Christianity has been a tool of oppressive government since Constantine.

Still is.

The church won’t denounce adultery, sexual assault, child molesting, theft, grift, abusing the poor, hungry, sick, immigrants…

So the regime no longer notices - let alone investigates - church crimes.

Empathy is a choice. You either recognize and empathize with the lived experiences of people or you see them as other, things not people.

If 12 people are at a dinner party, eating and talking and 1 is a Nazi, there are 12 Nazis at the table.

Any Christian or Christian church that is not loudly and continuously denouncing the Christofascists, Christian nationalists, and actions of the regime are part of the problem.

The only way to comply is maliciously. www.historicmysteries.com/history/citr...

And we are seeing more and more evidence that those being held - deported or not - are being brutalized and tortured by the Gestapo guarding them.

The intent is to cause maximum harm before they get out.

I had spent years being really messed up. I worked hard to get ready to start HRT - no therapy, lots of shadow work and growth. I really would not have been ready to transition any sooner.

Two years after I started HRT I saw a psychiatrist for a letter for orchi. She spent nearly four hours with me. She said I was one of the most balanced, clear, self-aware people she had ever worked with. She added I did not need any ongoing therapy.

I used to beat myself up about waiting so long - I was 53 when I started 11 years ago. But the truth is, I was not ready. When I started was the right time, because I was ready to fully step into myself.

A couple of years ago I added ideas from “Sigil Witchery” by Laura Tempest Zakroff. I like her approach, it is less formal and more intuitive than Cooper, and utilizes basic magical shapes and symbols found in cultures around the world from the early cave paintings to modern times.

Way way back when I was first learning magic I bought a copy of Phillip Cooper’s “Basic Magick.” He leaned heavily into sigils, so that was foundational to me.

I use sigils and icons and vision boards as part of my regular practice.

That is a cool expression.

I often type it out and edit down, playing with words and pacing, then hand write to get the actual tight focus.

50/50 on using that as the spell or using it as a script for spoken.

If Intel is smart they’ll cut their loses and build in a more stable country.

Thanks for covering this. It is a “foot in the door” law and is not getting enough attention.

Me too.