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A collection of 10 issues

Polytheist or Pagan? A Little Poll

At the beginning of the month, I launched a little poll on pagan.plus: My reach on pagan.plus is actually not very large, so I was pretty happy with the 45 participants. Personally, like 8 other polled members of pagan.plus, I actually prefer the term "polytheist"

Petitioning Abellion For His Favour at the Apple Orchard

I am currently writing the tests to move from the rank of Student to Initiate in Toutâ Galation. The following is adapted from an answer I prepared for this test. I first briefly wrote about this ritual on this very blog in September 2021: "Orchardcraft." One of my

Mythless

There’s a frequent joke shared in Heathenry spaces which I share below: In the first square, the Hellenist Polytheists say: “Heathens, I can explain!”; in the second, the Norse Heathens say: “You have all those myths? We just have one book!”; in the third, the Anglo-Saxon Heathens say: “A

A few notes on the theorized original characteristics of the Gaulish religion(s)

I’ve been slowly making my way through Les religions gauloises by Jean-Louis Brunaux over the past several months. I really loved reading Les druides, which I had to return to the national library but am hoping to pick back up again soon. Les religions gauloises similarly does not disappoint.

Notes on Isabelle Stengers’ “Reclaiming Animism” (Part Two)

Qui suis-je? Si par exception je m’en rapportais à un adage: en effet pourquoi tout ne reviendrait-it pas à savoir qui je « hante »? Je dois avouer que ce dernier mot m’égare, tendant à établir entre certains êtres et moi des rapports plus singuliers, moins évitables, plus troublants que

Notes on Ancient Fire by Segomâros Widugeni (2018)

I picked up Ancient Fire, An Introduction to Gaulish Celtic Polytheism, by Segomâros Widugeni on a whim, and I have to say I enjoyed reading the book. Widugeni’s book is 1) blissfully concise, 2) clear, and 3) is full of citations. As people might intuit from other posts on

Breaking Waves

For years, my practice with regards to the spirits has focused almost exclusively on spirits of place (genius loci). I called myself a bioregional animist or a city animist — or just an animist, honestly — because I chiefly seemed to surround myself with non-anthropomorphized spirits. Genius literally means “spirit” and is

Orchardcraft

What do I want out of my practice? I think it’s easiest to answer with an example. What I want out of my practice is best reflected by the day I had yesterday. Some pagan friends and I went to an orchard to pick apples and can them afterwards.

Dipping My Toes In Evergreen Waters

How ridiculous and what a stranger he is who is surprised at anything that happens in life. — Marcus Aurelius Recently, I’ve been exploring capital-H Heathenry much as magpie or crow might. I believe that there is something there that is shiny, useful, and which already aligns which much of

Resurrection

It’s been a long while since I last updated, and my last meandering post left it on kind of a dark note. I’ve got to admit, not long afterwards, I did end up dismantling all my physical shrines in my home and stored them away until finally, this