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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Introversion, Imbolc, and using internet powers for good; not evil.
I’m writing this post tucked up in bed between breaks in the last episode of breaking bad (I am going to marry Jesse and take him away from all that!!), sipping camomile tea with spearmint, yay! As I think I … Continue reading
A is for a new start
What a shambles last year was both for practice and for blogging. I’m not angry at myself in any way though. After all, most of my year was spent ill with depression and anxiety (I am doing much better now, … Continue reading
Posted in Devotion, Life, Patch, Religious practice, Tending the Hearth
Tagged books, food, Goals, life, new years resolutions, Pagan blog project, patch
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Illness (TW:Depression)
At the beginning of the year, I set myself goals. Realistic, attainable goals about where I would like to be by the end of the year in terms of my religious practice. I have achieved precisely one of them. Nor … Continue reading
Posted in Devotion, divination, Life, Local community, Patch
Tagged casting collection, divination, musings, patch, personal practice, Tarot
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Calling and Choice: Creating Depth and Focus in a Practice
Over the next few months, my leisure time will be spent gathering information about folk magic and other practices. As I have mentioned before, I am taking the tentative steps towards a practice with a more magical bent. I have … Continue reading
Thanks, Homes, Altars and Books!
I got the results back from my exams today, the ones I thought I’d definitely fail. Well, I actually passed the year with 70%, which is brilliant! My prayers to Athene and Hermes were answered, and so now I am going to … Continue reading
Posted in Altars, Life, Patch, Religious practice, university, Witchcraft
Tagged Altars and Shrines, Athene, books, Hermes, offerings, personal practice, uni
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A different worldview
I just received a text from my boyfriend. He is your classic agnostic, nominally Christian British male, but his family are very devout Methodists. He is sitting in church as I type this (texting in a holy place during an Easter Sunday is not something I agree … Continue reading
A call for books!
Does anybody know of any good books that deal with things like the ancient greek views of the afterlife, treatment and worship of the dead and so forth? Academic texts if possible. It is becoming apparent that this is something … Continue reading
Will, Resolve and Discipline.
Happy new year folks!! I hope 2012 will be a successful and happy year for all of you. This is the obligatory new years resolution post! This year for once I actually thought quite hard about what I was going to pick … Continue reading
Fear cuts deeper than swords
-The immortal words of Syrio Forel, from George RR Martin’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ series. This is something I have been dwelling on quite a lot recently in the context of my spiritual path. The Witch of Forest … Continue reading
Shutting my mouth
When I first received ‘permission’ to embark on a new aspect of my spiritual path, I consulted an oracle as to what my first step should be. The answer was simple enough, ‘shut your mouth’. This could mean one of … Continue reading
Tending The Hearth of The Gods 