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Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

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He Him They Them. Leftist, witch crafty meme-smith

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Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

This prayer or affirmation has inspired me and helped me through countless horrible experiences.

The Litany Against Fear may come from science fiction but it's utterly timeless and calls for us to slow down and look at what we fear, and take notice that attention has chased that fear away...

Imagery from the cover of "Dune" with a moon rising behind a silhouetted Fremen in tattered robes, with a moisture gathering tube in his nose and prominent blue within blue eyes. The following text stands slightly overlapping the silhouette:

"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."

-Frank Herbert

March 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

I loved how this turned out. The quote is incredibly inspiring to me and I felt it deserved a little love.

Photo of cave interior with the following text:

“And when you fail, and are defeated, and in pain, and in the dark, then I hope you will remember that darkness is your country, where you live, where no wars are fought and no wars are won, but where the future is. Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country. Why did we look up for blessing — instead of around, and down? What hope we have lies there. Not in the sky full of orbiting spy-eyes and weaponry, but in the earth we have looked down upon. Not from above, but from below. Not in the light that blinds, but in the dark that nourishes, where human beings grow human souls.”

-Ursula K. Le Guinn

March 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

And now for something completely different...

I'm stupidly pr(O)ud of this piece of (C)rap:

Photo of Sigmund Freud standing in front of a cutout of the original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook shrouded in cigar smoke, and behind four huge ten sided dice holding a cigar. Text says:

"That which does not kill you still causes 4d10 psychic damage"
-Sigmund Freud
(Probably)

March 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

A protest parade in... (Checks clipboard) Ah yes, that haven of warmongering partisan extremists, Switzerland...

March 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

A do over of Part Two in my new series, "This is How Fascists Virtue Signal to One Another (and we all know it)"

I've decided to name each one and reworked the first two.

This one is called "Performative Hypocrisy".

A pic of Trump holding up his right hand in front of a couple of books held up by his wife who is wearing a dark, wide brimmed hat, making her look like an undertaker, presumably these books are Bibles. His left hand hangs by his side conspicuously not on the Bibles.

One bunch of text reads, "This is How Fascists Virtue Signal to One Another (and we all know it)"

In quotes above Melania's head are the words, "Performative Hypocrisy".

January 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

A do over of Part one in my new series, "This is How Fascists Virtue Signal to One Another (and we all know it)"

I've decided to name each one and reworked the first two.

This one is called "gaslighting".

A picture of Elon Musk throwing a Nazi Salute to the crowd of the inauguration. The word "Gaslighting" emblazons his arm and there is text reading, "This is How Fascists Virtue Signal to One Another (and we all know it)"

January 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

I truly think if more people aspired to being like Granny Weatherwax, the world would be a better place.

#witchery #witchsky #occultsky #pagansky

A stern witch stares forward, flanked by a younger, witch with an uncertain look on her face and another older witch with a mischievous smile smoking a pipe.

Caption says, "Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things, including yourself. That's what sin is.

January 31, 2025 at 7:24 AM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

New Substack post!

Why be a leftist witch? TLDR Because at the least it's a nuanced way of expressing the deepest truths of my heart. It's a way of affirming my own inner voice louder than the gaslighting of elements who want your money, attention, and your soul.

open.substack.com/pub/robertel...

A bronze skull on a stone adorned with lit candles straddling a cauldron with a stang decorated with antlers and a goat skull. A candle lit between its horns standing behind it.

January 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM

Robert Elm

@quixoteknight.bsky.social

This is a link to my first Substack post. I plan on posting longer form text entries there, with TLDR here.

This post includes two sigils for working with the virtues of Justice and Liberty. I'm placing them in the public domain. Please use them with respect and care.

substack.com/@robertelm/n...