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Dec 23, 2024

[COPY] you're never fucking muting me again (an open letter) (published September 14, 2024)

December 17, 2024

[COPY] you're never fucking muting me again (an open letter) (published September 14, 2024)

“he didn’t even know you came out: he muted you years ago.”

Waiting Room: Phoebe, the sea, and me

December 1, 2024

the men who control international capital embody the demonic nature (reading / commentary: Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16) (audio)

November 22, 2024

the men who control international capital embody the demonic nature (reading / commentary: Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16) (audio)

east to west: a world history stretching from china to the western hemisphere

Proceed chronologically or start with any topic!

Of course there are gaps but I will write more 💖

A Journey in Antiquity from Britain to Afghanistan (June 25, 2022, the severed branch)

November 25, 2024

A Journey in Antiquity from Britain to Afghanistan (June 25, 2022, the severed branch)

Above: Constantine in the Battle of Milvian Bridge, the Angels of God above (wikimedia)

A Journey in Antiquity from Afghanistan to China (July 2, 2022, the severed branch)

November 25, 2024

A Journey in Antiquity from Afghanistan to China (July 2, 2022, the severed branch)

Above: The Pamir Mountains, a central barrier between Western and Eastern Asia (wikimedia)

the kushan empire demonstrates the wiggly reality (a fusion of “east” and “west”)

November 24, 2024

the kushan empire demonstrates the wiggly reality (a fusion of “east” and “west”)

special thank you to Craig Benjamin, my bodhisattva of history ❤️ (never met him ❤️)

the roman empire's african, asian, and illyrian reality (and the Mediterranean’s transformation from diverse paganism to a tightly defined and highly aggressive version of monotheism)

November 24, 2024

the roman empire's african, asian, and illyrian reality (and the Mediterranean’s transformation from diverse paganism to a tightly defined and highly aggressive version of monotheism)

Sources:

demons all around us: how toxic masculinity destroyed the roman empire (and how reading irish history turned me into a tumblr girl)

November 23, 2024

demons all around us: how toxic masculinity destroyed the roman empire (and how reading irish history turned me into a tumblr girl)

the rise of religious totalitarianism in the eastern roman empire: a culture reborn in a demonic womb (a nation conquered by identity drones)

November 23, 2024

the rise of religious totalitarianism in the eastern roman empire: a culture reborn in a demonic womb (a nation conquered by identity drones)

the rise of religious totalitarianism in the former western roman empire (the construction of the catholic church, papal power, and modern catholic rituals)

November 24, 2024

the rise of religious totalitarianism in the former western roman empire (the construction of the catholic church, papal power, and modern catholic rituals)

for what happened in the Eastern Roman Empire:

Malta and the Celebration of Christian Nationalism (October 19, 2022, the severed branch)

November 26, 2024

Malta and the Celebration of Christian Nationalism (October 19, 2022, the severed branch)

A street in Valletta at sunset (photos my own)

the early capitalists turn west: genoa, the demonic nature, and the end of christian domination over the mediterranean sea (christopher columbus targets the western region)

November 24, 2024

the early capitalists turn west: genoa, the demonic nature, and the end of christian domination over the mediterranean sea (christopher columbus targets the western region)

I went to Genoa thinking about the sea, but I found a city cradled by fortress-strutted mountains (all photos my own)

reflections on the destruction of the western hemisphere (the aftermath of a demonic invasion)

November 24, 2024

reflections on the destruction of the western hemisphere (the aftermath of a demonic invasion)

ireland: a nation reborn in an angelic womb (how art can transform an entire society)

November 23, 2024

ireland: a nation reborn in an angelic womb (how art can transform an entire society)

cultural history:

Soulmates: Emily Brontë and Leo Tolstoy (Phoebe - Charlotte Brontë?) (Claire: influences me to apply to a job in Brooklyn, register for races, and declare my love for her just 8 years after a song)

December 15, 2024

Soulmates: Emily Brontë and Leo Tolstoy (Phoebe - Charlotte Brontë?) (Claire: influences me to apply to a job in Brooklyn, register for races, and declare my love for her just 8 years after a song)

Soulmates: Edith Wharton and Leo Tolstoy (mystery man solved?) (when Edith was born, Leo started War and Peace)🕊️

December 15, 2024

Soulmates: Edith Wharton and Leo Tolstoy (mystery man solved?) (when Edith was born, Leo started War and Peace)🕊️

Soulmates: Princess Anna of Byzantium and King Jayavarman VII of Cambodia (how Tracy Barrett turned me into Joan of Arc) (reading Anna makes me email Caroline)

December 15, 2024

Soulmates: Princess Anna of Byzantium and King Jayavarman VII of Cambodia (how Tracy Barrett turned me into Joan of Arc) (reading Anna makes me email Caroline)

jayavarman begins his ascent almost immediately after Princess Anna finishes the Alexiad, which also focuses on themes of East and West:

Soul Swirl: St. Augustine/Leo Tolstoy and Hypatia of Alexandria (Caroline in Constantinople/Rome) (Valens killed by Goths) (Hypatia Rising)

December 17, 2024

Soul Swirl: St. Augustine/Leo Tolstoy and Hypatia of Alexandria (Caroline in Constantinople/Rome) (Valens killed by Goths) (Hypatia Rising)

Soulmates: Emperor Aurelian and Empress Zenobia (tarot!) (Santa?) (Sol Invictus) (Eloise: Constantine?) (Claire: Jane Austen?) (Phoebe in Estonia: a portal) (I love you Princess Nokia!!! 💖) Estonia💞

December 23, 2024

Soulmates: Emperor Aurelian and Empress Zenobia (tarot!) (Santa?) (Sol Invictus) (Eloise: Constantine?) (Claire: Jane Austen?) (Phoebe in Estonia: a portal) (I love you Princess Nokia!!! 💖) Estonia💞

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