#filianism

[godlovesuu]

[heartofbarbelo]

Here's your reminder that the New Year isn't until Spring Equinox, don't worry about getting your shit together and making resolutions yet, keep on hibernating and taking care of yourself and your home.

Amadéa.

[daughterofthesettingsun]

Remember, Our Lady has conquered the underworld and smashed the gates of hell. There is no place into which Her light does not shine. No matter the depths of darkness, pain, and despair you find yourself in, know that She can and will find you to take your hands and lead you into the world of light. You are not lost, She has found you.

[teddykaczynski]

The Holy Book of Womyn’s Mysteries - Zsuzsanna Budapest

[ocean-not-found]

Our Lady Of Sorrows 🖤

[laughingmaidenarising]

Altars

I remember somebody asking me to show my families home altar. When i asked my Grandmother, she was not too keen on it. So I asked her if I could show you guys the smaller altars and statues that lay around our house, and she agreed.

I’ll also be sharing some of my siblings personal altars, since they don’t care if others see them.

( @beastcpu )

(fair warning, we have quite a bit, since we live in a rather large farmhouse. i’ll only be posting my personal favorites at this moment)

(also, most of the altars you’ll see here picture a statue of the Virgin Mary. That’s just how we as a family like to portray our Mother. when i show my siblings altars you might see more diversity based on how She appears to them.)

(ok sorry this will be my last note but i just want everyone to have full context lol. in my house we have this little thing where when you pass a statue you should reverence towards it. even if it’s just a little head nod, or make the 5-pointed-star over our hearts, or a full on 90 degree bow. most of us don’t reverence towards every statue or altar, only ones that we feel the most drawn to or called to reverence)

🌻🪻🌞

^ this is one of the first things you’d see when you walk into our home. when i walk in it seems to remind me to thank Her for bringing me back safely, so i do.

^ one of my favorites because She looks so lovely here. i like to give Her reverence every time i pass Her.

^ here She is on my sisters vanity. usually my sister has a little candle lit at Her feet or some little candy for Her.

^ this is a little table in the hallway where our rear entrance is. my family has gotten this funny little habit where we place our keys on the table for Her to watch over. we like to reverence Her when we’re leaving the house and i always ask for Her protection and blessings while i’m gone. a few of us reverence when we return to the house as well.

^ My younger brothers altar. he wanted me to tell you all that although he’s not the best at keeping up personal devotional time, or offering Her things, he likes to keep a fresh flower by Her feet. in his words: “i don’t know, i guess i just want Her to know that i haven’t forgotten about Her.”

^ although he doesn’t live at home my older brother sent my mother this photo a while back and i’ve asked him if i could share it and he agreed.

^ the last one i’ll be sharing today is my older sisters. this is her pride and joy because she spent tons of time going through thrift stores looking for everything lol. her favorite things to offer Her are fruits.

and that’s all :) i hope you all enjoyed this, and my siblings send you all many blessings. they want for you guys to know that they hope you will recognize that there are many shapes and forms the Goddess comes to us individually, and we should honor Her based on our individual experiences.

[mother-god-sanctuary]

An altar picture for you all.

[her-hands-and-teeth]

Are any Filianist/Madrian/Deanists willing to share how they came to/found that religion?

The religion my sisters and I practice is far closer to that than the mostly Wicca (and Wicca based) traditions that those we share a community with follow, and I know there is a greater call for these more devotional paths in those spaces. I’m hoping to develop a better understanding of the needs of devotional Goddess religion seekers and devotees, and I know the Filianist community has a lot of valuable perspectives on that.

[tellurian-in-aristasia]

Sai Rhave

Source

Sai Rhavë is the "darkest" of the Janyati, often associated with severity and austerity. She is also associated with steadfastness and foundation. All that is solid and weighty belongs to her, as does all restriction and discipline.

Thus Sai Rhavë is in one sense closely allied with Sai Thamë, as the discipline which maintains order, yet, in another sense, as the bringer of restriction, she appears to the the opposite of Sai Thamë, the "Great Benefic" who showers the world with her opulence, and of Sai Sushuri, the mother of all fecundity. Sai Thamë, Sai Sushuri and Sai Rhavë together represent a group whose complex interactions revolve about the principles of order, discipline, harmony, fecundity restriction, mercy and severity.

In Filianic thealogy, the two Luminaries, the Sun and Moon, represent the Mother and the Daughter respectively, while Sai Rhavë at her deepest level represents the Dark Mother: the unknowable Deity beyond form, beyond being and unbeing. From this perspective, the two Luminaries and Sai Rhavë represent a group of three (three being the spiritual number) and the other four represent the material group of four, corresponding, at a certain level of interpretation, to the four elements.

On more everyday levels of interpretation, Sai Rhavë governs the discipline and strictness which help to keep a life of thamë or harmony "on the straight path". She also governs the qualities of steadfastness, reliability, and responsibility. She is called upon in the foundation of buildings and in all things that must stand and endure. She is also associated with time.

[godlovesuu]

[themiscyreian]

Happy New Year!

Our Lady has gone down into that darkest place, has suffered and been broken, and She has triumphed! No soul shall be lost forever, no soul shall suffer in any eternal hell.

The world is fresh and new, reborn by Her Hand and flush with Divine Light and energy. And so today is the first day of spring, and also of a new year!

The Filianic Eastre is not dissimilar from its Christian (Easter) and neopagan (Ostara) counterparts, or from many springtime festivities around the world. Dancing, music, egg games & dyeing, flowers everywhere, and a big feast with plenty of dessert.

3344 (I.E.), is a year of Sai Thame, Janya of divine law and harmony. The year itself, as well as each month and week of the Filianic calendar will begin on Thamedi / Thursday, until next Eastre.

And the children of the earth cried: Lift up your voices in song and laughter, for the Princess of the World was dead and is alive again, was broken and is whole; and there is no place whereto Her joyous rule does not extend. Give praise to the Mother of All Things and praise to Her Daughter. Rejoice, for the world is renewed.

[blessingsofthemother]

Merry Solstice! Tonight the Sun will be born, the days will grow longer, and the Earth will stir in Her slumber. Prayers and good tidings to all, and blessed be the Goddess! Our Lady of Light, the antlered doe, Mother of the Sun Daughter, and the bringer of snow!

🕯️❄️🌟❄️☀️❄️🌟❄️🕯️

[astreesophia]

blessed be the coming and going of the leaves.

nyx of the silken arms,

nyx of the soothing breast,

keep me close as the days darken.

[laughingmaidenarising]

i feel like a lot of time people have this idea that you absolutely need an altar to connect with the Goddess. i think this isn’t exactly true. while an altar can be important in certain aspects, not having one doesn’t have to make you feel like a fake worshipper or ‘separated’ from Her.

remember, She is everywhere. She is in everything. you are never separated from Her because She is in you and with you and around you. when you wash the dishes say Her name as a mantra: She is there. when you sit outside basking in the sunlight, feeling warm and safe, that is Her. when you help out at a soup kitchen and spread love, She is the love you spread.

try to find ways to connect with her that you enjoy and are safe. listen to goddess chants, play music for Her, pray, meditate, anything at all. She is the All-Sufficient. the All-Merciful. never think She will not be with you even if you can’t have an altar for whatever reason.

Many blessings to you all.

[mother-god-sanctuary]

Prayer for the World

Blessed Mother, the world seemingly grows darker and darker with each passing day. People in power grow ever more greedy, the poor grow ever poorer. The people are becoming oppressed, our planet is changing in ways that are unbenificial to all and war seems to loom ever closer over the horizon. Please dear Mother, whatever comes, abandon us not. See us through to the bitter end of this process, whenever that may come, and guide us through to a new Golden Age of prosperity and peace. Bless us the living oh Mari, that we may be strong and roll with whatever changes may come, and bless the dead that they may see Anna's holy garden of Avala, and find rest there till they must next pass on. Bless us Mother, that all, living and dead, may know peace.


In the name of Most Holy Anna I pray,


Amadéa

[witchy-dabblings]

Current thoughts

Honestly, even if I come to a point where I start feeling that Filianism isn’t the path for me, I’m not entirely sure I’ll ever leave Déanism or Goddessianism in general. It’s just too perfect for what my soul craves at this point in time and I always have the option of incorporating it into another spiritual path.