#zsuzsanna budapest

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Zsuzsanna Budapest - The Rise of the Fates - Susan B. Anthony Coven no. 1 - 1976

[tarotdeana]

"La diosa está viva. La magia está en marcha".

Zsuzsanna Budapest

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[radtoken]

"Our conditioning to be ashamed of being women begins when we are barely out of babyhood (. . .) Shame is a tool men use to rule females. Men are not susceptible to it in the same way. Men don't believe that they should be ashamed of themselves as a sex for being responsible for 90 percent of the crime in the world, making wars, killing women, molesting children. They know they are men, hence they are inherently "worthy.""

— Zsuzsanna Budapest, "Grandmother Moon" (p. 214-215)

[girlsandmachines]

Zsuzsanna Vellai avec une Porsche 911 et un appareil photo Pentacon, église Matthias, Budapest, 1970.

[scavengedluxury]

Borbély Lajos Vocational Secondary School/Zsuzsanna Lorántffy College and Vocational School, Kissomlyó street, Salgótarján, 1980. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[girlactionfigure]

The Heroic Nanny: Erzsebet Fajo

She saved the entire family

Erzsebet Fajo was a brave young babysitter who saved the lives of her employers – a family of four – during the Nazi occupation of Hungary in 1944.

Erzsebet Fajo was a Slovakian girl from a poor family who emigrated to Hungary by herself at age 13 to work as a nanny. She found employment with the Abonyis, a Jewish family in the small town of Bekescsaba. Parents Laszlo and Margit treasured Erzsebet as a member of the family, and she became like a big sister to their two children, Zsuzsanna and Ivan.

In 1941, the family moved to Budapest because of anti-Jewish persecution in Bekescsaba, and of course Erzsebet went with them. Despite the violent turmoil engulfing Europe, life in Hungary was relatively normal for the Abonyi family. Hungarian President Miklos Horthy had an alliance with Hitler’s Germany, but was reluctant to enforce Nazi decrees against the Jews. That reluctance, plus Horthy’s secret attempts to strike a deal with the Allies, led Germany to invade Hungary in March 1944.

The country was now run by the pro-Nazi Arrow Cross party and the situation for Hungary’s Jews got very bad very quickly. All Jews from the moment of birth were required to wear a yellow star prominently displayed on their clothing. Erzsebet, who felt like a member of the Abonyi family, wanted to wear a star too even though she wasn’t Jewish. Instead, they sadly told her she’d have to leave their employment to save her own life – non-Jews weren’t allowed to work for Jews. The Abonyis knew their days were numbered. Ten year old Zsuzsanna tried to convince her parents to commit suicide rather than be separated and murdered. Of course they refused to consider such a drastic act and tried everything to get out of Hungary but they were trapped.

At that point, young Erzsebet stepped up to become the family’s savior. Zsuzsanna remembered, “How (could) she save (us)? She didn’t have any money. She didn’t have an independent life… It (was) very sweet, but it (had) no validity. But I was wrong to think that. When the siege of Budapest started (and) virtually every home was ruined and bombed down, she was in the streets trying to get false papers.”

Erzsebet visited the Abonyis every day, bringing them food as well as medicine and other essential goods. She took all their valuables and brought them to an aunt so they wouldn’t be plundered by the Nazis.

On October 15, 1944 Laszlo Abonyi was arrested at his home and taken to a deportation center, where he awaited transport to a brutal Nazi slave labor camp.

Determined to save him, Erzsebet boldly approached the Red Cross and somehow obtained a letter of protection that she used to get Laszlo released. She knew the Abonyis were not safe in their home, and not sure what to do she pleaded with a local priest for assistance and advice. He helped her get letters from the Vatican which made the family eligible to take shelter in a building in Budapest owned by the Apostolic Nuncio. The Abonyis sheltered there for a few weeks, until the facility was attacked by the Arrow Cross. Storm troopers forced all the Jews outside and prepared to shoot them on the banks of the Danube river. Somehow, in the chaos, Erzsebet helped all four Abonyis escape.

For the next two months, Erzsebet found hiding places for the Abonyis and obtained forged papers for them. She continued visiting each member of the family every day, even though they were all in different parts of Budapest. Finally Erzsebet found safe shelter for the family in a “White Cross Hospital” – an apartment building packed with bunk beds where families targeted by the Nazis were hiding out.

Hungary was liberated by the Soviet Union in January 1945 and the Abonyis were able to return to their apartment. After the war they legally adopted Erzsebet, making it official that she was a member of the Abonyi family. They sent her to school so she could get a good education, and left her a third of their estate. Zsuzsanna and her husband left Hungary following the failed revolution of 1956 and moved to the United States, where Zsuzsanna became a respected writer, professor and founder of the Holocaust Studies Program at the University of Texas. She maintained a close correspondence with her adopted sister until Erzsebet’s death in 1995.

Erzsebet Fajo was honored as Righteous Among the Nations by Israeli Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem in 1986. In her testimony, Zsuzsanna said, “Driven by the desire to save us, Erzsi defied the Germans. She saved us from death, saved my brother and me from becoming orphans and my parents from the worst anguish that can befall people – the loss of their children. It was her strength and heroism that gave us life, allowed us to grow up and eventually have children of our own.”

For her astonishing bravery in saving the life of an entire family, we honor Erzsebet Fajo as this week’s Thursday Hero.

[politikapolka]

Magyarok. Amit ellophatnak, azt ellopják (Boráros tér) #mkkp #budapest

A magyar street art "aranykorának" hajnala: amikor még a semmit is ellopjuk

"Magyar, ne lopj" (bécsi bolti felirat)

"Nem csak fejétől bűzlik az ország ?magyar wc-bõlcsesség)

Boráros tér, Budapest: a hely, ahol az álmok haldokolnak, de az irónia szárnyal. Itt született meg a Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party (MKKP) legújabb remekműve – egy underground (szó szerint!) művészeti galéria, amely az állami közömbösséget és a városi lepusztultságot gúnyolja ki. Azonban, ahogy az már lenni szokott, a magyar valóság még a szatírát is túlszárnyalja: az értéktelen printeket – igen, azokat az 500 forintos műanyag reprókat – a nagyérdemű látogatók elkezdték lopni.

Az, hogy valaki ellopja ezeket a printeket, már-már költői igazságtétel: a művészet végül tényleg hazaér a szorgosan kecsölő néphez. Persze, a szajré piaci értéke olyan underdog szinten van, hogy egy hétvégi garázsvásáron is nehezen adnák el őket. De a lényeg itt nem is az érték – hanem maga a lopás rituáléja. A tolvaj valószínűleg inkább azzal dicsekszik önmagának, hogy a Kétfarkú Kutya Párt galériájából vitt haza "műkincset", mint hogy mondjuk tényleg értékelné az alkotásokat.

Az irónia megvalósulása

Az MKKP valoszínűleg maga is csak nevet a helyzeten: „Örülünk, hogy az emberek elviszik a képeket, így legalább újakat tehetünk ki, és tovább javíthatjuk az underground galéria élményét.” Pali bá, akinek zsebéből lassan több print ment ki, mint a közeli Spar napi minőségi bor forgalma, csak legyint: „Legalább nem a vizes zsemlét lopják.”

A street art nem műfaj, hanem magyar közéleti tükör

Ez az egész szituáció gyönyörűen példázza, hogy Magyarországon még a street art is lopakodó közélet. Amíg a városvezetés maximum egy újabb LED-kijelzőt tudna kitolni a Boráros térre, addig a helyi közösség és az MKKP összefogása művészeti projektté alakította a lepusztultságot. Az, hogy ezeket a képeket valaki hazaviszi, egyfajta abszurd tisztelgés is: még az iróniát is képesek vagyunk megszeretni, ha ingyen van.

De ne feledjük: Magyarországon bármi, ami mozdítható, az el is tűnik. Ha az új generációk múzeuma egy aluljáró, akkor a gyűjtők első generációja itt találja meg a kincseit. Talán a következő lépés az lesz, hogy valaki a falra felfestett sárgás húgyfoltokat próbálja majd privatizálni és áruba bocsátani.

A Boráros tér galériája nem csak a művészet, hanem a magyar társadalmi helyzet groteszk tükre is: a lehető legkevesebb erőforrással létrehozott projektet is képesek vagyunk kifosztani, miközben az állami közömbösség csendben figyel. A Kétfarkú Kutya Párt csak nevet, Pali bá fizet, és mi lopunk. Ez a Boráros tér valódi szellemisége – egyszerre nyomorúságos és csodálatos.

#MakeBorárosGreatAgain – vagy legalább lopjál el egy printet.

#mkkp Döme Zsuzsanna Suzi- MKKP #kétfarkúkutya Kovács András MKKP #kétfarkúkutya #kétfarkú Magyar Kétfarkú Kutya Párt #budapest #budapeststreetart #borárostéraluljáró #lakályosboráros #streetartgallerybudapest #budapeststreetart #magyartehátlop #borárosstreetart

[teddykaczynski]

The Holy Book of Womyn’s Mysteries - Zsuzsanna Budapest

[nordseehexe]

Grimoir

This is a collection of myths, deities and rituals in either english or german language.

German

Mythologie

Deutschland

Domsagen um den Magister Gerhard

Nordsee

Ekke Nekkepem

Die Wellenmädchen

Nestis und ihre Ahnherrinnen

Die Regentrude

Die lange Anna (nicht authentisch)

Baduhenna

Saxnot

Amerika

Der Inka Pantheon

Mystische Orte der Inka

Ix Chel

Heidentum

Anatomie einer Völva

Strömungen des Neuheidentums

Neopaganismus

Wicca

Mittlerer Osten

Die drei Göttinnen von Mekka

Das Zoroasthentum

Nordafrika & arabischer Raum

Steinkulte

Banturegion

Südafrika

Griechischer Pantheon

Nemesis

Eris/Discordia

Römischer Pantheon

Die letzten Priesterinnen

Abrahamitische Mythen

Judentum

Christentum

Islam

Magie im Islam

Symbolik

Apotropaion

Augenidole

Die zwölf Archetypen

Rituale & Zauber

Ritual der männlichen Impotenz

Der böse Blick

Atzmann Gedicht

Schutzöl für Empathen

Hoodoo/Voodoo

Goofer Dust

Lougawu

Heilsteine

Aztekenstein

Brekzienjaspis

Pflanzen

Amaranth

Birnbaum

Mais (el Choklo) der Inka

Kartoffel (la Papa) der Inka

Rezepte aus der Natur

Deo mit Salbei

Waschmittel aus Asche

Fichtenharzsalbe

English

Spells & Rituals

Clean up

Storm calling

Spell of courage and strengh

Don't mess with me tongue spell with Orisha Oya (prob. black magick)

Female Rituals

Chinese Gu

Incenses

Empath Protection Oil

Protection Oil

Summer Solstace Simming Pot

Mythology

The Americas

Yue & Calypso, Hollywood, USA (the only fictional deities I respect)

The Aztec Pantheon

The Nazca Pantheon

The Mayan Pantheon

The Moche/Chimu Pantheon

Huaca de luna creation legend

Germany

Rán

Ráns Daughters

Frau Perchta

Saxnot

Greek/Roman Pantheon

Nike/Victoria

Dike

Circe

Eris

Abrahamic mythology

Satan (Šaiṭān)

The first words god spoke to eve

Judaism

Christianity

Islam

Middle East

Ancient Arabian Creatures Masterpost

The First Words God Spoke To Eve

Ishtar

Nanna

Pazuzu

Sumerian Pantheon

Mesopotamian Pantheon (x)(x)(x)

Mesopotamian Monsters

Pre Islamic Godesses Masterpost

Al-Uzza pictured in ancient necklace

Anctient south arabian glyphes

Baityl - sacred stones of the arabs

Al-himā - sacred precincts of the arabs

Ancient Egypt

The actual names of the egyptian gods

Somalia

Queen Araweelo

India

The Waq-Waq Tree

Hoodoo/Voodoo

Women mistaken for lougawu

Symbols

Master the devil archetype

Zsuzsanna Budapest about Dianic Wicca

Plants

Amarant

Wisdom

Spiritual Curve

[xxconnection]

from Zsuzsanna Budapest's The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries

text: Magaera - Goddess of Death by Masike Szilagyi

[spirit-feminist-bookclub]

Currently Reading: The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries by Zsuzsanna Budapest

Have either a physical book or utilize this PDF I have found by April 1st at the latest, official calendar starts April 3rd

I will update the reading calendar in this pinned post on where we should be for either a physical copy or in the PDF version I offer. Current plan is to get through a book in a month, but this book will probably go faster based on the content it includes that I will assume not every single person will read in depth, such as specific spells or rituals that do not interest them.

Calendar below:

April 3rd, 2023—Read the introduction and forewords if desired.

For book readers, read Ch. 1 "Feminist Witchcraft" ending at Ch. 2 "The Dianic Tradition", continue with "Introduction to the Rites of Life" on pg. 58-98 ending at "The Great Rite".

For PDF readers, read Ch.1 "Feminist Witchcraft starting on pg. 11 ending on pg. 62. Continue with "Rites of Life" on pg. 63-69.

April 10th, 2023—No discussion posts, continue reading:

For book readers, read Ch. 3 "Celebrating the Holy Days of the Earth" pg. 113- 137 and Ch. 4 "Women's Holidays in the Dianic Tradition" pg. 140-153

For PDF readers, read Ch. 2 "Celebrating the Holy days of the Earth" pg. 71-96 and Ch. 3 "Dianic Tradition" pg. 97-112

April 17th, 2023—DISCUSSION DAY! Come ready with questions, comments, artistic representations, or critiques about the material previous to this day. I will also provide some general questions for everyone.

For book readers, continue reading Ch. 5 "The Goddess and the God" pg. 156-179 and Ch. 8 " Witches, Covens, Shamans, Magic, and Ritual" pg. 212-235

For PDF readers, read "Organization" pg. 113-118 and Ch. 5 "The Goddess and the God" pg. 136-144

April 24th, 2023—Final reading day

For book readers, read Ch. 6 "Prophecy: Tarot, Runes, Astrology, Dreams, Reincarnation, Automatic Writing, Fortune Telling" pg. 182-200.

OPTIONAL: If your copy includes "The Politics of Food", "Shamanism Throughout Herstory", "Masika's book of Life" or "The Goddess of the Ten Thousand Names" you are welcome to read whichever interests you and come to share and discuss anything you've read. PDF users do not have direct access to these chapters, hence why they're optional reads for now unless I find a way to create a shareable PDF of my own book (if you know how to do this, dm me lmao)

For PDF readers, read Ch. 4 "The Skills of Prophecy" pg. 120-133

May 1st, 2023—Final Discussion Day!

Come prepped to discuss and comment on the final chapter together and the book as a whole :)

(Calendar subjected to updates at any time depending on the reaction and pacing from book club members)

[vanilla-cigarillos]

Dianic Wicca: A Brief Description and History

Also known as Dianic Witchcraft, this is a modern pagan goddess tradition that focuses itself on the female experience and empowerment. 

Beliefs

Dianic Wiccan ritual and belief structures are a combination of different elements from British Traditional Wicca, Italian folk-magic, New Age beliefs, and many Celtic influences. While some adherents identify as Wiccan, Dianic Wicca differs from most traditions of Wicca in that only goddesses are honored (whereas most Wiccan traditions honor both female and male deities).

While Diana does have a triple aspect, it is in Her aspect as Virgin Huntress that She guides Her daughters to wholeness. She is ��virgin” in the ancient sense of “She Who Is Whole Unto Herself.” The ancient meaning of “virgin” described a woman who was unmarried, autonomous, belonging solely to herself. The original meaning of this word was not attached to a sexual act with a man. Diana/Artemis did not associate herself or consort with men, which is why these Goddesses are often understood to be lesbian.

Barrett, Ruth Rhiannon (2008). "Lesbian Rituals and Dianic Tradition". Journal of Lesbian Studies.

Practices

Covens typically practice meditation and visualization in addition to different forms of spell work. Practitioners focus on healing themselves from wounds given by individual men or that of the patriarchy, while also affirming the state and value of their womanhood. 

Rituals may include reenacting spiritual/religious lore from a female-centered standpoint, with the theme of celebrating the female body and grieving the consistent societal abuses of women. 

Some Dianic Wiccans eschew manipulative spellwork and hexing because it goes against many interpretations of the Wiccan Rede. However, many other Dianic witches (notably Budapest) do not consider hexing or binding of those who attack women to be wrong, and actively encourage the binding of rapists.

Zsuzsanna Budapest

Budapest's branch of Dianic Wicca began on the Winter Solstice of 1971, when Budapest led a ceremony in Hollywood, California. She is considered to be the “mother of modern Dianic Wicccan tradition”. 

She claims her mother was a witch and a medium; therefore, Z herself is a hereditary witch (meaning a witch by birthright). She was on the staff of the first Women's Center in the U.S. there for many years, and became the Founder and High Priestess of Susan B. Anthony Coven #1 (the first women-only witches' coven). She was responsible for the creation of an Anti-Rape Squad and the Take Back the Night Movement in Southern California, facilitating a great many of their street marches.

Criticism for Transphobia

It is important to note that while Dianic Wicca has proven to be a safe space for many cisgender women, it has not been incredibly open towards transgender sisters. In February 2011, Zsuzsanna Budapest conducted a ritual with the Circle of Cerridwen at PantheaCon for "genetic women only" from which she barred trans women as well men. This has created a backlash against Budapest, claiming that she is a transphobic lesbian-separatist leading an exclusionary movement. 

[haggishlyhagging]

In self-blessing, you affirm the divine you. Self-blessing is very important for women, because too many of us have internalized our own oppression. It is important for us to change the influences working in our deep minds. Religion controls inner space; inner space controls outer space. If a woman internalizes her oppression and thinks she is inferior, or unclean when she menstruates, she internalizes a policeman. She will then act accordingly. She will not need to be policed by the actual oppressors because she will have assimilated their values, and she will police herself. The easiest and most efficient way for small numbers to oppress large numbers of people is to sell them a religion. If that religion is embraced by the majority of people, they will police themselves and act according to a value system that actually oppresses them. But they have internalized it, so they have lost. This is what so many women have done in patriarchy. Self-blessing rituals are a way of exorcising the patriarchal policeman, cleansing the deep mind, and filling it with positive images of the strength and beauty of women.

-Zsuzsanna E. Budapest, Self-Blessing Ritual, 1977

[passionshoot]

Zsuzsanna Vellai avec une Porsche 911 et un appareil photo Pentacon, église Matthias, Budapest, 1970.

[mariacallous]

In early February 2022, as Russia massed more than 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán traveled to Moscow on what he described as a “peace mission.” Standing alongside Vladimir Putin at a press conference, Orbán urged other Western countries to adopt a “Hungarian model” of relations with Russia — one supposedly based on “mutual respect.” Just a few weeks later, the Kremlin launched a full-scale invasion of Hungary’s neighbor, Ukraine. 

For Orbán and his government, the invasion came as a shock. And for a brief moment, it seemed as though Budapest would finally reverse its longstanding pro-Kremlin stance. But instead, Hungarian officials have opted to walk the line, supporting round after round of EU sanctions against Russia and welcoming more than 2.1 million Ukrainian refugees, while also blocking the passage of weapons through Hungarian territory to Ukraine, brandishing their EU veto power, and refusing to forsake Russian energy imports. 

To find out more about Russian influence in Hungary and its impact on the Orbán government’s response to the war in Ukraine, The Naked Pravda sat down with three expert guests. 

Timestamps for this episode:

(1:36) Journalist Szabolcs Panyi from the Budapest-based investigative outlet Direkt36 on the money trail coming from Moscow and uncovering Russian espionage in Hungary. 

(10:44) Andras Tóth-Czifra, a non-resident fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), on Hungary’s response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 

(14:14) Zsuzsanna Vegh, a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and a lecturer and researcher at European University Viadrina, on how the Orbán government’s business-as-usual Russia policy puts Hungary at odds with its European partners. 

[scavengedluxury]

Borbély Lajos Vocational Secondary School/Zsuzsanna Lorántffy College and Vocational School, Kissomlyó street, Salgótarján, 1980. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.