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Non-MAP Aestheticist Pagan

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2025 12:21 pm
by Phaino
Greetings

I'm Phaino, and I'm fairly new to all of this. I came from BoyChat and LifeLine. I am not a MAP. My interest in all of this is primarily for aesthetic purposes, and I suppose somewhat also a curiosity about the psychology of MAPs.

On a personal level, I'm also very interested in esotericism/occultism. Orphism, Neoplatonism, Alchemy, Classical Astrology, Greek Paganism, these are all areas that I have a vested interest in. I am quite strongly anti-Abrahamic and especially anti-Kabbalistic. I would call myself a "pagan", though what I do, and what most modern neopagans do, is very different.

My main areas of expertise lie in Classics Studies and Psychology. Though, I am also quite learned in ethnobotany, philosophy, jewellery, perfumery, and music, as a trained singer. I would be very interested in discussions about any of the aforementioned topics. Especially any thoughts re: Aestheticism, Decadence, and the Uranians would be highly sought.

Despite how I may present myself, I am actually quite young. Not a minor, but I am in my fairly early 20s. It seems the demographics here are a bit younger than BoyChat, so I hope discussions might be a bit more lively and less pessimistic/ideological.

Hope to see some of you around :)

Re: Non-MAP Aestheticist Pagan

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2025 12:43 pm
by xeon
Phaino wrote: Sun Dec 07, 2025 12:21 pm My interest in all of this is primarily for aesthetic purposes
What does this mean? You like the 'aesthetic' of MAPs?

Re: Non-MAP Aestheticist Pagan

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2025 12:51 pm
by Phaino
xeon wrote: Sun Dec 07, 2025 12:43 pm
Phaino wrote: Sun Dec 07, 2025 12:21 pm My interest in all of this is primarily for aesthetic purposes
What does this mean? You like the 'aesthetic' of MAPs?

I'm interested in the aesthetics of adolescent boys. Hence, an interest in Greek pederastic poems/art, pederasty in the Renaissance, then fin-de-siecle/Uranian pederasty. If it is simultaneously art and about younger boys, I'll have an aesthetic interest in it :)

Re: Non-MAP Aestheticist Pagan

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2025 1:52 pm
by BLueRibbon
Pleased you made it here.

It was nice to talk with you last night in LL, even if the chat ended on something of an aggressive note... :D