Nov 28, 2025
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I am pagan because I am not made to bow. I am not pushed to my knees, my deities do not demand my deference or blind trust regardless of what they do to me.
I am allowed (encouraged even) to set boundaries with my deities.
I chose them, and they chose me in turn. They did not determine that I belonged to them.
They see value in me beyond my worship of them or devotion to them.
And most importantly, I do bow. But I CHOOSE that posture. They earn it from me. I worship them because they're divine, and lovely, specifically to ME. And they give me what I wish for, rather than gifts I never asked for but am somehow still indebted because of.
I am pagan. I am respected by my divinity.
Y'know, a lot of people will challenge pagan faith, and I feel like a lot of people's automatic response to that - including mine for a long while - is to try to offer proof. To show the candle fluttering on command, to try to show the clear messages and signs sent by their deities, to describe the strength and love and energy they're given. I understand the urge. I love my gods, so much. I want people to have the same experience I have of these beings who I love so much. But there's also always that nagging voice of doubt in my own mind, having been raised Christian, that this is my "sinful mind" trying to "lead me astray" or even the "devil" trying to corrupt me.
My response to all of this has become... more pragmatic than before. The answer I feel addresses these doubts the best is... well - it works, doesn't it? I experience benefits. I feel more at peace. I behave more ethically. I'm mindful of my flaws in a productive, non-self-loathing way. I feel more connected, both to the world and to my friends and relationships. I'm a happier, better person because I am a pagan. These are all the same benefits that many other religions purport, and whether or not these gods and spirits, I worship, venerate, work with, and adore, are truly "real", by my or anyone else's definitions, it doesn't really - matter? Does it. Because I still experience positivity and aid through it, even if it's my own mind.
It's brought me a lot of peace, thinking of it this way instead of constantly desperately fighting for the right "proof" to prove anything to either myself or others. I just thought I would share in case it could do the same for anyone else!
Lord Loki, as the Solstice approaches, I pray for your blessing on my Jól. As family holiday traditions seek to pull me and my chosen family away from our own holiday choices and religious practices, I pray for your chaos and comfort, to redirect this winter's path and disrupt those who would take away our choice and joy.
And I pray for the same grace and blessing of your chaos and twisting upon each and every one of my pagan brethren who also wish for it.
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