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“And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.” Matthew 10:1-4 (ESV)
Hail Mary full of grace
Do not allow these broken bones to heal
Here, here treachery sleeps
In the broken marrow of a man
With an axe between his teeth
Hail Mary full of grace
No prophet will weep for me
Or for the cottage I’ve set on fire
It is meant to be. Every first born is to
Build a coffin from his own desires
Hail Mary full of grace
Here, here I sleep, in the devil’s goblet
This is my keep. It is warm here, it is home here
His lips curl around my body like a blanket
So say his pandemonium is what I seek
Hail Mary full of grace
Here is a seed that lies too deep
Planted with steady hands and a brother’s blood
Father, it is blooming.
Father, why do its branches twist in to his face?
Hail Mary full of grace
I come to you with a dry throat
The sound of your name like a trumpet blows
But no land wishes to home my bones
And the river of my baptize will only be soiled
Hail Mary full of grace
The feast is set and the hearth burns brighter.
Harsher. Seat me at the foot of your throne.
Bloodier. Seat me behind an angel’s flaming tongue.
Murderer. Seat me where the jackals sleep/
Hail Mary full of grace
The meat has been carved and laid for me
My skin bristles at its pepper, my eyes water
And stings. Betrays me with a single lick
Forgive me father for I have sinned
Hail Mary full of grace
Accept my contrition on the rosaries I wear
And not the beast I’m to supper
Deus meus, Deus meus, Deus meus
Noosphere Tatiana Plakhova
“Rather, evolution experiences jumps in complexity (such as the emergence of a self-reflective universe, or noosphere). The complexification of human cultures, particularly language, facilitated a quickening of evolution in which cultural evolution occurs more rapidly than biological evolution” ~ Vladimir Vernadsky
Biblical and Mythological Creatures ~Nephilim
The Nephilim were a race of giants that were produced by the sexual union of the sons of God (presumably fallen angels) and the daughters of men. Translated from the Hebrew texts, “Nephilim” means “fallen ones, giants”.The Nephilim were gigantic in stature. Their strength was prodigious and their appetites immense. According to tradition, the Nephilim had enormous psychic abilities. They performed levitation, mind control, and remote viewing. They had the power of pronouncing and removing curses and diseases, and had ways of knowing and predicting the future.
modern female angels / modern male angels“Angels are a spiritual being that is believed to be much more powerful than a human. Angels are composed of ethereal matter, thus allowing them to take on whichever physical form best suits their immediate needs. In Christian, Muslim, Jewish and other theologies an angel can be one who acts as a messenger, attendant or agent of God.”
and thus he saith: biblicallorenet’s weekly series
favourite verses from the Song of SolomonThy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Song of Solomon 4:5, 6:3, 6:10 (KJV)
One fateful day (last night), someone asked me what my favorite biblical stories were. …being a cradle Baptist, and having extensive knowledge about the Bible? guys, that’s a long list. the Bible is chock-full of underrated drama and badassness and over-the-top fantasy, okay? in no particular order:
FEMALE CHARACTERS - i would make a badass female character section but literally ALL of the female characters of the Bible are badass. all of them.
- Deborah and Jael: homicide is for girls
Deborah, prophetess judge and leader of Israel. Summoned a warrior to lead an army against an encroaching king. Dragged him when he tried to back out. As she prophesied, shortly after the battle, the last enemy general fled, found refuge in the tent of a woman named Jael. She gave him milk, a warm blanket, and a tent stake through the temple. paper on relation between deborah and egyptian goddess neith // poem inspired by it
- Miriam: who says political leaders can’t dance
a girl sends her little brother down the Nile in a basket to escape infant massacre. Sees an Egyptian princess find him, calls her mom, who gets him adopted as a prince. Helps lead a nation through the wilderness, periodically busts a move and a lung as worship leader.
- Rahab: fine, call me slut, but I just helped you capture a city, so suck my ass
agreed to hide Israelite spies and aid in the conquest of her city as long as she was spared. All of Jericho crumbled except her house. She was a prostitute. Jesus is descended from her. Friends, that’s how it’s done.
- Hagar: bros with an angel, mother of the Arab world. go fuck a cactus, Sarai
forced to fuck an 100-year old guy, ran away pregnant and befriended an angel in the desert, gave birth and had the kid taken away from her, got kicked out with him when he was a teen, saved his life with God’s help. I like her so much I’m writing prose on her
- Mary of Nazareth: just a small town girl, givin’ birth to the lord
one of the most underrated characters of the Bible. Peasant girl visited by a being with an electric voice and cold eyes, told that she will give birth to God (do you think she knew? do you think she knew xe was born to die) notbecauseofvictories annunciation prose
- Hadassah, or Esther: invites you to tea, has you hung
Jewish girl who was so hot she accidentally became queen of Babylon. The former queen, Vashti, was executed for refusing to be paraded naked before drunk men, and I love her and I want mythpoetry on her now. A racist official and her husband’s second-hand-guy wanted to massacre her nation. She found out, had him hung on the gallows he had constructed for her uncle. Over dinner.
MALE CHARACTERS
- Jonah: literally never stopped complaining
is called by God to tell the violent gays to turn from their sins, is terrified and tries to sail away from God, gets swallowed by a whale, watches the city of gays be swallowed by fire, complains about the sun
- Job, the bad luck brian who got wrecked by god
lucifer and god gambled over him. a good guy watches his entire family die of various causes, all of his wealth and possessions be destroyed in several ways, is afflicted with boils, yells at God, and gets fucking wrecked in a terrifying lecture from the Lord himself
- Paul, who did the fastest 360 you ever saw
a leading bounty hunter of Christians sees the error of his ways in a blinding flash on the way to Damascus, is given sight by mud and earns the trust and love of the very churches he sought to murder. Seeds churches, evades Roman capture, and periodically gets stoned. God breaks him out of prison.
CHARACTERS THAT CAN BE NON-BINARY
- God, Jesus, the Spirit: because genders are for nerds
God is not a he. Jesus is born male at birth, but as God, has no gender. The Spirit is literally a spirit. You can argue that since Adam was created in God’s own image, and Adam was created male at birth, that God is male - but that’s just not fun. I personally like the “the Spirit is pangender, Jesus is genderfluid, God is agender” headcanon.
- the angels & demons & nephilim (born when demons fucked ladies): because genders are for human nerds
Angels have no gender; they’re referred to at times as male, but. That’s no fun, is it?
RELATIONSHIPS THAT CAN BE QUEER
- Jesus/Peter, Jesus/John, Jesus/Mary Magdalene: please, no
I refuse this because it’s literally not possible Jesus is God it would be blasphemous how could God romantically love one human above all the rest then again I am not one to talk about blasphemy
- David/Jonathan: politician’s son fucks a band boy
some controversy about this based on specific words used in passages, and I interpret them as no romo, but we need more gays in the Bible for religious queers, so - fine. An crown heir apparent and a shepherd boy become either bros or baes. David married several other women later on, so he could be bi.
- (Boaz)/Ruth/Naomi: the resident intergenerational/gay/ot3
a woman leaves her land to marry, then pledges to leave her new home with her mother-in-law after her husband and his father and brother die, then married a relative she doesn’t know after a fairly romantic courting process while picking grain, is married with the handover of a dusty sandal.
ROYAL/ROMAN STORIES
- King Joash: and you that you had a crappy family
his grandma massacred his entire family, tried to usurp the throne. Ascended the throne at age 7.
- Elijah, the prophet who bro-fought other prophets and WON
okay, don’t fucking get me started on poets “”“reclaiming””” Queen Jezebel. PLEASE go for Vashti instead. Jezebel was a horrible human being. She massacred Elijah’s fellow prophets. He live in secret, fed by birds and an endless supply of oil, brought about a drought curse. Elijah ascended in a flaming chariot, left behind a magic cloak. And let’s not forget the fucking time he challenged 850 prophets to a whose-god-responds-faster match. He won.
- Hosea and Gomer: the dude with the cheating wife
Homer: prophet. Gomer: prostitute. He loved her. God told him to marry her. She ran away. It broke his heart. She came back. Romantic, etc.
- Peter and the disciples receive the gift of tongues / God shows Peter a holy net full of animals he can eat: it turns out, pork is good
a group of people praying secretly in a room receive the ability to speak in all languages at once, look up in cold shock and see licks of fire dancing over each other’s heads
- if you’re into romance
- and, of course, the entire fucking book of song of solomon, which is truly erotic poetry no religious leader wants to admit to
I could go on forever but this is long enough. The Bible doesn’t get enough love.
rise, eve, call the shadows to your side
cast away the false promise of your redemption [ x }
for the bible tells me so: L A Z A R U S O F B E T H A N Y
“When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out.’ The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, ‘Unbind him, and let him go.’” John 11:1-44 (ESV)
