House of Pagan Pride Knowledge

A library for grounded conversation.

Plain-language reading on Polytheist traditions, Pagan practice, polyamory, community care, public law sources, and the conversations we carry forward from our episodes.

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Polytheist Traditions Around the World

A growing, source-aware guide to distinct traditions and places. We begin with Norse and Celtic lifeways, while making room for careful future research rather than quick claims.

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Read sources with their history attached.

This guide distinguishes early texts and inscriptions, later retellings, archaeology, modern reconstruction, and modern personal practice. It does not treat every Pagan or Polytheist tradition as one system.

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Browse by place and tradition

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Learn the shape of the evidence.

We begin with what a record can support and leave space for what remains debated, regional, or unknown.

Polytheist traditions

Norse Lifeways and Worldview: Start With the Sources

A source-aware introduction to the social worlds, places, stories, and practices associated with pre-Christian Norse-speaking communities—without treating modern retellings as a complete record.

8 min readPoetic and prose sources, archaeology, and modern scholarship read together with care
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Polytheist traditions

Careful, source-aware guides to distinct traditions, histories, and living communities.

Pagan practice

Respectful starting points for learning, reflection, and shared study.

Polyamory education

Plain-language guides to consent, communication, and relationship terms.

Law library

How to locate and read public legal sources without treating them as legal advice.

Community safety

Care-centered practices for gathering, recording, and looking out for one another.

Episode companion

Reading and reflection alongside House of Pagan Pride conversations.

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Pagan practice

A Ministry of Belonging: Ceremonies, Guidance, and the Coven’s Values

How House of Pagan Pride Inc approaches ceremony, non-clinical guidance, community healing, and the values that help us make room for one another.

8 min readFounder-stated ministry history alongside public marriage-law sources and modern Heathen ethics context
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Community safety

Building Support for the Cause: A Sponsor and Donor Plan

A practical, transparent plan for resourcing House of Pagan Pride Inc’s educational and community work—without selling influence, promising tax deductions, or losing sight of the people the work is meant to serve.

12 min readCommunity funding principles informed by public guidance on ethical fundraising, donor privacy, and charitable-contribution eligibility
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Polyamory education

A Language of Love: Monogamous, Polyamorous, and Relationship Labels

A plain-language guide to common monogamy, polyamory, and consensual non-monogamy terms—without asking anyone to fit a label that does not fit them.

10 min readGeneral relationship education informed by consent and consensual non-monogamy resources
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Community safety

The Language of Grief and Loss: Different Stages, Ways to Improve Life After Loss, and Getting Control Back

A compassionate, non-linear guide to common grief responses, small ways to regain steadiness, and places to reach for support after a loss.

8 min readGeneral grief education informed by public mental-health resources
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Law library

How to Read a Law or Court Source

A calm first pass for finding the right source, noticing jurisdiction and dates, and knowing when a qualified lawyer is needed.

4 min readEducational law-library guide
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Polyamory education

Polyamory: Terms, Consent, and Communication

A non-prescriptive introduction to relationship language, informed agreement, and conversations that make room for each person’s boundaries.

5 min readCommunity education starter guide
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Pagan practice

Pagan Traditions: A Respectful Starting Point

An invitation to learn with curiosity, name your sources, and avoid treating living traditions as costumes or shortcuts.

4 min readShared-study introduction
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Episode companion

CSC of any kind & HPPI — Episode Companion

A brief companion for the community conversation on CSC laws, preparation, and asking for trustworthy local guidance.

3 min readCompanion to the published community episode
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Community safety

Gathering With Care: Community Safety

A practical starting point for consent, privacy, and repair in shared spaces—online, in person, and when recording conversations.

4 min readCommunity care guide
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Polytheist traditions

Major Norse Gods: What the Surviving Sources Associate With Them

A careful reading list for figures such as Óðinn, Þórr, Freyja, Freyr, Týr, Frigg, Loki, and Njǫrðr—focused on surviving texts and uncertainty rather than modern job titles.

9 min readNames and associations drawn from Eddic poems, skaldic language, and medieval prose—not a fixed pantheon chart
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Polytheist traditions

Celtic Lifeways: Regional Traditions, Not One Uniform Religion

A grounded introduction to the many peoples, languages, places, objects, and medieval literatures gathered under the word “Celtic”—without turning them into one timeless system.

9 min readArchaeology, ancient external accounts, and distinct Irish and Welsh medieval manuscript traditions
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Polytheist traditions

Deities in Irish and Welsh Source Traditions: Names, Stories, and Uncertainty

An introduction to figures in medieval Irish and Welsh literature, clearly labeled by source tradition and kept separate from claims about a single pan-Celtic pantheon.

10 min readMedieval Irish and Welsh literary sources, with source tradition and limits named at every step
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