The high, sustained heat levels naturally generated during the body composting process inactivates chemo, pharmaceuticals, antibiotics to well below safe levels—so yes, still an option!

The terror is not new. These events are connected to a longer and wider global agenda of power and oppression. But LA also has a long history of resistance, of taking care of & protecting each other—we’re determined to continue that legacy now.

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Over the next several days, members of the U.S. military & police terrorized LA communities, & hunted Chicano, Black, & Filipino men lataco.com/renunciation...

The following day over 200 sailors descended on dtla & predominantly Chicano neighborhoods on the east side. Their 1st victims were children-12 & 13 year old boys who the sailors beat with clubs, stripped, & burned their clothing.

This is a part of my family’s history, LA history & our legacy of resilience & resistance.

If you aren’t familiar, on June 3, 1943 eleven sailors got off of a bus in dtla & claimed they were attacked by Chicanos wearing Zoot Suits, a style of clothing that originated within Black communities.

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Here you go!

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And finally, here’s a playlist for your Walpurgisnacht revelries! open.spotify.com/playlist/1gZ...

#WyrdWednesday #Witch #Walpurgisnacht #Folklore

To this day you can attend Walpurgisnacht festivities in German towns in the the Hartz mountain region.

Brooms and children were hidden away on Walpurgisnacht to prevent witches from taking them up to the Brocken to possibly be eaten (the children, not the brooms)

Bonfires were built with the hope that the flames would rise high enough to burn any witches who were flying overhead

Noisemaking, such as ringing bells, (especially church bells) was often employed to scare away evil spirits

Doorways & livestock were painted with crosses & adorned with bouquets of herbs in hopes of repelling mischievous beings & witches who would often enchant the beasts & fly on their backs to the Brocken

Extra care and precautions were necessary for mortals on Walpurgisnacht. There were numerous rules and rituals that were believed to safeguard people from supernatural harm.

You may remember the Night on Bald Mountain segment from #Disney ‘s 1940 film Fantasia, which depicted a witches’ night in progress (watch here: youtu.be/b756FPiLlp8)

Witches celebrated Walpurgisnacht with lavish feasting, orgies, and general merrymaking, with the Devil himself presiding over the festivities

Many of them will be on their way to the Brocken, the highest peak in Germany’s Harz Mountain range, surrounded by a deep forest which is often shrouded in thick mists, and believed to be inhabited by strange, supernatural beings.

It’s believed that on these two nights the veil between the worlds separating the living and the dead, the seen and the unseen thins; allowing otherworldly beings to mingle openly among us