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hi, I'm Cinnamon, they/them, genderqueer & nonbinary & butch. I'm 33 years old and a practicing witch for almost ten years now. my main is @thepaladog
I'm a trained pagan witch who facilitates my local cUUps chapter. I'm also a big bad wolf, which is to say, otherkin to red wolves specifically; I'll often call myself a 'werewolf' due to this, and posts connected to this are tagged #the wolf. I'm also fond of knights and the concept of (non-gendered) chivalry, hence the blog title. you may see me tag things in that vein as #the knight; these are ideals that I am strongly aligned with, things that I'm trying my best to be!
I could sit on a porch and talk for days about religion and spirituality but for the sake of a bio: I believe spirituality is fluid and highly personal, with overarching higher concepts that have connected us in an animistic way for as long as humanity's records go back. closed practices are closed practices and should be respected every time. indigenous people's voices should be heard and valued at every (neo-)pagan table. we do ourselves good by living closer to the natural world around us, by being aware of our status as good neighbors to everyone we can be.
my genealogy is mostly Germanic peoples, though my family has lived in the foothills of the Appalachias for about four-hundred years, so "Appalachian" is what I consider myself to be in a regional cultural sense. as is common in that folkloric practice, I have found the most comfort in following nature (in its many aspects) as divine and most of my ritual practice is aligned with what you might call 'granny craft'.
on this blog, you will see my tags for these concepts that I hold holy to my own devotion and practice. these are sort of abstract and ever-expanding. some of them are like divinity to me, while others are more like friends and mentors. these may change but right now they are:
#the bear - life well-lived, wild nature, the nurturer & the protector, leadership, responsibility, neutral forces of balance, the importance of eating berries barefoot by the river with people you love, harshness & tenderness both being a part of being alive
#the black dog - death & grief, growth through loss, liminal spaces, the art of witchery, the silence of a 3am parking lot and the sound of a 3am forest, every crossroad both literal and metaphorical
#the stag - sacrifice, humility, nobility & chivalry, gentle masculinity, compassionate care, radical retexturing of Jesus, the yearning to be soft in a savage world, service to community, warrior by necessity
#the rabbit - sunlight, daytime, warmth, laughter, play, growth.
#the gray fox - moonlight, nighttime, cold, reality, mischief, decay.
#the frog - the element of water; emotions, memory, reflection.
#the salamander - the element of fire; passion, control, desire.
#the oak - the element of earth; balance, stability, homeland.
#the dragonfly - the element of air; creativity, expression, whimsy.
welcome, feel free to ask me questions, I don't post my own content very often but who knows, maybe one day I'll change that!
