nepenthe

Spent a few hours painting tonight, and my heart is content. WIP

I made the self-love sachet that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about, and I immediately feel more at peace. 

 I used: 

Rosemary 

Lavender 

Lovage 

Rose petals 

Rose hips 

One medium sized rose quartz 

One small rose quartz 

Vanilla 

Pink and white candle 

Simple Love Potion, for decadent and innocent love Best done on Friday under the full moon.

Vanilla candle Fresh strawberries Two parts chocolate wine One part strawberry wine Mixed berry juice(optional)

Light the candle and let it fill you with comfort. Wash strawberries and press each one to your lips, waking their passion. Feel it spread from your lips deep down into your body, settling in your chest. Slice with purpose, but softly, long ways and place in decanter, filling about a quarter of the way. Muddle them just enough to release their flavor. Pour in the chocolate wine, imagining your love surrounding you in warm embrace. Followed by strawberry wine, with the intent of sweetness and sensuality. Add juice for taste. If making your own juice, correspond each berry type with your intentions. Gently stir and leave to infuse overnight. Enjoy alone to bring love to you, or with a partner to strengthen your bond. As always, please drink responsibly.

Researchers have used Easter Island Moai replicas to show how they might have been “walked” to where they are displayed.

Maori told Europeans that kiore were native rats and no one believed them until DNA tests proved it

Until they finally payed closer attention to local songs and legend that all essentially said “Yah the Goddess Nanda Devi got mad and sent huge heave stones down to kill them”. That was consistent with huge contusions found all on their neck and shoulders and the weather patterns of the area, which are prone to huge & inevitably deadly goddamn hailstones. https://www.facebook.com/atlasobscura/videos/10154065247212728/

“Inuit traditional knowledge was critical to the discovery of both ships, she pointed out, offering the Canadian government a powerful demonstration of what can be achieved when Inuit voices are included in the process.

In contrast, the tragic fate of the 129 men on the Franklin expedition hints at the high cost of marginalising those who best know the area and its history.

“If Inuit had been consulted 200 years ago and asked for their traditional knowledge – this is our backyard – those two wrecks would have been found, lives would have been saved. I’m confident of that,” she said. “But they believed their civilization was superior and that was their undoing.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/16/inuit-canada-britain-shipwreck-hms-terror-nunavut

“Oh yeah, I heard a lot of stories about Terror, the ships, but I guess Parks Canada don’t listen to people,” Kogvik said. “They just ignore Inuit stories about the Terror ship.”

Schimnowski said the crew had also heard stories about people on the land seeing the silhouette of a masted ship at sunset.

“The community knew about this for many, many years. It’s hard for people to stop and actually listen … especially people from the South.”

it’s literally the oldest accurate oral history of the world.