My sister sent this picture to me not too long after January started…….
I have this plastic black shelf. It used to be my main ancestral shrine and underworld altar. But I have a far bigger one. So I used this as my shrine to Persephone and Demeter. For the Eleusinian Mysteries.
It’s part of the shrines of the dead, but it’s also for the living. So it’s an independent shrine. The ghosts who live and sleep there are what I call Green Ghosts. Spirits of the dead who watch over nature. The Fae who live there are nature spirits that live side by side with the dead.
Look who decided to put their cocoon in there for the winter.
Fresh out of the cocoon
I interpret this to possibly mean we are getting an early spring after all. Which would explain the accelerated winter we’re getting right now. The darker forces of winter are being kicked out a little earlier this year. This can also mean that now is the starting point to create something good and positive. Despite all the negative forces around.
Oko (Croatian for “Eye”) a photograph by Marko Popadic, who took this photo the moment the butterfly entered the eye socket of this human skull. It is said that butterflies symbolize the soul. So this could have been the dead saying hello.
” O holy Persephone, leave now the underworld. And become Kore, the maiden of spring, once more. We need you in this world. Now more than ever before,
At the risk of sounding melodramatic, I have been asked to write this post by the spirits and the Gods.
You think I’m fucking crazy? Good. So do I. That said, many of you follow me on here anyways. And some of you have admitted that much of what I warned of, did come to pass in the past. So let’s get to it.
It isn’t just Mercury retrograde. Or the fact that Trump won the election. These are just symptoms of a larger problem. A problem even larger than the corrupt political machinations we’re used to. Something nasty has been called forth this year.
Something that was brought upon by Benjamin Mileikowsky (his real name). Through his Genocide of the Palestinians. His wanton murder of the innocent, is like a sacrifice. The children are like a sacrifice. His soldiers, attendant priests sending babes to be sacrificed to demons in pits of fire.
It’s a calling. A prayer to evil. A summoning ritual. He has called the darker forces to his aid. And they have responded.
Don’t misunderstand me. He’s an atheist. He doesn’t believe in shit. And he doesn’t practice shit either. Neither do his minions.
They’re all puppets used by evil.
Now this isn’t a poetic political condemnation either. I am a Magus. I am a Pagan. I write about what I see through visions. Through premonitions.
By interpreting the signs and omens. Make of that what you will. Whether you think I’m another religious nut job. Only for the left instead of the right. I don’t care. I’ve been asked to give you all a warning.
And that’s what I’m gonna do.
The Storms
“Water Spirit” A drawing by illustrator Wenjun Lin, also known as Ghost from Artstation, I use this partial image of one of his drawings to represent the Little Thunders in Miccosukee Religion.
Disclaimer
Because I believe this needs to be shown respect. And adding this to the captions above isn’t enough. This is not a real image of the Little Thunders. There is no artwork available for them online. We know that they are a type of thunder being.
Which means they don’t just command water. But also the storms and lighting. And that they are holy. On the same level as Angels, Saints, and even Gods in some cases. We also know that they’re divine twins.
Hero twins exist in all religions and cultures everywhere. There are even saints that appear like that in Christianity. There are many divine twins in Native religion across turtle island. But I thought it would be disrespectful to use a hero twin image from another native culture. Because I do not believe they are the same beings.
And therefore they shouldn’t be treated as such. I found this image of a water spirit on Artstation. I liked it because it showed a young water spirit boy. Who appeared to be indigenous. And I cropped the image to only show the child spirit.
Since they are the chiefs of all water spirits, I thought this was the best depiction. No disrespect intended. I worship them as the Gods of Florida. Part of our local pantheon. I am not enrolled with this nation.
But as a Pagan I believe in giving honor to the Gods of a country. And I worship them too.
How do I begin to speak of this? I guess I should remind every one of when the storm first came to Florida. And after that a series of storms also appeared. It released great devastation and flooding upon the North side of the state. At first I was very angry. Not at the storm.
How do I say this? It felt as if the Gods had cupped our side of Florida with their hands. As if we were protected. I had never felt that before. Yes we had one scary night in South Florida. And we thought we would get hit. But apart from the wind and downpours of rain, we were fine.
That’s not why I was angry. I was angry at the Governor here. And the last governors too. Whenever a storm like that ravaged us, and in ways that were more intense, they did the bare minimum. And I do mean the bare minimum.
As someone who lives down here, I can tell you this. The South of Florida, is where our local government shits on the most. Because when the hurricane showed up, it was bad. But it wasn’t as bad as the last hurricane we had under DeSantis. But this time, DeSantis pulled out all the stops.
Sent in emergency money, crisis units, and even money from other states. He bent over and kissed their ass nice and good in North Florida. And the North of Florida is fucking racist as shit. There are places outside of South Florida where a black or hispanic person cannot go to. Because they might just disappear.
And the Cops over there are worse than the cops we have here.
So when I heard that they got messed up by this storm, I didn’t care much. I wasn’t happy about it. Because I assume or hope that there surely must be good people there. That not all of them are so nasty and violent towards us. But in my experience the only people there are the black communities who have to keep to themselves.
And try to stay safe amidst a hostile population. I have only ever seen bad people there. So I can’t say that care that the storm fucked them all up. I couldn’t care less if that’s controversial to say. Because they have said worse about us.
They despise us. Therefore we despise them in return. Respect is earned, not given. I was mostly offended by how this bastard helped them but not us. It shows you whose life is more valuable here.
And as I started to think that, I felt something strange. It was that weird goosebump feeling I sometimes get when sensing something paranormal. The storm seemed to usher in change. And I heard a word. Smiting. For those who don’t have a formal religious training, that’s a fancy word for crushing you.
Someone had sent that storm. And I don’t think it was anyone good either. Not only do spirits travel via storms. But sometimes Gods do too. I saw the Little Thunders in my vision.
And they seemed to be concerned. I think something supernatural had sent that storm. I felt that this storm was specifically meant for North Florida. But the Gods of Florida had decided to step in. And so, the Gods of not only the indigenous Seminole pantheon, but also every God from all the communities who live here, helped us.
They couldn’t stop the North of Florida from being struck. But they were able to at least shield many of us in both the Central and South of Florida. Why them is anyone’s guess. All of Florida is filed with assholes. Maybe something in the North was calling to it like a beacon.
I know that sounds crazy in modern times. But spirits and their power to manipulate the weather is common in ancient writings. Of course most of the time, weather and other natural phenomena happen in response to a spirit appearing. And normally is just nature. Weather spirits doing their thing and keeping the natural balance.
Ravens, crows, and black birds in general are in charge of the dead, often seen as birds of ill omen, image is a partial download of an image from The Element Encyclopedia of Spells(2014)
Then Hurricane Rafael’s aftershocks devastated Cuba with a 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake. And even we in Florida became afraid of a tsunami as a result. And though Florida’s rulers have tried to tell us we will be fine, another Hurricane named Sara is fast forming. And this hurricane is also strange.
All the models claim this one will liner and hover above places.
This one should also be considered very dangerous
The aspects of Sara that bothered me the most was what he has said. That it seems to be a long duration event. As I said before it just lingers. And it doesn’t form a triangle per se in Belize. I call this the
Door Formation:
Belize, Providencia, Honduras, Mexico
Something about how the formations are done makes me think “portal”. As if something were attempting to pass through to us. And strangely I felt or saw in vision that the Little Thunders were preparing to fight back. Later I saw in one of those videos that I was correct. Apparently, a high pressure system is coming out to block and pin the storm down.
I kept hearing bubble in my mind. Please don’t take this to mean you will be protected. Or even that it will physically stop the storm. For all I know that’s a metaphor for something else. It is likely that it will do just that.
It’s important to view all of this through religious metaphor. If only because I am afraid of saying the wrong thing and lulling people into a false confidence. Just because a religious official tells you something, doesn’t make it true or even accurate. And sadly these days that holds more true than in any other era. But I will say this.
I feel that the Gods are angry, all of them, with the state of our world.
Zeus
Our race has unleashed something that it wasn’t ready for. We had an entire year to prepare for it. Or try to stop whatever it is that’s making its way to us now. Now I fear that it’s too late. Our only course of action now is to dig our heels in and prepare.
Build a trench and start warfare with whatever comes our way.
In Santeria, we believe in evil Gods and Demons called the Osorbos. Also known as the Ajogun (warriors of evil). I feel that the Ajogun have come. That this year of genocide has unleashed their armies and soldiers upon us again. They were never really gone to begin with.
And it’s not just here in Florida. It’s everywhere. Remember that when the good Gods had departed Ireland, the Formorian Giants returned. The evil Gods, the Formori had come back. And they forced the humans to sacrifice their children to their ruler.
The Black God, Crom Cruach. And Crom Cruach has roamed the lands as a mysterious black rider ever since. Now I fear that such an era is upon us yet again. But this has paved their way. I saw signs in the sticks (Xylomancy). I saw signs in the weather (Aeromancy) and in the birds (Ornithomancy).
They all said danger. And spoke of war and violence. Strange birds especially, that normally only come here when a hurricane is on its way. And dreams. Strange dreams with La Santa Muerte and the dead.
They seemed worried as well. Bad spirits are attracted to bad people. And with this many bad people in power, how long before this army of evil spirits reaches us?
I wish I had words of wisdom. But all I have are fears. And I ask you to do whatever rituals you can do block these bastards. To undo whatever they have come to do. I am preparing a whole series of Apotropaic rituals to stem the tide.
And empower anyone or anything that can help us. If there are evil powers don’t fret. For there are good powers as well. I’m asking the plant guides I have for guidance and help. As well as the dead and whoever else helps.
I feel like I’m drowning. Maybe we all are and don’t know it. Did a banishing here for myself and my family. A calling to the ancestors for help. Then followed it up with a summoning,
An offering to the Theoi and Theaia
I asked the Olympian Gods for help. To appear and to fight. I asked them to send down their whole hosts of spirits to fight for us. And for them to take the lead. While the Native spirits protect us and prepare for self defense.
Of course I don’t expect this to actually help other people. I can call magic to help me and my family during this conflict. But such a large number of people is harder. And I’m not a God. So instead I ask all of you to prepare.
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