Look, I try to be understanding and accepting of different word usage in the community, as it's just a thing when a global internet tries to consolidate terms and concepts. As long as we understand each other in conversation, it doesn't matter. If you're one of those people who say this term to me, please … Continue reading Why I hate the word GODSPOUSAL
Advice from Fellow Godspouses
I conducted a Google Forms survey on the godspousing discord I help run, as well as linking an identical survey to my Tumblr. I've gathered a little of the data and some of the advice to share with y'all. Hopefully it helps someone! Your relationships will change, your Partner(s) will change, you will change.Change is … Continue reading Advice from Fellow Godspouses
Theory of Practice-Building
I will be the first to tell you that I'm terrible at building a routine and sticking to it. It's probably the ADHD, but there's no lack of effort. I try so much to put structure into my life that I've spent a lot of time thinking about how we conceptualize our practices. To start, … Continue reading Theory of Practice-Building
Familial Godspousing, and its Problems
I want to keep this post short and relatively simple. To begin, I have an issue with adding any descriptor to godspousing or godspouse. Platonic godspouse is... just odd, in that godspousing is at it's core at the bare minimum an intimate (either romantic, sexual, or both) relationship with an entity, often a god or … Continue reading Familial Godspousing, and its Problems
Critical Reading Guides for Paganism (WIP)
🚩 - red flag, an issue to be concerned about that indicates appropriation or a bias of the author⚠️ - caution, proceed with knowledge that this isn't automatically concerning but should be noted🏳️🌈 - not likely to be lgbtqia friendly🕊️ - indicates a resource centered around religious UPG experience and bias, which sometimes suggests lack … Continue reading Critical Reading Guides for Paganism (WIP)
Hello to everyone coming over from Facebook! I'd like to take a moment to remind you of general internet safety procedures. If you leave a hateful comment with your full name and full email attached that, say, links back to your business / university / etc... now I just know that information. You have every … Continue reading
[Book Review:] Spirit Marriage by Megan Rose
This is a review of Spirit Marriage: Intimate Relationships with Otherworldly Beings by Megan Rose. As of this review, here is a link from Goodreads and here is an embedded Amazon link. The book was published March 1st, 2022 by Bear & Company. Here is a convenient downloadable version of the book, don't ask questions. … Continue reading [Book Review:] Spirit Marriage by Megan Rose
for / with / from Fairge
This is a channeled poem I wrote with the assistance of Fairge. I have only vague memories of writing it, and I like to think of it as a love poem written for/with/from Fairge. CW: themes of drowning and general lack of control this thing presses into my brain, it's a thought but it's not … Continue reading for / with / from Fairge
You Don’t Need to “Come Out” as a Godspouse
Hello, yes, this is going to be somewhat of a controversial topic but it's important to touch on. A lot of new godspouses or spirit partners get anxious and fret over telling their human partner ("IRL partner") that they are a godspouse or spirit partner. These fears mostly revolve around lying, being dishonest by omission, … Continue reading You Don’t Need to “Come Out” as a Godspouse
The Problems of Scottish Polytheism and Witchcraft
Let me be very clear up front about who I am and what I am capable of. I am an American, from the Southern states. I grew up in a state that had a lot of Scots-Irish immigrants, so I've been exposed to some diasporic cultural elements. I have research-based degree(s) in an arts field, … Continue reading The Problems of Scottish Polytheism and Witchcraft