#anarchopagan

[enchanted-wildflower]

An (anarcho-pagan) Solarpunk Phantasy

Imagine a city in some possible future. It’s a beautiful place, not so much because of the architecture or layout, but because there are growing things everywhere. It doesn’t look much like the cities of the past, but something more like a huge garden with buildings in it. Parts of it are completely forested and inhabited by wild animals. Others are given over to intensive crop cultivation. The rooftops and yards of every building are filled with vegetables and flowers. There are wells and streams of clean, clear water. In the large and open public squares, people of all types mingle freely to discuss local issues or daily events.

No two neighborhoods are the same: each has a distinctive personality and a different mix of cultures and religions. Not everyone is Pagan, but Pagan religious practices are fully accepted. Here and there throughout the city, you can see little shrines to different gods and spirits. There are sacred groves and holy trees, where people of any faith or no faith at all can go for spiritual renewal without fear of persecution.

The business of governing—if you want to call it that—is done on a neighborhood by neighborhood basis through directly democratic communes. Every person of every type has an equal voice, and an equal vote in the affairs of the commune. There are no bosses, although different people exercise leadership in different circumstances on an as-needed basis.

There is always work to do, from tending the vegetables or making clothing to keeping the streets clean or teaching the children, but there is no one forcing you to work for someone else’s profit. Everyone contributes in whatever way seems best to the individual, and everyone shares in the city’s wealth. There is no charge for food, or for a place to live, or for necessary health care. When there is a need for exchange, people treat it as an exchange of gifts.

People aren’t alienated from each other, they live and work together in close proximity. If you have something you have to do, there is never any question that someone will watch the children. People sing while they work, or tell stories or jokes. As evening falls, people dance and socialize.

The lifestyle of the city is in some ways a simple one, not reliant on the constant use of high technology, but it isn’t anti- technological. Technological knowledge is used extensively, but only in ways that will not disrupt the basic health and balance of the city’s ecosystem.

Capitalism fell—perhaps hundreds of years ago—but civilization endures.

This is a utopian vision, I know. It’s a fantasy of the imagination, but that doesn’t make it a useless daydream. By imagining what my utopia would be, I free myself from what is. I give myself the power to start working immediately for a better world. If this is what my utopia would be like, then I know what steps will bring us closer.

- Pagan Anarchism by Christopher Scott Thompson (published by Gods & Radicals)

[nylaxunderneath]

[mykofanesvlepy]

56. "Paganarchist/Anarchopagan action" in antifascist action style. 

[fierce-n-fearless]

I keep seeing these posts from people asking for $$ who are in like, the worst situations. It fucking sucks that my generation needs to crowdfund to do things like, eat, pay bills, get medical costs squared away, etc. I feel some sort of way about this...

Someday though...

Someday I will make reasonable amounts of $$ and when I see those posts about ‘transgirl needs $$ to leave abusive home’, ‘disabled poc needs $$ to get to work’, and ‘unemployed grad needs $$ for vet bills’ I will be able to just donate $500 like its nothing.

irl goals though. And I’ve talked about this with Sam, because what kind of anarchopagans would we be if we didn’t want to thrust our extra cash into a deserving cause?

Someday though... Probably 2020...

Just like having an extra fund I put dosh into every paycheck and when it reaches x amount, just find a gofundme or whatnot and be like ‘hey, you, you deserve to have nice things, even though you’re in a crappy situation, go make your situation less crappy’

Fills me with satisfaction, ngl.

[nylaxunderneath]

you are allowed to preform any spell or ritual, nothing is closed off to you or off limits, regardless of what anyone says it is not for anyone to tell you what you can, and cannot do when it comes to witchcraft and your personal craft, do what you feel is right and ignore everything else.