hurts

... to protect her. I was supposed to save her. I was supposed to save her. Jesus. I'm taking the little pin-pricks of guilt, the small things, and I'm digging them in. Like the hooks the flagellants use. Because of the guilt I feel over failing her. I was supposed to protect her. She needed me. But they say she was happy. Fuck. I will never be thoughtless again. If I ever lose anyone again, I'll...

"Queen of Revels" short story now live

...influence among many in history. One of the debates among the immortals is what secrets to tell humans, and particularly, the use of physical ordeal rituals to achieve altered states of consciousness. In this expanded story, Eb is the guardian angel of this idea, running from the Dionysian rituals in ancient Greece to the medieval flagellants to the flagellation brothels to the modern BDSM scene.

Русские телемиты

РУССКИЕ ТЕЛЕМИТЫ Зовущий нас телемитами не ошибается, лишь если воистину вникает в это слово. Ибо в нём Три Ступени – Отшельник, и Влюблённый, и Человек на Земле. (Алистер Кроули. «Книга Закона») Он был весьма одарённым поэтом и, пожалуй, самым большим эпатажником ХХ века. Бесстрашным экспериментатором в области употребления психотропных веществ и не ведущим страха ...

Русские телемиты

РУССКИЕ ТЕЛЕМИТЫ Зовущий нас телемитами не ошибается, лишь если воистину вникает в это слово. Ибо в нём Три Ступени – Отшельник, и Влюблённый, и Человек на Земле. (Алистер Кроули. «Книга Закона») Он был весьма одарённым поэтом и, пожалуй, самым большим эпатажником ХХ века. Бесстрашным экспериментатором в области употребления психотропных веществ и не ведущим страха ...

Sydney Pollack - filmmaker, actor, exact man

... Forms of sacred music which developed during the late 13th century included the motet, conductus, discant, and clausulae. One unusual development was the Geisslerlieder, the music of wandering bands of flagellants during two periods: the middle of the 13th century (until they were suppressed by the Church); and the period during and immediately following the Black Death, around 1350, when their ...

Мы к вам приедем, мы вас отпиздим... (с)

...: 11; Rear Armour: 10; 2 Arm Mounted Flamers 1 Penitent Engine (Heavy Support) @ 80 Pts      Front Armour: 11; Side Armour: 11; Rear Armour: 10; 2 Arm Mounted Flamers 6 Arco-flagellants (Elites) @ 210 Pts 1 Eversor Assassin (Elites) @ 95 Pts      Eversor Temple; Executioner Pistol; Power Weapon; Meltabombs;      Neuro-Gauntlet; Combat Drugs 1 Death Cult Assasins (Elites) @ 40 Pts      Close ...

(Original) Epilogue

... play chess, I can’t help but remember his mother and hope that wherever she is, she can see that her son is happy at last. It’s been a long time since I stopped my bambino from leaving with the flagellants, and though he still believes there is a god somewhere, he is no longer tormented by guilt. At last he is free. And I am free too, of my need to control his every move, of my fear to lose ...

... poor, crowded living conditions influence the spreading of disease. Temporary economic decline à decline of serfdom and manorial system Superstion and hysteria Religious fanatics à flagellants à beat their bodies Persecution of the jews for “causing plague” Anti-Jewish Riots à Pogroms The Rise of National Monarchy: England 100 Years War...