HNT: Religion and charms
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sorcyressHappy Thursday, y'all! Let's get half naked!
(Yes, I know it's Sunday. This is a Half-Naked Thursday post, and will therefore be posted whenever I damn please)
This here is a picture of the necklace I wear pretty much every day. I call it the necklace o'religion, and it's technically only three-fourths complete (I need a Sacred Chao, for Eris).
Religiously, I identify as polytheistic, hence the reason there are a bunch of charms on there, and not just one cross or or pentacle or Star of David or whathaveyou. I've been collecting them for about three years now and I'm very pleased with the idea of having *something* to wear every day, to the point where -while I don't feel naked without it- I occasionally feel wrong when I realize I skipped putting the necklace on.
(I do take it off sometimes specifically to use as prayer beads --I'll hold the charms in my hand or fidget with them back and fourth when I need an extra burst of focus. Additionally, I learned while I was in Chicago that there are certain places in the world where I simply feel too closed off from my gods to wear their signs, and so I spent most of the month there keeping the necklace in my pocket, and only putting it around my neck when I actually left the apartment.)
The ankh has been there the longest, and is for Athe, who is my catchall goddess of strength and science and such. She is one of my patrons --Mother Nature is the other one, and I searched for _ages_ to find a proper charm for her, before I came across this little seashell on Revere Beach. My two non-patron gods are Eris, as mentioned above, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster--that particular charm went from being silverish in colour, to copperish, to silverish as it went through tarnishing. --this particular charm was given to me today by JannyBlue, and seems more heavy duty than the previous one, which was not exactly up to being worn every day.
Please don't wear this necklace, if you find I've left it somewhere. It's very much a personal thing (as I tend to believe religion should be) and I like having something that I can keep all to myself.
~Sor
MOOP!
(Yes, I know it's Sunday. This is a Half-Naked Thursday post, and will therefore be posted whenever I damn please)
This here is a picture of the necklace I wear pretty much every day. I call it the necklace o'religion, and it's technically only three-fourths complete (I need a Sacred Chao, for Eris).
Religiously, I identify as polytheistic, hence the reason there are a bunch of charms on there, and not just one cross or or pentacle or Star of David or whathaveyou. I've been collecting them for about three years now and I'm very pleased with the idea of having *something* to wear every day, to the point where -while I don't feel naked without it- I occasionally feel wrong when I realize I skipped putting the necklace on.
(I do take it off sometimes specifically to use as prayer beads --I'll hold the charms in my hand or fidget with them back and fourth when I need an extra burst of focus. Additionally, I learned while I was in Chicago that there are certain places in the world where I simply feel too closed off from my gods to wear their signs, and so I spent most of the month there keeping the necklace in my pocket, and only putting it around my neck when I actually left the apartment.)
The ankh has been there the longest, and is for Athe, who is my catchall goddess of strength and science and such. She is one of my patrons --Mother Nature is the other one, and I searched for _ages_ to find a proper charm for her, before I came across this little seashell on Revere Beach. My two non-patron gods are Eris, as mentioned above, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Please don't wear this necklace, if you find I've left it somewhere. It's very much a personal thing (as I tend to believe religion should be) and I like having something that I can keep all to myself.
~Sor
MOOP!
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on 2011-01-10 04:29 am (UTC)