by Akiyam Society | Dec 17, 2024 | Personal Spirituality, Spiritual Living
There’s a difference between believing that the gods (or God) is a different type of entity and thus operates on a different plane and believing that God (often a paternal figure) lives “on high” and looks down upon you. It’s a class difference...
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 | 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...
