My new computer arrived yesterday, from Origin PC, in a giant wooden crate (weighing in at 71lbs). I’m in love. Yet, because of the wooden crate I felt like I was transporting some Compsognathus to Isla Nublar… which was fun / terrifying.

Stats are below, for the fellow nerds.

Processor: Intel Core i7 3930K 3.2GHz/3.8GHz Turbo LGA 2011 Hex-Core Processor (12MB L3 Cache), cooled via Origin Frostbyte 120 Sealed Liquid Cooling Systems

Graphics Card: Single 2GB GDDR5 Nvidia GTX 680

Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz (4x4GB) Quad Channel Memory

Motherboard: Intel DX79SI (SATA6Gb/s USB 3.0)

Docteur Cæli D'Anto: The Gift of a Djinn

A really cool story about spirit gnosis, discovering the gift of a helper spirit, and working it into one’s praxis; by docteurcaeli:

It all started with a dream a few months ago…

I was in a mirror image of my home, although it was higher than what it is now, an ancient city engulfed by the dry winds and the desert sands can be seen outside the windows.

Then a noise came from the kitchen, as my partner and I investigate,…

(via docteurcaeli)

When Same-Sex Marriage Was a Christian Rite

“Contrary to myth, Christianity’s concept of marriage has not been set in stone since the days of Christ, but has constantly evolved as a concept and ritual. Prof. John Boswell, the late Chairman of Yale University’s history department, discovered that in addition to heterosexual marriage ceremonies in ancient Christian church liturgical documents, there were also ceremonies called the “Office of Same-Sex Union” (10th and 11th century), and the “Order for Uniting Two Men” (11th and 12th century)…”