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Parts of a Shrine
In the past, I have written about how to establish a shrine and how the objects on the shrine can be anchor points. I gave a brief overview of the different parts in the initial blog and a practice for devotion. In this blog, I am going to be writing about the different parts of… Continue reading
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On UPG, Egregores, Sock Puppets and Beyond
An acronym that started going around the wider heathen community in the early days of growing reconstructionist traditions is UPG (unverified personal gnosis). It was thought to separate common thoughts, opinions, and experiences from well-known facts about the Gods. If the UPG is then shared, it can become Shared Personal Gnosis (SPG). If the SPG… Continue reading
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Reshaping How We Connect with the Gods
If you can think of the Divine fulfilling a part of you that is already missing – akin to puzzle pieces – you can sort of see that there tends to be a missing part of humanity itself in which the Divine once naturally occupied and does no longer. The void, however, is never completely… Continue reading
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Divine Communication: Divination
Divination is the most widely used form of communication with the Divine. The Divine can use the symbols and meanings of different outcomes to convey a message just as much as They can convey a possibility in the future. The Gods tend to be more in line with metaphor and analogy more than They are… Continue reading
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A Pagan Goes to Church
On Christmas Eve, I did something I never thought I would do again but the inexplicable pull of curiosity told me I needed to. I went to my parents’ church for their Lessons and Carols Christmas Eve service. In the past, they always went to an evangelical Presbyterian church and now they go to some… Continue reading
Devoured by Flame 