When embarking on an undertaking of getting to know Platonism and its commentary tradition, and especially when one is determined to deeply engage in it as one’s primary spiritual path, it can seem like a lot. “Writing is a sea / its reeds are a shore,” as Thoth says in the Conversations in the House of Life scribal initiation text. It takes courage, conviction, and good sense to penetrate into those waters and learn how to swim in them.
Tag: polytheism
Pop Occulture
Sometimes (or, frequently), I see discussions that use the term Neopagan in a pejorative sense, and I want to present the following notes as one option to clarify terminology in order to get to the meat of what we're talking about. This topic has come up in a few conversations I've had over the past … Continue reading Pop Occulture
Repatriation/Rematriation and Cultural Reception
Out of curiosity a few months ago, I watched a "trends of 2023" video on YouTube from the Economist. One of the big topics was re(p/m)atriation, and this has been an escalating trend worldwide over the past few years. In Europe, this most often involves looted goods from South Asia and West Africa, such as … Continue reading Repatriation/Rematriation and Cultural Reception
For Thinking about Seirai (Divine Series)
This entire post is something I created a while ago to serve as a starting-point for a discussion, and my main goal in posting it here is so that I have an easy way to refer to it (additionally, so I can link to this from something that I'm posting on the evening of the … Continue reading For Thinking about Seirai (Divine Series)
There Are No Guarantees
Overall, as someone raised in Neopaganism, I agree with people online who say that raising your kids in paganism or polytheism ensures transmission to the next generation. However, as a minority religion — at least for the next few generations — there is a rocky road. Navigating this is hard for everyone. I have decided that I … Continue reading There Are No Guarantees
Generation is Warfare, and the World is Without End
Rather than reaching for fantasies about the end of the world, we should all figure out what we actually want to contribute to the world.
Prayers and Spiritual Practices: What I Currently Do
This post describes my current spiritual practice and the cyclical routines I’m cultivating in my life. I had the idea of sharing this a few weeks ago, but several conversations recently (and also reading someone else's post about their current practice) prompted me to sit down and write this up. As I mention in The … Continue reading Prayers and Spiritual Practices: What I Currently Do
Print version of THE SOUL’S INNER STATUES
The print version of The Soul’s Inner Statues is now available for purchase. As a reminder, the ebook is freely available online: PDF, mobi, epub, and HTML. The HTML page uses the gitbook package because it allows for customization of contrast and fonts for reading accessibility — it's all in the top menu options. The … Continue reading Print version of THE SOUL’S INNER STATUES
Teachers, Students, and Community: A Few Initial Thoughts
The title of this post is self-explanatory. Despite being a longer post (with section headers), it isn’t meant to be comprehensive, but part of an ongoing process to understand how people work and what it takes to develop a healthy baseline for thinking about both teachers and spiritual companions/friends. This post is going to combine … Continue reading Teachers, Students, and Community: A Few Initial Thoughts
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