What are the qualities of the metaphysical masculine? Self-sufficiency. The masculine is the principle of Being and Spirit. It exists independently of and prior to materiality. It has no need of an “other”. Stillness. It is the “unmoved mover”. It is never changed or affected

@Kassandra_Koala The qualities of the metaphysical feminine are the polar opposite to that of the masculine. Insufficiency/privation. The feminine is the principle of Becoming and Matter (úlē). It is dependent and has no life on its own, but must be imbued with Spirit. Much like the Moon has no

She does not flee the pyre; she ascends from it. A symbol both feared and desired, the witch in flight mocks the geometry of the town below: orderly, pious, and dead. Naked and skybound, she bears the mark of the heretic, the lover of old gods, the one who remembers the forest

I couldn't have said it any better myself.

Coffins were frequently part of solar/regal initiation rituals. One had to die the “first death” in order to be “twice born”. This often involved lying in stillness (deep meditation basically) for a night or even a period of days, usually in a coffin, boat, or other similar

“He who cannot strenuously train himself, cannot achieve truth; through strenuous training (an ascetic) achieves truth: therefore strenuous training is the most important thing for the achieving of truth.” ~ Majjhima Nikāya Maybe not exactly the type of training the Buddha was

This is insane. A year in prison for having been part of a group chat where someone posted a meme. Prediction: this is the beginning of the end of Belgium as a state. Flanders will rejoin the Netherlands and Wallonia will join France. Brussels will continue as a city-state and

More art poasting! The birth of Aphrodite is one of the most significant themes of Western myth, but I find that most attempts at depicting it in art too frumpy. My favorite is from Bouguereau. It is erotic and intimate without being vulgar.

One thing almost every spiritual tradition is agreed upon is that awakening to who you are is a subtraction game. Our true nature is not something we build. Instead, we peel away the layers of who we are not until who we are is all that’s left.

Turning an Islamic country of 90 million people into a war-torn, failed state is not good for Europeans btw.

A major cheat code in life: Being a pleasure to deal with. Kind when others aren’t. Calm when things go sideways. Reliable under pressure. Intelligence alone is overrated. Be someone who lightens the load for folks around them. People value people who make their lives easier.

By the way, these episodes are also among my top favourites in the series, especially 4, 6, and 9.

This is a question for phallic men only. Heroic men know that they must only observe the sensations, not grasping for release nor suppressing it, but simply experiencing it and using it as a vehicle for transcendent heights.

A most interesting datum of world history is that Indo-Europeans, the only aristocratic people on earth, primus inter pares, originated riding of horses 5,500 years ago, the "aristocratic" animal. This "dramatically changed the speed and distance with which [Whites] could move

Every time I comment on phallic men, I get a whole bunch of emotionally reactive men in my comments to prove the point 😂

PhilosophiCat A male who isn’t centered in his own masculinity can’t draw a woman into his orbit and give her the stability, order and structure that she needs to feel secure and protected enough to be feminine, which requires vulnerability. Women are instinctively resentful of not being able