#hail Kraig

[brothersnackariahsbitch]

Kieran in SOBH is so fucking funny. Signing off his letters with things like “Hail Kraig”, and dropping lines like this:

“Let us remind our Court that we are the Moon, as the Seelie Court is the Sun; rather than that they are Beauty, and we Tackiness.”

[lilychxn]

FIVE THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS for every TSC book signed by CC is actually so silly

[rinadragomir]

Breaking news! Cassie's releasing Kickstarter✨🫶"Seasons of Shadowhunters"

I'm choking crying sobbing throwing up and everything🥹😩🤧🥺

She will ship four books in four shipments throughout 2024 and early 2025 - one for each season.

What will it include?!

1 - SECRETS OF BLACKTHORN HALL MY BELOVED with a fancy stamped hardcover and Cassandra Jean’s art in full color, including the Polaroids from Kraig’s Retirement Party. All hail Kraig.

2 - "Collection of four novella length stories, at least one of which is set in the Shadowhunter universe and focuses on a character whose future many have been interested in!"

3 - NOTABLE SHADOWHUNTERS:

This new edition will feature old faves as well as the grown up versions of folks like Kit, Ty, and Dru, and some new characters who we have all grown to know and love, like our beloved Oscar.

4 - BETTER IN BLACK SHORT STORIES:

Ten brand new short stories from the Shadowhunter universe! These are all new stories, never before seen anywhere else and currently exclusive to this campaign. Each one focuses on a beloved couple (or thruple) from the Shadowhunters series.

5 - JOURNAL!

This one has a compass rose cover just like Thomas Lightwood’s, and is separated into sections with brand new art from Charlie Bowater!

[ag-updates-and-archives]

Concert Review: The Sounds of Animals Fighting w/ Concrete Castles & Hail the Sun | 01.16.23, Red Flag (with photo gallery)

[part 1/2]

Atmospheric synths begin to play as Matthew Kraig Kelly (The Autumns), Matthew Embree (Rx Bandits), and Keith Goodwin (Good Old War) take the stage at Red Flag and entrance the audience with the first song of TSoAF’s set, “Wolf.” With four vocalists that rotate and share the stage throughout the night, Anthony Green (Circa Survive, Saosin, LS Dunes) makes his debut of the evening with their latest heavy hitting track, “Apeshit.” Wielding a single bulb light in one hand and a mic in the other, Green is accompanied by Embree and Steve Choi (Rx Bandits) on guitar, Jonathan Hischke on bass, Chris Tsagakis on drums, and Rich Balling (Hospital Gown) on vocals. Green looks content and mentions many times throughout the set how surprised he is at the energy in the room. He’s delivering his signature vocals that solidified his spot in the scene over 20 years ago, but with a grit that only comes from a lifetime of overcoming personal adversity and fighting to do what he loves. As a longtime fan, it warms my heart and many of us in the room feel the same.

Not missing a beat, the crowd didn’t stop moving as TSoAF jumped into “I, The Swan,” “Chasing Suns,” and “All is Ash or the Light Shining Through It” before sauntering into “This Heat,” “My Horse Must Lose,” and “Another Leather Lung.” The connection each of these incredibly talented musicians share is palpable and reaches into the crowd, drawing us in. It’s an undeniable chemistry that most supergroups lack.

This band has no rules, it’s a playground for expression. At many points, Balling reads excerpts from an old Peter Pan book, while another vocalist is singing. Every detail of this show is part of a larger well-constructed concept for a truly unique concert-going experience. The show continues on with two more songs from their 2008 release, The Ocean and The Sun, before Kelly hauntingly delivers vocals on “The Heretic.” The crowd is fully engaged and couples can even be seen hugging and swaying together in this emotional display from TSoAF.

At this point, all eight touring members of the band are on stage for the final two songs of the set, “Modulate Back to the Tonic” and “You Don’t Need a Witness.” These songs are part of their popular 2007 release, Tiger and The Duke. Nostalgia is felt throughout the crowd, but it’s timeless in delivery. We’re treated to an encore of two songs off of their debut album Lover, The Lord Has Left Us, “Skullflower” and “Stockhausen,” and finally, “Sharon Tate, Despite Everything.” The last song of the evening is off of their 2023 release, Apeshit, which further solidifies TSoAF’a ability to transcend time through sound since their 2006 debut.

#anthony green #chris tsagakis #jonathan hischke #matthew embree #matthew kelly #keith goodwin #steve choi #rich balling #tsoaf 2023 tour #pics just dropped #holly kite #the sound of animals fighting #ive been dying to reach queue

[aroace-cat-lady]

Hail Kraig, bitches

[gladstones-corner]

Ritual Variants - Liber Resh vel Helios

Originally, this was a post on studying ritual variations to understand why adaptations are made and take your own adaptation to the next level.

Unfortunately I chose Liber Resh vel Helios as the example, and the post quickly became an investigation of this ritual's particular variants.

I've decided to keep the original analysis below as a step-by-step example of how studying and adapting can work, akin to my series on the LRP and SOP.

So let's dive in.

If you're not familiar with Liber Resh, it's a set of four solar adorations performed at the four stations of the sun: dawn, noon, dusk, and midnight.

Aside from some pronunciation differences, the verbal components don't vary. The material components also don't vary, as the ritual is designed to be done bare-handed. That leaves us with the somatic components, which can tremendously differ.

Crowley's original version states that magicians are to perform their adoration while "giving the sign of [their] grade". This assumes that the magician is a member of the A.'.A.'. and is given such signs.

What if you aren't a member of the A.'.A.'.? According to this Thelemapedia page, Crowley gives the following signs:

Dawn (East): The four L.V.X. Signs

Noon (South): The Fire Sign of Thoum-Aesh-Neith

Dusk (West): The Air Sign of Shu

Midnight (North): The Water Sign of Auramoth

These signs are reinforced by practicing occultist, magician, and fellow (read: better) blogger Maevius Lynn in her video on Liber Resh. The main difference is that she uses the Sign of Osiris Slain at dawn instead of the L.V.X. Signs.

Why are they done in this order? This is because the adorations align the magician with the stations of the sun:

Dawn (East): the L.V.X. signs for the rebirth of the Sun

Noon (South): the Fire sign for the zenith of the Sun's power

Dusk (West): the Air sign for the dispersing of the Sun's power

Midnight (North): the Water sign for the hidden aspect of the Sun

However, Donald Kraig significantly diverges from this pattern in Modern Magick:

Dawn (East): The Air Sign of Shu

Noon (South): The Fire Sign of Thoum-Aesh-Neith

Dusk (West): The Water Sign of Auramoth

Midnight (North): A Hailing Sign (right arm out sideways, elbow up at a 90-degree angle, palm flat and facing forward)

Why the difference? Kraig doesn't say for sure in Modern Magick, so I'm going to give an educated guess.

Note that (with the exception of the Hailing Sign), all the Signs match the elemental and directional correspondences given in the LRP. However, Kraig's Hailing Sign is not given in any of Crowley's ritual signs. Instead, there is the Earth Sign of Set.

So where does it come from? In Modern Magick, Kraig states that this Sign is an adaptation of an even older Sign given in some Golden Dawn documents. In my opinion, we can reasonably infer that this "older Sign" is similar to Crowley's Earth Sign of Set, which may now be considered an offensive gesture to make. A reasonable adaptation.

But why change the order of the Signs? I believe it's to reinforce the correspondences to the LRP that magicians following his course will learn before anything else. Again, a reasonable adaptation. After all, if you're working closely with those correspondences, it'll be easier to assimilate something new if it matches up closely.

But what if you aren't working with those correspondences? What if you're working with, say, astrological correspondences on a regular basis and want to align with those?

Take a look at the Lesser Rituals of the Hexagram as given in Crowley's Liber O. These rituals align the magician to the Fixed signs of the zodiac: Leo, Taurus, Aquarius, and Scorpio (but that's another post). Using this set of correspondences will net you the following:

Dawn (East): The Fire Sign of Thoum-Aesh-Neith

Noon (South): The Earth Sign of Set

Dusk (West): The Air Sign of Shu

Midnight (North): The Water Sign of Auramoth

And the changes are limitless. The point of the matter isn't to get it 100% right, 100% of the time, with no adulterations. Remember that magic is a living tradition. To understand where magicians of the past came from is critical, but to form your own tradition is just as important.

If you made it this far, thank you for bearing with me. Have a wonderful day/night, and until we meet again, blessed be~

[pansexual-lilychen]

KRAIGS RETIREMENT PARTY POLAROIDS!!!

ALL HAIL KRAIGGG!!!

[thephonyqueenofengland]

So Emma and Julian might be going to faerie? Certainly never expected that from SoBH. Wonder if we will see Ash again if they do?

[bookishnonesense]

best part of today’s sobh is Julian acknowledging the worship of Kraig

GLORY TO KRAIG

[queenofmorningstar]

OK, fIRST OF ALL KIERAN CALLED JULIAN HIS BROTHER IS SKSJSSKJSS. i’m going to frame this, Cassie.

Also, the house is HAUNTED??!! so we have an ENCHANTED DIARY AND A CURSED HOUSE?? Like, please, Titania, give your ancestors some break. Jemma deserve to be happy

Kierarktina supremacy>>>>>>>>>

ROUND TOM TEACH ME YOUR WAYS

HAIL KRAIG

[lilychxn]

crazy how cassandra clare can make sobh completely free on tumblr and yet i am considering spending money on this cover (i see blackstairs and that's all i need)

[allthefandomsbetween]

“Kraigs retirement party was nice”

Shadowhunters 🤝 Kraigs retirement party

[elizarikaallen]

Just found out there's a tag hail kraig.

Why am I not surprised?

[james-cordelia]

“Nice?” Julian looked outraged. “Puppies are nice. Fuzzy pajamas are nice. Kraig’s retirement party was nice. That was . . .”

Hail Kraig!

[cortanas-wielder]

Hail Kraig.

[artsychauna]

The unseelie king is in my bed

@cassandraclare