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Everyone who talks about cherries in published occult books is always talking about sweet ones. Where's the love for sour cherries?
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Fun fact! If you don't know how to get your formerly-villainous main character to do something good, just give him a praise kink!
#jasper post#funny post#writing#my writing#scorm#loc scorm#legends of chima#tales of chima (soulmate au)
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I had a vision and I made it happen. Feel free to use this anywhere and everywhere.
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Sisyphus, but instead of rolling a boulder up a hill, he just keeps trying and failing to roll a blunt
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New Guidelines
Hey y'all, this is Jasper! I am a nonbinary (they/them), aromantic, and asexual tarot reader. This side blog is explicitly only for tarot/oracle readings. As such, let's go over the rules.
If you want a free reading, you will follow the following rules in exchange for a free one-card draw. I would appreciate receiving feedback afterwards in exchange for the effort I put into these readings. Send reading requests through the ask box only.
All readings are posted publicly.
Here are all of the things I need for a reading:
your preferred name or initials (deadnames don’t work)
your pronouns
your question
background information around your question
Here are what I need if your reading includes someone else:
their preferred name or initials (deadnames don’t work)
their pronouns
background information on your relationship with this person
If no pronouns are provided, I will default to they/them pronouns.
I will NOT answer the following types of questions:
“What does X think of me?” or “How does X feel about me?”
yes/no questions
time-related or time-sensitive questions
medical or legal questions as I am not a medical or legal person
future spouse readings
anything I’m not comfortable answering
any readings that require me to somehow read minds
Again, I am aromantic and asexual. If you want in-depth relationship readings, I am not the best tarot reader for that.
I will not do readings for you if you misgender me. My pronouns are located in my bio. This also goes for calling me “Miss” or “Mister” or “girl” or “boy”.
Your questions will get answered when they get answered.
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I need to sharpen my teeth by chewing on a fictional man.
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"If any more fucking bandits try to run me through again, I will hunt them down in the Falkreath wilds and devour their hearts!"
Falco Spara didn't even look up from the book he was reading; he had just gotten to the spicy part of this historical Old Capennan monsterfucker romance, after having silently deducted points for every incorrect historical bit thus far. But only one person would walk into his office unannounced and ranting like a madman. "Jasper. How was Skyrim?"
Jasper Clark scowled deeply, their bushy eyebrows furrowing down over their grey eyes. "Bad. The answer is bad." They flopped down into the chair on the other side of Spara's desk and dramatically threw their arm over their eyes. "'Let's go hunting', Eola said. 'It'll be fun and easy', she said. We went into FIVE Nordic ruins! If I never see another draugr in my extensive life, it will still be too soon!"
Spara placed his bookmark into his book and stuffed it back into the drawer of his desk. He leaned forward over the desk and folded his hands together under his chin, propping himself up with his elbows so he could look at Jasper. "What in the name of Serra took you two into ruins to find bandits? Don't they usually stay in old forts?" Spara knew a lot more about Jasper and Eola's adventures than any other New Capennan did.
He knew what they did with bandits.
"As it turns out, when you start hunting down every bandit camp in Falkreath Hold and the Reach, bandits start to notice!" Jasper ranted. "We did finally find a group, but damn. I ended up fighting two Dragon Priests back to back!"
"I doubt they were much of a challenge for you," Spara chuckled, tucking his wings closer to himself. "And you haven't told me much about how skilled Eola is in combat, but given that you willingly associate with her..."
"Oh yeah, she's great in a fight," Jasper confirmed. They rubbed their face. "It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't keep using frost magic. I hate the fucking cold."
Spara blinked a few times. "...Then why go to Skyrim?"
"Well, how else am I going to hang out with Eola?" Jasper had the gall to look at Spara like he was the crazy one here.
Spara shook his head. He should have known by now that he would never understand how Jasper's brain worked. He just appreciated the fact that they were...arguably...on his side. At least, they were until they got bored. Or until New Capenna collapsed as a society. Whichever came first. "I see," he said, even though he didn't really get it. "Well, next time you go, do tell her that I said hello."
"I will, boss," Jasper said, getting up from their chair. They were much calmer now than they had been when they walked in. "Anyway, figured I'd let you know that I was back in town and ready to get back to work." They were out the door before Spara could even verbally acknowledge what they said.
Spara sighed and dug his book back out from his desk drawer. "Serra, grant me patience..." he muttered under his breath as he opened the book back to where he had left off.
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September 2024 Reading Wrap-Up
I made it through four books this month! Mostly because I was suffering through half of them!
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1/10 - Why Did They Publish This?
Hands-On Chaos Magic: Reality Manipulation through the Ovayki Current | Andrieh Vitimus
I tried to give this book a second shot. I should not have. It was so, so bad, even if you ignore the fact that the author cites a white woman on hoodoo. It's just so fluffy, pretentious, and doesn't get to the damn point. I physically had to force myself to read it. I want to bury it in my yard to see if it'll compost into a better book.
2/10 - Trash
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3/10 - Meh
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4 to 6/10 - Mid-Tier
La Santa Muerte: Unearthing the Magic & Mysticism of Death | Tomas Prower
I loved this author's other, more recent books - Queer Magic, Morbid Magic, and Justice Magic. And I enjoyed part one of this book. But as soon as we got into part two, the quality tanked and the author made an ass of himself. Part three wasn't much better. To be entirely honest, I don't know if I'd recommend this book. The first part was so, so good, and then it became ass. I'm totally going to have to do a comparative post for this author's works. At least I can appreciate how much the author has grown as a writer since this publication.
7 to 8/10 - Good With Caveats
Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology | David Abram
This book is, to me, in the same category as Braiding Sweetgrass. Sure, it gets more than a little repetitive and hard to read just from how much it goes on, but if you enjoy it as something of a meditative analysis experiment, it's a lot of fun.
That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon | Kimberly Lemming
The first book in the Mead Mishaps series, I had a lot of fun reading this. It definitely needed a content warning at the beginning for dubious consensual activities and incredible horniness (luckily, the author's future books in this series have that), and the way that the characters spoke as though they were chronically online in this fantasy setting was kind of weird at the beginning, but I can't turn down a little deicide and monsterfucking. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
9/10 - Very Very Good
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10/10 - Unironically Recommend To Everyone
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Gonna go through and redo the correspondence posts eventually. I don't like the fact that I didn't cite any of my sources for them. Younger Jasper, you meant well, but cite your damn sources.
I think I'm gonna focus more on things that are predominantly found in Missouri but don't get a lot of focus elsewhere, like Osage Oranges or Catalpas. Everyone and their mother has talked about Oak and Pine, and I don't have anything (yet) that would add onto that stuff.
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Honestly, shoutout to Dina, Soul Steeper for all of the great work she does. Thank you, Healer, for all you do.
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Would jasper be happy to be included as a paintbrush next to the palette? If yes, is there a particular colour you want the brush to be?
(if no don't worry :D)
Yeah that fits
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I realized that I may be an outlier with my own number of tarot and oracle decks.
This is not counting playing cards or other kinds of card decks. Just tarot and oracle.
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Daedra, Divine, and Undeath
by Palel Jorian, Necromancy Master of the College of Whispers and Fasti Silver-Tongue, Scholar of the College of Whispers
It is very much worth noting that being undead is generally frowned upon in wider Tamriellic society, regardless of whether you’re a shambling zombie, a flesh-less skeleton, or a suave vampire. There are a rare few post-expired persons who have been able to blend more seamlessly into society.
Having said that, most of the Eight Divines are very anti-undead – or, in some cases, more specific in their detestation. There are also many fascinating notes about the undead when compared to different Daedric Princes. This paper hopes to shine light on such a dark topic.
Molag Bal, as the originator of vampirism, is naturally noted as very pro-undead. Beyond being the Daedric Prince of Domination and Rape and the Father of Vampires, he is also the patron of the Order of the Black Worm, an order that wields necromancy in his name. This cult was once led by the Aldmer lich known as Mannimarco, who has also been worshiped as a god (though whether or not he was is a matter of great debate).
An unexpected entry is the Daedric Prince Sheogorath. Despite not being traditionally associated with necromancy, it has been documented that his Gatekeeper of the Fringe – a series of gigantic guardians that protect the Gates of Madness in Sheogorath’s realm of the Shivering Isles – is a powerful undead known as a Flesh Atronach.
The Daedric Prince Sanguine appears in this list of pro-undead Daedra, but only in the form of the Khajiiti god Sangiin. The Blood Cat, as he is known, was the one that gave vampirism to the Khajiit as a form of temptation. Khajiiti vampire clans worship Sanguine as the giver of their dark natures.
Namira, Daedric Prince of Ancient Darkness and the Lady of Decay, has been historically known to favor vampires. It’s unknown if she has any further connection to the undead of Nirn beyond that.
Clavicus Vile is the Daedric Prince of Trickery and Bargains. It is said that he fulfilled a deal with vampires to help them blend into society better. There is also a story of him turning a tribe of Kothringi into undead and has “cured” vampire worshipers (with death). It’s pretty ambiguous about whether or not he cares about the undead just because they’re undead – rather, the interest seems to be in the usual thing he worries about, that being how he can make a deal that he wins in the end.
Similarly, Hircine has been known to use undeath as a revenge curse. The Daedric Prince of the Hunt is believed to be connected to the Noxiphilic Sanguivora strain of vampirism, but this theory originates from a piece of fiction known as “Seventeen Tastes of Infamy” and was popularized by Cinna Scholasticus, who is infamous for his sensationalism.
Finally among the ambiguous Daedric Princes is Peryite, the Daedric Prince of Natural Order and Pestilence. A recipe for summoning incense includes vampire dust. It’s unknown if this is because he favors vampires as the spreaders of disease or dislikes them for another reason.
Continuing the theme of Daedric Princes but pivoting into the list of gods that detest the undead, we have Meridia, the Prince of Life and Lady of Light. She has a well-documented hatred of the undead and is known to give the Daedric Artifact Dawnbreaker to mortals to vanquish the undead in her name. She is also the patron of the Purified, immortals (or undead, it’s very unclear) who serve her unquestioningly to carry out her will.
Azura, Daedric Prince of Dusk and Dawn and the Goddess of Twilight, has historically had her vampirism-afflicted followers killed to bring them the peace of death.
Finally, Vaermina (the Prince of Dreams and Nightmares) has ordered liches killed and is rumored to have a cure for vampirism. Admittedly this report comes from barely-preserved records of the Nerevarine in 3E 427 and is severely lacking in detail.
None of the Eight Divines are known to favor the undead, and four specifically detest the undead: Arkay, Dibella, Stendarr, and Zenithar.
Arkay is the God of the Cycle of Brith and Death whose priests are staunch opponents of necromancy and the undead alike. The teachings of Dibella, Goddess of Love, Beauty, and Affection, agree with the teachings of Arkay that vampires have impure spirits, and discourages love between the living and the undead.
Stendarr’s faithful are known to hunt down four Abominations defined by Vinicius Imbrex, Archbishop of Chorrol between 1E 1051 and 1E 1087. These four Abominations are the Daedra, lycanthropes, the undead, and vampires (despite vampires already being covered by the category of “undead”). The history of Stendarr’s faithful and their battles with these four Abominations is as long and bloody as the rest of Tamriel’s history.
To a far lesser extent than the other Divines, the God of Work and Commerce, Zenithar, is also put in the position of being anti-undead. He is attributed the Mace of the Crusader (also known as the Mace of Zenithar). This Crusader’s Relic is known to turn the undead and make them flee battle for a short period of time. No further information about Zenithar’s teachings on the undead are available to the College of Whispers at this time.
While we here at the College of Whispers do not outlaw the study of necromancy or the act of being undead, it’s very important to choose a patron wisely, if you must deal with the Daedric Princes and the Eight Divines.
Sources
UESP Lore pages on the following Daedric Princes:
Azura
Clavicus Vile
Hircine
Meridia
Molag Bal
Namira
Peryite
Sanguine
Vaermina
UESP Lore pages on the following Divines:
Arkay
Dibella
Stendarr
Zenithar
Other UESP Lore pages:
Crusader's Relics
Gatekeeper of the Fringe
Mannimarco
Necromancy
Order of the Black Worm
The Four Abominations
#jasper post#the elder scrolls#elder scrolls witchcraft#elder scrolls paganism#from the college of whispers library#necromancy master palel jorian#scholar fasti silver tongue#deities and worship#daedric princes#the aedra#in-game lore#necromancy#conjuration#azura#clavicus vile#hircine#meridia#molag bal#namira#peryite#sanguine#sheogorath#vaermina#arkay#dibella#stendarr#zenithar
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Crystals are inherently magical because they are pieces of the bodies of gods that have chipped and fallen off.
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The most helpful way to phrase your questions for tarot readers is to make it active. Asking what you could do for a situation, or asking of there's something you should keep in mind or look into, will ultimately lead to a better reading. Don't forget that divination is an information-gathering tool!
My experiences as a tarot reader are not universal, but it helps when I do readings for y'all. Let's make it easy for the both of us, yeah?
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