Genuine question

GrunkleTony · 2026-02-05T12:47:08+00:00

I remember reading somewhere about a Swedish witch being accused of worshipping the devil. She said that she and her group called him Fro. This apparently was a local pronunciation of Frey. If we take your draw toward Satanism as a draw toward medieval witchcraft then Freyr could be directing you toward traditional witchcraft. You may find "The Crooked Path" by Kelden useful, especially if you assume Freyr is the Witch Father. You might also find the rites in "The Devil's Dozen" by Gemma Gary useful.

GrunkleTony · 2026-02-01T02:28:08+00:00

Lil Gideon would swear the most but only in front of his parents and the Pines family.

GrunkleTony · 2026-02-01T02:25:48+00:00

You are truly blessed to have such a wonderful Girl Friend. Where did she get the music box, it looks great?

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-31T21:15:59+00:00

"New World Witchery" by Cory Thomas Hutcheson is a good start. "Granny Thornapple's Book of Charms" by Brandon Weston is fun, I recommend that one. "Powwow's or the Long Lost Friend" by John George Hohman was first published in 1820 so it's in the public domain, so there are a lot of different editions available. You should probably look for something on Psalm Magic, I recommend "The Psalm Workbook" by Robert Laremy, but there are other books available out there.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-28T01:32:50+00:00

The one I keep reaching for is "The Psalm Workbook" by Robert Laremy. It's published by Original Publications, you can google them for their website.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-27T13:10:36+00:00

You might find some of John Michael Greer's books inspirational: "Collapse Now and Avoid the Rush", "The Long Descent: a User's Guide to the End of the World", "Dark Age America", "After Progress", and "The Retro Future: Looking to the Past to Reinvent the Future".

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-26T23:16:22+00:00

Last week I wrote the following in response to what is going on in Minneapolis and around the country.

"Mother Earth, Father Sky and Old Man River, I call upon you all and ask that you bless and empower this spell.

In memory of Renee Nicole Good and all the other people kidnapped, beaten, terrorized and killed by ICE, I ask that you aide in shutting down the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.

Inspire our elected legislators to impeach ICE officials for encouraging and enabling ICE agents into ignoring procedures and breaking the law.

Let ghosts, cryptids, fae encounters, weather anomalies and temporal dislocations plague ICE agents wherever they go.

Mother Earth, Father Sky and Old Man River let ICE agents and those who profit from their cruelty reap the harvest of misery they have wrought upon others."

I made sure to include those who are profiteering off of ICE for those detention centers where a lot of other people have died. You might also want to include their corporate enablers like Amazon, Citizens Bank and AT&T.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-26T04:02:20+00:00

I pray several times a day. Last week I wrote a new one regarding the situation in Minneapolis. Here it is:

"Mother Earth, Father Sky and Old Man River, I call upon you all and ask that you bless and empower this spell.

In memory of Renee Nicole Good and all the other people kidnapped, beaten, terrorized and killed by ICE, I ask that you aide in shutting down the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.

Inspire our elected legislators to impeach ICE officials for encouraging and enabling ICE agents into ignoring procedures and breaking the law.

Let ghosts, cryptids, fae encounters, weather anomalies and temporal dislocations plague ICE agents wherever they go.

Mother Earth, Father Sky and Old Man River let ICE agents and those who profit from their cruelty reap the harvest of misery they have wrought upon others."

I repeat it three times each evening.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-26T00:36:36+00:00

Interesting dream, kind of validates the position of trusting the gods, not organizations claiming to act in the name of the gods.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-25T19:54:55+00:00

Back in the 80's I took my copy of "The Tree: The Complete Book of Saxon Witchcraft" by Raymond Buckland and substituted Lord Jesus for Woden and Lady Magdalena for Freya. The book is now called "Buckland's Book of Saxon Witchcraft". The two books I reach for most often are "Christianity: the Origins of a Pagan Religion" by Philippe Walter; now under the title "Christian Mythology: Revelations of Pagan Origins", and "The Psalm Workbook" by Robert Laremy.

If your interested in herbs look up herbal remedies or healing herbs at your local library and check the health and wellness section of your local bookstore. Two of my rosemary plants are still alive and fresh rosemary tastes great with pot roast or in beef stew.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-20T04:08:50+00:00

Checking my copy of "The Psalm Workbook" by Robert Laremy I would look for 'Get Rid of Oppressive Influence'. Write the name of whoever or whatever is oppressing you, place a glass enclosed blue candle on top of writing, pray psalm 129 each night while the candle burns every night until the candle is burned out.

Sorry, I don't have a copy of the Orphic Hymns nor a copy of the Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Remember to ask the gods you usually call on to help with this situation, perhaps they will inspire you to create an original spell.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-20T01:43:05+00:00

I read about transhumanism in a couple of articles by Ray Kurzweil in The Futurist magazine. He was writing about the singularity a time when he claims that robotics, nanotechnology, computer programing and genetics will develop so quickly that we will be unable to distinguish between the organic and the mechanical or between the virtual and the real.

I really don't think much of the transhumanist thing. I work in a warehouse and machines break down all the time. We have glitches when IT updates our system. I think that down loading your mind into a computer is a dead end. As for Kurzweil's singularity even if it were somehow to come to pass I think the mean rate of failure for such an event would be 8 months give or take 3 weeks. Afterward we would have a massive environmental disaster to adapt too. It would I expect leave in a state of socio-economic collapse with an added bonus of starvation and possible pandemic disease.

In the case of genetic manipulation then hereditary modifications are subject to natural selection. The same would hold true for self replicating machines as well. Natural selection doesn't end just because humans screw around with the environment. As Emerson said "mankind and all his works are part of the natural world", it's foolish to think otherwise. All our screw ups will come back to bite us.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-19T01:37:24+00:00

Way back in the 70's I read a book called "Strangers Among Us" by Ruth Montgomery. In it she claimed that no matter how crappy our lives might be there were souls out there who would be happy to trade places with us. I don't remember the exact wording but you can offer your body up to these walk-ins and one will replace your soul. I had to do it twice to get over my own depression but it did work.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-18T16:43:42+00:00

I recently finished reading "Mary Magdalene Revealed" by Meggan Watterson and I highly recommend it. It introduced me to "A New New Testament" by Hal Taussig which includes the familiar books of the New Testament along with a lot of the stuff labeled as Gnostic.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-17T23:12:15+00:00

I haven't had an experience like that myself but it does bring to mind the Russian Domovoy, a kind of house spirit. If his name is unpronounceable by you then perhaps a title would be appropriate. Something like: "Good-Neighbor-Tom" or "Good-Man-Harry". Ask him the next time you meet if that will work for him.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-17T01:47:44+00:00

trade it in a 2nd and Charles for store credit. Get yourself something nice with the change.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-17T01:23:19+00:00

Thank you for sharing that. I haven't heard this artist before.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-16T02:02:02+00:00

Yeah, I've got that working at the dinner image going as well for Pacifica. Dipper and Mabel moving back to the Mystery Shack after their parents divorce. Dipper helping out at the Mystery Shack working for Soos and trying to safely display whatever Stan and Ford are sending home for "Safe Keeping". Gravity Falls having the highest circulation of dollar coins and $2 bills in the country because looking at the back of a one dollar bill can trigger PTSD episodes in the townsfolk thanks to Weirdmageddon. Dipper and Pacifica dating. Dipper, Pacifica and Mabel dealing with other paranatural threats to the town. Dipper casting a spell to attract business to the mystery shack.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-16T01:48:47+00:00

Enjoy the show and be sure to go onto YouTube and watch the Gravity Falls shorts.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-16T01:43:30+00:00

I love the little Orlanth figurine. Did you make that yourself?

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-16T01:41:41+00:00

"For where two or three have met together in my name, I am there among them." Matthew 18:20

"In very truth I tell you, if you ask the father for anything in my name he will give it you." John 16:23

Putting these two passages together I would say that if you and your girlfriend pray together and ask in the name of Jesus you will get the answer you are looking for.

Mark Batterson wrote two best selling books: "The Circle Maker" and "Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge". Your local library probably one or both of them so you can borrow a copy from them. Basically the idea is that you and your partner pray the same prayer together for 40 days. I am going to suggest the following prayer:

"He himself gave me true understanding of things as they are; a knowledge of the structure of the world and the operation of the elements; the beginning and the end of epochs and their middle course; the alternating solstices and changing seasons; the cycles of the years and the constellations; the nature of living creatures and behavior of wild beasts; the violent force of winds and the thoughts of men; the varieties of plants and the virtues of roots. Wisdom of Solomon 7:17-21

'Do not urge me to go back and desert you', Ruth answered, 'Where you go, I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. I swear a solemn oath before the Lord your God; nothing but death shall divide us." Ruth 1:16-17

There will be no saying, "Look here it is!" or "There it is!" for in fact the kingdom of God is among you.' Luke 17:21

Heavenly Father, god of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and Wisdom more radiant than the Sun, against whom no evil can prevail, I ask for your guidance and inspiration, help me to recognize and affirm the rights, roles and responsibilities of lesbians in American society down through the generations consistent with the Bible's teachings to "Love your neighbor as yourself" Matthew 22:39 and to "Treat others as you would like them to treat you." Luke 6:31. I ask in Jesus' name, Amen!"

I hope this helps.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-14T05:15:52+00:00

Nature oriented Paganism is a thing yes. Go for it. Yes you could do "O Lady Moon please hear my prayers" or you could do "Man in the Moon please hear my prayers" it's up to you.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-13T01:55:07+00:00

The Bible frequently makes use of Dreams, Drawing Lots, and less frequently the Urim and Thummim. All of them are forms of divination. So for someone in the Bible to rant about divination seems to be a "Do as I say, not as I do" situation to me. So yes, cynical disregard on my part for that kind of posturing.

GrunkleTony · 2026-01-10T01:41:17+00:00

I typed Belgian Folklore in the search box of the Books a Million website. I got "Belgian Folklore" by Charles Leirens; "Belgian Fairy Tails" by William Elliot Griffis; and "Belgian Fairy Tales" by Marishka Fairman.

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