Getting Started in Various Polytheisms
June 10, 2015 at 9:53 pm 7 comments
If you aren’t sure what tradition you will be following (or creating!) this is a nice way to compare things a bit before you dive head-first into something! Remember also, that polytheist and animist practice doesn’t have to be based on a particular cultural tradition- either historic or living. One example of a modern, polytheistic religion is the Otherfaith, involving worship of eight Gods and a multitude of spirits. Though I’m not a follower myself, I find it fascinating to watch the development of the Otherfaith, the reflection of human diversity in their Gods (or rather are we reflections of the Gods?) and my discussions with Other People has added a lot of insight in my own attempts at finding modern inspiration.
General–
A list with lots of resources- Pagan 101
Polytheism 101: Building a Shrine, Offerings,
Devotional Primer– advice from an eclectic heathen
Keeping a Daily Practice: 7 Keys to Success by Dagulf Loptson
Daily Devotions– suggestions for each day of the week. On the main blog page, she posts each day the day of the week activities as well as hymns for deities/spirits associated with that day of the month, festivals etc.
Indo-European Polytheisms
Longship– Beginner’s Guide to Heathenry- pan-Germanic
Non-Indo-European polytheisms
Natib Qadish– Canaanite polytheism
Kemetic Polytheism (Egyptian)
Hinduism
Shinto-
Non-historically inspired polytheisms
The Otherfaith
Modern American Polytheism– this can be combined with various other pagan/polytheist traditions.
Entry filed under: Approaching Paganism, How-To. Tags: Canaanite polytheism, celtic polytheism, Heathenry, Hellenic polytheism, Hellenismos, Hinduism, Natib Qadish, Otherfaith, puja, Religio Romana, ritual, Roman polytheism, shrines.
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ubenmaat | June 11, 2015 at 7:49 pm
I’d like to suggest adding this for Kemetism. It’s exceedingly helpful for beginners:
https://thetwistedrope.wordpress.com/kemeticism/kemetic-starter-guide/
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caelesti | June 11, 2015 at 8:04 pm
Thank you! I want to include as many polytheistic religions as possible, but I’m less familiar with Kemetic resources.
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Redfaery | June 11, 2015 at 10:51 pm
If you like, feel free to use the resources I compiled for Shinto, here.
http://polytheistcommunity.boards.net/thread/262/shinto-japanese-polytheism-resources
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Redfaery | June 11, 2015 at 10:51 pm
Reblogged this on Flight of the Hamsa and commented:
Great resources
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caelesti | June 11, 2015 at 11:52 pm
Thanks! This is kind of the “quick and dirty” list, I’ll make more comprehensive ones for particular religions as I study them. Though I mainly stick with a Euro-American paradigm, I find Shinto useful for ideas of how a continuous polytheistic/animistic tradition can manifest itself in a modern post-industrial society. Roman religion is also useful for that (not the continuity part, but the multicultural urban setting part, in my personal situation!
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