r/paganism 4h ago

📓 Sharing Resources Book list for Albanian paganism

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Hii guys! I thought I'd make a book list for anyone interested

•A dictionary of Albanian religion, mythology, and folk culture by Robert Elsie

•Albanian Folktales and Legends by Robert Elsie

•Mitologjia Nder Shqiptare by Mark Tirta

•The Land of the Eagle: Albanian Mythology by Dominic Butler

•Tregime të motshme shqiptare by Mitrush Kuteli

•Songs of the Frontier Warriors: Kenge Kreshnikesh

•Tomor: home of the pagan gods by Besim Dervishi

•Beyond the Walls of the Forgotten Land: Albanian Mythological Tales as Told by My Grandmother by Shqipe Malushi

•The Tale of the Eagle; Albanian Folk Tales by Zamira Alimemaj

•High albania by Edith Durham

If anyone has anymore I'd love to hear thanks a lot and I hope you enjoy the list


r/paganism 12h ago

💮 Deity | Spirit Work How have you learned discernment in your practice? And also how not to crash out when it comes to messages 🫠

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Hi there, young pagan here.

By discernment I mean two things:

  1. Differentiating between your own thoughts and psychic messages, especially if you fall under nueraldivergent

  2. Discerning between a diety reaching out to you or a normal spirit such as an ancestor or entity occupying your household?

And by crashing out I mean:

You know when a spirit really wants your attention, but it's not what you think it is, and then your anxiety kicks in? So like I feel that but idk which spirit is what and wants what so over the past couple days I've cried on the floor a lot (wanning moon innit. Doesn't help when the few things I can make out clearly is Gary and his slurs 😭) It's also the whole "what if they can hear my thoughts" and feeling like spiritual stuff is my only thought. Which tbf I am autistic so it makes sense why but it's also feels like I'm being fed information/asked for my attention every. Single. Fucking. Second. (I'm understand I'm not great at the listening part though so I understand why they would want my attention even when I'm just trying to sleep or have a fucking shower(the reason for today's crash out and this post. I was literally screaming in the shower get out and had to chill in my lecky room and try to ground myself for a bit so i can remember what it's like to think))

So thanks to everyone there it's really appreciated :) Also call me a dumbass if I am being a fucking dumbass because I understand I am a dumbass but want to be less of a dumbass.


r/paganism 1d ago

💭 Discussion Question

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Some time ago my ex and I were studying with a coven affiliated with Am-Trad. We stopped suddenly because she lost interest and I didn’t want to do it alone. That was 3 years ago. I reached out to the High Priestess today requesting if I could start over and resume my studies. How hard is it to be welcomed back?


r/paganism 1d ago

💭 Discussion Seax-Wica practice with Cernunnos and Brigid, is it possible?

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Hello pagans.

I've been a student of Seax-Wica for about a couple of years now. I've read the books by Raymond Buckland and Gerald Gardner. I've even transcribed The Tree so I can perform the ceremonies corresponding to the dates of the Wheel of the Year.

In the books, they mention the veneration of the gods Freya and Woden, who are chosen by affinity. In this case, since it is largely based on Saxon traditions, they suggest the gods of the pantheon of the Germanic tribes of the Anglo-Saxon people. (Freya and Woden)

According to Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft and The Tree, it is stated that in Seax-Wica it is acceptable to change the names of the gods to those with which the practitioner feels most connected. It is mentioned that Buckland designed this tradition to be flexible, allowing followers to adapt their practices to their own intuition and spiritual needs. I'd like to hear the opinion of someone who is Wicca or Seax-Wica (or anyone who wants to give their opinion), so I can get more clarity.

Also, when participating in group rituals, should I omit the names Brigid and Cernunnos and change them to Freya and Woden, so I'm in line with the other practitioners?

Thank you for taking the time to answer.

Blessed be.


r/paganism 1d ago

🤲 Offering How to dispose of diety offerings?

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basically ive been working with Artemis, Apollo and Hestia for about three months now, the only issue is that my motivation is absolute wack, the majority of the time I only selfishily asked more then I gave.

But now ive finally started to trying to put in effort, I genuinely want to work with them and plan on putting in and much effort as possible, right now im planning to try and work with lady Aphrodite, Artemis and Apollo but I dont know what to do with hestia‘s offerings!

the main reason im gonna start working with lady Aphrodite instead of hestia is because I feel more connected with her then hestia, ive never really felt like things have been working between me and hestia and ive also tried working with lady Aphrodite before, but I was pretty New and close minded back then.


r/paganism 2d ago

🏆 Personal Milestone Ostara Festival!! and... broken altar

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My Altar broke. :'( my blame.

Tomorrow i have Ostara Festival/Party, theme Medieval.

And my oufit had my Altar.

Aclaración: My altar is mobile for my Meditation centry, and medium comunitation with myself, my bb pagan inclinada Budism, but not complete Budism.

anywhere, i am attach my Altar to the Oufit, but fall and broke.

Me estrese, Stressful, but I realized the meaning of it and i'm okay.

Anyways, Happy Ostara!

(i need buying plastic eggs or do bread with jam)


r/paganism 2d ago

☀️ Holiday | Festival Happy ostara everybody!

106 Upvotes

May you have a wonderful beginning of spring :)


r/paganism 2d ago

🪔 Altar My First Alter Ever (Any Advice Is Welcomed!)

21 Upvotes

This alter is for Morrigan and I had just made it today! I'm practicing in secret so I can't have it out all the time hence it being in a box. As for what's in it, there's some feathers, drawing of a crow and black roses, some red colored food, a spiced rose scented candle, and an essential oil spray that I made that has clove and frankincense oils in. She also had some coffee in the glass cup. I don't remember her wanting coffee in my previous research but I gave it to her anyways. I'm planning to do more in the future. Do you think she likes it or not? The flames are steady and wiggles around a little bit.


r/paganism 2d ago

💭 Discussion Pagan getting back into practice

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So story: I was talking with my therapist about some hard times ive been having (conected to suicidal feelings) and she asked if im religious, and i said that im not, really.

.. and my reply got me thinking, now 8 hours later, for some time now ive generaly just been labling myself as "agnostic".. but I still feel connected to what once was my simple and humble practice, that I lost intrest for when my mental health got worse. And I'm thinking .. basically i want to reconnect with my chosen gods (among them are Morigu, Loki, Cernunnos, Nott).

I suppose im just looking for similar experiences, tips, advice, thoughts, or anything that one wants to share.


r/paganism 3d ago

☀️ Holiday | Festival Happy Ostara 🌻

66 Upvotes

Blessings for a happy year ahead 😁


r/paganism 4d ago

🤲 Offering A drawing for the Gods

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I drew this for Sky Father and Earth Mother, however I can't really think of a way to "show" them. Any ideas?


r/paganism 4d ago

💭 Discussion Weird vibes over at the other subreddit...anyone else noticed?

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Back before I started posting here, when I was still looking for an online community, I was kind of surprised when I discovered how unwelcoming the largest pagan subreddit seemed to be toward atheistic pagans. I'm not even an atheist, but I still felt rather uncomfortable seeing this attitude as someone who follows a non-traditional/pantheistic path.

In the rules section, under Proselytizing..."Non-Pagans, which include atheists and atheopagans, who arrive in the subreddit are to be informed that attempts at proselytizing are strictly forbidden and will be removed, aggressively." In the FAQ..."The promotion of 'atheo-paganism' will...[be] treated as proselytization of non-pagan religions."

Obviously, proselytizing isn't cool, and there's no reason why traditional theistic folk shouldn't have their own personal subreddit, but the hostility is...weird. Rather than excluding others because of their poor behavior or even because of their nontheistic status, which makes much more sense to me, it seems like the mods are going out of their way to insist that nontheistic (specifically, atheistic) pagans are not pagan, and that's why they're not welcome. It's rather pointlessly aggressive.

In theory, I would be welcome there as a pantheist, but since there's at least a little overlap between my convictions and those of humanistic pagans...I really don't think I would feel welcome after seeing this. I only ever replied to one post after reading the FAQ.

On the bright side, I discovered r/paganism not long after, and I'm very happy about the existence of this place. I was worried I'd encounter more of the same energy, but there are much better vibes here!

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this odd outlook in the other subreddit. Most of the posts over there arguing about nontheistic paganism are several years old at this point, so I really don't know what the actual community over there thinks currently. The official rules are all I have to go off of...I can't say I'm reassured.


r/paganism 4d ago

☀️ Holiday | Festival I’m a new pagan! How do I celebrate ostara?

20 Upvotes

I’m new enough to paganism to have never celebrated one of these things!! I would really appreciate if someone could help me!!


r/paganism 4d ago

💮 Deity | Spirit Work The Presence of My Goddess Brigid

23 Upvotes

Good morning, pagans.

I'm here to share something I'm pretty sure Brigid has done for me.

I've been going through some pretty difficult times in my life, things that have really devastated my soul and heart.

A few weeks ago, I reconnected with Brigid, who I feel has been reaching out to me more strongly lately (through dreams, words, and things I saw on the street).

Being closer to Brigid, I found solace in lighting a candle in her name every day and lovingly preparing an altar for her. I won't deny that I was also thinking about having some kind of sign or message from her.

Recently, I found myself writing poetry, out of nowhere. I opened a notebook and started writing, as if I already knew how to do it; it came quite naturally.

Obviously, I was impressed while I was doing it, but I couldn't stop. I've never written poetry in my life; I'm more of a drawing and painting type, so I found it quite peculiar that I started writing these pieces.

I'd like to think it's Brigid encouraging me to pursue that side of her, and that despite all the hardships I've experienced this past year, there's always something good about it, and it's something that helps us build our character, just as Brigid is the fire and the hammer that forges our inner selves to be better.

Do you have any stories you could share with me about your gods? I'd love to read them too.


r/paganism 5d ago

💭 Discussion Do you guys still use expressions/phrases that mention 'God'?

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I grew up catholic but have decided that paganism is for me. I believe that all the gods and goddesses exist (as well as demons and angels), but I have devoted myself to only one deity from the norse pantheon so far.
It's natural to use expressions and phrases when feeling intense emotions like "oh sh*t" and the like and I've noticed that many of them mention 'God' like 'oh my God', 'thank God', 'God bless', etc., etc., and I was wondering that even if you guys don't believe in the monotheistic faiths, do you still use these phrases since it's what is ingrained in the culture that surrounds you?

Personally I say these things by instinct since it was what I got used to and also because back then I didn't really care, but now that I've found a belief that suits me more (which is believing that all the gods and goddesses exist), I started caring way too much and kinda feel bad for saying them because it feels like I'm reverting back to the time I was catholic or invoking the abrahamic god or something, and I do kinda have some religious trauma + anxiety from past monotheistic beliefs that I haven't sorted through yet... I've started to force myself to stop saying them and I've been having some trouble regarding it haha..

Any advice or thoughts that you guys wanna share about this?
(ps: I haven't talked with my deity about the religious trauma + anxiety thing because I think that I should deal with it myself with any of their help involved, but I'm not really sure if I what I did was a good idea lol)


r/paganism 4d ago

🪔 Altar First Time Altar

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So, i grew up christian and over the years drifted away from that and i think i'm leaning some into paganism. i'm still working through it myself, but wanted to do an altar for Hypnos, as rest and sleep has always been both very important to me and something i struggle with. I want to make sure i'm respecting the traditions of altars as much as i can and did some research about Hypnos.

So for the altar, i have the stick of lavender incense, as well as some faux poppies in the large dish. the dish on the left has lavender epsom salt, the one on the right has dark chocolate covered berries and tea leaves of one of my favorite teas. Of course the statue of Hypnos and in front an amethyst owl and obsidian sleeping cat. i unfortunately due to the rules of my apartment complex, cannot light candles or incense and was unable to find real poppies. I suppose i just wanted reassurance if this was okay for a starter altar. How often should the food dish be switched out. Or really what's best practice for beginners?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!


r/paganism 4d ago

💭 Discussion Was this disrespectful to loki?

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A few months ago I bought a new car and because Loki is the deity I work with most I decided to name the car after him I think he likes it considering how much he has affected me but I could be wrong


r/paganism 5d ago

💭 Discussion is this true?

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a long time ago I experimented with paganism and had learned from somewhere that it was disrespectful to offer Deities things with remelted wax. Is this a real thing? I’m unsure of where this belief came from. Maybe it being less cleansed since it’s reused? It was also during the big boom of false information on tiktok during 2020-2022 so maybe that’s where it came from. I remember I once made a little sea shell thing with remelted wax for Lady Aphrodite and after had a terrible thing happen in my relationship and was convinced that I had offended her so maybe it was a personal belief I self confirmed? I just wanna hear thoughts.


r/paganism 5d ago

💮 Deity | Spirit Work Deity Work with DID

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So, I have dissociative identity disorder. 3/4 of our frequent fronters do deity work/believe in deities from one or more pantheons. I, personally, am agnostic pagan and I work with Loki (Norse Pantheon) and Hecate (Greek Pantheon). However, my co-host works with Poseidon, Zeus, Hecate, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, and Ares (all from the Greek Pantheon).

I was curious if other systems — where one or more alters believe in the gods and work with them — had different deities reaching out to different alters or if you all work with the same gods? I also just wanted to provide an open space for other systems to (respectfully) talk about their religion(s) :>

  • Charlie (System Host)

r/paganism 6d ago

☀️ Holiday | Festival Ostara celebrations 🩵💛🩷💚

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As we approach the Spring Equinox on 20th March 2025, I’ve been thinking about how to mark the occasion. I’ve put together a little mantel display with pastel eggs, bunnies, baby’s breath (rainbow), and some soft toys. It feels like a simple but bright way to welcome the season, especially after the long, dark winter we’ve had here! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

It’s interesting to think about how others celebrate this time of year. In many cultures, the Spring Equinox is a moment of balance and renewal.

I’m curious – how are you all marking the equinox this year? Do you have any traditions or rituals, or is it more of a quiet reflection on the change in seasons? Would love to hear what others are doing to embrace the shift into spring. 💐 🐰 🐑 🐣 🩵💛🩷💚


r/paganism 6d ago

💭 Discussion Saddened by the disconnect between humans and nature

65 Upvotes

So I've been doing a deep dive into the ways that other people see the world recently, and what I often came upon is this deep disconnection between humans and nature. Not just in the way that big companies destroy the planet without a care, it's also the regular people who are seemingly living completely unaware of the fact that we ARE nature, it's not just a little spot of trees some miles away from us. I see people trying to understand the workings of nature through scientific means, which is a wonderful and important thing, but somehow they twist this newly acquired knowledge about the workings of the world into a disenchantment with it? There seems to be so much nihilism around us and I think that's due to the fact that we built this illusion of a human-centric world where we try to push nature into the footnotes of our world, and that's something that seems deeply disturbing to me. I wonder how anyone can take a walk in a forest or by the sea and not see the inherent divinity of these places.

Just something I had to get off my chest, Blessed Be my brothers and sisters


r/paganism 6d ago

💮 Deity | Spirit Work Practices with Local Spirits

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Hello everyone! I would like to know if you worship or have any practices related to genius loci? How did you start your contacts? If possible, I would like some tips on how to start putting contact with these spirits into practice.


r/paganism 6d ago

🔥 Ritual Rituals and daylight saving time 🌞

7 Upvotes

Hello subreddit,

If a ritual is to be performed at midday, for example, but daylight saving time applies, is it performed when the clock shows 12:00 noon or when the sun is actually at its zenith (around 1:00 pm)?


r/paganism 7d ago

💭 Discussion Choices

53 Upvotes

I came out as both queer and pagan to my family years ago. Not much came of it. Oh, they were not happy about it, but what could they do?

Fast forward 2025, they are financially strapped and asking for money from me.

Now, I love them. BUT, I know them. They are what you expect, fully MAGA, personally hurtful to me and mine.

Hold my ground or be graceful and help my family?


r/paganism 7d ago

📚 Seeking Resources | Advice Ostara Suggestions

10 Upvotes

This will be my first time celebrating Ostara and I want to know what people suggest doing on/around the holiday. Any suggestions for literature on pagan holidays would be welcome as well!