ofwoodandbone:

trollkatt:

ofwoodandbone:

Every time I see someone post about ouija boards being dangerous because they’re ‘portals’, I really wonder how they’d react to knowing that any and every mirror in their home is more of a portal than a board game.

Not to mention chimneys, vent ducts, windows and doorways. More crap enters the front door than through any ouija board or mirror.

You beat me to it. 
I was going to periodically add more commonplace spirit doors as time went on. 

Point being, folks, that spirits are everywhere. They kinda just waltz in and out when they feel like it.

blacksunskitchen:

Poultry stock – start to finish. 

This simmered for about six hours and probably could have gone another 3, but I need the stove to make dinner.  There was a chicken carcass and two packages of turkey backs in the pot, so it’s not like this ended up lacking collagen.  I’m a big proponent of the “throw veggies that are about to go off into stock” school of thought, so yes there are a few Brussel sprouts in there.  Doesn’t seem to have impacted the flavor in any noticeable way.

I am now ready for cool weather soups!

blacksunskitchen:

Today was a day of baking.  I made a multgrain bread courrone, gateaux tres orange, and pizza skulls. 

The courrone is pretty easy to make, plan on baking a little past where you think it’s done. 

The cake is TO DIE FOR.  I used blood orange zest and juice, and added a simple sugar glaze on top.  Since I used 3 ½ cup mini-bundts rather than a big 10 cup pan I only cooked these for about 18 minutes.

The pizza skulls are fun and tasty but it’s difficult to get the dough stretched out evenly in strips.  

We giggled as we ate them 🙂

my18thcenturysource:

idoballet:

Isaac Hernández is in a new ad in Mexico, for beer company, Cerveza Victoria. This brand make their most important campaign for Dia de Muertos, and this year we follow Isaac, representing a soul, to his journey to the Mictlán, the land of the dead in Aztec culture.

According to the Mexica (pronounced meh-shi-ka) cosmovision, the underworld has 9 levels and a soul would travel through it for 4 years. At the end of the travel, the soul will meet Mictlantecuhtli and Mictlancihuatl, become one with the whole and achieve the eternal rest. The souls would have to travel the whole path and survive all challenges to get an entry to the afterlife.

In the add they chose 5 levels to show for this journey, and if you can read Spanish, the video explains, but if you do not, here they are:

  • Tepeme Monamictlan (teh-peh-meh mo-na-meek-tlan), “where the mountains crash”. Here the mountains get together to crush the dead souls that cannot cross in time.
  • Iztepetl (is-teh-petl), “obsidian mountain”. A mountain covered in sharp obsidian pieces nailed on the earth.
  • Temiminaloyan (teh-mee-mee-na-lo-yan), “the place of arrows”. A long and narrow path where the soul meet invisible hands that shoot arrows to kill them before the end of the path.
  • Teyollocualoyan (teh-yo-llo-cua-lo-yan), “the place where you heart gets eaten”. One of the deadly levels, here jaguars and other animals would open the chest of the dead to eat their hart.
  • Chiconahualoyan (chee-co-na-ua-lo-yan), “where you become one with the whole”. The end of the road, here the soul gets free to achieve the eternal rest and get the life after death.

I am just in love with the ad, the idea behind it and Isaac always getting so proud of his Mexican culture. I mean, the dude is just charming and I go see him dance or talk everytime he comes home 🙂

I wrote a post that was supposed to be about ballet but then it turned into the Mexica cosmovision of the life after dead and the heavy metal journey of the soul.

Oh, and Isaac Hernández being awesome.

ALSO: you can go get fun at the 9 levels of Mictlán at the site: www.chingoneshastaenlamuerte.com

And if you liked the song, is this one: “La Llorona Mix” by GEO Meneses and Banda Bastón.

someone explain the jewish holidays to me like i’m 5 years old

rizaoftheowls:

derinthemadscientist:

rizaoftheowls:

Purim: They tried to kill us, we survived. Let’s tell the story, wear silly costumes, and get wasted. (Optional: have a carnival or a play!)

Passover: They enslaved us, God freed us. Remember this via a big ceremony/feast and then don’t eat bread for a week. This is a big one; you’re going to have to clean your house and host all your relatives.

Tu B’Shevat: It’s Earth Day, let’s eat some fruit.

Simchas Torah: We read the entire Torah every year, and we got to the end! Let’s have a dance party and then start all over again!

Tisha B’Av: They destroyed our temples. That sucked.

Rosh HaShanah: Happy New Year! It’s time to ask (and grant) forgiveness for the wrongs done in the past year, pledge to do better, and wish for a sweet new year. And go to synagogue for HOURS.

Yom Kippur: Rosh HaShanah’s somber counterpart. God decides on this day your fate for the next year. Repent your sins, hope for forgiveness, and fast. (And go to synagogue for HOURS.)

Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Sukkot: Harvest festival! Sleep in a hut under the stars.

Shemini Atzeret: Man, I don’t even know?

Shavuot: God gave us the Torah! That was pretty nice of him.

Chanukah: They busted up our temple and tried to forcibly convert us. We responded with guerilla warfare. Let’s eat some fried food. Candles!

So basically the entire Jewish holiday calendar is giving the middle finger to death and high-fiving, with or without various combinations of prayer and foods.

Yup. Or as we say, “They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat.”