The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/oaths)
More than Heathenry itself, Loki was the lynchpin of my spirituality, the guiding star and supporting bedrock of my life. When I finally admitted that we were done, it wracked through me in wave after wave of tears. I had, I realized, grown too far from the person I had once been. I looked at my father’s gifts and I could no longer tolerate the cost.
Columnist Luke Babb begins a series of articles examining the unspoken lingering relationships between American Christianity and Paganism, beginning with a meditation on Christian baptism as a kind of oath with implications for those who later convert to Pagan religions.
“Two is One, One is None”
I hadn’t heard that phrase for over 20 years, but when I did, it brought me instantly back to my time in military service. The military is full of phrases like that – easy to remember and encapsulating a depth of wisdom. In some branches of the armed forces it means that no tool is perfect or not prone to failure so always carry a spare. In the United States Air Force, it sums up the relationship between you and those serving next to you. You depend on each other, utterly, for survival.