/lit/ - Literature

>tfw I have great ideas for a saga novel that would span thousands of pages but I'm a terrible writer in both english and my native language

>>17771065
>So pic related series has left me a bit confused.

Human struggle is the only sacred thing in this universe.

>>16944089
>>16944127
The differences between Orthodoxy and Catholicism seem to be largy aesthetic.

I dont know what to do with my life.
I dont see myself in any career path and im not looking forward towards picking the least shitty outcome. I have no idea what causes it but perhaps i wait for me to understand the meaning intuitively. I have no idea what to do.

>all this infighting
Chill out bros, just read the Bible and follow the example of Christ.

>>13252043
>do anything useful with such a purging without having entrusted your merits to Christ
What if I have almost zero belief in religion? I don't see masturbation (without porn) as a sin, but I want to find more reasons to purge it, as it goes hand in hand with modern sex-obsession and hedonism.

>>13232584
>Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
>His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
>Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
>But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
>These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
>Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
>Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
>Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
>And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
>Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
>Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
>Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
>And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
>Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
>Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
>But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
>Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
>Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
>Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
>And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
>She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
>And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
>As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
>Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
>The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
>Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
>When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.
>And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
>Jesus wept.
>Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

Favorite painting

>read Dickens
>write like Dickens
>read Dostoevsky
>write like Dostoevsky
>read Zola
>write like Zola

how do I get rid of this?

>>11876585
Ive put my all into this year. I made some solid proggress and really changed my life around, but its all fallen to shit after a hospital admission. (Im not blaming it on that, that was just the turning point)
And christ am I completely burnt out. Just utterly fucking tired of all this shit. This isnt the 1st time this happened. Its the 5th time in the last 4 years actually.

I just feel completely demoralised. Ive never felt this this intense before. Im so fucking tired of this all.

I feel that i'm getting older and stupider by the day. I never had passion about anything in my life therefore all my choices were about taking the lesser evil. Now that i'm free from shackles, i envy being tortured because it gave meaning to my life. I want to accept the fact that i'm one of those damaged goods who're mere cruel mistake of nature but i cant. I'm stuck between being pure charging energy who wants to overcharge the worlds grid or staying in stale lake who's ugly but beautiful at the same time because it's familiar. So currently i'm numbing myself with hedonistic pleasures just to escape the harsh and cold reality.

>15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

>21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?

Ecclesiastes 1:18

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Why is Russian literature always so depressing?

You'd think that, for a load of people without TVs/Radios/etc, they'd make books their ONE source of escapism; but no. The vast majority of Russian literature is like one long ode to misery; made worse in that it's practically made for those who have themselves been miserable.

Or those who still are.

>>6864699
>mfw God gave you dubs

>>6793272
>>6793267
>>6793013
>waaaahhhh the church frowns on my sexual deviancy and lazy drunkenness
it really just comes down to Voltaire didn't like being told he shouldn't live like a pig, but being easily offended like all fedoras he decided to continue his sinful ways against his own best interest, bitching about the people who were trying to help him.

What are some good books or bible passages for someone who has gone astray? If you'd asked me a month ago I wouldn't think I could have fallen so far from His way and now I just wanna get my life on track with the help of some good books.

>>6460028
so killing someone invalidates their philosophy?

>>6363244
Thank you, I will consider that. I'm going to sink into deep slumber now, it is 3 in the morning here. Tidings, brother.

Why did we abandon god?
The western world is facing moral and political problems since we forgot Him. ''Secularism'' doesn't construct anything it only destroys.
Secularism is not a value, it's a scream, it's a death struggle of a people cutting its own legs. Why is it so hard for you to come back to Him?

I mean, you don't even have to deny science and all techology in oder to accept Christ.

''Enjoy Your Portion in This Life

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.''

Ecclesiastes 9 7-12


We all know that at the end of the day, God will win, so for what purpose do we keep denying him?

I want your sincere answers.

Can /lit/ help me find any books on magic? Like Allister Crowley
>inb4 "hur magic isn't real"
Long story short; I'm looking to improve my life with magic and get revenge on this 45 year old man who slept with my girlfriend bdsm style and stole her from me in highschool.