Ok, So Yall Know How Tensions Started To Rise During The Bookends Recording And Art Wrote Paul The Long

Ok, so y’all know how tensions started to rise during the Bookends recording and Art wrote Paul the long letter telling about his hard feelings toward Paul and the duo? Now go listen to Overs.

July for Loki, Day 31 • The End

Yay for me, and for all of you reading my posts of July for Loki!

It's been relatively hard to keep the focus for 30 days straight, following 30 Days of Deity Devotion prompts; to write briefly and hopefully not too boringly about matters that would deserve pages and pages each was not easy. But it was good fun too, and a way to connect with my patron god even more deeply, which is always a good thing.

One of the services I've been asked to perform for Loki by Loki himself is to talk about him, speaking my own truth about the way I know him. Trust me, this is tough for me, since I used to be a pretty secretive person about my whole spiritual sphere. But hey, now this is part of my path, and it's a way to honor him, so that's why I felt this July for Loki was the right thing to do, the way I did it, after all.

The conclusion to my July for Loki will be simple: I send firey blessings to y'all, and may Lughnasadh bring you nothing but marvelous gifts! 🖤

Pic: Laughing Fox by Paul Ward

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True.

a very italian problem is when you’re used to ending your phone calls with ciao ciao ciaociao ciao cia- ciao ciao cia- but then you hang up a little too soon and the other person is still saying the seventh ciao and it feels like strangling them. that’s what being the worst person in the world feels like

July for Loki using 30 Days of Deity Devotion prompts, Day 30 • Any suggestions for others just starting to learn about Loki?

Don’t approach him lightly.

But if you feel drawn to him, or if you sense he’s calling you, follow your instinct.

Nevermind what you’ve been told about him.

Be respectful, but have no fear. He’s a god, not evil nor cruel. Respect him, and he’ll show you the Nine Worlds and beyond.

Read the myths, read the books, but try to remember this: the deities are ALIVE, right here, right now. Does it really matter who they were eons ago? Does it matter who you were two decades ago? Yes, it can give people a hint, but the reality is far more complex than someone’s past. The deities are alive, just like you and me - well, not exactly in the same way, but you get the idea. Yes, I read the myths, I studied them, I know the stories since I was a little child, and you know what? I know for sure that Loki is FAR more than those myths. All deities are. Just like we are much more than a couple of episodes people remember us for.

So guess what?

If you want to know who Loki was, read the myths and study the history.

But if you want to know who Loki IS, listen to him.

Oh, and a couple of witchy tips: don’t try to play him for a fool (he's smarter than you), and don’t approach him with the wrong attitude, or you’ll get burned.

I took a nap and dreamed Loki was playing the fiddle and singing a drinking song with the message of, "The roads we have to travel tomorrow are long with lots of bad weather, but right now we are here together and drunk and that's what matters most right now."

It might sound kind of silly on paper, but it was incredibly comforting.