2015
Totems I have known
It’s a day of contrasts and promises. Even as winter is at it’s greatest, light is born again. Read More...
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Holiday breakfast hit
Thursday, 24Dec2015 Filed in: simple
I do use some Yule traditions. This year I have family obligations which will cut those short a bit. But greeting the dawn all three days is definitely one I keep.
Read More...Fireplace
Tuesday, 22Dec2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages⭐︎ rite & ritual
I joke about it, but that is the heart of it. Or maybe the hearth. It’s the center.
Read More...Midwinter
Monday, 21Dec2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages⭐︎ rite & ritual
More and more I think I was wise to separate my pagan blogging from my political blogging.
Read More...Starwell - Solar Festival
Sunday, 20Dec2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages⭐︎ rite & ritual
❝I think that a Greater Pagan Community™ for the sake of the institution is a extraordinarily Bad Idea®.❞Read More...
Aside for polyamory - revised
Wednesday, 16Dec2015 Filed in: thinking by blogging⭐︎ sex
Earth centered
Tuesday, 01Dec2015 Filed in: modern adult pagans⭐︎ tellus⭐︎ beliefs⭐︎ effective⭐︎ practicals⭐︎ manifest
You can see that politics corrupts pretty much any religion, faith, or path you’d care to name.
Read More...A dangerous pagan
Tuesday, 01Dec2015 Filed in: modern adult pagans⭐︎ quotes & thinkums
No, I am not quite foolish enough to do it on my own. I don’t know enough about explosives and I don’t own an anvil.
Read More...Dusting of Snow
Sunday, 29Nov2015 Filed in: tellus
I am a sensualist. I’m telling you this because all too often pagans forget we’re supposed to bridge worlds.
Read More...Political pagans
Friday, 27Nov2015 Filed in: modern adult pagans
Usually when ravens group together, it’s up on fences or power lines or rooftops
Read More...Wayland's Feast Day
Monday, 23Nov2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages
Unusual Unkindness
Monday, 16Nov2015 Filed in: tellus
Usually when ravens group together, it’s up on fences or power lines or rooftops
Read More...One less candle on the mantel
Saturday, 14Nov2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages
This is not the first controversy with Mr. Day. I do not expect it to be the last. Frankly I don’t care if he is innocent or not. He disrupts.
Read More...Hearthside
Tuesday, 10Nov2015 Filed in: simple⭐︎ rite & ritual
Winter
Saturday, 07Nov2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages
Bone, Heart, Thought, Deed, and Spirit, I choose to honor these people this season
Read More...Caution - Watch Out
Friday, 06Nov2015 Filed in: modern adult pagans
Double Teamed
Sunday, 01Nov2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages⭐︎ sex
Before the Gate of Winter
But kids (especially BRIGHT teens) know when you’re different. They like different, they’re attracted to it.
Read More...Negative whiskers
Sunday, 25Oct2015 Filed in: simple
The hard rain
They want flashy cheap answers to their problems. In easy to swallow pill form if possible. Read More...
Bend the brains
❝I have on occasion wandered in where I was not wanted and gave truthful answers. Sometimes I even did it deliberately. A little disruption now to prevent disaster later.❞Read More...— NeoWayland
Truthful answers - new site slogan
Sunday, 11Oct2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums⭐︎ site news
Autumn
Friday, 07Aug2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages
Another place I talk Christianity
Sunday, 02Aug2015 Filed in: site news
Lughnasadh
Friday, 31Jul2015 Filed in: practicals⭐︎ beliefs
Outstanding
Tuesday, 21Jul2015 Filed in: modern adult pagans⭐︎ simple
Time to scry
Wednesday, 01Jul2015 Filed in: rite & ritual
“NO SOLICITORS
NO RELIGIOUS GROUPS
(This Means You Everyone)
NO PEDDLERS
NO PROBLEMS!
HAVE A SUPER FANTASTIC DAY!”— three minutes and fifteen seconds into the movie Growing Op
Flexing your calendar
Today is the first day of The Lady in the Court of Stars.
One of these days I really should tell that story. But not today.
No, today I’m going to talk about calendars.
This is a partial list of dates from my Lore and Wyrd calendars. The exact dates don’t matter in this example.
Pay attention to the symbols before the title in each listing.
The ☥ ankh symbol is my shorthand for a Before. Before are those who’ve inspired me and those who I choose to honor by living their example.
The ✰ shadowed star is my shorthand for a pagan.
The ▽ inverted triangle is a symbol for philosophy, I use this to designate philosophers.
The ≠ not equals sign means that I acknowledge but do not celebrate (ABNC). Just because the day is important to other people doesn’t mean that I have to celebrate it. And if you think I have a lot of these days in my Lore and Wyrd calendars, you should see the birthdays and anniversaries in my Kinship calendar.
The ★ solid star shows that this day that while not distinctively pagan is still important to my practice.
Okay, the ⊗ circled times symbol. I don’t want to use the circled cross because of it’s association with the KKK (and yes, my feelings on that go back years). This is a good alternative that maintains the same elemental associations. Of course someone who takes a title based on Wayland is going to celebrate The Firing of the Anvil. Especially someone with strong ties to the American South.
Let’s see how that actually works. As you can see, this is an event from 1971.
The ankh and the inverted triangle tell us that this man is one of my Befores and he’s a philosopher. I’ve used the location field to give more expand the information a bit. This field will also show in the day list view of the iOS calendar or in my preferred option Fantastical.
I’ve included a quick URL so I can call up in-depth information.
I’ve unchecked the “Busy” box so I still show available.
My notes show his lifespan and how old he was when he died.
And I’ve listed some of the things he was known for WITHOUT giving specific works. Otherwise the entry would be way too long and clunky.
The whole purpose of this exercise is that I have a calendar in the palm of my hand that will quickly show me what I need to know for that day.
I haven’t even mentioned my Sky calendar with the astronomical events and symbols.
Have I mentioned that I have a calendar obsession?
Here’s the most important bit.
After the initial setup (and the once a year update on my Sky calendar), I don’t have to worry about it. It’s there. If I absolutely have to I can print it up (and I still do for some events and rituals).
A little bit of work, a little bit of planning, and I’m ready.
One of these days I really should tell that story. But not today.
No, today I’m going to talk about calendars.This is a partial list of dates from my Lore and Wyrd calendars. The exact dates don’t matter in this example.
Pay attention to the symbols before the title in each listing.
The ☥ ankh symbol is my shorthand for a Before. Before are those who’ve inspired me and those who I choose to honor by living their example.
The ✰ shadowed star is my shorthand for a pagan.
The ▽ inverted triangle is a symbol for philosophy, I use this to designate philosophers.
The ≠ not equals sign means that I acknowledge but do not celebrate (ABNC). Just because the day is important to other people doesn’t mean that I have to celebrate it. And if you think I have a lot of these days in my Lore and Wyrd calendars, you should see the birthdays and anniversaries in my Kinship calendar.
The ★ solid star shows that this day that while not distinctively pagan is still important to my practice.
Okay, the ⊗ circled times symbol. I don’t want to use the circled cross because of it’s association with the KKK (and yes, my feelings on that go back years). This is a good alternative that maintains the same elemental associations. Of course someone who takes a title based on Wayland is going to celebrate The Firing of the Anvil. Especially someone with strong ties to the American South.
Let’s see how that actually works. As you can see, this is an event from 1971. The ankh and the inverted triangle tell us that this man is one of my Befores and he’s a philosopher. I’ve used the location field to give more expand the information a bit. This field will also show in the day list view of the iOS calendar or in my preferred option Fantastical.
I’ve included a quick URL so I can call up in-depth information.
I’ve unchecked the “Busy” box so I still show available.
My notes show his lifespan and how old he was when he died.
And I’ve listed some of the things he was known for WITHOUT giving specific works. Otherwise the entry would be way too long and clunky.
The whole purpose of this exercise is that I have a calendar in the palm of my hand that will quickly show me what I need to know for that day.
I haven’t even mentioned my Sky calendar with the astronomical events and symbols.
Have I mentioned that I have a calendar obsession?
Here’s the most important bit.
After the initial setup (and the once a year update on my Sky calendar), I don’t have to worry about it. It’s there. If I absolutely have to I can print it up (and I still do for some events and rituals).
A little bit of work, a little bit of planning, and I’m ready.
❝NO PROBLEMS!❞
Wednesday, 24Jun2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums⭐︎ entertainment
❝A new dogma❞
Tuesday, 23Jun2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
In which I indulge my Southern ancestors
You shouldn’t listen to the folks in the weird clothes and making the loudest noises.
Read More...Suncrest
You take a plot of land. Now you can grow flowers or vegetables or both. You choose.
Read More...Greet the dawn
Tuesday, 16Jun2015 Filed in: simple⭐︎ celebrations & passages
No dissent, or The content of his character
Sunday, 07Jun2015 Filed in: modern adult pagans⭐︎ NeoNotes
“A real man loves strong women, whether as lovers or just as friends, because weak ones are boring, often parasitical, and make the worst exes.”— Isaac Bonewits
Peachy
Saturday, 06Jun2015 Filed in: simple
I would no more solicit your opinion and approval about that than I would about the color of the trashcan by my clothes dryer.
Read More...❝A real man…❞
Friday, 22May2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
Hidden heart of a poet
Time for this semi-hermit to have a party. Read More...
Praxis
Tuesday, 12May2015 Filed in: practicals
Shapes in the Moon
Thursday, 07May2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages⭐︎ Gallery
Summergate
Tuesday, 05May2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages
Unbearable fun
Thursday, 30Apr2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages
Gaia
I mentioned some of my concerns, but their future is full of utopia and collective effort.
Read More...Earth Day & politics
Tuesday, 21Apr2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages⭐︎ modern adult pagans⭐︎ Gallery⭐︎ beliefs⭐︎ quotes & thinkums
Statement on the Environment
Tuesday, 31Mar2015 Filed in: modern adult pagans
❝The universe is written in mathematics. The Mystery is written in poetry. We're born where the two meet.
At the crossroads.❞— NeoWayland, Kissed by the Lady Moon
Rules of Three
Tuesday, 31Mar2015 Filed in: practicals
Written at the crossroads
Wednesday, 25Mar2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
Bestest
Speaking of the way that one idea links to another, I can’t help but notice a conflict. And a song.
Read More...Convergence
Thursday, 19Mar2015 Filed in: celebrations & passages
Do Be Do Be Do
From classic philosophy to classic virtue, Paganism's best hope depends on what we choose to put out in the World - updated
Read More...❝Everything else in the universe❞
Tuesday, 17Mar2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
Voices
Thursday, 12Mar2015 Filed in: studies⭐︎ quotes & thinkums
I first started keeping notes in a three ring binder. It worked, sort of, as long as I kept the index up to date.
Read More...Gods make you stretch
Almost four years on this blog and I hadn't answered these questions yet - UPDATED
Read More...Struggle Nobly…
Sunday, 08Mar2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
❝I can't be the white knight. I can only be a friend. I can't be a savior, but I can lend a shoulder and an ear. I can't shield anyone from the cold darkness, but I can share a little body heat under the blanket. I can't bring joy, but I can give a smile.❞— NeoWayland
Keeping notes
Wednesday, 04Mar2015 Filed in: practicals
“You have to believe in dreams, because sometimes they believe in you.”— Simon R. Green, Something From the Nightside
I can't be the white knight
Sunday, 01Mar2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
❝You have to believe in dreams…❞
Thursday, 26Feb2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums⭐︎ entertainment
Soft snow
If the real difference in people is choosing between the Journey and the Story, does the Journey have to be religious or even spiritual?
Read More...Drop down menus and transferring old content
Monday, 23Feb2015 Filed in: site news
❝As long as we lie to ourselves…❞
Saturday, 21Feb2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
Four-foot
Tuesday, 17Feb2015 Filed in: tellus
“My friends have always been the best of me.”Read More...— Doctor Who, “The Wedding of River Song”
Unsent note to a Christian
Tuesday, 17Feb2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
Don't mix religion with politics
Monday, 16Feb2015 Filed in: modern adult pagans
Better
Tuesday, 10Feb2015 Filed in: beliefs⭐︎ manifest⭐︎ practicals⭐︎ simple⭐︎ entertainment⭐︎ quotes & thinkums
❝At the end of the day…❞
Thursday, 05Feb2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums⭐︎ entertainment
Experience & Art
Monday, 02Feb2015 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
“Morality ought to be filed under Philosophy, not Religion.”Read More...— Chas S. Clifton, How to Ruin the Mysteries, or Religion is not Moral
Spark
Sunday, 01Feb2015 Filed in: tellus⭐︎ rite & ritual
Homework assignment
Thursday, 29Jan2015 Filed in: modern adult pagans⭐︎ quotes & thinkums
Glimpse
Tuesday, 27Jan2015 Filed in: rite & ritual
I'm willing to start at mutual respect. Not everyone is. That creates a problem.
Read More...“But you’re so rational!”
Tuesday, 20Jan2015 Filed in: tellus⭐︎ modern adult pagans
Tuesday
Tuesday, 20Jan2015 Filed in: site news
My answer to certain Christian fundys who just happen to be blood relations. Things have gotten better since then. We even talk most of the time.
Read More...Semi-hermit
Tuesday, 06Jan2015 Filed in: modern adult pagans⭐︎ thinking by blogging
