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Farewell Anomalous Thracian, Gimbal, and the Sacred Serpents of Sabazios

Hail to the Sacred Dead. Anomalous Thracian aka Theanos Thrax, the Sacred Raven Gimbal, and all of the 60 Sacred Serpents of Sabazios have died in a house fire on November 11th, 2025. Anomalous Thracian and Gimbal’s names and deeds will be long-remembered by many communities, among them the American Pagan communities, Vodoun, and Santeria communities. His long-time sacred work in a number of…

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Hail to the Gods of the Waters

Hail Njörðr! Hail Rán! Hail Ægir! Hail to the Nine Undine Goddesses! Thank you for the bounty of the sea, of life that swims and strains Thank you for the sweat of fishermen, the strong meat of the oceans That raise up from the depths and nourish us Thank you, Holy Ones. Hail to the Gods of the Seas, the Oceans, the Rivers, the Lakes, and the Streams! Hail to the Gods of the Waters,…

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Heathenry is Entwined

My Heathenry is entwined with everything I do. It is not separate. My polytheism, my animism, it is entwined with how and who I am.

It is a lived, living religion that is part of all I do, why I do it, and how. It is part of why I hold the politics I do. It is part of why I do the work I do. It is part of how I am a partner. It is part of how I raise my children. It is part of how I am in my communities.

For those saying that we must remove religion from politics, utterly, you are telling me to disappear. For those saying that we must remove religion from public life, you are telling me to disappear. I am not asking for my religion to be dominant, the most important, or the only one adhered to. I want plurality. I want a world in which we can live together. Barring that, I want a world in which there can be respect for one another and we can live as we wish.

I cannot do that with bigots. I cannot do that with homophobes, transphobes, queerphobes. I cannot do that with white supremacists. I cannot do that

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On "Angry Gods" and Reactivity

I have seen both TikTok and Tumblr go back and forth on the subject of whether the Gods are angry or not.  I think this rhetoric has some seriously dangerous aspects to it. Sometimes the Gods do get angry at humans. Sometimes They get angry at us as a because we have the capacity to be fucking brilliant, kind, and we choose to be mean-spirited and make harmful choices. The problem is that people…

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A Prayer for a Strong Ship

May the frame be strong and flexibleMay the engine be powerful and measuredMay the prow cut swift through the waters May the deck be sturdy and resoluteMay the hold be solid and sealedMay the cargo be safe and secure Bless this ship, O Ship-builderMay this vessel be strongMay its crew be skilledMay its captain be wiseand may ever it return home safe

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Patreon Poem/Prayer/Song 90: For The Wolf Mothers

If you want to submit a request for a prayer, poem, or song to be written to you privately or to be posted on this blog or my Patreon for a God, Ancestor, or spirit, sign up for the Ansuz and above level here on my Patreon. This request was made by Maleck for The Wolf Mothers. You know us intimately Before our first howl Before we see light Before our life begins You hear our first…

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On Gods of Limited Access

There’s a couple of popular TikTok videos going around Pagan and Heathen spaces at the moment. In it, the author states that the Gods do not know you exist. I have also seen a variation on this where the author states that the Gods don’t know we exist unless it is within a group setting from a powerful person. They then propose that what is actually calling of given person to Heathenry are their…

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Taking Time

I have spoken here, on my Patreon, on Around Grandfather Fire, and in a lot of other places how taking your time to rest, recover, and relax are important and can be as much a part of spiritwork as doing things like divining and spiritual consultation. Between the American overculture’s inane drive that everything be ‘productive’, even hobbies and pleasures, and my upbringing, I have found that…

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