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So my friend and I had a conversation awhile back, see, I felt I couldn’t have an altar because I didn’t have the space for it at the time. I didn’t know you could literally make an altar out of a mint can back then, and basically my friend sent me a video of a pagan explaining that wearing something you associate with the deity would be a non physical offering

So now that I live with my dad, who’s very much against witchcraft and paganism, I have to be careful.

So I got flower hair clips to secure my headscarves in place to represent Demeter, and the headscarves I picked out all had flower designs to represent Persephone.

I’m also planning on making devotional jewelry to The Morrigan, because tbh from an outfit uneducated perspective, it would just look like gotchic jewelry

The video that my friend sent me tho was not a reliable source, and during the conversation we had a disagreement as well. So I wanted to ask here.

How does one "hide"in big cities or dangerous places to us? ive been asked by my spirits to do more workings on behalf of others in my country lately and have to be outdoors for much of it and im drawing too much attention.

Some of my pagan friends have just bought their iwn house and im looking to get them a house warming gift. Im thinking of getting them either a hawthorne tree or an elder tree for their garden as they like to forage and i know they like to forage from those 2 types of tree inparticular. However, i know there can be bad omens and taboos around gifting hawthorne. Can anyone give me some advice on the customs and symbolisms behind both trees and suggest which would be the better gift to give?

Is there a goddess or fae (idek if the fae have known names)with an epithet of Night Mother? I know Nyx and Nuit, have their domains as like night time. But any others?

I had a really interesting dream last night. I was traveling somewhere and I was in my room alone. Weather was warm and the room had a salmon color with some golden decorations.

In the dream I was naked in bed trying to fall asleep and I had this feeling overcoming me of not being alone.
I turn around to the side of the bed and I see a blue woman with red lips, black hair, and blue skin. I was not scared but surprised. I blink and she’s gone.

Suddenly I turn my head and she’s at the feet of the bed. I think she might had had her breasts exposed and I feel so much desire for her (funny bc I’m gay) and then it becomes blurry but I am pretty confident we had sex.

Any ideas who this figure could be? I remember asking something to Kali months ago but I’m not confident it was her. I did not have any feelings of fear. And other than her being beautiful and having royal blue skin she looked like a ‘normal’ human.

I am part Mongolian, my mom is half, and my grandfather was fully Mongolian. I think Tengrism is incredibly beautiful and really cool, and I want to practice it. I’m pretty sure it’s a closed religion tho, so idk if I can.

My mom doesn’t really acknowledge her Mongolian side (she refers to herself as white) and I never met my grandfather- plus he was an atheist, he never practiced himself.

So would it be alright for me to practice, or would it be disrespectful?

(please don’t give any “yah yah yah closed practices aren’t a thing do what you want!!” because that’s just not true)

thank you!!!

Hey y’all

I had a lovely dream today where a male, nature, warrior god appeared to me. He showed himself wearing a metal helmet with elk size antlers that covered his entire head except for his mouth. He was also wearing armor and a cape/ robe.

I thought this may be Cernunnos due to the fact I went into the forest to find him and the very prominent horns. However this being struck me as more of a warrior type. Anyone have a lead as to who it might be?

Asking not for a friend, but for myself. I wanna join a real cult where everyone wears hoods and does the whole "bring about the end of the world" but unironically.

This is just out of curiosity:

I’m wondering if anyone feels their city, either: home, current, or both has a patron god. This would, for obvious reasons, be UPG, but given that many here will live in areas that the Theoi were never worshipped, I feel like this could be an interesting thought project, and [who knows] might even help with your praxis, if you’d never tried to imagine it yourself.

For me personally, I’ll give my hometown, I feel like Memphis [Tennessee] is patronized by Apollon. My reasoning being: it’s bright warm summers, it’s intrinsic connection to music (as well as how many artist began/ended their careers here), it’s ties to Ancient Egypt (self appointed) which would synchronize well with Ra, and a few other personal reasons.

I haven’t given my current home much thought, just since I haven’t lived here long, but (being a Southerner) I could also see Birmingham [Alabama] being tied heavily to Hephaistos, New Orleans [Louisiana] being patronized by Dionysus (I actually think arguments could be made to synchronize Mardi Gras to him), and Atalanta [Georgia] being tied to it’s namesake and to a greater extent Athene. These are just my opinions, but I’d love to hear any of your’s.

ETA: I’d love to hear if any Memphians agree with me too

For safety reasons I won't disclose my specific location.

Hi im a native African, and I'm a Pagan! I was born into my religion, taught by my grandmother and mother who were taught by their grandmothers and mothers.

I've been down-low, I've been open about it, I preached about it but i also kept quiet. I welcomed people in, taught people and been taught by people.

I worship the Gods and honor them through ritual and will continue to like any other pagan in the rest of the world, AS ME ANYTHING!

For context, ive always been an athiest and very anti religion (due to various things), but recently have become fascinated with paganism. Whether its because i love folk horror movies like the wicker man, or because ive started to rewatch merlin, i just find myself completely fascinated by it. Im from england and have always wanted to know more about this side of my countries history.

Are there any good beginner books/youtube videos/documentaries that i could delve into? Where is a good place to begin when learning about paganism?

I've seen three post threads in as many days devolve into arguing over "christopaganism". There is a subreddit for that, but I think it's overwhelming clear that this particular community has no desire to interact with Christians trying to convert us.

The current rules say [under Important Additions]

> On this note, we make no claims as to the legitimacy of groups such as christopagans and similar. We do however request that you respect our spaces and do not flood them with Christian imagery.

And frankly I think that should be fine, but unfortunately some people are very clearly not getting the memo.

If people want to engage with paganism, they can engage on this subreddit. If they want to engage with Christianity, they can engage with it elsewhere.

im a devotee of a few different pantheons, mainly hellenic and hindu, and to hellenic gods i sometimes offer honey as libation. whenever i do, i tip the whole jar, and there's always some honey that drips down through the glass from the return motion; i always run my finger through it, bring it to my mouth and eat it, and it tastes sooo good. it's seriously divine, lol. taking the same amount, of the same honey, on a spoon or even emulating the dripping without the offering doesn't hit the same. it's like ambrosia. i call it "honey of the gods", it's like if the platonic idea of the ideal honey became real.

for those who consume a portion of your offerings afterwards, do you feel it tastes better, too?

We both practice magic and share polytheistic beliefs. We met years ago as Wiccans and have sort of shared a spiritual journey together

She has always been very open minded and has started to associate with a local group that identify as "xenopagans".

They basically use AI for everything. They are obsessed with chat bots and use them for divination, spells, pretty much anything you can think of. They also tell her she can speak directly to any deity by asking a chat bot

Its getting weird, and shes developed a somewhat nasty attitude where she says I am too "traditional". Because of this i don't mention it anymore

They all seem to stick closely together and apparently have to share everything they do with AI to make sure no one is working against them

While it could just be a weird group of people and not anything serious, I know a lot about AI and it causing psychosis. To me this seems like an open invitation

How can i address my concerns without her getting guarded or angry?​

Hi friends this is my question, i found a guy asking it while i was looking in semitic paganism sub but he didnt had any answer so i liked ask it here

There are specific names for Caananite,Phoenician, Aramean,Philistean and Arab religions? I know worship of Assyrian & Babylonian Pantheons are sometimes called "Ashurism" and "Mardukism" in the same way with IE we had Hetanism, Vedism,Hellenism,Religio Romana,Perunism,Asatru, Druidism,etc

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So... Since becoming a pagan how do you feel about videos that go to popular "haunted" locations?

I'm curious because I used to be a big fan of Sam & Colby, since becoming a pagan and learning my path though I now dislike this type of content. I used to watch it as it gave me a sense of thrill. Now I just feel like someone who is educated in a subject watching misinformation being spread. I'm not talking about specifically Sam & Colby but just the whole thing itself. I'm not saying that all are people who fake this just for views but I find it quite disappointing for the ones who do this.