Minoan spirituality is for everyone! Are you drawn to Ariadne, Dionysus, and other deities of ancient Crete? Check out Ariadne's Thread as well as my other Minoan spirituality title, Labrys & Horns, to discover what wonders inclusive Minoan spirituality holds.
Book details: https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/ariadnes-thread
Inclusive Minoan Spirituality: https://ariadnestribe.com/
Gracious Lord
God of the roads
Where travelers walk
Merchants carry their wares to market
And thieves search for their marks
Gracious son of Zeus
Angelic lord of the range
Of the pastures for grazing
The goats on the hills above
And the farmers keeping them
Gracious Hermes
Son of Maia
Thief of the sacred cattle
Creator of the lyre
A gift to the radiant Apollo
Gracious Psychopompos
Leader of the somber parade
Of the shades of those now gone
Down into the Earth
Where Hades and Persephone await
#paganism #pagan #hellenismos #religion #prayer #hermes
Today a dear friend and I visited the Mitchells fold stone circle, high on the Shropshire moorland, right by the Welsh border.
It was very cold, and the weather constantly threatened to close in. While up there, we found evidence of a recent offering ritual.
It may all sound as a silly joke to many people. But growth of neo-paganism will help crash faster the empire declared to be based on "Orthodox Christianity".
This week's Minoan Tarot cards are looking good!
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Nine of Daggers: You do indeed have the stamina, endurance, and strength of character to reach your goals no matter what obstacles lie in the way.
Ten of Rhytons: You have beautiful, joyous relationships with people you care about. Let that joy fill you up and hold you steady no matter what happens around you.
I created this deck myself; this is my art. Deck details and more card pix here: https://www.minoantarot.com/
Rune set finished after a morning with the wood-burning pen. The set has been treated with linseed oil which is a natural preservative.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #germanicpagan #runes #woodworking #crafting #heathen #druid
And another one: what's at the core of your pagan practices/lifestyle or however else you refer to it?
Personally for me, it's the wheel of the year based on the Sun's relationship to the Earth, seasons, nature and connection to nature. I think of gods and mythical creatures as metaphors, as entities living in our collective mind, something like that. I'm not sure I know how to explain it better.
Also, I belong to Balts and live where they lived. Also known as the last pagans of Europe because christianity came here late and was foundly fought against. Many practices survived christianity because it was hard to fight them, so they were successfully incorporated into christian practices - saved from the enemy through enemy itself (but didn't it happen like that everywhere?). I grew up with christianity and paganism both practiced at home, in school and society without conflict between them. All that with geographical influences (and my ancestry, as far as known) from Norse, Slavic and Germanic traditions. So, I explore paganism from this perspective, and learning and deepening my knowledge about Baltic, Slavic, Germanic and a bit Norse paganism is a part of my pagan path.
But mostly, for me it's all about nature. Understanding, learning, feeling, using, honouring, buliding and nurturing my relationship with the land I walk.
Anyways, what's the center of your pagan path?
What is paganism for you and what it means to be pagan? I'm not looking for right or wrong answer, I'm truly curious to find pagan definition of paganism today. If not a strict definition, than thoughts and feelings of those who proudly, quietly or just in their thoughts call themselves pagan or are trying to find the path to paganism. Can we talk about this?
It's serving pagan gods for one, celebrating the Earth's relationship to the Sun and celestial bodies to another. It's seeking wisdom of ancestors for one and connection to and taking care of Nature around for another one. It's fitting in and belonging to one and all of the above (and more) for another one of us.
What it means to be pagan for you? What is paganism from your perspective?
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Up this week: Ancient Spellcraft. This is the 2nd edition of my very first book, originally published way back in 2001. Be sure to get the new edition with Morgan Le Fay on the cover!
Details: https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/ancient-spellcraft
Literature puzzle to solve
What if (at least some) modern knowledge about the world would be represented as fairy tales, e. g. with some aspects of Slavic, e. g. Ukrainian or Polish folklore taken into account, how they written?
#paganism #pagan #slavicPaganism
#slavicMythology #folklore #slavicFolklore
#science
This week's Minoan Tarot cards:
Four of Horns: Respect and value the material foundations of your life, but hold your material possessions loosely, keeping them in perspective. Don't be seduced or distracted by physical things when other aspects of life may be more important.
Balance: Avoid extremes. Find balance in your life, a sense of moderation, balance between work and play, exercise and rest. This is an ongoing process, not a one-time thing.
This deck is my creation. Details and many more card pix at https://www.minoantarot.com/
Sans toit ni loi / Vagabond (1985)
Vagabond (French: Sans toit ni loi, "without roof or law") is a 1985 French drama film directed by Agnès Varda, featuring Sandrine Bonnaire. It tells through flashbacks the story of a vagabond who wanders through the Languedoc-Roussillon wine country one winter, beginning after her body is found. The film premiered at the 42nd Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. Vagabond was nominated for four César Awards, with Bonnaire winning Best Actress. The film was the 36th highest-grossing film of the year with a total of 1,080,143 admissions in France.
https://soulvlog.blogspot.com/2025/04/sans-toit-ni-loi-vagabond-1985.html
#Death helps us find balance between too much and not enough - Living, Opinion, #Paganism , Perspectives, #Politics , U.S., Witchcraft
https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/death-helps-us-find-balance-between-too-much-and-not-enough.html
#paganism regardless of tradition, is fundamentally an animist religion - that is, everything in creation has spirit. Including the Earth....and you! And you are apart of that spirit. But if you defile that spirit, the spirit will fight back. If you hold the dollar more dear than a tree, the tree will fight back. The Earth doesn't care about your insurance premiums. It cares about sitting synergystically at balance with the rest of the Universe. #environment #climate https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/climate-crisis-on-track-to-destroy-capitalism-warns-allianz-insurer
The path is both one and many, as the trunk of a tree spreads out into numerous branches that stretch in all directions, so that one may follow the lore into countless byways and alleys ripe with mysteries.
#paganism #pagan #norsepagan #ancestors #oldgods #druid #heathen #oldways #writer #writing #odin #freya #frigg
Hail Freya-Frigg on Freya-Frigg's Day!
A gentle breeze carries her fragrance far,
And boughs of budding birch
Whisper the Lady's name;.
The rich earth stirs, springing green
And in her wake a verdant carpet spreads,
Woven with perfumed hue.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #freya #frigg #goddess #writer #writing #poetry #heathen #druid
