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Anna V
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
As the year draws to a close, I’m signing off 2025 with a magical find!

An ancient amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø, Denmark, from a submerged Mesolithic settlement in the North Sea.

✨ Happy New Year all! ✨

National Museum of Denmark
📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a small figurine of an amber bear carved some 10,000 years ago during the Danish Mesolithic period. The bear is seen in profile facing right. The legs are incomplete. The ears, muzzle, and mouth are defined. The figurine is displayed on a small metal stand. The display lighting shines on the bear’s head and neck enhancing the translucence of the orange amber. The neck of the bear has a polished groove indicating it was once suspended on a cord or string. Length 6.5cm. The Fanø bear was found in 1991 on a beach on the west coast of the Danish island of Fanø, located off the south-western coast of Jutland. In the Stone Age the Danish coastline was different from today. “Since then the coastline has been influenced by later changes to the sea level as well as the rising up of the land after the last Ice Age. This rising of the land is still going on today. North of a line on the map the land has risen up and south of the line the coast has become submerged because of the subsequent rise in sea level. Therefore a proportion of Stone Age settlements south of the “tilt line” now lie under water or at the edge of the beach. Thus objects can be washed out in the sea and later be found on the beach”. The Fanø bear is one of a small number of amber bear figurines from the Baltic Sea region which have been assigned to the Mesolithic period by means of a typo-chronological approach Amber has many amazing properties: it’s warm to the touch, it’s a glossy translucent colour when polished, it gives off a fragrant scent when burnt, and when rubbed against fur or hair it can produce static electricity which ‘magically’ emits green sparks in the dark and can make hair stand on end.
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
As 2026 approaches a happy new year's toast to you all with this marvellous 4th century Roman cage-cup, which bears an inscription, a toast that reads:

BIBE MULTIS ANNIS - Drink for many years!

Cheers and here's to a far better year in 2026! 🥂

#NewYear2026 🍀
A close-up of a cage cup. It comprises an inner, translucent glass beaker and an outer decorative shell. The shell, affixed to the beaker via short stems or shanks, features circles at its body and an inscription at its top.
December 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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akgrl33.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
annafromathens.bsky.social
Merry Xmas to those who celebrate - or those who, like me, simply enjoy the pretty lights and songs!
December 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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yinspsychicreading.bsky.social
Can we PLEASE get more Norse/Viking inspired holiday songs?! HOLY HELLS THIS IS GOOD!!! 😍💙🖤

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk_o...

#WitchSky #WitchMadness #OccultSky #Occult #DruidSky #Druidry #OBOD #PaganSky #NorseSky #Norse #Viking #Vikings #Yule #Yule2026 #Witchcraft #WritingSky #AuthorSky #WriterSky
12 Nights of Yule
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December 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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witchravenwood.bsky.social
Thoughts of a wood witch… #witchsky
December 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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taionthegnome.bsky.social
Meditating today I was struck by a thought

Make yourself an Ancestor Worthy of your Descendants.
October 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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taionthegnome.bsky.social
#WitchTip #WitchSky

When working out a spell in the Greek Magic Papyri,(PGM) grab 3 six-sided dice, make a little offering and call on Hermes for insight. Roll the dice and see what you get out of the Homer Oracle in the PGM. I found this to be really helpful when I have. PGM question
December 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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thatswiftiewitch.swifties.social
Sprinkle sprinkle. ✨️

#witchsky
December 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
For #AncientSiteSunday this fabulous aerial photo of the Acropolis at #Athens - a site I would love to be right now!

📷 Christos Kapoulas

#Greece

🏺
Aerial view of the Acropolis of Athens, situated on a rocky hill overlooking the city. The Parthenon, with its partially preserved columns and ruins, stands at the center. Other classical structures, including the Erechtheion and the Propylaea, are visible nearby. Below the Acropolis, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, a semicircular stone theater, is nestled into the hillside. The surrounding area is a mix of greenery and densely packed modern buildings, showing the contrast between ancient history and contemporary Athens.
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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gavinfoxauthor.bsky.social
Here we go, #WitchSky, #OccultSky, #PaganSky and #ParanormalSky. The info you need to take part in #ProjektLunarSigil, my free #BlueSky based #SigilBomb from the 14th to the 20th, with charging on #Yule. The #Litha one was a success, by sharing this with your followers December's can be even bigger.
Green text on a black background, with a green half skull to the left. The text reads in part... "Fancy looking beyond the mundane boundaries of antisocial media and turning the rich rivers of attention going to waste there towards more esoteric ends? This old Gutter Mage has got you covered. The idea is simple. Every day from the 14th to the 20th December create a sigil for a different intent. These should describe an end result outcome, bigger the better too. Long held desires. Quick fix needs. Finally getting that roiling blob of eyes and teeth that whispers in enochian behind your toilet to let you poop in peace." Green text on a black background, with a green half skull to the left. The text reads in part... "Not only do you work on empowering your own condensations of desire on Yule, but any others you liked the look of from the hashtag too. And no, you don’t have to tell anyone what they are for when you post them unless you want to. This is designed to be a group effort by individuals, and we all ache for different things as the shadows creep in. Ultimately Projekt LunarSigil is a mass firing of desire designed to kick in the grey doors of consensus reality, allowing a little miracle to sneak in here and there. So if enough people release their sigils over the same 24 hour period it should give the universe a knee to the nutsack that it won’t easily recover from."
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
annafromathens.bsky.social
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:

The Hollywood Vampires
Motley Crue
Muse
Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp
The Sex Pistols (not in the 70s, sadly)
akgrl33.bsky.social Dirty D @akgrl33.bsky.social · Nov 28
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:

Garth Brooks
Bruce Springsteen
Ghost
Christina Aguilera
Wu-Tang
rsaltasaurus.bsky.social Tremendous Kielbasa @rsaltasaurus.bsky.social · Nov 28
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:

Sevendust
Slipknot
Dope
Flobots
Atmosphere
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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christopherpenczak.bsky.social
I want to live in a world where every downtown has a local, reputable Witch Shop with an apothecary, books, cards, stones and spell ingredients, that holds classes and rituals and has helpful readers. Is that too much to ask? (as I wonder through towns without Witchcraft shops....)
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
annafromathens.bsky.social
You’ve entered a dance contest.

Pick your partner.

(😂😂😂😂😂)
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Roman bronze dragon’s head standard, AD 190-260.

Originally mounted on a pole, with a long fabric tube attached to the back of the head. When charging on horseback, the wind inflated the tube and the dragon shrieked!

Niederbieber fort. Landesmuseum Koblenz. 📷 me

#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
My photo shows a Roman bronze dragon’s head from a military standard carried by Roman cavalry. The head is elongated with open jaws. The top and bottom jaws are lined with sharp triangular teeth. The top of the snout has diagonal ridges. It has a single round eye socket. The rear of the head and neck is textured with scales. At the top of the head there is a short, jagged, fin-like, upright crest. The bronze surface is weathered with greenish and gold patches. It is mounted on a dark stand in a museum display case.
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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tartariaxennial.bsky.social
"I call my energy and power back to myself from all people, places, and situations that have drained me, whether intentionally or unintentionally"
#dragon-vampire #witchsky #pagansky
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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whedonesque.bsky.social
What Buffyverse episode do we like to pretend never happened?
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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tashjoeza.bsky.social
Yet another reminder that anyone can take a photograph but not everyone can be a photographer. What an image.
jackjenkins.me Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · Nov 14
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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archaeohistories.bsky.social
Archaeologist Dr. Jean-Loup Ringot specialized in pre-historic music demonstrates a 'Lithophone'.

Lithophone, originally a pre-historic musical instrument consisting of a rock or pieces of rock, granite, fossilized coral, petrified wood and other melodious stones, that are played by striking them.
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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suzannedaley.bsky.social
Whether you be a warrior, witch, healer, empath, whoever, whatever ~ all of us need quiet, nurturing, a replenishing of spirit 💚

#greenwitch #health #heal #breather #peace #selfcare
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
Happy #Halloween
This intaglio depicts a skeleton resting on an amphora and holding a jug. Such representations were intended to remind to enjoy life to the fullest since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.

Photo: Museum August Kestner/Christian Tepper

#RomanArchaeology
Oval intaglio engraved with a skeletal human figure resting on an amphora and holding a jug, carved in translucent amber-colored stone.
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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dark-shining-ness.bsky.social
If only we could have a Buffy style Halloween. The first one. 😈
October 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
annafromathens.bsky.social
This needs to become a #BuffyTheVampireSlayer #Tillow meme
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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julietlandau.bsky.social
Boo from Dru! REWATCH HALLOWEEN PART 2 is now up on the RE-VAMPED WITH JULIET LANDAU PODCAST! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2HNe... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... Online Halloween Event w/ Juliet and James: julietlandau.dreamhosters.com(only a few tix left!)
October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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tashjoeza.bsky.social
This episode contains one of the most potent, poignant moments in the series, when Buffy reacts after being told she's prophesied to die.

"I'm 16 years old, Giles! I don't wanna die."
tashjoeza.bsky.social Nosferatu Joseph 🧛🏻‍♀️ @tashjoeza.bsky.social · Oct 26
It's been years since I first watched "Prophecy Girl", the last episode of Buffy season 1, but every single time I hear Jonatha Brooke's "Inconsolable" I am, well, unable to be consoled. Foetal position, sobbing because it's the song playing when Buffy puts on her prom dress.
October 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM