Dusting Cobwebs from my Soul

Here I blog my explorations and experiences of spirituality; building rituals, and finding community. Shamanism, Witchcraft, and a strong connection to Norse gods (most notably Odin) as well as nature are evident here with much respect given to anything else that makes sense and feels right to me.

[rhiannatruex]

light & shadow

[kosmogrl]

[soulcobwebs]

pulled a rune tonight that echoed the message I got from my Solstice tarot spread (ok! ok! I get it!), lit a candle and some incense, and whispered my own message to the universe #witchyshit

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[90377]

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[autumncozy]

By Julia Berolzheimer

[sweetd3lights]

All rights reserved  by Ольга Потапова

[everythingstarstuff]

Snowflake on a Crow’s wing –.Photo by Shawn Bergman

[schonheit-ist-in-alles]

@drum-cu-naluci

[chaosophia218]

Eternal Return.

[birdbranch-deactivated20241005]

get his ass

[this-old-stomping-ground]

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[himekokosu]

Mossy woods

[wonderworldmotion]

[happyheidi]

ig; camilliabloomsbury

[skaldish]

This is probably a very dumb question, but would deities walk away from me if I am unable to do my normal devotional work? I mean it's dumb I know, but my anxiety has been destroying over that last few weeks. I have not been able to tend to my deities. I honor Odin and Loki as my main deities. I haven't been able to do anything for Them, due to some new illness that has cropped up in me. Everything has been catching up to me, the illness, my chronic pain, mental illness and I have been absolutely knocked on my ass. I had gone to a group that I have been in for awhile and was hoping for a little support and received 0. I was shamed for my illness and disability and even called a "shitty pagan" and even told that Odin would most likely walk away over my weakness. I have already left that group but what some of them said has been gnawing away at me.

That’s ableism, homie. And no deity worth their salt is going to buy into it for their own benefit.

Take care of yourself first. Your health and vitality are way more important to the gods than performance.

The irony here is that Odin’s also disabled and knows something about mental illness, so whoever told you he’d walk away from you for disability has little to no intuitive understanding of who this god is (also, they’re probably buying into fascist rhetoric disguised as Asatru, which equates worship with performance and sets a standard of performance only attainable by those with the social mobility and privilege of an able-bodied cishet white man.)

I have personally taken naps as a form of devotion, and the gods were here for it.

Devotion is an experience we have, not a performance we do.

[kodiescove]

I'd like to add that Odin is still here with me after 6 years of little to no devotional acts for him.

Honestly, it feels like he waited until I got better to call for me again. And he's been completely happy with me just talking with him, lighting incense, and playing devotional music.

[tumakhunter]

Doesn't the Havamal itself (supposedly the words of Odin directly) say it is better to offer not at all than to offer too much? Sounds to me like that means if you can't then you don't, and it'll be OK.

[everythingstarstuff]

Universal spin dynamic inspired stone wall…

[resimlerin-dili]