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I am now a member of the Executive Committee of the Croatian Naturist Association (DNH). It took a long time for the association to assemble again after a sudden illness and death of our former president. Sadly, I didn't know him very well, or long enough. Just as it was time for us to begin working together more intensely, he became very ill and lost his cognitive function, which virtually paralyzed the whole association. Everything we'd been planning suddenly came to a screeching halt. Since then, and because of these circumstances, the association had lost its legitimacy, its assets are still frozen, and membership dropped to a mere handful of enthusiasts - only ten of us were present at the assembly. We are working on restoring our legitimacy and having our assets unfrozen. In the meantime we are restoring our social media and on-line presence. I'm basically in charge of everything related to social media and Internet. At this moment we still don't have all the credentials needed to even log in to the association's social media accounts, as those were all held by our former president, but we are hopeful his son might be able to provide those. One topic I was particularly struck by was the issue regarding the Koversada Naturist Park which is said to turn into a predominantly textile resort starting next year! This conversion to a textile resort includes the small island of Koversada which is basically the cradle of naturism in Croatia, and has the longest naturist tradition in Europe. Only a small portion of the park will remain naturist. What's more, one of the founders of the Naturist Association of Koversada, Jerko Sladoljev, is banned from visiting Koversada. I feel we are at a critical juncture for naturism in Croatia and I'm proud to be part of it as we fight to preserve and promote the naturist tradition in these difficult times. #naturism #nudism #fkk #croatia

I'm looking to follow more non-sexual #naturist profiles on #nostr, so feel free to suggest some, including yourself if you fit that category, and even if you don't post #naked photos. Searching through the various hashtags and keywords doesn't bring up much of interest and feels like scrolling through pornhub. I suppose true #nudist profiles are buried under those somewhere. Reach out if you're into #naturism/#nudism, or even if you're just curious about it. #nude #lifestyle

The #tarot reading for this week is Death. #occultstr I both was and wasn't surprised by this card today. As I was doing the draw I was thinking "Wouldn't it be funny if I pulled Death out of the deck?" And to my surprise, there it was. I had felt the energy of transformation before even pulling the card. Being an archetypal fool I suppose I greatly resonate with both of these archetypes. That said, I have discovered a new way to read the cards (talk about transformation). This week will be dominated by the energy of transformation, of death to my old ways of doing things, then finding and replacing them with new ways, hopefully better ones. Also death of my old way of being, and transforming it into new ways. Not all, of course, but many significant ones. And I get to choose, to an extent, where to put this energy. At the start of the week I always pull two cards - one for the week, and one for the day, and today's card is Four of Wands again. This represents a lot of energy to me, a kind of graceful nimbleness and agility with which I can navigate my day, which is hopeful because I start out my transformation with a lot of mental and physical fortitude. What a great combo to start the week with! Of course, the cards have their opposite meaning as well. I don't do the upright/reversed meanings because I believe each card represents both its aspects at the same time, and while they each have what we consider positive influences, they bring in what we consider their negative influences at the same time, much like the archetypes themselves. Death may bring in some transformations that we're resisting as well as those that we welcome. Similarly, Four of Wands may indicate a loss of balance and stability at the same time because graceful agility in navigating what life throws at us requires a kind of practice, whether mental or physical. So while I have some control over the upcoming changes, I should also be on the lookout for unbalancing things and pay close attention that I don't get thrown off my trajectory, at least for today.

Last Friday I went #hiking again and this time I visited two peaks in the eastern part of my country. The climbs were relatively easy as they were short peaks, but on the first one I missed a turn somewhere and lost quite a bit of time finding my way back again. I was hoping for four peaks but knew in advance I wouldn't be able to climb them all because of the long drive (more than 4 hours to the first, most distant one). On my drive I was listening to This Jungian Life podcast and went through several episodes. Listening to that podcast induces a kind of meditative state for me and gets me thinking about things I don't manage to think about over the course of a normal day. Nothing stood out for me, however. I find myself feeling as being at the start of a creative journey. I recently resumed doing #tarot, I'm building a website where I can write my blog, and have begun to put more effort into writing my first novel, and all this while I'm still doing my day job, and taking care of my family. I believe I've successfully established a morning routine that works for me. I wake up at 4 am, do a bit of social media (I don't always post something and I have no regularity because I don't always have insight that I feel is worth sharing), and then I work on something of the above. I'm currently working on developing the characters for the novel, and I'm slowly finishing the blog. I finish when my wife gets up to go to work, we have a cup of coffee, then she leaves and I get the kids ready for school. Once they're off I go to work myself and when I get home the afternoons are quite varied. I'll sit down to work again occasionally, but generally I do better in the quiet of the early morning. When on a hike, as always I tend to do it #naked. This is why I choose a weekday to do it because there's fewer hikers, meaning less people on the trail to go bonkers around seeing a naked person walking in the wild. I seldom meet anyone, and if I do it's in the afternoon and they mainly don't care. My mind at the moment feels a bit scattered in many places at once and I suppose this is evident from this post so I'm just going to leave it mostly as it came out and hopefully all this coalesces into something more coherent in the coming days.

Today's #tarot is The Moon. #occultstr This major arcana card invites me to trust my intuition and connect with my creative feminine aspect.

Today's #tarot is the Queen of Cups. #occultstr She reminds me to stick to my plan and not get distracted and drowned in things that are being thrown my way.

GM #nostr! Today's #tarot tells me to be more frugal stack sats. It's the Four of Pentacles! #occultstr

Today's #tarot is Prince of Wands. #occultstr All Prince cards represent for me a degree of foolishness. Can't help it, I'm an archetypal fool. It's simply because princes are not kings yet. They haven't matured, and don't have enough experience yet. But this one's smart enough to know not to play with fire. He's got it fairly well under control as he faces with a lion - an animal represented by the zodiac sign he happened to be born under - if the symbol on his collar is any indication - and one I too happened to be born under as well.

Today's #tarot: King of Wands King of Wands invites me to listen, observe, and notice the silver lining in things. It asks that I be authoritative, but kind, to laugh and have fun.

Today's #tarot: Ten of Wands My first impression when looking at this card told me to burn down my current system of working on my goals and remake it in a different fashion. The "official" meaning of this card agrees, though it's much more dramatic than is my own personal impression. Sure, it's my stubbornness that made me take on the burden of my goals. I doubt it's my last effort to do them, but today and tomorrow will be the last effort to do them in the fashion I've been doing them for the past week. #occultstr

Yesterday I have finished reading Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. I have seen people say how the novel changed them, opened their eyes, etc. For me, this book has done no such thing. For me, it has shed light on something that has always bothered me. It was always something I couldn't quite put my finger on - a bunch of questions that all seemed to ask about different issues, but which - according to this book - have a singular answer. Questions like how are we ever going to evolve beyond Homo sapiens sapiens when instead of letting ourselves adapt to the environment, we adapt our environment to ourselves? Crops grow out of earth and use nutrients in the soil. We pick crops year after year with various tricks to replenish those nutrients, but the trend is always towards soil devoid of nutrients for the plants, and intense farming is known to turn lush meadows into deserts. How is that not going to end poorly for us? These questions and many others were answered in this book for me, but the most interesting thing is what I have realized about myself while reading this book: I essentially have a Leaver mindset (something you're going to have to find out about by reading the book) who is confused by the requirements of living according to the Taker mindset. I don't agree with all the conclusions this book presents, but it's nonetheless an interesting read. I picked it up immediately after reading I, Robot by Isaac Asimov which I found dull in comparison, and I consider myself a fan of science fiction.

Today's #tarot : Seven of Swords #occultstr Oh, boy, swords *are* the theme of this week! To me this card represents exploration of things unknown. I expect something like that today at work at least as I was handed a project that a former employee was working on. I don't expect to be useless about it, which is the "official" interpretation of this card. 🤣

Today's #tarot reading: Ace of Swords #occultstr This card comes up often lately for me for some reason. Maybe it's time to delve deeper into its meaning. It is commonly assosiated with a moment of breakthrough. It's a double-edged sword, though, meaning whatever breakthrough is to be made will probably mean, as I see it, adding something more on my plate. To be perfectly honest the only breakthrough I'd like right now is through the tasks in my backlog. When it comes to marriage and love, this card signifies communication and honesty, which is something that has already been happening for me in my marriage. This is a positive continuation of that trend which I find welcoming. On the downside this could mean more conflicts due to newfound honesty. On the financial side, due to our recent expenses regarding our family car I've been planning to revise the budget, so it's probably a good time to do so today.

Today's #tarot : Eight of Wands. #occultstr Approach your problems in an agile, nimble way. Find new solutions. Take a leap of faith. But be wary of your moral code or you might do something you regret.

Today's #tarot reading: Ten of Pentacles Ten seems to be the theme of the start of this week. Interesting this card should open on the day when I'm about to pay loads of money for having my family car fixed. But it reminds me that I have some home & family related tasks that I should look into, which I have been postponing. Also I should probably look into the budget since October had started and I haven't yet done so.

Some people hike for the sights. Some because they love nature. Some because they say it brings them closer to God. I hike for all these reasons and none of them: I love the sights, but the experience of sights is incomplete without involving all our senses. I love nature, which is why I prefer not to separate myself from it with artificial barriers draped over my body. I do believe the mountain brings me closer to God, and I only go before Him as He created me.

My today's #tarot reading: Ten of Swords Embrace the unexpected, widen mental horizons.

I hike, but when I don't I practice #nudism nonetheless! Boring chores become much more interesting when done #naked

I don't know anything about gemstones, but when I was buying one I was trusting my intuition. The second I entered the store where I bought one I was tracking where I was being guided by it, and the gemstone shelf was the first one my eyes went to. And when I was sufficiently close, my eyes darted towards the magnesite stone. But alas, I have precisely zero experience regarding gemstones and looking at it I could only surmise so much from the shapes of its veins, so I decided to look up what meanings others have attached to this gemstone. According to those magnesite is said to have calming properties, and helps improve creative visualization and imagination. This is very interesting since I believe these are required in tarot readings. It is also said to stimulate passion in the heart and strengthens bones and teeth. Don't know what to make of that last bit about bones and teeth, but passion is an interesting one. It also says it helps meditation and opens the heart chakra, but since I don't actively meditate and chakras are not something that I have a sufficient understanding of, I'll take the calm, visualization, imagination, and passion. It seems to me my intuition knew what it was doing as these are the critical qualities not just for tarot reading, but also ones I either use extensively in my work, or desperately need in general. I do a lot of visualization when solving fairly complicated problems at work. I need my imagination because I've been stuck writing a story for a very long time. And passion is the one I desperately need as I've been losing touch with it in many aspects of my life. Now I'm a bit preoccupied with the question of whether I even believe that a cheap gemstone can "bring" all this into my life. I take everything people say with a grain of salt. My position is that sure, it might have worked out like that for you or many other people, but these things are highly subjective and I'm quite sure there are people who would be wholly unaffected even if they had tons of magnesite or other gemstone. But I trust my intuition in this regard; there was a reason I was attracted to this particular gemstone and while I don't know it yet, I will likely find out if I pay attention. If it does nothing else, it enticed me to write this bunch of words at least.