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Hail Freya, it's Friday! Today's #FridayPaganPoll:
Most pagans believe in some kind of reincarnation, but there are many variations of it. The classic kind that most people know is "whole soul" reincarnation, where the soul is reincarnated one-to-one, and may or may not have memories of the previous incarnation.
There is also what I'll call "partial soul," where only some pieces move on and there is no retention of whole memories.Which one most closely matches your beliefs on reincarnation?
(This is obviously an extremely nuanced topic, so detailed comments are welcome and appreciated!)
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Nymphs and Nereids: Mount Olympus hosts its annual polytheism festival.
Mount Olympus is a sight to behold each summer as torchlight processions, symbolic ceremonies and theatrical performances bring communities together in a shared celebration of ancient Greek mythology.
#Greece #Mythology #Culture #CulturalHeritage #Ceremony #Gods #Religion #Polytheism
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Ancient Egyptian Soul Influencer
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2160760/ancient-egyptian-soul-influencer
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I have finished my year-long project of making a faire-isle altar cloth for all of the classic neopagan holidays. Each one is dedicated to one of the gods that I worship who I feel most strongly that season.
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It's Saturday, so I'm continuing my tradition of proselytizing paganism:
Although we have a bad rep for being "woo" and hugging trees or whatever, paganism is actually a very logical religion when compared to others.
To paraphrase my husband, "The sun is right there fueling all life on Earth, we should probably be worshipping it."Our holidays are built around the seasons; actual, observable things that are happening at that moment, like the solstices and equinoxes. Not, like, some quasi-imaginary guy's birthday from thousands of years ago.
Paganism has always been a combination of philosophy and natural science. In fact, pagans were doing science before science even existed. An overwhelming majority of pagans are adept at reading ancient occult texts and academic journals alike. We love science and logic, and like scientists themselves, we agree that it's a limited tool that can only be applied insofar as someone can come up with an experiment to test the hypothesis. For the rest, we turn to philosophy and historical practices for clues.
Sure, at the end of the day, all religions are "made up," even if they're rooted in actual events. But with paganism, each person gets to 'make up' stuff for themselves, inspired by millenia of evidence of human beliefs, instead of being told what to do by someone else.
If you want a religion where you are your own authority, where climate change is real and combating it is a spiritual practice, where ideas new and old are accepted on their merits, then paganism might be right for you!
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Goddess in motion
Goddess at war
Goddess of wisdom
Goddess afar
Hear us from your vaunted space
Hear us as we pray
Goddess of cities
Goddess of heroes
Goddess speaking softly in our ears
Goddess defeater of foes
Come forth and stand with us
Come forth and shield us
Goddess in robes
Goddess in the Aegis
Goddess bearing sword
And in your other hand a spear
Fight with us as we do battle
Fight with us as we seek justice
Goddess daughter
Goddess virgin
Goddess of the grey eyes
And the stern and powerful visage
Enter our lives and be welcome
Enter our homes and be the honored guest
#hellenismos #paganism #pagan #religion #polytheism #prayer -
Hello all! I am #newhere . I am a #pagan interested in all discussions of #theology and #polytheism .
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Comparative mythology has simultaniosly saved and completely ruined polytheism.
Like, it's cool that people can reach cross time and history to see all of the similarities in the human experience. This builds a great foundation for what life and ritual mean, and brings us all closer, even though we're not worshipping the same gods.
But also, trying to squish the gods into neat boxes and only focusing on the similarities between them makes one lose all of the unique and diverse traits among them. Sure, us humans might fall into large groups of stereotypes, but we are each so much more than a general classification. If we regard ourselves as completely unique individuals, then the gods deserve the same courtesy.
It's tempting to think that there's some super ancient 'one mythos to rule them all,' but let's be real, that's just the monotheism talking. Humans are messy and diverse creatures, and we always have been.
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Curious about inclusive Minoan spirituality but don't know where to start? Labrys & Horns is the basic how-to manual: learn about the Minoans, connect with the deities, create an altar, begin a devotional practice. "Inclusive" means what it says: all are welcome.
https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/labrys-and-horns
#Minoan #spirituality #pagan #paganism #polytheism #AriadnesTribe #inclusive
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DANGEROUS CHRISTOID SPOTTED
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1996489/dangerous-christoid-spotted
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DANGEROUS CHRISTOID SPOTTED
https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/1996488/dangerous-christoid-spotted
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Real Anarchists vs Unreal Anarchists on Religion
https://multiverse.soulism.net/c/anarchism/p/109161/real-anarchists-vs-unreal-anarchists-on-religion
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I'm still trying to figure out the relational existence of minds or souls. It has to do with the physical versus the spiritual or the public versus the private and how they aren't black and white but the lines are blurred and overlapping. #religion #polytheism #philosophy
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I'm starting to form this idea that what's physical and spiritual isn't black and white and they blur and overlap. Your soul body may be private to those on Earth but public to those in the spirit world or ancestors in the afterlife. On the flipside your physical body may be public to most of those on Earth but private to blind people. #religion #polytheism #philosophy
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"Friday, March 20, 2026, marked not only the Spring Equinox, celebrated by many Pagans and Wiccans as Ostara, but also World Rewilding Day. The global observance is intentionally aligned with the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, a moment long associated with balance, renewal, and the awakening of the natural world."
#paganism #polytheism #rewilding -
Not aloof in the sky
Nor deep in the ocean
Not an unseen possibility
Nor a figment of the fog
You are the gods, ever present, ever living
Your presence is with us
In the air we breathe
In the water that cleanses us
In the fire that warms us
You are the gods, a force of life, a force of growth
Not somewhere above
Nor somewhere below
Not to the left
Nor to the right
You are the gods, everywhere, everything
Our lives and yours entwined
Like one mortal to another
Like the flower and the rain
Like the child and her mother
You are the gods, loving, beloved
Not aloof in the stars
Nor roaming in space
Not lost to history
Nor characters in a show
You are the gods, a living presence, a living power
#gods #hellenimos #pagan #paganism #polytheism #religion #prayer -
To Persephone
Give me your breath
That I may breathe
The cool Spring air
That I may smell the rich earth
And the scent of the greening grass
Come forth dread lady
Come into the light
Hear our song and follow it forth
Into the warming sun
That brings you to life
Give us your power
That we may feel energized
As your journey comes to en end
From the nebulous depths
To the clear blue dome of heaven
Come forth dread lady
Come into the light
Hear our song and follow it forth
Into the warming sun
That brings you to life
Give us your laughter
That we too may laugh
In the blooming of the earth
And the returning song of birds
Calling into the skies
Come forth dread lady
Come into the light
Hear our song and follow it forth
Into the warming sun
That brings you to life
Statue: Marble 5th century BC statuette of Persephone found in Piraeus, now in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens Greece.
#gods #hellenimos #pagan #paganism #polytheism #religion #prayer -
Hail Freya, it's Friday! Time for a #FridayPaganPoll:
Today I'm thinking about archetypal gods of war, and how they seem to be common within polytheism and monotheisms. Whether humans are a reflection of the gods, or vice versa, it is evident that war has always been a huge part of the human condition.
Do you worship/work with any deity in their aspect as a god of war?
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Brightly shining Zeus
For a moment brighter than the sun
Roaring forth like a summer storm
Shaking the walls of the city
Your power immense
Your gifts many
Raining down upon us all
Hail to the Khronides!
Deeply flowing Poseidon
Crashing upon the shores of the earth
A roar like a song to those who listen
Shaking the foundations of the earth
Your power immense
Your blessings many
Flowing back and forth in our world
Hail to the Khronides!
Dark and steady Hades
Invisible to the eyes of mankind
Not a roar but the silence of the tomb
Welcoming all who once lived
Your power immense
Your blessings many
Bringing an end to all things
Hail to the Khronides!
Art: Howard David Johnson
#gods #hellenimos #pagan #paganism #polytheism #religion #prayer -
Polytheist theology history!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1804240/polytheist-theology-history
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It was a pleasant surprise to discover that the new #Academic Anthology "Rethinking the Qur’ān in Late Antiquity" has a few chapters on Ancient #Arabian #Polytheism
#AncientArabia #Antiquity #LateAntiquity #AncientNearEast #ArabianPaganism #ArabianPolytheism #AncientReligions
#Pagan #Paganism #Polytheist
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111342306/html -
My most recent book is my most comprehensive foray into inclusive Minoan spirituality. The values of equality, balance, and inclusivity that the Minoans and their deities offer is are so very relevant in the world today.
https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/pantheon-the-minoans
#book #bookstodon #pagan #paganism #polytheism #Minoan #inclusive
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The painting is from this samayaraart account on Instagram. Seems to be a good artist. It's a shame he has no site of his own, just internet serfdom accounts:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CxbDUS4R6N7/.
The video is of some guy reading you what is probably a chatbot's output and/or minced text from the Wikipedia article about The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen:
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O Holy Dionysus
Of the ivy and the vine
I ask for your presence
I ask for your blessings
Lord of ecstatic revelation
Lord of the altered mind
Show me the world as it truly is
Allow me to see the truth
For in your presence I will dance
Wild and abandoning reason
And for the world I ask a boon
Show them the hurt they cause
Let them feel it too
For in feeling lies compassion
Show them too the lies they tell
To others and to themselves
That they may learn to live truthfully
And allow others to do the same
Lord of the vine and the ivy
Stand with us today
Walk, perhaps crookedly, along this path with us
Lord of introspection
Grant us your gifts
Walk with us as we navigate life, O holy Dionysus
Art: Johann Wilhelm Schütze
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I performed my Winter Solstice rite to Wulthuz, Woden, and Sunne the day before yesterday. I had planned to do a Celtic rite to Epona on the 18th and a rite to the Matronae on the 24th, but I have decided my #Solstice rite was all I could manage. I have a very painful lower back injury - standing for the time it took to perform the rite was challenging and it was all I could give this year. #paganism #polytheism
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As an author and artist, I'm a small business doing my best to be seen and heard in the loud and crowded marketplace. Each week, I share one of my creations with you. Maybe one of them will ring your chimes.
Book details, table of contents and plenty of places to buy it that aren't named after a South American river: https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/ariadnes-thread
#pagan #paganism #spirituality #Minoan #inclusive #goddess #polytheism #ritual #book #bookstodon