In a dark room, a black cat lays down facing you on a table lit by mosaic-glass lamps framing a large shivisi on the wall.

"Avodan't."

my cat has discovered Cheez-Its, orate pro mihi

<3

Occult Art: Solar Guardians of Polyphanes In May of last year, Polyphanes reached out to me about doing a series of illustrations for him: icons of six solar guardians that feature prominently in his personal practice. I was, of course, de…

Behold!
My latest blog post, showing off and talking about the images I made for @polyphanes.bsky.social
#OccultSky
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according to the follow-up video, he in fact did not stand a chance (and ceased to stand at all)

AGAINST ALL ODDS, THOSE WHO BELIEVED BLUESKY THAT THE CRASH WAS DUE TO A DDOS

AND THOSE WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE BLUESKY AND WERE SURE IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE AI VIBE CODING

WERE

BOTH

RIGHT

y'all ever look out the window and just get caught off guard by how big the sky is

fyi, cats are also friends, and cats of friends are also friends

I do not consent to seeing any more news today, I only want to spreadsheet and pet cats and do chanting and look at cute photos of friends, thank you

There are so many good writers doing good work at Substack but, for the love of Pete, there's no turning this tide. It will only get worse. They will not course-correct back to being the destination for indie journalism. Get out while you can.

Seconded.

I don't care how awesome you are, if you write on Substack, I cannot, in good conscience, click through to read, or share your work anywhere. Find a different platform.

Yup!

Icons of the Solar Guardians of the Directions (by, and with many thanks to, Satyr Magos!)

It has, admittedly, been a little quiet around here.  While being online in general is always an excitement, and especially in these exciting times of ours where there's never a dull moment (no matter how…

That's the whole cairn! (But also yes.)

welp this is becoming part of my vocabulary forever

After several rounds of yardwork around the property, I have amassed a number of large rocks and small boulders. The only obvious choice for me to make use of them is to start a cairn at the end of the driveway a la ancient Greek hermai.

Not unrelatedly, I am glad to not have to deal with an HOA.

okay but now I want to know what donut hole salad dressing would be because I am a gastronomic goblin.

wh. what is donut hole salad dressing

Ginger No-Kids

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A young woman dressed in bright red and hair covered with a red shawl looking forward holding a spear in her right hand and a torch in her left

Damnameneus of the Domain of the Depths of the Sky:

An old balding man dressed in pale grey holding a ring of keys in his right hand and a staff in his left

Akrammakhamarei of the Domain of the Heights of the Sky:

A child sitting atop a blossoming lotus with one leg pulled up and the other dangling off the side

Sesengenbarpharangēs of the Direction of the Sun in the Depths:

A crocodile with the tail of a snake arising from the waters and wearing a tall white crown.

Ablanathanalba of the Direction of the Setting Sun:

A multicolored falcon with wings fully outstretched wreathed in the fire of the Sun

Lertheksanaks of the Direction of the Sun in the Heights:

A winged dragon with a crown of clouds rising above the horizon, muted in color and sinuous in form

Thank you again, @satyrmagos.bsky.social, for these amazing bits of work. <3

The whole post above has all the explanations, but for those who just wanna see the pretties, here's Erbēth of the Direction of the Rising Sun:

Icons of the Solar Guardians of the Directions (by, and with many thanks to, Satyr Magos!)

It has, admittedly, been a little quiet around here.  While being online in general is always an excitement, and especially in these exciting times of ours where there's never a dull moment (no matter how…

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