02 | July | 2023 | bloodteethandflame

Month for Loki: Two

Loki has shown up several times in my life, and most often, it has been whenever I was struggling….

And this particular song resonates with me when I think about those times wherein I was struggling with my mental health:

“Jumper” lyrics

I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies that you’ve been living in
And if you do not want to see me again
I would understand, I would understand

The angry boy, a bit too insane
Icing over a secret pain
You know you don’t belong
You’re the first to fight, you’re way too loud
You’re the flash of light on a burial shroud
I know something’s wrong

Well, everyone I know has got a reason
To say, “Put the past away”

I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies that you’ve been living in
And if you do not want to see me again
I would understand, I would understand

Well he’s on the table and he’s gone to code
And I do not think anyone knows
What they are doing here
And your friends have left you, you’ve been dismissed
I never thought it would come to this
And I, I want you to know

Everyone’s got to face down the demons
Maybe today, you could put the past away

I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies that you’ve been living in
And if you do not want to see me again
I would understand, I would understand
I would understand

I would understand
I would understand
I would understand

Can you put the past away?
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
And I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
I would understand
I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
And I would understand.

– Stephen Jenkins, Third Eye Blind

Month for Loki: One

Welcome to July!

As some of you may or may not know, July is the month that many Lokeans dedicate specifically to Loki.

For this reason, every July, I like to spend a bit of time each day either writing, meditating, or engaging in some form of devotional activity, and then dedicating those efforts to Loki.

This year, I will be using some writing prompts developed by fellow Lokean, Dagny created for each day in July.

For the 1st of July: I first discovered Loki when…

As I may have written before, I don’t know exactly when I first ‘discovered’ Loki for myself. What I do know is that my love of reading fairy tales, folk tales, and world mythology probably led me to read about Him at some point.

Perhaps it began when I read about Loki in D’Aulaire’s Norse Gods and Giants:

Or maybe my knowledge of His existence began even earlier than that when I discovered Him within the various stories found within The Children’s Library Collection, a 12-volume set of books that my father had read throughout his childhood in the 1940s.

I remember sitting in my grandfather’s leather easy chair, with this or that volume propped up on my lap, trying to work my way through a European folktale, and feeling delighted with the lively orange and black line illustrations of a clever fox who can run as fast as the wind if only one can hold unto his bushy tail with both hands, or that big helpful bear who carries a young girl on his back so that she may travel safely through a dark forest to reach the witch at the edge of the valley :

Either way, Loki became familiar to me as a short word that I was confident that I could read (and pronounce!) because it only had four letters — and I remember my Dad mentioning that the capital letter meant that it was a name.

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July 2, 2023

Month for Loki: Two

July 2, 2023

Month for Loki: One