Patronage: love, youth, happy marriagesSaint Valentine of Rome was a bishop and martyr of the early church. Not much is known about him, except that his relics were found in the catacombs and an ancient church was dedicated to him. Tradition has it that Valentine cured the blind daughter of a Roman judge who along with his household, was later baptized. St. Valentine married couples, going against the edict of Cladius II. It was said that on the day of his execution, he gave a note to his jailer’s daughter that he cured, that was signed “your Valentine”. He’s pictured with birds because birds start pairing in February around his feast day.
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Year of the Dragon by Christina Saint Marche
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The Dragon, also known as Loong, is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Dragon is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 辰, pronounced chen. Picture by Allen Pierson.
For St. Valentine’s Day, I decided to experiment my two videos, the new one and the old one, with the same theme: the old origins of St.Valentine’s Day, blending them together.
I hope you like it!!
TW: Blood and Whip
First Poem:
Warm is the blood
flowing through the veins,
and the scarlet drops
touch the snowy ground
making it bloom.
Poem (C): Me
“Lupercali” (C): Domenico Beccafumi
“Lupercalian Festival in Rome” (C): The Circle of Adam
Elsheimer
“Lupercalia” (C): Andrea Camassei
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Alexander Graham Bell kisses his wife, Mabel Hubbard Gardiner Bell - she is standing in a tetrahedral kite, October 16 1903. In the early years of the 20th Century, Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) – father of the telephone – constructed elaborate kites made of tetrahedral cells fashioned from spruce rods and silk. One of his contraptions, Cygnet – 3,393 cells – supported a human being in the air, namely U.S. Army Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge (February 8, 1882 – September 17, 1908) on its maiden and only flight on December 6, 1907, rising to 168 feet over Bras d’Or Lake in Nova Scotia, Canada, as it was towed by a motorboat. #stvalentinesday #valentines #love #kiss #kidding #inventions #inventor #marriage #couples #tech #technology #flight https://www.instagram.com/p/Coofyw7MApW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
With valentines just around the corner lots of us choose to celebrate the day by gifting romantic gestures to our loved ones, and some of us also choose to do love or self-love related spells and rituals; however you celebrate the day, if you do - here’s the story behind Valentines Day and the Pagan Festival Lupercalia. —————————————— Stay tuned for more info on love & self-love spells and rituals you can do at home. —————————————— Feel free to save this, and share being sure to tag me or throw in a #taintedcraft in the process so I can follow where it goes. —————————————— Information cited here can be found at the History Channel website at this link: https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/ancient-rome/lupercalia ————————————— #lupercalia #lupercaliaartsociety #lupercália #lupercaliafest #valentines #valentinesday #valentinesfestival #valentinesday❤️ #saintvalentine #saintvalentinesday #saintvalentinesday❤️ #stvalentine #stvalentinesday #stvalentines #pagan #paganwitch #paganism #pagancommunity #pagansofinstagram #paganpride #paganfolk #witchcraft #taintedcraft #witchcraftritual #witchritual #witchyrituals #paganritual #paganfestival #paganfestivals https://www.instagram.com/p/CoexF-Rrpi-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=