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Hello.
I used to have a bunch of stuff up here. I deleted it all, because I didn't like that my entire gallery was given share buttons without my permission. It was OK, because I've been mostly using Flickr for the past couple of years anyway.
But I've been browsing various keywords for images to post on tumblr, so I've been more active here lately. And I decided to come back - sort of.
I want to keep my Flickr account "secular", insofar as art can be distinct from the spiritual. I am religious - a Pagan - but my religion doesn't enter into most of my work. I wanted to keep that account for my art first and foremost. And I've never taken religious photographs or made religious art anyway.
But I *could*. And maybe I started to want to. Maybe I'd been inspired by the work of others. So, I decided to make this deviant art account religious-themed, and use it to post photographs (and maybe other things) created with the spiritual in mind.
It might not always be apparent. On the other hand it might be overt. I know some followers will want to disappear, and that's cool with me.
So, a little background: I am a Heathen, and a religious witch. "Heathen" refers specifically to Germanic polytheism. I'm not a Wiccan, although I find Wicca interesting and I like to read about it. I am happy to answer questions on these lines if you would like to know more.
I used to have a bunch of stuff up here. I deleted it all, because I didn't like that my entire gallery was given share buttons without my permission. It was OK, because I've been mostly using Flickr for the past couple of years anyway.
But I've been browsing various keywords for images to post on tumblr, so I've been more active here lately. And I decided to come back - sort of.
I want to keep my Flickr account "secular", insofar as art can be distinct from the spiritual. I am religious - a Pagan - but my religion doesn't enter into most of my work. I wanted to keep that account for my art first and foremost. And I've never taken religious photographs or made religious art anyway.
But I *could*. And maybe I started to want to. Maybe I'd been inspired by the work of others. So, I decided to make this deviant art account religious-themed, and use it to post photographs (and maybe other things) created with the spiritual in mind.
It might not always be apparent. On the other hand it might be overt. I know some followers will want to disappear, and that's cool with me.
So, a little background: I am a Heathen, and a religious witch. "Heathen" refers specifically to Germanic polytheism. I'm not a Wiccan, although I find Wicca interesting and I like to read about it. I am happy to answer questions on these lines if you would like to know more.
New plan
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OK, so, new plan.
I will continue to post most of my stuff over on my flickr account.
I will use my deviant art for any religious-themed work I end up doing, or stuff I don't think is all that great.
(Hint: there won't be all that much.)
I'm also doing the photography 365 thingie, or 366 I guess it is this year, so we'll see how things go there. I'm hoping to have a photo of post-able quality (usually Flickr but sometimes here) every day for the next year. Which is daunting. But sounds like fun.
Anyway. Most stuff probably won't seem *overtly* religious but I know the whole thing can make people uncomfortable, so I won't feel slighted if
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Devious Journal Entry
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Realised today for the first time that you can just share pieces here on tumblr, twitter etc and couldn't find a way to opt out, so instead I just deleted everything.
Depressing but whatever. I don't post my own stuff here much any more anyway. I'll still be around following the artists I like.
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Ectoplasmic white goo
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I got up at 11 this morning. I'm tired and my head hurts. Probably caffeine withdrawal.... Listening to Bauhaus, maybe I shouldn't with a headahe. They're slightly fucked up. But I love the song Hollow Hills, it's beautiful.
"Hey, are you alright?"
"Yeah, I was just aware of my mortality for a moment."
"I love that feeling. It's like watching your death."
What should I do today? It's a weekend and I'm at a loose end. My books fail to entertain. I want something that's easy to lose oneself in, not like Dracula, although I do enjoy that book.
I'd like to go to London for a while. My aunt will be looking at this thing at some point; she lik
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thank you for the fav! ^ ^
Thank you for the watch! 
Thank you for the watch! <3
Happy holidays to you! 
Hey thanks for the watch
OMG I had to really search for that message you sent me letting me know about "The Rites of Odin" and I'm so glad you did cause I recently Converted to Asatru! Besides those 2 books ("Essential Asatru" by Paxton and the other one O.O I forgot the name already) but could you maybe give me a few more Idea's on what to read? I want to read those 2 but want to fill my library with a few more sorry hope I'm not a bother.
sorry hope I'm not a bother. Welcome to Asatru!There's the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda - for the former, you can find the Bellows translation online, and the Hollander translation is a good one. And all the sagas as well - there are translations online for free at places like Sacred Texts and the Gutenberg Project; those translations tend to be older and not everyone can read from a screen, but free is free, you know? Still, worth shelling out for the Hollander at some point imo, it's a lovely heavy thing. Don't limit yourself to one translation, as different people translate things in different ways and have different opinions in their footnotes, and it's interesting to read a variety and see what you think.
There's "True Hearth" by James Allen Chisholm, which is short but concentrates most on practical things which you may find useful. This might have been the other one I recommended you, but honestly I can't remember. The other one I may have recommended is "Exploring the Northern Tradition" by Galina Krasskova, which is the first book on Asatru I read although now I'm not as much a fan of it, and rather recommend Paxson over her. Still, you may find it interesting.
"Our Troth" vol. I and II, edited by Kveldulf Gundarsson are big, rich books. The first is on lore and the second on practice. Very good, once you're done with the 101 books these are the ones you need on your shelf.
Hilda Ellis Davidson might be the most popular pure academic among Heathens. "Gods and Myths of Northern Europe" is the standard but she wrote quite a few. If you can get your hands on a copy of Road to Hel, it's worth a read.
For a bit more advanced stuff further down the line, Gundarsson's "Elves, Wights and Trolls" is brilliant.
If you're interested in runes, Paxson has a book called "Taking Up the Runes" that is a little esoteric but that I recommend. With it, S. Pollington's "Rudiments of Runelore" makes a good and more practical balance.