Why I'm a Spiritual Liminalist, Part 5

Rather than adhere to a religion,

I am areligious. Religion is irrelevant

to me, except as a significant aspect of

the culture that formed me and continues

to be a reality with which I interact.

“-ity” and “-ism” free, I am polytheistic.

Henotheistic. Vanatru. I’m wed to Freyja

and loyal to Freyr and believe many

other goddesses and gods exist too.

Some I honor. Others I despise,

especially those who claim to be

almighty and the only real one.

I’m a seer and soothsayer.

I see Western culture from my

spiritual liminalist perspective.

What I speak is true to what I see.

I address Westerners, especially

Americans in the United States.

Others are free to listen too.

I judge individuals, groups, and

cultures by their wake. What I see

in the wake of Western culture

corrupted by Christianity is domination,

diminution, division, distress, damage,

destruction, and disease.

I see the denial of spirit.

I see doom and death.

The dawn of a new day I see too.

Why I'm a Spiritual Liminalist, Part 4

I am wondered by earthy life. We are alive

rather than not. I am alive. You are

alive. We are alive together.

I value life- all life.

We are born free. It’s our natural state.

I champion freedom and liberality

for all living things.

I champion both individual freedom and social responsibility.

We are alive as individuals. Everyone is unique. Every life is unique and every destiny. All are of inestimable worth.

We are not alone. We’re alive together.

We are individuals in relationships with each other.

We are responsible for ourselves and to each other.

I’m in relationships with many:

family, friends, and co-workers-

None more important than Lisa,

the love of my life.

Among my many relationships are

goddesses and gods.

All this and more puts me in

the borderland between Western

culture corrupted by Christianity

and all other cultures.

There I dwell as a spiritual liminalist.

Why I'm a Spiritual Liminalist, Part 3

I freely renounce the invasive Middle Eastern species: Christianity.

I freely renounce all its diluted variations: Deism, Spiritualism, occultism, Perennial Wisdom, New Age Spirituality.

I freely renounce all Middle Eastern monotheisms.

I freely renounce the Western Eastward turn.

I renounce all religion.

I dig down to the deep roots of Western culture

and reverently touch them:

Ancient Greece and Rome.

Ancient Germania.

Europa before Christian corruption.

I absorb the tonic of my roots.

It warms my heart and heals my spirit.

It strengthens and inspires me.

I’m an Earthling.

Earth is my mother. I am from her.

Her spirit is my spirit. She gives me life.

My body is from her. She feeds me and

quiches my thirst.

Earth is my home.

I was born here. I’m living here. I’m

dying here.

From Earth I came and to her

I will return. She is my womb

and tomb.