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A reminder that all gods have the capacity to be scary.

All of them.

Every single one.

can we talk about how annoying it is that mainstream paganism all but refuses to acknowledge female sun deities and male lunar deities?

Books!

A non-exhaustive list of the books that I own and/or have on my wishlist (more added with the help of those that shared their own lists.)

Hellenic/Hellenistic Texts

  • Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds - Daniel Ogden
  • The Orphic Hymns - Apostolos N. Athanassakis
  • Hounds and Hunting in Ancient Greece - D B Hull
  • The Hunt in Ancient Greece - Judith M Barringer
  • The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece - Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • Death and the Maiden: Girls’ Initiation Rites in Greek Mythology
  • Ancient Greek Divination - Sarah Iles Johnston
  • The Homeric Hymns - Diane Rayor
  • Hekate’s Liminal Rites - Sorita D’Este
  • The Cattle of the Sun: Cows and Culture in the World of the Ancient Greeks - Jeremy McInerney
  • Prometheus: Archetypal Image of Human Existence - Carl Kerenyi
  • Death in the Greek World: from Homer to the Classical Age - M S Mirto
  • Miasma: Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion - Robert Parker
  • Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Secret Cults - Michael B Cosmopoulos
  • The Seer in Ancient Greece - Michael Flower
  • Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets - Fritz Graf
  • Hekate Soteira: A Study of Hekate’s Roles - Sarah Iles Johnston
  • Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times - Thomas Martin
  • The Long Journey Home: Re-Visioning the Myth of Demeter and Persephone for Our Time - Christine Downing
  • Guide to Greece: Central Greece - Pausanias
  • Cult of Aphrodite: Rites and Festivals of the Golden One - Laurelei Black
  • Queen of the Sacred Way: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Persephone - Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • Bearing Torches: A Devotional Anthology for Hekate - Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • Religions of the Hellenistic Roman Age - Antonia Tripolitis
  • Ancient Greek Religion - Jon D Mikalson
  • Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times - Thomas R Martin
  • The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World - John Boardman
  • Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Collection of Ancient Texts - Georg Luck
  • The Science of Mythology: Essays on the Myth of the Divine Child and Mysteries of Eleusis - C G Jung
  • Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece - Joan Breton Connelly
  • The Greek Way of Death - Robert Garland
  • The Gods of the Greeks - Carl Kerenyi
  • Religion in the Ancient Greek City - Louise Bruit Zaidman
  • Religions of the Ancient Greeks - Simon Price
  • Greek and Roman Sexualities: A Sourcebook - Jennifer Larson
  • The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity - Stephanie Lynn Budin
  • Worshipping Aphrodite: Art and Cult in Classical Athens
  • The Cults of the Greek States - Lewis Richard Farnell
  • Finding Persephone: Women’s Rituals in the Ancient Mediterranean - Maryline Parca & Angeliki Tzanetou
  • A Beginner’s Guide to Hellenismos - Timothy Jay Alexander
  • Ancient Greek Cults - Jennifer Larson
  • Kharis: Hellenic Polytheism Explored - Sarah Kate Istra Winter
  • From Cave to Sky: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Zeus - Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • Aphrodite - Monica S Cyrino
  • Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore - Jennifer Larson
  • Magic in the Ancient Greek World - Derek Collins
  • Greek Religion - Walter Burkert
  • The Works & Days - Hesiod
  • The Theogony - Hesiod
  • Artemis: Virgin Goddess of the Sun, Moon & Hunt - Sorita D’Este
  • Goddess, Whores, Wives & Slaves - Sarah B Pomeroy

Near East & Mesopotamia

  • Inanna - Samuel Noah Kramer & Diane Wolkstein
  • Whisper of Stone: Natib Qadish - Modern Canaanite Religion
  • Queen of the Great Below: An Anthology in Honor of Ereshkigal
  • Anoited: A Devotional Anthology for the Deities of the Near and Middle East - Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • The Epic of Gilgamesh - Penguin Classics
  • Ancient Mesopotamia - Susan Pollock
  • Sumer and the Sumerians - Harriet Crawford
  • Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia - Jeremy Black
  • The Sumerians: Their History, Culture and Character - Samuel Noah Kramer

Other

  • Dwelling on the Threshold: Reflections of a Spirit-Worker and Devotional Polytheist - Sarah Kate Istra Winter
  • Voodoo in Haiti - Alfred Metraux
  • New Orleans Voodoo Handbook - Kenaz Filan

Scottish Island Discovery Digs Up New Information About Neolithic Religion

pbs.org

Discernment; You, the Gods and what lies between

Intro
This is an article on my experiences with discerning the influences of the Gods and spirits that I work with, from my own self. Said Gods being Loki (primarily), Odin and, to a small degree, Tyr and Freyja. While I do refer largely to the Gods in this article, these experiences can also relate to other entities as well. Given that every brain, every mind, every person is different, I am not expecting other people to have the same experience as me, and I ask anyone who reads this to bear that in mind too.
 
This article will contain firstly my thoughts and theories on how non-physical entities communicate and possible ideas on how it all works. Then, my experience on the different types of communication, what they are like and how I tell them apart.
 
This article will also cover the topic of ‘sockpuppets’, a term often used in communities of people who Listen to the Gods to refer to your own inner voice which can mimic or be mistaken for the voice of the Gods.

Topics covered;

How They Comunicate
How to tell Them from you
Headaches when communicating
Types of communication
Divination
Highlighting
Prompting
Feelings
Emotion
Pictures
Conceptual Comunication
Words
Levels of communication; Obvious vs subtle
Sockpuppets
Additonal Points
In Summery

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TYR

KNOW WHO DOESN’T GET TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH?

TYR

LET’S DO THAT

HE IS A PRETTY AMAZING GUY
WISE AS HELL
AND WITH AN IMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF WILL

THE MAN GETS SHIT DONE

AFTER LOKI AND ANGRBODA HAD FENRIR

AND HE ENDED UP IN ASGARD

KNOW WHO TOOK CARE OF HIM?

TYR

HE WAS THE ONLY ONE BRAVE ENOUGH TO APPROACH HIM

HOT DAMN, WHAT A BADASS

AND THEN

AS TIME WENT BY

EVERYONE WAS LIKE

HMM

THIS WOLF JUST –

WOW HE KEEPS GETTING BIGGER

AND HE’S PROPHESIED TO WRECK SHIT

MAYBE WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING?

YES

THAT IS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA

SO THEY WERE ALL TRYING AND FAILING TO BIND HIM

WITH THESE BIG CHAINS

AND FINALLY WENT AND GOT A NICE SHINY RIBBON

(HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO TEAR A RIBBON THAT SHIT IS FUCKING HARD)

ANYWAY AFTER THEY GOT SOME DWARVES TO MAKE GLEIPNIR

WHICH IS NOT JUST AN ORDINARY PAIN IN THE ASS RIBBON

IT’S MADE OF MAGICY SHIT

A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT YOU CAN’T FIND IN THE WORLD WENT INTO THE RIBBON

LIKE THE ROOTS OF MOUNTAINS

BIRD SPIT

THE SOUND OF A CAT’S FOOTSTEP

BREATH OF A FISH

SINEW OF A BEAR

AND A WOMAN’S BEARD

(THOUGH SOMETIMES WOMEN CAN HAVE BEARDS

AND I AM PRETTY SURE WITHOUT SINEW BEARS WOULD NOT WORK
BUT MOSTLY THE STUFF IS NO LONGER AROUND)

TO MAKE DAMN SURE

IT COULD BIND THIS IMMENSELY STRONG WOLF

FENRIR WAS FEELING MIGHTY SUSPICIOUS

AND WAS NOT REALLY WANTING TO BE BOUND

NOT MUCH GLORY IN BREAKING A RIBBON AFTER THOSE BITCHIN’ CHAINS

HE WOULDN’T GET ANY STREET CRED

ALSO THE RIBBON WAS KIND OF SUSPICIOUS AFTER THE CHAINS

SHENANIGANS WERE AFOOT

BUT HE AGREED, IF SOMEONE WOULD PUT THEIR HAND IN HIS MOUTH

AS TO ENSURE THAT HE WOULD BE RELEASED IF HE COULD NOT BREAK IT

YEAAAAH

NO ONE REALLY WANTED TO DO THAT

BUT TYR STEPPED UP

DID WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE

PUT HIS HAND RIGHT INTO FENRIR’S MOUTH

WHEN FENRIR WAS UNABLE TO BREAK GLEIPNIR

AND THEY DIDN’T FREE HIM

HE BIT TYR’S SWORD HAND OFF

HE MADE A CHOICE

AND GAVE UP SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO HIM TO SAVE EVERYONE ELSE

AND BIND FENRIR UNTIL THE START OF RAGNAROK

THAT’S A PRETTY GREAT THING TO DO

HE’S THE GOD OF OATHS

IF YOU MAKE ONE TO HIM YOU BETTER KEEP IT

OR EXPECT TO PAY THE PRICE

HE VALUES STRENGTH

BOTH OF BODY AND OF WILL

PERSEVERANCE MAN

DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE

I LIKE TO GIVE HIM SOME PROTEIN DRINK

CAUSE IT IS BOTH DELICIOUS AND ALSO GOOD FOR MAKING YOU STRONG

HE SEEMED TO LIKE IT MORE THAN ANY OF THE ALCOHOL I HAD TRIED

SO NOW SUMBLE SOMETIMES HAS PROTEIN DRINK

MMMM

IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DIFFICULT CHOICE

OR GIVE UP SOMETHING TO HELP A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER

MAYBE HAVE A CHAT WITH TYR

HE IS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH SELF SACRIFICE

AND ALSO WITH DECISION MAKING

SERIOUSLY HE REALLY LIKES WHEN YOU HELP OTHERS

AND COMING THROUGH WHEN YOU ARE NEEDED

HE IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH IRMINSUL, AND KEEPING ORDER

AND ALSO IS GOD OF THE THING

The Ten Fundamentals of Hinduism

1. According to Hinduism God is One, but also Many. The One becomes many and the many have to begin their journey finally towards the One as a process of creation.

2. Hinduism believes that man is divine in nature. The basic purpose of a human being is to realize this divine nature in him.

3. Hinduism firmly declares that the ego or ahamkar is the root cause of all suffering. If an individual has to escape from suffering he has to cease to be his egoistic self and identify himself with his limitless inner self.

4. Hinduism believes unquestionably that the world is an illusion or maya. Attachment with it is the cause of birth and death. When a person overcomes this illusion through detachment and withdrawal of senses he will become qualified for self-realization.

5. The Hindus believe in reincarnation or rebirth, according to which each individual lives many lives because of his ignorance and the play of maya before he attains liberation.

6. Hinduism believes that all beings have souls, are equally important in the scheme of creation and that they all evolve continuously till they achieve final freedom. Man is but one stage in this evolution of life and in the soul’s upward journey towards such liberation.

7. Hinduism believes in the concept of dharma or righteous duties.

8. Hinduism has given to the world the concept of karma, according to which all actions produce positive or negative reactions and effect our lives. Hinduism offers the best way to live a life devoid of anxieties and worries. It says, “Live your normal life, offering all your actions and possessions mentally to God in the spirit of sacrifice without bothering about the results of your actions.”

9. Hinduism gives immense freedom to each individual to choose whatever path he or she wants to choose. It does not believe in super imposition of faith from outside, nor changing of ones faith to another because it is more attractive. Each has to pursue the path of God according to his or her inner nature and evolution. Hinduism says, “Follow your own self, live according to your own dharma and discover your own truth that is in harmony with yourself.”

10. Finally Hinduism does not believe in converting people from one faith to faith in an organized way (proselytization). If an individual want to change his religion that is his inner choice. But no one should force him or tempt him to change. Hinduism strictly prohibits teaching of the scriptures to people who are not inclined to understand them or follow them. There are many ways in which one can approach God. All paths in the end lead to Him only.

I know this isn't necessarily true, but I feel really dumb a lot.

When I’m so busy comparing myself to other people - scholars, specifically; people with degrees - I forget that I bring something to the table [of Kemetics, of polytheists] too.

So, for everyone who has ever felt this way before?

Just fucking stop it.

Comparing yourself to anyone else does nothing for us.

We’re all fucking awesome in our own way.

PSA: Here's the thing . . . and it's not going to be nice.

If you don’t want to work with a god, fine. You don’t have to work with gods period. There’s nothing wrong with being secular or having an exclusive set of deities you work with.

But, how about not taking a shit on that deity and their followers in public?

I do not approve of this circle jerk of “Oooh Loki’s bad, let’s treat him like his some fucking garbage and doesn’t deserve even a percent of the respect that we’d show for another humanoid”. When you shit on a god, you shit on their devotees, godspouses, godchildren, and path followers.

I am very proud of the achievements I’ve made under Loki’s banner. I love my god. I acknowledge that the path gets dark, that it gets hard and that it’s not for everybody, but I also acknowledge that it’s my own strength that is being nurtured and that it’s my own weakness that bites me in the ass.

So fuck you.

Stay out of my LOKEAN posts. Don’t take my LOKEAN advice. Don’t benefit from my LOKEAN post offerings. Don’t accept my LOKEAN exercises. Do not confuse me for being secular, because I’M LOKEAN!

I fly Loki’s colors and I’d appreciate it if you either respected that or kindly fucked off.

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