Rev. Brian @ Your Mythic Life
@yourmythiclife.bsky.social
Trained/ordained interfaith minister & Gothi helping people rediscover myth & wonder in daily life. Ritual worker. Wedding officiant. (Him/He)athen. linktr.ee/yourmythiclife
What child is this
With cape and "S"
Whom Martha now is raising?
With strength so great, and manner sweet
And all around amazing
This, this is the Boy of Steel
Krypton’s last hope, our Earth to heal
Up, up,
and away he flies!
Kal-El, the son of two worlds.
(Madonna and Superboy?)
With cape and "S"
Whom Martha now is raising?
With strength so great, and manner sweet
And all around amazing
This, this is the Boy of Steel
Krypton’s last hope, our Earth to heal
Up, up,
and away he flies!
Kal-El, the son of two worlds.
(Madonna and Superboy?)
![[L] "Savior of the World"; Acrylic on Canvas by Giuseppe Veneziano (2013). [R] Graphic of the lyrics for my own rewrite of "What Child Is This?" (2020)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4j4yo5d6cr2lzhhmemutaknt/bafkreigbscpdoxwwa57q4wmj74zqn4ki2op3tvchrymmiuo4las23zf3ba@jpeg)
December 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What child is this
With cape and "S"
Whom Martha now is raising?
With strength so great, and manner sweet
And all around amazing
This, this is the Boy of Steel
Krypton’s last hope, our Earth to heal
Up, up,
and away he flies!
Kal-El, the son of two worlds.
(Madonna and Superboy?)
With cape and "S"
Whom Martha now is raising?
With strength so great, and manner sweet
And all around amazing
This, this is the Boy of Steel
Krypton’s last hope, our Earth to heal
Up, up,
and away he flies!
Kal-El, the son of two worlds.
(Madonna and Superboy?)
Is Santa Claus a myth?
Santa is indeed a myth. But only in the original and not the corrupted, modern sense of the word. To those of us who know better, myth ≠ untrue. Myth is the truest, most important thing in the world.
Santa is indeed a myth. But only in the original and not the corrupted, modern sense of the word. To those of us who know better, myth ≠ untrue. Myth is the truest, most important thing in the world.
December 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Is Santa Claus a myth?
Santa is indeed a myth. But only in the original and not the corrupted, modern sense of the word. To those of us who know better, myth ≠ untrue. Myth is the truest, most important thing in the world.
Santa is indeed a myth. But only in the original and not the corrupted, modern sense of the word. To those of us who know better, myth ≠ untrue. Myth is the truest, most important thing in the world.
Your Friendly Interfaith Heathen on chaplain duty this Christmas Eve at the Bethlehem Campus of St. Luke's University Health Network.
December 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Your Friendly Interfaith Heathen on chaplain duty this Christmas Eve at the Bethlehem Campus of St. Luke's University Health Network.
IT IS TIME!
I'm working the 4pm-8pm chaplaincy shift this evening up in Bethlehem, PA, so I'm doing my annual watch of SCROOGE, the 1951 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol, right now!
#Scrooge #AlastairSim #Movies #SacredStories
I'm working the 4pm-8pm chaplaincy shift this evening up in Bethlehem, PA, so I'm doing my annual watch of SCROOGE, the 1951 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol, right now!
#Scrooge #AlastairSim #Movies #SacredStories
December 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
IT IS TIME!
I'm working the 4pm-8pm chaplaincy shift this evening up in Bethlehem, PA, so I'm doing my annual watch of SCROOGE, the 1951 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol, right now!
#Scrooge #AlastairSim #Movies #SacredStories
I'm working the 4pm-8pm chaplaincy shift this evening up in Bethlehem, PA, so I'm doing my annual watch of SCROOGE, the 1951 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol, right now!
#Scrooge #AlastairSim #Movies #SacredStories
Once again, I reach late December, and I find myself wondering: Where are the inflatable Mithras nativity scenes?
#WhatAboutMithras? #MithrasmasEveEve #ChristmasEveEve #MithrasErasure
#WhatAboutMithras? #MithrasmasEveEve #ChristmasEveEve #MithrasErasure
December 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Once again, I reach late December, and I find myself wondering: Where are the inflatable Mithras nativity scenes?
#WhatAboutMithras? #MithrasmasEveEve #ChristmasEveEve #MithrasErasure
#WhatAboutMithras? #MithrasmasEveEve #ChristmasEveEve #MithrasErasure
SENECA AND JESUS
(Daily Stoic Email; December 25, 2020)
In the very same year as Jesus, in another far-flung province of Rome, another boy was born. Seneca, who would go on to be an equally great and influential philosopher,...
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(Daily Stoic Email; December 25, 2020)
In the very same year as Jesus, in another far-flung province of Rome, another boy was born. Seneca, who would go on to be an equally great and influential philosopher,...
Read more: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
December 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
SENECA AND JESUS
(Daily Stoic Email; December 25, 2020)
In the very same year as Jesus, in another far-flung province of Rome, another boy was born. Seneca, who would go on to be an equally great and influential philosopher,...
Read more: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
(Daily Stoic Email; December 25, 2020)
In the very same year as Jesus, in another far-flung province of Rome, another boy was born. Seneca, who would go on to be an equally great and influential philosopher,...
Read more: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
Have you heard of Turoń, Poland’s Dancing Winter Bull?
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tur...
Image: Illustration of Turon with carolers in snowy landscape, by Tao Tao Holmes for Atlas Obscura.
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tur...
Image: Illustration of Turon with carolers in snowy landscape, by Tao Tao Holmes for Atlas Obscura.
December 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Have you heard of Turoń, Poland’s Dancing Winter Bull?
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tur...
Image: Illustration of Turon with carolers in snowy landscape, by Tao Tao Holmes for Atlas Obscura.
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tur...
Image: Illustration of Turon with carolers in snowy landscape, by Tao Tao Holmes for Atlas Obscura.
"And lo, on that day, a tentacled child was born, and they called him Cthulhu."
I wish you and yours a very Happy Cephalopodmas! Check out the 13 Days of #Cephalopodmas: www.cephalopodmas.com
I wish you and yours a very Happy Cephalopodmas! Check out the 13 Days of #Cephalopodmas: www.cephalopodmas.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"And lo, on that day, a tentacled child was born, and they called him Cthulhu."
I wish you and yours a very Happy Cephalopodmas! Check out the 13 Days of #Cephalopodmas: www.cephalopodmas.com
I wish you and yours a very Happy Cephalopodmas! Check out the 13 Days of #Cephalopodmas: www.cephalopodmas.com
Last year, on Módraniht (Mother's Night), I threaded beads and a Frigg pendant together as part of my meditation with the Dísir. Since then, I’ve worn this necklace whenever participating in a ritual for Frigg and/or the Dísir. As such, I wore it for much of this Winter Solstice weekend.
December 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Last year, on Módraniht (Mother's Night), I threaded beads and a Frigg pendant together as part of my meditation with the Dísir. Since then, I’ve worn this necklace whenever participating in a ritual for Frigg and/or the Dísir. As such, I wore it for much of this Winter Solstice weekend.
This is the final evening in my sixth year of observing the revised, or reinvented, season called Sunwait (Väntljusstaken). As I'm following the six Sundays prior to winter solstice, and with the Solstice occurring this morning, I lit the candles for the Sixth of Sunwait 2025 this evening. 🕯️
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is the final evening in my sixth year of observing the revised, or reinvented, season called Sunwait (Väntljusstaken). As I'm following the six Sundays prior to winter solstice, and with the Solstice occurring this morning, I lit the candles for the Sixth of Sunwait 2025 this evening. 🕯️
And now that the Winter Solstice has come in the northern hemisphere (as of 10:03 a.m. EST this morning), let us never forget the true meaning of this season: The Paralyzing Fear that the Sun has Left Us and May Never Return.
#WinterSolstice #Yule #ReasonForTheSeason
#WinterSolstice #Yule #ReasonForTheSeason
December 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
And now that the Winter Solstice has come in the northern hemisphere (as of 10:03 a.m. EST this morning), let us never forget the true meaning of this season: The Paralyzing Fear that the Sun has Left Us and May Never Return.
#WinterSolstice #Yule #ReasonForTheSeason
#WinterSolstice #Yule #ReasonForTheSeason
"So one evening when men sat by the meal-fires, they heard how the stock-fish was being riven out of its skin, but when men looked thereto, they found there nought quick. But in the winter a little before Yule, ...
The Saga of the Ere-Dwellers - Icelandic Saga Database
sagadb.org
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"So one evening when men sat by the meal-fires, they heard how the stock-fish was being riven out of its skin, but when men looked thereto, they found there nought quick. But in the winter a little before Yule, ...
Tonight is Módraniht (Mothers' Night), the eve of the Winter Solstice. Once again, I went about my tradition of crafting a sunwheel, a Yule wreath. I lit a candle and I poured a libation for the Disr. Using the juniper branches and holly sprigs that I cut and collected from my yard, ...
December 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Tonight is Módraniht (Mothers' Night), the eve of the Winter Solstice. Once again, I went about my tradition of crafting a sunwheel, a Yule wreath. I lit a candle and I poured a libation for the Disr. Using the juniper branches and holly sprigs that I cut and collected from my yard, ...
"What is a God? The Bible and the Ancient Near East" with Dr. Michael Hundley. FREE webinar from Friends of ASOR. December 17, 2025, at 7:00 pm EST. Details and registration link: www.asor.org/news/2025/12...
December 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"What is a God? The Bible and the Ancient Near East" with Dr. Michael Hundley. FREE webinar from Friends of ASOR. December 17, 2025, at 7:00 pm EST. Details and registration link: www.asor.org/news/2025/12...
Today marks the penultimate evening in my sixth year of observing the revised, or reinvented, season called Sunwait (Väntljusstaken). As I'm following the six Sundays prior to winter solstice, I lit the candles for the fifth of Sunwait 2025 this evening. Of course, the specific days are fluid. 🕯️
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Today marks the penultimate evening in my sixth year of observing the revised, or reinvented, season called Sunwait (Väntljusstaken). As I'm following the six Sundays prior to winter solstice, I lit the candles for the fifth of Sunwait 2025 this evening. Of course, the specific days are fluid. 🕯️
Behold, KRINGUS HAS RETURNED! All hail Kringus, the Demon God of Christmas! Kringus, the Devourer of the Twelve Kingdoms of Christmas!! Kringus, the bane of Santa!!!
#Kringus #Christmas #christmasTree🎄 #OhDemonTreeOhDemonTree #TheEyesHaveIt #Yule #YuleBeSorryWhenKringusRises
#Kringus #Christmas #christmasTree🎄 #OhDemonTreeOhDemonTree #TheEyesHaveIt #Yule #YuleBeSorryWhenKringusRises
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Behold, KRINGUS HAS RETURNED! All hail Kringus, the Demon God of Christmas! Kringus, the Devourer of the Twelve Kingdoms of Christmas!! Kringus, the bane of Santa!!!
#Kringus #Christmas #christmasTree🎄 #OhDemonTreeOhDemonTree #TheEyesHaveIt #Yule #YuleBeSorryWhenKringusRises
#Kringus #Christmas #christmasTree🎄 #OhDemonTreeOhDemonTree #TheEyesHaveIt #Yule #YuleBeSorryWhenKringusRises
Your Friendly Interfaith Heathen just finished another chaplain shift at the Bethlehem Campus of St. Luke's University Health Network.
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Your Friendly Interfaith Heathen just finished another chaplain shift at the Bethlehem Campus of St. Luke's University Health Network.
Thomas Adam: "Each season, the celebration of Christmas has religious leaders and conservatives publicly complaining about the commercialization of the holiday and the growing lack of Christian sentiment...
December 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Thomas Adam: "Each season, the celebration of Christmas has religious leaders and conservatives publicly complaining about the commercialization of the holiday and the growing lack of Christian sentiment...
Winter Solstice: This December, honor the return of light (Sun or Son) by also BEING a light in the world. 🕯️ #interfaith #interfaithminister #pagan #heathen #interfaithheathen #solstice #Yule #Christmas #Chrismahanukwanzakyule #blackboard #blackboardwisdom Blackboard made by local craftsperson.
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Winter Solstice: This December, honor the return of light (Sun or Son) by also BEING a light in the world. 🕯️ #interfaith #interfaithminister #pagan #heathen #interfaithheathen #solstice #Yule #Christmas #Chrismahanukwanzakyule #blackboard #blackboardwisdom Blackboard made by local craftsperson.
We are now past the midway point in my sixth year participating in this revised, or reinvented, season called Sunwait (Väntljusstaken). As I'm following the six Sundays prior to winter solstice, I lit the candles yesterday for the fourth of Sunwait 2025. Of course, the specific days are fluid. 🕯️
December 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
We are now past the midway point in my sixth year participating in this revised, or reinvented, season called Sunwait (Väntljusstaken). As I'm following the six Sundays prior to winter solstice, I lit the candles yesterday for the fourth of Sunwait 2025. Of course, the specific days are fluid. 🕯️
Have a holly, jolly Chrismahanukwanzakyule.
It's the best bunch of seasons all year.
With love from the Interfaith Heathen!
#Chrismahanukwanzakyule #Christmas #Yule #Hanukkah #Kwanzaa #WinterSolstice #HappyHolidays #HolyDays #InterfaithHeathen
It's the best bunch of seasons all year.
With love from the Interfaith Heathen!
#Chrismahanukwanzakyule #Christmas #Yule #Hanukkah #Kwanzaa #WinterSolstice #HappyHolidays #HolyDays #InterfaithHeathen
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Have a holly, jolly Chrismahanukwanzakyule.
It's the best bunch of seasons all year.
With love from the Interfaith Heathen!
#Chrismahanukwanzakyule #Christmas #Yule #Hanukkah #Kwanzaa #WinterSolstice #HappyHolidays #HolyDays #InterfaithHeathen
It's the best bunch of seasons all year.
With love from the Interfaith Heathen!
#Chrismahanukwanzakyule #Christmas #Yule #Hanukkah #Kwanzaa #WinterSolstice #HappyHolidays #HolyDays #InterfaithHeathen
This past Friday, December 5, I wore this Krampus-in-a-sleigh pin on my lanyard during my morning rounds as a hospital chaplain. It was Krampusnacht, after all!
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This past Friday, December 5, I wore this Krampus-in-a-sleigh pin on my lanyard during my morning rounds as a hospital chaplain. It was Krampusnacht, after all!
December 5: Krampusnacht
December 6: The Feast St. Nicholas
Right now: Santa vs. Krampus (Art by Jakub Rozalski)
December 6: The Feast St. Nicholas
Right now: Santa vs. Krampus (Art by Jakub Rozalski)
December 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
December 5: Krampusnacht
December 6: The Feast St. Nicholas
Right now: Santa vs. Krampus (Art by Jakub Rozalski)
December 6: The Feast St. Nicholas
Right now: Santa vs. Krampus (Art by Jakub Rozalski)
On December 5, 2019, Quartz was obsessed with Krampusnacht. (Am I obsessed with Krampus, or merely obsessed-adjacent?)
Linky link: qz.com/emails/quart...
If that link does not work for you, try this archived version: web.archive.org/web/20230605...
Gruß vom Krampus! #Krampusnacht
Linky link: qz.com/emails/quart...
If that link does not work for you, try this archived version: web.archive.org/web/20230605...
Gruß vom Krampus! #Krampusnacht
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
On December 5, 2019, Quartz was obsessed with Krampusnacht. (Am I obsessed with Krampus, or merely obsessed-adjacent?)
Linky link: qz.com/emails/quart...
If that link does not work for you, try this archived version: web.archive.org/web/20230605...
Gruß vom Krampus! #Krampusnacht
Linky link: qz.com/emails/quart...
If that link does not work for you, try this archived version: web.archive.org/web/20230605...
Gruß vom Krampus! #Krampusnacht