I have always related to Dver's observation around always seeming to skip the basics. In the land in which I live, so-called Australia, I struggled so much with traditional directional alignment even before I moved some 1300km+ east of where I grew up, and then a further 1700km south west of that (the land changes, *a lot*). I've been slowly, over the years, orienting myself in a similar way to what is described in this blog post. I find reading the blogs of other practitioners to be ... continue reading...
Continuing My Conversation on Virtue: Friendship
An interesting blog post on friendship from the Heathen perspective by Galina Krasskova. Friendship has been something I have given a great deal of thought to and had many, many discussions about over the years. I have blog post sitting in my drafts titled friendship - perhaps I need to revisit that! "There’s a sense that friendship is essential to the soul, but the core of friendship is an accord of minds…" As I mentioned yesterday in one of my posts, I’ve been taking this online ... continue reading...
Praying into the Unknown
Yesterday I read a post on Twitter that pointed out a major difference between Monotheism and Polytheism is that in Polytheism the human is no longer the main character of the story. The Gods are or, for animist Pagans, nature and all the spirits (not just humans) are. This is strongly the case in devotional […] Praying into the Unknown Another blog post I read today about the Mystery aspect of polytheism. Horn and Hearth also shares the link to Dver's post at A Forest Door titled The ... continue reading...
The unknowable gods
The longer I do this, the less I feel that we can ever truly understand the nature of the gods while we are living this meat world existence (maybe not even after that, who knows). Not that we can’t encounter and engage with Them, and do so meaningfully, but any certainty about exactly what – […] The unknowable gods In my devotional practice, I honour Deities as The Mysterious Ones, Known and Unknown. I love to honour and acknowledge epithets, as I explained in my post A is for... I ... continue reading...
To Apollôn Agyieus
A prayer to Apollôn about COVID-19. May our families, friends, and communities be as safe as the Fates permit. 💌 To Apollôn Agyieus As we move into the fourth year of Covid, this prayer to Apollôn popped up in my reading this morning, honouring one of the epithets I used in my A is for... post. ... continue reading...
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