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“ The St Andrew Day –
Young girls hope and pray…”
29/30 November in Poland is the day of mysterious parties with the candles and future telling games,
called Andrzejki (St Andrew Day)– the same as in the very past, but nowadays treated as a fun.
There are hundreds of ideas of how to find out about the future, namely the marriage, lucky or unlucky love
and prosperous or poor perspectives. The most popular practices are wax pouring and shoes competition.
The most spectacular is pouring liquid wax into water. The shape which formed as the wax solidified is then
illuminated to throw it’s shadow on the wall. The shape of the shadow gives the opportunity for unlimited
interpretation, which is fun for all participants.
The shoes competition is reserved for the girls only. All of them took off their left shoes and put them in a line one
after the other. Then this line of shoes “walk” to the door, the last moving to the front on by one, thus walking
forward. The girl who’s shoe reach the door first, would be the first to get married.
It is a night of magic and divination
Small Oxeye Daisy Macro from Lockdown walk around the garden. It was thought to be strongly linked to divination, particularly in France, where it would be used in romantic predictions. These links to divination have filtered down to the modern game of ‘he loves me, he loves me not’ where petals are picked to determine luck in love.
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It's been awhile, and that's mostly because I took a long break from SL. Thankfully I'm back and RPing once more.
This is Felix Amberdale, a potion and divination shop owner on a sim called Bitterwick Harbor.
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
Grey heron
Graureiher Grey Heron.
Standing up to 1 m tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2.2 to 4.4 lb). They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown.
The birds breed colonially in spring in "heronries", usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for around 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when 7-8 weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about 5 years.
In Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, 400 herons were served to the guests.
Questo imponente albero cresciuto all’interno della chiesa è un fico. Nel cartello che lo descrive leggo quanto segue:
Il Genius loci (che possiamo tradurre “lo spirito del luogo”) nella mitologia romana era l’entità soprannaturale caratteristica di un determinato luogo. Questo spirito poteva essere rappresentato da qualsiasi oggetto. Il Genius loci di Monterano forse si è rifugiato in questo antico albero di fico. Il fico, del resto, nel mondo antico era l’albero sacro ad Atena, dea della saggezza e a Dioniso dio del vino, simbolo di immortalità , abbondanza e fecondità. Gli antichi sacerdoti praticavano la sicomazia, un metodo di divinazione attraverso le foglie di fico. I suoi frutti, freschi o essiccati hanno sempre costituito una importante fonte alimentare per l’uomo, oltre che per tantissimi animali. Questo antico albero è stato protagonista di tanti film e sceneggiati girati sotto le sue fronde, tra cui il film “Il marchese del Grillo” di Mario Monicelli con Alberto Sordi (1981).
This impressive tree grown inside the church is a fig tree. In the sign that describes it I read the following:
The Genius loci (which we can translate "the spirit of the place") in Roman mythology was the supernatural entity characteristic of a given place. This spirit could be represented by any object. The genius loci of Monterano could have taken refuge in this ancient fig tree. The fig tree, moreover, in the ancient world was the sacred tree of Athena, goddess of wisdom and of Dionysus, god of wine, symbol of immortality, abundance and fruitfulness. The ancient priests practiced the sicomazia, a method of divination through fig leaves. Its fruits, fresh or dried, have always been an important food source for humans, as well as for many animals. This ancient tree was the protagonist of many films and screenplays filmed under its branches, including the film "Il marchese del Grillo" by Mario Monicelli with Alberto Sordi (1981).
Odin is the god of wisdom, poetry, death, divination, and magic in Norse mythology.
This is a sculpture on the exterior wall of the Oslo city Hall. The inscription reads: "Odin, the most powerful of Gods, is riding his eight legged Sleipner, the fastest stallion in the world. Odin's spear Gungne stakes everything he hurries it at. On his arm he has the valuable ring Draupne, which drips eight equally beautiful rings every ninth night. Odin's two ravens, Hugin (thought) and Munin (memory) fly out every day into the wide world and bring news back to their master. Here they guide Odin in the twilight of the forest."
Hylotelephium telephium (synonym Sedum telephium), known as orpine, livelong, frog's-stomach, harping Johnny, life-everlasting, live-forever, midsummer-men, Orphan John and witch's moneybags, is a succulent perennial groundcover of the family Crassulaceae native to Eurasia. The flowers are held in dense heads and can be reddish or yellowish-white. A number of cultivars, often with purplish leaves, are grown in gardens as well as hybrids between this species and the related Hylotelephium spectabile (iceplant), especially the popular 'Herbstfreude' ('Autumn Joy').
Sedum is widely considered to be an unnatural catch-all taxonomic grouping. That clade, originally given the informal name Telephium and later Hylotelephium, was given the taxonomic rank of tribe Telephieae. The name Hylotelephium telephium has been widely, but not universally adopted.
The name Telephium was thought to be named after a surgical term for an ulcer that was particularly difficult to cure. This in turn was named after King Telephus who suffered from a spear wound that would not heal.
The plant has been used medicinally, being used by the Romans to treat wounds, and in later times to treat internal ulcers. It has also been used for love-divination.
Psilocybe (mushrooms) 281 24
Psilocybe is a genus of gilled mushrooms, growing worldwide, in the family Hymenogastraceae. Most or nearly all species contain the psychedelic compounds psilocybin, psilocin and baeocystin.
Psilocybe fruit bodies are typically small, nondescript mushrooms with a typical "little brown mushroom" morphology. Macroscopically, they are characterized by their small to occasionally medium size, brown to yellow-brown coloration, with a typically hygrophanous cap, and a spore print-color that ranges from lilac-brown to dark purple-brown
Geographically, species in this genus are found throughout the world in most biomes.. The greatest species diversity seems to be in the neotropics, from Mesoamerica through Brazil and Chile.Hallucinogenic species of Psilocybe have a long history of use among the native peoples of Mesoamerica for religious communion, divination, and healing, from pre-Columbian times up to the present day.
This Heron had a bit of a day, he was harrassed by these Black Hedded Gulls, then decided to harras a Little Egret himself, this is a selected photo from a sequence of images.
The Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
Standing up to 1 m tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2.2 to 4.4 lb). They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown.
The birds breed colonially in spring in "heronries", usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for around 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when 7-8 weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about 5 years.
In Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, 400 herons were served to the guests.
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On each shoulder Odin has a black raven, Hugin and Munin ("Thought" and "Memory", respectively). They see every movement on the ground and hear every little sound. Nothing can be kept hidden from Hugin and Munin.
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The corridors were dark, probably scarier than Tove had ever imagined them before as she snuck around the corner. Any minute now a prefect could come across her and her lit wand. The lions heart pounded with anxiety and adventure as she reached the ladder to the classroom. Divinations was her flavour of the year, she wanted to study where the atmosphere excited her and the feeling was there in the classroom. One last look around she placed her wand in her mouth between her teeth, the clack of biting down on the wood was the only sound but it sounded like a beacon telling the prefects right where to find her.
The divinations classroom was spooky and dark with only her lumos lighting the way to her favourite table. Quietly she sat with a soft creak sounding through the room. "Alright. Let's do this." ... Setting the wand down she opened her bag and pulled out a book before grabbing the tarot cards off the table. "Love..." she started pulling cards with a shaky hand, every so often glancing towards the attic door as if expecting to see another wand light exposing her and her delinquent behaviour. "Knight of Pentacles reversed... um I think that's being brave. Knights are brave right?" she whispered wrongly before putting the card down and pulling another. "Temperance reversed, I'm not hostile." she grumbled before sliding another card off the pile. "Three of wands... reversed again?!" she groaned putting her head down and scratching her fingers through her pale locks. This study session was meant to empower her but instead it was like a roast show staring herself for herself.
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I'm coming up only to show you wrong
To the outside the dead leaves, they're on the lawn
Before they died, had trees to hang their hope
At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral
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Qur’an Manuscript, Gwalior, India, dated 7 Dhu’l-Qa’da 801 AH / 11 July, 1399: This is a rate intact, signed, and dated copy of the Qur’an produced in northern India in the late 1300s. It has many interesting features: it is written in three colours in the Bihari script, used only in the Indian subcontinent; it includes a Persian-language translation below each line of Arabic; it is decorated with illumination marking the thirty sections (Juz’) of the Qur’an; and it has a guide to divination at the end of the Qur’anic text.
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Halloween (also known as All Hallows' eve or All Saints' eve) is a celebration on 31october.
It is believed that Halloween has it's origins in Celtic harvest festivals which have pagan's roots in Samhain. And Samhain was Christianized as Halloween.
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating , attending Halloween costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing and divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories and watching horror films.
In the Philippines, during Halloween, Filipinos return to their hometowns and purchase candles and flowers, in preparation for the following All Saints Day (Araw ng mga Patay) on 1 November
As for the part of the Halloween costumes, we bring to you some Halloween masks.
Happy Halloween my friends!
These dice are hand made from round ball bullets (by yours truly). During the American Civil War, as in most armies, men found ways to pass the hours of boredom while in camp. Games of chance were one of the main ways they fought boredom. In this instance pistol ammunition was flattened and patterned to create dice. Chess pieces were sometimes made from the 58 caliber Minie ball, a conical shaped bullet used in the muskets of the time. The dice are shown here resting on a couple of face cards from a deck of cards from the period. (A lot of men could not read numbers but they could count the spots, so playing cards did not have numbers on the corners as they do now.)
And now, TMI -
Dice are incredibly old, with precursors like marked animal knucklebones dating back to around 6000 BCE ( Mesopotamia/Iran), while the first cube-shaped dice appeared around 3000 BCE in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley, used for games, divination, and rituals, evolving from simple bones to the numbered cubes we know today.
Early Origins (Pre-3000 BCE)
Knucklebones (Astragali): The earliest "dice" were actually astragali (knucklebones of sheep or other animals) used for fortune-telling and games, with some dated to 6000 BCE in Iran and around 5000 BCE in Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Four-Sided Dice: Pyramidal, four-sided dice were also used around this time, as seen in the Royal Game of Ur.
The First Cubes (c. 3000 BCE)
Mesopotamia & Egypt: Cube-shaped dice made from bone, stone, or wood emerged, marking the beginning of dice resembling modern ones.
Indus Valley: Dice found here date to roughly 3000 BCE.
Roman Era & Beyond
Greco-Roman Period: Cubic dice became common for board games, often with the opposite sides summing to seven (though not always).
Materials: Early dice were bone, ivory, or stone; later, marble, bronze, and other materials were used.
In essence, humans have been rolling dice for at least 5,000 years, with their form evolving from natural bones to precisely crafted cubes.
188 Anyuan Rd., Shanghai
This joss stick and candle store is located next to one of the most famous Buddhist monasteries in Shanghai. It not only sells joss sticks and candles, but also offers services such as fortune telling, divination, feng shui, and naming children.
But I doubt anyone would be in the mood to pass between the two women at the gateway and leave his/her fate to the darkened store room behind them.
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Linda Rotua Sormin: Uncertain Ground is the culmination of over 20 years of remarkable exploration and innovation, bringing together clay, sculpture, video, sound, hand-cut watercolour painting, and digital fabrication in a multi-sensory environment that asks how life in the modern, cosmopolitan city can coexist with memories and experiences of our ancestral traditions.
Raised in Canada and Thailand, artist Linda Rotua Sormin has emerged as a leading voice in sculpture with her fearless, monumental structures. Continually pushing clay beyond its limits, Sormin’s web-like forms burst through the boundaries of the medium, literally breaking apart and re-convening in new forms. Colonial artifacts, everyday kitsch, and fragments from the artist’s studio floor dangle and nestle within the latticework.
In her first solo museum exhibition and largest project to date, Sormin delves into her lineage among the Batak people of Sumatra in the Indonesian archipelago, exploring how images and ideas of her ancestors have, sometimes unwittingly, infused her artistic practice. She studied traditional Batak divination books, available to her only in European museum collections, with access strictly controlled, as well as the script and spoken language of her ancestors. Building on her research, Sormin weaves a rich family history of shamanic and other spiritual practices fragmented by colonialism, Christianization, and diaspora.
The exhibition unfolds on three levels: a central raised platform evokes a volcanic lake with an underworld of mythical beasts and coded divination texts; a tangle of precarious ceramic sculptures suggests an earthly middle ground inhabited by humans; and a suspended projection screen references a celestial realm of spirits and birds. The result is an environment that feels alive and in motion, offering audiences an encounter that is both visceral and contemplative.
Seiðr was a form of Norse magic connected to shamanism and divination.
It often involved altered states of consciousness, trance, and ritual chanting.
The völva (seeress) or shaman-like practitioner mediated between humans and spirits.
Seiðr could be used for prophecy, healing, or influencing fate.
Its practices blended spiritual power, performance, and deep connection to nature. ChatGPT
Wren Troglodytes Troglodytes
The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren.
The scientific name is taken from the Greek word troglodytes (from trogle a hole, and dyein to creep), meaning cave-dweller and refers to its habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices whilst hunting arthropods or to roost.
This small, stump-tailed wren is almost as familiar in Europe as the robin. It is mouse-like, easily lost sight of when it is hunting for food, but is found everywhere from the tops of the highest moors to the sea coast.
In most of northern Europe and Asia, it nests mostly in coniferous forests, where it is often identified by its long and exuberant song. Although it is an insectivore, it can remain in moderately cold and even snowy climates by foraging for insects on substrates such as bark and fallen logs.
Its movements as it creeps or climbs are incessant rather than rapid; its short flights swift and direct but not sustained, its tiny round wings whirring as it flies from bush to bush.
It is a bird of the uplands even in winter, vanishing into the heather when snow lies thick above, a troglodyte indeed. It frequents gardens and farms, but it is quite as abundant in thick woods and in reed-beds.
At night, usually in winter, it often roosts, true to its scientific name, in dark retreats, snug holes and even old nests. In hard weather, it may do so in parties, consisting of either the family or of many individuals gathered together for warmth.
The male wren builds several nests, up to 6 or 7. These are called cock nests but are never lined until the female chooses one to use.
The normal round nest of grass, moss, lichens or leaves is tucked into a hole in a wall, tree trunk, crack in a rock or corner of a building, but it is often built in bushes, overhanging boughs or the litter which accumulates in branches washed by floods.
In European folklore, the wren is the king of the birds, according to a fable attributed to Aesop by Plutarch, when the eagle and the wren strove to fly the highest, the wren rested on the eagle's back, and when the eagle tired, the wren flew out above him. Thus, Plutarch implied, the wren proved that cleverness is better than strength. The wren's majesty is recognized in such stories as the Grimm Brothers' The Willow-Wren and the Bear. Aristotle and Plutarch called the wren basileus (king) and basiliskos (little king).
In German, the wren is called Zaunkönig (king of the fence). An old German name was “Schneekönig” (snow king), and in Dutch, it is “winterkoning” (winter king), which all refer to king. In Japan, the wren is labelled king of the winds, and the myth of The Wren Among the Hawks sees the wren successfully hunt a boar that the hawks could not, by flying into its ear and driving it mad.
It was a sacred bird to the druids, who considered it king of all birds and used its musical notes for divination. The shape-shifting Fairy Queen took the form of a wren, known as Jenny Wren in nursery rhymes. A wren's feather was thought to be a charm against disaster or drowning.
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8,600,000 territories
Wren Troglodytes Troglodytes
The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren.
The scientific name is taken from the Greek word troglodytes (from trogle a hole, and dyein to creep), meaning cave-dweller and refers to its habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices whilst hunting arthropods or to roost.
This small, stump-tailed wren is almost as familiar in Europe as the robin. It is mouse-like, easily lost sight of when it is hunting for food, but is found everywhere from the tops of the highest moors to the sea coast.
In most of northern Europe and Asia, it nests mostly in coniferous forests, where it is often identified by its long and exuberant song. Although it is an insectivore, it can remain in moderately cold and even snowy climates by foraging for insects on substrates such as bark and fallen logs.
Its movements as it creeps or climbs are incessant rather than rapid; its short flights swift and direct but not sustained, its tiny round wings whirring as it flies from bush to bush.
It is a bird of the uplands even in winter, vanishing into the heather when snow lies thick above, a troglodyte indeed. It frequents gardens and farms, but it is quite as abundant in thick woods and in reed-beds.
At night, usually in winter, it often roosts, true to its scientific name, in dark retreats, snug holes and even old nests. In hard weather, it may do so in parties, consisting of either the family or of many individuals gathered together for warmth.
The male wren builds several nests, up to 6 or 7. These are called cock nests but are never lined until the female chooses one to use.
The normal round nest of grass, moss, lichens or leaves is tucked into a hole in a wall, tree trunk, crack in a rock or corner of a building, but it is often built in bushes, overhanging boughs or the litter which accumulates in branches washed by floods.
In European folklore, the wren is the king of the birds, according to a fable attributed to Aesop by Plutarch, when the eagle and the wren strove to fly the highest, the wren rested on the eagle's back, and when the eagle tired, the wren flew out above him. Thus, Plutarch implied, the wren proved that cleverness is better than strength. The wren's majesty is recognized in such stories as the Grimm Brothers' The Willow-Wren and the Bear. Aristotle and Plutarch called the wren basileus (king) and basiliskos (little king).
In German, the wren is called Zaunkönig (king of the fence). An old German name was “Schneekönig” (snow king), and in Dutch, it is “winterkoning” (winter king), which all refer to king. In Japan, the wren is labelled king of the winds, and the myth of The Wren Among the Hawks sees the wren successfully hunt a boar that the hawks could not, by flying into its ear and driving it mad.
It was a sacred bird to the druids, who considered it king of all birds and used its musical notes for divination. The shape-shifting Fairy Queen took the form of a wren, known as Jenny Wren in nursery rhymes. A wren's feather was thought to be a charm against disaster or drowning.
Population:
UK breeding:
8,600,000 territories
In downtown Paprihaven, the girls are headed to Duper's Super as preparations for Thanksgiving at the Simmons continue.
Buckley: Oh, let's stop at Reigny Daze!
Tracy: We don't have time, Buckley! Thanksgiving is toMORow! Hello? This is our third trip to Dupers!
Buckley: Hey, it wasn't my idea to add lemon meringue pie to the list.
Briar: Oh, look, Creepers Sneakers is having a big Thanksgiving sale!
Tracy: Lemon meringue is SO good!
Buckley: HAHAAHA!!
Tracy: What's so funny??
Buckley: On Paprichat, Erin said some action guy's been hitting on Trajetta... and she's been really dressing up now!
Tracy: Those girls always dress up.* And... I've never been sure about Fashions dating Actions.**
Briar: I think RC's dad is dating a Fashion.***
Tracy: Mr. Cooper was married to an Fashion. But she died in the war.
Briar: Oh, that's sad.
Buckley: RC looks very Action.
Briar: *giggles* RC is totally action! There's a looooot of Fashions waiting out his on/off with Shasta.
Tracy: RC definitely takes after his dad, but Cloe and Cici are definitely Fashions.
Buckley: Some big, hunky Action starts giving me attention, I'm all for that! I'm like, "WHUT UUUUP!"
Briar: HAHA!
Tracy: You don't think that's weird? I mean, crossing that boundary with Actions?
Buckley: I guess it's weird coz you don't have many nexus like Paprihaven or Coopers Town where they coexist. But there's nothing wrong with it, right?
Briar: Yeah, when we were watching Cooperstown on TV, wasn't that really good lookin action dating a fashion? What was his name? 'Hawk Fang'?
Buckley: Hawk Fang??
Tracy: Are you talking about Pierce Falcon and Vinona??****
Buckley: HAWK FANG!! GWAAHAHAA!
Briar: *giggles*
Buckley: Was Vinona a fashion??
Tracy: Totally. Slim, non-gripping hands. Big anime eyes.
Buckley: That's right...
Briar: Well, like Buck said, it's rare just because of circumstances, but there can't be anything wrong with it. The Bible says somewhere that in Jesus, there's no difference.
Tracy: True that. Galatians 3:28, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." It just warns not to be unequally yoked.
Buckley: I dunno how many actions you're gonna find that read the Bible.
Briar: Cam and RC do! Pastor Calvin is an action.
Tracy: Well, whether this question, or anything else, God always has the answer in His Word.
Briar: Yep! And we can always ask Him! James 1:5 , "But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. "
Buckley: HAAAHAHA!!
Tracy: What now??
Buckley: Erin posted a pic of Trajetta with a meme, 'Ready for ACTION!'
Briar: HAHAHA!!
Tracy: Oh, dear.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
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Subjectivity and the Will of God
If you rely on internal, subjective messages and promptings from the Lord, what prevents you from imagining the input you want from Him? Moreover, what reliable, objective mechanism exists to keep you from misinterpreting your own imagination as divine instruction?
Many good souls and even some heroes of our faith fall into that same error, mistaking imagination for revelation. Many—perhaps most—Christians believe God uses subjective promptings to guide believers in making major decisions. But, a thorough search of church history would undoubtedly confirm that most believers who lean heavily on immediate “revelations” or subjective impressions ostensibly from God end up embarrassed, confused, disappointed, and frustrated.
So how are we supposed to determine the divine will? Virtually every Christian grapples with the question of how to know God’s will in any individual instance. We particularly struggle when faced with the major decisions of adolescence—what occupation or profession we will pursue, whom we will marry, whether and where we will go to college, and so on. Most of us fear that wrong decisions at these points will result in a lifetime of disaster.
Unfortunately, many of the books and pamphlets on discerning God’s will are filled with mystical mumbo-jumbo about seeking a sense of peace, listening for a divine “call,” putting out a “fleece,” and other subjective signposts pointing the way to God’s will. That kind of “discernment” is not at all what Scripture calls for. If we examine everything the Bible has to say about knowing God’s will, what we discover is that everywhere Scripture expressly mentions the subject, it sets forth objective guidelines. If we put those guidelines together, we get a fairly comprehensive picture of the will of God for every Christian. We can summarize them like this:
It is God’s will that we be saved. “The Lord is . . . not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). “God our Savior . . . desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:3–4).
It is God’s will that we be Spirit-filled. “Do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. . . . Be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:17–18).
It is God’s will that we be sanctified. “For this is the will of God, your sanctification” (1 Thessalonians 4:3).
It is God’s will that we be submissive. “Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right. For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men” (1 Peter 2:13–15).
It is God’s will that we suffer. “Therefore, let those also who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right” (1 Peter 4:19). “For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake” (Philippians 1:29). “Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” (2 Timothy 3:12).
If all those objective aspects of God’s will are realities in your life, you needn’t fret over the other decisions you must make. As long as the options you face do not involve issues directly forbidden or commanded in Scripture, you are free to do whatever you choose.
Whatever you choose? Yes, within the limits expressly set forth in God’s Word. If those five objective principles are consistently true in your life—if you are saved, Spirit-filled, sanctified, submissive, and suffering for righteousness’ sake—you are completely free to choose whatever you desire.
In fact, God providentially governs your choice by molding your desires. Psalm 37:4 says, “Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.” That doesn’t mean merely that He grants the desires of your heart; it suggests that He puts the desires there. So even when we choose freely, His sovereign providence guides the free choices we make! What confidence that should give us as we live our lives before God!
Haddon Robinson wrote: “When we lift our inner impressions to the level of divine revelation, we are flirting with divination.” In other words, those who treat subjective impressions as revelatory prophecy are actually practicing a form of fortune-telling. Those willing to heed inner voices and mental impressions may be listening to the lies of a deceitful heart, the fantasies of an overactive imagination, or even the voice of a demon. Once objective criteria are cast aside, there is no way to know the difference between truth and falsehood. Those who follow subjective impressions are by definition undiscerning. Mysticism and discernment simply do not mix.
- John MacArthur, Adapted from Reckless Faith
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* They certainly do! Trajetta enjoying the azaleas:
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/33094283862/]
** An ongoing debate in Paprihaven, seen in various scenes such as Paprihaven 1620!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52683654653
*** Cam Cooper is indeed dating the lovely Bonnie Bailey, as seen two days ago!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/54945142388
**** Yep, that was it! Def not 'Hawk Fang'.
www.flickr.com/photos/135742756@N07/39528612572/
Previous Days of Thanksgiving on Paprihaven:
2015:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/23317265455/
2016:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/31221411415/
2017:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/38546781536/
2018:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/44152794180/
2019:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/49128237531/
2020:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50641046658/
2021:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/51701007283/
2022:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52517742153/
2023:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53346631177/
2024:
SHAMANISM by Miles Cantelou,
the September 2025 exhibition @ The Annex of Nitroglobus
A while ago I visited Miles's Scirocco Art gallery and was immediately taken by one of his intriguing exhibitions of abstract works mainly in fierce red. I didn't hesitate and contacted Miles, inviting him to exhibit at Nitroglobus.
Super proud he said YES and created the Shamanism collection.
Miles explains in his lines all about shamanism, so I won't do that here. Please read his description.
I hope you will enjoy this exhibition as much as I do.
dido haas, owner/curator
Nitroglobus
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Opening party: Monday 1 September, 12 PM SLT (21 hrs CET)
Music by DJ Joss Floss
LM to the gallery: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunshine%20Homestead/166/4...
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Description by the artist:
Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world for healing, divination, or to aid human beings in some other way.
Beliefs and practices categorised as shamanic have attracted the interest of scholars from a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, history, religious studies, philosophy, and psychology. Hundreds of books and academic papers on the subject have been produced, with a peer-reviewed scholarly journal being devoted to the study of shamanism..... Wikipedia
Medium....Acrylic, Acrylic ink and Photography.
Render Process...Ink line sketched, scanned to PC, photography and post camera blending added to sketch, then printed on forex board for final painting process.
More of Miles:
www.flickr.com/photos/omjavimiles/
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/127500
LM to Miles his Scirocco Art Gallery (9 exhibitions): maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Power%20Point/234/240/21
United Kingdom, London, Kew Gardens
Halloween is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. In popular culture, Halloween has become a celebration of horror and is associated with the macabre and the supernatural. One theory holds that many Halloween traditions were influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which is believed to have pagan roots. Celebrated in Ireland and Scotland for centuries, Irish and Scottish immigrants brought many Halloween customs to North America in the 19th century, and then, through American influence, various Halloween customs spread to other countries by the late 20th and early 21st century. Popular activities during Halloween include trick-or-treating (or the related guising and souling), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins or turnips into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling frightening stories, and watching horror or Halloween-themed films.
A Mayan Calendar - a holiday souvenir from Palenque, Chiapas Mexico.
"Time was extremely important to the Maya, they made elaborate and accurate calendars and used them in charting the movements of the sun, moon, stars and even planets.
These calendars served a variety of purposes both practical and sacred. They were used in astronomical calculations, divination and recording important events, such as the reigns of rulers and their conquests.
The Maya used what is now known as the calendar round which is made up of 3 interlocking cycles. A cycle of 20 names, a cycle of 13 numbers (which forms the 260-day sacred calendar) and a 365 days solar year. 52 years will pass until the three cycles line up again."
www.mayaarchaeologist.co.uk/public-resources/maya-world/m...
"Round, like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel......."
From vikingmarked at Bronseplassen, Høvåg, Norway.
Runes are magical divination signs that work just as well today as they did 2100 years ago when they were made.
Дельфиниум — цветок чудесный.
Он оберег и талисман.
Он приворот любви известный
Капризных, изошрённых дам.
Дельфиниум — источник яда,
Цветок печали, тень тоски.
Он притяжение для взгляд.
Он нежность ласковой руки..Во все времена Дельфиниум удивляет своими формами и красотой цветения.
Его стебель может вырасти крохой, не достигнув и десяти сантиметров от
земли, или подняться в высоту, словно трехметровая мачта. Его соцветия
напоминают цветущую пирамиду или фонтанчик, ликующий под лучами солнца.
А, как поразительна цветовая гамма бутонов Дельфиниума! Среди ажурных
листьев раскрываются лазоревые, белые, лиловые или голубые, красные или
кремовые лепестки, и с нескрываемым любопытством, из центра махровых
соцветий смотрят с лепестков белые "глазки". Но самый примечательный цвет
у Дельфиниума – это “синий”, символизирующий красоту небес и вечность,
глубину морей и благородство происхождения, совершенство, мирную жизнь..На самом деле цветок Дельфиниум не так безобиден, как выглядит. Не стоит
им лакомиться каким-нибудь животным, тем более людям, потому что ядовит.
Яд Дельфиниума сравним… разве только с ядом таинственного "кураре". Даже
пчелы, прилетающие к такому растению- медоносу, готовят "пьяный" мед...Но, если хочется приворожить кого-то, то Дельфиниум незаменим. В руках
опытного ведьмака он пригоден для создания “зелья любви”. Для суеверных
людей Дельфиниум может служить оберегом. Засушите, обязательно синий,
Дельфиниум и спрячьте в льняной мешочек. Затем, перед ночным сном повести
на шею не для взгляда посторонних глаз. Тогда кошмарные видения или
бессонница тут же прекратятся..Еще древние славяне готовили из Дельфиниума лекарство, заживляющее раны.
Отсюда второе, очень странное его название "живокость". Но не вздумайте
сами готовить такое лекарство. Потому что рецепта давно нет в помине.
Возможно, он зарыт глубоко в земле на далеком, необитаемом острове и под
каким-нибудь о-о-огромных размеров деревом, возле которого грозная охрана
- огнедышащий дракон..Дельфиниумы благородны в происхождении…. С Олимпа Боги улыбались сей красе.
Они с терпением относятся к тени и солнцу, весенним заморозкам, несгибаемые
при порывах, холодящих нас, ветров. Махровые “фонтанчики”, подобные мечте,
блистают на свету, когда в росе. Изящные Дельфиниумы цветут в садах и кто
увидит их, воскликнет: ”А-а-ах!”...........................................................................................
Delphinium is a wonderful flower.
He is a talisman and a talisman.
He is a famous love spell
Capricious, sophisticated ladies.
Delphinium is a source of poison,
A flower of sadness, a shadow of longing.
It attracts the eye.
He is the tenderness of a loving hand......At all times, Delphinium surprises with its forms and the beauty of flowering.
Its stem can grow tiny, not reaching ten centimeters from
the ground, or rise in height, like a three-meter mast. Its inflorescences
resemble a blooming pyramid or a fountain, rejoicing under the rays of the sun.
And, how amazing is the color scheme of Delphinium buds! Among the openwork
leaves, azure, white, purple or blue, red or
cream petals open, and with undisguised curiosity,
white "eyes" look from the petals from the center of the terry inflorescences. But the most remarkable color
of the Delphinium is “blue”, symbolizing the beauty of the heavens and eternity,
the depth of the seas and the nobility of origin, perfection, peaceful life....In fact, the Delphinium flower is not as harmless as it looks. It is not worth
them to feast on any animal, especially people, because it is poisonous.
The poison of Delphinium is comparable... except with the poison of the mysterious "curare". Even
bees arriving at such a honey plant prepare "drunk" honey...But if you want to enchant someone, then Delphinium is irreplaceable. In the hands
of an experienced witcher, it is suitable for creating a “love potion". For superstitious
people, Delphinium can serve as a talisman. Dry, necessarily blue,
Delphinium and hide it in a linen bag. Then, before going to sleep at night, lead
to the neck not for the sight of prying eyes. Then the nightmarish visions or
insomnia will immediately stop. Even the ancient Slavs prepared a medicine from Delphinium that heals wounds.
Hence its second, very strange name "larkspur". But do not try
to prepare such a medicine yourself. Because there is no recipe in sight for a long time.
Perhaps it is buried deep in the ground on a distant, uninhabited island and under
some oh-oh-huge tree, near which there is a formidable guard
- fire-breathing dragon. Delphiniums are noble in origin.... From Olympus, the Gods smiled at this beauty.
They are patient with the shade and the sun, spring frosts, unyielding
in the gusts of winds that chill us. Terry “fountains”, like a dream,
shine in the light when in dew. Elegant Delphiniums bloom in gardens and anyone
who sees them will exclaim: ”A-a-ah!”.
Wren Troglodytes Troglodytes
Double click to view
The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren.
The scientific name is taken from the Greek word troglodytes (from trogle a hole, and dyein to creep), meaning cave-dweller and refers to its habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices whilst hunting arthropods or to roost.
This small, stump-tailed wren is almost as familiar in Europe as the robin. It is mouse-like, easily lost sight of when it is hunting for food, but is found everywhere from the tops of the highest moors to the sea coast.
In most of northern Europe and Asia, it nests mostly in coniferous forests, where it is often identified by its long and exuberant song. Although it is an insectivore, it can remain in moderately cold and even snowy climates by foraging for insects on substrates such as bark and fallen logs.
Its movements as it creeps or climbs are incessant rather than rapid; its short flights swift and direct but not sustained, its tiny round wings whirring as it flies from bush to bush.
It is a bird of the uplands even in winter, vanishing into the heather when snow lies thick above, a troglodyte indeed. It frequents gardens and farms, but it is quite as abundant in thick woods and in reed-beds.
At night, usually in winter, it often roosts, true to its scientific name, in dark retreats, snug holes and even old nests. In hard weather, it may do so in parties, consisting of either the family or of many individuals gathered together for warmth.
The male wren builds several nests, up to 6 or 7. These are called cock nests but are never lined until the female chooses one to use.
The normal round nest of grass, moss, lichens or leaves is tucked into a hole in a wall, tree trunk, crack in a rock or corner of a building, but it is often built in bushes, overhanging boughs or the litter which accumulates in branches washed by floods.
In European folklore, the wren is the king of the birds, according to a fable attributed to Aesop by Plutarch, when the eagle and the wren strove to fly the highest, the wren rested on the eagle's back, and when the eagle tired, the wren flew out above him. Thus, Plutarch implied, the wren proved that cleverness is better than strength. The wren's majesty is recognized in such stories as the Grimm Brothers' The Willow-Wren and the Bear. Aristotle and Plutarch called the wren basileus (king) and basiliskos (little king).
In German, the wren is called Zaunkönig (king of the fence). An old German name was “Schneekönig” (snow king), and in Dutch, it is “winterkoning” (winter king), which all refer to king. In Japan, the wren is labelled king of the winds, and the myth of The Wren Among the Hawks sees the wren successfully hunt a boar that the hawks could not, by flying into its ear and driving it mad.
It was a sacred bird to the druids, who considered it king of all birds and used its musical notes for divination. The shape-shifting Fairy Queen took the form of a wren, known as Jenny Wren in nursery rhymes. A wren's feather was thought to be a charm against disaster or drowning.
Population:
UK breeding:
8,600,000 territories
The morning after the Blot, 21st of June. Solstice and full moon, magical night.
I will bring the film from Blot 2024 on Youtube in September. Hoping to beat the hit record from Blot 2014 of almost 75 thousand.
Blót (Old Norse and Old English) or geblōt (Old English) are religious ceremonies in Germanic paganism that centred on the killing and offering of an animal to a particular being, typically followed by the communal cooking and eating of its meat. Old Norse sources present it as a central ritual in Old Nordic religion that was intimately connected with many wider aspects of life. Large blót are often described as taking place in halls, organised by the rulers of the region who were expected to carry out the practice on behalf of the people. Blót were central to the legitimacy of rulers and Christian rulers refusing to hold them were at times replaced by more willing alternatives and driven out of the land. Smaller, household blót were sometimes recorded as being led by women. Beyond strengthening legitimacy for the ruling elites, the performance of blót was often in order to ensure the fertility of the land, a good harvest and peace, although they are also recorded as being performed for divination or to achieve desired results in legal matters.
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