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MAKING NORSE HEATHEN ABRIEVIATIONS FOR MESSAGING AT 12:15AM.
isto = I Swear To Oden
istt = i Swear To Thor
omo = Oh My Oden
omt = Oh My Thor
(y'all know the saying ''burn in hell''? well did u know in Norse heathen hell is actually an ice land because Norse heathenism originated in the north, [imagine that.] so here's what i say)
Freeze in hell
omg im so smart :000
Polytheist asks!
To spice up the end of your Yuletide season ^^
Were you born into your faith? If not, how did you discover it?
What draws you to your Gods? What do you like about them?
Is your practice more ritualistic or casual? What does it look like?
How do you picture the universe? What is your idea of its cosmology?
Do you believe in spirits, angels or demons?
Are there Gods you willfully don’t follow? What are the reasons behind this choice?
What does your ideal altar look like?
What are some of your stronger UPG’s?
Do you have a patron/matron? How did you choose them?
If you could have a direct conversation with your deity/deities right now, what would you tell them?
Do you pray? If so, what do your prayers look like?
How important is mythology in your practice? How much credit do you give it?
What are some devotional acts you actively engage in?
How would you define your Gods? (have fun with that one)
Are you faithful to one specific pantheon or is your belief more eclectic?
How do you communicate with your deities the best?
Do you associate certain Gods with specific songs? Share them!
What are your thoughts on godspousing?
How have your Gods affected your life?
List a few of the deities you worship and associate each with a quote your think represents them best!
Feel free submit any of these questions in my ask box too, I do want to share in the fun! 🥺
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idk but the polytheism and idol worship slander must stop. i don't want to think of god as some kind of shapeless entity anymore. i don't want just one god. sorry bro. i want them to be little clay figures i made with my hands. i want to put garlands on them and give them little meals of honey and milk and whatever i have in hand. I want to hold one in my hand. i want to love them. i want to believe. i want a little form-possessing dude for every little phenomenon. i'm done with your 'monotheism is superior ' thing. it was fun. now it's boring. i'm just going to believe in what i want to, and i'm not going to believe in the things you think are more 'culturally mature' just to possess the philosophical or logical higher ground. bye
Does anyone else on the pagan community feel genuine love for their deities? Not in the romantic sense, but more in the way you love a family member. It's especially strong coming from a religion where you never felt a genuine connection to "your" God. You felt fear, obligation, confusion, curiosity, and maybe love on some level, but this love is different.
It is finally understanding the feeling people around you described from being in church every Sunday. It's growing up finding the congregation's hands in the air, the singing and crying, the raw emotion to be... unusual, strange. What were they feeling? How can I feel this way? You try to forge that connection, but you're never successful. You start to doubt the God you grew up with. You wonder if he hates you, or if you're not trying hard enough — if you're broken.
...Then, one day, you find what you've been searching for all this time, somewhere else. You experience the feeling of finally meeting your soulmate, finally finding your place or your tribe. You experience the pure joy, the peace, the childlike wonder, the longing, the wisdom, the bond, the reverence, the admiration. You experience an unfamiliar tightness In your chest when you pray to them or make offerings.
I've never felt more in love than I am with my gods. Ive never felt more at home, more at peace.
I hope to feel this way for the rest of my days, because what is life without the gods? What is life without something beyond this world, yet at the same time, an integral part of understanding the meaning of existence on this physical plane — on this planet?
"A problem for the theist"
I’m going to go somewhere a little risky in this one. This is just stuff to think about. Screenshot of episode 28.12 of The Atheist Experience, which aired on YouTube March 24, 2024. I was watching The Atheist Experience with my husband a few weeks ago. (Okay, I was tuning in and out because my interest waxed and waned.) And my brain caught on a phrase that, when I went back and watched that…
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- Towards to Autumn Equinox, when military campaigns ended, in Athens there were Genesias (a.k.a. Nemesia): funeral festivals where they honored their ancestors, specially the ones dead in battle.
- During the day, they offered sacrifices to Gea with public worship, while in private they went to family graves to clean them and tell about the ones who there was not anymore. At the end, to their own ancestors, they offered vases full of (olive) oil.
- This festival is well suited to the feeling that permeated ancestors worship: when Nature started its own descent in Underworld, social and spiritual actions would reflected it too.
Muin
Today starts and will end on 29th september Muin's arboreal month, the vine, then linked to the Vendemmia and - more general - to the autumnal nature. But also the effects of the good wine produce on people: happiness, carelessness, joy but also toxicity, angry and danger.
It rappresents the period between autumn equinox and all of works linked to: working activities, the second harvest, the preparing of the food to store during winter, etc. At large, Muin reppresents the master through which the knowledge comes, the one who make us try hard to gain a higher level of our personal growth.
From the 1th to the 4th August, Zuni tribes (Pueblo) celebrates the abundance of mais harvests with a wild thanksgiving dance, called "Shoko Otiikwe", in honor of Mother Goddess Mais.
I worship Artemis, of course I love deer and archery.
I worship Aphrodite, of course I have a giant box of seashells for her.
I worship Dionysus, of course I’m a queer theater kid.
I'm a Hestia devotee, of course I love cooking for Her.
I'm an Apollon worshipper, of course I love the sunrise+sunsets
I'm a Zeus worshipper, of course thunder is a comfort.
I'm a Hestia devotee, of course her altar has a salt lamp so it'll always have light and warmth.
I'm an Apollon worshipper, of course music is a huge part of my life.
I'm a Zeus worshipper, of course I defend Him all the time!