Post by Liadine on Mar 24, 2015 2:09:23 GMT -6
Hi there - my name's Liadine, and I'm 27 years old, queer, and also someone who's not very good at these things.
After some neo-Wiccish beginnings at 14, I eventually stumbled my way towards whatever I have happening now. I've belonged to Brigid and an unnamed antlered god (who I usually refer to as Himself; current guess is that he's a localized British deity of some sort) since my mid-teens, and have been devoted to Persephone for going on seven years now. I also worship other deities (primarily Hellenic and chthonic) in a less intense fashion, although that might end up changing if/when I have the time and mental capacity.
In the side bar I've described myself as an 'eclectic polytheist & fire worker', mostly because that's a hell of a lot shorter than 'research-minded but in no way reconstructionist devotee of several mostly unrelated deities, plus elements of pop culture polytheism/Narnian things although I rarely talk about that, plus non-religious witchcraft, plus elements of Feri, plus some other stuff', even though that's more accurate. (The fire worker thing is something I've been struggling to articulate properly for years now - one of these days I'll manage it, but for now 'I have a lot of religious feelings about fire' will suffice.)
My approach to worship/practice differs a lot between deities - the way I worship Brigid is a lot more personal/eclectic than the way I worship Persephone (or other Hellenic deities) - and I don't really cross the streams if I can help it. I don't know how I've managed to pull all of it into a relatively coherent personal practice, but I appear to have done it somehow, since it works well for me and my deities.
Beyond religion, I'm a witch (as mentioned) who likes to poke around with divination, a writer (currently the very boring kind) by trade, and an inveterate drinker of tea. Shoehorning in hobbies always feels awkward, but the short list: I'm a giant book nerd, make more playlists than I have time to listen to, do fandom-y sorts of things, and tinker with beading and decoupage. I have a religious/witchcraft tumblr under my own name, plus a much less focused one at the-rattlesnakes.
Right! That should do for now, so I'll stop rewriting this and actually post it.
After some neo-Wiccish beginnings at 14, I eventually stumbled my way towards whatever I have happening now. I've belonged to Brigid and an unnamed antlered god (who I usually refer to as Himself; current guess is that he's a localized British deity of some sort) since my mid-teens, and have been devoted to Persephone for going on seven years now. I also worship other deities (primarily Hellenic and chthonic) in a less intense fashion, although that might end up changing if/when I have the time and mental capacity.
In the side bar I've described myself as an 'eclectic polytheist & fire worker', mostly because that's a hell of a lot shorter than 'research-minded but in no way reconstructionist devotee of several mostly unrelated deities, plus elements of pop culture polytheism/Narnian things although I rarely talk about that, plus non-religious witchcraft, plus elements of Feri, plus some other stuff', even though that's more accurate. (The fire worker thing is something I've been struggling to articulate properly for years now - one of these days I'll manage it, but for now 'I have a lot of religious feelings about fire' will suffice.)
My approach to worship/practice differs a lot between deities - the way I worship Brigid is a lot more personal/eclectic than the way I worship Persephone (or other Hellenic deities) - and I don't really cross the streams if I can help it. I don't know how I've managed to pull all of it into a relatively coherent personal practice, but I appear to have done it somehow, since it works well for me and my deities.
Beyond religion, I'm a witch (as mentioned) who likes to poke around with divination, a writer (currently the very boring kind) by trade, and an inveterate drinker of tea. Shoehorning in hobbies always feels awkward, but the short list: I'm a giant book nerd, make more playlists than I have time to listen to, do fandom-y sorts of things, and tinker with beading and decoupage. I have a religious/witchcraft tumblr under my own name, plus a much less focused one at the-rattlesnakes.
Right! That should do for now, so I'll stop rewriting this and actually post it.
We should talk symbols and what they mean to us, in the Narnia thread. The Witch's sled is the other one I'm starting to like a lot at the moment. 
