#druidism

[voiceoftheoldways]

Blessings on Tyr’s Day.

Be the justice the world seeks,

Speak with honour

And let your deeds

Clothe those words;

Be the water in the dry place,

The dawn where daybreak is long due,

The bulwark against the encroaching horde;

Though you be but one,

One alone, stand.

[boymanmaletheshequel]

With the beggining of this presidency, Times are uncertain for the future of Queer Americans, Palestinians, Australians, and many others as usual. Be proud of who you are and don’t you dare let fascism or intolerance control you! Embrace your queer gods, channel them, allow them to fill and love you! To fight with you. Dionysus, Aphrodite, Artemis, Apollo, Pan, Hermes, these are just a few of the Hellenic deities who are queer or some form of LGBTQIA! Your gods are you, and you are them. Embrace that, and don’t stop fighting! 💙🏛️

[malefixium]

the trees you grew up with have not forgotten you. their branches still whisper your name in the breeze and their roots remember the paths your feet once traced through their shade.

[aleck-le-mec]

“Where are your pagan gods now?”

Gardening

Comforting your abandoned dead

Reclaiming

Rerooting

[vox-anglosphere]

Sunrise at 4:51 am illuminates the ancient megaliths of Stonehenge

[the-hermit-at-midnight]

"Witches' Night" is here!

May Day Eve (Apr 30) is Walpurgisnacht (Walpurgis Night) across parts of Europe.

Known as "the other Halloween", it's a time when witches and evil spirits take to the skies for a little mischief.

[mushroomw1tch]

If you're interested in a community that is Adult Witchcraft Folk Magic Intermediate to Advanced or just any "magic" path or faith that falls around these practices, I've started a community for one.

It's geared to not include very baby witch information/inquiries. For me, that content no longer serves me. Its also a safe space for information on magical concepts that you may not want to discuss with children/minors.

Request to join if you're interested! 🕯

[thegoodmorningman]

You like this picture? I "drew it"!

[modark]

Unfinished portraits of Irish gods from 2021

[woundedsoul12]

[aodhan-art]

A commission of Brigid for @bloodtreachery (awww, it was SUCH a pleasure to do it!). I put an emphasis on her aspect as a poet, hence the fire of poetry ablaze! The poem in the flames is a liberal translation of these lines from The Hosting of the Sidhe into Old Irish (courtesy of my wonderful husband):

...if any gaze on our rushing band, We come between him and the deed of his hand, We come between him and the hope of his heart.

[voiceoftheoldways]

Blessings on Sunna‘s Day.

Turn, ancient wheel,

And in your tracks be seen

Glimpses of springtime hue;

Turn on, without restraint,

And bear this world

Out Skadi‘s chill embrace;

Onwards, onwards roll

Through sky‘s grey curtain,

Roll!

And warm the world with

Sunna‘s golden kiss.

[boymanmaletheshequel]

Friendly reminder that you don’t need to be Greek or Mediterranean in your ethnicity or heritage to practice Hellenism! Religion and spirituality transcends anthropology and genetics, the gods will love anybody of any heritage, race, sexuality, or gender who wishes to revere them and learn about or partake in the practice of hellenism!

[malefixium]

Hey. Your matter recalls cosmic explosions and you tasted oblivion before you learned your own name. Fear nothing.

[jstor]

Seventeenth-century English antiquarians thought that Stonehenge was built by Celtic Druids. They were relying on the earliest written history they had: Julius Caesar’s narrative of his two unsuccessful invasions of Britain in 54 and 55 BC. Caesar had said the local priests were called Druids. John Aubrey (1626–1697) and William Stukeley (1687–1765) cemented the Stonehenge/Druid connection, while self-styled bard Edward Williams (1747–1826), who changed his name to Iolo Morganwg, invented “authentic” Druidic rituals. Druidism has come a long way since. In 2010, The Druid Network was listed as a charity in England and Wales, essentially marking the official recognition of Druidism as a religion. (74,000 called themselves Druids in a recent census.) Historian Carole M. Cusack positions Druidism as one of the branches of the tree of Paganism and/or New Age-ism(s), which burst into all sorts of growth during the twentieth century. Modern Druidism fits into the smorgasbord of what Cusack calls the “deregulated spiritual marketplace” of our times. But there’s a disconnect here. In the popular imagination, Stonehenge and Druidism now go together like tea and crumpets. Historically, Stonehenge, a product of Neolithic Britain, predates Caesar by thousands of years. It had nothing to do with Druids and certainly nothing to do with modern Druidism. “The false association of [Stonehenge] with the Druids has persisted to the present day,” Cusak writes, “and has become a form of folklore or folk-memory that has enabled modern Druids to obtain access and a degree of respect in their interactions with Stonehenge and other megalithic sites.”

Learn more from our friends at JSTOR Daily in “Stonehenge Before the Druids (Long, Long, Before The Druids)” by Matthew Wills.

Image credit: Spectators gather at Stonehenge to watch a group of Druids carry out the Dawn Ceremony on the summer solstice, or longest day of the year, 1956. Getty.