［操五寶］ 道教中的乩童分為「文乩」和「武乩」，兩者都是將身體借給神明，差別在於武乩會持法器，文乩不會。操五寶則是武乩的降駕行為。 五寶為神明的法器，分別為七星劍、鯊魚劍、釘棍、刺球、月斧。所謂的操五寶，就是乩童拿法器自殘自己的身體，以神的保護不懼疼痛來彰顯神威，並以血來鎮煞驅邪。通常乩童自殘的部位是頭部以及背部。 五寶又代表了神明五營兵將的五個方位，別為東、西、南、北、中營，操五寶又代表了指揮神明的軍營。 最常見操五寶的神明為三太子和或玄天上帝等武將類型的男性神明。 There are two types of shaman in Taoist practice: “Wen- Ji and Wu- Ji”. Both types lend their body to the gods as the vessel for the spirits to be presented in the physical world; the one main difference is Wu-Ji would use instruments once the body taken over by the gods but Wen- Ji just uses chanting. Handling of the five sacred instruments is a Wu- Ji specialty once it’s been possessed by the gods. The Five Sacred Instruments include a seven-star sword, a nail stick (brass rod and wolf tooth stick), a moon ax (moon eyebrow ax, double ax), a nail-studded ball and a Sawfish Sword. The handling of the five sacred instruments is when the Wu- Ji shaman uses the instruments to self-mutilate him or herself to show that, by being possessed by the gods, the power of the gods would protect the shaman from injuries and pain. This is to signified the power of the gods, and to suppress evil spirits. Usually the shamans self-mutilation is done on either the back or the head. The five sacred instruments also signifies the five military camps of the gods from five different directions: east, west, south, north, and center. Therefore the handling of five sacred instruments also means the command of the five military camps. The gods whom are most commonly seen at the handling of the five sacred instruments are Nuochia and/ or Xuan Tian, both are male military general type gods. - ［5つの宝物を操る］ 道教のシャーマン：タンキー（童乩）にはブンキー（文乩）とブキー（武乩）の2種類があり、どちらも神様に体を貸します。違いは、ブキーは法道具を使用するが、ブンキーはそれを持てないことです。神様が身に降りる時はブキーのみ5つの宝物を操ります。 5つの宝物は神様の法器と言われ、それぞれ七星剣、シャーク剣、釘バット、刺球、月斧です。タンキーは5つの宝物を使い、自分の身体を自傷します。それは神様に守られていることで痛みを恐れず神力を示します。そして、血は悪霊を抑えられると思われています。タンキーが自傷する部位は大体頭部と背中です。 神様が率いる五営兵将は方位で分かれており、東営、西営、南営、北営、中営になっています。5つの宝物を操ることは神様が兵隊を指揮するものと思われています。三太子と玄天上帝など武神が身に降ろす際はよく5つの宝物を操ります。 - #操五寶 #五寶 #道教 #乩童 #習俗 #taoism #台灣 #民宿 #taiwan #art #illustration #darkart #台灣 #台湾 #台湾文化 #guro #獵奇 #怪奇 #黑暗 #illustration #陣頭 #廟會 #taiwanculture #宗教 #religion

‘When you rape,beat,maim, mutilate, burn, bury and terrorize women, you destroy the essential life energy on the planet’ - Eve Ensler - #everythreehours As of 2020, Botswana has the second highest rape rates IN THE WORLD! Every three hours someone’s life changed for the worst, someone was raped. - We as females need to protect ourselves from predators in our country and around the world. As mothers, sisters and friends - we must educate the male race and show them what it takes to be a real man. We must speak out against rape and let the world know that WE DO NOT CONDONE IT! - To my male followers, The day you raise your hand to a woman, that’s the day you’ve officially lost the title of a man.

Pelican. Acrylic on Canvas, 48 x 36”, 2020. ✨ “The Pelican’s Sacrifice: the mother pelican gives birth to a brood of young chicks. As the young grow, they become violent toward the parent that has selflessly cared for them, attempting to peck out her eyes and mutilate her. In anger she retaliates, striking her young dead, but after three days regrets her actions and pierces her own side with her beak. As she allows her blood to drip on the young, they revive and she dies, having made the ultimate sacrifice for her children.” - Anastasia Pineschi, Getty Museum