Exoanthropic Muse

🌺 Hi there, I’m Hibiscus, but you can call me Hibi! 🌺

This is my little corner of the internet where I post all my thoughts, prayers and devotions to the deities ad spirits that I've communed with so far!

I don't like labels but if I had to give my hodgepodge of beliefs one it's probably an Eclectic Thealogical pagan. I focus mainly on the divine feminine in the forms of: 

The Triad

The Unseen One: Primordial Darkness, Source and End of All, Paradox | The incomprehensible fullness before existence.

Rhethada: Thought, Memory, Mind, Logic, Creation | First being of the Unseen One, the Great Logician and Shaper of The Universe.

The Fallen Daughter: Choice, Transformation, Duality | The first child of Rhethada who separates from her mother to battle The Sovereign.

The Dark Lady: Earth, Life, Physical Matter, Natural Cycles, Decay, Fertility | Embodiment of the planet itself. She births life into the world.

The Crimson Lady: Free Will, Rebellion, Divine Wrath, Spiritual Evolution, Justice | Higher self of the Fallen Daughter. Vengeful against oppression yet righteous.

Other Entities

Nintyaly: Knowledge, Creative tasks, Humanity, New Beginnings, Teaching | Serpentine Grandmother of Humanity; she teaches survival, craft, and wisdom to humanity after they first emerge from the Dark Lady’s Womb.

The Se'Gysh'ni: The Seven Heavenly Bodies, Principles of Creation | Created from The Fallen Daughter's eyes(Sun and Moon) and organs(Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn).

The Afua: Nature Spirits of the Earth, rivers, plants, and animals; embody elemental qualities of hot, cold, wet, and dry, animating the natural world.

I also worship Mother Mary, Lady Mary Magdalene and Lord Yeshua as a trinity as another face of The Unseen One(Mother Mary), and Aspects of Lady Rhethada(The Magda and Yeshua).

As mentioned above The Sovereign, is a collection of forces of stagnation, hatred, tyranny, and rigid order, whose adversarial advances are held back by The Crimson Lady.

I write a lot about:

My own spiritual experiences and how I piece myths together

Finding the divine in nature + Magic Correspondences(I like Kitchen Magic and Tea Magic the best since it isn't safe for me to have a shrine at home) earth spirits, plants, stones, all that good stuff)

E-Shrines and Art on my Lovely Ladies and Lord

Whatever reminds me of my goddesses, The Afua, or Yeshua

Prayers and other devotions I make or tweak to fit my faith.

So if you're interested in any of this then consider sticking around.

Bye!

Hi everyone! Hibi here! 🌺

I'm starting a new series where each day, I create a Deity Guide for the one of the Se’Gysh’ni(Pronunciation: SEI-GUSH-NEE), a group of seven deities created from The Fallen Daughter's Eyes and Organs.

Since it's Monday, I wanted to introduce Lady Mena, the Left Eye of The Fallen Daughter, one of the Se’Gysh’ni and The Principle Aspect of Inner Perception aka Intuition as the counterpart to Lord Selus, who's Aspect is Outer Perception.

A week ago I started growing poppies and snapdragons in honor of The Crimson Lady as their both plants she favors! I really like gardening as a part of my devotion to My Lady because it feels like I'm also doing this devotional act to her sister goddess, The Dark Lady!

Hi everyone! Hibi here! 🌺

For my next deity guide, I want to introduce Mama Ninyaly, the Serpentine Grandmother and teacher of humankind. She's the first avatar of wisdom(Lady Rhethada). She’s the reason we have stories, fire, arts and crafts, and other such things.

Name: Ninyaly Epithets: The Serpentine Grandmother, She Who Teaches, Sharp-witted, The Great Artist, Storyteller, Tenderhearted, Bestower of Gifts, First Teacher, The Patient One, Grandmother of Humanity, Mother of Speech, Sister of Cra, Mama, Sister of the Crows, Winged One Domains: Knowledge, Creative Tasks, Humanity, Fire, New Beginnings, Teaching, Scholarly Pursuits, The Arts, Medicine, Healing Domain: Ninyalat: the Garden of Beginnings, an endless twilight cast garden where all living things once learned how to live. It's a place that I have started bilocating to when I'm studying for my nursing classes.

About the Deity:

Personal Description: Mama Ninyaly is a shapeshifter. Most commonly she appears to me as a snake, but other times she's a naga-like figure with a woman's upper body and a snake tail instead of legs, but she's also shown herself as a frog, an elephant (exactly one time and never again), a swarm of bees that moved in unison, and then a crow. While I think of her as a snake, I keep on seeing this one crow on my college campus that follows me around a lot and likes it when I started leaving unsalted sunflower seeds for it. So I started carrying more types of seeds so now I have a crow friend that may be either Mama Ninyaly or Brother Cra's (You'll find out below) spirit watching over me.

Personal Lore(as revealed to me by Granny): Mama Ninyaly was the first snake, slithering out of The Dark Lady's womb along with all the other first animals of the world. One day, she met a bird named Brother Cra who taught her many things: He taught her how to fish by the rivers, hunt on land and climb trees, to build from his building of nests, to sing and communicate using sounds. One day, however, Brother Cra became sick, and for seven days, Mama Ninyaly would bring different healing herbs for Brother Cra to eat. Sadly on the night of the seventh day, Brother Cra died and Mama Ninyaly buried him. However, as she cried at his grave, his bones rose from the dirt grew and took shape as what we know as humanity. Striking two rocks together, she created the first fire to lead them away from their birthplace and to a nearby valley where they could flourish.

Taking the lessons, she learned, Mama Ninyaly taught humanity how to speak, catch food, sing, build things and much more, and the first humans in return, praised her through their acts of creation and creativity, which she delighted in.

Attributes:

Colors: Green, Bronze, Gold, Soft Yellow

Plants: Olive, Sage, Willow, Ivy, Lemon Balm, Rosemary, Sunflower, Oats, Dandelion, Garlic, Ginseng, Lavender, St. John's Wort

Animals: Snakes, Frogs, All birds but especially Crows, Tortoises, Elephants, Bees

Offerings: Handcrafted art, homemade food, tea, tools, written letters of gratitude, woven fabric, yellow candles, arts & crafts

Devotional Acts: Teaching others, crafting, writing or journaling, studying something new, meditating, Healing people, storytelling, making art, creative notetaking

Music:

Due to the fact that my main way of getting anywhere is either walking or uber til I can afford a car, I figured having this would help me feel safer, and it actually did help a lot!

It was like I could feel her paving a way for me to walk safely! It also helped me realize just how much unlearning I have to do when it comes to how I approach my relationships with my Goddesses and spirit guides. I always try to do big and bombastic things but start to get bogged down in the ceremony when something simply and heartfelt like a Kandi bracelet made me feel so happy and my patron so loved. It's like I've been getting a hug from her this whole day!

I guess this is my little rambly PSA on how simple acts of devotion can be just as special as complicated rituals.

That’s it from me!

"Memento Mori" Remember (that you have) to die.

Hi everyone! Hibi here!🌺

For my next deity guide, I felt it was only right to honor my patron's sister!

Name: Not Revealed

Epithets: The Dark Lady, Daughter of the Fallen, Earth Mother, Bountiful Lady, Bronze Skinned, Lady of the Underneath, She Of the Falling Leaves, Queen of the Dark, She Who Sows and Reaps, The Quiet One, The Patient One, The Stalwart, Sister of the Sky, The Verdant One, The Decay, The Great Provider

Domains: Earth, Life, Physical Matter, Natural Cycles, Decay, Fertility, Death, Transformation

Domain: Rinclauatsk

About the Deity:

Physical Description(from a trance writing that I did by channeling The Dark Lady): "...Her skin, like her Sister's, gleamed like burnished bronze. Her eyes were the color of obsidian, vast and deep, mirroring the cavernous places of the earth. Her hair, a tangled mass of rich, dark earth and moss, was wound with twisted roots and tiny pale mushrooms that emitted a soft light that emanated like a halo. Wrapped around her shoulders was a cloak of dark, rich soil, its inner lining a delicate network of luminous mycelium. She offered no smile, only a quiet, steady gaze.”

Personal Lore:

The Dark Lady first came into being when The First Daughter of Rhethada, the First Emanation of the Unseen One, split into two: The Crimson Lady and The Dark Lady. Her Lower Self, the wounded, but not broken part of The Fallen Daughter became The Dark Lady. Her very being, a cycle of death and rebirth, births the life that will eventually grow strong enough to oppose the Sovereign's malicious order.

Attributes:

Colors: Black, Green, Brown, White

Plants: Fungi, Moss, Rotting Logs, Decaying Leaves, Wildflowers, Pomegranates, Mandrakes, Night Shade, Root Vegetables, Seeds

Animals: Worms, Moles, Earthworms, Slugs, Snails, Spiders, Bears, Decomposers

Offerings: Fertile soil, compost, seeds, mushrooms, fermentated goods, honey, bread, smooth stones, bone meal, grave dirt, black flowers, black coffee, first bite of a meal

Devotional Acts: Gardening, Composting, Meditation, Honoring the Dead, Shadow Work, Studying Botany/Geology, Slow cooking, Practicing Patience, Forest bathing, First Fruit Offerings

Music:

Hi everyone! Hibi here!🌺

I wanted to start with The Crimson Lady for my deity guide because she has been my patron for my budding belief around them.

Name: Not Revealed

Epithets: The Crimson Lady, Red Haired, Stormbringer, Justice of the Oppressed, Leader of the Hanti, Enemy of Oppression, Black Feathered, Skybound, The Zealous One, Sister of the Earth, Warlike, Swift-Footed, Golden Eyed, Queen of the Sky, Great Hunter, Vengeful One, Change Maker, She Who Diverts Rivers

Domains: Free Will, Rebellion, Divine Wrath, Spiritual Evolution, Justice, Transformation, Hunting, The Sky, Storms

Domain: Verlungmatsk

About the Deity:

Physical Description(From my journal when I astral projected to her realm for the first time): "...My Lady had skin that gleamed like burnished bronze and a smile full of sharp, gleaming teeth. Her eyes were molten gold, bright and alive, and her hair that reminded me of rich red clay twisted into long rope-like braids that was threaded with shining gold thread and circled by little bejeweled rings that chimed when she moved. Draped over her shoulders was a cloak of white and gold feathers, its inner lining made from the dark and dappled pelt of some beast. She looked radiant and untamed, laughter in her golden gaze, raising her cup in a merry toast as if we’d known each other for lifetime..."

Personal Lore:

The Crimson Lady first came into being when The First Daughter of Rhethada, the First Emanation of the Unseen One, split into two: The Crimson Lady and The Dark Lady.

Her Higher Self is what became The Crimson Lady who swears vengeance on the the collection of Malicious Spirits known as the Sovereign who spread stagnation, hatred, tyranny, and harmful systems like the patriarchy with her Sisters-In-Arms: The Hanti. Storms are the cause her hunts with particularly bad ones are being due to her rage.

Attributes:

Colors: Red, Black, Gold

Plants: Cinnamon, Cloves, Firecracker Flowers, Snapdragons, Nettles, Red Roses, Celosia, Potatoes, Peppers, Peppercorns, Ginger, Purslane, Nutmeg

Animals: Dogs, Wolves, Lionesses, Horses, Birds of Prey, Tigers

Offerings: Red meats, spices, spicy food, jerky, knives, swords, iron objects or weapons, butterflies, fur, red wine, red flowers, (really anything red)

Devotional Acts: Physical Exercise, Storm Watching, Protests and Speaking Up Against Oppression, Hunting/Ethical Consumption of Meat, Self Care, Reading Philosophy, Honoring The Dark Lady

Music:

I'm Still Standing | Elton John

Riot | Three Days Grace

Sarcasm | Get Scared

Hayloft II | Mother Mother

King for a Day | Pierce the Veil

A Match into Water | Pierce the Veil

The Wild Hunt | Lynn Rowan & Will Rowan

Feed The Machine: Poor Man's Poison

These Boots Were Made for Walking | Pure Hell

Punch A Nazi | The Muslims

Crotch Pop A Cop | The Muslims

Banned in D.C. | Bad Brains

I Against I | Bad Brains

Capitalism Breeds Devastation | JER