Dear new Lokeans, and those thinking about following Loki

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bullshit, giving Lokeans a bad name, god-spouses, Lokeans

It has recently come to my attention that a few Lokeans are spreading complete and utter BS about what you have to do to become a Real Lokean™.
There was a post about this last year (I think) in the lokeans group on Livejournal.. I thought it was a freak occurrence, but apparently it’s still going on.

The bullshit list:

• You have to Oath to Loki for life, ASAP
• You have to marry Loki and become a god-spouse, ASAP
• Lokean god-spouses are special/better/more worthy than any other kind of devotee
• If Loki really loved you, He would marry you
• Lokeans are specifically targeted for spirit attacks

Oathing:
You do not voluntarily Oath to a god before you have spent some years getting to know the god, and the religion in general.
Oathing is serious business, and the gods do not look kindly upon oath-breakers.

God-spouses:
You do not have to marry Loki to follow Him. God-spouses (and god-slaves/-servants) are rare. It looks like there are more than there actually are, because some of the new ones write about it on the internet.
Also it’s the deity who asks the mortal to marry them, and even then you don’t have to, and even if you do choose to marry, you can have an option for a divorce in your marriage oath.
Don’t let anyone tell you what kind of relationship you have to have with Loki. It’s between you and Him. And He is perfectly capable of letting you know what kind of relationship He should want Himself.

God-spouses are not in any way better or more worthy than other devotees.
It’s not exactly something to yearn for, either, since the gods demands much more of their mortal spouses when it comes to Work. And studying and training to be able to do the Work.

I firmly believe that the gods love all their devotees.

Spirit attacks:
Spirit attacks are rare. From what I know, violent “Poltergeist” type attacks are extremely rare.
There is no reason to go around being scared and worrying about being attacked.

The only thing you should do to follow Loki,
is to love Him, honour and respect Him.

From,
-another new Lokean

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Some blog posts for further reading:
Discernment for Godspouses
She’s Having A Go At Other Lokeans Again

Discernment – “God-phone” and signal clarity

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discernment, god-phone, mental sock-puppets, signal clarity, talking with gods, the shadow (psychology), verification

I’ve only had a “god-phone” connection since Freyr became part of the mix, and that was at the beginning of April.
It’s a connection like via an analog modem; and there is a very limited amount of info that can get through at a time. Or I can liken it to communicating with someone via a small amateur radio, where there’s varying degrees of interference breaking up and making communication rather short-hand.
Most of my communication is hear-sensing yes/no to simple questions. Sometimes the signal is stronger, and I can hear a few words or a sentence. Sometimes the communication is like drops of information appearing in my mind.

There are several things that can create interference and mess up signal clarity. (I’ve read about it, but experiencing it myself is still a useful part of the learning process.)
Being ill, tired, or stressed. Not being emotionally calm.
Being too focused on the outer world and not paying attention. Loki’s “voice” is still a small, quiet one in my mind, so it doesn’t take much to drown it out.

Then there is the question: am I hearing my deity, or is it just one of my mental sock-puppets?
If the conversation is of the chatty, not really important kind, it doesn’t matter that much if I’m just hearing myself; I’m still just in the early test stage with having a “god-phone”.

I sometimes use a pendulum to verify things I hear, when it’s not important things. (I know Loki has said to some of his that he doesn’t like them using a pendulum, so I asked an acquaintance who is also a follower of Loki, if she could ask him if it was ok until I could hear him more clearly, and it was.)
If what I hear is important, I will ask someone else if they can ask Loki about it and/or do a rune reading. I’ve tried doing rune readings on myself, but I’m having a very hard time being able to interpret it.
If it’s something very important I hear, I ask at least two people to do divinations to see if I actually got a message from Loki, and that I understood it correctly. If the answers to the divinations should contradict each other, I ask more people.
Sometimes, just to be sure, I test the signal clarity of those I ask.
I can ask a question like: “Can you ask Loki to verify what he just said, and what it was?” or “Can you ask Loki what his answer to the question I just asked was?”
Asking for a blind rune reading is also good, I think, because then the interpretation of the reading won’t be affected by knowing what the issue is.

Sometimes, though, the voice I hear is the sock-puppet of my shadow,* especially the Saboteur archetype. The Saboteur seems to have found it’s own voice a little after I began to hear Loki. When I realised that I sometimes can hear an aspect of myself pretending to be Loki, I found it surreal, not to mention creepy.
It talks to me pretending to be Loki, to make me angry or upset, trying to drive a wedge between us.
The mind can be a very weird place.

There is an interesting post in the blog Lagutyr which I recommend:
How Do We Know When The Gods Are Really Talking To Us?

ETA:
I heard Loki say something a bit odd yesterday, and got the idea to try and pull runes, like I’ve heard some do when they’re unsure who they are hearing. If I got Dagaz or Kenaz, that should indicate it was Loki.
I shook the runes around and pulled one out: Kenaz. Well, I guess I was hearing Loki, then.

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*In Jungian psychology: “a part of the unconscious mind consisting of repressed weaknesses, shortcomings, and instincts.”

I’ll write more about shadow work in another post.

Hi, my name is Dawn and Ares is my patron.

Reblogged from The Quill Is Mightier:

I often get asked questions about Ares. How he came to me, how I developed the rather comfortable relationship I have with him, how fellow Hellenes used to treat me regarding him that sent me running away from Hellenismos originally, and how I honor him. So, I figured it was time to maybe make a full post on it here that I can always link people to if they want this information.

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I love this post about having Ares as a patron god. There's even a part here that followers of Loki may recognise themselves in.

Fenrir Woodburning by Love of Lopt

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arts & crafts, Fenrir

Reblogged from Loki's Bruid:

I love how happy and playful Fenrir is here – it’s a side of Him that is rarely appreciated. Woodburning is by Love of Lopt.

More confusion

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Big Block, bonding, bridal negotiations, confusion, flailing, Freyr, opening up spiritually, polyamory, proposal, protection, suitors

(Big Block workings, week 12/13)

On the Sunday after I had met Freyr in a dream for the first time (that I know of), Loki pulled a really sneaky one on me.
After a work session (which I’ve come to call “petting time” ^_^), I heard Him say: Freyr.
“Wait, what?”
Freyr.
“Are you telling me it was Freyr petting me??”
Yes. *sense of smugness*
“Was Freyr ok with joining in without my knowledge or consent?”
No.
“Ah, you talked Him into it, didn’t you…”
Yes. *more smugness*
“You persuaded Him, saying that you knew I’d be ok with it, after all…”
*smug agreement*

And surprisingly enough, I was ok with it. I asked a couple of more questions, and Freyr would from now on help Loki with his work, and help in healing me as the last bits are crushed, and traumatic memories would surface.
Freyr would also help with protecting me, if needed, when Loki is needed elsewhere. The less blocked I am, the more “shiny” I become to deities and spirits, and this may attract unwanted attention, which I’m not able to deal with myself, yet. Freyr wants to help protect me as part of making up for His part in the tragedy of my former life. He feels guilty about it, and wants to redeem Himself in my eyes, and Loki’s, even though Loki have forgiven Him.
Loki wanted me to bond with Freyr, for protection, among other things, and I am ok with that, too. After Loki explained what had happened in that former life, I found that there was no reason for me to feel anger towards Freyr. I have forgiven Him for His part in the tragedy. The major part was my own doing, my own choices.

The unexpected effect of having Freyr join in, was that I became much more open spiritually. It was a snowball effect.
First I could hear Loki again. Then I could hear Him more strongly, and hear more than sense, so that we could actually start to have conversations.
I also began to be able to hear other deities.

Ponderings

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mini-rant, ponderings

Why are so many Asatruars so racist towards the Jotuns?
Like “all Jotuns are evil and the enemy of the Æsir”, as if there is one united Jotun nation. The Æsir themselves don’t hold that view; it would be rather ridiculous if they did, considering that all Æsir have more Jotun blood than Æsir blood in them. There has only ever been one “pure blood” Æs, and that was Buri, the first one and Odin’s grandfather.
As for the view that the Jotuns aren’t gods – again, that seems rather ridiculous, considering that several of them are listed as gods in the Eddas (which so many love to thump).
Some Jotuns are gods. As only some Æsir and Vanir are gods – if you look at it from a Edda POV.
There must be plenty of Æsir outside the walls of Asgard who aren’t powerful enough to be deities – it’s only logical; who else supplies the gods in Asgard with their food and drink? Ditto for the Vanir.
So, as with humans, only a few belong to the nobility (are gods), the rest are farmers, workers, servants and whatnot.
Even if you’re a god, dishes don’t wash themselves, nor do clothes mend themselves…

Are we finally starting to pay attention again?

Reblogged from A Forest Door:

10 Pieces of Evidence That Plants Are Smarter Than You Think

These Tiny Mammals Sing Songs That Hint at Complex Language Skills

6 Terrifying Ways Crows Are Way Smarter Than You Think

Reading the latest discoveries (and re-examinations of older understandings) about the communication abilities of plants and animals – and not just within their own species either – I get the distinct impression that we are just starting to wake up, finally, to the fact that we are not the only sentient beings on the planet.

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Fascinating reading.

Warriors and Soldiers and Military, oh my!

Reblogged from The Quill Is Mightier:

If you know me, and know me well, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that I consider myself -even as a Hellene, as one who follows a warrior’s path.

It hasn’t always been pretty, not that anyone expects a warrior’s path to be a pretty one. It’s a path I’ve been walking since the beginning, since Ares first came to me as a small child, and it’s one I’ve walked with determination since that day.

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Not Tarot: Ferrero Rocher Torte

Reblogged from the princess and the sea:

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Lick the screen, you know you want to. (Pic from Bake or Break *click*)

On second thought, this is tarot: The things this Devil of a cake will make you do…

This recipe originally came from a magazine insert; I ate a loooot of cake to tweak it to the point of perfection, which was the day I realised it tasted like…

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OMNOMNOM...