Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
Against Covid, Which God?
Monotheists have it easy. They never have to ask: Which god?
For the rest of us, things get rather more complicated.
In time of plague, as now, to Whom do you turn?
Well, when you need help, who do you usually ask for assistance? The near-by, those with whom you already have good friendship: kin, friends, neighbors.
In time of epidemic, for protection for you and yours, you turn to your luck-god, Whomever that may be.
(Bear in mind, of course, that intangible protections are always best used in partnership with tangible ones as well.)
But collectively, to Whom do we turn for aid in time of plague?
In the Old Ways, there's no wall of separation between reality and mythology. Let us start with a simple fact: sunlight kills covid.
The Sun sees all things.
The Sun illumines that which is dark.
The Sun (as we may say) slays monsters.
In time of plague, offer to the Sun.
For the speedy illumination of our scientists, our warriors of wisdom, let us all pray mightily.
And let us all say: So mote it be.
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Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Makes good sense, Earth being the center of everything that we know. One of the advantages of polytheism is that there's always more than one good answer. I would imagine that Dragon-slayers would be a good choice also.
You raise an interesting question: mythologically speaking, what is a virus? A wight? -
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Interesting post. I turn to Еогþe, from surviving Old English literature Еогþe was associated with healing magic and has power over all creatures (If a virus can be called a creature). I may now include Sunne in my plea for protection.