Post by Tides on Aug 13, 2016 14:38:19 GMT -6
I'm drawn to/practice a variation on Irish/Gaelic Polytheism.
I'm a medievalist by academic training, which was totally useless in terms of finding a job, but very useful in terms of learning dead languages and good academic practices. There's... hella limited information on actual practices of the Insular Celts. And I'm fairly distrustful of many of the standing histories that we do have. I had an academic incident over Gerald of Wales that I still stand by, both academically and spiritually. The insular Celts, in particular, were resistant to writing their knowledge until conversion, which obviously poses an issue.
I know in other traditions, this space is often filled by UPG. I am more familiar with Heathen/Asatru traditions, because I have many close friends who are in those faiths, and they both have more traditional lore and more UPG writing (that I am familiar with).
I'm not sure how to find the middle ground between the two, especially where Celtic/Gaelic faith is often interspersed with what I view as colonization, such as the 18th century Druid-movement.
I'm a medievalist by academic training, which was totally useless in terms of finding a job, but very useful in terms of learning dead languages and good academic practices. There's... hella limited information on actual practices of the Insular Celts. And I'm fairly distrustful of many of the standing histories that we do have. I had an academic incident over Gerald of Wales that I still stand by, both academically and spiritually. The insular Celts, in particular, were resistant to writing their knowledge until conversion, which obviously poses an issue.
I know in other traditions, this space is often filled by UPG. I am more familiar with Heathen/Asatru traditions, because I have many close friends who are in those faiths, and they both have more traditional lore and more UPG writing (that I am familiar with).
I'm not sure how to find the middle ground between the two, especially where Celtic/Gaelic faith is often interspersed with what I view as colonization, such as the 18th century Druid-movement.
