befriending me is just basically getting a front-row ticket to my easily-excited ass yelling about everything, always. even if i’m not literally yelling i’m still, in spirit, yelling. that’s the ticket you bought. you didn’t ask for it but you got a backstage pass too, free of charge. welcome to hell
Hands up if you’re still mad that Christianity took over most of the world, displacing the ancient local religions and destroying records of them so we’ll never know the details about them
I’m not mad about that as much as I am that Christianity took lessons about unconditional love, forgiveness and kindness and turned it into a worldwide conglomerate of guilt, shame, judgement and hate that is literally crippling innocent children for life- all over the planet for generations upon generations.
Originally I had written this in response to others who had a lot of misconceptions and misinformation about what Godkin and Godspouses were, so I decided this needed to be its own post to be available for searching.
While Godkin and Godspouses are new terms in the modern world developing out of modern revival of Polytheistic beliefs, the concepts are very old and a valid part of ancient and current religions.
Some people have mentioned to me religious abuse being carried out by those who claim to be either one and I’m here to tell you that if you’re practicing these things in the way they’re meant to be they shouldn’t involve anyone except yourself and your deities.
On Godkin
Children: Many people
believe that they are the children/creation of their God in the
metaphysical sense of the word. Just as Christians believe they are the
actual children of the Abrahamic deity Yahweh, someone can believe they
are the child of Cernunnos, of Freyr, Zeus, [insert deity here]. This
can be because they believe their deity created them or simply decide to
adopt a deity as their parental figure. They don’t typically have any
superhuman abilities (those would be demigods) but may carry a blessing
of their Godparent. For those with clairvoyance or metaphysical sight
this can manifest in clear mark or sign.
Godshards: There
are some people who believe that they are an incarnation of part of a
deity. Just as Jesus is considered to be part of Yahweh himself and his
own identity, other people may be a part of a deity experiencing
Humanity at the moment. The deity and the person exist independently of
each other, and do not share consciousness during this incarnation. But
after death it is possible that the shard will rejoin their deity soul. Being a Godshard does not mean that you
should be asking anyone to acknowledge that you are the same as the
whole deity or convincing anyone that you are anything other than human
with memories of a past life connected to a deity.
You should never ask anyone for worship or offerings.
Other family ties: This is more common than you may think. Many of the
pantheons have stories of the relevant deities actually being that
people’s first ancestors. Some may feel stronger familial ties to
specific deities as siblings, cousins, nieces/nephews, etc.
On Godspousing
The example you may be most familiar with is how Catholic Monks and Nuns take holy vows that equate to marriage
of the Abrahamic God, Yahweh. They even take vows of monogamy to
renounce relationships between themselves and other humans. Furthermore
Protestant Christian teachings refer to all Christians as the brides of
Christ and that the ultimate marriage is between the Church/Israel and God.
Ancient Temples of different deities would often involve something
similar – vows that define their relatioship with that chosen
deity.
Pagan godspousing is a personal choice to define the relationship
between a person and their deity as romantic rather than another
definition. Pagan godspousing can often be an open relationship rather than a monogamous one which allows the human or the deity to engage in other relationships. If someone elects to involve sexual acts or sexual pleasure
in their devotions this can also be considered godsex.
Marriage to Spirits is another subsection of Godspousing. This is where someone elects to marry a spirit of a person who may be deceased or simply the soul of a non-human entity.
A NOTE ON THESE THINGS:
Each individual has the right to define their own relationships with
their deity(s) and judge them in accordance with their own conscience
and with regard to their own spiritual path and identity.
However, in order for their spiritual beliefs and definitions to be valid and recognized by others it *must*
remain personal and without impacting (or attempting to impact) how
others are defining their own beliefs and spiritual identity.
No Person should ever be using their spiritual beliefs and
relationship definitions with their deities to manipulate, take
advantage of, or abuse others in anyway. Being Godkin or a Godspouse doesn’t entitle
your identity to be acknowledged by others or play a part in their
spiritual beliefs.
IF any individual is
attempting to interact with minors, insinuate they have unique divine
knowledge, or require worship from anyone they are not actually
identifying their practice with these things and instead are attempting
to engage in religious abuse.
These definitions of spiritual identity are not for everyone. You do not have to identify as one of these things for your relationships with deities or your spiritual path to be unique, personal, and just as important. But it is extremely important to know that these definitions exist, they’re valid, and they *do* have historical support.
Historically have engaged in Godspousing: – Hindu (present) – Catholicism (present) – Protestantism (present) – Roman Polytheism – Greek Polytheism – Aztec
Historically have engaged in Spirit Marriage:
– French – United States – South Korea – Germany – South Africa – Japan – Mormonism
Known/Recognised Godshards or Human Incarnations of Deities: – The Dalai Lama – The Buddha – Jeshua/Jesus Christ – All of the Incarnations of Vishnu – Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt – Emperors of Japan – Emperors of China – Inca Emperors – and so many more
The most odious aspect of goody-goody, I’m-okay-you’re-okay dialogues is their failure to recognize that sometimes you have to scream, slam doors, break furniture, run red lights, and ride the wind to even begin to have the words to describe what is eating you.
punk isn’t just skinny. punk isn’t just perfect mohawks or aesthetically pleasing jackets. punk isn’t only listening to dead kennedys or black flag. punk is being an individual, having no respect for our fascist authority, sticking up for the little guy even if you are the little guy. punk isn’t just a look or a music scene.
i literally made this because nazis and the alt right can’t be punk
Stop bringing politics into music genres lmao
stop bringing politics…….. into punk????
Here’s Green Day, one of the most popular and well known punk bands.
Wait, but there’s MORE!
Wait, in case you weren’t convinced that the punk scene is political and is all about standing up against fascism and bullshit and racism that America is facing:
shut up. Punk is not just a fucking music genre.
Ok I’m reblogging this again bc when I went to see green day, before they properly started playing they made us make a pledge, at the gig there is to be ‘No racism, no sexism, no homophobia, no donald trump’
Punk has been political long before Green Day existed. The political history of the Punk scene(s) cannot be divorced from the music scene(s) that arose out of them. It is not just about music. It is not just about fashion. The stylistic choices made have meaning and are situated in a social/political context.
That being said, it’s really important to acknowledge that Neo-Nazis didn’t infiltrate the Punk subculture for no reason. Absolutely, make it clear that Neo-Nazis are not welcome in The Punk Scene. However, part of doing that means confronting how they got there.
Punk music isn’t all about one political stance, though it’s commonly anti-authoritarian. Anyone can utilize the genre to promote their own ideologies, even if a popular intention of the genre is to be anti-authoritarian. Green Day is just one of many bands who use Punk music to spread their ideology.
It’s not just punk. Music has been used as a form of rebellion against oppression for a hell of a long time. Fuck, centuries even. The people who don’t get this have most likely never been oppressed in their life.
A few protest/”political” songs, and some about specific tragedies, from recent history, that aren’t just punk:
Zombie, The Cranberries
I Know A Place, MUNA
99 Luftballons, Nena
Beds Are Burning, Midnight Oil
Khe Sahn, Cold Chisel
I Was Only Nineteen, Redgum
The Greatest, Sia
Fuck Tha Police , N.W.A
Eve of Destruction, Barry McGuire
We Are The World, USA for Africa
Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud), James Brown
Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell (or more recently, Counting Crows)
Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen
Know Your Rights, The Clash
Holiday in Cambodia, Dead Kennedys
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Gil Scott Heron
We’ve been doing this shit forever, it’s not new. War, racism, fascism, homophobia… if it’s harmed people, it’s been put into music. It’s an incredibly powerful medium that has changed the world before, and to say that politics, hatred, and tragedy shouldn’t be featured is, honestly, simply ignorant.
I cannot deal with the sheer level of numbskull-ery in a statement like “Don’t bring politics into music” as if this is some Silly Tumblr Fad and not something that’s been a thing for over a hundred years
bard is a combat class
bard is a combat class
Someone brought politics into the arts, you say? Shocking! And about as new-fangled as dirt.
Musical expression has always been political and always will be. If you haven’t realized it before now, that’s your problem.
Pay attention to red flags. If people are triggered when you are putting up healthy boundaries and asking for respect, that is their issues arising – not yours. Don’t be disempowered by other people’s projections.
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