A time for new beginnings
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brenainnWell, it has been months since I’ve posted anything to this journal. So much for my plans to post a weekly entry! Oh well. Real life issues got in the way, with the local consequences of a failing economy, insane elites, and some health and family challenges at home. It now seems like a good time to try and restart this journal.
I suppose I will just post a few updates and ideas that I’ve been mulling over. First, my project of developing a practice that is, more or less, in line with Catholic orthodoxy is over. I’ve had a growing number of experiences over the last year that have finally led me to fully embrace classical polytheism and the kind of praxis common at the height of classical civilization. By that, I mostly mean giving latreutical worship to what gods and goddesses that seem to call out to me or will otherwise allow me to develop a relationship with them.
This practice is already bearing fruit in my spiritual life. We’ll see how it impacts my daily life in the secular arena as time goes on. At this point, I am a very heterodox and heteropraxic Catholic. I didn’t initially intend to remain a Catholic at all. I’ve experienced the issue that many former Christians have, and which John Michael Greer has discussed before (https://www.ecosophia.net/death-god-speculation/).
But I’ve since reconsidered that, and now choose to remain in the Church. In particular, the Green Christ that some Druids have experienced has become the main focus of my Christian worship. I see Catholicism as being the modern equivalent of the ancient mystery religions. Maybe that’s how Christianity actually started, as a mystery religion. Anyway, I’ve also got a developing relationship with one other “mystery god” from antiquity: Mithras. He’s got no cult left to be initiated into, of course, but the relationship has been a fruitful one. I’ve been considering reaching out to Isis and Osiris as well.
And I’ve now got a solid practice going with the Anglo-Saxon gods, as well as also reaching out to the Roman gods. My personal pantheon has gotten quite diverse. I’m not sure how I’d describe my personal theology at this point, except to say “polytheist.”
At this point, I still plan to receive holy orders, though I’m now hoping to receive them from a Gnostic or esoteric bishop in the ISM. I’ve made some preliminary contacts to that end, and we’ll see how it goes. On the more strictly magical level, I’m working my way through the Druid Magic Handbook. Not much to report on so far.
On a more practical level, I’ve finally decided to write that novel I’ve been talking about since my freshman year of college. I’ve gotten a decent start. The basic plot is pretty simple: an atheist sells his soul on a dare, only to find out that a very unpleasant demon now owns it. He has to figure out how things like magic, angels, demons, etc., work before he can defeat the demon and reclaim his soul.
Well, that’s it for now.
I suppose I will just post a few updates and ideas that I’ve been mulling over. First, my project of developing a practice that is, more or less, in line with Catholic orthodoxy is over. I’ve had a growing number of experiences over the last year that have finally led me to fully embrace classical polytheism and the kind of praxis common at the height of classical civilization. By that, I mostly mean giving latreutical worship to what gods and goddesses that seem to call out to me or will otherwise allow me to develop a relationship with them.
This practice is already bearing fruit in my spiritual life. We’ll see how it impacts my daily life in the secular arena as time goes on. At this point, I am a very heterodox and heteropraxic Catholic. I didn’t initially intend to remain a Catholic at all. I’ve experienced the issue that many former Christians have, and which John Michael Greer has discussed before (https://www.ecosophia.net/death-god-speculation/).
But I’ve since reconsidered that, and now choose to remain in the Church. In particular, the Green Christ that some Druids have experienced has become the main focus of my Christian worship. I see Catholicism as being the modern equivalent of the ancient mystery religions. Maybe that’s how Christianity actually started, as a mystery religion. Anyway, I’ve also got a developing relationship with one other “mystery god” from antiquity: Mithras. He’s got no cult left to be initiated into, of course, but the relationship has been a fruitful one. I’ve been considering reaching out to Isis and Osiris as well.
And I’ve now got a solid practice going with the Anglo-Saxon gods, as well as also reaching out to the Roman gods. My personal pantheon has gotten quite diverse. I’m not sure how I’d describe my personal theology at this point, except to say “polytheist.”
At this point, I still plan to receive holy orders, though I’m now hoping to receive them from a Gnostic or esoteric bishop in the ISM. I’ve made some preliminary contacts to that end, and we’ll see how it goes. On the more strictly magical level, I’m working my way through the Druid Magic Handbook. Not much to report on so far.
On a more practical level, I’ve finally decided to write that novel I’ve been talking about since my freshman year of college. I’ve gotten a decent start. The basic plot is pretty simple: an atheist sells his soul on a dare, only to find out that a very unpleasant demon now owns it. He has to figure out how things like magic, angels, demons, etc., work before he can defeat the demon and reclaim his soul.
Well, that’s it for now.
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