The Plough-Share Of Axe and Plough

Wherein I discuss my attitudes towards space, sacred space, and views thereof.  Sorry for the delay!

"He is risen" is because this came out on Easter.  Because I am a child at heart.

Sources referenced:



Michael Lipka, Roman Gods.

Arnold van Gennep, The Rites of Passage.

Cicero, De Domo Sua.

Mircea Eliade, Sacred and Profane.

Jenn Cianca, Sacred Ritual, Profane Space: The Roman House as Early Christian Meeting Place.





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Wherein I discuss certain things relating to polytheism, willful misunderstanding, and a comparison between two interpretations of polytheism that isn't as equal as would otherwise appear.

Sources Referenced:
Various Authors, Ascendant: Modern Essays on Polytheism and Theology.

Michael Lipka, Roman Gods.

Ralph Haussler, "Interpretatio Indigena: Re-inventing Local Cults in a Global World"

Suzanne Owen, The Appropriation of Native American SPirituality

Okot p'Bitek, African Religions as European Scholarship

Wikitionary Entry "Polytheism".

John Beckett, "The Four Centers of Paganism", May 28, 2014, Patheos Pagan, https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2014/05/the-four-centers-of-paganism.html, accessed 5/16/20



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Wherein I rant about the burdensome quality of constant arguing about history and fact within contemporary polytheist spaces in the West.

It's good to be back.

Sources referenced:


Dubois, Page. A Million and One gods: The Persistence of Polytheism. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2014.

Kurien, Prema. A Place at the Multicultural Table: The Development of an American Hinduism. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2007.

Parker, Robert. Polytheism and Society at Athens. London: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Stewart, Charles and Rosalind Shaw, eds. Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism: The Politics of Religious Synthesis. London: Routledge, 1994.



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Wherein I discuss my views on piety, using influences from the Classical world and philosophy.

Sources used for information include:

Luke John Murphy, "Paganism at HomePre-Christian Private Praxis and Household Religion in the Iron-Age North",

H. Crespo, "Reasonings about Philodemus’ On Piety",

Andrej Petrovic & Ivana Petrovic, "Inner Purity & Pollution in Greek Religion Volume 1: Early Greek Religion",

Some Catholic website blaming the world for the collective fall from Grace but I can't be assed to link to that drivel.

Special thanks to Nihtgenga for allowing me to butcher his track for my intro.

Wherein I discuss my views regarding Sacrifice and Gifting, its engagement in Heathenry, espouse Stoicist philosophy, and draw from my previously published work of The Economy of Sacrifice.  

Wherein I rant about Anglo-Saxonism, Anglo-Saxon Heathenry, and leave off for another episode.