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Post by papamihel on May 1, 2022 8:56:45 GMT
When it comes to the majesty of nature.
When I hike in winter I often carry a flask of something alcoholic and I poor oblations to the hill and forest spirits. I also have a lot of weird bling on my backpack - totems and mystic symbols.
I don't know why. I am a solid agnostic but when I am out in the wild...
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Post by america on May 1, 2022 9:40:21 GMT
When it comes to the majesty of nature. When I hike in winter I often carry a flask of something alcoholic and I poor oblations to the hill and forest spirits. I also have a lot of weird bling on my backpack - totems and mystic symbols. I don't know why. I am a solid agnostic but when I am out in the wild... You pour out drink to the earth, drink it yourself or both? If your actions include the first, it's not that strange. You were raised pouring wine for Elijah on Passover, right? Totems are fun. I always envied that about Catholicism. There was a charity I gave to in the city, Covenant House, and they sent me a pin with an image of the pieta. I kept it in my car cupholder for ages. And a cross made out of narrow shiny golden ribbon woven through a pink plastic frame that I bought from an outreach program which sold crafts in exchange for donations, I had that tied to my rearview mirror for years. I like your new avatar. |
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Post by papamihel on May 1, 2022 9:49:48 GMT
When it comes to the majesty of nature. When I hike in winter I often carry a flask of something alcoholic and I poor oblations to the hill and forest spirits. I also have a lot of weird bling on my backpack - totems and mystic symbols. I don't know why. I am a solid agnostic but when I am out in the wild... You pour out drink to the earth, drink it yourself or both? If your actions include the first, it's not that strange. You were raised pouring wine for Elijah on Passover, right? Totems are fun. I always envied that about Catholicism. There was a charity I gave to in the city, Covenant House, and they sent me a pin with an image of the pieta. I kept it in my car cupholder for ages. And a cross made out of narrow shiny golden ribbon woven through a pink plastic frame that I bought from an outreach program which sold crafts in exchange for donations, I had that tied to my rearview mirror for years. I like your new avatar. The god's get the drink first and only then I join them. And no, I was raised celebrating Soviet holidays. I didn't know I was Jewish until I was 7 or 8. My totems are cow and bird skulls, an ygdrassil patch and a coin engraved with vegvisir. Some African beads too... |
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Post by america on May 1, 2022 9:59:59 GMT
You pour out drink to the earth, drink it yourself or both? If your actions include the first, it's not that strange. You were raised pouring wine for Elijah on Passover, right? Totems are fun. I always envied that about Catholicism. There was a charity I gave to in the city, Covenant House, and they sent me a pin with an image of the pieta. I kept it in my car cupholder for ages. And a cross made out of narrow shiny golden ribbon woven through a pink plastic frame that I bought from an outreach program which sold crafts in exchange for donations, I had that tied to my rearview mirror for years. I like your new avatar. The god's get the drink first and only then I join them. And no, I was raised celebrating Soviet holidays. I didn't know I was Jewish until I was 7 or 8. My totems are cow and bird skulls, an ygdrassil patch and a coin engraved with vegvisir. Some African beads too... Wow. I had a piece of white coral shaped like a Y that I carried in the outer pouch of my uni backpack, no proper bones, though. I've had a lot of foreign or very old coins that came to me through the years, a buffalo nickel I still have somewhere in a jewelry box. The buffalo is rubbed half-smooth. Tangible things are soothing. From the market at Union Square, I have strings and strings of what people used to call African happy beads, used to wear like six with a white v-neck t-shirt. I hadn't known you didn't learn you're Jewish 'til 7 or 8. |
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Post by papamihel on May 1, 2022 10:47:22 GMT
The god's get the drink first and only then I join them. And no, I was raised celebrating Soviet holidays. I didn't know I was Jewish until I was 7 or 8. My totems are cow and bird skulls, an ygdrassil patch and a coin engraved with vegvisir. Some African beads too... Wow. I had a piece of white coral shaped like a Y that I carried in the outer pouch of my uni backpack, no proper bones, though. I've had a lot of foreign or very old coins that came to me through the years, a buffalo nickel I still have somewhere in a jewelry box. The buffalo is rubbed half-smooth. Tangible things are soothing. From the market at Union Square, I have strings and strings of what people used to call African happy beads, used to wear like six with a white v-neck t-shirt. I hadn't known you didn't learn you're Jewish 'til 7 or 8. It wasn't supposed to matter - we were all Soviet people. I guess my parents were trying to protect me and I totally understand them. I did try to play down my Jewishness while I was living in Russia. |
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Post by america on Jun 26, 2022 3:13:26 GMT
Wow. I had a piece of white coral shaped like a Y that I carried in the outer pouch of my uni backpack, no proper bones, though. I've had a lot of foreign or very old coins that came to me through the years, a buffalo nickel I still have somewhere in a jewelry box. The buffalo is rubbed half-smooth. Tangible things are soothing. From the market at Union Square, I have strings and strings of what people used to call African happy beads, used to wear like six with a white v-neck t-shirt. I hadn't known you didn't learn you're Jewish 'til 7 or 8. It wasn't supposed to matter - we were all Soviet people. I guess my parents were trying to protect me and I totally understand them. I did try to play down my Jewishness while I was living in Russia. Did your parents move your family out of Russia, or did you do that later? No need to answer if it's too personal, of course. All of my great-grandparents moved from Russia (or from the borderlands of what was then Poland and Russia) to the U.S. This was in the late 1800s through the early 1900s. |
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Post by papamihel on Jun 26, 2022 3:25:03 GMT
It wasn't supposed to matter - we were all Soviet people. I guess my parents were trying to protect me and I totally understand them. I did try to play down my Jewishness while I was living in Russia. Did your parents move your family out of Russia, or did you do that later? No need to answer if it's too personal, of course. All of my great-grandparents moved from Russia (or from the borderlands of what was then Poland and Russia) to the U.S. This was in the late 1800s through the early 1900s. My mom's South African relatives found us (I can't even imagine how) and offered to help us leave Russia. And we did. |
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Post by america on Jun 26, 2022 3:28:38 GMT
Did your parents move your family out of Russia, or did you do that later? No need to answer if it's too personal, of course. All of my great-grandparents moved from Russia (or from the borderlands of what was then Poland and Russia) to the U.S. This was in the late 1800s through the early 1900s. My mom's South African relatives found us (I can't even imagine how) and offered to help us leave Russia. And we did. Wow. So you started life outside the USSR while still in your youth? Was the culture shock overwhelming? |
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Post by papamihel on Jun 26, 2022 3:29:36 GMT
My mom's South African relatives found us (I can't even imagine how) and offered to help us leave Russia. And we did. Wow. So you started life outside the USSR while still in your youth? Was the culture shock overwhelming? It was 1992 so it had been Russia for about a year. And yes, the shock was real. |
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Post by america on Jun 26, 2022 3:34:19 GMT
Wow. So you started life outside the USSR while still in your youth? Was the culture shock overwhelming? It was 1992 so it had been Russia for about a year. And yes, the shock was real. From the modest amount I see in message board land, you seem more life-post-Russia you than Russia you. Is that fair to say? |
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Post by papamihel on Jun 26, 2022 4:45:08 GMT
It was 1992 so it had been Russia for about a year. And yes, the shock was real. From the modest amount I see in message board land, you seem more life-post-Russia you than Russia you. Is that fair to say? Well, I lived most of my life outside of Russia. I have a connection to Russian culture but not to the modern Russian society. |
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Post by america on Jun 26, 2022 4:53:51 GMT
From the modest amount I see in message board land, you seem more life-post-Russia you than Russia you. Is that fair to say? Well, I lived most of my life outside of Russia. I have a connection to Russian culture but not to the modern Russian society. It seems Putin would be content for modern Russian society to look entirely like the age Chekhov keenly bemoaned. |
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Jun 27, 2022 7:18:41 GMT
I have a set of runes I consult from time to time. Right out the bag from Amazon...true story...I spilled them onto the table to see which runes would spontaneously flip over with the nearest upside rune as the leader, and it was Tyr, god of justice and single-hand combat.  My great-grandmother, who was born in like 1880, who never heard of Marvel comics...and it wouldn't have been published in the late 1950s anyway...would call me Loki when I was acting up. She baby-sat me before I was old enough to go to school. Of course, I had no idea who she was referring to. It was only later I realized what she meant. So, I'm equal amounts chaos and order. |
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