Only house shoes / loafers / slipper looking things I have ever liked. No, loved. WANT.
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Worst museum
I laughed 'til I cried. XD
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13853-Worst-museum&goto=newpost
nrrrdcakkke: This is why even if your artist/piercer…
This is why even if your artist/piercer “sterilizes” needles after each use you should still ask for a new needle and ask for it to be thrown away afterward.
If they can’t even do that just run, get up out of the chair and run far away.
[Review] Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark the movie. Has anyone else here seen it? Do you like the original better?
My friend invited me to go see this remake of the classic 1973 made-for-TV movie of the same name with him about a month ago so we went this past Sunday night. First I should mention that I have been a fan of the original since I was a kid and first saw it back in the 1970's, usually shown as a late night movie along with something like Trilogy of Terror. Both of these scared the hell out of me back then.:cool:
My friend has still not seen the original but because I used to always tell him about it with such nostalgia he thought we should go see this new one. Normally I wouldn't bother posting something about a movie like this here but there are a couple of things about the remake worth mentioning. It had its moments but overall I did not really like it. Like most of these remakes of the last several years... what was the point? Footloose? Even Straw Dogs now, how can they even begin to do justice to that one?
Now before I saw it I did think something could actually be done with this particular movie to make it something new and interesting in its own right, especially with someone like Guillermo del Toro involved, but it didn't happen.
The original never bothered explaining itself leaving the viewer to kind of create one's own reasoning behind why Sally was being terrorized by little fuzzy conehead demons or whatever they were and it was just a lot of fun; done really well for a movie made in 1973 for television. The new one diverged from this with a kind of tooth fairy theme, these creatures (called fairies or gnomes at one point) eat children's teeth, explaining how they had been known in the past to leave coins under pillows for these tooth offerings implying that they are the basis for the tooth fairy myth. The original only had maybe six little demons altogether. The new one had countless amounts of them. Now what I thought was interesting to mention here were the nods to Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen. There was a character, a painter, at the beginning named Blackwood and later mentioned throughout. I just have to assume that this was a nod to the author because later in the film when Katie Holmes' character is investigating the history of the house she discovers that Blackwood was obsessed with Arthur Machen's stories of the little people. Now, besides maybe some better acting, here is where this movie could have been really interesting. Had they actually stuck closer to the original and built that story around some of Machen's themes a little more faithfully they might have had a film worth watching. Might have been darker and more twisted like I actually expected it to be going into it. By the way, other than hearing that it had gotten some really bad reviews I knew absolutely nothing about this remake before going into it; hadn't even seen a preview for it.
My friend invited me to go see this remake of the classic 1973 made-for-TV movie of the same name with him about a month ago so we went this past Sunday night. First I should mention that I have been a fan of the original since I was a kid and first saw it back in the 1970's, usually shown as a late night movie along with something like Trilogy of Terror. Both of these scared the hell out of me back then.:cool:
My friend has still not seen the original but because I used to always tell him about it with such nostalgia he thought we should go see this new one. Normally I wouldn't bother posting something about a movie like this here but there are a couple of things about the remake worth mentioning. It had its moments but overall I did not really like it. Like most of these remakes of the last several years... what was the point? Footloose? Even Straw Dogs now, how can they even begin to do justice to that one?
Now before I saw it I did think something could actually be done with this particular movie to make it something new and interesting in its own right, especially with someone like Guillermo del Toro involved, but it didn't happen.
The original never bothered explaining itself leaving the viewer to kind of create one's own reasoning behind why Sally was being terrorized by little fuzzy conehead demons or whatever they were and it was just a lot of fun; done really well for a movie made in 1973 for television. The new one diverged from this with a kind of tooth fairy theme, these creatures (called fairies or gnomes at one point) eat children's teeth, explaining how they had been known in the past to leave coins under pillows for these tooth offerings implying that they are the basis for the tooth fairy myth. The original only had maybe six little demons altogether. The new one had countless amounts of them. Now what I thought was interesting to mention here were the nods to Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen. There was a character, a painter, at the beginning named Blackwood and later mentioned throughout. I just have to assume that this was a nod to the author because later in the film when Katie Holmes' character is investigating the history of the house she discovers that Blackwood was obsessed with Arthur Machen's stories of the little people. Now, besides maybe some better acting, here is where this movie could have been really interesting. Had they actually stuck closer to the original and built that story around some of Machen's themes a little more faithfully they might have had a film worth watching. Might have been darker and more twisted like I actually expected it to be going into it. By the way, other than hearing that it had gotten some really bad reviews I knew absolutely nothing about this remake before going into it; hadn't even seen a preview for it.
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13852-Don-t-Be-Afraid-of-the-Dark&goto=newpost
My dash is flooded with white ink tattoos…
if you’re thinking of a getting a tattoo in white ink try this; go outside… and set your money on fire.
same thing.
I bet you don’t hit up the produce guy from your local grocery store in his tumblr
and ask for all sorts of advice on fruit, free services, and samples.
Don’t do it to a tattoo artist you don’t know and will in all likelihood never become a client of. I don’t ask you to do your job for free on your downtime, and I respect that you have a personality outside of your vocation. Please allow me the same courtesy.
Stop doing it to your friends who work in I.T. too, they also hate it.
^THIS^
usa northern illinois
well if anyone lives in the area i was thinking we could meet at college of lake county grayslake campus, if your interested let me know on here or a pm .if you live in the area and are interested but dont know where the location is at i can pm the address and directions if needed.
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13850-usa-northern-illinois&goto=newpost
Hello to everyone! Introducing myself to you all.
Hi!
I'd like to introduce myself to you all. I stumbled on this forum while I was looking for some information on one thing or another and liked it so much I decided to knock on this door and see what happens.
I am a musician and an occasional artist/photographer/jack of all trades. I have always been interested in the occult since I could remember. One of my early memories is the excited anticipation of turning seven and getting my first library card, because I had concluded that the library must be the place of arcane knowledge and at seven I'd have the keys to it. I remember getting a book on egyptian mythology, one on astronomy and an anthology of modern poetry...and getting incredibly frustrated once I got home.
Luckily the library did have Nietzsche, Zen koans and a great music section.
After years of just being "vaguely mystical" I stumbled on two books by Dion Fortune in a holiday resort used book store and felt at home. I am still completely wet behind the ears, but am preparing to start work. I have an attraction to the Golden Dawn system, but have not begun yet, as I'm working on getting "the slate clean".
I'm happy that there is a forum like this and am looking forward to perhaps getting to know some of you.
I'd like to introduce myself to you all. I stumbled on this forum while I was looking for some information on one thing or another and liked it so much I decided to knock on this door and see what happens.
I am a musician and an occasional artist/photographer/jack of all trades. I have always been interested in the occult since I could remember. One of my early memories is the excited anticipation of turning seven and getting my first library card, because I had concluded that the library must be the place of arcane knowledge and at seven I'd have the keys to it. I remember getting a book on egyptian mythology, one on astronomy and an anthology of modern poetry...and getting incredibly frustrated once I got home.
Luckily the library did have Nietzsche, Zen koans and a great music section.
After years of just being "vaguely mystical" I stumbled on two books by Dion Fortune in a holiday resort used book store and felt at home. I am still completely wet behind the ears, but am preparing to start work. I have an attraction to the Golden Dawn system, but have not begun yet, as I'm working on getting "the slate clean".
I'm happy that there is a forum like this and am looking forward to perhaps getting to know some of you.
Be a smartie every day!
I need to preface this- there is no way I can say the following without sounding like an arrogant ass, and I am aware of that.
The people that know me in real life often comment on how smart I am. This is said in tones of admiration and envy. I find myself frustrated by these comments- sure, the ego boost feels good, yadda yadda, but the thing is that the people saying this have just as much bloody chance to be smart if they want to.
The other day, my wife (not for the first time) expressed despair during a conversation about an area of knowledge that is a specialty of hers, because I disagreed with her and proved my point with evidence and whatnot. I wasn't being condescending or aggressive or any such thing, but the being wrong part bugged the hell out of her.
Her despair was that she feels she is not now, nor can ever be, as smart as I am even in areas she specializes in. So I've been trying to explain to her that being smart is a thing you can do- a choice you can make.
This is a set of advice I gave her and would like your comments on:
The people that know me in real life often comment on how smart I am. This is said in tones of admiration and envy. I find myself frustrated by these comments- sure, the ego boost feels good, yadda yadda, but the thing is that the people saying this have just as much bloody chance to be smart if they want to.
The other day, my wife (not for the first time) expressed despair during a conversation about an area of knowledge that is a specialty of hers, because I disagreed with her and proved my point with evidence and whatnot. I wasn't being condescending or aggressive or any such thing, but the being wrong part bugged the hell out of her.
Her despair was that she feels she is not now, nor can ever be, as smart as I am even in areas she specializes in. So I've been trying to explain to her that being smart is a thing you can do- a choice you can make.
This is a set of advice I gave her and would like your comments on:
- Being smart is a two-part thing. The first is the most important, and that is the configuration of your mind, its habits and patterns, the equipment YOU develop in there. The second is knowledge.
- Do not self censor. People who define themselves as "not smart" quash their own thoughts. The pattern is "brilliant idea/insight-NO WAIT I thought that and I am stupid, therefore that thought is stupid". Define yourself as smart to yourself- tell that story, and let your thoughts fly free like little... electrochymical birds or something.
- THINK. Be actively curious. Think about everything all the time. Why are roadsigns green? What evolutionary path could possibly have lead to that animal or plant having that feature? What would happen, really, if you were transported to 1922?
- Be brutal to yourself. Never accept not being able to figure something out. Put the work in. Stop only if you find yourself at a dead-end needing more evidence to work with, and strongly consider acquiring that information.
- Think about thinking. Analyze your thought processes critically. Know your mind and hack it when you want to.
- Read a lot. Read varied things, actively and critically. Read a book about Star Trek, move on to Sun Tsu, check out a nineteenth century novel that is not considered a classic.
- If you are magically inclined, open yourself to getting ideas and information from the aether. Consult with spirits in dreams, work on your telepathy and steal them from people's heads.
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13848-Be-a-smartie-every-day!&goto=newpost
My Pantheon/Reality Map
My Pantheon
Maw: The great devourer of Bio’s children. Maw was created by Bio to make nature stable and ever-changing so that no single child of Bio could disrupt the balance. Unfortunately, Maw has his own agenda. He has given his favor to preserve the spawn of Hume, lord of mankind and one of many children of Bio.
It is wise to know that Maw works in mysterious ways, and that he may one day decide to decimate or even destroy mankind when he decides that he no longer desires to bless them with his favor. Even in his perpetual state of defiance against the balance of Bio, he still must abide by the law of Bio and Univa.
Bio: The undisputed lord of all Biological life. It was he who gave the biospheres to Earth, and it is he who may take them away with the permission of Univa. All life is a game, and all life is His game. It was he who ended the lifeless stasis of the inorganic world. His only master is Mistress Univa, the great goddess of the cosmos.
It is because of her power that his children have become so widespread throughout the universe, surviving even in the most hostile of conditions.
Hume: The undisputed creator of mankind, and a greater child of Bio. His children are the psyche demons of mankind, and they are seemingly infinite in number. Many of these aspects have apparent relation to the other children of Bio. (I tend to think of Hume's children as individual levelled, not species wide. Example: one person's anger is not the same thoughtform as another person's anger).
The Three Goddesses of Storm and Quake
Thuna: The mistress of storms. She constantly schemes and devises plans for elemental constructs with her sister Aqua, many of which are bothersome and sometimes disastrous to the children of Hume.
Ruaka: the mistress of the ever changing rock and magma that shifts and shakes beneath the surface of the Earth. Volcanoes erupt, the earth shakes, and all of it happens in her name.
Aqua: The goddess of the oceans who aided Bio in the birthing of all Earthly life. One must not mistake her for a calm goddess of passive waters, for it is within her ability to lay siege to land.
Indu: The Lord of Technology and Mankind's tools. He has evolved from being a lord of rock tools and spears, to encompassing the great machinations mankind has created. He is the spark of mankind's brilliance, and perhaps the fire itself.
Atomis: The Nuclear-Powered Child of Indu.
More to come.
Maw: The great devourer of Bio’s children. Maw was created by Bio to make nature stable and ever-changing so that no single child of Bio could disrupt the balance. Unfortunately, Maw has his own agenda. He has given his favor to preserve the spawn of Hume, lord of mankind and one of many children of Bio.
It is wise to know that Maw works in mysterious ways, and that he may one day decide to decimate or even destroy mankind when he decides that he no longer desires to bless them with his favor. Even in his perpetual state of defiance against the balance of Bio, he still must abide by the law of Bio and Univa.
Bio: The undisputed lord of all Biological life. It was he who gave the biospheres to Earth, and it is he who may take them away with the permission of Univa. All life is a game, and all life is His game. It was he who ended the lifeless stasis of the inorganic world. His only master is Mistress Univa, the great goddess of the cosmos.
It is because of her power that his children have become so widespread throughout the universe, surviving even in the most hostile of conditions.
Hume: The undisputed creator of mankind, and a greater child of Bio. His children are the psyche demons of mankind, and they are seemingly infinite in number. Many of these aspects have apparent relation to the other children of Bio. (I tend to think of Hume's children as individual levelled, not species wide. Example: one person's anger is not the same thoughtform as another person's anger).
The Three Goddesses of Storm and Quake
Thuna: The mistress of storms. She constantly schemes and devises plans for elemental constructs with her sister Aqua, many of which are bothersome and sometimes disastrous to the children of Hume.
Ruaka: the mistress of the ever changing rock and magma that shifts and shakes beneath the surface of the Earth. Volcanoes erupt, the earth shakes, and all of it happens in her name.
Aqua: The goddess of the oceans who aided Bio in the birthing of all Earthly life. One must not mistake her for a calm goddess of passive waters, for it is within her ability to lay siege to land.
Indu: The Lord of Technology and Mankind's tools. He has evolved from being a lord of rock tools and spears, to encompassing the great machinations mankind has created. He is the spark of mankind's brilliance, and perhaps the fire itself.
Atomis: The Nuclear-Powered Child of Indu.
More to come.
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13847-My-Pantheon-Reality-Map&goto=newpost
darktide: Alexander McQueen Dress No. 13, spring/summer 1999
Alexander McQueen Dress No. 13, spring/summer 1999
darktide: Alexander McQueen Dress No. 13, spring/summer 1999
Alexander McQueen Dress No. 13, spring/summer 1999
What’s the Best Way to Protect Our Pagan Past?
From Wildhunt
Whether revived, re-imagined, reconstructed, or revealed, modern Pagan religions all look to our collective pre-Christian past for inspiration, connection, understanding, and a sense of continuity. Because of this phenomenon, many Pagans follow the world of_archaeology very closely, both for new information, and to monitor the preservation of objects and_artifacts_that reach back to a time when [...]
Would you like to know more?
Whether revived, re-imagined, reconstructed, or revealed, modern Pagan religions all look to our collective pre-Christian past for inspiration, connection, understanding, and a sense of continuity. Because of this phenomenon, many Pagans follow the world of_archaeology very closely, both for new information, and to monitor the preservation of objects and_artifacts_that reach back to a time when [...]
Would you like to know more?
Staying Moral
This is a post asking about what spiritual, ritualistic, occultic means you have to be able to stay moral or transmute the feelings that make it difficult to stay ethical in behavior or at least refine them into something that isn't as destructive. Moral in this case what you believe to be right and what your ideals are.
I've found out by doing a ritual for a specific goal, refocuses my mind on achieving that goal. Recently, I've been doing chants to acquire money, and by having my mind completely focused on one thing seems to make it easier to retain self control (including my temper) instead of letting it wander around like it usually does. Lack of focus or concentration= more emotional and more impulsive = more likely to screw up.
I also found The Bornless One incantation makes it easier to exert my own will over my self, and easier to over come laziness.
What means do you have or have used to so you can keep doing what you think is right?
I've found out by doing a ritual for a specific goal, refocuses my mind on achieving that goal. Recently, I've been doing chants to acquire money, and by having my mind completely focused on one thing seems to make it easier to retain self control (including my temper) instead of letting it wander around like it usually does. Lack of focus or concentration= more emotional and more impulsive = more likely to screw up.
I also found The Bornless One incantation makes it easier to exert my own will over my self, and easier to over come laziness.
What means do you have or have used to so you can keep doing what you think is right?
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13845-Staying-Moral&goto=newpost
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bohemea: Winona Ryder – Flaunt by Warwick Saint, December 1999
Winona Ryder - Flaunt by Warwick Saint, December 1999
ego death..many meanings..im sure
anyone have suggestions bout this type thing..
i had many occult type personal events in the last 4 months ..
i had a EGO death type expierience ..
youre thoughts?
Julian Bluefire
8/31/2011
i had many occult type personal events in the last 4 months ..
i had a EGO death type expierience ..
youre thoughts?
Julian Bluefire
8/31/2011
Valuation of Your Car and Driver
We talk a lot on forums (everywhere) about success and results and delusion. I watch people debate what is real, what results are, argue about one person’s results not being successful because Person A doesn’t define Person B’s idea of success the same as their own. And that is basically all it boils down to.
This is really no different than outside occultism. Jon Doe thinks he is a success because he has a good job, supports his family and lives a comfortable happy life. Joel Doe thinks Jon’s a sucker who will never experience “true” success because he doesn’t own a jet and have four million dollars in the bank. Success is an individual thing, something based on an individual valuation system and that system is different for each person.
If you value insight and you get it, you are successful. If you value material objects and get it, you are successful. The one thing I really do not understand and it is painful to watch are the ones who value one thing, get another and cannot look past it to get anything out of it.
Perhaps it is this general perspective of life that influences us more than anyone realizes, or wants to. Simple things are generally discarded as not useful.
An example of this is a magician that is working an operation with, let’s say, the object being to gain a new home. Instead, he has a dream about getting a new job and in his dismay that his conjuration for a home was not successful, he looks at the job offer that is actually presented to him in real life, after his dream, in disdain and doesn’t take it. And then the job he does have is lost as the business goes down and now he can’t even afford the home he is already in. And woe unto him that does not understand the position he is in, or cannot see past his nose.
For me personally, I tend to value things and ideas by what I get out of them. I really don’t care where they are from, what book, what epiphany, what mundane or magical guise they show up in. I don’t even care if the are real or not, what I do care about is their value to me.
I’ve had a lot of things go on in my life good, bad, ugly, awesome, divine and I value each of them for what I have gotten out of them. The interesting thing for me is, I seem to get more out of things than many people and I wonder if it’s just me or due to the magical works I have put in or a combination thereof. I tend to think it’s a combination.
We each have a personality and nature of some sort, our Will. The big double u. And my Will be done, so may it ever be. I’ve been at this stuff a while and it never ceases to grip me that there is so much more to discover, learn, be inspired by…and value. You hear words and phrases and look up meanings and meditate…sometimes you get off track by some idea or another and adventure off to explore some more fancy regions of what we call occultism, metaphysics or spirituality…and then suddenly the key is turned…and !OH! THAT’S what THAT means! But you knew what it meant all along…although you did not value it because you didn’t know how to apply it, how to value it…didn’t know exactly what you should be getting out of it until suddenly. Holey rusted metal, Batman!
People generally do not value what they find of no significance. I don’t value one system of magic over another because I find equal value in all of them, their significance in my life fluctuates over what I value most, which is generally being and enjoying my life. I figure this is the life I have here, this one…if there is another one coming I’ll deal with that if/when reincarnation is an issue but right now I don’t see any reason to value and enjoy what I have and move towards more of that in the future.
I've had some discussions about disease, health and infirmities (whether or not any unhealthy/diseased/disabled magician should be practicing). I won’t get into who should be doing what and when, as I think magic is an area beneficial to all people no matter what may be imperfect about them. Although beneficial and of value are two different things. Something could be beneficial but if the individual finds no value in it it basically renders it all moot simply because someone is not going to get out of something what they could or might if they refuse to be open to its value.
Magic is like fixing a car. It pays to understand the workings of everything under the hood to be able to repair it. Although it doesn’t matter if you know all that to drive it. One can simply “drive” magic all around and it would be good, although if something happened to the engine you wouldn’t know how to fix it. When fixing a car engine or troubleshooting some malfunction, it pays to study and understand how it all works together on some level, even if you don’t completely understand how each piece works. I can replace an alternator without knowing exactly what is going on inside it, but it helps to know what an alternator does when the car won’t start to be able to know if it’s the problem or not.
So you (magician) are driving around your spiritual self (car) and you are in bliss going down the interstate (life experience). You hit a bump in the road (different worldview) and your car shakes and shimmies and sputters and dies. You pull over and scratch your head…but…this doesn’t make sense, you say, I was driving right, I did everything correctly, I should be successful, I should have results dammit! But yet there the magician is with his car on the side of the road with the hazards on.
This is really no different than outside occultism. Jon Doe thinks he is a success because he has a good job, supports his family and lives a comfortable happy life. Joel Doe thinks Jon’s a sucker who will never experience “true” success because he doesn’t own a jet and have four million dollars in the bank. Success is an individual thing, something based on an individual valuation system and that system is different for each person.
If you value insight and you get it, you are successful. If you value material objects and get it, you are successful. The one thing I really do not understand and it is painful to watch are the ones who value one thing, get another and cannot look past it to get anything out of it.
Perhaps it is this general perspective of life that influences us more than anyone realizes, or wants to. Simple things are generally discarded as not useful.
An example of this is a magician that is working an operation with, let’s say, the object being to gain a new home. Instead, he has a dream about getting a new job and in his dismay that his conjuration for a home was not successful, he looks at the job offer that is actually presented to him in real life, after his dream, in disdain and doesn’t take it. And then the job he does have is lost as the business goes down and now he can’t even afford the home he is already in. And woe unto him that does not understand the position he is in, or cannot see past his nose.
For me personally, I tend to value things and ideas by what I get out of them. I really don’t care where they are from, what book, what epiphany, what mundane or magical guise they show up in. I don’t even care if the are real or not, what I do care about is their value to me.
I’ve had a lot of things go on in my life good, bad, ugly, awesome, divine and I value each of them for what I have gotten out of them. The interesting thing for me is, I seem to get more out of things than many people and I wonder if it’s just me or due to the magical works I have put in or a combination thereof. I tend to think it’s a combination.
We each have a personality and nature of some sort, our Will. The big double u. And my Will be done, so may it ever be. I’ve been at this stuff a while and it never ceases to grip me that there is so much more to discover, learn, be inspired by…and value. You hear words and phrases and look up meanings and meditate…sometimes you get off track by some idea or another and adventure off to explore some more fancy regions of what we call occultism, metaphysics or spirituality…and then suddenly the key is turned…and !OH! THAT’S what THAT means! But you knew what it meant all along…although you did not value it because you didn’t know how to apply it, how to value it…didn’t know exactly what you should be getting out of it until suddenly. Holey rusted metal, Batman!
People generally do not value what they find of no significance. I don’t value one system of magic over another because I find equal value in all of them, their significance in my life fluctuates over what I value most, which is generally being and enjoying my life. I figure this is the life I have here, this one…if there is another one coming I’ll deal with that if/when reincarnation is an issue but right now I don’t see any reason to value and enjoy what I have and move towards more of that in the future.
I've had some discussions about disease, health and infirmities (whether or not any unhealthy/diseased/disabled magician should be practicing). I won’t get into who should be doing what and when, as I think magic is an area beneficial to all people no matter what may be imperfect about them. Although beneficial and of value are two different things. Something could be beneficial but if the individual finds no value in it it basically renders it all moot simply because someone is not going to get out of something what they could or might if they refuse to be open to its value.
Magic is like fixing a car. It pays to understand the workings of everything under the hood to be able to repair it. Although it doesn’t matter if you know all that to drive it. One can simply “drive” magic all around and it would be good, although if something happened to the engine you wouldn’t know how to fix it. When fixing a car engine or troubleshooting some malfunction, it pays to study and understand how it all works together on some level, even if you don’t completely understand how each piece works. I can replace an alternator without knowing exactly what is going on inside it, but it helps to know what an alternator does when the car won’t start to be able to know if it’s the problem or not.
So you (magician) are driving around your spiritual self (car) and you are in bliss going down the interstate (life experience). You hit a bump in the road (different worldview) and your car shakes and shimmies and sputters and dies. You pull over and scratch your head…but…this doesn’t make sense, you say, I was driving right, I did everything correctly, I should be successful, I should have results dammit! But yet there the magician is with his car on the side of the road with the hazards on.
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13842-Valuation-of-Your-Car-and-Driver&goto=newpost
Haven’t heard this song in for-fucking-ever! We used to…
Haven’t heard this song in for-fucking-ever! We used to blast this in my high school photography class (and “Work It” by Missy Elliot). Loved that class.
omgthatdress: Model Velvet D’Amour walks the runway for…
Model Velvet D’Amour walks the runway for Gaultier in 2006.
Fierce.
Hellraising as a tradition
So... for all us LHP-inclined out there, and also those of us who needn't trifle with things like "preserving reputation," this thread is sort of a goody-box of tools to ease the conscience and eliminate the boredom of tolerating boring people's boring problems!
I will begin with a simple but most empowering mantra that Whimsy and Vinncent ought to know very well...
And a somewhat modified version of the SATOR Square, which I created recently on a no-parking sign for someone else to find and put to use...
I will begin with a simple but most empowering mantra that Whimsy and Vinncent ought to know very well...
And a somewhat modified version of the SATOR Square, which I created recently on a no-parking sign for someone else to find and put to use...
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13841-Hellraising-as-a-tradition&goto=newpost
misskeen: Lucie Robinson / Harper’s Bazaar Czech September…
Lucie Robinson / Harper’s Bazaar Czech September 2011.