Here you will find stories and articles relating to a particular path of spiritwork and devotional polytheism, that focuses on a set of unattested deities who are referred to here as the Wanderers. In legend, the Wanderers are a sort of “found pantheon”, along the lines of the found families of queer folks and other marginalized populations. These gods wandered from their pantheons of origin where they felt like they didn't fit, found support in each other, and together built a place and a tradition that could be a home for other lost and unusual folk.

The Wanderers come from no historical culture, and any specific allusions to other deities aren't intended as connection or appropriation; my experience of these gods is that they actively resist syncretization, wanting to be known on their own terms.

This has been the work of years, but is still, by its nature, personal gnosis. My interaction with and experience of these deities may not match anyone else's, and is not intended to be definitive. You may read what's here and find it inspirational, or absurd. You may take it as a set of cute stories, or as a basis for further personal exploration. I can only share what I've found.

Latest 3 Posts

1. Book Review - Psychic Witch, by Mat Auryn

   Fri 27 Feb 2026 19:32 review

   Sometimes I more-or-less know what I’m getting into when I start reading a book, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to read it. Mat Auryn’s Psychic Witch was one of those. It’s a Llewellyn book, meaning I knew that it was likely to have the same witchcraft 101 structure that I was extremely familiar with since before the whole market pivoted from the word “pagan” to the word “witch”. It also uses the word “psychic” which led me to expect even more new-age framings than usual in this sort of book. With a setup like that, you might expect this review to be a rough one. It’s not. Everything I said above is true about this book, but I also found enough valuable in it to be very glad I read it.

2. My animist taxonomy

   Sun 15 Feb 2026 13:10 theory

   Animism is an easy perspective to state, and a hard one to fully conceptualize. “A world full of persons, only some of them human” leaves aside the extents of what the others are. Some texts I read state that all living things (but only living things) are persons, are ensouled, others talk about the spirits of the natural world, still others say “everything has a spirit”… but perhaps don’t agree on what is covered in “thing”.

3. On animist ethics

   Sun 01 Feb 2026 13:51 theory

   Living in a world where everything has a spirit raises all sorts of complicated questions about how to best live one’s life. Those topics get even more complicated when one starts to consider working with those spirits in a way that goes beyond everyday interaction. In this essay, I’ll explore animist theology and ethical expectations, trying to forge a guide for how we can exist in good relationship as part of a world of beings, not all of them human.