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sunmoonstar86:

Luna / Selene 

Orphic Hymn To The Moon

HEAR, Goddess queen, diffusing silver light,

Bull-horn’d and wand’ring thro’ the gloom of Night.  

With stars surrounded, and with circuit wide
Night’s torch extending, thro’ the heav’ns you ride:
Female and Male with borrow’d rays you shine,
And now full-orb’d, now tending to decline.
Mother of ages, fruit-producing Moon,
Whose amber orb makes Night’s reflected noon:

Lover of horses, splendid, queen of Night,
All-seeing pow’r bedeck’d with starry light. 
Lover of vigilance, the foe of strife,
In peace rejoicing, and a prudent life:
Fair lamp of Night, its ornament and friend,
Who giv’st to Nature’s works their destin’d end. 
Queen of the stars, all-wife Diana hail! 
Deck’d with a graceful robe and shining veil;
Come, blessed Goddess, prudent, starry, bright,
Come moony-lamp with chaste and splendid light,
Shine on these sacred rites with prosp’rous rays,
And pleas’d accept thy suppliant’s mystic praise.

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victoriousvocabulary:

THE FLOWER OF LIFE

[noun/proper noun/title]

the modern name given to a geometrical figure composed of multiple evenly-spaced, overlapping circles. They are arranged to form a flower-like pattern with a sixfold symmetry, similar to a hexagon. The centre of each circle is on the circumference of six surrounding circles of the same diameter. It is considered by some to be a symbol of sacred geometry, said to contain ancient, spiritual value depicting the fundamental forms of space and time.

[word requested by amythia]

[Other depictions: #1, #2, #3. If you have an image of the flower of life on your blog and it’s not pixellated, let me know and I will link it to this post]

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buddhabrot:

Luis Ricardo Falero (1851-1896)
The Moon Nymph

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rokkatru:

Glut - Daughter of Muspell by ~WintersKnight

Glut is considered in some circles to be the very first wife of Loki. Her name means glow, and they have two daughters whose names mean Ashes and Ember.

This leads me to think she’s definitely one of the fire Jotun, so I drew her accordingly. Also, due to her being his first wife, one might consider that that must have been a VERY long time ago. Hence all the awesome spirals. Yep.

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its-a-wonderland-tea-party:

Easy Fruit & Herb Flavored Water

Ingredients

• fruit — 2 cups berries, citrus, melons, pineapple…most fruits will work (see recommended amounts in directions)
• herbs — a sprig of mint, basil, sage, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, or lavender
• water (tap or filtered)
• ice

Directions

Supplies needed: 2 quart pitcher or jar with lid; muddler or wooden spoon

General formula for whatever fruit/herb combo you desire.
1. If using herbs, add a sprig of fresh herbs to jar/pitcher; press and twist with muddler or handle of wooden spoon to bruise leaves and release flavor; don’t pulverize the herbs into bits.
2. Add approx. 2 cups of fruit to jar/pitcher; press and twist with muddler or handle of wooden spoon, just enough to release some of the juices
3. Fill jar/pitcher with ice cubes.
4. Add water to top of jar/pitcher.
5. Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.

Suggested flavor combinations:
ALL CITRUS (no herbs) — Slice 1 orange, 1 lime, 1 lemon into rounds, then cut the rounds in half. Add to jar and proceed with muddling, add ice & water.
RASPBERRY LIME (no herbs) — Quarter 2 limes; with your hands, squeeze the juice into the jar, then throw in the squeezed lime quarters. Add 2 cups raspberries. Muddle, add ice & water.
PINEAPPLE MINT — Add a sprig of mint to the jar (you can throw in the whole sprig; or, remove the leaves from the sprig, if you prefer to have the mint swimming around and distributing in the jar). Muddle the mint. Add 2 cups pineapple pieces, muddle, add ice & water.
BLACKBERRY SAGE — Add sage sprig to jar and muddle. Add 2 cups blackberries; muddle, add ice & water.
WATERMELON ROSEMARY — Add rosemary sprig to jar & muddle. Add 2 cups watermelon cubes; muddle, add ice and water.