First, Averill posted headcanons for bird associations for the Otherfaith gods and spirits. A whole lot are listed, so definitely check it out!
Next, an informative review of Kirk Thomas’ Sacred Gifts: Reciprocity and the Gods. After reading that I spent some time just reading through various posts on Marc’s blog, finding a lot to be considered and contemplated there.
… I feel that the whole “so inclusive that we denigrate every view point” is one of the biggest failings that the whole “community” has.
Marc, Why I Stay Pagan from 2013 (emphasis added)
If you believed in multiple and independent deities, well, you were wrong. You were corrected. The gods were all facets of one universal source, not independent entities. The same people who said that belief didn’t matter, and that Paganism was focused on action, were the first to cast aspersions were you to go beyond the pale of indoctrinated theology and believe – truly believe – in multiple gods.
Marc, The Realization of Polytheism from 2017
And it’s funny because in my twenty years, that really hasn’t changed.
Funnily enough, this is a link to…a bigger compilation of links. ‘Electronic Faeries’ has tons of links to various websites, Facebook pages, and more around the net, all focused on fairies. Absolutely worthwhile for those looking to explore into fairies deeper!
Seao Helrune has a post about ‘spiritual junk’. Here’s a quote I found intriguing.
…the junk can become the point, and therein lies a trap that I think a lot of people fall into (but hardly ever discuss). Unless it’s an item stipulated by a spirit as a condition of conjuration (and potentially pacting) that spirit, or ingredients for something like a hoodoo hand, if ever you find yourself thinking that you can’t do something magically without a certain item or that you need that thing to *fix* your practice, then you may have a problem. This is especially the case if that magical thing you think you can’t do without that thing is actually down to the application of a basic skill.
Seo Helrune, Spiritual Junk from 2017
Morgan Daimler brings author recommendations in ‘Top 5 Favorite Witchcraft Authors‘.
Lastly, there is an upcoming online convention for Loki called Lokifest. You can find out more about it here; it will be occurring in August, so if you want to attend sign up soon!