Lichenized Mask — imWalde

LichenizedNovember 2020broken plaster life mask (found), natural earth pigment egg tempera paint, real dried lichens, wool roving© DverLichenized Mask — imWalde Dver's work is so, so good. Please take a look.

Ink and Medicine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGEBu0rP9Yw I would love to get tattooed by this guy.

Ancestor Project part 9: The Days of the Dead

The ofrenda below a piece my grandmother painted for me when I was born. Tortillas with Cempasuchil 2 c. masa harina1-1½ c. hot water1 tsp. salt1 tsp. oil (vegetable, coconut, etc.)at least 1/4 c. clean marigold petals Add water and salt to the masa and knead until well incorporated. It should not be too wet as...

An Honest Experience with Quitting Weed

A few days ago I made the sudden decision to stop using weed on a daily basis. I mean, I had been thinking about it for a few months, but needed to find a suitable replacement for helping me get to sleep - I'm a longtime sufferer of on-again-off-again insomnia, and the weed was amazing...

October Works

Tezcatlipoca, Tlazolteotl, and two personal works. I'll spare explanations of these god images for now, as I'll be talking about them more in conjunction with the Neyolmelaoalitzli that I plan on beginning late this fall, perhaps at the end of November after the quick succession of remembrance days. (If I'm given the final go-ahead and...

Ancestor Work part 8: La Malinche

Some of the deepest wounds in my maternal family line, I believe, go back to a woman called La Malinche. I need to do more work on this, more research and divination, but I think I already know in my heart that this infamous woman, much-reviled by history, is one of the keystones to my...

Human Sacrifice: Let’s get one thing straight

Now that Nahua/Mexica/"Aztec" reconstructionism is starting to come across people's radars again (Miss us? It's been a while!) I'm starting to see the same contrived pearl-clutching regarding the concept of human sacrifice coming back in full force as well. For you morally indignant pearl-clutchers out there, your reaction is not new, not novel, and not...

Devotion

Ancestor Work part 7: And it’s October already.

I really wish I could go back to voluntary poverty-style living like I used to. Working 3 days a week and just getting by, but having a blast and living relatively stress-free with tons of time to make art, read, take my time doing chores and getting really engaged with the gods. Yeah, those days...

Polytheism Dot Info — KALLISTI

I bought the domain name polytheism.info because I learned that it was available. The page now contains a basic definition of polytheism. I tried to keep the nuance minimal. Feel free to link to this definition if you are talking to others about polytheism and searching for a summary that could be skimmed in an […]Polytheism...