Happy reading!
BB,
Vivienne
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Vivienne
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I’m working on a new article for Article Base, on whether it’s possible to be Turned into a vampire. That’s the topic for our next vampire meet up, the first Friday in February. I’ll post the meeting notice and the Talk Shoe conference call information in my next post.
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Nephilim United is in the process of finishing our first video in our educational how-to craft series, carving realistic foam tombstones. The video is in the editing process right now, but as soon as it is up and available for sale I will post here and let you know.
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I’m probably going to be replenishing my stock of tarot decks and maybe buying some new books for my eBay store; in the meantime I need to get some more of Carla’s belly dance costumes up, and the t-shirts and spaghetti-strap tanks similar to the tote bags with her art work. I’ve got lots of my used books to get up, too. Too much to do, too little time! But I’ll get things up here and there. If there is a particular deck or book you are interested in, please let me know. You can post a comment here or email me.
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I’m going to be receiving my Warriors soon (in Lucumi). Then I’m going to receive Ayao sometime later this year. Don’t forget to check out my godfather’s books in the a-store (my Padrino is Ocha’ni Lele).
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I’ve been on a crazy puzzle phase lately. I’ve loved crosswords and other puzzles since I was a kid, but the last few months I’ve been voraciously consuming puzzle books! That seems to be petering out a bit now, as I get more into some new craft projects.
I just finished crocheting a queen-size afghan for my parents and gave it to them for their Christmas wedding anniversary. The last few years I have been on an afghan kick, each one a year-long project. Now I’m interested in doing smaller, more challenging knit and crochet projects again, so I’ve gotten lots of patterns for various kinds of bags, and have been making pouches, iPod sleeves, and so forth for carrying all my different accessories. I want to do a laptop bag next. I’ve also started latching a rug, and at the same time I bought that from Herrschners, I also bought a needlepoint pillow kit that will go very nicely with the finished rug.
Maybe once I get my own necessities made, I will make some bags in goth colors to put up for sale at eBay. If there is any particular kind of bag or item that you think would be popular or particularly useful, please let me know. I won’t be able to mass produce anything, but I figure I can put up the occasional one-of-a-kind hand-made item for sale.
Okay, enough of the general update stuff. I’ll get the vampire meet up notice up next and go from there, giving more details on my research and what I’ve been reading.
Happy 2009! Happy Obama Presidency!
BB,
Vivienne
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A Vote for McCain is a Vote for Armageddon
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If you Vote for McCain you Vote for the Apocalypse
(2 designs)
Designed by Magus Dethen
Exclusive to Persephone’s Haven
$2.99 each; up to 5 buttons ship for $1.99
Discounts available for multiple purchases – See other listings at Persephone’s Haven for sets of 2 for $5, and bulk orders of 10 or more for $1 each.
3″ diameter pin-back and magnet back buttons – please contact me to specify which design you want and whether you want pin-back or magnet-back
white and red lettering on a black and white background
“A Vote for McCain is a Vote for Armageddon”: a semi-transparent head and shoulder image of McCain is superimposed over a nuclear mushroom cloud, with the phrase overlaid in white and red lettering.
“If you Vote for McCain you Vote for the Apocalypse”: a semi-transparent head and shoulder image of McCain is superimposed over a painting of souls writhing in agony at the end of days.
Neither of these is an exaggeration:
- McCain was endorsed by Rev. Hagee, an apocalyptic dominionist preacher who believes Armageddon must be fought by the United States against Iran and that the Holocaust was God’s way of forcing the Jews back to Israel to fulfill end-times prophecy (McCain Gets Hell For Embracing Armageddon Sect“; McCain, Hagee and Armageddon as Foreign Policy“; “McCain Courts “Apocalypse Pastor” Hagee“
- McCain thinks singing “bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran” was funny (see You Tube video footage here and has made it clear he plans to go to war with Iran;
- McCain has said the nuclear option is on the table and Bush recommends a pre-emptive strike against Iran (”Iran: Bush’s Nuclear Option for a McCain Victory.” McCain wants to solve the energy crisis by proliferating nuclear power plants; (”It’s Time for the Nuclear Option, Says McCain“)
- McCain has had so many lapses of memory and made so many mistakes that many have called for him to be tested for senility — this is the man who would have his finger on “the button”:
- He couldn’t remember how many houses he had or what kind of car he drove;
- He didn’t know the difference between Shia and Sunni Muslims and had to be corrected three times in the space of a few seconds by Lieberman;
- He thinks Iraq (rather than Afghanistan) shares a border with Pakistan;
- “Many of McCain’s fellow Republican senators say he’s too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: ‘The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He’s erratic. He’s hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me.’“
- McCain’s Vice Presidential pick, Sarah Palin, is a “stealth dominionist.” Dominionists believe Christians should take over the world by force so they can impose their version of ”Christian” law on everyone in the world, which includes the death penalty for gays, abortion providers, pagans, and anyone else who disagrees with them. They also believe the Apocalypse is a good thing, because they will be raptured into heaven where they can laugh at the torture and suffering of those left behind.
The fate of the world literally hangs in the balance with this election. Warn as many people as you can with these buttons.
BB,
Vivienne D’Avalon
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Books on vampires, magick, tarot, kabbalah, spirituality, dance, psychology, theater, movies, plays, and fiction!
Please take a look at all of these items in Persephone’s Haven’s eBay store for details.
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Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend!
BB,
Vivienne D’Avalon
]]>Fits dress size 8-10 M, bras vary from 34-36, C-D; belt sizes vary.
Recently Persephone’s Haven has started selling one-of-a-kind dance ensembles — 32 professional belly dance costumes that belonged to the daughter of my friend, an Orlando area artist by the name of Carla. Carla’s daughter, Alexia, started her dance career by taking one of my gypsy dance workshops, went on to study belly dance with my dance teacher, Hozuhni (of Enlightenment Dance), and danced professionally for many years at Cedar’s Tavern in Orlando. She is an extremely gifted and skilled performer, but she recently moved to Miami and has drifted away from dance. Her mother Carla has therefore asked me to offer these beautiful and exotic belly dance costumes on eBay, so that some other dancer may put them to their intended purpose. These hand-beaded, one-of-a-kind professional costumes create a beautiful vision for any audience, and will help any dancer feel like a goddess!
Most of these costumes originally cost Alexia $350-400 for the bra and belt sets alone! These ensembles are great bargains! Currently I have 3 costumes in auction, and two in store inventory (a third has already sold, and I have offers on the other two, so hurry!):
“Queen of Sheba”: set includes: red satin harem pants; red and gold sequined and beaded bra and belt set, hand beaded; red velvet “gold” coined and beaded hip scarf; coined crown; and jewelry set including necklace, forehead dangle and earrings with red “stones” in beautiful “gold” filigree settings.
“Scarlet Seductress”: set includes: red skirt; red sequined and beaded black bra, hand beaded; red and “gold” coined hip scarf; two black beaded bracelets; two “gold” colored bangle bracelets, red and “silver” beaded anklet.
“Rubies and Diamonds”: set includes: red “coined” panel skirt; ruby velvet choli top; multi-colored hand-beaded belt on deep red background; red “coined” veil; jewelry set includes necklace, earrings and forehead dangle, all red “stones” in “gold” filigreed setting.
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“Victorian Rose”: set includes: burgundy harem pants and wrap around skirt with matching burgundy veil; burgundy, green and tan flowered and tassled bra and belt; burgundy and “gold” coined hip scarf [SOLD]
“California Sun Rise”: set includes: dusky orange polyester skirt (Size M); matching dusky orange veil; gold sequined, pearl beaded bra and belt; and reddish-orange beaded bracelets
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I also have one copy left in stock of my dance teacher, Hozuhni’s, wonderful book: “Enlightenment Dance.” Order with a costume, and shipping for the book is free!
Please take a look at all of these items in Persephone’s Haven’s eBay store for details. .
Please also consider signing up for the store newsletter to stay up-to-date on sales and receive coupons for repeat customers.
BB,
Vivienne D’Avalon
]]>We have finally switched over to a new web host that has allowed my web designer to make some blogging software part of the site. Now I can blog here on a regular basis, to keep the site up to date with fresh content, and keep you all apprised of on goings on in the Haven. (If you were signed up to the Persephoneshaveninfo yahoo board, please subscribe to the rss feed here — I will be shutting down that yahoo newsletter site eventually, in favor of this blog).
Let me give you a quick tour:
At the top of the page is our spiffy new logo (thanks webmaster Magus!)
The welcome message on our Home page explains my vision for Persephone’s Haven.
Our About page tells Persephone’s story (and explains the logo).
The Merchandise button is a work in progress; as I learn more about html I will add pages of merchandise; currently I only have a few 3″ diameter buttons listed, and unfortunately the paypal buttons don’t seem to be working, so contact me if you would like to buy some and I will take care of you.
However, we are an Amazon affiliate, so you can purchase any of the books (and some other merchandise) that I will talk about and recommend, by clicking on the Book Store link. Persephone’s Haven gets a small percentage of each book purchased from Amazon through our site.
We also have an eBay presence, and now have a button in the menu linking to that. Please check in at Persephone’s Haven eBay periodically for new merchandise, and consider signing up for the store newsletter to stay up to date on sales and to receive coupons for repeat customers.
The Links button is now populated with the urls of many sites that I have found useful or interesting, and I will continue to add more — and I promise I will try to keep things grouped together and organized in some sort of logical, coherent order!
Again, welcome to Persephone’s Haven. I warmly greet those of you who have been following our growth since our start five years ago and waiting patiently for a properly functioning website. And I look forward to meeting new friends and being able to use the blog to build our own Haven community, interacting with, educating and supporting one another.
Salutations and Blessed Be,
Vivienne
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