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.
He Gives As a God: An Open Letter to Priests of the Horned God
"He is the life in all living things: in corn, and horses, and men."
(Rosemary Sutcliff)
Brothers:
We are priests to a Horned, and Horny, God. Let me now tell you something that they probably didn't teach you—though they should have—in Witch School.
As priests to this god, it's our duty—our joy—to offer to him daily. What, then, is the nature of the offering due the Horns?
There are offerings and offerings. But to Him, god of all red life, the best and most fitting is the life-offering: the seed-pour, the male libation. This is the nature of our priesthood.
You know how magic works: you raise power, and direct it.
Daily you do this: you do it for Him. This is our obligation, the price of our priesthood.
How you fulfill this is yours to you, and not for me to say. But let me tell you this much.
In the pagan economy, a gift for a gift, you give as a man gives; but he gives as a god.
There, I have said my word; let you hear it as you will.
But remember: he gives as a god.
Truly,
Deer Stands Up
Above:
"Cernunnos" and worshipper
Petroglyph, Val Camonica (northern Italy)
ca. 500 bce
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