This Full Moon's blog post is up. I've written about how I build my devotional practices, step by step. Longer than usual, because this is the core piece of my paganism. It's filled with ideas and personal anecdotes from my 20+ years of experience.

https://greatlakespagan.wordpress.com/2023/11/27/building-a-devotional-practice/

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A great blog post about #ritual, #devotion, and the real difference between small and grand gestures of religiosity in #polytheist practice.

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https://butacraxanti.wordpress.com/2023/01/17/on-devotional-acts/

How's the #polytheist #pagan community going on here lately? Anyone new from the hellsite to follow?

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Part of my devotional practice is creating a new icon of Chaak every 4 years, and destroying the old one by painting directly on top of it. I think I have another year or two to go with my current one, but I'm already exploring what His next iteration will look like!

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The first words I say

in the morning when I rise:

May Rhiannon's steeds be about my family.

I shall wear my Queen's

protection; She hears my cries.

I fear no evils when Her strong shields surround me.

I shall arm myself

splendidly with Her wisdom,

Her golden radiance will pour forth like honey.

I journey Her path,

Feel Her call in my bosom,

I follow the way She illumines before me.

I have set my mind

and intent on Her graces.

I will honor Her with my every act and breath.

Her birds' sweet singing

will wrap me in embraces

of melodious peace when my eyes close in death.

Sovereignty's saddle

borne on Her back alone,

with easy gait rides the Shining Jewel of my sky.

Rose and the apple,

Great Mother's love is Her throne.

Crown of Winter, Her shining hope lifts my heart high.

--by Jenny Brown, inspired by: "The First Word I Say" from the Black Book of Carmarthen as translated by Owen Davies in "Celtic Christianity in Early Medieval Wales" (1996). University of Wales Press, Cardiff.

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