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TGI-Freyja/Freija & Happy National Black Cat Day!

In 1961, a casting call went out for a black cat to fill the lead role in an Edgar Allen Poe movie adaptation of his 1843 short story “The Black Cat.” The film was called “Tales of Terror” which appeared in movies in 1962. Exactly 152 black cats showed up for the audition, all of them "considerably less nervous than their owners." Several of the black cats were disqualified for having white paws or noses. Despite the casting call, the role went to a black cat that did not audition but was already a "well-known" professional cat. However, seven of the black cats that auditioned that day were chosen as understudies to the professional. Many of the cats’ owners went to great lengths throughout the audition to not let any black cats cross their paths.






October 27, 312: Roman Emperor Constantine the Great experienced a significant vision before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. He saw a cross of light in the sky with the inscription "In hoc signo vinces" (In this sign, you will win) [actually was in Greek]. Moved by this vision, Constantine had his soldiers mark their shields with the Chi-Rho, a Christian symbol. The following day, he defeated his rival Maxentius in battle, a victory many attribute to this divine intervention.



This vision was a turning point not only for Constantine but also for Christianity. Constantine's victory and subsequent conversion to Christianity led to the Edict of Milan in 313, which declared religious tolerance for Christianity within the Roman Empire.

Larger image at the Vatican.


Friday, traditionally the day of Aphrodite (Roman Venus).

"Aphrodite was not just a divinity of beauty. She was also the supreme goddess of deception and illusion. She is the great charmer who loves seducing gods, as well as humans...Greeks understood very well that underneath the beautiful surface she is a superb hunter, expert at trapping and cunningly binding her prey."
- PETER KINGSLEY



The most powerful of the gods is not the patriarchal Zeus, but the goddess Aphrodite:

"We live in a world created by the METIS [a Titaness and a Greek goddess of wisdom, prudence, and deep thought], the supreme cunning, of a great being called APHRODITE. And in general, we are at total mercy of her deception." (Peter Kingsley).

It’s no use repressing her, or pretending you are not in her thrall- for as mortals we cannot escape her bewitchment. We need divine help, the assistance of another female deity, Aphrodite’s polar opposite, the goddess Persephone, mistress of the underworld and the dead. Only she can liberate us from our bonds.



There are powerful Ancient Greek esoteric traditions regarding Aphrodite and Persephone, from the writings of Parmenides and Empedocles. These are skillfully interpreted by Peter Kingsley, in his book Reality.




Oct 27, 1962: Russian submarine officer Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov (30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) SAVED THE WORLD (or so the story goes) during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

On 27 October 1962, Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov was on board the Soviet submarine B-59 near Cuba when the US forces began dropping non-lethal depth charges. While the action was designed to encourage the Soviet submarines to surface, the crew of B-59 had been incommunicado and so were unaware of the intention. They thought they were witnessing the beginning of a third world war.

Trapped in the sweltering submarine – the air-conditioning was no longer working – the crew feared death. But, unknown to the US forces, they had a special weapon in their arsenal: a ten kilotonne nuclear torpedo. What’s more, the officers had permission to launch it without waiting for approval from Moscow.

Two of the vessel’s senior officers – including the captain, Valentin Savitsky – wanted to launch the missile. According to a report from the US National Security Archive, Savitsky exclaimed: “We’re gonna blast them now! We will die, but we will sink them all – we will not become the shame of the fleet.”

But there was an important caveat: all three senior officers on board had to agree to deploy the weapon. As a result, the situation in the control room played out very differently. Arkhipov refused to sanction the launch of the weapon and calmed the captain down. The torpedo was never fired.

From The Guardian


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