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Managing Neurodivergence With Planetary Worship

This is a broader follow-up post to my more recent Quick Spell to Lessen Social Anxiety. I have discussed before my personal framework for practicing religion as a neurodivergent person and how to start worshipping the planets as doing so has improved my life immeasurably. This blogpost aims to offer

A Quick Spell for Lessening Social Anxiety

This was Apollo's gentle suggestion. Today, I was on my morning walk with my dogson and I noticed that I became very anxious and harried when a nearby homeowner and some contractors came outside a few feet from us. I have a long history of social anxiety, which

How Reincarnation Exists Simultaneously with Ancestor Spirits

My ex-husband didn't believe in anything outside of materialism, but he did once state he was concerned that if I had a past life regression I would find myself in the Holocaust or somewhere similar. When I suggested, "Maybe in my past lives, I wasn't

How to Venerate Jewish Ancestors When You're Not a Jew

Because I grew up in the second most populous Jewish area in the world, I met a variety of Jews. Most of us were religiously Jewish to some degree, some of us were simply culturally Jewish, and then there were the few who had been raised completely outside of Judaism.

Starting Testosterone

I started testosterone today. The New Moon approaches in Taurus, exalted and well conditioned. I prayed to and praised Mercury with off-the-cuff improvised glee before applying the gel to my Inanna 8-point star chest tattoo. It went something like: O Friend O Teacher O Mentor O Guide As you are

Planetary Worship, Theurgy, and True Love

In my post on my spiritual set up, I briefly mentioned that I work with the planetary spirits. Basically, what this means is that I have divine relationships with deities who go by the names and carry the traditional associations/domains of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn

Apollo, Aegis, and Lessons in Divine Relationships

Recently, I saw on Instagram that Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day was "aegis." The first image defined the word as "protection, guidance, sponsorship" as granted by a larger entity or individual. That's my relationship with Apollo, I thought. There is a popular