One of my favorite authors of all time is Robert Heinlein. I discovered his books the year after he died, and I read them voraciously throughout my teenage years. Through his books, I learned about things as varied as being resourceful and self-reliant, the value of honor and integrity, libertarianism and voluntaryism (though I didn’t […]
Category Archives: Religion
Aspecting Loki
I didn’t write about this the first time because it was such a new experience. I’m still processing it, a bit. The whole idea of aspecting is something relatively new to me since joining group rituals with my current church, something I read about but never really practiced. When I was solitary, I communed with […]
Those Daily Devotions
Yesterday my teachers asked me how my daily devotions and my relationship with Loki were going. I never know how to answer open-ended questions like that on the spot, but they do make me think. I didn’t have anything resembling a daily devotional practice until last year, when I received my first degree and finally […]
I Want to Dance
As Tamara moves into her cheer career and I’ve been posting pictures and comments, one of the more frequent sentiments I’ve heard from my friends is along the lines of, “Imagine you involved with cheerleading! That’s so unlike you!” At first, I laughed along with them and agreed. And then I realized that was wrong. […]
The Little Ways We Lead Ourselves Astray
When I was growing up, I loved reading stories that had anything to do with babies and motherhood. I remember reading about the coming-of-age ritual of wearing your hair up in the Little House books, and wishing I had something like that to mark a transition for myself. I remember stories of girls who cared […]
Community
I grew up Baptist and Presbyterian. I have nothing but fond memories of my church communities. I remember Sunday school: coloring pictures, memorizing verses and books and stories, watching videos, putting on plays for special holidays, learning little kid songs about the faith, teachers reading us stories while acting them out on a felt board. […]
Carving Horn
I have been practicing my nalbinding skills as part of my devotional work this year. One day, perhaps I will make socks and mittens. For now, I am making sampler wristbands so that I can practice lots of different stitches and see the fabrics they make. I’ve heard that nalbinding is all but impossible to […]
Working With Loki
I have put off this post for several weeks. Despite all the writing I’ve done here up to this point, I am still very shy and nervous about discussing my beliefs and practices. It is hard for me to own my religious experiences, for me to stand up for them instead of continuing to be […]
What it was like at Con
Last weekend I attended my fourth major pagan event ever, my second year at ConVocation and my second time altogether staying the entire weekend for a festival. Most of the weekend I had this little girl voice in the back of my head, repeating in a hushed, awed voice, “This has been going on the […]
A Prayer for Loki
Hail Loki, Bringer of mischief and magic I see you, hiding in the shadows I feel you, lurking in the corners of chance and mystery I long for you, when my life has grown still I worship you, when you bring the gift of change Never a dull moment is what I’ve always said Because […]