May 4, 2022
I'd like to get back to blogging about my relationship with my patron deity, but I have a metric ton of trauma surrounding doing so.
Anyone got any ideas/suggestions/encouragement?
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I'd like to get back to blogging about my relationship with my patron deity, but I have a metric ton of trauma surrounding doing so.
Anyone got any ideas/suggestions/encouragement?
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What do you think of the concept that rather than needing gods or gods needing us, that it is a mutual want or choice to carve or give space in our lives to them and vice versa?
I think it makes a good load of sense.
Personally, I like using the analogy of how humans and cats form bonds: The two species don’t necessarily need one another to survive, but some individuals are greatly fulfilled by those relationships, while others want nothing to do with the other species.
I believe it’s the same with humans and gods. It’s not always the case they need or want to form bonds with one another, but they certainly can if they desire.
It’s nice because this makes god/human relationships a preference rather than a necessity, and thus validates both religious and a-religious paths (like atheism).
However some people/cultures/paths believe their gods require worship to sustain themselves, and I’m not here to say that’s wrong. This is all just my personal take on the matter, given my path and experiences.
to the mother of men and beasts
Kyne, Mother of Men, Goddess of the Storm, Blessed Warrior-Wife, whose veil is the storm, Kiss at the End, hail to you. May your winds be always at our backs, your hands aways guiding ours, and your wrath a safe haven.
Apollo often appears to me in an orange T-shirt and cargo shorts. His face is veiled but his golden hair is curly and cropped short. He smirks a lot and on his tanned skin sit only a few dark freckles. He likes to act as a guiding older brother. I feel like a child next to him. He is younger but I can sense that in his eyes he is ancient. He maintains his sense of humor and the tight energy in my chest lets me know that he is near.
Paranormal Deity Entcounter
So I’m in the shower, chatting with Odin and I’m talking to Him about magic and what kinds interest me. He urges me to buy the rune set I’ve been thinking about. Then Hermes comes up and reminds me to listen to the shufflemancy song He picked a couple of days ago. Then??? All of a sudden Eros and Aphrodite show up in a super Extra way and She tells me its time for Her to help me find love.
I’m honored by the experience (and honestly just Her presence) and also still trying to get my head around it.
I journaled about the experience for to record it and also bought the dang rune set.
Burn-out in witchcraft, as with any other task or ‘job’, is a real issue that isn’t spoken about enough. Spiritwork is no different.
Spiritwork, no matter what anybody will tell you, is hard.
The thing is, it doesn’t always feel that way, and it doesn’t always look that way when you’ve got an outsider’s view on somebody’s else’s practice. I know I for one have - since the pandemic - been guilty of being quite keyboard-happy with my experiences; largely because with my husband working an offshore job, I’ve spent a lot of my time going “if I don’t talk to people online or the gods, I’m going to start learning what language the ferrets speak”. But even if someone is posting about their spiritwork (be it godphoning, shadow work, past life study or something else entirely) all the time, what you very rarely see is what the magician behind the curtain looks like after they’re done. That’s what I’d like to talk about today.
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UPG? SPG? WTF? What does it all mean? A fast and quick guide to spiritwork.