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Ahhh thank you so much ! Yeah that makes alot of sense ive been trying to incorp prayer at night while i go to bed ill devote some more bedtime rituals for him :)
Ohhh, fellow hypnos lover, feel free to use this ask as a hypnos infodump if you'd like ! I love talking about the gods and if you have any worship/ tips about him if you wouldnt mind sharing id be very greatfull !
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HELLO FELLOW HYPNOSER!!!
Time for tips and info dump ramblings bc I’ll absolutely take the chance.
Tbh he’s kind of the only one I’m a full blown devotee too, I’ve always been weirdly into the entire concept and idea of sleep as a whole (autism moment??? My own history of sleep issues??? Unclear) but I do still respect and honour all the others. And admittedly I have a bit of an intrigue about the whole Zagreus Dionysus connection and it’s history. I grew up on a vineyard so maybe the whole grapes and wine of Dionysus gives me nostalgia haha.
I’m a bit of a lazy worshiper because memory issues be issuing, but my entire night routine is built around good sleep and devotion. I know it’s a common Hypnos tip but good sleep schedules is a top notch way to worship. I also keep a lot of the devotional or personally meaningful things I have on or around my bed. My bed has kind of become like a second altar in a way, a sacred space. My childhood toys, bedding I bought specifically because it reminded me of Hypnos etc. it’s basically an altar you can sleep in lol.
I could ramble for a million years but funny enough, I should go to bed rn.
Get some sleep and sweet dreams fellow Hypnosers.
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Reblogginf for exposure cause im out of work till april !
Readings to pay for top surgery
I will be offering readings to help fund my top surgery cost! (About $5,000)
What I’m offering
You can choose what deck is used from my collection of 30+
Reading with 1 tarot deck and 1 oracle deck: $10
Add (unlimited) additional decks for $2 each
Add ons:
Pendulum reading: $3
Die casting: $4
Charm casting: $4
Rune casting: $3
Bibliomancy: $5 (different books offered)
Domino casting: $2
Colormancy: $1
And if you’d like I can call in a Greek god of your choosing!
I’m losing my insurance at the end of this month but my top surgery is scheduled for the end of May! Ive been waiting for this surgery for 7 years so I really don’t want to cancel.
If you wanna just donate that’s cool too!
Handles:
C$happ: okaykid4
V**mo: okaykid
Any bit helps!
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☀️ Blessed Apollo, spring is here! ☀️
I feel your rays beat against my skin and I worship you!
I see your light shinning through the blossoming trees and I worship you!
I sense your warmth as your light brightens the new day and I worship you!
Apollo! Your light is so bright and beautiful
It warms each inch of the cold earth,
It brings life to the once dead plants,
It brings joy to all who see it!
Apollo! I offer you cool water in thanks!
I offer you warm bread in thanks!
I offer you sweet incense in thanks!
I offer you soft music in thanks!
☀️ Praise Apollo and the coming of spring! ☀️
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good things will happen 🧿
things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿
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Yesss i identify more with the term polythiest but use pagan as often times people are more receptive to or have more knowledge when using that term . Plus theres more exposure and content for pagan then polythiest
Just a quick reminder~
Not all polytheists consider themselves as pagans, and not all pagans consider themselves polytheists. The two terms aren't universally interchangeable.
(Some people use the terms interchangeably for themselves because the terms are heavily intertwined for them. This is not the case for everyone.)
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You’ve been hit by 🔪
You’ve been struck by 🔪
A Roman Senator 🔪🔪🔪
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Please reblog for sample size! 🧡
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I thought id add on a few !!
When i pray to apollo, i feel like im standing in a patch of sun with a focus on my chest and hands, and it feels like the vibrations from strumming an instrument run through my fingers.
When i pray to hestia, i feel warm in the cheeks like someone holding them and running their hands through your hair in comfort
When i pray to hermes i feel it in my hands they feel cool like when you drag them through a stream on a hike.
I’m still a bit new to Hellenism, but the gods that I’ve connected with have all affected me in SUCH different ways.
When I pray to Aphrodite I feel a really warm and positive feeling around my chest and throat that makes me feel giddy, like butterflies.
When I pray to Dionysus I feel a really empowered feeling in my gut, like the feelings you get when you complete a really hard hike and look around like, “damn, look at me go, I’m awesome”.
When I pray to Artemis I feel a presence in my chest and shoulders, like when you’re younger and your parents hold your shoulders and tell you everything’s going to be okay before you get back on the bike you feel off.
I just wanted to hear if anyone else feels certain emotions when worshiping different gods and their experiences :)!!
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★ dionysian flag !
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definition:
dionysian is a label for anyone who isnt strictly a binary gender who considers themself gay in whatever way applies to them!*
*this label in no way encompasses identities such as mspec lesbians/gays, if you are one or support them please do not interact!
READ MY DNI/DNU BEFORE INTERACTING
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-I'm an Apollo devotee, of course I'm gonna be dramatic about it first.
-I'm an Apollo devote, of course I have a collection of instruments I intend on learning.
-I'm an Apollo devote, of course I'm going to be upset when it's cold and rainy outside.
-I'm an Apollo devote, of course I'm going to doctor up your boo-boos and give you a special band-aid.
-I'm an Apollo devote, of course I have a song for that.
-I'm an Apollo devote, of course I have 0 chill.
-I'm an Apollo devote, of course I'm stubborn.
-I'm an Apollo devote, of course I love with my whole heart.
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Anyone who reblogs this post will have their user written on a poster saying "We Stand With Palestine" that I hope to put up somewhere in the village I live in, or the town that the village is next to.
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I pray for those in palestine and similar situations . Know my heart goes out to you i pray that the mercilessness is over and you are given peace , i pray that those who have passed make thier way to whichever afterlife they believe and can see thier loved ones again in an eternal embrace.
I pray that people will soon come to their senses and realise what is happening and stop these horrors.
Prayers to the Gods for the Palestinian people.
Keep sharing, keeping protesting, keep b0ycotting, but your prayers also have power, not just for yourself, but for others too. The Gods weep as we do at this injustice. They are just as angry as we are. The Gods will always care about injustice. Remember Xenia.
Also ! Anyone can use these, feel free to change the prayers to fit any other gods!
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To Apollo and Artemis to protect the young in Palestine
To lovely Artemis and Apollo, protectors of children, please give your grace to the children of Palestine.
Please let them have as many joyful moments as possible— even if it's their last.
Watch over them and protect them all the way into to their final seconds
Avert evil and harm from them as much as possible
Grant them the peace of seeing their siblings and caretakers, even if it's the last time
Let them know the joys of being a child, even if it's fleeting Let them play, sing, dance
Grant them joy and grant them peace and then extend that joy, comfort, and beauty into their afterlives/ next lives, so that they won't know this fear and sorrow again.
Love and protect the children of Palestine as they are as precious as any other
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To Ares, most unbreakable
To Ares, most unbreakable, whose courage and strength are as unlimited as he is
Please extend that same fortitude and strength to the Palestinians
Οβριμος (strong, mighty) make it so that their strength and courage never runs out
Αδάμαστος (unconquerable, indestructible) make it so they wont die without a fight, that as much as the oppressors think they have complete power of them, they never will
Τειχεσιπλητης (stormer of cities, walls) make it so they break out of the hell they've been forced it
Λαοσσοος (he who rallies people), make it so the people unconditionally come to their support
Beloved Ares, you are as kind as you are destructive Save your grace for the Palestinians, for you weep as much as we do for them.
But unleash your wrath on the oppressors and murderers
Make it so they never have another day of peace
That the blood on their hands stains everything they touch, polluting their lives, and so it may never wash off
Δεινος (terrible, fearsome), show them no mercy.
Ares, saviour and protector of people, protect and love the Palestinians as you do.
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To Athena defender and savior of people
To Athene, defender of cities
She with the most wisdom, hold them with you under your unbreakable shield
Σωτειρα (savior) please save them from the unyielding bombs and rubble that many are buried in
Αλαλκομενηις (protector) protect them always, for they are as precious as any other. Protect them while alive and after they're gone, protect their legacy, their story
Παιωνια (healer), help them use their limited medical supplies to save as many as they can. Protect the doctors and any healthcare workers, so that they may help as many as they can
Protector, Saviour, defender, please save the Palestinian people, their home, and their legacy.
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To Zeus, savior and most merciful
To Zeus, most high, extend your endless kindness and grace to the Palestinian people.
Σωτηρ (savior) please save the Palestinian people, for their lives are as precious as any other.
For they have a culture, story and history as rich as any other.
Λαοιτης (of the people) make it so they are never forgotten and while some deem them unworthy of living, make that known to the people that that is untrue
Ελευθεριος (of freedom) make it so they will know freedom and will not be under siege any longer
Τροπαιος (turns to flight, defeats), instill in them the fighting spirit they need, and the spirit to live, so they can expel the oppressors from their land.
Παλαμναιος (punisher of murderers), make it so the oppressors can’t get away with their crime, that they never can escape from their own actions
Επιδωτης (giver of good), make it so they can find as many moments of peace and slight escape as they can, no matter how fleeting it is. Whether it be sitting with a loved one or getting a sip of fresh water, give it to them.
Θεος Αγαθος, (the good god) you as much as the other Gods teach us Xenia (hospitality, friendliness basically), to hold it close to our hearts, to hold people close to our hearts. We know you are as just as angry as we are, and we know you mourn with us. And just like you, we will let no injustice pass
No one should stay silent about this or any other injustices. Speak up, protest, share, and pray
(Also please excuse any spelling, grammar, and other errors,, I did read over it but yknow)
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a VERY unfriendly reminder that if you're a "radfem" or a terf i fucking hate you and so does Aphrodite. I do not speak for the Gods but transphobia is a blatant violation of xenia I never have and never will tolerate on my page. I do not want you disgusting slugs on my digital shrine. i will never value any opinion, interaction, or input from a terf. end of story.
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how you can help palestine
*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*
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Donations
donations currently reaching gaza:
help buy e-sims for people in gaza (PLEASE HELP CONNECT GAZANS TO THE WORLD. if you would like to stay updated, please follow @/Mirna_elhelbawi on twitter)
donate to get food packages to gaza - care for gaza
support palestinians: buy a keffiyeh from the last and only factory in palestine - hirbawi
donate to ahmed (@/90-ghost on tumblr) (he is born, raised and based in gaza. please help him reach his goal of $25K to get his family to safety across the rafah border into egypt. as of right now… it’s 5K per person to evacuate gaza)
secondary donations:
palestine children's relief fund
palestine red crescent society
save palestine - islamic relief canada
send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association
click to donate - arab.org
donate for the recovery of hisham awartani - gofundme
one of the three palestinian students shot by a racist in vermont for wearing kufiyas and speaking arabic. hisham’s injuries have left him paralysed from below the chest.
help bring down israel's weapon trade - palaction
NOTE: journalists based in gaza are saying a demand for ceasefire is the priority as not all donations are reaching gazans (focus on the donations that are directly reaching gaza). so please contact your local MPs every single day demanding as such. palestine need a permanent ceasefire.
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Petitions
petition to investigate war crimes committed by israeli military
demand ceasefire - amnesty.org
open call for immediate ceasefire
american government call for immediate ceasefire
american government to stop funding israeli military
ceasefire and increase humanitarian assistance - oxfam au
petition to get canva to address their pro-israel stance
invoke the genocide convention to call for ceasefire in gaza - world beyond war
location specific petitions
gaza call for ceasefire - oxfam (UK)
end israeli occupation - parliament uk (UK)
email your MP - medical aid for palestine (UK)
protect gaza civilians - islamic relief (UK)
stop fuelling genocide - action network (USA)
@ biden: call for ceasefire now - move on (USA)
ceasefirenow.com - jewishvoiceofpeace (USA)
call congress and demand a ceasefire - uscpr (USA - they provide a script of what you should say, so don't worry about it)
note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.
australia call on israel to stop attacking palestinians - apan (AUS)
immediate ceasefire and increase in humanitarian aid in gaza - actionaid (AUS)
email your MPs - stand with palestine (AUS)
sign to send letter to MP for ceasefire - nccm (CANADA)
ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)
ceasefire and allow aid to enter gaza - oxfam (CANADA)
call on your local mayor and council to demand ceasefire - LeadNow (CANADA)
cessez-le-feu et un couloir humanitaire - le mouvement (FRANCE)
écrivez aux député-es et sénateurs-trices - association france palestine solidarité (FRANCE)
write to your député - assemblée nationale (FRANCE)
skydda civilbefolkningen i gaza! - mittskifte (SWEDEN)
singaporeans call for immediate ceasefire (SIN)
contact your elected reps and demand a ceasefire (GERMANY)
write to the EU demanding a ceasefire (EUROPE)
template of letters you can send (EU)
guide on how to contact your MPs in EU
p.s. if the template is outdated, just use it as a guide and add a few sentences here and there that reflect the current situation. i can’t find any recent templates so :/ at least this is something
multiple actions you can take to help palestine - plant een olifbloom (NETHERLANDS)
includes: links for donations, emails to MP, emails to media, links to petitions and demonstrations
den haag, maak nú werk van vrede in israël/Palestina - the right forum (NETHERLANDS)
māori call for palestine - ourActionStation (NZ)
special visa for palestinians in gaza with family in NZ - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)
deem israeli actions as war crimes - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)
basta ao genocídio em Gaza! - awaaz (BRAZIL)
globo e grande mídia, parem de desumanizar civis palestinos - the intercept (BRAZIL)
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Campaigns
friends of al-aqsa
❥ UK-specific
urge your MP to speak up for palestine
hands off al-aqsa
stop administrative detention
petition for UK to stop arming israel
❥ International
boycott puma — email them to end their partnership with israel
boycott coca-cola
palestine action
join the resistance
islamic relief canada
urge your MP to rally for ceasefire
decolonise palestine
poster campaign to raise awareness on the war crimes being committed against palestinians | (very very important please share + read the sources provided)
text/call campaign for people living in USA
text CEASEFIRE @ 51905 to call for a ceasefire
text RESIST @ 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103–a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel
download 5Calls app to contact members of your congress | (more info)
fax campaign for people in the USA
go on this website to send 5 free faxes per day
here’s a link to a pre-written fax copy you can download to send (the first link on the linktree)
here’s a video that explains how to fax your senator (it’s very easy and all you need is a valid email address)
BDS movement
get involved in boycotting companies associated with israel
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please let me know if you have any more links. i will add them in. and please reblog the original post!!
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UPCOMING PROTESTS
PALESTINIAN LITERATURE READING LIST
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Ahhhhh thanks for the tag and researchh !!!
Dionysian Festivals in History
You'll never believe who procrastinated on their thesis by writing this. (It definitely wasn't me, if anyone's asking.)
One of the more common difficulties that comes with being a Hellenic Polytheist (or, really, any follower of a pre-Christian religion) is a lack of knowledge about how certain festivals were practiced. This problem is especially true in the worship of Dionysos, where many of the practices were unwritten about, due to either common societal knowledge of them, or a more mysterious aspect to them.
I'm going to go over a crash course of historical festivals to Dionysos (using @thegrapeandthefig's Attic Calendar, as is usual), and explain what each festival is, and how it would have been celebrated historically.
We start off at the start of the Gregorian calendar year with Lenaia. This year, it took place from the 22nd to the 29th of January, which translates to the Attic calendar as the 12th to the 19th of Gamelion. There isn't too much information known about what the festival specifically entails, although there are some hints about it on what are known as Lenaia vases. The vases show scenes related to Lenaia and Anthesteria, but scholars are able to differentiate it by looking at what is depicted on the vase (if it's wine, it's Lenaia). Obviously, the drinking of wine was a pretty important part of the festival, as Dionysos' epithet "Lenaios" means "he of the wine-press". There may also have been elements relating to Dionysos' infancy.
The beautiful thing about Lenaia is that it was so vaguely celebrated, historically speaking. There was wine, and perhaps some plays put on, but other than that, a lot of the festival can be left up to the practitioner.
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After Lenaia comes Anthesteria, falling this year on February 20th to the 22nd (Anthesterion 11th-13th), and about which there are a good number of resources. This festival was supposed to be* a springtime festival, which was separated into three days: Pithoigia, Choes, and Chytroi, which can be translated as "Jar Opening", "Jugs", and "Pots". It is strange that Anthesteria covers so many themes - new wine, love, and, at the end, death. However, the article Athens' Festival of the New Wine, by Noel Robertson, offers some important insights on this. It seems that the festival commemorated the myth of Icarius and Erigone, which, for the sake of space (and my own time), I'll link to here: Britannica - Erigone. In short, this festival follows their gift of wine, the drinking of this new wine among the mortals, and Icarius and Erigone's deaths at the hands of shepherds, who did not understand the gift they had been given.
Pithoigia: As the translated name suggests, this is the day of the opening of the wine casks which, up until that moment, had been *fermenting throughout the year. From these casks, the Athenians would libate the first wines out to Dionysos. This was also a day where wine was enjoyed by all, not just by Dionysos - Robertson mentions that in ancient Athens, this was the day during which the wine was mixed.
Choes: Choes is day two, which is the day of Jugs. For lack of a better word, this was the most boisterous day of the entire three-day experience. People of all ages and social classes engaged in wine-drinking contests, while in secret, rites were performed in which the wife of the current king was married to Dionysos. There *was also a tradition in which public shrines were roped off, although this seems to be related to the story of Orestes, who was considered to be an unclean man. Strangely enough, despite the boisterous and celebratory connotations of the day, it was also considered to be an unlucky day.
Chytroi: This third day of Anthesteria likely commemorated the deaths of the two followers of Dionysos who were given the gift of wine-making from Him: Icarius and Erigone. Icarius was killed by shepherds, who believed him to be poisoning them, and Erigone killed herself after finding her dead father. This is where the (with *context, somewhat grim) tradition of swinging at the Anthesteria comes from. This was also the day in which the wine was ritually mixed. This, from what I can gather, means that the wine wasn't necessarily mixed for use among mortals, but rather mixed and consecrated to Dionysos Himself.
Ultimately, Anthesteria is an incredibly complex festival, and I've barely scraped the surface on it in this post. The days are a bit mobile in celebratory orders as well, as it seems that many of the fine points of the festival can be moved around.
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The next festival we encounter in the Athenian calendar is the City Dionysia, or Greater Dionysia. This year it falls on March 19th-25th (Elaphebolion 11th-16th). Thankfully, this celebration is one with a lot less ambiguity about its traditions, mainly because it's turned out a lot of things which have stuck around in the world, and remain to this day, such as the Greek plays. In short, this was a large festival which took place in Athens, and involved the production and showing of multiple comedies, dramas, and satyr plays. As the patron of the theater, obviously Dionysos' name was attached to it.
Beyond the theatrical aspect of it, many sources show that Dionysian processions were a pretty big part of the historical celebrations. To be perfectly honest, my view on it is almost like a weeklong Dionysian Mardi Gras.
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From here, we have a massive jump of almost half a year to the next festival, which is Kybernesia. This year, it takes place on September 10th, or Boedromion 8th. I have my own hot takes on this long span in which there are no Dionysian festivals, but that's going to wait until another post in which I can truly unleash my full opinions upon the world.
The Kybernesia is celebrated in the modern day as a Dionysian festival, but in all the academic sources I found, it is listed as an Athenian naval festival. One source says that it linked to Theseus after he sailed from Crete, which would maybe explain the potential Dionysian connection, as it was on this journey from Crete to Athens that Theseus abandoned Ariadne on the shores of Naxos. However, if anyone else has a more in-depth source on a Dionysian connection to the Kybernesia, I'd be really happy to see it!
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At some point during the month of December was held the Rural Dionysia, which is similar to the City Dionysia, but just... more rural, more rustic, perhaps a bit more rowdy. Its celebration was determined by various local governments, so there's a lot of flexibility on when it can be celebrated. According to @thegrapeandthefig's calendar, "Popular choices [for celebration] include the 7th, 8th, 11th, or 14th."
This is where the current list of Dionysian festivals on the Attic calendar ends. However, it's definitely not the end of celebrated Dionysian festivals in general. There were plenty more outside of Athens which don't have as many resources on their historical celebrations (Lampteria being one). I might go over these festivals in some other post, but for now, y'all get the Athenian calendar!
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*supposed to be in spring refers to the fact that, for most folks living in the northern regions of the Northern Hemisphere, it's almost definitely still winter when the Anthesteria rolls around.
Sources:
Lenaia:
Wikipedia - Lenaia
Sarah Pierce - Visual Language and Concepts of Cults on the "Lenaia Vases"
Anthesteria:
Britannica - Anthesteria
Noel Robertson - Athens' Festival of the New Wine
William Nickerson Bates - The Lenaea, The Anthesteria, and the Temple [Limnais]
B. C. Dietrich - A Rite of Swinging During the Anthesteria
City/Greater Dionysia:
Britannica - Great Dionysia
Kybernesia:
Valerij Goušchin - Athenian Synoikism of the Fifth Century B.C., or Two Stories of Theseus
Stephen D. Lambert - Parerga III: The Genesia, Basile and Epops Again (just a note: if you read through these resources, the information on Kybernesia is hidden in the footnotes or only mentioned once in the text.)
Rural Dionysia:
Leonhard Shmitz - Dionysia
Credits:
Thanks to @just-another-dionysus-devotee for suggesting this as a topic! It was really fun to research this topic!
And the divider design in this post is from @cafekitsune
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what im learning is that you cannot avoid your way into a life you enjoy
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