01/15/2026
Once upon a time, before Abrahamic religions took hold, the people honored Pan, or some version of him.
This ancient Greek God is a half- goat, half-man hybrid who embodies a wild, untamed nature. A l***y, mischievous deity, often depicted with multiple nymphs, who encouraged one's deepest sexual desires to be realized.
By playing the magical pan flute, the musical instrument he created; a rustic melody emerges, evoking deep emotions that entice one to dance, move and awaken their passions. The flute music leads to revelry, untamed nature and wild (consensual adult) sexual encounters.
Religion cast Pan aside, they turned him into the Devil. When you send your bodily desires underground to be buried, to be viewed as 'wrong' , to repress your natural urges; they don't go away, they haunt you.
And in the haunting, they own you. Instead of disappearing, these desires will manifest in unhealthy and unexpected ways. Significant negative effects on your emotional, psychological, physical and relational well being will occur.
That is where the Abrahamic religions have taken us. Into the deep dark territories of the mind, to a place where the Devil can exist.
I've picked this card two days in a row as my card of the day. The archetype is asking for me to express myself.
I remember my 5th grade teacher, in a Christian school, who was mean & cruel, especially to bipoc. A man who enjoyed sending the young wyt boys to the quiet chapel for duties and then finding any excuse to leave the classroom himself. I wonder about those boys. That teacher's nasal speech & obvious repressed homosexuality is something I can name now, as an adult. As a child, it just felt like something was wrong and I needed to be hyper vigilant.
The Devil walks among us. He's our leader in chief, our priest, our teachers, our medical doctors, our bankers, our judges, our family, our supposedly trusted relatives; he is everywhere.
The sickness the Devil has provided is insidious and pervasive.
How do we escape the hell he has created?
We open our eyes.
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