As the inaugural monthly moot creeps toward us, and a potential attendee has already contacted, it occurs to me that I may well be expected to talk about heathenry with at least a vague air of authority.
This doesn't really come naturally to me. First of all, I like to keep things chilled and understated. Our hearth consists solely of my family (at the moment) and we don't really go in for elaborate rituals and verbose appeals to the gods and goddesses. Secondly, I've lived around half of my life by now, and for anyone with even an ounce of experience, that is more than enough to learn the things I don't know far outweigh the things that I do know. So, really, I'm not usually one for proselytising as I understand that "my heathenry" is just one of a myriad of equally valid ways to do heathenry.
We like to think of our hearth - and, by extension, moots - as being more about socialising and forging friendships and less about loremastery and, hopefully, less drama.
As we potentially have people travelling to see us, though, it does rather pile pressure on us to wax heathen and discuss "matters of faith". Left to our own devices, we'd more likely spend time talking about music, films and beer and barely ever mention anything to do with contemporary heathenry.
Perhaps we could make a name for ourselves as the least heathen-oriented heathen hearth in the UK? That would be quite an accolade! ;)
Pagan-Heathen blog centering on UK-based heathenry but also covering wider pagan issues and paths. The site's remit has now been broadened to cover European pre-Christian history and associated spirituality (historic and reconstructed). First and foremost, though, it is a journal of my journey along my pagan path which is gradually evolving toward an animist perspective. The aim is to promote a positive society inspired by the pre-Christian and non-capitalist cultures of the past.
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
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