Noumenia and an Anniversary

It’s been a month or two, but I finally lit a candle for the gods yesterday for Noumenia.  I didn’t do the whole ritual, but at least I made an effort. 

August 1^st, Lammas, is my anniversary.  It’s the first ritual I remember performing as a Pagan and I’ve used it as my anniversary for fourteen years now.  My religion is older than my kiddo but I still feel like such a novice.  Most of those years probably had only one or two rituals done and long, long stretches of time where nothing was done.  I need to remember, however, that just because I don’t always do the magical side of my religion doesn’t mean I’m not a Pagan.

To me, Paganism is a religion.  I’ve always held the gods in my heart and head.  I feel that jumping up and down at the wonder of a rainbow or the electric green of spring is an acceptable form of worship.  I see the wonder of the world around me, I pick up trash and use reusable things, I try to walk my talk, and that makes me a Pagan, not just how well versed I am in casting a circle.

In this new month, as the moon grows and changes overhead, I am not going to devote myself to my path or try to get back into it.  I am going to remember that this is my path.  No matter where my feet lead me or how many rituals I miss, I am still a Pagan and the gods surround me.

Noumenia: The Wheels are Turning

Welcome to another new month, dear readers!

I'm quite happy to say that I honored both Hekate and Noumenia so far this month.  Now I just have to remember the Agathos Daimon after my meeting tonight and I will have hit all three days.  It will be the first in a very long time.

I feel like I might be on the right track finally on getting a hold of all the different aspects of my life.  Or at least the writing ones.  I wrote down all my obligations the other day and set up a schedule for the week on how to get things done.  At a time when I'm seriously considering having to give up something, I decided that I want to submit a piece of writing at least every other week.  It sounds like a lot, but I think I can get it done.

I waiting and waiting for the warmer weather.  I keep thinking it's right around the corner, but it never comes.  My weather gadget says it is 30 degrees at home right now.  It's May!  Where is the weather that causes sunburns?

I started some of my garden, and then it kind of went belly up in the cold night.  But I replanted my cucumber, lettuce, spinach, and sage seeds.  Hopefully it will be the right timing so that they can come up wonderfully.  This weekend I think I will go get my tomatoes and onions and all the rest of what I want to plant.

This month I just want to stick to what I am doing, follow through, and make it work.

Have a great May!

Noumenia! A good start

I have a good feeling about this month.  This last week started out well and I can see the rest of the month following.  I've had a lot of good starts lately.  I sent in a poem for a workshop at the end of the month, they will give a critique of a poem and have key note speakers.  I signed up for the Iowa Poetry Association, the group running the workshop.  I finally wrote and submitted an article for He Epistole.  I went to a gardening coalition meeting and am very excited to see that project get started.  I ordered and picked up a book from our local small bookstore for my spirituality group.  I plan on attending the Faerie Ball on Saturday and being a backup for the DJ.

But I haven't touched my fiction project.  I haven't added pages to Mused.  I haven't figured out how to get my kiddo to stop lying. 

But I have figured out a lot of things and that has buoyed me through the last week. 

Now I just need to keep dedication to all parts of my life up and we'll be fine. :)

Noumenia: A New Start

by Bobby Mikul

I have had this blog for ages and have never posted anything.  Why?  Because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to post.  And because I wasn’t sure if I could handle two blogs at once.  But I tend to start blogs in an effort to hold myself accountable and that’s what I need to do now.

I am starting this blog in an effort to hold myself accountable to my religion.  At least once a week, I will post here about something I have been doing with my religion.  It could be a poem I wrote about the gods, a divinatory tool or spread, prayers, rituals, or just thoughts on how to live a religious life.

At least once a week, I will make an effort to connect to my gods.

What do I mean by religion and gods?

Hellenic based Paganism.  Paganism with a focus on the gods and spirits from Ancient Greece.  Persephone, Hades, Hermes, Hephaistos.  The Agathos Daimon, the spirit of the house, otherwise known as Kabouters in my house, Dutch gnomes.  The trees and the wind and the sun and the moon.

Join me for my journey to deepen my religious experience.