Category: Culture
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Learning about Virtual Fashion!
So for the past few weeks I’ve been looking into NFTs as a way to design and sell virtual copies of my real-life knitted items. So I was thrilled when I came across DressX. DressX is an app where you can upload a picture of yourself and put digital clothing on, much of which looks…
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Can We Claim our Rapture without Losing Our Selves?
This is the most profound idea I’ve come across in a long time, and it fits in with my idea of building a polytheist monastic community. [:]
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[:en]Roll of the Dice: An Introduction to Tabletop Role-play[:]
[:en]NOTE: This article was originally posted on a previous blog on June 16, 2014 Are you looking for a new experience that challenges your creativity and your intellect? Are you interested in a type of game where players cooperate with each other against their environment? Are you bored with Monopoly? You may be a good…
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The Kalash
[:en] I just learned about this fascinating Animist culture surviving in a hard-to-reach area of northern Pakistan, just south of the border to Afghanistan. The beadwork and costumes are amazing! Women in the Kalash culture are independent and able to marry or divorce whoever they wish. At the same time, they are considered “unclean” and…
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About Brigid
Brigid, also known as Saint Brigid, Ffrait, Brid, Brighde, Brigantia and a few other names, is my patron deity (although I also honor others, mostly from the Celtic pantheon). Brigid is either a triple goddess or three sisters of the same name. They represent Poetry, Smithcraft, and Healing. There is a great deal more lore…