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Post by RAIVEN on Oct 29, 2005 1:00:14 GMT -7
Clowns are scary
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Post by RAIVEN on Oct 29, 2005 1:02:24 GMT -7
Another scary clown
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Post by RAIVEN on Oct 30, 2005 2:33:38 GMT -7
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Post by Jagathara on Oct 30, 2005 21:41:58 GMT -7
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yelosnow
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Post by yelosnow on Oct 31, 2005 12:48:30 GMT -7
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Post by Jagathara on Oct 31, 2005 12:56:43 GMT -7
Lol! Those are really cool!! #ZOMBI_2#
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yelosnow
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Post by yelosnow on Nov 1, 2005 11:35:52 GMT -7
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Post by RAIVEN on Sept 16, 2006 11:15:42 GMT -7
Is it too soon to start thinking about Hallowe'en yet? Nah...
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Post by Insidius on Sept 16, 2006 18:45:51 GMT -7
LOL Raiven. We have no choice now, do we?
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Post by RAIVEN on Sept 16, 2006 22:16:43 GMT -7
Ok, let's start here then #wizard1# Click on the wizard.
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Post by RAIVEN on Sept 24, 2006 15:59:21 GMT -7
Bast the Beloved Cat Goddess www.allinfoaboutmyths.com/bast.html Woman and Panther Buy From Art.com She is the protector of cats, women and children. The ancient Egyptians celebrated her feastday on October 31 with convivial merry making, music, dancing in the streets and drinking with friends - the sort of holiday that you and I would recognise instantly. A great week-long festival was held in the holy city of Bubastis attracting devotees from all over the country to celebrate along the riverbanks and through the city streets. (Herodotus tells of crowds swelling to 700,000). Sadly, Bast and her feast day are overlooked in modern times but you could perhaps say that Hallowe'en was originally celebrated as the Feast of Bast. She holds the mysteries of the cat in her power - those magnetic animals with a strong power to fascinate or repel. Let's face it .. all of us will admit that we either love them or we can't stand the sight of them. Historically, the cat was first endowed with archetypal power in Egypt where it came to be regarded as a Sacred animal. For the cat is identified with Bast and she is most recognised for her portrayal as a woman with the head of a cat. When a cat curls up with its head touching its tail, it forms a circle, the symbol of eternity, the symbol of the goddess in whatever form she has chosen Bast is the Goddess of the rising sun, the moon, truth, enlightenment, sensuality, pleasure, fertility, bounty, birth, plenty, the home, music, dance, the arts and the vengeful serpent-slayer of the sun. Some say she is the goddess of lesbians, and although I can find nothing to suggest this aspect, perhaps she is. In any case she was the beloved goddess and the protectress of women, small children, and domestic cats. Often holding a sistrum percussion instrument, she represents the Maiden aspect of the Goddess. But Bast moves, with the moon, to the fruitful woman with swelling womb. Bast was the possessor of the Eye of Horus, the sacred utchat. Over time the utchat became more associated with cats and was often cat shaped. Egyptian women used these cat amulets as fertility tokens, praying to have as many children as cats have kittens. Windows of Life Buy From Art.com Our modern names for the cat are derived from the word utchat: cat, chat, cattus, gatus, gatous, gato, katt, katte, kitte, kitty, etc. One variation of her name was Pasht, and from this we get the remaining Indo-European words for the cat: pasht, past, pushd, pusst, and puss. As the cat was identified with Bast, so then Bast gained enormous popularity from 1000 BCE onward. Feline hunting instincts were honoured, but so was the cat's gentler side as a warm and loving mother to her kittens. So then, we see in Bast the grace and elegance of a cat, the agility, strength, speed, and the deadly claws. She holds the charm, patience and affectionate nature of a domestic cat, as well as the potential for the raw brute strength of a lioness. She also has the gift, like all cats, of looking deep into your soul. Today, ruins mark the joyful city of Bubastis, the once-proud temple is nothing but tumbled blocks. However the name of Bast endures. For at least 5000 years there have been many who praised her name. Many still do so today. Take a moment to honour this ancient Egyptian goddess. Light a green candle, her sacred colour, and be affectionate to a cat, her cherished animal. When you address a cat, remember you are speaking to a little divinity, and a creature beloved of Bast. #scared0012#
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Post by RAIVEN on Sept 24, 2006 16:04:38 GMT -7
Crone at the Crossroads www.allinfoaboutmyths.com/crone_at_the_crossroads.htmlRuling over both life and death, the Crone holds within her all aspects of the Triple Goddess. She is the mature and aged Maiden and Mother now possessing the wisdom and experiences of youth, adulthood and old age. She stands at the crossroads, at the bridge between death and rebirth. She makes herself known in the horrifying aspects of our deepest fears, the fears we have yet to face and the mysteries that we have yet to know. She is often portrayed as Kali, holding a sword and a freshly severed head dripping blood. As the story goes, this represents a great battle in which she destroyed the demon Raktabija. We shudder at the thought of Kali with her bloodlust, but we cannot deny the presence of the Crone. We dread to look her in the eyes but if we could learn to truly face her and in doing so, face our own dark natures, we would see the wisdom of the Ancients. From death comes rebirth.The cauldron is a symbol of the Crone. The Crone Hecate is often seen with her great black cauldron stirring up brews for magical transformation or bringing the dead back to life. It represents the womb from which all life springs and must return, for the Crone holds within her the greatest mystery of all, the mystery of death and of the afterlife. The waning moon is the symbol of the Crone. She is the dark moon, the wintertime, old age and knower of mysteries. The Crone time brings the harvest of experience when we reap the accumulated benefits of all that we have learned as the Crone brings patience and wisdom to us all. She is the fairy godmother of folklore, the old woman of the woods who lives alone in a humble cottage and can teach ancient secrets. She is full of the wisdom and experience of life and death, and Autumn and Winter are the seasons of her reign. We know the Crone under many names - one of these is Hekate, Greek goddess of the crossroads. Like the crossroads, she has two quite distinct aspects. In the day she exerts a benign influence on husbandry and farming, but during the hours of darkness she is involved in ghosts, tombs and the afterlife. As a goddess who retains attributes of the three aspects of the Triple Goddess, Hekate is often seen in triple form. She rules not only over death and the underworld, but over birth and regeneration, combining fertility with death as a power of the earth - a feared and revered figure. Visual representations of the Crone are usually frightening in appearance. Hekate is most often depicted as having three heads; one of a dog, one of a snake and one of a horse. The Queen of Night is also shown with three heads and six arms but the three heads are the three faces of the Goddess; Persephone (Maiden). Demeter (Mother), and Hekate (Crone). The Crone comes to all of us, in the end.
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Post by RAIVEN on Oct 13, 2006 0:14:17 GMT -7
Just a cool pic for Hallowe'en
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Post by RAIVEN on Oct 14, 2006 23:58:45 GMT -7
This video is pecular and funny enough in an oddball way to bear repeating for this year. #CUTTIN1#
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Post by RAIVEN on Oct 23, 2006 18:05:03 GMT -7
Click here for a pretty cool Halloween site. #DESGUI4# I entered RAIVEN's birthday on this link: Click right here...not mine...and got this: Diagnosis: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do not know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation. You were born somewhere around territory of modern North Canada approximately on 1400. Your profession was seaman, dealer, businessman, broker. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your brief psychological profile in that past life: Bohemian personality, mysterious, highly gifted, capable to understand ancient books. Magician abilities, could be a servant of dark forces. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lesson, that your last past life brought to present: The timid, lonely and self-confident people are everywhere, and your problem -- to overcome these tendencies in yourself and then to help other people. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now you remember?
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elchico
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Post by elchico on Oct 24, 2006 13:42:32 GMT -7
I entered RAIVEN's birthday on this link: Click right here...not mine...and got this: hey can you enter chicos bday, feb28,06 for me? dumb library pcs block the site
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Post by RAIVEN on Oct 24, 2006 14:20:01 GMT -7
Here you go:
Diagnosis: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do not know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation. You were born somewhere around territory of modern West Russia approximately on 525. Your profession was librarian, priest, keeper of tribal relics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your brief psychological profile in that past life: Seeker of truth and wisdom. You could have seen your future lives. Others perceived you as an idealist illuminating path to future. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lesson, that your last past life brought to present: You fulfill your lesson by helping old folks and children. You came to that life to learn to care about weak and helpless. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now you remember?
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elchico
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Post by elchico on Oct 24, 2006 14:42:41 GMT -7
lol a swing and a foul ball
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Post by RAIVEN on Oct 29, 2006 22:44:36 GMT -7
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Post by RAIVEN on Nov 5, 2006 14:19:13 GMT -7
Hope everyone had a good Hallowe'en!! See you next year!!
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