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I'm sure quite all of you know that Tobias Forge always told the Italian horror band Death SS (In Death of Steve Sylvester), founded in 1977 and still running (they opened the Milano Ghost show in 2023), was one of the inspirations for the Ghost image.

Well, today, I've just found some old picture of the band in one of my archives. I think it was from 1987/88. Well, I never noticed how much the masks of the Lead Guitar (the one in front) and the bass player (second from right side) was o similar to someone Ghost's' fan know.

BTW, Steve Sylvester, the founder and front man, is the one on the left.

Another old pic of the band, same period.

If you recognize something on it...well, you're right.

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Happy BDay, my friend. Thank you for everything

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Habemus Papam

here is something inside me

And they don't know if there is a cure

A demonic possession

Unlike any before

It's a sickening heartache

And it's slowly tormenting my soul

I've invested my prayers

Into making me whole

I should have known

Not to give in

I should have known

Not to give in

Blasphemy, heresy

Save me from the monster that is eating me

I'm victimized

Blasphemy, heresy

Save me, from the bottom of my heart I know

I'm satanized

I'm satanized

I'm satanized

An nescitis quoniam membra vestra

Templum est Spiritus Sancti

Qui in vobis est

Quem habetis a Deo?

Et non estis vestri

Through a life of devotion

I've been quelling my urges to burst

I've been fighting the notion

To, by love, be coerced

I should have known

Not to give in

I should have known

Not to give in

Blasphemy, heresy

Save me from the monster that is eating me

I'm paralyzed

Blasphemy, heresy

Save me, from the bottom of my heart I know

I'm satanized

I'm satanized

I'm Satanized

Like a deadly affliction

That is twisting and bending my core

I have begged God for the remedy

But I'm no longer sure

I should have known

Not to give in

I should have known

Not to give in

Blasphemy, heresy

Save me from the monster that is eating me

I'm laicized

Blasphemy, heresy

Save me, from the bottom of my heart I know

I'm satanized

From the bottom of my heart I know

I'm satanized

From the bottom of my heart I know

I'm satanized

I'm satanized

I'm satanized

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so, time for some consideration: I have been in Palestine for almost two months, now, and it has not been easy. Well, sure, I am in the West Bank, not in Gaza: the shocking destruction that can be seen in the Strip is far away here. Yet the shootings, the checkpoints, the daily abuse and violence are clearly visible. They can be seen in the burnt olive trees and destroyed houses, in the continuous military presence, in the helicopters and in the shootings that can be heard every night. And above all in the now usual warning message: "given the ongoing riots, movements are blocked until further notice". Which for us means staying indoors, without being able to get to the clinics or even to the office, wondering how many dead, how many injured and how many destroyed houses and burnt olive trees there will be in the next bulletin. "tomorrow the funerals of the boys/children/women/elderly people killed yesterday will be held: movements are frozen until further notice". And so it goes.. Yesterday, strangely, the situation was calm. For the first time in two months I managed to take a tour of the Old City of Nablus. The souks of the Arab cities are always something magical, with those tiny shops overflowing with goods and products. Nablus is famous for the production of olive oil soaps and excellent spiced sweets. I stocked up on a good supply of them, along with many types of spices, and 5 packs of very sweet rose incense. In addition to a good supply of freshly fried falafel. I couldn't eat them right away, yesterday was the first day of Ramadan and eating on the street would have been really unkind. Today was also a calm day. Tomorrow, we'll see….

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Om Namo Narayana

Amavasya: the New Moon.

Amavasya, the day of the New Moon, dedicated to the worship of ancestors. According to the Hindu lunar calendar, Phalguna Amavasya is the day of the New Moon in the month of Phalguna, which falls between February and March. It is a special day to pay homage and seek blessings from ancestors. Phalguna Amavasya will be tonight...

The Moon is at its closest point to the sun, its energy is at its lowest. Mine too, to be honest, but that's okay: this is the darkest night of the lunar month, the one in which you need to gather your energy to shine again. A starting point, and leaving is always a bit like dying. So let's say goodbye to this new moon, which will form in the sign of Pisces. A sign that lives on dreams and poetry and speaks in metaphors. It is a sign that is constantly searching for a deeper meaning and, so, chooses to immerse itself deeply in every experience. It lets itself be accompanied by the current, until it discovers that everything is connected. Therefore, this new moon describes a time to listen, observe and reflect, to get back in touch with your intuition and let it guide you.

Pisces speaks of adaptation and fluidity, of the ability to float on the waves following the ups and downs of life without being disturbed too much. This sign invites us to go with the flow, rather than swim against the current, and if the New Moon is a new beginning, perhaps we can intercept new situations and opportunities simply by relying on intuition. By, in fact, going with the flow. The New Moon in Pisces is also in connection with Jupiter, which is currently in Gemini. Jupiter is the planet of abundance, optimism and faith, so it is generally considered a beneficent planet, indicative of enriching experiences. Its involvement in this new moon seems to indicate a predisposition to think big, accompanied by great hopes and ambitions, even with the doubt that expectations will be disappointed. Success is never guaranteed, so the best thing is to enjoy the process and try to learn something along the way.

So, let's honor this New Moon with an invocation: offer salt and water, light candles on your altar, focus on the meaning of this new beginning. Write down your intentions for the new lunar month on a sheet of paper, purify this sheet with white sage incense, and charge it with your energy with mediation. And then invoke Narayama 108 times, with the invocation mantra. The mantra "Om Namo Narayanaya" invokes Narayana, the supreme Lord of protection and bows to him with all reverence. While it simply means "I bow to Lord Narayana". This mantra of Lord Vishnu for wealth also brings peace, happiness and good health to the family members.

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Dance Macabre

today I feel cheerful and full of life. So I propose you two medieval frescoes that talk about death. The Dance Macabre was a very common theme at the time: just to remind everyone that it only takes a moment and from the prime of life you find yourself on the other side. And who knows what the hell is on the other side… All very functional to maintain that climate of fear and submission perfect to keep the people good and obedient, and in this religions are the best way: the abyss of death and what is beyond is too deep for everyone, the fear of an eternity of torment or the promise of a garden of delights… you must be good, obedient and respectful, then we'll see: Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Well, I will never finish thanking my parents, who have always protected me from these systems of terror: Imagine there's no religions…

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Old stories

Do any of you have any obsessions that you have carried over from childhood?

I have one, and it's the pantheon of ancient Egypt.

Since I met those deities and those images in primary school, I was deeply fascinated by them.

Bur well, let me introduce myself and my experiences with religion: I grew up in a totally atheist family, where rituals, the afterlife, the divine, and the spirituality really had no place.

I walked in front of many churches (well, of course… I'm from Tuscany, and really, there is no shortage of places of worship here), but at the time I never understood what they were for and what was inside… as a child, I was definitely more interested in ice cream shops, playgrounds, friends' houses and schools.

And fountains: I am attracted to water in all its forms.

But places where they prayed for someone never seen, no, I knew nothing about it.

The first time I entered a church I was 12, in a school visit: they took us to see the Baptistery and the Cathedral of Florence.

But I will talk about this another time…

Ancient Egypt attracted me immediately and deeply. It must have been primary school, when I first studied it… how old could I have been: 7-8? I don't know, a bit too much time has passed since then…

But those "divinities" (mysterious word) of half human and half animal cretures, immortal, mysterious, beautiful, with those remote looks from another world…

Well, I was struck by lightning.

I started signing myself "Iside65" ("Iside" is the Italian form of the name of the goddess Isis), to this day it is my nickname and also my email address.

I am absolutely happy about this.

Over the years, I have visited Egypt 3 times, and I hope to return again.

I visited the Egyptian Museum of Turin (the largest in the world outside of Egypt), continued this attraction with readings and research.

For a while I thought about studying Archaeology and Egyptology, then everything went to another world… life is really funny sometimes…

But I continue to be attracted by those stories and images.

I'm not the only one, obviously: there are many products related to ancient Egypt around: images, comics, posters, drawings, advertisements, films (most absolutely terrible).

Ok, looking for interesting things among so much garbage is not easy, but well, easy things don't interest anyone…

Maybe in the next posts I'll try to delve into some aspects that are particularly interesting to me about this splendid culture and this fascinating religion.

Anyway, I continue to have a strange relationship with religions (I can't stand them) and with the idea of ​​"divine", with spirituality (I'm looking for my way) and with rituals (I'm studying it and I'm developing my own personal rites).

But maybe we'll talk about this later.

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slapping this badge on my blog

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Good evening! Finally, it's Thursday afternoon: end of the workin' time, let's start the Week End. Yeah, in a lot of Muslim countries the WE is Friday and Saturday, in someone other it is Thursday and Friday. Anyway, another week finished and I really need to rest, now...

Sure, many years ago WE was a long partying and drinking time...but it's no more that time.

So, let's prepare my couch and something good to drink.

You're lucky, Terzo...you can drink wine.

Here, no alcohol ....I'm so unhappy.

Anyway, wake me up on Sunday.

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La Perpetua

Perpetua is a character in one of the most famous novels of the Italian literature: The Betrothed, by Alessandro Manzoni. Set between 1628 and 1630 in Lombardy, during Spanish rule, it was the first example of a historical novel in Italian literature. Published in a first version between 1825 and 1827 and in the final version between 1840 and 1842

Perpetua is the maid of Don Abbondio, one of the protagonists. She is an elderly and talkative woman who has never married even though she says she had two suitors that she claims to have rejected, but her friends said that "she had not found any dog ​​who wanted her".

Her fame is linked to her spontaneous talkativeness, her indiscretion is that of the affectionate "servant mistress"; she is a woman who is not very docile, prone to grumbling and fantasizing. It is a colorful appendix of Don Abbondio compared to whom it shows greater wisdom and practical sense. From her (the name in Italian means "continuous, eternal, without end) the elderly women in the service of the priests in the rectories were called "Perpetua", often also lovers of the priest himself (not infrequently mothers of children "of unknown father", usually very similar to the priest himself).

Now, since Pope V will be called "Perpetua, I try to make some hypotheses:

1) It will be a female pope, linked in some way to one of the previous fathers and possible mother of some Emeritus child

2) Tobias got confused for a moment and remembers poorly when as a boy they made him read "The Betrothed" in the Italian literature course (in which he failed a couple of times).

3) Tobias is seriously thinking about changing sex and doesn't know how to tell his family

3) Tobias leaves the role of Ghost frontman and has hired a vocalist (like Mike Oldfield did with Maggie Reilly between 1980 and 1984)

4) They actually wanted to write "perpetual" but they made a mistake on the posters. The name would indicate that this pope will last until the end, since Tobias is bored of changing characters every now and then.

5) other hypotheses, all nonsense.

Let me know...

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Terzo + children 🥰

Terzo loves and cares about kids so much, and that is one of my favorite things about him.

this is one of my favorite Terzo clips ever. it is SO sweet:

[seeing a baby dressed as Papa Emeritus] PAPA EMERITUS III: Oh hi, little one! Hello! Awww… Now this little guy here… Hey! [UNINTELLIGIBLE] Hey. So pleased to see you. Give it up for the next generation! Fantastic. Good parenting! Unholy / Unplugged - Los Angeles, California, USA (August 20, 2015)

Terzo is always so happy and excited to see kids at his shows.

[sees a child sitting on someone's shoulders in the audience] PAPA EMERITUS III: Hello, little guy! Hello! So happy to see you in here. Leeds Festival - Leeds, England (August 30, 2015)

[sees a small child in the audience] PAPA EMERITUS III: Little one! Big applause for the little toddler! Lawrence, Kansas, USA (October 5, 2015)

and Terzo cares so so much for their well-being and safety.

PAPA EMERITUS III: Oh, by the way, it is very important– you see, there are kids in the crowd, so you have to take it easy a little bit on the moshing. Little girls here, too! They can get squashed! Birmingham, Alabama, USA (May 2, 2016)

PAPA EMERITUS III: Just one thing, though, before we continue: I see a lot of small kids here. So please, please take it easy with the kids. Very important. We need to take care of the children. We're here to have fun, but please. Are you with us? PAPA EMERITUS III: Is everybody OK? You kids in the front, are you OK? Everybody happy? I'm saying this once more: it's very, very, very, very fucking utterly important that you are taking good care of the children here in the front. It's all filled with children here in the front, so every big person that comes over this way, it's a very big and lethal risk for them, do you understand? So all you big boys, think a little, would you please? PAPA EMERITUS III: And please, before I get a little bit too repetitive, can you please take fucking care of the children? Yes. I know you're smart, so please show it. Lunatic Luau - Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA (May 6, 2016)

i love the bit he does where he checks if there are kids in the audience and then apologizes for swearing (and then he keeps swearing anyway). he wants to be good for the children, but he really doesn't believe in censorship, haha.

PAPA EMERITUS III: I see a little girl. Hello! Hello. How do you do? Are you having a good time? Is it a good show? Are we playing well for you? Well, thank you so much. You know what? We have a tendency to write songs that sort of deals with how you get little kids like that. Sort of the uh, beginning phase. If there is that many kids here tonight, I don't know, but you have to bear with me. Hello! You're also a kid? OK. Well, I'll cut down on the "cunt"s and "fuck"s and "shit"s. But I have a tendency to be foul-mouthed. Sorry about that. I hope you can bear with me. San Francisco, CA, USA (October 23, 2015)

and there is of course the adorable video of Terzo bringing TF's kids on stage.

PAPA EMERITUS III: You came to here to be scared, right? Are you here to get scared? I've got two little scary ones that want to come out and scare all of y'all. Big round of applause for our little scary ghouls here tonight. Don't they look very scary to you? The Clergy taught them well. Thank you, little ones. Lovely. Give a big round of applause for the new generation of ghouls, who scare all of y'all. Let me lead you into the night… Getaway Rock Festival - Gävle, Sweden (August 8, 2015)

Terzo is such a dad... and he *did* say he has a child. i do think it was just TF slipping up / being unable to stop himself from yapping, but Terzo said it and he didn't take it back, so i'm counting it as canon <3

PAPA EMERITUS III: I guess you all know about the birds and the bees and how it's done, right? We don't have to educate you in that. [looks at parent and child in the audience] I know, I know. She will get there too, I promise. That's the thing, you know... I have a little one too... [puts hand over heart] My god! Geneva, Switzerland (November 19, 2015)

(there are more clips and pictures and stuff, but in the interest of keeping this post a moderate length, this is all im including.)

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Already 26 years you're gone, Fabrizio....

Still miss you so deeply...

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Falling of the gods...

Terzo + poor balance + falling ⚠️

this awesome fan art by @pomidaea reminded me i've been wanting to make a post about Terzo falling.

Terzo fell down while performing 3 times:

the first time Terzo fell down during a concert was while singing 'From The Pinnacle To The Pit' at Beach Goth festival in 2015. he tried to kick a giant beach ball and completely missed, which caused him to lose his balance and fall.

hilariously, he fell at the exact moment he sang the word "falling".

Beach Goth festival - Santa Ana, California, USA (October 24, 2015)

'Mummy Dust' is a notoriously dangerous song for Terzo. he fell off the stage while singing it twice.

the first time was in Denmark in 2016, and Terzo got seriously injured.

Herning, Denmark (June 21, 2016)

the second time was in England in 2017.

Leeds, England (March 28, 2017)

Terzo always toughs it out and continues the show. he even joked about falling during 'Mummy Dust' at the show the day after his second fall.

PAPA EMERITUS III: So we're gonna do a song now that is so heavy that even… not even I can fucking stand on my feet for this one. Glasgow, Scotland (March 29, 2017)

Terzo just seems to have really poor balance. one time he even lost his balance while sitting down 😂

Kansas City, Missouri, USA (September 30, 2016)

he doesn't fall every time though. nice save, Terzo 👍

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA (April 27, 2016) / gif via slavghoul