A Month For Loki: Days Eighteen to Twenty-one.

I have no idea what I should do about Lokablót. Or rather, I don't know if I should do something for Lokablót. Since the whole idea of it revolves around the rising of Sirius, and Sirius doesn't rise in the southern hemisphere, I wonder if I should celebrate it just for the occasion. But then again, I tend to adapt festivals to my location, such as the seasonal festivals. I could always just celebrate Lokablót on April 1st or Midsummer, or any other date that feels more Loki to me.

But this time I'm lost on what to do exactly. I want to celebrate it on July 23rd, but I have no why to back it up. I have this tendency of having to explain most things I do to myself, so if I do this I want to have a reason other than going with the crowd, or doing what the Lokeans in the other hemisphere are doing. It poses another problem that I'm travelling tomorrow, and I can't exactly have a pagan celebration at my grandmother's house. If we were at my dad's, which I will be later in the week, I could have a big bonfire and throw offerings into it while he drums along or something similar... we technically did that last year.

So until now my plans for the rest of July is to write unpublished poetry as I have been doing, and leave offerings when I can. Yesterday He was given offerings of strawberry cotton-candy flavored candy, which seemed to be sweet enough for His tastes. You find the strangest sweets when they're meant as offerings to Him, I'll say that much... Elizabeth Vongvisith's black pepper candy seems to prove it.

Today I have plans to do some more devotionals and spend some time meditating on them, because even if I have been writing and leaving Him offerings, I've been doing Hel's work a lot more. Last year, I thought I would have my connection with Loki as primary and strongest of them all, but Hel as proven She's just as equal in my life as Her father is. Working with dead animals, what could I expect? It's not in any way a bad thing, though, and I am glad to serve Her.

Other than that, I want to write my poetry down in a journal to keep as a devotional book. Not exclusively for Loki and Hel, but also to other deities I honor and work with, Rökkr and non-Rökkr. I'm quite sure Thor would dislike being ignored if I were to make one of those, particularly, since He is the one who 'called' me into this. But from all I have seen, it will have to wait. First I should finish writing down the Eddas, focus on school for a while and then think of getting a book specifically for devotionals.

Holding too many projects at once can make one confused and full of unfinished business.