Being out, being true, pursuing the true self…fighting for it, for recognition, for respect…for dignity, just a slice of dignity. A sliver. I wonder if I can do it. Or if I’ll just decide it’s too much of a pain. Read more
May 9, 2021
My Spiritual Journeying Method
May 9, 2021 By Aine Llewellyn
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A friend recently asked about how I go about spiritually journeying – how I visit the otherworlds and visit the Gods and spirits there. Going forth to the spirit’s worlds is an important part of my practice, and it can allow us a unique connection to the Others. Read more
April 25, 2021
Beltane in the Otherfaith
April 25, 2021 By Aine Llewellyn
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Among some of the spirits I work with the year is divided into two: winter and summer. Bustling and riotous, endlessly creative, and potent, the Otherfaith spirits of summer are connected to flowers, rabbits, wind and fire, and bloodshed. Read more
April 11, 2021
Otherfaith Spirits: Neve Winter
April 11, 2021 By Aine Llewellyn
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Neve is a wonderful spirit for guiding us into spiritual arts and practices; meditations, journey work, and divination can be boosted or taught by her. Read more
April 4, 2021
No, I Don’t Do Ancestor Work
April 4, 2021 By Aine Llewellyn
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It seems to be the one practice where you are expected to keep knocking at the door when nobody is showing up. Where people who don’t do it are expected to list out all our reasons why not for the sake of conversation but for the sake of being convinced into the practice. Read more
March 14, 2021
Definitions, Labels, and Utility
March 14, 2021 By Aine Llewellyn
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We seem to expect labels to be perfectly tailored clothes made in our exact preferred style. By their very nature they are not so well-suited. They are better compared to jeans that fit well-enough to wear. Not perfect. Not great. But you can wear them and they work. Read more
February 28, 2021
Otherfaith Spirits: Aster Aira
February 28, 2021 By Aine Llewellyn
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Aster is the spark of connection and refers to himself as the ‘mycelium of social interaction’. He can also be associated with a sort of non-alcoholic social lubricant, with the little lies we tell and masks we wear to make society easier to navigate. Read more
February 21, 2021
Always Beginning Again
February 21, 2021 By Aine Llewellyn
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Consistency and diligence – these boring facets of our lives form the strongest core upon which we build the ecstasies of the Gods. Read more
January 30, 2021
An Imbolc Reflection
January 30, 2021 By Aine Llewellyn
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Maybe the meaning is to simply keep on. To sustain. To continue. To remain, waiting and ever-present, for the future to arrive. Read more
January 6, 2021
Brief Thoughts on an Insurrection
January 6, 2021 By Aine Llewellyn
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Yesterday, insurrectionists stormed the US capitol building. News media covered it non-stop. Social media feeds were dominated by discussion of it. The majority of my social media is Pagan and polytheist. Everyone I followed was appalled by what was happening. Not everyone was surprised, though. I don’t know I can claim surprise at the attempted coup we saw yesterday. Not real surprise. When I heard the news, shortly after waking, I felt an unpleasantly numb shock race through me. But… Read more
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