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Is it bad that I feel slightly bad that I keep coming to the library to use its quietness and its desk space and its pleasant atmosphere for writing but I never check out books?

ckerouac

Why would you feel bad? You’re using the library for one of its intended purposes. The desks, WiFi, space etc are LITERALLY there for you to do exactly what you’re doing AND each time you go in you add to the foot traffic numbers that prove hey people are coming in to use our stuff mr. government so keep funding us.

surroundedbybooks

Confirmed by another public librarian. One of the stats we track is "WiFi usages"

That is, we track number of sessions/devices using it over time.

The library is not about snooping on what you're doing with that WiFi. Libraries respect privacy.

rosefyrefyre

We literally have a door counter at my library. Congratulations, you just added to our statistics.

chaosfrisur

I think it's a bit sad that with more and more public spaces vanishing, people are feeling bad about not "buying" stuff to "earn" their time at a library.

A library is like a park, you're allowed to just. Exist in it.

I check out books every 4 weeks, when the learning period from my current books is up, but I go much more frequently with my kid to just sit there and read to them, and that's okay. In my school days, we'd go and do our research for presentations there, just reading, never checking out.

A library is a space to just exist.

artofelanor

Have you seen the new movie? It's on library. It's literally on the library. It's on library without ads. It's literally on your local public library. You can probably ask for it on your library. Dude it's on your library. It's in the original case too. It's on library. You can watch it at the library. You can go to your local library and watch it. Register onto your local library right now. Go to your library. Dive into your library. You can watch it. It's on there. Your library has it for you. Your library has it for you.

#please support your local libraries!#you'll be surprised by what they have!!#and their programs/services!! check those out too!!!

broomsick

Quick tip for new pagans (something that took me years to understand): faith isn’t a chore, or at least it shouldn’t be. If your religion starts to feel like it’s taking a toll on you, that’s a sign to take a step back, maybe practice more casually for a while. There’s no obligation for you to feel the connection 100% of the time. Faith is a great help, but it’ll come through when you need the help. So don’t force yourself into spirituality at a time when it doesn’t come naturally. It’ll leave you exhausted, not to mention spirituality is one of things that just can’t be forced. Trust me: fluctuations in your faith are temporary. Plus, there are lots of ways to keep a steady, yet casual connection to your faith. The Gods have always been there, whether you feel their presence or not.

#norse pagan #lokean #ive been practicing since like 2017 and def had to modify it a few times bc of burn out and lack of energy

Is your name Corvus? Cause thats the name of the cohost of our system, and also the part that is a devotee to Loki,

im so intrigued to see another Lokean that bears my name :} id love to talk to you.

- Corvus 🪶

@kaotic-an4rchy-sideblog

It is!! I don't see Corvus very often, let alone a Lokean, so this is sick! I also just followed another Lokean Corvus, @corvusreadsrunes !

I'm not the greatest at keeping up with messages, but feel free to send a chat!

#corvus #loki #lokean #i adore my name #its amazing

monsterblogging

The pre-Christian Norse spiritual worldview is animistic, which means that it's informed by direct experiences and observations of nature, interpreted through the lens of human experience and feelings. You know how we watch snow swirl around think that it looks playful, or watch a wildfire and think that it looks angry? It involves that kind of thing.

But when most people think of pre-Christian religions, they tend to imagine later forms of Greek and Roman polytheism. The problem here is that these Greeks and Romans had begun to think of divinity in more abstract, transcendent ways, and had begun to imagine the gods as rulers of things rather than the spirits of things.

Loki isn't the lord of mischief, he's the spirit of mischief. He's in the little voice telling you make that shitpost and to stop caring about being "cringe." He's in your cat's impulse to knock something off the counter to watch it bounce or roll. Loki manifests in every accidental innuendo and hilarious typo, in every spilled cup of coffee, and every paperwork mix-up. (This is why he's a shapeshifter! He can be anything!)

So when media depicts a Loki riddled with repression and shame - say, for example, a Loki who sneers at modern media or the culture of the common folk - it's depicting a Loki who can't really Loki. That poor spirit has been bound and gagged.

Certain popular media has depicted Thor and Loki as some kinds of opposites, but when we consider the animist perspective we can see there is a serious problem with this. Loki and Thor being depicted as companions isn't some random whim; it's a reflection of the reality that thunderstorms bring chaos.

A Loki informed by Norse mythology shouldn't be complaining about Thor's "oafishness" or whatever, he should be encouraging him to wreak even more havoc. Loki shouldn't be here out of some real or imagined obligation, he should be here because he expects he's going to have a pretty good time, and because he hopes to make the situation as ridiculous as possible.

Loki being the spirit of mischief is also why depicting him as hostile to humanity isn't really in the spirit of the pre-Christian Norse worldview. Mischief and chaos are not anti-human; they're just realities of the world that humans inhabit. I get how it's easy to infer that Loki must have something against humans due to his oppositional role toward the Aesir in the Ragnarok story, but that's an extremely Christian reading of the narrative. The story is simply describing the collapse of civilization and end of the world as we know it through Norse animistic comprehension. Loki only has an issue with the Aesir, who bound him in a cave to be tortured with serpent venom. Humanity is neither here nor there for him.

#loki #animism #norse mythology #lokean

pollen

what are you waiting for? someone to grant you permission? the perfect and permanent emotion? a shooting star to magic away every problem you have or ever have had? alright, wait away then. but no one is going to live your life for you while you wait to become someone else

lokavisi

Shit, did Loki write this post? Because DAMN.

emmettspace

fellow Lokeans and/or people who work with Loki: when you first reached out to and/or started working with Loki, was that day objectively chaotic? like, a bunch of weird shit happening that usually doesn't or has never happened? or just a bunch of things going wrong all at once?

i've found that both days i started with Loki (a few years ago and now recently) have been super chaotic and i'd love to hear yalls stories. i'm sure there are some good ones. xD

corvusviridian

Yes!! It was a while ago now, but I vividly remember my mom and I working in the backyard. Things kept going oddly wrong and tools seemed to disappear and reappear in the weirdest of spots. We kept making jokes like "Haha, must be Loki" and then I had an "oh shit" moment :)

I'd been reaching out to various deities to test waters with whom I might want to work with in the days before. So, suddenly having everything go wrong and us making jokes about Lokes was hilariously timed. Felt like they were going "Hey! Over here! Look at me!!" while spinning a giant sign on a street corner and doing sick tricks to show how cool they are

#lokean #norse pagan #paganblr #heathenry