Kaye on Kallisti has a very interesting post on purification and the terms used surrounding purity and impurity in Hellenic polytheism.

Reconstructionism is a broad term, often abbreviated recon. It refers to the adaptation of ancient polytheism and its structures, and its main concerns are authenticity and historical grounding. The term seems straightforward — until it isn’t. Antiquity lasted for a long time. Religious practices evolved, and information about those practices can simultaneously be scant and way too much. Much of Hellenism is still very DIY, or at least as DIY as a complicated set of secondhand IKEA furniture with the instructions missing.

Kaye, ‘Is My Libation To-Go Cup Authentic?‘ on EIDOLON

Merri-Todd has a breakdown of Hozier’s ‘As It Was’ through the lens of a fairy ballad.

I did not realize until I had it, perhaps, how much I wanted a religion that made the erotic a central concern instead of leaving it to lurk around the borders, beyond the light of the candles on the altar, a religion that wasn’t angry at women for somehow being the cause of everything bad because we’re just so tempting. It goes deeper than wanting to worship goddesses or honor female ancestors, though those desires, those needs, are also deeply important. Hail, Saint Mary Magdalene, consort of the Savior, Apostle to the Apostles: Pray for your sisters who are still stuck under the bus.

Merri-Todd Webster, ‘Throwing the First Apostle under the bus‘

I have even been told that I would have problem in my married life because of my feminist ideologies that I should give up after being married. Are we just supposed to ignore our ideologies, our sense of right or wrong just because we respect our elders? In the name of respect, are we suppose to follow those traditions that we firmly believe are wrong? Why can a girl not ask for equality in life? And if she does, why is she not appreciated? These are some questions that demands pondering.

Srijana Chhetri, ‘My Experiences of Patriarchal Rituals in the Nepali Community‘