In Depth Crow Chats - Blog Posts

gotta love looking back on this a week or so of tumblr helpol drama later and just... laughing my ass off

I hate a lot of terms adjacent to HelPol spaces. So many of them are indicative of 1. Being raised with Christianity 2. Lack of deconstruction of those beliefs and 3. Utter lack of research (what I call Tik-tokisms)

I do not like the terms deity, misuse of the term “altar”, ever using patron, “my gods or goddesses”, devotee, “reach out” (as in a spirit is reaching out), “talking to the gods”, offending the gods.

I’ve got some REALLLY unpopular opinions about Ares, some primordial spirits, Khaos, like.

I am selective about the term “god”, (Theos and Theoí are commonly more appropriate to my conversations). I’m also slightly apprehensive around the phrase “work with”, but that being said I don’t care as much.

my fandoms are many. my concepts are scattered to the winds of tumblr. my tags are varied and messy, entire statistical margins of length and quality running rampant across my multiple blogs.

but you know what? i’m having fun with it.

here’s a map for you dorks anyway:

@capricaruscrow - main blog, u are here, mostly witchy stuff, good old tumblr history memes, and where I save the good ish for my brain

@duskrosecrow - writing content, mtg jokes, fandom stuff related to writing, and my absolutely destructive blorboposting, also where my ao3 is linked to so guess you’ll see fic posts soon huh-

@visctheriananalogs - secret secret secret project in the works, no touch unless gentle, world i’ve been writing for over ten years and needed somewhere to say dumb things about the serious concepts

i’ll keep this list updated I hope, have fun and have a good day y’all!

the Dude will always be the world’s buddy but will also just leave if he wants to be alone and I can never not respect the confidence in this age

also your magic concepts are dope af!

totally agree there’s tons of stuff out there! let me further rephrase:

I work a lot 😂 kitchen jobs I can’t churn through audio versions of texts because no headphones, and while I do my best to read things, it takes me considerably longer to complete research than I would like.

I more was seeking your opinion and thoughts as a fellow practitioner looking to expand my knowledge! I always ask for help where I can, worst case scenario I don’t get it! but if I can give myself the leg up with peer review, i’ll always take that opportunity

so as a fellow long term hellenic polytheist (around 10 years of loosely dedicated practice) who has recently (1 year) decided to crack down and get more serious about learning the actual texts… what do you think is the best to start with?

we’ve all been inundated with tumblr terms for years, and when you learn the concepts with bad vocabulary, it’s hard to drop. it’s easier to replace. so what terms have you seen that you would recommend for the practice of decentrifying the tiktok/media-based “knowledge” that we all drown in everyday?

if there’s no specific terms, do you have any recommendations for sources that specifically helped you reach this point in your practice?

thanks for actually making this a conversation and entertaining my questions!

I hate a lot of terms adjacent to HelPol spaces. So many of them are indicative of 1. Being raised with Christianity 2. Lack of deconstruction of those beliefs and 3. Utter lack of research (what I call Tik-tokisms)

I do not like the terms deity, misuse of the term “altar”, ever using patron, “my gods or goddesses”, devotee, “reach out” (as in a spirit is reaching out), “talking to the gods”, offending the gods.

I’ve got some REALLLY unpopular opinions about Ares, some primordial spirits, Khaos, like.

I am selective about the term “god”, (Theos and Theoí are commonly more appropriate to my conversations). I’m also slightly apprehensive around the phrase “work with”, but that being said I don’t care as much.