Indi Latrani @indi@awoo.space

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And, I"m back. With antlers. A bit early this year, maybe. And also with... a whole solstice myth, shoved straight into my head, about community, and song, and guiding light out of the darkness. But it's not quite time to tell that one, yet.

Here's what it all comes down to though. I'm here for you all, a cuddly warm winter-enduring critter, sharing glow and light and heat as best I can. And more importantly, we're all here for each other, each one of us helping keep all of us warm in the dark.

Every Monday night I spend an hour at my altar. Dancing, reading, meditating, drumming... Generally trying to work out the right ways to do... what I do.

Tonight, even more than usual, I'm going to be focussing on my community. Whatever I can do to bolster us, in the midst of loss, and grief, and pain. What I can do in this time, and what I can take from this time to do more otherwise too.

You are lovely.
You are glorious.
You deserve good things.

I want to help.

I'll see you all in an hour.

I had a really good awesome weekend so why is it that my brain hates me today? >.<

OMG I've met so many new folks through here this year, and I get to tell you all about Glowtide. ^.^

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Glowtide is the postfurry-standard winter-solstice celebration! In the Neptunian and Downwarp calendars, is it marked by a period of intercalary days around the darkest point in the year, and traditionally includes a ritual where we gather up a bunch of folks and treats and most importantly ✨​GLOWY✨​STUFF✨ to help encourage the light to start coming back!

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(Yes I guess that means my antlers are growing in. How does that even happen on a plushie? Must be a Glowtide miracle. ^.^)

I'm gonna start listening to holiday music today and no one can stop me. Samhain is over, Glowtide starts now. ^.^

LB: ✨​Me toooo~~~ ✨​

Per @Lioness​, I have been thinking that some of this is indeed "How do I run group events" stuff, yeah, that covers like half of my points there, but there's some pretty particular pagan concerns in there too.

Still, if anyone has any resources they might suggest, even for 'how do I do group events' more broadly, I'd be interested.

And if anyone has any personal experience with this... Maybe we should all put our heads together?

(Feel free to boost. c.c)

What I wish I knew more about doesn't really have anything to do with specifics of belief or cosmology, it's more like:

- How do I do logistics/prep without losing my mind
- How do I know how much to involve other folks in ritual actions
- How do I address potential attendee interpersonal concerns
- How do I allow for varying levels of participation in general, when I'm not sure how much some folks want to involve themselves in e.g. ecstatic practice?

I get the sense that somewhere in the wilds of the internet, there must be a place to discuss "How do I do a good job at running eclectic pagan rituals" and I wish I knew where to find it.

Then I think a bit more about the reasons I never joined up with any pagan groups myself before, and think maybe I'm better off finding my own path with this.

Still, it seems like there are some basic principles that would be good to know, that I worry I'm not getting. Anyone have any thoughts?

Come to think of it, there's quite a few correspondences between paganism and scouting. The pyromania, the social ritual...

And some issues both need to work on, like authoritarian bullshit and Native cultural appropriation. ;)

So, two fires in two days. And today's went much better than yesteday's (Thanks @emanate​ for helping rescue the one last night!).

I think I'm finally working out what makes them burn well.

Catching up on what I didn't learn in scouting, I guess. ;)

At my request, @Elanna asked the runes if the offerings and messages from last night's Silent Supper should be burned or buried.

It is done. It feels... Good isn't the right word. Satisfying. Complete. Peaceful.
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Today I am thankful that work has so much leftover trick-or-treat candy. It is a good day for self care.