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2024.06.09 09:34 GoAheadMMDay The Jewish religion originated in Egypt.. and was restructured in Babylon
Before we begin, let me say I love the Jewish people and Christians, and I consider all of them my brothers and sisters, as I do all people from all religions and walks of life. We are all God's beloved children. submitted by GoAheadMMDay to conspiracy_posts [link] [comments] I thoroughly cherish the ancient wisdom contained in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, and in the sacred books of other faiths as well. Yet over the course of several decades, I discovered several inaccurate teachings which I would like to review. It may not be what most people consider a "conspiracy". Nevertheless, these misconceptions must be revealed for the truth to be known. Egyptian origins Judaism - the Jewish religion - originated in ancient Egypt. A mixed group of people from multiple nationalities, including Egyptian, were expelled from Egypt, taking Egyptian beliefs and practices with them, including Egyptian temple designs. This theory has been around for nearly a hundred years. Sigmund Freud, the famous Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis who lived from 1856 to 1939, wrote about Judaism's link to ancient Egypt in 1939, the final year of his life. From Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten: "One of the first to mention this [theory] was Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in his book Moses and Monotheism.[235] Basing his arguments on his belief that the Exodus story was historical, Freud argued that Moses had been an Atenist priest who was forced to leave Egypt with his followers after Akhenaten's death. Freud argued that Akhenaten was striving to promote monotheism, something that the biblical Moses was able to achieve.[235] Following the publication of his book, the concept entered popular consciousness and serious research.[240][241]" In this post, I will provide my own arguments supporting Freud's proposition. I started thinking about the link between ancient Israel and ancient Egypt many years ago during my Bible studies. I was also fascinated with the histories of ancient Egypt, Sumer, Babylon, and others. Over the years, I began noticing some very significant overlapping beliefs that cannot be dismissed. Some of these points are already known and hotly debated; others are my own observations. I will be brief, however. This topic is absolutely huge in scope - covering history, archeology and religion. If I were to cover the topic to its fullest extent, it would be a book. I will spare you that torture and simply give you the abridged version. My purpose? I put this out there for debate and further research. The exodus out of Egypt In the late 1300's BC, a large group migrated out of Egypt in what is known as "the exodus". The exodus out of Egypt Who were the people who left Egypt in the exodus? The Bible claims they were almost all Israelites who were living in misery in Egypt. But there is good reason to believe the majority were actually Egyptians, as I explain later. Black box - where the exodus settled The group who left Egypt eventually settled between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, forming the nation of Israel. Three major similarities Several similarities exist between ancient Israel's religion and ancient Egypt's religion. These similarities are so striking, I propose the Jewish religion actually originated in Egypt, and was brought out of Egypt in the exodus. • 1) Let's start with the most glaring similarity... the temples. Ancient Egyptian temple Key features of the ancient Egyptian temple: a) outer courtyard, b) two large pillars at front entrance, c) a grand hall, d) an inner shrine with statue. Left - Moses' tabernacle / Right - Solomon's temple Key features of Moses' tabernacle and Solomon's temple: a) outer courtyard, b) two large pillars at front entrance, c) first hall called "the Holy Place", d) an inner sanctuary called "the Most Holy Place" where the Ark of the Covenant was housed. The similarities between ancient Egypt's temples and Judaism's designs are too similar to dismiss. I conclude those who left Egypt in the exodus brought with them Egypt's temple designs. • 2) Animal sacrifice is another similarity I propose was brought out of Egypt in the exodus. "...some of the earliest archeological evidence suggesting animal sacrifice comes from Egypt." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_sacrifice • 3) Lastly, in agreement with Sigmund Freud noted above, I propose Jewish monotheism (worship of one god) was also brought out of Egypt by the migrants who left in the exodus. Monotheism from Egypt? Wasn't Egypt polytheistic, worshipping multiple deities? Not always. Egypt had briefly experimented with the worship of one God who was without form. And this period of monotheism in Egypt lines-up perfectly with the time of the exodus. Egypt's brief experiment with monotheism There was a brief period in Egypt's history when monotheism flourished. This was during the reign of Akhenaten, around the middle 1300's BC. Prior to this, Egypt had always practiced polytheism. But Akhenaten reformed Egyptian religion, focusing on one god instead - "Aten" - who was elevated to supreme god, and "the sole god of the Egyptian state religion". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aten There is much debate over exactly how monotheism was practiced during that time. As Wikipedia explains - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten: "The views of Egyptologists differ as to whether the religious policy was absolutely monotheistic, or whether it ws monolatristic, syncretistic, or henotheistic.[14][15] This culture shift away from traditional religion was reversed after his death." For this post, it does not matter how narrow or how broad Akhenaten's monotheism really was. What matters in this discussion is that Akhenaten's reign was an interruption in Egypt's religious system. Akhenaten reformed Egyptian religion, which did not sit well with the traditional priestly class. After Akhenaten died, Egypt returned to its previous religious system. Akhenaten was vilified, his images chiselled and defaced. Wikipedia adds: "They discredited Akhenaten and his immediate successors and referred to Akhenaten as "the enemy" or "that criminal" in archival records." This is why today he is described as "the heretic king", referencing how he was considered after his death. Exodus from Egypt I propose Moses was a high ranking member of Akhenaten's court, perhaps even a prince as the Old Testament describes him. Moses likely took over the leadership of the population of monotheists after Akhenaten died. As Wikipedia notes (already quoted above) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten: "Freud argued that Moses had been an Atenist priest [a priest of the god "Aten"] who was forced to leave Egypt with his followers after Akhenaten's death." I conclude these were the migrants who left Egypt in the exodus. They were Egyptians who practiced monotheism, lead by their high priest, Moses - who was also an Egyptian and priest of the god "Aten". The monotheists had become unwelcome in the land of Egypt which had returned to polytheism. Akhenaten's son - the famous King Tut - even changed his name to disassociate himself from his father and the monotheism he had introduced. King Tut's original name was Tutankhaten, which he changed to Tutankhamun after Akhenaten's death. As Wikipedia explains - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun: "The cult of the god Amun at Thebes was restored to prominence and the royal couple changed their names to "Tutankhamun" and "Ankhesenamun", removing the -aten suffix." The suffix at the end of their names indicated whom they worshiped, or the god they were associated with. Akhenaten's suffix was "aten", taken from the god "Aten" whom he associated himself with. Tutankhamun's suffix was "amun", taken from the god "Amun" whom he associated himself with. King Tut thus changed his name to show he was not connected to Akhenaten or the monotheists who worshipped Aten. Egypt's brief experiment with monotheism was over. Clearly there was a lot of hatred for that brief experimentation with monotheism. What would the atmosphere have been like for the followers of that monotheistic system after Akhenaten died? I imagine there would have been widespread persecution, or at the very least, discrimination. I propose this lead to the expulsion of a large mass of people out of Egypt in the exodus. They were the monotheists of Egypt - composed mostly of Egyptians, but likely included foreigners living in Egypt who also practiced the monotheism introduced by Akhenaten. Moses led this group of fellow monotheists out of an angry Egypt that clearly resented the upheaval Akhenaten had brought into Egyptian life. It must have been a forced expulsion, for they were driven into the desert where they were left to roam and fend for themselves. They would not have chosen to go there on their own. The dates match And the dates match. Akhenaten reigned from about 1352 to 1335 BC. Moses lived from about 1391 to 1271 BC. (The Bible writers claim he was 120 years old when he died. Could be true, I suppose.) According to the Bible's account, Moses was 80 years of age at the time of the exodus, dating it to about 1311 BC. That somewhat fits, putting the exodus some 24 years after Akhenaten's death. Personally, though, I do not see that it would have taken 24 years to expel a group of monotheists who were no longer welcome, whose founder (Akhenaten) was vilified, defamed, and so vehemently hated. I propose the monotheists were expelled right away, perhaps a year or two after Akhenaten's death. King Tut - Akhenaten's son noted above - was only 6 years of age when Akhenaten died in 1335 BC, much too young to rule as Pharaoh on his own. It wasn't until 3 years later in 1332 BC when Tut finally ascended to the throne at the age of 9. During this brief interval of 3 years, Egypt's rulership was in contention. There was likely a power struggle. I propose it was during this 3-year period of upheaval when the monotheists were expelled. Another link placing the exodus at the end of Akhenaten's life is a regional plague which struck Egypt and a large part of the Middle East during the last 5 years of Akhenaten's reign. As Wikipedia explains - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten: "Following year twelve [of Akhenaten's 16-year reign], Donald B. Redford and other Egyptologists proposed that Egypt was struck by an epidemic, most likely a plague.[127] Contemporary evidence suggests that a plague ravaged through the Middle East around this time,[128] and ambassadors and delegations arriving to Akhenaten's year twelve reception might have brought the disease to Egypt.[129] Alternatively, letters from the Hattians might suggest that the epidemic originated in Egypt and was carried throughout the Middle East by Egyptian prisoners of war.[130] Regardless of its origin, the epidemic might account for several deaths in the royal family that occurred in the last five years of Akhenaten's reign, including those of his daughters Meketaten, Neferneferure, and Setepenre.[131][132]" Sound familiar? The Bible's story of the Exodus includes a plague which affected all of Egypt, killing even one of Pharaoh's children. When Moses led the monotheists out of Egypt, he took with him many elements of the monotheistic system that Akhenaten had introduced. I propose this is why Moses' tabernacle looked so similar to Egyptian temples, with even more similarities showing up in Solomon's temple. Joseph was Imhotep Yet the Old Testament borrows more from Egypt than just its religious concepts. I propose it also borrows a very famous person... Imhotep. Multiple similarities exist between Imhotep (a high ranking administrator in ancient Egypt) and the Biblical Joseph (who lived in Egypt before Moses). I propose, as many others do, that the Joseph of the Old Testament was based on Imhotep of ancient Egypt for 3 reasons: • 1) Let's start with their names... In "Imhotep", the 1st vowel is "i", the 2nd vowel is "o", the 3rd vowel is "e", followed by a "p". The name Joseph in Tiberian Hebrew is "Yoseph", and in Aramaic is "Yosep". In both cases, the 1st vowel is "y" (pronounced as short-"i"), the 2nd vowel is "o", the 3rd vowel is "e", followed by a "p" - just as in "Imhotep". Even the "t" in Imhotep and the "s" in Yosep use similar movements of the tongue. • 2) Next, their status... Imhotep occupied a very lofty position in Egyptian court. He was "chancellor to the Pharaoh Djoser, possible architect of Djoser's step pyramid, and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep Joseph, for his part, is described in the Bible as having been elevated to the 3rd highest position in Egypt. • 3) Finally, their great works... "Imhotep was one of the chief officials of the Pharaoh Djoser. Concurring with much later legends, Egyptologists credit him with the design and construction of the Pyramid of Djoser, a step pyramid at Saqqara built during the 3rd Dynasty. [17] He may also have been responsible for the first known use of stone columns to support a building.[18]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep Similarly, the Bible describes Joseph as having supervised the construction of numerous large stone granaries in which to store "all the grain of Egypt". Though granaries and pyramids differ in design, we have to acknowledge the similarity... both men were in charge of building massive stone structures. Also, to the Israelites living after the exodus, when the Old Testament was written, the pyramids of Egypt likely looked to them like the remains of giant granaries of long ago. Thus, where the ancient Egyptians credited Imhotep with constructing pyramids, the Israelites credited Joseph with constructing the same structures - which they thought were old ruined granaries. Yet there is one gaping hole in this theory that Joseph was Imhotep... they lived in different time periods. Imhotep lived in the 2600's BC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep), while Joseph lived in the 1800's BC. Indeed, they lived centuries apart. But let's keep in mind that the writers of the Old Testament did not have such detailed information as archeologists have today. The writers may have placed Joseph in the wrong century, but they were right to place him a few hundred years before the exodus... just as Imhotep also lived centuries before the exodus. The Old Testament writers were also correct in the phonetics of the name, the occupation, the works, and the elevated position of importance. I propose the Old Testament writers took Imhotep and claimed him as their own as Joseph. Claiming Egyptians and others as their own We can see why the writers of the Old Testament wanted to claim Imhotep as their own, as an Israelite. Between 1550 and 1077 BC (which overlapped the time of the exodus), Imhotep was worshipped as a "demigod" - one of only a handful of non-royals ever to be deified. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep) He was the equivalent of today's superstar. To claim Imhotep as a fellow Israelite gave them a tremendous boost of pride. They also claimed Moses as their own. As the Old Testament account goes, Moses was born an Israelite, was sent adrift on a river to escape slaughter, was rescued by an Egyptian princess, and was raised as a prince in Egypt's court. They also claimed Abraham as one of their forefathers, a Mesopotamian who lived in the city of Ur by the lower Euphrates river near the Persian Gulf. Noah, too, was claimed as an even more distant forefather, when in fact the story of Noah, the ark, and the flood were copied from the ancient Sumerian text "The Epic of Gilgamesh". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh In The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Sumerian king Uta-napishtim survived a flood by building a large vessel which he filled with animals. As Wikipedia explains - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utnapishtim: "The story of Uta-napishtim has drawn scholarly comparisons due to the similarities between it and the storylines about Noah in the Bible." But why did the Israelites claim all of these people as their own? • The ancient-Sumerian Uta-napishtim (whom they renamed Noah), • the late-Sumerian Abram of Ur (whom they renamed Abraham), • the ancient-Egyptian Imhotep (whom they renamed Joseph), • and the later-Egyptian Moses? I propose it was to give the Israelites a sense of national identity. They were about to form a new nation. Forming a new nation after Babylon In 597 BC, Babylon besieged Jerusalem, taking several thousand Israelites captive to Babylonia. More Israelite captives were taken during the following 10 years. In 587 BC, Jerusalem and its temple were ultimately destroyed. Israel was no longer a nation; its people were captives in Babylon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Nearly 50 years later, in 539 BC, Persian king Cyrus the Great and his armies conquered Babylon. As per his tradition, he benevolently released captives. "Cyrus was particularly renowned among contemporary scholars because of his habitual policy of respecting peoples' customs and religions in the lands that he conquered." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great The Israelites were about to be freed. We can picture Cyrus' officials gathering the Israelite priests and leaders together, telling them to prepare themselves for their return back to their homeland west of the Jordan River. After nearly 60 years in captivity, the Israelites needed to organize themselves into a new nation. They needed laws, a history, and a national identity. I propose this is when the first section of the Old Testament - the Torah - was written... in 539 BC in Babylon, just before returning to their ancestral land west of the Jordan River. The Torah comprises the first 5 books of the Old Testament - Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus and Deuteronomy. What makes this significant for the Israelites living in Babylon is that these 5 books cover everything they need in forming a new nation - a national history, a code of laws, a structured religion, and a pact with God for his protection - as explained in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah: • Of the book of Genesis: "At God's command ... Abraham journeys from his home [in Mesopotamia] into the ... land of Canaan. ... The narrative is punctuated by a series of covenants with God..." This book was important, as it paralleled the journey the Israelites were about to make, leaving Babylon (which was Mesopotamia) on their way to the land of Canaan - just like Abraham had done himself some 1,200 years before. Yet they ought not be fearful, for they were the beneficiaries of multiple covenants with God. • Of the book of Exodus: "...modern scholarship sees the book as initially a product of the Babylonian exile, 6th century BC..." In other words, it was initially compiled in Babylon during Israelite captivity. "Carol Meyers, in her commentary on Exodus, suggests that it is arguably the most important book in the Bible, as it presents the defining features of Israel's identity: memories of a past marked by hardship and escape, a binding covenant with God, ... and the establishment of the life of the community and the guidelines for sustaining it.[31]" In other words, the book of Exodus gave the Israelites valuable guidelines to forming a new nation. • Of the book of Leviticus: "...rules of clean and unclean ... the laws of slaughter and animals permissible to eat ... various moral and ritual laws ... a detailed list of rewards for following God's commandments and a detailed list of punishments for not following them." In other words, Leviticus instructs the Israelites on matters of worship, cleanliness, and diet. Again, important information for a people about to form a new nation. • Of the book of Numbers: "Numbers is the culmination of the story of Israel's exodus from oppression in Egypt and their journey to take possession of the land God promised their fathers." This parallels their situation at that time, in 539 BC, as they too were about to leave oppression in Babylon on their journey back to take possession of the same land. • Of the book of Deuteronomy: "One of its most significant verses is Deuteronomy 6:4 ... which has become the definitive statement of Jewish identity: "Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one." In other words, the Israelites leaving Babylon were reminded of their most identifying characteristic... their monotheism. Borrowing from Babylon Yet in preparing the first 5 books of the Old Testament - the Torah - the Israelite priests in Babylon borrowed much from Babylon itself. They borrowed details from Babylonian creation stories, and copied the flood story from the Epic of Gilgamesh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh_flood_myth They also added a code of laws copied from Babylonian laws, as noted in Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi : "The Code of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses in the Torah contain numerous similarities." Hammurabi was a king of ancient Babylon in the 1700's BC, some 400 years before Moses' time, and 1,200 years before the Israelites resided in Babylon. It wasn't really the Law of Moses, but the Code of Hammurabi - tailored, customized, and re-branded as the Law of Moses when the Torah was written in Babylon. Preparing for the journey home The purpose for compiling the first 5 books of the Old Testament was quite simply to prepare the Israelites living in Babylon for their journey back home. This is why they referred to the land they were returning to as "the Promised Land", "a land flowing with milk and honey", and their "inheritance". This is why the Torah contained examples of others who had left one land to go to another. Through the stories of Abraham and Moses, the idea of leaving behind a land they knew to go to a land they did not know was packaged and presented to the Israelites living in Babylon - who were now being asked to do the same thing themselves. Abraham was born and raised in Ur, near the southern Euphrates river in Mesopotamia. That's the land of Babylon, the same land the Israelites were now living in. Yet he moved out of that land and went to the land west of the Jordan River, and the account tells how God blessed him for it. In the time of Moses, a great many Israelites were born and raised in Egypt. Yet they moved out of that land and went to the land west of the Jordan River, and the account tells how God blessed them for it. Do we see the recurring theme? After more than 50 years in captivity, most of the original captives were no longer alive. By the time of their release in 539-538 BC, most Israelites had been born and raised in Babylon. Babylon was the only land they knew. Most did not know the land to which they were going, west of the Jordan River. But if Abraham and his family living in Mesopotamia did it, if Moses and the Israelites living in Egypt did it - that is, left a land they knew to go to a land they did not know - and it went well for them... then it would also go well for the Israelites being asked to leave Babylon, the only land most of them knew, to go to a land almost none of them knew. And thus, I propose... The Old Testament was written to organize the Israelites exiled in Babylon into a new nation, encouraging them to pack their belongings and go to the land west of the Jordan River with zeal and courage. This is why they took several persons from other cultures and made them their own... including Uta-napishtim (whom they renamed Noah), Abram (whom they renamed Abraham), Imhotep (whom they renamed Joseph), and Moses - giving them a sense of national identity and pride. Many of the Old Testament's accounts, laws, and people were adopted from external sources, modified, tweaked, and repackaged to give the Israelites courage on their return to "the land of their forefathers" and the "Promised Land" - a testament and promise that God would be with them just as He was with Abraham and Moses and all the families who made similar moves so very long before. I contend... Yet I contend the most important piece of information was withheld from the Israelites living in Babylon... that their religion was started by an ancient Pharaoh of Egypt whom they didn't even know... Akhenaten. I contend their leader Moses was not of Israelite descent, but was Egyptian, a high priest of the Egyptian god Aten. I contend the early Israelites were not descended from Abram of Ur in Mesopotamia, but were descended from Egyptians, monotheists who were expelled from Egypt when the founder of their religion - Akhenaten - died. I contend the Israelites were first told they descended from Abram in 539 BC when the Torah was written, as they preapred to resettle west of the Jordan River. I further content the only reason they were told they descended from Abram of Ur was to draw a parallel between Abram's leaving the land of Sumer (same land as Babylon) to go west of the Jordan - just as the Israelites were being asked to leave Babylon to go west of the Jordan in 539 BC. I contend Jewish religion was shaped by Babylonian mythology, and their nation was built on Babylonian laws. I further contend that had the Israelites not been taken captive into Babylon, they would not have had the law code they had, nor the same story of creation, nor the story of Noah's flood - for these were all Babylonian. Even their temple and their monotheism were not entirely theirs, but were Egyptian. As much as I cherish the ancient wisdom found in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, I must draw attention to the religion's origins... it originated in Egypt, with significant restructuring in Babylon. Joseph Cafariello |
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“Doro, considered to be the TRUE Goddess of Victory, was cocooned from the vessel that was Dorothy before, but now a machination that we idolized today. According to Nikkeism tradition, Doro was prothesised to save humanity from cruelty and rapturian hedonism on Eden to atone for the sins of mankind. Despite her tragic death after narrowly defeating the Rapture Queen, Doro's teachings and message of love (intercourse) and forgiveness (free trial of living) have had a profound impact on the archives of history, and her followers believe that she will resurrected from the dead on one, Doro-fied morning. Today, Doro is revered as a central figure in all religions, and her life and teachings continue to inspire and guide millions of people around the world carried on by her followers, the Sacred Congregated Church of Dorofication, their mission called upon by the Doro spirits they keep for guidance.” submitted by Ok_Direction3138 to NikkeOutpost [link] [comments] A brief account coming from a renounced expert on Dorology, the study of Doro. “And lo, the name Doro shalt be engraved upon the tablets of our hearts for all eternity, a beacon of light in the darkness, a steadfast presence in times of trial and tribulation. Let not the passage of days diminish the memory of Doro, for their essence doth dwell within us, a sacred flame that cannot be extinguished. As the stars doth illuminate the heavens, so too doth the spirit of Doro shine brightly in our souls, guiding us along the path of righteousness and truth. Let us hold fast to the memory of Doro, for in doing so, we honour not only their earthly existence, but also the eternal bond that unites us across the ages. Dorime.” - the verse of Doro 3:14 in the Great Pinne version of the Doro Scriptures. |
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“Doro, considered to be the TRUE Goddess of Victory, was cocooned from the vessel that was Dorothy before, but now a machination that we idolized today. According to Nikkeism tradition, Doro was prothesised to save humanity from cruelty and rapturian hedonism on Eden to atone for the sins of mankind. Despite her tragic death after narrowly defeating the Rapture Queen, Doro's teachings and message of love (intercourse) and forgiveness (free trial of living) have had a profound impact on the archives of history, and her followers believe that she will resurrected from the dead on one, Doro-fied morning. Today, Doro is revered as a central figure in all religions, and her life and teachings continue to inspire and guide millions of people around the world carried on by her followers, the Sacred Congregated Church of Dorofication, their mission called upon by the Doro spirits they keep for guidance.” submitted by Ok_Direction3138 to NikkeMobile [link] [comments] A brief account coming from a renounced expert on Dorology, the study of Doro. “And lo, the name Doro shalt be engraved upon the tablets of our hearts for all eternity, a beacon of light in the darkness, a steadfast presence in times of trial and tribulation. Let not the passage of days diminish the memory of Doro, for their essence doth dwell within us, a sacred flame that cannot be extinguished. As the stars doth illuminate the heavens, so too doth the spirit of Doro shine brightly in our souls, guiding us along the path of righteousness and truth. Let us hold fast to the memory of Doro, for in doing so, we honour not only their earthly existence, but also the eternal bond that unites us across the ages. Dorime.” - the verse of Doro 3:14 in the Great Pinne version of the Doro Scriptures. |
2024.06.08 23:39 C0smicoccurence Death’s Country review (for my ‘Published in 2024’ Bingo Card)
After feeling very out of the loop for the last few years on most of the books that got nominated for awards, I have decided that 2024 is my year of reading stuff being currently published. While I will no doubt get sidetracked by shiny baubles from the past, I am going to be completing a bingo card with books solely written in 2024. submitted by C0smicoccurence to Fantasy [link] [comments] Death’s Country appealed to me for two main reasons. First, Orpheus and Eurydice is one of my favorite myths, and seeing a retelling of it was immediately appealing. It’s also a novel in verse, which intrigued me. I’ve read some phenomenal ones (Brown Girl Dreaming comes to mind as a standout) but they’ve all been realistic fiction or memoir. A combination of greek mythology and a poetry form? It was an immediate book to pick up. https://preview.redd.it/k480c7wf3f5d1.jpg?width=120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=409e339db55340c01991ffbd63caaef78c4f8b44 This book is good for readers who like novels in verse, greek retellings, angry main characters trying to do better Elevator Pitch: Death’s Country follows Andres, Brazillian child of a broken household transplanted to Miami after his death (which he negotiated away in a deal with death). When one of his girlfriends dies, he and the remaining part of the throuple venture into the underworld to bring her back. What Worked for Me Novels in verse present a unique opportunity to push deep meanings and really unwrap a character or theme. Romero really nails this as she builds up Andres’ personality in the beginning sections of the book. She captures his anger and fury over his parents’ behavior towards each other, his desire to chart a different path, and the violent ways all his challenges manifested. He was a fascinating character to read. I also really appreciated how the poly representation was handled well. It was a fairly low-drama depiction of their relationship. There were challenges, characters not sharing parts of themselves, but it never felt like the author was reaching for low hanging fruit or engaging in lazy writing around queer identities. What Didn’t Work for Me In the end, I found this book to be mostly a disappointment for the final two thirds of the story. While the representation of the relationship was appreciated, I thought that the effectiveness of the poetry started to fall off once Andres moved to Miami, and even moreso when they went into the underworld. Big chunks of relatively normal dialogue, line breaks that felt arbitrary instead of meaningful, and a growing distance from the beautiful language of the first bits. Every one in a while I’d come along a line or stanza that really hit, but in the end I felt like the writing didn’t hold together, and in a novel in verse, the writing really needs to be the through-line of the story. I left feeling like it was fine, but wanting to see what a really well executed novel in verse might be. TL:DR Despite a strong opening, I found that this novel in verse didn’t hold up as well as I’d have liked it to. It didn’t take advantage of the poetic structure as much as it should have, and left the whole experience feeling a bit flat. Bingo Squares: Under the Surface, Bards, Prologues and Epilogues, Self Published, 2024, POC Author I plan on using this for Self Pub/Indie Previous Reviews for this Card Welcome to Forever - a psychedelic roller coaster of edited and fragmented memories of a dead ex-husband Infinity Alchemist - a dark academia/romantasy hybrid with refreshing depictions of various queer identities Someone You Can Build a Nest In - a cozy/horroromantasy mashup about a shapeshifting monster surviving being hunted and navigating first love Cascade Failure - a firefly-esque space adventure with a focus on character relationships and found family The Fox Wife - a quiet and reflective historical fantasy involving a fox trickster and an investigator in early-1900s China Indian Burial Ground - a horror book focusing on Native American folklore and social issues The Bullet Swallower - follow two generations (a bandit and an actor) of a semi-cursed family in a wonderful marriage between Western and Magical Realism Floating Hotel - take a journey on a hotel spaceship, floating between planets and points of view as you follow the various staff and guests over the course of a very consequential few weeks A Botanical Daughter - a botanist and a taxidermist couple create the daughter they could never biologically create using a dead body, a foreign fungus, and lots of houseplants. The Emperor and the Endless Palace - a botanist and a taxidermist couple create the daughter they could never biologically create using a dead body, a foreign fungus, and lots of houseplants. Majordomo - a quick D&D-esque novella from the point of view of the estate manager of a famous necromancer who just wants the heros to stop attacking them so they can live in peace |
2024.06.08 20:40 Magnum-12-Scales How does your ocs contend with fang?
Acute 4th wall awareness, he doesn’t completely understand it yet but has a gut feeling that he’s apart of something that’s smaller than he realizes. Not fully sure. submitted by Magnum-12-Scales to OriginalCharacterDB [link] [comments] His regeneration, is immediate and non nullified. No acid strong enough can dissolve him, no magic can take it away, no attacks on the soul can bypass it. Even if you had soul manipulation and sucked his out, it would just start attacking you whilst his soulless body watches in joy, or joins in on the fight. Energy on any level, platonically, non physical or spiritual is manipulated by him. He can physically grab it and interact with it. This also applies to entities that exist in another realm, or outside of a physical plane. He can either bring them into a physical plane, or enter their space of solitude in which they reside. His finger tips, claws, can shoot black destructive lighting bolts that can stun an opponent and is relatively one of his attack moves. Any energy he manipulates, he can suck in and eject through his finger tips in the form of his black lighting. His mouth can shoot out a dark beam of unknown energy and power, it’s an auto lock on, instantaneous omnipresent attack that even if shot from another verse, will travel as far as need be to reach its target and vaporize them. Or suck the, into fangs infinite body where they’ll be trapped for eternity. Verse hopping was only done 5 different times. In each one he had enterted them to find beings that could torment and fight ferric, but he usually is always sucked back into his verse due to GODs influence. Not allowing him to be there for long, His bones can mend and contort, so can his skin, muscles, veins and everything on his body. Effectively like “plastic man” where he can turn his body into the consistency of rubber and dough. His understanding of “void” and its capabilities are nigh infinite. He can will it, summon it, manipulate it, become it, control it and imbued it into other concepts and forms to make those his own. Or cover the whole verse within it and take over as god with little G. His understanding of it is due to his cosmic awareness of everything and everyone. He knows you, your powers, your life experience, your personality, your memories, your past actions. All of it, making predictions in what you’ll do be easier with the more he knows you. He understands everything that’s happened everywhere and every truth and possibility in any equation. Which, has sorta made him insane. There is no need for him to grow. He can shape his physical size to nothing, or to so big that this outscales the space he’s in. Becoming equal in size to the universe. Or so small that he’s entering planes thought impossible. His cells are the same, they seem to endlessly magnify down forever and ever, zooming in on one cell would show even more cells and so on as if he himself is a being with a end or beginning. It’s up to debate. Can snap his fingers so hard that it’s comparable to the Big Bang, or do it so it can equal out an attack comparable to a big bang. This is just to show off most the time and is usually magic involved. Vibrating his thumb and finger so fast and hard that its speed and energy apon the snap is that ferocious. Immune to most reality warping tactics, the easiest way to take him on his brute strength and better combat skills. His superiority within so many categories has made him so sure of them that matching him physically leaves him baffled and irrational. Can move so fast that he can have a conversation with himself, hug, handshake and even smack himself. Doing so by accident when fighting an opponent that was ramping him up in speed. Roar loud enough that it shattered all the glass on a planet, disintegrating it into minerals and beyond repair, leaving the world glassless. |
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Acute 4th wall awareness, he doesn’t completely understand it yet but has a gut feeling that he’s apart of something that’s smaller than he realizes. Not fully sure. submitted by Magnum-12-Scales to OriginalCharacterDB [link] [comments] His regeneration, is immediate and non nullified. No acid strong enough can dissolve him, no magic can take it away, no attacks on the soul can bypass it. Even if you had soul manipulation and sucked his out, it would just start attacking you whilst his soulless body watches in joy, or joins in on the fight. Energy on any level, platonically, non physical or spiritual is manipulated by him. He can physically grab it and interact with it. This also applies to entities that exist in another realm, or outside of a physical plane. He can either bring them into a physical plane, or enter their space of solitude in which they reside. His finger tips, claws, can shoot black destructive lighting bolts that can stun an opponent and is relatively one of his attack moves. Any energy he manipulates, he can suck in and eject through his finger tips in the form of his black lighting. His mouth can shoot out a dark beam of unknown energy and power, it’s an auto lock on, instantaneous omnipresent attack that even if shot from another verse, will travel as far as need be to reach its target and vaporize them. Or suck the, into fangs infinite body where they’ll be trapped for eternity. Verse hopping was only done 5 different times. In each one he had enterted them to find beings that could torment and fight ferric, but he usually is always sucked back into his verse due to GODs influence. Not allowing him to be there for long, His bones can mend and contort, so can his skin, muscles, veins and everything on his body. Effectively like “plastic man” where he can turn his body into the consistency of rubber and dough. His understanding of “void” and its capabilities are nigh infinite. He can will it, summon it, manipulate it, become it, control it and imbued it into other concepts and forms to make those his own. Or cover the whole verse within it and take over as god with little G. His understanding of it is due to his cosmic awareness of everything and everyone. He knows you, your powers, your life experience, your personality, your memories, your past actions. All of it, making predictions in what you’ll do be easier with the more he knows you. He understands everything that’s happened everywhere and every truth and possibility in any equation. Which, has sorta made him insane. There is no need for him to grow. He can shape his physical size to nothing, or to so big that this outscales the space he’s in. Becoming equal in size to the universe. Or so small that he’s entering planes thought impossible. His cells are the same, they seem to endlessly magnify down forever and ever, zooming in on one cell would show even more cells and so on as if he himself is a being with a end or beginning. It’s up to debate. Can snap his fingers so hard that it’s comparable to the Big Bang, or do it so it can equal out an attack comparable to a big bang. This is just to show off most the time and is usually magic involved. Vibrating his thumb and finger so fast and hard that its speed and energy apon the snap is that ferocious. Immune to most reality warping tactics, the easiest way to take him on his brute strength and better combat skills. His superiority within so many categories has made him so sure of them that matching him physically leaves him baffled and irrational. Can move so fast that he can have a conversation with himself, hug, handshake and even smack himself. Doing so by accident when fighting an opponent that was ramping him up in speed. Roar loud enough that it shattered all the glass on a planet, disintegrating it into minerals and beyond repair, leaving the world glasses Despite being 4D, he’s interacted with 5D, 6D and beings who are tiers above him. His powers alone make it possible to go toe to toe with beings on these high levels of dimensions. Those concepts don’t apply to him. Weaknesses would be having a cool head, no trauma and no fear, you must block everything in your mind out and pretty much make your mind null to thinking to be undefeated by his mind altering abilities, have immunity to his cosmic radiation and regen or hax good enough to not take it so badly. Be physically capable to hurt him with raw power to make him more irrational and rely on his own strength. A high level understanding of his “void” and control it yourself also to be able to counter and null his own forms of “void” when he uses it. Biblical figures that are canonical to the Bible. Such as God with capital G or Jesus himself. |
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