Connors-Conjurations

Piskies Leading The Serpent Dance X, Daisy Rickman

Perfect napping weather

(via Winter Solstice at Stonehenge) Photo by Nick Bull

by Kelly Louise Judd

from The Princeton University Art Museum

The Rasa Festivities at the Altoniškės sacred mound centers around the lighting of the Holy Fire, a key ritual in Baltic pagan tradition symbolizing purity, the sun, and divine presence. Held during the summer solstice, Rasa is one of Lithuania’s most ancient festivals, revived by Romuva practitioners and rooted in pre-Christian customs honoring nature, fertility, and ancestral spirits. The Altoniškės mound, which is steeped in legend and mysticism, is said to have once held an eternal fire, with offerings made to the goddess Altonė, daughter of the oracle Altas and guardian of young men who prayed at her altar for a worthy bride. To this day, the mound remains a living sacred space, where Lithuanian weddings, baptisms, equinox rites, and Midsummer festivals are celebrated, connecting past and present through ritual, song, and fire.

had to draw this

Cerberus by Paul Rumsey (2012)

Acrylic on linen (70 x 70 cm)

SVCKER BOYS

The State of Being Three

Im unveiling a new unique condition of my own soon