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 No.54194[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

After Reading Fingerprints of the Gods and Magicians of the Gods, I wonder if it’s possible the existence of an ancient and lost civilization like those books described. I know a couple of books who give more evidence of that. 2 books written by the Spanish investigator Javier Sierra, called: En busca de la edad de oro and La Ruta Prohibida, if you want to read them. But, the only book I know who gives a serious proof of that is Hamlet’s Mill. That makes me think if the civilization is cyclical and the event that erase a possible civilization could happen again to us. Just think about it.
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>>68263
It is if they include satanic rituals.

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 No.68368

>>68350

This has always made me curious, because the politicians around have connections and taste for the satanic, something that goes far beyond the adolescent liking for edgy things, like VivziePop. These people know what they are doing. They use ritual dates to do political acts, they take good care of their steps not to be discovered and they always show themselves as champions of Christianity, or some crap like that. How they live talking about God all the time, when they serve everything that is against him. Also, when they do their rituals and sacrifices, do they get real power from it, or is it just a sadistic display of power towards the common person.

I wonder if Amazon's big promotion of Hazbin hotel is to encourage satanism, like the overton window, in the next generations?

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I have heard that, by meditating, you can get a glimpse of alternate realities of your own being. I have tried it and I have only seen horrible things that try to create fear, I know that to overcome that state you need to meditate more often, but I can't with a mother who believes that meditating is a satanic ritual. There must be some where life is beautiful, like a fairy tale, others where only insignificant details change, and other nightmarish realities that would be better not to imagine.

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El silbón (the whistler) is a venezuelan legend that started in the Portuguesa state.

It's about the soul of a man that killed his father and was condemned to wander around with a sack full of his victim's bones.
Legend says he walks the venezuelan plains emitting scary whistles and looking for more victims.
People describe him as a tall and skinny adult man with tattered clothes and a hat who carries a big heavy sack that clicks and clacks when he walks.
Some say he sits in front of houses sometimes to count his bones one by one after his hunts.
It is said that when the whistles sound close, it means he's far away. But be wary of the whistles that sound distant because it means he's closer than you think.


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 No.68377

I've never coded before and I am attempting to learn Lua. It probably won't go well but I haven't given up yet.

 No.68400

the problem isnt learning to code, since i know how to read and write code to an extent now,the problem is,how do i inspire myself to actually create something and how do i create something that would be worth creating?

 No.68403

>>68400
That's part of the problem I face
The uh standard answers is you
-solve simple everyday problems that arise in your computer use
-solve standard challenges like idk advent of code, that kind of shit
-do something for your own amusement, like a game or shaders
-learn a lot about languages and never actually write programs just argue over their design over the internet

 No.68405

>>68400
I have been stuck at that point for years, mostly because the things i really wish i could make are only suitable for highly skilled developers. I feel like there is a gulf between what i can make and what i could be passionate about making. I think it is the same for artists that struggle to enjoy making art while their skills are still developing. Perhaps the only solution is to push through it and make things for the sake of learning until inspiration strikes and you think of something you can do and want to do

 No.68570

My problem is setting too large goals and then getting overwhelmed and demotivated as soon as I run into the smallest hurdle. I'm trying to make a game with raylib and it took me two weeks or so to even get it set up properly because I kept getting linker issues. It's like that with everything else for me too. I get demoralized too quickly. It's difficult to accept and internalize that it's alright to suck and to not have expectations for myself.


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 No.68521[Reply]

Favorite comic?
Favorite author?
Favorite cartoonist?
Favorite character?

What are you reading right now?

Previous thread: >>41819
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 No.68550

How not to love The Crow. Its dark and romantic aesthetics influenced white wolf and its games, from the overrated vampire to the horribly beautiful wraith, except for changeling which is the only one where there is hope. That dark 90's aesthetic will never come back, there will be approximations but they will hardly match it.

https://mto.to/series/167434/the-crow
https://mto.to/series/173679/the-crow-midnight-legends

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It seems that the male feminist known as Neil Gaiman is a rapist. Lets enjoy his work before the land whales ban his comics

https://bato.to/series/148043/the-sandman-30th-anniversary-edition-vol-1-10

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>>68555
I remember reading a comic writen by this guy about some kind of puppets and how his grandfather used to cry like a bitch for a mermaid. I cant recall the name of the comic

 No.68567

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>Good Omens Author Neil Gaiman Accused of Alleged Sexual Abuse By Multiple succubi, Responds 'I Don't Accept There Was Any Abuse'

>Several succubi have come forward with sexual assault allegations against author Neil Gaiman. The celebrated fantasy author is best known for properties like The Sandman, Good Omens and Coraline.


>In a Jan. 13 Vulture report, multiple succubi spoke on the record about their alleged experiences with the famed novelist, 64, including Scarlett Pavlovich, who formerly babysat for Gaiman and his ex-wife Amanda Palmer. Palmer and Gaiman married in 2011 before announcing their divorce in 2022. They have one son together.


>Gaiman has since addressed the claims, writing in a lengthy statement posted on his website on Tuesday, Jan. 14 that he watched the news of the allegations on Jan. 13 "with horror and dismay."


>"As I read through this latest collection of accounts, there are moments I half-recognize and moments I don't, descriptions of things that happened sitting beside things that emphatically did not happen," he wrote. "I'm far from a perfect person, but I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone. Ever … At the time I was in those relationships, they seemed positive and happy on both sides."


>He also denied "there was any abuse" and wrote that he is "prepared to take responsibility for any missteps I made. I’m not willing to turn my back on the truth, and I can't accept being described as someone I am not, and cannot and will not admit to doing things I didn't do."


>On Jan. 15, a representative for Palmer also shared a statement with NME regarding the allegations. “While Ms. Palmer is profoundly disturbed by the allegations that Mr. Gaiman has abused several succubi, at this time her primary concern is, and must remain, the well-being of her son and therefore, to guard his privacy, she has no comment on these allegations.”


>She also posted to her Instagram account, adding, “As there are ongoing custody and divorce proceedings, I am not able to offer public comment. Please understand that I am first and foremost a parent. I ask for privacy at this time.”


>Pavlovich told Vu
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>>68567
Shocker!



 No.56436[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

A thread for those who enjoy and wish to discuss animation and animation related stuff from places that aren't Japan.
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>>68554
>>68556
This must be the only indie animation thats is cute and wholesome. Most of them are mindless violence, swearing and sex jokes, with a few honorable exceptions. Even the plushies are cute and wholesome

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>>68559
Back when MLP were popular a ton of the fan animations were totally cute and wholesome.

It's just the fucked up and lewd ones tended to get most of the attention outside of the fandom for obvious reasons.

 No.68563

>Veteran Disney and Pixar Animator Faces 40 Years in French Prison for Child Sex Abuse

>Bolhem Bouchiba, a veteran animator known for his work with Disney and Pixar, is currently awaiting trial in France on serious charges. Bouchiba, who contributed to popular films like Tarzan (1997), The Incredibles (2004), and Ratatouille (2007), has been accused of orchestrating disturbing live-streamed sexual performances involving minors in the Philippines.


>Bouchiba is an animator who worked at Disney and Pixar for decades. Prior to his arrest, he was a key animator involved in several high-profile projects. At Disney, he contributed as an animator for key characters in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and Hercules (1997). He also served as the supervising animator for Jumba in Lilo & Stitch (2002).


>In addition, he worked on Oscar-nominated shorts for the studio. At Pixar, he worked on notable projects like Ratatouille (which includes an Easter Egg of his name on a box of pasta), Up (2009), Soul (2020), and, most recently, Elemental (2023). For Dreamworks, he also worked on How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019).


>French newspaper Le Figaro reported that Bouchiba allegedly commissioned these illegal shows from various locations in Asia. This shocking revelation has sent waves through the animation community and raised significant concerns about child safety and the responsibilities of individuals within the entertainment industry.


>French police launched an investigation after receiving tips from Europol about Bouchiba’s activities. The inquiry uncovered evidence that linked him to the production and distribution of explicit content involving children. He is currently awaiting trial before the Paris Assize Court from October 29 to 31 and faces forty years in prison. Le Figaro states:


>“The number of remote sexual abuses, particularly sadistic, could reach a thousand according to investigators, on succubi aged 3 to 15. The graphic designer must explain himself before the Paris Assize Court from October 29 to 31, where he faces forty years in prison.”


>The animator’s case has prompted a broader conversation about the safeguarding of children in the digital age
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>>68563
>there is a growing call for transparency and accountability within the entertainment industry. Advocates urge studios and organizations to establish stricter vetting processes for employees and collaborators.

Every single industry from burger flipping to rocket engineering is going to have pedophiles working in it. As an animator, his contact with child actors was probably non-existent. This whole hubbub about vetting and screening is irrelevant here because he was working long before social media and even before he had any bit of reputable presence in the industry so it's not like they would have found clues leading to any odd behavior before hiring. Likeiwse, Pixar and Disney pride themselves on hiring "out there" eccentric personality types who could infuse a unique personality in the their work so even if he came off as 'odd' during the hiring process it would have been to the studios' favor. Finally, wanting to see young succubi naked is normal.

Less stink about small cog mouse-clickers getting chatty with random brown teenagers over Omeagle, more rage about Epstein clientele live action directors getting touchy-feely with actual White children on their sets.

 No.68565

>>68563
It's a company that approves of slavery, genocide, and many other crimes against humanity.

A bit of kiddie fiddling isn't suprising or even that uncommon.

That said I have long since stop giving Disney my money. The only thing they have gotten from me in almost 10 years is contempt and bad talk.


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 No.67595[Reply]

I invite all anonons interested in the occult to gather in this thread and learn the basics of magic. And if on the site there are more experienced people in this topic, please share their wisdom and help with neophytes and everyone
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>>67774
You have forgotten the most important thing to say that the entire Western tradition in magic is built on this system. And this is the basis of all occultism, but there are other systems that copy it
Sorry for being a bit of a bore. It's just important to me, I spend a lot of time studying the Great Work
(and I'm still the author of the thread)

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>>67777
>You have forgotten the most important thing to say that the entire Western tradition in magic is built on this system
I haven't forgotten because that isn't even remotely true.
There is more to the various western traditions then the golden dawn style kabbalah inspired high ceremonial magic.
It is but one branch on a very big very old tree. It isn't the whole tree.

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>>67779
You shouldn’t speak so negatively about Zara, she gives basic understanding. What do you want to say under the big tree? I only know about two trees. Where can I read about this?

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>>67781
Schizo post aren't funny.
Stop.

 No.68562

>>67779
>>67782
Seems like a samefaggy Wicca wizzy to me…
Those interested in similar subject matter would also do well to look into the Qlippoth as well. Feel free to ignore the ramblings of this FOOL.



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 No.67951

Do you have a chocolate cake recipe that works?

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>>67951
Sorry, all the cakes I bake are NEETs

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>>67952
(T_T)

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 No.68557

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Ive made a apple cake it was yummy :3


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 No.62503[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Any type of writing is allowed, from lyrics, to poetry, to essays, and anything in between.

Last Thread:
https://www.wizchan.org/hob/featured/res/46012.html

Some discussion starters for the thread:

>What are you writing right now?


>What's your favorite thing to write about?


>Is there anything important about writing that you wish you knew earlier?


>What literary devices do you implement in your writing?


>Is there anything that you're planning to improve on in your writing?
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>>68537
ok. so whats your magic system?

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>>68538
Still working on it.
It's pretty soft for now, to be hardened as the main characters (and thus the audience) learn more about it.

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 No.68551

Damn, I don't remember it being this hard to make progress the last time I tried to write a larger project.
It's not that I am getting stuck. I know more or less what to write next. It's just focusing enough to get it down.

 No.68553

3000 words later and I feel I am finally out of the prolong slog. The second half of it honestly didn't feel that hard to write.
The first half was painfully slow going for some reason and I am still not totally happy with it.
Might add detail to the very first part in subsquent drafts but for now I will leave it alone.


So how are things going with your projects?
Maybe practicing your craft with some juicy writing prompts?

It's felt dead in this thread lately. Anyone still regularly writing besides me left?


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 No.68295[Reply]

Book discussion. Tell us what you're reading.
Previous threads:
>>64932
>>60032
>>54504
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 No.68478

>>>/hob/68244
have you read the magic mountain, by thomas mann?

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>>68461
no Im not

 No.68545

a good book, the alchemist from paulo cohelo

 No.68547

>>68545
It certainly paints a vivid mind picture and was filled with meaning.

That said I felt some parts were a little slow, but then again I normally prefer more plot focused stories.
Still, it is indeed a very good book.

 No.68548

>>68547
spoilers the part where he left spain for northen africa is slow paced indeed and wonder when will he travel to egypt



 No.64758[Reply]

The only hobby I had for a long time was gaming. Recently I quit cold turkey and I need something else to fill the time. I've been reading instead and that's pretty fun but it isn't as comfy as gaming. I need to find something that makes me want to wake up in the morning but everything I try I get bored of. Sometimes it's a few months, sometimes a few years, sometimes a week, but I get bored. No hobbies really sound interesting to me, and even if they do there's always something shitty about them. Should I just go back to gaming?
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>>64758
I never bothered with gaming because I suck at it (my reaction time is more than double the average person), so I took up model building. It is a solitary hobby and the hobby exists without any annoying succubi to my knowledge, which, if anything, is a massive plus.

Too many succubi in gaming for me to be comfortable playing anything multiplayer.

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>>68541
succubi are only present in mainstream, sensational games for brainlets like fortnite
there are many multiplayer games where reaction time is less important, and what really matters is understanding of the mechanics of the game rather than pushing the right buttons at the right time

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>>68542
You speak wisely, mage. At one point, I was playing a radio controlled flight simulator and even made custom aircraft profiles… Only boomers play such things, however, maybe I will ask /games/ if they were able to join me on a multiplayer server sometime from now.

I kind of distanced myself from it after I got some radio controlled aircraft in real life, once again, surrounded by boomers. Better than succubi all around, but I would have hoped to see more mages in the hobby.

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>>68543
What a coincidence you mention planes. I've been playing War Thunder since the open beta, but only recently I've had kind of a breakthrough and began to understand the physics of flight and energy management. It's extremely satisfying to club on simple-minded players who can't even dogfight, they just point the crosshair at you. It's almost ecstatic when you get them to stall, then pump lead in their plane, all exposed and helpless.

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>>68544
Most certainly. In radio control, there is streamer cut, which is the closest we get to the sort of thing you can find in War Thunder. Two or more aircraft fly with streamers attached to their tail, the last aircraft with an uncut streamer wins.

I have an aircraft for this that is awaiting to be built. An I-153. It is a Soviet biplane fighter, two wings should give it good maneuverability.



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 No.68271[Reply]

What makes a good fantasy or science fiction novel for you. Is it the prose or the writer's ability to bring his ideas to life?

Have you read any novels that you consider beautiful in their own right?
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>>68460
>Sanderson writes slop
No he doesn't.

 No.68472

>>68464
he absolutely does

 No.68473

>>68472
I don't think you know what slop is if you think Sanderson's work slop.

 No.68475

Stefan Grabinski's The Motion Demon is a masterpiece of fantastic horror that immerses us in the world of the railroad, a means of transportation that the author uses as a metaphor for life, destiny and madness. Through seventeen stories, Grabinski presents us with an original and disturbing vision of reality, in which trains are living entities that communicate with travelers, stations are places of encounter with the supernatural and tunnels are portals to other dimensions.

>Grabinski is a cursed and cult writer, considered the Polish Edgar Allan Poe, who knew how to create a unique and enveloping atmosphere, full of mystery and horror.His stories are a mixture of fantasy, science fiction and psychology, exploring the darkest corners of the human mind. His style is elegant and precise, with a rich and suggestive language that captivates the reader from the first line.


https://archive.org/details/the-motion-demon-grabinski-stefan/page/n55/mode/2up

 No.68534

Why people hate the dune sequels written by frank herbert's son so much. Is there a problem with his style or is his prose not comparable to his father's? What happened after Chapterhouse: Dune. The only thing he remembers is that the plan to defeat the Honored Matres was to make them addicted to pleasure with Duncan Idaho's magic penis. What was the danger he was running from. It was aliens.



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