I knew the last iron spoon had to be something really special. I wanted to do something that Hephaestos might appreciate, inspired by Thenea’s recent gnosis post wherein He observed the irony that His own temples, historically, have failed to … Continue reading →
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MWD: How Do I Know Her?
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My Month of Written Devotion is for the Spirit of the Santa Clara Valley How Born and raised here, all my life Between the hills and bay Though I may wander, Home is here I’m rarely long away. I can … Continue reading →
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DPM 20: Striving Imperfection
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I am going through the Devotional Polytheist Meme questions from Galina Krasskova’s blog, together with my lover Lon Sarver, over the course of several months. We encourage our friends to follow along, and welcome links to other people’s answers, as … Continue reading →
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New Devotional Necklace: Get In Gears
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This necklace started out as a bit of fun that turned into something much, much more. At the turn of summer the Vanic Conspiracy gathered to renew one of our group spells in honor of Njordh, asking Him to help us “bring our ships safely in” with a bountiful catch. To do this we tie…
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Reblog: Against Their Will: Our Duty to Respond to Fellow Polytheists in Distress
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EmberVoices: There’s a lot to chew on in this post by Thenea, and I’m still chewing. I agree with the overall goals for our community that I see presented here. I don’t agree with all of the underlying theology regarding what exactly the gods are or what They want, but I am not sure how…
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Reblog: To Honor the Land is to Deal with the Dead
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EmberVoices: Yes, this, what Galina Krasskova says is undeniably true. Especially the dead local to the land! I’m not just talking about visiting the local graveyards, either. How those who have died on the land are respected has a huge effect on our relationships with the land itself. If you live in the Americas, you…
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Eye Dream
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Okay, that was weird. The image just returned to me from today’s dream, of looking in a brassy mirror to find a bloody streak running down my forehead, dripping as a tear from the corner of a third eye, open and watery in the middle of my forehead, to stop at my left eyebrow. “Why…