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mdehnersIt’s been a while and I’m still not quite back “up to snuff”, so bear with me;>. Sat before last I had a broken molar pulled and since it’d been broken for 6 yrs an infection of the bone ensued. Unfortunately, the antibiotic series pre-pull hadn’t got all of it….
I’ve noticed that in the last couple of yrs I’ve done less “High Church” type Rites and more of the more Casual kind. I mean, I average about 29-30 of them a month but in the last couple of yrs I’ve barely made “The Big Three” and so far this yr I only did Yule. Part of it I realize is that a Singleton doing a formal Blot is awkward and a Sumbel pretty much is out. Part is that I’ve Noted that I seem to have a “Deeper” experience with the Regin outside of them….in the last couple of yrs.
I Think this is because of a tendency to be focused on the Rite at hand. No matter how many times you do a certain one, you’re still paying attention to prevent “flubbing”. The more complicated the Rite(or complications arising from being the only one doing it;>) the more attention to the “party” and less to the “guest of Honor”.
I’ve noticed that, over the yrs I’ve found myself spending more time with Regin that would have surprised my earlier self. Today it Amazes me that I’d Listen to folks that would Believe from a one sentence ‘blurb” in Saxo about “Effeminate” priests or “Since Heimdallr guards Bifrost and Gays bridge…” IDing who I should be Following of the Regin. Thanks to those eejits I actively avoided certain Regin. Þor for example. Not the sort of God you’d think Who’d be Interested in a middle-aged Fag….right? Same with Viðar and Tyr. Frigga and Hella, however, are ust the sort of Goddesses anyone who Knows me would expect, Gay or Straight;>! With the Gods, it was awkward at 1st because both I and many of the Heathens around me had their own Ideas what They were. The funny thing was that those who set aside the “Gay Thang”, agreed that They made sense….being the kind of man I was…..
Like all the yrs I avoided Heathenry due to what others Believed and had told me, I allowed other Heathens to form my view of Them. Not the Lore….
As always, Lore “trumps” UPG’s….
Troth,
Pat
I’ve noticed that in the last couple of yrs I’ve done less “High Church” type Rites and more of the more Casual kind. I mean, I average about 29-30 of them a month but in the last couple of yrs I’ve barely made “The Big Three” and so far this yr I only did Yule. Part of it I realize is that a Singleton doing a formal Blot is awkward and a Sumbel pretty much is out. Part is that I’ve Noted that I seem to have a “Deeper” experience with the Regin outside of them….in the last couple of yrs.
I Think this is because of a tendency to be focused on the Rite at hand. No matter how many times you do a certain one, you’re still paying attention to prevent “flubbing”. The more complicated the Rite(or complications arising from being the only one doing it;>) the more attention to the “party” and less to the “guest of Honor”.
I’ve noticed that, over the yrs I’ve found myself spending more time with Regin that would have surprised my earlier self. Today it Amazes me that I’d Listen to folks that would Believe from a one sentence ‘blurb” in Saxo about “Effeminate” priests or “Since Heimdallr guards Bifrost and Gays bridge…” IDing who I should be Following of the Regin. Thanks to those eejits I actively avoided certain Regin. Þor for example. Not the sort of God you’d think Who’d be Interested in a middle-aged Fag….right? Same with Viðar and Tyr. Frigga and Hella, however, are ust the sort of Goddesses anyone who Knows me would expect, Gay or Straight;>! With the Gods, it was awkward at 1st because both I and many of the Heathens around me had their own Ideas what They were. The funny thing was that those who set aside the “Gay Thang”, agreed that They made sense….being the kind of man I was…..
Like all the yrs I avoided Heathenry due to what others Believed and had told me, I allowed other Heathens to form my view of Them. Not the Lore….
As always, Lore “trumps” UPG’s….
Troth,
Pat
