artofthegestour:

• The Rosicrucians were a thing.
• Hermeticism, Neo-Platonism, and The Order of the Golden Dawn are all things. A lot, if not all of them, consider themselves Christian. (Also, check out how the Golden Dawn was instrumental in the formation of Thelema and Gardner’s Wicca and thus, further down the line, the formation of Neo-Wicca. Whoops.)
• John Dee’s Enochian system is also a thing.
• Braucherei is a thing.
• Hoodoo is a thing, and yes, it is Christian folk magic. I’ve seen a lot of borrowing from hoodoo floating around in Paganism where hoodoo oils, powders, spells, etc. are essentially copied and people just change the names and omit the psalm or prayer recitations.
• The Scandinavian svarte boken, Cyprianus texts, and other forms of Christian folk magic and folk medicine are all things and yes, surviving historical texts do exist.
• There are certainly more examples than this that I am forgetting or haven’t found yet.

Christowitches have existed for a long, long, long time. They will continue to exist. Your discomfort with their existence doesn’t change that, and they don’t need your approval or permission to exist.

Edit: Yes, I’m aware that some of the thing mentioned above are systems where some or all of the members did not consider themselves “witches”. I do know individuals involved in some of the above who consider themselves witches regardless.

Esotericism, magic or occult system, and witchcraft are not all the same thing but are often addressed as if they are in informal discussions.

While it is certainly the case that Christian Witches have existed for a long time, some of the scholarship in the above is pretty terrible:

• Rosicrucianism (“Rosy Cross”) and The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn are not witchcraft at all, but Christian mysticism.  The fact that there might be a Rosicrucian who is also a Witch or a Golden Dawn Initiate who is also a Witch does not make those Witchcraft any more than my membership in professional Infosec groups makes those Witchcraft.
• John Dee was not a Witch, but a Christian Ceremonial Magician.
• Hoodoo is an example of religious syncretism.  Simply calling it “Christian witchcraft” erases alot of history that should not be erased.

kweengem:

siddharthasmama:

suntoobrightinherlosingeyes:

futurastic:

UNLOCKING THE TRUTH  is two sixth-grade metalheads from Flatbush, Brooklyn

so good

these boys give me all the feels ;-;

i adore them

Proof positive that I am not the only metalhead who wears a bow tie.

\mm/ <—- too metal for one hand

nevver:

Things You Need To Know Before Your Next Job Interview

Hiring manager me tells you this poster shows truth.

moniquill:

abaldwin360:

sanityscraps:

kanyeismykhaleesi:

ask4permission1st:

brundletobrundle:

LOGIC

What is this a comparison too ?

Rape cases I think

but the moronic thing about it is

is that usually hitting kids with your car is not a conscious choice and is instead an accident? Raping someone is a CHOICE, and someone needs to inform whatever dumb-fuck made this. Telling people to drive safe and having rules to enforce that isn’t even a bad idea so ????? this is what happens when people with no idea what they’re talking about are allowed to enter the conversation on the internet

but what about the poor men who didn’t realize they raped someone now their lives are ruined waaahhh QQ

The person who made this image is stupid, and they should feel stupid.

…also can we talk about the fact that we DO, loudly and often, tell drivers not to hit pedestrians?

And that when it happens, the driver is nearly always held at fault?

Because aside from this graphic being asinine, it’s also incorrect.

And taking this analogy one further, can someone please tell me where the crosswalk analogies are for rape? Where are ‘safe’ places?

And while were at it, when was the last time someone successfully defended against a case of reckless driving or vehicular manslaughter with “but they didn’t look both ways!”

Thought so.

abillionlittlestars:

sleeping-patterns:

goynif:

abillionlittlestars:

what my drawing turned into. for whatever reason, i dive into random art projects every time i’m on break… this developed from an idea i had a few days ago to combine a star of david with an infinity symbol… two symbols that have a very deep significance for me and for my life. if you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ve read the story about the number 8 (the infinity symbol)… and so much of my journey at Biola has been about loving and appreciating the Old Testament and Judaism (Star of David). as i began to sketch this, i realized that without thinking about it, i had made the infinity symbol unbroken, and the Star of David broken up around it. this represents that while Jesus was from the line of David and Judaism is still important, we are now unbound by the Jewish law and Jesus trumps all. i’ve been planning for a while now to get a matching infinity symbol tattoo with my mom this summer, but i might actually get a simpler, black-and-white Star of David wrapped around it (without the vines. i’ve already drawn it, i’ll upload a picture later). i’d love to have permanently inked on my skin that i’m a permanent, grafted-in member of Israel and that God is divinely intervening in every detail of my life (8). more later! also, please don’t steal my idea of combining symbols without talking to me first. 

For the love of fuck, don’t do this one.  You are not a “grafted in member of Israel.”  You’re a goy.  You’re a Christian.  Being Christian doesn’t “graft you in” to Israel.  In fact, Christianity has been trying for a long time to destroy Jewish heritage down to the roots.  You don’t get to be part of our tree, no matter how much you might love Judaism.  If you love Judaism, don’t appropriate our symbols to make you feel special and connected.  Work instead to make Christian communities aware of their entitled, appropriative attitude towards Jews, Judaism, and Jewish symbols — starting with yourself.

Bolded for truth, because this goy seems slow to grasp it.

Anyone else appreciating the irony of this person requesting that no one “steals their symbol” without asking?!

To the two who reblogged this and added to it, and to anyone else I may have offended by this post:

I’m so sorry to have offended you. I hope you know that I truly meant no offence, I simply wanted to share something that represented my journey and relationship with God, and meant it as an encouragement to those who have been following my blog/are familiar with my story, etc. 

Because you persist in the offensive activity, your apology is unacceptable.  No one cares what your intent is, we are discussing the effects of your actions by taking a symbol that is not your and using it to tell a lie.

To “goynif.tumblr.com”, firstly, I’m completely open to having an honest and friendly conversation about this, but I would prefer to refrain from using swearing and offensive terms such as “goy.” I would ask that you do the same, simply so that we can both accurately represent our faiths and cultures.

Fuck you and fuck your tone argument, thief. 

Secondly, the term “grafted in to Israel” that I used in my post is not something that I simply made up and created my own significance of, it is Scriptural. 

Galatians 3:7 says, “Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.”

You understand that from a Jewish perspective you follow a false messiah, right?

You understand that Judaism places absolutely no weight on the New Testament, right?

And the same chapter, verses 26-29: “So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”

In Christ, there is neither Jew nor Gentile.  In Judaism, there’s Jews and Gentiles, and you’re not a Jew.  The authors bore you a false witness and you are bearing it in your turn.  If that’s what floats your boat, go right ahead as long as you stick to doing it with goyische stuff like the New Testament, leave the Mogen David and Israel out of it because they’re not yours.

What you say about some Christians attempting to destroy Jewish roots is true - there are countless Christians that I know that blatantly disregard and disrespect Judaism and Jewish culture in general.

You see a Christian who disrespects Judaism and Jewish culture in the mirror.

I hope this helped to explain my point of view. I recognize that the symbol I created is offensive - but the motivation behind it was to symbolize that not only are the two (Judaism and Christianity) now one (see Ephesians 3), but that the two can live together and respect and appreciate one another while still loving the same Savior.

Your motivation does not matter, only your impact.

How can you claim to respect and appreciate Judaism when you can’t get it through your head that Jesus is not the Jewish Messiah?  If you want to show your respect and appreciation for Judaism, keep your hands off Jewish culture.  It’s not yours.  If you want to show your respect and appreciation for Judaism, don’t claim to be a part of Israel in any way, shape, or form.  You’re not.  You’re a goy

I’m happy to answer any other questions and discuss anything further, with you two or with anyone else who was offended/intrigued by this post. I only ask that you keep it intellectual, rather than assuming things and hurling emotional arguments, and that you treat me with respect, as I have attempted to treat you.

If you wish to be treated with respect, behave respectably.  Right now all you are is a thief and a liar, and will continue to be treated as such as long as you persist in that behavior.

poetrygui:

Please, spread the world, they can’t take our freedom, they can’t control us, they can’t do what they want with us.

“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

Use the tags Brazil and Brazilian and help everyone.

This seems an opportune moment to link to Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura’s classic “Dictatorshit”

thearcanetheory:

yafilasteen:

Israel supporters often throw around a common assertion: that the Palestinian Arabs are no different from the other Arabs in the region, and since Israel is bordered by 4 Arab countries, the Palestinians would feel just at home in Jordan or Syria. Seeing as the Palestinians are in no way culturally distinct from their neighbors, why do they have a right to the land that had once been a part of a Jewish state and is today the only Jewish state while there are currently 22 Arab states?

We must first ask ourselves “who are the Palestinians?” Palestinians are an amalgamation of pretty much all of the people that have ever lived on that land. They even have a significant amount of Jewish blood in them, however today, they compromise mostly Palestinian Arabs. It is also important to note that before Israel was created as a state, Jews living in Palestine identified largely as “Palestinian Jews” as well.

Walid Khalidi writes that Palestinians in Ottoman times were “[a]cutely aware of the distinctiveness of Palestinian history …” and “[a]lthough proud of their Arab heritage and ancestry, the Palestinians considered themselves to be descended not only from Arab conquerors of the seventh century but also from indigenous peoples who had lived in the country since time immemorial, including the ancient Hebrews and the Canaanites before them.”

By asserting that Palestinians do not exist, you’re erasing over 1, 000 years of Palestinian culture, which is quite distinct to other Arab cultures. A culture that has gradually developed over time.

You also erase the history of the Palestinian people, and trust me, it goes further back than the Islamic caliphate conquest of the 7th century.

You also say that by a Palestinian people not existing, you assert that the Arab people living in historic Palestine are not worthy of a national identity, unlike their Israeli counterparts.

By also denying Palestinians a national identity, you make the dangerous assertion that the Palestinian Arab people are not native, and who are just “invaders out to prevent Jews from living in their land.”

Most importantly, by erasing Palestinian people, you’re erasing their struggles and victories. You’re erasing the struggle for liberation mainly, and even their struggles as ordinary people.

Detractors have no right to say that the Palestinians do not have a right to a state, because by making such an audacious statement they are erasing Palestinian struggles, the reality of daily life in a land that proclaims itself a democracy but that tramples on the rights of the Palestinian people. People who live under Israeli jurisdiction and yet have no rights to speak of because they lack citizenship.

You also erase the great achievements and contributions of our people such as Yasser Arafat, Tawfiq Canaan, Emile Habibi, Edward Said, Remi Kanazi, Suheir Hammad, Juliano Mer-Khamis, etc.

Just because we never had an independent state, or that nationalism didn’t arise til the 19th c., that does not make our national identity or us as people non-existent.

I’d also like to add, if I may, that insisting that Palestinians “don’t exist” as a people is hypocritical in the extreme.

Groups self-define. Groups delineate their own borders, and criteria for membership. Groups can pioneer national independence movements.

How is denying the validity of the peoplehood and national identity of the Palestinians any different to goyim who insist Jews are Khazars, and/or that Jews have no right to self-rule?

tarnagona:

holzmantweed:

phillypagan:

ezanias:

Dear all little Witch-lits taking the selfies.

STAHP IT!

Seriously it makes you seem needy and stupid, Magick is about enlightenment, empowerment and understanding the universe…


AND NOT ABOUT WHO HAS THE SEXIEST BOD



Seriously…

Lots of hate

The Witch-Boy

How does showing…

In project management, when a project fails, it is not uncommon to perform a failure analysis in order to understand why the project failed so that other projects may benefit from the lessons learned.

Let us, then, perform a failure analysis of ezanias, “The Witch-Boy,” as exemplified by the above screed and his other follow-ups to it.

Let’s start with the four cornerstones of power: To Know, To Will, To Dare, and To Keep Silent.  The analysis of the last is self-evident and we need give it no further treatment.  In the above screed, he demonstrates a fundamental failure to grasp the first three as well.

At the core of the power to Know is the imperative to Know oneself.  Seriously, how are you going to “understand the universe” if you can’t even understand yourself?  By speaking against doing a thing because it makes you “seem” this way or that, he demonstrates a rejection of such knowledge, as well as the Daring required to openly acknowledge it and exert the Will do accept or alter it.

By calling it “stupid” — or even stupid seeming — he demonstrates that he hasn’t yet figured out the bullshit nature of the Appolonian/Dionysian split.  Hint to the peanut gallery:  If you pose sexiness as at odds with enlightenment, you understand neither and your witchcraft will suck.

And what are we to make of him reacting to a group, mostly women, Daring to enact the Will in accordance with their Knowledge with “lots of hate?”  I’m trying hard to find a way to navigate that without concluding a large dose of misogyny on his part, but I’m not managing it.

You fail from start to finish, “witch-boy.”  Go away and come back once you’ve found some clues.

Hello, I have no idea who you are, but that is, I think, the best answer to this post I have read so far.  Four for you, holzmantweed; you go, holzmantweed.

Thank you, and pleased to make your acquaintance!

phillypagan:

ezanias:

Dear all little Witch-lits taking the selfies.

STAHP IT!

Seriously it makes you seem needy and stupid, Magick is about enlightenment, empowerment and understanding the universe…


AND NOT ABOUT WHO HAS THE SEXIEST BOD



Seriously…

Lots of hate

The Witch-Boy

How does showing…

In project management, when a project fails, it is not uncommon to perform a failure analysis in order to understand why the project failed so that other projects may benefit from the lessons learned.

Let us, then, perform a failure analysis of ezanias, “The Witch-Boy,” as exemplified by the above screed and his other follow-ups to it.

Let’s start with the four cornerstones of power: To Know, To Will, To Dare, and To Keep Silent.  The analysis of the last is self-evident and we need give it no further treatment.  In the above screed, he demonstrates a fundamental failure to grasp the first three as well.

At the core of the power to Know is the imperative to Know oneself.  Seriously, how are you going to “understand the universe” if you can’t even understand yourself?  By speaking against doing a thing because it makes you “seem” this way or that, he demonstrates a rejection of such knowledge, as well as the Daring required to openly acknowledge it and exert the Will do accept or alter it.

By calling it “stupid” — or even stupid seeming — he demonstrates that he hasn’t yet figured out the bullshit nature of the Appolonian/Dionysian split.  Hint to the peanut gallery:  If you pose sexiness as at odds with enlightenment, you understand neither and your witchcraft will suck.

And what are we to make of him reacting to a group, mostly women, Daring to enact the Will in accordance with their Knowledge with “lots of hate?”  I’m trying hard to find a way to navigate that without concluding a large dose of misogyny on his part, but I’m not managing it.

You fail from start to finish, “witch-boy.”  Go away and come back once you’ve found some clues.

shaunabrooke:

“We’ve made our sacred fire. We’re going to stand our ground here.”

Seismic trucks won’t pass, says Elsipogtog war chief, calls for help from all Nations

BY MILES HOWE

ELSIPOGTOG, NEW BRUNSWICK – A sacred fire, which must burn continuously and be monitored for four days, has been lit by Mi’kmaq peoples from all corners of traditional Mi’kma’ki, who have gathered in the New Brunswick community of Elsipogtog. They, as well as non-Indigenous peoples from the local communities and beyond, have now begun to congregate in a field – with permission given by the owner – adjacent to the junction of highway 126 and highway 116 west.

The gathering, which now comprises about 40 people, is directly in the path of seismic testing trucks – or “thumpers” – that are conducting geological surveying on behalf of SWN Resources Canada. SWN is exploring for shale gas deposits. Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples worry that the seismic testing will lead to hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – of Kent County, much of which is under exploratory lease to SWN.

Elsipogotg war chief John Levi has noted that the gathering will remain peaceful, but that the seismic testing will not be allowed to continue past the sacred fire.

“We’re not going to let them pass. This is the reason why we’ve set up,” Levi told the Halifax Media Co-op. “We’ve made our sacred fire. We’re going to stand our ground here. This would be the spot here, so we’re asking for support from all non-Native and Native peoples.”