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American Hearth-Culture: Badger-y Answers to a Folk Question

1/4/2016

 
American Hearth-Culture is mostly undefined, but some pockets of this practice now looks like national heroes, shared cultural experience… essentially the Uncle-Sam-as-deity, Liberty-as-Deity, Paul-Bunyan-as-American Hercules sort of thing.  While this kind of practice has value, if not skillfully presented, it can come off as a little hokey (ex: spirit of winter as “Santa”).

Unfortunately, there aren’t consistent themes, because Americans don’t really have consistent themes. We might have days when we sit about and tell American folk-tales and “tall-tale” stories, but most Americans only identify as Americans if there is national crisis.  Otherwise, they identify by state (Texans, etc.), and so, to have a more local, place-specific identity in terms of practice is a more useful approach.  

Deities in Colorado would be different than in Louisiana (not a lot of Swamp Gods out here in the Rocky Mountains).  Our hope with an American paganism is that a  place-specific consciousness would be born, and through skillful relationship building, a more present, true-to-life polytheist practice can arise.

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One part that we’ve found valuable in connecting to a place-centric American paganism is exploring what right-relationship looks like to the First Nations folk… as they are in many of our individual, ancestral stories. This practice is growing, and constantly developing in our Outdwellers Ministries.

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