#christing

[japsrevilo]

Christin

[sight-decoding]

"Lemnian Earth, a medicine in the shape of a stamped clay tablet (sphragis) from Lemnos, northeastern Greece, was much valued in antiquity and in the post-medieval period as an antidote to poison and a treatment for other ailments. Although it was among the first archaeological materials to be subjected to chemical analysis (in 1807), there is still no clear understanding as to what made Lemnian Earth an effective medicine. We argue that Lemnian Earth, the artefact, was not the same as Lemnian Earth, the raw material. We suggest a composition for the artefact by scrutinizing the documentary evidence for its properties and by considering the geochemical processes that led to the formation of the raw material and the ritual relating to its extraction. The study of the latter highlights the need for archaeological materials scientists to recognize ritual as a possible manifestation of physical and chemical processes carried out within the framework of past beliefs and practices."

~ A.J. Hall & E. Photos-Jones, 'Accessing Past Beliefs and Practices: The Case of Lemnian Earth'

“I thought well to inquire whether there was no tradition of goat‟s blood being mixed with the Earth. All who heard this question of mine laughed, and they were not mere chance individuals, but people well informed about the whole history of the locality as well as in other matters. In fact I got a book from one of them, written by a former native, in which all the uses of the Lemnian Earth were set forth....The man who gave me the book, and who was counted among the leading citizens of Hephaistias, used the medicine himself for many purposes: thus for old standing wounds that were slow to heal, for viper bites and animal bites in general; he also used the seal for poisons, both in prevention and cure. He said that he had also tried a juniper preparation to which some earth is added”

~ Galen, On Simple Drugs IX.II.247-8; trans. Brock 1929, 194).

Dr. Ammon Hillman asserts that this Lemnian Earth was not only a pharmacological panacea, but that -- within the ritual and technological capacity, or 'Pharmakognosis' of the theurgist priestesses -- it was also a 'capacitating drug', meaning it could transform what would otherwise be venoms and poisons, into highly beneficial chemical (or possibly even mycellial?) processes in the body. In other words, the negative effects are ameliorated, and perhaps even synthesized for good effect with this Leminian Earth 'seal' .

Artwork: 'Cauldron of the Sóteira'

Rendered by: Dall-E

Prompts by Gnostech

[threeicedcreams]

Waht if we kissed on the pokemon legends z-a anti homeless architecture bench,

[vamprisms]

'not dishwasher safe' don't care i'm crazy. i'd put the holy grail in that thing

[marisatomay]

People might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of, or because of, his suffering. I like to think that van Gogh would have been even more prolific and even greater if he wasn't so restricted by the things tormenting him. I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.

—David Lynch

[pears-palette]

An important PSA to remember!

[ID in Alt]

[teaboot]

Okay so I'm a security guard, right

And part of why I like my job is cause I'm pretty good at deescalating conflicts without violence or police involvement

And that *might* be because my primary coping mechanism for stress is humor, and if the guy in the uniform isn't stressed out, usually nobody else is either

But anyhow today I witnessed a crime, which 911 had already been called for

And I'm telling the guy, you know, as he's running away, that nobody's gonna touch him, we don't do that here, I don't have any weapons and he can totally walk on out if he wants to

And he gives me this 'go-fuck-yourself" type answer, right? As you do

And I fucking

I fucking. Start danCING

I DONT KNOW WHY

I WAS JUST LIKE "aight guess I'll go fuck myself then, cheerio" AND START FUCKING DANCING

LIKE MY BRAIN WAS LIKE "Cool not being attacked, gotta keep the witnessed calm, gotta stay chill and breezy" AND THE PHYSICAL RESPONSE FOR THAT WAS TO SYART DOING THIS SASSY FUCKING JIG

I DIDNT EVEN REALIZR I WAS FDOUNG IT UNTIL SOMEONE POIU TED IT OUT AFTER

and it all ended fine and the dude is in custody and I get a call from my boss like "Yeah we're gonna need to send footage to police"

AND

FUCKING

THIS IS GOING TO BE SHOWN IN COURT SOMEWHERE

IM DOUNG A SRUPID LITTLE DANCE ON CAMERA AS THIS GUY LOSES HIS MIND AND ITS GONNA BE ON COURT SOMEWHERW

THIS IS THE STUPIDEST FUCKING THING IVE WVER DONE

I HATE MYSELFD

[wolfythewitch]

jesus in the hades art style

[captainharlock]

sequel to my other jesus + vocaloid image inspired by confessions of a rotten girl by SAWTOWNE

[romanceyourdemons]

i love characters who are always like fear not, i shall take care of this problem for you….. by sacrificing myself!! and everyone else is like i swear to god if you pull this shit again i’ll kill you

[justatallstick]

i’m literally going to end it all

[japsrevilo]

Christin

[thought-begone]

I guess the real glorious evolution was the homoerotic yearning we made along the way

[hansoeii]

only you.

[bluesky-out-of-context]