bonesofaphoenix:

dythetiern:

My current project is to incorporate the Bells of Old Kingdom into my faith, their functions as well as the approach to magic and the Gates of death. Here just for fun are the bells:

• Ranna is the smallest of the Bells and is called the Sleepbringer….

ustitlvdatsi:

mixedbloodmikmaq:

I know this may sound a little crazy to some people at first, but here goes nothing. I’m thinking about going completely “off-grid”. I’ve come to realize that everything we do on a day-to-day basis destroys the Earth. Everything we buy comes in a package that gets thrown in the garbage, which just…

no the thing you’re thinking of is amish

you want to become amish

Does this person think there aren’t computers on rezes? And cars? And tvs…. And, y’know all kinds of modern technology…..

ustitlvdatsi:

belle-cat:

I mean no disrespect by adding to this thread, it just caught my attention :-) My father taught me how to smudge when I was eleven or so and I’ve been doing it when necessary for over half my life now… 

Just wanted to add that not only american indigenous peoples use forms of smudging, depending on how tight you want to get with the definition :-) 

I mean, we do it in church (Eastern Orthodox - so we’ve been around a couple thousand years now). It’s a bit different than when I do it by myself, to be sure, but the basic ideas and part of the ritual meaning is the same. 

*Shrug* I don’t agree with cultural appropriation, but the act of smudging or smoke cleansing isn’t necessarily wrong, provided you’re doing it for the right reasons and not just because you want to be “cool”. 

there’s actually ALOT of differences between the two, smoke cleansing and smudging are not identical in practice nor application

smudging IS native-specific, smoke cleansing isn’t

Actually, Orthodox Christians do use smudge to refer to their incense cleansing. So the word’s not exclusive to us. And with the use in Orthodoxy, a lot of practices stemming from that use also call it smudge, so it can be difficult to tell who should actually be using the word.

However. In the States, most people (in my experience) calling things smudge ARE in fact, misappropriating native traditions what with all this new agey nonsense. (Protip: if you’re using sage bundles, and you’re not native, you almost definitely should not be calling it smudge)

Basically, if it’s not a longstanding, traditional, ritual, religious use, it’s not smudge.

luther-strode:

bvix:

-Season 1

1. Flight
2. The Earth’s Crust
3. Dinosaurs
4. Skin
5. Buoyancy
6. Gravity
7. Digestion
8. Phases of Matter
9. Biodiversity
10. Simple Machines
11. The Moon
12. Sound
13. Garbage
14. Structures
15. Earth’s Seasons
16. Light and Colour
17. Cells
18. Electricity
19. Outer Space
20. Eyeballs

-Season 2

1. Magnetism
2. Wind
3. Blood and Circulation
4. Chemical Reactions
5. Static Electricity
6. Food Web
7. Light Optics
8. Bones and Muscles
9. Ocean Currents
10. Heat
11. Insects
12. Balance
13. The Sun
14. The Brain
15. Forests
16. Communication
17. Momentum
18. Reptiles
19. Atmosphere
20. Respiration

-Season 3

1. Planets and Moon
2. Pressure
3. Plants
4. Rocks and Soil
5. Energy
6. Evolution
7. Water Cycle
8. Friction
9. Germs
10. Climates
11. Waves
12. Ocean Life
13. Mammals
14. Spinning Things
15. Fish
16. Human Transportation
17. Wetlands
18. Birds
19. Populations
20. Animal Locomotion

-Season 4

1. Rivers and Streams
2. Nutrition
3. Marine Mammals
4. Earthquakes
5. NTV Top 11 Video Countdown
6. Spiders
7. Pollution Solutions
8. Probability
9. Pseudoscience
10. Flowers
11. Archaeology
12. Deserts
13. Amphibians
14. Volcanoes
15. Invertebrates
16. Heart
17. Inventions
18. Computers
19. Fossils
20. Time

-Season 5

1. Forensics
2. Space Exploration
3. Genes
4. Architecture
5. Farming
6. Life Cycles
7. Do-It-Yourself Science
8. Atoms and Molecules
9. Ocean Exploration
10. Lakes and Ponds
11. Smell
12. Caves
13. Fluids
14. Erosion
15. Comets and Meteors
16. Storms
17. Measurement
18. Patterns
19. Science of Music
20. Motion

Looks like my schedule is filled for the next few days.