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Shub-Niggurath

The outer goddess known as Shub-Niggurath (“The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Dark Young”) is one of the two safest outer deities to work with (along with Cthulhu). As stated in the introduction to the outer gods, the outer deities are not evil beings but are usually neutral in morality and typically do not care much for humans. The outer gods were all created within the Void and are larger than all the planets of the Universe combined. They are also immensely powerful and help guide the process of evolution in Creation.  

Appearance: Shub-Niggurath appears as a large goat-humanoid (very similar to Baphomet but without male genitalia), has swirling black tendrils at her sides, countless goat legs, and has the head of a beautiful black goat. Her expression is usually serene and benevolent, which has a fascinating contradiction to the dark tendrils which violently lash around at her sides. She is beautiful in a most incredible and unique way; her form is also so complex that one’s mind can hardly comprehend it. Her appearance can also chaotically change to indescribable forms that may look like a shifting mass with many sharp-toothed mouths, goat legs, and tentacles at the top.

When she arrives, she does a “triple laugh” where she does a sort of giggling laughter which sounds three times. As stated above, her size is larger than the very Universe, but like all other gods, she is able to shrink her form down to the minute size of a human when called upon (though the gods still stand tall and nearly reach ceilings).  

Roles: Shub-Niggurath is primarily a goddess of fertility and the propagation of mutations which benefit life. Regarding the mutations, an example is that she’s known to assist plantlife in adapting to different situations. As such, she is linked to the elements of earth and vegetation. From speaking with her, she has explained that her “thousand young” are mutated trees which have three “legs”, a gaping mouth, and use their branches like tentacles to lash out at people. They are not malevolent, but are angry at humans for what they have done to the Earth. As a fertility goddess, she has been known to have had offspring with many other outer gods

Personal experiences: In personality, she tends to be very caring, nurturing, motherly, and fiercely protective of forests (which she guards over). Shub-Niggurath is also a gentle being and tends to be deeply saddened when humans speak badly about her appearance or see her as evil. She desires those who wish to work with her to be respectful and also appreciate the untamed places in nature; she likes all nature, but prefers the dense wilderness most of all. She also seeks to spread love among all beings and hates prejudice, hypocrites, arsonists of forests, littering, and those who carelessly destroy life. These are the sorts of people who she has no gentleness towards and seeks to eliminate them. 

Shub-Niggurath specializes in helping with things such as fertility issues, self-acceptance, self-healing, and transitioning into different stages of self-identity. As with all forms of spirit work, it is highly unadvisable to commune with spirits if one has psychosis since the experiences can greatly worsen the symptoms. The outer gods can cause this even moreso (whether they try to or not) so please avoid working with them if you have psychosis of any kind.  

Offerings: goat milk, venison, pork with greens (boiled with cabbage, etc), courgettis, beetroot, parsnips, carrots, mandrake, horseradish, spinach, vanilla, olive oil, pine resin, creeping vines, stinging nettles, poison ivy, venus fly traps, fungi, puffball mushrooms, lichens, ivory, charcoal, limestone, copper, serpentine, chrysocolla, burning wood as incense, goat horns, black goat hair, handcrafted totems from twigs, and goat statuettes  

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Remember when Watchtower celebrated the deaths of 26 innocent children who tragically lost their lives because their parents refused them lifesaving medical care all because of a verse in the Bible from a chapter full of rules they don't even follow anymore except for when it's convenient?

Because I do.

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William Blake, The Ancient of Days //  Hadewijch, Stanzaic Poem 29 (trans. unknown) // Salvador Dalí, The Apparition of Christ // Karma Lochrie, Mystical Acts, Queer Tendencies // William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell // Hadewijch, Poem 16 (trans. unknown) // William Blake, Orc // Dante Alighieri, Paradiso (trans. Rabinowitz)