Your plans are made, so put them in motion. Make your investment, put in your resources, send out your ships. Hold faith that you'll receive good returns on what you put in.
Hail Freya, it's Friday!
Businesses don't close on Pagan holidays, unfortunately. So for today's #FridayPaganPoll I'm wondering what you usually do about work when they land during the middle of the week.
Of possible interest. Beckett is very much into the social aspect with others, which as a solitary I am most certainly not (even less so after COVID. People, ugh). But YMMV. Still make your rituals.
If we really believe in practicing world-affirming religions, then we should affirm the world we live in by working for the good of the planet and all that live upon it.
Yule is come! Hail the Sun's rebirth! Welcome the new year! We are halfway out of the dark. May we kindle our inner lights into a renewed intent to honor the return of light (Sun or Son). May each of us BE a light in the world. 🕯️☀️
Lyonel Perabo interviews Joseph Hopkins and Lauren Fountain of the experimental publishing house Hyldyr, which produces new books and translations of interest to Heathens that seek to bridge the gap between the purely academic and purely popular.
Some suggestions by Theresa Reed, the Tarot Lady. I've kept and continue to keep a #Tarot and #cartomancy journal for years now, and it serves me well.
#Tarot underneath/shadow card of evening: Ace of Swords.
You may be feeling inspired, but that inspiration may need to wait a bit until you get your work done. After that, cleanse your space so you can work on adding knowledge to your mind.
For some folks this may be the end of the line. That project or idea was not going anywhere despite your efforts. It's time to accept the loss and put it out of its misery. Grieve it, rest, then heal.
#Tarot underneath/shadow card of evening: King of Wands.
He is here to provide inspiration and confidence to carry out your plans. Rely on your experience here, be ready to think and act in unconventional ways.
For some folks, you may need to seek help from someone strong, organized, and with vision. Seek an advocate that can work with you and who watches over you and your peers.
Once more, another library "Christmas" moment as new Interlibrary Loan (ILL) book request arrived.
This is what I will be reading next. As always, once done, I hope to review it on the blog. If it is as good as it looks, will likely order copy for our library.
Gotta confess something: I have been spiritually burned out and inconsistent. I have only managed offerings and that's even a big task. I putting this out to keep convos around this.
After all, isn’t contemporary Paganism somewhat akin to this very church? A relic from ages past that fell or nearly fell out of used, only to be rediscovered and refitted in order to conform to both the needs of a new age, and the idea we modern men have of a sacred past?