I Just Realized, I’ve Had All Of These Happen Before

A comforting thought

Five thousand years ago, the Sumerians called the night ngi, the stars mul, and the moon Nanna.

Four thousand years ago, the Akkadians called the night mūšu, the stars kakkabū, and the moon Sîn.

Three thousand years ago, the Hittites called the night išpanza, the stars haštereš, and the moon Arma.

Two and a half thousand years ago, the Greeks called the night nux, the stars astra, and the moon Selênê.

Two thousand years ago, the Romans called the night nox, the stars stellae, and the moon Luna.

Kings and queens and heroes looked up at them. So did travelers coming home, and little children who sneaked out of bed. So did slaves, and mothers and soldiers and old shepherds, and Sappho and Muršili and Enheduanna and Socrates and Hatshepsut and Cyrus and Cicero. In this darkness it didn’t matter who they were, or where they stood. Only that they were human.

Think of that tonight, when you close your window. You are not alone. You share this night sky with centuries of dreamers and stargazers, and people who longed for quiet. Are you anxious? The Hittites were too: they called it pittuliyaš. Does your heart ache? The Greeks felt it too: they called it akhos. Those who look up to the stars for comfort are a family, and you belong to them. Your ancestors have stood under Nanna, Sîn, Arma, Selênê and Luna for five thousand years. Now its light is yours.

May it soothe you well.

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I know what my next necklace/pin is gonna be

WITCHES NEED A SECRET SYMBOL FOR SAFE PLACES

So a lot of us are out of the broom closet so to speak, but many of have to be careful of being public because of the views of the communities we live in. What I propose is a symbol we can put on flyers or in shop windows that means “You’re safe here.”

I don’t believe that a pentagram would work because it’s got so much stigma attached and it’s really easily identifiable. Ideally, we can find something that is not tradition specific. I don’t know. I just want us to be able to put feelers out into the community without painting a target on ourselves for intolerant jerk faces, and I want witchlings that are seeking guidance to be able to do so in a safe environment. I mean, how badass would it be to find a little symbol of solidarity in your favorite coffee shop or bookstore??

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me: *expresses my emotions and how something is bothering me*

my parents: okay but have you considered how this is making US feel

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Thought of another way to explain dissociation to people who don’t dissociate and are fans of Doctor Who.

Imagine a person is the Tardis. To the outside viewer, it’s pretty much human sized. Small and very obviously in one physical location. From the inside, it’s actually a bit bigger than the outsiders can see. This is a typical person’s inner world. If the person (or the camera, if you want to go down that route) is in the inner world, and someone knocks at the door, or shouts your name from outside, you can definitely hear it, and it takes next to no time for you to get to the door, open it, and deal with whatever you need to deal with.

As we know, the Tardis is actually much deeper than the viewer ever actually sees (let’s call the unseen parts the unconscious mind to add to the metaphor). Now imagine you’re in a super deep part. Someone knocks at the door. Someone calls your name from the outside. It takes a lot of time and effort to get to the door, if you even heard the person in the first place. And you now have to explain to this other person that you were literally miles away, when from their perspective, you must have only walked two feet, because that’s how deep the outside of the Tardis looks.

A lot of the time, it feels like I’m trapped in one of the deeper places, and I can barely hear people at the door. I can interact with people if I shout loud enough, but it gets tiring a lot. From my perspective, it feels like they are hundreds of feet away, but from theirs, I’m barely one foot away.