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Cat<p>An interesting passage to contemplate, from the Hermetica:</p><p>“Mankind is twofold- in the body mortal but immortal in the essential man. Even though he is immortal and has authority over all things, mankind is affected by mortality because he is subject to fate; thus, although man is above the cosmic framework, he became a slave within it. He is androgyne because he comes from an androgyne father, and he never sleeps because he comes from one who is sleepless. Yet love and sleep are his masters.”</p><p>Corpus Hermeticum 1:15, Copenhaver translation<br><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pagan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Polytheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polytheism</span></a></p>
Cat<p>In Norse mythology, the father of the Jötunn, Ymir, was taken apart by the gods, and his body was used to make Midgard. His teeth became mountains, and his head became the dome of the sky.</p><p>There are many comparative myths throughout the world where a primordial being is defeated, broken apart, and the universe becomes ordered.</p><p>I think even our modern day creation myth, the Big Bang, has echoes of these long-held human truths. An initial high-density entity existing in a void breaks up into pieces, and then the pieces become ordered. We are all made of the resulting star stuff.</p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pagan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Polytheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polytheism</span></a></p>
Cat<p>The myths and aspects of the Gods are not concrete. They reflect the current usage of the Pagans who worship them. </p><p>An example is Freya's cats. In the Gylfaginning, it says Freya's chariot is pulled by "köttum." This word has the same root as our modern day "cat." However, the word was originally used to reference martens before it was applied to cats, because there are no wildcats indiginous to far northern Europe.</p><p>Another word used in the Eddas for Freya's animals is "fressa" which simply means "growler," and is used for wild cats *and* bears.</p><p>But modern day pagans have collectively settled on cats for Freya, because today's housecats exemplify those aspects of grace and independence we associate with Her. </p><p>Myth is like language; a "living" corpus which can take on new meaning over time as worshippers apply it to their lived experiences.</p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pagan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Polytheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polytheism</span></a></p>
Cat<p>The biggest part of my Pagan practice is stepping outside at around the same time most mornings and observing the seasonal shifts of the natural world. </p><p>I know how lucky I am to have access to wilderness right outside my door, and so I am frequently filled with immense gratitude and love that I can physically feel, like my heart is full. </p><p>That's what communing with deity feels like. No fancy rituals needed. The fancy rituals are fun, of course, and helpful. But the Gods can also be witnessed in a neon-pink sunrise and the chattering of a gray squirrel.</p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pagan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Polytheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polytheism</span></a></p>
Donnodubus<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Polytheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polytheism</span></a> recognizes how divinity encompasses the whole diversity of the cosmos.</p><p>To hate the diversity of our world is to hate the Gods and Nature itself, in favor of one's own self-image — the ultimate Hubris.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Paganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paganism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a></p>
Cat<p>Have you ever done any rituals, spellwork, or offerings while feeling the effects of a substance? </p><p>(you can choose multiple answers)</p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/FridayPaganPoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FridayPaganPoll</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pagan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Witch</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Witchcraft</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Druid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Druid</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Heathen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heathen</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Wicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wicca</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Polytheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polytheism</span></a></p>
Donnodubus<p>I liked this head of a Gallo-Roman statue of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a>, so I did some slapdash colorize / blur on it, and the effect turned out good enough I just kept going until He had a nose and stuff again...</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/polytheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytheism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Gaul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaul</span></a></p>
Cat<p>It is almost time for my annual reading of the Hávamál, in honor of Odin, the Wise One and Allfather. I have done this every winter around the solstice for the past 8 years, and I learn something new on every read-through.&nbsp;</p><p>I will start on the eve of December and read 8 stanzas per night until the Winter Solstice. If anyone wants to join me, I’ll be posting my take on them each evening under the hashtag <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/21NightsOfHavamal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>21NightsOfHavamal</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pagan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Polytheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polytheism</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Havamal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Havamal</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/PoeticEdda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoeticEdda</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Heathen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heathen</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/NorsePagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorsePagan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Odin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Odin</span></a></p>
Cat<p>I can tell the New Moon is approaching, when I clean up my altars, because the incense ash really starts to pile up. Remnants of my devotion. </p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pagan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Polytheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polytheism</span></a></p>
khthoniaa :pinkmoon:<p>Pagan Tip: If you need motivation to write alt-text, do it as an offering for Hephaestus and the Muses! </p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/paganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paganism</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/polytheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polytheism</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a></p>

My beloved Athena
Goddess of all Wisdom
How might I honor you?
How would you have me worship you?

O Goddess
I pray and ask that you hear me
I pray that you help me enlighten them
They who do not know wisdom
Only the words of demagogues
And empty-headed preachers
For whom nothing matters but their own wealth

Guide my hand that I may write well
Guide my mind that I may bring forth persuasive thoughts
Guide my heart that I not fall victim to the same hubris

#Paganism #pagan #hellenismos #polytheism #athena

Is it just me or have we been seeing a lot of Dionysus lately? Sometimes these things happen where modern media picks up an old god and then suddenly new followers are popping up everywhere. I myself just started worshiping him in the past year or so. We also saw a similar thing happen with Loki and Thor after the Marvel movies.

I always wonder if it's like the ‘chicken or the egg’ scenario. Are there more followers because the media happened to depict the god, or did the media depict the god because the god was gathering more followers?

The gods.

It is what our religion is actually about. The gods and the relationship we have with them as mortal beings. It is easy to read the myths and assign those attributes to the gods, but that is a mistake. Why? Because the myths are just a fraction of what the gods are and it is connected directly to how we interact with and think of them.

It is, perhaps, better to think of the gods as forces. As fundamental aspects of nature that are ever present and underlie everything around us so that even things like physics are essentially describing an aspect of them while the more physical manifestations of them, the ones we think of as the gods in all their mythic glory, are essentially emergent properties of their divinity. Emergences in nature, including human nature, that we can relate to as anthropomorphic or animistic.

This means that the gods are not localized or limited in their scope or reach by what we think, but are given form, their emergent forms, by the way we relate to them. That is to say that when people pray and seek guidance or blessings, it is those interactions they lay down into myth and fable. It is those interactions and their results that become the basis for the attributes we give the gods.

Athena is Wisdom, but it is her interactions with people who seek wisdom that give us the character we see in myth. People seek wisdom in a great many things from lighting a fire to waging war, and so she is perceived with a measure of all those things she is sought for. Demeter isn’t just the goddess of the harvest, she is the harvest. She is the natural order that allows for it, so the character we see in myth reflects the natural forces that make the harvest work.

This, in my opinion, is why we do not seek to belittle or insult the gods of others, a lesson I am trying to incorporate into my life and which I still sometimes fail to do. The gods this isn’t. The gods are. They are just not always the way you think they are, they can be what others need just as they can be what you need.

Be blessed and be kind!

#pagan #paganism #polytheism #gods

Blessings of the Feast of Grapes to you all! Feast of Grapes is the celebration of the grape harvest and the honoring of Dionysus's death with the harvest. It's part of the Ariadne's Tribe sacred calendar in our celebration of inclusive Minoan spirituality. My family is enjoying a small harvest from our muscadine vine, and later in the day, there will be some of last year's muscadine wine to be enjoyed with dinner and to use for scrying.

Continued thread

We want to help you ask the best questions possible, so you receive the most insightful and helpful answers. The Oracle is eager to guide you, but the quality of the response depends on the quality of the question.
So before you submit your question, take a moment to reflect on POSITIVE and ensure your question is crafted with care. The better the question, the better the guidance.

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:spellbook2: FediOccult Book Club—September's Book Announcement and Introduction

:spellbook1: I'm excited to announce that the Book Club will be reading "UTOPIAN WITCH: Solarpunk Magick to Fight Climate Change and Save the World" by Justine Norton-Kertson for September 2024.

:spellbook1: To participate in the Book Club, just pick up a copy of September's book and live-post about it between September 1 and September 30.

:spellbook1: Be sure to tag all relevant posts with the *official* hashtag: #FediOccultBookClub so we can find all of your reviews, prompts, questions, essays, and more.

:blobwizard_sun: Book Club Introductions :blobwizard_sun:

In the replies of this post, feel free to introduce yourself to the other Book Club participants! Tell us about yourself and let us know your initial impressions of UTOPIAN WITCH!