Relational Polytheism, A Theological Approach
Strong Roots and Wide Branches
How we do anything is how we do everything. How we approach religious engagement with deities reflects how we approach all of our relationships, and our underlying beliefs about the nature of relationship. Polytheist religion is more than just the relationship between a single isolated practitioner and a few individual gods. In this podcast, we explore the Strong Roots and Wide Branches framework of relational polytheism: how we might religiously and spiritually stand in the complex networks of interconnected, interdependent, embedded relationships with ourselves and all the many seen and...
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Keeping it Clean and Safe: Spiritual Hygiene and Protection, Part II
Strong Roots and Wide Branches
Part II: Traditions around the world and across time have varying concepts of ritual purity and impurity, spiritual safety and threats, and prescriptions and best practices for staying spiritually safe and clean. Spiritual hygiene and spiritual protection goes hand in hand. We are spiritually safer when we are spiritually "cleaner", with fewer unwanted attachments, less psychic gunk from intentional and unintentional hexes and evil eye, and less energetic detritus floating around between us and the world around us. This two-part podcast covers a general overview of both. This podcast picks up...
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Keeping it Clean and Safe: Spiritual Hygiene and Protection, Part I
Strong Roots and Wide Branches
Part One: Traditions around the world and across time have varying concepts of ritual purity and impurity, spiritual safety and threats, and prescriptions and best practices for staying spiritually safe and clean. Spiritual hygiene and spiritual protection goes hand in hand. We are spiritually safer when we are spiritually "cleaner", with fewer unwanted attachments, less psychic gunk from intentional and unintentional hexes and evil eye, and less energetic detritus floating around between us and the world around us. This two-part podcast covers a general overview of both. I apologize, the...
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Embodying the Sacred
Strong Roots and Wide Branches
When we engage in any kind of religious or spiritual activities as a living human, we must have a physical form in order to be most effective in our work. Many who engage in spirit work disparage the body, seeking to get closer to Spirit by “ascending”, attempting to leave the body behind. However, this undermines all the unique skills and gifts we possess by virtue of having been born mortal. But embodiment is hard work, and not always our best strategy for being able to survive the day to day. In today’s conversation, we will explore the role embodiment, dissociation, and our...
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Nuts and Bolts
Strong Roots and Wide Branches
What exactly do we *do* as polytheists? Let's talk about the nuts and bolts of a regular polytheist religious or spiritual practice. This podcast will be an opportunity to explore our regular (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, periodic) practices: what (if any) are they? How often do we do them? Why do we do these practices? Where do our practices come from? It is said that practice makes perfect – what exactly are we practicing for? is a project of , a nonprofit dedicated to providing educational opportunities and resources for pagans and polytheists to foster strong,...
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Unpacking
Strong Roots and Wide Branches
Strong Roots and Wide Branches: Unpacking We all come to the table with our pre-set assumptions, cultural biases, and default religious beliefs. These old, ingrained assumptions can both subtly and deeply impact how we approach all aspects of religion and spirituality. Let’s unpack some of these unconscious biases together. is a project of , a nonprofit dedicated to providing educational opportunities and resources for pagans and polytheists to foster strong, healthy relationships with ourselves, our blessed powers, and our communities.
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Strong Roots and Wide Branches: An Introduction, Of Sorts
Strong Roots and Wide Branches
Strong Roots and Wide Branches presents: An Introduction, of Sorts ...In which River begins by offering some working definitions and their contextualizing ideology for the words we often take for granted: paganism, polytheism, right relationship, and more! is a project of , a nonprofit dedicated to providing educational opportunities and resources for pagans and polytheists to foster strong, healthy relationships with ourselves, our blessed powers, and our communities.
info_outlineWhat exactly do we *do* as polytheists? Let's talk about the nuts and bolts of a regular polytheist religious or spiritual practice. This podcast will be an opportunity to explore our regular (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, periodic) practices: what (if any) are they? How often do we do them? Why do we do these practices? Where do our practices come from? It is said that practice makes perfect – what exactly are we practicing for?
Strong Roots and Wide Branches is a project of House of Apples, a nonprofit dedicated to providing educational opportunities and resources for pagans and polytheists to foster strong, healthy relationships with ourselves, our blessed powers, and our communities.