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“The ‘kingdom of heaven’ is not something lying ‘above the earth’ or coming ‘after death’. It does not have a yesterday or a day after tomorrow, and it will not arrive in a ‘thousand years’. It is an experience of the heart. It is everywhere and it is nowhere.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche, cooking
- Friedrich Nietzsche, cooking
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 PM
“The ‘kingdom of heaven’ is not something lying ‘above the earth’ or coming ‘after death’. It does not have a yesterday or a day after tomorrow, and it will not arrive in a ‘thousand years’. It is an experience of the heart. It is everywhere and it is nowhere.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche, cooking
- Friedrich Nietzsche, cooking
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Here's one for #WitchSky and #PaganSky then. Today marks the Agonalia Ianuarias, a sacrificial observance in honour of Janus, the dual faced god of thresholds, beginnings, endings and the new year. Something to look forward (and also backward) to, no?
historyandarchaeologyonline.com/the-agonalia...
historyandarchaeologyonline.com/the-agonalia...
The Agonalia Ianuarias: Appeasing Janus, The God of the New Year. | History and Archaeology Online
The duel headed god, Janus acted as an intermediary between gods and mortals. With one head looking backwards and the other to the future, Janus was also the guardian of thresholds and beginnings and ...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Here's one for #WitchSky and #PaganSky then. Today marks the Agonalia Ianuarias, a sacrificial observance in honour of Janus, the dual faced god of thresholds, beginnings, endings and the new year. Something to look forward (and also backward) to, no?
historyandarchaeologyonline.com/the-agonalia...
historyandarchaeologyonline.com/the-agonalia...
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Take to yourself wine. O Hathor in ... May you be filled with it as you wish; may you be powerful through it; may you drink it; may Your Majesty drink together with your company. (WWO)
January 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Take to yourself wine. O Hathor in ... May you be filled with it as you wish; may you be powerful through it; may you drink it; may Your Majesty drink together with your company. (WWO)
Giovanni di Paolo. "Saint Nicolas of tolentino saving a shipwreck". 1457.
January 7, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Giovanni di Paolo. "Saint Nicolas of tolentino saving a shipwreck". 1457.
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Carmelite Nuns Punish a Sister
Boyer D'Agen, 1904
Boyer D'Agen, 1904
January 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Carmelite Nuns Punish a Sister
Boyer D'Agen, 1904
Boyer D'Agen, 1904
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The most detailed model to date of ONE of our around 30 trillion (written out, that's 30,000,000,000,000) human cells, obtained using x-rays, nuclear magnetic resonance, and cryoelectron microscopy data sets.
Never forget we are all filled with magical possibilities ...
Never forget we are all filled with magical possibilities ...
January 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
The most detailed model to date of ONE of our around 30 trillion (written out, that's 30,000,000,000,000) human cells, obtained using x-rays, nuclear magnetic resonance, and cryoelectron microscopy data sets.
Never forget we are all filled with magical possibilities ...
Never forget we are all filled with magical possibilities ...
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A chalice veil, #English make, c. 1600-1629
(V&A Museum, London)
With note: "Purchased .. for £7 7s in 1914 from Mrs. Parker of Uppingham, Rutland. Mrs. Parker claimed it had been obtained by her father some 50 years before from an old lady who had been using it as a duster".
(V&A Museum, London)
With note: "Purchased .. for £7 7s in 1914 from Mrs. Parker of Uppingham, Rutland. Mrs. Parker claimed it had been obtained by her father some 50 years before from an old lady who had been using it as a duster".
January 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
A chalice veil, #English make, c. 1600-1629
(V&A Museum, London)
With note: "Purchased .. for £7 7s in 1914 from Mrs. Parker of Uppingham, Rutland. Mrs. Parker claimed it had been obtained by her father some 50 years before from an old lady who had been using it as a duster".
(V&A Museum, London)
With note: "Purchased .. for £7 7s in 1914 from Mrs. Parker of Uppingham, Rutland. Mrs. Parker claimed it had been obtained by her father some 50 years before from an old lady who had been using it as a duster".
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Very placid serpents. Possibly drugged. Or slain in the spirit. Hard to tell..
Snake Handling, Poison Drinking, Speaking in Tongues Pentecostal Church in Southern Appalachia
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“This recording is an example from the Ralph W Hood & W. Paul Williamson Holiness Churches of Appalachia Recordings & Interviews digital collection that features more than 400 hours...
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“This recording is an example from the Ralph W Hood & W. Paul Williamson Holiness Churches of Appalachia Recordings & Interviews digital collection that features more than 400 hours...
Snake Handling, Poison Drinking, Speaking in Tongues Pentecostal Church in Southern Appalachia
YouTube video by Health Policy Politics
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January 3, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Very placid serpents. Possibly drugged. Or slain in the spirit. Hard to tell..
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“If Moral Virtue was Christianity
Christ’s Pretensions were all Vanity.
The Moral Christian is the Cause
Of the Unbeliever & his Laws.
For what is Antichrist but those
Who against Sinners Heaven close.”
WILLIAM BLAKE
Christ’s Pretensions were all Vanity.
The Moral Christian is the Cause
Of the Unbeliever & his Laws.
For what is Antichrist but those
Who against Sinners Heaven close.”
WILLIAM BLAKE
January 2, 2026 at 10:17 PM
“If Moral Virtue was Christianity
Christ’s Pretensions were all Vanity.
The Moral Christian is the Cause
Of the Unbeliever & his Laws.
For what is Antichrist but those
Who against Sinners Heaven close.”
WILLIAM BLAKE
Christ’s Pretensions were all Vanity.
The Moral Christian is the Cause
Of the Unbeliever & his Laws.
For what is Antichrist but those
Who against Sinners Heaven close.”
WILLIAM BLAKE
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Lobby Main Elevator in Sinclair Building
512 Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas (1930)
Architect: Wiley G. Clarkson
512 Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas (1930)
Architect: Wiley G. Clarkson
January 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Lobby Main Elevator in Sinclair Building
512 Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas (1930)
Architect: Wiley G. Clarkson
512 Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas (1930)
Architect: Wiley G. Clarkson
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“‘All reification is a forgetting.’ Art fights reification by making the petrified world speak, sing, perhaps dance.”
Herbert Marcuse, “The Aesthetic Dimension.”
Herbert Marcuse, “The Aesthetic Dimension.”
January 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
“‘All reification is a forgetting.’ Art fights reification by making the petrified world speak, sing, perhaps dance.”
Herbert Marcuse, “The Aesthetic Dimension.”
Herbert Marcuse, “The Aesthetic Dimension.”
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Top 10 of this year's most read pieces — no.4: A. D. Manns' essay on the speculative origins of Aradia, "the Gospel of the Witches": https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/roma-lister-aradia/
(Full Top 10 here: https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12/top-10-most-read-pieces-from-2025/)
(Full Top 10 here: https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12/top-10-most-read-pieces-from-2025/)
December 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Top 10 of this year's most read pieces — no.4: A. D. Manns' essay on the speculative origins of Aradia, "the Gospel of the Witches": https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/roma-lister-aradia/
(Full Top 10 here: https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12/top-10-most-read-pieces-from-2025/)
(Full Top 10 here: https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12/top-10-most-read-pieces-from-2025/)
William Blake. Frontispiece. Songs of experience.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
William Blake. Frontispiece. Songs of experience.
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Jacopo Ligozzi. 1604.
December 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Jacopo Ligozzi. 1604.
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Watch Patti Smith’s New Tribute to the Avant-Garde Poet Antonin Artaud
Watch Patti Smith’s New Tribute to the Avant-Garde Poet Antonin Artaud
The force of Artaud, you couldn’t kill him! - Patti Smith
Found sound enthusiasts Soundwalk Collective join forces with the Godmother of Punk Patti Smith for 'Ivry,' the musical tribute to poet and th...
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December 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Watch Patti Smith’s New Tribute to the Avant-Garde Poet Antonin Artaud
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The conceptual tungsten cube of kindness and love has been allocated to your designated holiday receptacle. Its metaphysical density is substantial. Handle with care.
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The conceptual tungsten cube of kindness and love has been allocated to your designated holiday receptacle. Its metaphysical density is substantial. Handle with care.
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My latest for Mindplex
The Unseen Internet: Shira Chess Explores How Magic(k) Made the Internet Weird
From technopaganism to simulation theory, Shira Chess reveals how occult ideas quietly shaped digital culture and why the internet has always been stranger, darker, and more intentional than it appear...
magazine.mindplex.ai
December 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My latest for Mindplex
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Marie Wilson (1922-2017), “Spirit of the Desert” (1959-1960), oil on canvas, 38 x 48.5 cm.
December 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Marie Wilson (1922-2017), “Spirit of the Desert” (1959-1960), oil on canvas, 38 x 48.5 cm.