Key Ideas in Landcrafting

• Based on British folklore, folk practices, myths, deities and legends.
• Spirit-work, focused on local spirits, fairies, folk figures and mythology. Gods are one of many Powers to work with.
• Has no one pantheon or hierarchy. Individuals work with whoever they like, and pay lip service to the rest, or ignore them.
• Indifferent to sex and gender - no fertility or gendered symbolism, unless you choose to use them
• Wicca-lite - similar imagery, similar sources, but a different mythic framework
• Reconstructs traditional folk or witch practices, with as few modern additions as possible
• Views fairy stories, mythic figures like Arthur and Robin, witch trials, folklore and folk practices, as surviving clues of ancient Powers, without offering a theory or dogma to unite them all
• Recognises that the historic bases for what we do are largely discredited, but still speak to us on a primal level
• A mystery tradition - we draw our myths from publically available texts, but find our power in meditation, speaking with the spirits, dreaming, and other private practices. We maintain our tradition by Staying Silent about key aspects of our work.
• Open-source, decentralised, and anti-authoritarian. We don't have leaders, hierarchies, or holy books; everyone is welcome to participate, and develop their own thing from what is written on this website.

The tradition was designed and developed by me, for my personal use. It's inspired by various pre-existing traditions, but shuffled around to better reflect my life and my understanding of the divine. However, I wanted to write it down so it felt "formal", instead of being a clutch of eclectic stuff; and because the act of writing helps me flesh out & guide what I'm thinking and doing. And once it was longer than a few pages - it matched my open source values best to stick it online. Make of it what you will.

I'd be delighted if people saw some value in it, and chose to adopt bits of it into their practice - or the whole thing. However, I want to reject a Pope-y role as far as possible - so feel empowered to take this and run with it. I love having conversations and sharing ideas, so if you want to ask questions, offer ideas, or just chit chat - please join me at haptalaon.dreamwidth.org

Development is a work in progress - essentially as I live this path. Bits are being added all the time - and also removed, so save to your hard-drive anything you especially like just in case my practice moves away from that part of the tradition in future. Expect gaps, inconcistencies, and things that feel unfinished.

And thank you. Welcome all, and cheers for taking an interest. I hope this will be helpful to some readers.

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