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Everyone’s jumping straight to Summerween — but what about Hallowspring? Folk horror, haunted cottages, rustic cults, monster-infested forests, green witches gathering beneath the eclipse… every season deserves its spooky moment

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the Fatal Embrace enamel pins are now up at greerstothers.shop

The Lovers of Valdaro - a couple who has been locked in their final embrace for over 5,000 years

Rat king - a group of rats whose tails have become tangled and knotted, binding them together

Triassic cuddle - a porto-mammal and amphibian, found huddled in a burrow. the Thrinaxodon was hibernating, while the Broomistega was injured, and fleeing rising flood waters

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Happy World Frog Day from all of the Totally Normal Frogs 🐸

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A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie – Albert Bierstadt (detail) // Lofoten Island – Lev Lagorio // Rosenlaui – François Diday // Mount Elbrus in the Clouds – Nikolai Yaroshenko // Storm in the Mountains – Hermann Ottomar Herzog // Sierra Nevada – Albert Bierstadt // Rocky Mountain Landscape – Albert Bierstadt // Inkpot Gods – The Amazing Devil

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the more things change…

#absolute favorite #beautiful #inspiration #okay this is actually really fuckin cool #hell yeah coelacanth mention! #it's so visually interesting too. 10/10 art

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Creature of the day...

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I'll be proud of myself on the days that I wake up on time, get out of bed, brush my teeth, wash my face, make my bed, clean and ready my space, take a bath, put on lotion, drink enough water, eat properly and do my work.

I'll be gentle, understanding and patient with myself on the days that I do not want to wake up, postpone getting out of bed or don't get out of it at all and end up not taking care of myself.

But I'll try again the next day.

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2024 Lunar Calendar by Duchess_of_Lore

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2024 Witch's Calendar

January

11th: New Moon

25th: Full Moon (Cold Moon)

February

2nd: Imbolc

9th: New Moon

24th: Full Moon (Quickening Moon)

March

10th: New Moon

19th: Ostara / Spring Equinox

25th: Full Moon (Storm Moon) / Lunar Eclipse

April

1st: Mercury Retrograde

8th: New Moon / Solar Eclipse

22nd: Earth Day

23rd: Full Moon (Wind Moon)

25th: Mercury Direct

May

1st: Beltane/May Day

7th: New Moon

23rd: Full Moon (Flower Moon)

June

6th: New Moon

20th: Litha / Summer Solstice

21st: Full Moon (Strong Sun Moon)

July

2nd: New Moon

21st: Full Moon (Blessing Moon)

August

1st: Lammas/Lughnasadh

4th: New Moon

5th: Mercury Retrograde

19th: Full Moon (Corn Moon)

28th: Mercury Direct

September

2nd: New Moon

17th: Full Moon (Harvest Moon) / Lunar Eclipse

22nd: Mabon / Fall Equinox

October

2nd: New Moon / Solar Eclipse

17th: Full Moon (Blood Moon)

31st: Samhain

November

1st: New Moon

15th: Full Moon (Mourning Moon)

25th: Mercury Retrograde

December

1st: New Moon

15th: Full Moon (Long Nights Moon) / Mercury Direct

21st: Yule / Winter Solstice

30th: New Moon

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Some ideas for Kemetics looking to mark the Eclipse if this is of interest:

Eclipses may have been seen as bad omens as it was potentially representative of Ra being defeated by a/p/e/p. Each year at Wep Ronpet (the New Year) Ra's process of triumph over a/p/e/p and evil is celebrated, so the disappearance of the sun in the middle of the year would certainly be of some concern. The concepts which we use for the New Year could also be helpful during an Eclipse:

Light candles where possible, electric candles will also work

Images, Statues, representations of Ra brought out

Imagery of Ma'at who is both a Netjeru / Goddess and the concept of truth, justice, and balance is also appropriate

Offerings, as simple as cool water, in specific to Ra and/or Ma'at

Prayers / Devotion / Poems to Ra and Ma'at

Loud noises! Scare away the evil -- sistrum / rattles / drums or percussion / music / etc.

Depictions of the smiting of is/fet and/or a/p/e/p

Various ideas for smiting of a/p/e/p that are used in New Year traditions include images of snakes that are in some way destroyed, the destruction of clay pots with images or words written on them, or similar concepts. The most common way to depict a/p/e/p is as a snake having been cut or stabbed with a knife or multiple knives, spears, etc.

You should avoid depicting a/p/e/p as a whole entity or representative entity (eg: whole snake) that has not in some way been shown as sliced-and-diced / destroyed / defeated / etc. Words and images have serious power in Kemetic practice, and we take away the power of a/p/e/p through depiction of its destruction right from the beginning.

Written down or drawn depictions can be destroyed additionally by tearing, burning, crushing, breaking, etc. the medium on which they were depicted (safety first, ideally try not to burn paper indoors, use a fire-proof vessel, and when in doubt avoid burning entirely unless you know you can do it safely).

Dispose of whatever remains ideally in an outside trash area if you can (to remove it completely from your home). If you can't get it outside right away, at least contain it within its own trash bag which you tie up securely, and then put in the household trashcan.

Light, prayer, noise, and smiting of evil: The perfect recipe for those who are interested in fending off darkness.

A/p/e/p's depiction as being stabbed 5 times - Temple of Edfu

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In light of the super blood moon eclipse from this week, here’s the Norse mythological tale about two wolves who wish to eat the Sun and Moon.

The monstrous wolf Fenrir had two sons; Sköll (Old Norse for “Treachery”) and Hati (“He Who Hates, Enemy”). Sköll chases the Sun, and Hati, running ahead of the Sun, goes after the Moon. When either are caught, there is an eclipse. When this happens, Vikings used to rush to rescue the Sun or Moon by making as much noise as they can in hopes of scaring off the wolves.

Picture by Dobie

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Happy Artemis kicking Apollo's ass day for all who celebrate!

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Total Solar Eclipse ☀️🌑🌎

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Total eclipse of the Sun, July 1860, illustrated by astronomer Warren de la Rue.

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How do you stay creative while working full time? :)

I don't know, I just do stuff. Not art stuff, really! I think sometimes that I have to maintain a base minimum of Stuff Going On to stay above the gravity well of Comfy Bed All the Time No Need To Get Up And Do Things. There's an inertia to stuff, you know? Sometimes when you're busy it's easier to just maintain the momentum of getting things done. I don't always get stuff done as quickly as I'd like, because the fact that I'm doing stuff all the time doesn't mean that the stuff I'm doing is necessarily productive. That's a good thing, though, because creativity has to be fueled from somewhere. There's got to be non-creative time for that part of the brain to recharge and rest, so it's not a bad thing to have a job that doesn't demand that kind of thinking.

I did a lot this weekend and almost none of it was creatively productive in a normal sense. I got some pottery done on saturday morning, and then met a friend for sushi, went to my dad's to sandblast and powdercoat car parts, went for a walk in the woods to pick tiny flowers, met my brother for dinner, and played DnD until midnight before driving back home. Today I planted hydrangea, hauled flagstone into place, dug up grass and tilled it over, and put mulch down. I made a roast for lunch and played DnD in my other campaign for a few hours, then started mixing down the clay slurry into slip for casting, which has to rest for the next 24 hours. In a little while, a friend and I are going to do an online movie marathon, and tomorrow--monday--I've got a board game night after work. Then the next week is pottery tues/thurs/saturday, dinner with my other brother and his wife on wednesday, DnD friday and sunday again.

You know what all of those little appointments with friends do? Force me to manage my time well. Force me to stay on and not just let the day get away from me. I rest when I need to but I also put really concerted effort in to spending time doing stuff that I enjoy.

People often say that they create art from a specific emotion, but to me, in order to make art, to make art sustainably, you have to be happy enough to want to put new things in the world. They don't have to be happy things. But you have to be in the world to reflect it out. Sometimes that's work. Sometimes that's friends.

That's just what's true for me.

#absolute favorite #inspiration #a gentle reminder #this is honestly a really good way to go about it. i look forward to being able to do that soon when i move off to college

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Yes. YESSSS. YESSSSSSSSSS

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