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Do you like Hel? Do you like prayer beads? Then I've got some posts for you!

here is the post about the rosary on the left (with all its prayers and ""mysteries"", and here is the post about the skull beads on the right and its associated prayer, which was inspired by the locked tomb novels. both of these posts and many other ramblings about the topic can be found by clicking on the tag "rosary".

additionally: since I am someone who loves this kind of prayer and devotion, I am always thrilled to hear about your own prayers/mantras/beads/etc, or even just some interesting thoughts you have on the matter, so please don't hesitate to share.

#rosary #tomb beads #beast barks #can't make two posts pinned? easy #make a third post that redirects to both 👌#and thanks to welcome-to-the-warren for encouraging me that my current and evolving practice deserves a spotlight #since I'm so obsessed with using the tomb beads and prayer ever since i made them #pagan prayer beads #prayer beads #hel

stagkingswife

How do you ignore people referring to godspouse as "religious psychosis"?

I’m a 34 year-old with a full time job, multiple chronic illnesses, a mortal relationship, and my spiritual responsibilities - I don’t have the time or energy to care about other people’s opinions on my spiritual practice. To be honest I’ve never cared. I started my practice in the 90s, I was openly pagan in the early aughts. I was relentlessly bullied through high school because of it. If I had ever cared about what other people think about my practice I would have never made it this far.

Look, people have never liked things that are different. This whole “godspouses are experiencing religious psychosis” thing is just the current iteration of the “godspouses are crazy.” I’ve been in a relationship with Oisin for 15 years and in that time I’ve been called delusional, crazy, been told I’m making things up. None of that has changed my experiences.

Every couple of years some people decide to not be okay with godspouses again, then it will die down and people are fine again.

#felt that too #it's just part of the experience I guess

theflaminggoat

*youth pastor voice* "The Goddess Freyja teaches us that Seiðr can give you some WAP.

Wyrd Áss Prophecies–"

#freyja

call-of-the-seaside

Three roots there grow in three directions, under Yggdrasill's ash; Hel lives under one, under the second, the Frost Giants, under the third, humankind

#hel

jaradraws

let me crawl inside your ribcage and 😴 snork mimimimi

#genuinely how I'm acting tho #me and her #tlt

enodiamoon

me: haha I dont think I could go calling a god or goddess Father or Mother, I actually have a stable relationship with my parents and turn 40 this year

also me after the slightest inconvenience: MOTHER HERAAAAAAA

#I don't have go here but that's so cute

paganblr-dumb-questions

How are you meant to dispose of offerings? I don't have a safe place to burn them, and I'd prefer not to get ants/roaches. Taking them away from the altar and tossing them in the bin (my current method) always feels disrespectful and I always feel obligated to apologize profusely.

^^^

notthesomefather

I'd check which, if any, of your offerings could be given back to nature. Make sure to look into things like their impact on the local flora and fauna, and of course nothing that would be blatantly harmful like plastics or flammable/toxic materials.

If I can't do that, what I typically do is offer one more word of thanks before I put them in the bin/compost/recycling.

helshound

wanted to add that eating them after a while is also okay 👍 afaik many religions do/did this (for a contemporary example see hindu puja), and historically in a heathen context we have livestock being offered and and then turned into a meal for the crowd I think (idk if we have Norse examples for that but there's probably something in the sagas. rn I unfortunately can only remember an early cult site in germany where we have evidence for this tho, oopsies).

#man I used to know so many sources off the top of my head but it's all eroding #and turning into dude just trust me I swear I read it somewhere once :(#anyway eating the offerings is totally an option unless the deity requests for u to do otherwise 👍#hound howls

theherbwitchshoppe

Altar Bundle for Hel. Orange mums, dandelion leaf, plantain, mugwort with lambs quarters and dandelion roots for extra “oomph” factor. All of these herbs have an association with the dead.

#I love this

Hel is (validly) upset with me because I crossed a big relationship boundary without realising. this very much sucks because having hurt her hurts me and I wanna make it better instantly, but it doesn't quite work like that. I'm rectifying everything I can and am starting positive changes, but it's her good right to feel hurt for a while. relationships are hard, but we persevere 🥲👍

#it's not always smooth sailing but I guess having had quite a few years without a fight or anyone getting hurt is still good #hopefully she'll feel more comfortable and secure again soon 🥺🥺🥺#hound howls #godspouse #at least my (often absolutely dogshit) divination skills really came thru for this conversation! thank the stars #cuz my godphone is like present a few times a year max 😬👌 this brain sucks

underthetreeshade

Have a lil Sól and Máni for this years autumn equinox.

#sol #mani

satyrmagos

Fourth from my 2023 Pride line is the image of Kybele, the Great Mother, Mother of the Gods.

Cybele / Kybele is the Phrygian Mother of the Gods, syncretized and identified with the Greek Titan Rhea, and worshiped in Rome as Magna Mater. It is her cult into which Dionysos was initiated to cure him of the madness inflicted by Hera. She is famous for the frenzied dancing and drumming of her rites, and for her gender-deviant priesthood – who may have included transwomen and/or eunuchs.

On the front of the talisman the goddess is shown on her throne, flanked by lions. She holds a pomegranate in one hand and a frame drum in the other. On the back is an image of two pine trees, like that found at her shrine in a temple of Aesclepius.

This talisman was commissioned by author Ariana Serpentine as a part of her personal devotional work, made available to the public by her astounding generosity, and included in this year’s Pride line at her particular request. You can find Ariana’s book, Sacred Gender, wherever fine books are sold.

* Talisman is one inch in diameter with an image on each side.

* Available as a pendant with an upeye suitable for a 3mm chain or with three rings suitable for stringing as a rosary piece.

* Available in sterling silver or red bronze.

This piece is not consecrated. That is your responsibility to do in accordance with your tradition or gnosis.

https://sorcerersworkbench.etsy.com/listing/1503006345/meter-theon-devotional-talisman-cybele

graveyarddirt

@buddyblanc

#I don't go here but it looks incredible!!

geektumb

ex0skeletal-undead

Halcyon I by Dory Whynot on Instagram

went to a museum today and once again I encountered my personal historical arch-nemesis boniface aka that mediaeval cunt that cut down my people's sacred oak tree of thor

#fuck boniface all my homies hate Boniface #hound howls #donar's oak