#pagan parenting

[cranky-clairvoyant]

Soo...a few years ago I made a "Witchcraft for New Moms" series and it was a huge hit. Atlas starts school next month and I'm thinking about an updated version of that for witchy parents with school aged kids. How are we feeling about that?

#spells #witchcraft #witchblr #hedge witch #mom witch #witch mom #pagan parenting #paganism #swamp witchcraft #eclectic witch #wicca

[ladybrythwensinclair]

A challenge in being a pagan parent.

Realizing that your children are on a path different from your own can be painful when you had hoped to pass down the massive amount of knowledge you had gathered over the years. But, who knows where things are going to go from here. https://witchtheology.blogspot.com/2023/08/maybe-theres-hope-yet.html

#pagan parenting

[brokenfoxproductions]

I haven't talked about my religion very much on here so far, but I'm pagan, and with mabon being on Saturday, I'm trying to figure out a list of goals to work on between then and Samhain.

I like to pick a list of different goals and then focus on a deity who is meant to represent what I need to do to get those things, that way I'm able to be more motivated and also pray more effectively.

I think the goals I have are as follows...

Get a full time job at a temp agency or something

Save money to move

Plan said move

Pay off as much of our bills as possible

Try to maintain a more positive headspace to improve my mental health

I'm going to work on more and meditate on it, but I really hope that I can just have a picnic with my family and do some hippie dippy pagany shit, and try to explain to my 5 year old "yeah, what I believe is based on the seasons and nature, so 8 days a year, we make lots of food and light candles and go hiking and stuff. You can still have fun if you don't understand or believe though."

#tbh my kids just like having holidays and don't care about the occasion in fact my 5yo calls every holiday or trip to a restaurant birthdays #he just thinks he gets like 12 birthdays a year and we go to the park and make food for 8 of them #the others are actually birthdays in the family and for those we usually go to Applebee's or chuck e cheese or something lol #pagan parenting #paganism #pagan #goals #religion #mabon #mabon 2023

[skylark913]

Book Recommendation: "Pagan, Goddess, Mother"

Book Recommendation: “Pagan, Goddess, Mother”

“Pagan, Goddess, Mother” by Nané Jordan and Chandra Alexandre This was recommended to me by a fellow ADF initiate who does a lot of academic research on various philosophical and pagan topics. Now I’m going to recommend it to you, my dear pagan parents. Particularly those of you who are steeped in both leadership roles and parenthood simultaneously. (more…)

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#book review #pagan parenting

[mars-and-the-theoi]

Happy Father’s Day to Zeus and Ares! Thank you both for being the father figures I need in my life. Thanks for putting me and keeping me on track. Thank you for setting me straight when I’ve needed to be set straight. And thank you for being such solid supports for me. Praise Ares and Zeus!

#lukewarm take but deities can 100% act as various parental roles #I feel like I’ve talked about this before but I can’t remember #hellenic polytheism #helpol #hellenic pagan #hellenic pantheon #hellenic paganism #zeus deity #zeus worship #hellenic gods #ares deity #ares worship

[asterias-fallen-star]

You known when as a kid you’d show your parents a little dance you made and they’d watch you thinking wtf (affectionate)

Yea that’s me and Lady Asteria

#she’s the parent btw if you didn’t get that #trying to bring back ancient traditions of dances as offerings and failing #I never intentionally dance for her but if I find myself doing so then I might as well devote it to her #lady asteria #asteria #asteria worship #hellenic deities #hellenic pagan #hellenic pantheon #hellenic polytheism #hellenic polytheist #goddess of falling stars #hellenic polythiest #hellenic polytheistic #hellenic worship #hellenic gods #hellenic paganism #hellenism #hellenic devotion #hellenic titans #asteria goddess #asteria deity #devotional acts #hellenic devotees

[eg515]

I expected some side characters from They Both Die at the End to appear in the prequel, and we do see them in bigger or smaller roles, but it's Rufus' mom being Orion's doctor that broke me

#i was so busy calculating how old rufus and mateo would be here that i forgot his parents are still alive #the first to die at the end #they both die at the end #eg reads #rufus emeterio #orion pagan

[incense-and-iron]

I wasn't going to post this, and I doubt it'll get much attention but I wanna say it anyway. I had a conversation with someone I met a few times back in college via email and he wished me several happy specific holidays-- Thanksgiving and Christmas specifically. Upon telling him thank you for the thoughtfulness but I don't celebrate those holidays his reply was very... Well, it's what I've heard a million times and it always feels so luke warm and someone who never really actually puts in the effort to learn and change to be more inclusive. He replied with "well, i don't think about the origins of the holidays! I just view them as family gathering times haha!"

I'm sure other people have heard that sort of response waaaay more than me around this part of the year (indigenous people, jewish people, and many others) and I can't ever help but always feel so irked and annoyed by it. It's like theyre taking someone who doesn't partake in christian holidays/US centric holidays as a personal attack and are deflecting in a "im not one of THOSE people" even though they are simply by not being more inclusive in their wording/assuming everyone celebrates these days.

I could probably word this post better in some way but it's early and I sat there with my email open just staring at the reply for a few minutes.... I always felt the need to apologize growing up for saying "i dont celebrate [insert christian based holiday]" because of this sort of reply over and over and over. It's just... strange. Why do I, and millions of others, need to apologize for not celebrating your holidays? Why do we need to feel awkward and bridge the gap with soothing your feelings over us having different holidays than you? Why do you feel the need to "oh i just view it as family gathering time" when faced with someone only saying they don't celebrate your holiday (not criticism or bashing or anything further about it)?

#s.txt #im just left.... hm. #its always so strange and now that im much older its just something ive thought more and more on #one parent was very christian or catholic or something idk he was always on and off the religious thing #so i was always dragged to these celebrations and forced to dress up for them and forced into a lot of other stuff related #my other parent raised me pagan and explained the origins of holidays and where they came from #mind you not in the... best ways... and she wasnt the best fucking parent in the world either. horrible fucking woman. #but she at least never forced us into celebrating anything and it made me curious enough to do research and to be more open #and inclusive with others and their celebrations and holidays #its just so. weird. growing up was weird for fucking sure #oh!! also okay to rb #if youre going to defend the 'its just family time' statement. simply dont!! shush for once!!

[hellenicowlette]

When practitioners say "The God/Goddess talks to me", we don't actually mean they talk to us in full pledged sentences. The "talking" is a nudge and oftentimes a feeling, is as if they wanted us to connect the dots ourselves. A notion of what the Gods/Goddesses wanted to say, we are just translating in a way we know how, because we are humans. I guess it is only tied to whether it is for entertainment or not. (Like skits on tiktok or convo-like scripts here on tumblr). I think practitioners should be responsible and put tags like "For entertainment purposes only" on the "convos" with their deities.

That way new practitioners don't get too carried away and doubt themselves like "How come my Deities don't talk to me like that? Am I doing something wrong?" or worst "I guess the deities just don't like me at all".

Ladies, Gents and Two-cents. Please know that your deities love you beyond your understanding and that they will always talk to you in a way that is SPECIAL and PERSONAL for you. So please don't doubt that they don't talk to you all because these witchtok skits make it seem that it's the "real" thing. And lastly, NEVER let ANYONE define the deity for you. Only you and you alone can define what your relationship is like.

#witchblr #paganism #witchcraft #deity work #deity worship #godspousing #godparents #soul parents #deity communication

[chasingcoyotes]

thinking abt the time when I was like 16 and I asked my dad if I could clear out the space under our basement stairs so I could make a space to do witchcraft. and he was totally cool with it,, and helped me make it comfy and added pegboards to hang things, and a light. love that funky man

#i didnt end up using it more than a few months. it was cramped and a mild fire hazard and we needed the space eventually. but #the fact both my parents were so cool with it is ebic #i use my half of the bedroom now and have a lovely altar and complimentary shrine to Dio. #sometimes my fiancee comes over and just looks around at things in my space and picks things up and studys them and reads my book titles #shes so adorable #that was almost 6 years ago now that i made that space. wow #pagan #paganism #occult #witchcraft #witch #altar #shrine #safespace #meditation space

[avengerphobic]

amadeus knowing gods but still being methodist is so funny to me. hes literally besties with Hercules but he believes in the death of christ

#amadeus cho #i liked when he was like my parents wouldnt like that im hanging out with you pagans to athena that was funny

[brokenfoxproductions]

My 5 year old asked for a bedtime story and I couldn't find a decent book, so I half assedly told him the 12 labors of Hercules from memory, and ended it with, "and then Hercules and his wife Megara lived happily ever after.....

...... until Hera started talking some shit. The end."

#tbh it's true #pagan #paganism #bedtime #bedtime stories #pagan parenting #he was actually super invested and asked me to keep going but he's already up super late 🤣 #i need to dig out his greek classics story book because he has one it's just up where it won't get destroyed

[caffeine-and-sunshine]

Our patient is (thankfully) sleeping so we’re spending some time with Dad this morning and meditating on His form of Khonsu pa-Khered, or Khonsu the Child.

Strangely there’s not a whole lot of information about this aspect of Dad. We know He is considered a form of Ra, the Divine Child of Amun and Mut. We know He wears the sidelock of youth. That’s it! So if anyone has any good reads and sources about him, we’d love if you could send them along!

We get Khonsu pa-Khered in a nice smush with Ihy, whom we worked with awhile back after He approached us before we knew Dad. I enjoy the implied association with music in reference to Khonsu.

Image from the Brooklyn Museum

#kemetic #kemeticism #dua #kemetic paganism #khonsu #Khonsu the child #Khonsu pa-Khered #musings #meditations #ramblings #kemetic orthodoxy #divine parent

[moonhedgegarden]

An alternative to the often religious 12 step program! It’s more inclusive and allows you to reconnect with not only yourself but the world around you!

#pantheist #pantheism #spiritual healing #pagan #healing #nature #worship #earth #altars #self care #self love #self improvement #self empowerment #AA #adult children of emotionally immature parents #spiritual practitioner #holistic practitioner #holistic approach #the 7 pathways to you #love #community #art #friendship #growth #holisticdevelopment #holistichealth #universe #cosmos

[wabaneau]

Are you searching for the perfect name that will truly embody your child’s spirit? Are you an intuitive and/or creative soul looking for a name that will speak to the energy your child will bring to the world?

Gone are the days of being limited to traditional name lists! Instead, explore this one-of-a-kind baby name book organized by the "vibe" they exude. This collection includes thousands of uncommon baby names to embody your child’s essence.

The only thing more meaningful than bringing a child into this world is the name you bestow upon them- a name that sets the vibe for their entire life’s journey.

Name vibe lists include:

Witchy

Surfer

Celestial

Cottagecore

Grandma/Grandpa

Mythical

Southern

Biblical

Quirky

Nature

Animal

Dark Academia

Bohemian

Romantic

Edgy

Floral

Hippie

#baby name ideas #baby shower gift #baby names #witchy vibes #witch community #witchcore #witchy #witch mom #pagan #witchblr #witch boy #parenting

[delphiniumjoy]

Eclectic paganism (or witchcraft with multi-pantheon deity work, both terms can apply personally) sometimes means playing the offerings by ear and still somehow being surprised that the Egyptian god of death doesn’t want the same offerings as a couple Greek goddesses.

I made cupcakes tonight, so naturally I gave one to Hecate and Medusa. Did Anubis want this baked good that has the extra energy of being homemade? Nope. He wants a cinnamon stick.

#witchcraft #deity work #anubis deity #witchy #paganism #eclectic witch #eclectic pagan #honestly I think lord anpu is fairly indifferent to offerings in general #he also would really prefer a statue to his candle #but that’s not safe until I’m 1000% not moving back in with my parents again #so he’ll have to wait #he does like his cinnamon #I gave him fireball once