Far beyond all oceans, lakes, rivers and springs, Medusa coils endlessly, weaving the web of life, like a half forgotton dance. Maneuvering through these landscapes of time, a driving audhumla, dancing down the moon laughs, and cries aloud,
“Oh, magic in these hills, in ten thousand days, will I reach Pandora’s Bazaar?”
And like […]
In a recent Tarot reading one of my inquiries was “What deity can help me with my SA?” As I’m still fairly new to the Tarot, I have to rely on others who have a great deal more experience than myself, but one interpretation from the Learning the Tarot website reminded me again of the […]
Thanks to Kay for tagging me. Although It’s all a bit depressing my life.
10 Years Ago (Age: 23)
It was somewhere around the middle of 1996 that I became and was baptized a Christian. It was also the time I began alienating all of my friends. I studied the Bible in a major way, but lacked […]
Around March I devised a Cosmic-Lunar Calendar to help develop awareness of the cycles of the moon in conjunction with my own syncretic mythos through meditation and myth.
For other posts in this series check out the Cosmic-Lunar Calendar Category
Lunar Wheel of the Year (Click To Enlarge)
1st Lunar Month: Aphrodite (Ouranos and Gaia)
Well known as […]
Around March I devised a Cosmic-Lunar Calendar to help develop awareness of the cycles of the moon in conjunction with my own syncretic mythos through meditation and myth.
For other posts in this series check out the Cosmic-Lunar Calendar Category
Lunar Wheel of the Year (Click To Enlarge)
2nd Lunar Month: Odysseus (Penelope)
Odysseus and Penelope are a […]
Around March I devised a Cosmic-Lunar Calendar to help develop awareness of the cycles of the moon in conjunction with my own syncretic mythos through meditation and myth.
For other posts in this series check out the Cosmic-Lunar Calendar Category
Lunar Wheel of the Year (Click To Enlarge)
3rd Lunar Month: LunaSol (Bull)
The deities Luna and Sol […]
Around March I devised a Cosmic-Lunar Calendar to help develop awareness of the cycles of the moon in conjunction with my own syncretic mythos through meditation and myth.
For other posts in this series check out the Cosmic-Lunar Calendar Category
Lunar Wheel of the Year (Click To Enlarge)
4th Lunar Month: LughNuadu (Noah)
LughNuadu
This (slightly modified) material originally […]
The Nature of Mythology according to Joseph Campbell
A Myth, as Joseph Campbell understood it, is a symbolic communicator, that attempts to translate the universal mystery of existence, that cannot be consciously understood . A Mythology is like a series of sign posts, that direct us through this cosmic mystery, which is also the mystery of […]
Finding my spiritual path is not easy. What I know, or think I know, about the imminent and transcendent, is always a major influence on my thinking, but somehow I need to loosen my grip on my subjective projections onto everything, and try to elevate my thoughts and experiences to a different level. I need […]
The description of a divine encounter given below, is almost identical to an experience I had a number of times, about ten years ago. I was on the verge of becoming a Christian, but I was unable to believe in God. I would lay on my bed at night and kind of ‘meditate’ desperate for […]
Is anyone familiar with what C.S Lewis terms Joy, or Sehnsucht (German: Longing)? Have you ever experienced it, and what evoked the experience?
I plan on writing a fuller explanation of C.S Lewis’s definition of ‘Joy’ in a future post, for anyone who may be unfamiliar with the concept, and provide a few personal encounters of […]
Yesterday I asked for Cernunnos to help us out with some desperately need cash by Friday, promising to buy him a bottle of Whiskey. It seems that the Horned One must like whiskey, as he provided for us in abundance.
Not so sure how I’m supposed to offer him the gift. I placed the Bottle […]
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 […]
For the part week I’ve be taking time out, meditation and praying before my altar of the Cosmic Threshold God in the guise of Cernunnos. It’s curious actually, because I was wholly unaware that My initial sessions corresponded with the waning and waxing of the moon, which for me corresponds with threshold of death and […]
I’m spiritually inept.
Part of my problem is unbelief. This has a lot to do with why I ceased living as a Christian. To be precise, my prayer life ceased. For intermittent periods of time over 10 years, I would pray. I would repeatedly pray for myself and others, but nothing in my life […]
The current incarnation of my altar
My Altar has been steadily evolving since I first set it up back in October last year. The mythical symbolism remains the same. The necklace (symbolic of lunar-cosmic space-time) I’ve replaced with a wonderful wooden snake I won at a medieval fair last weekend. As soon as I saw it […]
Experiencing the Presence of the Gods?: Part One
Towards the end of the week I read some very encouraging and uplifting posts from other Pagan Bloggers whose relationship and awareness of the gods, added some fresh perspective. October Blogging Highlights: Effortless Spirituality
A previous post, in which I highlighted my spiritual shortcomings and frustrations, R.E advised “ask […]
This is part 1 of an interview with my girlfriend Shannon. It is basically a response to a conversation we both had with Shanny’s mum, after I revealed to her that I was no longer a Christian, but a Pagan. She wasn’t super happy about it as she and most of Shan’s family are Christians, […]
Where were we? Ah yes…
Mahud: …our Paganisms are quite different from each other. I came to Paganism through my study of comparative mythology and World Religions (I forgot to mention all the wonderful Pagan bloggers out there ). Paganism interests me because it provides me with a spiritual foundation that I can build upon. […]
…Siddhartha began to speak and said: “Well, Govinda, are we on the right road? Are we gaining knowledge? Are we approaching salvation? Or are we perhaps going in circles—we who thought to escape from the cycle?”
Govinda said: “We have learned much, Siddhartha. There still remains much to learn. We are not going in circles, we […]
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 […]
There is still a few days (deadline 1st September) to get in on the action!
Thank you all (so far) for your fantastic contributions:
Faith and the Hero’s Journey (Hawk’s Cry: The voice of a witch)
Journeying to Otherworlds: Access Denied (Between Old and New Moons)
Lions at the Door (Quaker Pagan Reflections)
More Than These Words (Aquila ka […]
When people jump through time, they give themselves up to rhyme
and reasons of the heavens.
Up-Wards at 45°
In 1992, after being totally blown away by Peggy Suicide the previous year, I walked into a record shop on Kilburn High Road and bought Julian Cope’s latest offering, the anti-monotheistically titled Jehovahkill. Due to the phasing out […]
Where do I want to be in five years, and what am I willing to do to get there? A few months ago I decided to give myself five years to transform my life and get to the place where I want to be. I didn’t really have any framework or guidelines to help […]
This post is one of many in the fourth Mythology Synchroblog (View the list of other bloggers below)
Note: It’s not too late to participate. The deadline is 1st September. I’m Looking forward to reading your posts!
Journeying to Otherworlds: Access Denied
Our transition from child to adulthood to old age to death is often marked by some […]
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 […]
Thank You Grian for responding to my post So who is this Cernunnos dude? (A to Z).
This post was originally a comment in response to Griane’s comment, but as is often the case it evolved into something worthy of posting status. Griane (Lee Hutchings of Panthea: All Things Are Goddess) has also posted her […]
This weekend Shanny and I travelled to Medicine Hat, which is like a hours drive from Brooks. Neither of us drive and so Shanny’s mum was wonderful enough to drive us. We ate Chinese food and looked around the various shops and stuff, keeping an eye out for bookstores. I spotted one second hand bookstore […]
Since, looking at Religion from a New Perspective, I have been figuring out how how to meditate.
I’ve been aware of the connection between dream and myth symbols for a while now, but I’ve only recently made the connection between myth and visualization, specifically through meditation.
Personal Mythology and Self-Identity
We all create our own myths […]
I have walked the Christian path on and off for around 11 years. The former half (probably the last 4 or 5 years) as a Fundamentalist Christian, and the latter as a Liberal Christian. I never actually applied either of those terms to myself, but I guess they are the simplest ways to describe my […]
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 […]
Quote of the Week
When you touch someone who authentically represents a tradition, you not only touch his or her tradition, you also touch your own.
The above quote comes from Living Buddha, Living Christ, a book I picked up from the library a couple of days ago. I spotted Elaine Pagels name on the front cover, […]
This post originally started out as a comment to a recent post at Druid Journal, Hearing the Song of the World, where Jeff shares the story of Komo the Shepherd boy.
It’s surprising that the tale of Komo is not traditional. I also thought of the myth of Adam, naming all the animals in the garden, […]
A big thank you to Allyson and Aquila ka Hecate for taking the time to respond to my questions about Paganism.
I’d still like loads more input, so if you are up for it, it would be great if you could respond either on your blog or in the comments section
I wonder if I’m […]
I became a Christian around the age of twenty-one. My life before Jesus was not unlike many other Christians-to-be, whose testimonies you might of heard. I was very much a sinner. I cared about others, but I also placed my needs and desires above everyone else.
Christianity was there when I needed it
I took a […]
The First-Nation Blackfoot tribe once had quite extensive territory that overlapped Alberta, which is where we happen to be living at the moment (in Brooks.)
For quite some time I’ve been revering and praying to the Blackfoot (also known as the Niitsitapi = Real/original people) Creator-Transformer God Naapi (Spelt various ways), more simply known as […]
I’ve finally set up an altar, and have chosen an image of Cernunnos as a representation of my Panentheistic understanding of divinity. The arrangement is pretty simple to look at, although It is based on a wide range of mythic images, as I understand them.
Altar (click image to enlarge)
The necklace represents the cosmic order […]
Questions for Pagans
Ever since I was a teenager (I’m hitting 33 now), when I began thinking about religion, I was also very much entranced by nature, but I never really made the connection. Eventually I became a Christian.
Now I’m an ex-Christian who is seriously thinking about becoming a Pagan. I have so many questions for […]
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 […]
Dream of Shiva
In my dream I saw Shiva, then someone painted blue with long ears dressed as Shiva, and then I’m sure It was me who dressed up as the god. I remember some vague stuff about mystical marriages. I think Shiva’s wife was there also, I think it was Sati, dressed in white. It […]
It was great to discover a recent post at Simple Magics: Solitary Series - Venturing into the Community. I’m uncertain where my interest in Paganism is taking me. I’ve recently delved deeper into Wicca. I’ve read various introductory stuff off the internet and Google Books, and have read (and skimmed) through Buckland’s Complete Book of […]
One night, eight or so years ago, after a period of (what is known within Christian circles as) backsliding, I was reading a recently acquired translation of the Upanishads, when I came upon the opening Upanishad in a translation by Juan Mascaro. You can read the Isa/Isha Upanishad here, but here’s a brief excerpt from […]
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