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feel free to reblog or comment why !

#interesting that it's somewhat close to a 50/50 split!

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🐎 Subtle Odin Worship 🐺

Educate yourself on Norse runes and their meanings; if you can/want, make your own runes using subtle items, such as bottle caps or playing cards (write the runes on them)

Study for school; do homework

Be curious about the world around you; be willing to learn about it

Research and learn about random topics that interest you

Have a candle that reminds you of him (no altar needed)

Keep a picture of him in your wallet

Have a stuffed animal wolf, raven, or horse

Have imagery of spears, the world tree, or the Valknut around

Wear jewelry that reminds you of him

If you're disabled, be kind to your body and yourself; have patience with yourself

Take care of yourself physically

Educate yourself on Norse/Viking history; learn about world history in general

Think of outside the box solutions to problems

Keep a journal of self-written works, such as poetry or short stories

Try your hand at developing new skills; do things you've never done before

Improve and practice already learned skills

Engage in activities that stimulate your brain

Practice standing up for yourself; assert your personal boundaries

Make a list of your personal strengths and accomplishments; take pride in yourself

Support animal sanctuaries and refuges

Volunteer at a homeless shelter

Try to have a more nuanced perspective of the world and other people

Have an alcoholic drink, especially mead; if you can't do this, drink something you love; raise a glass to him

Eat a good, hardy meal, especially meats; eat three meals a day

Work on communication skills; practice healthy forms of communication

Practice mindfulness

Learn non-obvious forms of divination; cartomancy, pyromancy, shufflomancy, etc.

Read about Norse mythology, especially Odin's many adventures and experiences

Honor your ancestors; learn about your family history

Take time to yourself, even just to decompress; work hard but remember to rest

Write down your dreams; try to interpret them

Feed any local crows or ravens

Support veteran organizations

Be considerate towards veterans; don't light fireworks in neighborhoods, don't set off weapons near neighborhoods, don't ask about war stories unless prompted by the veteran, etc.

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May add more later! For the time being, this is my list of ways to discreetly worship Odin. Take care, everyone, and I hope this helps someone! 🩵

Link to my Subtle Worship Master list

#you know this is a good list when several of these items are things he constantly encourages me to do 💜 #odin

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christians and catholics will say “thank god he favors me unlike those people out there suffering. he deserves praise” and think there’s nothing wrong with that statement

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shoutout to my disabled gods out there (hephaestus, týr, höðr, etc). y'all are so cool. isn't it so cool that there are gods like this????

#and Odin too ❤️❤️

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Friendly reminder that:

The concept of starseeds promotes ableism by minimizing or denying ADHD and autism.

The ancient astronaut hypothesis promotes spiritual colonialism and destruction of other cultures by twisting other people's mythologies and sacred texts to fit their narratives.

The reptilian alien mythology is based on conspiracy theories historically used to justify oppressing and murdering real people. Loosh/blood/adrenochrome harvesting is just repackaged blood libel.

New Age mythology is chock full of repackaged right wing conspiracy theories, the same kind pushed by QAnon.

It's also full of repackaged racist pseudoscience about genetic superiority/inferiority and the function of evolution.

Ascension to 5D was supposed to have happened back in 2012, and the prediction failed.

New Agers are recycling their predictions over and over to catch new waves of people who don't know the movement's history.

Belief in Atlantis is strongly motivated by white supremacy.

For more info, see:

Looks like it's time to talk about starseeds and the New Age movement again.

How the mythology of starseeds, indigo children, crystal children, rainbow children, etc. harms kids

New Age YouTube channel caught recycling claims of imminent "first contact" for three years

Is the spiritual person a conspiracy theorist? A list of red flags

What is spiritual eugenics?

New Age beliefs that derive from racist pseudoscience

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An abusive piece of shit got what was coming for them today. Escaped an abusive relationship back in February, even though I did so safely it was still scary. I feel validated, but I don't feel any happier either- this person is hoarding weapons now and is showing signs of being a danger to society (it's being dealt with and reported to police as I type this). However I am worried about the safety of friends who also broke up with this abuser. Statistically speaking the most dangerous time is when the survivor is leaving and I am dealing with so much anxiety over the fact that I don't want to see my cherished friends in my polycule turn into a local news story. Wish I lived closer to them so I could provide safe harbor.

Definitley going to pray tonight for protection. I need my deities around me for comfort right now.

Send good vibes my way if you can, I really need it😞

#negative #abuse cw #domestic violence cw

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Remember,

You are a practicing pagan. You don't have to do spell work everyday. You don't have to talk to your deities everyday. You don't have to spend every waking second focusing on your practice to be a valid pagan.

Your valid. No matter how often you're able to work with your deities. No matter how often you do spell work. No matter if you dedicate little or big things to your practice.

You make an effort once in awhile and thats more than enough. Save your spoons, it's ok.

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Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they won't care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but are unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.

- Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE)

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🐈‍⬛🫀 FREYJA 🌷🗡️

Norse goddess of love, war, fertility, sex, magic, lady of gold and amber. She rides a chariot pulled by cats. Her sacred animals are cats, boar, falcons.

#freyja

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comic about content

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listen. you're going to be surrounded by doors. more doors than you know what to do with. three actually. and there will be a man there. probably in a suit, but the kind that makes him look like a piece of meat they put into a hotdog casing every morning. they slid him into that suit like a half-domesticated animal. don't pay attention to the suit yet. because he's going to ask you something.

he's going to point to the doors and say there's a brand new car for you behind one of them. focus. i know the doors are too close for there to be a car behind them. that isn't the point. you're going to need to choose the door. which door it is doesn't matter.

because that guy? the hot dog man with the bright smile and dull eyes? he's going to open one of the other doors. and there will be nothing behind it, because that's the name of the game. and he's going to ask you whether you want to stick with your original choice or not. there's a script to this, i assure you. no, don't turn around. they don't want you looking at the script. just pay attention to my voice.

now this next part is critical. it's a numbers game, and people are named after figuring this out. famous problems and all that.

so when he's busy focusing on the doors, you're going to take his wallet.

#hermes #odin #you ever see something that shares their joint energy? yeah this is it 💀

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yes, trans people you can work with Aphrodite

yes, people who currently self harm or are in recovery can work with Aphrodite

yes, nonbinary people can work with Aphrodite

and so on and so forth

she is the goddess of beauty, she doesn’t care about how you look now as long as you find a way to love yourself eventually

you all are beautiful, even if you don’t think so

she loves you and your body, even if you hate it more than yourself

#the fact that some people say otherwise makes my blood boil tbh #if you're trying to gatekeep a deity bc someone is trans you're just as repugnant as an evangelical xtian #you're also being extremely disrespectful to the gods as well #don't let other people tell you that you can't worship this goddess because you are trans #that is a load of garbage and whoever says that is a controlling abusive piece of shit #to gatekeep the goddess representing the purest love in all of its forms is sick and cruel #Aphrodite is for THE PEOPLE. ALL.

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ECLIPSE CELEBRATION

Digital Illustration by Christina Bencina

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#palestine #genocide #violence

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Remembering the time I joked in the tags about Hermes being the weed man for Dionysus, and then had one of my then followers actually take precious time out of the day to DM me and say "umm Dionysus *himself* found this offensive so I'm going to ask you to delete this and apologize"

And this my friends is how you exercise thought control and weaponize personal opinions disguised as divine messaging! I don't think the gods are personally stalking my tumblr page Karen 😹

#pagan #thought control #also my guy maybe take a hit and Calm Down

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op turned off reblogs on this post for safety reasons but gave me permission to repost it because it's an important message.

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Awakening by Prosper D'Épinay (1873)

#aphrodite