#the divine was present

[gruesome-beauty]

julien baker @ the hollywood bowl

[julijbee]

girlbossing too close to the sun.

[mazeyphaedra]

ON THE PRECARIOUS POWER OF DIVINITIES AND THE PARASITIC POTENTIAL OF BELIEVERS

Fantasy High, Prompocalypse Part 2 // Darshana Suresh, Howling at the Moon // Fantasy High: Junior Year, Infernal Conflict // Christina Im, On Loving Helen // Andy Warhol, Are You Different? (Positive) // Fantasy High: Junior Year, The Name // Dacia Maraini, Dreams of Clytemnestra // Marina Abramović & Uwe Laysiepen, Rest Energy // Fantasy High: Junior Year, Infernal Conflict // Gustave Doré, The Judas Kiss // Fantasy High: Junior Year, Infernal Conflict // Anne Carson, An Oresteia

[euphorictruths]

Sunset Freeway (Madison Arteaga)

[all-yourn]

Dean Winchester & "O Ruthless Great Divine Director" by Lingua Ignota

[gentledeathsblog]

Giustizia mosse il mio alto fattore:

fecemi la divina podestate,

la somma sapienza e ‘l primo amore.

[unreachedgalaxy]

forever thinking about how the good place, in an effort to escape the reductive binary of heaven and hell, simply invented purgatory and called it a day

[lunamond]

I just adore the way Paul's visions are presented in the new movies.

The way it is never quite clear if they are symbolic, if they show possibilities. Both? Neither? Do they all come true?

The way that the people shown in them aren't even necessarily representing themselves.

Like how many of the visions in Part 1 later on in Part 2 get flipped around.

There is the obvious one with Chani taking Paul's place in the fight sequence from his vision, but there are so many more:

Chani holding the bloody knife vs. Paul after the duel with Feyd

Chani leading him through the desert and showing him the coming battle vs. Jessica leading him through the desert towards death and destruction (both wearing flowy white gowns)

Chani whispering his name vs. Alia doing so post water

Kinda interesting how much Chani, his lover, ends up being a stand-in for either his mother or sister.

Jamis killing Paul and holding his hand as he dies vs Paul being the one to kill and comfort Jamis

Chani stabbing Paul/betraying him vs. Paul being the one to betray Chani

Chani being exposed to a nuclear blast, and her face being severely burnt vs [redacted]

It makes them disorienting and confusing, and they are meant to be, Paul is also never quite sure what they mean for most of the movies.

But all of this changes once he drinks the water of life.

Prior to the water, they were always accompanied by an orange-gold glare and intercut with brief flashes of various imagery (fire, a bloody hand, expanding shadows, etc).

But as the visions themselves tell us: to see the future clearly, he needs to know the past.

So, once he gains access to his ancestral memory, his visions become clear.

They are no longer undercut with flashes of other images. Both the vision of the ocean in the desert and the memory of baby Jessica and the Baron are shot in a way that is undistinguishable from the rest of the movie. Before this, either the editing, the flares, etc. sth was always helping us differentiate between vision and reality. But from this point, they appear as real as the present.

Also, the fact that Alia is both the first person he sees after the water and the first to actively talk to him through the visions. She is also the first one (since Leto) who doesn't seem to put conditions on her love.

All of this makes me super excited to see how Denis is going to approach Paul's visions in Dune Messiah, knowing how important his experience of them are for his character.

[a-s-levynn]

(source)

[world-of-celebs]

Charlotte Hawkins

[sincerely-sofie]

Omg, I beg to see flustered Ark with Twig messing with his plume, that mental image in and of itself gives me serotonin

(Referencing this post. I accidentally deleted @purple-tumbld’s question for Ark that I was gonna pair up with this request! Pls imagine a screenshot of an ask that reads something to the effect of “While we’re on the topic of hair, we know you don’t tend to style it yourself, Ark, but do you ever let Twig style/play with your hair?”)

If you'd like a more flustered Ark, may the chef recommend this post?

[enchantress-sunshine]

Flower Scrying

Flower scrying also known as floromancy is a divination practice used to observe the past, present or future.

In many different cultures flowers have been associated with magical properties and radiate vibrations for divine components.

There are many forms of Flower Scrying but the overall main idea is to use the flower subject as your omen.

You can read fortunes with any of nature’s tools that they present themselves in. For example flowers, leaves, plants and trees can be used. I personally like to also use the flower stem as my divination tool!

Materials:

Flowers (petals, steams, cut up pieces)

A bowl of water

Extra - candles, crystals and sage

How to:

Fill a bowl with water - you can use regular tap water or you can get fancy and use moonwater, rainwater, fresh creek water ect

Place flowers in bowl - using your none dominant hand grab your flower readings and drop them in the water

Stir with your finger - using your dominant hand stir with your index finger thinking of a question or asking it aloud. Stir clockwise

Let the water settle - once you’ve finished asking your question and stirring let the flowers find their place. Once the water is still you can begin your reading

Interpreting:

Your reading will always be split into three groups - past, present and future

Depending on what flowers you used will determine the overall theme of your reading plus the colours of your flowers hold a lot of meaning. In addition the colours in your bowl will correspond with each other to give a different meaning. The way the flowers group together and position themselves hold a lot of significance as well.

Flower Scrying can be very challenging for those who have never done it before. I was lucky enough to find this type of divination in a book of mine “DIVINATION Your Personal Guide” by Steven Bright

Thank you for reading!

For those who want their Flower Scrying interpreted please send me a message so I can help guide you in the flower meanings and colour symbols x

[manicpixiedreamghostt]

As a nonbinary femme, view my femininity as you would view a rose; genderless at the core. Let my thorns be my weapons against the gaze cast upon me. Only then may you truly understand me.

[blanketorghost]

Guys, remember Azul was inspired by Ursula, which in turn was inspired by Divine (rest in filth) this man had no chance being straight

What im trying to say is what would be Azul's drag name and who do you think Azul stans in rpdr

[poligraf]

It's unfortunate that this has happened. No. It's fortunate that this has happened and I've remained unharmed by it—not shattered by the present or frightened of the future. It could have happened to anyone. But not everyone could have remained unharmed by it.

— Marcus Aurelius

[infernal-lamb]

me every time I see fanart of the Lamb taking a bath: pls……..you’ve washed out their lanolin……..they need that or else their skin will not be protected from moisture!!!!! now they can’t go into Anura or Anchordeep for like 2 weeks or they might get sheep scab and skin issues!!! What have you done