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		<title>Farewell, &#8216;Till we Meet Again</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2017/03/farewell-till-we-meet-again/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Freyasdaughter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happily Heathen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goodbye farewell]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few words of advice and inspiration for my fellow Heathens, before I go: only YOU can do Heathenry the way you need to do it.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happily Heathen: Heathen Events at PantheaCon 2017</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2017/02/heathen-events-pantheacon-2017/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Freyasdaughter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pantheacon 2017]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Convention season has started, an the first one up is PantheaCon, the largest indoor pan-Pagan convention in the world, held every February in San Jose, CA.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happily Heathen: The Aftereffects of Meeting a Goddess</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2017/01/happily-heathen-aftereffects-meeting-goddess/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Freyasdaughter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 12:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freya]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[People who don’t love themselves are unprepared for a meeting with Freya. If given chance, She will let them see themselves the way that She sees them.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happily Heathen: Missing Your Gods? Maybe You&#8217;ve Left Them</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2017/01/missing-your-gods-maybe-youve-left-them/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Freyasdaughter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2017 18:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[12-steps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[polytheism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[If I have lost my connection to my gods—or if I just feel I’ve lost that connection—it may not be They who've walked away; it could be the other way around.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happily Heathen:  The Blot&#8217;s the Thing</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/12/happily-heathen-blots-thing-repost/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Freyasdaughter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ancestors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blot]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[land spirits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature of the gods]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In preparing for a class, I made a last-minute decision to include a short generic blot at the end.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happily Heathen:  Know Your Lore &#8211; Why Freyr Won Gerd</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/12/why-freyr-won-gerd/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Freyasdaughter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 13:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freyr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gerd]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Freyr is married to the jotun maiden Gerd, but do you know how or why. It’s a shocking story, but a good one to know.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happily Heathen:  The Generosity of the Vanir Gods</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/11/happily-heathen-the-generosity-of-the-vanir-gods/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Freyasdaughter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2016 23:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freyr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generosity]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[All of the Norse Gods are gift-givers, but the Vanir Gods really shine in this area; being generous is what they do best. If we have received any blessings from Them (or would like to receive Their blessings), it is best that we give back in turn. A gift always begets a gift.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happily Heathen: The All Gods Event</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/11/happily-heathen-the-all-gods-event/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Freyasdaughter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 23:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Interfaith]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The All Gods Event is a ritual I created a few years ago when I was involved in a lot of intrafaith work in the Bay Area. I felt then, as I do now, that politics being what it is, it is even more important for us to pull together and support each other, because the upcoming political regime will not.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happily Heathen: Winternights &#8212; The Heathen Samhain?</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/10/happily-heathen-winternights-the-heathen-samhain/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Freyasdaughter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2016 11:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Winternights is one of my favorite holidays. I love when summer finally gives way to Autumn—the smell of the dying leaves, harvesting the last fruits, starting to hunker down for the winter. To me, it is a natural time to start pulling inward and focus on family, hearth, and home. But is it the Norse version of Samhain? No, it is not.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happily Heathen: My Heathenry</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2016/09/happily-heathen-my-heathenry/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Freyasdaughter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happily Heathen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heathen]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The recent discussions around definition and limitations in Heathenry got me thinking about my own version of Heathenry. Last fall I wrote about why I love Heathenry and what is the heart of Heathenry. So, let me wrap it up and tell you a bit about what is my Heathenry.]]></description>
		
		
		
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