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old guy struggling toward a new path; artist; painting, writing, photography, gardening; plants, bugs, music, film, books, connection (not dating)...
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TootTropiques , to bookstodon
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"We tend to forget that there are people who are simply after money and power, and they have no psychological complications at all."

--Len Deighton, The IPCRESS File

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@TootTropiques @bookstodon How could anyone forget this? It's what western capitalist society is built on!

cohanf , to pagan
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I finally finished my Mother's Day (Mothers Day) /Great Mother Spring Altar blogpost (plus a rather long footnote about the Baltic Goddess Ragana (reduced to a hag/'witch' reclaimed by modern witches but really so much more!)- on blogger and wordrpress
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/05/weve-just-passed-mothers-day-mothers.html
https://cohanmagazine.wordpress.com/2024/05/22/mothers-day-great-mother-spring-altar-i-go-off-a-bit-about-ragana/
YouTube video is in the blog, Spectra linked, I'll link it and the Spectra in replies to this as well.
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the video links- also in the blog:
https://spectra.video/w/t96sFFbGhHyCmZQ4S7ibRx
https://youtu.be/5X06DML9xGI

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from the blog- re: Baltic goddess Ragana:
"Of course ... authority based on intimidation and ignorance drove the old ways to the wilds, outside civilised village and city life. Of course they labelled these women as dangerous or deranged- for the simple truths they lived were indeed dangerous to the repressive patriarchy..."
Birch catkins- Birch is a tree associated with Ragana and many other European goddesses, suggesting the antiquity of the association.

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Here's a still view of the finished altar, plus another angle where it seems the Goddess manifested among the flowers and greenery (I say this kind of thing a bit jokingly, but also believe the [non-specific] divine energy is there for us to see and feel)

Same altar as previous, in this view beside the handle of the Mom cup, several things in the background have combined to give the appearance of a face, white and sharp almost like a theatre mask.

cohanf , to pagan
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We've just passed in the Latvian tradition- all based on the Cross-quarter day between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice.
In the Latvian division of the year, this marks the beginning of the
of the land ++ are associated with this time. I have a blog post with pics + vids of bees, flowers etc and link to another post about the roots of the Latvian celebration.
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/04/blog-post.html
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/05/usins-day-spring-celebration-welcoming.html

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see main post for description and blog links-- Latvian pagan god Ūsiņš and primal aspect of the Great Mother -Ziedu Māte/Flower Mother escort Saule/the Sun on her spring return, green the land, nurture bees and spread flowers! A blessed and fruitful season to you! @insects @plants

We see the 'back' top of a honeybee with wings spread, more or less vertically perched on a pussywillow which is partly still silvery fuzziness and at one end shows pink unopened pollen cases with a few stamens open at top. The catkin is on an erect red-brown smooth willow stem. Background pinkish blur of more stems.
Large bumblebee queen pale gold with black head, legs, 'shoulder' spot and black band toward 'tail' with an orange band below that. She's carrying an orange clump of pollen and hovering in front of several pink-purple sort of trumpet shaped flowers, growing from just opened palmate foliage above the flowers.

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part 1
@pagan @3goodthings Went out for what I thought would be just a bit of fresh air and brief chores, as it was raining just before I went out. In fact it cleared slightly off and on, didn't rain and--continued:

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part 2
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  1. I was able to find 8 species of wildflowers that either started since I was out last Thurs, or had started to flower in earnest since then plus
  2. several more things flowering in the gardens, some nice views in bits of sun when it came
  3. what I thought would be very quick jaunt onto the farm to look at Caltha turned into a longer walk, lots of photos and video and enjoying a beautiful spring afternoon as things begin to green--continued:
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part 3
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Yesterday was Mother's Day ( I was working) and Mom's birthday was right around now also, so I always (still, after her death) make a bouquet of the first wildflowers and early garden flowers-I'll do that tomorrow since it should be sunny, more flowers open, but today was a beautiful scouting walk and and (thunder god, in case you think the primordial goddesses need help with storms 😉 ) were kind and held off till I was back indoors!

26pglt , to actuallyautistics
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More on autism as identity: this, on what it means for us as partners, as parents, & as living invisibly. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️‍🩹

From Neuroclastic via @Susan60 @actuallyautistics

https://neuroclastic.com/the-identity-theory-of-autism-values-are-not-opinions-to-autistics-we-are-our-values/

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@26pglt @Susan60 @actuallyautistics Interesting ideas, food for thought and useful I think in group situations with varied people! Apart from work (low-paid job, lots of people, but not much of a hierarchy) I don't have anything to do with any groups or social structures outside this household of 2..lol, + I never really did have much to do with people whose values I don't share but I recognise it is a choice for me- I can easily 'get along' when needed (customers, rarely seen relatives).

cohanf ,
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@26pglt @Susan60 @actuallyautistics I probably should have said: I consider myself non-autistic, so my perspective on the identity concept is that.

LunarAP , to pagan
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Hello,

I am a moon fanatic and an atheopagan.

I'm relatively new to paganism, and I'm actively seeking ideas for personal and group rituals focused on Earth's Moon.

Please check out https://atheopaganism.org/ if you have any questions about Atheopaganism.

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@LunarAP @pagan interesting page.

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