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Essi E. Eris
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PhD candidate: Study of Religion, new and pagan religions
Translator, cat person, pagan, gamer, Discordian. fnord
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First substack on my new account ended up being a movie experience analysis (Fyra Nyanser Av Brunt, 2004). I will brave the algorithm and add the link in this first post. essieris.substack.com/p/four-shade...
Four Shades of My Emotional Growth (So Far)
”Where can someone like me find a place in this world?
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About 6 years ago a friend of mine asked if I have ever considered I might have #ADHD or #autism. I wrote a post about some of it:

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Reading and writing with AuDHD
How I'm learning to follow my special interests and hyper focus to get me through it
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November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Just some gals having a good time on the weekend. #WitchSky
WIDDERSHINS means moving counter clockwise; this inversion of the natural order was associated with the devil and witchcraft. In this image Witches delight in flying widdershins around North Berwick church with their broomsticks #FolkloreSunday
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The feeling when in the dark two cats are licking your face and hands, but then there's a lick that doesn't feel like it would have been either of the cats 👻 maybe I have to stop watching scary movies in the evening, but I had to put on the light to get over it 😅🙈 #scary #cats
November 17, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Turns out humans aren't the only animals who recklessly destroy their environment for instant gratification
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Jos tunnet ketään, joka on ollut mukana korealaisen Good News Missionin järjestämissä tapahtumissa yms., niin voi vinkata olemaan minuun yhteydessä (tuomas.aysto@helsinki.fi). Opiskelijamme tekee gradua aiheesta ja etsii haastateltavia.
Nuoret kertovat jyrkistä saarnoista ja ahdistavista kokoontumisista – vanhoillinen uskonliike houkuttelee nuorisoa kulttuurin varjolla
Vanhoillinen uskonliike houkuttelee suomalaisnuoria korealaisen kulttuurin varjolla. Nuoret kertovat MOT:lle uskonnollisesta painostuksesta ja ahdistavista ryhmätehtävistä.
yle.fi
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Healing with #socks is getting on quite well after my operation earlier this week.

#postop #knitting
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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We have taken another look beyond the veil of the Temenos archives. John Björkman's article "The Spirit of the Place and the Place of the Spirit" discusses the meaning of local spirits and takes us to the borderlands of society, touching on taboos - and maybe some taBoooos 👻

#studyofreligion
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Greta Thunberg has arrived in Greece following her deportation from Israel,
after the Gaza aid flotilla was intercepted
#GlobalSumudFlotilla
She said:
“I could talk for a very,very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment.
Trust me, but that is not the story.”
#Athens airport
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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CODEPINK Britain joined the Palestinian Youth Movement's call for London to rise up for Gaza!

While the British state continues to repress activists in solidarity with Palestine, we refuse to be intimidated.

SHUT IT DOWN FOR PALESTINE
October 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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October 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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What they are doing in Chicago is villainy, just straight up wickedness.
October 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Is this Halloween? Joko nyt on Halloween?

#halloween #reading #books

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This is Halloween
In the shadow of the orange moon
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October 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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blessings to Patricia Crowther, safe journey to moon, sun and stars! may your energy always flow through your students in the sacred grove.
September 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Sometimes Beating a dead horse
Is the Ritual.
September 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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September 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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My theory is that the Rapture happens on a regular basis. And nobody qualifies, ever.
September 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Tolkuttamista vuodelta 1934 (New York Times)
September 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Survival of the most resilient
Can there be healing after the end of the world?
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September 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM