May 27th / 498 notes †The symbol of Baphomet was used by the Knights Templar to represent Satan. Through the ages this symbol has been called by many different names. Among these are: The Goat of Mendes, The Goat of a Thousand Young, The Black Goat, The Judas Goat, and perhaps most appropriately, The Scape-goat. Baphomet represents the Powers of Darkness combined with the generative fertility of the goat. In it’s “pure” form the pentagram is shown encompassing the figure of a man in the five points of the star - three points up, two pointing down - symbolising man’s spiritual nature. In Satanism the pentagram is also used, but since Satanism represents the carnal instincts of man, or the opposite of the spiritual nature, the pentagram is inverted to perfectly accommodate the head of the goat - it’s horns, representing duality, thrust upwards in defiance; the other three points inverted, or the trinity denied. The Hebraic figures around the outer circle of the symbol which stem from the magical teachings of the Kabala, spell out “Leviathan,” the serpent of the watery abyss, and identified with Satan. These figures correspond to the five points of the inverted star.
May 27th / 42,050 notes †Social anxiety isn’t cool.
OCD isn’t cool.
Bipolar disorder isn’t cool.
Depression isn’t cool.
Cutting isn’t cool.
Phobias aren’t cool.
Trauma isn’t cool.
Sleep disorders aren’t cool.
Eating disorders aren’t cool.
They’re real things, they’re scary, and pretending you have them is just fucking obnoxious and an insult.
May 27th / 83 notes †Ted Bundy was not a popular man on death row. He made a good impression on some of the black inmates with his skill in the exercise yard - “We were amazed,” one remembered. “He’s a white guy who can actually play basketball!” - but mostly the other inmates resented his notoriety and, despite their own evil, abhorred his crimes. Doug McCray, one of the death row old-timers, recalled the night the news came over the television that Kimberly Leach’s body had been found. He go on the bars and said to Bob Sullivan, “Sully, man, the individual who would do something like that - he deserves the death penalty.” There was a lot of boasting around the prison, prisoners saying: “Let Bundy out with us. We’ll take care of him.” From the security of his cell, the most infamous serial killer in America sniffed, “I have nothing for those animals out there.”
- Television: In the criminal justice system--
- Me: SEXUALLY-BASED DEFENSES ARE CONSIDERED ESPECIALLY HEINOUS. IN NEW YORK CITY, THE DEDICATED DETECTIVES WHO INVESTIGATE THESE VICIOUS FELONIES ARE MEMBERS OF AN ELITE SQUAD KNOWN AS THE SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT. THESE ARE THEIR STORIES. DUN DUN
