{"id":9844,"date":"2015-09-03T20:46:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T20:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/agora\/?p=9844"},"modified":"2015-09-04T17:43:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T17:43:45","slug":"wyrd-words-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/agora\/2015\/09\/wyrd-words-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyrd Words: Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Greetings, and welcome back to Wyrd Words. Keeping the Thor in Thursdays, here on Agora!<\/p>\n

Prayer is one of those contentious topics in the Heathen community that often stirs up more trouble than good. A lot of Heathens don\u2019t believe in praying at all, while others prefer almost liturgical forms of worship.\u00a0Most of the time this isn\u2019t a big issue simply because it\u2019s mostly a matter of personal practice than community ritual, but it can still spark quite heated debates when brought up in open forums.<\/p>\n

That being said, since I started my mailing list nearly 2 years ago one of the most common requests I\u2019ve received is for \u2018Heathen Prayers\u2019 to specific deities. Despite the fact that I\u2019ve never prayed much myself, a lot of the people who follow my work here and on facebook<\/a>\u00a0really seemed to want some kind of devotional that they could share with their friends. So, in the spirit of community service, here are the top\u00a0six\u00a0deities requested (in order) so far.<\/p>\n

\"Hail<\/a>
\n\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Hail<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Hail<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

[Editor\u2019s Note:\u00a0 I\u2019ve put the text of Alyxander\u2019s payers in the \u201calt text\u201d of the images he shared above.\u00a0 If you are visiting the page an unable to read or hear them, please let me know in the comments below and I\u2019ll see what I can do to make sure they\u2019re more accessible.\u00a0 Thanks!]<\/em><\/p>\n

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