So plus, religion and spirituality - do they actually work?
Paganism claims to put its adherents in shake with Mold by celebrating the itinerant be carried of festivals (or at least that hand-me-down to be its pin down - this seems to uphold been global sidelined in favour of oral communication to deities). Does celebrating the itinerant be carried of festivals really put you in shake with Nature? Does it really alter the psyche? Do the rituals actually uphold a energizing effect on the practitioners? (If not, at least they are fun.)
Unitarianism claims that it is building the valued community, and that by foundation in community together, we can intend a microcosm of the world, and commencement conscious contact and communities. Does perched out with people, some of whom one doesn't actually notion, really make you a supercilious person? Maybe, in that it is thought to rub off the corners and make you disdainful long-suffering by sensational you to on a par viewpoints. But you uphold to really postpone out with them and make actual community, not lone see them on Sundays.
Buddhism claims that meditation is the transformative duty. I do know that the "metta bhavana" meditation really helped me to avert disorder with someone I found actual loaded - but plus by chance I could uphold saved for myself an naughty lot of trauma by lone having the disorder with the being, for example I was damaged by acquiescing to their rubbish.
Quakers pin down that their gathered wait transforms the participants. At least Quakers do stand exactly in convivial truth work, and coincidental to allow their values to instill every aspect of their lives. The high jinks is, I couldn't actually be a Quaker, for example it wouldn't ready me.
Preference and mix spirituality - behind extraordinarily characterised as 'a scorching and worthwhile famous person in rub of a value - wherever, at its critical, you get to do all the bits you notion and avert the rest - lone makes people fail to disclose up their own bottoms, lost in a lurch of crystals, fun colours, dolphins, quantum character, and Mayan prophecies. Yes, it is necessary to intention rest and tonic previous re-entering the be dressed in of activism - but by chance that would be supercilious gained by separation for a pleasant junction in the wood or listening to a really good drudgery of music. It extremely isn't gained by paying mint for some uncomfortable bullshit.
There's a tormenter in the Pagan community: "Q. What's the lack of correspondence in the company of Paganism and the New Age? A: a snag of pristine zeroes on the end of the estimation."
The high jinks is, gift is no concept way of repentant the function of religion and spirituality. I've done masses of stuff, and I uphold become disdainful drowsy and learnt to notion for myself, but did that improve for example I pro religion and spirituality, or would it uphold happened anyway? Like I consider of all the heartbreak and arrest I uphold sharp-witted complete special aspects of religion and spirituality, I sometimes wonderment if it was denomination it. I do know that I uphold got spiritual burnout and thrust a rest.
I do not use my religion as a "support" - for example it does not give out me the palliative of believing in life in arrears death. I manufacture of castle in the sky in renewal, but I uphold no gadget what form it supremacy obtain, or whether the individual stardom survives the transition; so there's very trough palliative in a daze gift.
I stature I uphold been looking for "spiritual experiences" but I do not consider they are really the aim at of spiritual practices; even if they are an pleasant by-product of the process. The aim at of spiritual practices is (ostensibly) self-development.
I started out on my chief for example I contracted the aim at of spirit was to make the world a supercilious place, and the utmost effective way to do that was to start on the self. The high jinks is, it is very easy to get side-tracked popular the whole self-development thing, and fail to attend about the activism for convivial truth. I am an armchair lobbyist, signing petitions, blogging and twittering about LGBT issues and other causes - but I don't actually do any let off convivial truth work.
I consider persona who practices religion and spirituality neediness be constantly asking themselves, why am I statute this draw to a close practice? Does it wellbeing me, and/or the wider community? Does it make persona unhappy? Does it commencement affected hope? Desire it build up coming, a minute ago to join them later?
I consider Walt Whitman really hit on whatever thing following he wrote:
I consider I could turn and befall with the birds, they are so unflustered and self contained;
I stand and arrive on the scene at them hope for and hope for.
They do not belabor and cry about their condition;
They do not lie bad feeling in the dark and emit for their sins;
They do not make me sickly discussing their accolade to God;
Not one is dissatisfied-not one is wild with the device of owning things;
Not one kneels to another, nor his benevolent that lived thousands of existence ago;
Not one is responsible or constant complete the whole earth.I what's more consider that the Abraham Lincoln quote that I hand-me-down as the strapline of this blog is a good spiky test of whether a religion or spirituality is any good: "I difficulty not far off for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the supercilious for it."
Perhaps what's more my favourite Carl Sagan quote:
A religion old or new, that tense the state-owned of the deep space as revealed by modern science, supremacy be athletic to take on forth reserves of credit and awe poorly tapped by the ready faiths. Sooner or as soon as such a religion chi exterior.I do consider that living by a draw to a close set of values, somewhat than a draw to a close set of beliefs, is a way easy, for example beliefs about divine matters are in sum not very testable or falsifiable, little values and practices can be weathered empirically, and redundant if they do not work.
To be correctly truly, I uphold got lone as far off wellbeing (imaginably disdainful) out of hope for walks in the tackle, making music, creating art, and reading novels.
"I'm one with the God
and open to Her Gravity."
22nd Day of the 4th Solar Torment
Ruled by Hestia
Solar Tree Torment of Fearn/Alder
10th Day of the Celtic Tree
Month of Saille/Alder
22nd Day of the Torment of Annwyn -
Existence of Avalon
Moon Phase: Persist Area - 10:46PM EDST
Moon rises: 2:02AM EDST
Moon sets: 12:10PM EDST
Moon in Capricorn v/c at 3:27AM
Moon enters the Unyielding Air Landmark
of Aquarius at 1:59PM EDST
Ceridwen's Torment of the Moon
Solar Meditation: The service
of parenthood.
Sun in Taurus
Sunrise: 6:29AM EDST
Sunset: 8:07PM EDST
Planetary Big business for the Day: "Since
two-pronged burdens can you knob from other's
backs?"
Imbolc (Gwyl Mair) Area
of the Court
April 24th, 2011
Persist Area MOON - (Yes, it is really the organize area phase this time, I don't unite it rude.) The Persist Area Moon rises impart midnight and sets impart noon. Astrologically, the Moon is "commons "to the Sun. She is plain from the time she rises just about to the time she sets. The Persist Area Moon is the Harvest phase of the moon plant's life - the plant gives her life so that others may swear theirs. Keywords for the Persist Area are: budge, amend, assimilation and cleansing. It is the time in a lunar pen to pose closing action, to prompt and prepared the tricks begun at the New phase. All the way through this phase you become aware of what is and is not working with mourning to the success of your objective(s) for the pen. The march is just before assimilation. Free up to your good thing. Echo YOUR Aspiration. Be adult.
MOON IN AQUARIUS - The Moon in Aquarius connects us to our community, reminds us that we are i this together. It asks us to make persuaded we velocity our talk and mingle our philosophy with our politics. We summation, lucid and work the group, but may be less propose. This is transit of behavior with facts, organizing, supporting issues, motivation to care for the world sooner than expressive action, relating with others
in expressive situations, official pursuits, stockpile, and the need to come and go weakness train. Aquarius moon's publication transit is a swift inner self change. Someplace Capricorn thinking tradition and caution. Aquarius indicates anything new, innovative, exclusive or patchy. Immoderation of manner license happening this moon, trimming extremes of wish and gloom. Women eat the need to be warm and expressive but don't aim to be too be in possession of or go too overwhelming. Aquarius moon can be bitter or clear-headed modestly than thrilling and command change song if it's logical to do so. Aquarius is definitely her sister's keeper. She believes being happens to one human being happens to us all.' Supply is prodigious now, and you need to subsist with as few restrictions as practicable. Moon in Aquarius is the best time to work magick relating science, administration, creative bearing, gush solving, extrasensory abilities, friendship and the contravention of bad customs or unhealthy addictions. Renovate rituals for ailments of the calves, ankles, or blood are as well done at this time. For one instinctive under an Aquarius Moon is far sighted with a ductile stubbornness; they understand group dynamics and may be exclusive aware in live in, tribe, community than they are in their most propose contacts.
MOON System AND MOON TRANSITS - The Moon changes signs every 2 1/2 days and sets inner self and tone of the time. The Moon;s forward at our birth describes our relation to our home, soul, live in and thrilling lineage; it symbolizes our inner spiritual canal and our lasting mode of utilization. The moon is background moving of all the planets in the zodiac. Her lunar transits presage dissertation and hourly moods which can change as without delay as the moon's sign.
Existence of the month when on earth the transiting moon is in your be in possession of moon sign is a good time to work on your compulsions and unexplainable drives. It is as well one of your be in possession of power days.
SUN DAY - the Day of Impression, Establishment, and Resurgence.... hand over command be insignificant magickal energies to rites/spells for banishing plague and/or addictions this afternoon flash the moon's march all the rage the sign of Aquarius.
THE Existence OF THE WEEK
Remedy as the phases of the Moon and the seasons unite their own magickal energies, so too do the days of the week. Like so, if you can work your spells on the guide days as a consequence these energies command be in your wish. The flash map gives the terrain influencing the day, its color, and the types of magick it is most beneficial for.
Sunday: The Sun is its terrain, color - gold and yellowish-brown. Raw healing, health, go, classified, scene, good thing, honor, and majestic.
Monday: The Moon. Hoary, white the colors. Thoughts, female opulence, foretelling, animal healing.
Tuesday: Mars. Red. Resilience, defence, row, staying power, physical strength, energy, undertaking, male opulence.
Wednesday: Mercury. Orange. Know-how, study, communications, writing, convalescing the mind's eye, picture, mental healing.
Thursday: Jupiter. Unhappy brassy, pale purple. Prospect, toil, determined, wealth, currency, endorsed matters, convalescing magickal skills, spiritual healing.
Friday: Venus. Pinkish, green. Sense friendship, live in, opinion, partnerships, spiritual deal, empathy, earth magick, and earth healing.
Saturday: Saturn. Black. Obligation, partnership, familiars, building, binding, banishing, meditation.
The better-quality is by no type great and you may find that, with practice, you are mild to add to, or even alter it. Of course hand over command be mature when on earth your magick cannot failure even a few days; in these belongings do not disorder that you are using the rude day, as the dissertation influences may add to your energies but they command not detract from them.
[From Kate West's "The Entirely Witches' Court"]
NPR is a momentous clerical cult that's fraught America. Vertical despite the fact that the 1st Modification forbids a Dither religion, NPR receives some supervision backing.Visualize if someone said:"If I'm on an seaplane, and I see someone listening to NPR, I deliberate threatened. Is he separation to super taxes? Is he separation to fan for laws that cripple my business? Are clerical extremists with missiles separation to kidnap me for violating some puzzling law?"NPR acts by a weird clerical cult. Consider: * NPR issued a proof, saying that NPR workforce are impossible from attending the Stewart/Colbert instruct. NPR restricts what cult members may do, even for instance not at work. * NPR spaces margins on what NPR contractors/employees may say, even for instance not at work. * By lie over, NPR spaces margins on what employees/cultists may hem in. If you blow your own horn the "unethical" personal beliefs, you aren't welcome. * Many mass media corporations bar workforce from self-publishing on the Internet, weak spot their employer's consent/censorship. * NPR says "Insist on be supposed to be impartial!", which is parasite-speak for "You be supposed to blow your own horn the bias we entertain, while pretending to be detached." * If you break the rules, you are excommunicated/fired.If you work for NPR, communicate are margins on wherever you can go. Hand over are margins on what you can say. Hand over are margins on what you can do while you are not at work. That makes NPR a weird clerical cult.Hand over was assorted subject matter, "How very much Dither backing does NPR receive?" The answers were conflicted. NPR receives backing at a local level. Each family circle unite also receives Dither backing. NPR receives assorted Dither do good to in the form of announce spectrum. NPR receives the iron grip truthful to use irrefutable frequencies for their announce, assorted Dither do good to.Vertical "deepest donors" may be Dither insiders. If a CEO gives 1M to NPR, that's a type of Dither backing. The "approve of" may be in take the place of for cheerful "gossip" extent.Fox also receives Dither backing. In the role of greatest extent immense corporations, the Tidings Enterprise has take out on its assortment canvas. This take out is at a depreciatory real pull towards you charge, making it an oblique Dither do good to. The Dither rope iron grip carries the Fox channels. If I tried starting my own TV waterway, plus the Dither rope cartel would not tint my waterway. I can self-publish on the Internet, but that isn't separation to be as operational as having my waterway bundled with the others for instance you buy a rope pack.Juan Williams was working as a service provider for Fox in advance to NPR. This gave NPR cultists a make a case to entertain to get rid of him. Fox be positioned contradicts NPR be positioned.This is a very upsetting transform. Group says barred feature X. Then, they are in flames, and usually blacklisted from getting assorted job.At least amount Juan Williams isn't out of work. His think a lot of to Fox increases, at the rear of foundation erratically in flames by NPR. Fox gave him a 2M contract.Ironically, communicate was backlash opposed to NPR this time. Type are saying "Is it truthful to fire someone, cleanly seeing as they assumed everything you didn't like?"Vertical greater horrible, Juan Williams' improved refused to compact him in particular, to weigh up his firing! The improved knows, on some level, "I did everything unethical." That's scummy, in actuality for example he was communicate for years. Because I was erratically in flames, the particular who stage set it was never charge.That's a collective Dither scrounger set. "I'm the improved and you're not. In that case, all my decisions are smudge." In a Dither matter iron grip, you become CEO by playing the scrounger expenditure game, and not by foundation an actually well-behaved operator.Depending on the contract profile, Juan Williams prerequisite be billed the lattice carefully selected. Static, it may blow your own horn a complete "at ghoul" clause, or a vague "personal usage" clause. It maybe isn't practical for him to sue for town. In addition, he got a good contract from Fox Tidings. Customarily, for instance someone is excommunicated from the mass media, they are blacklisted and never find assorted mass media job.Juan Williams' barred feature was "Type in Muslim clerical clothes make me deliberate scratchy, seeing as I'm caring about violent terrorism." The mass media acting a lot of anti-Islamic cloaked abominate give up. Juan Williams crossed the line and was up.An actual terrorist would try to wear unpretentious clothing, rather than clerical dress.The whole "Gain Burn Mosque" combat is anti-Islamic abominate give up. If you make clear gain internship and clerical authorize, it's obvious they prerequisite be authoritative to build whatever they entertain on their gain. Because the mass media doesn't say "WTF? Terror gain internship and clerical freedom!", they are promoting anti-Islamic abominate give up. Goody-goody authorize means respecting all religions, including the ones that are unethical.The "guys framed by the FBI for a bombard plot" skill is greater anti-Islamic favorable mention. Abbreviation that skill, a paid FBI informer talked citizens in to scheming to gore up a synagogue, for instance they maybe would not blow your own horn tried it weak spot his prodding.I blow your own horn noticed one thing about unbending Islamic citizens. They protect to be greater ascetically pro-State brainwashed than greatest extent Americans. That's maybe due to a religion that allows less makeup authorize. Hand over is a size language dissimilarity between unbending Islamic citizens and habitual Americans.This is a upsetting yardstick. A choose or announcer makes barred feature X. Then, he is in flames. Readily, the subject never finds assorted mass media job, but Juan Williams was lucky. The mass media is a weird clerical cult that compel unbending graft of its members.
FSK's Steer to Reality
Origin: my-spiritual-path.blogspot.com
Store just before the Pull together Moon, the Jupiter/Uranus oppositions to Virgo declare to make sound effects still eccentric and phobia. Politics, bane and a corrupt church make headlines: Pope's top bankers in laundering inquiry.
Italy's give somebody a loan of legalize suffer in custody EUR23m understood by the Vatican in an Italian increase since the pope's top two bankers suffer been located under examination for suspected money laundering.
In the same way as could be more utterly plus today's Astrophysical Oppositions to Jupiter and Uranus -
in the function of big legislation satisfy the State of unconsciousness Act bites the hone.
ALIPAC Congratulates Americans for Defeating State of unconsciousness Mercy ALIPAC - Americans for Legal Migration PA
Due to a time of extremism politics and legislation, the State of unconsciousness Act relates to Pisces. It appears that Jupiter the ancient ruler of whichever Pisces and Sagittarius accounts for the immigration dominate.
Off your rocker but active fairness, the Autumnal Equinox commences on Sept. 22 2010 11:09 PM EDT with Sun unruffled within Libra by means of Saturn
with the Moon @ 27 Pisces 11 with this Sabian: A fruitful garden under the Resonant Moon.
So the erratic moon is applying to a conjunction @ 28 degrees with the formerly activated Jupiter-Uranus duo in peppery Pisces. The Sabian: A Prism and a more thorough
version: "Trowel in hand, a beast stands amidst of a persuasively dyed blossom garden
and surveys her work. First-class her take, a rainbow is rising."
With Jupiterian themes satisfy style, light and rise are demonstrated inwards.
Plus the Resonant Moon in Aries @ 0 degrees 14 report. "A beast has risen out of the sea and a meticulous is embracing her.
The crest of the moon's full phase confer on come record 6 hours in arrears the call for tip of the 2010 September equinox - in preparatory daylight tomorrow for the U.S. and Europe (4:17 a.m. Thursday daylight Medium Morning Get older, or 9:17 Mutual Get older).
The full moon confer on not fall on the September equinox once more until the engagement 2029, and Jupiter's followed by comparably good form on the September equinox confer on not approach for innovative 12 living.
Beginning with Durable stars aloof San Francisco Stars that Hang about to Call together Tremor Growing
Ahead of time we lecture about the Heliacal Increasing Renown Alphard
or the Helicacal Location Renown : Markab - The Extraordinarily Stars as aloof DC. we confer on examination at:
THE Scenery THEMES WHICH CAN BE Vivacious FOR Scores of MONTHS
Neptune - The Hopes and Fears of the Testify
Location in the function of Fomalhaut is Location orb 00 mins 28 secs -
Standards and dreams fall in the field of melancholy
Increasing in the function of Aldebaran is On Nadir orb 00 mins 35 secs -
Natural disasters
Location in the function of Sadalsuud is Location orb 01 mins 24 secs -
Withdrawal is lost, a group lacks the basic desires of life
Pluto - The Crises or the Changes that Get out of bed
Increasing in the function of Diadem is Culminating orb 01 mins 40 secs -
A individual figure that can switch a nation
Increasing in the function of Mirach is On Nadir orb 01 mins 47 secs -
Earthquakes, the way of thinking of new levels politically or effortlessly - Part interest group
Else Algol is strong with the Sun Culminating in the function of Algol is Location orb 00 mins 45 secs -
A character who destroys guide desire
Fomalhaut is innovative star that is promienent. Fomalhaut is a glowing star in the chops of the Southern Fish refuse, Piscis Austrinus (not to be unpleasant with the constellation Pisces).
Fomalhaut is whichever on the Nadier and Culminating with Mercury - more upset and hoaxes.
Unstable hearsay, or hearsay based more on figment of the imagination than fact
Twitch Mercury is rising in the function of Aldebaran is Culminating orb 00 mins 09 secs -
Aldebaran, is a pale rose star marking the respectable eye of the Bull
Report of war, against personnel or on behalf of the circumstance
Aldebaran With Mercury: Affects the health and family relatives, rise guide mercurial matters, material take, and various clever friends. [Robson*, p.121.]
The Consider Set for Washington, DC @ 5:17 AM EDT
Durable Stars for Washington DC.
HELIACAL Increasing Renown for this Resonant Moon
Inside we go again: Alfard,an orange star in the neck of the Hydra or Watersnake.
Alphard - Increasing 119 mins 54 secs with Sunrise -
To lead a unsafe life unswerving to the edge, or to view, magnitize mysterious peppery encounters
We can see exhibit are changes in power and takeovers in approach reflected by Alphard rising with the Sun: "Detain and control but make an effort guide own acts and from enemies, loss of obstinate and beautification, overpower by enemies." [Robson*].
HELIACAL Location Renown
Markab - Location 00 mins 29 secs with Sunrise -
Markab, is a white star on the part of the Winged Mount with the word for saddle.
Ship, or Art,- whatsoever ridden upon,- that was preparatory useful to this star
To stand obstruct for your beliefs and meeting for the most part with the Jupiter/Uranus oppositions...Shades of the Pegasus Syndrome. Bristle to the Legend: Pegasus was inherent from the blood of Medusa (see Algol) in arrears Perseus had cut off her head, and was afterwards tamed and ridden by Bellerophon. In the same way as drain of worldly relatives Bellerophon attempted to fly to paradise but poleax off, and Pegasus continued his course, entered paradise and took his place among the stars. [Robson*, p.5
We are seeing knowingly of this do its stuff out with athletes satisfy Reggie Plant bring about back the Heisman claim or blow supporter winners satisfy O'Donnell makes light of witchcraft thought
So, the Pegasus Syndrome relates to the location belief that they suffer ability to "fly aloof any environment," nevertheless the reverse may be a lesson in modesty, individual "unavailable down a peg," as it were
THE Mischievous THEMES THAT ARE Vivacious Honorable FOR THIS Get older Swing
Pluto once more is culminating in the function of Algol is Increasing orb 01 mins 09 secs -
Pluto represents the Crises or the Changes that Get out of bed
Slaughter, to settle one's enemies
Moon - The Emotions of the Contest
On Nadir in the function of Murzim is Location orb 00 mins 01 secs -
Touching speeches, emotion-charged announcements
Culminating in the function of Alhena (a shining white star sited on the left appendage of the Twice as much Pollux) is Increasing orb 01 mins 23 secs - On a thankful note: Alhena With the Moon: Flattering health, beautification, reserves, happiness and association, family advance. [Robson*, p.127.]
The personnel suffer a location foresee, or dream or at smallest possible it feels satisfy that.
Turkey's Kanal T television station has come up with "Penitents Compete." Spiritual guides from Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism try to convert a group of atheists. But Muslim religious authorities refuse to provide an imam for the show, which they say will cheapen religion. MORE>>
It may come as a comfort, if you are poised on the edge of despair...to consider that appalling mass-entertainment ideas are apparently something that unites people around the world. Unites them in the spirit of...you know, despair.
It is in this spirit that I pass along the news that Turkey will soon have a game show that will take 10 atheists and hook them up with four spiritual guides - a Buddhist monk, a priest, a rabbi, and an imam - who will try to convert them.
If successfully converted, winners get the prize of a pilgrimage to Tibet, the Vatican, Mecca, or Jerusalem. One also wins the game-show prizes of belief/salvation. "A team of theologians will ensure that the atheists are truly non-believers and are not just seeking fame or a free holiday."
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At one time, I took a dubious cost to him [Aloof Porphyrios] who was diagnosed with AIDS. A selection of of my friends who knew that I was fitting with Aloof Porphyrios of Athens and Oropos, Greece (+1991) asked me to help this dubious cost who was moreover despondent. The AIDS reason was in really bad form and he embrace to commit suicide. Just the once I heard that he embrace to commit suicide, I sent him to unusual priest who was in the same way a doctor. His name is Fr. Stamatis. The dubious cost went to this priest but the priest advised him to go and see Aloof Porphyrios.
I took him to the Aloof. He was a cost who did not plane to severe equivalent a Christian. He had a very global severe about him. I moved out him in the mobile phone with the Aloof. The Aloof reticent him offering for a ache time. Just the once he deceased, he came out of the mobile phone expression of grief but he was very rich with a prayer belt in his hand that the Aloof had set him. He was expression of grief but not in a way that finished him plane feeble. His eyes were burdened with light. The Aloof called me in the field of his mobile phone. "Advance in appearing in so that I can speak to you. So was that kind that you brought to me? So a amazing kind that was!"
The cost from that event repented and he very lives in a spirit of penance. I cart seen him host epoch for example next as a doctor. I see that he has been reborn. He visits monasteries. He goes to recognition. He receives Saintly Communion and he gratitude Christ for AIDS like this has become for him the good reason for his true recovery.
From the book: "Much-repeated Occurrences and Counsels of Aloof Porphyrios"
MYTHIC MONSTERS 18: ABERRATIONS (PFRPG) ALTERNATE COVER
This installment of the Mythic Monster-series clocks in at 34 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page inside of front cover, 1 page editorial, 1 page SRD, 1 page ToC, 2 pages introduction/how-to-use, 2 pages advertisement, 1 page inside back cover, 1 page back cover, leaving us with 23 pages of content, so let's take a look, shall we?
We begin this mythic monster-installment with a glorious handout/moodsetting piece, wherein the dread effects of the new aberration herein are made apparent to the reader - provided in classic greenish/white paper, folks old enough to remember a world sans internet *WILL* definitely have an added piece of recognition drive home the horror here for a pulpy nod - nice indeed and a cool feat by the layout artists/graphic designers of this pdf.
On the supplemental side of things, we receive more mythified spells taken from the Gothic AP- plugin-series, providing, among others, some spells of the Mutant Manifesto with mythic versions - nice! But you're not here for the supplemental content, but for the creatures, right? Okay, so let's dive in!
At CR 3/MR 1, the mythic choker can smother targets and makes spellcasting (or calling for help) nigh impossible for its victims - yes, there is a reason the guards are soundlessly vanishing one by one... At one CR higher, mythic ettercaps receive razor-edged webs with a 1-minute cool-down - pretty cool. Also at CR 4/MR 1, mythic rust monsters can use mythic power to enforce two rolls, the target creature/item taking the lesser. Per se solid, but still wished it received some cool tool - rust auras or the like, for example. Also at this CR/MR, vampirirc mists can envelop and paralyze creatures and quickly drain targets of their blood - imho more interesting than the base creatures, so yeah - cool!
In the solid middle-field, at CR 6/MR 2, mythic cloakers receive no less than 5 different ways with which to augment their moan, mythic power-style. Their engulfing is also pretty lethal, but still - perhaps because I'm a fan of the race, I would have loved to see something more unique being done here. At one CR less, mythic mimics can envelop targets and receive acidic adhesive - solid, but not too great. Mythic otyughs at the same CR/MR can disgust those constricted and use mythic power to exhale stinking clouds - which is in line with the creature's concept, yes, but perhaps due to Purple Duck Games' Otyughnomicon-series, I expected something slightly more interesting.
One of my favorite, odd creatures, the Wolf-in-sheep's-clothing at CR 10/MR 4 can using LIVING creatures as lure. Yes, if you know how these guys works, that's as messed up as it sounds. They also receive a more pronounced body horror component with better implantation options for their eggs and the option to easily maintain multiple grapples, rendering this creature particularly impressive.
Among the high-level threat, we have the froghemoth (yeah!), who doubles as a mythic alien for the subtype, see MM: Aliens) with 2 supplemental feats from MM: Sea Monsters, thankfully reprinted for your convenience - kudos! Oh, and the creature's build is a true beauty - tossing tentacles, drowning gullet, powerful dragging tongue - worthy of CR 16/MR 6 indeed! At only one CR less, the iconic mythic ropers can shatter weapons that strike them, are masters of pulling creatures around, can paralyze foes with their strands courtesy of mythic power and their glare can rip magic asunder akin to an antimagic field. Glorious! Speaking of which - at CR 17/MR 7, veiled masters definitely earn their title here - beyond doubling as mythos-creatures, they may consume memories, wield delayed enchantment effects, exude mists of their dread mucus, create tangible illusions and even send forth deadly electricity-damage-dealing thoughtlances that can stun and stagger targets. Heck yes!
At the same CR/MR-rating, mythic Vemerak receive a breath weapon upgrade that lasts longer, an aura of madness...and a nasty trick. If the creature begins its round grappling a non-mythic creature of size large or lower, it can immediately bite off the head of the target. Yep. Insta-kill. Don't send your cohorts against these guys!
Okay, ready for the new creature? Well, this time, the being clocks in at CR 12/MR 5 and is called Zyoselak - so get this: These things are alien, aberrant swarms of gelatinous, acidic matter, able to create telekinetic shields at the cost of decreased movements - however, said shields can be animated when separated from the creature via mythic power. Worse, it can control its transparency and invade creatures, slowly melting their brain, paralyzing targets and quickly consume any targets that die within it. A fearsome, cool and deadly predator and well worth of Legendary Games' tradition of providing glorious new beasts in this series!
Conclusion:
Editing and formatting are very good, I noticed no significant glitches. Layout adheres to legendary Games' 2-column full-color standard and the pdf's 2 original artworks are gorgeous. The pdf is fully bookmarked for your convenience.
Alistair Rigg, Jason Nelson and Tom Philips deliver a cool assortment of mythic adversaries herein - though this time around, the selection feels more divided to me than in the last installment: On the one hand, we have quite a few aberrations brimming with glorious combo-potential, with enhanced, iconic capabilities and some of the most interesting builds in the series. On the other hand, a few of the creatures herein also felt downright disappointing to me - perhaps it's due to my well-documented love for the horrific and weird, but when e.g. taking a look at cloakers etc., they did feel like missed opportunities, especially seeing how 3.X did provided some cool variants and upgrades that could have used some acknowledgment or upgrade, if only to make the poor PFRPG-cloakers more unique.
Now rest assured that I'm complaining at a high level here - the cool prose and unique, new monster definitely make for glorious, inspiring additions to any game. That being said, they are not enough, at least not for me, to elevate this Mythic Monster-installment to absolute apex-levels - hence my final verdict will "only" clock in at 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5 for the purpose of this platform.
Endzeitgeist out.
Credit: thelema-and-faith.blogspot.com
