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In Response to Del's; Struggle

Reblogged from The Infinite Battle:

This is in response to Del's post. It is amazing, Del's post.

This reminds me of a lot of recent issues. Honestly, they're things I won't do, but the fact that they're TEMPTING to do, just because of the online community proves what is wrong with it. It proves what Del says.

I'm new. Bloody 8 months new born polytheist. People I know personally have been in this for 15+ years.

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If you read Del's post on this topic, this follow-up/response/companion piece is a must-read. If you *haven't* read Del's recent post, it doesn't *really* matter which you read first or second, but read them both. This shit is important, maybe the most important thing(s) about the broader spirit-work world that I've seen written in the past year.

We Can Learn A Lot From Things That Annoy Us, Or What I Figured Out About The Proliferation Of Loki's Wives Online

Reblogged from Sex, Gods, and Rock Stars:

I can't lie: some of us old, crotchety spirit workers and godspouses find a lot of the blogs from new Loki's wives kind of annoying.

It's not a nice or kind thing to say, but it's true. I find myself in at least three or four conversations a week where someone - a Lokean, a Godspouse, a Spirit Worker, or just some random person with too much time on their hands, reading Tumblr - comes to me to gripe, ask mean questions about, or even just to point and laugh at some Loki's Spouses' blog.

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Del has written a challenging and beautiful post about authenticity in our own experiences of the divine and the spiritual, through the lens of a powerful and at times problematic trend in the spirit work world. You may or may not agree with everything he says (for the record, I do), but it's worth the read regardless.

Connecting With Christian Ancestors

Reblogged from Sarenth Odinsson's Blog:

My thanks to Sannion who prompted this post with his own.

I have been working with my Ancestors pretty closely going on about four years now.  In that time a pair of ancient Ancestors, one a Disir, a powerful female Ancestors, and the other a Vater (German word meaning 'father' which I use in place of 'alfar' which can also mean 'elf') have come forward to guide me in my Work.  

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Easily one of the more moving and powerful things about ancestor Work and worship that I've read in a very long time.

Gay binational couple commit suicide within a week of each other

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The suicide of this couple should be blamed squarely on the laws of the United States that specifically excludes gay spouses 

By Melanie Nathan, March 11, 2013.

Wilfried Knight may be remembered as yet another adult industry porn star who happened to commit suicide; but there is much more and so that is not the reason we should remember him or how he died.  

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I don't even know what to say about this. It's the tragic consequence of DOMA, and Clinton, Gingrich and the rest should atone for all the misery they've caused (but they won't)

A Transgender Child Understanding Themselves Is Not Like You Wishing You Were An Astronaut

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Don’t you just love it when people pull this little analogy out when the topic of transgender children comes up? “Hell, I wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up, so this is the same thing. He has boy chromosomes, so he’s a boy. That is a FACT!” Yeah, I’ll get to the chromosome thing in a later post because that requires a little more thought to declare it bunk and I’m tired this morning.

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No, being a trans* child is in fact NOTHING like wanting to grow up to be an astronaut, and the fabulous Michelle from Michellelianna breaks down exactly why.
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