“Every religion must have its holy places, affording a means of communication between man, gods, spirits, and forces of nature.” – Hilda Ellis Davidson
I think that one of the most interesting concepts(…)
They Wore Blue
They wore blue beaded capelets that did not completely cover their breasts. Two of them wore only strings of blue beads at their waist. The third had a blue cloth wrapped around her, but it was too short, too thin, and still left half of her buttocks exposed. They laughed at my continual staring, but took no offense to me. They were covered in mostly blue tattoos from head to toe, and some of them referred to legends I knew. So after I stammered my apologies for staring, they waved me over to their booth where they were eating lunch.
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The ignorance of privilege
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King, Jr. I am privileged. I know this, accept it for what it is, because I cannot change it. And to pretend otherwise would be ignorant on my part,(…)
The Fire Festivals in history and myth
The main holidays generally celebrated by CRs and Irish polytheists are Samhain, Imbolc, Beltaine, and Lughnasa; some people also acknowledge the solar festivals, but the four fire festivals are the most commonly celebrated by all.(…)
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Druids, Sacrifice, and the Power of the Head
One of the issues about ancient Druids that tends to be brought up by both supporters and detractors is that of ritual sacrifice. Those who support modern Druidism tend to try to minimize or deny the practices among ancient Druids, while(…)
Idolatry
I’ve been slaving away over my statuary. I’m happy that I’ve gotten so many commission requests, I can already feel the challenge in the atmosphere. When I had completed (…)
Tumbled Dreams: January 05 – 11, 2013
What are “Tumbled Dreams”? These are the posts I made to my tumblr during the week because I felt they did not warrant a separate post on this blog. However, these “interstitials” often explain some of the backstory to the larger dream posts. For those readers that only read Three Different Ways, they may help explain some of the characters and sudden changes in plot and direction.
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Female Druids
Every now and then I run across someone who tells me that I can’t be a Druid because only men were Druids historically, or that there was gender seperation historically whether it was simply the different genders living seperately or full(…)
Being Pagan or Not Being Pagan
It seems like its getting more and more trendy for people to start distancing themselves from the umbrella term of paganism, which is usually used to describe someone who is a modern polytheist and can apply to almost(…)