Send in asks about your pagan experience—or send in something with “Pagan culture is…” because this blog also duels as a culture blog!
When sending in asks, I don’t have any limitations for what you can send—but please but the appropriate TW or CW if needed. And make image descriptions if you send one, please.
Also, please nothing racist, homophobic, etc. Y’know, the basic stuff.
Change your phone wallpaper to your deity, or things relating to your deity—even better if you make your own! You don’t even need to draw it, just put in a bunch of images until it looks good.
Still on the phone bit, change the phone theme to represent your deity as well (ex. get widgets and change the images for apps)
Make a devotional playlist for them on Spotify! This can consist of songs you like, think your deity would like, or overall relate to them.
Draw your deity or things that represent your deity!
Write about your deity in a secret journal or somewhere you know someone won’t find it.
Make an altar!
Altars can be as big or as small as you want. They can take up entire rooms or no space at all, aside from your imagination.
Since this is just about discreet ways to do it I’ll leave it at that though
Make an altar out of an Altoid tin! They’re small, compact, easy to hide, and can still hold a few things! If anyone asks about it, just say it’s an art project!
Get a shoebox or something to make an altar out of! Again, basically everything I said about the Altoid tin applies to this, except shoeboxes are larger. (Please do not attempt to burn candles in this type of altar, though. It’s a big fire hazard.)
Draw an altar! (Can be digital or traditional)
Use a Picrew to make an altar!
Build an altar in Minecraft/any building/sandbox game!
Make a dream/mind altar, which stays in your head and your head alone.
And to clarify (since ya'll need that, apparently), that includes people who are transphobic, homophobic, pro-eugenics (i.e. social darwinism anti-vaxxer people), anti-immigrant, racist, etc.
Ya'll don't belong here, paganism is not a safe place for you, and I don't want you interacting with my blog.
No TERFS, no conservatives, none of it. Freedom and equality for all.
Hey *hand on shoulder* you know that Greece, along with most of the balkan countries, has been under ottoman turkish rule for more than 400 years? You know that Greece today has many economic problems today, despite it's history being rich?
You know that Greece is very prone to forest fires and natural disasters?
Also, do you know that Greece, along with Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Montenegro... They are all protesting against corruption, and no one talked about it.
You talk about wanting to have temples to worship in modern day, but you don't care about the land that those temples would be built on?
Greece may be an Orthodox Christian country. But trust me, the gods are still very much living there. Their spirit is still there. Poseidon is still ruling the waves, Zeus is still watching over in the sky, Demeter is taking care of the crops.
All i am asking is... Spread awareness. I am saying this on behalf of my greek friend, firstly, who has complained to me about their issues not being heard. LEARN HISTORY. STUDY CURRENT WORLD EVENTS. SEND LOVE TO THE LAND OF GREECE, WHO HAS ENDURED GREAT HARDSHIPS.
In case you guys aren't aware, there is an NSFW comic about Zeus and Ganymede that's just getting started (called My Unreachable Ganimedes on Webtoon). Why am I bringing this up out of the blue? See below the cut. This is meant to be a warning to worshippers.
***TW: NSFW mentions, SA, rape, abuse, kidnapping (unfortunately, I am not exaggerating; minors, I don't suggest reading further, just be aware of the comic itself)***
First thing's first, DO NOT HARASS THE AUTHOR OF THIS COMIC. Harassment is NEVER ok; do not go out of your way to make this person feel bad. With that out of the way, let's get into it.
MsBunnat on Twitter, Tumblr, TikTok, and Instagram is currently in the process of creating a comic about Zeus and Ganymede titled My Unreachable Ganimedes. The art is very beautiful, and her designs for the gods are honestly very creative. I'm personally a fan of the way she designs Aphrodite. Her art style was the first thing that caught my attention and the way that I found her, through a Pinterest post.
The story appears it'll be heavily focusing on an emotionally abusive dynamic between Zeus and Ganymede after Ganymede is kidnapped by Zeus (leaving scars in the shapes of eagle talons on his body). In the content that's been revealed thus far, there are lots of implications of manipulation and art directly depicting SA. I'm not sure if anyone will know what this is, but this reminds me a bit of the comic Killing Stalking in regards to the relationship dynamic (mostly just in the sense that one person is seen as dominant and emotionally (even sometimes physically) abusive, whereas the other is viewed as submissive and even "pathetic"/helpless in a way). I get the impression of Stockholm Syndrome.
At first, I was genuinely very excited to read this comic. It seemed that it could be interesting, even with some NSFW elements; I originally thought it was about a sweet love between the two where consent was still key. As I looked more into the topic, however, I noticed people discussing aspects about her art that she's shared in the past. Allegedly (I cannot find the proof of this but have seen a few people attest to it online), she drew Zeus raping Ganymede on Twitter. It's claimed that she deleted the art due to the complaints and wrote an apology statement, but both of these posts, if they ever existed, are no longer there. I can find no mention of the situation from her directly (this doesn't mean she didn't mention it, just that I can't personally find anything about it).
Unfortunately, however, even if these claims are false, her recent art has explicitly depicted Zeus sexually assaulting Ganymede. There is a piece of art on her Tumblr that shows Zeus presumably forcing Ganymede into a kiss in order to give him the gift of immortality. It wasn't initially disturbing to me until I read the caption because I hadn't immediately assumed it was SA, but after reading the caption, it left an unsettling feeling in my stomach. It felt as though this person was glorifying SA with the use of Greek mythology, BUT this is solely based on my own assumptions of what I've seen thus far. She only has a title cared for her comic which is not enough to assume what the full story will be about.
I spread word about this to make other worshippers aware. This isn't likely to be a comic you will enjoy. In fact, it seems it'll be pretty fucked up and likely upsetting for a lot of us. I would personally advise not looking into the topic if these sorts of topics upset you. It's upsetting to me because it genuinely seemed like it had potential, based on briefly scrolling through her Tumblr posts, until I came across the bits about SA and discovered the rape art accusations. I wish retellings could just be nice, fluffy pieces. I understand people digging into the darker sides of mythology, however, even outside of me being a worshipper, I don't agree with making a comic about such content. If the story is, in fact, about what it seems it'll be about, the glorification of any type of SA is NEVER fucking ok. Never.
Man i was actually excited to read the comic... This is unfortunate. I really hope that this will all turn out to be false and the author will handle the story well.... But that is just my hopes and expectations... :(
In order to actually get likes and reblogs i need to start my blog with "daily/friendly reminder" "hot take" or just make a rant about pagan tiktok. You will only get comments and likes when you make a discourse post or a "gods love you" post for the 100th time this week.
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Don't get me wrong, it's not all about likes. But sometimes i feel like i am talking to a wall 😭. It's exhausting to see that Tumblr is becoming like TikTok: you only catch people's short span of attention by validating people's feelings about things that are normal. Like taking a break from worship and practice.
I JUST WANT TO HAVE ACTUAL DEEP, MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT PAGANISM ON TUMBLR.
Maybe i am just new and don't understand stuff , i only joined last year... And people will come to me in the comments saying "bruh what did you expect this is a fandom space!" But all i want is to stop this repetitive wave of posts about discourse and toxic positivity.
Pagan culture is a call to adventure! To go into the forests, mountains, and landscapes you had once paid no mind to! Even the open roads. It is a call to go with your friends to seek out, and explore both the mundane and supernatural.
For the witches and pagans who need to hear it, connecting with nature is supposed to be about like, actually observing nature over long periods of time, not doing stuff like hoarding endangered bird feathers and beach sand, or just meditating out in aesthetically-pleasing locations. Can you tell me exactly when your wildflowers and weeds start blooming? When do your bugs come out of hibernation? When do migratory birds come and go? How does the air feel during different times of year? If you can't do stuff like that, you aren't connecting with nature.
Hii! I used my main account to create a community called Pagans In Training, if you'd like to join pls dm me on my main and I'll be able to send an invite
Pagan culture is being obsessed with mythology ever since you were a child and then finding out years later that you can worship the said gods in the myths.
And being like: "holy guacamole! I can actually worship Zeus or Aphrodite or Hades just like the ancient people did!"
That's basically how i discovered paganism 🫠🫠🫠
me having to play the game of “is this an autism hyperfixation or am I religious”
