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What do you all think about the antisemitism issue in the Pagan community on Twitter? I genuinely cannot find a single Pagan account that isn’t advocating for all Jews (usually Christians as well) to be wiped out of Europe. Is this really just my algorithm? Or have any of you experienced this type of person IRL? If so, what are they like? Do you think they’re a real threat?

i was born into and raised in an extremist islamic cult. i mean cult literally as theyre different from the average muslims. so much so that the cult activity got my father and others in the cult sent into prison multiple times. once i had my egg cracked while the cult was on the side of 'kill all trans people', the realisation that this cult has been pretty damn abusive dawned on me. ive spent so long after that to get rid of all the cult remains in my mind. ive been an atheist since i left the cult ideology about one year ago.

it started with me getting witchcraft posts on my pinterest feed. then pagan posts on instagram. then out of nowhere randomly i got the idea to study astrology, which i never believed in due to the cult rating it as 'satanistic' for some reason. i started learning about astrology and watching the stars and moon. for the past month or so ive been extremely existensal as well and used astrology as a distraction. sometimes being existensal made me sleepless for nights, terrified, feeling as if im going crazy. the last straw that got me was the realisation that i always believed in some form of energy but never actually said it. but i do. i am an extremely science oriented person, i study STEM as well, but i always believed that there is a form of energy that exists that our level of science cant understand yet but i never realised i thought this way.

i know these are small things, not like a huge sign, but its been dwelling in my mind. i feel like im going crazy. how did you get into paganism? what made you believe and work with the deities you do? or am i just being weird??

I’d like to ask those who worship gods of Mesoamerican Paganism a question: How do you perform pre-ritual purification in your practices? No matter how much I search through the sources available to me, I can't find anything. I would appreciate some help.

What would a country under (Hellenistic) paganism look like would it be one of the greatest one of the worst and would you personally like it?

Hi everyone. I’ll try to keep this brief. I live in the US and thus have laws allowing religious exemptions. My workplace has recently created a policy that requires AI use for several reasons, though none are needed to perform my job. Some of my practice focuses on the Earth and doing everything I can to minimize the impact I have on it. Due to AI’s incredible level of harm to the Earth, I am against it for several reasons, including religion. I am planning to bring this up with my superiors soon and request a religious exemption from AI use. Has anyone else done anything similar? If so (or if not), I would love some advice on how to go about this. Thank you in advance!

Basically this, i wanted ask if they were Æsir Gods or Vanir ones, since i wanted know it and cant find info about them, pls help me if you have info

Hello, I have questions that I need answers to. I had made a post some time ago about Sepheranz, I am not sure if it is still up anywhere, and I believe it was also on a different account. Where someone had answered some questions of mine through comments, and private messaging, but now I have more that I really want to be answered.

Something that the person said was that someone was found dead shortly after insulting Sepheranz. Was there any correlation at all/any reason to believe that she killed that person who insulted her? What happened to that person that died after insulting her? How long was it before they died? What kind of insult was it? Was the person a nonbeliever, a worshipper, a believer, something else? I do apologize, I just need a reason to believe there was no correlation.

Would she kill and or do something to someone if they;

Insult her/say something negative about her in real life

Insult her/say something negative about her through fiction, wether through an inspired character, just writing her into the fiction, or through a reptile/snake character and or deity character,

Insult her/say something negative about her through other things such as music and or song, etc.

Laugh at her

Insult her/say something negative about her through intrusive/unwanted/involuntary thoughts that one would not mean at all

Insult her/say something negative about her through over thinking and having thoughts that they maybe mean that could be upsetting and or insulting to her

Say or do something that one's brain later says was supposed to be a way to insult her/say something negative about her

What would happen if one were to anger her?

Harmed and or killed a fictional snake of any kind. Such a a character, just a snake, themed and or related. Would something g happen if one did that in general or meant it as an insult towards her? What is one did that in real life? What if one did it in/ through fiction and or real life, and did not mean it as a way to insult her at all in any way shape and or form. I would never mean that at all in any way shape and or form it is just a question.

Would any of this change if if one meant it as an insult and or something else negative towards her or not, such as through unwanted and or intrusive thoughts? What if someone was testing it out to see if something would happen at all in some way shape and or form at all?

Would one know if they were to be punished by Sepheranz in any way shape and or form at all? Would it be completely unknown, more subtle, or known/ obvious to the person and or people?

Would anything happen to others in one's life at all in any way shape and or form at all? Would they be affected and or effected at all in any way shape and or form at all?

This may be updated with more question in the future in this post and or in the comments.

Have a blessed day!

For a little bit of background information, I am a 28 y/o female, and I am also a funeral director and embalmer.

For years, I have struggled with religion. Christianity left a very bad taste in my mouth, and I sort of swore off religion as a whole for a very long time. However, when I started going through mortuary school and then embalming through my apprentice years, into my profession, I have started to feel what I think might be Anubis calling out to me.

First of all, Anpu has been all over my textbooks and my study programs. I see his image constantly. On top of that, I am continually dreaming about him, along with things symbolically linking to him (a pharaoh dog with golden eyes in my last dream, for instance. Gold eyes that stared into my soul as I held the calm dog’s face in my hands). I keep finding trinkets/art made of him in very strange places—at a tourist shop in rural NY of all places. Not a spot I would expect to see Anpu.

On top of this, after praying to him for a few months, I am starting to notice that my embalming abilities are improving rapidly. My preps are turning out wonderful, and I am feeling so much more confident in my ability. I wear a prayer bracelet with him on it daily now, as I just feel that maybe he is a presence with me.

What do you guys think? I was curious if there were any other embalmers out there who have felt a strong pull to him. This feels really crazy to me, because I haven’t felt remotely religious in over a decade, and now suddenly, Anubis is beginning to feel very real.

Greetings and Salutations!

I am concerned I might be forcing my beliefs onto my family and it’s given me anxiety.

I have a sibling under 10 who has been VERY interested in what I’m going (practice wise). Asking about statues, the mythology, asking if the Gods are real, what I’m doing Divination-wise.

When it came to asking whether or not the Gods were real my response has always been “Well, what do you think?” Aside from one time where I went “I believe in them, but you don’t have to”.

My sibling is so curious. Today I did divination with them because they saw I was doing it and wanted to try. Let them pick the cards out and everything while I interpreted them. I also gave them a pendulum. I am sick-to-my-stomach nervous that I’m forcing my beliefs onto them. They were so happy though. I’ve previously given them dice from my collection so they could roll yes-or-no answers because they enjoyed doing it so much.

I don’t mention it outside when they ask about it. I rarely talk about it to my parents (in part because they don’t really believe in the Gods), but I’m so scared it’s going to come across as me converting them.

Help? What should I do?

Edit: Thank you for all the responses! I was genuinely worried about forcing my beliefs onto my sibling, so it’s good to be assured I’m not.

It seems to me that Platonism (and Neoplatonism) is particularly popular; alongside that, Nietzsche exerts a certain influence, I’m thinking, for instance, of Alain de Benoist’s book. Heidegger, perhaps, to a lesser extent. In short, which philosopher influences you, and what do you think of the others ?

Hi,

I hope that this kind of post is not repetitive and I'm positive that my wording is going to be disorganised and unhelpful. I've looked in the wiki section and I'm still unsure of my footing. I guess I'm looking for both advice and kinship on this one.

I don't know what I am.

I was born in north east England, my hometown is littered with viking imagery and Norse language permeates my dialect (geordie). My ancestry is both Scottish and Irish. I now live in the south east of England and have gotten to know some pagans in this area.

I make a point of attending the solstice in the Lake District every year as well as Lindisfarne festival, I went to Beltane in Edinburgh this year with my partner as well as Clava Cairns in the Highlands, I feel SUCH an affinity for paganism, but I'm struggling with belief and community.

I'm a lifelong atheist and so I find myself yearning for some kind of logical underpinning or a singular text to draw from, something to read so that I know I'm 'doing it right'. But because there is no authoritative source, no unbroken line of pagan practice to visit and tap into, it all feels a little bit like trying to grasp smoke.

So far, I find that my thoughts have become quite solidly animistic, I find quite a strong affinity for the idea of Cernunnos despite the lack of depth written about him (I think this is because of my veganism, which does feel like a sacred creed for me) and my job role as a forest ranger is solidly aligned with sacred-earth beliefs.

But it feels performative. I don't think I'm currently confident enough to BE pagan until I understand it better. Does that make sense?

I'm sure I'm not alone here. I'd welcome some website or book recommendations. Watching more youtube videos of people talking about paganism whilst Nordic folk music plays in the background is not likely to help the feeling of just buying into an internet trend.

How did you shake the feeling of performativity?