Blau Stern Schwarz Schlonge – “Honi soit qui mal y pense” and other things I like to say under my breath
Some of my favourite phrases:
“Honi soit qui mal y pense” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honi_soit_qui_mal_y_pense) is a French phrase that has been around since the mid 1300s and has been used in a lot of contexts, but it basically means “Evil to him who evil thinks”, which turns the speaker of slanderer back to eat their own words in a sense.
Here’s the first paragraph of the Wikipedia link on this phrase:
“Honi soit qui mal y pense” is a French phrase meaning: “Shamed be he who thinks evil of it”. The phrase is sometimes archaically rendered as “Honi soit quy mal y pense”, “Hony soyt qe mal y pense” and various other phoneticizations. It is the motto of the English chivalric Order of the Garter. In Modern French it is rendered as “Honni soit qui mal y pense” (the modern conjugation of the verb honnir being honni). It is also written at the end of the manuscript Sir Gawain and the Green Knight but it appears to have been a later addition. [2] Its literal translation from Old French is “Shame be to him who thinks evil of it”. [3] It is sometimes re-interpreted as “Evil be to him who evil thinks”
Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (foto blausternschlonge)
We have all be analyzed and criticized, especially for our actions, all our lives, from our parents, from our faiths, from our friends, and from our online “friends”. Criticism is good and makes one think. But judging a person by certain actions they do not agree with does not get to the root of why in our spirits and minds and emotions we do them. Hell, I can even quote the Bible saying “Judge not that ye be not judged” in such circumstances.
Another one of my favourite phrases was written by the late High Priest of our coven over the doorway of our temple – “Temet Nosce” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_thyself) or Know Thyself. Of all the gods and metaphysics of the universe, all is within thee, so know your True Will of your Spirit and Soul and then you will be able to know the rest, perhaps.
Of course good ole Uncle Al penned the phrase – “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Love is the Law, Love under Will” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema). I actually prefer the German, which is “Tu was du willst, soll sein das ganze Gesetz sein. Liebe ist das Gesetz, Liebe unter Willen” (from Google translate so read German speaks please correct me if this is incorrect). It is the action the comes from the previous phrase.
So let’s summarize here – If you Know Thyself then you can Do What Thou Wilt within Love and if anyone criticizes it then Evil to them who evil thinks. Got it? I prefer to say these phrases in their foreign languages, mostly under my breath, when the situation calls for these blessings and curses to be applied. And a good spit on the ground afterwards seals it well.
1st Duke of Marlborough arms (foto Blau Stern Schlonge)
Blau Stern Schwarz Schlonge | Blue Star Black Snake – An Appalachian witches daily musings and interests, 12 april 2013
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https://robscholtemuseum.nl/?s=Order+of+the+Garter
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https://robscholtemuseum.nl/?s=Know+Thyself
https://robscholtemuseum.nl/?s=Do+What+Thou+Wilt
https://robscholtemuseum.nl/?s=Thelema
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