Mythology and Paganism
Spontaneous fellow that I am, I simultaneously created and performed my first ritual today.
I lifted a blanket in the air, representing heaven, and laid it upon the floor, representing earth. I folded it twice, partaking in the act of creating the cosmos, and sitting in the centre, I became a part of creation.
I closed […]
Image requested by Ali (Meadowsweet & Myrrh). Based on The Swan Maiden’s Story
The Swan Maiden’s Story (large)
The Swan Maiden’s Story (small)
Photos
light and sleep 4
Spring of river Bosnia
Swan 3
Swan
Image requested by Jane (Semi-Charmed Wife)
Isis (large)
Isis (small)
Photos
Kite in flight
Think About It
Image requested by Anti-thesisofreason
The Green Man (large)
The Green Man (small)
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self portrait
Ivy
Tree
In deos Shadow’s latest podcast The Celtic Creation Story, Brendan Myers explains why he believes that the battle between the Fomorians and Tuatha De Danann at the The Second Battle of Mag Tuired, was originally a Celtic creation myth.
I’d like to expand upon this idea with a theory of my own concerning the duel roles […]
The goddess Epona would be wonderful for me. She is often seen in her equine form as a white mare.
Image requested by R.E (The Sacred Space)
The Goddess Epona of the Sacred Way (large)
The Goddess Epona of the Sacred Way (small)
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White Horse
Reflection
Invocation
Making Talismans: Living Entitles of Power By Nick Farrell
Digital Art Requests
Calling out to […]
Calling out to other mythology (there’s not nearly enough of you!) or Pagan bloggers out there! Does anyone have any requests for some divine digital art?
If you would like me to create a piece of digital art (for use on your blog) of a particular god, goddess, religious symbol, etc, let me know in […]
The Death of Medusa and the birth of Pegasus
When Perseus had cut off the head of Medousa there sprang from her blood great Khrysaor and the horse Pegasos so named from the springs (pegai) of Okeanos, where she was born. Hesiod, Theogony 270 (Theoi)
eirsinitiate from Birch Grove has memed me.
Rules
You have to use your own belief system for the meme. No fair using someone else’s to make a joke or satire. Being humorous about your own religion is encouraged!
You have to have at least one joy and one trial. More are encouraged. And no, they don’t have to […]
The Two Babylons
My studies into mythology began in 1996 (or 7) with The Two Babylons, a strange incomprehensible volume for me back then, being ignorant of all things ancient. I pulled the book from my dad’s shelf one night trying to follow it, but it was rough going, but after obtaining a copy of my […]
The head of Orpheus
The mournful birds, the stricken animals, the hard stones and the weeping woods, all these that often had followed your inspiring voice, bewailed your death; while trees dropped their green leaves, mourning for you, as if they tore their hair. They say sad rivers swelled with their own tears—naiads and dryads with […]
Thank you to everyone that has responded (so far ) to my post The Pagan Inquisition (Questions about Paganism for Pagans). I am now a Pagan expert thanks to you all . Well, not quite, but I have gained insight into the Pagan community, through asking these questions. Plus the bonus of […]
I’m still lacking in my understanding of so many Pagan practices, and I’m still not sure I fit in with the Pagan community. I have from a very long time (over ten years) saturated myself with Pagan imagery and mythologies. I believe I have been learned much (while remaining aware I have so much […]
An abstract representation of the labyrinth built by Daedalus.
The place of the double axe.
Minos aspired to the throne [of Krete], but was rebuffed. He claimed, however, that he had received the sovereignty from the gods, and to prove it he said that whatever he prayed for would come about. So while sacrificing to Poseidon, he […]
Religious symbols are different from signs inasmuch as symbols participate in the reality to which they point, he (Tillich) argued. Symbols and signs both point beyond themselves to something else, but symbols participate in the meaning and power of the reality for which they stand. They open up the deepest dimension of the human soul […]
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