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Hey folks - if you find yourself struggling with your faith, belief in gods, etc., that might mean that it's time to sit down and reassess what you believe and why you believe in it. Sometimes the reason you're struggling is because you've grown, and what you believed before no longer fits. Instead of trying to force yourself back into these beliefs, it might be time to leave them aside and find something that fits you better.

skaldish

This is honestly why I love the idea of a "faith" being a path. Paths have forks and branches leading to other directions and into other countrysides. We don't have to stay on one path or the other just because somebody else did. Roads are meant to be travelled and destinations are meant to change.

enbycrip

I’m reposting this with a link to some sources from the OP, btw; I’m sorry for not tagging them, but Tumblr won’t let me and I’m guessing it’s a privacy settings thing.

https://www.academuseducation.co.uk/post/ancient-mesopotamian-transgender-and-non-binary-identities

There is evidence of complex gender identities in Ancient Mesopotamia, particularly in the cult of the goddess Inanna and her priests.

only-fragments

Always reblog. Hail Inanna!

kleioscanvas

Quick drawing of Inanna in a warlike mood for pride, because with the flood of political attacks agains trans people across the world, it is closer to how I'm feeling than anything along the lines of "Happy Pride Month"

ancientcharm

Baths of Pompeii

flaroh

Buried 🌋🙇🏻‍♀️🕊️

Aprils work is Pompeii themed, inspired by photos I took in the House of the Vettii. The illustration is named Buried and is of the remains of the villa’s north courtyard, bathed in streaming morning light, with a mysterious occupant. Even though this scene is modern day, the girl is in Roman dress looking at the viewer. And oh what’s that? She’s slightly transparent...👻

zegalba

Azerbaijani artist Tunzala Mamedzadeh's Hand-Painted Quran in Gold on 164 Feet of Black Silk

fieropasto-deactivated20210613

may have found the funniest possible thing ever in this essay on medieval sex laws im reading hold on

fieropasto-deactivated20210613

From Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe by James A. Brundage

wizardshark

This is how tiktok users decide if you deserve to die or not

the-astro-ambassadors

can you get randy on your birthday this year

yes

no

Voting ended onJun 7, 2024

dates are from 2024 or 1200

hestiashearthfire

Just got through reading Secrets of Greek Mysticism by George Lizos. Interesting food for thought.

hestiashearthfire

Following up on this just to say I do not recommend it at all. More to follow, but I found it problematic and frankly just devoid of practical worship tips.

ombrokharis

Seconded. Apparently, the secret to Greek mysticism is Love & Light neoplatonism and misappropriated Hinduism.

sag-dab-sar

The actual FUCK did I just read????

"Earth based spirituality" already gave me alarm bells. "Old Gods" too. "Universe is love & light literally"— anyone wanna tell him about dark energy & matter. "Founded religion", ah so you're just someone who hates Christianity, Islam and Judaism good to know. Also, my dude, temple complexes were state funded— religion was just as much civic as it was natural.

"Aligned their lives with her rhythms. The Earth Showed her magic and wisdom"; "ascend"; "greatest civilizations." Okay so, pray tell, why the earth's wisdom and ✨magic✨ didn't involve telling them to abolish slavery, create complete equality of men & women? Oh right maybe its because ancient people did not have this all-loving ✨in tune✨ relationship with Earth that gave them the utopia new agers (& neo-pagans tbh) desperately want to believe existed in the past.

Right. Scholars who dedicate their lives have it all wrong but you the self proclaimed "Greek pagan priest" definitely know better than they do right?

Why are new agers & neo-pagans allergic to the fact that ancient people feared their Gods, regularly appeased them, and sought their favor. Why. The Fuck. Is that concept so hard to get through their thick skulls.

I'm mad.

I tried to keep reading via skimming and quit before I threw my phone at the wall. This is why I rarely read by pagan for pagan books.

ombrokharis

Dude, the "Natural" vs. "Founded" religions dichotomy actually pissed me off so bad. Like, it immediately crumbles the moment you look at world religions for more than a second.

What's more, I genuinely despise the author's wholesale neglect of reciprocity and materiality in ancient Greek religion. Not only are scholars long past the idea that ancient Greek divine/mortal relationships were solely transactional, but reciprocity and materiality are foundational to ancient Greek religion.

I understand that 'mysticism' in this book means Love & Light neoplatonism, and Plato rejected the idea that the gods could be bribed with gifts, but Plato also stressed the importance of adhering to religious custom, which included perpetuating the cycle of gift giving with the gods.

moonmoonthecrabking

happy pride month to religious queer people, who feel like they’re contradictions, or told that they’re contradictions, but stay true to these important parts of themselves anyway. happy pride to the queer religious people who have to explain their identities, and who have to defend their faith or their queerness in either circle.

i love you, i am one of you, thank you for being in this community with me.

a-wick-with-no-candle

Khaire Hestia, the First and the Last! 🔥

rollmouse

micahulrichdraws

Enlightenment. There are only a handful of signed, and numbered, Limited Edition prints of this lass still available in my web shop, while supplies remain.

alittlegreenwitchery

I like the word “witchery” because of its linguistic similarity to “fuckery.” Witchcraft is fuckery; fuckery is witchcraft. They are inextricably connected in my mind and it makes me happy.