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「Megami Magazine (July 2024): Lv2 kara Cheat datta Motoyuusha Kouho no Mattari Isekai Life (Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers)」

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Megami Magazine July 2024 Issue (#290) - Lv2 kara Cheat datta Motoyuusha Kouho no Mattari Isekai Life (Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers)

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“Lv2 kara Cheat datta Motoyuusha Kouho no Mattari Isekai Life” The Second Promo, Spring 2024 Premiere

The Lv2 kara Cheat datta Motoyuusha Kouho no Mattari Isekai Life (Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers) television anime's official website debuted a second promotional video, the ending music, and character images (shown). In April 2024, the anime will debut on AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, and BS11.

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the kids aren't alright

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[omduart-thewriter]

Cuentos completos: Otro cuento ruso

Otro cuento ruso esta en mi top personal de mejores relatos de Bolaño. Por dos motivos: El primero porque cumple con el knock out de Cortázar respecto a los relatos, corto, conciso y un gran puñetazo final que logra el K.O y el segundo os lo digo al final. Esta relato es menos ruso que el anterior, pues lo protagoniza un sevillano, un sorche de la división azul en su búsqueda de gloria y muerte…

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Zwanzig Weltcup-Punkte für Pieter Devos beim CHI Basel 2024

Pieter Devos (Foto: Silvia Reiner) Acht Chancen und der Sieg für Pieter Devos Für die Entscheidung hatten sich insgesamt acht Reiter-Pferd-Paare durch fehlerfreie Runden im Parcours des Umlaufs qualifiziert. Andreas Schou eröffnete das Stechen mit Napoli vh Nederassenthof und beendete seine Runde mit einem Abwurf. Die Überraschung in der Entscheidung war die junge Schweizerin Sasha Barthe. Sie…

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May 2024 witch guide

Full moon: May 23rd

New moon: May 7th

Sabbats: Beltane-May1st

May Flower Moon

Known as: Bright Moon, Budding Moon, Dyad Moon, Egg Laying Moon, Frog Moon, Hare Moon, Leaf Budding Moon, Merry Moon, Moon of the Shedding Ponies, Planting Moon, Sproutkale, Thrimilcmonath & Winnemanoth

Element: Fire

Zodiac: Taurus & Gemini

Nature spirits: Elves & Faeries

Deities: Aphrodite, Artemis, Bast, Cernunnos, Diana, Frigga, Flora, Horned God, Kali, Maia, Pan, Priapus & Venus

Animals: Cat, leopard & lynx

Birds: Dove, Swallow & Swan

Trees: Hawthorne & rowan

Herbs: Cinnamon, dittany of Crete, Elder, mint, mugwort & thyme

Flowers: Foxglove, lily of the valley & rose

Scents: Rose & sandalwood

Stones: Amber, Apache tear, carnelian, emerald, garnet, malachite, rose quartz, ruby, tourmaline & tsavorite

Colors: Brown, green, orange, pink & yellow

Energy:  Abundance, creative energy, faerie & spirit contact, fertility, intuition, love, marriage, material gains, money, propagation, prosperity, real-estate dealings, relationships & tenacity

May’s Flower Moon name should be no surprise; flowers spring forth across North America in abundance this month!

• “Flower Moon” has been attributed to Algonquin peoples, as confirmed by Christina Ruddy of The Algonquin Way Cultural Centre in Pikwakanagan, Ontario.

May’s Moon was also referred to as the “Month of Flowers” by Jonathan Carver in his 1798 publication, Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America: 1766, 1767, 1768 (pp. 250-252), as a likely Dakota name. Carver stayed with the Naudowessie (Dakota) over a period of time; his expedition covered the Great Lakes region, including the Wisconsin and Minnesota areas.

Beltane

Known as: Beltaine, May day, Roodmas & Cethsamhain

Season: Spring

Symbols: Eggs, faeries, fire, flowers & maypoles

Colors: Blue, dark yellow, green, light pink, orange, red, white yellow & rainbow spectrum

Oils/Incense: Frankincense, lilac, passion flower, rose, tuberose & vanilla

Animals: Bee, cattle, goat & rabbit

Mythical: Faeries

Stones: Bloodstone, emerald, lapis lazuli, orange carnelian, rose quartz & sapphire

Food: Beltane cakes, cherries, dairy foods, farls, green herbal salads, honey, meade, nuts, oat cakes, oats, strawberries & sweets

Herbs/Plants: Almond, ash tree, birch, bramble, cinquefoil, damiana, frankincense, hawthorn, ivy, meadowsweet, mushroom, rosemary, saffron, satyrion root, St.John's wort & woodruff

Flowers: Angelica, bluebell, daisy, hibiscus, honeysuckle, lilac, marigold, primrose, rose, rose hips & yellow cowslips

Trees: Ash, cedar, elder, fir, hawthorn, juniper, linden, mesquite, oak, pine, poplar, rowan & willow

Goddesses: Aphrodite, Areil, Artemis, Cybele, Danu, Diana, Dôn, Eiru, Elen, Eostre, Fand, Flidais, Flora, Freya, Frigga, Maia, Niwalen, Rhea, Rhiannon, Var, Venus & Xochiquetzal

Gods: Baal, Bacchnalia, Balder, Belanos, Belenus, Beli, Beltene, Cernunnos, Cupid, Faunus, Freyr, Grannus, The Green Man, Lares, Lugh, Manawyddan, Odin, Pan, Puck & Taranis

Issues, Intentions & Powers: Agriculture, creativity, fertility, lust, marriage, the otherworld/Underworld, pleasure, psychic ability, purification, sensuality, sex/uality, visions, warmth & youth

Spellwork: Birth, Earth magick, healing, health & pregnancy

Activities:

• Create a daisy chain or floral decorations

• Decorate & dance around a Maypole

• Set up an outdoor altar & leave offerings to faeries

• Prepare a ritual bath with fresh flowers

• Light a bonfire or candles & dance around them

• Set aside time for self care

• Gather flowers & use them to decorate your home or altar

• Prepare a feast to celebrate with friends/family

• Make flower crowns

• Bake bannocks, oat cakes or cookies

• Hang wreaths decorated with ribbons & flowers

• Plant flowers in your garden

• Start a wish book/box/journal

• Go on a walk & gice thanks to nature⁸

• Cast fertility or a bunch spells

• Fill small baskets of flowers & small goodies, then leave them on your friends/neighbors doorstep as a gesture of goodwill & friendship

Beltane is mentioned in the earliest Irish literature and is associated with important events in Irish mythology. Also known as Cétshamhain ('first of summer'), it marked the beginning of summer & was when cattle were driven out to the summer pastures. Rituals were performed to protect cattle, people & crops, and to encourage growth. (Today, Witches who observe the Wheel of the Year celebrate Beltane as the height of Spring.)

Special bonfires were kindled, whose flames, smoke & ashes were deemed to have protective powers. The people and their cattle would walk around or between bonfires & sometimes leap over the flames or embers. All household fires would be doused & then re-lit from the Beltane bonfire.

These gatherings would be accompanied by a feast, and some of the food and drink would be offered to the aos sí. Doors, windows, byres and livestock would be decorated with yellow May flowers, perhaps because they evoked fire.

In parts of Ireland, people would make a May Bush: typically a thorn bush or branch decorated with flowers, ribbons, bright shells & rushlights. Holy wells were also visited, while Beltane dew was thought to bring beauty & maintain youthfulness.

• The aos sí (often referred to as spirits or fairies) were thought to be especially active at Beltane. Like Samhain, which lies directly opposite from Beltane on the Wheel of the Year, this was seen as a time when the veil between worlds was at its thinnest. At Samhain the veil between the worlds of the living & the dead is thin enough that we can connect & convene with our beloved dead, here at Beltane it’s the veil between the human world, and the world of faeries & nature spirits that has grown thin. Offerings would be left at the ancient faerie forts, the wells and in other sacred places in an effort to appease these nature spirits to ensure a successful growing season.

Some believe this is when The Goddess is now the Mother & the God is seen as the Green Man or the wild stag. It celebrates the symbolic union, mating or marriage of the Goddess & God & heralds in the coming summer months. It represents life rather than Samhain on the opposite side of the Wheel of the Year.

Other Celebrations:

• Rosealia- May 23rd

Rosalia or Rosaria was a festival of roses celebrated on various dates, primarily in May, but scattered through mid-July. The observance is sometimes called a rosatio ("rose-adornment") or the dies rosationis, "day of rose-adornment," & could be celebrated also with violets. As a commemoration of the dead, the rosatio developed from the custom of placing flowers at burial sites. It was among the extensive private religious practices by means of which the Romans cared for their dead, reflecting the value placed on tradition (mos maiorum, "the way of the ancestors"), family lineage & memorials ranging from simple inscriptions to grand public works. Several dates on the Roman calendar were set aside as public holidays or memorial days devoted to the dead.

Roses had funerary significance in Greece, but were particularly associated with death & entombment among the Romans. In Greece, roses appear on funerary steles  & in epitaphs most often of girls. Flowers were traditional symbols of rejuvenation, rebirth &memory, with the red & purple of roses & violets felt to evoke the color of blood as a form of propitiation

Sources:

Farmersalmanac .com

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences by Sandra Kines

Wikipedia

A Witch's Book of Correspondences by Viktorija Briggs

Encyclopedia britannica

Llewellyn 2024 magical almanac Practical magic for everyday living

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Hiiii ty for such a great uquiz!! Would it be possible to see the description of all the books you could get matched to? I’m curious what the vibes are for the rest!!

hi 🌷 here you go:

White Teeth by Zadie Smith: Excessive, maximalist and very ambitious multigenerational and multicultural epic novel that starts with the unlikely friendship between Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. It explores themes of race, identity and the intersections of culture, heritage, and modernity. Clever and hilarious dialogue, very creative when it comes to language and style, unique and bold when it comes to narrative. Perhaps a flawed novel due to its ambition, but excellent nonetheless.

Despair by Vladimir Nabokov: Excellent writing; very ambitious and stylish. It is somewhat a twisted novel but you will find a lot of humor despite. The narrator speaks directly to the reader as he writes what he regards as his perfect crime. This novel is one of Nabokov's earliest works in which one can easily identify themes and literary devices that the author explored later in his most known works.

The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño: Brilliant and stunning novel about poets and poetry! Very dense and challenging; it requires patience from the reader. This novel is so infinitely dear to me that i can't even explain its brilliance, but i have to give you at least an idea of the plot so: The story is arranged in three parts and told from multiple points of view. It starts in Mexico City, in the 70s, and continues across decades and continents. It follows the adventures and misadventures of Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima—poets, drug dealers, wanderes, criminals. Now, about the themes, the writing, the style, the narration? Just absolutely perfect even at its most tedious, difficult and anticlimactic parts.

The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington: Unconventional, absurd, imaginative and exuberantly surreal apocalyptic fairytale quest. It follows 92 year old Marian who is sent off to a peculiar old-age home. If you aren't familiar with Leanora Carrington's art you should look at some of her paintings because this wonderful novel feels just like her surrealist paintings!

Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls: This novella tells the story of a love affair between a depressed suburban housewife and an amphibian creature who escaped a scientific research center. It might sound like a quirky fiction story but it actually deals with the most mundane and banal aspects of life and human relationships. Brilliantly written; neat and precise prose, wonderful storytelling. The author knew what she was doing and not a single word she wrote was wasted.

The Borrowers by Mary Norton: Delicately written little adventure about tiny people who live in the secret places of houses. I am enamored (obsessed!!) with miniatures—dollhouses, dioramas, fairies—so imagine how dear this book is to me.

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn: The murders of two girls bring reporter Camille Preaker back to her hometown. As she works to uncover the truth about those crimes, Camille finds herself forced to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past. Very entertaining read. It has best seller written all over it (which might not be the biggest compliment lol but i mean for this genre so it is a compliment).

Rage by Sergio Bizzio: Claustrophobic, anxiety inducing, fast-paced psychological thriller that made me think of Bong Joon-ho's Parasite the whole 4 hours it took me to read it. I read it in it's original language, Spanish, and i particularly loved the dialogue; its idiosyncrasies and authenticity (tqm Argentina!)

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby: Rob, an obsessive music fan, reminisces his top five worst break ups to understand his most recent heartbreak. He is a very arrogant and cynical guy who defines his entire life through records, and because he is constantly interacting with music that almost exclusively deals with love—and a very idealistic version of it—he finds himself unsatisfied with the way his life has turned out.

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@truthhux tagged me in a character vibe meme a while back and I decided to shake things up by sticking with characters from literary fiction. You're all implicitly tagged and can do whatever you want forever, but I'm staring at the following users while menacingly peeling an apple with a Corsican vendetta knife: @bill-blake-fans-anonymous @jacopo-belbo @aurpiment @lesbiancolumbo @1985directedbyyentan @bpdjennamaroney @incurablenecromantic

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Evanescence, live at Milenia Fest (14/10/2023).

📸 Cristian Belano

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At this point Rys and Flio need to stop going on dates in town because it’s always some horrible disaster happening when they do 😭

Damalynas got set up as such a cool and powerful character just to get beat and sealed by Hiya so quickly. Disappointing cause her design was great 💔 at least we got to see how strong Hiya is when she’s not fighting someone as broken as Flio. And she seems to be settling into the cast very well. Hopefully as time goes on her personality will continue to develop too.

*town and day gets saved* Princess: We need you to help save the world

Flio: Nah I’m good 😂

Living out your days on a farm in the quiet and beautiful countryside with your gorgeous wolf wife is way better than anything the castle can offer. Plus, Flio’s seen how fickle humans can be so why work for the same people who banished you 🤷🏾‍♂️

Wedding rings finally! It’s official. Rys little tail wag at the end was sooo cute, give her infinite headpats.

The girls expanding Flio’s land and starting a farm on it is a great idea. They can make some money and not feel like freeloaders! I feel like Belano will be one of Hiya’s students one day

And fake hero bumass is in prison, you love to see it.

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Alors tu peux nous donner tes recommendations récentes ? 🧐🗒️✍️

AVEC PLAISIR alors les derniers livres que j'ai lus :

Tous les hommes sont des menteurs, d'Alberto Manguel. Un écrivain argentin est retrouvé mort à Madrid, tombé par la fenêtre, alors qu'il vient de publier une oeuvre magistrale. Un journaliste interroge les gens qui l'ont connu pour comprendre. Ca a l'air sombre dit comme ça, mais c'est assez drôle parce que le premier témoignage, c'est Alberto Manguel lui-même et le deuxième témoignage commence en gros par "Alberto Manguel est un connard", beaucoup de second degré, d'humour sur lui-même, sur la littérature. On se rend rapidement compte que chacun a une vision différente de ce qui s'est passé et que la vérité est multiple. Ca parle aussi de la dictature en Argentine, de la torture, de littérature évidemment, c'est assez facile à lire et j'avoue que je l'ai dévoré !

Les Détectives sauvages, de Roberto Bolaño. J'adooooore Bolaño, lisez La Littérature nazie en Amérique, lisez 2666, mais en vrai, je me demande si Les Détectives sauvages ne serait pas mon préféré de lui. On suit un jeune poète mexicain qui rejoint le mouvement du "réalisme viscéral", mouvement qu'il a cependant du mal à définir, et qui est inspiré par le vrai mouvement de l'infraréalisme. Au début, on suit ce poète, puis on s'intéresse à deux figures du réalisme viscéral, Arturo Belano (chilien, comme Bolaño, wink wink) et Ulises Lima dont on va découvrir la vie entre les années 70 et les années 90 par le biais de multiples témoignages de gens qui les ont connus - un peu comme Manguel. C'est à la fois très drôle, avec des littéraires qui se prennent pour des dieux vivants (et ayant fait un master de littérature, ça me parle) mais aussi très touchant, avec des vies brisées, des vies qui évoluent, le temps qui passe. Bolaño réussit à nous faire nous attacher à un personnage qu'on ne va connaître que pour quinze pages et ne plus jamais revoir du livre. C'est une accumulation d'histoires différentes qui forment un grand ensemble et c'est extraordinaire, sans doute dans mon top 10 de mes livres préférés. C'est un pavé par contre, 800/900 pages mais moi j'adore.

Cent ans de solitude, de Gabriel García Márquez (oui j'aime la littérature sud-américaine), un classique sur le coup mais que je n'avais jamais lu bizarrement. C'est l'histoire d'une famille dans un village de Colombie, sur plusieurs décennies et par ce biais, on raconte l'histoire de la Colombie, la modernité qui arrive petit à petit, la décadence : la famille et le village vont s'élever puis chuter, de la richesse à la destruction. Le bonus, c'est que c'est du réalisme magique, un mouvement littéraire qu'honnêtement je ne connais pas si bien que ça (j'adore Borges mais je ne suis pas certaine que ça en soit par exemple), qui mélange la réalité avec le merveilleux, où à la fois on a des problématiques ancrées dans le réel mais aussi des prophéties, des créatures étranges, des gens qui vivent beaucoup trop longtemps etc. C'est du conte de fée moderne, en tout cas je l'ai compris comme ça en lisant Cent ans de solitude, navrée si c'est un raccourci ! Et bref, c'est un livre assez difficile parfois, avec une narration qui revient en arrière, qui avance dans le temps, qui joue avec les chronologies, avec une multitude de personnages à retenir, mais c'est très plaisant de s'y perdre et c'est magnifiquement écrit donc, que dire de plus.

Le prochain sur ma liste, c'est Les Choses de Perec, mais je peux déjà vivement conseiller La Vie mode d'emploi du même auteur qui fait aussi partie de mes livres préférés, même si ça fait des siècles que je ne l'ai pas lu - j'en reparlerai quand je le relirai. C'est l'histoire d'un immeuble parisien et on raconte l'historique de chaque appartement, avec un fil rouge porté par le propriétaire de l'immeuble, c'est extraordinaire (j'aime les narrations multiples oups).

[wavvie]

Which of your characters is the most daring/risk-taking? Which one is the most cautious? Do they/would they get along?

thank you for the ask!!

Nelia for sure is the most daring/risk-taking. As for the most cautious, it's probably Belano. Belano who is a talented thief won't take a job he knows he 100% can't complete. When they do meet they for sure don't get along. For many reasons, one of them being Nelia having a lot more of a risk taker and him being extremely caustous

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THURSDAY

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Cuentos completos: William Burns

Este es el cuento que menos me ha gustado de los leídos hasta ahora. Es confuso, extraño, sin pistas para desentrañarlo. Eso es lo que pensé al terminarlo de leer, pero en una segunda lectura para tenerlo fresquito para reseñarlo lo comprendí. Lo primero que ocurrió en mi cerebro mientras releía es relacionar el relato con Amberes, la novelita más misteriosa de Bolaño. En esa novela la poesía es…