#pagan culture is

[our-pagan-experience]

ex-Christian pagan culture is saying “oh my god” without ever meaning it toward your deity whatsoever—you’ve just gotten in the habit of saying it and have yet to break it.

#pagan #pagan culture #pagan culture is #paganism #pagan experience #our pagan experience #mod post

[pagan-culture-iz]

Norse pagan culture is your paganism being appropriated by white supremacists and now you're always doubting whether someone is pagan or a nazi

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#pagan culture is #norse pagan #pagan #paganblr #paganism #pagan community #pagan blog #pagans of tumblr

[pagan-witch-culture-is]

witch culture is crying when the tarot cards call you out and/or point out something you refused to acknowledge

#witchblr #witch culture is #witchcraft #witches of tumblr #culture is blog #pagan culture is #pagan wicca #pagan witch #pagan witch culture is #witch community #witchraft #culture is #witch culture #tarot divination #tarot cards #tarot deck #tarot readings #tarot witch

[themarchingbeetle]

#sprial #pagan #cottagecore #nature #photography #themarchingbeetle #woodland #art #plants #garden #goblin culture #mushrooms #witch #magicfolk

[zmijowka]

Hand painted second-hand leather gloves - inspired by old Slavic embroidery and traditional Balkan tattoos

#custom clothing #slavic #slavic culture #slavic folklore #slavic art #slavic witch #slavic paganism #pagan art

[sag-dab-sar]

There is no such thing as a beginner deity.

There is no necessary changes you need to make to your life in order to worship a deity.

There is no psychological preparation that needs to be done.

You don't need to break a habit. Reframe your psyche. Finish medical treatment. Reach a life 'milestone'. in order to worship a deity.

If anything you should approach a deity to help you through these things.

Learning the religion can occur at the same time as worship. They can be parallel events.

You can begin worshipping a deity the day you read this. There is no future point in time where you will somehow be more ready to approach a deity.

You are already ready.

Edit: *excluding closed cultures

#polytheism #paganism #hellenic polytheism #helpol #levpag #excluding closed cultures obviously

[n1ghtm4r3-p01s0n]

Calling Emo/Scene Artists!

I know a few of us are into Paganism, witchcraft, the occult and divination and I just had a thought.

What if a bunch of us worked on a free to print tarot card set with a style similar to the 2000s? Think like;

What do y’all think? Think it could be a worthwhile idea/project? (If there’s a good level of response, I’ll begin planning/organising.) UPDATE: Project is launched! Check this post here (https://www.tumblr.com/curs3d-d1v1n3/746147431961509888/cursed-divine-artist-sign-up-form?source=share) for more information. Can't wait to work with you all!

#emo #emocore #scene #alternative #scenecore #scemo #rawr x3 #rawr xd #rawring 20s #rawr :3 #rawring twenties #rawr means i love you in dinosaur #rawrrr #rawrz #scenemo #scene kid #emo kid #emo subculture #scene subculture #emo culture #scene culture #y2k emo #y2k scene #paganism #occultism #witchcraft #divination #tarot #pop punk #punk

[creature-wizard]

The main reason it's important to be at least somewhat literate in historical paganism and folk magic isn't so you can make your own practice exactly like it; it's to be able to recognize when someone is making historically inaccurate claims, because "asserting made-up shit about history as real fact" is a sign you're possibly looking at a cult and/or scam.

For the same reason, it's a good idea to be somewhat literate in pop culture media. Because being able to look at something a person is trying to pass off as Genuine Ancient Tradition or something and recognize that it's nothing like anything people actually believed or did back in Ye Olden Times but it sure as heck resembles something from a popular TV show or TTRPG is a valuable discernment skill.

#paganism #pagan #witchcraft #witchblr #discernment #cults #red flag #red flags #spiritual red flags #spiritual red flag #media #popular media #pop culture

[tygerland]

Pierre Commoy & Gilles Blanchard Mercury (2001)

#pierre et gilles #kitsch #mercury #hermes #lit #roman mythology #gods #pagan #2000s #culture #art #mythology #queer history #gilles blanchard #pierre commoy #male beauty #guys #male model #muscle #men #💪

[vyvilha]

rusalki are not mermaids. stop translating the word "rusalka" as "mermaid" and stop calling rusalki "slavic mermaids". it's confusing, it's misleading, and it's simply isn't true. the association of rusalka with a western mermaid and undine began in 19th century, when russian empire poets wanted to adapt a popular western motif of a sorrowful water maid that is unrequitedly in love with a mortal man. this literature character of rusalka has nothing to do with actual rusalki folklore and cult.

rusalki are natural undead spirits that are connected to slavic ancestral worship. they don't have tails. they are not in any way connected to the sea: only lakes, ponds, and rivers. often, they're not even connected to water at all: there are forest rusalki, field rusalki, meadow rusalki, etc. they are in close relationships with their human kin: during the spring and summer, they are used in agricultural rites and are believed to help with farming and raising crops. rusalki were sacred to slavic people. the "week of the rusalki" festival, when rusalki are believed to walk on earth and visit their relatives, is celebrated to this day. to call them "slavic mermaids" is very diminutive of their actual role in slavic cultures.

#slavic mythology #slavic paganism #slavic folklore #ancestral worship #ancestral veneration #ukrainian folklore #ukrainian culture #rusalky #rusalka

[our-pagan-experience]

Pagan culture is seeing posts that are 100% related to witchcraft and NOT paganism with #pagan hashtag

YES. ITS SO FUCKING ANNOYING

#pagan #pagan culture #pagan culture is #paganism #pagan experience #our pagan experience #jezzebel

[pagan-culture-iz]

Welcome to Pagan culture is! The culture blog where pagans and folk practitioners can share experiences!

Rules:

No dissing other religions, especially historically oppressed ones like Judaism

No hating on other’s practices if said practices are respectful of others cultures and lives

No “there are no closed practices” bullshits. Fuck outta here with that

Must be a folk practitioner or a pagan to submit culture asks

Asks must start with “____ culture is” if you are submitting a culture ask

I reserve the right to not answer any asks I don’t want to, regardless of reason

No folkism/volkism (the belief that in open practices only the people from that background can practice. Again, open practices.)

Questions about paganism are fine, even if they aren’t from practitioners! Just please no disrespect!

Have fun!!!

#pagan #paganblr #paganism #pagans of tumblr #pagan blog #pagan community #norse pagan #hellenic pagan #pagan witch #pagan culture is #folk magic #folk practitioner #witchblr

[pagan-witch-culture-is]

witch culture is restarting your grimoire or book of shadows a few times before youre actually satisfied with it

#its okay to redo it a lot #witch culture is #witchblr #witchcraft #culture is blog #witches of tumblr #witch community #pagan culture is #pagan witch #pagan witch culture is #culture is #witch stuff #witches #witch #witchcraft culture is #beginning witchcraft #witch culture #witch blog #witch vibes #witchcore #grimoire #book of shadows #witch tips #spellwork #witchcraft 101

[llyfrenfys]

See, I personally find this quest to find pagan/pre-Christian elements in Welsh/Irish literature quite unnerving - I don't know about anyone else.

There's something to be said about genuinely discovering pre-Christian elements in a narrative or story and that being where evidence and study has led you. But I see some people on this fruitless quest to find pagan elements in very Christian texts and sometimes it feels like if no pagan elements can be found, people start making stuff up out of whole cloth - and that can be very dangerous for already not-well known texts in minoritised languages!

There's already so much misinformation out there about Irish/Welsh texts and literature in general - so it hurts to see people carelessly adding to the misinformation either out of ignorance or lack of respect for the source material.

I promise you the source material being Christian doesn't ruin it - you can in fact, enjoy these myths without making them into something they're not!

#I feel like general ire towards (particularly) colonial Christianity has informed how people think of and view anything that is associated #with Christianity - and ire towards some of the ills committed in the name of Christianity is very valid actually #but what it isn't is approaching any text written in a Christian context and immediately disregarding it for having anything unique or #insightful to say. And in a Celtic languages context #this can be especially othering and almost fetishistic of an imagined pagan Ireland and Wales which was 'covered up' by Christianity #and that desire for people outside of Ireland and Wales to impose a kind of 'pagan faerie culture' onto the modern countries directly feeds #into false depictions of Ireland and Wales as 'lost in time' or as magical places full of latent pagan culture &c. which can be really #damaging in its own way against people who live in Wales or Ireland or who speak Welsh or Irish #this goes for other Celtic speaking nations too like Scotland Brittany Isle of Man and Cornwall #But Wales and Ireland tend to be the most focused on for this kind of treatment #luke's originals #Welsh #Wales #Cymblr #Irish #Ireland #welsh mythology #irish mythology #irish literature #welsh literature #Arthurian legends #arthurian literature

[sag-dab-sar]

Dear pagans, polytheists, and witches:

It is okay to celebrate Christmas.

Its okay to celebrating it as a non-Christian.

But you HAVE to accept and admit that it is a culturally Christian holiday.

In many culturally Christian countries you have to be cognizant of how Christmas is elevated above other religion's holidays.

Stop claiming every aspect of it is something stolen from ancient societies: bringing in trees, decorating with lights, gift giving— or whatever else you attribute to the "paganness" of Christmas with no legitimate sources.

Christmas was not stolen from the ancients and you cannot "reclaim it" by spreading pseudo-historical bullshit.

Just admit you will celebrate a culturally Christian holiday— its okay to admit that and move on.

[Edit: see my reblog of this for some basic sources to begin with]

[Edit 2: More info]

[Edit 3: I wrote a post about why you should accept/admit it as Culturally Christian and now that its Dec 25 I'mma just shut off reblogs for this, if you celebrated Christmas I hope you enjoyed it.]

#polytheism #paganism #helpol #witchcraft #occultism #hellenic polytheism #cultural christianity #pagan #witch #christmas #xmas holiday

[palaeosinensis]

The pleistocene wolf skull card from my maybe-maybe-not oracle deck.

#art #drawing #palaeo #palaeosinensis #digital art #illustration #painting #skull #skulls #vulture culture #pagan #tarot #oracle #oracle cards #oracle deck #ice age #pleistocene #paleontology #fossil