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Remember, Proclus’ Birthday Is On 8 February

3 February 20233 February 2023 ~ kaye ~ 18 Comments

Proclus was born in 412 CE on 8 February. We have his birth chart (amazingly), so he's one of the few ancient Platonists whom we can honor on a birthday. I am posting this a few days early so that anyone who might want to honor him has the heads up and can think about … Continue reading Remember, Proclus’ Birthday Is On 8 February

Nine Evenings of Praying to Nantosuelta

22 January 202322 January 2023 ~ kaye ~ Leave a comment

Last Friday, I started a novena for the first time. I had heard of them being done in contemporary polytheistic practice as a way of bracketing periods of increased devotion for specific Gods, and I had seen this mostly done by polytheists who were formerly Catholic. I have no connection to that frame of mind. … Continue reading Nine Evenings of Praying to Nantosuelta

Five Points About Polytheism

15 January 202315 January 2023 ~ kaye ~ 7 Comments

In 1931, librarian Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan proposed a set of five laws of library science that are still in use today. I was reflecting on these earlier today while thinking about the ethical difficulties of reader's advisory and collection development (when there is a conflict between the materials you wish people were asking for and … Continue reading Five Points About Polytheism

๐ŸŒ„ Happy Solstice! ๐ŸŒ…

21 December 202221 December 2022 ~ kaye ~ 1 Comment

On Saturday night, my mom called. My girlfriend and I were just settling into the new couch โ€” I've had getting a real couch in my purchase plan for a few years, and it was finally able to be realized now that I was on PTO for the holidays โ€” and my mom had figured … Continue reading ๐ŸŒ„ Happy Solstice! ๐ŸŒ…

The Body and the Beehives

9 December 20229 December 2022 ~ kaye ~ Leave a comment

Yesterday, I finished reading a translation of Akka Mahadevi's vacanas for Shiva. Vacana seems to be a specific term for a free-verse form. I had never encountered writings from the Lingayat Shiva tradition, and it was very educational for me. It turns out that, for at least over a millennium, there has been resistance to … Continue reading The Body and the Beehives

We’re Probably Not Prepared

19 November 202219 November 2022 ~ kaye ~ 9 Comments

A few months ago, some new Pew stats dropped โ€” a model of what happens if Christianity continues to down-trend. In the model, America becomes dominated by "nones" (and everyone grouped with them, presumably including the "spiritual but not religious" crowd). The information Pew provides on the release itself clarifies that: Under each of the … Continue reading We’re Probably Not Prepared

Seira Org Charts

15 November 202215 November 2022 ~ kaye ~ 12 Comments

As a follow-up to my most recent post on the divine series, I would like to share some Google Draw diagrams that I've made to use when explaining these things. I'm adding two quotations for reference to this post, but I think it's a good idea to look at them while reading another thing I've … Continue reading Seira Org Charts

On being in a God’s series

13 November 2022 ~ kaye ~ 3 Comments

I have written at length about seira, both on this blog and in The Soul's Inner Statues. One thing I've reflected on over the past few days โ€” seeded by interactions in a variety of places since July or so โ€”ย is just how grounded and level-headed the conversation about individual people being in a God's … Continue reading On being in a God’s series

Three Thoughtworms

12 November 2022 ~ kaye ~ Leave a comment

There are many quotations rolling around in my mind all of the time. I read a lot. Because it is (a) November and we are entering the holiday shopping season and (b) I am watching the Twitter headlines with horrified fascination, I would like to present the following three quotations. It is a sacrilege not … Continue reading Three Thoughtworms

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