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إِسْـتِـحْـضـارْ (Conjuring); 2019

Been a while since I've posted a panorama, so here is one and I hope that I didn't post it before. If so, apologies; my memory is failing me big time.
This is a spin-off from the original panorama entitled "Djinn" and it was shot using my modified camera without any filter on the lens. The scene was mainly lit with candles with a little streak of light coming through the door. After shooting the whole scene, I had to put myself in different positions in the room and shoot single slides there - and the rest is a work of stitching and editing. I've made several versions (as usual) out of this panorama and this one here is the "tunnel" version.
Meanwhile, I'm trying to push myself to do some work with the camera but fatigue and other issues are clogging my mind at the moment. So, probably even by next Friday, I won't be able to post something new from my matchsticks project. Ah well...

#djinn #surreal #surrealism #panorama #panoramic #360 #360panorama #dark #infrared #darkness #conjure #conjuring #ghosts #spirits #goodmorning

Does anyone have access or own a copy of "African-American Holiness Pentecostal Movement: An Annotated Bibliography" by Sherry Sherrod DuPree? There is an entry in this book about a rootworker, & via GoogleBooks I can only read *one* page of their bio. #BookSky #Research #Conjure #WitchSky

The Five-Spot, Crossroads... Whatever name, this is place of portable power. Southern Conjure speaks of meeting "the Devil"/"The Big Black Man" there & through sacrifice he imbues the Conjure person with a gift(s). Classic musical storytelling! #WitchSky #FolkWitch #Conjure youtu.be/fgRZgx3jxHY?...

Black Spider Dumpling - Sold I...

Fascinating character from Frances Harper's "Okefinokee Album": Ben Yarborough, who was known not only as a "true swamper", Okefenokee guide, but also a Conjure Man. The story of him sending a conjure telegram is absolutely fascinating to me! #SwampSunday #Okefenokee #Conjure

Excerpt from Frances Harper's "Okefinokee Album"

STORIES OF THE CONJURE DOCTOR
When Hamp Mizell first met Ben Yarborough in the late 1890s, Ben was already in his middle eighties. Ben’s sons were singers and fiddlers who taught Hamp some of his first ballads. The Yarboroughs lived near Moniac, Georgia, on the headwaters of the St. Marys River. They knew the Mizells through the Primitive Baptist churches, which brought them together for association meetings and conferences. Hamp said that “when old Ben was eighty-five, he could dance and sing songs just as lively as his sons. Chewed tobacco all his life, and lived to ninety-six.” Like Dan’l Spikes, Ben became something of a local legend. Hamp related the following stories about Ben Yarborough’s “conjuring” powers.

Excerpt from Frances Harper's "Okefinokee Album"

STORIES OF THE CONJURE DOCTOR

Hamp never could quite figure out one of Uncle Ben’s conjure tricks—sending a telegram to find out how a sick person was getting along. Back in the 1890s a crew of men operated a dredging rig on the
Suwannee Canal, far off in the swamp. The story goes that Ben would roll back his left sleeve, extend his bare arm in the direction
of a sick person, and rub the arm with his right fingers till the vein swelled up to the size of Hamp’s finger. Then Ben would relay a message about the condition of the sick person, all the while observing his left arm with set jaws and solemn face. Hamp recalled, “Why, he’d find which direction the sick person lived in and point his hand and fingers in that direction. And he’d rub on the flat side of his arm—he’d
have the flat side of his arm up. And a few minutes after he commenced to rub, a big vein would strut up right down the full
length of his arm. Then he’d wet the tip of the middle finger. Then he’d commence to touch about on this vein with the tip of his finger. “And everywhere he’d touch would draw a knot—about as big as a buckshot—right on the vein. And that knot would beat just
like a pulse—you could see it beat. Then he’d let it beat for about ten minutes. Then he would tell you how the sick folks wasthat he was telegramming to.”
After Hamp told me about this unusual
feat, his sister Rhoda told how “a lot of
boys working on that Suwannee Canal
would give hi

Wonderful lore from the Okefenokee Swamp was collected by naturalist Francis Harper in his book "Okefinokee album". He visited our area repeatedly between 1912-1951. Love magic is a cornerstone of southern conjure!#SwampSunday #SwampSunday #OkefenokeeSwamp #FolkWitch #WitchSky #Conjure

From naturalist Francis Harper in his book "Okefinokee album". - Entry reads:
"How a Boy Can Tell If a Girl Loves Him
"We just gather a handful of love vine [Cuscuta compacta, an epiphyte] and locate us a bunch of bushes to put it on. Then we take it in our hands and take it around over our heads, throw it and let it lodge on those bushes. Then we name it a girl like we want to. If it lives, we figger she loves us. If it dies, we figger she don't. We take it this away around our head and throw it and not look back at the present time. We come back later on to see if it's died or lives"-Lang Johns."

Image showing the plant "love vine" [Cuscuta compacta] which was used in southern conjure for love spells.

It's not unusual to find monetary offerings in certain Southern graveyards. Bonaventure, in Savannah GA, featured in the novel/movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", is no exception. I took this photo back in 2009 - titled: "Hoodoo Hand" #TombTuesday #conjure #Georgia #FolkWitch #WitchSky

Within Southern Conjure, to include the tradition of hoodoo from the enslaved African Americans of the South, alligator paws are considered "lucky charms". The alligators "green" skin, and clasping paws used to grasp luck, money, success. 2/3 #SwampSunday #FolkWitch #Conjure #Witchsky

"in the dark water. He can hear a rustle of claws across dead things—down here, this deep, the light is violet, almost black." snippet from "Furnace" by Ed Madden (more info ALT) #SwampSunday #FolkWitch #Conjure #Witchsky 1 of 2

(To Snake Year Sisters) Born a #snake But from a human egg This is her year All the karma cleared Unlimited Done with ecdysis #Conjure up the power Unknown to non-believers 12 years of shedding Cosmic door revolving Winter may return one day So, carpe diem, she slithers away #BlueSkyRelay #VSS365

Graphic art of a baboon on the moon with the word “poetry”underneath.

I conjure you in dreams 'Though I don't know you anymore. A ghost Dwelling in the aether Far beyond my reach Who touched my soul in ways I can no longer describe. I awake to find I miss a face I never really saw. A love I never really had. #vss365 #conjure #poetry 🎨 Elihu Vedder

Fine art painting of a distraught Psyche, depicted as naked with transparent butterfly wings. She is outstretched on what appears to be an angel's wing, which is all we see of Cupid, who is fleeing after being betrayed by Psyche.

“Can’t you just #conjure it up: us & your mini-me running riot here?” said Jin.
“Needs some cosmetic work, but it’s structurally sound,” said Ari. “Do you really think we could make good parents?”
“Why wouldn’t we? When the time is right.”
Ari’s smile reached her eyes. #vss365

deliberate crack
at conjuring a new life
in sable darkness

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Monday Miscellany!

This week:
- Commandments in #Numbers 15
- Jesus and distance in #John 14
- #Judgment in #Revelation
- #Bible readings
- Book reviews: spirituality of #wine, #conjure tradition in America

Please read, share, and subscribe!

https://open.substack.com/pub/deverbovitae/p/monday-miscellany-2f2?r=14n9qk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Started to make my way through the "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs".

Spent more time than what I'd like to admit choosing the right #scheme and setting up #neovim with #conjure.
Only solved a few simple exercises, but I can see how flinging procedures around could be fun.

#sicp #lisp

#Authoritarianism #Expert #BreaksDown #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump's #MadisonSquareGarden #Rally

#RuthBenGhiat also #exposed the real #purpose a #claim repeatedly made at the event.

When speakers claimed that “#they” had tried to #assassinate #Trump, she responded: “The #purpose of this is to #conjure a #threat #environment sufficient to #justify #authoritarian #action if they win. Old #trick of those #planning #coups as well.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ruth-ben-ghiat-donald-trump-msg-rally_n_671f2c1ee4b0a55cb4cd824b

Zauberer
Sorcerer
Dezember 2021
#Zeichnungen -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/3219

#illustration #zeichnung #krita #gmic #zaubern #digital #sketch #drawing #conjure #art

Ein geistartiges Wesen mit einer Stahlkugel als Kopf präsentiert mit ausgebreiteten Armen einen weitern Stahlkopf und einen Napf vor einem flammenden Hintergrund.

A ghost-like creature with a steel ball for a head presents another steel head and a bowl on its outstretched arms in front of a flaming background.

Just thought you might like to know - I know you're a huge emacs guy, but the awesome #Conjure - https://github.com/Olical/conjure REPL for #neovim uses #fennel examples in its ConjureSchool tutorial! :)

@cjoly there's some real great info in there. Thanks!

I use #conjure, #aniseed, and #fennel which lets me eval raw code and see updates live in my #nvim editor.

If you are a lisper, this work flow works great, but for everyone else the above seems the way to go.

I will def integrate some of these techniques into my dot files...

candles burning, sing a psalm

roots aplenty, healing balm

poppets, juju, mojo bags,

florida water washrag

goofer dust and laying tricks

this is how I get my licks

#poem #poetry #conjure #rootwork #hoodoo #folklore #WritingCommunity #ZiraPhema

Is anyone writing #Guile #Scheme with #Neovim? I've tried #Conjure but printing of results to the repl doesn't work which doesn't make it a workable solution

#Conjure

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