A simple Irminsul made this afternoon in honour of the ancestors and the Gods they honoured. This evening I offered this ancient t image of Yggdrasil to the Gods on my sacred space.
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This is your semi-regular reminder that I have a podcast! I use a D20 to choose questions I ask pagan authors. Episodes are short-ish and wander between lighthearted and profound. You can find it basically anywhere you get podcasts: https://majorarqueerna.com/4-quick-qs-podcast/ #Paganism #PaganPodcasts #PaganSky #WitchSky
It may all sound as a silly joke to many people. But growth of neo-paganism will help crash faster the empire declared to be based on "Orthodox Christianity".
This week's Minoan Tarot cards are looking good!
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Nine of Daggers: You do indeed have the stamina, endurance, and strength of character to reach your goals no matter what obstacles lie in the way.
Ten of Rhytons: You have beautiful, joyous relationships with people you care about. Let that joy fill you up and hold you steady no matter what happens around you.
I created this deck myself; this is my art. Deck details and more card pix here: https://www.minoantarot.com/
Blessings on Mani's Day.
Drink deeply,
Take your fill
From the bowl that hangs
In silence over the ancient place;
Tipped the horns,
Profuse the lore
That pours without end
Over enraptured faces
Bathed in silver,
In the Moon God's eloquent light.
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New rune set offered to the Gods on the sacred space this evening.
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Rune set finished after a morning with the wood burning pen. The set has been treated with linseed oil which is a natural preservative.
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Blessings on Sunna's Day.
Dark nights retreat
Before the Radiant One
And glimpsing the Lady's
Rose-edged gown afar,
The songbirds herald
Her glorious arising;
The world turns,
Meets Sunna's shining face,
And buds stretch wide
To greet the lengthening day.
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Had some interesting dream
I was in some classroom or lectures room among other people, and it was some seminary-like institution. I can't recall exact lecture details but sure that lecture was about Perun (!)
Hail Freya-Frigg on Freya-Frigg's Day.
She stands her ground,
No harmless fae,
Her maternity, furious,
Her femininity, raging;
A force of nature --
THE force of nature;
Nurturer and Slayer,
Womb and grave,
She Who Births
She Who Razes the same.
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And another one: what's at the core of your pagan practices/lifestyle or however else you refer to it?
Personally for me, it's the wheel of the year based on the Sun's relationship to the Earth, seasons, nature and connection to nature. I think of gods and mythical creatures as metaphors, as entities living in our collective mind, something like that. I'm not sure I know how to explain it better.
Also, I belong to Balts and live where they lived. Also known as the last pagans of Europe because christianity came here late and was foundly fought against. Many practices survived christianity because it was hard to fight them, so they were successfully incorporated into christian practices - saved from the enemy through enemy itself (but didn't it happen like that everywhere?). I grew up with christianity and paganism both practiced at home, in school and society without conflict between them. All that with geographical influences (and my ancestry, as far as known) from Norse, Slavic and Germanic traditions. So, I explore paganism from this perspective, and learning and deepening my knowledge about Baltic, Slavic, Germanic and a bit Norse paganism is a part of my pagan path.
But mostly, for me it's all about nature. Understanding, learning, feeling, using, honouring, buliding and nurturing my relationship with the land I walk.
Anyways, what's the center of your pagan path?
What is paganism for you and what it means to be pagan? I'm not looking for right or wrong answer, I'm truly curious to find pagan definition of paganism today. If not a strict definition, than thoughts and feelings of those who proudly, quietly or just in their thoughts call themselves pagan or are trying to find the path to paganism. Can we talk about this?
It's serving pagan gods for one, celebrating the Earth's relationship to the Sun and celestial bodies to another. It's seeking wisdom of ancestors for one and connection to and taking care of Nature around for another one. It's fitting in and belonging to one and all of the above (and more) for another one of us.
What it means to be pagan for you? What is paganism from your perspective?
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Up this week: Ancient Spellcraft. This is the 2nd edition of my very first book, originally published way back in 2001. Be sure to get the new edition with Morgan Le Fay on the cover!
Details: https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/ancient-spellcraft
Literature puzzle to solve
What if (at least some) modern knowledge about the world would be represented as fairy tales, e. g. with some aspects of Slavic, e. g. Ukrainian or Polish folklore taken into account, how they written?
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#slavicMythology #folklore #slavicFolklore
#science
Hail Odin on Odin's Day!
White as snow,
The ravens are let loose
And bade by Odin
Plumb the darkness;
Thus they fly,
Long, far
Into midnight thoughts
And shaded will,
Till again to Odin come
They settle black as void;
For Thought and Will are naught
Save the darkest of both is known.
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Wine for the Allfather as Odin's Day approaches.
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