by Akiyam Society | Oct 22, 2024 | Personal Spirituality
An embodied theology begins with you, your senses, your perception, your social location and intersectional identities, and then it moves outward to incorporate the people around you, your culture, and even the stories that you internalized about yourself that came...
by Akiyam Society | Sep 17, 2024 | Spiritual Living
As the universe taken physical form and made divinity incarnate, you are divine. You also deserve food. I’m reminded of a conversation I had a few years ago with some members of my community. I’d asked about lunch debt and if there were any community...
by Akiyam Society | Aug 27, 2024 | Spiritual Living
Too often when people think about attending a church or think about finding a belief system that works for them they think, “What can this do for me?”. We are, after all, a very individualized society. Rugged individualism is baked into the DNA of our...
by Akiyam Society | Jul 2, 2024 | Spiritual Living
There’s a lot happening in the world right now to make you feel as if you have no power, as if it’s better to shrink back into the shadows and not be seen. And yet, when times like this happen, this is exactly the time to stand in your truth and honor your...
by Akiyam Society | Jun 18, 2024 | General Updates
There have been some big developments here on the church grounds. First, the old trailer was cleared away to make room for the new church building. I’m going to update our fundraiser with the information. We’re looking at approximately $20,000 for the...
by Akiyam Society | Jun 11, 2024 | Being Clergy
It’s been widely reported that the Pope used a homophobic slur in private conversations, and when it was reported to the public, the pope made a rare public apology. While I’m glad that the Pope made a public statement on the issue, the apology...
by Akiyam Society | May 28, 2024 | General Updates, Prayer Work
As I’m writing this the heavy equipment is currently demolishing the old uninhabitable trailer that’s sitting on the space where the church building is going to go. (Would you like to help us with this project?) And I’m thinking about timing, how...
by Akiyam Society | May 21, 2024 | Personal Spirituality
Something I find very important is to cultivate a personal relationship with the gods. The relationship is different depending on which deity I’m speaking with and how long I’ve worked with them. However, every morning when I enter my office cabin, I light...
by Akiyam Society | May 14, 2024 | Personal Spirituality
As a prefix to a word pan- means “all, every, whole, inclusive” (1), so when we put pan- before polytheism, I’m speaking of an inclusive polytheism. An inclusive polytheism is one of choice. As a scholarly church, the Aikyam Society sees the choice...
by Akiyam Society | May 7, 2024 | General Updates
Welcome to our first blog for the Aikyam Society, Inc., a scholarly polytheistic church. Our focus is on researching the various manifestations of divinity, as well as the ways in which we’re connected to one another, our planet, and everything which surrounds...
