Looks Like It Is The Original Image, Oddly Enough. Found It When Looking Up The Verse--

Looks like it is the original image, oddly enough. Found it when looking up the verse--

https://www.bible.com/bible/1/PRO.9.10.KJV

--dunno why the font is weird like that though

I made a rosary for peace in Palestine. The centerpiece is of the Holy Family, the crucifix has a bit of Jerusalem soil in it.

me omw to post about a religious experience in 15 different places at once

journal entry: 1

title: citrus cleanse experimentation

the problem: the house has been feeling stagnant and overall not good. I feel slightly ill, too.

the solution: a house cleansing + illness banishment*

the work: I want to use some sort of citrus. I feel lemon would be ideal, however I do not have any; therefore a lime is a good substitute. Alongside it, I will be banishing the illness I am beginning to get -- I will use nettle for the banishment part and ginger for the curing part. I will use a candle as well -- maybe rest it on top of the lime. Might as well add salt, too.

I will begin with the cleansing portion; then move onto banishment, and then healing.

For cleansing, I cut the lime in half and then cut a cross onto one half and cut off the bottom too so it stays still. The other half will be offering to the house spirits.

Next I will bless the cross-lime with salt, saying a prayer to God alongside it. The other lime will not be salted; as I think it may offend the house spirits. The salt I will be using I had previously blessed, but I will bless it again;

Dear Heavenly Father, may this salt be blessed in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

And for the blessing of the lime;

Dear Heavenly Father, may this blessed salt therefore bless this lime with the ability of purification, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Before I work the salt, I realize I need to light a candle for the Trinity; I shall do that now.

Next I take a tealight out of its metal casing, and place it on top of the lime. This is optional but I really want the wax to seep into the lime as it melts.

I will light the candle now alongside with a prayer;

Dear Heavenly Father, this light is your light, please purify my house with it. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

As the candle burns and after I've sit with it for a while, I will begin banishment of the illness and overall negativity. A prayer;

Nettle, may you use your sharp thorns against illness, may you use your bite against evils, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

I sprinkle the nettle onto the candle as I say this. I will let it burn for awhile before adding the ginger. Maybe when the first drop of wax hits the lime.

As I wait, I decide to pray the rosary. It's a blue rosary I had made. Very pretty.

Next I pray over the ginger;

Ginger, may I be healed from my illness, and may you prevent those around me from getting I'll, too. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

I sprinkle it over the candle.

As I type this up I realize it is 2 AM. Oh well I guess!

Almost out...

There.

I'm off to bed now I guess. It's 2:30 AM. Night!

footnotes

*always use mundane methods alongside magical -- especially when it comes to your health.

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Her caption:

carolinejsumlin: White Supremacy is the umbrella system that runs our society. It is the foundation in which our society is built on. It is the machine of our society, but this machine cannot run without each part working seamlessly to do its job. Each part of the white supremacy machine is one of these systems of oppression (and many others I was unable to fit here). Now, this isn't to say that these systems of oppression couldn't operate on their own. They absolutely can and do in other cultures and societies. However, within our modern, western society that was built on and continues to be run by white supremacy, these systems strategically run to ensure white supremacy's goal: a pristine social order of pure whiteness. One we understand the depths of how white supremacy works and just how much it is impacting us from every corner of society, we can begin to dismantle it effectively, while freeing ourselves from falling for its devices.

This concept is something I've seen posted and over and over by different people (usually Black women though). The idea that it's not just that specific groups are consistently targeted but anyone who deviates from the narrow norm of White Supremacy becomes a target, which is why Black women with multiple intersecting identities are the worst treated people in pretty much every society worldwide.

Which is why I listen and follow and share so many perspectives of Black women btw. When the Combahee River Collective said "If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression." I didn't see any way that could be false and it's because of white supremacy.

And as for how and where white supremacy exists:

I like this White Supremacy Pyramid, it pretty much encapsulates my understanding and belief of how its perpetuated and builds on itself -ultimately up to the genocide of groups that don't fit into the White Supremacist categories of ideal.

The "Pyramid of White Supremacy" is a component of assistant professor Erin Stutelberg's Diversity and the Self class. It's a one-credit course required for students majoring in elementary education at the Maryland college. Stutelberg said in a Friday statement to Delmarva Now that the violent Charlottesville rally took place as the course was being planned. She felt it needed to be brought up in class, but wanted to carefully do so.

She didn't want her students to think about white supremacy only "as men in robes or hoods or torches marching in streets" because it would give them the impression that it was separate from their lives. "Instead, I want students to explore the ways that race and racism are part of all of our lives," Stutelberg said.

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And while not everyone (including myself) agrees with the placement of absolutely everything, it's still decent enough to use so that's what I'm doing.

That to say white Supremacy exists and is perpetuated anywhere and everywhere, so it's up to us individually and collectively to hold ourselves responsible for where it's growing in ourselves, our communities, and countrymen.

I don't see how liberation or human rights will be won with anything but solidarity for the most marginalized communities there are.

How do you build white supremacist framework for future generations if the people here now refuse to hate each other enough to allow it?

Finally at church l!!!!! Rejoice!!!!!!

It's Pride Sunday and the pastor is talking to the children (during children's storytime) about acceptance and how it's ok to be whoever you want to be and I'm so happy I found this church 🥹

All the hymns are about acceptance and welcoming too!! I love this place!