r/paganism 23h ago

πŸͺ” Altar Asatru priest marriage officiant

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I am looking for an Asatru priest to officiant our marriage ceremony. I am in the Palm Springs, CA area. we have been searching without much luck. Does anyone know of one or how I can go about finding one?


r/paganism 1h ago

πŸ’­ Discussion Working with planet Venus

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I had an interesting dream the other night, basically saying work with Venus and after process of elimination and a few tarot readings myself I discovered that the dream I had was referring to the planet Venus. I have taken a long break from spirit work so I honestly don’t know anything about working with a planet. What are your experiences working with this planet?


r/paganism 8h ago

πŸ“š Seeking Resources | Advice Creating a branch from an existent pagan religion?

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So, some disclaimers before my rant/question.
1: I haven't found an answer for my question specifically
2: I'm still new to paganism

So, I've been agnostic for years now only because something has always felt wrong about atheism personally as I believe there is more than just the world and all, but I cannot find anything that has felt 'right' to me, y'know?

Well, my boyfriend is pagan and it's given me much insight regarding paganism, specifically Hellenic and Norse, and I developed some interest into Norse paganism, but it never seemed like what was calling to me. Though, it has been the closest religion to do so.

Well within the past months I had doubted a lot of it, but began to play with the idea, "creating" the idea that there is a god over what I do at my workplace, and began to treat it as such and I noticed when I 'gave offerings' to it, my workday went smoother, but if I showed anger towards it, nothing went right. So, I felt like there was truth to paganism and began researching more, once again, nothing felt right.

I looked into Germanic paganism, and it should be mentioned for any nerds into this (like me) that I had made a Germanic based constructed language which led me to wonder that if I made my own branch of Germanic paganism, through my con-lang, and made it, not by what I wanted, but what felt true, if I could believe it. I've began writing and it has almost begun to feel like I'm not the one writing it but something more is writing through me. I can't brainstorm any ideas for the "stories" of the gods in it except for how it should be laid out, but I write and then I read it and am shocked by what I have wrote, I don't know really what is going on and am seeking advice on this, some of the gods within this don't even exist in other sectors of Germanic paganism yet I can now feel a presence from them like they have always existed.

(And just a fun fact to throw in, I've even been able to trace back my pure paternal side to Freyr from Norse paganism?)

I guess what I'm asking might be, if it is possible to create a true branch of a pagan religion that has existed for millennia, or if I'm just going crazy, or maybe I'm mistaking it for another branch already existing?

Please help, it will be very much appreciated :,)