#fillianism

[ladybrythwensinclair]

Blessed Exaultation!

Raise your voices in joy and celebration, for the Queen of Heaven ascends to her throne. Long may she reign and be loved by her people for her generous and gentle nature.

[ladybrythwensinclair]

Hail Sai Thamë

Hail to the Harmonious One Hail to the Keeper of the Sacred Song of Existence Hail to the Celestial Choir Mistress Bless and guide us this day

[ladybrythwensinclair]

Hail Sai Candrë

Hail to the Peace-Weaver Hail to the Serene Angel of Faith Hail to the Handmaiden of the High Priestess Bless and walk with us this day

[easystate]

Women do not need to be iNcLuSiVe of anyone else. Get outta here with that bullshit. We do not need to be inclusive of men, inclusive of trans, etc. We do not need to be fair. We do not need to consider your feelings or see things from your point of view. Stop infringing on women’s spaces under the guise of inclusivity. Stop pretending like this focus on inclusivity is something other than what it really is: misogyny. Funny how it’s always women’s spaces (and also, black spaces) that are seen as ground zero for everyone to come and play. Funny how folks always want to live in biological women’s minds rent free. 

[kulanu-nesikhot]

28 Days of Werde

1: Names for God and Chanting

When adapting trinitarian Deanic prayers, I generally substitute the names of the Trinity with Shekhinah, the Divine Presence; Gvirotai, the feminine equivalent of Adonai (which literally means “our lords,” though the plural is a majestic plural and not a literal one), and also a fitting parallel for the emanating of the Janyati (our Ladies) from the Mother; and Ein Sof, the Kabbalistic name meaning “without end.”

But I’m not really a trinitarian, and recently I’ve become more and more enamored with Elah as a name for God as a whole. The name is used in the Tanakh as it derives from Aramaic, in which it’s a masculine word, but it’s also the Hebrew word for “goddess.” There is also just something very beautiful about the name’s simplicity, I find. Shekhinah, Gvirotai, and Ein Sof feel more like titles, where Elah feels like a name. And both ways of addressing Her have their own appropriate uses.

I’ve thought about this recently because, inspired by the Oxonian Rite, I’ve been wanting to start a chanting practice for myself, and it seems more natural to chant a name than a title. Consistent internal chanting throughout the day like the OR describes is hard to keep up at first, but it’s something I would like to work towards.