Yvonne Aburrow ๐ŸŒป · @vogelbeere
887 followers · 1895 posts · Server nerdculture.de

Dual faith practice and folk witches

Many people practice folk Catholicism and syncretic folk witchcraft. That doesnโ€™t mean theyโ€™re buying into the oppressive practices of the church.

dowsingfordivinity.com/2023/09

#folkwitchcraft #folkreligion #dualfaithpractice #syncretism

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Japanned Steve McCarty · @SteveMcCarty
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World Heritage temple in Saga-Arashiyama in northwest . The and its pond were the palace grounds of , who, like the T'ang Dynasty Emperors in the early 9th Century (a time of far higher than today), was a pious patron of Buddhism, and of the great saint Kลซkai who contributed so much to the golden age of Period Japan. My forthcoming paper related to was by request of a university in , Himachal Pradesh (where the Dalai Lama and his fellow exiles live). Meanwhile, my research on , , , , and other topics about is available at https://japanned.h commons.org/japanology or wilmina.academia.edu/SteveMcCa

@religion @histodons

#daikakuji #kyoto #temple #emperor #saga #culture #heian #Kukai #dharamshala #esoteric #buddhism #asian #religions #religious #syncretism #japan #japanese #religion #history

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Japanned Steve McCarty · @SteveMcCarty
211 followers · 66 posts · Server hcommons.social

Have you heard of meetings? Wikipedia: "a format in which a presenter shows 20 slides for 20 seconds of commentary each," from the word for chatter. Notice also the of the following book.
NEW PechaKucha Presentation: A Passion for Japan: A Collection of Personal Narratives (a slide and brief description for each chapter, by the editor) at pechakucha.com/presentations/a
Search "A Passion for Japan" to order the on Amazon.
My chapter is a but it also tells the of my life in relation to . "Discovering Japanese Fusion of on the Island of is free at research repositories academia.edu/82383623 or researchgate.net/publication/3

@religion

#pechakucha #presentation #storytelling #japanese #narrative #genre #book #Research #memoir #story #japan #religions #pilgrimage #Shikoku #religion #buddhism #syncretism

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Japanned Steve McCarty · @SteveMcCarty
177 followers · 55 posts · Server hcommons.social

A article by Louise George Kittaka surveys the scenic Setouchi region - seven prefectures that border the Seto Inland Sea (and its many islets):
bbc.com/storyworks/travel/rein
My interpretation of ancient from in situ research is that the Seto Inland Sea was part of the cradle of in (now ), with a major settlement in what is now Prefecture on the nearby island of . Boats later headed for the T'ang Dynasty through the Seto Inland Sea from in front of Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine in , now far inland. For those interested, see the encyclopedia article " in " at researchgate.net/publication/3 or academia.edu/31602407
For would-be travelers, there is a chapter on the Seto Inland Sea (็€ฌๆˆธๅ†…ๆตท) in the free Shikoku Bilingual Guidebook at researchgate.net/publication/3 or academia.edu/39949830
@japodons @religidons @histodons

#bbc #Travel #history #japanese #civilization #yamato #nara #kagawa #Shikoku #Osaka #buddhist #syncretism #japan #religion #buddhism

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David Golumbia · @dgolumbia
1111 followers · 490 posts · Server mastodon.world

researchers: our paper "doesn't say that Russia never interfered in the 2016 election or that the influence campaign didn't matter"

Glenn, Matt, & Elon: "researchers have now PROVED that Russia never interfered in the 2016 election and that the influence campaign didn't matter"

mastodon.world/@csmap_nyu@mast

#russiagate #glenngreenwald #syncretism #fascism #ElonMusk

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Lannan โ›ˆ๏ธ · @lannan
188 followers · 461 posts · Server mas.to

I have a book about with this painting by Alfredo Ramos Martรญnez from 1940, and I've begun to use her as the face of all my women ancestor workings since I don't have any good photos of my great-grandmothers. I set up a small little shrine for my first last night, using the book, lighting a candle, and offering some cranberry beer.

CW for eye contact.

#ancestorwork #ancestorveneration #polytheism #syncretism #mexico #mexicayotl #huehuemexicayotl #mothersnight #malinche

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Lannan โ›ˆ๏ธ · @lannan
194 followers · 508 posts · Server mas.to

I have a book about with this painting by Alfredo Ramos Martรญnez from 1940 as the cover, and I've begun to use her as the face of all my women ancestor workings since I don't have any good photos of my great-grandmothers. I set up a small little shrine for my first last night, using the book, lighting a candle, and offering some cranberry beer.

CW for eye contact.

#xicano #chicano #ancestorwork #polytheism #syncretism #mexico #mexicayotl #huehuemexicayotl #mothersnight #malinche

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yunchtime · @yunchtime
53 followers · 414 posts · Server wandering.shop


aloha all you migrators! I'm an old galoot who spent the 90s in Asia fumbling into a career, and for almost twenty years GAFIA-ted. now I'm semi-retired and comfortably numb, back into the sff world, writing, time-traveling, and bicycling. when the crazies are afoot and you see a Tardis, don't ask where you're going, just get in!
peace to you all.

#introduction #veggie #buddhism #fandom #criticism #cinema #tea #bisquits #syncretism #zines

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Dexter McLeod · @DexterMcLeod
4 followers · 1 posts · Server mastodon.social

An Inscription by a Roman-Palmyrene Soldier found in Hungary (131-170 AD):

'To the Parental Gods Malagbel, Bel Hamon, Benefal, & ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’•, Publius Aelius Theimes made a temple...'

๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’• (๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’• ู…ู†ูˆูฐุฉ), the Arab Goddess of Fate

#archaeology #roman #palmyrene #rome #palmyra #goddess #arab #arabs #arabian #pagan #paganism #history #inscription #hellenism #culture #syncretism #sunday #hungary

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Will :toad: · @WilliamRobert
270 followers · 401 posts · Server toad.social

Just finished listening to the @davetroy podcast episode, Mysteries of Eurasia, with Joe Szimhart. A dive into deep water, including western esoteric thought, occult beliefs and their relationship to Russia's war on the west. Packed with info and a great way to connect the dots on a massive canvass. Relevant, timely and challenging.


#davetroy #joeszimhart #theforce #qanon #ideas #occult #Russia #Putin #shambhala #buckyfuller #syncretism #noosphere #infowars

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Martha Crawford · @shrinkthinks
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KDPerry · @OneWyrdCat
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So I have to find the sweet spot between "exvangelicals", who are not atheists or reactionary haters of all things Christian, open to animism and magic, and willing to engage in creative exploration of territory left fallow around four to six centuries ago, when the likes of Henry Cornelius Agrippa roamed the Earth.

#exvangelical #christiananimism #magicisreal #vaguelyheretical #cultofthesaints #hermeticism #syncretism

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marthews ๐Ÿด · @marthews
90 followers · 35 posts · Server indieweb.social

"If any man swear by Tash and keep his oath for the oathโ€™s sake, it is by me that he has truly sworn, though he know it not, and it is I who reward him. And if any man do a cruelty in my name, then, though he says the name "Aslan", it is Tash whom he serves and by Tash his deed is accepted."

C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle (the final Chronicle of )

#books #theology #syncretism #ecumenism #aslan #narnia

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Steve McCarty · @SteveMcCarty
11 followers · 7 posts · Server hcommons.social

The popular new book A Passion for Japan: A Collection of Personal Narratives is listed on Amazon sites such as amazon.com/Passion-Japan-Colle
30 authors provide inside perspectives on living in Japan.
My chapter "Discovering Japanese Fusion of Religions on the Pilgrimage Island of Shikoku" is free at the research repositories academia.edu/82383623 or researchgate.net/publication/3
My translation of the chapter into Japanese (ๅ’Œ่จณ): ใ€Œๅทก็คผใฎๅณถใƒปๅ››ๅ›ฝใง็™บ่ฆ‹ใ—ใŸๆ—ฅๆœฌใฎๅฎ—ๆ•™่žๅˆใ€ (corrected by a native speaking university teacher in Kyoto) is free to download from hcommons.org/deposits/download

, ,
@konrad @dangillmor
@hello @zwh

#Shinto #JapaneseBuddhism #Kukai #Zentsuji #Kompira #Shikoku #pilgrimage #AsianReligions #AsianStudies #syncretism #religions #religion #japanese #japan

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Zudn · @zudn
189 followers · 5636 posts · Server theres.life

All mixed up โ€“ Forthright Magazine forthright.net/2021/10/30/all-

Someone takes a little of the story of Jesus, mixes it with eastern philosophy, a little pagan imagery, and some materialism, and finds that there is a market for that.

#religion #syncretism

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