#jake magus

[inbarfink]

[ravenlynclemens]

some more adventure time stuff

[slechterick]

adventure time writers: and then i sprinkle some daddy issues on top of the character's backstory

[askmagus]

WELCOME! °˖✧

This magus ask blog is run by @crabussy!!! guidelines below!

✧ you don't have to be polite but I am more likely to answer friendly questions!! please don't be rude to me but you can be rude to magus.

✧ I want to keep this blog relatively SFW, but suggestive questions are allowed to an extent!! if you're not sure if your question is okay, send it in anyway! if I can't answer, I just won't [: no shame!

✧ please ask a question only once! I am not more likely to answer it if you send it in multiple times.

✧ you can ask about other characters!! in this AU/version of adventure time, magus and simon are in a relationship. magus is friends with abracadaniel, ron james, little dude, finn and jake, fionna (introduced by simon!) and marceline. some friendships are stronger than others!

✧ you can ask questions about their life, career, friends, hobbies, habits, fears, childhood, magic, opinions, dislikes, etc!!! go wild!! the more interesting the question, the more likely I am to answer!!

✧ you can ask magus questions directly, or ask about them! you may get slightly different answers (we love a good unreliable narrator. I will clarify if something they say is untrue!!)

✧ responses will be sketches so that I can do a lot!!! they might be more realistic or simplified depending on the situation.

[sxrrandomfanfics]

100 Different Media To Write For in 2025

There may be more series that are more fun, but these are things that I know

January 2nd - Psychonauts "One-Shot" January 2nd - Death's Door "I am a Reaper" January 5th - Psychonauts "Baby Talking to Animals is Completely Normal No Matter the Circumstances" January 11th - Helluva Boss "A New Argument" January 11th - Mouthwashing "Fish in a Birdcage"

January 13th - Psychonauts "Precognition"

Things I could Write For

Sky

Digimon

Pokemon

Sonic

Dark Cloud

Shining Force

Jentry Chau Vs. The Underworld

Dan da Dan

Undertale

Steven Universe

Gravity Falls

Amphibia

The Owl House

Inside Job

Kill la Kill

Shin Megami Tensei

The Wizard of Oz

Ace Attorney

My Little Pony

Ok K.O. Let's Be Heroes!

Secret Saturdays

Generator Rex

The Pretender

Dungeons and Dragons

Cult of the Lamb

Powerpuff Girls

Dexter's Laboratory

Star Vs. The Forces of Evil

My Hero Academia

My Ghost Friend

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

Villainous Flags- All Paths Lead to Doom!

Scissor Seven

DragonTales

Clifford

Pucca

Crash Bandicoot

Spyro the Dragon

That One Book About Lilith

American Dragon Jake Long

Danny Phantom

Kim Possible

Courage, The Cowardly Dog

iCarly

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Ernest and Celestine

Spirit - Stallion of the Cimmaron

Watership Down

Second Hand Lions

Jumanji

Zuthura

The Little Mermaid

Aladdin

Hercules

Shrek

Madigascar

How to Train Your Dragon

Rise of the Guardians

Grimm

Xiaolin Showdown

Lili & Stitch

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Treasure Planet

Dinosaur King

The Great Mouse Detective

The Rescuers

Up Up and Away

Sky High

The Princess Protection Program

The Wizards of Waverly Place

The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

Anastasia

Land Before Time

Adventure Time

Regular Show

Teen Titans

Static Shock

Batman

Flash

Superman

Law and Order

Grimm Adventures

Jimmy Neutron

Fairly Odd Parents

Spongebob

50 First Dates

The Princess Bride

Johnny Test

Dragon Ball

Code: Lyoko

Miraculous Ladybug

Avatar the Last Airbender

Totally Spies

Big Bang Theory

The Simpsons

Futurama

Terraforming Mars

Centaurworld

Maya and the Three

The Book of Life

Coco

The Bible

Genesis's Discography

Mitski's Discography

6Teen

Total Drama

Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart

Big Hero 6

Baby Mouse

Calvin and Hobbes

Cavetown's Discography

Captain Planet

Ben 10

The Incredibles

Moomin

Spot the Dog

Between the Lions

Pinocchio

Snow White

Sleeping Beauty

Cinderella

Foreigner's Discography

Nightmare Before Christmas

The Santa Clause

Rankin & Bass

Warrior Cats

Wings of Fire

Fire Emblem

Yes's Discography

Chowder

Tom and Jerry

Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack

Spirited Away

Kiki's Delivery Service

My Neighbor Totoro

Howl's Moving Castle

Castle in the Sky

Sailor Moon

Ducktales

Chopped

Kirby

Blue's Clues

7 Deadly Sins

Little Witch Academia

Delcious in Dungeon

Spy x Family

Kingdom Hearts

Tangled

Frozen

Ancient Magus Bride

Inside Out

Star Wars

The Lord of the Rings (Rankin and Bass movie)

Aggretsuko

Klaus

Chess

Checkers

Star Trek

The Amazing World of Gumball

Cells at Work

Ouran High School Host Club

Hilda

Dead Endia

Bomberman

Theory Channels (YouTube)

Mario

Umbrella Academy

Phineas and Ferb

Full Metal Alchemist

Muppets

Song of the Sea

Wolfwalkers

Breadwinner

No Straight Roads

Meet the Robinsons

Beauty and the Beast

Fairytail

Splatoon

Project Moon

The Gregory Horror Show

Ever After High

Monster High

School for Good and Evil

Cursed Princess Club

He-Man & She-Ra

Legends of Chima

Smiling Friends

The Lion King

Mrs. Dalloway

Chikn Nuggit

Encanto

Detective Grimoire

Rain World

Infinity Train

Hero: 108

Golden Sun

Over the Garden Wall

Codename: Kids Next Door

Slay the Princess

The Frog Princess

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

5 Nights at Freddy's

Among the Sleep

Voltron

Bendy And the Ink Machine

Power Ranger

Super Monkey Ball

101 Dalmations

Hello Kitty

Hatsune Miku

Creepypastas

Camp Camp

Odin Sphere

Shakespeare

Dragon Quest

League of Legends

Hero Wars

Battlecats

Arthur

Fighting Fudons

Marry My Husband

Hotel Transylvania

Beware the Villainess

Overlord

That One Time I was Reincarnated as a Slime

Soul Eater

Hajime de no Aku

Supernatural

Naruto

The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

The World God Only Knows

Devilman Crybaby

Blue Exorcist

HunterXHunter

Bob's Burgers

Geek Girl

Jane the Virgin

Emily in Paris

Jurassic Park

Jaws

Tremors

Friend's Fanfiction

My Own Fanfictions

[teecupangel]

Are you familiar with demon slayer and the AC JPN dubbing , if you do. Then be prepared for this. The demon slayer voice casting has 6 VAs who does the voices of the AC protagonists

Altair & Uzui

Ezio & Sanemi

Connor & haganezuka

Arno & tanjiro’s dad

Jacob & enmu

Bayek & yahaba “arrow demon”

Aya & Daki

Imagine them meeting the voice counter parts

Oh, yeah, I’m a bit familiar with the Japanese dub of Assassin’s Creed and I watch Demon Slayer when it’s airing in Japan then I rewatch it in the English dub because I enjoy watching English dubs in general XD.

Before anything…

Imma list the names of their JP voices and a few other characters they voice. (And I will be focusing on the ones listed by @ullyaboo because… well… this would get too long if I start listing everybody...)

Altaïr is voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi

(Sombron/Hubert/Xander/Randal from Fire Emblem, @princesslikesfanfics might recognize him as Tory Innis from Ancient Magus’ Bride, Diavolo from Jojo, Lloyd Irving from Tales series, America/Canada from Hetalia, and mecha fans might recognize him as our bestest aniki Kamina)

No, seriously.

Can we just take a moment to think about how Altaïr’s JP voice also voiced these characters as well:

Also, shoutout to him being the voice of the dead big brother of my Trails blorbo XD

Ezio is voiced by Tomokazu Seki

(HE VOICED MIGUEL O’HARA IN THE JP DUB OF ATSV, oh and Toad in the Mario movie, Jojo fans will probably find it funny that he voices Father Pucci and his stand, Panda from JJK, Gilgamesh from Fates, mecha fans would remember his “SHINING FISTS” as Domon Kasshu, he’s also Toya in Cardcaptor Sakura, and Van Fanel of Vision of Escaflowne (one of the earliest isekai anime))

Ratonhnhaké:ton is voiced by Daisuke Namikawa

(Lindel from Ancient Magus’ Bride, Anasui AND Giogio from Jojo, Yamato from Digimon, Persona 4’s MC, the jp voice of Sekiro from… well… Sekiro, Richard from Tales series, Italy from Hetalia, and Lupin the 3rd’s Goemon)

This deserves to be seen: Ratonhnhaké:ton’s JP Voice also voices Oikawa (Haikyuu) and Italy (Hetalia - also Romano) (this means that Ratonhnhaké:ton sang the Hetalia ending song)

And he’s the JP voice of Jake Muller, Wesker’s kid in RE6.

Arno is voiced by Shinichiro Miki

(ROY MUSTANG from FMA, Randy Orlando from Trails, Sir Nighteye from BNHA/MHA, James from Pokemon, Alucard from Castlevania, Lockon Stratos (*haro voice* Lockon, Lockon, Lockon, incoherent sobbing) from Gundam, Hijikata from Hakuoki)

(side note: Elise’s JP voice is Toyoguchi Megumi who voices Rengoku’s mother and I don’t want to mess up Tanjiro’s family but… half-brothers Tanjiro and Rengoku AU???)

Jacob is voiced by Daisuke Hirakawa

(Kakyoin from Jojo, Cao Lee and Rufus Albarea from Trails, Rei from Free, Makoto Ito from School Days (lollol, at least Jacob doesn't have the worst love life in this list), and Orlando Bloom in Kingdom Hearts games XD)

Bayek is voiced by Jun Fukuyama (JP voices of Origin (and Valhalla) weren't in Behind the Voice Actor so I had to doublecheck with JP wiki XD)

(Persona 5’s MC, Lelouch Vi Brittania/Zero from Code Geass, Yukio from Blue Exorcist, Korosensei from Assassination Classroom, Maximilian from Valkyria Chronicles, Watanuki from xxxHolic)

Aya is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro

(female Robin from Fire Emblem, Milla Maxwell from Tales, Katalina from GBF, Elizabeth from Persona, Jolyn Cujoh from Jojo, Shinku in Rozen Maiden, Franziska von Karma in Ace Attorney, Celty from Durarara!!, Touko from Danganronpa)

Now…

For the actual ask portion:

Altaïr would probably be annoyed at Uzui at first because he’s so flashy. They’d probably spar and Altaïr would start to respect him after understanding that, underneath all that ‘flashiness��, Uzui is strong and has conviction (side note: Uzui’s three wives makes me think Makio - Maria, Hinatsuru - Adha and Suma - Kadar XD)

Ezio would think of Sanemi as having skills and potential but he won’t like his attitude. AC2!Ezio would definitely butt heads with Sanemi a lot, especially after he sees how Sanemi acts around his younger brother (since he doesn’t know the whole story) and he’d definitely try to act like a nice big brother to Genya, Brotherhood!Ezio and Revelations!Ezio would not be provoked by Sanemi and act more like an older brother/mentor role that Sanemi doesn’t want at all and thinks is super annoying.

Haganezuka would totally like Ratonhnhaké:ton because Ratonhnhaké:ton would take care of any weapon he receives from Haganezuka. Ratonhnhaké:ton will also be willing to listen to Haganezuka talk about swords for houurrrss. Achilles would have to be the one to smack Haganezuka to get out of the homestead after giving Ratonhnhaké:ton his sword. (Why is Achilles there? Idk, crossover???)

All I can think of is Arno getting adopted by the Kamado family. Tanjuro is quite frail and he’s been sick for a while now so their meeting would probably remind Arno of his late father. But, man, just imagine Arno dancing Hinokami Kagura…

Oh god. Enmu would totally fuck with Jacob using his dreams/nightmares. Like, every pain and weakness Jacob has, Enmu would take advantage of it. Worst of all? Jack the Ripper's actions would definitely haunt Jacob till the day he dies so Enmu using Jack in the attack would really hurt. Enmu wasn’t even a good person as a human but considering Jacob’s luck and bad judge of character? Absolutely won’t be surprised if he invites human!Enmu to the Rooks as a ‘doctor’.

I think Bayek has a good chance of taking out Yahaba. Dude got an actual flaming sword in the main story and I’m sure Reda would have a weapon made of Scarlet Crimson Iron Sand and Scarlet Ore for some reason and, as long as Bayek understood how Yahaba’s blood demon art works, he’d be fine. Bayek took out giant gods (in the Animus), he can take out this demon.

Oh, Aya would not like Daki at all. She might even be reminded of Cleopatra a bit because of her arrogant and dismissive personality which wouldn’t help the situation. They’d definitely fight and… Aya would probably need help on this one. I’m not sure if she ever got into any Isu BS that ended in a boss fight so I can’t be sure how she would handle fighting Daki and her obi attacks. Human!Daki though? Aya would definitely recruit her and her brother to the Hidden Ones if she found them as kids. But if she saw her as her usual cruel self? Yeah, Aya’s not going to like her.

If anyone wants an actual Demon Slayer x AC crossover idea, let me know?

[thelastspeecher]

listen I know the American Dragon: Jake Long fandom is small but I think it is a shame that people haven't really utilized the fact that Lilo and Stitch: The Series had a crossover episode with the show

like, where are my aliens chilling at the Magus Bazaar

[holoscout]

finn and jake get the life magus to give fern tree life in hopes that it’ll revert him but instead his face just appears in the wood and he’s stuck in one spot forever and miserable

[simadillo]

Pick a song for each letter of your URL~ 🎵🎶

Was tagged by @simlish-fears aaages ago (and I'm only just getting around to this now)

Somewhere I Belong - Linkin Park I Am The North - Grand Magus Mad Butcher - Destruction A Girl Alone - Hungry Lucy Dallas 1pm - Saxon I Died For You - Iced Earth Lai Lai Hei - Ensiferum Landmines and Landslides - Less Than Jake Olympia, WA - Rancid

Tagging @simstrashkingdom @nightlifeseries @puppycheesecake @hause-of-pancakes

[concord-and-cliches]

the least popular cafe in town (+ some oc doodles!)

[midnights-wonderland]

Yall I am so fucking close to saying fuck it and diving head first into The Order fandom. Like im on episode five and im trying to hold myself back from potential spoils and im very tempted to just y e e t myself into the fandom and hope theres no consequences for doing so help

[burritodetodo]

I liked Wizard City in terms of being a different story compared to the other three. It explored Wizard City itself a bit and put an Academy that was Hogwarts-y to develop the story. It needed that Harry Potteresque enviroment and some other of Clue in terms of setting a mysterious atmosphere, besides that secret cult too.

It was nice watching more of Pep But nature too: he is a loner guy who is selfsufficient and doesn't need others' help. Cadebra worked as the sidekick and I think it was the best of the newcomers compared to Y5 and Glass Boy (Tiffany doesn't count).

Also nice of watching magical people again like Ron James, Buffo, Little Dude, Life-Giving Magus and CHOOSE GOOSE AND THAT CLIFFHANGER!

Anyway, this temporal good-bye too Land of Ooo was nice to watch and quite enjoyable. Let's wait for that Fionna and Cake series!

PS: Pep But and PB a wrestling duo? Awesome! Also that photo album hanging out with Hunson, Death and Jake too!

[scrollofthoth]

A Short History of Goetia and its Practitioners, by Jake Stratton-Kent

I follow the great and learned master of goetia, Jake Stratton- Kent, on Facebook, where he recently unleashed this short history of the art and its practitioners. It gets to the heart of some things I have been trying to convey to people. That goetia is much more than the Medieval grimoire tradition, and the PGM. It’s a thread of the Western Esoteric Tradition, which can be traced back to pre-history and our animist forebearers. If all you are using it for is to mess around with the 72 demons of the Lesser Key, you are leaving so much on the table. By his gracious permission, I share it here on Scroll of Thoth with you.

In the Classical and Hellenistic period, the devalued status of the term ‘goen’ has become comprehensive; it is used by magicians and miracle workers, or their apologists, to describe ‘the other guy’s magic’, as well as by sceptics and satirists to describe magic and miracles in general. The historical devaluation of the term left no room for the impartial observation that formerly goetia represented approved practices and persons, comparable with similar figures of other times and cultures. That recognition demanded the modern developments of scientific historical techniques, including philology and anthropology.

Thus a combination of negative image, misleading associations and confused semantics has prevented the historical identification of goetia as the original core, and the earliest designation, of Western magic. The term ‘magic’ is associated with the Persian ‘magus’ which entered Greek usage as a loan word no earlier than 600 BC, while the term ‘goetia’ is Greek and originally referred to older Greek customs and beliefs. Neither term was originally derogatory, though both have suffered historical devaluation; rather more in the case of ‘goetia’. Accordingly, to understand the original meaning and appreciate its significance, associations deriving from its later history must initially be put aside.

The modern analysis of these references is primarily focused on the so called ‘Greek shamanism’ controversy. It remains for occultists such as myself to delineate what these findings imply for the history and development of Western magic, and the possible significance of goetia to ‘post-modern’ magic. The academic world has performed a signal service by establishing that the term ‘goetia’ has a very long and chequered history, the origin of which lays in the ancient Greek word, ‘goen’ or ‘goeten’. One important finding that has emerged is that this root refers not to the arts practiced, but to the individual practicing them. It is from the ‘goen’ that such arts take their name, rather than the other way round; goetia is what a ‘goen’ does. The original identity of this individual is thus more critical than any secondary definition of the arts associated with them. Who they were, and what their role was, are among the most decisive questions in the history of ‘Western’ magic.

In addition, the etymology of ‘goen’ connects with other Greek words signifying lamentation, particularly a lament for the dead. The ‘goen’ was ‘one who performs a lament’ in the funerary rites of early Greek religion. Eustathius, a highly esteemed Greek commentator on Homer flourishing at Constantinople in 1170 CE, derives ‘goen’ from ‘goos’: to moan, a mournful sound. He defines the ‘goen’ as ‘ton meta goon epadonta’: one who utters his incantations or spells in a mournful tone.

The ‘goen’, who for various reasons cannot be termed ‘he’, was originally quite distinct from the anti-social and marginalized sorcerer. On the contrary, the arts of the ‘goeten’ were performed openly on behalf of the community. Later on the term came to be loosely interchangeable with others, such as the ‘pharmacoi’ who took their name from the drugs employed, and so on. Whereas these neuter terms refer to the arts practiced, the etymology of ‘goetia’ is the ‘goen’, a person. It is not the arts practiced that define the ‘goeten’ and their abilities, but personal inner resources (what might be termed their ‘goet-ness’ or ‘goet-hood’). This is only to be expected from a phase of culture wherein magic is not perceived as a specialized or marginalized sphere of activity, but permeates the whole of existence.

In literary sources this ‘lamenting magician’ was also called a ‘psychogoge’ or guide of souls, a term which had the additional meaning of ‘necromancer’. In the play The Persians, by Aeschylus (died 456 BC), the ‘works of the psychogoge’ and the magical effects inherent in the act of ‘lamenting’ (‘gooin’) are usefully portrayed. There is a dramatic scene where the shade of the Persian Emperor Darius is summoned by the rites of a royal hero cult, which is highly illustrative:

‘and you around my tomb

Chanting the lofty strain, whose solemn air

Draws forth the dead, with grief-atemper’d notes

Mournfully call me:’

The context is important too, a great disaster had overtaken the Persian invasion of Greece. Senior Persian nobles wished to consult the former Emperor’s shade, since he was assumed to have foreknowledge of what was to follow. Cicero in his work On Divination remarked that ‘none among the Persians did enjoy the Kingdom but he that had first learned magic’. In reality even though Aeschylus’ play portrays the Persians as adept in magic, by comparison with other evidence it is certain that the rites portrayed represent Greek beliefs and customs, wherever they may have obtained them.

It also cannot be overlooked that the ritual is performed by nobles; of the family and peer group of the deceased. This equates with the evocation performed by Odysseus in the eleventh chapter of the Odyssey, and is by no means unique. Among the Greeks and other nations, soothsayers and other skilled individuals routinely accompanied military expeditions. They were of the same social class as the chiefs and their staff, and often led contingents of their own. In addition, in Greece and Persia alike, aristocrats and rulers officiated in rituals of state, of temples and of the palace. These rites involved special knowledge as well as particular status.

While valuable it is a fact that the literary evidence tells us comparatively little about magical specialists. All the same, it is clear that the beliefs such arts represented were common to the culture as a whole. An extensive comparison of the sources also provides many valuable details, no matter how complex and varied they might be. There are great complexities in unravelling the social status of various strands of magical practice. To a degree however Aeschylus and others simply show us that such rites and practices formed part of the overall culture.

Bearing in mind that the rites of mourning were seen as possessing the power of evocation, it is also a known fact that mourners could be hired. Certain backgrounds could also recommend particular individuals for the role, such as Mysian origin. There is also no doubt that full-time specialists in evocation existed (on the staff of a necromanteion for example).

Such rites and such magicians had the power to guide souls to the underworld, and to summon them at need to the world of the living. Indeed, they formed a bridge between the worlds in their own person. Such a guide of souls was personified by the god Hermes, who became a pre-eminent deity of magicians. He was able to travel vast distances at speed, and to visit and return from the Underworld. In Classical times there was a sacrifice to honour the dead the day after their demise; a further rite was offered to Hermes a month later.

Plato often speaks scathingly of such practices, describing the officiants as ‘mendicant prophets’. In the Symposium when speaking of the power of the Daimon called Love, who is intermediate between gods and men, he says: ‘in him all is bound together, and through him the arts of the prophet and the priest, their sacrifices and mysteries and charms, and all, prophecy and incantation [the word used is ‘goetia’], find their way’. From these references it is plain that very often those he speaks of as ‘goen’ were priests of permitted religions. This included both ‘wandering priests’ connected to the Orphic tradition, and those of temples and oracles in general. He says of them that they ‘go to rich men's doors and persuade them that they have a power committed to them by the gods of making an atonement for a man's own or his ancestor's sins by sacrifices or charms, with rejoicings and feasts’. Also that ‘they promise to harm an enemy, whether just or unjust, at a small cost; with magic arts and incantations binding heaven, as they say, to execute their will’.

There are striking resemblances in his language to what was later said of medieval and Renaissance magicians, of whom many were priests. For example: ‘they produce a host of books written by Musaeus and Orpheus… according to which they perform their ritual’. One has only to alter the names of the putative authors to put this in the mouths of later critics of what Cornelius Agrippa called ‘Goetians’ and ‘Necromancers’, with their books of Solomon, Enoch and so forth. Indeed there is evidence suggesting that the grimoires called ‘Books of Moses’ were originally inspired by ‘Books of Musaeus’.

In what appears to be a reference to Epimenides and others he adds that they ‘persuade not only individuals, but whole cities, that expiations and atonements for sin may be made by sacrifices,’ by magicians who ‘are equally at the service of the living and the dead; the latter sort [of ritual] they call Mysteries’. The dead were referred to as ‘Demeter’s people’, and the Mysteries of Eleusis were in honour of Demeter. From Plato’s critique, along with archaeological and other evidence, a clear picture emerges. Despite an ongoing process of devaluation in the Classical period, the ‘goen’ and the necromantic arts were initially a respectable part of archaic religion. With or without the approval of Plato and supposedly ‘rational’ philosophy, many aspects of this archaic religious magic continued throughout the Classical period. Indeed they survived into the Christian era. Eventually it was to be perpetuated – at least in part - by elements of the Christian clergy. This was the so-called ‘clerical underground’ who composed the grimoires, adapting Byzantine and Arab texts based on Greco-Roman models to a more acceptable theology.

A clear and solid fact emerges from the complex and incomplete evidence available. The most spectacular aspect of the activities of the goeten was associated with the dead. The association of goetia with necromancy has been a consistent part of its identity, long after its ancient origins were forgotten. In ancient times – as now - rites for the dead were an essential aspect of religion. The role of the ‘lamenting priest’ in relation to death had several aspects. One of these involved guiding the soul of the departed to the underworld. This served the purpose of ensuring their safe arrival in the afterlife. On the other hand a spirit for whom such rites had not been performed was all too likely to return seeking revenge.

This is Cornelius Agrippa’s meaning when he says:

the Ancients ordained expiations of Carcasses, that that which was unclean might be sprinkled with holy water, perfumed with incense, be conjured with sacred orations, have lights set by, as long as it was above ground, and then at length be buried in a holy place. Hence Elpenor in Homer: “I beseech thee (saith he) Ulysses, be mindful of me, and leave me not unburied; lest being unburied I become an object of the Gods wrath”.

Dependent on circumstances the repertoire of the ‘goen’ included two options: cure or prevention. Thus the laying of ghosts was a natural extension of their role; as also the prevention of such an eventuality in special circumstances. These circumstances include deaths at sea, or in distant places. Elpenor was such a figure; unknown to Odysseus prior to sailing on his necromantic adventure Elpenor had died accidentally in a fall from the roof of Circe’s house, and lay unburied. He thus had two reasons to be a restless spirit, an untimely death and lack of due burial. Indeed, he was an ideal spirit for necromantic work as depicted in the papyri. His presence in the narrative may represent a variant tradition in which Elpenor rather than Tiresias was the guide or intermediary.

The role of the lamenting priests, and beliefs and practices concerning them, can be traced back into the archaic period of Greek religion. Excavations at one Mycenaean shaft-grave at Dendra revealed no human remains. In their place was a sacrificial altar complete with knife. Besides this were found a hearth and three sacrificial pits. In one of these pits animal bones were discovered. Most impressive of all were two monoliths, each shaped to resemble a human outline. These appear to have served either as surrogates for the absent deceased, or possibly a habitation for them during the rites performed here.

In other Mycenaean tombs, where burials had taken place, were found pits never used for burials but for burnt offerings. Into these would have been poured blood from sacrifices, also other libations, of wine, honey and milk. Nor did these offerings cease with the burial. The evidence for subsequent offerings is strong in excavated Mycenaean burials, including sacrificial pits sited over graves, and animal bones at the entrances of tombs. Deducing from the practices of later Greek religion, such offerings took place on the third, ninth and thirtieth days after death, and thereafter each succeeding year. Such rites were of course intended to honour the dead, but also to appease and consult them. The discovery of pottery in Mycenaean graves which dates from the later Classical and Hellenistic periods is significant physical evidence of long enduring ‘hero cults’.

It cannot be certainly stated that these cults were continuous; revivals may have been inspired - somewhat ironically - by the prestige of Homeric heroes in later times. Such caution is important to a reconstruction of Greek history. It is clear too that originally the Mycenean tomb cults were family cults, whereas the later hero cults were associated with cities and shared by the general population. This aside, it has become clear as archaeology has proceeded that the Classical Greeks were the heirs of the Mycenaean past, just as early modern Western culture was the heir of Classical Greece. Also, whether continuous or revived, the important place of the cult of the dead is a vital element of this study. It has enormous importance to the history of goetia, from the Greeks to the Grimoires. The funerary and necromantic rituals performed by Odysseus in both Iliad and Odyssey clearly have connections with Mycenean practice, and that in the Odyssey was also a model for later necromantic practice, regardless of the changes from one cultural era to the next. Regardless, in particular - to anticipate ourselves a little - of where exactly the ‘Underworld’ was from one era to the next.

[reanimatedgh0ul]

i think fu dog would hook jake up by knowing where to get him some hrt at the magus bazaar

like why bother messing w the american healthcare system when you can get easy access to hrt by asking the local wizard for one trans your gender potion

[bittybattybunny]

An anime where you like the style a lot? Even if you don't like the anime?

Oh i LOVE anime!!!!!

Hrm a style I like a lot even if I dont like the anime tho?

I can't think of one like that, but I can say I adore Ancient Magus bride!!!!! I'm super behind on the manga tho lol

Tho if we talk there's a manwha i love the first volume style and story but subsequent volumes just... its still pretty but i have issues.

It's called "March Story" and it's only 5 volumes. I own all five combined with my sister (I own volumes 1, 3, 4, 5. she owns vol 2)

the first one is gorgeous and the stylization is consistent and it set up a fun world

but later volumes the anatomy (on women at least) started to heavily lean on them looking 'younger' and the lead character who was rather androgynous in the first volume was really femm and while that's not horrible it just wasn't my cup of tea to see her reduced from as tough as she was to having to be saved.

But god the linework and such

Like it's so tasty of a rendering (this is from the first volume)

It's pretty gory and fanservicey (but also not its weird)

but like look

I think it suffered from trying to condense down into the 5 volumes and changing it from 'monster of the week' to an over arcing plot fell a little short

I'm a real sucker for really sharp and bold linework in stuff like this. I personally can't do it because I get distracted and lose focus but man

But yeah I do love the series but I have a LOT of problems with it past the first volume, like heck even volumes 1-3 are fine but then in 4 it goes downhill plot wise for me

but we stan our queen jake

this story did you dirty and you deserved the world

[rae0fsunsh1ne]

The Order S2E07

I’m rewatching The Order for the 4th time and basically just gonna live blog it so if you don’t want to see my blabbering posts about each episode you can block the tag #Rachel obsesses about The Order

2.07

Jack the Amazing Life-size Chia Pet

Honestly, I do feel bad for Alyssa, that detox has got to be rough

“Except you have wolf powers to help heal you. And she’s a Grand Magus. Probably a robot.”

“I should count the most!”

Honestly I think Jack’s right, most of his relationship with his grandfather was their quest for revenge against Coventry. but i think i’ve made my thoughts on Pete pretty clear already lol

“A dress code!?” “You could use one.” rude.

Cassie told Hamish ‘everything he needs to know was in the journals’, but like what if they get all the journals back and read everything and find out that the Knights DIDN’T originally serve The Order and it was all a lie concocted by Vera to keep them on side

a wild conspiracy but i kind of want the Knights and the Order to be separate again

“Don’t you get feelings from Greybeard?” “Just hunger.” “It’s probably a tapeworm”

When in doubt, beer pong!

wooooahhh Jack just smacks that ping pong ball away without even looking!

Randall uses his middle finger to put his fingerprint on the contract, ♪ that’s so Randall♪

“So how do we acknowledge this momentous life altering event?” “I’ve got a two-for-one pizza promo!”

Wait is Orbin a student at Belgrave? Was he always a student there?

Y’know I wonder if they will bring back Orbin again

but if they did it would probably be as some kind of love-triangle plot which is blehhh

“We felt the emotion you shared. Come on, those lips?” “They’re not…. that great.”

Wait where the is the den even located, before this scene I had thought it was just like completely off in the middle of the woods somewhere

Did Salvador already have her sights set on Alyssa or was this the moment she made that decision?

Only the coolest parties have a friggin bouncy castle

SNAP AND SHINE!

“I don’t want you to change for me” all you’ve ever done is push for him to be on your side and now you’re up on some weird moral high horse?

Adorable drunk Randall is adorable

“Do I have to call Vera “mom”? Cause I will!”

HAMISH GOT A TEXT FROM VERA THAT SAYS ‘i could use a drink’ AND OFF HE GOES

♪ Gratuitous Karaoke Moment….. ♪

“Sing, bitch.”

Vera was always hot but now she’s on fire *ba dum tss*

Why does Praxis use the sticks for their magic?

lol during the Instagram live the other day, they said that this scene was hard to get through because they kept laughing through the line ‘they sound like angels’ because Adam Dimarco kept whispering it suggestively into Jake Manleys ear lol i need a blooper reel

It is cool to see other rooms in the Den, i kinda want to see everyone else’s bedrooms

If Alyssa’s gonna cut all emotional bonds with Jack, she might as well get her rocks off one time first

Consent is important!

“Was I wearing a cheerleading outfit?” please, no. no more cheerleading

Gabrielle wearing Randall’s shirt is cute af tho

Jack is the only one still worried about graduating

How can Vera heal her face like that without ‘paying the price’? actually there’s a lot of times where people do random magic without cutting their hand or anything and nothing bad seems to happen

Everyone is safer if Vera is in charge. The Devil you know, as they say.

“I like to improvise.”

I love how this show doesn’t give a fuck about sexualities, Alyssa just throws out that she had a relationship with a ‘Shelly’ which is generally a female name and it’s not a big deal at all

“I admired Edward Coventry, as a mentor…” shut up you totally had the hots for him

Whenever someone gives a long slew of directions for how to get somewhere I’m like okay but how are the other people supposed to remember all that

Describing Jack as “smart but dumb” is So. Accurate.

“If I actually get through to you about one thing let it be this: Ethics and Morals are not the same thing.”

that LOOK that Hamish gives Vera when they bring in Foley

“We’ll never be on the same side.” no because you’re a flip floppitty ass bitch and constantly changing your alliances

It’s so fascinating that Foley changed ‘the magic words’

Another Ethics professor killed, Is it like the Defence Against The Dark Arts job in Harry Potter or the probation workers in Misfits? are they going to kill the next ethics prof in the next season?

yeeeesh a lot happens in this episode

damn it now i want rice krispy squares