#pagan polytheism

[fornasedensgudar]

Sigyn.

The one that burns the britghtes in the darkest moments. And the one that all to manny forgott.

Her name means "freind of victory" and is the wife of "the burden of Sigyn's arms" Loki.

While Loki had a love afair with Angraboda, Sigyn is his true wife. And no matter what he did she is true and loyal to him. Shes listed as one of the Asir and one of the disir by snorri, unlike Loki whos a Jötunn.

For me shes a goddess of strenght in tuff times, a goddess of strengt and light in the dark. This is also why for me she is included during Disablot, when the nights are long and the the world still cold, to find strength in the one that stod for endless nights awaiting light and reelife.

I find her also as a goddess of victory, to do her name. I find her surprisingly innocent compared to her husband, with a good nature, but very choosy of who she helps.

#norse mythology #polytheism #heathen #pagan polytheism #norse polytheism #pagan #fornsed #paganism #gods #heathen art #sigyn #loki

[rainycraft]

I'm a Hermes devotee...

I'm a Hermes devotee, of course I walk way too fast!

I'm a Hermes devotee, of course I pick up every coin I see on the ground!

I'm a Hermes devotee, of course I tell awful jokes!

I'm a Hermes devotee, of course I spend too much on dice!

I'm a Hermes devotee, of course I like to plan trips I'll never go on!

I'm a Hermes devotee, of course I get excited every time I see a rooster!

I'm a Hermes devotee, of course I love learning languages!

#hermes #hermes deity #polytheism #deity worship #hermes devotee #pagan polytheism #paganism #polytheist #hellenic polytheism

[bunnyshideawayy]

for pagans/witches who veil or cover their hair for their practice full time, do yall consider modest clothes essential to your veiling or do you still wear what you want? i’ve seen this debate among the community and am interested in seeing what everyone has to say!

for reference i do veil for my practice, just not everyday and i tend to still wear what i want but with limitations!

#paganism #pagan witch #pagan #hellenic pagan #pagan community #witchcraft #witchblr #paganblr #witch community #pagan wicca #wicca #wiccan #wiccablr #wicca witch #eclectic wicca #veiling #pagan veiling #veiled pagan #veiled witch #modern veiling #hellenic polytheism #hellenism #hellenic veiling #hellenic polythiest #hellenic deities #norse pagan #pagans of tumblr #pagan polytheism #polytheist #polytherian

[lailoken]

Just a gentle reminder that there is a difference between Religious Theory based on historical research/reconstruction and Peronal Gnosis based on direct spiritual experience/intervention. I'm not trying to say one is better or more valid than the other—and I'm aware that there can be a certain degree of overlap—but all too often I see people speaking about Religious Reconstruction and Personal Gnosis like they're the exact same thing, when they're really not. And in my opinion, equating the natures of the two things diminishes the value of both.

#personal #magic #traditional witchcraft #witchcraft #pagan polytheism #devotional polytheism #personal gnosis #religious reconstruction

[aleck-le-mec]

My peaceful witch years are over time to start hexing bitches.

#pagan #witch #nature #funny #idk #pagan witch #witchcraft #curses and hexes #hexes #triple goddess #the horned god #hellenic polytheism #celtic polytheism #greek polytheism #norse polytheism #polytheist #hellenic polythiest #pagan polytheism

[cavorta]

Today, someone asked an interesting question in a pagan Facebook group. It was about the Norse deity Loki, but I am going to rephrase their question:

"Who do you see your deity in around you? What musicians and actors and artists and writers, directors, etc. make you feel like your deity is trying to connect with you through them?"

That's some food for thought, isn't it? It's especially interesting if you combine aspects of your spiritual practice with pop culture, I think.

#paganism #pagans of tumblr #pagan #pagans #pagan polytheism #pop culture #spirituality #Norse deity Loki #Lokean #Loki

[ascendingaeons]

The Story Behind My "Hymn to Sekhmet"

I was very surprised with how much traction my Hymn to Sekhmet has gotten… so I decided to share the story behind it. This might be quite long, but I think a lot of you would appreciate it.

I have been an eclectic pagan for most of my life. Heathenry was my focus in that sense that I worked with the Vanir and studied runology since I was fifteen. Kemeticism was my passion since childhood, but I was never formally a devotee. I pretty much worked exclusively with Set for most of my life. Our relationship is somewhere between father and son and student and guide. In the summer of 2020, I decided to finally set up a Kemetic altar.

It comprised of three statues and three candles on a small, very old nightstand and was otherwise unadorned. One statue was to Set, another to Bast, and the third to Sekhmet. I focused exclusively on Set and Bast for a while. I was afraid of Sekhmet. I read every book I could find about Her and they nearly all had one thing in common about a Sekhmet-based practice: if you cannot do it yourself, do not ask Her about it. That really intimidated me to the point I took Her statue down several times before it earned a permanent place.

One day in September of 2020 I finally prayed to Sekhmet with an offering of cold water. I felt a circular window of fire about 16 inches in diameter open up in front of my face just above my altar. It felt hot, like the heat of a campfire. I felt that She was looking at me. After a few seconds, the window disappeared. I didn’t interact with Her for a while after that.

In November of 2020, my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He was given six months to live and chemotherapy was prescribed. I was immediately thrust into the role of caregiver. I drove my dad to and from chemotherapy, gave him his meds and food, helped him to the bathroom, cleaned him up, and anything else I could do. I was awake for about 22 hours a day for six months, even with the help of a hospice company.

One night, when my dad was on respite (what hospice companies call when a patient is sent to a nursing home for a few days so the caregiver can recover), I felt… really bad. I felt alone, afraid, numb, and lost. Without any offering or formality, I prayed to Bast. I asked Her to just stay with me. I suddenly felt myself wrapped up in a blanket of what felt like bubblegum-pink energy. It felt like stuffed animals, cotton candy, a fuzzy quilt, and just… pure love. I later learned that this describes the higher heart chakra’s energy but to me, it was just Bast. She hugged me like that for about an hour until She decided I was okay, and then, very much like a cat, She left.

The days went on with barely any sleep, a lot of emergencies and scares, until one day my dad was finally asleep. It was around four in the afternoon. I was thinking a lot about Sehkmet at this point and Her domain of healing. It was very near and dear to my heart. At the time I was thinking of going back to school to finish my psychology degree and become a counselor. I took the time to get cold water in a nice glass and some fresh bread I had delivered that morning. I put it all on a golden plate I ordered for my altar.

I prayed to Sekhmet, solemnly and respectfully, naming Her Epithets and offering praise in addition to water and bread. I asked… that She let everything be okay and help me to be a better caregiver to my dad. The sad thing is, I was very hard on myself. I felt like I was not doing enough but I later found out that every nurse and social worker from the hospice company had, individually and separately, reported to the company’s administrator in high praise of me. I didn’t know then that some caregivers are really horrible to the point of neglect and abuse. I was doing the best I could in a situation that was out of my control and was given a level of praise that floored me.

After concluding my prayer, I lay down in my bed next to my altar. I was lying on my side when suddenly Sekhmet’s etheric body manifested beside me. I could feel it and somewhat see it with my third eye. She started to rub my back as I lay there. Her hand felt like the sun’s heat reflected off of water, a sensation I knew well from fishing in summer. It felt almost like fire but one that would never burn me. As She rubbed my back, I felt Her head come next to mine. I felt Her face, soft and bristly, next to my left ear as She began to speak words I couldn’t hear. I could even feel the heat from Her breath.

Unlike Bast, Sekhmet stuck around. She followed me everywhere for the next two days. It hadn’t really sunk in yet but I had received what, for me, was irrefutable proof of the Gods’ love. Set was with me my entire life, my teacher and friend. Bast and Sekhmet creaked open the door to theurgy a little bit more. It wasn’t until my Reiki Attunement ceremony that the door was blown clean off its hinges when over a dozen Netjeru physically manifested. During my Attunement, Bast held my left hand and Sekhmet held my right. By the end of the ceremony, the two were hugging me as I lay on my teacher’s table.

As I began working with the Netjeru in my shamanic practice, Sekhmet communicated something to me. She asked me to offer Her my pain and fear. And so I wrote that hymn on what was proving to be a very hard day.

I can never go back to a world where the Gods do not exist or do not love us completely, irrevocably, and unconditionally. My relationship with the Netjeru is one of mutual loyalty, love, admiration, and service. For all intents and purposes, I am a new Kemetic. I have studied Egyptology since I was seven years old and regarded Kemet as a far-flung home, a feeling that has never left my heart since it ignited there when I was a toddler. But that is a story for another day.

Well… that is my story. I hope it finds you well!

Dua Sekhmet! Dua Netjeru!

Image is “Sekhmet Devotional” by Valoreanthes. A Mother Lioness and Her cub, a side of Sekhmet far too often overlooked.

#sekhmet #egyptian gods #kemetic #kemeticism #kemetism #netjeru #kemet #kemetic polytheism #egyptian paganism #egyptian polytheism #kemetic paganism #bastet #bast #polytheism #deity worship #deity work #paganism #theurgy #eclectic pagan #pagan #pagan prayer #pagan polytheism #set #seth #sutekh

[a-child-of-chaos906]

Guide on devotional playlists!

(Note: English is my second language, there could be mistakes. Please be understanding.)

Making devotional playlist and listening it is one of the simplest way to connect and honour your Deity, plus it is a popular devotional act. It is simple, so if you have little energy, disabled, don't have time, it is a good, easy and modern thing to do, that everyone can do. But sometimes it's hard to decide what to add to playlist, so today I made a guide, how to make devotional playlist. You can add your additions, if you have one, it will be great! This guide will work for every God, Deity, Spirit, not just Netjeru.

I will go through it with my Patron God Sutekh and my playlist to Him and examples from that playlist.

I need to say with a little reminder, that everyones music taste is different and two playlists for same God will never be same, so be kind to each other.

You can put songs of any language.

1.) Songs directly about God.

It is self-explanatory. If it is a song about God, if it sings Their myths, or is about God without Their name, but it's clearly Them, it falls under this category. It is one of the simplest. For me those are:

Derek Fietcher – Set;

Канцлер Ги – Полынь и Ковыль;

Khepri – The Desert od Set;

Altay Tuna POLAT – Mercy of Seth, and so on.

2.) Songs that have Their energy, that feel like Them or Their symbols.

That could be one of the biggest categories, because there could be a lot songs that can feel like Deity. It could be Their aspects, symbols, animals, domains and just energy in general. For example, song "God" by Jake Daniels have big Sutekh energy for me with the lyrics themselves. List can be replenished with:

Alcest – Sapphire;

Watt White – Eye of the Storm;

Blackmore's Night – Storm;

The Score – Revolution;

Casey Edwards – Bury the Light;

Hollywood Undead – Bloody Nose;

Fall out boy – The Phoenix;

Adrian Von Ziegler – Ancient Storm;

Once Monsters – My Name Is...;

Ария – Дух Войны;

Halestorm – I Am the Fire;

And so on. It could be one of the biggest categories and for everyone it will be different.

3.) Songs that you think They will like.

Basically, songs, that don't have to do with the Deity themselves, but you think your God might like them. It could be specific genre, that associated with Them, like rock or hip-hop, that just have something in it. My examples are:

Ghost – Mary on a Cross;

My Chemical Romance – Na Na Na;

Glass Animals – Toes;

Rammstein – Sonne;

Bryce Fox – Horns, and so on.

4.) UPG.

This is a part, that will appear through your time with Deity, it is something that will feel to everyone personally. Maybe, a symbol, an animal, maybe, you will have special relationship. It is individual from person to person. In songs it could be a specific genre, that you feel to Deity and songs connected to your UPG. As well, it could be song through which your God gave you some kind of lesson.

For me, Sutekh became my parental figure, He became very special to be, so my playlist has songs from parental love, like:

My Indigo – Safe and Sound;

Three Days Grace – Unbreakable Heart;

Peter Gundry – A father's lesson;

Three Days Grace – Painkiller.

Song through which He gave me reminder and lessons to continue fighting:

The Score – Born For This.

And so on. UPG can be very different, and so are the songs.

5.) Ambient and nature sounds.

This part can be not for every God. Mostly, it is good for Gods with nature elements, to listen them. Like, for Sutekh, I listen sounds of desert and sounds of storm and rain. But ambient is more universal. It can be, again, ambient of some kind of nature place and event, like, again, desert, water, forest, it could be ambient of some general feeling, like dark, calm, energetic. There is a lot of ambient in videos and others people playlists. It can also be UPG.

For general Netjeru, I can recommend Egyptian music. For Anpu it could be more dark ambient, for Wesir calm, for Heru it could be royal.

Under this category also falls music for meditation. Music with calm rhythm, without words. I have another playlist for Sutekh, that is sixteen and half hours long with music that feels like desert and sounds of storm.

That is all I got so far. You can write down additions for categories, if you have!

I hope everyone will have a great day!

#I am the devotion :: ⌞🍡📿❤️⌝ #Kemetic polytheism #Norse polythism #Kemetic #Kemetic pagan #Helpol #Hellenic polytheism #Roman polytheism #Heathenry #Celtic polytheism #Polytheism #Pagan #Pagan polytheism

[fornasedensgudar]

They call her Hel.

#norse mythology #polytheism #heathen #pagan polytheism #norse polytheism #pagan #fornsed #paganism #heathen art #gods #hel #hell #hella #hela #goddess #norse goddess #goddess of death #death #jötunn #jötun #alvablot #samhain

[rainycraft]

There's something so comforting in knowing that no matter what, my deities will be there for me. I can go long periods without contacting them yet I know that as soon as I reach out again they'll be right there to support me!

#pagan polytheism #paganism #hermes #hermes deity #thoth #Thoth deity #deity work #deity worship

[northernsoulprayers]

Hail Skadi!

#polytheism #heathen #pagan polytheism

[pinkiewitchcraft]

Channeling Hel by clothing and veiling myself in the shades associated with her (black, grey, white, etc). I also tried on some earrings for the first time in years, and they remind me of Gaia and Flora.

#hel goddess #gaia #goddess flora #witchcraft #beauty #norse pagan witch #norse paganism #pagan polytheism #black pagan #gay pagan #pagan #hellenic pagan #hellenic polytheism #norse polytheism #deity worship #heathenry #heathenism #norse heathen

[eclecticethan]

Looking for help: does anyone have any advice/resources to share for ancestor veneration someone who doesn't know their biological family besides parents and does not know adopted family beyond grandmother either? Preferably low budget or even free.

#witchcraft #witch #witchblr #witchy #paganism #hellenic polytheism #pagan #pagan polytheism #paganblr #hellenic paganism #ancestor work #ancestor veneration

[cordeliahrose]

Reaching Out To A New Deity

I've recently decided to reach out to Dionysus, who I've not worked with before, and it inspired me to write this post.

Reaching out to a new deity can be a little scary. Especially if you've never worked with a deity before. Many people get stuck on what the best way to reach out is, what the best offering is, whether they've done enough research or not, and even whether or not the deity will want to work with them.

So, here is a little bit of a guide on reaching out to a deity. I would like to specify here that this is the way I personally do it, and it is definitely not the only way. This post was also written in the moment, so it might be formatted differently than my planned and edited posts.

What do I do first?

The first thing you should do, before even reaching out to a deity, is research. Now, I don't mean go overboard, there's always time for learning more. But before reaching out, you should have a good idea of who the deity in question is.

For me, this is usually creating a sort of master page on them in a notebook. I write down their most popular myths, what they're the deity of, their epithets or titles, associations, offerings, and devotional acts. This usually starts out with pretty short lists, and as I start working with them I add more on.

So what next?

Next is planning. By now, you should have a decent idea of who the deity is, and can start planning how you'll reach out. What offerings will you give? What will you say? Will there be a candle?

I like to make first contacts formal. This typically means lighting a candle, giving a pretty elaborate offering, some type of music or ambient sound that's associated with them, I cleanse myself and the space and myself beforehand. I am only this formal for the initial introduction unless I know the deity in question prefers me to be more formal with them.

The process I use:

First, cleanse the space you're in, as well as yourself. Ground yourself, and take some deep breaths.

Light the candle, and invite the deity in. Set out your offerings, and let them know that it's for them.

Introduce yourself. Tell them your name, some things about you, why you want to work with them or why you reached out. Whatever feels right.

Sit like this for a while. Acknowledge the things you feel, hear, and smell. When you're ready to end the interaction, thank them and put the candle out.

How do you know if they want to work with you?

This depends on you, and also the approach you're taking.

The Approach

If you just want to work with them, towards a goal of some sort, you might ask them if they'd like to work with you after your introduction. In this case you would also state what you wish to work on or towards with them.

If you want to honor them, but not work with them, then asking at all isn't necessary. You're just honoring them, not asking for things from them.

There's also the approach I take. Most of the time, when I reach out to a deity, it's with the intention of working with them after I've built a bond with them through honoring them. So, I don't ask at all. The only exception to this has been Lucifer, who is the only deity I've reached out with that I work with but don't honor outside of that. Yet, anyway.

Knowing

There are many ways to understand if a deity wants to work with you.

Use divination when asking them. The simplest would be a yes or no form of divination, such as a pendulum or coin flip.

You can ask for a sign and pay attention for the next few days. This includes dreams as well. You could also ask for a specific sign.

You might also just feel the answer in the moment. Or even hear it in your head. This is way more common in people who have been working on their psychic senses.

#paganism #paganblr #pagan polytheism #polytheism #pagans of tumblr #witchblr #witchcraft tips #witches of tumblr #deity work #pagan tips #deity work 101

[noxilas]

❀ Lady Aphrodite ; Happy Valentines Day <3

#aphrodite #lady #greek gods #greek #god #gods #greek myth #mythology #e-altar #pagan #polytheism #pagan polytheism #hellenic #hellenism #pagan hellenic #pagan worship #greek aesthetic #deity #deity altar #deity work #divine #deities #altar #aphrodite deity #devotee #aphrodite devotion #aphrodite devotee

[sunandserpents]

Hi there!

There's no easy way for me to do this because this isn't something I'm good at, but I'm hoping to make some new friends in the pagan/spiritual/witchy/etc. community. I don't know many like-minded people, and I'm also pretty new to all of this, so friends and guidance are what I'm hoping to find through this. And if that doesn't happen, well, at least I tried. 😅

You can call me Exos, I go by they/them pronouns, I'm in my upper 20s, and I'm a neurodivergent baby witch.

I've been spiritual for a while but never got super into the practice, despite how much I've been wanting to. Apollo sort of encouraged me to get more involved when I finally realized he was sending me signs and it wasn't all coincidences. Jumping into deity work probably isn't "ideal" for baby witches, but challenge accepted. That being said, I'm always looking for guidance from those who have been doing deity work (I know my practice and relationship with the gods are my own, but advice is nice) and looking for friends in general.

I feel like I'm pretty friendly, so if you wanna shoot me a message to say hi, feel free! (I say this knowing that I'm absolutely the type to overthink it and end up not sending a message even if I want to.)

#pagan witch #hellenic paganism #witchcraft #spirituality #deity work #hellenic polytheism #hellenism #pagan #paganism #pagan polytheism #polytheism #omnism