Why I haven't been talking about the pagan part of me lately

Tags: 3rd Yearnings & Wicca & pre-Christian & Christian & 1950s & neopaganism & flashlight & oil torch & validate & paganism & reconstruction & unbroken line & knowledge & geography & belong & romanticizing the past & good old days

“It's the end of the world, everybody. Well, it's the end of our mythology series, anyway. This week, we're talking about how mythological themes have made their way into the English language. We're taking on the Herculean task of tracking down phrases that have made their way into language from mythical stories.”

Tags: maxims & heathen & neopaganism & Original Sin & World & corrupt & bring something into & take something into & Passed

Tags: heathen & neopaganism & Original Sin & World & corrupt & born & bring something into & take something into & separate & Nature & Divine & universe & gods & Elder Relatives & understanding & animism & spiritual nature & damaging & death & honor and repect & Passed

Tags: 3rd Yearnings & classic & TV Tropes & LOTR & J. R. R. Tolkien & neopaganism & computer & internet & Age of Wonders & Golden Age & civilization

Some of my thoughts concerning the military and honor

Tags: fakelore & lexicon & morality & moral guardians & Wild Hunt Blog & Shawn Herles & neopaganism & nudity & abuse & pagan community & Sarah Lawless & Amy Hale & Richard M. Dorson & urban legend & conclusion & solution & sex abuser & polyamorous & Lutheran pastor & swimming & YMCA & 1950s & 1960s & pornography & sexual repression & Forbidden & Oberon Zell & family friendly & abuse survivors & Wicca & choose for themselves & neo-Puritanism & condemnation & punish & Divine Feminine & might harm & climate change

“This week on CC Myth, Mike Rugnetta is teaching you about mythical trees. There are lots of trees in myth, and we've touched on some of them before, but today we're going to focus on three trees from three different traditions. We'll talk about the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil from the biblical tradition, Yggdrasil from the Norse Tradition, and Ashvattha, which is important in both Hindu and Buddhist tradition.”

Tags: 3rd Yearnings & cross posted & Golden Rule & Ethic of Reciprocity & divorce & child & Wicca & neopaganism & pagan & mainstream & judge & Ro3 & rule of three

Yes. it really looks that way.

Tags: ugh-politics & #MeToo & neopaganism & faith & ethics & sex positivity & pagan practices & American society

Someone is pulling your strings. You'd be a fool to accept that.

Tags: damnatio memoriae & nude & painting & mortality & strings & Fool & puppet & Mark Twain & thinking & question & H.L. Mencken & Isaac Bonewits & Roman & SCA & Moria Greyland & swastika & walk between the worlds & neopaganism & Christianity & puritanism & thou shalt not dissent & ugh-politics & classic

I could handle the backhanded compliments and schoolboy taunts.

Tags: 3rd Yearnings & classic & otherkin & Pagans & Atlantean Priestess & seventy-seventh generation & respect & honor & royalty & Mother Shipton & John Dee & Dion Fortune & Aleister Crowley & neopaganism & Sabbat People & Merlin & Weekend Pagans