*sees my one year notification* oop time for a new intro!

Hello fellow Pagans!

Im Hayden, a 23 year old Tengrist/Pagan! Ive been here for a year as I mentioned before and have met lots of cool peeps on here and Im always happy to meet more so you can always reach out!

On this blog I post about topics related to Tengrism aswell as general Paganism. If that seems up your alley feel free to check it out!

My largest series(es?) on this page:

-Dear ___ devotees

-Omens

-Extra Worldly (the gateway process)

I also do occasional hot takes and unsolicited life advice 😂

Feel free to send a dm or an ask! Bye bye for now!

All these "donate a dollar' scams in my ask box but no one asking about me or my posts 😔

Freedom VS Safety: Food for Thought.

Hey there! So Id consider myself a "true american patriot" lmao. Jokes aside, Ive come to learn there is a trade of freedom and safety in order to live your ideal life. Think of it as a scale, I strongly suggest you think about where you lay on this scale aswell.

Its probably important to note I do not believe there is a right or wrong answer as society needs both to be completely functional. The free are trail blazers, and the safe are establishers of a society.

At a certian point as you desire to become more of one. You start to lose the other. Again not good or bad, but I think people dont make the connection, hence why I bring it up.

Which do you prefer? Freedom or safety?

Trying to check my tumblr and see whats the word during class was a BAD CHOICE

Yall are freaky 😭 please Im just an accounting major

If Im not posting witch stuff. Im doing Country boy stuff

Speechcraft101: Addressing People By Name

This idea is often mentioned in the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People." And I actually totally recommend reading this book to develope your social skills and develope your personal relationships.

You see it is important to address people by there name/nickname often because for most people its a word they want to here. And thats because its the word they most associate with themselves.

Best part is this works in all settings! I recommend trying this with your waitors and waitresses at restraunts by asking what their name is when they bring you drinks and follow it up with "thank you (name)". This shows you care and have interest in their well-being (at least partially)

Pretty neat isnt it? See you next time!

This could be a hot take

If you are a practicing shaman, and you mean it seriously, Please oh please do not say youre certified. Just say it and take it with seriousness because people are relying on you. That means saying you cant do something if you cant.

You are NOT a certified shaman, Im not either. There is no shaman school. There IS being recognized by a community as a shaman, or maybe another shaman identifies you as a shaman, or maybe you say you are a shaman (which Im not totally against, just do your research and self initiate and thats cool beans).

You were not a shaman major at oxford.

"Certified" 😭 "certified" show me the lil paper bro because that shit better be from Yale and signed by the president.

Please, just say you are a shaman, saying your "certified" as if its a school makes you look malintented or wanting money.

Ok *inhales* Im done Im not yapping anymore :>

I Asked ChatGPT About Me and What I Post About

Here is what we got (this is for silly hahas)

Gotta say this segment looked flattering to say the least. Made me feel like a big boy poster 😂. Glad Tengrism is number 1 I try hard to make that so but doesnt always work that way.

So yean it looks pretty good right? All but...

Oh sweet Sky.....

😔 you like one post on the wild side and youre suddenly a freak. I will not comment on these allegations made by chatgpt lmao.

Me: *vists my shaman to get an opinion on a dream*

Shaman: yeah you are in a transitional time like we talked and based on what you just told me you need to start being open to dating again.

Please no

Ugh

I just got so comfortable with being nomadic with a big dog and living my best life and no you just said "ahhh hold the phone keep your eyes open" 💀 all this preparation to go off grid and now Im doing a ritual to tell Tengri I got the message. Yeah, I got it but Im not so sure bout this. 😂

Pagans: Be Intentional in Practice, and in Life.

There was a concept explored by a youtuber of the name "Da'at Darling" and Ill provide a link it provides a wealth of esoteric and occult ideas.

One of the ideas she conveys well and Im building on is the idea of external vs internal pagan topics, as in ritual versus moral or spiritual insight youve learned.

I think Paganism has/had a shrink in popularity because in 2020 at its peak people were obsessed with the external rituals and achieving external goals and effects. But the issue is, without there being spiritual insight or learning, at a certain point, magic becomes vain. It becomes all for nothing.

For Thelemic Pagans like Daat, there is a need to understand higher purpose or "true will" as they call it. I personally agree. I think you need goals that will ultimately trenscend the life you live. As in, goals that are bigger than your life that you help to help society achieve.

For many practicing pagans, few times are rituals for a big picture purpose (not that its a bad thing) but its to say we should consider bigger picture things aswell.

This also applies to real life with things like doomscrolling, or meditating on empty things. We should really pay attention to what we pay attention to! Why would we spend our time thinking on negative things that are beyond our control?

My advice in a TLDR?

Do not be vain, seek a strong purpose. In religion, and in your day to day life.

Extra Worldy: The Unusual Works and Story of Robert Monroe

There is a LOT to unpack with this guy and if you are intrested in astral projection, his work, or his story, please go and research!

Robert Monroe was from virginia and I would like to strongly note he had no religious background which makes his discoveries all the more interesting. Before the Monroe Institute, Robert had been a buisness man who ran a few small companies. As far as the era was, he was rather regular.

Robert Monroe in his middle-aged life began to experience "Out of Body Experiences" (OBE). They would happen right before he would go to bed and sometimes in the morning as he woke up. He at first dismissed them until they became more frequent. While he was out of body, he attempted a few ideas to see if what he was experiencing was real. After some of these (which can recalled in his first few entries in his book Journies out of the Body volume 1) he determined this was a real, supernatural event.

Soon Robert Monroe got some friends together, founded the Monroe Institute and even published a book (which he did not tell people in his personal life about) the book became a huge seller with his coworkers eventually reading and talking to him privately about the book

***there are 3 online you can read now and I super encourage it!

Eventually the CIA got involved in his research, the institute was black sited, his boon published, and became top secret until the 2010s under the Freedom of Information Act (FIA)

Robert Monroe's Journals

As Robert Monroe mastered the ability to journey in the Astral, he met spirits, realms and begins to write volume 2 and 3 privately. He describes angels, demons, pagan and hindu gods, even describing how Hinduism depicts Nirvana (without knowing what Nirvana is) even having spirits describe to him what the Abrahamic depiction of heaven is like. (We will be discussing what the spiritual world looks like in a later entry I promise)

Again lots to unpack so I recommend you read his journals yourself. What do yall think? :o

Professor: We are going to do a competition whoever can get the highest stock price in capsim wins an A for this assignment

Me: The Ghengis Khan within has awoken. And I want you to know that yall are competing for 2nd place now

*weeks later*

Me: *in full conquest mode and for sure winning* "where ever the blue sky touches, our company will go to" 😂

Where do you feel most spiritually connected/disconnected?

For me I feel most spiritually connected travelling on the open road. As for disconnected, currently school lmao.

Splitting Poles: The Omen of Breaking Friendships

(Important note this is not inherently negative nor is this always an omen. Do not ditch your close friends)

Hello! Have you or a buddy ever walked down a side walk and split around a pole? Usually its just a silly little thing. But what does it mean when it repeatedly happends specifically if its unintentional?

According to American values, this is an omen that suggests you and your friend are splitting as friends. This is not a negative thing and does not mean your friend has bad intent. It is merely signalling to mentally prepare as you may soon drift to other social groups.

So there you have it! This ever happened to you over and over again? 👀