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Okay, I'm about to step on some toes, but hear me out; I need to do it. Okay? Good.
There's a lot of funny 'Girl what were you doing at devil's sacrament' jokes and memes, and isolated from context, it's very funny, I know it's funny, it's 'telling on yourself haha' because you had to be participating in a 'bad activity' in order to catch someone else who was also there.
However I know the original context, and it's less funny if you do. Why would a woman say she saw another woman at the Devil's Sacrament, incriminating both herself and another woman, who would both then get burned alive? I know why.
I'm going to take you back to my childhood, where I was reading every book I could get my little hands on, and one of these books was called 'Grička Vještica', or 'Grič's Witch'. These were fictional books set in the age of witch burnings, and the main character gets accused of being a witch. Even if the characters are fictional, the historical places, events and laws were real. The main characters ends up locked in a tower with the other accused 'witches', and there she finds women who were horrifically, unspeakably tortured. I won't go into what happened to them, but their limbs were ripped, their bodies shutting down from pain, they were begging for death. What happened to their bodies was described in detail, and to the child me, it was traumatic to hear about it, it created a heavy fear in my heart, that something like that could even happen, to any human being.
The books gave some insight of what was happening during the torture, and the torturers were leading these women to not only confess to their own 'witchraft' under torture, but to incriminate other women. And if they wouldn't, the torture would get worse and worse. And human beings break after a certain point of torture. They'll do and say anything. They had already confessed to being witches under torture, and now they were facing more torture + death by burning, or just to die in fire without further mutilation, if they talk.
Torturers usually already had their minds set on a certain woman they wanted to incriminate; women with medical skills, money, estate, land, women who wronged them, rejected them, who had rejected or angered their friends, whose houses or land they wanted to claim, widows, unmarried women, anyone they wanted to eject from society, whose assets they wanted to harvest. All they needed to do was brutally torture (and often, sexually torture) the women in front of them, until they were willing to say 'Yes, okay, I saw her at the devil's sacrament' and they could have whatever they wanted.
It was done under the worst agony the human being could experience.
So whenever I read one of the memes, that's what I remember, because I know how it happened. For it to be used in feminist jokes... we could find another funny instance to use? What were you doing at the furry convention? Or something like that, that doesn't reference women being tortured. We could reference something silly and non-consequential. I mean, I hope we would want to.
I'm sorry to ruin your jokes! I feel like the women from the past wouldn't love us using that either, and they're not around, so I have to speak up for them.
#witch burnings#tw torture of women#tw witch torture#what were you doing at the devils sacrament#original context#femicide#hate crimes against women#past of witch burnings#context of witch confessions
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Dolus loves baggy pants and long ass skirts because they’re comfy
#my art#afterland postal#I’m too hang up on Dolus’ backstory and forgot that this should be about the postal office#too much past#not enough now#the ‘now’ plot mainly happens during the overlay between witch au and AP#and for that to happen I need to complete Elleno part of the story#that part is a pile of mess rn#my Elleno lore book is burning
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The Fall - Futures and Pasts (1979)
#the fall#futures and pasts#mark e. smith#karl burns#martin bramah#marc riley#yvonne pawlett#post punk#live at the witch trials
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An Intelligent Woman Spends Her Money On Books And Art Instead Of Silicone
#women who read#books#books and reading#women reading#woman reading#a well-read woman is a dangerous creature#books instead of silicone#women's right to read#women's rights#witches were women who liked to read#women's book phohibition in the past#women were burned at the stake for reading books#photo-art-lady likes
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anyone else concerned that she’s The Wizard Steal and not The Wizard Steel?
#i love her with all my heart#but also#i wouldn’t put it past brennan#I trusted asmodeus with my whole heart#And I’m doing my best to not be burned again#worlds beyond number#wbn pod#brennan lee mulligan#the wizard the witch and the wild one#y'all I’m so paranoid#i don’t even know what this would mean#But I thought I’d share anyway
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I actually love learning history, but we barely learn any of it in school. I want to learn EVERYTHING! ESPECIALLY the crazy stuff! Teach me the things that don't make sense! Teach me the details about how people loved, what they did! What shinanigins did they get up to? Make me reenact something ridiculous and crazy!
Gods, I love history!
Got these pictures from my for you page on Tik Tok
These pictures are NOT mine.
#tik tok#history#love history#this isn't history related but way do we have to take 4 whole years of English???#like wtf#i swear to god we basically do the same thing every year#my mom said when she was in highschool they had to take Latin#i wanna be forced to learn a language#latin sounds kinda cool#my school doesn't even teach that#i want asl to be a language class#i bet SO many people would benefit in the future from learning it.#mention of witches#witches#mention of witches burning/witch trails#history is actually pretty fucking cool ngl#I kinda hated learning history in school#it was just so fucking boring#i learned all of the past presidents in second grade#why do i need to do that again in highschool?#i can't believe we didn't watch Hamilton in any of my history classes#HISTORY#make history more fun to learn#why is it like school was designed to punish us
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WHAT TRAGIC HORROR CHARACTER TROPE ARE YOU?
the one who opened the door
you turn the door handle. you call out, "who's there?" and the crowd has the audacity to groan, to get frustrated with you. as if the gift of hindsight was something you had. how the hell were you supposed to know you were born into a horror movie? no one bothered to tell you. say, if instead this was an action film, or a fantasy, would they still be telling you how silly of a mistake it was to press further on your quest? they would've commended you for your bravery. you thought you were going to be saving a princess in a tower, not getting stabbed in the back by a killer in the shadows. how is that fair? it isn't, and none of that was ever your fault. it is not wrong to believe things are good. your trust, your optimism, it shouldn't ever be mistaken for ignorance or stupidity. we need more people who open doors. how else are any of us gonna move forward?
the witch
people need to find blame wherever they can; it makes the bad things in their life feel just a touch more bearable. the witches are so often blamed for the curses others are under that no one even questions it anymore. you point to a supposed witch and everyone else prepares the stake, no matter their innocence. to be born and believed a witch is one of the worst curses of them all- you can have friends and family, but there's always a dread that someday, someone will point to you, and everyone you once trusted will throw you into the pyre. if you're here, reading this, you've probably been burned before. and i don't blame you for wanting to hide away, to really become the witch they all say you are, to curse them. but to be a witch is to brush your fingertips over the bark of a tree and watch it grow a touch stronger. keep that in mind.
tagged by:ㅤ@violetgleams ♡♡♡
#❥ 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐉𝐎𝐎𝐍 、dash game#❥ 𝐒𝐈 𝐔 、dash game#love the irony of si-u getting the witch result instead of. you know. the actual witch lmao#they both suit though!! joon very much is an optimist & trusting. but he's not an idiot.#he knows he's taking a risk but he takes it anyway and hopes for the positive outcome.#has he been burned for this in the past? yes. but he's never liked to dwell on it. he doesn't want to take it out on the next person by not#sharing his compassion with them.#and si-u... yeah. his birth was quite literally viewed as a curse. being born disabled wasn't a choice he made but he was certainly blamed#for it. and he's continued to receive blame for it from many people who come into his life.#he's always had the concept of being a burden & not being worth the effort enforced upon him and sometimes? it almost seems to come out of#nowhere. even from people who seem supportive & understanding#so yeah. to say he has these fears & trust issues to match is an understatement (':#anyway..........
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My Christian dad prayed over me tonight after I shared some struggles I’ve been facing over the last 3 years (specifically the burnout I’ve developed after working customer services from ‘19 until now with no break) and the struggles I’ve been found since recently losing my job 😩 I know he did it purely out of kindness, he truly believes in his faith (he was a pastor for many years and is a theologian & philosopher) and cares about the issues I shared with him. While he doesn’t know I’m a Satanist, he does know that I left the church years ago. He rarely prays over me (or involves me in it while I’m present), so I was a little surprised he did it. I think for him maybe it was all he felt he could do in the moment (the issues I’m dealing with are rough and there’s no answer or fix right now, and I basically sobbed to him about everything for an hour). I don’t harbor resent towards him for doing it, I know for him it was out of concern and love for me. But at the same time I have *so* much trauma linked to Christianity, the church, and Christian prayer that it literally makes my skin crawl 😣
#theistic satanist#theistic satanism#witch#satanic witch#satanism#theistic luciferianism#Satanist#ex evangelical#exvangelical#occult#closet witch#closet satanist#Unemployment#burn out has hit me hard the last 3+ years and I’m past the crisis point
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// I'm FINALLY getting to play pathfinder tonight again! For new mutuals, I'm playing a homebrew campaign set in Mwangi, and my PC is Tatu, who you can find in my roster! I sometimes liveblog stuff, and tag it as #;dracoplays so you can blacklist it if you want!
On that note, here's the commission I got of her <333
edit: the artist is @/jmnp7888 on Twitter!
#last session was a looong time ago but. it was pretty wild#because tatu woke up with no memories in a wizard's house and the only thing she's managed to infer is that she's a creation of theirs#since that's what most of their research was about#but last session our druid was called in their dreams by some corrupted tree#that showed them fragments of the party's past#and it showed them... something that could have been tatu's past#which she pretended to remember but...... she's very confused#in fact she was being burned alive and called a witch in that scene#our magus was comforting her and she was like *nervous laughter* what the fuck.#ooc
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Broke: "We are the grandaughters of the witches you couldn't burn, blah blah blah"
Woke AF: "It is our chosen heritage, for we carry the ghosts of witches past."
#mine#ghosts of witches past#broke/woke meme#granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn#<- this is a cliche#mine is shades of dickens and cool af#also gender neutral
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Homecoming
Update | First
#webcomic#danse comic#danse macabre danse amour#comics#myart#were past the witch burning scene now#nothing violent to warn yall about for the rest of the comic#for those that need the heads up#if there are any new readers browsing the webcomic tag here for instance
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simply put! the ending of fena does not exist !! whatever the heck was going on in there i didnt see it. the show ended with abel blowing up in fire and yukimaru and fena living a good life together <3
#snow speaks#also like.#bro i want so much more witch lore come oooon#i think they def would have done better if they had more episodes#honestly it makes me so happy to be finishing it again bc i actually enjoy it better now on a second run#i feel like im gonna wind up rewatching it again LOL#but yeah like theres like some bits and pieces i looove but like they needed to expand further on what witches and maidens even stand for#or like. maybe to even hear about past witches/maidens? that wouldve been cool???#ALSO FOR A SHOW TO BE LIKE 'you must make a choice' BUT THEN VERY CLEARLY STEER A CHARACTER TO MAKE ONLY ONE CHOICE LIKE ??? IDK#anyways thats enough for me.#it was a nice way to relax. hanging out w a buddy and all. and now i get to burn my brain further on. qsets. 🤢#i promise im gonna do something nice for myself after though. after all the studying#gotta relax SOMEHOW#fena was the perfect way to relax and just augh. i love... i love fena and yukimaru#i also love helena and abel#FUCK WAIT I HAD FURTHER THOUGHTS ON THEM#i need to air out wtf is in my drafts/likes#that is ! if i can find it lol#yeah if i start talking about fena pirate princess here. sorry. its like my fave recent anime and i :) feel like chewing on wood.#fena pirate princess
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#Janet Douglas Lyon#Lady Glamis#Witchhunters#Odd Scotland#Scotland#history#witch trials#1537#Burned as a Witch#Past Times#Never Forget
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No compromise Lilith Libra Solar Eclipse
The October 2 Libra South Node Annular Supermoon Solar Eclipse at 11:49 am PDT, 2:49 pm EDT, 7:49 pm GMT will not be visible in North America but from Easter Island and over the Pacific Ocean. It’s a time to focus on releasing past karmic patterns and relationships and anything out of balance and unjust. With Lilith conjunct the Eclipsed Sun and Moon its all about not worrying about being Nice…
#Astrology psychic Tarot card reader Tara Greene#Burn your list#Canada&039;s best psychic tarot reader#corporate astrology Tarot consultant Tara Greene#Hurricane Helene Astrology#journaling#justice#Karmic Patterns#Libra Solar Eclipse#LILITH#Past life memories as a witch#Prophecy stars#psychic spiritual consultant Tara Greene Toronto#Tara Greene women&039;s spirituality workshops#Tarot and astrology readings
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i really can't emphasize how heartbreaking it is that the recent harassment campaign against @/90-ghost (among others; see: 1, 2, 3) has led to well-meaning people telling others not to listen to him. he is one of the most visible survivors of the genocide here on tumblr. his entire journey of escape is so well documented! and yet, it only took a few people confidently pointing fingers to create an entire witch hunt accusing him and other palestinians of being disreputable scammers and liars.
i can't help but feel like the reason why people were SO eager to believe those accusations, is because it was uncomfortable to see posts from palestinians every day asking for our time, attention, money, and support; so when someone presented the perfect excuse to ignore all those posts and asks while also taking the high ground, people just LEAPED onto it. they wanted to believe it, because it would be more comfortable.
honestly, i understand feeling overwhelmed by bad news, by the number of asks and messages in your inbox, and so on and so forth. i understand needing to set boundaries for yourself so you don't get burned out. i think this is really when you have to have a set of principles to fall back on, even when you're tired, uncomfortable, angry, and/or sad. so here's the one i suggest, which has been working for me best: don't make your discomfort with this situation into someone else's problem, and for god's sake don't make it a public problem.
if you hate seeing fundraiser posts or news about gaza, i can't emphasize this enough, JUST MOVE ON. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT AND SCROLL PAST! all you have to do is absolutely nothing. which is what you were doing anyway, so it shouldn't be hard. if you don't have the heart to read, or reblog, or share, or donate, or support in other ways, at the very least, don't obstruct the efforts of people who ARE trying to make a difference. this is, quite literally, the least you can do.
#khy speaks#anyways i'm not trying to put this person in the replies on blast bc i think they meant well even if they were misinformed#but its just so sad to see the damage that this recent harrassment campaign has done#and i'm only on the sidelines! i can't imagine how frustrating and maddening this must have been for#those who have been fighting from day one.
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Gif 1: Caption from OP: gifs from Good Omens that show Agnes Nutter’s speech when the village tries to burn her for witchcraft, and she blows them up. ”Gather thee right close, good people. Come close, until the fire near scorch ye.”
Gif 2: Zoom in on Agnes Nutter as she says, “Adultery Pulsifer…”
Gif 3: In his bookshop at his desk, Aziraphale flips through the Book. Superimposed are pages turning, indistinct figures moving, and gold ink, including an illustration of a ribbon bearing the name Nutter and parts of the following prophecies:
2315: Sum say It cometh in London Town, or New Yorke, butte they be Wronge, for the place is Taddes Fild, Stronge inne hys powr, he cometh like a knight innne the fief, he divideth the Worlde into 4 partes, he bringeth the storme.
2214: In December 1980, an Apple will arise no man can eat. Invest thy money in Master Jobbes's machine, and good fortune will tend thy days.
1111: An the Great Hound sharl coom, and the Two Powers sharl watch in Vane, for it Goeth where is its Master, where they Wot Notte, and he sharl name it, True to Ittes Nature, and Hell sharl flee it.
2213: I tell ye this, and I charge ye with my wordes. Four shall ride, and three shall ride the sky as twixt, and one shall ride in flames, and there shall be no stopping themme. Not fish, nor rain, neither Deville or Angel. And ye shall be there also, Anathema.
Gif 4: On the airbase, Gabriel says to Adam, “Your birth, your destiny, they’re part of the Great Plan.” While Gabriel speaks, Beelzebub leans in closer to Adam, then steps back.
Gather thee right close, good people. We are going to talk about the last true witch in England, and her parallels with God.
Let's talk about her demise.
Agnes Nutter died when she was set aflame by Witchfinder Major Thou-Shalt-Not-Commit-Adultery Pulsifer. We know that her descendent eventually crosses paths and saves the world with one mister Newton Pulsifer, the witchfinder's descendent.
What you may not know, if you haven't read the book, is that it's pointed out that this name sounds a little similar to another, much more known name:
"What’s your name, lad?"
"Newton. Newton Pulsifer."
"LUCIFER? What’s that you say? Are ye of the Spawn of Darkness, a tempting beguiling creature from the pit, wanton limbs steaming from the fleshpots of Hades, in tortured and lubricious thrall to your Stygian and hellish masters?"
"That’s Pulsifer,” explained Newton. “With a P. I don’t know about the other stuff, but we come from Surrey."
In other words, we have a character with massive parallels to God, being hunted down by a character with a name similar enough to Lucifer, who turns her village against her in spite of all the good that she does for them.
And, in the end, she turns it against them, and kills them all in fire and flame. A bit like God did with Lucifer and all the demons who participated in the rebellion, only with fewer pools of boiling sulfur.
Of course, the parallels doesn't end there. In fact, the biggest and perhaps most important one, is her book.
As God explains in the show, Agnes Nutter penned one of the most special books known to mankind.
The book Agnes left behind her was the sole prophetic work in all human history to consist entirely of correct predictions concerning the following 350-odd years, being a precise and accurate description of the events that would culminate in Armageddon. It was on the money in every single detail.
Now, Agnes Nutter certainly influenced the way things turned out, but she didn't make anything happen. Anyone could have made a different choice at any time (as Anathema and Newt prove at the end). She wrote the book, but she wasn't the author, she was the narrator.
However, Agnes's descendants don't necessarily see things that way. They see her book as... a plan. "You see? She's got special plans for you, mi amore," Anathema's mother says to her.
That makes me wonder.
The Great Plan.
The Great Plan, it izzz... written.
It is written, but did God ever tell them that they had to follow it? Or did they know that it was written, and assume that there was no other way?
Aziraphale certainly thinks so, about the Great Plan.
Anathema also thinks so, about Nice and Accurate Prophecies.
Here is where things converge, with Adam, on the airfield. Here is the culmination of God's Great Plan and Agnes's Nice and Accurate Prophecies. I have more to say on that, but that's for another post.
It is a very interesting ineffable game that God has devised indeed. Makes you wonder what she's really thinking, doesn't it?
EDIT: Here we are -- the parallels between Aziraphale/Crowley and Anathema/Newt, and their decisions to take charge of their own destiny after Adam makes the decision to take charge of his.
#long post#described#gifs#described gifs#meta#good omens#show omens#christianity#...kind of#image description#agnes nutter#death cw#witch burning#love this meta#i *really* hope the Device family shows up again in S3#btw the prophecies are all copy-pasted from Good Omens Wiki GoodReads and LitCharts#I didn't check the spelling against the book or anything
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