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[prattibarollz-blog]

Gloomy Farm House

The old colossal farm home my grandmother and great-grandfather constructed with plenty of aspirations stood in the center of harvesting grounds distant from the populous hamlet. Every townie who passed by the country house couldn’t take their gaze off it. My great-grandfather often spent time sitting on those cold stone benches directly below the ancient tree while gazing in awe at the natural…

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[kinfriday]

Ritual Radical

One of the factors that allowed Christianity to spread so rapidly across Europe was a result of a unified liturgy.  

While there were local derivations, and debates on dates, such as with the Celtic and British churches, there was an overall trend of homogeneity not seen in heathen traditions.  

By and large this made Christianity a type of modular faith, with ready snap ins to infiltrate new cultures, allowing them to assimilate those cultures into their fold. Whereas with the old ways different villages, regions and even families might have different traditions, or venerate Gods at different levels (For some Tyr was the head of the pantheon, others Woden, for instance.) With Christianity elements of faith had a much more rigid structure, which combined with evangelical zeal allowed it to spread.  

Within our modern times in western culture these liturgical traditions have gone to effect me at a deep level. It was after all what I was raised with, having spent many years as an evangelical fundamentalist, ultimately pursuing a degree in the ministry.  

You would not have recognized me twenty years ago. 

This has translated into modern neopagan practice as many of us are converts from Christian paths. We take our cultural traditions of prayer and formalized worship with us and reinterpret and reincorporate them in new ways.  

Yet for all my ascetic ways, and liturgical history, I get very little out of formal ritual.  

Every day, on wake up, I kneel before my altar and recite my vows, my creed, and a daily prayer to the Gods ancestors and spirits. This, along with meditation is about the closest I come to a formal practice. Offerings are not made at these times, rather, I make daily offerings of my favorite things. If I have a banana I give the Gods my favorite quarter, my daily apple, I give three slices, for the Gods, the Ancestors and the House/Landvaetir.  

While these are ritualized actions, they are not exactly the same as the formal high day rituals, the traditional blots and symbels that are normally seen within the germanic traditions.  

This is one of the reasons I’ve remained quite solitary in my practice over the years and remain a type of strange outlier in heathen communities, because a core element of the faith is about community. Still, I’ve always been an introvert, and something of a hermit. It’s difficult, nigh impossible for me to feel any connection to the divine in ritual gatherings, to the point where I feel as if I’m going through the motions, yet my heart and spirit are not connecting at all.  

However, when I recite my creed, utter my vows, and make my daily offerings that have become so normal it is almost casual...there is a connection there.  

“I present these offerings to you, My Gods, to the Ancestors, and to the Spirits of nature, earth and place. I’m thinking about you.”  

It’s dirt simple, but also honest and real for me. It’s how I experience the divine.  

This has led to existential crises in the past, as I’ve wondered if I’m on the right path, or if my faith is valid compared to other Heathens. Like everything in my life, I seem to have to do it my own way to function, which is why I’ve found great comfort in the diversity in the ways of our spiritual ancestors.  

Everything was different depending on where you went from funerary customs, to what ritual structures we’ve been able to devise. Far from having an overall homogenous structure, it is the heterogeneity that grants me comfort.  

The point of ritual, I feel, in all of its many variations and ways is akin to tuning a radio. The systems, routines, smells, sounds, and experience, position the spirit to encounter the divine but everyone’s spiritual radio is a little different which means there will always be outliers like me.  

This is something that the ancient ways seemed to account for well.  

This is where we get to heart of the matter. Our traditions are lived traditions where we seek to connect with the spiritual world around us. It is not about the forgiveness of sins committed, perfect obedience, or the following of a program.  

Our Gods call us to be ourselves, to boldly forge our own paths in life, and I think this does come all the way down to how we worship and approach them.  

We know we are doing it right when we come into a space where we can encounter them, no matter if that occurs in a high day ritual or a simple morning devotional.  

It is our path to wander, and our journey to discover.  

-Sister Snow Hare  

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#numbernine #takahiromiyashita #modernage

[omarfrancia]

SHAZAM! - A Card Game Illustration I did for @cryptozoicentertainment , for their DC Multiverse collection! SHAZAM!- Ilustración que hice para Juego de cartas de la companía Cryptozoic Entertainment, para su colección DC Multiverse #dccomics #dcuniverse #dcmultiverse #comics #shazam #captainmarvel #justiceleague #silverage #goldenage #modernage #superhero #cryptozoic #cardgame #coverart #illustration #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitalinking #cardcollector #cardcollection #gamecollection #digitalcolor #wacom #clipstudiopaint #photoshop #omarfrancia https://www.instagram.com/p/CigLh4bvinw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[mrkapao]

Oof...In our last game...I rolled 6, 6, and 6 on Fresh Out the Box's bi-weekly Green Ronin Publishing ModernAGE AP game...and this week, all 1's. The dice giveth and the dice taketh.

#green ronin publishing #modernage #modern age #fresh out the box #ttrpg #critical fail #crit fail #bad luck #roll20

[bestlittlehoarderhouseinpa]

We Also Buy, Sell, and Collect Comic Books. EBay Store Link In The Profile #comic #comics #comicbooks #comicbook #superhero #superheroes #goldenage #silverage #bronzeage #copperage #modernage #independentcomics #spiderman #batman #superman #ironman #xfiles #shopsmallbusiness #SupportSmallBusiness #shopping #shop #buyingcomics #trade #collectible #collect (at New Ringgold, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdSFUZqsadB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[exploring-sars-cov-2]

Crony capitalism on steroids

#modernagate #moderna

[piparkukke]

I never posted this comic from 2018...

ModernAge!AU, ModernAge!Confrontation...

#just found this one in my art archives #assassin's creed #Connor Kenway #Ratonhnhaké:ton #Haytham Kenway #Charles Lee #assassin's creed 3 #my art

[perfunctory-idols]

Beck at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey on February 14, 2003

Photos by ModernAge

#beck #beck hansen #2003 #sea change #live photos #this was a secret show! #ft joey in the very last pic #this is the entire set of photos since the site where these were is gone

[americanahighways]

REVIEW: Jill Andrews "Modern Age"

REVIEW: Jill Andrews "Modern Age" #jillandrews #modernage #americanahighways #newmusic2023 #joshnelson

Jill Andrews – Modern Age Nashville-based singer/songwriter Jill Andrews‘ musical style transcends the typical trappings of what many would consider “Americana.” She utilizes indie-pop and synth tones to drive points that mesh well with the sensibilities of the genre. When paired with her vocals, these messages shine. Her newest album, Modern Age, releases on August 18th. We were fortunate to get…

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#album #Album Review #americana #folk #Jill Andrews #Modern Age

[prattibarollz-blog]

Modern Era Trauma

It’s easy for us to move on from the lose of our loved one’s but it’s hard to fit us into family and their practises. We don’t accept our failures, either we spoil to an extent that we are better to be dead or we end our lives. Though we all talk about accepting reality and talk about activism, I don’t think we don’t practise it. Like fever, depression has become the normal part of life, but…

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#life #modernage #trauma

[loovince]

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[instanttunes]

Modernage - Nem Sempre Entendo As Coisas Que Você Tenta Me Dizer

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[mrkapao]

I been getting a streak of REALLY good rolls in my bi-weekly ModernAGE game and now I'm paranoid when that luck turns. Watch LIVE every other Friday at 6PM PST via Fresh Out The Box!

#modernage #green ronin publishing #roll20 #ttrpg #gamers #streamers #lucky

[exploring-sars-cov-2]

No words.

#moderna #modernagate #vaccine