#wife Zsuzsanna

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The Angel Makers of Nagyrév (Hungarian: Tiszazugi méregkeverők, "Tiszazug poison-mixers") were a group of women living in the village of Nagyrév, Hungary, who, between 1914 and 1929, poisoned to death an estimated 40–100 people.[1][2] They were supplied arsenic and encouraged to use it by a local midwife named Zsuzsanna Fazekas, wife of Gyula Fazekas, née Zsuzsanna Oláh (Fazekas Gyuláné Oláh Zsuzsanna).

In Hungarian society at that time, the future husband of a teenage bride was selected by her family, and she was forced to accept her parents' choice. Divorce was not allowed socially, even if the husband was an alcoholic or abusive.[8] During World War I, when able-bodied men were sent to fight for Austria-Hungary, rural Nagyrév was an ideal location for holding Allied prisoners of war. With POWs having limited freedom within the village, the women living there often had one or more foreign lovers while their husbands were away.[9] When the men returned, many of them rejected their wives' affairs and wished to return to their previous way of life, creating a volatile situation. At this time, Fazekas began secretly persuading women who wished to escape this situation to poison their husbands using arsenic made by boiling flypaper and skimming off the lethal residue.[10][11]

After the initial killing of their husbands, some of the women went on to poison parents who had become a burden to them, or to get hold of their inheritance. Others poisoned their lovers, some even their sons. As the midwife allegedly asked the poisoners, "Why put up with them?"[12][13]

The first poisoning in Nagyrév took place in 1911; it was not the work of Fazekas. The deaths of other husbands, children, and family members soon followed. The poisoning became a fad, and by the mid-1920s, Nagyrév earned the nickname "the murder district". There were an estimated 45–50 murders over the 18 years that Fazekas lived in the district. She was the closest thing to a doctor the village had, and her cousin was the clerk who filed all the death certificates, allowing the murders to go undetected.[14]

[fundieshaderoom]

This is just a suggestion and feel free to ignore! Something I think would be helpful would be to include at the top of your "Fundies and Adjacent I Follow" type posts a summary of what makes them fundie or adjacent. I haven't heard of the majority of them, so I can't tell if it's a friend of the Duggars, someone with a blog that spouts hate in the name of Christianity, a vlogging family, or just a random family that just so happens to have a bunch of kids. Maybe for the lesser known follow up pregnancy or engagement announcements where most fundie followers would go "who is this...?" linking back to the main post? Thanks for all you do!

Fundies and Adjacent I Follow: Why are they notable (Last Names A-C)

Great Idea! I will be doing all the families I have posted by last names. I am going to start here with A-D. You can see links to all families here.

Alexander Family:

The Alexander Family of California is headed by father Ken Alexander and mother Lori Falk. They have been married since 1980 and share 4 children, 4 children-in-law, and 16 grandchildren as of 11/20/2023.

Lori Alexander runs a blog and Youtube channel called "The Transformed Wife" where she discusses biblical womanhood, marriage, and motherhood.

Anderson Family:

The Anderson Family of Arizona is headed by father Steven Anderson and mother Zsuzsanna Toth. They have been married since 2000 and share 12 children as of 11/20/2023.

Steven is the New IFB movement and pastors the Faithful Word Baptist Church.

Zsuzsanna runs a blog called "Are They All Yours?"

Andregg Family:

The Andregg family of Arkansas is headed by father Dwayne Andregg and mother Melanie McPherson. They have been married since 1999 and share 6 children, 1 son-in-law, and 2 grandchildren as of 11/20/23.

They are connected to the Wikstrom family as their daughter Lauren married the Wikstrom's son Devin.

The Andreggs have also been notable friends with the Duggar family for years and are members of the IBLP. They were featured on the Duggar's TLC shows.

Dwayne is the former campaign manager for Jim Holt.

Baird Family:

The Baird family of Texas is headed by father Michael Baird and mother Heidi Mick. They have been married since 1982 and share 8 living children, 6 children-in-law, and 9 grandchildren as of 11/20/2023.

Daughters Bethany Beal and Kristen Clark run Girl Defined Ministries.

Balka Family:

The Balka Family of Tennessee is headed by father Mike Balka and late mother Kristy Dotson. They were married in 1993 and share 6 children, 3 children-in-law, and 4 grandchildren as of 11/20/2023.

Son Kelton is married to Josie Bates.

Ballinger Family:

The Ballinger family of Arkansas is headed by father Bob Ballinger and mother Jessica Thomas. They have been married since 1998 and share 7 children, 1 daughter-in-law, and 4 grandchildren as of 11/20/23.

Their son Bobby married Austin Forsyth's sister Meagan.

Bob Ballinger served in the Arkansas General Assembly from 2013 to 2023. Jed and Joy Duggar served as interns for him.

Barrett Family:

The Barrett family is headed by mother Gabby Barrett and father Cade Foehner. They have been married since 2019 and share 3 children as of 11/20/23.

Gabby Barrett is an accomplished country music singer who originally gained fame on American Idol.

The couple was good friends with Jeremy and Jinger Vuolo while living in LA. Jeremy officiated their wedding.

Bates Family:

The Bates Family of Tennessee is headed by father Gil Bates and mother Kelly Jo Callaham. They have been married since 1987 and share 19 children, 11 children-in-law, and 29 grandchildren as of 11/20/2023.

The Bates family rose to prominence via their friendship with the Duggar Family. They have since gone on to have their own shows with TLC and UPTV.

They are long-time members of the IBLP and Gil Bates is on the board.

Many of the children have popular social media presences.

Bontrager Family:

The Bontrager family of Iowa is headed by father Marlin Bontrager and mother Becky. They have been married since 1989 and share 10 children, 7 children-in-law, and 14 grandchildren as of 11/20/2023.

The Bontragers are friends of the Duggars and sons Carson and Joshua are married to Bowers girls.

The unmarried Bontrager children are in a band with their parents.

Bowers Family:

The Bowers Family of Alabama is headed by father Curtis Bowers and mother Lauren McAlvany. They have been married since 1989 and share 9 children, 2 sons-in-law, and 6 grandchildren as of 11/20/2023.

The family is friends of the Duggar Family. Daughters Carolina and Cassidy are married to Bontrager boys.

Bure Family:

The Bure family is headed by father Valeri Bure and mother Candace Cameron. They have been married since 1996 and share 3 children as of 11/20/2023

Candace was a main cast member of Full House and is now an outspoken Christian actress and sister of Kirk Cameron.

Burnett Family:

The Burnett family of Oklahoma is headed by father John Burnett and mother Cheryl Clay. They have been married since 1981 and share 8 children, 8 children-in-law, and 19 grandchildren as of 11/20/2023.

They daughter Abbie married John Duggar in 2018. They were at one point members or running in the circles of the IBLP, but I am unsure of the Burnett family affiliation now.

Caldwell Family:

The Caldwell family of Arkansas is headed by father Paul Caldwell and mother Christina Hamrick. They have been married since 1998 and share 9 children, 1 son-in-law, and 4 grandchildren as of 11/20/2023.

Paul Caldwell is the former pastor of the Duggar family church. Their daughter Kendra married Joseph Duggar in 2017. The family was at one point in the IBLP. I am unsure of their current affiliation.

Cameron Family:

The Cameron Family of California is headed by father Kirk Cameron and mother Chelsea Noble. They have been married since 1991 and share 6 children and 2 children-in-law as of 11/20/2023.

Kirk is a former main cast member of Growing Pains and was an actor in the Christian film FireProof. He was featured on several episodes of 19 Kids and Counting.

Clark Family:

The Clark family of New Jersey is headed by father Charles Clark Jr. and mother Aprile. They share 3 children, 2 children-in-law, 9 granchildren, 6 grandchildren-in-law, and 7 great-grandchildren as of 11/20/2023.

The family runs a church called Solid Rock Baptist Church. They also have a band called Clark Family Band.

Grandson Travis is married to Katie Bates.

Collingsworth Family:

The Collingsworth family of Ohio is headed by father Phillip Collingsworth Sr. and Kimberly Keaton. They have been married since 1986 and share 4 children, 4 children-in-law, and 9 grandchildren as of 11/20/2023.

The family makes up the Collingsworth Family musical group. Daughter Olivia has made music with Lawson Bates. The family also rubs shoulders with the Duggar family.

The Collins Family:

The Collins family of Texas is headed by father Mandrae Collins and mother Karissa Goering. They have been married since 2007 and share 10 children as of 11/20/2023.

Karissa's online presence has garnered the family a lot of negative attention. She promotes giving family size up to God.

Coverett Family:

The Coverett Family of Pennsylvania is headed by father Jeremy Coverett and Ellen Vincent. They have been married since 2001 and share 6 children and 1 son-in-law as of 11/20/2023.

Ellen has been in the downline of Jill Rodrigues for many years. Ellen is the sister of the matriarch of the Hill family and introduced Kaylee Rodrigues and Jonathan Hill. Heidi Coverett is now engaged to Timothy Rodrigues.

Crane Family:

The Crane Family of Arkansas is headed by father Josh Crane and mother Melodie. They share 7 children, 2 children-in-law, and 3 grandchildren as of 11/20/2023.

Daughter Madi and her husband work for PragerU along with Lemuel Reber.

The Crane Family is friends of the Duggars and former IBLP members. It is speculated that some leaked information about the Duggar family has come from friends of the Cranes.

[duggarsetal]

I posted 304 times in 2022

91 posts created (30%)

213 posts reblogged (70%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 129 of my posts in 2022

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#girl defined - 8 posts

#duggar spotting - 5 posts

#fancy rat - 4 posts

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#and i feel like i should be happy for them because obviously they are happy bit at the same time it actually makes me very sad to think

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Jill just shared a bunch of photos grom the wedding

See the full post

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#4

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#3

So Jinger is releasing a new book

I initially skipped straight over it, cause I thought it'd be the same God crap they usually reel off

Then I read the description

See the full post

90 notes - Posted October 18, 2022

#2

GUYS I DIDNT SHOW YOU THIS PHOTO OF BLUEBELL IN MY DUNGAREES CHEST POCKET

ummmmm, she's perfect

222 notes - Posted October 16, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Astrid's gone full circle

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[blue-opossum]

The Turning of Time (in Cubitis)

        The Turning of Time (in Cubitis)

        Monday morning, 8 July 2024

        While in the dream state, my dream self has a real-world recall of my wife, Zsuzsanna. However, I have no recollection of living in Australia with her since 1994 or Wisconsin (in contrast to Florida) since 1978.

        Even so, my intuitive awareness of being asleep in the dream state places me in the Cubitis house's southwest bedroom (rather than in the room I occupied when I lived there in waking life years ago).

       Mistakes in thinking and the lack of logic (simply from not possessing viable consciousness) are always abundant in the illusory dream state (which is curious considering the “dream interpretation” fallacy that perpetually confused people persist in propagating). For example, despite my dream's narrative implying Zsuzsanna and I have only ever lived together in the Cubitis house (even though she has never been to America), we had supposedly never been in this house's southwest bedroom since we lived here even though the narrative self-contradicts itself by implying it is our bedroom.

        My father's drum kit is near where it was in real life, but the real-world decal of the forest scene is absent from the kick drum.

        Looking at the cymbals more closely, I recognize they are "also" 33 1/3 vinyl records. I am slightly puzzled but do not perceive the scene as wrong. I "recognize" they are my father's releases. (However, my father mostly only recorded his music on 78 rpm records when he was young and on cassettes later in life).

        My dream state confusion between the cymbals and 33 1/3 vinyl records has a foundation in simple associations. Both are circular and produce sound from contact with a long narrow object, a drumstick for the cymbal - and a tonearm for a vinyl record on a turntable. I find it strange that I had not, to my knowledge, made this simple association before, despite my age.

        Despite the natural virtual amnesia that comes with sleep, I typically recall my relationship with Zsuzsanna more than anywhere I have lived in my lifetime (often incorrectly being with her in a location she never lived with me).

        There is no such thing as the “subconscious.” This factor is evidenced by how dreams never correspond with valid memories, cognizance, or correct perception of my waking life or real-world self, though there are many other reasons that validate that the “subconscious” does not exist. To elaborate, Zsuzsanna’s presence is an attribute of protoconsciousness, though which only occurs in a specific mode of transition from sleeping to waking.

        Dreams do not define our identity. Our waking life, relationships, and conscious choices contribute significantly to who we are, not the absence of consciousness or the lack of cognizance that the mentally absent so ridiculously promote, thus making a mockery out of life itself.

[thebritishmonarchycouk]

On This Day In History . 1 October 1841 . Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde died . ◼ Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (Hungarian: Rhédey Klaudia Zsuzsanna; Birthdate unknown, but baptised on 21 September 1812. She was the wife of Duke Alexander of Württemberg. . ◼ The Countess was born in her family’s castle in Erdőszentgyörgy, Transylvania (then part of the Austrian Empire, today Sângeorgiu de Pădure, Romania) to Count László Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde & his wife, Baroness Ágnes Inczédy de Nagy-Várad, a direct descendant of Ferenc Rhédey, the Hungarian prince of Transylvania between 1657 & 1658. . ◼ Claudine died in Austria in 1841 after being thrown from her horse & trampled to death in front of a cavalry charge at a military review; other sources say she died in a carriage accident. . ◼ Her son Prince Francis of Teck was later created Duke of Teck. He married Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, a granddaughter of George III & became a member of the British Royal Family. His only daughter, Mary of Teck, married Prince George, Duke of York in July 1893, becoming queen consort on her husband’s accession to the throne in May 1910. . 👑 The current British monarch, Elizabeth II, is Mary’s granddaughter & thus Claudine’s great-great-granddaughter. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #D1Oct #theyear1841 #history #Countess #Austria #Historyfacts #Royalty #Royal #Royals #RoyalFamily #Britishmonarchy #Thebritishmonarchy #RoyalHistory #otd #Thisday #OnThisDay #RoyalFamily #History #monarchy #Ancestry #Ancestors #artwork #portrait #portraitpainting (at Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFy7puvDGWz/?igshid=1n5kcr7lgw137

[musicainextenso]

Very solemn moments, when we reach the last hours of 2018. A year - I think - fulfilled with many sweet memories, but also with a mixture of sadness and less beautiful moments. It’s normal, it’s general and everything has a price. 

I hope everybody is enjoying the new year with families, loved ones and friends.  Let’s give a moment those, who spend the holidays without their loved ones, who suffer. This year, I dedicate our last post to everyone I love, to everyone is close to my heart; to my dear followers, to my dear colleagues, here at Musica in Extenso. 

Let’s hear the beautiful harmonies of the American National Anthem (FYI: composed by John Stafford Smith). Let’s stay united, let’s find our inner harmony and be a real community! We can change our little environment and we can transform any moment to a real good experience!

With this post, I say a big thank you to my dear friend, Melinda Beasi @cantationem, Artistic Director of our blog, who is a precious musician and teacher and member of our team, already five, wonderful years!

Thank you also to Juan Manuel Orozco, for his contribution as our Artistic Assistant, and to my wife, Kálló Zsuzsanna for supporting me in this project.

With these thoughts, I wish everybody a very HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

Musica in Extenso returns after mid-season break, on 14 January 2019. 

Editor-in-Chief

[pumpkinpatchinglife-blog]

Paths

Alexandrian Wicca: The Alexandrian Tradition was created by Alex Sanders and his wife Maxine, who were members of the Gardnerian Tradition and initiated into one of its covens in the early 1960s. There are three degrees of coven initiation, the coven is led by a High Priestess, and there is a belief in a supreme Goddess as well as a God. However, the Alexandrian tradition brings in an additional facet to the worship of deities: the ancient archetypes of the Oak King and the Holly King, aspects of the God who take turns defeating one another as the seasons turn from warm and light to cold and dark and back again. The Alexandrian tradition isn't necessarily quite as secretive or dogmatic. While there is some emphasis on respecting tradition and following protocol, there is a greater emphasis on growth and living out your own path, allowing for many changes and adjustments as practitioners see fit.

Dianic Wicca: Dianic Wicca differs significantly from the older traditions it grew out of. Originating in the United States as opposed to the UK, this is a feminist tradition, with a cosmology that focuses solely on the supremacy of the Goddess, rather than emphasizing the gender polarity of the Gardnerian concept of deity. Dianic Wicca differs significantly from the older traditions it grew out of. Originating in the United States as opposed to the UK, this is a feminist tradition, with a cosmology that focuses solely on the supremacy of the Goddess, rather than emphasizing the gender polarity of the Gardnerian concept of deity. The original and most well-known form of the Dianic tradition was founded in the 1970s by a woman named Zsuzsanna Budapest. Another form of Wicca sharing the name “Dianic” was later started by Morgan McFarland and her husband, Mark Roberts. This latter tradition does admit men into covens, as do other traditions inspired by the original Dianic Wicca. However, those initiated through Budapest’s lineage remain female-only.

Seax Wicca: Buckland had been a High Priest in the Gardnerian Tradition and started the first Gardnerian coven after moving to New York in the early 1960s. However, he found that the hierarchical structure of Gardnerianism resulted in ego-battles among American initiates, so he founded Seax-Wicca as a way of continuing what was useful about Gardnerianism but in a fashion that was more suited to American culture. Its main deities are Woden and Freya, who represent the God and Goddess as found in the original Gardnerian Tradition. There is an emphasis on studying herbal lore and several forms of divination, including Tarot and runes. There is no oath of secrecy for coven members, so it’s not such a challenge to find out what goes on in covens, how they approach their rituals, etc. In fact, rituals and Sabbat celebrations can be open, if the coven so chooses. There is also no Book of Shadows in this tradition, and adding new material to rituals, magic, etc. is welcomed if practitioners see fit. Raymond Buckland’s Book of Saxon Witchcraft (originally called The Tree) was written to serve as a guide to the Seax-Wicca tradition for any who would like to explore it. If you’re not already fairly familiar with Wicca, however, you may want to read it in tandem with Buckland’s The Complete Book of Witchcraft for a more well-rounded picture of his form of Wicca.

Norse: A relatively new path within the Wiccan community, Norse Wicca is infused with the beliefs, practices, and deities of the ancient Norse traditions of Scandinavia. Unlike other forms, it is not an “official” tradition with a single founder, but rather an emerging trend among Wiccans who wish to work with a specific pantheon of deities and may draw inspiration from the ancient Norse sagas such as the Eddas and the Grimnismal. One chief difference between what we might call “standard” or traditional Wicca and the Norse-influenced form is the potential for a richer and more nuanced sense of the afterlife. Indeed, the Norse religious belief system has a dense complexity that can make Wicca’s cosmology seem almost two-dimensional in comparison. However, many followers of Norse Wicca adopt a syncretic approach, weaving the elements of the Norse system that resonate with them into their personal practice. Norse Wiccans tend to be solitary practitioners, with known covens being rather few and far between.

Celtic: The Druids were the priestly class of Celtic society, serving as healers, poets, and philosophers, who practiced divination and magic as part of their role. Therefore, they were part of the fabric of Celtic life and would have influenced any practices that have survived over the centuries to become part of Celtic Wicca. As implied by the name, Celtic Wiccans work with deities of the Celtic pantheon—whether Irish, Welsh, Cornish, or even Gaulish��and use Celtic names for Sabbats, such as Lughnasa instead of Lammas. The Ogham—a Gaelic writing system with a similar function to runes—may be used in magical symbolism and divination, and some practitioners adopt the Celtic classification of elements (Earth, Sky, and Water) rather than the standard Wiccan system.

Solitary: Solitary Wicca simply refers to the practice of Wicca by individuals on their own, rather than as part of a coven. Solitaries may follow a single tradition, learning through books and/or through participation in informal Wiccan circles, or they may create their own unique practices out of a sort of “patchwork” of many traditions, while also adding elements of their own invention. This second approach is known as Eclectic Wicca (see below), and is quite likely the most common form of Wicca practiced today.

Eclectic: The degree to which eclectic Wiccans “invent” their form of the religion (and not all Wiccans in this category would even necessarily agree with the term “religion”) depends on the individual. Some might create highly unique ritual structures completely from their own inspiration and imagination, while others might simply blend two or more traditions with little to no original material added in. The reasons for creating an eclectic practice are many, but it often has to do with being a solitary Wiccan with no immediate community to reach out to and learn from. Indeed, most Eclectics are solitary practitioners, though there are certainly covens and plenty of Wiccan circles that fit into this category.

Gardnerian: Gardner is known as the father of modern Wicca/Witchcraft as this was the first tradition to step out publicly.  This tradition requires initiation and works with a degree system.  Much of their information is oathbound, and cannot be shared with anyone outside of their path.  There is much debate in the Wiccan community as to whether this is the only "true" Wiccan path.  This system places an emphasis on the Goddess/female over the God/male.

[budapestbug]

The king of wines, the wine of kings: Tokaji aszú Louis XV is said to have remarked to his mistress, Madame de Pompadour, as he handed her a glass of Tokaji aszu, “This is the king of wines and the wine of kings.” He was not, however, the first to say these original-sounding words. They appear alongside the name of the wine on a court menu dating back to the time of Louis XIV. To this day, the Latin version of this saying – Vinum regum, rex vinorum — is allowed to appear on Tokay wines of particular quality. Great labyrinths of cellars extend beneath the villages of the region. The layer of earth above them ranges from 16 to 165 feet (5 to 50 meters), according to the variations in ground level at the surface. In places, several cellars lie one above the other, connected by vertical shafts. Most were dug between the 15th and 19th centuries. In the early days, they served as places of refuge in war. The cellars have an ideal level of humidity and a constant temperature of 50-54 °F (10-12 °C). The walls are covered in a thick layer of mold called Cladosporium cellare. It feeds on the alcohol evaporating from the casks. This creates the microclimate essential for the production of the unique aroma and flavor of Tokay wines. The wines begin their maturation in fairly small oak casks (either Gönci, with a capacity of 36 gallons or 136.6 liters, or Szerednye, 58 gallons or 200 liters). The wood is penetrated by the air carrying the beneficial mold. All the wines of Tokaj-Hegyalja are of excellent quality, but Tokaji aszú is the undisputed king among these aristocrats. According to tradition, the world has Zsuzsanna Lórántffy, wife of Prince György I Rákóczi, to thank for this wine. We are told that once, in the middle of the 17th century, the advance of the Turkish army caused her to postpone the grape harvest on the prince’s estates near Tokaj. By the time the grapes were eventually pressed, they were shriveled and moldy. To everyone’s astonishment, they yielded a quite exceptional wine. Its fame soon spread far beyond the country’s borders. The cause of the shriveling and rotting was the mold we call “noble rot,” Botrytis cinerea, whose spores penetrate the grapeskins. The mold encourages the evaporation of moisture, reducing the acidity of the fruit, and increasing the sugar content, possibly to as much as 70%.

[misscrawfords]

1937 London fake RPG canon list: The Aristocracy

Harold, Earl of Lampeter: Aristocrat PB: Jeremy Northam

Lord Lampeter is a well-respected Liberal peer and patron of the arts. As a young man he travelled widely in Europe, enjoying the culture of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of the previous century in particular. It was while staying in Budapest that he met Ilona Kovacs, a bright and bohemian young poet from well-off merchant family. He fell passionately in love with her and she with him and, despite opposition from both sides, they married and returned to England. Moderate and quiet spoken in all views, he nowadays sits happily in the shadow of his wife, but when he does choose to speak out he is attended to. He prefers life in Wales, however, hunting and fishing, but hosts house parties and comes to London with a good grace to please his wife.

Ilona, Countess of Lampeter: Poet and Socialite PB: Olivia Williams

Ilona Kovacs was born in Budapest and was an artistic child in a family of non-religious Jewish merchants. Her particular passion and skill was for poetry and she was beginning to make a name for herself, having just published her first poem, when she met Harold. After a whirlwind romance, they married and Ilona returned with him to England. She has never been back to Hungary. In England, she swiftly became very popular – the brilliant, artistic, exotic countess. She continued to write poetry and made the Lampeters’ Welsh estate and London townhouse a centre for the arts and a safe haven for the intelligentsia and artistic community. Though she has not actively sought to conceal her Jewish identity, she has not embraced it either and it is only recently that she has begun to grow concerned for herself, her sons and, most importantly, the family she still has in Hungary.

Stephen, Viscount Tendring: Aristocrat PB: Aidan Turner

Eldest son and heir of Lord and Lady Lampeter, Stephen has grown up in a privileged existence. Rather inclined to take his comfortable life for granted and ignore those aspects of the world he doesn’t like, Stephen is nevertheless a clever, witty man with a satirical mind which can express itself meanly when unchecked. Taking after his mother in many ways, Stephen is good with words and music though he is a dilletante who has not yet found his true passion. He is an excellent pianist, decent singer, amateur composer and has several beginnings of novels lying round the place. Mostly, however, he enjoys a life of leisure, secure in his inheritance but without any wish to hurry responsibility along, drinking cocktails and dancing with pretty girls.

The Honourable Mr. Nathaniel Morgan: Aristocrat PB: Ben Whishaw

If Stephen takes after his mother, then Nathan certainly is more like his father. Just as clever as his brother, with a dry, self-deprecating wit, Nathan is a quieter fellow. He has been studying the Classics at Cambridge and has developed a particular interest in Greek philosophy. This has combined with a growing interest in his Hungarian and Jewish heritage and a profound anxiety over his own identity and place in the world. Unbeknownst to his family, he has begun to attend services at a Synagogue and is becoming increasingly involved in efforts to help Jews in Europe under threat from Hitler.

Miss Zsuzsanna “Lily” Klein: Painter PB: Phoebe Fox

Lily Klein is the nineteen year old daughter of a good friend of Lady Lampeter from her Budapest days and is a distant cousin. Growing anxiety about the political situation in Hungary and the status of Jews there has led Lily’s mother to send her off to England on an indefinite visit to Lady Lampeter. Lily has decent school girl’s English and is torn between interest and excitement about not just being in England but staying within the aristocracy – it’s a romantic dream come true – and confusion, culture shock and a deep worry about her family and what will become of her and them. Lily is naturally introverted and prone to overthinking things, and the language barrier doesn’t help, but she has a passion for art and considerable talent as a painter and a part of her hopes that England will give her the fresh start it gave to her cousin.

Masterpost

Part of a RPG canon list that I will never make. But I love the characters!

[auntwendy23]

🌛🌝🌜 Witchcraft Wednesday 🌛🌝🌜 🌛🌝🌜 Witchcraft Wednesday 🌛🌝🌜 Wicca, continued: Wicca was founded in England between 1921 and 1950, representing what the historian Ronald Hutton called "the only full-formed religion which England can be said to have given the world". Characterised as an "invented tradition" by scholars, Wicca was created from the patchwork adoption of various older elements, many taken from pre-existing religious and esoteric movements. Wicca took as its basis the witch-cult hypothesis, the idea that those persecuted as witches during the early modern period in Europe were not, as the persecutors had claimed, followers of Satanism, but were instead adherents of a surviving pre-Christian pagan religion. This theory had been first expressed by the German Professor Karl Ernest Jarcke in 1828, before being endorsed by German Franz Josef Mone and then the French historian Jules Michelet. In the late 19th century it was then adopted by two Americans, Matilda Joslyn Gage and Charles Leland, the latter of whom promoted a variant of it in his 1899 book, Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches. The theory's most prominent advocate was the English Egyptologist Margaret Murray, who promoted it in a series of books – most notably 1921's The Witch-Cult in Western Europe and 1933's The God of the Witches – and in her entry on "witchcraft" for the Encyclopædia Britannica. The witch-cult theory represented "the historical narrative around which Wicca built itself", with the early Wiccans claiming to be the survivors of this ancient pagan religion. Other influences upon early Wicca included various Western esoteric traditions and practices, among them ceremonial magic, Aleister Crowley and his religion of Thelema, Freemasonry, Spiritualism, and Theosophy. To a lesser extent, Wicca also drew upon folk magic and the practices of cunning folk. It was further influenced both by scholarly works on folkloristics, particularly James Frazer's The Golden Bough, as well as romanticist writings like Robert Graves' The White Goddess, and pre-existing modern Pagan groups such as the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry and Druidism. It was during the 1930s that the first evidence appears for the practice of a pagan Witchcraft religion (what would be recognisable now as Wicca) in England. It seems that several groups around the country, in such places as Norfolk, Cheshire and the New Forest had set themselves up as continuing in the tradition of Murray's Witch-Cult, albeit with influences coming from disparate sources such as ceremonial magic, folk magic, Freemasonry, Theosophy, Romanticism, Druidry, classical mythology and Asian religions. Early development, 1936–1959 Edit The history of modern Wicca starts with Gerald Gardner (the "Father of Wicca") in the mid-20th century. Gardner was a retired British civil servant and amateur anthropologist, with a broad familiarity in paganism and occultism. He claimed to have been initiated into a witches' coven in New Forest, Hampshire, in the late 1930s. Intent on perpetuating this craft, Gardner founded the Bricket Wood coven with his wife Donna in the 1940s, after buying the Naturist Fiveacres Country Club. Much of the coven's early membership was drawn from the club's members and its meetings were held within the club grounds. Many notable figures of early Wicca were direct initiates of this coven, including Dafo, Doreen Valiente, Jack Bracelin, Frederic Lamond, Dayonis, Eleanor Bone and Lois Bourne. The Witchcraft religion became more prominent beginning in 1951, with the repeal of the Witchcraft Act of 1735, after which Gerald Gardner and then others such as Charles Cardell and Cecil Williamson began publicising their own versions of the Craft. Gardner and others never used the term "Wicca" as a religious identifier, simply referring to the "witch cult", "witchcraft", and the "Old Religion". However, Gardner did refer to witches as "the Wica". During the 1960s, the name of the religion normalised to "Wicca". Gardner's tradition, later termed Gardnerianism, soon became the dominant form in England and spread to other parts of the British Isles. Adaptation and spread, 1960–present Edit Following Gardner's death in 1964, the Craft continued to grow unabated despite sensationalism and negative portrayals in British tabloids, with new traditions being propagated by figures like Robert Cochrane, Sybil Leek and most importantly Alex Sanders, whose Alexandrian Wicca, which was predominantly based upon Gardnerian Wicca, albeit with an emphasis placed on ceremonial magic, spread quickly and gained much media attention. Around this time, the term "Wicca" began to be commonly adopted over "Witchcraft" and the faith was exported to countries like Australia and the United States. It was in the United States and in Australia that new, home-grown traditions, sometimes based upon earlier, regional folk-magical traditions and often mixed with the basic structure of Gardnerian Wicca, began to develop, including Victor Anderson's Feri Tradition, Joseph Wilson's 1734 Tradition, Aidan Kelly's New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn and eventually Zsuzsanna Budapest's Dianic Wicca, each of which emphasised different aspects of the faith. It was also around this time that books teaching people how to become Witches themselves without formal initiation or training began to emerge, among them Paul Huson's Mastering Witchcraft (1970) and Lady Sheba's Book of Shadows (1971). Similar books continued to be published throughout the 1980s and 1990s, fuelled by the writings of such authors as Doreen Valiente, Janet Farrar, Stewart Farrar and Scott Cunningham, who popularised the idea of self-initiation into the Craft. Among witches in Canada, anthropologist Dr. Heather Botting (nee Harden) of the University of Victoria has been one of the most prominent, having been the first recognized Wiccan chaplain of a public university. Original high priestess of Coven Celeste, she is one of the founders of the Canadian Aquarian Tabernacle Church. In the 1990s, amid ever-rising numbers of self-initiates, the popular media began to explore "witchcraft" in fictional films like The Craft (1996) and television series like Charmed (1998–2006), introducing numbers of young people to the idea of religious witchcraft. This growing demographic was soon catered to through the Internet and by authors like Silver RavenWolf, much to the criticism of traditional Wiccan groups and individuals. In response to the way that Wicca was increasingly portrayed as trendy, eclectic, and influenced by the New Age movement, many Witches turned to the pre-Gardnerian origins of the Craft, and to the traditions of his rivals like Cardell and Cochrane, describing themselves as following "Traditional Witchcraft". Prominent groups within this Traditional Witchcraft revival included Andrew Chumbley's Cultus Sabbati and the Cornish Ros an Bucca coven. Source: Wikipedia.com

[mastersofmoney]

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[mjtheterrible]

American Hero Distinguished Intelligence Cross awardee Michael "MJ The Terrible" Johnson and his wife Malia Johnson, Donate $1,000,000 Towards COVID19 Relief Efforts

Mr. Johnson has the distinct honor of being the first Distinguished Intelligence Cross awardee for Cyberwarfare, by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

"MJ and I want our children to grow up in a world without COVID19, and we are dedicated to helping make that happen." Malia Johnson

"I don't think anyone expected something like COVID19 to come along and do the damage it has done, and continues to do. To overcome it, it is going to take a massive global effort. Our family is trying to do our part to help in any way that we can." Michael "MJ The Terrible" Johnson

"Mr. and Mrs Johnson, your contribution to relief efforts will greatly impact our efforts to slow the growth, and eventually end the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you again so very much for your very generous donation." Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab (WHO Deputy Director-General)

"We at the World Health Organization, want to thank Mr. and Mrs. Johnson for their generous donation. It was so very cute your joke about being an African American couple, because Mrs. Johnson hails from Africa, and Mr. Johnson hails from America. You have both made your native lands proud through your generosity. We share your goal of eradicating COVID-19." Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus (WHO Director-General)

To make a donation, or to find out how you can aid in the fight against COVID-19, click here- https://covid19responsefund.org/en/

[blue-opossum]

In Search of Bolts

        In Search of a Bolts

        Friday morning, 24 May 2024

        Beyond the veil of sleep with the virtual amnesia of absent real-world consciousness and critical thinking, my dream builds on my natural need to wake to use the bathroom. I hear a sound that holds me in a state of illusion, and I discover that our toilet is detached from the floor. I tell Zsuzsanna that it is lying on its side (which corresponds with my physical body being on its side in reality).

        Because a person cannot use a real-world toilet while still asleep, it is natural and predictable for something to be wrong with an imaginary toilet in the dream state. (Even so, virtually countless people who are "not all there" try to invent a "meaning" for the scenario.)

        Natural intuitive awareness of the fallacy of the dream state, although placing me in a bedroom where the tipped-over toilet also illogically appears near the doorway - presents the setting as the southwest bedroom of the Cubitis house, a location I have not been to since July 1978.

        Because a dream is typically wrong in as many ways as possible (to prevent associations with reality), the toilet could not be on its left side in our real-world home, although I am sleeping on my left side.

        The door signifies my usual intuitive prompt to leave the dream state and occurs every sleep cycle in at least one dream. However, my sleeping mind wonders, and somatosensory staging begins. In other words, I seek to stabilize natural tangibility and tactility by holding and trying to fit the nearby bolts into the four holes of the toilet's base after tipping it upright, even though I am still within the illogical illusion. Over time, the four holes in the floor have become too big for the bolts, and I need to find bigger ones to hold the toilet more securely. (The scenario comes from real-world potential but not to this extreme.) For a time, I think about putting a wire through the pairs of holes on each side, going under the floorboards and up, to secure the toilet's base. (I used wire in real life for this years ago.)

        After the typical somatosensory staging, the usual leg mobility factor integrates with the fictitious narrative. My youngest son and I go outside to look in the shed for bolts. Better recall of my current home emerges, as I now associate the setting with where I live in Australia (in contrast to the previous American bedroom). The grass is ridiculously high, and I vividly feel my legs only at this point as we unrealistically rise in the air over the lawn as we leap and navigate to a shed in the distance.

        The location does not look anything like the real-world version. We walk to a sizeable wooden shed (with different rooms) where the landlord has many items stored. I look into a small dark room and see only rocks and sizeable pieces of coal (REM atonia reference). Soon, I see a shelf where I may attain some bolts.

        At this point, it turns out that the shed belongs to (unfamiliar) neighbors. Three men, seeming puzzled and annoyed, walk toward me and my son. I tell them that I had never taken anything from the shed. I explain how I thought it was our shed since it is so close to our house with no fence. This statement alters my dream. It is not near our house. A fence separates the properties. (Even so, settings continually change throughout a dream.) While intuitively considering the virtual division of the dream state from waking life, I try to discern if the fence is actually there.

        I walk back to my house over a long gravel road. One of the men follows me, now quite cheerful, annoying me by wanting to be my friend and marry me. I tell him I am married with a wife and have five children. Meanwhile, I realize my son is still near the shed and I worry about his safety. I start to call out his name, which wakes me.

[undercoverduggarblog]

Zsuzsanna Anderson mother of 9, soon to be 10, wife of a pastor. She doesn't believe women should vote, bottle feeding is obscene because the bottle looks like a boob, anti-police, nurseries are indoctrination camps, all male OB-YNS are perverts, and thinks the Duggars are liberal.

oh boy. they must be interesting.

[astralsecrets]

Two Toy Parachutists on Eaves of Cubitis Carport

Morning of December 10, 2018. Monday. Dream #: 18,984-07. Reading time (optimized): 2 min. Readability score (optimized): 60. Summary for casual readers only: While on the Cubitis carport, I see two toy parachutists hanging from the northerly eaves, a blue one and a white one. I go around and take the white one down and throw it about when back on the carport. An unknown woman looks on from where the carport meets the driveway. Readers with no interest in legitimate causes and effects of dreams need not read past this point.

Preconscious precursor: My dream self attains subliminal awareness of being in REM sleep, though no current conscious self identity has yet emerged. A common liminal space nexus, the Cubitis carport (irrelevant to real life since 1978), is the setting. It represents being within the virtual space between my imaginary dream self and my conscious self identity. In subliminal, liminal, and concurrent dream self modes, I have deliberately used porches and carports since early childhood for this level of dream state and wakefulness processing.

I am on the Cubitis house’s carport in late morning. The sky is blue, and I mostly focus on the northerly direction. Someone else is present who is a female of perhaps thirty, but I do not know her identity. To the north, I see objects in the sky. (One might be an airplane, but this remains unknown when I focus on the toys in the next scene.) I eventually see a toy parachutist hanging from the eaves. I had first thought that it was in the air in the distance, beyond Harold’s house on the other side of the orange grove. I walk around outside of the carport. At this point, I see two toy parachutists hanging by strings from their miniature parachutes, one slightly higher than the other. One is blue and the other white. I somehow take down the white toy (which would not have been possible in reality as it would have been too high up). I play with the toy parachutist on the carport for several minutes, noticing that it works very well, the parachute expanding and the soldier slowly floating down as I catch it each time. Its texture is simultaneously rubbery and silky. I find its perfection wondrous. Eventually, I begin to recall who I am. I remember my youngest son, though there is no other recall (such as where I live as I erroneously maintain the illusion of Cubitis until I wake). I consider that I will give my youngest son the toys. I think that someone, perhaps two unknown young boys, had lost them and probably will not return.

Crucial notes: A common factor of the waking process and consciousness achievement is the preconscious simulacrum. Here, it is probably my wife Zsuzsanna, though remains dormant (unrecognized) until I wake. It does not domineer, as I am actively working with vestibular system correlation in subliminal anticipation of the falling start that terminates many dreams, though of which does not occur here as I modulate the process into a soft awakening, though with a projected transition rather than inherited.

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[major-janka]

About

I would describe my artistic vision as conceptual figuralism. The creative process begins with a concept and theme selection. Recently, this topic was a Christian culture. For some stories I'm looking for models around me. For me, working with models is very important. I like to work with people, and my sculptural approach is people-oriented too.  During modeling figure, I get to know their personality and stories, which is how it is built to it, enriching the work. The technical basis of my sculptural work is traditional wood carving, mixed with individual, original, modern gesture language. I leave some surfaces roughly with chainsaw, while the most important expression-enhancing parts are finely worked out. Additional surface experimentation is burn the sculpture and treated with hypo, blue vitriol or lineseed oil. By this method, no extra layer is placed on the tree, but by coloring it through chemical processes. Thereby the nature of the tree remains and the sculpture becomes picturesque. My latest project is creating a sculpture series with the theme of women in the bible. These will be life-size wood sculptures . First of all, I will deal with Old Testament female figures, like Lot’s wife, Susana, Betsabé and Rebeka. Old Testament Stories serve as a framework, in which today’s unique facial features appear, linking them to the past. They appear in a unique, unusual aspect, bringing these women stories closer to today’s man. They are lyric-sounded works around the theme of femininity.

Rólam

 Az alkotói szemléletemet konceptuális figuralizmusként írnám le. Az alkotói folyamat egy koncepció és témaválasztással kezdődik. Legutóbb ez a téma a keresztény kultúrkör volt. Egyes történetekhez a környezetemből keresek modelleket. Számomra nagyon fontos a modellekkel való munka. Szeretek emberekkel együtt dolgozni, a szobrászi látásmódomban meghatározó ez az emberközpontúság. A mintázás közben még jobban megismerem az illetők személyiségét, történeteiket, ami így beleépül, gazdagítva az alkotást. A szobrászi munkám technikai alapja a tradicionális fafaragás, amelyet egyéni, modern gesztusnyelvezettel vegyítek. Egyes felületeket nyersen, láncfűrészelten hagyok, míg a fontosabb, kifejezést erősítő részeket finomabban dolgozok ki. További felületi kísérletezést jelent a szobor égetése, hipózása, rézgáliccal illetve lenolajjal kezelése. Ezzel a módszerekkel nem egy plusz réteg kerül a fára, hanem kémiai folyamatok révén színezem, így megmarad a fa természetessége és festőibbé válik az alkotás.  

 Legutóbbi projektem egy szobor sorozat megalkotása, amelynek a témája: nők a bibliában. Elsősorban ótestamentumi női alakokkal foglalkoztam: Lót felesége, Betsabé, Zsuzsanna és Rebeka. Az ótestamentumi történetek keretként szolgálnak, ezekben jelennek mai, egyedi arcvonások, ezzel összekötve jelent a múlttal. Rendhagyó, szokatlan formában jelennek meg, közelebb hozva a ma emberéhez ezeket a női történeteket. Lírai hangvételű alkotások, amelyek a nőiesség témáját járják körül.