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I’ve been a cop for 8 years and have multiple MMA, kickboxing and BJJ fights. I’m also a DT instructor

there’s always been a big disconnect between fighting on the streets and fighting in the ring. reality based guys think that ring fighting is worthless and MMA guys will fold the second eye pokes and groin kicks are brought into the mix

MMA guys think reality based guys never spar and have no ability because if the did they would complete.

what both parties fail to take into account is that if you’re a trained fighter the your opponent may not be the biggest danger. the environment is. a take down into a brick wall may cause just as much damage to you as your opponent. using your head to base out on pavement can crack your skull open. a tree branch may cause you to fall and split your head open. Hell an errant car can squish you to death real quick.

So if you are training for reality based self defense you really need to practice environmental awareness

I’ve been trying to quit using nicotine products for about 15 years with varying levels of success and I was thinking of invoking Aratron to help with this. anyone ever try something similar?

Now I have to wait until she’s at work to shower because every time she sees me naked she jumps my bones and I’m physically exhausted all the time. as the old saying goes. men want a woman with a high sex drive until they actually get a woman with a high sex drive.

plz send help

So the evocation method is incredibly simple which is nice. But it’s not always practical to be able to do the evocation first thing in the morning for various reasons.

in the opinion of those who are experienced with the Arbatel, is evoking at the later hours on the day off the spirit as effective? could I evoke Bethor on a Thursday in the hour of Jupiter at 9pm as opposed to 5 am for example?

I’ve been a big fan of legal eagle for years and it guts me to do this, but hearing them start schilling for ANY AI is a hard no go for me.

AI will steadily encroach and take over absolutely EVERYTHING unless we put a stop to it. I encourage anyone to immediately and vocally unfollow any content creator who starts promoting an AI tool. It’s the only way this will be stopped. #cancelAI

When I pray to the gods I always feel a little awkward when I come to the end of my prayer. like theres something I should be doing or saying to formally end it. Anyone have something like that they use? basically a heathen version of “AMEN”

my wife is currently tapering of citalopram (with her psychiatrists approval) mainly due to side effects. we were thinking of having her take Saint John’s wort as, from my research it can be as effect as other SSRIs without the side effects.

I know SJW can have a dangerous interaction with SSRIs so how long should she wait before taking it once she’s completely off the SSRI

Given NASAs plans to start exploring/colonizing the moon it’s not outside the realm of possibility that moon dust, from the actual moon, may one day in the near future be available as a spell ingredient. So I’m curious, what uses could you get out of it? would it be a supercharged lunar correspondence or would it have its own unique correspondenc. What sort of risks or rewards would it have?

This is theoretical for now but I thought it would be a fun discussion

Given NASAs plans to start exploring/colonizing the moon it’s not outside the realm of possibility that moon dust, from the actual moon, may one day in the near future be available as a spell ingredient. So I’m curious, what uses could you get out of it? would it be a supercharged lunar correspondence or would it have its own unique correspondenc. What sort of risks or rewards would it have?

This is theoretical for now but I thought it would be a fun discussion

Given NASAs plans to start exploring/colonizing the moon it’s not outside the realm of possibility that moon dust, from the actual moon, may one day in the near future be available as a spell ingredient. So I’m curious, what uses could you get out of it? would it be a supercharged lunar correspondence or would it have its own unique correspondenc. What sort of risks or rewards would it have?

This is theoretical for now but I thought it would be a fun discussion

so I’ve been doing runic meditation for the last few months and every time I try and connect with the ing rune, the the rune of Freyr (ing) I feel like there’s some sort of block that keeps me from having any connection. Has anyone ever experienced this sort of thing? normally when I meditate on a rune ideas and thoughts about it come readily to me but with ing it feels like there’s a brick wall

so I’ve been doing runic meditation for the last few months and every time I try and connect with the ing rune, the the rune of Freyr (ing) I feel like there’s some sort of block that keeps me from having any connection. Has anyone ever experienced this sort of thing? normally when I meditate on a rune ideas and thoughts about it come readily to me but with ing it feels like there’s a brick wall

evidence: Truthiness

so I’ve been making offerings of mead and whiskey to Odin for several months now. I make my own mead which I feel is a more personal offering because the effort I put into making it. problem is I’m almost out of my home made mead and my next batch won’t be ready for another 3 months.

in the meantime I recently came into a rather large amount of scotch my late father in law left behind (he was a prepper and decided whiskey was apparently very important for TEOTWAWKI.

getting this scotch involved absolutely no effort on my part and I don’t really drink scotch that often so I feel like I’m not sacrificing anything by giving it to Odin. On the other hand whiskey is often said to be one of his preferred offerings.

so my question is, do you feel that offerings requiring sacrifices of time/money/effort etc are more meaningful than stuff you just have?

so I made a wand last year from a branch that fell of the River birch in my front yard. Unfortunately the birch is growing into my house and the power lines and needs to come down before it causes anymore damage.

just on an intuitive level I dont feel right using a wand from a tree I’m about to cut down so I want to dispose of the wand respectfully but I’m not 100% sure of the best way to do it. any tips? The only thing that comes to mind is thanking the wand and burning it in a fire but I’m open to ideas