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A landmark for peace. SKYLANDING is Yoko Ono’s first permanent installation in the Americas. The public artwork is a celebration of the diverse history of Chicago’s Jackson Park and a symbol of our wishes for peace in the future.

http://www.skylanding.com/


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I normally share a photo of architecture for my morning greeting. Today, I wanted to show solidarity w my fellow human beings.


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✨ 🍀 😍 A few minutes ago I finally finished the sound editing of the upcoming video! 🤩 🍀 ✨

It will be a 60 minutes journey through PGM VII with a number of original research, especially concerning the deities & various kinds of performing magic.

Thank you to all of my patrons who enabled me to conduct the research and to make this video!

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The Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier. #ProTip: to avoid the glut of tourists, strollers, & general mayhem, use the sidewalk along the north-facing side of the pier.


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Sometimes you eat the Minotaur, sometimes the Minotaur eats you. (p. 84) #Ritual

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One of eleven little free libraries within walking distance of my apartment.


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View looking east on Wacker Drive. Skyscrapers visible include the spire of the Wrigley Building, the Royal Sonesta (movie location: Batman’s Bedroom in the Dark Knight series), the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist (Reading Room) and the Carbide and Carbon Building.


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Do not mistake your work — your products — with that part of you that makes it. #Ritual #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes

The TRUE REASON Behind #Religious #Faith
https://medium.com/deconstructing-christianity/the-real-reason-people-keep-clinging-to-god-despite-everything-84ecb9247e56
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Sometimes our creative work comes from a source that seems be outside ourselves. I’ll accept that. The smart money, though is preparing ourselves to work because — trust me — the Angel of Art is never going to come handing out freebies all on his own. (p. 81) #Ritual

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The glass exteriors of skyscrapers make good mirrors. There is a lot of street art in Chicago’s West Loop. This is next to Morgan and Lake.


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This is Chase Tower, one of my favorite buildings in town.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_Tower_(Chicago)


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Happy Pride Month from one of the straights!

🏳️‍🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🩶🤍🤎🏳️‍⚧️


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This is a “happy accident” photo taken as I descended the subway steps. My phone was jostling as I put it into my bag, and this was the result. I like the colors and the movement in this frame.


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Grandes Médiévales d’Andilly – «Le Moyen Âge exerce une fascination sur les gens» https://www.tdg.ch/le-moyen-age-exerce-une-fascination-sur-les-gens-406550523617 - interview dans le cadre du projet UNIC (differences.ch) #ritual @SNF_ch

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The Picasso sculpture is a bit of a jungle gym. I liked the way the bikes are parked here.


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NUMEN — part of the structure of #Ritual — Accept the cryptic offerings from the Universe. #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes

In addition to turning the lights out, you should probably throw in a little gratitude there, as well as a promise to return. The universe likes that kind of thing. Might make it easier next time. (Spoiler alert: it will not make it easier.) (p. 83) #Ritual

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Wabash Avenue at twilight. The Palmer House is to the left.


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There are those who would say that creation — the act of #MakingTheThingThatIsNot — is a spiritual act, and hence sitting down to write the next chapter of your romance novel is analogous to Sunday morning at First Presbyterian. I do not disagree with them. (p. 74) #Ritual

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This is the Atlas sculpture that sits atop the main entrance of the flagship Tiffany and Co. jewelry store on Michigan Ave.

https://www.themagnificentmile.com/explore/listing/tiffanys-atlas-clock


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Under the Bean at Millennium Park. If you’re visiting Chicago, it’s really a must see.


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This is the atrium of the Thompson Center. At one point, it rained inside the building due to condensation. Google will move its offices here after some renovations:

https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/07/27/google-is-buying-thompson-center/#


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Making the thing that is not does not happen if you don't provide a time and place for it. Draw a circle around your time and space and make it safe for your art. #Ritual #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes

Art doesn’t happen just ‘because.’ It happens because we *will* it to happen. We must *decide* to #MakeTheThingThatIsNot, and that requires that we need some kind of call to our own brains to get to work and to stop worry about getting the herb garden planted. (p. 75) #Ritual

Excited to share the latest addition to my #etsy shop: RARE! Uña De Gato ~ Katzenklauen ~ Griffe de Chats ~ Cat's Claw ~ Devils Claw Seeds https://etsy.me/3qfIwFx #gardening #catsclaw #seeds #nature #magick #psychic #ritual #vine #climbingvine

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One of my favorite things about Chicago is the variety of architecture. The black building is the John Hancock Tower.


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Lurraren Arnasa / Breath of the Land.

This is a crude work-in-progress snippet that will be part of "Hug A Tree and Burn The Forest" LP, tbr in late 2023.
Acoustic & electric guitars, transverse flute, framedrum, castanets, throat singing.

Photo taken in Arabako Lautada.

#folk #ritual #psychedelic #worldmusic

Do not mistake your work — your products — with that part of you that makes it. #Ritual #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes

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The plaza in front of the Wrigley Building is almost always filled with people. It’s a popular place for photos of the river, and many choose to have wedding pictures taken here.


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Rituals https://decafbad.net/2023/05/23/rituals/ #RolePlayingGames #ADayInTheLife #Creativity #ZenHabits #Ritual #Music #misc

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The Burberry flagship store is one of my favorite buildings to photograph. Most people walk past it, oblivious to their surroundings.


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In addition to turning the lights out, you should probably throw in a little gratitude there, as well as a promise to return. The universe likes that kind of thing. Might make it easier next time. (Spoiler alert: it will not make it easier.) (p. 83) #Ritual

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William Harris Lee hosts an open house during Second Fridays at the Fine Arts Building, located on Michigan Avenue. In addition to featuring live music, people can tour their workshop and see how violins & other string instruments are made.

https://www.fineartsbuilding.com/


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Beyond the safety of our garden there be dragons. There are no paths but those which we make. What if we can’t find a path or make a path? It happens. Sometimes the Hero’s Journey ends in ashes. (p. 49) #Gestalt #Ritual

NUMEN — part of the structure of #Ritual — Accept the cryptic offerings from the Universe. #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes

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One of my favorite things about Chicago is its beaches. Each has its own vibe. This is Ohio Street Beach.

North Avenue = meat market
Oak Street = smaller, a bit tony
Montrose Avenue = relaxed, dog beach


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The Bean is beautiful at night. Tourists and locals alike flock to this singular sculpture.


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Mama said there’d be days like this. Keep going, y’all.


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Happy National Museum Day! I love my membership to the Art Institute. This is the Andy Warhol exhibit from a few years ago.


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This mural is tucked away in an alley next to the Western Blue Line in Wicker Park/Bucktown. Once i find the artist, I’ll edit the toot.


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Sharing co-founder (sticknrope) Petrovic Sladjana’s beautifully handmade #grimoire journals from Sweden. #bookofshadows #oneofakind #witchcraft #ritual #artwork

“These journals are tightly bound and are made to be used as any other "newly made " journal.”

https://www.sticknrope.shop/?fbclid=IwAR2yttkLW0lXI011Yxxq-ywfiWeaka8mmOrCauehe3XnZq47fC_Ujmsz9pU

Ye shall surely die
Not unnoticed by mystics
Pyres built roots ending
#haiku #Today #Forest #Cleracut #Urbanrenewal #DeepEcology #Ritual #Grief #Loss #Druid #AncestralLoss #MyNeighborhood

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Mercury retrograde… sheesh! #IfYouKnowYouKnow #ritual #cleansing

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This is the ballroom at the Blackstone Hotel, which serves as the site of the famous baseball bat scene in the movie, “The Untouchables,” starring Robert De Niro as Al Capone.

https://www.theblackstonehotel.com/


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@SecurityWriter Rituals bind people together. Eurovision is a huge #ritual for a huge number of people.

It is also a #carnival. Those have through time featured as liminal spaces where values can be wrestled free for a limited time.

And lastly, it is a #mirror. Through all it’s special circumstances, it allows us to see ourselves in it’s image.

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This is Chicagohenge, a twice-yearly event where the sun aligns with the axis created by our grid system of streets at the spring/autumn equinoxes. Instagram tip for tourists: plan to gather around 6:00p to get a good shot.


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I've got a question - please share and comment, thank you!

When Iaô, Sabaôth and Adônai are mentioned in the same ritual instruction in the PGM: Do you interpret them as three deities or as three names of the same deity?

Working on the network analysis of the deities in PGM VII

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This is the Carbon and Carbide Building, peeking through the urban canyons created by skyscrapers.

Nicknamed the Champagne Building, its spire is real gold. It’s in the Art Deco style, representing the luxury of the 1920s.


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Modern day #ritual spaces. Who needs candles and a chalk or salt circle anymore? Copper has many occult associations, circuits are obvious, and an LED can be enhanced to allow more than just electricity to only pass in one direction…

But what do they do here, what do they call to wander these murky paths?
(Randy foxes the last time I was there!)

HTs #hookland #TellingStories #lighting #NightPhotography #photography #magic #London

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Foyer of the Chicago Cultural Center. Formerly the main branch of the public library. This building has two stained glass domes, one of which is by Tiffany. Some scenes from the movie The Untouchables were filmed here. Free admission.


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RARE! Uña De Gato ~ Katzenklauen ~ Griffe de Chats ~ Cat's Claw ~ Devils Claw Seeds for use in gardening, magick, homeopathic remedies, etc. https://etsy.me/42BlSWe #gardening #catsclaw #seeds #nature #magick #psychic #ritual #vine #climbingvine

@danciruli @Teri_Kanefield. You beat me to it! #Coffee: #Verve, #Ritual, #SweetBloom.

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Detail of the Wrigley Building, photographed from the west (there’s a pedestrian walkway connecting Michigan and Wabash).

Because of the white ceramic brick veneers, this building gleams when the sun hits it.


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Picasso’s “Chicago” sculpture makes an artistic piece of playground equipment. It’s very much an interactive installation. Sited at Daley Plaza in the Loop.


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Navy Pier Ferris wheel at night.


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Foggy days in Chicago are still beautiful.


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Don’t forget to look up. Even a mundane moment contains beauty, if you’re willing to see it.

Brown line, Merchandise Mart.


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I pause every time I walk down Lake Street to look down the LaSalle Street corridor at the Chicago Board of Trade.


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Can you be your own medicine person? 'The Cauldron' workshop in #Haworth, 21st-23rd July 2023, offers the opportunity to dissolve old patterns and invite #transformation. Led by Ben Deutsch with live music by Jake Madhatter. Book now: https://bendeutsch.square.site/product/cauldron/329 #5Rhythms #dance #ritual"

✨ Interested in ancient magic and ancient magic signs? ✨

Vol. I of the Soucebook of Ancient Magic Signs is in the final stage!

👉 Get an early bird copy for your support 💝
https://patreon.com/ancientmagic

100+ applications in the Egyptian & Greek ritual manuals

100+ photos

New #translations

Lots of links to further reading

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Every spring, the Loop is full of tulips and skyscrapers!

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A dice-based Homer #oracle with 216 answers is preserved in this #ancient Greek #magic scroll.

3 dices were rolled and grouped, the number was then looked up in the scroll and the #Homer #quote next to it served as the answer to the initial question.

At the end of the instruction the scribe wrote: "Here end the verses of the Homer oracle. May it help you!"

PGM VII, 3rd/4th c., #Egypt
British Library

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The manuscript of vol. I of the Soucebook of Ancient Magic Signs is in the final stage!

100+ applications in the Egyptian & Greek ritual manuals

100+ photos

New #Translations

Extensive chapter about the technical terminology in the Egyptian and Greek magical papyri

Lots of links to further reading

👉👉👉 Get an early bird copy for your support 💝
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You never know who you’ll see on State Street. Pay attention to the magic hiding in plain sight.


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Ready to become medicine for the world? Join us for The Cauldron, a 5Rhythms® dance and ritual workshop with Ben Deutsch and Jake Madhatter in #Haworth, 21st-23rd July 2023. Book now: https://bendeutsch.square.site/product/cauldron/329 #5Rhythms #danceworkshop #ritual

@timnitGebru @emilymbender Science is learning the fundamentals of ritual. If you just go through the motions your ritual is not efficacious. If you understand the contents of the form you have understanding and efficacy.

#theology #ritual #ai

Saw Wakanda Forever. The tributes to Chadwick Boseman were beautiful and heart-rending. Themes of infighting among marginalized groups hit hard.

Beyond this, there was also something important going on around #death #anxiety and emerging generations' tendency to retreat into #technology as a distraction from confronting core human conditions traditionally addressed with #ritual. An important provocation (not really resolved by the film) for a rapidly changing world.

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What should do with this massive chunk of #obsidian? Other than #flintnapping a #ritual #dagger cuz I already intend to do that?

Do you have any #beliefs about stones having #metaphysical properties?

Any flintnappers in WA who have a good set of tools and a workshop I could use in exchange for some of this beast?

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EDIT TO ALT TEXT: they are not *smoking* They are smiling. DYAC *shakes fist at cloud

One year anniversary (plus two days) of getting sick and becoming disabled. What, if anything, do you do about such anniversaries? Mark them? Ignore? Toss calendars in trash? Just curious about others' experiences and if any rituals help?

#ChronicIllness #Disability #Anniversary #Ritual

Did you know that #AncientGreece had an initiation rite so #secret, we are still not totally sure how it worked?

The Eleusinian #Mysteries were a religious festival for devotees of agrarian goddess #Demeter & chthonic deity #Persephone.

There were secret objects, #ritual washing, a sacred walk & dirty jokes.

Initiates were known to have #visions.

A drink of boiled barley, called kykeon, was given to them - it may have been contaminated with ergot, a #fungus causing LSD-like effects.

#drugs

@actuallyautistic @Taikare I hear you! I do appreciate #schedule #flexibility for sure! This is one reason I enjoy being able to #float between #home and #office in my job. I need the #scenery change and #ritual to mark my days but sometimes being in the office is numbing. Likewise, being home 100% has been very #dysregulating for me, during #COVID. I’ve been happy to recover some of #MyNormal. #actuallyautistic

A litany for the evening: (In place of [God] please insert your name(s) for the Divine, play a little, I do here)

[God], you give to all your creatures
food in due season;
and though I am hungry
today I trust.

[Mother], you have always given
strength for the day;
and though I am weary,
today I trust.

[Spirit], you have always given
peace to see us through;
and though my heart is anxious,
today I trust.
.... (continued) #liturgy #ritual #spirituality

Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation, Night Eight

Tonight's book is my 1977, pre-AIDS edition of THE JOY OF GAY SEX. This was in the $2 box outside a bookshop in NYC in the spring of 1984.

Tonight's incense is myrrh from Yemen, food-grade, which I acquired when I was crafting Paracelsus's 16th century Elixir Of Propriety.

#Trans #Ritual #TROE #TROE2022 #TransAwarenessWeek

Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation, Night Seven

Photo uploading issues. Tonight's book is Mindful Masculinity Workbook.

The incense was hand-harvested tree resins, where I gleaned from fallen pinecones in the neighborhood.

#TROE #TROE2022 #TransAwarenessWeek #Trans #Ritual

Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation, Night Six

Tonight's book is HERMAPHRODEITIES by Raven Kaldera. Subtitle notwithstanding, I consider this "a" workbook of trans spirituality, not the end-all, be-all. I liked the different interviews from the various transfolk and that part of the book helped me figure out how I wanted to bring trans-ness to my own spiritual practices.

Tonight's incense was elemi, a lovely tree resin that can be harvested once it falls to the jungle floor in tropical Asia, with no need to cut or do anything to the trees.

#TROE #TROE2022 #Trans #Ritual #TransAwarenessWeek

Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation, Night Five

Tonight's book is a queer classic: THE FAGGOTS & THEIR FRIENDS BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS.

The water offering is in the Yin/Yang cup. The candle tonight is beeswax and live flame. As I am now in my home, I can do incense offerings, tonight is from my last bits of true copal which I brought back from a trip to Costa Rica almost 15 years ago.

#TROE #TROE2022 #Transgender #Ritual #Ancestors #TransAwarenessWeek

Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation, Night Four

Tonight's book is actually a slim booklet, but genuinely important. It's the ACLU's guide to trans rights in the state of Washington, where I currently live.

This is my last night doing the ritual under constrained circumstances. I look forward to live flame and space to do offerings.

#Trans #Ritual #Ancestors #TROE #TROE2022 #TransAwarenessWeek #Transgender

Transgender Rite of Ancestor Elevation, Third Night

Tonight's book is OP - ORIGINAL PLUMBING, an anthology from the transmasculine magazine of the same name.

When I started doing this ritual, I just used whatever books I had on hand, but over the years, as I acquired more books about trans culture, the ancestor stack became trans-specific.

#Trans #Transgender #TransAwarenessWeek #TROE #TROE2022 #Ancestors #Ritual

I can't tell if the ritual originators are still online, but about five years back, I found a blog on Tumblr that was for the purpose of leading a public #Transgender Rite Of Ancestor Elevation that overlapped with #TransAwarenessWeek and #TDOR

I've made that rite a part of my personal spiritual practice and will be starting tonight and doing the ritual for the next nine days.

If it is your #Trans will, I invite you to do the ritual wherever you are.

Here is the basic FAQ. You get to adapt the #ritual so that it suits you and your chosen ancestors. I'll be doing toots of my own rite and I'll share why I do some of what I do.

The traditional tag from Tumblr for this event was #TROE so I'll continue that here

#Ancestors #Pagan #TROE2022

https://transrite.home.blog/2017/11/11/the-transgender-rite-of-ancestor-elevation-faq-2/

#introduction with all the hashtags! (updated)

I'm a
#writer | #author | #writing

#Witch | #pagan | #ReclaimingTradition of #Witchcraft #priestexx

offering
#workshops | #magic | #ritual | #story

for #justice and #regenerative, #solarpunk futures.

#lunarpunk #SFF #SciFi #CliFi

member #SFWA, #BSFW

affiliated with the Center for Sustainable Futures at Columbia University where you'll find my nonfiction.

lots more plus my doodles:
http://brightflame.com

[also @BrtFlame on twit for now]

A Book of Pagan Prayer by Ceisiwr Serith

Having come up in heavily christian and catholic culture and having rejected it, #prayer never had any sort of connection with me. That said, i really connected with this book because it provides prayers, #mantras, etc that fit into beliefs with gods and those without. It also has a large portion dedicated to ideas and thoughts when composing your own, which is great.
Overall i definitely recommend this if you're interested in prayer, #ritual, and making your own.

#pagan #witch #witchcraft #witchy #magick #BookList #MastodonReads #ReadingList

Recommended to me from this video, which i also recommend to you if you'd like some #occult reading.
https://youtu.be/879dTTRH_BU?t=298