#stella matutina

[haltijakapala]

Here they are my newest batch of prints and postcards :D The sharpest eyed of you might spy a whole new piece amongst them >;3 it’s a piece I made for a zine that has yet to be published and I got tired of waiting and decided to make prints of it now… come see the piece in full at Hypecon this weekend! Hypecon is in Hyvinkää, and there’s no entrance fee either so come say hi to me and @rikkisu <3

I’ll add the postcards to my Ko-Fi after the event ^^

[alexsvmner]

The Vault of Amoun Temple

I have recently discovered an interesting titbit of information regarding Amoun Temple – the London based temple of the Stella Matutina, which was extant during the early part of the twentieth century. Specifically, what it used as its Vault of the Adepti. Amongst the papers emanating from Amoun Temple was one written by Finem Respice (Robert Felkin) concerning the use of the Vault of the…

[sanctumpyre]

AUs so far -

Arda Fravaš | Guardian Angel AU

Straight forward AU. Yahbel is either a guardian in this au instead of a seraphim, or has been asked to play the role of a guardian, as there are too many souls on earth & not enough angels of this class to guard their souls. Suriyel would only be born a guardian.

A Crown for a King; an Empire for an Emperor | Imperial AU

Royalty AU. Primarily Paired with @sanctusworn. The Divine Chariot Empire, it's very roman based that is heavily theocratical in nature, but it has mixings of other cultures within it's borders, as Chariot once lead a massive war of expansion & absorbed large numbers of other kingdoms under it's banner. It is currently the largest nation on the continent(possibly the world), & the current Emperor has two sons: Michael, the older & heir to the empire, & Samuel, the younger & spare prince. Along with the Emperor & Empress, it is also largely ran by the 6 Grand Ducal Houses of Chariot. These Grand Dukes are descendants from the royals of a few the pervious kingdoms that were absorbed into Chariot after a willing surrender. Each specialize in certain aspects of politics & the inner workings of the Empire: Military, Money, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Domestic Policies & Religion. Yahbel is the 1st & only daughter of the Grand Duke Cinderwood, who over sees the Military aspect. As the Grand House of the military during times of peace, much of Cinderwood's power & influences has lessened greatly, from previously being the the second most power house to now the bottom of the totem pole. As such, & Yahbel being his oldest & only daughter, her father expects her to marry as well as she possibly can to better the status of their house. Primary canon states Yahbel & Michael are arranged to marry. Suriyel in this verse serves as the youngest daughter of a nobleman, Earl Antwan, with the Antwan House having extreme loyalty to the the Cinderwoods. She is an armored Lady-in-waiting for Yahbel.

The Empire's direct neighbors & most important neighbor is the Kingdom of Superbia.(whom later become the Superbian Empire after beginning a campaign of expansion & annexing six other kingdoms that were around Superbian borders). Tensions between Superbia & Chariot are extremely tense, however, the 1st Princess Lilith of Superbia & 2nd Prince Samuel seem to have a friendly relationship that sparks some hope for the future of the two countries.

Goodbye, my Morning Star | Stars Crossed AU

Fallen Michael but still Holy Yahbel verse. Paired directly with @sanctusworn. The unexpected happens, Michael falls. Yahbel does not descend with him however, & is left in Heaven alone to fend for herself against the corruption of Heaven's council & keep the Lord's Kingdom pure & holy. However, the great new treat posed by the Fallen Commander is undeniable. Yahbel is eventually tasked with infiltrating & eliminating Michael, as if she does not, it is likely that Heaven will be destroyed. Duty vs Love, a battle as old as time, rages in her heart. Yahbel has also remarried in this verse(under extreme pressure from the Council) to Gabriel, whom is the new Commander of the Heavenly Host in replacement of Michael.

A Blackened Heart that Beats Still | Hostess of Evil AU

Yahbel as ROO style verse. Paired with @sanctusworn. Yahbel serves as the Host of ROO. After The Fall, much of Heaven directed itself to not just strengthening it's defenses, but also searching for ROO, as the root of evil on earth, his destruction was a high priority for Heaven to possibly cleanse mankind of sin. Yahbel does not leave the services of Heaven's army in this verse, but merely joins a task force specifically designed with hunting down ROO. In one such mission with this force, she manages to corner ROO(at the cost of her squad), but before she could be eliminated, ROO shoves her HEART into Yahbel's chest, infecting her with sin &, in essence, allowing ROO to survive. Making Yahbel the Hostess of Evil. ROO's HEART prevents Yahbel from taking her own life, & she can not return to Heaven in her state, as Yahbel fears killing her would only release ROO onto Heaven & mankind once more, so chooses to keep ROO 'hostage' within her form. She has taken to hiding in purgatory, the one place with either angel or demon could sense her presence & has been alone for eons....

Lose Your Sin in Justice | Sin in Justice AU

Fuck it,(almost) Everyone Falls verse. Primarily Paired with @sanctusworn. Lucifer & Charlie both perish suddenly, leaving Hell unruled & stirring unrest within Heaven. While the Sin fight for control of Hell below, Heaven's council attempts to start plotting the wiping out of all sinners & hellborn above. Michael, Yahbel, Gabriel & Suriyel all appose such, as that would most certainly herald in the end times, bringing ruination to all; even Heaven. Heaven is spilt down the middle on supporting the council & supporting Michael. As such, half of Heaven's angels end up cast down that day. A mistake, they should have killed them, as now, within Hell & being fallen, they are free to move to plotting to overthrow the council as they please. Michael quickly takes his brother's place as King of Hell, his sheer might & divine army make short work of conquering each ring & forcing sins to submit or die. Now it is only a waiting game. If Heaven is so corrupt that the only people who can cleanse it are those who have fallen, then so be it.

[talonabraxas]

"Stella Matutina (Morning Star)" Luciana Nedelea

[maeviuslynn]

The Complete Initiation Rituals of the Golden Dawn, compiled and edited by Frater Yechidah, is solid. The rituals are very easy to read in this book. The use of different color fronts in the rituals was clever. Also it is cool to see a version that is not based on Israel Regardie's and the Stella Matutina. It is similar, but different.

Also please behold some of the fantastic art. How could anyone look upon that lion and not be charmed by it? I love it. The book cites Frater Yechidah as the designer of the imagines.

[creature-wizard]

The Illuminati Formula Used To Create An Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave is reaching new heights in silly.

They're claiming that the Illuminati creates alters with Illuminati sensibilities in Good Christian Citizens, so that said alters can effectively serve as "super spies" to spy on the Christians and tell the Illuminati what the Christians are up to:

The proper training of a person for this role would be long and tedious, but once he was trained, you would have a super spy compared to which any creation in a mystery story is just plain weak. This is what the Illuminati have done. They create good Christian fronts, with Illuminati dark alters who can see what the Christians are doing.

Hmmm... a long and tedious process, you say? Hmm, imagine if there were easier ways to get this information... like reading Christian publications, listening to Christian radio, watching Christian television, visiting Christian websites, or just attending church services... it's not like these people just blast their agendas to anyone who'll listen 24/7 or anything...

The fact that there are people vain enough to think that there are secret conspiratorial cults going to all this work to do all of this unnecessary spying is kinda funny, IMO. Christofascists are some of the most self-absorbed fuckers on the planet.

Later, Cisco Wheeler cites the lyrics from "Music of the Night" from Phantom of the Opera as an example of a "hypnotic script." Yeah, it wasn't like, a song written for a character who was canonically supposed to be creepy or weird or anything.

Seriously though, this is a great example of how conspiracy theorists ruin art. Anything that's a little weird or uncomfortable to them must be some sort of evil programming. God forbid they have to understand things like context and artistic intent and shit like that.

Next is a list of things that supposedly keep a child's mind dissociative. One item on the list is spending fifteen minutes a day writing backwards, an obvious mutation of the old "witches recite the Lord's Prayer" canard. Because writing backwards doesn't cause dissociation. You just learn to write backwards.

And the rest is pretty typical torture stuff; many of which genuinely happen in actual child abuse cases, but in the context of the conspiracy theory are given special significance, because... shitty parents don't just abuse their kids for no reason, I guess.

And the book claims that Billy Graham was a Monarch handler. I really have no idea why conspiracists have singled him out among all the other celebrity preachers of the time, lemme go look at his Wikipedia page...

...Oh well he wasn't a total dick; he refused to glue himself to the Moral Majority or the GOP, pushed for military disarmament and AIDS support; yeah, that might have something to do with it.

Oh hey it's that Saturn worship thing (links to antisemitic conspiracy theories) with extra antisemitism by linking the Anti-Christ to Kabbalah:

The AntiChrist is also known as Black Saturn, and other names. Satan himself is known within a Monarch system often by the name Bilair, Bilar, or Bilid which are his cabalistic names.

Conflation of "the occult" with Wicca:

In the occult world, goddesses are triune: maiden, mother and crone. The one to the left of center is Midnight (the Mother figure), and the other is Morning Star (the maiden). Morning Star (Stella Matutina) may be a very young alter, rather than a teenager.

If you think this is bad, shit's about to get much, much worse.

So first of all, the book claims that The Wizard of Oz is an Illuminati thing, and has something to do with ancient Isis mystery religion:

One of the secrets of the Mystery Religions, especially the Egyptian Isis mystery religion was the ability to use drugs and torture to create multiple personalities. The word Oz is known to have been used by its author as an abbreviation for Osirus.

And then.

And then.

There's THIS fucking whopper:

The Grimm brothers, who were cabalistic jews, gathered the folk occult stories together. Their stories are full of spells, trances, and drugs. Sleeping Beauty is put to sleep, and the trigger to wake her is a kiss on the lips. These are serious hints that the occult world didn't stop programming people with dissociative states and triggers when the ancient Egyptian empires fell. Instead of using modern lingo such as "hypnotize", they would say "cast a spell."

The Grimm Brothers? Jews? Of ANY kind? Holy shit, you'll just pull anything out of your asses, won't you?

By the way, pinning the conspiratorial blame on Kabbalistic Jews specifically is how a lot of the conspiracy theories Nazi Germany believed in were made palatable for American gentiles post-WWII. Most Christians would agree that full-out mass slaughter was a little unfair. Many Christians could agree, though, that everyday Jews were perfectly fine people; they just needed to accept Jesus. And believing that it's just those Kabbalistic Jews who are the problem doesn't feel as hateful as all that Nazi shit. Must be totally different, right?

Nah.

Rehabbed conspiracy crap is still crap.

[a-german-town-every-week]

Feldkirch

Feldkirch ist eine Stadt in Vorarlberg in Österreich mit etwa sechsunddreißtigtausend Einwohnern. Es ist die westlichste Gemeinde in Österreich - sein Bahnhof liegt weniger als drei Kilometer von Liechtenstein und mehr als fünfhundert Kilometer von Wien. Feldkirch ist sehr alt und hat eine gut präservierte mittelalterliche Altstadt. Die Stadt hat manche Bahnhöfe und hat Anschluss nach Zürich und Wien. Feldkirch hat mehrere interessante Wahrzeichen, zum Beispiel der Katzenturm, die Schattenburg, die Ruine Tosters und das Palais Liechtenstein. Mehr Sehenswürdigkeiten sind die Domkirche St. Nikolaus, die Johanniterkirche und die Villa Claudia. Der Schriftsteller Arthur Conan Doyle besuchte das Gymnasium Stella Matutina in Feldkirch, als er jung war.

[jordaneprestrot]

Je m'étonne de ne pas avoir encore été contacté par un mec à gros cigare, parce qu'avec un vrai orchestre et une vraie production, ça pourrait faire un générique de James Bond.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 7.12 (before 1920)

70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. 927 – King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north. 1191 – Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre. 1335 – Pope Benedict XII issues the papal bull Fulgens sicut stella matutina to reform the Cistercian Order. 1470 – The Ottomans capture Euboea. 1488 – Joseon Dynasty official Choe Bu returned to Korea after months of shipwrecked travel in China. 1493 – Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published. 1527 – Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty. 1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace. 1562 – Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred idols and books of the Maya. 1576 – Mughal Empire annexes Bengal after defeating the Bengal Sultanate at the Battle of Rajmahal. 1580 – The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published. 1691 – Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland. 1776 – Captain James Cook begins his third voyage. 1789 – In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later. 1790 – The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly. 1799 – Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire). 1801 – British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras. 1806 – At the insistence of Napoleon, Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg and thirteen minor principalities leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine. 1812 – The American Army of the Northwest briefly occupies the Upper Canadian settlement at what is now at Windsor, Ontario. 1862 – The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress. 1913 – Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends. 1913 – The Second Revolution breaks out against the Beiyang government, as Li Liejun proclaims Jiangxi independent from the Republic of China. 1917 – The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona. 1918 – The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.

[haltijakapala]

I'm sorry for the wait! I've finally uploaded all my new stickers into my Ko-Fi shop ^-^

So, if you missed our table in Tampere kuplii and/or won't be able to come to Kauhucon in Helsinki 22th to 23rd of this month, here's your chance to get them! There is no postage and for orders of more than three postcards and/or stickers I will include a extra postcard free of charge to the package ;>

[lesser-known-composers]

Johann Michael Malzat - Symphony in A Major: I. Allegro molto

Conductor: Silvia Schweinberger

Orchestra: Concerto Stella Matutina

[sanctumpyre]

🔥I'd burn everything to ashes for you! Yet it still wasn't enough to keep you at my side🥀

[incoramsanctissimo]

It's 5 am and I can't fall back to sleep so I wrote this poem about Venus, which I currently see through my window, and also about the Blessed Virgin.

STELLA MATUTINA

Morning star,

Cool calm serenity, shaking the sleep-fog

Of early risers

Passionless shimmering, quieting the brain-heat

Of buzzed late-nighters

Presiding over prayer in dim chapel

And silent room

before the dawn.

Today will be better. God help the day be better.

Darkest before the dawn, chillest in the last

Reaches of the night.

Highest in hope, before the glare of the day.

The noonday devil crushed beneath the feet of

The bright morning star.

[lavozs]

LEYENDAS, FÁBULAS Y CUENTOS

Del libro 101 cuentos clásicos de la India.

Recopilados por Ramiro Calle.

Mi hijo está conmigo.

EL AGUJERO DE LA OREJA

Tierra cachonda, de Álvaro de Laiglesia

¡Claro que puedo!

COLABORADORES

La limpieza en nuestras manos, de Carmen Gálvez.

AUDIOLIBROS EN LA VOZ SILENCIOSA

Cuentos completos, de Agatha Christie

Los cuentos de Parker Pyne

El caso del empleado de la City (The Case of the City Clerk).

EL BAÚL SIN FONDO

Definición y origen de CONFIANZA, de la web definicion.de

MIS CONVERSACIONES MATUTINAS CON EL TÍO DEL ESPEJO

Tas pirao Jose

RELATOS DE TERROR Y MISTERIO EN LA MEDIANOCHE

Escritoras del siglo XX. Cuentos de fantasmas.

La Torre Rugiente, de Stella Gibbons.

[d-bovet]

Corto Maltese and Hugo Pratt ( Part IV ) :

Dans Sous le soleil de minuit (2015), se déroulant en 1915, Corto Maltese arrive au Panama aux côtés de Raspoutine pour retrouver son ami écrivain Jack London. Dans l’album Équatoria (2017), Corto part en 1911 à la recherche d’une relique des croisades, « le miroir du prêtre Jean », ce qui l’amène en Egypte et au Soudan. Le Jour de Tarowean (2019) dévoile les événements qui précèdent l’apparition de Corto Maltese, attaché sur un radeau au large d’une île de l’océan Pacifique dans La Ballade de la mer salée, la première aventure publiée par Hugo Pratt.

Nocturnes berlinois, sorti en septembre 2022, est le 17 ème album de la série. Il nous emmène en un lieu qui n’avait pas encore été exploré par Corto : Berlin. On découvre, en 1924, la république de Weimar minée par les organisations d’extrême-droite (ici, l’organisation Consul) et les revendications communistes. Corto Maltese recherche à Berlin et Prague les assassins de son ami juif Steiner. Son enquête l’amène à s’introduire dans une société secrète ésotérique : Stella Matutina. Cet album présente l’originalité de confronter Corto Maltese aux prémices du national-socialisme, influencé par le fascisme italien. On se souvient de l’histoire personnelle d’Hugo Pratt : son père, fasciste, entraîna son fils encore adolescent dans l’aventure coloniale italienne en Ethiopie. L’organisation Consul, qui a réellement existé, était composée de personnalités issues de la bourgeoisie, de la noblesse et de l’armée, parmi lesquelles l’écrivain Ernst von Salomon. Pratiquant des assassinats politiques, elle ne devint jamais un mouvement de masse, à la différence du parti nazi. Autre surprise, Corto joue le diable dans un film expressionniste allemand, évoquant Faust de Murnau.

Le dessin de Pellejero quitte la sobriété des premiers albums pour devenir davantage réaliste. Ce Corto est le meilleur réalisé par le duo d’auteurs espagnols.

4- Parallèlement, depuis peu, toujours chez Casterman, le scénariste Martin Quenehen et le dessinateur Bastien Vivès réalisent une histoire différente de Corto, puisque contemporaine et modernisée. Elle n’entre pas dans la numérotation officielle des albums de Corto Maltese

Dans Océan Noir (2021), Corto est un pirate de vingt ans, beau, mystérieux et insoumis, légèrement féminisé, en jean, tee shirt blanc et casquette. En 2001, il récupère un livre, le commentaire royal des Incas, qui le met sur la trace d’un trésor mais aussi d’une secte japonaise d’ultra-nationalistes réfugiée au Pérou.

Dans La reine de Babylone, sorti en octobre 2023, Corto s’embarque en 2022, dans le port de Venise, avec la belle Semira, dont il est amoureux. Sur le yacht, des généraux serbes font un trafic d’armes de l’ex-Yougoslavie avec les services de sécurité irakiens. Mais Semira, jeune musulmane Bosniaque rescapée, assassine l’un des serbes dans les toilettes. Puis, en zodiac, Corto rejoint Semira en Croatie. Avec les bosniaques, ils commettent un acte de piraterie. Mais Semira est tuée par l’un des bosniaques, Célo. Corto cherche à la venger. Approché par les forces spéciales américaines qui recherchent en Irak, à Babylone, le trésor d’Alexandre le grand, il est enlevé par des islamistes qui lui coupent un doigt. Corto parvient à s’évader. Cette aventure est dynamique et légèrement romantique.

Le dessinateur Bastien Vivès, pour d’autres albums que Corto Maltese, a récemment été accusé d’avoir réalisé des bandes dessinées au message pédopornographique et incestueux. Dans son Corto Maltese, son graphisme décontracté opère une rupture avec le style d’Hugo Pratt. Au noir et blanc de Pratt vient notamment s’ajouter l’emploi intensif des gris.

Mais ce Corto Maltese reformaté n’a plus rien à voir avec l’ancien. De Hugo Pratt, que reste-t-il ?

5- Heureusement vient de sortir Mongolie, une suite de Corto Maltese en Sibérie, par Lele Vianello, l’ancien assistant d’Hugo Pratt.