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Occasionally I wandered in where I was not wanted and gave truthful answers.
Sometimes I even did it deliberately. A little disruption now can prevent disaster later.

❝Gotta have opposites…❞

“A video describing the differences between the subspecies of Alaskan brown bears. To see and learn more…”

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Reach towards the light

The problem with making morality a part of religion is that some priests forget that they are measured by the lives around them. They think that their calling places them beyond "man's law.
— NeoWayland
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❝Dianna and Actaeon❞

This is one of Titan's more famous works.

We've definitely moved into the Rubenesque Renaissance. No near waifs here.

What's most interesting about this piece is how it lowers Diana to not only mortal, but to the sensibilities of the time. There is no way that a Lady God would be embarrassed if caught nude. Gods make other humans embarrassed, not the other way around. Nude women bathers were a common motif. I suspect it had something to do with the real ladies being covered up most of the time. Note also that the one servant on the right isn't treated as a "real" woman, she isn't sexualized. That was also fairly common.

I’m a naturist in both senses of the word. Life doesn’t always need clothes. I admire the human body. I hope you can too.

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Skinny dipping

The simple fact is that genitals are no more sexual than any other part of the body--until we use them for sex.
Is Nudity Inherently Immoral? from Family Skinnydippers
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Condemnation of memory

Someone is pulling your strings. You'd be a fool to accept that.

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“Serena, Found of Savages” by Thomas Benjamin Kennington

“This week on Crash Course Mythology, we're talking archetypes. Specifically, we're talking about archetypes as they're applied to female deities. Goddesses, man. You'll learn about prehistoric fertility goddesses like the Venus of Willendorf, life and death goddesses like the Ancient Greek Fates and the Norse Norns. And we'll learn about regeneration goddesses like Ireland's Nimah, and Japan's Oto-Hime.”

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The secret albums

“This week, we're talking about theories of Myth. We'll look at the different ways mythology has been studied in the last couple of millenia, and talk about the diffeent ways people have interpreted myth, academically.”

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“Venus” by Henri Pierre Pico

Thinking by blogging
Sometimes I'm asked why this site

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“The Opium Smoker” by Luis Ricardo Falero

Ruis liked to conflate the sexual with the forbidden.

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“Witches on the Sabbath” by Luis Ricardo Falero

Luis Ricardo Falero, Duke of Labranzano, was a Spanish painter with a taste for female nudes in mythological and fantasy settings. This 1878 piece is called Witches on the Sabbath.

Notice the juxtaposition of the human figures with the non-human. The non-human seem even more carnal than the human in twisted ways. Between that and the floating, it's a pretty good bet that this depicts a psychedelic trip. It was understood that a lot of the imagery reported by witches may have occurred under the influence. Does that make it any less valid? Well, that's a question for another time.

Pay attention to the lady in the lower left corner. The expression on her face indicates something is going on, and it's a bit beyond a night out with friends. My guess is that it has something to do with the man whose arm she is hanging onto. I don't think it's an accident that his face is mostly averted. I think this is detailing an affair.

I’m a naturist in both senses of the word. Life doesn’t always need clothes. I admire the human body. I hope you can too.

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“Oedipus and the Sphinx”

This actually started as a student work

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Not so silly

This one is pushing the limit of casual.

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“Andromeda Chained to the Rocks”

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Fever dream

The woman is embracing life and blossoming right before our eyes.

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"The Woman, the Man and the Serpent"

John Byam Liston Shaw was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites and worked in a wide variety of mediums. Today he's best known as a teacher and not an artist in his own right.

Obviously this is a depiction of the Garden of Eden. Pay special attention to how the man is so passive, even to the point of being hidden behind the woman. He's still tense and resisting, but he obviously doesn't want to be there. This is emphasized by him being in the shadows.

The woman is embracing life and blossoming right before our eyes.

I’m a naturist in both senses of the word. Life doesn’t always need clothes. I admire the human body. I hope you can too.

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“The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch

We were born dreamers.

We can learn to be makers.

Technology lets us bridge our thoughts and our milieu.
— NeoWayland, Why a Technopagan?
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“The Birth of Venus” by Botticelli

Uh oh, I just revealed Secrets That Must Not Be Revealed. The Powers-That-Wanna-Be may insist I turn in my lucky charm.

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“Hylas and the Nymphs”

I am having serious internet issues.

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Moonlight and sunlight

Who am I to judge what happens between someone else and the Divine?

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“The Nude Maja”

Thinking by blogging

Lately when my articles have been good enough, I've experimented with posting links at reddit. The response has been a little mixed.

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Secure

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Gaia returns

Another Gaia picture.

These are some of my favorites. And of course I really like the subject matter. Messy, very sexy, and Female.

Paganism is always about earthiness.

I’m a naturist in both senses of the word. Life doesn’t always need clothes. I admire the human body. I hope you can too.



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Summer fairy

I can almost picture a cauldron there.

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“Daphnis and Chloe” by Victor Borisov-Musatov

It is a very boy thing to do.

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“Boy With A Dog” by Victor Borisov-Musatov

“Empirical Meets Spiritual: the Intersection of Science and Paganism”

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“Three Graces in a Cactus Garden” by Lotan Lotan

To divide anything into what should be and what is, is the most deceptive way of dealing with life.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Swimming

I made a tiny piece of the planet something that it wasn't before.

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Spiraling

Power with versus power over

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Life is good

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
— Stephen King
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Lady in repose

This one is obviously a god and She’s creating life

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She gives Life

There are worse ways to spend an evening

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Gallery

I think it’s time to go the the Kaibab

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