essays on polytheism and life
Note: This page has been superseded by an open access online book I wrote for people just getting started with honoring Gods. Please visit https://kayeofswords.github.io/soulsinnerstatues/ and view the chapters "Foundations" and "The Mechanics of Ritual." The past few weeks have been a blur of activity, from academic article-writing to running an internal conference at my … Continue reading Prayer in Under 5 Minutes
My exciting update of the day is that Bookshop.org, the indie-bookstore-friendly alternative to the monopoly store, now stocks Acts of Speech. You can acquire it here: https://bookshop.org/books/acts-of-speech/9781735740614 The paperback of Acts of Speech is available for purchase. It has been listed automatically on Amazon, but to order from another source (I highly recommend your local … Continue reading ACTS OF SPEECH on Bookshop.org
When I think about American polytheism and sustainability, two big things come to mind: (1a), the cycles of festivals and ritual in honor of the Gods; (1b), the shifting sands of what it is to live in a multicultural, multi-pantheon nation, where the boundaries between the traditions are permeable and shifting from generation to generation; … Continue reading Preliminary Thoughts on Intergenerational Polytheistic Revivals
I hymn you, O Goddess for whom each star dances dynamic …
In late November, I finished writing an article about the Nobel laureates in physics, which focused on providing a citation analysis of each of them after a brief summary of the black hole science that led to their awards. In writing the narrative, I realized fairly early on that I could draw on what Proclus … Continue reading Some Musings on the (Physical) Universe
The paperback of Acts of Speech is available for purchase. It has been listed automatically on Amazon, but to order from another source (I highly recommend your local independent bookstore), you will have to call the bookstore to express interest — it's in the main book ordering database that booksellers use, but booksellers need to … Continue reading The Paperback of Acts of Speech is Available!
(Photo by Mitja Juraja on Pexels.com. This is very moody and mysterious, and I appreciate that WordPress has integrated photos from Pexels.) I formalized my ancestor offerings yesterday. This is one of the (several) prayers. I also wrote a prayer directed at the sages and theologians of the past for their blessings, but am a … Continue reading An Ancestor Prayer
(Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com) This is the promised follow-up post with the HeSP (Hellenic Syncretic Polytheism) ritual for the full moon. It combines some Hellenic recon elements of worshipping the Gods (namely, the majority of the ritual structure) with a few elements from yoga (pranayama and some postures) and two components that I … Continue reading A HeSP Full Moon Ritual
The ad hoc ritual space at the beginning of the ritual. There's a passage in Marinus' Life of Proclus, the hagiography in honor of Proclus' life, that really struck me because it made me nostalgic for lunar rituals when I first read it, and often near the full moon, I'll remember it because it was … Continue reading Honoring the Moon
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