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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?
#paganism #pagan #slavicPaganism
#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.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #odin #woden #wotan #allfather #heathen #druid #writer #writing #poetry #spirituality #thought #memory #wednesday
Everything
In its right placeç
[Radiohead]
#FediArt #DarkArt #art #illustration #TattooDesign #pagan #paganism
Wine for the Allfather as Odin's Day approaches.
#paganism #pagan #heathen #norsepagan #druid #odin #woden #wotan #writer #writing #allfather #altar #sacredspace #wodentag #wodensday
Tyr's Day Blessings.
The Norns spin the fate of all and weave a tapestry that shall see Yggdrasil fall and even the Gods meet their end. Yet we own the power to weave between these threads the path we choose to follow to this end. Of honour or dishonour, justice or injustice.
#paganism #pagan #norsepagan #heathen #druid #writer #writing #tyr #tyrsday #tuesday #honour #justice #spirituality #fenrir
This week's Minoan Tarot cards:
Four of Horns: Respect and value the material foundations of your life, but hold your material possessions loosely, keeping them in perspective. Don't be seduced or distracted by physical things when other aspects of life may be more important.
Balance: Avoid extremes. Find balance in your life, a sense of moderation, balance between work and play, exercise and rest. This is an ongoing process, not a one-time thing.
This deck is my creation. Details and many more card pix at https://www.minoantarot.com/
Blessings on Mani's Day!
Walk on,
And do not shun the way
That leads deeper
Into inky midnight;
For except the path
Is shaded, darkened
That one treads blind,
The light would not be known,
Nor its magic fill
Our eyes with wonder.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #druid #heathen #writer #writing #poetry #moon #moongod #spirituality
Sans toit ni loi / Vagabond (1985)
Vagabond (French: Sans toit ni loi, "without roof or law") is a 1985 French drama film directed by Agnès Varda, featuring Sandrine Bonnaire. It tells through flashbacks the story of a vagabond who wanders through the Languedoc-Roussillon wine country one winter, beginning after her body is found. The film premiered at the 42nd Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. Vagabond was nominated for four César Awards, with Bonnaire winning Best Actress. The film was the 36th highest-grossing film of the year with a total of 1,080,143 admissions in France.
https://soulvlog.blogspot.com/2025/04/sans-toit-ni-loi-vagabond-1985.html
#paganism regardless of tradition, is fundamentally an animist religion - that is, everything in creation has spirit. Including the Earth....and you! And you are apart of that spirit. But if you defile that spirit, the spirit will fight back. If you hold the dollar more dear than a tree, the tree will fight back. The Earth doesn't care about your insurance premiums. It cares about sitting synergystically at balance with the rest of the Universe. #environment #climate https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/climate-crisis-on-track-to-destroy-capitalism-warns-allianz-insurer
The path is both one and many, as the trunk of a tree spreads out into numerous branches that stretch in all directions, so that one may follow the lore into countless byways and alleys ripe with mysteries.
#paganism #pagan #norsepagan #ancestors #oldgods #druid #heathen #oldways #writer #writing #odin #freya #frigg
April showers and thunderstorms
Budding leaves on sleeping giants
The Spring has come and with it faith
In the all that comes with it
Blessed Demeter is happy, her joy divine
The risen Kore has come again
From her home below, her Kingdom
Where her husband now waits with patience
O lady of the growing things
Demeter Horaphoros
Bringer of the seasons
And eternal change
Nourisher of life with the growth of the earth
Demeter Polyphorbus
Giver of that which feeds the hungry
And brings pleasure to one and all
Golden lady with hair of corn husk hue
Demeter Xanthe
Whose beauty shines like the morning sun
Reflected in nature's glorious splendor
Noble and giving goddess
Demeter Cydra Thea
Immortal queen of nature's gifts
Glorious and motherly spirit of the earth
#pagan #hellenismos #paganism #polytheism #goddess #demeter #religion #prayer
Hail Freya-Frigg on Freya-Frigg's Day!
A gentle breeze carries her fragrance far,
And boughs of budding birch
Whisper the Lady's name;.
The rich earth stirs, springing green
And in her wake a verdant carpet spreads,
Woven with perfumed hue.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #freya #frigg #goddess #writer #writing #poetry #heathen #druid
An offering of fresh yew and heather on the sacred space as Freya-Frigg's Day approaches.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #druid #freya #frigg #goddess #writer #writing #norsepaganism #freyasday #FriggsDay #friday #altar #sacredspace
