Lying In The Swell

laurusdrakan:

Loki is… what to say about Loki.

Loki is infuriating. Completely and utterly infuriating. He will run rings around you and you wont even notice until you step back some time later and see the tracks in the dirt, if you notice at all.

Loki is cunning. He has plans within plans and can weave a smoke screen so well you would sware it is cloth.

Loki is hilarious, utterly, utterly hilarious. He makes my face ache from smiling and laughing so much, and most of the time I don’t even care that I am grinning in public.

Loki is manipulative. He knows how to get what He wants and He knows just how to push me to make me see, after years of trying on my own, how to progress.

Loki is both harsh and kind. He does what He feels He needs to do, for the benefit of His people, for my benefit, for the benefit of… something or someone, somewhere. If He can soften the blow, He will, but if not He will carry on regardless even if He hates it.

Loki can be cruel. If a task requires cruelty the He can and will deliver.

Loki can be tender. So warm, so soft and caring it makes me melt.

Loki can be playful. He is quick witted, knows how to play along and have fun with the best of them.

Loki is eloquent though not in the way most would associate with the word. The title of Word Smith is well deserved as He will use as few or as many words as needed with long lasting precision, always tailored to His audience.

Loki is resourceful, so deceptively resourceful. He will use little to accomplish far more then you would think possible.

And Loki is far too easily underestimated. For all the laughter, the dancing and the smiles all of which are genuine, there is seriousness, there are plans and far sightedness. Loki is no fool.

Anonymous asked: Cernunnos anon, Got him to show up. You were right on the coffee thing, thanks.

You are very welcome!

Lily x

Anonymous asked: same cernunnos anon. I love the norse pantheon and have been drawn to loki and his son midgardsomer since I was about 10. cheecking all the sections in my local library out on their mythology books just to read about them. what sort of offerings does he like?.

Hello :)

Loki is very adaptable when it comes to what you can offer Him. He won’t mind if you don’t have the most expensive alcohol or chocolate (there you go, two things). 

What he really likes, however, is homemade food. Out of personal experience, he loves brownies, but that’s just my experience. 

Anything alcoholic, mostly. Coffee. Chocolate. Sweets. Spicy food. Homemade stuff. Any of those, and you’re pretty good, I’ve found. 

I should point out that offerings don’t have to be edible, by the by. If you like writing or drawing or crafts then a poem or sketch or whatever also works. I’ve discovered that what matters most to Him is the love that’s put into what you offer Him. 

That’s it, really. As long as you’re sincere, He’ll usually appreciate it. 

Unless it’s bland food. He prefers food with pungent tastes and smells. 

stsathyre:

One of the things I notice roaming Tumblr and reading people’s questions and concerns is that they often feel like if they don’t have a god-phone, aren’t doing well with divination, or otherwise have no direct contact with deities then they are being ignored by the gods.

That’s not necessarily true …

Some skills have to be developed. They need to be practiced and one’s vibrations have to be raised in order to achieve certain gifts. Sometimes the gods like to dangle a carrot in front of you to try to get you to get your practice on.

This is a pagan post.

Read More

Just a quick one to say I likely won’t post until after the 16th. Vital exams coming up which I need to prep for. Bleh. But there you go. I hope you all had a very happy New Year with plenty of merriment, and I’ll be back soon :)

stsathyre:

cannibalcoalition:

maddragon710:

I feel somewhat ostracized in the Pagan community for my dislike of being outside.

My elements are strictly water and air. Born into the element of air, raised in water. I swam every day, and now I’m like a fish out of water. 

I don’t feel any connection to fire or earth. Fire is a terrifying thing to me. I can be near a fire for the warmth in the air, but I really don’t like the element. Earth just feels icky to me. Especially mud. There is foreign material in my water and I don’t like it at all. 

I love plants and animals, because I can connect with the water inside them. I love growing herbs and taking care of pets. Being outside in pools and other bodies of water is great(as long as it’s not freezing). I just don’t like earth all that much.

Being in a “nature religion” I feel different than everyone else for that. I can’t help my elements, can I? Am I wrong for how I feel about this? 

You know… I’ve been wondering about that. There’s this huge stereotype that pagans have to be nature lovers and work with nature spirits, but where does that even come from? Well, I suppose there’s a huge influence from Wicca, but that’s not the greatest representation of all Pagans. 

There are so many branches of paganism that have little to do with nature. Ancestor worship, technopaganism, City Devoteeism, Cottage/Hearth witchery, Fae/spirit communication. The natural world is really only ONE aspect of a HUGE community. 

Even looking at gods, how many of them are associated with nature strictly? Lugh is a skills/trade deity, countless trickster deities throughout pantheons, patrons of music, art, travel. My opinion is that you only have to be a nature lover if you love nature. If your deity is connected to nature, that’s fantastic. But zhe doesn’t needto be my deity. 

Honestly, I think that while nature is beautiful, its rather unfair to the non-nature Pagans to be represented as nature-lovers. 

Not only does the “nature cuddling” not apply to everyone, but it also discourages big city practitioners. Some people literally do not have nature within walking distance and no type of transportation to go find it. I don’t think that those practitioners should be considered lesser than those who live in a cabin in the woods.

I happen to have the shittiest allergies on the planet. You will not find me dancing in the forest despite me being able to look out my window and see horses. I go out to lay my offerings and then I run back inside as soon as possible, turn on an air purifier and take an allergy med.

It’s sort of elitist and exclusionary for people to look down on someone because they don’t have the same connection with nature as expected.

Just because someone does not connect with nature or elements does not mean that they do not connect with other energies (i.e. people, astral, cosmic, divine, whathaveyou). If it works, it works.

lightningrapunzel:

That is, if you celebrate it. If you do, I wish you a wonderful night. If you don’t - have a wonderful night anyway!

Sometimes it’s not visions. Sometimes it’s not a huge spiritual revelation.

Sometimes, it’s just a voice telling me to calm and breathe. 

That’s the Loki I know. No, I haven’t seen the Breaker of Worlds side to Him yet. I know perfectly well He’s not a ball of fluff to be taken lightly. But right now He’s the gentle pusher, the nurturer. If I can’t sleep because of all the thoughts in my head, He’s there, helping me to relax. If I can’t stand myself, if I get so low it’s dangerous, He’s there, gently telling me why I shouldn’t do what I’m so tempted to do. 

He’s not rainbows and sunshine. No, He’s certainly not that. 

Yet He cares, and that’s what I value most. The sly teasing, the calm reasoning, the way He distracts me from unpleasant thoughts. It’s what I need right now. Of course, we’ll probably fight in the future. He’ll probably yell, as He’s done in the past.  

For now, however, He’s just telling me to breathe. 

And I’m content with that.