nosat · @nosat
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Buddy Shotz · @buddyshotz
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Lauren McMenemy · @spookygirl
64 followers · 58 posts · Server mastodon.scot

Vampires take so many literary forms these days, which is why world-building becomes so important. Helping us in that task? It's Nicoverley—welcome to Team Vamp, Beverley Lee & Nicole Eigener!

Writing the Occult: Vampires happens 28 October. Tix on sale next week via Alex Davis Events / Eventbrite.

#sffh #genrefiction #fantasywriters #fantasy #HorrorCommunity #horrorfamily #writersofmastodon #fiction #writers #supernatural #occult #horror #vampires #vampirefiction

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arnicas · @arnicas
2321 followers · 1299 posts · Server mstdn.social

My latest newsletter delves into occult & folklore of golems, tulpas and egregores, and has a ton of great fantasy/horror book recs. Plus AI comics generators, a new model good at text, more games & agents & nlp tools. arnicas.substack.com/p/titaa-4

#folklore #occult #Books #AIArt

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PutMySpellOnYou · @putmyspellonyou
505 followers · 780 posts · Server nerdculture.de

Today's op-shop score, "The Devil Within" by Marc Cramer. I used to borrow books like this from the library by the truckload. I think I may have read this one when I was ten or so. Probably explains a lot.

#thriftstorefind #opshopfinds #secondhandbooks #occult #occultbook

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Happy to announce I have created a formalized practice around the cosmology I laid out in my previous article.

I've included many stages where one can begin from a very foundational level then proceed to more advanced techniques as well as exit techniques that smooth over disengagement if things are going not as expected.

The guide is already 12 pages long and I have a lot more of my original draft to go over so consider yourself warned. I should be ready for release next week.

#alchemical #occult #alchemy #barbarianism #occultsciences

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Nando161 · @nando161
890 followers · 38334 posts · Server kolektiva.social

I'm Chris. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, work with animals, play with tarot cards, and I absolutely love books! Posting about tarot and TTRPG games mostly, but expect dog pictures.

Artistic and creative aspirations include creating tarot cards, collecting magpie , and writing small RPG games with friends.

Reading: -N -studies

#introduction #tarotdecks #transrights #liberal #scifi #fantasy #appendix #compassion #science #psychology #tarot #occult #shortstories #history #feminism

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Geek Native · @geeknative
279 followers · 1158 posts · Server dice.camp

The ENnie Award-winning Historica Arcanum is back on Kickstarter, attracting thousands of backers, to bring the occult Era of Crusades to a 5e-powered alternative Earth
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geeknative.com/160445/historic

#5e #ttrpg #occult

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Dee · @Dee_Imaginarium
24 followers · 34 posts · Server sunny.garden

The that I mentioned earlier that gave me some inspiration to create my own sermons for my /

Do you have some you recommend that really inspire your ? I always say when writing fantasy pulling inspiration from occult sources can go a long way to helping you achieve that esoteric nature of the arcane.

#occult #book #fantasy #ttrpg #writing #books #worldbuilding

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Reverend Erik · @arnemancy
225 followers · 134 posts · Server pagan.plus

I created a Kabbalistic Tree of Life diagram using and put the source code up for folks to use. It should be easy to modify for any other kind of labeling or changes!
sr.ht/~earneson/kabbalah-graph

#graphviz #kabbalah #qabalah #mysticism #occult

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SLCW💥 · @slcw
383 followers · 4036 posts · Server newsie.social

never fail to make every topic dumber. In this example, a Christian "" (not a Christian Scientist), has landed on the conclusion that UFOs are fallen ... . He claims everyone who has had a encounter (sighting) is involved in the , and that they invite demons into our world through their occult activity. The UFO topic already strains credulity, and demands extraordinary evidence. Injecting demons into it is a bridge too far.

christianpost.com/news/are-ali

#Christians #scientist #angels #demons #ufo #occult

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Dee · @Dee_Imaginarium
24 followers · 27 posts · Server sunny.garden

Okay so, about the I said I was doing for books and for running a . We're going to touch on of the world here.

My world draws inspiration in part from Neverending Story/Discworld approaches in that some of the characters are aware of our world, they're creations of fiction within a story, and will break through the 4th wall on occasion due to that knowledge.

With that being said, there are multiple religions in this world but only one true religion and one "true" religion. The "true" religion will be the one that has the correct creation story for how the universe came to be, ala Christianity's it was made in seven days. vs the Greek's Gaia gave birth to the Sky who bore the Titans vs LOTR's Eru and singing Arda into existence, etc. I won't be revealing that here quite yet, I have a basic idea but need to hammer out the details. Then create a bunch of creation for all the other belief systems and their associated God(s).

Although, the true religion being the religion that is aware of me, author/GM, and the actors, players. For that true religion I took some inspiration from CHIM theory and started with some sermons. I drew the wording from The Corpus Hermeticum: The Divine Pymander, a third century manuscript (Psst, occult books are great for worldbuilding just fyi). Then changed the words ever so slightly to fit the meanings I wanted to covey in the sermons. Lil' snippet of the first two:

#worldbuilding #writing #ttrpg #theology #myths #morrowind #occult

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Simon · @sbrackenborough
759 followers · 765 posts · Server zirk.us

Guess I should re-post my new blog on Robert Fludd again with the proper hashtags this time.

corymbus.co.uk/inside-the-temp

#earlymodern #occult #music #robertfludd #philosophy #musictheory

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Animystic 🪐 · @Animystic
147 followers · 291 posts · Server mindly.social
∴ Hiro :prami_happy: · @hiro
60 followers · 465 posts · Server social.lol

Recently attended a fun workshop on the history of tasseography, and was inspired to make this little guy— The ghost in the tea cup!

#PixelArt #occult #tea

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nosat · @nosat
307 followers · 7674 posts · Server liberdon.com

Here's all the equipment you need to start weaving stories in the world of Sworn by Ghostlight. My impressions on initial experience in next episode of Breakup Gaming Society.

#occult #detective #solo #ttrpg

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Hayden Thorne · @haydenthorne
227 followers · 1278 posts · Server sunny.garden

NOW AVAILABLE: The House of Ash (print and e-book)

My newest gothic horror novella is now out (woot!). 'The House of Ash' is a standalone vampire fiction book that's set in an AU Victorian England. There's a romantic subplot in the book, but the primary focus is the family matriarch and her efforts at protecting her blind grandson.

For more detailed info on the moodboard (attached to this toot), content warnings, etc., please check out my site's gallery page (link below).

Length: 50,000 words

@bookstodon @mmromance @gayromance @lgbtqbookstodon

Bookstore:
books2read.com/b/4jNNPl
Gallery page:
haydenthorne.com/gallery

#gothichorror #gothicromance #gayfiction #gayromance #vampirefiction #vampires #victorian #historicalfantasy #occult #supernatural

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