resolutions. And the words that he spoke kind of stopped me in my spiritual tracks. And he talked about what if my New Year’s resolution would be to have God delight in me. And I still don’t know what to do with that because I realized that thought had never in all my years of being a Christian, that thought had never entered my mind. I love Jesus so much like you all do and I love the gift of being able to delight in Him. I love loving Him, but I’ve never really thought about Him delighting in me. And I still can’t imagine that yet. But I think mostly it’s because I see myself through the eyes of my failures. I know I’m forgiven. I don’t live in failure. But I still have deep sorrow and regret over them. And, so, I envision Jesus loving me but I can’t imagine Him delighting in me. So, I have been wanting to call and to share that with you guys and maybe there’s others who feel that way. If so, we can just pray for each other to get his eyes to see…

Hey DAB family this is your sister Julie in Idaho and I just wanted to share something really cool that happened yesterday. Unfortunately, the winds were pretty powerful up in the panhandle of Idaho yesterday and it blew some trees over on the power lines and so we were without power for a good 24 hours. And what was really cool about that is that I happen to have the God of Your Story and I thinking, “I’m gonna miss my DAB today. What am I gonna do?” And then I remembered I have the God of Your Story by Brian. And I bought it last year. And I’m telling you it was such a treasure to have yesterday because I missed all of you so much but I was able to get out my own Bible, my paper Bible and the God of Your Story and I felt like you were still there with me around the Global Campfire. So, if that happens to you or if you’re in a place that gets a lot of power outages you might want to think about investing in the God of Your Story. And even…even if your power isn’t going out to just invest in that and maybe go through it every day after you listen to DAB and actually physically read your own paper Bible. It really brings another dimension into the God of our story. So, Brian I thank you for your resources. They have been treasures to me ever since I started about…I think I’m going on my sixth year now. But I can’t even imagine not doing this every year and I can’t imagine you guys not being there with me around the Global Campfire. You are my family. You are my church and I love you. And welcome to all my new brothers and sisters. And those of you that are sitting on the fence, please get off and come over and sit by the fire. Put a log on. We love having you I love hearing voices from all over the world. I love you and I can’t wait to all be with you someday around the real campfire, the heavenly campfire.

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Haila! Glad to see you're still active, I hope you've been well and full of good health. I had a few questions you may be able to help with. Linguistically or loreically, are any of the Norse Deities, Loki, Sigyn, Odin, Skadi, etc associated with celestial bodies such as stars or planets? Additionally do we know if there are gothic versions or variants or chunks of the norse sagas? I'm slowly beginning to study gothic and my interests are overlapping!

Other than the obvious ones (Sól, Máni), there are some beings who are associated with Sól and Máni but who are sort of ambiguous: Mundilfari, Hjúki, Bil. Hjúki and Bil probably have something to do with the moon and Mundilfari probably serves some kind of role in the cosmos though it isn't entirely clear what it is.

Snorri recounts a story about Þórr saving the life of Aurvandill but his toe becoming frozen, so Þórr snaps it off, hurls it into the sky, and turns it into the star Aurvandils tá 'Aurvandill's toe.' The Cleasby-Vigfússon dictionary suggests that this is the star Rigel but it's not clear why, and is marked with a (?).

In another story, either Þórr or Óðinn threw the eyes of Þjazi, the father of Skaði, into the sky and made them into stars. It seems likely to me that these were two stars in particular, but I don't think it's known which ones.

According to Finnur Magnússon in 1828, Lokabrenna 'Loki's burning' was a name for the star Sirius.

It's said that Ursa Major was at one point called Óðins vagn 'Óðinn's wagon.' I have no idea whether that's true or what the evidence for it is. From what I gather this is a continental Germanic folklore thing that was sort of back-projected into Old Norse.

The name Friggjarstjarna 'Frigg's star' is used for the planet Venus in Clements saga in a manuscript dated to about 1220. It's not clear whether this is a common vernacular name for it or whether the author was doing some interpretatio romana on the fly, as the saga makes extensive use of that device ("translating" Roman deities into Norse ones, having St. Clement denounce the Norse gods rather than the Roman ones as in the original).

According to Jacob Grimm, there are also a widely distributed set of names for Orion's belt in Scandinavia describing it as "Frigg's distaff" or "Freyja's distaff." I know Grimm is very much out of favor among most modern heathens but if this is just raw data collection it's still useful.

Týr is sometimes associated with stars or constellations such as the North Star though association with the Old English rune Tir. The OE Rune Poem entry for Tir reads (trans. Halsall 1981):

Tir is one of the guiding signs; it keeps faith well with princes; always it holds its course above the night-clouds; it never fails.

If Friggjarstjarna for the planet Venus was a vernacular term, we might reason that the other planets could be associated with gods the same way that the days of the week were. That would give us Mercury : Óðinn, Venus : Frigg, Mars : Týr, Jupiter : Þórr. This scheme is actually West Germanic, not Norse (not to mention nearly a thousand years old by the time of the sagas). The Norse word for 'Friday' is frjádagr which points to a West Norse cognate of Frigg, something like Frīa, and Norse texts seem to show a bit of confusion as to whose day that was supposed to be because the etymological link between Frīa and Frigg was presumably not transparent to them (any more than to modern non-specialists; I've seen quite a few heathens declare Friday to be "Freyja's day" which is wrong etymologically but the mistake itself is tradition at this point). Among Norse translators of Latin texts Venus was more likely to be equated with Freyja than with Frigg.

As far as Gothic goes, something like 95+% of the Gothic that exists is the Bible and commentary on the Bible. There really couldn't be Gothic analogues to the Icelandic sagas because extremely little of what is described in the sagas, even the legendary sagas of "ancient times," hadn't happened yet when the vast majority of our evidence for the Gothic language was being written (i.e., yeah, the Gothic language persisted through the Hunnic invasions and stuff, but that stuff wasn't written down in Gothic or if it was it wasn't preserved). The heyday of written Gothic is the 4th century; the heyday of the sagas is the 13th-14th centuries. You'll surely want to look into the Gothic Roman historian Jordanes, but he wrote in Latin. It really can't be emphasized enough just how old written Gothic is. It's probably even older than most Elder Futhark runic inscriptions (despite the latter seeming to be in a less advanced state of development in some ways).

#ask #anon #gothic language

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yandere-daydreams · 5 years

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I dare you to write multiple sentences (two sentences with a minimum of 8 words per sentence, at the absolute least. No shortcuts here, buddy) without the spell-check of your beta reader, a dictionary, Google, or any tool other than yourself.

You fool, you clown, you heathen, you poor planner. You think I’ve ever read a single one of the concepts twice? You think I’m capable of re-reading something I wrote? I trust myself to do absolutely everything perfectly the first time, and I refuse to mess up when I know I will be judged. I believe I have done more than I’m required too, and as such, you will not be neded.

#personal #anon ask #yes the mistake was purposeful please don't make fun of me for it #none of you are tops don't act like it #the mistake was absolutely not purposeful #you wouldn’t have noticed it had I not pointed it out #- beta reader

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acrianswashere · 4 years

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A real Occultist Debunks “Selling Your Soul”

Hot take this was ripped from my Wordpress, and Magick Journal I highly recommend checking out at the links above.

You ever read something so fuking asinine you want to claw your eyes out? Not everybody is Christian. Not every religion is Christianity. not all magick and holy sacred power comes from your Jesus. Selling your soul isn’t real. That’s not how this works beyond your feeble religious understanding. Today we’re going to be debunking Robert Johnson and how he “sold his soul” at the crossroads. Hot take: he didn’t.

For starters who is Robert Johnson? He’s a famous blues singer. He’s infamous for the before statement. Robert Johnson as a person doesn’t matter to much. I’m not really into blues and while I respect it as a genre with a history I could care less. What matters is this myth surrounding him and his music. Lots of people think he “sold his soul” for some kind of skill with the guitar. That, because he pledged himself to Satan he got his ability. Let’s get one thing out of the way. That doesn’t happen.

If you are familiar with this blog (I’m assuming you’re not) you’ll know I do magick. The real kind. Not that harry potter bullshit you see in movies. I am a left handed sorcerer who works frequently with demons. With the dark. Magick some people would consider to be black or inherently evil given the subject matter. Stuff drenched in what you stereo-typically view as the “occult”.

I promise you that the black man at the crossroads ain’t a demon but now we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Point is I do this shit for real. Solomonic tradition and the like. I’ve read my fair share of goetic based texts and fancy golden rimmed grimoires. I know demons well.

So why do I think as someone embedded in this that this is horseshit? Cus it is. When you work with spirits for any long period of time you’ll eventually have to pay them for their work. Nobody does any kind of labor for anyone for free whether you’re a human or a ghost. Spirits can be paid in a lot of ways from them asking you to write a song or throwing a rock in a pond, to giving them cake. Spirits can be paid with tasks or offerings. But your soul is worth nothing to them.

Your soul isn’t worth anything on the astral plane. It’s not something you can pay somebody with. It’s nontransferable. No one wants it and nobody will take it. You can promise your essence in devotion to someone, you can promise service, you can be a sword and a shield sure. But your soul is worth nothing. Nobody cares about it.

When it comes to dealing with the devil the myth arises from actuality. When it comes to demons or even other spirits like fae, you can bargain and barter with them. You can sign contracts with entities where they promise you something in exchange for something else. This something has to be something you can give them. Such as food, incense, art that sort of thing. You can’t really give anyone your soul it doesn’t work that way.

Spirits do want stuff from you but they don’t want your soul. You can sign contracts with demons but they’re not gona ask for that in return. They may ask for something big but never that. It’s just not of value to them. They may ask for big metaphorical concepts like your divinity, your fame, or your loyalty but not your soul. Anything that’s asks you for your soul, chances are is trying to fuck with your head and only wants to parasitically feed off you. But we’re not gona get into Jellyfish here.

So yeah you can make an agreement with a demon, sign a contract with one also. But your not gona go to hell for it, and your certainly not giving them your soul.

Also Robert Johnson? Wasn’t a left handed guy. He was someone who practiced Hoodoo (not demons) which is a kind of African folk magick that comes from a variety of influences. Dollies are European In origin and while they made their way in some Hoodoo practices and even Voodoo it doesn’t change the fact that they are originally European.

[Barber, Chad. Infernal Conjure Craft. HADEAN PRESS, 2011. 1 vols.]

Hot take: it’s not cultural appropriation to work with dollies in that form. But that’s another misunderstanding and issue for another day.

So I mean reflecting did Robert Johnson do magick? Yes he did. He did Hoodoo. He references Mojo hands and other practices in his music. Those are Hoodoo things. Hoodoo ain’t evil. Just because it’s magick doesn’t make it “of the devil” and in retrospect that’s a super naive way to think of things. Especially given Hoodoo’s blend of cultures and origins which I’m not gona touch here because I am far from and authority on that matter.

The world doesn’t revolve around Christianity and regardless of whether you practice Christianity or not you can’t really filter it all through that lens if you want a proper perspective. Other religions, other practices exist it doesn't mean its YOUR devil in disguise tempting people to sin via their belief.

[Yronwode, Catherine. “http://www.luckymojo.com/crossroads.html.” Luky Mojo Curio Co,

www.luckymojo.com/crossroads.html.]

Hell, Christian Magick exists and the miracles Yeshua himself performed were inherently of a divine supernatural presence (you know the big guy). That’s magick whether holy or not. But now we’re detracting.

Point is regarding Robert Johnson, the dude did do magick. He did Hoodoo. That doesn’t mean that he sold his soul. Also the whole crossroads thing? Yeah there is a ritual you can do to achieve a skill set that is known as “that one crossroads ritual everybody talks about whenever the crossroads in magick are even briefly mentioned”. You enter in to an agreement with an entity known as The Black Man by going to the crossroads for a set time frame. Then he then aids you in your attempts to learn whatever the skill you asked for afterwords.

It’s a Hoodoo ritual and I know so because I’ve done it. (See my magical journal entries night 1 through night 7) Certain pantheons have certain vibes and this one was African in nature. The exact origin or creator of it I can not tell you but it has a vibe that doesn’t scream to me demon. Plus some of my demons don’t get along well with him which wouldn’t of have happened the way it did for me had he been one of them.

We don’t really have any historical evidence that Robert Johnson himself even bothered to do this ritual. You can speculate but it doesn’t change the fact that we simply don’t know and what we do know we can’t pinpoint. We only have second hand sources from other people rather than statements made by the man. Crossroads are just a thing in Hoodoo. They are a thing in a lot of magick and religions. I mean the Greeks had Hekate. who is wonderful and that was/still is her thing. The heathens have Wodin. Crossroad deities are everywhere. They are not regulated to one specific faith or practice alone. Nor should they be.

So him singing a song about the crossroads or rituals related to it means absolutely nothing. Did he wake up good at guitar? It’s possible. Was a ritual involved? Yeah I’ll give you that. Did he sell his soul to do it? No. He didn't. The reason this association is even here in the first place is because of his friend Tommy Johnson. No before you ask they weren’t related. Tommy Johnson did this ritual. He painted it for whatever reason as a satanic thing and marketed himself accordingly. He also did Hoodoo so take that as you will. He wasn’t really as well known even if his guitar playing was better than Roberts. This was later adapted into a published fictional book where the myth of Robert doing it arose in popculture.

So that’s the truth it’s not as exciting as a conspiracy theory drenched in Christianity. The ritual is real. I talk about it in my oddly titled book “how to sell your soul and other nifty things. A beginners guide to black magick.” which has yet to come out despite it’s misnomer of a title. if you want guides on that ritual I can’t really help you but earlier in this article I linked my journal experience of me doing the ritual which is the only deviation out there from the standard fair you find online. But it’s really best performed at an abandoned location for as long as possible, with information regarding it gathered from places outside the internet. (The internet won’t properly prepare you for this ritual you need to go buy some books).

So yeah you can do Hoodoo and a crossroads ritual to achieve a skill. You can sign pacts with demons. You can use magick to get famous even though we didn’t discuss that here. But you can’t sell your soul. It’s worth nothing. The crossroads ritual has nothing to do with the christian devil and you don’t go to any sort of hell for performing it. It’s possible that Robert didn't even do the ritual though that really is a matter of opinion at this point. Tommy did the ritual. Tommy marketed himself poorly. So maybe before you perpetrate a myth like this do a sting of research and discover that life is way more interesting and elaborate and magick is far more detailed than some industry based conspiracy theory about getting famous and good at shit with no effort.

My name is Acrians Locket. I’m snarky and bitter. My blog is currently aimed at beginners who have an interest in the real versions of this sort of stuff outside of hogwarts ridden movies. I hope you enjoyed and check me out. Chow

-Acrians Locket