The Dark Shadows of Wynter

Narrow minds

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:08:54 +0200

Annoyed, saddened and disbelief are some of the words that came to mind, as I read an email sent to me by angry Christians, urging me to forward this email to “ALL CHRISTIANS”, to boycott Woolworths and to pray for their (woolworths) demise.

I sat wide-eyed reading these ignorant responses. All because a supermarket marked hot cross buns safe for the Muslim community to eat. Yes safe to eat, and not prayed upon as the email states. Do these Christians really believe that Jesus would mind that a bread product that is merely a symbol of Christianity be eaten and enjoyed by other religions?

Woolworths, knowing their consumers realised that the buns are enjoyed by people other than Christians and did the responsible thing of making sure the hot cross buns were certified safe for Muslim consumption.

Focus on peace, on healing a broken world, on what you can do to improve the life of another, no matter what your or their belief is. Don’t waste your time and energy on petty things.

To those who still insist on advocating this ‘Hot Cross Bun Crusade’ ponder this; 1: Jesus is featured in the Koran. 2: The hot cross bun’s origins lay with the Saxons, who ate it to honour their goddess Eostre. The cross divided the bun into four sections, representing the four phases of the moon.

Blessed Be

Falling To Pieces

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:42:04 +0200

Falling To Pieces

Beware! Black Cat Enchantment! It is well know that if a black...

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:43:44 +0200

Beware! Black Cat Enchantment!

It is well know that if a black cat crosses your path, your are doomed to have bad luck. To protect yourself against this ill fate do the following:
Spit on the ground, turn yourself around (counter-clockwise) three times, and retrace your last thirteen steps. If at all possible choose an alternate route to your destination. Chant the following:

Black Cat, i do pray,
Bring me luck and bless my way
Do not choose to bring me harm
Let me pass with this small charm.

If a Black Cat stops in your path, a simple stroke along the back as a gesture of kindness will go a long way toward the effectiveness of the charm.

ghoulnextdoor: Haunted door (by Tackli) Dreamed of a certain...

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:04:56 +0300

ghoulnextdoor:

Haunted door (by Tackli)

Dreamed of a certain door upon which I developed a strange and certain fixation. The conversation was as simple as “hey, see that door over there?” And just like that - instant obsession. I never saw anyone go in or out of it, and I didn’t know what might have been behind it…but all the same I could not stop thinking of it. I must have woken up 2-3 times last night and fallen back into different dreams, but the door was present in all of them.

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than..."

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:10:52 +0300

“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly… To listen to stars and buds, to babes and sages, with open heart; await occasions, hurry never—this is my symphony.”

- William Henry Channing

(via elige)

Aurora and the creepy tree

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:03:27 +0300

Aurora and the creepy tree

Take it away. I never had it anyway.

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:14:13 +0300

Take it away. I never had it anyway.

~Hunstanton Lighthouse at night~

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:50:39 +0300

~Hunstanton Lighthouse at night~

"Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality. ♥"

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:01:22 +0300

“Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality. ♥”

- Emily Dickinson

Photo

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:17:25 +0300

"Said A Sheet Of Snow-White Paper...."

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:29:41 +0300

Said a sheet of snow-white paper, “Pure was I created and pure I will remain forever. I would rather be burnt and turn to white ashes, than to suffer darkness to touch me or the unclean to come near me.”

The ink-bottle heard way the paper was saying, and it laughed in its dark heart, but it never dared to approach her. And the multicoloured pencils heard her also, and they never came near her.

And the snow-white sheet of paper did remain pure and chaste forever - pure and chaste and empty.
Kahlil Gibran
The Forerunner

Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes, but...

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:57:17 +0300

Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes, but it cannot hide love fromt the soul. Kahlil Gibran

African Sunset (DSW)

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:54:44 +0300

African Sunset (DSW)

Beach huts (DSW)

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:49:26 +0300

Beach huts (DSW)

Evil Angel

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:55:11 +0300

Evil Angel

Formation (DWS)

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:57:00 +0300

Formation (DWS)

Cosmic Love

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:48:21 +0300

And in the dark
I can hear your heartbeat
And I tried to find the sound
But then it stopped
And I was in the darkness
So darkness I became
~ Florence and the Machine

Rock Concert Silhouette (dw)

Thu, 26 May 2011 16:47:13 +0300

Rock Concert Silhouette (dw)

Haiku

Mon, 23 May 2011 15:14:39 +0300

Cloud Burst ~ A Flood Of Lies ~ Don’t Believe A Word

Clock Tower (DWS)

Sun, 22 May 2011 22:24:00 +0300

Clock Tower (DWS)