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Mischief

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I truly think that one of the best things you can do with your polytheistic practise is to stop listening to random people on the internet.

Don’t listen to the people who tell you that the gods don’t care about or love you. Don’t listen to the people who tell you an offering of water is not good enough. Don’t listen to the people who say it’s a requirement for show of devotion to have expensive items strewn across your altar. Don’t listen to people who tell you that you should have an altar even if you can’t. Don’t listen to people who suggest your disability makes you worthless to the gods because you can’t do what others can.

Try to find and make your own experiences with the gods, and look at what works for you and them. Please don’t let some random post on the internet stress you out and make you think you are doing something wrong (chances are, you’re not, especially if it’s absurd statements like the above).

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Due to rising politics I wish to make it very clear.

I am pro LGBT (I am transgender and In a gay marriage with another trans man)

We follow under Odin, but in no way are we nazi's or alt right. Could never.

ACAB.

Abortion is basic human rights.

no human is illegal (Fuck ICE)

Eat the rich.

All trauma is valid. Trauma is Trauma.

I am also 18+ (Minors, respectfully please do not interact with us directly, it makes me uncomfortable)

We will all rise again. Just know you are safe here.

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All about Lord Freyr

I thought about making a post dedicated to Lord Freyr since the summer solstice is coming so I figure why not. Norse paganism we would celebrate Midsummer with maypoles and flowers and games and parties.

Attributes

Peace

Fertility (especially with men)

Agriculture/Nature

Sunlight

Rain

Prosperity

Harvest

Good weather

Symbols

Summer sword (his sword)

Antlers

Boar

A ship

Sunlight through clouds

Flowers or vegetation

Horses

Offerings

Mead but any alcohol can work like wine

Flowers, flower crowns, flower wreaths

Trees or any kind of vegetation

Vegetables

Horse items (doesn’t have to be real)

Pork

Sun imagery

Fruits

Sweet foods

He is often associated with LGBTQ+ so maybe donating to LGBTQ+ organizations or maybe give rainbows to him as well. It’s modern but quite a few people have associated him with homosexuality especially with gay men. But to clarify Freyr isn’t homosexual he has a female spouse

Greenman imagery or Horned God

Different Names: Freyr, Frey both means “Lord” and Frö, Ing, Ingvi, Yngvi, or Ing Freá it’s said to be an earlier name of Freyr. King of Alfaheim and Prince of Elves or King of Elves.

Runes:

Ing

Fehu

Jera

Tarot:

The Sun

Fool

Wheel of Fortune

Ten of Cups

Ace of Pentacles

King of Pentacles

General Information

Freyr is an interesting god and quite popular in Norse paganism, he is part of the Vanir tribe of gods, twin brother of Freyja, his father is Njord. His wife is called Gerðr or Gerthr and marries her due to quite unfortunate circumstances when he falls in love with her he asks his servant Skírnir to convince Gerðr to marry Freyr, Freyr offers his sword to Skírnir which makes Freyr fight with just a pair of antlers of a stag. Upon being threatened into marrying Freyr by Skírnir Greðr does end up falling in love with Freyr and they have one son named Fjollnir. He rules Alfheimr the realm of the elves as the Lord of the Elves, the Elves are said to bless crops and fields as well. Freyr is considered to be the noblest of Gods rules over rain and sunshine, oversees the prosperity of mankind, and brings good harvests and peace.

Now here’s an interesting thing about Freyr he was worshipped in Sweden in Uppsala where a temple was dedicated to him along with Thor and Odin. But it’s said the dynasty of Swedish royalty started when Freyr being the king of Sweden called the Yngling Kings as Freyr their ancestor. Freyr has a ship that can be folded and put it into his pocket it’s called Skíðblaðnir and his boar named Gullinborsti like how Freya is associated with swine as well as a symbol of fertility kinda how the Greeks saw bulls being associated with male fertility. Horses were considered to link to Freyr maybe as a sign of fertility but Horses are extremely important in agriculture like plowing the fields and transportation, there has been horse sacrifices to Freyr. If you saw the movie “The Northman” it really focuses on Freyr and his role in old Norse society and connections to fertility. One of the rituals being documented was having an wooden idol of Freyr on a chariot along with his priestesses blessing crops for good harvest.

He can be compared to such as Dionysus in some aspects of being an agricultural and nature god and links to male fertility.

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"the desire to not be a person inherent to all transfems." Actually, no. That's not inherent to this experience. That's a by product of a society that views this identity as inherently alien and unnatural. That's the end result of constantly being unpersoned and degendered. That's the result of being rejected and held at arms length by everyone that is not of your own ilk.

For some people, not being a person is a kind of cold comfort. Sanctuary in the reclamation.

And for others, not being a person is a hell they're expected to enjoy. A desperate whimpering scream.

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Remember everyone, if you cannot eat right now that is okay. Make sure to at least drink something, just to keep your organs working.

I know I needed the reminder, you cannot practice magic whilst running on empty. It's a harsh world out here and I know Ymir is probably screaming in agony over how unbalanced it is- but you cannot fight without taking care of yourself.

Blessed be the all father and Ymir. To whom whose body we walk on and who's sacrifice allowed us to be here. Your sacrifice does not go unnoticed by me.

Be safe and be well.

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the gods understand your disabilities, mental health, and neurodiversities.

they understand if your disabilities, mental or physical, prevent you from being able to go outside.

they understand you even when you cannot articulate what you mean during prayer or cannot find the words to express gratitude and love.

they understand if you can't spend much time or stand still at their altars.

they understand if executive dysfunction keeps you from making offerings or doing a lot of active practice.

they understand if you have to take breaks and hiatuses from practicing to focus on yourself and your mental or physical health.

they understand if you lose focus during meditation/trance work or cannot do it to begin with.

they understand you and are with you when you cannot get out of bed for mental or physical reasons.

they understand you and are with you during times when you cannot care for yourself or love yourself.

the gods will always understand, love, and accept us for who we are. we are all valid, and we are seen and heard by the gods, even when it feels as if we are alone. 💙

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Bazen öylece rüzgarın ahengine dalar insan. silkeleyip dururken yemyeşil çimenleri..

A momentary breeze..

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I’m gonna be honest this whole division between reconstructionism and revivalism never made sense to me since in theory everyone should be to an extent both.

The only reason I feel like we have made such a difference is caused by a lot of neopagans who ripped the gods from their roots and reconstructionism is a reaction to that.

Many people who are proud revivalists and eclectics tend to really just use those labels as excuses to not care about the importance of cultural understanding.

But other than that we as Hellenic Polytheists who genuinely care about the gods’ culture will be both recon and revivalist there is no real difference tbh.

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I do not think I valued the concept of connection with fellow humans until I married our husband. The human mind and body and even the soul need to connect and relate to others. There is no worse pain than loneliness, it's as if you're processing a death of yourself. And the grief is harrowing.

I hope you, dear reader, understand. You are not alone, and if you feel as if you are, know that you won't be for long. Stay safe.

Thank you baldur, for bringing us such a joy- Our husband.

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Witches, next week we have Friday the 13th! 😈

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THINGS I ASSOCIATE WITH MY DEITIES

APHRODITE: makeup, self-care, Lupercalia, kiss marks, 50s and 60s music, the smell of the ocean, white birds, vanilla or cherry blossom scented perfume, strawberry pocky, lacy and frilly things, roses, fairies, rom-coms, pastel colours (especially pink and light blue), pink moon, flower crowns, strawberry blonde hair, the number five, pink lemonade, music boxes, classical music, picnics, ballet, and Friday.

ASMODEUS: card games, money, casinos, gambling, fire, Lupercalia, musky and seductive cologne, the number three, dice, rubies, blood moon, the colour red, every Friday the 13th, cats, pineapple, ornate swords, whiskey, organ music, pentagrams, and Friday.

FENRIR: black metal, full moons, black crystals, blood, winter, Tuesday, the number three, anything wolf related, tobacco, the colour black, snow, forests, animal bones, and mist.

FREYJA: ladybugs, battle scars, full and new moons, cats, motherhood, Friday, sunflowers, Mother’s Day, the numbers nine and 12, freshly watered flowers, red lipstick, menstruation, daisies, the colours gold and yellow, orgasms, vintage jewelry, strawberries, floral tea, apples, and self defence.

HADES: dark weather, blood moon, bones, dark wood, keys, whiskey, cloudy days, dark crystals, Monday, black foods, the number three, cemeteries and graveyards, musk, bats, dogs, musky cologne, hellhounds, coffins, grave imagery, Halloween/Samhain, coins, and darkness.

HECATE: taxidermy, the numbers three and 13, phases of the moon, keys, moonstone, Monday, the colours black and grey, moths, full and new moons, Halloween/Samhain, black cats, olives, crows, dogs, ghosts, veils, dark chocolate, and garlic.

HEL: goth music, darkness, Halloween/Samhain, skulls and bones, night blooming flowers, dark crystals, Monday, the numbers nine and 13, horror artwork, mist, crows and ravens, hellhounds, bone hunting, gothic architecture, bats, mold, cemeteries and graveyards, and blood.

LOKI: sweet foods and drinks, April Fool’s Day, knives and daggers, foxes, spiced rum, kids toys, the colour green, Saturday, mistletoe, red hair, fire, masks, smiling, board games, pranks, the numbers four and 13, jokes, laughter, 13th of each month, and doodling.

LILITH: seductive perfume, Victoria’s Secret, red wine, apples, Friday, dark chocolate, snakes, motherhood, black cats, the numbers three and seven, pentagrams, blood, owls, crescent moons, the colour purple, menstruation, horror artwork, orgasms, red or dark coloured roses, clay, and fancy jewelry.

LUCIFER: leather jackets, cigarettes, musky cologne, organ music, the colours black and red, apples, Friday, dragons, pentagrams, snakes, art and poetry, Lupercalia, the numbers six and 13, black animals, flies, Halloween/Samhain, blood moon, red wine, dark chocolate, good quality cigars, and black feathers.

PERSEPHONE: aesthetic Pinterest boards, the smell of spring, deer, lipstick, Monday, pomegranates, bats, pink moon, menstruation, freshly watered flowers, picnics, the colour pink, birds (mainly doves and songbirds), floral tea, animal bones, spring water, singing, the number three, planting flowers, gardening, flower crowns, and bone hunting.

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Happy Pride Month!

Faust is back for the 5th time! If you want to use the flag of your choice as an avatar, they're under the cut. They're free to use as long as it's for personal use only.

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