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Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · Nov 18

This was my latest experiment, a very personal translation in italian of the planetary Orphic Hymns.
This was harder than I thought, but now they flow on my tongue the way I wanted them to.

Gonna publish them in ascending Chaldean Order

#PaganSky

First, the Moon

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Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · Nov 4

Inno Orfico IX, a Selene

Ascolta,
o Dea Regina,
o Sovrana Portatrice di Luce,
o Splendente Selene Divina,

o Ciclica Mene dalle Corna di Toro,
o Sovrana che fa la sua Corsa durante la Notte,
o Sovrana Vagante nell'Oscurità,

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#PaganSky

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Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 15h

The letters on the banners hanging from the trumpets are Epsilon, Digamma, and Zeta, which in Ancient Greek Numerals are the numbers 5, 6, and 7 (the respective order of the angels bringing the Three Woes)

Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 15h

#Angeltober Day 09-10, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

Three Woes / Angel with a Face like the Sun + Servant

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation

A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black and coloured with watercolours. The border is heavily decorated in red, blue, and gold, and on the lower left border there is a drawing of the Angels of the Three Woes, while on the lower right border there is a drawing of the Angel with a Face like the Sun. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 8:13; 9:1, 13-14; 11:15; 10:1-3

A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is heavily decorated, and on the lower left border there is a drawing of the Angels of the Three Woes, while on the lower right border there is a drawing of the Angel with a Face like the Sun. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 8:13; 9:1, 13-14; 11:15; 10:1-3

Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 2d

(yep, the tiles in the right page have a mistake. It was indeed a mistake, but I kept it while inking: for a monstrous inspiration, it seemed very on point)

Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 2d

The adjective for the horse of the last Knight is χλωρος, literally green, especially in the sense of lively, like the foliage of healthy plants. An interesting choice, for the Knight usually identified as Death.

Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 2d

#Angeltober Day 07-08, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

Death / Wormwood + Monstrous

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation

A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black and coloured with watercolours. The border is with tiles and dragons; at the bottom of the left page there is a drawing of the Fourth Knight, the Pale/Green one, usually identified as Death, while at the bottom of the right page there is a drawing of the Wormwood Star. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 6:7-8; 8:10-11

A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is decorated with tiles and dragons; at the bottom of the left page there is a drawing of the Fourth Knight, usually identified as Death, while at the bottom of the right page there is a drawing of the Wormwood Star. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 6:7-8; 8:10-11

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Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know that the Third Knight, the Black, is usually called Famine, but should more appropriately be called Inflation (or price scalping...)? If you read their actual description, the connection is obvious!

Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 4d

#Angeltober Day 05-06, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

War / Famine + Mourning

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation

A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black and coloured with watercolours. The border is decorated with skulls and belladonna flowers; at the bottom of the left page there is a drawing of the Second Knight, the Red one, usually identified as War, while at the bottom of the right page there is a drawing of the Third Knight, the Black one, usually identified as Famine. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 6:3-4; 5-6

A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is decorated with skulls and belladonna flowers; at the bottom of the left page there is a drawing of the Second Knight, usually identified as War, while at the bottom of the right page there is a drawing of the Third Knight, usually identified as Famine. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 6:3-4; 5-6

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Goat Laufeyjarson @ergigoat.bsky.social · 4d

The way someone talks about Loki can tell you how they feel about Queer folks.
The way someone talks about Mother Mary can tell you how they feel about survivors and teen parents.
The way someone talks about the Brísingamen can tell you how they feel about sex work. 💨

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Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 6d

Another option was to draw the scales (either in black or white pen) after the watercolours, but I preferred a simpler look for them. Are they snakes, or are they worms? For the abyssal prompt, maybe worms are better

Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 6d

I made so many mistakes while drawing the snakes (and one even while colouring them!), but I like them. I had many ideas for their colours (options discarded where red/orange and blue/purple), but in the end I like that I went with a more traditional red/green.

Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 6d

#Angeltober Day 03-04, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

John of Patmos / Conquest + Abyssal

#Angeltober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript #InkDrawing #Watercolours #Revelation

A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black and coloured with watercolours. The border border is decorated with two entwined snakes, one red and one green, and at the bottom of the right page there is the drawing of the First Knight, the White one, usually identified as Conquest. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 1:9-10; 10:8-11; 6:1-2.

A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border is decorated with two entwined snakes, and at the bottom of the right page there is the drawing of the First Knight, usually identified as Conquest. The texts are from Revelation, in greek: Rev 1:9-10; 10:8-11; 6:1-2.

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Seven, the Pub Gob @pubgob.bsky.social · 8d

WE ARE NOW LIVE!!!
Get in here on the early birds before they're all gone, and claim your sets of Oracle Dice in this final edition!
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Coming soon: The Goblin's Oracle Dice | Final Edition

Delve into the mysteries of the past and future with your own sets of the esoteric Oracle Dice, two 22-dice sets and final 6 dice set!

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Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 8d

And now, something completely different!

Yeah, I'm doing the Angeltober again. Very different from last year, and I've got no idea if I'll manage to keep up, but I'm having so much fun doing those illuminated manuscripts!

Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 8d

#Angeltober Day 01-02, with a mix of three prompts from #SanctasAngeltober & #UltrAngeltober

Alpha & Omega / Revelation + Sanctuary

#Angeltober2025 #IlluminatedManuscript

A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black and coloured with watercolours. The border decoration resembles a gothic church, and the texts are from the Revelations, in greek: Rev 1:7-8; 21:5-6; 22:12-13; 1:1-3; 22:18-21

A modern illuminated manuscript imitating a medieval one, inked in black. The border decoration resembles a gothic church, and the texts are from the Revelations, in greek: Rev 1:7-8; 21:5-6; 22:12-13; 1:1-3; 22:18-21

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Sing, O Muse! @singomusezine.bsky.social · 10d

Sing, O Muse! Chthonic Visions is officially here! Featuring 38 amazing artists depicting figures from the spookier side of Greek mythology.

You can obtain a digital copy for free or, for a limited time, a print copy through the link in our bio!

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Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 10d

Every time I make a mistake drawing or writing I feel bad for having to use correction fluid, now I can feel less guilty knowing every single ancient scribe before me would have happily used it too

Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 11d

I mean beech please. This is al-Razi, late 9th-early 10th century, written in his spare time as his day job was to be "greatest physician of Islam and the Medieval Ages".

Screenshot of my translation of a correcting fluid recipe: "Erasing writing from paper so that it can be written on again and the deletion is not visible: Sift one dirham ceruse through a piece of silk. Take the same amount of gum arabic, cleared from any twigs or sand, and soak it in a little water – not too much water! – until it melts. Add the sifted ceruse and bray into a smooth paste. Make hazelnut-sized pellets and place them in small clay pots or cleaned-out walnut shells, until dry. When needed, add a drop of clear water to a pellet and massage it in gently with the tip of a clean pen that has no ink residue on it Dab the white over the mistake (the writing must be fully dry). Leave it to dry for an hour, then you can write over [the erased portion] again.
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Martiana ⁘ SARTRIX @martiana.bsky.social · 11d

Have people written about how Christian right "traditionalists" often loudly preach ideas that have been deemed heretical since antiquity? What is up with that?

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 11d

The Right’s idea of free speech is the freedom to call marginalised people slurs without facing public consequences. The Left’s idea of free speech is challenging power and systemic abuse without being arrested. I hope that clears things up for the intellectually disingenuous.

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Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 10d

I loved the Alleyman Podcast (the book was a genius idea because podcasts are hard for me to follow, but being able to read it along helped me enormously!), and I'm waiting for the new dice for the Dice Oracle so I can go back practicing with it

Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 11d

I use the Alleyman Tarot (+Alleyway Tarot/Oracle of Play/Oracle of Secrets + a few other cards) as my main deck at a community reading each month, and people are really intrigued by it! I call it my baby (a pun, considering how big it is!) and it is absolutely the deck it didn't know I needed!

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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 14d

Good morning! A promo offer for the weekend: Wild Inks & Paints is out of stock, so I've opened pre-orders to fund its re-printing in late November. As thanks for waiting, anyone who pre-orders by Nov. 30 will receive the e-book for free by return email. #inks #dyes

See here: payhip.com/b/4a9we

Cover of the book Wild Inks & Paints, showing a circle of dyed paper along with the plants used to dye it

Content page showing sections on Basics, plant colours, pigments, paper, tools, media, and appendices on cleaning, methodology and sources

Sample spread describing uses for conker husks to make brown inks (and the conkers themselves for soap), and acorn tops, with flatlay photos of the husks and acorn tops and dyed papers.

Sample spread showing a flatlay of small pieces of paper each dyed differently and with a different effect applied

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Säde RavenEyes @saderaveneyes.bsky.social · 18d

Seventh part of my work on the Decans from last year: the Decans of Libra

#AstroSky #Decans #Libra #MagicalImages

libraryonacrossroad.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/d...

Decans of Libra

The three Decans of Libra, and their Magical Images

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classicstober.bsky.social @classicstober.bsky.social · 19d

#ClassicsTober prompts for October ‘25
#ClassicsTober25

ClassicsTober25: Katabasis

1. Hypnos
2. Thanatos
3. Graeae
4. Shroud
5. Hermes Psychopompos
6. Moirai
7. φαρμακίς (pharmakis) - witch, sorceress
8. Erebos
9. Lampades
10. Hekate
11. Torch
12. Styx
13. Empousa
14. Cocytus
15. Τέρατα (Térata) - monsters
16. Typhon
17. Echidna
18. Kharon
19. Shade
20. Acheron
21. Kerberos
22. Judge
23. Lamia
24. Phlegethon
25. Tartarus
26. Punishment
27. Erinyes
28. Phobos & Deimos
29. Mysteries
30. Lethe
31. Elysian Fields

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UltraInfinite @ultrainfinite.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hello angel enjoyers, it’s nearly that time of year again: time for Angeltober 2025✨
Feel free to follow along with your own creations - art, writing, or anything else! You are also welcome to tag me #ultrangeltober #ultrangeltober2025 #angeltober #angeltober2025

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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 22d

Curiously it was harder to get a good colour out of these than I did out of husks I collected near London. But after reducing I still got a very attractive brown, the first of what I hope will be monthly plant inks (in a microbatch of 4 bottles lol). It's up in the shop: payhip.com/majnouna/col...

Strained red-brown ink, in the process of being reduced.

Bottled ink alongside a sampler written in pen and brush.

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