NighttheWing

I've been reading up on Witchcraft and I got to the point where it says 'it was forbidden to practice by law' and got so mad.

The origin of the word 'witchcraft' means 'Craft of the Wise' and there never was anything supernatural about it, only women being smart and knowing everything about nature. They were forbidding women to be smart, to practice their own knowledge of medicine, herbology and healing. If a woman chooses to be wise thats her deal and nobody should stand between her and her skills. But they did that, and that's not all they did.

The practice od burning witches wasn't 'insanity' or 'everyone suddenly believing magic is real', it was strategic takedown of female social and economic standing. Women in that age would inherit property and wealth from their deceased husbands, they could hold their own and practice their own trades and say no to men and men didn't like that.

So they simply made it legal to kill women.

All of the land women owned, was now back in male hands, all of our crafts, knowledge and trades, lost to future generations, all the economic value changed hands back to male via torture and murder. It became incredibly easy to threaten women again; if she said no to a man, he would simply accuse her of witchcraft and have her tortured and killed, if she talked back, threat of burning, if she misbehaved, threat of torture. It was legal. They could kill women and force them into slavery, legally.

This is talked about as if it was very long ago. On the land I stand on, witches were burned 250 years ago. That is only 3 lifespans. There are books women wrote about it, that I read as a child. It left a mark on my life; it left damage on all collective female land ownership, economic power, female knowledge of medicine, nature and plants. I can't imagine where we'd be if it all kept being passed down, I bet far from trying to convince male doctors that our pain is real, far from endless female-specific chronic and debilitating illnesess, far from having to appeal to males or work all our life in order to have land to live on.

I wont forget why we're here, or that we live in a system that can make it legal to kill us if we happen to accrue to much, and if we're not easy to subdue. And I refuse to feel afraid. This has to be fought against. It has to end.

wow i didnt know all this… do you have any book recommendations on this topic?

Witchcraze by Anne Llewellyn Barstow is a standout in the field of study because most (male) historians ignore all of the above info and the women's history aspect of the situation.

check this out too

tumblr isnt fascist because people use polite language while doing blood quantum and employing race realism in order to determine that you deserve to be harassed off the website for saying death to amerikkka

the particular grief of losing a piece of graffiti that was part of your everyday routes through the city. congratulations "anti-vandalism initiatives" you painted over my dear friend and neighbor

That is not a face that can wait any longer

the humble mouse cursor

She let me hit it because I solved her riddles three

When my hot wrestler wife leaves me

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No stay in this space with me

90s anime women were so fucking beauitful god bless. i miss them so much

shes the cutest anime girl ive ever seen and shes in the bg for 2 seconds

i think im in love with her. bg characters 4ever ❤️

since so many people are reblogging this the anime is Golden Boy 💖 its an ecchi comedy so expect the average "boobs bouncing lots of sex jokes" kind of humor but the art style and character designs are so pretty im just kind of fixated on that

this is the main lady:tm: she has a manic look in her eyes sometimes that i really enjoy

your wip just called. hey man your wip just called. its asking where you've been man.

"cozy game" maybe for YOU. I have spreadsheets

@revryebread

This is you

nearly all libraries have a ghost, but medical libraries frequently have a ghost and a skeleton

i’ve been reminded that most people don’t know about the ghost

‘ghost reading’ means collecting usage stats for books which are used within the library, without being checked out (which would automatically generate usage data).

This is often done by checking out the book to a dummy user account belonging to The Library Ghost before it’s reshelved. (After being returned ofc. Ghosts read very fast.)

Due to ghost reading, most libraries ask that you do not return books to the shelves yourself, even if you’re confident of where they go - there will instead be somewhere they’ll ask you to leave them (or just leave them out on a surface somewhere) so they can be collected and ghost read.

I knew about leaving books out after you read them, but I didn't know about the ghost account thing! Thank you for explaining that 👍

Certified Library Post

I have to upload this as a video bc you can see her think this in real time

OP you just can't leave out this golden comment

I think more games with romance should include polyamory as an option. Not just because of inclusion purposes but also because a lot of these games are super long RPGs and I sure as hell don't have time to replay the game 5 times to romance everyone I wanted to.

I've had this weird phenomenon where I had no problem with romance when i was monogamous, but now that I am polyamorous the fact that I usualy like certain traits of multiple characters at once means I never end up romancing anyone because it locks me out of everyone else and it feels incomplete like that.

microdosing on catharsis by watching a fictional character or persona i relate to have an emotional breakdown until my chest starts to ache from the amount i've repressed

mentally im always like that kitty on the beach looking out at the sea longingly

like this

Image description: a tweet by divinelydaria.

saw an inspiring video that said you need to have 4 hobbies.

create, consume, cavort, commune

create: bring something to life consume: appreciate the art of another cavort: move your body daily commune: have a community to socialize with

end image description.

I think you need hobbies that do all four things but the number of hobbies needed to cover all these needs may vary. Some hobbies pull double/triple duty. Some hobbies can cause repetitive stress injuries so it's good to have a few different ones that fulfill the same need so you can rotate to get the fulfillment without the carpal tunnel.

Tumblr really is aging.

This is true tho.

Good news! Elementary schoolers of the modern day still believe this is part of vanilla minecraft. I have borne firsthand witness to these discussions.

the folkloric gate to heaven requires journeying to hell to get its building material

yo what's the handle of the fancy calligraphy guy can we get them over here that's a line

@theshitpostcalligrapher

oh good i needed a warmup piece

#listen i dont mean to be that guy but#you can make glowstone by using glowstone dust#and witches drop glowstone dust#no hell needed

buddy not to be a ridiculous nerd about it but you realize that seeking out dark magic users to kill them and pry potion ingredients out of their dead, cold hands isn't exactly non-hellish behavior? maybe the journey to hell is internal idk your playstyle

Scrolled past this agakn and just can't get over how much I love it. We need to make things beautiful again and this is such a wonderful example. The beadwork on the wires of a utitarian object, contrasted with the grey concrete.

I've seen this photo and similar ones online for years, and with pretty much every nation where rug weaving is still practiced claiming it was an example of their handiwork, so I did a bit of sleuthing and it turns out the photo is from Thailand!

Quoting from the "Share knowledge of electrical systems - control cabinets - MDB cabinets - PLC control systems" Facebook page (Google translated, sorry):

"In daily life, for the picture of wires in the house that must be wired to various points and use wire clips to lock the wires in place, which does not require many steps. It is probably an image that we are used to seeing. But for the electrician's work as shown in the picture, it is a unique and intricate wire installation. This is... the science and art of wiring inside the building that creates intricate and beautiful patterns. I didn't think that wire clipping could play with patterns like this. It is another story that creates surprise for those who see it. When the electrician with great skills wires using wire ties to various devices by securing the wires to the walls or ceilings of the building with wire ties at every distance, it is like a former artist. Some people make woven patterns, OTOP mat weaving patterns, yantra patterns, Phra Thep Phanom patterns, various lotus patterns, etc. It depends on your imagination. It is considered a creative idea. It also creates good value for the work. Therefore, I would like to commend the technician's effort and patience. Then you can see the work as seen in the picture.

The science and art of wiring of the previous generation of technicians is wiring with VAF type wires that require the method of nailing wires to attach to the wall, cement or wood to make it look beautiful.

Which is different from the new generation of wiring that often uses the method of wiring in pipes embedded in the wall, in pipes on the exposed wall or wiring in various types of electrical wire storage trays using THW type wires and wires for various types of pipes, NYY wires, VCT wires, etc., which also gives another type of beauty that is very popular today. The wiring of the pipes must take into account the neatness and beauty, but must not neglect the details, specifications of the correct pipe and wire sizes at all times.

As for the old wiring method "clipping" which is still popular with technicians and some electricity users

The method of wiring by using clips to attach to the wall has various methods of wiring, emphasizing simple wiring, wiring that emphasizes neat wiring, making it beautiful, and there is also wiring that emphasizes wiring in a beautiful pattern using wire clips to tie it beautifully in the desired pattern. It is considered a wiring that truly relies on science and art. This type of work is often the work of A technician with long experience Because they have to plan the wire pattern, place the clips, and run the wires to get the beautiful pattern as desired. Otherwise, the work will not come out beautifully. For the patterns that are often used to assemble on the electrical wires

They are usually auspicious words, surnames, symbols, various Thai patterns. When the wire clips are placed in the right place, the pattern that appears will be beautiful, showing status, showing the relationship, such as the pattern written as a surname.

These works are works that show the art and experience of the technician as well. To make beautiful wire clips on the electrical wires, the technician must first lay out the outline to make that pattern, then gradually tie the wires one by one until it is complete as desired."

And I also found the OG pics!

Humans are capable of creating the most beautiful things from the most utilitarian means, and the fact that everyday art this isn't common practice everywhere makes me want to invent a time machine just so I could go back and kill the first person who came up with minimalism.

Bro, don't just mention a source and drop those image while CONTINUING to not provide links. 😭

Anyway, here's some links that are as close to original sources as I can readily find:

And related, from this Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/163M5xYbdf/

HEROIC POSTER OF THE DAY!

Many thanks for finding the source on this, as you can see I grabbed it from a Facebook post where it had no attribution of any kind (OP didn't know either)