Wishing you a blessed and happy Winter Solstice today. (Or, in the southern hemisphere, a happy summer one.) If you're interested in rituals, I have two in the post from last year — one solely focused on the Hellenic Gods, the other an example of a blended, mindfully eclectic personal practice because I also worship … Continue reading Happy Winter Solstice
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Cutting Glass, Releasing Garments
The 'last' garment and the most difficult to cast off is, on the appetitive level, ambition, and on the cognitive level, imagination. §111, Damascius I, On Plato Phaedo On January 1, 2021, when I did my annual 12-card divination draw, it was a very dismaying experience because almost all of it was bad. It pointed … Continue reading Cutting Glass, Releasing Garments
Two Pieces in Oscillations
I'm excited to say that I have two pieces in Oscillations now — "To Apollon of the Steep Cliffs" and "Pulsations from Cygnus." The first one is a prayer for Apollon originally published in Acts of Speech. I loved having the opportunity to broaden that poem's audience by having it reprinted in Oscillations. The other … Continue reading Two Pieces in Oscillations
A Chill, Atmospheric Life Update Post with Several Dream Summaries
Last Thursday, I went on vacation for a few days. This is something that happens annually in the fall because I need to take my vacation days before some of them expire. My favorite way to take expiring PTO during the semester is to do very long weekends because it is less disruptive to meeting … Continue reading A Chill, Atmospheric Life Update Post with Several Dream Summaries
The Gods as Anchors in a Shifting Routine
My workplace started having us report onsite at the beginning of August. Times of change and upheaval are times for reevaluating everything one does. The Gods are the stones around which the waters of our lives move, providing structure no matter how rapid or slow we wind downstream. Photo by Satoru Takamatsu on Pexels.com Sometime … Continue reading The Gods as Anchors in a Shifting Routine
A Brief Post on Birthday Offerings
On my birthday every year, I give an offering to the Gods. It's often something small — until the pandemic, my birthday usually happened while I was at a library conference, so the most I could do was a quick prayer with my travel ritual tools (a small libation bowl) and images of the Gods … Continue reading A Brief Post on Birthday Offerings
Two Posts on My Creative Blog
On my other blog, which is connected to the site where I keep information about what I've formally published, I have done some cleaning house and organization. First, I took many pieces that I posted on this blog and collated them into a post: Twenty Poems: Intersections of Life, Polytheism, and (Platonizing) Sensemaking Second, I … Continue reading Two Posts on My Creative Blog
“Longing for Water” — Pangrammatike
As a heads up, I put a piece I'd written a while ago (2017) up on my other blog (focused on creative writing and conlangs). If you want to read a cute, several-page short story about someone participating in an agon and her crush on the main religious officiant, head on over. Today is the … Continue reading “Longing for Water” — Pangrammatike
The Perils of Reading Platonists, Like, Nonstop
Over the past few years, I have been reading, and I have been reading quickly — with only one illness-imposed break last February when I had Influenza B and had such a rough time that I was wondering if I should check myself into the hospital because I couldn't breathe. (A coworker got the same … Continue reading The Perils of Reading Platonists, Like, Nonstop
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