About Patch and this Blog
-I'm known on the internet as Patch.
I have been a practising Hellenic polytheist for 4 years.
- After following a re-con methodology for a number of years, I became unable to ignore the call to witchcraft and so here I am today exploring how this fits into my practice.This blog primarily deals with devotional worship, Hellenic polytheism, pagan living and a whole lot of navel gazing.
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The silly things I agree to do! – Dionysia
I have lots of things that I want to post about here. I still mean to re-write the shadow work post that got eaten last week, in addition to musing about the direction in which my relationship with Hera is … Continue reading
Posted in festival, Hellenic polytheism, Local community, Ritual
Tagged city dionysia, dionysia, dionysos, festivals, hellenic polytheism, pagan community, ritual, Wheel of the year
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It’s finally here
I woke up yesterday to clear blue skies and biting cold. I wrapped up warm and went for a walk around the lake by my house. There are buds on some of the shrubs, the snowdrops are in bloom and … Continue reading
Posted in festival, Local community, Ritual
Tagged imbolc, local community, pagan community, seasonal, Wheel of the year
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Pagan Pride Nottingham
I arrived back from my holiday in Gran Canaria at 6am Sunday morning. I had 4 hours sleep at my parents’ house and then drove up to my (new!) house in Nottingham, to attend this years pagan pride parade. I … Continue reading
Posted in festival, Local community
Tagged festivals, local community, pagan community, pagan pride, photos
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A little update on my casting collection
As I think I have mentioned before, I meet on the tuesday closest to the dark moon with other female pagans and witches to practice divination. This month I bought my collection casting system, and once again it performed wonderfully … Continue reading
Posted in divination, Local community, Projects
Tagged casting collection, divination, pagan community
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A busy ritual month
I kick started the lunar month (well, technically ended the old one) with Hekate’s Deipnon. I cleansed my new flat for the first time, and offered her myrrh incense and the cherry mead which I only give to her and the ancestors. The … Continue reading
Posted in ancestors, Devotion, divination, festival, Food, Hellenic polytheism, Local community, monthly observance, Ritual
Tagged ancestors, Deipnon, devotion, divination, Hekate, monthly observance, pagan community, photos, poseidon, ritual, the gods
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Things that don’t require posts of their own – Dreams, allotments and books!
It’s been back to the grind this week, so I haven’t had much time to write about anything of substance, but here are some disjointed thoughts and updates from the past few days. 1. This flat is awesome. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Altars, divination, dreams, Life, Local community, nature, Patch, Religious practice, Ritual
Tagged books, devotion, divination, dreams, nature, pagan community, patch
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Allot(ment) of fun!
Har har I’m hilarious. Last weekend me and my friends within the local pagan community went up to a allotment we recently acquired for the first time. It’s a huge area (bigger than my garden, haha) that hasn’t been used since the … Continue reading
Posted in Local community, nature, Projects
Tagged Allotment, food, nature, pagan community
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I can’t express all my joy in this title without endless punctuation.
When I see an obvious omen, experience a ridiculously uncanny coincidence, or have any kind of intense ritual experience; my stomach does a little flip and all I can think is ‘wow, this shit is real!!’. ‘This shit’ has been … Continue reading
Posted in Hellenic polytheism, Hellenic polytheist community, Life, Local community, Patch, Uncategorized
Tagged books, hellenic polytheism, pagan community, the gods, UPG
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On the treatment of deities -mini rant
Have you ever experienced a ritual, either in a group or alone; where god(s) are invoked, and you just know they haven’t shown up? Sometimes, no matter what you do, they aren’t going to make an appearance, i’m sure they’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Hellenic polytheism, Local community, Religious practice, Ritual, The gods
Tagged Aphrodite, devotion, Hekate, hellenic polytheism, offerings, pagan community, rants, ritual, the gods
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Reflections on the year
On Tuesday, I packed up, moved out of my dorm; and came home after my first year of university. I wrapped all my sacred items in tissue paper for the journey home, gave thanks to any spirits that may reside in … Continue reading
Posted in Life, musings, Patch, Projects, Religious practice, Ritual, The gods, university
Tagged books, devotion, Goals, musings, nature, pagan community, patch, personal practice, rants, ritual, the gods, uni
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