r/pagan

Hey all! I'm wondering if there are folks out there like me but who are further along in organizing this kind of information.

I love studying this stuff and want to start writing about it, but I want to be mindful of when and how I label things that are historical from personal interpretations (mine or others). Formatting and tags/labels seem like one way, structured data is another (YAML front matter in a markdown file for example).

I believe both kinds of information are important, but it is crucial to be able to point to what's actually historical vs interpretations that have occurred over time. I in no way think UPG is bad, but I think it's important to be as transparent as possible what's UPG vs what's not. I realize it's not always black and white either, especially with syncretism over time, etc.

Curious how other people are doing this, because surely it can't just be me thinking of this! (Why yes I am a former librarian, why do you ask?)

There’s someone from my past who caused me a lot of emotional pain years ago. Recently I found out that they’ve been posting misogynistic (like women are underdeveloped human beings and some other Andrew Tate shit) and homophobic content from an anonymous account, while publicly maintaining a completely different image. It’s pretty horrible.

It’s frustrating to see someone who hurt me deeply appear to be thriving, especially while holding and expressing views that feel harmful and dishonest.

I’ve been thinking about doing some kind of spell or ritual focused on justice, truth coming to light, and energetic release on my end.

Has anyone worked with justice or truth-based workings for something like this?

i found an old spirit box i had ages ago and never used. i’m not sure what my opinion on them are but i’m always open minded. i usually communicate with my spiritual team through oracle and other divination methods but seeing the spirit box got me wondering… would they work with other spirits and energies, not just ghastly formerly-living-human ones?

Hi so I've been praying to Selene, then felt a bit off after reading that it was best to start with Olympian deities and started researching (for context, I'm an artist and trans) and ended up knowing a lot about Dyonisus because people were talking about a good way to choose a starter deity was to go with someone who was closer to your ideals and what you do (art, per se) which led to start praying to him (Honoring Hestia first and last ofc). Also, my dad told me that he's also the patron of creativity.

It's all been good. The thing is that I feel a bit bad for changing deities like that, and now I feel bad because I don't do theatre, more like illustrations. I've also seen more sun and rain these past few days, even a raven yesterday. Still, I feel comfortable with Dyonisus.

I'm a newbie, so am I doing something wrong? I know the gods aren't mad at me, but I don't want to seem like I was cherry picking everything :(.

Recently I have been really interested in interpretations of the Oddyesey however I haven’t fully read it so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.😅

I know that Poseidon is the main antagonist of the story and his actions seem quite cruel as he relentlessly torments Oddyseus despite him having no choice but to blind the cyclops in an attempt to escape. My question is how do people still worship Poisedon after all of that?

Another example ,however I know about this a lot less, people still worship Aphrodite despite her being the reason the whole Trojan war started?

How much do you guys believe in the Greek myths?

Anyways thanks for reading any answers are greatly appreciated 😃

hey guys, let me start by saying I've been a practicing Norse pagan for about 5 years now. I started by honoring Odin, then researching loki and their children. now I am kinda confused because I don't know which deity is right for me.

I have been finding a lot of bones around the woods lately and started to think it's hel, but I'm not entirely sure. I feel like I'm at a standstill right now and I would appreciate any help anyone can give.

(side note) I've been having the same weird dream for awhile and I do not know what to make of it