/arcane/ - Esoteric Politics and Mysticism

Always liked this one and variations of it.

And what is the point of moving forward? Why do we grow? For what reason is there to mature and find strength and to grow?

For immortality through children? To find actual immortality? To find a way to give something back for a perfect gift that was given to us which could never be re-given?

The truth of the matter there is the same as it is here. We can choose.

We all have talents we develop over time from continued repetition, but the Shaolin way has been long lost. People no longer temper themselves in discipline. They dance wildly and wonder where the fuckups in their life come from. We are machines of repetition. Our movements, thoughts and interactions can be programmed… but we are stupid beasts as well. We must slowly, carefully, methodically learn step by step how to complete an action and then repeat that action over and over again until it can be summoned like LIGHTNING!

Even the simple stroke of a pen or strike of a keyboard can become developed into a masters tool… or weapon. Plowshare or sword. So how will you paint your red wagon. Paint, or blood? One's great, one's crud. Figure out which one that is for yourself.

What's going on here? No one's sharing? Suddenly this isn't an IMAGE board where people collect IMAGES?!

Come on you cowards. Fucking post shit, you're anonymous, we can't really judge you here without serious effort involved.

Come on you cowards… speak to the void.

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Very nice.

It's not rare to magicians, but its meaning is esoteric.

This is a copy of a Hittite Empire relief that was etched around 1600 BC. It depicts Sharruma, a god who is usually depicted riding a tiger, blessing Tudhaliya, the Hittite king, with divine perspective. In his study on the origins of consciousness, Julian Jaynes notes that this work of art is one of mankind's first references to heightened awareness and conscious thought.

At 82,000 years old, these colored shells are the oldest known work of human art. They were found in Morocco and signify some of humanity's first cultural developments.

I suggest running these through Google Reverse Image Search. Some of these (like the original in OP) are not of their maximum available resolutions

>pic related: higher resolution of OP's pic. THIS IS NOT A SPAM REPOST!

Krampus is the precursor of Saint Nicholas. This beastly trickster predates Christianity and represents the earthly renewal that is inherent to the changing of the seasons. Whereas Saint Nicholas acts as a beacon of warmth in the dead of winter, Krampus doles out punishments to symbolize cleansing and rebirth.

The first dragon to ever appear in formal literature is Humbaba, a fire-breathing beast that guarded Cedar Forest, the dwelling of the gods, from Gilgamesh. This makes Gilgamesh the first dragon slayer in literary history, as he sought to kill Humbaba in order to reach Cedar Forest and become immortal. The Epic of Gilgamesh was written four thousand years ago, which makes dragons and the motif of overcoming adversity as old as literature itself.