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looking to relocate. where do the pagans live?

My daughter is looking for a witchy series similar to Sabrina the Teenage Witch. (We’ve read those few).

Would it be a problem to have moments of personal sexual pleasure in the same room where my altars are? My altars are in my bedroom (I live with my Christian parents) and I've been wondering if it would be offensive to have moments of personal sexual pleasure in front of the deities. I think they wouldn't mind, but I have this doubt.

What are some good starter love spells i could do? cheap and affordable please! i really want to do a love spell on this guy i like just to make sure i have a chance at anything but idk if that’s fucked up or how to even do it

My husband and I are expecting our first baby at the end of August, and as someone who just stepped onto this path about 2 years ago I'm thinking a lot lately about what it will look like to continue it as I step into a mother role.

So I have both a specific question and a general one.

My general one is just looking for other moms to share what their practice as a parent has looked like. Our baby is very much planned, but something I do worry about is losing myself to be a mom and nothing else. Maintaining my own interests and identity is important to me. However, as someone who had religion pushed on me by my grandparents I do not want to push him into any one path. Meaning I will of course not hide anything from him, but I don't want to raise intentionally him to follow Druidry or practice Witchcraft until he expresses himself that he wants to, if he does. So I think I'm just interested in stories about what motherhood looks like for you as a Druid, Pagan or Witch. Just hearing about other similar lived experiences i guess. I don't have many friends who are parents and have none who are parents and pagan or anything similar.

My more specific question is, a friend and I had been planning to do a proper Samhain celebration this year, so dumb supper, bonfire dancing, maybe some readings etc. with maybe a dozen people. At that point he will only be about 2 months old, if he isn't late. Of course there's the possibility I won't feel up for it, but if I do I'm wondering if anyone has done celebrations like this when they had newborns and what it looked like. When he's older I can visualize how it might look (though the silent supper may be a challenge for a long time), but with a brand new baby is it unrealistic to even consider still doing this?

I am especially interested in the goddess Freyja. I was looking for any books on Norse Paganism or maybe even Celtic. I am still trying to figure out what I feel more drawn to! Anything is great. Thank you 🌝

(also posted on newbie thread but felt perhaps a thread proper is best!)

Hello! I am new to practicing paganism, I have been non-religious my entire life and have recently wanted to seek this path. I am drawn to celtic/ gaelic gods, and the idea of animism and the Otherworld quite a bit. I find spirituality in the forest and through nature. I went on a long walk to find my faith the other day and was picking up trash as I went. I reached an old abandoned trail and had an encounter with a Doe that really felt almost otherworldy to me. I sat down to give her space and as she watched me and walked by, I felt appreciation and I felt love. I felt that this was the way the forest thanked me and acknowledged what im trying to do and what im trying to seek. The problem is, I can not find her name, I want to build a relationship with her and work with her. Through several days now of trying to do research, I can find no celtic/gaelic god that is represented by a Doe, specifically. When you first start, google and things will claim Flidais is that goddess and is like Athena but that is not true apparently. I did a deep research on her and read through all of her source texts and she isn't a goddess, just an important figure in one of the myths of celtic origin. She also represents cattle and milk more than anything. So, unfortunately, that idea is not attainable through that name despite what seemed to be talked about a few years ago. The pains of new discoveries of pagan gods haha

So, I of course looked at Cernunnos as an option, but he is not ever shown through the caring and gentle lens of a Doe. He is prosperity, the wilds and the underworld? So that leaves me uncertain of him as an option.

I am not opposed completely to the idea of an Eclectic path, but I truly am drawn to the forest and doing my practice through that lens. Any much more educated person have any insight? I would be ever grateful to have any kind of direction. Thank youuu!

some side thoughts to perhaps help:
I felt love as i saw the Doe, perhaps seeing in her a motherly feeling? When I was walking and thinking, I of course have my own lack of parents in my mind, so perhaps this god wanted to show that to me? Perhaps they could be a source of that "motherly" feeling I lack? I looked to see if The Morrigan would ever appear as a doe and im really unsure. I also never see her treated as a "gentle" and "motherly" figure.

lol this is so much text for this xD thank you for reading it all ❤️

TLDR: Seeking direction towards a goddess/god that would appear to me as a Doe or hind, Not Flidais as further research has separated that name from a deity and she is not of the forest but cows and milk.

Would anyone want to share and UPG on Isis/Aset? Is there any websites for devotees?

I'm a Hellenistic pagan and I worship mother nature and the Greek gods and goddesses. But for the past couple of months due to my severe depression and other mental health issues I have been unable to pray/worship constantly and I feel as if I have let them down and they no longer see me as there child :(

I’m trying to distinguish the difference between someone who “works with” or “worships” a god versus someone who calls themselves a devotee of a god. I’m sure being a devotee also means worshipping and working with a deity but what else does it entail? I tried researching it but didn’t find much and found a lot on Abrahamic devotion to god which is obviously not what I’m looking for. 😂

For example, I worship and work with Freyja and have for a few years now. She has helped me in many ways and also aids me in my spell work occasionally. Although she is the only deity I worship, I wouldn’t call myself a devotee. I don’t offer her stuff ritualistically every day for example.

As the title says, I'm in a constant state of receiving information of spirits.

I experience a lot with my clair senses, and am guided largely by a few spirits (I know this via their energies being nearby when I experience with my clair senses, and by the downloads I receive). I also gravitate heavily towards spirit work and will communicate with the local spirits via spirit boxes, dreams, etc. I haven't fully figured it out yet.

Is this normal? Your help is appreciated.

Thanks.

slight trigger warning? i’m a new HelPol and i have an altar for Apollo and i’ve been in the 110-120s in my weight for the past two years. i want to gain more weight but i still have a hard time with eating for some reason. i have been thinking of praying to Him to help me w my eating disorder recovery and i know He’s also the God of healing but im not really sure how much ED recovery is related to healing and i don’t wanna come to Him for the wrong things. i feel like this is a stupid question 😭

i’m a new Hellenic pagan and have heard mixed things ab the Gods. i’ve heard people say that they don’t love worshippers/devotees, i’ve heard people say that they DO love us, i’ve heard people say they aren’t their myths, i’ve heard people say they are. it’s REALLY confusing and it’s stressing me out.

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