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I am fascinated by ancient documents, fabric, paper, artifacts, etc. , and especially ancient esoterica.
ProfessionPolytheist Monk and Shrinekeeper of Brigid
Sun SignGemini
HomeBoise, Idaho USA
Marital StatusHappily Married and Monogamous
A sketch I did of a medieval warreners cottage, as featured on Christopher Halton's Haunted Earth YouTube channel #haunted #urbansketch #watercolor #MedievalArchitecture #archaeology #history #urbansketch
I had been trying for some time to find a Brigid's Cross knitting pattern, and finally designed my own. It needs work, but I think you can tell what it's supposed to be #Celtic #irish #pagan #brigidscross #knitting #religion #spiritualart #goddessbrigid #saintbrigid
Some homespun wool yarn that I finished this morning. #fiberart #knitting #crochet #HandSpunYarn #handspunhandknit #wool
Archaeologists discover 2000-year-old 'Great Wall of Siberia'

The wall measured eight meters tall and ten meters wide.

ZME Science
The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online

If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart from other manuscripts of the same period by the quality of its artwork and the sheer number of illustrations that run throughout the 680 pages of the book.” The work not only attracts scholars, but almost a million visitors to Dublin every year. “You simply can’t travel to the capital of Ireland,” writes Book Riot’s Erika Harlitz-Kern, “without the Book of Kells being mentioned.

Open Culture

Aramaic-style Incantation Bowl.
A new blog post about my recent crafts project involving an archaeological topic

https://brigids-hearth.studio/#Aramaic-style%20Incantation%20Bowl #archaeology #magick #esoteric #Aramaic #NearEasternStudies

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(part 2) One of the first things I learned when I joined the Unitarian-Universalist Church back in '81 was "Don't let them take all the good words. #faith #religion #unitarianuniveralist
(part 1) I just learned that the original meaning of the word Faith was *not* accepting everything without evidence. The word Faith comes from the Greek word *pistis* which means more like trust. It's like the trust you have when you fall in love and you're allowing yourself to be vulnerable because you don't know what this person will do to you, and this is very important to me because it allows me to reclaim the word Faith for myself. #faith #religion #unitarianuniversalist
Knitted a swatch of the new yarn. It's more coarse than I'd like, and thicker. My goal is a light, airy, lace shawl. I know that's a high bar though #wool #yarn #HandSpunYarn #fiberart

Just spun this. It's for an Estonian Shawl.

Stats for yarn nerds:
2-ply
Z-twist
Blue-faced Leicester (bought at Trailing of the Sheep Festival in Idaho, 2023)
17 wpi
#knitting #spinning #yarn #fiberarts