This series is a series on my mystical experiences in indo-european polytheism. I cataloge the exact experiences in these articles: I Sacrificed Myself to Myself: An Introduction I Sacrificed Myself to Myself: Reaching up the Tree, Begging for its Fruits to Fall I Sacrificed Myself to Myself: The Fruits Fall I Sacrificed Myself to Myself: The Return Gifts of Sacrifice Sacred Plants as Guides Soma is not only a read drink, but it is seen as the god that carries... Read more
This series is a series on my mystical experiences in indo-european polytheism. I cataloge the exact experiences in these articles: I Sacrificed Myself to Myself: An Introduction I Sacrificed Myself to Myself: Reaching up the Tree, Begging for its Fruits to Fall I Sacrificed Myself to Myself: The Fruits Fall I Sacrificed Myself to Myself: The Return Gifts of Sacrifice Introduction & Preparation The mystic experience is the quintessence of the hero’s journey that Campbell saw. It is a... Read more
Continued from last post. The Hero Priest is an ideal I use to aspire to be better. It’s an idea and an ideal. I am not saying that I meet these standards. While it is important to be yourself as a priest, you must do it in trying ways stretching yourself over new territory and in several directions in order to grow. From the social media feedback I received I’ve sorted the different memorable acts clergy has done for the... Read more
In the last article in this series, we visited the reasons why we have clergy. Clergy is needed, useful, and nature makes people who are good at the role. But having clergy comes with its own problems, problems which express themselves in problem priests. Problem priests do harm and cause danger to the real benefit that devotional polytheism offers. I think it is important to visit the issues. I asked everyone on social media what was the worst thing they observed pagan... Read more
Everyone who practices the old ways does so in a modern context. Not all contexts are the same. While I have easy access to farm animals and cows which are a big part of my religion, others may only relate to cows through their appearance in myth. There is also solitary only versus the group/personal practice spectrum as different contexts. So between all the contexts, they land on an x,y graph between group and personal on one axis, and rural... Read more
Short Answer: No Long Answer: Yes The Gods are immortal. This much is clear from the lore. Not only do they have things like pigs that are alive the day after being eaten, and apples which provide youthfulness forever, but they also reappear in the myths after death. You just can’t get rid of them. The Gods are beings like us, and therefore are on a scale of sentience and skill with all other beings. We’re all patterns in the... Read more
Don't be a romantic thinker, be an enchanted big thinker. There is a big difference. One shows up. One isn't swayed by whims. One doesn't let themselves get in the way of attaining their romance. Read more
I have lived on the lip of insanity, wanting to know reasons, knocking on a door. It opens. I’ve been knocking from the inside.” ― Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi – مولوی This quote is the first thing I recognized from the outside world as being anything close to my experiences with shadow work and the mystical experiences it brings. I could have just looked inward at anytime, but everytime I did, every time I lugged the lamp of my consciousness over... Read more
Indo-European mythology is full of gatekeepers, psychopomps, and sacrificers. There is one in every pantheon. Read more
First Gods Which gods to call and in what order to call them is often a question we face when reconstructing our rites. The best way to reconstruct the structure of rites around invoking the highest gods, is to use the Tripartition Hypothesis. If we don’t have the knowledge of how the gods were invoked and in what order, we look to survivals in cultures in the same language family as ours. For us this information is contained within Vedism,... Read more
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