Saturday I went to OryCon using Brooke's badge. (She had been to it on Friday, but wasn't feeling up to going Saturday, and I hadn't bought one last year.) It was quite fun. The kid's costume parade was ADORABLE! *Squeee!* The panels were cool, too, what few I saw. (I didn't get there til a little before 4), and the art show was AWESOME! I wish I ( Read more... )

Last night, I re-drew the picture of Shyao-Shyo's boat and barge on larger paper so I wouldn't have to spend money printing it out on big paper. I then wrote the names of people I knew who had died, putting the names in little representations of souls being ferried along in the boat and barge ( Read more... )

This weekend, I drew a picture of the boat and barge of Shyao'Shyo, the Aspect of Shao'Kehn who comforts the dead and dying, and ferries the dead to the Land of Eternal Childhood before they reincarnate ( Read more... )

So last night, I really didn't feel like doing a Samhain ritual, like I did last year. Which isn't too unusual for me; I only did a Samhain ritual last year because someone I knew died that year ( Read more... )

I've mentioned this before, but Djao'Kain/Shao'Kehn (my primary Goddess) never, EVER appears wearing shoes or socks of any kind. She is literally ALWAYS barefoot. When I try to imagine Her wearing shoes or socks, well... I can't. Which I guess makes sense, since every now and then She will appear in my mind's eye walking around barefoot in the city ( Read more... )

As is being pointed out in Alex's book "Pacts With The Devil" by S. Jason Black and Christopher S. Hyatt, Ph. D., there is a difference between pacts and prayer. Prayer is an act of supplication, begging a higher power to help out. Pacts, on the other hand, are bribes to entities with different powers, or a trade with them, one thing for another. ( Read more... )

My friend Amy, whom I have named Zahvahshlyn Kusahndjiirah Kiinbahn when she requested a new name, had no job. A week ago, she interviewed for a job. She welcomed prayers and so I made a pact with Djao'Kain (my main deity) and Kusahnjijahn - my deity of science and commerce. The pact was that if they got her the job she was interviewing for, that I ( Read more... )